Qian, MA
Andrew Qian, Action, MA US
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20150363954 | OPTIMIZED SERIAL TEXT DISPLAY FOR CHINESE AND RELATED LANGUAGES - Various embodiments are disclosed for optimizing serial display of text comprising Chinese characters (which appear in Chinese and in other languages). Some embodiments comprise parsing a Chinese text into display elements for serial display, each display element comprising a short phrase (generally one or two words) that is five or fewer characters in length. In some embodiments, this includes parsing the text into sentences and words and then analyzing sequences of words as part of parsing the text into short phrases (generally one or two words in length) for creating display elements that are five or fewer Chinese characters in length. In some embodiments, various aspects of the text are analyzed to determine whether and how to vary display time of a display element from a default display time. In some embodiments, phrases are displayed such that an optimal recognition positing of the displayed phrase is located at a fixed display location. These and other embodiments are more fully described herein. | 12-17-2015 |
Fang Qian, Southborough, MA US
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20150315267 | A METHOD OF REDUCING BRAIN AMYLOID PLAQUES USING ANTI-AB ANTIBODIES - This disclosure relates to the use of anti-Aβ antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to reduce brain amyloid plaques, or minimizes the occurrence of microhemorrhage during chronic dosing of an anti-Aβ antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. For example, the disclosure relates to the method of reducing brain amyloid plaques, comprising administering to a subject an anti-Aβ antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to the same epitope as BIIB037 antibody, wherein the administration can reduce amyloid plaques in brain without affecting vascular amyloid, and wherein BIIB037 antibody binds to an epitope comprising amino acids 3-6 of Aβ. | 11-05-2015 |
Guangyu Qian, Newton, MA US
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20090325311 | Measurement methods - The invention relates to methods for measuring unconjugated molecules, e.g. antibodies, in a mixture that also includes conjugated molecules, e.g. antibodies. | 12-31-2009 |
Jing Qian, Arlington, MA US
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20140124659 | SCINTILLATOR-BASED NEUTRON DETECTOR FOR OILFIELD APPLICATIONS - Borehole logging tools and systems that include a scintillator positioned to interact with scattered source neutrons that are received from a target formation. The scintillator emits luminescence in response to interaction with the scattered neutrons. The scintillator includes an aluminofluoride host material (e.g., LiCAF). In a specific embodiment, the aluminofluoride host material is doped with europium. In a further specific embodiment, a processor distinguishes scattered neutrons from gamma rays based upon identifying a peak within an output signal from the scintillator. In yet another specific embodiment, a system includes a first scintillator and a second scintillator. The processor subtracts luminescence generated by the second scintillator from luminescence generated by the first scintillator to identify a neutron response of the first scintillator. | 05-08-2014 |
20140319330 | ELPASOLITE SCINTILLATOR-BASED NEUTRON DETECTOR FOR OILFIELD APPLICATIONS - Embodiments described herein are directed to methods and neutron detectors for use in downhole and other oilfield applications. In particular, the neutron detector includes a scintillator formed at least partially from an elpasolite material. In a more specific embodiment, the scintillator is formed from a Cs | 10-30-2014 |
Jing Qian, Allston, MA US
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20110258513 | SNR-Based Variable-Threshold Majority-Logic Decoder - Apparatus having corresponding methods and tangible computer-readable medium embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform the methods comprise: a receiver adapted to receive a signal representing an input code block, wherein the input code block represents information encoded with a (N, K) difference-set cyclic code, wherein the input code block includes N symbols, and wherein the N symbols represent K bits of the information; an estimator adapted to estimate a signal-to-noise ratio of the signal; a raised-threshold majority-logic decoder adapted to decode the input code block according to a raised-threshold majority-logic decoding algorithm when the signal-to-noise ratio does not exceed a first predetermined threshold; and a variable-threshold majority-logic decoder adapted to decode the input code block according to a variable-threshold majority-logic decoding algorithm when the signal-to-noise ratio exceeds the first predetermined threshold. | 10-20-2011 |
Liujian Qian, Lancaster, MA US
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20150347457 | AUTOMATIC UPDATE FOR MAP CACHE - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatically updating a map cache are described. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a modification to a spatial database record having a geometry attribute and recording, in a log table, an identifier for the record that was modified. The method includes periodically accessing the log table to identify map tiles that include at least one geometry of records that have been modified and periodically generating the identified map tiles. The generated map tiles are stored in a map cache. | 12-03-2015 |
