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20130332098 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED HEADING ESTIMATION - Methods for calibrating a body-worn magnetic sensor by spinning the magnetic sensor 360 degrees to capture magnetic data; if the spin failed to produce a circle contained in an x-y plane fit a sphere to the captured data; determining offsets based on the center of the sphere; and removing the offsets that are in the z-direction. Computing a magnetic heading reliability of a magnetic sensor by determining an orientation of the sensor at one location; transforming the orientation between two reference frames; measuring a first vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the location; processing the first vector to generate a virtual vector when a second location is detected; measuring a second vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the second location; and calculating the magnetic heading reliability at the second location based on a comparison of the virtual vector and the second vector. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332106 | METHODS RESOLVING THE ELEVATION OF A TRACKED PERSONNEL OR ASSETS - Methods and systems are described for determining the elevation of tracked personnel or assets (trackees) that can take input from mounted sensors on each trackee (including barometric, inertial, magnetometer, radio frequency ranging and signal strength, light and GPS sensors), external constraints (including ranging constraints, feature constraints, and user corrections), and terrain elevation data. An example implementation of this method for determining elevation of persons on foot is described. But this method is not limited to computing elevation of personnel or to on foot movements. | 12-12-2013 |
20140278060 | COLLABORATIVE CREATION OF INDOOR MAPS - This disclosure provides techniques for the creation of maps of indoor spaces. In these techniques, an individual or a team with no mapping or cartography expertise can contribute to the creation of maps of buildings, campuses or cities. An indoor location system can track the location of contributors in the building. As they walk through indoor spaces, an application may automatically create a map based on data from motion sensors by both tracking the location of the contributors and also inferring building features such as hallways, stairways, and elevators based on the tracked contributors' motions as they move through a structure. With these techniques, the process of mapping buildings can be crowd sourced to a large number of contributors, making the indoor mapping process efficient and easy to scale up. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278080 | METHOD TO SCALE INERTIAL LOCATION DATA USING DIRECTIONAL AND/OR SCALE CONFIDENCE CONSTRAINTS - Methods, systems, and computer readable storage media are presented for directional scaling of inertial path data to satisfy ranging constraints. The presented techniques take into account scaling confidence information. In addition to bounding potential scale corrections based on the reliability of the inertial path and the magnetic heading confidence, the techniques bound potential scale parameters based on constraints and solve for directional scale parameters. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090043504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods (e.g., inertial navigation and signal-based methods) may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application may generate position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application may further use information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including, for example, sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available. | 02-12-2009 |
20120130632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (“trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from various sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including, sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic data, compass data, and/or with GPS, if and when available. | 05-24-2012 |
20130166195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented compute a more accurate tracking estimate for trackees. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented compute a more accurate tracking estimate for trackees. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available. | 06-27-2013 |
20130331121 | WI-FI ENHANCED TRACKING ALGORITHMS - Disclosed herein is the use of Wi-Fi based location estimates of a mobile device to provide global offset corrections (including automated initialization) and enhanced navigation accuracy through delivery of heading corrections. In an embodiment, dead reckoning tracking data may be received for a tracked subject. The tracking data includes a plurality of tracking points forming a tracking path of the tracked subject. A Wi-Fi position system location estimate is also obtained. The Wi-Fi position system location estimate is one of a plurality of Wi-Fi position system location estimates correlated to the dead reckoning tracking data. And a tracking related parameter is determined based on the correlation of the dead reckoning tracking data to the Wi-Fi position system location estimate. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332065 | Fusion Of Sensor And Map Data Using A Contraint Based Optimization - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for fusion of sensor and map data using constraint based optimization. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining tracking data for a tracked subject, the tracking data including data from a dead reckoning sensor; obtaining constraint data for the tracked subject; and using a convex optimization method based on the tracking data and the constraint data to obtain a navigation solution. The navigation solution may be a path and the method may further include propagating the constraint data by a motion model to produce error bounds that continue to constrain the path over time. The propagation of the constraint data may be limited by other sensor data and/or map structural data. | 12-12-2013 |
