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20130343062 | ACCESSORIES FOR LED LAMPS - Accessories for LED lamps and methods of attaching accessories to illumination sources (e.g., LED lamps) are disclosed. A beam shaping accessories mechanically affixed to the LED lamp. The lens is designed to adapt to a first fixture that is mechanically attached to the lens. Accessories are designed to have a second fixture for mating to the first fixture such that the first fixture and the second fixture are configured to produce a retaining force between the first accessory and the lens. In some embodiments, the retaining force is a mechanical force that is accomplished by mechanical mating of mechanical fixtures. In other embodiments, the retaining force is a magnetic force and is accomplished by magnetic fixtures configured to have attracting magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the accessory is treated to modulate an emanated light pattern (e.g., a rectangular, or square, or oval, or circular or diffused emanated light pattern). | 12-26-2013 |
20140146545 | ACCESSORIES FOR LED LAMP SYSTEMS - Accessories for LED lamp systems and methods of attaching accessories to illumination sources (e.g., LED lamps) are disclosed. A beam shaping accessories mechanically affixed to the LED lamp. The lens is designed to adapt to a first fixture that is mechanically attached to the lens. Accessories are designed to have a second fixture for mating to the first fixture such that the first fixture and the second fixture are configured to produce a retaining force between the first accessory and the lens. The retaining force is a mechanical force that is accomplished by mechanical mating of mechanical fixtures, or the retaining force is a magnetic force and is accomplished by magnetic fixtures configured to have attracting magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the accessory is treated to modulate an emanated light pattern (e.g., a rectangular, or square, or oval, or circular or diffused emanated light pattern). A USB connector is also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100169210 | Methods and Systems for Protection of Identity - The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor's secondary identification. | 07-01-2010 |
20110264597 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION OF IDENTITY - The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates'a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor's secondary identification. | 10-27-2011 |
20120303521 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION OF IDENTITY - The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor's secondary identification. | 11-29-2012 |
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20110259501 | HYBRID CORD IN A BELT PLY FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire for a vehicle includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply. The pneumatic further includes at least one belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The belt ply includes at least one composite cord having at least one first yarn and at least one second metallic filament wrapped together such that the first yarn has a modulus less than a modulus of the second metallic filament. | 10-27-2011 |
20120067491 | TIRES WITH HIGH STRENGTH REINFORCEMENT - A pneumatic tire includes a carcass, two sidewalls spaced apart a distance, two beads, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown of the carcass, and an overlay radially interposed between the tread and the carcass. The overlay has UT steel reinforcing cords. The cords have filaments with diameters ranging from 0.08 mm to 0.60 mm. | 03-22-2012 |
20120085474 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH A WOVEN METALLIC REINFORCEMENT - A pneumatic tire includes a carcass having at least one reinforced ply, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, and a belt structure disposed radially between the carcass and the tread. The belt structure includes a single woven layer of crimped metallic cords extending in the radial direction and in the circumferential direction. | 04-12-2012 |
20140150948 | OVERLAY PLY FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A composite cord includes at least one cellulose-fiber first yarn twisted helically about at least one second yarn. The second yarn includes at least one polyamide, polyester, or PEN. The first yarn has a first LASE and the second yarn has a second LASE. The first LASE is higher than the second LASE at a yarn elongation in a range from 0% to 10%. | 06-05-2014 |
20140345772 | OVERLAY PLY FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply, at least one belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire, and at least one overlay ply disposed radially outward of the belt ply in the crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The overlay ply includes at least one hybrid cord having at least one first nylon core yarn with at least one second aramid wrap yarn wrapped around the first core yarn such that the first core yarn has a modulus less than a modulus of the second outer metallic filament. | 11-27-2014 |
20140360648 | HYBRID CORD FOR A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a single carcass ply and at least one belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire. The carcass ply includes only one type of composite cord. The cord consists of one single aramid first yarn twisted helically about one single polyester second yarn. The first yarn and the second yarn have a different moduli of elasticity. The first yarn has a modulus greater than the modulus of the second yarn. | 12-11-2014 |
20150041039 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH A REINFORCED FLIPPER OR CHIPPER - A pneumatic tire includes a carcass reinforced by a carcass ply extending from a first bead to a second bead, at least one belt ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply in a crown portion of the pneumatic tire, and a bead reinforcement disposed adjacent the first bead and the second bead. The bead reinforcement includes at least one hybrid cord having at least one first core yarn with at least one second aramid wrap yarn wrapped around the first core yarn such that the first core yarn has a modulus less than a modulus of the second wrap yarn. | 02-12-2015 |
