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20120047045 | Product configuration server for efficiently displaying selectable attribute values for configurable products - A computer-implemented system leverages binary decision diagram (BDD) structures to provide selectable attribute values for one or more configurable products. The BDD structures may define offering attribute nodes and non-offering attribute nodes. The offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values selectable by the user based on product configuration rules, and the non-offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values not selectable by the user based on the product configuration rules. The computer-implemented system may further include at least one memory storage device that stores one or more product configuration rules used to define permissible product configurations and attributes of the products. By evaluating the BDD structures and the product configuration rules, the computer-implemented system may prepare a customized set of product records for transmission to a user, wherein the customized set of product records contains product attribute values corresponding to the offering attribute nodes. | 02-23-2012 |
20130013446 | Product Configuration Server For Efficiently Displaying Selectable Attribute Values For Configurable Products - A computer-implemented system leverages binary decision diagram (BDD) structures to provide selectable attribute values for one or more configurable products. The BDD structures may define offering attribute nodes and non-offering attribute nodes. The offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values selectable by the user based on product configuration rules, and the non-offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values not selectable by the user based on the product configuration rules. The computer-implemented system may further include at least one memory storage device that stores one or more product configuration rules used to define permissible product configurations and attributes of the products. By evaluating the BDD structures and the product configuration rules, the computer-implemented system may prepare a customized set of product records for transmission to a user, wherein the customized set of product records contains product attribute values corresponding to the offering attribute nodes. | 01-10-2013 |
20140019292 | PRODUCT CONFIGURATION SERVER FOR EFFICIENTLY DISPLAYING SELECTABLE ATTRIBUTE VALUES FOR CONFIGURABLE PRODUCTS - A computer-implemented system leverages binary decision diagram (BDD) structures to provide selectable attribute values for one or more configurable products. The BDD structures may define offering attribute nodes and non-offering attribute nodes. The offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values selectable by the user based on product configuration rules, and the non-offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values not selectable by the user based on the product configuration rules. The computer-implemented system may further include at least one memory storage device that stores one or more product configuration rules used to define permissible product configurations and attributes of the products. By evaluating the BDD structures and the product configuration rules, the computer-implemented system may prepare a customized set of product records for transmission to a user, wherein the customized set of product records contains product attribute values corresponding to the offering attribute nodes. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090093950 | Approach for Improved Fuel Vaporization in a Directly Injected Internal Combustion Engine - A system and a method of facilitating fuel vaporization in a directly injected internal combustion engine are provided. As one example, the method comprises: closing an exhaust valve of the cylinder; opening an intake valve after the exhaust valve has closed; moving a piston of the cylinder away from top dead center between the closing of the exhaust valve and the opening of the intake valve to expand the cylinder volume and reduce a pressure within the cylinder to below a pressure of an air intake manifold of the cylinder; and initiating an injection of fuel directly into the cylinder via an in-cylinder injector after the exhaust valve has closed. | 04-09-2009 |
20110162621 | Shallow Piston Bowl And Injector Spray Pattern For A Gasoline, Direct-Injection Engine - A combustion system for a direct-injection, spark-ignition engine is disclosed. A side-mounted fuel injector located outboard the intake valves directs multiple fuel jets into a shallow, spherical bowl formed in a domed piston. Both good mixing to facilitate good air utilization with early injection and an ignitable mixture at the spark plug with late injection to facilitate cold start are provided with such a combustion system. Because the bowl is smooth and shallow, the surface area of the combustion chamber is less than with a deeper bowl of complicated shape. Lowering surface area in the combustion chamber leads to improved fuel economy. | 07-07-2011 |
20110253097 | Approach for Improved Fuel Vaporization in a Directly Injected Internal Combustion Engine - A system and a method of facilitating fuel vaporization in a directly injected internal combustion engine are provided. As one example, the method comprises: closing an exhaust valve of the cylinder; opening an intake valve after the exhaust valve has closed; moving a piston of the cylinder away from top dead center between the closing of the exhaust valve and the opening of the intake valve to expand the cylinder volume and reduce a pressure within the cylinder to below a pressure of an air intake manifold of the cylinder; and initiating an injection of fuel directly into the cylinder via an in-cylinder injector after the exhaust valve has closed. | 10-20-2011 |