20150019124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented compute a more accurate tracking estimate for trackees. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090292740 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A database management system and method are provided. In one example, the database management system may include a source database, a target database, and a replication system operable to identify a difference in structure between the source database and the target database and change the structure of the target database to correspond to the structure of the source database. In such an example, the structure of the target database may be alternatively changed manually. In another example, the source database may include structure and data, and the replication system may be operable to replicate at least one of the structure and the data to the target database without storing the at least one of the structure and the data in an intervening database as the at least one of the structure and the data is transmitted from the source database to the target database. | 11-26-2009 |
20090292745 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A database management system and method is provided. In one example, the database management system may include a first type of source database, a second type of source database, a target database, and a replication system operable to replicate at least one of structure and data from either the first source database or the second source database to the target database. In another example, the source database may include a first table having a first configuration and a second table having a second configuration, and a first data record in the first table and a second data record in the second table. The replication system may include a data replication component adapted to identify both the first and second data records from the first and second tables having different configurations and replicate the first and second data records to the target database. | 11-26-2009 |
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20110273331 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVER WITH PHASE OFFSET COMPENSATION - An electronic device such as a cellular telephone may include transceiver circuitry for handling wireless communications. The transceiver circuitry may include a transceiver such as a cellular telephone transceiver or a wireless local area network receiver and may include a satellite positioning system receiver. Radio-frequency circuitry may be used to couple the transceiver circuitry to antenna structures. When operating the transceiver in different modes of operation, the radio-frequency circuitry may be adjusted to optimize performance. Adjustments to the radio-frequency circuitry may impose phase offsets on satellite positioning system signals that are received through the antenna structures and radio-frequency circuitry. These phase offsets which would otherwise cause degradation in the satellite positioning system receiver can be compensated by applying stored compensating phase offset values to the satellite positioning system receiver during operation. | 11-10-2011 |
20120139571 | System for Field Testing Wireless Devices With Reduced Multipath Interference - A portable test chamber with an open top may serve as a field testing apparatus for wireless testing of electronic devices. A wireless device under test may be mounted within a cavity in the test chamber. The cavity may be surrounded by a dielectric lining of anechoic material. A layer of electromagnetic shielding such as metal foil may cover the outer surfaces of the dielectric lining. The chamber may have a box shape with a rectangular opening at its top. Satellite navigation system signals or other wireless signals may be received through the opening at the top of the test chamber during testing. The electromagnetic shielding may reduce the effects of multipath interference during field tests. | 06-07-2012 |
20130039328 | INTEGRATED SELF-OPTIMIZING MULTI-PARAMETER AND MULTI-VARIABLE POINT TO MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention provides a method and system for adaptive point to multipoint wireless communication. The wireless physical layer and the wireless media-access-control (MAC) layer collectively include a set of parameters, which are adaptively modified by a base station controller for communication with a plurality of customer premises equipment. The base station controller adjusts communication with each customer premises equipment individually and adaptively in response to changes in characteristics of communication, including physical characteristics, amount of communication traffic, and nature of application for the communication traffic. | 02-14-2013 |
20130210364 | Methods for Mitigating Effects of Radio-Frequency Interference - An electronic device may include sensitive circuitry such as radio-frequency receiver circuitry. A noise source may produce radio-frequency interference that can disrupt operation of the sensitive circuitry. The noise source may include a first transmitter such as a cellular telephone transmitter and as second transmitter such as a wireless local area network transmitter. Interference may be produced by simultaneous operation of the first and second transmitters. The radio-frequency receiver circuitry may be satellite navigation system receiver circuitry that includes one or more satellite navigation receivers. The impact of interference may be reduced by blanking the satellite navigation system receiver, by imposing a duty cycle limitation on the second transmitter, by switching between alternative receivers in the satellite navigation system receiver circuitry, by using an interference-dependent cross-correlation protection scheme, or by using a combination of these schemes. | 08-15-2013 |
20150046324 | LOW POWER MODE FOR PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for using a computing device to perform payment transactions while the computing device is operating in a low power wallet mode during a low battery state of the computing device. During a low power wallet mode, various subsystems are prevented from receiving current from a battery of the computing device, while a near field communication (NFC) system of the computing device is provided with an operating current for detecting target systems. A target system and the NFC system can communicate during the low power wallet mode of the computing device, thereby allowing a user of the computing device to conduct payment transactions when the computing device is in a low power wallet mode. Such payment transactions can be useful if the user is ever stranded without enough power to fully operate the computing device and needs to pay for transportation. | 02-12-2015 |
