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20110078931 | MOTION GREETING CARDS - The present invention and related disclosure describes greeting cards with moving elements or devices which are operable to create motion in connection with some portion of the greeting card. The greeting card may include a multi-panel greeting card body or a three-dimensional foam greeting card body. At least one movable object is contained upon or within the greeting card body. A sound module having at least one pre-recorded digital audio file saved therein and a motor module are contained and concealed within the greeting card body. One or more switches may be used to activate the sound and motor modules, causing the pre-recorded audio file to play and causing movement of the movable or mobile object. This movement may be up-and-down or “bouncing” motion, spinning or rotational motion, side-to-side motion or any other reciprocating motion. The artwork contained upon the greeting card body, the mobile object and the pre-recorded audio file may all be part of the same theme and the movement of the mobile object and the pre-recorded audio file may be synchronized. | 04-07-2011 |
20110167685 | THREE DIMENSIONAL FOAM GREETING CARDS - Three-dimensional lightweight foam greeting cards are described herein having a foam body with a perimeter wall that Often& between two spaced apart parallel pieces of planar sheet material such as heavy gauge paper, cardboard, or other such material. The greeting cards have a partially hollowed foam body or one or more cavities in the foam body concealed in the front and back by the planar sheet material which may be pre-cut in the shape of the foam body are decorated consistent with the design of the foam body. The cavities in the foam body may contain various electronic components that enable the greeting card to produce sound, record and playback a personalized message, trigger light activation, trigger the movement of moveable parts, display digital video, photographs or slideshows, or a combination thereof. The greeting cards may include various switch mechanisms that maybe located and accessed through various locations on the foam greeting card body. | 07-14-2011 |
20110258892 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ILLUMINATED GREETING CARDS - A three-dimensional illuminated greeting card which combines a unique card construction having a 3D pop-out structure with one or more lights contained therein. The 3D pop-out structure forms an internal cavity in which illumination means and other electronic components are contained. One or more sides of the 3D structure are made of translucent or semi-translucent material, creating a screen that can be illuminated from behind by one or more miniature lights, such as LED lights. The light or lights may be connected to an integrated circuit chip that can be programmed with various lighting effects. The greeting card may optionally include other electronic components which are configured to play sound or music or perform other electronic effects. | 10-27-2011 |
20120266503 | MOTION GREETING CARDS - The present invention and related disclosure describes greeting cards with moving elements or devices which are operable to create motion in connection with some portion of the greeting card. The greeting card may include a multi-panel greeting card body or a three-dimensional foam greeting card body. At least one movable object is contained upon or within the greeting card body. A sound module having at least one pre-recorded digital audio file saved therein and a motor module are contained and concealed within the greeting card body. One or more switches may be used to activate the sound and motor modules, causing the pre-recorded audio file to play and causing movement of the movable or mobile object. | 10-25-2012 |
20120311897 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ILLUMINATED GREETING CARDS - A three-dimensional illuminated greeting card which combines a unique card construction having a 3D pop-out structure with one or more lights contained therein. The 3D pop-out structure forms an internal cavity in which illumination means and other electronic components are contained. One or more sides of the 3D structure are made of translucent or semi-translucent material, creating a screen that can be illuminated from behind by one or more miniature lights, such as LED lights. The light or lights may be connected to an integrated circuit chip that can be programmed with various lighting effects. The greeting card may optionally include other electronic components which are configured to play sound or music or perform other electronic effects. | 12-13-2012 |
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20080198898 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION IDENTIFICATION WITH TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT RESISTIVE DEVICE - A temperature measuring and identification (TMID) device obtains identification information and temperature information of a connected device having a temperature sensing circuit (TSC). The TSC includes a temperature sensing element (TSE) connected in parallel with a voltage clamping network (VCN) that limits the voltage across the TSE to an identification voltage within an identification voltage range when the voltage is greater than or equal to a lower voltage of the identification voltage range. When a voltage below the lower range is applied to the TSC, the VCN appears as an open circuit and the resistance of the TSC corresponds to temperature. A translation circuit within the TMID shifts TSC voltages within the identification voltage range to a normalization voltage range. Accordingly, voltages corresponding to temperature as well as voltages corresponding to identification are within the normalization voltage range. As a result, the resolution of a voltage sensing device used for measuring the temperature and identification voltages is maximized. In addition, the translation circuit maintains a minimal current during a rest state. For cost or other concerns, a first TSC may omit the VCN to provide a maximum identification voltage and other TSCs may include VCNs with lower identification voltage ranges. | 08-21-2008 |
