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Arthur L. Spence, San Jose, CA US
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20160063659 | Electronic Device Display With Electrostatic Discharge Recovery Capabilities - An electronic device may be provided with a housing such as a metal housing in which a display is mounted. Control circuitry in the electronic device such as a system-on-chip integrated circuit may produce image data. A display driver integrated circuit may receive the image data from the system-on-chip integrated circuit and may display the image data on the display. In the absence of electrostatic discharge, the display driver integrated circuit may operate normally and may generate a heartbeat signal. When disrupted due to electrostatic discharge, the display driver circuitry may cease production of the heartbeat signal. The system-on-chip integrated circuit can implement a watchdog timer. If the watchdog timer times out because the heartbeat signal is not received within a timeout period, the system-on-chip integrated circuit may reset the display. | 03-03-2016 |
Brian R. Spence, Solvang, CA US
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20090126775 | SOLAR ARRAYS - A solar array including a solar array assembly, hub assembly, and wing assembly. | 05-21-2009 |
20140150863 | Directionally Controlled Elastically Deployable Roll-Out Array - A directionally-controlled roll-out elastically deployable solar array structure is disclosed. The structure includes one or more longitudinal elastic roll out booms that may be closed section or open section to allow for efficient rolled packaging onto a lateral mandrel. A flexible photovoltaic blanket is attached to a tip structure and to a lateral base support structure, but remains uncoupled from the longitudinal booms. The solar array system may be stowed simultaneously into a rolled package comprised of the roll out booms and the flexible planar blanket together, or onto independent rolls. Alternatively, the system may be stowed by rolling the booms, and accordion Z-folding the hinged flexible photovoltaic blanket into a flat stack. Structural deployment is motivated by the elastic strain energy of the roll out booms, and several methods of deployment direction control are provided to ensure a known, controlled, and unidirectional deployment path of the elastically unrolling booms. | 06-05-2014 |
20140326833 | Directionally Controlled Elastically Deployable Roll-Out Array - A directionally-controlled roll-out elastically deployable solar array structure is disclosed. The structure includes one or more longitudinal elastic roll out booms that may be closed section or open section to allow for efficient rolled packaging onto a lateral mandrel. A flexible photovoltaic blanket is attached to a tip structure and to a lateral base support structure, but remains uncoupled from the longitudinal booms. The solar array system may be stowed simultaneously into a rolled package comprised of the roll out booms and the flexible planar blanket together, or onto independent rolls. Alternatively, the system may be stowed by rolling the booms, and accordion Z-folding the hinged flexible photovoltaic blanket into a flat stack. Structural deployment is motivated by the elastic strain energy of the roll out booms, and several methods of deployment direction control are provided to ensure a known, controlled, and unidirectional deployment path of the elastically unrolling booms. | 11-06-2014 |
Charles F. Spence, Arcadia, CA US
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20110229872 | Microfabricated Cell Sorter - The invention provides a microfabricated device for sorting cells based on a desired characteristic, for example, reporter-labeled cells can be sorted by the presence or level of reporter on the cells. The device includes a chip having a substrate into which is microfabricated at least one analysis unit. Each analysis unit includes a main channel, having a sample inlet channel, typically at one end, and a detection region along a portion of its length. Adjacent and downstream from the detection region, the main channel has a discrimination region or branch point leading to at least two branch channels. The analysis unit may further include additional inlet channels, detection points, branch points, and branch channels as desired. A stream containing cells is passed through the detection region, such that on average one cell occupies the detection region at a given time. The cells can be sorted into an appropriate branch channel based on the presence or amount of a detectable signal such as an optical signal, with or without stimulation, such as exposure to light in order to promote fluorescence. | 09-22-2011 |
Charles H. Spence, La Quinta, CA US
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20090111594 | BILLIARDS PRACTICE DEVICE - A billiards practice device has (a) a body defining a central portion sized and dimensioned to accept and closely retain a billiards ball; and (b) the body further defining a viewing port located such that, when the billiards ball is retained within the central portion, the lower portion of the billiards ball is visible to a user. In practice, the billiards practice device is used in combination with an elongate handle. In one embodiment, the elongate handle is provided by a cue stick which is attached to the billiards practice device, such as by being disposed in press fit within a bore defined in the body. | 04-30-2009 |
Christopher Spence, Los Altos, CA US
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20150192866 | EFFICIENT OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION REPAIR FLOW METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for an efficient optical proximity correction (OPC) repair flow is disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving an input data stream of an integrated circuit (IC) design layout, performing one or more iterations of an OPC step and a layout polishing step on the input data stream, and performing a smart enhancement step if an output of a last iteration of the OPC step fails to satisfy one or more layout criteria and if a number of the one or more iterations satisfies a threshold value. Additional embodiments may include performing a pattern insertion process cross-linked with the OPC step, the pattern insertion process being a base optical rule check (ORC) process. | 07-09-2015 |
Christopher A. Spence, Los Altos, CA US
