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Amy Louise Marr, Greenfield, IN US
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20120322828 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PAIN IN EQUINES USING A TRANSDERMAL SOLUTION OF FENTANYL - This invention provides methods of controlling pain in an equine for an effective period of time comprising transdermally administering a composition comprising fentanyl, a penetration enhancer, and a volatile liquid, wherein the composition is a solution. The invention also provides a single unit dose of the composition. | 12-20-2012 |
20130210755 | METHODS FOR INHIBITING INSECT INFESTATIONS - Provided are 3 methods and formulations using feed-through administration and dosing of spinosyns for controlling biting or nuisance insects on animals, for controlling equine feces-dependent insects, and for preventing internal infestation of bot larvae in equine animals. | 08-15-2013 |
Brian Marr, Hampton, NJ US
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20100190998 | Alcohols Containing Imide Moieties and Reactive Oligomers Prepared Therefrom - This invention relates to oligomeric compounds that are prepared by the reaction of a dianhydride with an amino-alcohol to yield an imide-diol intermediate, which is then esterified with a carboxylic acid to form a reactive oligomer. An exemplary reaction scheme is the following: | 07-29-2010 |
20120041040 | FUNCTIONALIZED 4- AND 5-VINYL SUBSTITUTED REGIOISOMERS OF 1, 2, 3-TRIAZOLES VIA 1, 3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITION AND POLYMERS THEREOF - The present invention provides novel functionalized mixtures 4- and 5-vinyl substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazoles via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Functionalized alkyne moieties with a terminal alcoholic functionality are reacted with functionalized organic moieties with a terminal leaving group and an azide to provide an alcoholic functionalized mixture of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties. The mixture may be converted to a wide variety of useful functionalized mixtures of 4- and 5-vinyl substituted regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazole moieties, which in turn can be converted to a wide variety of useful polymers The novel alcoholic functionalized mixtures of 4- and 5-substituted regioisomers can be separated by chromatography to provide the purified 4- and 5-alcoholic functionalized substituted 1,2,3-triazole moieties. The novel compounds of the invention can be employed in a wide variety of compositions (Formulae (I), (II)); wherein R | 02-16-2012 |
Brian B. Marr, Hampton, NJ US
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20140128550 | 4- AND 5-SUBSTITUTED 1,2,3-TRIAZOLE, AND REGIOISOMER MIXTURES THEREOF, MODIFIED POLYMERS - Provided are novel 4- and 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles, and regioisomer mixtures thereof, modified polymers, wherein the substituted 1,2,3-triazoles are modified by reaction with a modifying polymer (maleic anhydride based polymer). Depending upon the ratio of the substituted 1,2,3-triazole to the maleic anhydride based polymer employed, the resulting modified polymers can provide maleic anhydride based polymers that are partially or fully reacted with the substituted 1,2,3-triazoles. The resulting modified polymers may be partially or fully opened to provide amic acids, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acidic salts, imides, or esters. The novel 4- or 5-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles, and regioisomer mixtures thereof, modified polymers can be converted to a wide variety of useful polymers and may be employed in a wide variety of compositions. An example of a modified polymer may be represented by the structure: formule: (1) wherein m, n, and q are defined herein. | 05-08-2014 |
Brian P. Marr, New York, NY US
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20150342723 | Ocular Prosthesis with Display Device - An ocular prosthesis includes a display device visible at an anterior portion of the ocular prosthesis. The display device is configured to present a changeable image that represents a natural appearance and movement for a visible portion of an eyeball of a subject. A system includes, besides the ocular prosthesis, an implant marker configured to move with an orbital implant disposed in an eye socket of a subject. A method includes determining a change in orientation of an orbital implant in a subject and determining an update to a natural appearance for a visible portion of an eyeball for the subject based on the change in orientation of the orbital implant. The method also includes rendering an update to an image of the natural appearance for a display device disposed in an ocular prosthesis configured to be inserted in the subject anterior to the orbital implant. | 12-03-2015 |
Cary Duane Marr, Van Buren, AR US
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20120190384 | MANAGEMENT OF ROADSIDE SERVICE REQUESTS - A method and apparatus to manage a service request involves the use of a smart phone's ability to communicate GPS information over the internet. A customer in need of roadside service can submit a roadside service request through a mobile web site or mobile application, and can provide location information through the smart phone's GPS receiver. Should the system not have a location for the customer, a unique URL can be created that identifies the service request and sent for the customer to access on the smart phone, which allows the web server to request the smart phone's GPS location and automatically associate it with the correct service request. | 07-26-2012 |
Christine Marr, Castaic, CA US
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20130205562 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING A PRE-CURVED ELECTRODE ARRAY ONTO A STRAIGHTENING MEMBER - Exemplary systems and methods for loading a pre-curved electrode array onto a straightening member are described herein. An exemplary system may include a loading tool including a housing and a slider member disposed at least partially within the housing. The slider member may be slidable from a first position to a second position and configured to move a pre-curved electrode array from a curved configuration to a straightened configuration as it slides from the first position to the second position. The exemplary system may also include a straightening member configured to be inserted into the pre-curved electrode array. Corresponding methods are also described. | 08-15-2013 |
20150246234 | IMPLANT STABILIZATION - An implant system includes an implantable body ( | 09-03-2015 |
Christopher D. Marr, Tucson, AZ US
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20140205370 | VEHICLE HAVING A NANOCOMPOSITE OPTICAL CERAMIC DOME - A vehicle, such as a missile, is disclosed. The vehicle includes an optically transparent dome, a vehicle body, and a brazed joint directly coupling the dome to the vehicle body. The dome is formed of a Nanocomposite Optical Ceramic (NCOC) material comprising two or more different types of nanograins dispersed in one another. Each nanograin type has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and an aggregate CTE of the NCOC material is based on the CTE of each nanograin type. | 07-24-2014 |
Colin Marr, Trumbull, CT US
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20140214547 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED RETAIL REALITY - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture that provide for Augmented Retail Reality (ARR). | 07-31-2014 |
Conor M. Marr, State College, PA US
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20150093245 | MOTION CONTROLLED HELICOPTER AND ROTATION RATE SWITCHED FLUID LEAD LAG DAMPER - A method for controlling helicopter ground resonance and air resonance motions as well as centrifugal force switching dampers are disclosed. A helicopter lead-lag damper ( | 04-02-2015 |
David Bruce Marr, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20120191598 | JOINT CLOSED-LOOP AND OPEN-LOOP INSTRUMENT ISSUANCE FOR DISBURSING FUNDS - A system for disbursing funds is described. The system includes a memory for storing cardholder information and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a cardholder identification, to receive a unique identifier from an instrument used for purchasing at least one of goods and services, to associate the unique identifier with the cardholder information based on the received cardholder identification, and to send the unique identifier and the cardholder information to a server. Methods and machine-readable storage media are also described. | 07-26-2012 |
David W.m. Marr, Golden, CO US
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20090026387 | OPTICAL-BASED CELL DEFORMABILITY - A system, method, and device for re-orienting and/or deforming cells and other objects is provided. The system, method, and device may include a high-throughput setup that facilitates the ability to orient, deform, analyze, measure, and/or tag objects at a substantially higher rate than was previously possible. A relatively large number of cells and other objects can be deformed, by optical forces for example, as the cells and other objects a flowed through the system. | 01-29-2009 |
20090062828 | MAGNETIC FIELD-BASED COLLOIDAL ATHERECTOMY - Methods, devices, and systems for performing a non-invasive form of angioplasty are provided. The device may include one or many magnetically controlled colloidal particles that can be used to scrub the interior walls of arteries or the like. The colloidal particles may be organized in any number of configurations and may also be moved in any number of ways in an effort to maximize the amount of plaque removed from the artery. | 03-05-2009 |
20090110010 | FIBER-FOCUSED DIODE-BAR OPTICAL TRAPPING FOR MICROFLUIDIC MANIPULATION - The direct integration of light and optical control into microfluidic systems presents a significant hurdle to the development of portable optical trapping-based devices. A simple, inexpensive fiber-based approach is provided that allows for easy implementation of diode-bars for optical particle separations within flowing microfluidic systems. Models have also been developed that demonstrate the advantages of manipulating particles within flow using linear geometries as opposed to individually focused point traps as traditionally employed in optical-trapping micromanipulation. | 04-30-2009 |
