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20080311886 | SERVER FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTI-MODE DEVICES USING MULTI-MODE APPLICATIONS - Multi-mode communication devices capable of multiple wireless and/or wired network communication modes can be configured to communicate for backend services (e.g. Web Services, database, events) via a network gateway to operate in response to available modes. For example, for some activities, the devices are configured to communicate in any available mode while for other activities (e.g. high bandwidth communications), they are restricted to certain mode(s). Component applications for execution by the devices can specify message delivery properties to indicate the mode(s) to be used. The network gateway comprises at least one communication subsystem for communicating with the multi-mode device in accordance with selectable modes of communication; a message processor for processing messages for sending to the multi-mode communication device; and a mode selector for selecting a mode for sending a particular message in response to delivery mode properties received from the multi-mode communication device. | 12-18-2008 |
20080311950 | DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING IN MULTIPLE MODES USING MULTI-MODE APPLICATIONS - Multi-mode communication devices capable of wLAN and WAN wireless network communication modes and/or wired modes can be configured to communicate for backend services (e.g. Web Services, database, events) via a network gateway to operate in response to available modes. For example, for some activities (e.g. notification messages), the devices may be configured to communication in any available mode (WAN or wLAN) while for other activities (e.g. high bandwidth communications), the devices may be restricted to one mode only (e.g. wLAN). Component applications for execution by the devices can specify message delivery properties to indicate the mode(s) to may used for a particular message. Runtime mode information may be provided and maintained automatically by a communications subsystem interface for determining mode availability. A programming tool and gateway are also described. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MULTI-MODE APPLICATIONS - Multi-mode wireless communication devices capable of wLAN and WAN wireless network communication modes can be configured to communicate for backend services (e.g. Web Services, database, events) via a network gateway to operate in response to available modes. For example, for some activities (e.g. notification messages), the devices may be configured to communication in any available mode (WAN or wLAN) while for other activities (e.g. high bandwidth communications), the devices may be restricted to one mode only (e.g. wLAN). Component applications for execution by the devices can specify message delivery properties to indicate the mode(s) that may used for a particular message. A programming tool and method are described for configuring such component applications to specify mode delivery properties and to be responsive to mode information generated by a runtime environment generating, executing and supporting the component applications. | 12-18-2008 |
20090187489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PICKUP LOCATION BASED ON CUSTOMER LOCATION - A method and apparatus for determining a pickup location for an item selected in an online transaction based on location information or data. The method comprises obtaining location data for the mobile communication device and determining availability of the selected item at one or more locations based on proximity to the location. According to an embodiment, one of the locations with item availability is selected and the online transaction is completed. | 07-23-2009 |
20090222471 | DATABASE EXPLORATION FOR BUILDING WIRELESS COMPONENT APPLICATIONS - A method is disclosed for facilitating development of an application having access to a database data-source. The method comprises the following steps. At least one subroutine that is a candidate for potentially including hidden information is identified. A definition document for the subroutine is generated using information available from its available schema metadata. The subroutine is executed via the database data-source. A result set of the executed subroutine is analysed for exposing any hidden information. The analysis is used to supplement the definition document with additional schema information to describe a structure of the exposed information. The definition document can then be used in developing the application. A development tool and computer readable medium configured to implement the method are also disclosed. | 09-03-2009 |
20110058519 | System and Method for Over the Air Provisioning of a Mobile Communications Device - A method for provisioning a mobile communications device comprises sending a registration request for registration with a registration server, the registration request including a request for a personal information number; receiving a response from the registration server, the response including the personal information number; sending a provisioning request to a network node, the request including the personal information number and at least one device identifier associated with the mobile communications device; receiving a response from the network node, the response including a URL and a session ID based upon the personal information number and the at least one device identifier associated with the mobile communications device; and launching an application on the mobile communication device to establish a communication session between the mobile communication device and a provisioning system. | 03-10-2011 |
20120072825 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENT ELEMENTS - A method of identifying content of interest in a structured electronic document by an electronic device having a processor, an input device, and a display device, includes rendering a structured electronic document to the display device; receiving through the input device at least two separate indications of content elements within the rendered structured electronic document; and identifying with the processor a common characteristic of the indicated content elements, and identifying any further content element within the rendered structured electronic document sharing the common characteristic with the indicated content elements. | 03-22-2012 |