Ming Qian, Watertown, MA US
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20150299181 | POLYCYCLIC HERG ACTIVATORS - The present invention provides a compound of formula I, in which R | 10-22-2015 |
Ming Diana Qian, Needham, MA US
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20110150893 | ANTI-TRKB MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies for human TrkB. In certain embodiments the inventive antibodies bind and activate human TrkB. In certain embodiments the inventive antibodies are selective for human TrkB in that they do not bind (or activate) human TrkA or human TrkC. In some embodiments the inventive monoclonal antibodies cross-react with murine TrkB. Humanized or veneered versions of the inventive antibodies are also encompassed. Pharmaceutical compositions that comprise inventive antibodies are provided as are methods for preparing the inventive antibodies and methods of using these for treatment, detection or purification purposes. | 06-23-2011 |
Rulin Qian, Canton, MA US
Susan X. Qian, Concord, MA US
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20090043079 | CELL CULTURE SURFACES HAVING HYDROGEL SUPPORTED PROTEINS - A method is disclosed herein for treating a polymeric surface to define an improved cell culture surface. The method includes the steps of: coating the polymeric surface with a hydrogel; and attaching proteins to the hydrogel-coated surface. Advantageously, a method is provided which consistently produces improved cell culture surfaces that generally avoid bare spots and possible undesired protein absorption or cell differentiation. | 02-12-2009 |
20100174056 | RECOMBINANT TUMOR SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF - The invention provides a family of antibodies that specifically bind the human epithelial cell adhesion molecule. The antibodies comprise modified variable regions, more specially, modified framework regions, which reduce their immunogenicity when administered to a human. The antibodies, when coupled to the appropriate moiety, may be used in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. | 07-08-2010 |
20120282691 | EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COATED SURFACE FOR CULTURING CELLS - A cell culture product is provided for propagating embryonic stem cells, and maintaining their self-renewal and pluripotency characteristics for extended periods of time in culture. The cell culturing product includes a substrate; and a coating thereon deposited from a coating solution. The coating solution includes a mixture of extracellular matrix proteins and an aqueous solvent, wherein the total protein concentration in the coating solution is about 10 μg/m1 to about 1 mg/ml. | 11-08-2012 |
Susan Xiuqi Qian, Concord, MA US
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20100021998 | DEFINED CELL CULTURING SURFACES AND METHODS OF USE - In one aspect, there is provided a cell culturing substrate including: a cell culture surface having a film attached thereto, wherein the film includes one or more plasma polymerized monomers; and a coating on the film-coated surface, the coating deposited from a coating solution comprising one or more extracellular matrix proteins and an aqueous solvent, where the total extracellular matrix protein concentration in the coating solution is about 1 ng/mL to about 1 mg/mL. | 01-28-2010 |
20130280803 | DEFINED CELL CULTURING SURFACES AND METHODS OF USE - In one aspect, there is provided a cell culturing substrate including: | 10-24-2013 |
20140287506 | DEFINED CELL CULTURING SURFACES AND METHODS OF USE - In one aspect, there is provided a cell culturing substrate including: | 09-25-2014 |
20150024494 | DEFINED CELL CULTURING SURFACES AND METHODS OF USE - In one aspect, there is provided a cell culturing substrate including: | 01-22-2015 |
Xiaofeng Qian, Winchester, MA US
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20140017839 | STRAIN-ENGINEERED BANDGAPS - An optoelectronic device as well as its methods of use and manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, the optoelectronic device includes a first optoelectronic material that is inhomogeneously strained. A first charge carrier collector and a second charge carrier collector are each in electrical communication with the first optoelectronic material and are adapted to collect charge carriers from the first optoelectronic material. In another embodiment, a method of photocatalyzing a reaction includes using a strained optoelectronic material. | 01-16-2014 |
20160043270 | ENGINEERED BAND GAPS - An optoelectronic device as well as its methods of use and manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optoelectronic device includes first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers with corresponding first and second lattice directions. The first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers are located proximate to each other, and an angular difference between the first lattice direction and the second lattice direction is between about 0.000001° and 0.5°, or about 0.000001° and 0.5° deviant from of a Vicnal angle of the first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers. Alternatively, or in addition to the above, the first and second semiconducting atomically thin layers may form a Moiré superlattice of exciton funnels with a period between about 50 nm to 3 cm. The optoelectronic device may also include charge carrier conductors in electrical communication with the semiconducting atomically thin layers to either inject or extract charge carriers. | 02-11-2016 |
Yi Qian, Acton, MA US
