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20100095027 | SECURE COMMUNICATION PORT REDIRECTOR - A method and system that allows a host system application to securely communicate with a legacy device is provided. A redirector software module receives data that is destined for a host system serial COM port. Data is secured and re-directed to a legacy device via a network port instead of the serial COM port. Conversely, data destined for the host system is provided to a device server via a server COM port by the legacy serial device. The data can be encrypted and sent to the host system via the network. The redirector software module decrypts the encrypted data and presents it to the consumer application as if the data had arrived via the local COM port. | 04-15-2010 |
20130160082 | Medical Device Connectivity to Hospital Information Systems Using Device Server - The present invention employs a system and method to allow for connectivity of a plurality of medical devices in a health care setting. The present invention utilizes a device server which may connect the plurality of medical devices to a hospital information system. The system may identify and authenticate a medical device and provide an administrator or privileged user accessing the information received from the medical device at a remote location. It is contemplated that the system utilizes a device server to connect the plurality of medical devices to the hospital information systems. | 06-20-2013 |
20130205047 | Secure Communication Port Redirector - A method and system that allows a host system application to securely communicate with a legacy device is provided. A redirector software module receives data that is destined for a host system serial COM port. Data is secured and re-directed to a legacy device via a network port instead of the serial COM port. Conversely, data destined for the host system is provided to a device server via a server COM port by the legacy serial device. The data can be encrypted and sent to the host system via the network. The redirector software module decrypts the encrypted data and presents it to the consumer application as if the data had arrived via the local COM port. | 08-08-2013 |
20130301495 | Daisy Chaining Device Servers Via Ethernet - A device server intended for attaching serial devices to a network includes Ethernet communications, an Ethernet switch, and serial communication capability so that multiple device servers are connected in a “daisy chain” or series pattern. Galvanic isolation of the power supply from the housing and communication ports, screw terminal and modular connections, DIN rail mounting, broad power supply voltage ranges or “Power-over-Ethernet” and operator visible indicator lamps with a pulse stretching feature greatly simplify installation and use. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304489 | Remote Monitoring And Diagnostics Of Medical Devices - A system or method to authenticate with a medical device, identify the device, and subsequently communicate with any existing or newly added medical devices is presented. The system also is capable of gathering, analyzing and evaluating information from medical devices connected to a health care network. The present disclose leverages embedded device servers to transmit information from medical devices to a hospital information system for further evaluation, or action when required. A module or embedded device may be associated with any specific medical device such that communication between the device and the hospital system may take place whereby information may be received by the hospital information system to evaluate medical device functionality and other important characteristics as desired by the administrator. | 11-14-2013 |
20140088873 | Networked Sensor Devices And Systems - A device or system of devices that integrates sensors with wired or wireless communication technologies is presented. More particularly, devices and systems for lightning detection and the dissemination of lightning data over wired or wireless networks are described. The device is a communication jack that houses a communication port, a sensor and a sensor data server. The server is coupled with both the port and the sensor and is configured to obtain sensor data from the sensor and provide access to the sensor data via the communication port. The system is a plurality of such communication jacks distributed over a geographic range. | 03-27-2014 |
20140181248 | Simple Remote Access Through Firewalls For Networked Devices and Applications - A method, apparatus, and system are described for accessing networked devices without accessible network addresses via Virtual IP (VIP) addresses. The system consists of a soft Device Services Controller (DSC), downloaded on a first local network from the device service manager (DSM) on a wide area network, and a VIP Access enabled device on a second local network separate from the first area network. The soft DSC and associated VIP Access enabled device create a virtual network interface and corresponding virtual IP address (VIP) to permit outgoing TCP/IP conduit connection to the DSM. When networking traffic arrives at the virtual networking interface with the associated VIP, the soft DSC automatically processes and forwards that traffic to the DSM. Using this mechanism, it is possible for two networked devices on separate networks to communicate in spite of firewalls and without knowledge of each other's network. | 06-26-2014 |
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20080232735 | Surface parallel modulator - SiGe quantum wells where the well material has a lowest conduction band energy minimum at k=0 (the Γ point of the first Brillouin zone) are provided. Quantum well structures that satisfy this condition have “Kane-like” bands at and near k=0 which can provide physical effects useful for various device applications, especially optical modulators. In the Si | 09-25-2008 |
20080247753 | Optoelectronic switch having cascaded optical nodes - An optical switch assembly is provided having a plurality of optoelectronic switching nodes. Each node is a three terminal optical device having a first optical input, a second optical input and an optical output. Each node can be electrically activated or deactivated via an electrical control input. Each node has a transmittance between its second optical input and its optical output. This transmittance depends on the signal at the first optical input if the node is activated, and is independent of the first optical input if the node is deactivated. Thus modulation at the first optical input can be selectively imposed on the optical output. The switch includes at least two chains of nodes, each chain having two or more nodes connected in series such that each pair of adjacent nodes is connected from optical output to second optical input. Switches according to the invention can be configured as optical crossbar switches or optical routers. | 10-09-2008 |
20090016666 | SILICON-BASED GE/SIGE OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS - SiGe quantum wells where the well material has a lowest conduction band energy minimum at k=0 (the Γ point of the first Brillouin zone) are provided. Quantum well structures that satisfy this condition have “Kane-like” bands at and near k=0 which can provide physical effects useful for various device applications, especially optical modulators. In the Si | 01-15-2009 |
20090086302 | OPTICAL MODULATOR WITH SIDE ACCESS - An electro-optic semiconductor device (e.g., an optical modulator) having side access and beam propagation within the device is provided. Side access for the optical input and/or output facilitates disposition of electronic circuitry and/or heat sinking structures on the top and bottom surfaces of the modulator. Internal beam propagation instead of internal waveguiding advantageously simplifies optical coupling and alignment to the modulator. Interaction length within the device is preferably enhanced by passing through the device active region at a relatively shallow angle. The internally propagating beam is reflected from a reflective face parallel to the device active region. The side faces can be perpendicular or tilted with respect to the reflective face. Tilted side faces are preferably tilted to provide external beam paths parallel to the reflective face. Internal reflection from an angled side face can be employed to provide configurations having one side port and one top or bottom port. | 04-02-2009 |
20120219250 | Integration of optoelectronics with waveguides using interposer layer - Improved integration of optoelectronic devices is provided by a spacer layer laterally sandwiched between distinct regions that are monolithically fabricated onto the same substrate (e.g., by selective epitaxy). An optical waveguide in one of the regions can optically couple to an optoelectronic device in another of the regions through the spacer layer, thereby providing a monolithically integrated form of butt-coupling. Preferably, the spacer layer thickness is less than about 50 nm, and is more preferably less than about 20 nm, to reduce optical loss. The spacer layer is preferably electrically insulating, to prevent shorting of devices grown by selective epitaxy. | 08-30-2012 |