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20090249261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING AN OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION MODEL - A method includes receiving optical profiles for a plurality of design target features associated with an integrated circuit device and optical profiles for a plurality of test features. An optical proximity correction (OPC) model including a plurality of terms is defined. Each term relates to at least one parameter in the optical profiles. A subset of the model terms is identified as being priority terms. Parameters of the optical profiles of the test features are matched to parameters of the optical profiles of the design target features using the priority terms to generate a set of matched test features. A metrology request is generated to collect metrology data from a test wafer having formed thereon at least a first subset of the matched test features and a second subset of the design target features. | 10-01-2009 |
David E. Spence, Mountain View, CA US
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20110103413 | Quasi-continuous wave ultraviolet light source with optimized output characteristics - The present application discloses various embodiments and methods of producing a quasi-CW UV laser system having the pulse duration and bandwidth to optimize harmonic conversion while producing a UV output configured to satisfy the constraints imposed by the optical system in optical communication therewith. More specifically, in one embodiment the present application discloses a method of optimizing at least one characteristic of the output of a laser system and includes providing a laser system having at least one spectral modification element in optical communication therewith, determining at least one optical characteristic of the output of the laser system for a given application, selecting the bandwidth of the output of the laser system to provide the determined characteristic, and adjusting the spectral modification element to provide the selected bandwidth. | 05-05-2011 |
David E. Spence, San Jose, CA US
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20110180729 | BROADLY TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR - A novel broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator is described for use in numerous applications including multi-photon microscopy. The optical parametric oscillator includes at least one sub-picosecond laser pump source configured to output a pump signal having a wavelength of about 650 nm or less and at least one type II optical parametric oscillator in optical communication with the pump source and configured to generate a single widely tunable pulsed optical signal. In one application, an optical system is in optical communication with the optical parametric oscillator and configured to direct at least a portion of the optical signal to a specimen, and at least one analyzing device is configured to receive a signal from the specimen in response to the optical signal. | 07-28-2011 |
Howard Steve Spence, Danville, CA US
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20140207512 | Timeline-Based Visual Dashboard For Construction - An embodiment of the invention includes a computer implemented method for monitoring construction. The method may include receiving information about a construction project. The received information may include information about construction milestones and schedule information about the construction milestones. The information may include graphical data related to the construction milestones and the schedule information. Information about the location of a computing device may be received. Based on the location information and the information about the construction project, a graphical display user-interface may be prepared. In an embodiment of the invention, the display may include a visual representation of expected progress of the project. The display may include information about expected activity related to the project for a period of time. Embodiments include receiving an indication from a user that the representation of the expected progress differs from actual progress of the project and determining revised information about the construction project. | 07-24-2014 |
Mark Spence, San Mateo, CA US
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20150381767 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESS FRAMEWORK - Providing a distributed processing framework. Initially, the process begins by building a server process plug-in by invoking a code generation module to generate required boilerplate and cross-platform code. Then commencing a server process by loading plug-in code and giving it a thread of control. In addition, client machines discovering the existence of a plug-in code being executed. Further, one or more client applications running on a client server at least issuing commands to the plug-in code, monitoring the events of the plug-in code, update the properties of the plug-in code without information regarding the plug-in interface. | 12-31-2015 |
Paul Spence, San Diego, CA US
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20110230432 | COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR TREATING INFLUENZA - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 09-22-2011 |
Paul Spence, Mill Valley, CA US
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20080227743 | Compositions and Kits for Treating Influenza - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 09-18-2008 |
20100160431 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Viral Infections - Compositions for treating flu comprise an M2 inhibitor, and optionally a neuraminidase inhibitor, wherein at least one of said M2 inhibitor or said neuraminidase inhibitor is provided in an extended release dosage form. | 06-24-2010 |
Paul Spence, Novato, CA US
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20090247481 | Compositions and Kits for Treating Influenza - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 10-01-2009 |
20090326978 | Emergency Preparations for an Epidemic - Stockpiles and methods of stockpiling a combination antiviral therapy for responding to an epidemic viral outbreak are described. Methods and systems of inventory control for co-deployment of drugs used in combination during a pandemic are described. | 12-31-2009 |
Paul A. Spence, Irvine, CA US
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20160074165 | MITRAL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - An implant and method for repairing and/or replacing functionality of a native mitral valve are in various embodiments configured to reduce or eliminate mitral regurgitation and residual mitral valve leakage. A coiled anchor with a central turn that reduces in size upon implantation is used to approximate the amount of reduction in the size and the reshaping of the native mitral annulus to reduce valve leakage. A clip can be further applied to the native valve leaflets to reduce the size of the native mitral annulus and leakage therethrough. A prosthetic heart valve can be implanted in the coiled anchor to replace and further improve functionality of the valve. In some cases, the prosthetic valve can be implanted in a clipped valve, where the clip is detached from one of the native valve leaflets to provide space for the prosthetic valve to expand. | 03-17-2016 |
