Kevin Mccarthy
Kevin Mccarthy, County Wexford IE
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20110029636 | REAL TIME INFORMATION FEED PROCESSING - A real time information feed system comprises an interface to receive a real time information feed and a data mining engine for retrieving data concerning a subscriber. A recommendation engine automatically modifies the real time information feed according to the mined data; and a subscriber interface outputs the modified real time information for delivery to the subscriber. The data mining engine is adapted to mine data in a real time communication medium used by the subscriber, such as a micro-blogging service. The data mining engine comprises an indexer for mining and indexing the real time information feed and the subscriber data to provide a plurality of indexes; and to generate vectors representing the separate indexes and to compare the vectors to modify. The data mining engine and the recommendation engine combine recommendation and information retrieval settings from a plurality of online and offline sources to produce a single amalgamated list of results to harness a user's usage patterns and social graph activity on a social network or updating service, that further allows the generation of user profiles as part of a media recommendation system. | 02-03-2011 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Milpitas, CA US
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20110017997 | Diffusion Barrier Coated Substrates and Methods of Making the Same - Semiconductor devices on a diffusion barrier coated metal substrates, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor devices include a metal substrate, a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, an insulator layer on the diffusion barrier layer, and a semiconductor layer on the insulator layer. The method includes forming a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, forming an insulator layer on the diffusion barrier layer; and forming a semiconductor layer on the insulator layer. Such diffusion barrier coated substrates prevent diffusion of metal atoms from the metal substrate into a semiconductor device formed thereon. | 01-27-2011 |
20130243940 | DIFFUSION BARRIER COATED SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Devices on a diffusion barrier coated metal substrates, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The devices include a metal substrate, a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, one or more insulator layers on the diffusion barrier layer, and an antenna and/or inductor on the one or more insulator layer(s). The method includes forming a diffusion barrier layer on the metal substrate, forming one or more insulator layers on the diffusion barrier layer; and forming an antenna and/or inductor on an uppermost one of the insulator layer(s). The antenna and/or inductor is electrically connected to at least one of the diffusion barrier layer and/or the metal substrate. Such diffusion barrier coated substrates prevent diffusion of metal atoms from the metal substrate into device layers formed thereon. | 09-19-2013 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Sammamish, WA US
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20090069129 | Water disk sports game and target - A water disk sports game that includes a pair of floating goals located at predetermined distances from each other in a designated boundary area. Each goal includes a vertical scoring pole that extends upward from a large floating base. In a first embodiment, the floating base is a hollow circular floating disk with an upper, diagonally aligned skirt surface that leads to a circular recessed cavity coaxially aligned with the scoring pole. Attached to the scoring pole is an elevated lid which creates a narrow gap between the lid and the top rim of the floating base. In another embodiment, the floating base is a partially submerged rim with radially aligned spokes and a center hub designed to receive the scoring pole. During use, a specially designed aquatic disk is given to one team whose objective is to throw the aquatic disk at the opposing team's scoring pole. If the aquatic disk contacts the scoring pole or is retained in the recessed cavity, a point is awarded to the offensive team or against the defensive team. | 03-12-2009 |
20100021690 | Protective Pad and Method for Manufacturing Foam Structures with Uniform Pegs and Voids - An improved, impact energy dissipating foam pad and method for creating a foam pad that includes plurality of uniform pegs and holes in a closed cell foam substrate. A foam substrate plank is placed between two compression molds that includes a plurality of perpendicularly aligned pegs formed thereon. The compression mold's pins have sufficient length and are offset so that when the two compression molds are pressed together, the tips of the pegs on one compression mold penetrate the area located between two pins on the opposite compression mold. The compression molds are then pressed into the heated substrate plank. The two compression molds are then removed and the compressed substrate plank is allowed to cool causing the closed voids to be ‘set’. After cooling, the compressed substrate plank is then cut transversely along a line parallel to the plank's top and bottom surfaces and perpendicular to the closed voids. The two half foam substrates formed after cutting are then re-heated which causes the compressed voids to expand to their original size thereby forming two half foam substrates with alternating, uniform pegs and holes. | 01-28-2010 |
