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20100077035 | Optimized Polling in Low Resource Devices - Methods and systems for optimizing server polling by a mobile client are described, thereby allowing mobile terminals to conserve battery life by more efficiently using resources such as the processor and transceiver in the mobile terminal. A broker system may be used to minimize wireless communication traffic used for polling. A broker stub intercepts server polling messages at the client, multiplexes the sever requests together, and forwards the multiplexed message to a broker skeleton that de-multiplexes and forwards the messages as appropriate. Polling may also be dynamically adapted based on user behavior, or a server guard may be used to monitor changes to data, and notify a client to poll its respective server when the server guard detects new or updated data on that server for that client. | 03-25-2010 |
20110208810 | Optimized Polling in Low Resource Devices - Methods and systems for optimizing server polling by a mobile client are described, thereby allowing mobile terminals to conserve battery life by more efficiently using resources such as the processor and transceiver in the mobile terminal A broker system may be used to minimize wireless communication traffic used for polling. A broker stub intercepts server polling messages at the client, multiplexes the sever requests together, and forwards the multiplexed message to a broker skeleton that de-multiplexes and forwards the messages as appropriate. Polling may also be dynamically adapted based on user behavior, or a server guard may be used to monitor changes to data, and notify a client to poll its respective server when the server guard detects new or updated data on that server for that client. | 08-25-2011 |
20130238741 | METHOD AND A CONTROL NODE IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK - A first control node and a method therein for selecting the first control node or a second control node to act as a server are provided. The first and second control nodes are comprised in an overlay network. The first control node obtains a first indication relating to a ranking of a suitability of the first control node to act as the server. Furthermore, the first control node receives a second indication from the second control node. The second indication relates to a ranking of a suitability of the second control node to act as the server. Then, the first control node selects, based on the first and second indications, one of the first and second control nodes to act as the server for managing a master representation of a distributed shared memory being accessible within the overlay network. | 09-12-2013 |
20130288703 | LOCALIZATION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PATTERNS - A system that uses historical position information accumulated in an apparatus to determine whether locations and/or routes may be classified as significant. A classification of a location or route as significant may be utilized in configuring localization in the apparatus. Localization configuration may include, for example, setting a type technology utilized in determining apparatus position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130303184 | STATE CHANGE SENSING BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PATTERNS - A system for detecting state transitions when apparatuses move between significant places or routes without having to employ high resolution, and high energy cost, localization technologies. Apparatuses may receive position information via lower resolution/lower energy cost localization resources, and this information may be used to determine whether the current position of the apparatus corresponds to a significant place or route. If the apparatus is determined to be positioned in a significant place or route, a further determination may be made as to whether at least one second level classifier exists for the significant place or route. Second level classifiers may be utilized to determine when apparatuses transition from one state (e.g., one significant place or route) to another. Upon detection of a state transition based on the second level classifier, a new localization configuration may be applied in the apparatus. | 11-14-2013 |
20140106773 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SEMNATIC INDOOR POSITIONING USING SIGNIFICANT PLACES AS SATELLITES - A method for locating a mobile device inside a building by using a plurality of reference areas in the building as satellites. A scan is obtained by the mobile device at an unknown location in the building. The scan includes a plurality of detected WAPs with a corresponding RSSI for each detected WAP. The method to improve accuracy of a semantic indoor positioning system by generating a vector of distance scores based on the scan for comparison with vectors of survey distance scores corresponding to the reference areas. The method includes arranging the detected WAPs into an ordered list, extracting a set of WAP tuples from the ordered list, retrieving a set of probabilities for each reference area, calculating a distance score for each reference area, generating the vector of distance scores, and comparing the vector of distance scores with each of the vectors of survey distance scores. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107846 | METHOD FOR SYNERGISTIC OCCUPANCY SENSING IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATES - A method to synergistically sense occupancy inside a building. A coarse-grained sensor in the building generates a coarse data indicating a user is in a large area including a control zone. A fine-grained sensor in the building generates a fine data indicating the user is in a small area. The fine data is more accurate but less reliable than the coarse data. The method to improve energy efficiency by generating an actuation plan for the control zone. The method includes receiving the coarse data and the fine data, normalizing the coarse data and the fine data, checking for an overlap between the large area and the small area, calculating a change in occupancy in the control zone based on the normalized coarse data if there is no overlap and based on the normalized fine data if there is overlap, and generating the actuation plan based on the change in occupancy. | 04-17-2014 |