20090188795 | Cell sorting device and method of manufacturing the same - A system, method and apparatus employing the laminar nature of fluid flows in microfluidic flow devices in separating, sorting or filtering colloidal and/or cellular particles from a suspension in a microfluidic flow device is disclosed. The microfluidic flow device provides for separating a particle within a suspension flow in a microfluidic flow chamber. The chamber includes a microfluidic channel comprising at least one inlet port for receiving a suspension flow under laminar conditions, a first outlet port and a second outlet port. The chamber further includes an interface for translating a particle within the channel. The first outlet port receives a first portion of the suspension exiting the said channel and the second outlet port receives the particle in a second portion of the suspension exiting the channel. | 07-30-2009 |
20130230879 | OPTICAL ALIGNMENT DEFORMATION SPECTROSCOPY - A microfluidic system, device, and method are disclosed. The microfluidic system may include a first microfluidic channel and a second microfluidic channel, each of which are carrying one or more objects. There is an intersection between the first and second microfluidic channels where one or more objects from the first microfluidic channel impact one or more objects from the second microfluidic channel under hydrodynamic forces. The impact causes the objects to deform and the deformation of objects can be analyzed to determine properties of the object. | 09-05-2013 |
20140366638 | DYNAMIC VISCOELASTICITY AS A RAPID SINGLE-CELL BIOMARKER - The present invention generally relates to a method for determining the dynamic viscoelastic properties of cells, more particularly to a method for rapidly determining the dynamic viscoelastic properties of healthy and unhealthy cells by determining the phase shift be the application of a modulating force to the cells and the cells' response to the modulating force. | 12-18-2014 |
Deborah T. Marr, Portland, OR US
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20100169582 | Obtaining data for redundant multithreading (RMT) execution - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for providing a cache block in an exclusive state to a first cache and providing the same cache block in the exclusive state to a second cache when cores accessing the two caches are executing redundant threads. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169628 | Controlling non-redundant execution in a redundant multithreading (RMT) processor - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for controlling redundant execution such that if an exceptional event occurs, the redundant execution is stopped, non-redundant execution is performed in one of the threads until the exceptional event has been-resolved, after which a state of the threads is synchronized, and redundant execution is continued. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-01-2010 |
20110307894 | Redundant Multithreading Processor - A redundant multithreading processor is presented. In one embodiment, the processor performs execution of a thread and its duplicate thread in parallel and determines, when in a redundant multithreading mode, whether or not to synchronize an operation of the thread and an operation of the duplicate thread. | 12-15-2011 |
20120023502 | ESTABLISHING THREAD PRIORITY IN A PROCESSOR OR THE LIKE - In a multi-threaded processor, one or more variables are set up in memory (e.g., a register) to indicate which of a plurality of executable threads has a higher priority. Once the variable is set, several embodiments are presented for granting higher priority processing to the designated thread. For example, more instructions from the higher priority thread may be executed as compared to the lower priority thread. Also, a higher priority thread may be given comparatively more access to a given resource, such as memory or a bus. | 01-26-2012 |
20120198207 | ASYMMETRIC PERFORMANCE MULTICORE ARCHITECTURE WITH SAME INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE - A method is described that entails operating enabled cores of a multi-core processor such that both cores support respective software routines with a same instruction set, a first core being higher performance and consuming more power than a second core under a same set of applied supply voltage and operating frequency. | 08-02-2012 |
Devin Marr, Newport Beach, CA US
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20120022633 | RETAINING MECHANISMS FOR PROSTHETIC VALVES - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a deficient valve. In one embodiment, for instance, a support structure and an expandable prosthetic valve are advanced through the aortic arch of a patient using a delivery system. The support structure is delivered to a position on or adjacent to the surface of the outflow side of the aortic valve (the support structure defining a support-structure interior). The expandable prosthetic valve is delivered into the aortic valve and into the support-structure interior. The expandable prosthetic heart valve is expanded while the expandable prosthetic heart valve is in the support-structure interior and while the support structure is at the position on or adjacent to the surface of the outflow side of the aortic valve, thereby causing one or more native leaflets of the aortic valve to be frictionally secured between the support structure and the expanded prosthetic heart valve. | 01-26-2012 |
Devin H. Marr, Newport Beach, CA US
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20150141848 | TISSUE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - Implementations of the tissue illumination systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein take advantage of the translucent nature of tissue to reveal properties by light transmission, for example, tissue type, tissue transition locations, underlying structures, and the like, that are not easily distinguished by reflected light. Illuminating a back-side of a translucent tissue permits a user to distinguish between different types of tissue, tissue transition locations, and/or structures that are difficult or impossible to discern under overhead or front-side illumination. Implementations include a light source that is positionable behind a tissue or disposable within a body cavity or duct, for example, within a heart ventricle. | 05-21-2015 |
20150336150 | CRIMPING APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH PROTRUDING ANCHORS - Embodiments of an apparatus, and a method for crimping expandable stents or prosthetic valves having a radially expandable and compressible annular body and one or more protruding anchors extending from the body using the apparatus, where the apparatus comprise a housing, a plurality of circumferentially arranged nesting jaws, and an actuator configured to move the jaws radially inwardly to reduce the size of the crimping aperture, thereby radially compressing the annular body of the prosthetic valve or stent. In particular embodiments, a selected set of the jaws, each having a front side and a recessed portion in its front side adjacent to its inner end. The recessed portions of the selected jaws collectively are sized and shaped to receive the one or more anchors of the prosthetic valve when the annular body is positioned within the crimping aperture. | 11-26-2015 |
Edwin Lewis Marr, Pawtucket, RI US
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20140034696 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE LOAD CARRIER RACK - A load carrier rack for a vehicle including a base member mountable on a portion of the vehicle is disclosed. The load carrier rack can also include an upright leg extending from the base member, the upright leg being slidably received by the base member. The load carrier rack can also include an interference mechanism including interference surface, the interference mechanism configured to have at least an actuated configuration and a released configuration. In the actuated configuration, the interference surface is engaged with the upright leg to resist movement of the upright leg relative the base; and in the release configuration, the interference surface is disengaged from the upright leg to permit movement of the upright leg relative the base. | 02-06-2014 |
Gary J. Marr, Princeton Junction, NJ US
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20090325855 | Fragrance Compositions That Reduce or Eliminate Malodor, Related Methods and Related Cleaning Compositions - A fragrance composition for control of kitchen malodor, kitchen cleaning and deodorizing products comprising them, and methods for the reduction of malodor utilizing them, the fragrance composition comprising a decyl aldehyde; an allyl amyl glycolate; cis-3-hexenyl acetate; a rose oxide; a terpinolene; and 2,4-dimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carbaldehyde. | 12-31-2009 |
Gary William Marr, Marietta, GA US
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20080222195 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATING RETRIEVAL OF DATA FROM A DB2 DATABASE - Data is automatically retrieved from a DataBase 2 (DB2) database using a DB2 scripter module that is configured to automatically log on to the DB2 database, to automatically perform a query of the DB2 database, and to automatically extract from the DB2 database a dataset that results from the query. A dataset processor module is configured to convert the dataset into a text file, and to deliver the text file to a delivery site, for retrieval by the user. The DB2 scripter module can extract the dataset by printing the dataset to a DB2 virtual printer and/or by exporting the dataset to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site. | 09-11-2008 |
Greg Marr, Martinez, CA US
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20100047819 | MULTIPLEX ASSAY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - Multiplex assays that allow for the detection and quantification of Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies in a single reaction mixture are provided. | 02-25-2010 |
Gregory A. Marr, Martinez, CA US
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20090311727 | RECOMBINANT DEAMIDATED GLIADIN ANTIGEN - The present invention provides a method for determining whether a subject is suffering from celiac disease by contacting a sample of bodily fluid from the subject, with an antigen formed from a gliadin fusion protein immobilized on a solid support. The gliadin fusion protein of the antigen includes a recombinant deamidated gliadin linked to a tag such as Glutathione-S transferase (GST) protein. The antigen is prepared by immobilizing on the solid support the gliadin fusion protein via the tag. The antigen can further include tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) cross-linked to the gliadin fusion protein. When tTG is present, the tTG and recombinant deamidated gliadin are mixed together prior to immobilization to the solid phase. | 12-17-2009 |
