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20080263845 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS - Techniques of performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming an indexing hole in the workpiece. A coordinating pin may be installed into the indexing hole, the coordinating pin including a quantum of indexing information. A sensor may be positioned proximate the coordinating pin. The quantum of indexing information may be sensed with a sensor. A manufacturing operation may be performed on the workpiece based at least partially on the quantum of indexing information. | 10-30-2008 |
20090140038 | Production System And An Associated Index Device For Use As A Reference Feature - A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece. | 06-04-2009 |
20100283195 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND AN ASSOCIATED INDEX DEVICE FOR USE AS A REFERENCE FEATURE - A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece. | 11-11-2010 |
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20140322227 | PEPTIDES FOR TREATMENT OF BONE DEFICIENCY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS - The present invention concerns the use of HYD1 peptides to reduce activated T-cell numbers and/or to promote bone preservation in vivo. The present invention concerns methods of treating a bone deficiency and/or an autoimmune disorder, comprising administering an effective amount of a HYD1 peptide. Another aspect of the invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition comprising a HYD1 peptide and another agent for treating a bone deficiency and/or another agent for treating an autoimmune disorder. | 10-30-2014 |
20150017259 | INTEGRIN INTERACTION INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - Integrin interaction inhibitors using a beta-turn promoter are described herein. These peptides are useful in treating cancer, such as multiple myeloma, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the integrin interaction inhibitor. Data show that integrin interaction inhibitors act synergistically or additively interact with anti-proliferative agents such as doxorubicin, SAHA, arsenic trioxide, and etoposide. | 01-15-2015 |
20150071918 | PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to novel cyclic compounds (cyclic peptides), linkers useful as beta-turn promoters in cyclic peptides, and methods for treatment of malignant cells in vitro or in vivo using one or more linear and cyclic peptides. The peptides can act as integrin interaction inhibitors and may be used in the treatment of cancers as monotherapies or in combination with other anti-cancer agents, such as proteasome inhibitors, inhibitors of autophagy, alkylating agents, MEK inhibitors, FAK/PYK2 inhibitors, and EGFR inhibitors. The invention further concerns a method of predicting the binding of a cyclic or linear HYD1 peptide to a cancer cell by assessing overexpression of biomarkers such as CD44, VLA-4 integrin, basigin, CD138 (syndecan 1), NCAM, ICAM1, ICAM3, and CD59. The invention further concerns a method of detecting one or more members of a complex comprising CD44, VLA-4 integrin, basigin, CD138 (syndecan 1), NCAM, ICAM1, ICAM3, and CD59, using a linear or cyclic HYD1 peptide bearing a detectable moiety. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090076950 | Universal Network-Based Deposit Management Service - A system for managing electronic deposits remitted to billers includes a first node connected to a network for receiving electronic remittances, a data repository connected to the network for storing account information and account identifier data, a first software routine for looking up account information in the data repository based on received account identifier data, and a second software routine for causing a deposit or credit into an account identified by the account identifier data. Each account subject to electronic deposit is registered with the system, the system issuing an account identifier unique to each account, the identifier used in place of the account number by account owners in remittance instruction to payers. | 03-19-2009 |
20090271854 | System for Performing Web Authentication of a User by Proxy - A data gathering system is guided by an Internet-capable appliance associated with a user, which has a Pin Vault software instance executing from a digital memory media coupled to the appliance and a Pin Vault file stored in a data repository coupled to the appliance. The Pin Vault file comprises data for authenticating the user to one or more web sites storing information of interest to the user, and the Pin Vault software cooperates with an Internet service to provide, from the Pin Vault, data as needed by the Internet service to log onto and authenticate as the user at the one or more web sites storing information of interest to the user, to gather information on behalf of the user. The data for authentication is never kept at the Internet service. | 10-29-2009 |
20100138316 | Financial Gadgets - Methods, computer program products, and systems, related to providing financial gadgets to users. In one implementation, a method includes receiving gadgets and receiving a notification that one or more gadgets has been certified. A web page with an interface through which users can select gadgets is generated and provided to a user computer. A user selects a gadget, and the selected gadget is run, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget. Content based on the output of the gadget is provided to the user. User-specific financial information can be collected, and modified by the gadget. A notification can be received that a financial institution has authorized one or more of the certified gadgets and the web page can only allow users to select authorized gadgets. | 06-03-2010 |
