Downes, US
Aidan Downes, Seattle, WA US
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20130024690 | CENTRALIZED SERVICE FOR DISTRIBUTED SERVICE DEPLOYMENTS - A centralized service communicatively links an application provider to a plurality of different message forwarding services. The centralized service receives a request and authenticates the application provider associated with the request. Further, the centralized service delivers a message embodied by the request to a first message forwarding service with a first protocol and/or to a second message forwarding service with a second protocol different than the first protocol. | 01-24-2013 |
20130152196 | THROTTLING OF ROGUE ENTITIES TO PUSH NOTIFICATION SERVERS - Techniques for throttling of rogue entities to push notification servers are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store an application, the application maintaining a monitored domain table, the application maintaining an offending domain table, the application operative to receive an incoming request from a client in a domain, to detect harmful activity based on the request, and to respond to the harmful activity based on one or both of the monitored domain table and the offending domain table. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-13-2013 |
Aidan R. Downes, Seattle, WA US
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20100185956 | SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR SHARER SWITCHING IN APPLICATION SHARING - Architecture for seamless role switching in application sharing. A multipoint control unit (MCU) can be used for connecting multiple clients over a network. An application sharing component establishes an application sharing session over the MCU, and application content is exchanged from a sharer client to one or more viewer clients. Each client can communicate a media connection preference to the session. Client sharer and viewer roles are defined during creation of the application sharing session. A client can seamlessly switch roles during the session from a viewer to a sharer, and vice-versa, so that different application content can be shared to the session viewers. The session can be restricted to only one sharer so that the viewing clients view one sharer client at a time. | 07-22-2010 |
David Ward Downes, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA US
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20150228155 | DELAYED WAGER INCREASE IN VIDEO GAMING - A wagering method and apparatus enables a new format of payline wagering. A wagering method is practiced in which symbols are randomly provided on at least one payline. Each payline should have at least three frames in the payline that are used to determine outcomes against paytables. The method may include steps of: | 08-13-2015 |
Gary Charles Downes, Moorpark, CA US
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20160131673 | Automated Filter Changer - An automatic filter changer that automatically inserts and removes a filter from a fluidic path. Filters are introduced into the automatic filter changer in stacks. The lead filter and each stack is removed from its respective stack one by one by a filter separator. The separated filters are deposited onto a shuttle plate which moves the filters into their respective fluidic paths. Fluid couplers connect to each filter to complete their respective fluidic paths and allow fluids to be filtered before sampling. Once collection of the samples is complete, the filters are removed from the fluidic path and discarded or saved for reuse. The shuttle path is returned to its original position to receive new filters to repeat the process again. A graphic user interface is provided to allow the user to program a specific set of instructions to automate the entire process. | 05-12-2016 |
George R. Downes, Orlando, FL US
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20160030244 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING THE LENS OF AN EYE - A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern. | 02-04-2016 |
George Richard Downes, Oviedo, FL US
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20080219317 | GAS-PURGED LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A gas-purged laser system and method of gas-purging a laser system are disclosed. One embodiment of the laser system comprises an excimer refractive surgical laser system having a laser beam optical path configured to allow purging of a portion of a volume enclosing the laser beam optical path with a gas, and a gas generator, operable to generate the purging gas and provide the gas to the volume portion. The portion of the volume can be the entire volume enclosing the laser beam optical path or a selected portion thereof. The gas can be nitrogen gas and the gas generator can be a self-contained nitrogen generator as will be known to those having skill in the art. Embodiments can further comprise a controller for controlling the flow of purging gas in response to received signals representative of various parameters, such as temperature, oxygen level, pressure, humidity and flow rate. | 09-11-2008 |
Gordon Downes, Gilbert, IL US
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20160110807 | CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTRACT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A computerized exchange for trading container shipping contracts for the future physical transportation of cargo loaded inside a shipping container is provided that comprises an offer module capable of posting thousands of contracts for sale at an offer price published on the computerized exchange. The shipping exchange provides a matching module capable of simultaneously matching thousands of contracts offered on the computerized exchange to a corresponding bid and transform in the offers to purchased contracts. A settlement made capable of notifying carriers identified by the contracts of an obligation to physically transport cargo loaded into a shipping container according to the terms of the contracts is provided. | 04-21-2016 |
Ian George Downes, Stanford, CA US