Harry Marr, Manhattan Beach, CA US
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20140247088 | MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN ASYNCHRONOUS DATAFLOW ARCHITECTURES - A digital signal processing apparatus includes a digital circuit device having one or more elements configured to process digital data; a power supply configured to deliver a controllable operating voltage for the one or more elements; control logic configured to receive feedback signals from each of the one or more elements, the feedback signals indicative of a rate at which data is moving through each individual element; and the control logic configured to output a control signal to the power supply so as to cause the power supply to reduce the operating voltage for the one or more elements responsive to a decreasing workload detected therein, and to cause the power supply to increase the operating voltage for the one or more pipelines responsive to an increasing workload detected therein. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250313 | MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN ASYNCHRONOUS DATAFLOW ARCHITECTURES - An asynchronous pipeline structure includes a plurality of functional blocks comprising dynamic logic, each block precharged to an idle state responsive to a precharge control signal applied thereto, with each block, upon being precharged, receiving input data thereto for processing, and holding output data generated thereby during an evaluate phase, independent of a reset of the input data; for each block, a completion detector circuit coupled to the output of the functional block, the completion detector circuit generating an acknowledgement signal that indicates validity or absence of data at the output of the block; and for each block, a precharge control circuit generating a precharge signal, wherein for a given block, a first input to the precharge control circuit comprises the acknowledgment signal from a downstream completion detector, and second input to the precharge control circuit comprises the precharge signal from an upstream precharge control circuit. | 09-04-2014 |
20150130656 | Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Multi-Node Utilization of an Electromagnetic State Space - Methods and systems are provided for efficiently packing nodes within an electromagnetic state space. | 05-14-2015 |
20150234030 | ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR ACCURATE SINGLE ANTENNA DIRECTION FINDING - Embodiments are directed to receiving an incoming signal, converting, by an analog circuit, the signal to a discrete time signal, applying, by the analog circuit, a transformation algorithm to the discrete time signal to obtain frequency samples of the discrete time signal, applying, by the analog circuit, a cross correlation algorithm to the frequency samples to obtain a cross spectral density (CSD), detecting, by the analog circuit, phase slopes associated with the CSD, and calculating an angle of arrival (AoA) of the incoming signal based on the phase slopes. | 08-20-2015 |
Harry B. Marr, Manhattan Beach, CA US
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20140362774 | CIRCUITS AND METHOD TO ENABLE EFFICIENT GENERATION OF DIRECT DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER BASED WAVEFORMS OF ARBITRARY BANDWIDTH - Embodiments of a system and method for providing efficient wideband inverse channelization for direct digital synthesizer based jamming techniques are generally described herein. In some embodiments, metadata associated with a technique for generating a waveform, such as frequency, phase and amplitude parameters, is received. Data select signals and data input are generated based on the received metadata. In-phase and quadrature signals are produced at an output of a first de-multiplexer and a second de-multiplexer, respectively, based on the data select signals and the data input. Frequency modulated signals generated by direct digital synthesizers may be combined in a channel using a separate, distinct channel combiner. | 12-11-2014 |
20150147985 | CREATION OF RADIO WAVEFORMS ACCORDING TO A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION USING WEIGHTED PARAMETERS - Described herein are methods and systems capable of generating weighted parameter sets, which can be randomly addressed for dictating a waveform of each pulse to be generated by using a probability distribution function loader to load a memory table with waveform parameter values, wherein the values are loaded according to a weighted probability distribution function. Each value is then randomly addressed in the memory table and/or randomly selected from the memory table by a random number generator and fed into a signal generation circuit for creation of the waveform to be transmitted. | 05-28-2015 |
20150349914 | ANALOG RF MEMORY SYSTEM - An electronic analog memory system includes at least one analog programmable delay module configured to receive an input radio frequency pulse. The analog programmable delay module generates a time delayed output signal in response to applying at least one time delay to the input radio frequency pulse. A switching module is configured to selectively deliver the time delayed output signal to an output of the electronic analog memory system. The electronic analog memory system further includes an activity detector module configured to determine the amplitude of the input radio frequency pulse. The activity detector module also controls the switching module to deliver the time delayed output signal to the output in response to the at least one amplitude exceeding an amplitude threshold. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363359 | BUTTERFLY CHANNELIZER - A butterfly channelizer includes at least two stages. Each stage includes at least one dual-channel module configured to convert an input time domain signal into a second time domain signal of lower bandwidth. At least one clock is configured to generate a clock signal that drives the at least two stages. A first stage has a first number of dual-channel modules and a second stage following the first stage has a second number of dual-channel modules greater than the first number. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365185 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE CHANNELIZER - Embodiments are directed to a channelizer architecture configured to provide fully configurable frequency spectrum shaping by: establishing a plurality of parameters of the architecture, receiving an input signal, processing, by the architecture, the input signal in accordance with the plurality of parameters to obtain an output signal, analyzing the output signal to detect an object, and modifying the plurality of parameters to account for at least one dynamic condition associated with the object. | 12-17-2015 |
Harry Bourne Marr, Atlanta, GA US
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20100077402 | Variable Scaling for Computing Elements - Various systems, methods, and computing units are provided for variable scaling of computing elements. In one representative embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a plurality of computing resource levels; and providing one of the plurality of computing resource levels to each of a plurality of computing elements, each computing element having an associated output, the provided voltage level based upon associated output significance. | 03-25-2010 |
Ian Alan Marr, La Habra, CA US
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20150308771 | SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING TARGETS AND AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTING THE FIRING OF SMALL ARMS - A system to acquire, via sensor data, and correct the trajectory of a fired bullet before it leaves the fire arm by directing the bullet exhaust gases via actuated gas ports, located on and in the compensator, to the corrected orientation as determined by the sensor data. Furthermore sensor data is additionally taken after the firing of the bullet to update future corrections. This system would be attached or wholly integrated into conventional small arms to create a quick target acquisition and firing correction system for the fire arm operator. | 10-29-2015 |
James Marr, San Francisco, CA US
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20140213332 | TARGET GAME INCORPORATING STRATEGY ELEMENTS - A video game combines finger swiping to hurl a projectile at a target, with strategic elements arising from various combinations of player and target characteristics. User actions such as a direction of finger swipe against a touchscreen, a speed of finger swipe against the touchscreen, and/or a length of finger swipe against the touchscreen, may determine the trajectory and/or force of the projectile. The player may dynamically select specific roles from a plurality of cards available in a deck, with the particular role determining game parameters such as offensive effectiveness and defensive strength. The game may incorporate one or more strategic concepts such as the ability to combine roles, the evolution of roles over time, and the selective enlistment of allies. | 07-31-2014 |
James E. Marr, Foster City, CA US
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20080304493 | ADAPTIVE DHT NODE RELAY POLICIES - In a distributed hash table overlay network, messages directed to a message ID are relayed one or more nodes that have published interest in that message ID. Messages are distributed, processed, and/or cached in accordance with relay policies, which enable a wide variety of different applications. Nodes to specify relay policies on a per-node, per-message, and/or per-message ID basis. Relay policies can specify any behavior associated with messages, including: message caching, distribution, and processing as well as migration of relay policies when nodes join or leave the network. Intermediate nodes can perform any arbitrary processing of message based on relay policies. Intermediate nodes can offload processing to other nodes, either by forwarding messages to a different message ID or by enlisting the help of nodes subscribed to the message ID. Messages can include one or more subfields specifying commands and/or data to be evaluated by the intermediate node. | 12-11-2008 |
James Edward Marr, San Francisco, CA US
