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20080215170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A system, method, and machine-readable medium are disclosed for the controlled, non-real-time conveyance of digital content for playback. Digital content and associated metadata are marked, rated, categorized, and then converted into encoded digital data. The resulting encoded digital data is transmitted as a plurality of data streams through a communications facility such as a satellite, wireless, or physical network. The data streams are received by a content receiver where they are decoded into metadata and digital content for controlled conveyance and playback. A digital content management module comprising a content selection algorithm compares metadata associated with candidate digital content to a predetermined content selection profile. If the metadata matches predetermined selection parameters of the selection profile, the candidate digital content and its associated metadata are stored in a machine-readable medium for controlled conveyance and playback. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215645 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PERSONALIZED RENDERING OF DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing devices capable of the reception and playback of one or more crafted media channels transmitted over an intermittent connection. The one or more channels may be customized by the end user to bias the programming towards individual tastes or moods. The channels may be delivered over an intermittent, unidirectional link, for example a Satellite Radio receiver in a home or car. Content may also be delivered over an intermittent, bidirectional link, for example to a portable media player via a wireless 802.11 or other networked connection. | 09-04-2008 |
20080263098 | Systems and Methods for Portable Personalized Radio - Systems and methods for delivering personalized content streams over a variety of devices and networks are disclosed. A user's preferences, customizations, and content are made available to the user through specialized clients for home, car, office, and portable environments. In order to enable personalized content streams on devices that are intermittently connected or that make use of network bandwidth during off-peak hours, the system prescribes a distributed content sequencing engine and a distributed, synchronized user profile and station/channel definitions. The system is also designed to support players connected via unidirectional or asymmetric connections such as satellite radios with or without an upstream data link. | 10-23-2008 |
20100106852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT ON A PORTABLE DEVICE - System and method for providing content, such as audio or music files for playback on a portable device, are described. In one implementation, content is provided by a streaming channel, such as a cellular data channel, as well as by a wired or wireless network connection. Content playback is selectively performed based on available connectivity to the streaming channel and/or based on user playback customization criteria. In one implementation, content consistent with a streaming channel is cached and played on the portable device when streaming channel connectivity is unavailable. | 04-29-2010 |
20120011138 | ASSOCIATING AND LINKING COMPACT DISC METADATA - Improved techniques for enhancing, associating, and linking various sources of metadata for music files, to allow integration of commercially generated metadata with user-entered metadata, and to ensure that metadata provided to the user is of the highest quality and accuracy available, even when the metadata comes from disparate sources having different levels of credibility. The invention further provides improved techniques for identifying approximate matches when querying metadata databases, and also provides improved techniques for accepting user submissions of metadata, for categorizing user submissions according to relative credibility, and for integrating user submissions with existing metadata. | 01-12-2012 |
20130317937 | RELATIONSHIP DISCOVERY ENGINE - A system, method, and computer program product discover relationships among items and recommend items based on the discovered relationships. The recommendations provided by the present invention are based on user profiles that take into account actual preferences of users, without requiring users to complete questionnaires. An improved binomial log likelihood ratio analysis technique is applied, to reduce adverse effects of overstatement of coincidence and predominance of best sellers. The invention may be used, for example, to generate track lists for a personalized radio station. | 11-28-2013 |
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20140035300 | REPLACEMENT DOOR HANDLE FOR VEHICLE - A flush mounted, vehicle door handle includes a housing having an outer wall defining an interior recess and a handle pivotally coupled to the housing. A first portion of the handle is configured for pressing on a first side of a fulcrum and a second portion of the handle is configured for puffing on a second side of the fulcrum. The handle is disposed within the interior recess of the housing when positioned in a first, resting position. The first portion of the door handle has a back surface provided for actuating a door latch mechanism of an existing vehicle door when the housing is mounted to a door panel of a vehicle. Thus, when the handle is pivoted about the fulcrum to a second position, the door latch mechanism is actuated causing the door latch mechanism to release the automobile door allowing the door to open. | 02-06-2014 |
20150076843 | REPLACEMENT DOOR HANDLE FOR VEHICLE - A flush mounted, vehicle door handle includes a housing having an outer wall defining an interior recess and a handle pivotally coupled to the housing. A first portion of the handle is configured for pressing on a first side of a fulcrum and a second portion of the handle is configured for pulling on a second side of the fulcrum. The handle is disposed within the interior recess of the housing when positioned in a first, resting position. The first portion of the door handle has a back surface provided for actuating a door latch mechanism of an existing vehicle door when the housing is mounted to a door panel of a vehicle. Thus, when the handle is pivoted about the fulcrum to a second position, the door latch mechanism is actuated causing the door latch mechanism to release the automobile door allowing the door to open. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090266739 | IMPACT BARRIER FOR ENCLOSURE - A resiliently deformable shield is affixed to the exterior of an enclosure, housing one or more internal components. The resiliently deformable shield is fashioned with one or more recesses that allow the shield to deform and deflect impact force away from the enclosure walls. Apertures may be fashioned in the shield walls for receiving fasteners that are used affix the shield with respect to the enclosure housing. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269131 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER FOR ENCLOSURE - An enclosure includes wall members connected together by structural members forming joints of the enclosure. The structural members may be extruded from aluminum or other generally rigid material and may comprise a series of mounting channels and fastener channels to which the internal components of the enclosure may be mounted. | 10-29-2009 |
20090295027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEALING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN A FRAME TRAY - Electrical components mounted onto a circuit board may be sealed within a frame tray upon the addition of a curable material that encapsulates the circuit board. The electrical components of the circuit board are positioned and sealed within the frame tray such that the cured material does not affect an airflow path which dissipates heat produced by the electrical components during use. The curing of the curable material shields the circuit board from moisture, dust and other environmental contaminates. | 12-03-2009 |
20110095009 | INTEGRATED WELD GUN HOLDER AND CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A welder includes a housing enclosing one or more welding circuits communicated with power output studs for establishing a welding arc. A generally rigid bracket may be included that is affixed to an exterior of the housing, which may include first and second spaced apart support arms extending from a bracket, where the first support arm includes a first supporting surface facing a first direction, and where the second support arm includes a second supporting surface facing a second opposite direction for supporting the associated welding gun in a cantilevered configuration. A cable cradle is also included that extends from a second, distal end of the bracket. | 04-28-2011 |
20120189993 | VIRTUAL WELDING SYSTEM - This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and also to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that are not different from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal language of the claims. | 07-26-2012 |
20130292366 | MODULAR WELDING SYSTEM - The invention described herein generally pertains to modular welding system which can switch between right-handed and left-handed wire feeders by use of the modular design and without having a duplicative dual feed system. This aspect is important with robotic welding as well as boom-mounted welding operations. | 11-07-2013 |