20110021297 | SIMULATED PRESSURIZED BALL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A non-pressurized sport ball that simulates the resiliency, rebound, hardness and weight properties of a similar sized, inflatable sports ball. The sports ball, which can be made in different sizes and shapes, includes a hollow ball body with a relatively thick sidewall made of closed-cell foam, elastomeric resin. When cured, the sidewalls have compression and resiliency properties that enable the working action of the sidewall to be used in place of an air bladder in an inflatable sports ball. Formed on the ball body is an entry hole in which an air escaping cap is inserted made of the same elastomeric resin material as the ball body. During use, the cap flexes within the entry hole to allow air to exit and enter the ball during use so that the internal and external air pressures are equal. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the sports ball using a mandrel and a suitable-shaped compression mold with an entry hole formed on one side. | 01-27-2011 |
20130277084 | PROTECTIVE ENCASING FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - An encasing for a mobile device is disclosed. The encasing includes a front portion including a discontinuous surface area configured to receive a bottom surface of the mobile device, a back portion opposite the front portion, and side portions configured to convexly couple to side surfaces of the mobile device. The side portions include a side region comprising a moveable flap configured to rotate when inserting and removing the mobile device. | 10-24-2013 |
Kevin Mccarthy, S. Hadley, MA US
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20090297017 | HIGH RESOLUTION MULTIMODAL IMAGING FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF POLYSILICON SOLAR CELLS - A non-destructive evaluation system for evaluating an article such as a test sample, the system comprising: | 12-03-2009 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Plaistow, NH US
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20090280559 | GENETIC SEQUENCER INCORPORATING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY - A fluorescence microscopy sequencer comprises a fluid transport subsystem in which reagents are pumped through a series of multi-port valves to a mixer or one or more flow cells, or directly into the flow cell(s). The one or more multi-port valves can be mounted upon a fluids manifold having syringe tubes mounted on the opposite side. Mounted on a movable support, the manifold may be brought into and out of fluid communication with a storage block comprising the plurality of reagents. In another embodiment, the sequencer comprises a beamsplitter indexer that facilitates the quick and reliable switching of filter cubes through use of a stepper motor. In yet another embodiment, a motion control system is provided in which an inertial reference is interposed between and directly coupled to a first and second axis of control, thereby minimizing any low structural resonant frequencies and enabling high performance (high frequency response) motion control. | 11-12-2009 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Dix Hills, NY US
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20090024495 | Method and System for Monitoring Electronic Transactions - A method and system for monitoring electronic transactions, such as credit card transactions, to determine whether associated transaction costs, such as interchange fees, are being properly qualified. This is accomplished by monitoring for a “spike” in interchange qualifications and generating an alert when one or more spikes are detected. Spikes in interchange qualifications are defined as a variation in interchange qualifications compared with an historical level. The method and system may also monitor changes in cost or efficiency for other types of transactions in which the cost or efficiency of the transaction is based directly upon one or more variables. | 01-22-2009 |
20090048688 | Method and System for Monitoring Electronic Transactions - A method and system for monitoring electronic transactions, such as credit card transactions, to determine whether associated transaction costs, such as interchange fees, are being properly qualified. This is accomplished by monitoring for a “spike” in interchange qualifications and generating an alert when one or more spikes are detected. Spikes in interchange qualifications are defined as a variation in interchange qualifications compared with an historical level. The method and system may also monitor changes in cost or efficiency for other types of transactions in which the cost or efficiency of the transaction is based directly upon one or more variables. | 02-19-2009 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Lyngby DK
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20090031237 | DISPLAYING AND NAVIGATING THROUGH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - An apparatus for displaying layers generated by multiple applications is provided. Layers generated by one or more applications are presented on a display at particular levels of transparency such that a user may be able to simultaneously view the layers. The user can select one of the layers with which to interact by varying the respective levels of transparency such that one of the layers is less transparent and the other of the layers is more transparent. In this way, the user may manipulate the levels of transparency of the layers to navigate through multiple applications and access a desired application. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 01-29-2009 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Baton Rouge, LA US
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20120172989 | VERTEBRAL OSTEOSYNTHETIS EQUIPMENT - A vertebral osteosynthesis equipment including an intervertebral implant ( | 07-05-2012 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Simi Valley, CA US