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20120167063 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL BETWEEN A HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE AND A NATIVE LANGUAGE - A system and a method are disclosed for communicating between two programming languages on a client device. Commands in a high-level language are encoded as character string containing a series of numbers separated by delimiters, with each component of the command encoded as a different number. The encoded character strings are passed to compiled code that runs natively on the client device, and the native code decodes the character strings into corresponding native commands and executes the native commands. This communication protocol allows applications written in high-level code to perform functions that are typically set aside for native code, such as communicating with web servers and modifying files saved in memory. High-level code may also be transferred to client devices without being subjected to the restrictions that some operating systems place on the transfer for application binaries, which allows application developers to automatically send application updates to users. | 06-28-2012 |
Jared Marr, San Francisco, CA US
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20110023068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SEARCH VIEWABLE CONTENT - A system to search to search viewable content in the context of television entertainment is provided. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a communications module to receive a request associated with one or more directional keys on a control device, a search term detector to determine a search term associated with the request, a search module to locate a content item associated with the search term; and a presentation module to present the content item associated with the search term. | 01-27-2011 |
20110090402 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE VIEWABLE CONTENT - A method and system to navigate viewable content in the context of television entertainment is provided. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a presentation module to present main content on a display screen, a communications module to receive a first request associated with a first directional key on a remote control device, a navigation mode detector to determine a navigation mode associated with the first request; a margin menu module to activate a margin menu associated with the determined navigation mode. The margin menu may be presented along one of the margins of a display screen, while permitting viewing of the main content. | 04-21-2011 |
20140245357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE VIEWABLE CONTENT - A method and system to navigate viewable content in the context of television entertainment is provided. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a presentation module to present main content on a display screen, a communications module to receive a first request associated with a first directional key on a remote control device, a navigation mode detector to determine a navigation mode associated with the first request; a margin menu module to activate a margin menu associated with the determined navigation mode. The margin menu may be presented along one of the margins of a display screen, while permitting viewing of the main content. | 08-28-2014 |
Jason Marr, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20100281378 | MEDIA EDITING APPLICATION WITH CAPABILITY TO FOCUS ON GRAPHICAL COMPOSITE ELEMENTS IN A MEDIA COMPOSITING AREA - Some embodiments provide a media editing application that allows a user to focus on a subset of media clips that the application combines to create a composite presentation. The media editing application of some embodiments includes a display area for displaying the composite presentation that the application creates by compositing several media clips (e.g., audio clip, video clip). The multimedia editing application of some embodiments also includes a composite display area (e.g., an area with multiple tracks that span a timeline) for displaying graphical clips representations of media clips that are part of the composite presentation. To focus on a subset of clip representations in the composite display area, the application of some embodiments also includes a tool for causing a first emphasized subset of clip representations (also referred to as “in-focus clips”) to appear larger in the composite display area than a second de-emphasized subset of clip representations (also referred to as “out-of-focus clips”) that are being concurrently represented in the composite display area. | 11-04-2010 |
Jason Eric Marr, Crowley, TX US
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20110189393 | EXPANDING VOID FILLER AND A PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An adhesive composition, a process of manufacture and a method of filling a surface having voids with a void filler are disclosed herein. Upon insertion between opposing surfaces or around an exposed surface, the void filler expands into and around the voids, filling surfaces having voids and covering irregularities of concrete structures. | 08-04-2011 |
20130295281 | EXPANDING VOID FILLER AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An adhesive composition, a process of manufacture and a method of filling a surface having voids with a void filler are disclosed herein. Upon insertion between opposing surfaces or around an exposed surface, the void filler expands into and around the voids, filling surfaces having voids and covering irregularities of concrete structures. | 11-07-2013 |
Jason Robert Marr, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110074710 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating User Interface Objects - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a first user interface for an application at a first magnification level. The first user interface includes a first plurality of user interface objects. The application has a range of magnification levels, including a predefined magnification level for requesting a second user interface with a multi-finger pinch gesture. The method also includes: detecting a first multi-finger pinch gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response: when the first magnification level is the predefined magnification level, displaying the second user interface simultaneously with the first user interface, wherein the second user interface includes a second plurality of user interface objects that are distinct from the first plurality of user interface objects in the first user interface; and when the first magnification level is greater than the predefined magnification level, zooming out the first user interface in accordance with the first multi-finger pinch gesture. | 03-31-2011 |
20110145759 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Resizing User Interface Content - Heuristics for resizing displayed objects within an electronic document are disclosed. The heuristics include resizing displayed objects to predefined ratios, resizing displayed objects by predefined increments, relating resizing of displayed objects to a global reference grid, and resizing a plurality of displayed objects aligned to an axis. | 06-16-2011 |
20150020021 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Scrolling a Multi-Section Document - A method for scrolling a multi-section document is disclosed, including displaying on a display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries; detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, the gesture having an initial velocity that exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section; initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function; while scrolling the electronic document, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and, scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function. | 01-15-2015 |
Jerry D. Marr, Dunlap, IL US
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20080269009 | System for controlling a hybrid energy system - A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a hybrid energy system including a method of storing energy within a hybrid energy system. The hybrid energy system includes a traction load and a first energy consuming system configured to maintain a first criteria within a first operating range. The method includes receiving energy into the hybrid energy system from the traction load and distributing a first energy to the first energy consuming system when the first criteria is within the first operating range. | 10-30-2008 |
Justin C. Marr, San Diego, CA US
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20120211561 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSACTION DATA - Tax data, e.g., Form W2 data, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain tax data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE, and a tax form generated by an employer or payroll processing service and provided to an employee or user includes the QR CODE representing certain W-2 or other tax data. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. When using a Smartphone, a tax preparation application executing on the Smartphone decodes the QR CODE image to determine the tax data, and populates fields of an electronic tax return with decoded data, thus allowing a consumer to prepare an electronic tax return using a mobile communication device. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215669 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TAX RETURN DATA - Tax data, e.g., Form W2 data, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain tax data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE, and a tax form generated by an employer or payroll processing service and provided to an employee or user includes the QR CODE representing certain W-2 or other tax data. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. When using a Smartphone, a tax preparation application executing on the Smartphone decodes the QR CODE image to determine the tax data, and populates fields of an electronic tax return with decoded data, thus allowing a consumer to prepare an electronic tax return using a mobile communication device. | 08-23-2012 |
20140027509 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSACTION DATA - Transaction or receipt data, e.g., data of a receipt document, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain receipt data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. The QR CODE image is decoded to determine the receipt data, and fields of an electronic receipt summary can be populated with decoded data. | 01-30-2014 |
20140324648 | VIDEO-VOICE PREPARATION OF ELECTRONIC TAX RETURN - Methods, systems and computer program products for processing video of tax documents and associated verbal input provided by a user and populating at least a portion of an electronic tax return with processing results. | 10-30-2014 |