20140143407 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE SERVER PLACEMENT DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatus for determining recommended geographic server locations for online social networks by attempting to minimize user-server latency and inter-user communications latency. In an embodiment, geographic and relationship information for a plurality of users is acquired. The plurality of users may belong to one or more networks. The acquired information is transformed into a graph. A first plurality of clusters is generated with a first clustering algorithm. A second plurality of clusters is generated by iteratively examining pairs of the first plurality clusters, and swapping nodes between the examined clusters if it will reduce a total cut weight of the graph and locate each pair of nodes within a defined maximum distance from the centroid of the target cluster. In an embodiment, a method uses a joint analysis approach based upon characteristics of a plurality of existing networks. | 05-22-2014 |
20140195470 | LARGE-SCALE HUMAN MOBILITY PATTERN RECOGNITION - A method for grouping trips of a mobile device, a trip including a set of trip traces from a plurality of traces collected from base stations. Each base station includes a unique station-ID. Each trace includes a station-ID and an association time indicating when the mobile device was associated with the base station. The mobile device is associated with at most one base station at any point in time. The method to group two trips by calculating an edit distance using an approximate string matching algorithm. The method includes identifying traces for the two trips, extracting ordered sets of station-IDs from the traces, calculating the edit distance between the two trips by applying the approximate string matching algorithm, to the ordered sets of station-IDs, checking if the edit distance is less than a preset edit distance threshold, and grouping the two trips into a group of trips. | 07-10-2014 |
20150207706 | METHOD FOR SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYTICS IN TELCO - Exemplary methods for performing distributed data aggregation include receiving Internet Protocol (IP) traffic from only a first portion of the network. The methods further include utilizing a big data tool to generate a summary of the IP traffic from the first portion of the network, wherein a summary of IP traffic from a second portion of the network is generated by a second network device utilizing its local big data tool. The methods include sending the summary of the IP traffic of the first portion of the network to the third network device, causing the third network device to utilize its local big data tool to generate a summary of the IP traffic of the first and second portion of the network based on the summaries received from the first and second network devices, thereby allowing the IP traffic in the network to be characterized in a distributed manner. | 07-23-2015 |
20150271280 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE SERVER PLACEMENT DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatus for determining recommended geographic server locations for online social networks by attempting to minimize user-server latency and inter-user communications latency. In an embodiment, geographic and relationship information for a plurality of users is acquired. The plurality of users may belong to one or more networks. The acquired information is transformed into a graph. A first plurality of clusters is generated with a first clustering algorithm. A second plurality of clusters is generated by iteratively examining pairs of the first plurality clusters, and swapping nodes between the examined clusters if it will reduce a total cut weight of the graph and locate each pair of nodes within a defined maximum distance from the centroid of the target cluster. In an embodiment, a method uses a joint analysis approach based upon characteristics of a plurality of existing networks. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090078866 | MASS SPECTROMETER AND ELECTRIC FIELD SOURCE FOR MASS SPECTROMETER - An electric field source for a mass spectrometer and a mass spectrometer are described. | 03-26-2009 |
20090108191 | Mass Spectrometer gain adjustment using ion ratios - The gain of the ion detector of a mass spectrometer is calibrated by using the ion detector to measure a ratio of the abundances of at least two ion species having a known abundance ratio. The gain of the ion detector is changed until the measured abundance ratio matches the known abundance ratio. | 04-30-2009 |
20090242748 | Monopole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometer - A tandem mass spectrometer operable to determine properties of chemical and biochemical compounds (analytes) comprises an ion source, a monopole ion processing cell positioned to receive primary ions from the ion source and a mass analyzer positioned to receive secondary ions output from the monopole ion processing cell. The monopole ion processing cell comprises an elongate inner electrode and an elongate outer electrode radially offset from and partially surrounding the inner electrode. In one embodiment, the elongate inner and outer electrodes of monopole ion processing cell are segmented, and at least one of the outer electrode segments defines an axial slot through which the secondary ions are radially output to the mass analyzer. | 10-01-2009 |
