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20120084160 | Providing Social Endorsements with Online Advertising - Third-party publishers (such as websites) provide online advertisements combined with social endorsement information to users. A request for an advertisement is received from a viewing user via a third-party publisher system. A particular advertisement is selected in response to this request, and one or more advertisement tags associated with the advertisement are retrieved. The advertisement tags comprise information related to the advertisement. Social networking system data for users related to the viewing user is retrieved. Social endorsement information is obtained using the social networking system data and the advertisement tags associated with the advertisement. The social endorsement information and the advertisement are then combined and transmitted to the third-party publisher system, or are transmitted individually for combination by the third-party publisher system. | 04-05-2012 |
20130066711 | Understanding Effects of a Communication Propagated Through a Social Networking System - Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to a user within a time period prior to an action performed by the user are recorded in a first label object associated with the action. The action performed by the user generates new content to be presented to other users. The identifiers of the new content and the first label object are recorded in new label objects associated with actions performed by the other users subsequent to viewing the new content. Various metrics may be determined by analyzing the label objects associated with actions performed by users of the social networking system, including virality, reach, and identifying users that share a particular content item. | 03-14-2013 |
20130166725 | Measuring Page Viewership in a Social Network - A social networking system includes pages created by users for providing content related to topics of interest. An interaction engine captures data and maintains analytical information about how users interact with pages and posts. When a user takes an action such as liking a page or a post, the interaction engine updates the page's activity history to reflect the activity and information about the user who took the action. The interaction engine also measures the reach of pages and posts, by determining how and from where each user viewed the page and its contents. The interaction engine further tracks the community's interest in pages and posts by determining how many unique users create stories that include a page or its content. An insights module uses the data obtained by the interaction engine to synthesize graphical reports about page interactions and present the reports to page administrators. | 06-27-2013 |
20140108964 | Measuring Page Viewership in a Social Network - A social networking system includes pages created by users for providing content related to topics of interest. An interaction engine captures data and maintains analytical information about how users interact with pages and posts. When a user takes an action such as liking a page or a post, the interaction engine updates the page's activity history to reflect the activity and information about the user who took the action. The interaction engine also measures the reach of pages and posts, by determining how and from where each user viewed the page and its contents. The interaction engine further tracks the community's interest in pages and posts by determining how many unique users create stories that include a page or its content. An insights module uses the data obtained by the interaction engine to synthesize graphical reports about page interactions and present the reports to page administrators. | 04-17-2014 |
20150339735 | PROVIDING SOCIAL ENDORSEMENTS WITH ONLINE ADVERTISING - Third-party publishers (such as websites) provide online advertisements combined with social endorsement information to users. A request for an advertisement is received from a viewing user via a third-party publisher system. A particular advertisement is selected in response to this request, and one or more advertisement tags associated with the advertisement are retrieved. The advertisement tags comprise information related to the advertisement. Social networking system data for users related to the viewing user is retrieved. Social endorsement information is obtained using the social networking system data and the advertisement tags associated with the advertisement. The social endorsement information and the advertisement are then combined and transmitted to the third-party publisher system, or are transmitted individually for combination by the third-party publisher system. | 11-26-2015 |
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20110046257 | UV-CURABLE LOW SURFACE ENERGY COATINGS - The invention provides an improved unsaturated polyester prepared from the polycondensation of unsaturated diacid monomers or unsaturated acid anhydride mononers and polyol monomers and. optionally, one or more saturated aliphatic or aromatic diacid monomers or anhydride monomers thereof. The improvement comprises 0.5 to 50 weight percent, based on the total monomer weight, of an hydroxyalkyl-functional siloxane of formula (1) below. The invention also relates to a UV curable coating formulation containing a siloxane-functional unsaturated polyester resin, a vinyl ether functional diluents and a photoinitiator. The invention further provides a method of preparing an article with a low-surface energy coating. According to the method, at least one surface of an article with a coating formulation of the invention; and the coating is then cured as described above with UV light to form a low-surface energy coating on the surface. The invention also relates to articles having a low-surface energy coating according to the invention. | 02-24-2011 |
20120241373 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - A polymeric membrane includes an active layer over a support, wherein the active layer includes at least two chemically distinct polyamide films. A first one of the films is in contact with the support, and a second one of the films is not in contact with the support. The second polyamide film is crosslinked with the first polyamide film at an interface therewith, and the second polyamide film includes a structure having a side chain group including an ammonium salt. | 09-27-2012 |