20150363892 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TAX RETURN DATA - Tax data, e.g., Form W2 data, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain tax data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE, and a tax form generated by an employer or payroll processing service and provided to an employee or user includes the QR CODE representing certain W-2 or other tax data. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. When using a Smartphone, a tax preparation application executing on the Smartphone decodes the QR CODE image to determine the tax data, and populates fields of an electronic tax return with decoded data, thus allowing a consumer to prepare an electronic tax return using a mobile communication device. | 12-17-2015 |
Kenneth Marr, Boise, ID US
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20110140227 | Depletion mode circuit protection device - A non-volatile microelectronic memory device that includes a depletion mode circuit protection device that prevents high voltages, which are applied to bitlines during an erase operation, from being applied to and damaging low voltage circuits which are electrically coupled to the bitlines. | 06-16-2011 |
Kenneth W. Marr, Boise, ID US
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20150364213 | PROGRAM OPERATIONS WITH EMBEDDED LEAK CHECKS - Methods of operating a memory device having embedded leak checks may mitigate data loss events due to access line defects, and may facilitate improved power consumption characteristics. Such methods might include applying a program pulse to a selected access line coupled to a memory cell selected for programming, verifying whether the selected memory cell has reached a desired data state, bringing the selected access line to a first voltage, applying a second voltage to an unselected access line, applying a reference current to the selected access line, and determining if a current flow between the selected access line and the unselected access line is greater than the reference current. | 12-17-2015 |
Kieren Marr, Baltimore, MD US
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20100326218 | IDENTIFYING A SUBJECT WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF INVASIVE MOLD INFECTION - The present invention provides a method of identifying a subject having a haplotype in a toll-like receptor 4 gene of the subject that is associated with an increased risk of invasive mold infection in a recipient of a transplant from the subject, comprising genotyping the subject for the presence of particular single nucleotide polymorphisms or haplotypes in the toll-like receptor 4 gene of the subject, wherein the detection of said single nucleotide polymorphism(s) and/or haplotype(s) identifies the subject as having a single nucleotide polymorphism and/or haplotype associated with an increased risk of invasive mold infection in a recipient of a transplant from the subject. Also provided herein are methods of identifying an immunocompromised subject as having an increased risk of invasive mold infection and/or increased risk of mortality and/or increased risk of an impaired or altered immune response, by detecting the single nucleotide polymorphisms or haplotypes in the toll-like receptor 4 gene of this invention in the subject. | 12-30-2010 |
Kieren A. Marr, Baltimore, MD US
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20130017561 | Lateral Flow Device for Diagnosing Microbial Infections - Fungal infections are difficult to diagnose. The most common filamentous fungal infection, aspergillosis, carries with it a high mortality. Culture of the organism is difficult and obtaining samples, e.g., though a lung biopsy, sometimes causes morbidity. Biomarkers that indicate ‘early’ infection in it development are sought after. One such biomarker is detection of galactomannan (GM), a polysaccharide that is attached to hyphal cell walls and secreted during growth of the organism. Galactomannan is excreted in urine. Disclosed herein is a lateral flow assay comprising monoclonal antibodies that recognize specific residues of | 01-17-2013 |
20150192581 | Lateral Flow Device for Diagnosing Microbial Infections - Fungal infections are difficult to diagnose. The most common filamentous fungal infection, aspergillosis, carriers with it a high mortality. Culture of the organism is difficult and obtaining samples, e.g., through a lung biopsy, sometimes causes morbidity. Biomarkers that indicate ‘early’ infection in it development are sought after. One such biomarker is detection of galactomannan (GM), a polysaccharide that is attached to hyphal cell walls and secreted during growth of the organism. Galactomannan is excreted in urine. Disclosed herein is a lateral flow assay comprising monoclonal antibodies that recognize specific residues of | 07-09-2015 |
Lance Marr, Highlands Ranch, CO US
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20080243690 | Money Transfer System And Messaging System - A system for transferring funds from a sender to a recipient with a recorded message is disclosed. In one step the method includes receiving a request for a fund transfer from the sender. The sender may make the request for a fund transfer at a transaction processing device. In another step a payment is received from the sender for the fund transfer and a payment confirmation is transmitted to the host computer system. An identifier may then be assigned to the fund transfer. A recorded message from the sender may be received and at least a copy of the recorded message may be transmitted to a host computer system. The recorded message may then be associated with the fund transfer. A request, including the identifier, may be received from the recipient to receive the recorded messaged. In another step the recorded message may be sent to the recipient. | 10-02-2008 |
20130297494 | MONEY TRANSFER SYSTEM AND MESSAGING SYSTEM - A system for transferring funds from a sender to a recipient with a recorded message is disclosed. In one step the method includes receiving a request for a fund transfer from the sender. The sender may make the request for a fund transfer at a transaction processing device. In another step a payment is received from the sender for the fund transfer and a payment confirmation is transmitted to the host computer system. An identifier may then be assigned to the fund transfer. A recorded message from the sender may be received and at least a copy of the recorded message may be transmitted to a host computer system. The recorded message may then be associated with the fund transfer. A request, including the identifier, may be received from the recipient to receive the recorded messaged. In another step the recorded message may be sent to the recipient. | 11-07-2013 |
20140304152 | Money Transfer System and Messaging System - A system for transferring funds from a sender to a recipient with a recorded message is disclosed. In one step the method includes receiving a request for a fund transfer from the sender. The sender may make the request for a fund transfer at a transaction processing device. In another step a payment is received from the sender for the fund transfer and a payment confirmation is transmitted to the host computer system. An identifier may then be assigned to the fund transfer. A recorded message from the sender may be received and at least a copy of the recorded message may be transmitted to a host computer system. The recorded message may then be associated with the fund transfer. A request, including the identifier, may be received from the recipient to receive the recorded messaged. In another step the recorded message may be sent to the recipient. | 10-09-2014 |
Lyale F. Marr, Richardson, TX US
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20130293964 | KINEMATIC OPTICAL DEVICE MOUNT - An optical mount is used for mounting an optical element, such as a beam splitter or a mirror, to a housing. The optical mount includes a pair of optical element retainer clamps that secure a first side of the optical element at respective first securement points on one of the major surfaces of the optical element, and also engage a first edge. A whiffletree retainer clamp secures a second side of the optical element at a second securement point on the one of its major surfaces. The whiffletree retainer clamp couples a whiffletree retainer to the housing, with the whiffletree retainer engaging a second edge along the second side of the device. The whiffletree retainer is positionally adjustable, for example able to pivot. Pivot pads may be used in at least some of the engagements to secure the optical element. The pivot pads may be segments of ball bearings. | 11-07-2013 |
20150346456 | PRIMARY MIRROR MOUNT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A primary minor mount assembly includes a body including a mirror surface and a mount surface, with the mount surface having at least one feature formed therein. The mount assembly further includes a hub configured to be secured to the body. The hub includes at least one corresponding mating feature configured to receive the at least one feature of the mount surface of the body therein. The at least one feature and the at least one corresponding mating feature are configured to be welded together. A method of assembling a primary mirror mount assembly is further disclosed. | 12-03-2015 |
Michael Marr, Monroe, WA US
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20150180931 | CONTENT DELIVERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering content from content providers to end users using computer networks. Aspects of the invention enable content providers cost-effective content delivery using, for example, download and peer-to-peer mechanisms, while also allowing content providers the ability to control and restrict usage of the content and combat piracy. These and other aspects of the invention are discussed in more detail herein. | 06-25-2015 |
Michael D. Marr, Monroe, WA US