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20080288983 | System and Method for Providing Sequential Video and Interactive Content - A system and method of providing sequential video and contextual based content to an end user viewing video content in a video player on an end user computing device is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing a plurality of videos in a memory, storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of different clients and wherein each request includes information identifying a first video and each of the plurality of clients initiates its request from one of a plurality of web pages and wherein the plurality of web pages form part of a plurality of different web sites. In addition, the plurality of web pages may include program code configured to cause a video to be presented in the video player. The method further comprises for each received request, selecting a plurality of videos based on information of the first video; and selecting a plurality of advertisements, wherein at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of the first video and at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of a selected video. In addition, the method may comprise for each received request, transmitting the plurality of videos to the requesting client for sequential presentation by the client; and transmitting the plurality of advertisements to the requesting client and wherein at least some of the plurality of advertisements are configured to be presented concurrently with a received video. | 11-20-2008 |
20090164271 | System and Method for Tracking Syndication of Internet Content - A method and system for syndicating content via a plurality of publication venues is provided. In one embodiment the method includes storing in a memory a plurality of videos; storing a content identifier (ID) for each of the plurality of videos; storing a syndication ID for each of the plurality of publication venues, wherein at least some of the plurality of publications venues act as a referring venue for other publication venues; and storing information sufficient to identify the referring venue for the other publication venues. The method may further comprise receiving a syndication request for a first video from a requester, wherein the request includes a first content ID for the first video and a first syndication ID; generating code that includes the first content ID and a second syndication ID; associating the first content ID, the first syndication ID and the second syndication ID in a memory; and providing the code to the requester. | 06-25-2009 |
20090165041 | System and Method for Providing Interactive Content with Video Content - A system and method of providing contextual content to an end user viewing a video in a video player in a client is provided. In one embodiment the system and method of provides contextual content via an interactive video skin to an end user viewing a video in a client. These video skin may surround the viewing portal and (1) provide contextual information in the areas outside the video viewing area, (2) embody logic that manipulates the video stream to insert audio, text, graphics, and/or video, (3) interact with third party servers, (4) interact with the user via menus, buttons, and/or graphical widgets, or (5) any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the method may comprise determining contextual data for the end user that comprises one or more of: geographical information of the end user; demographical information of the end user; personal information of the end user, video metadata, and technical data related to the end user's computer or the network to which the computer is connected. Next, the method may include determining advertising content to present to the end user based on the contextual data and presenting the advertising content to the end user concurrently with the video player such as along a periphery of the video player. The advertising content may include a user input mechanism configured to receive information from the end user in which case the method may further include receiving information from the end user via the input mechanism, determining secondary content to present to the user based on the received information, and presenting the secondary content to the end user. The method may also include receiving one or more content elements selected based on the contextual data and supplying the one or more content elements to the video player for integration into the video to thereby customize the video. | 06-25-2009 |
20090199242 | System and Method for Distributing Video Content via a Packet Based Network - A method, product, and system for facilitating the searching of video content from a plurality of different websites is provided. In one embodiment the method includes storing a plurality of videos in a memory, and storing video guide data for a video guide that comprises executable program code that is executable to provide a search input and a content area for displaying descriptive data of a search result. The method further comprises supplying the executable program code to a plurality of clients, receiving a plurality of requests for video guide data originating from the plurality of clients and wherein the plurality of requests are initiated from different web pages of a plurality of different websites. The method further includes, for each request for video guide data, transmitting video guide data to a client originating the request, receiving a plurality of search requests from the plurality of different clients initiated from a video guide; for each search request, performing a search of the plurality of videos based on the search request, and for each search request, transmitting search results to the client originating the search request for display by the video guide. The video guide data may comprise information for configuring the appearance of a variable display element of the video guide, and the method may further include for each request for video guide data identifying the video guide data to be transmitted. | 08-06-2009 |
20090287567 | Method and System for Selecting and Delivering Media Content via the Internet - A system and method for selecting portions of content, and media content sets to be delivered over a packet based network is provided. The selected portions of content (such as a web page) may be keywords such as a word or a group of words. The media content sets may include one or more of video content (that may include an audio portion), audio content, graphics, images, or other multimedia or single media content. The media content set may include advertising, informational, business, educational, governmental, institutional, customized (e.g., personalized) content and/or other content. According to an example embodiment, the present invention provides a heuristic model employing a piece-wise linear optimization function to select keywords and the media content sets for delivery by a media delivery provider. | 11-19-2009 |