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20090297018 | Image reconstruction with incomplete fourier-space magnitude data combined with real-space information - Image reconstruction is based on phase retrieval by combining incomplete Fourier-space magnitude data with real-space information. Phase retrieval is performed based on the Fourier-space magnitude data, where the real-space information is expressed in a form suitable to use as a phase retrieval constraint, preferably using a wavelet-space representation. The use of incomplete Fourier-space magnitude data advantageously reduces the amount of data required compared to approaches that need comprehensive Fourier-space magnitude data. The real space information can be regarded as partial information of the image being reconstructed. Depending on the application, more or less real space information may be available. | 12-03-2009 |
James Downes, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20080222417 | Method, System, And Apparatus For Nested Security Access/Authentication With Media Initiation - The disclosure details a nested security access system that manages access points/verification requests to create a series of layered security applications for securing access/user identification data. The NSA system works in coordination with an access point/verification module to generate a series of instructions as a login/verification module that may be executed locally. The login/verification module is executed by the access point/verification module to create a system user access/verification data entry form. Depending on the implementation, the access point/verification module may be configured to accept typed text or clicked image access/verification data, token access/verification data or selected image sequence access/verification data. The process of selected image sequence access involves the system user selecting a series of images that represent individual elements of a password without having to type the information into a data entry form. | 09-11-2008 |
Josh Downes, Henderson, NV US
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20100000885 | KEY ORGANIZING DEVICE - Key organizing device including housing, cover, and slider. Housing includes cavity, two housing ends, end opening, back wall, and slider opening. Housing ends are spaced apart in longitudinal direction. End opening is located at one housing end. Back wall is located at other housing end. Slider opening extends in longitudinal direction. Cover is removeably attached over end opening. Slider includes finger pad and key mount. Key mount is positioned inside cavity and connected to finger pad through slider opening. Slider is configured for attachment and detachment of key through end opening upon removal of cover. Key including key head connected to key blade, key head having edge, key including head aperture spaced apart from the edge, key head including ramp between two guide ridges. Key including key head connected to key blade, key head having edge and head aperture, head aperture including notch in edge. | 01-07-2010 |
20110016937 | KEY ORGANIZING DEVICE - An organizing device including housing, cover, and sliding mechanism. The housing includes a cavity, at least one open end and at least one sliding mechanism opening extending in the longitudinal direction along the housing for receiving and retaining at least part of the sliding mechanism within the housing. The cover is removeably attached over the open end of the housing. Sliding mechanism includes an actuation portion or thumb actuator and mounting portion for mounting a key or other user device. The mounting portion of the sliding mechanism is positioned inside cavity of the housing and the actuation portion of the sliding mechanism extends though the sliding mechanism opening in the housing. In one implementation, the mounting mechanism may be permanently or removeably fixed to the user device. In the case of a key, the mounting mechanism may be mounted to the key blade to form the modified key. The sliding mechanism is movable longitudinally along the housing to retract and extend the user device in and out of one end of the housing. | 01-27-2011 |
20110072870 | STANDARDIZED TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR UNIVERSAL ORGANIZER - A key conversion workstation converts conventional keys, in their many shapes and sizes, into a key assembly having a standardized head that can be used, among other uses, within a key organizing device. | 03-31-2011 |
Keith E. Downes, Stowe, VT US
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20100009509 | DUAL-DAMASCENE PROCESS TO FABRICATE THICK WIRE STRUCTURE - A method and semiconductor device. In the method, at least one partial via is etched in a stacked structure and a border is formed about the at least one partial via. The method further includes performing thick wiring using selective etching while continuing via etching to at least one etch stop layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20100149723 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR CREATION OF A METAL INSULATOR METAL CAPACITOR - The invention is directed to an improved capacitor that reduces edge defects and prevents yield failures. A first embodiment of the invention comprises a protective layer adjacent an interface of a conductive layer with the insulator, while the second embodiment of the invention comprises a protective layer on an insulator which is on a conductive layer. | 06-17-2010 |
20110108919 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A PRECISION BURIED RESISTOR - The present invention provides a semiconductor structure including a buried resistor with improved control, in which the resistor is fabricated in a region of a semiconductor substrate beneath a well region that is also present in the substrate. In accordance with the present invention, the inventive structure includes a semiconductor substrate containing at least a well region; and a buried resistor located in a region of the semiconductor substrate that is beneath said well region. The present invention also provides a method of fabricating such a structure in which a deep ion implantation process is used to form the buried resistor and a shallower ion implantation process is used in forming the well region. | 05-12-2011 |