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20160001181 | MATCHMAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLAYER VIDEO GAMES - A matchmaking system and method is provided that facilitates optimization of player matches for multiplayer video games. The system may provide a generalized framework for matchmaking using historical player data and analytics. The framework may facilitate automatic determinations of an optimal mix of players and styles to produce the most satisfying user experiences. The system may dynamically update analytical processes based on statistical or otherwise observed data related to gameplay at any given time. In this manner, the system may continually tune the matchmaking process based on observations of player behavior, gameplay quality, and/or other information. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001182 | SOFT RESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLAYER VIDEO GAMES - A soft reservation system and method is provided facilitates an unrequested reservation of a gameplay session in multiplayer video games. A soft reservation may include a match between two or more players for one or more subsequent gameplay sessions that are reserved for the players. The system may, for instance, anticipate an interest by players in a gameplay session and make a soft reservation for the players, who may not have explicitly requested the reservation, to play in the gameplay session. A soft reservation may be made for a player based on a match score, a game profile, a player profile, and/or other information. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001186 | GROUP COMPOSITION MATCHMAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLAYER VIDEO GAMES - A system and method is provided that recommends group compositions in multiplayer video games. The system may suggest a composition of a group of players using a matchmaking process. For example, one or more players may wish to form or join a group of players for a given game, but not know what would be an appropriate mix of player styles, player roles, skill levels, and/or other player characteristics that would make an optimal group, given the player's own characteristics. The system may identify optimal groups based on matchmaking related information such as, without limitation, game profile, player profile, prior match scores, prior quality scores, and/or other information. Optimal groups may be those that have performed successfully (e.g., accomplished the most wins, objectives, etc.), are associated with the highest player enjoyment (e.g., based on match and/or quality scores), and/or otherwise are deemed to be desirable. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001189 | VIDEO GAME STORAGE MANAGEMENT - Aspects of the invention provide for management of storage space utilized by video game information based in part on the engagement of the video game user. For example, one aspect of the invention provides a method of providing information for play of a video game, comprising determining a storage parameter based on user game play related information, the storage parameter indicative of level of commitment of the user to the video game; outside of a game play session of the video game, providing, over a communications network, first information to a compute device associated with the user, the first information for use in providing for game play of the video game by the compute device, the first information being an amount of information determined based on the storage parameter; and during a game play session of the video game, providing additional information for use in providing for game play of the video game by the compute device. | 01-07-2016 |
20160005270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING MICROTRANSACTIONS IN MULTIPLAYER VIDEO GAMES - A system and method is provided that drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games. The system may include a microtransaction arrange matches to influence game-related purchases. For instance, the system may match a more expert/marquee player with a junior player to encourage the junior player to make game-related purchases of items possessed/used by the marquee player. A junior player may wish to emulate the marquee player by obtaining weapons or other items used by the marquee player. | 01-07-2016 |
Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA US
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20120072602 | TRANSPOSE BOX BASED NETWORK SCALING - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072614 | TRANSPOSE BOXES FOR NETWORK INTERCONNECTION - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort. | 03-22-2012 |
20120250679 | Network Transpose Box and Switch Operation Based on Backplane Ethernet - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. One or more of the deployed electronic devices (e.g., switches, transpose boxes) in the network can transmit data based on a backplane Ethernet standard, such as 10GBASE-KR, 10GBASE-KX4, or 40GBASE-KR4. | 10-04-2012 |
20140025843 | TRANSPOSE BOX BASED NETWORK SCALING - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort. | 01-23-2014 |
20140058871 | SCALING A VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCE - Techniques are described for scaling of computing resources. A scaling service is utilized that allocates additional computing resources (e.g., processors, memory, etc.) to a virtual machine instance (or other compute instance) and/or de-allocates computing resources from a virtual machine instance according requests and/or thresholds. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the description, figures, and claims. | 02-27-2014 |
20140082165 | AUTOMATED PROFILING OF RESOURCE USAGE - Operating profiles for consumers of computing resources may be automatically determined based on an analysis of actual resource usage measurements and other operating metrics. Measurements may be taken while a consumer, such as a virtual machine instance, uses computing resources, such as those provided by a host. A profile may be dynamically determined based on those measurements. Profiles may be generalized such that groups of consumers with similar usage profiles are associated with a single profile. Assignment decisions may be made based on the profiles, and computing resources may be reallocated or oversubscribed if the profiles indicate that the consumers are unlikely to fully utilize the resources reserved for them. Oversubscribed resources may be monitored, and consumers may be transferred to different resource providers if contention for resources is too high. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082614 | AUTOMATED PROFILING OF RESOURCE USAGE - Operating profiles for consumers of computing resources may be automatically determined based on an analysis of actual resource usage measurements and other operating metrics. Measurements may be taken while a consumer, such as a virtual machine instance, uses computing resources, such as those provided by a host. A profile may be dynamically determined based on those measurements. Profiles may be generalized such that groups of consumers with similar usage profiles are associated with a single profile. Assignment decisions may be made based on the profiles, and computing resources may be reallocated or oversubscribed if the profiles indicate that the consumers are unlikely to fully utilize the resources reserved for them. Oversubscribed resources may be monitored, and consumers may be transferred to different resource providers if contention for resources is too high. | 03-20-2014 |
20140280521 | RANDOM NEXT ITERATION FOR DATA UPDATE MANAGEMENT - Host machines and other devices performing synchronized operations can be dispersed across multiple racks in a data center to provide additional buffer capacity and to reduce the likelihood of congestion. The level of dispersion can depend on factors such as the level of oversubscription, as it can be undesirable in a highly connected network to push excessive host traffic into the aggregation fabric. As oversubscription levels increase, the amount of dispersion can be reduced and two or more host machines can be clustered on a given rack, or otherwise connected through the same edge switch. By clustering a portion of the machines, some of the host traffic can be redirected by the respective edge switch without entering the aggregation fabric. When provisioning hosts for a customer, application, or synchronized operation, for example, the levels of clustering and dispersion can be balanced to minimize the likelihood for congestion throughout the network. | 09-18-2014 |
20140304404 | SCALING A VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCE - Techniques are described for scaling of computing resources. A scaling service is utilized that allocates additional computing resources (e.g., processors, memory, etc.) to a virtual machine instance (or other compute instance) and/or de-allocates computing resources from a virtual machine instance according requests and/or thresholds. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the description, figures, and claims. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310509 | HOST RECOVERY USING A SECURE STORE - Approaches are described for enabling a host computing device to store credentials and other security information useful for recovering the state of the host computing device in a secure store, such as a trusted platform module (TPM) on the host computing device. When recovering the host computing device in the event of a failure (e.g., power outage, network failure, etc.), the host computing device can obtain the necessary credentials from the secure store and use those credentials to boot various services, restore the state of the host and perform various other functions. In addition, the secure store (e.g., TPM) may provide boot firmware measurement and remote attestation of the host computing devices to other devices on a network, such as when the recovering host needs to communicate with the other devices on the network. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310510 | REMOTE ATTESTATION OF HOST DEVICES - Approaches are described for enabling a host computing device to store credentials and other security information useful for recovering the state of the host computing device in a secure store, such as a trusted platform module (TPM) on the host computing device. When recovering the host computing device in the event of a failure (e.g., power outage, network failure, etc.), the host computing device can obtain the necessary credentials from the secure store and use those credentials to boot various services, restore the state of the host and perform various other functions. In addition, the secure store (e.g., TPM) may provide boot firmware measurement and remote attestation of the host computing devices to other devices on a network, such as when the recovering host needs to communicate with the other devices on the network. | 10-16-2014 |
20140325116 | SELECTIVELY PERSISTING APPLICATION PROGRAM DATA FROM SYSTEM MEMORY TO NON-VOLATILE DATA STORAGE - Application program data stored in system memory may be selectively persisted. An indication may be provided to an application program that an application data object or a range of application data stored in system memory may be treated as persistent. Data backup may be enabled for the application data object or range of application data in the event of a system failure, copying the application data object or range of application data from system memory to non-volatile data storage. Upon recovery from a system failure, further data backup for the application data object or the range of application data may be disabled. In some embodiments, at least some of the application data object or range of application data may be recovered for the application program to access. Data backup for the application data object or the range of application data may also be re-enabled. | 10-30-2014 |