20150020768 | FUEL INJECTOR SPRAY PATTERN - A fuel injector having an injector axis, comprising a first nozzle aiming in a first radial direction; a first nozzle pair aiming in radial directions each equally angled relative to the first direction, closest to the first radial direction, and having a longest radial offset; a nozzle second pair in radial directions each equally angled relative to the first direction; and another nozzle aiming opposite the first radial direction and having a shortest radial offset. | 01-22-2015 |
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20110142863 | FLOW THROUGH PURIFICATION PROCESSES FOR LARGE BIOMOLECULES - The present invention relates, at least in part, to novel and improved flow-through purification processes for separating large biomolecules, such as, for example, encapsulated viruses, virus-like particles and conjugate vaccines from one or more contaminants in a sample, where the process employs the use of at least one population of a solid porous particle which comprises a minimized external surface area per unit volume of the particles and an internal surface area per unit volume which is not decreased by more than 25% relative to a population of a similar particle which does not have a minimized external surface area. | 06-16-2011 |
20120156757 | PURIFICATION OF IMMUNOGENS USING A NON-POLYSACCHARIDE MATRIX - The present invention relates, at least in part, to novel and improved chromatography matrices for separating or purifying immunogens, such as, for example, viruses and viral surface proteins, from one or more contaminants in a sample, where the matrix comprises a porous non-polysaccharide solid support comprising a negatively charged, multivalent ion exchange group directly attached to the solid support. | 06-21-2012 |
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20080231102 | SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY WITH LOAD PINS - An assembly for mounting a seat on a track in a vehicle, the track including inboard and outboard parallel spaced apart track portions with each track portion including a lower track affixed to the vehicle and an upper track at least partially enclosing the lower track and reciprocally movable therealong. The assembly includes a pair of seat mounting plates associated with each inboard and outboard track portion with each pair including parallel spaced apart plates affixed to the seat and formed to partially enclose the associated track portion. A set of load pins is associated with each pair of seat mounting plates and extends between the associated seat mounting plates with one load pin of the set positioned below the lower track and another load pin of the set positioned above the upper track. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232734 | BEARING STRAP ASSEMBLY - A bearing strap assembly includes an elongated strap of flexible material and a plurality of insert bearing buttons affixed to one side of the strap. The inserts extend transversely from the one side of the strap and are spaced apart along the length of the strap. In one use, an inner and an outer circular cylinder are concentrically positioned for relative movement therebetween. The outer cylinder has a plurality of holes extending transversely therethrough from an outside surface to an inside surface and the holes are spaced apart coextensive with the bearing buttons. The elongated strap is engaged about the outside surface of the outer cylinder with the bearing buttons extending through the holes and into engagement with an outer surface of the inner cylinder. | 09-25-2008 |
20100295335 | DEFORMABLE CROSS-CAR BEAM SYSTEM FOR SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION - Systems and methods that facilitate vehicle passenger protection during side impact events and, more particularly, to systems and methods which increase the survival space between the vehicle side structure and a vehicle passenger located in the vehicle passenger compartment while maintaining reasonable vehicle structure deceleration levels. The systems and methods enable the seat structure assemblies to move inboard during side impact events by coupling the seat structure assemblies to a deformable cross bar or beam. The embodiments include a deformable cross-car beam that is deformable in one or more locations along its length using changes in geometry and/or changes in material to initiate controlled deformation under a cross-car load due to a side impact event. | 11-25-2010 |
20100301579 | SHEAR CENTER RAISING TWIST AXLE WITH INTERNAL AND TUNABLE TRANSITIONING GUSSETS - A trailing rear suspension for a motor vehicle having a twist beam axle coupled at its ends to a pair of trailing arms wherein the twist beam axle raises the shear center of the central portion of its cross-beam above the wheel center of the vehicle. The raising of the shear center is achieved by rotating the cross-beam to orient one leg of its cross-section to be aligned with the top of the trailing arms. | 12-02-2010 |
20120146360 | Deformable Cross-Car Beam for Side Impact Protection - Systems and methods that facilitate vehicle passenger protection during side impact events and, more particularly, to systems and methods which increase the survival space between the vehicle side structure and a vehicle passenger located in the vehicle passenger compartment while maintaining reasonable vehicle structure deceleration levels. The systems and methods enable the seat structure assemblies to move inboard during side impact events by coupling the seat structure assemblies to a deformable cross bar or beam. The embodiments include a deformable cross-car beam that is deformable in one or more locations along its length using changes in geometry and/or changes in material to initiate controlled deformation under a cross-car load due to a side impact event. | 06-14-2012 |
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20110185166 | Slider Control for Security Grouping and Enforcement - A group of security functions may be configured and managed by organizing the security functions and their features into a ranked list and made available through an administrative console. The ranked list may represent various levels of security from which a user may select. Once selected, the security functions may be configured according to the selected level. The console may determine a current security level by analyzing the configuration or status of each of the security functions and presenting a single status level from the ranked list determined by the least secure setting of the various security functions. | 07-28-2011 |