20100250416 | DIRECTING PAYMENTS TO SATISFY PERIODIC FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS - Methods, computer program products, and systems, related to financial payments are provided. Data corresponding to payments made by a first financial institution is analyzed to identify periodic financial obligations and a specific biller associated with each obligation. A visual user interface including a mechanism through which a user can submit a make-payments notification is generated and provided to a client computer. A first make-payments notification identifying an obligation and a specific biller is received. A determination is made as to whether the specific biller is automatically requesting payments to satisfy the obligation identified in the make-payments notification, and if so, a cease-billing instruction is caused to be sent to the specific biller. A billing instruction, instructing the first specific biller to automatically request payments from a second financial institution to satisfy the obligation, is caused to be sent to the first specific biller. | 09-30-2010 |
20130204778 | Financial Gadgets - Methods, computer program products, and systems, related to providing financial gadgets to users. In one implementation, a method includes receiving gadgets and receiving a notification that one or more gadgets has been certified. A web page with an interface through which users can select gadgets is generated and provided to a user computer. A user selects a gadget, and the selected gadget is run, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget. Content based on the output of the gadget is provided to the user. User-specific financial information can be collected, and modified by the gadget. A notification can be received that a financial institution has authorized one or more of the certified gadgets and the web page can only allow users to select authorized gadgets. | 08-08-2013 |
20140236792 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNT AUTHENTICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for account authentication. A method includes receiving a user request to include financial data describing a financial account in an interface, the financial account being associated with a financial institution. The method further includes redirecting the user to a first webpage associated with the financial institution, where the user inputs into the first webpage login credentials for accessing the financial account. The method further includes, in response to the user inputting into the first webpage login credentials for accessing the financial account, receiving, from the financial institution, an access token other than the login credentials for accessing the financial account. The method further includes storing the access token for use in accessing and aggregating financial data describing the financial account. | 08-21-2014 |
20140351040 | RECEIPT RENDERING IN A PREPAID ARCHITECTURE - A method for maintaining a prepaid payment system comprises a user account that can be utilized to complete a purchase transaction with a merchant. A delayed processing window is introduced between a time when the merchant receives a payment approval notification from the payment system and a time when the payment system transmits a payment request to an issuer of a funding account associated with the user's payment system account. The payment system utilizes a user's stored value account maintained by the payment system to satisfy the requirements of a prepaid program, and therefore processes the payment request received from the merchant and transmits the payment approval notification without obtaining prior authorization from the issuer of the funding account. The payment system submits one or more payment requests for the funding transaction at a time after the completion of the purchase transaction between the user and the merchant. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351131 | DELAYED PROCESSING WINDOW IN A PREPAID ARCHITECTURE - A method for maintaining a prepaid payment system comprises a user account that can be utilized to complete a purchase transaction with a merchant. A delayed processing window is introduced between a time when the merchant receives a payment approval notification from the payment system and a time when the payment system transmits a payment request to an issuer of a funding account associated with the user's payment system account. The payment system utilizes a user's stored value account maintained by the payment system to satisfy the requirements of a prepaid program, and therefore processes the payment request received from the merchant and transmits the payment approval notification without obtaining prior authorization from the issuer of the funding account. The payment system submits one or more payment requests for the funding transaction at a time after the completion of the purchase transaction between the user and the merchant. | 11-27-2014 |
20150023604 | CARD ART DISPLAY - Providing improved card art for display comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, an image of a card and performing an image recognition algorithm on the image. The computing device identifies images represented on the card image and comparing the identified images to an image database. The computing device determines a standard card art image associated with the identified image based at least in part on the comparison and associates the standard card art image with an account of a user, the account being associated with the card in the image. The computing device displays the standard card art as a representation of the account. | 01-22-2015 |