20140351893 | MANAGING HARDWARE REBOOT AND RESET IN SHARED ENVIRONMENTS - In an environment such as a cloud computing environment where various guests can be provisioned on a host machine or other hardware device, it can be desirable to prevent those users from rebooting or otherwise restarting the machine or other resources using unauthorized information or images that can be obtained from across the network. A cloud manager can cause one or more network switches or other routing or communication processing components to deny communication access between user-accessible ports on a machine or device and the provisioning systems, or other specific network resources, such that the user cannot cause the host machine to pull information from those resources upon a restart or reboot of the machine. Further, various actions can be taken upon a reboot or attempted reboot, such as to isolate the host machine or even power off the specific machine. | 11-27-2014 |
20150036284 | COMPUTE NODE COOLING WITH AIR FED THROUGH BACKPLANE - A computing system includes a chassis, one or more backplanes coupled to the chassis. Computing devices are coupled to the one or more backplanes. The one or more backplanes include backplane openings that allow air to pass from one side of the backplane to the other side of the backplane. Air channels are formed by adjacent circuit board assemblies of the computing devices and the one or more backplanes. Channel capping elements at least partially close the air channels. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036287 | SYSTEM FOR COMPUTE NODE MAINTENANCE WITH CONTINUOUS COOLING - A computing system includes a chassis, one or more backplanes coupled to the chassis. Computing devices are coupled to the one or more backplanes. The one or more backplanes include backplane openings that allow air to pass from one side of the backplane to the other side of the backplane. Air channels are formed by adjacent circuit board assemblies of the computing devices and the one or more backplanes. Channel capping elements at least partially close the air channels. | 02-05-2015 |
20150139241 | STATELESS PACKET SEGMENTATION AND PROCESSING - High-speed processing of packets to, and from, a virtualization environment can be provided while utilizing segmentation offload and other such functionality of commodity hardware. Virtualization information can be added to extension portions of protocol headers, for example, such that the payload portion is unchanged and, when physical address information is added to a frame, a frame can be processed using commodity hardware. In some embodiments, the virtualization information can be hashed and added to the payload or stream at, or relative to, various segmentation boundaries, such that the virtualization or additional header information will only be added to a subset of the packets once segmented, thereby reducing the necessary overhead. Further, the hashing of the information can allow for reconstruction of the virtualization information upon desegmentation even in the event of packet loss. | 05-21-2015 |
20150160948 | FIRMWARE UPDATES DURING LIMITED TIME PERIOD - When providing a user with native access to at least a portion of device hardware, the user can be prevented from modifying firmware and other configuration information by controlling the mechanisms used to update that information. In some embodiments, an asymmetric keying approach can be used to encrypt or sign the firmware. In other cases access can be controlled by enabling firmware updates only through a channel or port that is not exposed to the customer, or by mapping only those portions of the hardware that are to be accessible to the user. In other embodiments, the user can be prevented from modifying firmware by only provisioning the user on a machine after an initial mutability period wherein firmware can be modified, such that the user never has access to a device when firmware can be updated. Combinations and variations of the above also can be used. | 06-11-2015 |
20150199519 | MANAGING FIRMWARE UPDATE ATTEMPTS - Attempts to update confirmation information or firmware for a hardware device can be monitored using a secure counter that is configured to monotonically adjust a current value of the secure counter for each update or update attempt. The value of the counter can be determined every time the validity of the firmware is confirmed, and this value can be stored to a secure location. At subsequent times, such as during a boot process, the actual value of the counter can be determined and compared with the expected value. If the values do not match, such that the firmware may be in an unexpected state, an action can be taken, such as to prevent access to, or isolate, the hardware until such time as the firmware can be validated or updated to an expected state. | 07-16-2015 |
20150221109 | INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE GRAPHS - Various features are described for generating and analyzing data center topology graphs. The graphs can represent physical placement and connectivity of data center components. In some cases the graphs may include hierarchical representations of data center components and systems, and may also include environmental and operational characteristics of the computing devices and supporting systems which may be included in a data center. In addition, the graphs may be linked to each other though common components, so that data center topology may be analyzed in two or more dimensions rather than a single dimension. The linked graphs may be analyzed to identify potential points of failure and also to identify which data center components may be affected by a failure. | 08-06-2015 |
20150236980 | EFFICIENT HIGHLY CONNECTED DEPLOYMENT UNITS - Efficient and highly-scalable network solutions are provided that each utilize deployment units based on Clos networks, but in an environment such as a data center of Internet Protocol-based network. Each of the deployment units can include multiple stages of devices, where connections between devices are only made between stages and the deployment units are highly connected. In some embodiments, the level of connectivity between two stages can be reduced, providing available connections to add edge switches and additional host connections while keeping the same number of between-tier connections. In some embodiments, where deployment units (or other network groups) can be used at different levels to connect other deployment units, the edges of the deployment units can be fused to reduce the number of devices per host connection. | 08-20-2015 |
20150248338 | VALIDATION OF ASSET DATA FOR COMPONENT ASSEMBLIES - Disclosed are various embodiments of a computing device for validating the configuration of components of a component assembly. The computing device serves a boot image executable by a component of the component assembly. Expected configuration data associated with the component is identified by the computing device, and actual configuration data associated with the component is obtained by the computing device. The computing device determines a validation response for the component assembly based at least in part upon a comparison of the expected configuration data and the actual configuration data. | 09-03-2015 |
20150263987 | CLIENT-ALLOCATABLE BANDWIDTH POOLS - Methods and apparatus for client-allocatable bandwidth pools are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resources of a provider network and a resource manager. In response to a determination to accept a bandwidth pool creation request from a client for a resource group, where the resource group comprises a plurality of resources allocated to the client, the resource manager stores an indication of a total network traffic rate limit of the resource group. In response to a bandwidth allocation request from the client to allocate a specified portion of the total network traffic rate limit to a particular resource of the resource group, the resource manager initiates one or more configuration changes to allow network transmissions within one or more network links of the provider network accessible from the particular resource at a rate up to the specified portion. | 09-17-2015 |
20150269048 | AUTOMATIC TESTING AND REMEDIATION BASED ON CONFIDENCE INDICATORS - An asset health monitoring system (AHMS) can assign a confidence indicator to some or all the monitored computing asset in a data center, such as computing systems or networking devices. In response to drops in the confidence indicators, the AHMS can automatically initiate testing of computing assets in order to raise confidence that the asset will perform correctly. Further, the AHMS can automatically initiate remediation procedures for computing assets that fail the confidence testing. By automatically triggering testing of assets and/or remediation procedures, the AHMS can increase reliability for the data center by preemptively identifying problems. | 09-24-2015 |
Michael David Marr, Seattle, WA US
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20120250574 | INCREMENTAL HIGH RADIX NETWORK SCALING - Efficient and highly-scalable network solutions are provided that utilize incremental scaling of switches, and devices connected to those switches, in an environment such as a data center. Embodiments may utilize multiple tiers of switches. Sets of switches in two different tiers may be initially connected to each other utilizing multiple connections. As network capacity needs within the computing environment increase, additional switches may be added to tiers. To connect the added switches to the switch network, the redundant connections may be utilized. Moving connections from one switch to another switch can free up ports to connect added switches in one of the tiers of switches to the switch network. The tiers of switches can be based on Clos networks, where the tiers of switches are fully connected, or other high radix or fat tree topologies that include oversubscription between tiers. | 10-04-2012 |