20130200431 | Selective Area Growth of Germanium and Silicon-Germanium in Silicon Waveguides for On-chip Optical Interconnect Applications - A robust fabrication process for selective area growth of semiconductors in growth windows is provided. Sidewall growth is eliminated by the presence of a spacer layer which covers the sidewalls. Undesirable exposure of the top corners of the growth windows is prevented by undercutting the growth window prior to deposition of the dielectric spacer layer. The effectiveness of this process has been demonstrated by selective-area growth of Ge and Ge/SiGe quantum wells on a silicon substrate. Integration of active optoelectronic devices with waveguide layers via end-coupling through the dielectric spacer layer can be reliably accomplished in this manner. | 08-08-2013 |
20130292788 | Self-aligned Semiconductor Ridges in Metallic Slits as a Platform for Planar Tunable Nanoscale Resonant Photodetectors - A photodetector having a ridge-in-slit geometry is provided, where a semiconductor ridge is laterally sandwiched in a metallic slit. This assembly is disposed on a layer of semiconducting material, which in turn is disposed on an insulating substrate. These structures can provide efficient resonant detectors having the wavelength of peak response set by the ridge width. Thus a lateral feature defines the wavelength of peak responsivity, as opposed to a vertical feature. | 11-07-2013 |
20140299743 | Universal Linear Components - Universal linear components are provided. In general, a P input and Q output wave combiner is connected to a Q input and R output wave mode synthesizer via Q amplitude and/or phase modulators. The wave combiner and wave mode synthesizer are both linear, reciprocal and lossless. The wave combiner and wave mode synthesizer can be implemented using waveguide Mach-Zehnder modulator technology. This device can provide any desired linear transformation of spatial modes between its inputs and its outputs. This capability can be generalized to any linear transformation at all by using representation converters to convert other quantities (e.g., polarization, frequency) to spatial mode patterns. The wave combiner and wave mode synthesizer are also useful separately, and can enable applications such as self-adjusting mode coupling, optimal multi-mode communication, and add-drop capability in a multi-mode system. Control of the wave combiner and wave mode synthesizer can be implemented with simple single-variable optimizations. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090164363 | Computer-Implemented Methods, Program Product, And System For Micro-Loan Product Management - Embodiments of the present invention include methods, program product and systems for card and bank product management. An embodiment of a method of advancing funds to a banking customer, for example, includes establishing a line of credit with a bank through an on-line access interface with the bank, determining whether access to funds through the line of credit should occur for a customer transaction and providing one or more preselected increments of funds for the customer transaction. A cumulative amount of the one or more preselected increments, for example, can be less than a total available line of credit for a customer having an established line of credit with the bank. The method further includes decrementing the total available line of credit by the cumulative amount of the one or more preselected increments provided for the customer transaction and a predetermined fee amount for each preselected increment of funds. | 06-25-2009 |
20140324675 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR MICRO-LOAN PRODUCT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention include methods, program product and systems for card and bank product management. An embodiment of a method of advancing funds to a banking customer, for example, includes establishing a line of credit with a bank through an on-line access interface with the bank, determining whether access to funds through the line of credit should occur for a customer transaction and providing one or more preselected increments of funds for the customer transaction. A cumulative amount of the one or more preselected increments, for example, can be less than a total available line of credit for a customer having an established line of credit with the bank. The method further includes decrementing the total available line of credit by the cumulative amount of the one or more preselected increments provided for the customer transaction and a predetermined fee amount for each preselected increment of funds. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090218713 | VACUUM HEAT-SET OF NET SHAPE LATEX VACUUM BAGS - A net shaped latex vacuum bag as used in the fabrication of composite structural parts having complex shapes. Liquid latex is first allowed to air dry in the form of a thin flat, flexible sheet. The latex sheet is then vacuum formed over a tool having the complex shape of the part to be fabricated and assumes the shape and configuration of the tool's outer surface. The latex sheet is then rapidly cured at an elevated temperature, so as to permanently assume the part's shape for subsequent use in forming composite structural parts of the same complex shape. In one embodiment, the latex sheet may be formed on the tool by dipping the tool in liquid latex, allowing the latex coating to dry, and cutting the dry latex coating to permit separation of the tool from the latex coating which is then used in composite part fabrication. | 09-03-2009 |
20100170326 | LEAK DETECTION IN COMPOSITE TOOLS - A device for detecting an air leak in a tool comprises a vacuum bag and a leak detection film disposed along an inside face of the vacuum bag. The leak detection film may include oxygen sensitive material configured to change physical appearance at a location of an air leak in the tool. A breather layer may be interposed between the tool and the leak detection film for facilitating air flow therebetween. | 07-08-2010 |
20110079174 | Leak Detection in Vacuum Bags - Air leaks in a vacuum bag are detected using a leak detection film covering the inside face of the bag. The film includes a gas permeable binder carrying oxygen sensitive material that changes in physical appearance at the location of an air leak. The film may be adhered to the inside face of the bag or may form a separate membrane that is placed over a layup being molded in the bag. The film may be illuminated with light having a wavelength selected to cause the film to luminesce. | 04-07-2011 |
20130239875 | LEAK DETECTION IN VACUUM BAGS - Air leaks in a seal beneath a vacuum bag are detected using a leak detection film inside the vacuum bag. The film includes a gas permeable binder and a gas sensitive material held in the binder. The gas sensitive material has at least one visual characteristic that changes in the presence of gas entering the vacuum bag through a leak in the seal | 09-19-2013 |
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20090109230 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN MULTIPLE PROCESSING UNITS - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to dynamically redistribute computational processes in a system that includes a plurality of processing units are described. The power consumption, the performance, and the power/performance value are determined for various computational processes between a plurality of subsystems where each of the subsystems is capable of performing the computational processes. The computational processes are exemplarily graphics rendering process, image processing process, signal processing process, Bayer decoding process, or video decoding process, which can be performed by a central processing unit, a graphics processing units or a digital signal processing unit. In one embodiment, the distribution of computational processes between capable subsystems is based on a power setting, a performance setting, a dynamic setting or a value setting. | 04-30-2009 |