20100084550 | Apparatus and Method for Identifying Metalloproteins - A device and a method for identifying metalloproteins are disclosed. The device includes a first separation device for separating sample molecules according to their retention times, a first ionization device for ionizing the separated molecules into molecular ions, a second separation device for separating the molecular ions by their size-to-charge ratio, a second ionization device for atomizing the molecular ions and creating atomic ions of interest, and a mass spectrometer for separating and identifying both the molecular ions and the atomic ions by their mass-to-charge ratios. A method includes separating sample molecules according to their retention time, ionizing the separated molecules to form molecular ions, separating the molecular ions according to their size-to-charge ratio, atomizing and ionizing a portion of the molecular ions and identifying the atomic and molecular ions by their mass-to-charge ratio. | 04-08-2010 |
20100193702 | TANDEM IONIZER ION SOURCE FOR MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF USE - An ion source a first ionizer comprising: an electrospray needle comprising a tip; and a conduit disposed annularly about the needle and configured to pass an inert gas in proximity of the tip to nebulize a fluid emerging from the tip, the nebulized fluid comprising analytes and a mobile phase. The ion source comprises a capillary in tandem with the first ionizer and configured to receive the droplets; a heater configured to heat the capillary to a temperature at which mobile phase vaporizes; and a second ionizer in tandem with the capillary and configured to receive the vaporized mobile phase and the analytes. A method is also described. | 08-05-2010 |
20110127422 | MULTI-BORE CAPILLARY FOR MASS SPECTROMETER - A mass spectrometer system an ion source configured to produce ions and a non-metallic capillary configured to receive at least a portion of the ions from the ion source. The capillary includes an elongated body and multiple bores traversing the elongated body in a longitudinal direction. The bores transport the received ions through the capillary toward a mass analyzer of the mass spectrometer system for detection. | 06-02-2011 |
20120280121 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REFLECTING IONS - Devices and systems for reflecting ions are provided. In general, the devices and systems include a plurality of curved lens plates adapted for connection to at least one voltage source and having a passage therein to allow the ions to pass therethrough. The plurality of curved lens plates generates electric fields having elliptic equipotential surfaces that reflect and focus the ions as they pass through the passage. Reflectron time-of-flight (RE-TOF) spectrometers are also provided that include an ion source, ion detector, and such a reflectron as described above. Mass spectrometer systems are provided that comprise an ion source that generates ions and a reflectron TOF spectrometer such as described above. | 11-08-2012 |
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20140244584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CACHE CONSISTENT REGIONAL CLUSTERS - When multiple regional data clusters are used to store data in a system, maintaining cache consistency across different regions is important for providing a desirable user experience. In one embodiment, there is a master data cluster where all data writes are performed, and the writes are replicated to each of the slave data clusters in the other regions. Appended to the replication statements are invalidations for cache values for the keys whose values have been changed in the master data cluster. An apparatus in the master data cluster logs replication statements sent to the slave databases. When a slave database fails, the apparatus extracts the invalidations intended for the failed database and publishes the invalidations to a subscriber in the region of the failed database. The subscriber sends the invalidations to the local caches to cause stale data for those keys to be deleted from the caches. | 08-28-2014 |
20150156158 | SUBSCRIPTION GROUPS IN PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a technology for publishing subscriptions in a publish-subscribe system in accordance with subscription groups. The technology may include (i) determining a consumption characteristic by which each of multiple subscribers in a publish-subscribe system consumes a subscription published by a publisher; (ii) identifying the subscribers whose consumption characteristics satisfy a specified similarity criterion; (iii) defining multiple subscription groups, each of which includes subscriptions of those of the subscribers whose consumption characteristics satisfy the specified similarity criterion; (iv) storing the subscriptions in multiple logical partitions of a storage system where each of the logical partitions contains a separate non-overlapping subset of the subscriptions; and (v) transmitting the subscriptions to the subscribers in accordance with the subscription groups. | 06-04-2015 |