20160043971 | INCREMENTAL HIGH RADIX NETWORK SCALING - Efficient and highly-scalable network solutions are provided that utilize incremental scaling of switches, and devices connected to those switches, in an environment such as a data center. Embodiments may utilize multiple tiers of switches. Sets of switches in two different tiers may be initially connected to each other utilizing multiple connections. As network capacity needs within the computing environment increase, additional switches may be added to tiers. To connect the added switches to the switch network, the redundant connections may be utilized. Moving connections from one switch to another switch can free up ports to connect added switches in one of the tiers of switches to the switch network. The tiers of switches can be based on Clos networks, where the tiers of switches are fully connected, or other high radix or fat tree topologies that include oversubscription between tiers. | 02-11-2016 |
Michael David Marr, Sammamish, WA US
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20110239005 | Secure Repository With Layers Of Tamper Resistance And System And Method For Providing Same - A secure repository individualized for a hardware environment and a method and system for providing the same. The secure repository includes a hidden cryptographic key and code that applies the key without requiring access to a copy of the key. The code that implements the secure repository is generated in a manner that is at least partly based on a hardware ID associated with the hardware environment in which the secure repository is to be installed, and may also be based on a random number. Cryptographic functions implemented by the secure repository include decryption of encrypted information and validation of cryptographically signed information. The secure repository may be coupled to an application program, which uses cryptographic services provided by the secure repository, by way of a decoupling interface that provides a common communication and authentication interface for diverse types of secure repositories. The decoupling interface may take the form of a single application programmer interface (API) usable with multiple dynamically linkable libraries. | 09-29-2011 |
Paul Marr, Roanoke, VA US
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20080219335 | Remote Access Integrated Tester - In conventional testing, the user is using an on-hand computing device to control testing; however, for the present invention the user is at the access point and the computer is remote, e.g. nearby or in the technician's vehicle, and not being used by the user to run the tests. The present invention provides a means to conveniently connect a customer provided network access device, e.g. a USB “dongle” modem, via a wireless link to the remote computer, which is providing the test application. The computer is remote, and the remote module device extends the reach of the commercial dongle modem so it is not necessary to carry the computer to the test access point. | 09-11-2008 |
20100030810 | Real-time interactive system and method for making and updating changes to infrastructure data - A real-time interactive system and method for updating infrastructure information, and using the same to implement new changes to the infrastructure, can utilize a wireless enabled portable data collection device for capturing infrastructure information in the field at an access interface; an infrastructure information database containing previously recorded infrastructure information, if any; a remote server communicating with the portable data collection device and the infrastructure information database; wherein infrastructure information is wirelessly communicated to the remote server and the remote server controls a real-time interactive session with the portable data collection device to verify previously recorded infrastructure information, update the infrastructure information database with the current infrastructure information, and facilitate making the new changes using updated infrastructure information. The portable data collection device can be a cell phone having a camera, for capturing the images, and a GPS receiver, for obtaining GPS data associated with the access interface. | 02-04-2010 |
Paul N. Marr, Miramar Beach, FL US
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20160044227 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE SUPPORT WITH REMOTE CONTROLLER - A system for supporting an image capturing device includes a supporting device supporting the image capturing device, an extension device connected to the supporting device and extendable to a desired length, a lighting device mounted to the supporting device, and a control device controlling the image capturing device. In certain examples, the system includes a supporting device supporting a detachable case of the image capturing device, an extension device connected to the supporting device and extendable to a desired length. The case includes a lighting device to illuminate a user when taking a photograph using the image capturing device. The system further includes a control device controlling the lighting device of the case. In certain examples, the extension device is directly coupled to the case. | 02-11-2016 |
Robert Marr, North Chicago, IL US
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20110223240 | COMPOUNDS FOR REVERSING AND INHIBITING PROTEIN AGGREGATION, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides compositions for increasing the clearance of protein aggregates, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods for making and using them, including methods for accelerating protein aggregate clearance in the CNS, e.g., for treating diseases that are characterized by protein aggregation—including some degenerative neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. In one aspect, the compositions of the invention specifically target synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregates, and the methods of the invention can be used to specifically prevent, reverse, slow or inhibit synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregation. In alternative embodiments, the compositions and methods of the invention, are used to treat, prevent, reverse (partially or completely) or ameliorate (including slowing the progression of) degenerative neurological diseases related to or caused by protein aggregation, e.g., synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregation. In one aspect, compositions and methods of this invention are used to treat, prevent or ameliorate (including slowing the progression of) Parkinson's disease, fronto-temporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Lewy body disease (LBD) and Multiple system atrophy (MSA). | 09-15-2011 |
Russell A. Marr, Lincoln, NE US
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20100009053 | MEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An offset barbeque smoker grille has an openable cover shaped as the elongated back portion of a quadruped and the products of combustion are applied to meat on said grille with the cover closed and at least one restrictor is included in said fourth flow path to hold smoke in contact with said meat wherein a meat treatment apparatus is used as a smoker. The cooking and smoking uses counter flow from the firebox near the head of the quadruped under the cooking and smoking chambers toward the rump of the quadruped and back over the top of the cooking chambers to provide even cooking. | 01-14-2010 |
Steve Marr, Forsyth, MO US
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20080213241 | PROTEASE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING A DIGESTIVE DISORDER - There is provided methods, kits, combinations, and compositions comprising protease enzymes and a lipase enzyme for treating a digestive disorder in a subject in need thereof. The methods, kits, combinations, and compositions may also be used along with an agent (or combination of agents) for raising the gastric pH, a digestive enzyme useful in enhancing digestive activity, a dietary supplement, or a pharmaceutical agent. | 09-04-2008 |
Thomas G. Marr, Denver, CO US
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20090048199 | Hibernation-Related Genes and Proteins, Activators and Inhibitors Thereof and Methods of Use - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying genes and/or proteins involved in hibernation, activators and/or inhibitors of such genes or proteins, and methods of therapeutic use of such activators and/or inhibitors for treatment of a wide variety of diseases and/or medical conditions. In particular embodiments, such hibernation-related genes may include, but are not limited to, Adfp, Atr4, Cact, Myl6, Ca3, Ckm, Rps2, Lgmn, Fabpa, Fabph and Cyp51a1. Compounds that regulate the activities or functions of the Adfp, Atf4, Cact, Myl6, Ca3, Ckm, Rps2, Lgmn, Fabpa, Fabph and Cyp51a1 genes are known in the art and may be used for therapeutic treatment of diseases involving cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, neurologic or immunologic function. | 02-19-2009 |
Thomas W. Marr, Purcellville, VA US
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20120246036 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONDUCTING A VEHICLE AUCTION, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND AUTOMATIC VEHICLE ACQUISITION ATTRACTIVENESS DETERMINATION - Systems, methods and computer readable media for a computerized vehicle auction, vehicle condition assessment and vehicle acquisition attractiveness assessment. | 09-27-2012 |
Zackary Marr, Everson, WA US
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20110289833 | PROTECTIVE COLD FRAME FOR PLANTS - Disclosed herein is a plant-protecting device which is commonly known as a protective cold frame. While this description seems to indicate a frame-like device, the described device is intended to refer not only to the frame but also to a wind and thermal protective covering generally configured to hold heat therein to protect a plant therein from cold, wind, and the combination. In general, the disclosed device comprises a plurality of rod members that may be bendable, which are inserted into a coupler at the apex of the dome-shaped frame to provide a support structure for a cylindrical covering to be placed thereupon. | 12-01-2011 |
Zackary Marr, Lynden, WA US
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20120005952 | PROTECTIVE COLD FRAME FOR PLANTS - Disclosed herein is a plant-protecting device which is commonly known as a protective cold frame. While this description seems to indicate a frame-like device, the described device is intended to refer not only to the frame but also to a wind and thermal protective covering generally configured to hold heat therein to protect a plant therein from cold, wind, and the combination. In general, the disclosed device comprises a plurality of rod members that may be bendable, which are inserted into a coupler at the apex of the dome-shaped frame to provide a support structure for a cylindrical covering to be placed thereupon. | 01-12-2012 |