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20090324212 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL INTERFEROMETRIC SURFACE CONTOUR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Described is a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. The projector includes two or more interferometer channels. Each channel has an optical axis spatially separate from the optical axes of the other channels. Each channel projects a fringe pattern onto the surface of an object to be measured. Image data for the fringe patterns projected on the object surface are acquired by the digital camera. The processor controls the projection of the fringe patterns of different spatial frequencies, adjusts the phase of each fringe pattern and generates surface contour data in response to the camera image data. The multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system provides numerous advantages over conventional single channel interferometric systems, including reduced sensitivity to optical noise, improved stability and increased measurement accuracy. | 12-31-2009 |
20100225927 | OPTICAL FIBER-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM - Described are an imaging device and method for determining three-dimensional position information of a surface of an object. The device includes a pair of optical fibers, a phase shifter, a detector array and a processor. The phase shifter is coupled to one of the optical fibers and is used to change a phase of optical radiation emitted from the optical fiber relative to a phase of optical radiation emitted from the other optical fiber. The detector array receives optical radiation scattered by the surface of the object. The processor communicates with the detector array and the phase shifter. Signals generated by the detector array are received by the processor and three-dimensional position information for the surface is calculated in response to the received optical radiation scattered by the surface of the object and the change in the relative phase of optical radiation emitted by the optical fibers. | 09-09-2010 |
Yuhiu Qian, Lexington, MA US
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20130121261 | ADAPTIVE BANDWIDTH FOR MEDIA CONTENT - A system is described with one or more server devices to: receive an instruction to provide particular content; determine that a new channel is requested to provide the particular content; determine a first portion of bandwidth assigned to existing channels; allocate a second portion of the bandwidth for the new channel; provide the new channel in the second portion of the bandwidth; and provide the particular content on the new channel. | 05-16-2013 |
Yuhui Qian, Burlington, MA US
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20110099277 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR RESOURCE REQUESTS - A method may include receiving a primary resource in a user device, wherein the resource includes a plurality of addresses and each of the plurality of addresses identifying one of a plurality of additional resources. The method may further include aggregating the plurality of addresses and sending the aggregated addresses to a network device. The method may further include receiving the additional resources in the user device. | 04-28-2011 |
Yuhui Qian, Lexington, MA US
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20120066495 | MOBILE CONTENT DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION - A device receives, from a target user device, a request for encrypted content, where the request is sent via a wireless access network. The device identifies a donor user device that is available to provide the encrypted content via a local wireless network connection, where the donor user device has previously downloaded the encrypted content. The device sends, to the target user device and/or the donor user device, instructions to establish a peer-to-peer connection, via the local wireless network, to provide the encrypted content to the target user device, where the encrypted content is decrypted by the target user device using a license key provided over a different network than the local wireless connection. | 03-15-2012 |
20130074125 | PROGRAM HANDOFF BETWEEN DEVICES AND PROGRAM NETWORK OFFLOADING - Methods, devices, and non-transitory storage mediums provide a program handoff between user devices. The program handoff permits a user to select a user device with which to resume a playing of the program. The program handoff also permits a user to set a reminder for playing the program. Methods, devices, and non-transitory storage mediums provide for an application layer-based network offloading of programs. A program is buffered based on a network offloading time and the program is played from a buffer during an execution of a network offload. Network offload prediction is used to minimize network offload time and buffering. | 03-21-2013 |