20150311960 | Electronic Device With Near-Field Antenna Operating Through Display - An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer. | 10-29-2015 |
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20150127983 | TEST, VALIDATION, AND DEBUG ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus and method is described herein for providing a test, validation, and debug architecture. At a target or base level, hardware (Design for Test or DFx) are designed into and integrated with silicon parts. A controller may provide abstracted access to such hooks, such as through an abstraction layer that abstracts low level details of the hardware DFx. In addition, the abstraction layer through an interface, such as APIs, provides services, routines, and data structures to higher-level software/presentation layers, which are able to collect test data for validation and debug of a unit/platform under test. Moreover, the architecture potentially provides tiered (multiple levels of) secure access to the test architecture. Additionally, physical access to the test architecture for a platform may be simplified through use of a unified, bi-directional test access port, while also potentially allowing remote access to perform remote test and de-bug of a part/platform under test. In essence, a complete test architecture stack is described herein for test, validation, and debug of electronic parts, devices, and platforms. | 05-07-2015 |
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20110000910 | No-Spill Drinking Cup Apparatus - An improved no-spill cup construction and valve assembly. When not in use, an opening in the flexible material rests against a blocking element, sealing off the opening against the flow of liquid. The closed position provides an extremely secure seal against fluid leakage, such that inadvertent spills, such as by turning the cup upside down, are ineffective. The act of sucking at the cup spout creates negative pressure or a partial vacuum against the flexible material, lifting the opening off of the blocking element, and unblocking that opening. When the opening is unblocked, liquid can flow freely through the valve and spout. | 01-06-2011 |
20110036852 | NO-SPILL DRINKING CUP APPARATUS - An improved no-spill cup construction and valve assembly which provides an extremely secure seal against accidental liquid flow from the cup spout. An initially blocked opening in a flexible material moves up along a protruding member until the opening is unblocked, so as to allow fluid flow. | 02-17-2011 |
20110139740 | FEEDING BOTTLES - A feeding bottle for infants includes a hollow flexible body that defines an internal volume for holding liquids. A neck is positioned at an upper portion of the body and is adapted for receiving a sealing ring and a nipple thereon. The neck is more rigid than said body. A flexible bottom encloses a lower portion of the body and a lower portion of the feeding bottle defines a plurality of vents therethrough. Each vent defines an opening therethrough operable to allow airflow into the liquid retaining internal volume while preventing leakage of liquid from the internal volume. | 06-16-2011 |
20110184460 | PACIFIERS - Improved pacifiers having less than two air holes within the pacifier shield. In one series of embodiments, a single enlarged air hole is provided through the pacifier shield. In a further series of embodiments, no air holes are provided through the shield, the pacifier shield being designed with arms forming gaps allowing the ventilation of air. In preferred embodiments, a support base extends from the baglet support and a rim extending from the support base such that the baglet support, the support base, and the rim in combination define a single opening in the shield or a gap between the arms of the pacifier shield and the pacifier shield body allowing passage of air therethrough and increasing the safety and comfort of use of the pacifier. | 07-28-2011 |
20120091143 | No-Spill Drinking Products - Improved no-spill drinking products providing safer no-spill caps, stronger and more durable no-spill caps, no spill caps that are particularly suited to adults, and no-spill caps that are particularly suited to children. | 04-19-2012 |
20120150227 | Pacifiers - Molding method of manufacturing for soft-shield and orthodontic pacifiers, and for pacifiers having snap-in caps that prevent exposing baglet to molten plastic during molding process. | 06-14-2012 |
20120175378 | No-Spill Drinking Cup Apparatus - An improved no-spill cup construction and valve assembly which provides an extremely secure seal against accidental liquid flow from the cup spout. The act of sucking at the cup spout creates negative pressure or a partial vacuum against a valve near the spout, causing the valve to open. | 07-12-2012 |
20130012991 | Pacifier Shields - A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples. Subsequently, baglets and nipples with bumps are provided to assist the baby with teething. | 01-10-2013 |
20130304121 | Teething Products - Teething products for infants and small children having massaging follicles that contact oral surfaces to soothe and comfort the user. | 11-14-2013 |
20140188168 | Pacifier Shields - Pacifiers having a softer shield component for comfort and safety and a harder shield component for structural integrity. Baby bottle nipples and pacifier baglets having harder portions and softer portions, and raised portions as a teething aid. A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples. Subsequently, baglets and nipples with bumps are provided to assist the baby with teething | 07-03-2014 |