20110194123 | PRINTER THAT SUPPORTS DRIVERLESS PRINTING - The disclosed embodiments provide a printer that facilitates driverless printing. This printer includes a discovery component which is configured to communicate with a client to facilitate selection of the printer by the client. This discovery component is also configured to provide capability information for the printer to the client. The printer also includes a transport component which is configured to receive printer data from the client, and a page-description-language component which is configured to print the printer data received from the client. Note that the capability information provided to the client enables the client to generate the printer data for the selected printer without the need for the client to maintain printer-specific software or printer-specific configuration information for the selected printer. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194124 | DATA FORMATS TO SUPPORT DRIVERLESS PRINTING - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that facilitates driverless printing. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate to a computer-readable storage medium which stores a data structure that facilitates driverless printing, wherein the data structure specifies the following capabilities which are supported by a printer: resolutions; color spaces; bit depths; input slots; face-up/face-down input orientation; output bins; face-up/face-down output orientation; duplex printing support; media types; copy support; supported finishings; and print quality. Note that this data structure enables a client to generate printer data for the printer without the need for the client to maintain printer-specific software or printer-specific configuration information for the printer. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194140 | WALK-UP PRINTING WITHOUT DRIVERS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that supports printing from a computing device. During operation, the system uses a discovery protocol to identify printers that can be accessed by the computing device. Next, the system receives a selection of a printer that can be accessed by the computing device. The system then generates printer data for the print job. This can be accomplished in a number of ways. The system can use a driverless printing technique, which involves obtaining printer capability information from the selected printer and generating printer data for the selected printer based on the printer capability information. Alternatively, the system can use a printer-specific driver for the selected printer to generate the printer data. The system can also send the print job to a cloud, which includes one or more servers that provide a printing service, so that the cloud can generate the printer data. Finally, the system sends the generated printer data to the printer. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194141 | FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS DRIVERLESS PRINTING - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates driverless printing. This system includes a discovery component configured to identify accessible printers and to facilitate selection of an accessible printer, wherein the discovery component is also configured to obtain capability information from accessible printers. The system also includes a transport component configured to transport data to the selected printer, wherein the transport component is also configured to obtain capability information from the selected printer. Finally, the system includes a page-description-language component configured to generate printer data for the selected printer based on obtained capability information for the selected printer. | 08-11-2011 |
20130074077 | Methods and Apparatuses for Load Balancing Between Multiple Processing Units - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to dynamically redistribute computational processes in a system that includes a plurality of processing units are described. The power consumption, the performance, and the power/performance value are determined for various computational processes between a plurality of subsystems where each of the subsystems is capable of performing the computational processes. The computational processes are exemplarily graphics rendering process, image processing process, signal processing process, Bayer decoding process, or video decoding process, which can be performed by a central processing unit, a graphics processing units or a digital signal processing unit. In one embodiment, the distribution of computational processes between capable subsystems is based on a power setting, a performance setting, a dynamic setting or a value setting. | 03-21-2013 |
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20100316211 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The present invention provides a communications device that helps provide a full-featured telecommunications system without the cost and infrastructure requirements of conventional private branch exchange (PBX) systems. A system according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a processor, a user interface, a communications interface, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a request for a communication through the user interface, and transmit the request, using the communications interface, to an application controller. The application controller is in communication with a data processing unit configured to perform the communication in accordance with the request. | 12-16-2010 |
20100317331 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE DATA PROCESSING UNIT - The present invention provides a data processing unit that provides elements of a full-featured telecommunications system without the cost and infrastructure requirements of conventional private branch exchange (PBX) systems. A system according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a processor, a data interface, a wireless transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive information pertaining to a wireless communications format through the data interface, configure the wireless transceiver to communicate in the wireless communications format, and perform a communication, using the wireless transceiver, in response to a request for a communication received through the data interface. | 12-16-2010 |
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20110009875 | EMBOLIC OBSTRUCTION RETRIEVAL DEVICES AND METHODS - An embolic obstruction retrieval device including a self-expandable member having a proximal end portion, a main body portion and a distal end portion. Each of the self-expandable portions consists of a plurality of cell structures formed by intersecting strut members. At least one proximal cell structure in the proximal end portion has one or more struts that have a width and/or thickness greater than the width and/or thickness of the majority of strut members in the main body and distal end portions of the expandable member. Attached to at least one of the proximal-most cell structures in the proximal end portion is a proximally extending flexible wire having sufficient length and flexibility to navigate the tortuous vasculature and access the embolic obstruction. In one implementation, the embolic obstruction retrieval device is delivered to the embolic obstruction through the lumen of a delivery catheter. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009940 | VASCULAR AND BODILY DUCT TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - A device including a self-expandable member having a proximal end portion, a main body portion and a distal end portion. Each of the self-expandable portions consists of a plurality of cell structures formed by intersecting strut members. In one implementation, at least one proximal cell structure in the proximal end portion has one or more struts that have a width and/or thickness greater than the width and/or thickness of the majority of strut members in the main body and distal end portions of the expandable member. Attached to at least one of the proximal-most cell structures in the proximal end portion is a proximally extending flexible wire having sufficient length and flexibility to navigate the tortuous vasculature of a patient. In another implementation, the device is delivered to the treatment site through the lumen of a delivery catheter. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009941 | VASCULAR AND BODILY DUCT TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - A device including a self-expandable member having a proximal end portion and a main body portion. Each of the self-expandable portions consists of a plurality of cell structures formed by intersecting strut members. In one implementation, at least one proximal cell structure in the proximal end portion has one or more struts that have a width and/or thickness greater than the width and/or thickness of the majority of strut members in the main body of the expandable member. In another implementation at least some of the intersecting strut members have a thickness to width ratio of greater than one. Attached to at least one of the proximal-most cell structures in the proximal end portion is a proximally extending flexible wire having sufficient length and flexibility to navigate the tortuous vasculature of a patient. In another implementation, the device is delivered to the treatment site through the lumen of a delivery catheter. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009950 | VASCULAR AND BODILY DUCT TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - A device including a self-expandable member having a proximal end portion and a main body portion. The self-expandable member is movable from a first delivery position to a second placement position, in the first delivery position the expandable member being in an unexpanded position and having a nominal first diameter and in the second position the expandable member being in a radially expanded position and having a second nominal diameter greater than the first nominal diameter for deployment within a vessel or duct of a patient. The expandable member includes a plurality of cell structures with the cell structures in the main body portion extending circumferentially around a longitudinal axis of the expandable member and the cell structures in the proximal end portion extending less than circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the expandable member. In one implementation the cell structures have dimensional and material characteristics that result in about a −1.5N to a about a −3.5N overall reduction in radial force along the length of the expandable member per millimeter of expansion during about an initial 0.50 mm diametric range of expansion from the nominal diameter and that results in about a −0.10N to about a −0.50N overall reduction in radial force along the length of the expandable member per millimeter of expansion during subsequent diametric ranges of expansion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110184456 | VASCULAR AND BODILY DUCT TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices including a self-expandable member having a proximal end portion and a main body portion. The self-expandable member is movable from a first delivery position to a second placement position, in the first delivery position the expandable member being in an unexpanded position and having a nominal first diameter and in the second position the expandable member being in a radially expanded position and having a second nominal diameter greater than the first nominal diameter for deployment within a vessel or duct of a patient. The expandable member includes a plurality of cell structures with the cell structures in the main body portion extending circumferentially around a longitudinal axis of the expandable member and the cell structures in the proximal end portion extending less than circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the expandable member to form first and second peripheral rails that vary in width along their lengths. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090158341 | ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE GENERATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Various embodiments determine electronic program guide information based on user viewing habits. One embodiment provides an electronic program guide generator that receives usage information that includes indications of a plurality of viewed channels, determines one or more channels of the plurality of viewed channels based on the received usage information, and provides indications of the determined one or more channels. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158357 | EXTENDED RECORDING TIME APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest,; records an advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest, and records a following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest. | 06-18-2009 |
20090165057 | CONCURRENT PROGRAM CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Various embodiments concurrently process program content corresponding to multiple concurrently communicated programs. One embodiment provides a program content transporter that receives via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, and concurrently presents the program content portion corresponding to a first program of the plurality of programs and records the received program content portion corresponding to a second program of the plurality of programs. | 06-25-2009 |
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20100005129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A RANDOM BIT STREAM - Presently disclosed is method and apparatus for generating a random bit stream by generating a random bit according to a polynomial expression, providing a modification function operative on the polynomial expression, and modifying the polynomial expression by modifying the modification function. | 01-07-2010 |
20100299538 | Systems and Methods for Low-Latency Encrypted Storage - Encrypted storage often introduces unwanted latency in access. This delay can result in a processor having to wait for critical data thus slowing performance. Generally speaking, the latency is at most an issue when reading from encrypted storage, since the processor may need the information read from encrypted storage to proceed. During a write operation, there typically is not an issue because the processor does not need to wait for the end of the write operation to proceed. A variant of counter (CTR) mode for a block cipher can be used to perform the majority of the decryption operation without knowledge of the ciphertext, therefore the majority of the decryption operation can be performed concurrently with the retrieval of the ciphertext from memory. In order to further secure the encrypted storage, a light encryption can be performed to further obfuscate the ciphertext. | 11-25-2010 |
20110302354 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELIABLE MULTI-LEVEL CELL FLASH STORAGE - Multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory has become widely used due to their capacity to store more information in the same area as a single-level cell (SLC) flash memory. This makes MLC flash memory very attractive for storing media. Flash has also traditionally been used in electronic devices for firmware, but MLC flash is less reliable than SLC flash. For critical memory operations, MLC flash memory can be made as reliable as SLC flash by mapping one binary value to an MLC state corresponding to the highest threshold voltage and the other binary value to the MLC state corresponding the lowest threshold voltage when writing to the MLC flash, and by mapping all MLC states with corresponding threshold voltages above a central cutoff threshold voltage to one binary value and by mapping all MLC states with corresponding threshold voltages below a central cutoff threshold voltage to the other binary value. | 12-08-2011 |
20120062500 | ADAPTIVE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SURFACE CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLLER - A system for controlling a touch screen. A touch screen element having a plurality of contacts, such as one contact electrode at each of four corners. A multiplexer coupled to the touch screen element for forming a plurality of connections, such as various combinations of the contact electrodes to allow measurements to be made of the impedance of the touch screen element from the left side to the right side, from the top to the bottom, and do forth. A touch screen processor coupled to the touch screen element for determining an oscillation frequency of the touch screen element as a function of the electrode connections. | 03-15-2012 |
20120218086 | MULTI-SAMPLE READING IN SLEEP MODE FOR PASSIVE INFRARED DETECTORS AND OTHER ANALOG INPUTS - This disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting a change in environmental conditions utilizing sampling circuitry configured to sample an environmental sensor while a processor remains in a low-power state or a sleep state. According to some embodiments, a pre-filter performs a simplified analysis of the sensor samples to determine if the processor should wake and perform additional analysis on stored sensor samples. Specific examples are provided for detecting motion using passive infrared detectors. Accordingly, systems and methods for reducing the power consumption of a motion detection system are provided herein. | 08-30-2012 |