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20130319643 | LOCKING ORIFICE RETAINING NUT - An inlet manifold for use with a heat exchange device such as a cold plate in which the manifold includes a main passage for transferring liquid. The main passage includes a seat sized to hold an orifice plate for restricting the transfer of liquid to a flow suitable to produce a pressure drop. An orifice plate retaining element contacts the orifice plate to maintain the orifice plate on the seat, and has a locking element to prevent unlocking during use. | 12-05-2013 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Troy, NY US
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20130323023 | Dynamic Fiber Temperature Sensing Package And Method Of Assembling The Same - A dynamic fiber temperature sensing package is provided herein. The sensing package includes a support structure, a holder coupled to the support structure, a sheath coupled to the support structure via the holder, and a fiber optic temperature sensor positioned within the sheath. The holder includes a material having a first thermal conductivity and the sheath includes a material having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the second thermal conductivity is greater than the first thermal conductivity. | 12-05-2013 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Groton, MA US
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20140014966 | GALLIUM NITRIDE DEVICES HAVING LOW OHMIC CONTACT RESISTANCE - A semiconductor structure having mesa structure comprising: a lower semiconductor layer; an upper semiconductor layer having a higher band gap than, and in direct contact with, the lower semiconductor layer to form a two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) region between the upper semiconductor layer. The 2DEG region has outer edges terminating at sidewalls of the mesa. An additional electron donor layer has a band gap higher than the band gap of the lower layer disposed on sidewall portions of the mesa structure and on the region of the 2DEG region terminating at sidewalls of the mesa. An ohmic contact material is disposed on the electron donor layer. In effect, a sideway HEMT is formed with the electron donor layer, the 2DEG region and the ohmic contact material increasing the concentration of electrons (i.e., lowering ohmic contact resistance) all along the contact between the lower semiconductor layer and the electron donor layer. | 01-16-2014 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Co. Wexford IE
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20140358911 | SEARCH AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM - A system for search and discovery of information in a real time network, comprising: means for gathering data indicative of a message posted in an real time network, the data comprising information identifying a uniform resource locator, URL and textual information associated with the URL; means for indexing the gathered data; means for querying the indexed data; and means for ranking the queried data. | 12-04-2014 |
Kevin Mccarthy, Bend, OR US
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20150292833 | Rear Sling Mount - A sling mount or attachment for the rear portion of a firearm is provided. The sling mount includes a cap and a base, removably coupled by screws around a buffer tube of a firearm. The sling mount further includes a connection loop positioned below the opening created by coupling the cap to the base. In some embodiments, the connection loop extends in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the buffer tube, and is centrally located underneath it. A user may attach a sling to the connection loop via a snaphook in order to accomplish a one-point or two-point sling design. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292834 | Quick Conversion Sling - A sling for coupling a firearm to a user is disclosed. The sling comprises a front sling section having a front end and a rear end, a front connector located at the front end for connecting the front sling section to the firearm, and a front buckle having a handle that adjusts the length of the sling. The handle includes a first member extending outwardly from the front sling section and a second member transverse to first member, such that, when the second member is pulled in a first direction, the length of front sling section lengthens, and when the second member is pulled in a second direction, the length of the front sling section shortens. The sling further comprises rear sling section coupled to the front sling section and having a front portion and a rear portion, a rear buckle detachably coupling the front portion to the rear portion, a rear connector for connecting the rear sling section to the firearm, and a middle connector. The front connector releasably couples to the middle connector to form a loop. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292835 | Thumb Tab Actuator for Sling Snaphook - A thumb tab actuator for a firearm sling snap-hook is provided. The thumb tab actuator includes a body having a surface that engages a lever of a snap-hook that pivots in a first plane. The actuator body is adapted to be removably mounted to the lever, and the body includes a tab extending outwardly in a second plane transverse to the first plane when the body is mounted to the lever, such that the lever pivots in response to a force exerted on the tab. A user may couple the thumb tab to the snap-hook via a screw or other fastener. In some embodiments, the thumb tab includes a second tab for an ambidextrous configuration. | 10-15-2015 |