20120184081 | PROCESS FOR SINGLE AND MULTIPLE LEVEL METAL-INSULATOR-METAL INTEGRATION WITH A SINGLE MASK - A method of fabricating a MIM capacitor is provided. The method includes providing a substrate including a dielectric layer formed on a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed over the dielectric layer, and patterning a mask on the second conductive layer. Exposed portions of the second conductive layer are removed to form an upper plate of a MIM capacitor having edges substantially aligned with respective edges of the mask. The upper plate is undercut so that edges of the upper plate are located under the mask. Exposed portions of the dielectric layer and the first conductive layer are removed using the mask to form a capacitor dielectric layer and a lower plate of the MIM capacitor having edges substantially aligned with respective edges of the mask. | 07-19-2012 |
20120190164 | DUAL-DAMASCENE PROCESS TO FABRICATE THICK WIRE STRUCTURE - A method and semiconductor device. In the method, at least one partial via is etched in a stacked structure and a border is formed about the at least one partial via. The method further includes performing thick wiring using selective etching while continuing via etching to at least one etch stop layer. | 07-26-2012 |
20140151899 | DUAL-DAMASCENE PROCESS TO FABRICATE THICK WIRE STRUCTURE - A method and a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a partial via etched in a stacked structure and a trough above the partial via. The method includes performing thick wiring using selective etching while etching the partial via to an etch stop layer. | 06-05-2014 |
Keith Edward Downes, Stowe, VT US
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20090004809 | Method of Integration of a MIM Capacitor with a Lower Plate of Metal Gate Material Formed on an STI Region or a Silicide Region Formed in or on the Surface of a Doped Well with a High K Dielectric Material - A MIM capacitor is formed on a semiconductor substrate having a top surface and including regions formed in the surface selected from a Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) region and a doped well having exterior surfaces coplanar with the semiconductor substrate. A capacitor lower plate is either a lower electrode formed on the STI region in the semiconductor substrate or a lower electrode formed by a doped well formed in the top surface of the semiconductor substrate that may have a silicide surface. A capacitor HiK dielectric layer is formed on or above the lower plate. A capacitor second plate is formed on the HiK dielectric layer above the capacitor lower plate. A dual capacitor structure with a top plate may be formed above the second plate with vias connected to the lower plate protected from the second plate by side wall spacers. | 01-01-2009 |
Michael Downes, Coronado, CA US
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20150282343 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CADDY - An electronic device caddy includes a first tray portion with at least two spaced lengthwise channels and an end cage and a second tray portion also including an end cage and at least two lengthwise rails slideable in the spaced channels of the first tray portion to load and accommodate different size electronic devices between the end cages. A locking mechanism releaseably locks at least one rail in its channel. A mounting bracket is attached rearward of one tray portion. | 10-01-2015 |
Michael Downes, San Diego, CA US
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20090209500 | USE OF VITAMIN D RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND PRECURSORS TO TREAT FIBROSIS - This application relates to methods of treating, preventing, and ameliorating fibrosis, such as fibrosis of the liver, kidney, or pancreas. In particular, the application relates to methods of using a vitamin D receptor agonist (such as vitamin D, vitamin D analogs, vitamin D precursors, and vitamin D receptor agonists precursors) for the treatment of fibrosis. Also disclosed are methods for screening for agents that treat, prevent, and ameliorate fibrosis. | 08-20-2009 |
20110014126 | USE OF VITAMIN D RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND PRECURSORS TO TREAT FIBROSIS - This application relates to methods of treating, preventing, and ameliorating fibrosis, such as fibrosis of the liver. In particular, the application relates to methods of using a vitamin D receptor agonist (such as vitamin D, vitamin D analogs, vitamin D precursors, and vitamin D receptor agonists precursors) for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Also disclosed are methods for screening for agents that treat, prevent, and ameliorate fibrosis. | 01-20-2011 |
20110112047 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING MUSCLE PERFORMANCE AND TONE - This disclosure concerns the use of agonists of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) for improving exercise and modifying energy metabolism in a subject. The disclosure also relates to a combination of AMPK and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) δ agonists for improving exercise performance in a subject, methods for identifying substance-enhanced exercise performance in a subject, and methods for identifying compounds that affect the interaction of PPARδ with exercise-induced kinases. | 05-12-2011 |
20110263454 | Methods of Identifying Functional Characteristics of Promoters, Transcription Modifying Proteins and Transcription Modulating Agents - Provided herein is, inter alia, methods and compositions useful in therapeutic interrogation of complex physiologic pathways by massively parallel and permissive transcriptional screening. Thus, methods and compositions are provided herein that are useful for high-throughput functional analysis of complex, transcriptionally regulated physiological pathways. While examples are provided relating to nuclear receptors, the methods and composition can be generalized and applied to any class of transcription factor or any class of gene product that can regulate the activity of transcription. For example, in addition to nuclear receptors, the methods and compositions provided herein are generally applicable to all known transcription factors and any gene encoded product that modulates said transcription factor activity. Moreover, data obtained through the methods provided herein are directly comparable thereby facilitating high-throughput functional analysis. | 10-27-2011 |