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20080270547 | System and method for synchronizing email messages between an external email server a local email server and/or a wireless data processing device - A computer-implemented system and method for synchronizing email messages between an external email server a local email server and a wireless data processing device. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises a task queue comprised of a plurality of task entries, each entry associated with a particular user email account on the external email server and/or the local email server and representing a task to be performed in relation to the user email account; and a synchronizer to read synchronization tasks from the task queue and cause the synchronization tasks to be executed to synchronize email data stored on the external email server, the local email server and the wireless data processing device. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270548 | Apparatus and method for caching email messages within a wireless data service - A system and method are described for caching email messages within a data service. For example, a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: retrieving a first set of email messages from a first email server on behalf of a wireless data processing device; extracting metadata from the first set of email messages; storing the metadata in a first cache, the first cache managed according to a first cache management policy; storing at least the message bodies of the email messages in a second cache, the second cache managed according to a second cache management policy. | 10-30-2008 |
20130232190 | MANIPULATING BINARY LARGE OBJECTS - Embodiments provide automated access policy enforcement, content rule enforcement, and data transformations in a binary large object (blob) storage service. Verified and unverified clients are allowed varying degrees of access to stored blobs. In response to a read request associated with a target blob of a particular blob type, criteria from the read request are used to execute one or more transformation functions defined by the blob type to create transformed data, and the transformed data is provided to the client. In response to a write request including a target blob of a particular blob type, a set of content rules associated with the blob type is executed against the target blob. The target blob is stored based on the content rules being successfully executed. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232246 | APPLICATION CONFIGURATION USING BINARY LARGE OBJECTS - Embodiments provide rule-based application configuration using a network service. A configuration parameter associated with an application includes a rule that specifies configuration data based on one or more criteria, such as by selecting a configuration value from a plurality of available configuration values. A request for configuration data corresponding to the configuration parameter is received from a client. The request includes one or more criteria describing a user associated with the client. Customized configuration data is determined based on the rule and the criteria of the request, and the customized configuration data is provided to the client. The client executes the application (e.g., a game) based on the customized configuration data. | 09-05-2013 |
20140132498 | REMOTE CONTROL USING DEPTH CAMERA - Embodiments for using a depth camera to emit remote control signals are provided. In one example embodiment, a depth camera includes an infrared light to emit infrared light at a physical space, an infrared camera to receive infrared light from the physical space, an imaging interface to output a depth map derived from the infrared light, and a control interface to receive an instruction indicating a remote control signal to emit from the infrared light. | 05-15-2014 |
20140274317 | SERVICE-TRIGGERED GAME EVENTS - Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic. | 09-18-2014 |
20150066625 | INCENTIVES FOR ACKNOWLEDGING PRODUCT ADVERTISING WITHIN MEDIA CONTENT - A cloud-based service provides incentives for users of devices such as game consoles, personal computers, smartphones, and the like to explicitly acknowledge product placements within media content by offering rewards to the users that may be obtained by performing certain user actions as the media content is being consumed and rendered on the device. The user actions may comprise clicking a button or performing a gesture to an input device, for example, at particular times in the media content presentation in which a branded product is shown, mentioned, or used. A client component on the device captures the user actions as signals which are sent to the service which compares the signals against known reward criteria. If reward criteria are met by the user actions, the service can provide either digital or physical rewards to the user. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072775 | ACHIEVEMENT REPLAY AND FRAUD DETECTION - Devices including gaming consoles, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and the like may be configured with a client for capturing signals which are representative of user interactions with applications such as games. The captured signals are sent to a cloud-based service for archival storage. The service can subsequently replay the archived captured signals and compare them against known rules to determine if an achievement obtained by a user during interaction with the application was legitimately obtained in compliance with the rules or obtained improperly, for example by cheating or exploiting a bug in the application to falsely trigger the achievement. If the achievement is invalid, then the service can retroactively revoke the achievement. Alternatively, the service can replay the captured signals and detect instances in which an achievement was validly achieved but not properly acknowledged. The achievement can then be awarded or unlocked for the user retroactively. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080221509 | MULTILUMEN CATHETER - A multilumen catheter having tubings extending into lumens within the catheter. The lumens may be used for blood, drugs or other medicants. The lumens may also be used for sensors. The junction element, external to the patient, connects the tubings to the lumens. The tubings, also external to the patient, connect to infusion members, to which one or more infusion systems may be connected to deliver blood, drugs and other medicants to the patient. A sensor having a sensing element may extend through the sensor lumen and be positioned internal to the patient for physiological parameter sensing. An external portion of the sensor may be connected to associated electronics to provide automatic monitoring of the physiological parameters and automatic delivery and control of the infusants. Also, a central line catheter for delivering fluids directly into a main artery or vein near the heart, which contains a first lumen to deliver a fluid through the central line catheter and a second lumen containing a sensor capable indicating a characteristic level in blood. The first lumen delivers the fluid downstream of the sensor to prevent any interference between the fluid delivery and the sensor readings. In other versions, the central line catheter can have additional lumens for additional purposes. In addition, the central line catheter can further include a flush sleeve to remove debris around the sensor. | 09-11-2008 |
20110046457 | MULTILUMEN CATHETER - A multilumen catheter having tubings extending into lumens within the catheter. The lumens may be used for blood, drugs or other medicants. The lumens may also be used for sensors. The junction element, external to the patient, connects the tubings to the lumens. The tubings, also external to the patient, connect to infusion members, to which one or more infusion systems may be connected to deliver blood, drugs and other medicants to the patient. A sensor having a sensing element may extend through the sensor lumen and be positioned internal to the patient for physiological parameter sensing. An external portion of the sensor may be connected to associated electronics to provide automatic monitoring of the physiological parameters and automatic delivery and control of the infusants. Also, a central line catheter for delivering fluids directly into a main artery or vein near the heart, which contains a first lumen to deliver a fluid through the central line catheter and a second lumen containing a sensor capable indicating a characteristic level in blood. The first lumen delivers the fluid downstream of the sensor to prevent any interference between the fluid delivery and the sensor readings. In other versions, the central line catheter can have additional lumens for additional purposes. In addition, the central line catheter can further include a flush sleeve to remove debris around the sensor. | 02-24-2011 |