20150378894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CACHE CONSISTENT REGIONAL CLUSTERS - When multiple regional data clusters are used to store data in a system, maintaining cache consistency across different regions is important for providing a desirable user experience. In one embodiment, there is a master data cluster where all data writes are performed, and the writes are replicated to each of the slave data clusters in the other regions. Appended to the replication statements are invalidations for cache values for the keys whose values have been changed in the master data cluster. An apparatus in the master data cluster logs replication statements sent to the slave databases. When a slave database fails, the apparatus extracts the invalidations intended for the failed database and publishes the invalidations to a subscriber in the region of the failed database. The subscriber sends the invalidations to the local caches to cause stale data for those keys to be deleted from the caches. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080309897 | MULTIVARIABLE SOLVER FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - The method of the invention tracks how the collective movement of edge segments in a mask layout alters the resist image values at control points in the layout and simultaneously determines a correction amount for each edge segment in the layout. A multisolver matrix that represents the collective effect of movements of each edge segment in the mask layout is used to simultaneously determine the correction amount for each edge segment in the mask layout. | 12-18-2008 |
20100161093 | MULTIVARIABLE SOLVER FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - The method of the invention tracks how the collective movement of edge segments in a mask layout alters the resist image values at control points in the layout and simultaneously determines a correction amount for each edge segment in the layout. A multisolver matrix that represents the collective effect of movements of each edge segment in the mask layout is used to simultaneously determine the correction amount for each edge segment in the mask layout. | 06-24-2010 |
20100180251 | METHOD FOR PROCESS WINDOW OPTIMIZED OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - One embodiment of a method for process window optimized optical proximity correction includes applying optical proximity corrections to a design layout, simulating a lithography process using the post-OPC layout and models of the lithography process at a plurality of process conditions to produce a plurality of simulated resist images. A weighted average error in the critical dimension or other contour metric for each edge segment of each feature in the design layout is determined, wherein the weighted average error is an offset between the contour metric at each process condition and the contour metric at nominal condition averaged over the plurality of process conditions. A retarget value for the contour metric for each edge segment is determined using the weighted average error and applied to the design layout prior to applying further optical proximity corrections. | 07-15-2010 |
20120216156 | Method of Pattern Selection for Source and Mask Optimization - The present invention relates to a method of selecting a subset of patterns from a design, to a method of performing source and mask optimization, and to a computer program product for performing the method of selecting a subset of patterns from a design. According to certain aspects, the present invention enables coverage of the full design while lowering the computation cost by intelligently selecting a subset of patterns from a design in which the design or a modification of the design is configured to be imaged onto a substrate via a lithographic process. The method of selecting the subset of patterns from a design includes identifying a set of patterns from the design related to the predefined representation of the design. By selecting the subset of patterns according to the method, the selected subset of patterns constitutes a similar predefined representation of the design as the set of patterns. | 08-23-2012 |
20130000505 | Method and Apparatus for Cost Function Based Simultaneous OPC and SBAR Optimization - Described herein is a method for obtaining a preferred layout for a lithographic process, the method comprising: identifying an initial layout including a plurality of features; and reconfiguring the features until a termination condition is satisfied, thereby obtaining the preferred layout; wherein the reconfiguring comprises evaluating a cost function that measures how a lithographic metric is affected by a set of changes to the features for a plurality of lithographic process conditions, and expanding the cost function into a series of terms at least some of which are functions of characteristics of the features. | 01-03-2013 |
20130042212 | Multivariable Solver for Optical Proximity Correction - The method of the invention tracks how the collective movement of edge segments in a mask layout alters the resist image values at control points in the layout and simultaneously determines a correction amount for each edge segment in the layout. A multisolver matrix that represents the collective effect of movements of each edge segment in the mask layout is used to simultaneously determine the correction amount for each edge segment in the mask layout. | 02-14-2013 |
20130185681 | CORRECTION FOR FLARE EFFECTS IN LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A method for reducing an effect of flare produced by a lithographic apparatus for imaging a design layout onto a substrate is described. A flare map in an exposure field of the lithographic apparatus is simulated by mathematically combining a density map of the design layout at the exposure field with a point spread function (PSF), wherein system-specific effects on the flare map may be incorporated in the simulation. Location-dependent flare corrections for the design layout are calculated by using the determined flare map, thereby reducing the effect of flare. Some of the system-specific effects included in the simulation are: a flare effect due to reflection from black border of a mask, a flare effect due to reflection from one or more reticle-masking blades defining an exposure slit, a flare effect due to overscan, a flare effect due reflections from a gas-lock sub-aperture of a dynamic gas lock (DGL) mechanism, and a flare effect due to contribution from neighboring exposure fields. | 07-18-2013 |