20120302491 | MODULATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA (ERR GAMMA) AND USES THEREFOR - This application provides methods of increasing vascularization, muscle performance, muscle rehabilitation, and/or mitochondrial activity in subjects in need thereof, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more agents that increases ERRγ activity to the subject. Such agents can include one or more ERRγ agonists. In some examples the method does not require that the subject exercise, and as such, the subject may be sedentary (such as bedridden or in a wheelchair). | 11-29-2012 |
20130116171 | METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS USING FGF - The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, obesity, and fatty liver. | 05-09-2013 |
20140005238 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING EXERCISE PERFORMANCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140155316 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1 PROTEIN FRAGMENTS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to a chimeric protein that includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes a portion of a paracrine fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion of an FGF19 molecule. The portion of the paracrine FGF is modified to decrease binding affinity for heparin and/or heparan sulfate compared to the portion without the modification. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including chimeric proteins according to the present invention, methods for treating a subject suffering from diabetes, obesity, or metabolic syndrome, and methods of screening for compounds with enhanced binding affinity for the βKlotho-FGF receptor complex involving the use of chimeric proteins of the present invention. | 06-05-2014 |
20140171361 | METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS USING FGF - The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, obesity, and fatty liver. | 06-19-2014 |
20150065419 | METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS USING FGF - The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, obesity, and fatty liver. | 03-05-2015 |
20150111821 | MUTATED FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (FGF) 1 AND METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure provides FGF1 mutant proteins, such as those having an N-terminal deletion, point mutation(s), or combinations thereof, which can reduce blood glucose in a mammal. Such mutant FGF1 proteins can be part of a chimeric protein that includes a β-Klotho-binding protein, an FGFR1c-binding protein, a β-Klotho-binding protein and a FGFR1c-binding protein, a C-terminal region from FGF19 or FGF21. In some examples, mutant FGF1 proteins have reduced mitogenic activity. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules that encode such proteins, and vectors and cells that include such nucleic acids. Methods of using the disclosed molecules to reduce blood glucose levels are also provided. | 04-23-2015 |
20150119315 | MODULATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA (ERR GAMMA) AND USES THEREFOR - This application provides methods of increasing vascularization, muscle performance, muscle rehabilitation, and/or mitochondrial activity in subjects in need thereof, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more agents that increases ERRγ activity to the subject. Such agents can include one or more ERRγ agonists. In some examples the method does not require that the subject exercise, and as such, the subject may be sedentary (such as bedridden or in a wheelchair). | 04-30-2015 |
20150258052 | METHODS OF USING FEXARAMINE AND AGENTS THAT INCREASE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE BROWNING OF WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE - Provided are methods of promoting browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) in a subject. Such methods can include administering to a subject (e.g., via the gastrointestinal tract) a therapeutically effective amount of fexaramine in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that mimics or increases sympathetic nervous system activity (e.g., one or more beta-adrenergic agonists and/or compounds that increase epinephrine secretion). | 09-17-2015 |
20150343022 | METHODS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS USING FGF - The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and fatty liver. | 12-03-2015 |
20160089385 | VITAMIN D RECEPTOR AGONISTS TO TREAT DISEASES INVOLVING CXCL12 ACTIVITY - Provided herein are methods of treating and preventing pancreatitis, such as pancreatitis induced by glucagon-like peptide (GLP) agonists (such as GLP-1 agonists, for example Byetta®), by administration of a vitamin D receptor agonist (such as vitamin D, vitamin D analogs, vitamin D precursors, and vitamin D receptor agonists precursors). In some examples the subject has diabetes, such as type 2 diabetes. | 03-31-2016 |
20160101086 | METHODS OF TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - Disclosed herein are methods of improving muscular health, such as enhancing muscle regeneration, maintenance, or repair. In some examples, the method includes administering to the subject an effective amount of an agent capable of increasing activity or expression of estrogen receptor-related gamma (ERRγ), related receptors ERRα or β, or ERR-regulated metabolic and angiogenic genes, thereby enhancing muscle regeneration, maintenance, or repair. In some examples, the methods are utilized to treat a subject with one or more signs or symptoms of muscular dystrophy, such as, but not limited to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In some examples, the disclosed methods further include selecting a subject in need of enhancing muscle regeneration, maintenance, or repair. | 04-14-2016 |