20110112505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOSED LOOP INFUSION FORMULATION DELIVERY - A system and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery which accurately calculates a delivery amount based on a sensed biological state by adjusting an algorithm's programmable control parameters. The algorithm calculates a delivery amount having proportional, derivative, and basal rate components. The control parameters may be adjusted in real time to compensate for changes in a sensed biological state that may result from daily events. Safety limits on the delivery amount may be included in the algorithm. The algorithm may be executed by a computing element within a process controller for controlling closed loop infusion formulation delivery. The biological state is sensed by a sensing device which provides a signal to the controller. The controller calculates an infusion formulation delivery amount based on the signal and sends commands to an infusion formulation delivery device which delivers an amount of infusion formulation determined by the commands. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOSED LOOP INFUSION FORMULATION DELIVERY - A system and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery which accurately calculates a delivery amount based on a sensed biological state by adjusting an algorithm's programmable control parameters. The algorithm calculates a delivery amount having proportional, derivative, and basal rate components. The control parameters may be adjusted in real time to compensate for changes in a sensed biological state that may result from daily events. Safety limits on the delivery amount may be included in the algorithm. The algorithm may be executed by a computing element within a process controller for controlling closed loop infusion formulation delivery. The biological state is sensed by a sensing device which provides a signal to the controller. The controller calculates an infusion formulation delivery amount based on the signal and sends commands to an infusion formulation delivery device which delivers an amount of infusion formulation determined by the commands. | 05-12-2011 |
20110184380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOSED LOOP INFUSION FORMULATION DELIVERY - A system and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery which accurately calculates a delivery amount based on a sensed biological state by adjusting an algorithm's programmable control parameters. The algorithm calculates a delivery amount having proportional, derivative, and basal rate components. The control parameters may be adjusted in real time to compensate for changes in a sensed biological state that may result from daily events. Safety limits on the delivery amount may be included in the algorithm. The algorithm may be executed by a computing element within a process controller for controlling closed loop infusion formulation delivery. The biological state is sensed by a sensing device which provides a signal to the controller. The controller calculates an infusion formulation delivery amount based on the signal and sends commands to an infusion formulation delivery device which delivers an amount of infusion formulation determined by the commands. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090030297 | IMPLANTABLE SENSOR METHOD AND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for non-vascular sensor implantation and for measuring physiological parameters in areas of a body where the physiological parameters are heterogeneous. An implant unit is implanted in an area of a body and a foreign body capsule is allowed to form around the implant unit area. A sensor may be directed into a body cavity such as, for example, the peritoneal space, subcutaneous tissues, the foreign body capsule, or other area. A subcutaneous area of the body may be tunneled for sensor placement. Spatially separated sensing elements may be used for detecting individual amounts of the physiological parameter. An overall amount of the physiological parameter may be determined by calculating a statistical measurement of the individual sensed amounts in the area. Another embodiment of the invention, a multi-analyte measuring device, may include a substrate having an electrode array on one side and an integrated circuit on another side. | 01-29-2009 |
20130079608 | IMPLANTABLE SENSOR METHOD AND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for non-vascular sensor implantation and for measuring physiological parameters in areas of a body where the physiological parameters are heterogeneous. An implant unit is implanted in an area of a body and a foreign body capsule is allowed to form around the implant unit area. A sensor may be directed into a body cavity such as, for example, the peritoneal space, subcutaneous tissues, the foreign body capsule, or other area. A subcutaneous area of the body may be tunneled for sensor placement. Spatially separated sensing elements may be used for detecting individual amounts of the physiological parameter. An overall amount of the physiological parameter may be determined by calculating a statistical measurement of the individual sensed amounts in the area. Another embodiment of the invention, a multi-analyte measuring device, may include a substrate having an electrode array on one side and an integrated circuit on another side. | 03-28-2013 |
20130328572 | APPLICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN SENSOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS - A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters. | 12-12-2013 |
20130331672 | APPLICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN SENSOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS - A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters. | 12-12-2013 |
20130331674 | APPLICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN SENSOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS - A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters. | 12-12-2013 |
20150018757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOSED LOOP INFUSION FORMULATION DELIVERY - A system and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery which accurately calculates a delivery amount based on a sensed biological state by adjusting an algorithm's programmable control parameters. The algorithm calculates a delivery amount having proportional, derivative, and basal rate components. The control parameters may be adjusted in real time to compensate for changes in a sensed biological state that may result from daily events. Safety limits on the delivery amount may be included in the algorithm. The algorithm may be executed by a computing element within a process controller for controlling closed loop infusion formulation delivery. The biological state is sensed by a sensing device which provides a signal to the controller. The controller calculates an infusion formulation delivery amount based on the signal and sends commands to an infusion formulation delivery device which delivers an amount of infusion formulation determined by the commands. | 01-15-2015 |
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20080212581 | Switching Circuit Implementing Variable String Matching - A content matching engine (CME) uses a content addressable memory (CAM) array that stores a plurality of strings in separate entries. The strings define one or more rules to be matched. The strings of each rule are linked, thereby providing a required order. The strings of each rule can be linked by per-entry counters associated with each string, or by a state machine. The strings in the CAM array are compared with a packet, which is shifted one symbol at a time (because the strings can start on any boundary). When the CAM detects a match, the CAM skips over the string that resulted in the match, thereby preventing erroneous matches. The CAM allows parallel matching to be performed for multiple rules. If the contents of a packet match all of the strings of a rule, in order, then the CME asserts a match/index signal that identifies the matched rule. | 09-04-2008 |
20110191548 | High Utilization Multi-Partitioned Serial Memory - A memory device that includes an input interface that receives instructions and input data on a first plurality of serial links. The instructions and input data are deserialized on the memory device, and are provided to a memory controller. The memory controller initiates accesses to a memory core in response to the received instructions. The memory core includes a plurality of memory partitions, which are accessed in a cyclic and overlapping manner. This allows each memory partition to operate at a slower frequency than the serial links, while properly servicing the received instructions. Accesses to the memory device are performed in a synchronous manner, wherein each access exhibits a known fixed latency. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191619 | Reducing Latency in Serializer-Deserializer Links - A system for increasing the efficiency of data transfer through a serializer-deserializer (SerDes) link, and for reducing data latency caused by differences between arrival times of the data on the SerDes link and the system clock with which the device operates. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191647 | COMMUNICATION INTERFACE AND PROTOCOL - An apparatus includes a receiver, an error detection unit, and an acknowledgement unit. The receiver may receive frames of data from a transmitter unit of a second apparatus via a first communication path. The error detection unit may detect data errors in the frames of data received via the first communication path. The acknowledgment unit may maintain an acknowledgement indicator indicative of whether frames received by the apparatus are error free. In response to the error detection unit detecting an error, the acknowledgement unit may indicate an error condition exists by freezing a value of the acknowledgement indicator, or alternatively the acknowledgement unit may set a current value of the acknowledgement indicator to a predetermined error value. Further, the apparatus may successively convey values of the acknowledgement indicator to the second apparatus via a second communication path while the apparatus is receiving frames. | 08-04-2011 |