20090009919 | RESETTABLE SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A resettable short-circuit protection circuit can terminate excessive fault currents automatically and quickly. The short-circuit protection circuit is switchable and has a low input impedance during normal operation so that there is not a significant voltage drop across the switching elements of the protection circuit. The short-circuit protection circuit allows a power source internal to a portable device to be safely connected to an external accessory where there exists the possibility that the connection could be shorted at the time power is first supplied to the external accessory or a short develops afterwards. After terminating a short-circuit condition, the protection circuit may be reset by cycling an enable signal. The fault termination and reset timing may be configured by selection of internal resistance and capacitance values. | 01-08-2009 |
20090248932 | BI-DIRECTIONAL SINGLE CONDUCTOR INTERRUPT LINE FOR COMMUNICATION BUS - A bi-directional single conductor interrupt line is used in conjunction with a master only initiated data communication bus, to allow a slave device to submit a slave service request to a master device and to acknowledge master service requests from the master device. When not submitting a master service request, the master device maintains an interrupt line voltage at an idle state voltage by setting the interrupt line voltage through a pull resistor. The slave and master devices submit service requests by respectively driving or pulling the interrupt line voltage from the idle voltage to the service request voltage. The slave responds to a master service request or initiates the master servicing of a slave service request by subsequently driving the interrupt line back to the idle state voltage giving a slower slave ample time to prepare for a pending master initiated data transaction. The master detects the change in the interrupt line voltage from the request to the idle state and communicates to the now readied slave device through the data communication bus. | 10-01-2009 |
20100241853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLAINTEXT / CYPHERTEXT DATABASE FOR USE IN DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - Plaintext/cyphertext pairs are generated for use in authenticating a device. The device performs a secure authentication algorithm on a secure authentication image file and a received plaintext challenge, and outputs a cyphertext response. If the cyphertext response matches a pre-stored cyphertext string associated with the plaintext challenge, then the device is authenticated. A master processor manages the generation of the plaintext/cyphertext pairs. Plaintext challenges are generated in the master processor using a binary counter and an n-bit key. Each plaintext challenge is transmitted to a first processor and a second processor. The first processor executes the secure authentication algorithm on each plaintext challenge and outputs a cyphertext response associated with each plaintext challenge. The second processor executes the secure authentication algorithm on each plaintext challenge and outputs a second cyphertext response associated with each plaintext challenge. The master processor receives the first and second cyphertext responses for each plaintext challenge. If the first cyphertext response matches the second cyphertext response, then the master processor stores each plaintext challenge and the associated cyphertext response as a vector pair in a database. | 09-23-2010 |
20100268946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SECURED AUTHENTICATION IMAGE FILES FOR USE IN DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - A secure authentication image file is generated for use in authenticating a device. The device performs a secure authentication algorithm on the secure authentication image file and a received plaintext challenge, and outputs a cyphertext response. If the cyphertext response matches a pre-stored cyphertext string associated with the plaintext challenge, then the device is authenticated. The secure authentication image file is pre-generated in a secure environment. A plurality of key address locations are reserved in a raw memory image file. A key merger application merges the secure key data into the raw memory image file to generate a secure authentication image file. A test set of plaintext/cyphertext pairs are generated using the newly created secure authentication image file. To maintain security of the secure authentication image file, the secure key data and the raw memory image file are erased from a working memory. The test set of plaintext/cyphertext pairs are used to verify a production device containing the secure authentication image file. | 10-21-2010 |