20120309380 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVISIONING WIRELESS SERVICES - A method for provisioning wireless devices for use of services offered by a service provider on a wireless network, comprising: receiving at a provisioning system from a wireless device a wireless device identifier, the wireless device having a first subset of the services; identifying from the wireless device identifier a subscriber associated with the wireless device, the subscriber having a second subset of the services; and, if the first and second subsets conflict, enabling none, one, or both of the first and second subsets of services in accordance with conflict resolution information for the service provider. | 12-06-2012 |
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20110020889 | YEAST ORGANISM PRODUCING ISOBUTANOL AT A HIGH YIELD - The present invention provides recombinant mircoorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a modification resulting in the reduction of pyruvate decarboxylase and/or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 01-27-2011 |
20110183392 | YEAST ORGANISM PRODUCING ISOBUTANOL AT A HIGH YIELD - There is disclosed a method of producing isobutanol. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a microorganism transformed with an isobutanol producing pathway containing at least one exogenous gene. The microorganism is selected to produce isobutanol from a carbon source at a yield of at least 10 percent theoretical. The method includes cultivating the microorganism in a culture medium containing a feedstock providing the carbon source, until isobutanol is produced. The method includes recovering the isobutanol. In one embodiment, the microorganism is a yeast with a Crabtree-negative phenotype. In another embodiment, the microorganism is a yeast microorganism with a Crabtree-positive phenotype. There is disclosed a microorganism for producing isobutanol. In an embodiment, the microorganism includes an isobutanol producing pathway containing at least one exogenous gene, and is selected to produce a recoverable quantity of isobutanol from a carbon source at a yield of at least 10 percent theoretical. | 07-28-2011 |
20110318799 | YEAST ORGANISM PRODUCING ISOBUTANOL AT A HIGH YIELD - There is disclosed a method of producing isobutanol. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a microorganism transformed with an isobutanol producing pathway containing at least one exogenous gene. The microorganism is selected to produce isobutanol from a carbon source at a yield of at least 10 percent theoretical. The method includes cultivating the microorganism in a culture medium containing a feedstock providing the carbon source, until isobutanol is produced. The method includes recovering the isobutanol. In one embodiment, the microorganism is a yeast with a Crabtree-negative phenotype. In another embodiment, the microorganism is a yeast microorganism with a Crabtree-positive phenotype. There is disclosed a microorganism for producing isobutanol. In an embodiment, the microorganism includes an isobutanol producing pathway containing at least one exogenous gene, and is selected to produce a recoverable quantity of isobutanol from a carbon source at a yield of at least 10 percent theoretical. | 12-29-2011 |
20120028323 | YEAST ORGANISM PRODUCING ISOBUTANOL AT A HIGH YIELD - The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a modification resulting in the reduction of pyruvate decarboxylase and/or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 02-02-2012 |
20120045809 | Engineered Microorganisms for the Production of One or More Target Compounds - The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms comprise isobutanol producing metabolic pathway with one or more isobutanol pathway enzymes localized in the mitochondria. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be Crabtree-negative yeast microorganisms, microorganisms of the | 02-23-2012 |
20120288910 | METHODS OF INCREASING DIHYDROXY ACID DEHYDRATASE ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION OF FUELS, CHEMICALS, AND AMINO ACIDS - The present invention is directed to recombinant microorganisms comprising one or more dihydroxyacid dehydratase (DHAD)-requiring biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce beneficial metabolites derived from said DHAD-requiring biosynthetic pathways. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may be engineered to overexpress one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more Aft proteins or homologs thereof. In some embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a cytosolically localized DHAD enzyme. In additional embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a mitochondrially localized DHAD enzyme. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 11-15-2012 |
20130252298 | Yeast Organism Producing Isobutanol at a High Yield - The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a modification resulting in the reduction of pyruvate decarboxylase and/or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 09-26-2013 |
20130302868 | Isobutanol Production Using Yeasts With Modified Transporter Expression - The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise one or more modifications resulting in the reduction in the expression and/or activity of an endogenous transporter protein. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 11-14-2013 |
20150218596 | Yeast Organism Producing Isobutanol at a High Yield - The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a modification resulting in the reduction of pyruvate decarboxylase and/or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 08-06-2015 |
20160108441 | ISOBUTANOL PRODUCTION USING YEASTS WITH MODIFIED TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise one or more modifications resulting in the reduction in the expression and/or activity of an endogenous transporter protein. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 04-21-2016 |
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20090282345 | INTERACTION BETWEEN WEB PAGES AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS - There is disclosed a local application for a client machine such as a wireless device, and a method of operating the client machine. In an embodiment, the local application is responsive to an external trigger instruction via a web page in a web browser of the client machine, authenticating data access or functions of the local application. The local application may provide data maintained by the local application (e.g. in accordance with a form specified by the external trigger instruction invoking the local application). The external trigger instruction may be an invocation instruction embedded therein such as an extension embedded into the header or content type of the web page. The web page may further include field ID tags mapping specific data fields in the local application's data store to form input fields provided in the web page. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PLUG-IN ACTIVATION IN A WEB BROWSER - A computing device, method and computer program product provide for dynamically activating a domain specific plug-in for operation with a Web browser. A mapping is defined that provides an association between the plug-in and at least part of each website with which the plug-in is to operate, with the mapping comprising a respective domain name for each website. The plug-in is activated for operation, in accordance with the mapping, only when a current domain that is active with the Web browser is associated with the plug-in. The mapping may comprise a domain filter comprising a URL expression. Plug-ins that are domain specific may be made accessible only when a user is actively using the domain, allowing the user to use one or more plug-ins simultaneously without unnecessarily sacrificing screen space and/or bandwidth used by the plug-in. | 11-12-2009 |