20160106762 | VITAMIN D RECEPTOR/SMAD GENOMIC CIRCUIT GATES FIBROTIC RESPONSE - The present disclosure provides compositions that include a nanoparticle and a compound that increases the biological activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) (e.g., a VDR agonist), and methods of using such compounds to increase retention or storage of vitamin A, vitamin D, and/or lipids by a cell, such as an epithelial or stellate cell. Such methods can be used to treat or prevent fibrosis. | 04-21-2016 |
Michael Downes, La Jolla, CA US
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20160023991 | PPAR AGONISTS - Provided herein are compounds and compositions useful in increasing PPARδ activity. The compounds and compositions provided herein are useful for the treatment of PPARδ related diseases (e.g., muscular diseases, vascular disease, demyelinating disease, and metabolic diseases). | 01-28-2016 |
Michael D. Downes, Woodinville, WA US
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20090108538 | Two-Component Seal With Integral Locking Feature To Prevent Relative Rotation - A rotary seal is provided. The rotary seal includes an annular seal element having a sealing surface. The seal element further includes a surface opposite of the sealing surface including a first coupling portion. The rotary seal also includes an annular energizer including a second coupling portion complementary to the first coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions engage so as to inhibit relative rotation between the seal element and the energizer. | 04-30-2009 |
20110163507 | Shaft Seal with Lubrication Device - A shaft seal assembly for use with a reciprocating or rotating shaft includes a shaft seal, a lubricant-storing ring, and a retainer. The retainer and ring can be formed as a subassembly and then combined with a shaft seal. The seal includes an annular body portion, a first sealing lip portion, and a first pocket portion. The first sealing lip portion has a substantially uniform axial dimension and is adapted to sealingly engage a shaft. The first pocket portion includes a plurality of pockets, each having an opening toward the first sealing lip portion. The plurality of pockets are each adapted to collect a working fluid when the shaft axially displaces in a first direction and to dispense the working fluid when the shaft axially displaces in a second direction. The assembly provides a lubricated shaft and seal that improves the effective life of the shaft seal. | 07-07-2011 |
Michael R. Downes, San Diego, CA US
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20110018866 | STRUCTURE OF THE FARNESOID X RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The present invention provides compositions comprising the ligand binding domain (LBD) of a farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in crystalline form. In alternative embodiments, the LBD of FXR is complexed with a ligand therefor. There are provided high resolution structures of FXR complexed with a novel high affinity agonist fexaramine. The discovered structure of a FXR LBD provides the first three-dimensional view of the structural basis for FXR ligand binding. The present invention further provides a computer for producing a time-dimensional representation of FXR or a complex thereof, and a computer for determining at least a portion of the structure coordinates of FXR or a complex thereof. The present invention further provides methods of using this structural information to predict molecules capable of binding to FXR; to identify compounds with agonist, antagonist or partial agonist activity for FXR; and to determine whether a test compound is capable of binding to the LBD of FXR. The present invention further provides compositions comprising compounds identified by such invention methods. | 01-27-2011 |
Michael R. Downes, La Jolla, CA US
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20150368667 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES AND RELATED DISORDERS - The invention features compositions comprising in vitro generated beta cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, methods of inducing beta cell maturation from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cell-derived beta-like cells, and methods of using in vitro generated beta cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or a related disorder. | 12-24-2015 |
Patrick George Downes, San Diego, CA US
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20140075465 | TIME VARYING EVALUATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products are provided to facilitate enhanced use and interaction with multimedia content that is based on a time-varying evaluation of the multimedia content. While a content is being presented on a first device, timing information identifying temporal locations of content segments are extracted and transmitted to a database along with a user's evaluation feedback of the multimedia content. The user then receives a response corresponding to feedback provided by a plurality of consumers of the multimedia content on a segment-by-segment basis. | 03-13-2014 |
20140267907 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION TRACKING IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Methods, devices, systems and computer programs facilitate presentation of a second content in synchronization with a first content. In one method, at least a portion of a first content that is being presented by a first device is received at a second device. The first content includes substantially imperceptible watermarks that are embedded in one or more components of the first content. A first watermark detection result is obtained by performing a watermark detection operation. Additionally, a second watermark detection result associated with the first content is received at the second device from a device other than the second device. The first watermark detection result and the second watermark detection result are augmented to obtain a combined watermark detection result, and the combined detection result is used to enable presentation of a second content in synchronization with the first content. | 09-18-2014 |