20130091239 | OPTIMIZING SELECTION OF A NETWORK FOR VIDEO STREAMING - A method includes receiving a request to provide streaming video content from a user device. A location is identified for the user device. Available networks to deliver the streaming video content are identified based on the location of the at least one user device. Network preference for delivery of the streaming video content is identified. The method also includes selecting an optimal network for delivering the streaming video content based on the location of the at least one user device, the available networks and the network preference for delivery of the streaming video content. The method may also include providing the streaming video content using the optimal network. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097315 | IP-BASED MOBILE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - A device may receive a first request to determine a public-facing Internet Protocol (IP) address of a mobile device. The device may transmit, in response to the first request, and to the mobile device, the public-facing IP address. The device may receive a second request, from the mobile device, to authenticate the mobile device to receive downloadable content, the second request including the public-facing IP address of the mobile device. The device may receive a third request, from the mobile device, for a license to receive a particular content item and determine whether the public-facing IP address, corresponding to the mobile device, is valid for the particular content item. The device may transmit the license to the mobile device when the public-facing IP address is determined to be valid for the particular content item, where the license includes decryption keys for the particular content item. | 04-18-2013 |
20130111529 | VIDEO SESSION SHIFTING USING A PROVIDER NETWORK | 05-02-2013 |
20130145001 | UTILITY-BASED MODEL FOR CACHING PROGRAMS IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - Methods, devices, and storage media for receiving one or more utility preferences that indicate one or more criteria for measuring one or more utilities of programs; calculating utility solutions for the programs based on the one or more utility preferences; selecting one or more programs to store for at least one of downloading or streaming based on the utility solutions; and storing the one or more programs for downloading or streaming to users. | 06-06-2013 |
20140358989 | MEDIA PLAYBACK PROFILE MAPPING - A network device stores a mapping configuration to associate client type profiles with particular delivery profiles for media content and receives, from a client device, a request for a link to a content selection. The request includes a content identifier and parameters for the client device. The network device constructs, based on the parameters for the client device, a particular client type profile and maps the particular client type profile to one of the particular delivery profiles in the mapping configuration. The network device constructs a uniform resource locator (URL), based on the one of the particular delivery profiles and the content identifier, that provides the link to the content selection with formatting that is suitable for the particular client type profile and sends the URL to the client device. | 12-04-2014 |
20150046938 | METADATA VALIDATION - A method includes receiving a video content metadata entry. The method also includes accessing video content metadata validation rules. The method further includes determining whether the video content metadata entry is valid based on the video content metadata validation rules. The video content metadata entry is reported as a valid video content metadata entry in response to a determination that the video content metadata entry is valid. The method also includes reporting the video content metadata entry as an invalid video content metadata entry in response to a determination that the video content metadata entry is invalid. | 02-12-2015 |
20150074706 | AUTOMATED CONTENT INGESTION - A method includes receiving, from a content provider, content for processing and information identifying at least one of advertisements or promotional material to include with the content. The method also includes processing the content into a number of different formats, inserting the advertisements or promotional material into the processed content. The method further includes providing an indication to the content provider that the content has been processed and receiving, from the content provider, an approval or disapproval of the processed content. | 03-12-2015 |
20150149589 | FILE DOWNLOADS USING BROADBAND WIRELESS MULTICAST - A user device receives, from an application server, a catalog of available content. The catalog of available content includes content available for delivery via multicast over a broadband wireless spectrum. The user device provides, to the application server, an indication of a user's selection of particular content available for delivery via multicast over the broadband wireless spectrum. The user device receives, from a content server, the particular content via a multicast transmission over the broadband wireless spectrum. The particular content includes multiple individual segment files. The user device detects a corrupted or missing segment file from the multiple individual segment files and requests, from the content server, a replacement segment file corresponding to the corrupt or missing segment file. The user device receives, from the content server, the replacement segment file via a unicast transmission to provide a complete set of segment files for the particular content. | 05-28-2015 |
20150150038 | VIDEO CONTENT PROTECTION - A method includes receiving, by a client device associated with a particular user, product details for video content including a purchase option identifier (ID) for the video content from a video service provider. The method includes requesting, by the client device based on a single sign on (SSO) protected call, a playback uniform resource locator (URL) for the video content from an orchestration layer associated with the video service provider. The method also includes receiving the playback URL, an entitlement ID associated with the particular user for the video content, and the encrypted content. The method includes obtaining a digital rights management (DRM) license for the encrypted content based on the entitlement ID, and decrypting and playing the video content based on DRM rules associated with the video content. | 05-28-2015 |