20130001153 | THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES EMBEDDED WITH MOLECULAR CAGE COMPOUNDS - A polymeric membrane on a support, wherein the polymeric membrane includes a crosslinked polymer covalently bound to a molecular cage compound. An interfacial polymerization method for making the polymeric membrane is also disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130327714 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANE WITH MULTI-LAYERED ACTIVE LAYER - A thin film composite membrane includes an active layer on a support membrane, wherein the active layer includes at least two chemically distinct first and second crosslinked polyamide film sub-layers. The first film sub-layer includes a polyamide unit; and the second film sub-layer includes a copolyamide with two chemically distinct polyamide units. The first film sub-layer is closer to the support than is the second film sub-layer. | 12-12-2013 |
20130344441 | ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPABLE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - Provided is a hydrophobic negative tone developable (NTD) resist composition comprising (a) a hydrophobic polymer having (i) at least one nonpolar acid-stable group; and (ii) at least one nonpolar acid-labile group, and (b) a photoacid generator (PAG) that may or may not be bound to the polymer, wherein a nonpolar aromatic or aliphatic organic hydrocarbon solvent is used to develop the unexposed regions of the NTD resist film and the resist film is not developable in an aqueous base developer, such as 0.26 N TMAH. | 12-26-2013 |
20140031485 | FILTRATION MEMBRANE WITH COVALENTLY GRAFTED FOULING-RESISTANT POLYMER - A method of photo-grafting onto a separation membrane a copolymer includes at least one of: | 01-30-2014 |
20140217014 | COMPOSITE FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - A method comprises disposing, on a porous support membrane, an aqueous mixture comprising a crosslinkable polymer comprising a poly(meth)acrylate and/or poly(meth)acrylamide backbone, thereby forming an initial film layer, wherein the crosslinkable polymer comprises a side chain nucleophilic amine group capable of interfacially reacting with a multi-functional acid halide crosslinking agent to form a crosslinked polymer; contacting the initial film layer with a mixture comprising i) the multi-functional acid halide crosslinking agent, ii) an optional accelerator, and iii) an organic solvent, the organic solvent being a non-solvent for the crosslinkable polymer; and allowing the crosslinkable polymer to interfacially react with the crosslinking agent, thereby forming a composite filtration membrane comprising an anti-fouling selective layer comprising the crosslinked polymer. | 08-07-2014 |
20150021262 | THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES EMBEDDED WITH MOLECULAR CAGE COMPOUNDS - A polymeric membrane on a support, wherein the polymeric membrane includes a crosslinked polymer covalently bound to a molecular cage compound. An interfacial polymerization method for making the polymeric membrane is also disclosed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150202575 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - A polymeric membrane includes an active layer over a support, wherein the active layer includes at least two chemically distinct polyamide films. A first one of the films is in contact with the support, and a second one of the films is not in contact with the support. The second polyamide film is crosslinked with the first polyamide film at an interface therewith, and the second polyamide film includes a structure having a side chain group including an ammonium salt. | 07-23-2015 |
20150329664 | METHODS OF FORMING BLOCK POLYMERS FOR DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY - Block polymers are formed by ring opening polymerization (ROP) of a cyclic carbonate monomer using a polymeric initiator for the ROP that comprises repeating functionalized ethylene units. The block polymers are free of, or substantially free of, any polymer having a chemical structure that does not comprise the polymer backbone of the polymeric initiator. The block polymers are capable of directed self-assembly. | 11-19-2015 |
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20080265936 | Integrated circuit switching device, structure and method of manufacture - An integrated circuit device can include a plurality of field effect transistors (FETs) having channel depths no greater than a first depth, and at least a first switch junction FET (JFET) having a source coupled to a signal transmission input node, a drain coupled to a signal transmission output node, and a gate. The first switch JFET has a channel depth greater than the first depth. Switch JFETs can enable low resistance configurable switch paths to be created for interconnecting different portions of a same integrated circuit device. | 10-30-2008 |
20080272414 | Image sensing cell, device, method of operation, and method of manufacture - An image sensing device can include one or more image sensing cells. Each image sensing cell can have a charge store element formed from a semiconductor material doped to a first conductivity type. The charge store element can be in contact with a channel region formed from a semiconductor material doped to a second conductivity type. The charge store element can have one or more surfaces for exposure to an image source. Each image sensing cell can also include a charge electrode formed from a semiconductor material doped to the first conductivity type that is separated from the charge store element by a semiconductor material doped to the second conductivity type. In addition, one or more current detection electrodes can be included in each image sensing cell. A current detection electrode can pass a current flowing through the channel region in a read operation. Such an image sensing cell can be compact in size and/or have a large image sensing area. | 11-06-2008 |
20080273398 | Semiconductor device storage cell structure, method of operation, and method of manufacture - The invention can include at least one storage cell having a store gate structure formed from a semiconductor material doped to a first conductivity type and in contact with a channel region comprising a semiconductor material doped to a second conductivity type. A storage cell can also include at least a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region separated from one another by the channel region. A control gate structure, comprising a semiconductor layer doped to the first conductivity type can be formed over a substrate surface. The control gate structure can be in contact with the channel region. Such a storage cell can be more compact and/or provide longer data retention times than conventional storage cells, such as many conventional dynamic random access memory (DRAM) type cells. | 11-06-2008 |