20100277351 | CAPACITIVE SENSING USER INTERFACES AND IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - Methods and apparatus for determining the operating states of a plurality of capacitive sensing buttons in a capacitive sensing user interface are disclosed. The capacitive sensing buttons are sampled in a round-robin fashion such that the decay time samples for the buttons are acquired in an interleaved manner during each sampling cycle. Provisions are made to reduce the initialization delay, to reduce transient-induced errors, and to obtain the operating states based on updated decay data samples for the buttons. | 11-04-2010 |
20120044101 | Method for an enhanced incremental-absolute position sensor system - A pseudo-absolute position of a rotating axis is sensed at a desired resolution by employing a single absolute encoders of a resolution that is lower than the desired resolution in combination with a home position sensor that is activated by a home position actuator attached to the axis. The home position sensor and actuator provide an initial count and context of absolute encoder rotations about the axis. Whereas the absolute encoder data is utilized directly for the lower bits of the enhanced position data, overflows and underflows of the absolute encoder data are utilized for the purpose of counting the absolute encoder rotations wherein the rotation count forms the upper bits of the enhanced position data. Additionally, the data from the absolute encoder can be manipulated so as to make a mechanical misalignment between the encoder, the home position sensor and actuator essentially inconsequential to the operation and accuracy of the enhanced incremental-absolute position sensor system. | 02-23-2012 |
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20140167766 | SONDE DEVICES INCLUDING A SECTIONAL FERRITE CORE STRUCTURE - Sonde devices for providing magnetic field signals for use with utility locators or other devices are disclosed. In one embodiment a sonde device includes a housing, a core comprising a plurality of core sections, and one or more support structures, which may include windings. Circuit and/or power supply elements may be disposed fully or partially within the core to control generation of predefined magnetic field frequencies and waveforms. | 06-19-2014 |
20140320133 | SONDE DEVICES INCLUDING A SECTIONAL FERRITE CORE - Sonde devices for providing magnetic field signals for use with utility locators or other devices are disclosed. In one embodiment a sonde device includes a housing, a core comprising a plurality of core sections, and one or more support structures, which may include windings. Circuit and/or power supply elements may be disposed fully or partially within the core to control generation of predefined magnetic field frequencies and waveforms. | 10-30-2014 |
20150204995 | INDUCTIVE CLAMP DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Inductive clamps for use in utility locate operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an inductive clamp includes a head assembly including a base element and a plurality of arm elements coupled to the base element, a handle assembly including a utility selector element coupled to the head assembly, and a magnetic core subassembly for generating a magnetic field for coupling to a targeted utility, the magnetic core subassembly including a plurality of ferrite elements and wire winding wrapped about one or more of the ferrite elements. | 07-23-2015 |
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20080218309 | METHOD AND TECHNOLOGY FOR REMOTE ADMINISTRATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES - A remote administrator to allow a caregiver to configure a user's wireless device includes a master software client in the remote administrator and a controllable software client in the wireless device. Commands transmitted to the wireless device from the remote administrator allow the caregiver to configure the user's wireless device based on user initiated configuration requested. | 09-11-2008 |
20080220814 | WIRELESS DEVICE WITH PRIVACY SCREEN - A cellular telephone including a medical device to monitor he medical or health condition of a user is provided. The cellular telephone is provided with a keypad that is movable from a first position, where a first display and keypad is exposed, to a second position where a second display and keypad is exposed. In the first position, the cellular telephone operates in a conventional cellular telephone manner. In the second position, the cellular telephone operates as the medical device. The second display and/or keypad is hidden from public view when the keypad is in the first position. | 09-11-2008 |
20080254753 | DYNAMIC VOLUME ADJUSTING AND BAND-SHIFTING TO COMPENSATE FOR HEARING LOSS - A remote station apparatus comprises a transmit/receive circuit that is operable to transmit/receive signals to/from a communications network. A control processor receives signals from the transmit/receive circuit, the signals comprising an audio signal to be provided to a user through a user interface. The control processor is operable to modify the audio signal to shift, compress, and/or amplify one or more frequency bands based on predetermined audio signal modification parameters prior to providing the audio signal to the user interface. The audio signal modification parameters may be determined based on the user's hearing ability and/or preferences. | 10-16-2008 |