20130219348 | METHOD FOR PROCESS WINDOW OPTIMIZED OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - One embodiment of a method for process window optimized optical proximity correction includes applying optical proximity corrections to a design layout, simulating a lithography process using the post-OPC layout and models of the lithography process at a plurality of process conditions to produce a plurality of simulated resist images. A weighted average error in the critical dimension or other contour metric for each edge segment of each feature in the design layout is determined, wherein the weighted average error is an offset between the contour metric at each process condition and the contour metric at nominal condition averaged over the plurality of process conditions. A retarget value for the contour metric for each edge segment is determined using the weighted average error and applied to the design layout prior to applying further optical proximity corrections. | 08-22-2013 |
20130311959 | MULTIVARIABLE SOLVER FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - The method of the invention tracks how the collective movement of edge segments in a mask layout alters the resist image values at control points in the layout and simultaneously determines a correction amount for each edge segment in the layout. A multisolver matrix that represents the collective effect of movements of each edge segment in the mask layout is used to simultaneously determine the correction amount for each edge segment in the mask layout. | 11-21-2013 |
20140359543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COST FUNCTION BASED SIMULTANEOUS OPC AND SBAR OPTIMIZATION - Described herein is a method for obtaining a preferred layout for a lithographic process, the method comprising: identifying an initial layout including a plurality of features; and reconfiguring the features until a termination condition is satisfied, thereby obtaining the preferred layout; wherein the reconfiguring comprises evaluating a cost function that measures how a lithographic metric is affected by a set of changes to the features for a plurality of lithographic process conditions, and expanding the cost function into a series of terms at least some of which are functions of characteristics of the features. | 12-04-2014 |
20150058815 | CORRECTION FOR FLARE EFFECTS IN LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A method for reducing an effect of flare produced by a lithographic apparatus for imaging a design layout onto a substrate is described. A flare map in an exposure field of the lithographic apparatus is simulated by mathematically combining a density map of the design layout at the exposure field with a point spread function (PSF), wherein system-specific effects on the flare map may be incorporated in the simulation. Location-dependent flare corrections for the design layout are calculated by using the determined flare map, thereby reducing the effect of flare. | 02-26-2015 |
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20150381440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING A CALL OVER NETWORK - Systems and methods for visualization of a call over network (CON) are provided. In some embodiments, the visualization of a call over network may be effectuated by three functionalities: a readiness dialog box that enables the facilitation of the call, the inclusion of visualization and participant features within the call, and a visualized summary after the call. The readiness dialog box is presented to the callers prior to the onset of the call. It presents the other participant's and their status. It also enables the caller to send messages (both preconfigured and customized) to the other participants. Once sufficient participants have joined, the call may start. Once the call starts, it may be visualized by displaying on a single or multi channels, which caller is speaking, and any additional indications they may be providing. The caller may likewise be provided a set of participant features that allow the user to interact with the call. After the call concludes, a visualized summary of the call can then be generated. The summary includes any of the recording, transcriptions, scenario information, speaker information and the duration each speaker was talking, etc. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING A CALL OVER NETWORK WITH A CALLER READINESS DIALOG BOX - Systems and methods for a readiness dialog box for a call over network (CON) are provided. In some embodiments, the readiness dialog box is presented to the callers prior to the onset of the call. It presents the other participant's and their status. For example, it may indicate which participants are online, but not yet ready, those who are ready, and those not available. It also enables the caller to send messages (both preconfigured and customized) to the other participants. Once sufficient participants have joined, the call may start. Sufficiency of participants could include a quorum of individuals, may require that specific participants are ready, everyone is ready, or may be time dependent. The participant requirements may be configured by the individual setting up the call based upon call type. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CALL OVER NETWORK WITH A VISUALIZED SUMMARY - Systems and methods for a call over network (CON) with a visualized summary are provided. In some embodiments, after the call concludes, a visualized summary of the call can be generated. The summary includes any of the recording of the call, transcriptions, scenario information, speaker information and the duration each speaker was talking, etc. Scenario may be generated by comparing the call speaking pattern to known templates of call types. Additionally, participant features employed in the call may be summarized in chronological relation to the calls progression in a visual format. | 12-31-2015 |