Richard C. Spence, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090313303 | Method for playing digital media files with a digital media player using a plurality of playlists - A method for playing digital media files with a digital media player using a plurality of playlists is disclosed. One embodiment uses a plurality of playlists—instead of a single playlist—to reference a given pool of digital media files. After the songs of one playlist have been played, another playlist is selected, and songs from that playlist are played. Since the playlist selection is automatically made by the digital media player while it is offline, a fresh listening experience is created without requiring the user to connect the digital media player to the Internet. Preferably, each playlist is purposefully curated to ensure that the play order keeps the experience commensurate with a particular brand message. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313432 | Memory device storing a plurality of digital media files and playlists - A memory device storing a plurality of digital media files and playlists is disclosed. The memory device comprises a connector configured to be connected with a digital media player and a memory in communication with the connector. In one embodiment, each playlist is created by a curator. In another embodiments at least one playlist specifies at least one digital media file that is not specified by another playlist in the plurality of playlists. In yet another embodiment, a first plurality of playlists are associated with a first channel, and a second plurality of playlists are associated with a second channel, wherein each playlist specifies a predetermined play order of at least some of the plurality of digital media files. | 12-17-2009 |
Stephen Spence, Montain View, CA US
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20090187954 | Button based video database interface - The described embodiments of the present invention provide a video database client application configured to execute on a wireless communication device or a device with a small display screen. The video database client application includes a user interface including user interface components designed to access video information and view videos using the wireless communication device. The video database client application includes a video player module to integrate and control a native video player within the user interface. The video database client application further includes a video database interface module adapted to retrieve videos and video information from the video database. The video database interface module functions to pre-fetch information from the video database based on anticipated user information needs. | 07-23-2009 |
Stephen Spence, Mountain View, CA US
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20090187859 | Graphical user interface elements using video pre-fetch - The described embodiments of the present invention provide a video database client application configured to execute on a wireless communication device or a device with a small display screen. The video database client application includes a user interface including user interface components designed to access video information and view videos using the wireless communication device. The video database client application includes a video player module to integrate and control a native video player within the user interface. The video database client application further includes a video database interface module adapted to retrieve videos and video information from the video database. The video database interface module functions to pre-fetch information from the video database based on anticipated user information needs. | 07-23-2009 |
Susan Deborah Spence, Palo Alto, CA US
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20150242771 | GENERATING AN OUTPUT BASED ON COLLECTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A CASE - Information relating to usage of entities of a case is collected, where the entities include tasks and an artifact, and the entities are to interact over a social network. An analysis output is generated based on the collected information. | 08-27-2015 |
20150294426 | CASE MANAGEMENT USING ACTIVE ENTITIES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Entities of a case are provided as active entities in a social network. As part of managing the case, a first of the active entities can interact with a second of the active entities using the social network. | 10-15-2015 |
Theodore Spence, Oceanside, CA US
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20120197751 | PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS AND WEIGHTING OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS - A product recommendation ecosystem is presented. A rules engine seeks to discover one or more relationships among cross-brand product categories based on non-transaction correlations. The rules engine constructs a generic rules-set based on the universal relationships. The rules-set is sent to a recommendation engine, possibly a subscriber to the services offered by the rules engine, and the rules-set configure the recommendation engine to generate one or more cross-brand product recommendations. The recommendation engine customizes the rules-set according to location-specific information possibly comprising consumer parameters, product parameters, vendor parameters, or other local information. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197816 | PRODUCT REVIEW BIAS IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS - Review bias identification systems and methods are presented. A bias in one or more review elements can be identified by deriving a measure of how a review outlet's product review deviates from an industry average or composite review of the product. A bias engine generates a bias vector for a review outlet where the vector can include multiple bias metrics associated with one or more product properties. The bias engine can further present one or more recommendations of associating the product with a review outlet based on the bias vector. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197891 | GENRE DISCOVERY ENGINES - Genre discovery engines are presented. A genre discovery engine can compare clusters of products falling within known genres to other clusters. Known genres can be defined in turns of correlated product properties. When a new cluster is identified falling outside the boundaries of known genres, the discovery engine can recommend that the new cluster might be a new genre. | 08-02-2012 |