20110202953 | System and Method for Providing Sequential Video and Interactive Content - A system and method of providing sequential video and contextual based content to an end user viewing video content in a video player on an end user computing device is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing a plurality of videos in a memory, storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of different clients and wherein each request includes information identifying a first video and each of the plurality of clients initiates its request from one of a plurality of web pages and wherein the plurality of web pages form part of a plurality of different web sites. In addition, the plurality of web pages may include program code configured to cause a video to be presented in the video player. The method further comprises for each received request, selecting a plurality of videos based on information of the first video; and selecting a plurality of advertisements, wherein at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of the first video and at least one of the plurality of advertisements is selected based on information of a selected video. In addition, the method may comprise for each received request, transmitting the plurality of videos to the requesting client for sequential presentation by the client; and transmitting the plurality of advertisements to the requesting client and wherein at least some of the plurality of advertisements are configured to be presented concurrently with a received video. | 08-18-2011 |
20120311420 | Method and System for Selecting and Delivering Media Content Via the Internet - A system and method for selecting portions of content, and media content sets to be delivered over a packet based network is provided. The selected portions of content (such as a web page) may be keywords such as a word or a group of words. The media content sets may include one or more of video content (that may include an audio portion), audio content, graphics, images, or other multimedia or single media content. The media content set may include advertising, informational, business, educational, governmental, institutional, customized (e.g., personalized) content and/or other content. According to an example embodiment, the present invention provides a heuristic model employing a piece-wise linear optimization function to select keywords and the media content sets for delivery by a media delivery provider. | 12-06-2012 |
20130144987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING SYNDICATION OF INTERNET CONTENT - A method and system for syndicating content via a plurality of publication venues is provided. In one embodiment the method includes storing in a memory a plurality of videos; storing a content identifier (ID) for each of the plurality of videos; storing a syndication ID for each of the plurality of publication venues, wherein at least some of the plurality of publications venues act as a referring venue for other publication venues; and storing information sufficient to identify the referring venue for the other publication venues. The method may further comprise receiving a syndication request for a first video from a requester, wherein the request includes a first content ID for the first video and a first syndication ID; generating code that includes the first content ID and a second syndication ID; associating the first content ID, the first syndication ID and the second syndication ID in a memory; and providing the code to the requester. | 06-06-2013 |
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20080288973 | System and Method for Providing Advertisements for Video Content in a Packet Based Network - A system and method of providing advertisements for video content in a packet based communication system is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, wherein each of the plurality of advertisements is configured to be displayed concurrently with a video player having a perimeter and each of the plurality of video advertisements is configured to be displayed adjacent the perimeter of the video player such as, for example, around the entire perimeter of the video player. The method further comprises receiving a plurality of requests for an advertisement from a plurality of clients and wherein each of the plurality of clients is displaying one of a plurality of web pages that form part of a plurality of web sites. Each of the plurality of web pages includes a hyperlink configured to cause video content to be presented in a video player and the plurality of requests are received as a result of actuation of the hyperlink included in the plurality of web pages. The method further includes transmitting one of the plurality of advertisements to each of the plurality of clients for display adjacent the perimeter of the video player. The video content, advertisements, and web pages may be transmitted to the clients via two or more different servers. A request for data resulting from actuation of a hyperlink associated with an advertisement may be logged and redirected to a content provider such as the advertiser. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288976 | System and Method for Providing Advertisements for Video Content in a Packet Based Network - A system and method of providing advertisements for video content in a packet based communication system is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, wherein each of the plurality of advertisements is configured to be displayed over a video player and includes a plurality of sections that separate to reveal the video player. The method further comprises receiving a plurality of requests for an advertisement from a plurality of clients and wherein each of the plurality of clients is displaying one of a plurality of web pages that form part of a plurality of web sites. Each of the plurality of web pages includes a hyperlink configured to cause video content to be presented in a video player and the plurality of requests are received as a result of actuation of the hyperlink included in the plurality of web pages. The method further includes transmitting one of the plurality of advertisements to each of the plurality of clients for display. The video content, advertisements, and web pages may be transmitted to the clients via two or more different servers. A request for data resulting from actuation of a hyperlink associated with an advertisement may be logged and redirected to a content provider such as the advertiser. The advertisements may include two or more sections that separate vertically, horizontally, or along another linear or non-linear plane to reveal the video player. Finally, some of the plurality of advertisements may be configured to have multiple sections that come together to cover the video player subsequent to presentation of video content. | 11-20-2008 |