20140217129 | No-Spill Drinking Cup Apparatus - An improved no-spill cup construction and valve assembly which provides an extremely secure seal against accidental liquid flow from the cup spout. An initially blocked opening in a flexible material moves up along a protruding member until the opening is unblocked, so as to allow fluid flow. | 08-07-2014 |
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20150046344 | Method of creating value from intangible assets - A computer-implemented method, including storing information regarding a plurality of patents, where information regarding at least one patent of the plurality of patents is transmitted from a communication device of or associated with a patent rights holder and storing information regarding a pool of patents, where the pool of patents includes at least two patents of the plurality of patents. The method also includes storing information regarding a price to obtain a license to the pool of patents and receiving a request for information for obtaining the license to the pool of patents, where the request for information is transmitted from a third-party. Also, the method includes processing the request for information for obtaining the license to the pool of patents with a processor, generating a message in response to the request, where the message contains at least one term or condition and a price, and transmitting the message. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046345 | Method of creating value from intangible assets - A computer-implemented method, includes storing information regarding a plurality of intangible assets, regarding a price to obtain an option to obtain a license or an option to purchase at least one intangible asset, and regarding a price to obtain a license for at least one intangible asset. The method also includes receiving a request for information for obtaining an option to obtain a license or to purchase at least one intangible asset. Also, the method includes processing the request and generating a message, where the message contains at least one term or condition for the option to obtain a license or purchase at least one intangible asset, and further where the message contains a price for obtaining the option to obtain a license or purchase at least one intangible asset. In addition, the method includes transmitting the message to the communication device. | 02-12-2015 |
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20120101922 | Methods and Apparatus for Recording Legal Tender Decomposition of Accounting System Entries - Methods and apparatus for recording decomposition of accounting system entries are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more processors are employed to perform recording a legal tender value of an accounting system entry and recording a legal tender decomposition of the accounting system entry. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101936 | Methods and Apparatus for Collateral-Based Financial Transactions - Methods and apparatus for managing collateral based transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more processors perform defining collateral for a financial transaction, assessing a valuation of the collateral based upon a difference between a material value and a legal tender value of the legal tender precious metal coins, and determining terms of the financial transaction based on the valuation. In some embodiments, the collateral includes one or more legal tender precious metal coins. | 04-26-2012 |
20130054432 | Methods and Apparatus for Collateral-Based Financial Transactions - Methods and apparatus for managing collateral based transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more processors perform defining collateral for a financial transaction, assessing a valuation of the collateral based upon a difference between a material value and a legal tender value of the legal tender precious metal coins, and determining terms of the financial transaction based on the valuation. In some embodiments, the collateral includes one or more legal tender precious metal coins. | 02-28-2013 |
20130085926 | Methods and Apparatus for Facilitating the Refinancing of Real Estate Loans - Methods and apparatus for facilitating the refinancing of real estate loans are disclosed. In some embodiments, a loan-to-value ratio is calculated. Responsive to the loan-to-value ratio being greater than a allowed loan-to-value threshold in a refinancing of the real estate loan, a value of paydown capital required to create a refinance loan-to-value ratio for a refinance loan that is less than or equal to the allowed loan-to-value threshold is calculated. Paydown capital equal to the value of paydown capital required to create the refinance loan-to-value ratio less than or equal to the allowed loan-to-value threshold is provided under revenue-capital repayment terms. In some embodiments, the loan-to-value ratio includes a function of a balance owed on a real estate loan, and a re-appraised property value of a property associated with the real estate loan. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085937 | Methods and Apparatus for Allocating Funds Based on Payment Obligations - Methods and apparatus for allocating funds based on payment obligations are disclosed. In response to a transaction on an account, transaction data for the transaction is compared to one or more transaction rules to determine if a payment obligation is applicable to the transaction. In some embodiments, the transaction rules provide an algorithmic representation of an agreement between a transaction recipient and one or more parties of the agreement. Responsive to determining that the payment obligation is applicable to the transaction, an allocation of funds based on the algorithmic representation of the agreement between the transaction recipient and the one or more parties of the agreement, is calculated. A record of the allocation of funds is stored on a storage device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130218732 | Methods and Apparatus for Facilitating Immigration Transactions using an Accounting System for Allocating Employment Credits - Methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating immigration transactions and investments are disclosed. Data is prepared for use in an immigration compliance report. One or more employment credits are reported as being allocated to an investment. The employment credits represent jobs created through investment in a first business entity that employs one or more employees that are simultaneously employees of the first business entity and a second business entity. The one or more employees that are simultaneously employees of the first business entity and a second business entity are identified as holding jobs created by the investment in the first business entity. | 08-22-2013 |