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20090124958 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE - A device and methods for treating tissue via laser energy to induce tissue reduction and/or necrosis are described herein. Laser energy may be applied to a tissue region via an optical fiber advanced through a lumen of at least one needle. Fluid may also be infused or injected into the tissue region through at least one needle. Tissue reduction and/or necrosis of a target tissue region in turn reduces the appearance of droopy, baggy and/or wrinkled skin. | 05-14-2009 |
20100000551 | TONGUE RETENTION SYSTEM - A tongue retaining system is disclosed herein generally having, in one variation, a two-part system. A covering can be sized to fit at least partially over or upon a tongue of a patient, where the covering has an engagement mechanism positioned thereon. A retaining device, sized to fit within a mouth of the patient, may be positioned upon the teeth and have a corresponding engagement mechanism positioned thereon for temporarily coupling with the engagement mechanism on the covering. Such a system can be used to maintain or hold a natural position of the tongue within the mouth of the patient to maintain patency of the airway passages. | 01-07-2010 |
20100241159 | AIRFLOW RESTRICTION SYSTEM - Airflow restriction systems are described herein which may be used to treat various disorders by creating expiratory positive airway pressure while providing for patient comfort regardless of the patient's anatomical variances. Such a device may be removably secured externally over the patient's nose rather than within the nasal passages to increase patient comfort. The restriction device may be secured, e.g., via an adhesive, to the patient and actuated via any number of mechanical or electromechanical mechanisms. Moreover, the restriction device may include one or more sensors to detect the patient's respiration activity Such that the device may be actuated to correspond to the patient's exhalation and squeeze or otherwise constrict the nasal passages at least partially by pressing against the exterior surface of the nose to restrict the expiratory airflow. | 09-23-2010 |
20120024297 | MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT APPLIANCE - A mandibular advancement appliance is described which is secured to a subject's dentition. The appliance may adjust a position of the subject's lower dentition relative to the upper dentition while maintaining a distance between the upper and lower dentition. The appliance may also allow for the free rotation of the lower dentition relative to the upper dentition for increased comfort. Additionally, the appliance may also be utilized with a tongue retention assembly for maintaining a position of the subject's tongue relative to the device for treating sleep disordered breathing. | 02-02-2012 |
20120204886 | TONGUE RETENTION SYSTEM - A tongue retaining system is disclosed herein generally having, in one variation, a two-part system. A covering can be sized to fit at least partially over or upon a tongue of a patient, where the covering has an engagement mechanism positioned thereon. A retaining device, sized to fit within a mouth of the patient, may be positioned upon the teeth and have a corresponding engagement mechanism positioned thereon tor temporarily coupling with the engagement mechanism on the covering. Such a system can be used to maintain or hold a natural position of the tongue within the mouth of the patient to maintain patency of the airway passages. | 08-16-2012 |
20130092176 | AUTOMATED TISSUE RETENTION SYSTEM - An automated tissue retention system generally comprises an oral appliance retractably coupled to a covering which is secured to an anterior portion of the tongue. Once placed within a subject's mouth, the appliance may be maintained in a closed configuration while the subject's mouth remains closed. However, as the subject sleeps and the tongue becomes hypotonic, the subject's month typically opens during a sleep disordered event. The appliance may be actuated by the separation between the mandible and maxilla to have greater tension and thus retract or pull anteriorly the covering adhered to the tongue. As the covering pulls the tongue anteriorly or maintains a position of the tongue, the base of the tongue may be inhibited or prevented from collapsing posteriorly against the phryngeal tissue walls and thereby allow the subject to breathe normally. | 04-18-2013 |
20140130808 | MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT APPLIANCE - A mandibular advancement appliance is described which is secured to a subject's dentition. The appliance may adjust a position of the subject's lower dentition relative to the upper dentition while maintaining a distance between the upper and lower dentition. The appliance may also allow for the free rotation of the lower dentition relative to the upper dentition for increased comfort. Additionally, the appliance may also be utilized with a tongue retention assembly for maintaining a position of the subject's tongue relative to the device for treating sleep disordered breathing. | 05-15-2014 |