20100145973 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE CONTENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, device and method for managing interactive content on a computing device are provided. In an embodiment, a computing device in the form of a portable computing device is configured to execute a web-browser application and a parser application. The web-browser application is configured to obtain and display a web page. The parser application is configured to detect an interactive element in the web page, the interactive element initiating execution of an application when activated. The parser application is further configured to populate the web page with a visual identifier indicating the application initiated by activation of the interactive element. | 06-10-2010 |
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20090000127 | MULTIPURPOSE SHEARS - Multi-purpose shears adapted to include structure that enables rapid and effective cutting of sheet fabric as well as tough fabric. A U-shaped housing is positioned on a loop grip of the shears, the housing having an insertion slot defining an opening at one end and at least one blade having a cutting edge mounted within the housing. The blades are positioned within the housing so as to present a cutting edge obliquely to the insertion slot, so as to cut or slice material inserted into the insertion slot. The insertion slot is generally configured in a direction that permits ergonomic handling of the shears for both snipping and for slicing. The opening may be oriented in a proximal direction relative to the operator, so that the operator may snip in one direction and slice in the reverse direction. | 01-01-2009 |
20110138631 | MULTIPURPOSE SHEARS - Multi-purpose trauma shears adapted to include structure that enables rapid and effective cutting suitable for use in combat situations, critical care acute medical use or medical traumas requiring the removal of outerwear in a rapid manner. A U-shaped housing is positioned on a loop grip of the shears, the housing having an insertion slot defining an opening at one end and at least one blade having a cutting edge mourned within the housing. The blades are positioned within the housing so as to present a cutting edge obliquely to the insertion slot, so as to rend material inserted into the insertion slot. The insertion slot is generally configured so that the operator may safely snip in one direction and rend in the reverse direction. | 06-16-2011 |
20120297549 | MULTIPURPOSE SHEARS - Multi-purpose shears have a distal end and an opposing proximal end. The shears include a first elongated member having a first shearing end and a first gripping end opposed to the first shearing end. The first gripping end is in contact with a user's hand. The shears include a second elongated member with a second shearing end and a second gripping end opposed to the second shearing end. The second gripping end is in contact with the user's hand. The first and second elongated members are coupled to one another by a coupling element at a pivot location, wherein the first and second shearing ends move toward or away from one another in response to actuation by the user. The shears include a bladed tool configured to have an insertion slot that is generally oriented along an axis, wherein the bladed tool includes a blade within the insertion slot. | 11-29-2012 |
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20140080188 | YEAST MICROORGANISMS WITH REDUCED 2,3-BUTANEDIOL ACCUMULATION FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF FUELS, CHEMICALS, AND AMINO ACIDS - The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce various beneficial metabolites. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may further comprise one or more modifications resulting in the reduction or elimination of an acetolactate-derived by-product such as 2,3-butanediol. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 03-20-2014 |
20140295512 | Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerases With Improved Performance Properties - The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising at least one nucleic acid molecule encoding a ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) or modified NADH-dependent variant thereof, wherein said KARI is at least about 60% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and can be used in methods of making isobutanol. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295513 | High-Performance Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerases - The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising at least one nucleic acid molecule encoding a ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) or a modified NADH-dependent variant thereof, wherein said KARI is at least about 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 40, or SEQ ID NO: 58. The present invention also relates to recombinant microorganisms comprising at least one nucleic acid molecule encoding a ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI) or a modified NADH-dependent variant thereof, wherein said KARI is at least about 99% identical to SEQ ID NO: 64. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and can be used in methods of making isobutanol. | 10-02-2014 |
20140308721 | Cytosolic Isobutanol Pathway Localization for the Production of Isobutanol - The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising isobutanol producing metabolic pathway with at least one isobutanol pathway enzyme localized in the cytosol, wherein said recombinant microorganism is selected to produce isobutanol from a carbon source. Methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol are also provided. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a cytosolically active isobutanol pathway enzymes. In some embodiments, the invention provides mutated, modified, and/or chimeric isobutanol pathway enzymes with cytosolic activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 10-16-2014 |