20130246233 | Method for Virtual Currency Futures Transactions - A legal tender value of an accounting system entry is recorded. A currency alternative unit decomposition of the accounting system entry is recorded. The accounting system entry represents at least one or more currency alternative units associated with a financial transaction. | 09-19-2013 |
20140259965 | Building Foundation and Soil Stabilization Method and System - System and means soil stabilization and moisture control for building foundations including methods and systems for stabilization moisture in a site for building foundation by applying soil moisture stabilization material in various forms, a preferred stabilization material being a mixture of pozzolan and granular material such as sand. | 09-18-2014 |
20150112581 | Methods and Apparatus for Attribute-Based Navigation - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for attribute-based navigation are disclosed. In one embodiment, responsive to a request for a location having a variable attribute, a destination is selected based at least in part upon a value of the variable attribute. Navigation instructions from a current location are provided. | 04-23-2015 |
20150142547 | Method, System and Apparatus for Reinforcing Desirable Consumer Behaviors with Surprise Rewards - In some embodiments, a fulfillment entity receives over an electronic interface from a merchant website associated with a third-party online user community an order from a member of the user community for an item from the merchant website. During order processing, a set of rules for rewarding members of the third-party online user community based on the past behaviors of one or more members of the user community is evaluated. Responsive to a condition fulfilling one of the rules, the member order is modified to provide an incentivizing reward to the member of the online user community. | 05-21-2015 |
20150213383 | Methods and Apparatus for Production Resource Management for Customized Products - Methods and apparatus for coordinating production of an item by dynamically assigning production resources. In some embodiments, responsive to receiving from a customer an item request, a method includes deconstructing the item request from the customer into a plurality of order components, constructing a tentative assignment of the order components to a plurality of production resources. In some embodiments, the method includes communicating to the customer an estimate of a set of transaction satisfaction conditions derived from the tentative assignment. In some embodiments, the method includes, responsive to acceptance of the transaction satisfaction conditions, distributing the order components to the plurality of production resources. | 07-30-2015 |
20150284928 | Building Foundation and Soil Stabilization Method and System - System and means soil stabilization and moisture control for building foundations including methods and systems for stabilization moisture in a site for building foundation by applying soil moisture stabilization material in various forms, a preferred stabilization material being a mixture of aluninosilicate Pozzolan mineral and granular material such as sand. | 10-08-2015 |
20150294280 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS BASED ON PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS - Methods and apparatus for allocating funds based on payment obligations are disclosed. In response to a transaction on an account, transaction data for the transaction is compared to one or more transaction rules to determine if a payment obligation is applicable to the transaction. In some embodiments, the transaction rules provide an algorithmic representation of an agreement between a transaction recipient and one or more parties of the agreement. Responsive to determining that the payment obligation is applicable to the transaction, an allocation of funds based on the algorithmic representation of the agreement between the transaction recipient and the one or more parties of the agreement, is calculated. A record of the allocation of funds is stored on a storage device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294424 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL CURRENCY FUTURES TRANSACTIONS - A legal tender value of an accounting system entry is recorded. A currency alternative unit decomposition of the accounting system entry is recorded. The accounting system entry represents at least one or more currency alternative units associated with a financial transaction. | 10-15-2015 |
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20110301497 | DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MAGNETIC PROPULSION CAPSULE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A guided medical propulsion capsule driven by strong electro-magnetic interaction between an external AC/DC magnetic gradient-lobe generator and a set of uniquely magnetized ferrous-conductive elements contained within the capsule. The capsule is navigated through the lumens and cavities of the human body wirelessly and without any physical contact for medical diagnostic, drug delivery, or other procedures with the magnetically guiding field generator external to the human body. The capsule is equipped with at least two sets of magnetic rings, disks and/or plates each possessing anisotropic magnetic properties. The external magnetic gradient fields provide the gradient forces and rotational torques on the internal conductive and magnetic elements needed to make the capsule move, tilt, and rotate in the body lumens and cavities according to the commands of an operator. | 12-08-2011 |