20140364152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED WIRELESS NOTIFICATION - Implementations relate to systems and methods for localized notification that provide localized information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication system that are located in one or more geographical regions. The wireless communication system includes a localized notification server that responds to geographically-targeted broadcast requests and localized service or information requests. The localized notification server localizes components of the wireless communication system into sets of localized components that provide wireless communication service to mobile devices in the specific geographical regions. | 12-11-2014 |
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20080291870 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - A mobile access point is disclosed. The mobile access point includes a terminal module configured to provide one or more terminal functions for use by a user, the one or more terminal functions including a voice or data communications application, and a gateway module configured to provide one or more gateway functions for use by at least one client device, the one or more gateway functions including providing the at least one client device access to a computer network, and a processor configured to execute the terminal module and the gateway module to effectuate their corresponding functions. | 11-27-2008 |
20110235592 | NETWORK RESOURCE LEASING - Techniques for allowing network terminals to lease resources from one another. In an exemplary embodiment, an owner terminal determines the availability of resources (locally available or remotely accessible) to share with other terminals. The owner terminal establishes service and price level terms for sharing its resource, and advertises those terms to other terminals. A user terminal determines its own resource requirements, and searches a network for one or more owner terminals offering the desired resource. An owner terminal and a user terminal negotiate on the terms for use of an identified resource, and the owner terminal leases the resource to the user terminal. Applications include a virtual data center for leasing file storage space, network traffic bandwidth leasing to devices such as mobile phones, ad hoc distributed computing architectures, and third-party operating system (OS) support schemes. | 09-29-2011 |
20140213303 | LOCATION BASED SERVICE (LBS) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method for providing a location based service to create a social network, comprising activating a feature from a wireless terminal, registering from the wireless terminal with a location based service associated with the feature, creating a profile of a user of the feature, and displaying candidates based on the profile and based on the geographic location of the candidates. A Global Positioning System (GPS) may be used to geographically locate active users of a feature. An activity map may be associated with a feature, the activity map displaying active users of the feature. | 07-31-2014 |
20140365790 | BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques for managing battery power of a mobile device are described. In an aspect, battery power may be reserved for an application prior to execution of the application on the mobile device. The reservation may ensure that the application has sufficient battery power for execution. In another aspect, battery power may be allocated to applications based on their priorities. The applications may be ordered based on their priorities, and the available battery power for the mobile device may be allocated to one application at a time, starting with the highest priority application. In yet another aspect, battery power may be allocated to applications based on a battery discharge curve for the mobile device. An operating point on the battery discharge curve may be selected based on at least one objective. The available battery power may be determined based on the selected operating point and allocated to the applications. | 12-11-2014 |
20150128733 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SELF CHARGING SENSORS - Methods, systems and devices for an energy harvesting sensor are disclosed. A sensor device may include an energy harvesting element configured to harvest energy from a source of energy that is to be measured by the sensor device, and an energy storage element configured to store energy generated by the energy harvesting element. The sensor device may further include a transmitter circuit coupled to the energy storage element and configured to transmit a wireless signal when the energy stored in the energy storage element is sufficient to power a transmission of the wireless signal. The time between transmissions by the transmitter may be used by a receiver of those transmissions to calculate a measure of the quantity being used for energy harvesting. | 05-14-2015 |
20150334292 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK TO ASSIST IN CAPTURING IMAGES - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing haptic feedback to assist in capturing images are presented. In some embodiments, a method for providing haptic feedback to assist in capturing images includes obtaining, via an image capture device, an ambient light measurement of an environment in which the image capture device is present. The method further includes detecting, via the image capture device, one or more objects within one or more image frames captured by the image capture device. The method also includes changing, via the image capture device, a manner in which haptic feedback is provided to a user of the image capture device, based at least in part on the obtained ambient light measurement and the detected one or more objects. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090239796 | METHODS FOR TREATING DIABETES AND REDUCING BODY WEIGHT - Methods for reducing body weight, altering body composition, treating diabetes, reducing HbA | 09-24-2009 |