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20080240020 | Routing support in heterogeneous communications networks - A device comprises a first binding unit which provides for a binding to a first tunnelling server using a first protocol, a second binding unit which provides for a binding to a second tunnelling server using a second protocol different from the first protocol, and an authorizing unit which causes the first or second binding unit to provide the binding. | 10-02-2008 |
20080247407 | COMBINED SCHEDULING AND NETWORK CODING FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS - An architecture by which combined scheduling and network coding can be used in mesh networks, and more particularly wireless mesh networks. In various embodiments, this architecture includes a scheduling MAC protocol for scheduling nodes in the mesh network in order to take advantage of network coding opportunities. The schedule takes advantage of these opportunities by assigning a gain to transmit packets based upon the number of packets that are transmitted concurrently and choosing a schedule which minimizes the gain over the scheduling horizon. Regarding the assigned gain, in one embodiment this value is one for basic non-encoded operations and two or more for encoded operations. A scheduling MAC protocol is also used to announce and arbitrate network coding opportunities by indicating which packets (as characterized by their transmission slot) are to be encoded with each other. | 10-09-2008 |
20100322212 | Optimization in heterogeneous networks - A heterogeneous wireless communication network includes a home access network with a home network characteristic and a home network policy, and a visiting access network with a visiting network characteristic and a visiting network policy. A packet data node gateway is adapted to communicate with the home access network and the visiting access network over a first communication path. An out-of-band communication path substantially separate from the first communication path is adapted to carry the visiting network policy from the visiting access network to the packet data node gateway. When the terminal is handed off from the home network to the visiting network, the packet data node gateway retrieves the visiting network policy, and the terminal accesses the visiting network over the first communication path using the visiting network policy. | 12-23-2010 |
20110274256 | VOICEMAIL MODULE - A voicemail module is described, which module is intended to be incorporated into a voicemail system of one or more end users. The voicemail module includes a plurality of settings, some of which may be provided by the developer and some of which may be provided by the end user. For at least some of the settings that are provided by the developer, a flag or some other mechanism is provided for indicating whether the developer allows the end user to modify the setting. Thus, a flexible voicemail module is provided that enables the developer of the module to retain control of the aspects of the module that can be configured by the end user. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274263 | VOICEMAIL APPLICATION - An application is described, which application detects that a communication device of a called party is not accepting a call from a calling party and initiates a voicemail application in response to the detecting step. The voicemail application includes a plurality of voicemail modules, each of which is a complete and functional voicemail application. The initiation of the voicemail application includes selecting one of said plurality of possible voicemail modules for use, for example on the basis of the identity (or some other characteristic) of the calling party and/or the identity (or some other characteristic) of the called party. | 11-10-2011 |
20110275351 | MOBILE VOICEMAIL APPLICATION - An arrangement is provided for detecting that a called party is not (or is not able) to accept an incoming call, such that a voicemail application should be initiated. In response to this detection, a premium voicemail service is initiated, for example by a SIP server that does not typically form part of the mobile operator of the called party. The premium voicemail service selects one of a number of available voicemail services, typically dependent on the identity of the called party and/or the calling party and provides that voicemail service. The voicemail service(s) offered by the premium voicemail service are user-definable. For example, the user may be able to purchase a particular voicemail service, modify and existing voicemail service and/or design a voicemail service. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276952 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION GENERATOR - An arrangement for generating a telecommunications application (such as a voicemail application) is described. The arrangement provides a graphical user interface that enables a user to select telecommunications application building blocks and to position and connect those blocks on the display in order to define an algorithm. The algorithm can be implemented using pre-defined modules for said building blocks. | 11-10-2011 |
20120093074 | Local breakout with local gateway for mobile users - A user equipment UE context is stored in a local memory including a session context for a breakout data session. The session context comprises a source internet protocol IP address, a destination IP address, an identifier of a former local breakout gateway LBGW and an identifier of a new LBGW. The former LBGW receives first traffic originating from the destination IP address and addressed to the source IP address, and uses the session context to forward the first traffic from the former LBGW to the new LBGW via a first tunnel. There is thus a globally routable IP address for the session context that need not change when the UE moves from one LBGW to another. Embodiments are detailed for routing through more than two LBGWs, and for when the UE initiates another breakout data session on the new LBGW ion addition to the aforesaid breakout data session. | 04-19-2012 |
20130117729 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION GENERATOR - An arrangement for generating a telecommunications application (such as a voicemail application) is described. The arrangement provides a graphical user interface that enables a user to select telecommunications application building blocks and to position and connect those blocks on the display in order to define an algorithm. The algorithm can be implemented using pre-defined modules for said building blocks. | 05-09-2013 |