20120149981 | MAGNETICALLY MANEUVERABLE IN-VIVO DEVICE - An in-vivo device includes a magnetic steering unit (MSU) to maneuver it by an external electromagnetic field. The MSU may include a permanent magnets assembly to produce a magnetic force for navigating the device. The MSU may include a magnets carrying assembly (MCA) to accommodate the permanent magnet(s). The MCA may be designed to generate eddy currents, in response to AC magnetic field, to apply a repelling force. The in-vivo device may also include a multilayered imaging and sensing printed circuit board (MISP) to capture and transmit images. The MISP may include a sensing coil assembly (SCA) to sense electromagnetic fields to determine a location/orientation/angular position of the in-vivo device. Data representing location/orientation/angular position of the device may be used by a maneuvering system to generate a steering magnetic field to steer the in-vivo device from one location or state to another location or state. | 06-14-2012 |
20130331649 | MAGNETICALLY MANEUVERABLE IN-VIVO DEVICE - An in-vivo device includes a magnetic steering unit (MSU) to maneuver it by an external electromagnetic field. The MSU may include a permanent magnets assembly to produce a magnetic force for navigating the device. The MSU may include a magnets carrying assembly (MCA) to accommodate the permanent magnet(s). The MCA may be designed to generate eddy currents, in response to AC magnetic field, to apply a repelling force. The in-vivo device may also include a multilayered imaging and sensing printed circuit board (MISP) to capture and transmit images. The MISP may include a sensing coil assembly (SCA) to sense electromagnetic fields to determine a location/orientation/angular position of the in-vivo device. Data representing location/orientation/angular position of the device may be used by a maneuvering system to generate a steering magnetic field to steer the in-vivo device from one location or state to another location or state. | 12-12-2013 |
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20130067447 | State Machine Based Package Installation - A single instance store including files for multiple packages is maintained in a computing device, each of the multiple packages including one or more components or modules for one or more applications. For each of the multiple packages, a record of a state for the package is maintained, and one or more of the multiple packages can have different ones of multiple states for different users. Based at least in part on a state machine and the state for one of the multiple packages, the one of the multiple packages is transitioned to a different state. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067448 | APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for deploying an application within a computing environment. In particular, an application that is requested for deployment may be identified (e.g., an application to be downloaded, installed, updated, registered and/or removed during deployment). A set of deployment rules may be executed upon deployment parameters within a manifest (e.g., metadata describing how the application is to be deployed) to detect whether a conflict (e.g., issues that may arise from concurrent deployment) may exist between the deployment parameters and a second application currently being deployed within the computing environment. For example, resource access conflicts, file access conflicts, and/or registry access conflicts may be identified. If no conflicts exist, then the application may be concurrently deployed with the second application. In this way, applications associated with users may be concurrently deployed within the computing environment, while mitigating conflicts to achieve deployment parallelization. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067459 | Order-Independent Deployment Collections with Dependency Package Identifiers - In accordance with one or more aspects, a first one or more packages are included in a deployment collection for a software product. One or more identifiers of each of a second one or more packages are also included in the deployment collection for the software product. The deployment collection is obtained at a device. For each of the second one or more packages, the package is obtained based on the identifier of the package, and the first one or more packages and the second one or more packages are installed on the device. | 03-14-2013 |
20140351330 | SERVICE PROFILE MAINTENANCE - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for dynamically maintaining a service profile. That is, a user may be associated with a variety of services, such as an email service, a social network service, a photo sharing service, etc. An operating system may dynamically provide support for services by maintaining service profiles. For example, a service provider application may specify a service definition defining a service not yet supported (e.g., a social network app may describe functionality and/or information about a new social network service). A service profile may be generated for the service based upon the service definition. The service profile may be exposed to system components and/or applications that may utilize the service profile to access information and/or functionality provided by service (e.g., a camera system component may allow a user to upload a photo to the new social network service utilizing the service profile). | 11-27-2014 |
20140351958 | USER CENTRIC DATA MAINTENANCE - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for dynamically maintaining user centric data. For example, a data provider app may have knowledge about user centric data associated with a user (e.g., a social network app may have contact information for a social network friend of the user). A user centric profile may be defined for the user centric data based upon information provided by the data provider app (e.g., a contact card may be generated for the social network friend). Responsive to receiving a request for the user centric profile from a requestor app (e.g., an event planning app), the user centric profile may be exposed to the user but not to the requestor app for security and/or privacy purposes. For example, an operating system may present at least some of the user centric profile within an operating system user interface. | 11-27-2014 |