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20110263496 | EXENDINS TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES - Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations containing exendins, exendin agonists, or exendin analog agonists that are administered at therapeutic plasma concentration levels over a sustained period of time to lower total cholesterol levels; to lower LDL-cholesterol levels; to lower triglyceride levels; to treat dyslipidemia; to treat and slow the progression of atherosclerosis; and to treat, prevent, and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients. In the pharmaceutical formulations and methods of the invention, the exendin may be exendin-4, an exendin-4 agonist, or an exendin-4 analog agonist. The pharmaceutical formulations may be polymer-based pharmaceutical formulations that may be administered once weekly. An exemplary pharmaceutical formulation comprises 5% (w/w) of exenatide, about 2% (w/w) of sucrose, and about 93% (w/w) of a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer, wherein the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer is in the form of microshperes encapsulating the exenatide. | 10-27-2011 |
20130172243 | Methods for Treating Diabetes and Reducing Body Weight - Methods for reducing body weight, altering body composition, treating diabetes, reducing HbA | 07-04-2013 |
20130172250 | Exendins To Lower Cholesterol And Triglycerides - Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations containing exendins, exendin agonists, or exendin analog agonists that are administered at therapeutic plasma concentration levels over a sustained period of time to lower total cholesterol levels; to lower LDL-cholesterol levels; to lower triglyceride levels; to treat dyslipidemia; to treat and slow the progression of atherosclerosis; and to treat, prevent, and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients. In the pharmaceutical formulations and methods of the invention, the exendin may be exendin-4, an exendin-4 agonist, or an exendin-4 analog agonist. The pharmaceutical formulations may be polymer-based pharmaceutical formulations that may be administered once weekly. An exemplary pharmaceutical formulation comprises 5% (w/w) of exenatide, about 2% (w/w) of sucrose, and about 93% (w/w) of a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer, wherein the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer is in the form of microshperes encapsulating the exenatide. | 07-04-2013 |
20150150948 | METHODS FOR TREATING DIABETES AND REDUCING BODY WEIGHT - Methods for reducing body weight, altering body composition, treating diabetes, reducing HbA | 06-04-2015 |
20150154883 | METHODS OF TREATING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY - The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods for treating overweight and obesity using naltrexone plus bupropion, preferably in combination with a comprehensive web-based and/or telephone-based weight management program, and preferably in subjects at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. | 06-04-2015 |
20150182524 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN AT RISK PATIENT POPULATIONS - The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods related to naltrexone plus bupropion for treating an overweight or obese subject at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Preferably, the subject has had type-two diabetes for a period of less than 6 years or is a current smoker, optionally that does not have type-two diabetes. | 07-02-2015 |
20150238568 | EXENDINS TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES - Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations containing exendins, exendin agonists, or exendin analog agonists that are administered at therapeutic plasma concentration levels over a sustained period of time to lower total cholesterol levels; to lower LDL-cholesterol levels; to lower triglyceride levels; to treat dyslipidemia; to treat and slow the progression of atherosclerosis; and to treat, prevent, and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients. In the pharmaceutical formulations and methods of the invention, the exendin may be exendin-4, an exendin-4 agonist, or an exendin-4 analog agonist. The pharmaceutical formulations may be polymer-based pharmaceutical formulations that may be administered once weekly. An exemplary pharmaceutical formulation comprises 5% (w/w) of exenatide, about 2% (w/w) of sucrose, and about 93% (w/w) of a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer, wherein the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymer is in the form of microspheres encapsulating the exenatide. | 08-27-2015 |
20150366860 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN AT RISK PATIENT POPULATIONS - The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods related to naltrexone plus bupropion for treating an overweight or obese subject at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Preferably, the subject has had type-two diabetes for a period of less than 6 years or is a current smoker, optionally that does not have type-two diabetes. | 12-24-2015 |