20120297016 | CROSS-CLOUD MANAGEMENT AND TROUBLESHOOTING - A cloud management system is described herein that provides the ability for an application to span two or more clouds while allowing operation, management, and troubleshooting of the distributed application as a single application. The system provides infrastructure that communicates across datacenters for execution and for centralizing knowledge of instances of an application that are running at different locations. The infrastructure provided by the system monitors both the application and connections between the clouds, with intelligence to know if issues are within the application or because of the connection between the clouds. The system coordinates management functions across multiple cloud platforms/locations. Thus, the cloud management system creates a single monitoring and troubleshooting interface and knowledge and execution fabric across multiple clouds so that applications spread across multiple clouds can be monitored, managed, and debugged more easily. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297238 | CROSS-CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CAPACITY MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RECOVERY - A cloud migration system is described herein that provides capacity management and disaster recovery by detecting peak load conditions and automatically moving computing to another computing resource (and back) and by providing computing across two or more clouds and moving completely to one in the case of a disaster at one site. The system monitors loads within a datacenter and detects a threshold that indicates that the current load is nearing the datacenter's capacity. Upon detecting that the threshold will be reached, the system facilitates an orderly move of at least some datacenter load to another datacenter or cloud-based resources. The system can also be used as a disaster recovery architecture at a datacenter/network level to manage fast workload transition in case of disaster. Thus, the system allows enterprises to build smaller and more efficient datacenters that leverage other resources for rare extra loads. | 11-22-2012 |
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20120009903 | PUSHED CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND DISPLAY - Presenting content within an application on a device is disclosed. Receiving notification of new content within an application at a device is disclosed. Presenting the received notification at the device is disclosed. Receiving a selection of the notification, and displaying the new content in the screen directly following receiving the selection of the notification are disclosed. Notification can be received outside the application, e.g., by posting notification on a social network, posting notification to a web site, and posting a message to a user's avatar in a virtual world. A selection can be received while the device is offline, in which case the new content displayed is that content stored on the device. | 01-12-2012 |
20130031486 | PUSHED CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND DISPLAY - Presenting content within an application on a device is disclosed. Receiving notification of new content within an application at a device is disclosed. Presenting the received notification at the device is disclosed. Receiving a selection of the notification, and displaying the new content in the screen directly following receiving the selection of the notification are disclosed. Notification can be received outside the application, e.g., by posting notification on a social network, posting notification to a web site, and posting a message to a user's avatar in a virtual world. A selection can be received while the device is offline, in which case the new content displayed is that content stored on the device. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110080110 | LOAD CONTROL DEVICE FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHT SOURCE - A light-emitting diode (LED) driver is adapted to control either the magnitude of the current conducted through a LED light source or the magnitude of a voltage generated across the LED light source. The LED driver comprises a power converter circuit for generating a DC bus voltage, and an LED drive circuit for receiving the bus voltage and adjusting the magnitude of the current conducted through the LED light source. The LED driver is operable to dim the LED light source using either a pulse-width modulation technique or a constant current reduction technique. The LED drive circuit may comprise a controllable-impedance circuit, such as a linear regulator. The LED driver may be operable to control the magnitude of the bus voltage to optimize the efficiency and reduce the power dissipation in the LED drive circuit, as well ensuring that the load voltage and current do not have any ripple. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080111 | CONFIGURABLE LOAD CONTROL DEVICE FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHT SOURCES - A configurable light-emitting diode (LED) driver is adapted to control a plurality of different LED light sources, which may be rated to operate using different load control techniques, different dimming techniques, and different magnitudes of load current and voltage. The LED driver comprises a power converter circuit for generating a DC bus voltage, and an LED drive circuit for receiving the bus voltage and adjusting either the magnitude of the current conducted through the LED light source or the magnitude of the voltage across the LED light source. The LED driver is operable to dim the LED light source using either a pulse-width modulation technique or a constant current reduction technique, and may be configured using a programming device and a personal computer. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080112 | CLOSED-LOOP LOAD CONTROL CIRCUIT HAVING A WIDE OUTPUT RANGE - A load control circuit, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) driver, for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load, such as an LED light source, comprises a regulation transistor adapted to be coupled in series with the load, and a feedback circuit coupled in series with the regulation transistor, whereby the load control circuit is able to control the magnitude of a load current conducted through the load from a minimum load current to a maximum load current, which is at least approximately one thousand times larger than the minimum load current. The feedback circuit generates at least one load current feedback signal representative of the magnitude of the load current. The regulation transistor operates in the linear region to control the magnitude of the load current conducted through the load in response to the magnitude of the load current determined from the load current feedback signal. | 04-07-2011 |
20130020964 | POWER CONVERTER FOR A CONFIGURABLE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - A converter for an LED driver for an LED light source. The converter has a flyback transformer. The primary receives a rectified AC voltage. A switching transistor is coupled in series with the primary. A controller controls the switching transistor on and off to generate a bus voltage across the secondary and a center tap voltage at a center tap of the secondary. The controller is powered by a first low-voltage DC voltage. A first power supply receives the center tap voltage and generates a second low-voltage DC voltage when the center tap voltage is above a cutover voltage. A second power supply has an output coupled to the first power supply output. The second power supply receives the bus voltage and generates the second DC voltage when the center tap voltage is below the cutover voltage. | 01-24-2013 |
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20110249578 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION FOR MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Channel state information is reported in periodic and aperiodic reports for multiple component carriers or serving cells. Channel state information may be reported for a subset of aggregated downlink carriers or serving cells. For an aperiodic report, the carrier(s)/serving cell(s) for which channel state information is reported are determined based on the request for the aperiodic report. When a CQI/PMI/RI report and a HARQ ACK/NACK report coincide in a subframe, the HARQ ACK/NACK report is transmitted on PUCCH, and the CQI/PMI/RI report is transmitted on PUSCH. | 10-13-2011 |
20130039332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT OPERATION - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a downlink transmission from an eNodeB including a plurality of spatial layers transmitted to a plurality of WTRUs paired for multi-user MIMO. The WTRU decodes the downlink transmission based on a corresponding WTRU-specific reference signal. WTRU-specific reference signals are multiplexed using a frequency and code division multiplexing. WTRU-specific reference signals for different sub-group of antenna ports are multiplexed onto different subcarriers in a frequency domain and the WTRU-specific reference signals of the same sub-group of antennas ports are multiplied by an orthogonal cover code. The resource elements used for the WTRU-specific reference signals on antenna ports in one sub-group may be muted on antenna ports in another sub-group. A WTRU may transmit the uplink demodulation reference signal without precoding. The number of resource blocks allocated for the demodulation reference signal may be greater than the number of resource blocks allocated for the payload. | 02-14-2013 |
20140362832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UPLINK COVERAGE - Systems and method are specified to improve the reception of UL transmission, for example in power or coverage limited situations. A WTRU may modify procedures to increase the available signal energy for reception at an eNB and/or to make more efficient use of the available signal energy at the receiver for processing UL transmissions. Example methods for increasing UL link coverage may include modifying HARQ timing (e.g., shorter HARQ), using longer TTIs, use of dedicated PUSCH allocations, use of new PUSCH modulations, enhanced reference signal design, UL macro diversity reception for PUSCH, utilizing protocol reduction techniques, ensuring in-order packet delivery, and/or utilizing a configuration for coverage limited/power limited modes of operation. The proposed methods may be applied individually or in any combination. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110166682 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF GARMENT CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATION - Sketches, notes and 2D computer drawings of a designed garment can be input into a computing device. The computing device can apply optical character recognition, shape inference, figure recognition, domain intelligence and inferred knowledge to automatically generate a garment construction specification from the input information. The garment construction specification can include a detailed description of each component of the garment, followed by step-by-step instructions, such as could be consumed by a computer-controlled device, regarding the joining of the components to create the garment. A virtual garment generation mechanism can create a 3D rendering of the garment by constructing each component and then joining them together to act as a single 3D piece. Material behavioral properties can also be applied to the 3D rendering. User feedback regarding the 3D rendering can be utilized to create a modified garment construction specification which can ultimately, when approved, be provided to a garment manufacturer. | 07-07-2011 |