20120025397 | Semiconductor Chip Layout - A chip layout for a high speed semiconductor device is disclosed. The chip layout isolates Rx terminals and Rx ports from Tx terminals and Tx ports. A serial interface is centrally located to reduce latency, power and propagation delays. Stacked die that contain one or more devices with the chip layout are characterized by having improved latency, bandwidth, power consumption, and propagation delays. | 02-02-2012 |
20120068339 | VLSI Package for High Performance Integrated Circuit - A packaged integrated circuit is presented for placement on a printed circuit board (PCB) layer providing power lines and data access channels. The packaged integrated circuit includes; a package substrate having data channels and power lines; a circuit substrate having functional components, wherein (a) the power lines and the data channels in the package substrate are coupled to the functional components of the substrate by conducting bumps, (b) the conducting balls coupling the data access channels in the PCB to the data channels in the package substrate are located along the edges of the package substrate; and (c) the conducting balls coupling the power lines in the PCB and the power lines in the package substrate are located in an interior portion of the package substrate. Also, an integrated circuit may further include a circuit substrate having active components, including a SerDes circuit at a center portion of the substrate. | 03-22-2012 |
20120221882 | Reducing Latency In Serializer-Deserializer Links - A system for increasing the efficiency of data transfer through a serializer-deserializer (SerDes) link, and for reducing data latency caused by differences between arrival times of the data on the SerDes link and the system clock with which the device operates. | 08-30-2012 |
20120267769 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE WITH SEGREGATED TX AND RX DATA CHANNELS - A chip layout isolates Rx terminals and Rx ports from Tx terminals and Tx ports. Tx terminals are grouped contiguously to each other, and are segregated as a group to a given edge of the package, Rx terminals are similarly grouped and segregated to a different edge of the package. Tx and Rx data channels are disposed in a respective single layer of the package, or both are disposed in a same single layer of the package. Rx ports and Tx ports are located at an approximate center of the package, with Tx and Rx ports disposed on respective opposite sides of an axis bisecting the package. Data signals received by, and transmitted from, the chip flow in a same direction, from a first edge of the package to the center of the package and from the center of the package to a second edge of the package, respectively. | 10-25-2012 |
20130313723 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP LAYOUT WITH STAGGERED TX AND TX DATA LINESS - A chip layout for a high speed semiconductor device is disclosed. The chip layout isolates Rx terminals and Rx ports from Tx terminals and Tx ports. A serial interface is centrally located to reduce latency, power and propagation delays. Stacked die that contain one or more devices with the chip layout are characterized by having improved latency, bandwidth, power consumption, and propagation delays. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329553 | TRAFFIC METERING AND SHAPING FOR NETWORK PACKETS - An integrated circuit device comprising, an interface configured to receive signals external to said integrated circuit device; a memory; a logic unit; and a lookup table coupled with the logic unit, wherein the lookup table is configured to govern traffic of a network. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329555 | DUAL COUNTER - An integrated circuit device for receiving packets. The integrated circuit device includes a first counter for counting a number of the packets, and a second counter for counting bytes of the packets. The first counter and the second counter are configured to be incremented by a single command from a packet processor. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332665 | MEMORY WITH BANK-CONFLICT-RESOLUTION (BCR) MODULE INCLUDING CACHE - A memory device includes a block of memory cells and a cache. The block of memory cells is not a random access memory with multiple ports. The block of memory cells is partitioned into subunits that have only a single port. The cache is coupled to the block of memory cells adapted to handle a plurality of accesses to a same subunit of memory cells without a conflict such that the memory appears to be a random access memory to said plurality of accesses. A method of operating the memory, and a memory with bank-conflict-resolution (BCR) module including cache are also provided. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332681 | MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING VARIABLE WRITE BURST AND BROADCAST COMMAND SCHEDULING - A system includes a host device that may be configured to initiate memory requests to a system memory. The system also includes a memory controller that may be configured receive the memory requests and to format the memory requests into memory transactions that are conveyed to the memory device via a memory interface. The memory transactions include a memory write burst command having a first frame that includes a corresponding opcode positioned in one of a first command slot or a second command slot. The memory write burst command may also include a number of subsequent frames for conveying a data payload, as specified for example, by the opcode. The control unit may be configured to generate a number of concurrent sequential memory write operations to the memory in response to receiving the memory write burst command. | 12-12-2013 |
20150019803 | PARTITIONED MEMORY WITH SHARED MEMORY RESOURCES AND CONFIGURABLE FUNCTIONS - A memory device that includes an input interface that receives instructions and input data on a first plurality of serial links. The memory device includes a memory block having a plurality of banks, wherein each of the banks has a plurality of memory cells, and wherein the memory block has multiple ports. An output interface provides data on a second plurality of serial links. A cache coupled to the IO interface and to the plurality of banks, stores write data designated for a given memory cell location when the given memory cell location is currently being accessed, thereby avoiding a collision. Memory device includes one or more memory access controllers (MACs) coupled to the memory block and one or more arithmetic logic units (ALUs) coupled to the MACs. The ALUs perform one or more operations on data prior to the data being transmitted out of the IC via the IO, such as read/modify/write or statistics or traffic management functions, thereby reducing congestion on the serial links and offloading appropriate operations from the host to the memory device. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100074893 | ECM-Complex Antibody Compositions and Methods of Use - The invention provides isolated anti-ECM-complex antibodies that bind to ECM-complexes. The invention also encompasses compositions comprising an anti-ECM-complex antibody and a carrier. These compositions can be provided in an article of manufacture or a kit. Another aspect of the invention is an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-ECM-complex antibody, as well as an expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid. Also provided are cells that produce the anti-ECM-complex antibodies. The invention encompasses a method of producing the anti-ECM-complex antibodies. Other aspects of the invention are a method of detecting an ECM-complex expressing cancer, a method of inhibiting growth of an ECM-complex-expressing tumor, and a method of alleviating or treating an ECM-complex-expressing cancer in a mammal, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-ECM-complex antibody to the mammal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100150907 | PRO115 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides isolated anti-Pro115 antibodies that bind to Pro115. The invention also encompasses compositions comprising an anti-Pro115 antibody and a carrier. These compositions can be provided in an article of manufacture or a kit. Another aspect of the invention is an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-Pro115 antibody, as well as an expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid. Also provided are cells that produce the anti-Pro115 antibodies. The invention encompasses a method of producing the anti-Pro115 antibodies. Other aspects of the invention are a method of killing an Pro115-expressing cancer cell, comprising contacting the cancer cell with an anti-Pro115 antibody and a method of alleviating or treating an Pro115-expressing cancer in a mammal, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-Pro115 antibody to the mammal. | 06-17-2010 |