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20130271812 | CONTROLLING TRANSITIONS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and/or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network. | 10-17-2013 |
20140236323 | CONTROL METHOD FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS - A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on a penetration depth of direct sunlight through the tintable window into the room at the future time and space type in the room. The method also provides instructions over a network to transition tint of the tintable window to the tint level. | 08-21-2014 |
20140268287 | CONTROLLING TRANSITIONS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and/or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network. | 09-18-2014 |
20150060648 | CONTROLLING TRANSITIONS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and/or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network. | 03-05-2015 |
20160054633 | CONTROLLING TRANSITIONS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and/or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network. | 02-25-2016 |
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20150223576 | System and Method For Dynamic Jewelry - A system and method that activates light emission elements controlled by a processor using rigid, rigid-flex, or flex circuitry that causes the light emission elements to illuminate in dynamic patterns, colors, or arrangements based on algorithms that map sensory data captured by a plurality of sensors, such as musical, biometric, behavioral, environmental, visual, or kinetic data sensors. These dynamic illumination patterns or arrangements can coordinate with the user's outfit, environment, motions, emotions, or physiological state. The system and method could be employed in various pieces of curved or straight jewelry such as bracelets, headbands, hair clips, necklaces, choker necklaces, and other consumer products as appropriate. The system can also generate dynamic sequences used for functions other than illumination, for example vibration or behavioral choices, such as whether or not to go outside based on pollution readings analyzed by the processor utilizing environmental sensor data. | 08-13-2015 |
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20130141342 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 06-06-2013 |
20140035856 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 02-06-2014 |
20150091867 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 04-02-2015 |
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20080279444 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE OPTICAL MODES OF AN INSPECTION SYSTEM AS CANDIDATES FOR USE IN INSPECTION OF A LAYER OF A WAFER - Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and systems for identifying one or more optical modes of an inspection system as candidates for use in inspection of a layer of a wafer are provided. One method includes determining one or more characteristics of images of the layer of the wafer acquired using the inspection system and different optical modes available on the inspection system. The method also includes identifying a first portion of the different optical modes as not candidates for use in the inspection of the layer of the wafer based on the one or more characteristics of the images. In addition, the method includes generating output by eliminating the first portion of the different optical modes from the different optical modes at which the images were acquired such that the output includes a second portion of the different optical modes indicated as the candidates for use in the inspection. | 11-13-2008 |
20130342825 | DIODE LASER BASED BROAD BAND LIGHT SOURCES FOR WAFER INSPECTION TOOLS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing inspection or metrology of a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a plurality of laser diode arrays that are configurable to provide an incident beam having different wavelength ranges. The apparatus also includes optics for directing the incident beam towards the sample, a detector for generating an output signal or image based on an output beam emanating from the sample in response to the incident beam, and optics for directing the output beam towards the detector. The apparatus further includes a controller for configuring the laser diode arrays to provide the incident beam at the different wavelength ranges and detecting defects or characterizing a feature of the sample based on the output signal or image. | 12-26-2013 |
20140060792 | Method and Apparatus to Reduce Thermal Stress by Regulation and Control of Lamp Operating Temperatures - A fluid input manifold distributes injected fluid around the body of a bulb to cool the bulb below a threshold. The injected fluid also distributes heat more evenly along the surface of the bulb to reduce thermal stress. The fluid input manifold may comprise one or more airfoils to direct a substantially laminar fluid flow along the surface of the bulb or it may comprise a plurality of fluid injection nozzles oriented to produce a substantially laminar fluid flow. An output portion may be configured to facilitate fluid flow along the surface of the bulb by allowing injected fluid to easily escape after absorbing heat from the bulb or by applying negative pressure to actively draw injected fluid along the surface of the bulb and away. | 03-06-2014 |
20150042979 | DIODE LASER BASED BROAD BAND LIGHT SOURCES FOR WAFER INSPECTION TOOLS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing inspection or metrology of a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a plurality of laser diode arrays that are configurable to provide an incident beam having different wavelength ranges. At least some of the laser diode arrays form two dimensional stacks that have different wavelength ranges from each other. The apparatus also includes optics for directing the incident beam towards the sample, a detector for generating an output signal or image based on an output beam emanating from the sample in response to the incident beam, and optics for directing the output beam towards the detector. The apparatus further includes a controller for configuring the laser diode arrays to provide the incident beam at the different wavelength ranges and detecting defects or characterizing a feature of the sample based on the output signal or image. | 02-12-2015 |