20150351950 | ORAL SECUREMENT APPLIANCE - An oral securement appliance is described having a support frame defining a first receiving channel, a distal end of the support frame defining a first opening therethrough, and a valve positioned within or through the first opening. An outer layer may be positioned within the first receiving channel and define a second receiving channel, a distal end of the outer layer defining a second opening in fluid communication with the valve. The device further includes a shell assembly and a cuff member positioned within the second receiving channel and defines a third receiving channel configured for receiving a tongue of the subject. At least an anterior portion of the subject's tongue is inserted within the third receiving channel of the cuff member and a negative pressure drawn within the third receiving channel via the valve such that the cuff member is secured around a periphery of the tongue. | 12-10-2015 |
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20150187099 | COMPUTING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT SATISFY A SET OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CRITERIA - The present disclosure relates to identifying geographic areas that satisfy a set of multiple different criteria. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a user interface that allows a user, or a collaborating group of users to specify a set of multiple different criteria associated with various features of a geographic map. In response to a user, or a collaborating group of users entering a set of multiple different criteria, a geographic map display is generated that includes identified areas that satisfy the multiple different criteria. | 07-02-2015 |
20150261298 | TRAINABLE SENSOR-BASED GESTURE RECOGNITION - In many computing scenarios, a device comprises at least one sensor, and is configured to recognize a gesture performed by a user according to the sensor output of the sensor, and to perform a particular action upon recognizing the gesture. However, many devices are preconfigured with such gestures, and the recognition is specific to the sensors of the device, and is not specific to the manner in which a particular user performs the gesture. Presented herein are techniques for enabling a device to recognize a new gesture by monitoring the sensor output of any sensors provided by the device while the user performs the gesture, optionally requesting repeated gesture performances until reaching a recognition confidence. Once trained to recognize the gesture according to the sensor outputs of the particular sensors of the device, the device may subsequently recognize the gesture performed by the user and execute an associated action. | 09-17-2015 |
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20140080992 | LIGNIN POLY(LACTIC ACID) COPOLYMERS - Provided herein are graft co-polymers of lignin and poly(lactic acid) (lignin-g-PLA copolymer), thermoset and thermoplastic polymers including them, methods of preparing these polymers, and articles of manufacture including such polymers. | 03-20-2014 |
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20120195910 | ANTI-PCSK9 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-PCSK9 antibodies and methods of using the same. | 08-02-2012 |
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20130268742 | CORE SWITCHING ACCELERATION IN ASYMMETRIC MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - An asymmetric multiprocessor system (ASMP) may comprise computational cores implementing different instruction set architectures and having different power requirements. Program code executing on the ASMP is analyzed by a binary analysis unit to determine what functions are called by the program code and select which of the cores are to execute the program code, or a code segment thereof. Selection may be made to provide for native execution of the program code, to minimize power consumption, and so forth. Control operations based on this selection may then be inserted into the program code, forming instrumented program code. The instrumented program code is then executed by the ASMP. | 10-10-2013 |
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20100242049 | Real-Time Page and Flow Compositions - Task flows are utilized for real-time page compositions, real-time flow compositions, or both. At design time, a plurality of task flows are provided as a database or library. A manager, or other type of user, can associate task flows with dynamic regions in an application page being designed. The application page can include one or more dynamic regions that act as a container for task flows. Metadata is generated from the customization of input parameters. At runtime, application pages are generated on-the-fly for display in a user interface. The application pages are composed according to the task flows embedded therein. The application pages are presented to the user according to an application flow. Through a user interface, the user can enter and retrieve information related to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities, or other types of activities. | 09-23-2010 |
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20140258402 | SYSTEM FOR REPETITIVELY EXECUTING RULES-BASED CONFIGURABLE BUSINESS APPLICATION OPERATIONS - A method, system, and computer program product for repetitively executing rules-based configurable business application operations. The method commences by initiating a recording session to record user steps taken within an interactive session, then during the interactive session, retrieving a post from a social media site using and access interface of the social media site. The recording session is saved in a persistent storage for subsequent initiation of a batch processor to replay at least a portion of the saved recording session. The method further comprises selecting one or more rules based on the sentiment of the post, and taking one or more actions in response to the rule. Operations for interactive processing or for batch processing include extracting an author of the post, extracting a sentiment of the post, extracting a category of the post, and performing further actions based on aspects of the post. | 09-11-2014 |