20140275485 | LIPOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides isolated anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies that bind to Lp-PLA2. The invention also encompasses compositions comprising an anti-Lp-PLA2 antibody. These compositions can be provided in an article of manufacture or a kit. Another aspect of the invention is an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-Lp-PLA2 antibody, as well as an expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid. Also provided are cells that produce the anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies. The invention encompasses a method of producing the anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies. Other aspects of the invention are a method of detecting an Lp-PLA2 in a subject. | 09-18-2014 |
20140283157 | LIPOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides isolated anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies that bind to Lp-PLA2. The invention also encompasses compositions comprising an anti-Lp-PLA2 antibody. These compositions can be provided in an article of manufacture or a kit. Another aspect of the invention is an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-Lp-PLA2 antibody, as well as an expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid. Also provided are cells that produce the anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies. The invention encompasses a method of producing the anti-Lp-PLA2 antibodies. Other aspects of the invention are a method of detecting an Lp-PLA2 in a subject. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090160618 | Method to personalize consumer items for use in outdoor activities - The present invention provides a method to personalize and enhance the value of consumer items for use in outdoor activities. It utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, computers, PDAs, and cell phones to link, record, and retrieve positional, personal, and historical data. The personalization and association of an object to a unique event by the consumer will lead to enhanced value of the product. Information that is stored on cell phones, PDAs, computers, and external databases are transferred as multimedia messages. The information is cataloged and organized using the unique RFID number. The subject line of the multimedia message is the RFID tag number. Commercial items such as skis, coats, hats, shoes, shirts, pants, gloves, sun glasses, surfboards, bicycles, wetsuits, cell phones, computers, golf clubs, golf balls, fishing poles, and lures will be produced that contain RFID tags. | 06-25-2009 |
20090322493 | Method to personalize, promote, and distribute multimedia content using radio frequency identification - The present invention provides a method to advertise real estate, events, and consumer items. It utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, computers, PDAs, and cell phones to link, record, and retrieve positional, personal, and historical data. The personalization and association of an object to a unique event by the consumer will lead to enhanced value of a product. Information that is stored on cell phones, PDAs, computers, and external databases are transferred as multimedia messages. The information is cataloged and organized using the unique RFID number. The subject line of the multimedia message is the RFID tag number. The system can be used to advertise real estate, recreational events, and commercial items such as skis, coats, hats, shoes, shirts, pants, gloves, sun glasses, surfboards, bicycles, wetsuits, cell phones, computers, trading cards, golf clubs, golf balls, fishing poles, and lures. | 12-31-2009 |
20100019482 | Method to personalize real estate brochures, postcards, books, and photo documents using radio frequency identification tags - The present invention provides a method to personalize and enhance photo documents. It utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, computers, PDAs, and cell phones to link, record, and retrieve positional, personal, and historical data. The personalization and association of a photo document to a unique event by the consumer will lead to an enhanced value of the product. Photo documents containing RFID tags are associated with personal images, movies, text, and audio files. Information that is stored on cell phones, PDAs, computers, and external databases is transferred and shared using cellular networks, email, text, and multimedia messaging. This invention describes a system to record, retrieve, and share personal experiences and event information in association with commercial products such as real estate properties. | 01-28-2010 |
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20100075430 | SAMPLE PROCESSING UNITS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - Sample processing units useful for mixing and purifying materials, such as fluidic materials are provided. A sample processing unit typically includes a container configured to contain a sample comprising magnetically responsive particles, and one or more magnets that are in substantially fixed positions relative to the container. A sample processing unit also generally includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the container to and from a position that is within magnetic communication with the magnet, e.g., such that magnetically responsive particles with captured analytes can be retained within the container when other materials are added to and/or removed from the container. Further, a sample processing unit also typically includes a rotational mechanism that is configured to rotate the container, e.g., to effect mixing of sample materials disposed within the container. Related carrier mechanisms, sample processing stations, systems, and methods are also provided. | 03-25-2010 |
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20130059372 | SAMPLE PROCESSING UNITS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - Sample processing units useful for mixing and purifying materials, such as fluidic materials are provided. A sample processing unit typically includes a container configured to contain a sample comprising magnetically responsive particles, and one or more magnets that are in substantially fixed positions relative to the container. A sample processing unit also generally includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the container to and from a position that is within magnetic communication with the magnet, e.g., such that magnetically responsive particles with captured analytes can be retained within the container when other materials are added to and/or removed from the container. Further, a sample processing unit also typically includes a rotational mechanism that is configured to rotate the container, e.g., to effect mixing of sample materials disposed within the container. Related carrier mechanisms, sample processing stations, systems, and methods are also provided. | 03-07-2013 |
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20100056625 | NON-TOXIC ANTI-CANCER DRUG COMBINING ASCORBATE, MAGNESIUM AND A NAPHTHOQUINONE - Compositions comprising combinations of magnesium ascorbate (magnesium Vitamin C of “MgVC | 03-04-2010 |
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20130178522 | VITAMIN C AND CHROMIUM-FREE VITAMIN K, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF FOR TREATING AN NFKB-MEDIATED CONDITION OR DISEASE - Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising vitamin C and chromium-free vitamin K, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). Also provided herein is a chromium-free pharmaceutical composition comprising vitamin C and vitamin K, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). Further provided herein is a method of treating, preventing, or managing an NFKB-mediated condition, disorder, or disease, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of vitamin C and chromium-free vitamin K. | 07-11-2013 |
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