20150208120 | PREDICTIVE STORAGE OF BROADCAST CONTENT - A server device may determine content prediction parameters associated with multiple items of content; generate respective content prediction aggregate scores for each of the multiple items of content based on the content prediction parameters. A particular content prediction aggregate score, associated with a particular content, may be generated based on content prediction parameters associated with the particular content. The server device may generate a content prediction instruction; and may provide the content prediction instruction to cause the user device to receive and store a portion of the particular item of content. | 07-23-2015 |
20160057460 | PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SERVICE - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide for receiving data that indicates programs available to users, wherein the programs include linear television programs, video-on-demand programs, and pay-per-view programs; determining, by the network device, a popularity value for each program; comparing, by the network device, each popularity value with a threshold popularity value; determining, by the network device, whether each popularity value satisfies the threshold popularity value; assigning, by the network device, each program associated with each popularity value that satisfies the threshold popularity value to multicast delivery based on the determining, wherein one or more programs assigned to multicast delivery include one or more of a video-on-demand program or a pay-per-view program; and multicasting each program assigned to multicast delivery. | 02-25-2016 |
Zhaogang Qian, Acton, MA US
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20150141149 | GAMIFICATION PROVIDER ABSTRACTION LAYER - A system that manages a gamification provider abstraction layer can select a gamification provider. The system receives a common gamification request message from a client and creates a provider-specific request message based on the received common gamification request message and the selected gamification provider. The system then transmits the provider-specific request message to the selected gamification provider. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142458 | MEDICAL ADHERENCE TRACKING FRAMEWORK - A system that implements a medical adherence tracker framework receives a workflow definition, the workflow definition comprising one or more tasks. The system persists the workflow definition, and the persisting includes serializing the workflow definition. The system synchronizes the workflow definition to one or more user devices, including transmitting the serialized workflow definition to the user devices. The workflow definition includes nested objects, and the system serializes the workflow definition and nested objects separately and links the serialized objects using an object identifier. | 05-21-2015 |
Zhenghong Qian, Westborough, MA US
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20080309331 | GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE RESISTOR AND SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A giant magnetoresistive sensor apparatus is described that provides improved multilayer quality, hysteresis, linearity and sensitivity. The multilayer structure includes NiFeCr as buffer and cap layers. The sensing resistor is designed in the form of a serpentine structure. To minimize the hysteresis and improve the linearity, the resistor end is tapered and elongated. In forming the sensor in a Wheatstone bridge configuration, two resistors are shielded by thick NiFe layers, while the two sensing resistors are not shielded and open to external signal fields. The shields can not only shield the influence of the external field on the shielded resistors but also serve as magnetic flux concentrators to magnify the external field on the unshielded resistors. The bridge output reflects the resistance change of the two unshielded sensing resistors. | 12-18-2008 |
Zhenyun Qian, Boston, MA US
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20160065169 | NANO- AND MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATORS - A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and an interdigital electrode is provided. A ratio between a thickness of the plate and a pitch of the interdigital electrode may be from about 0.5 to about 1.5. A radiation detector including a resonator and an absorber layer capable of absorbing at least one of infrared and terahertz radiation is provided. A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and a two-dimensional electrically conductive material is provided. | 03-03-2016 |
20160099701 | NANO- AND MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATORS - A resonator includes a piezoelectric plate and interdigitated electrode(s). The interdigitated electrode includes a plurality of conductive strips disposed over a top surface of the piezoelectric plate. A two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is excited in a cross sectional plane of the piezoelectric plate in response to an alternating voltage applied through the interdigitated electrode. The two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is a cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (CLMR) or a degenerate cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (dCLMR). | 04-07-2016 |