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20120046200 | Screening Methods Involving the Detection of Short-Lived Proteins - A method is provided for screening for agents that affect protein degradation rates, the method comprising: taking a library of cells, the cells expressing a fusion protein comprising a reporter protein and a protein encoded by a sequence from a cDNA library derived from a sample of cells, the sequence from the cDNA library varying within the cell library; contacting the library of cells with a plurality of agents which may affect protein degradation rates; for each agent, selecting cells in the library which express short-lived proteins based on whether the cells have different reporter signal intensities than other cells in the library, the difference being indicative of the selected cells expressing shorter lived fusion proteins than the fusion proteins expressed by the other cells in the library; and characterizing the fusion proteins expressed by the selected cells for each agent. | 02-23-2012 |
20140121122 | Method for Detecting Transcription Factor-Protein Interactions - A method is provided for identifying complexes between a transcription factor and another protein, the method comprising: isolating from a biological sample transcription factor complexes based on whether the transcription factor complexes comprise a particular type of transcription factor; and identifying which of a plurality of different proteins are present in the isolated transcription factor complexes. | 05-01-2014 |
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20120130978 | QUERY SUGGESTIONS FROM DOCUMENTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting search query suggestions. In an aspect, query triggers in a resource are identified at a client device. For each query trigger identified in the resource, a rank score for the query trigger based on query trigger attributes is calculated at the client device. The query triggers are ranked at the client device based on the rank scores. Search query suggestions are generated at the client device from the query triggers identified in the resource. The search query suggestions include terms of the query triggers, expansion terms of the query triggers, and search query suggestions generated from templates applied to the terms of the query triggers and expansion terms of the query triggers. The search query suggestions are presented at the client device according to the rank of the corresponding query triggers. | 05-24-2012 |
20120297025 | DETECTION OF BOILERPLATE CONTENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating query recommendations. One method provides selecting one or more nodes of an object model that models a resource as a hierarchy of nodes, and determining that the selected nodes exhibit one or more predefined traits that are characteristic of boilerplate content, wherein boilerplate content comprises content that is repeated in multiple resources of a particular web site or content which is not relevant to the main content of a resource. A score associated with the selected nodes is adjusted responsive to determining that the selected nodes exhibit the predefined traits, and information is provided to a query recommendation engine, the information including textual content associated with the selected nodes, and the information identifying the adjusted score associated with the selected nodes. | 11-22-2012 |
20150193509 | PROVIDING A SEARCH DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT ON AN ONLINE RESOURCE - Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for providing a search display environment on an online resource in response to an indication that a search operation is to be performed using a content object selected from the online resource. The method includes displaying an online resource; receiving a first selection indication that one of the content objects has been selected; receiving a second selection indication that a search operation using the selected content object is to be performed; in response to receiving the second selection indication: displaying a search display environment on the online resource, the display of the online resource being subordinate to the display of the search display environment; receiving search results responsive to the search operation; and displaying the search results in the search display environment. | 07-09-2015 |
20150339311 | QUERY SUGGESTIONS FROM DOCUMENTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting search query suggestions. In an aspect, query triggers in a resource are identified at a client device. For each query trigger identified in the resource, a rank score for the query trigger based on query trigger attributes is calculated at the client device. The query triggers are ranked at the client device based on the rank scores. Search query suggestions are generated at the client device from the query triggers identified in the resource. The search query suggestions include terms of the query triggers, expansion terms of the query triggers, and search query suggestions generated from templates applied to the terms of the query triggers and expansion terms of the query triggers. The search query suggestions are presented at the client device according to the rank of the corresponding query triggers. | 11-26-2015 |