20150030200 | WATERMARK EXTRACTOR ENHANCEMENTS BASED ON PAYLOAD RANKING - Methods, devices, systems and computer program products improve the detection of watermarks that are embedded in a host content by providing information indicative of a ranking of watermark payloads to watermark extractors. A watermark extractor device obtains information indicative of a ranking of a plurality of watermark payload values, where such information designates each watermark payload value within a first subset of the plurality of watermark payload values as having an associated rank value. Based at least in-part on the information indicative of the ranking, the watermark extractor device is configured to prioritize resource allocation for extraction of payload values that are designated as belonging to the first subset over payload values that are not designated as belonging to the first subset. The watermark extractor then extracts a payload value, designated as belonging to the first subset, from one or more watermarks embedded in the host content. | 01-29-2015 |
Raymond Warren Downes, Westlake Village, CA US
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20140295030 | YOGURT SMOOTHIE KIT AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A yogurt smoothie kit for use in preparing yogurt smoothies, when combined with mixing liquid, is provided herein. The kit includes a container having an inner volume, an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a demarcation positioned between the top end and the bottom end, the inner volume divided by the demarcation into an upper volume above the demarcation and a lower volume below the demarcation. The kit further includes, inside the container, a plurality of frozen yogurt pellets, the frozen yogurt pellets each having at least milk proteins, milk fat, yogurt bacterial cultures, sugar, and a stabilizer mix. | 10-02-2014 |
Richard Downes, Bucksport, ME US
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20100285911 | AUTOMATIC BELT TENSIONING DEVICE - An automatic belt tensioning device for use with a belt-driven transmission system, the belt-driven transmission system being designed to transmit power from a power generating device to work performing machinery by use of one or more flexible, continuous loop belts, with the one or more belts mechanically linking two or more rotatable shafts, each shaft having one or more sheaves capable of engaging with the belts, whereby at least one shaft is integrated with the power generating device and at least one shaft is integrated with the work performing machinery, said automatic belt tensioning device having an air spring interposed between the power generating device and the work performing machinery capable of moving the power generating device away from the work performing machinery during operation, such movement dynamically increasing the distance between the power generating device and the work performing motor such that appropriate tension is maintained in the one or more belts notwithstanding any slackening of the one or more belts during operation. | 11-11-2010 |
Scott Downes, Doraville, GA US
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20130174229 | Web-Based Collaborative Framework - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for facilitating network communications. Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a server-based application configured to produce web pages for a web site in accordance with input received from a user; and an interface to the server-based application receiving selections of features which are available to be added to the web site in response to user prompts and to set access rights on which features are to be available to different roles of users. Other systems and methods are also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
Scott Downes, Atlanta, GA US
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20130060871 | Systems and Methods for Performing Live Chat Functionality Via a Mobile Device - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for extending chat capabilities of traditional computer-to-computer chat systems to mobile devices. As will be generally understood, chat sessions typically allow users and chat agents to type and send/receive messages through a chat system. According to one aspect, such a mobile consumer messaging system (MCMS) utilizes existing mobile communication channels to interface with existing traditional chat systems. Specifically, in various embodiments of the MCMS, chat agents using existing, traditional chat systems are able to participate in chat sessions with end users through the users' mobile devices without specific modifications to the existing chat system. Further, according to one embodiment, chat agents utilize a single chat platform to participate in chat sessions with end users through the end users' mobile devices as well as with various other users utilizing a traditional chat system on a computer. | 03-07-2013 |
Scott Downes, Tucker, GA US
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20090150066 | System and Method for Finding Persons in a Corporate Entity - A graphical user interface-based contact information system allows users to see obtain not only contact information in a quick, efficient manner, but also allows users to see organizational charts and update communication devices. The contact information system comprises a server executing the graphical user interface that a users uses to access contact information. The contact information is stored in an information database. The graphical user interface can be a web browser. By navigating through web pages displayed to the user by the web browser, the user is able to extract contact information from the information database for a particular person, display organizational charts and provide updates to communication devices. In addition, the contact information system can access Internet sites to obtain services such as providing maps and driving directions to users based on the contact information for the particular person. | 06-11-2009 |