20110296331 | GENERATION OF A BEST-FIT RIGGED BODY MODEL - A best-fit rigged body model can be generated for a user based on body measurements provided by the user. Existing, and already known, rigged body models can be filtered, such as via a Principal Component Analysis to eliminate body models that are very similar in a measurement space whose dimensions are comprised of body measurements that can be, or actually were, collected from the user. The body measurements provided by the user can be expressed, in measurement space, as a combination of fractions of one or more existing body models. Such a combination can be computed through a Least Square Error analysis. A best-fit rigged body model can be generated for a user by amalgamating existing rigged body models in accordance with this previously determined combination of fractions of the one or more existing body models. | 12-01-2011 |
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20100096251 | Methods and Processes for Attaching Compounds to Matrices - The present invention describes extremely rapid and efficient methods for the attachment of chemical moieties to matrices by the use of microwave technology. The methods of the invention can be applied in a variety of ways for the preparation of different types of matrices for a variety of applications including but not limited to the functionalization of various solid supports, and matrices in the form of powder, beads, sheets, and other suitable surfaces for use in applications including but not limited to oligonucleotide synthesis, peptide synthesis, environmental clean up (removal of toxic materials), immunoassays, affinity chromatography, combinatorial chemistry, microarrays, proteomics and medical diagnostics. | 04-22-2010 |
20110207690 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS - The present invention provides compositions methods for treating susceptible viral infections, especially hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections as well as co infections of HCV with other viruses such as HBV and/or HIV. In one embodiment, the present invention provides compositions having the formula (I) and their use in treating viral infections: | 08-25-2011 |
20120264709 | NUCLEOTIDE AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PRODRUGS - The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I): | 10-18-2012 |
20130078390 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR ATTACHING COMPOUNDS TO MATRICES - The present invention describes extremely rapid and efficient methods for the attachment of chemical moieties to matrices by the use of microwave technology. The methods of the invention can be applied in a variety of ways for the preparation of different types of matrices for a variety of applications including but not limited to the functionalization of various solid supports, and matrices in the form of powder, beads, sheets, and other suitable surfaces for use in applications including but not limited to oligonucleotide synthesis, peptide synthesis, environmental clean up (removal of toxic materials), immunoassays, affinity chromatography, combinatorial chemistry, microarrays, proteomics and medical diagnostics. | 03-28-2013 |
20130197066 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS - The present invention provides compositions methods for treating susceptible viral infections, especially hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections as well as co infections of HCV with other viruses such as HBV and/or HIV. In one embodiment, the present invention provides compositions having the formula (I) and their use in treating viral infections: | 08-01-2013 |
20140323554 | NUCLEOTIDE AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PRODRUGS - The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I): | 10-30-2014 |
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20110164861 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SCAN - Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan windows for a plurality of programs, for example in a scan wizard. The scan wizard allows the user to simultaneously view a scan window and an information panel, select criteria for the scan from a criteria panel, and control the scan using a scan control panel. The scan may allow the user to record a program displayed in the scan without interrupting the scan (e.g., by using an additional tuner). The scan may display, within the scan interface, trick-play functions for appropriate scanned programs (e.g., recorded, cached and on-demand programs). The user may select and perform trick-play functions for a scanned program without exiting the scan mode. | 07-07-2011 |
20120076473 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SCAN - Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan windows for a plurality of programs, for example in a scan wizard. The scan wizard allows the user to simultaneously view a scan window and an information panel, select criteria for the scan from a criteria panel, and control the scan using a scan control panel. The scan may allow the user to record a program displayed in the scan without interrupting the scan (e.g., by using an additional tuner). The scan may display, within the scan interface, trick-play functions for appropriate scanned programs (e.g., recorded, cached and on-demand programs). The user may select and perform trick-play functions for a scanned program without exiting the scan mode. | 03-29-2012 |
20120131616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SCAN - Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan windows for a plurality of programs, for example in a scan wizard. The scan wizard allows the user to simultaneously view a scan window and an information panel, select criteria for the scan from a criteria panel, and control the scan using a scan control panel. The scan may allow the user to record a program displayed in the scan without interrupting the scan (e.g., by using an additional tuner). The scan may display, within the scan interface, trick-play functions for appropriate scanned programs (e.g., recorded, cached and on-demand programs). The user may select and perform trick-play functions for a scanned program without exiting the scan mode. | 05-24-2012 |
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20100020819 | Packet coalescing - In general, in one aspect, the disclosures describes a method that includes receiving multiple ingress Internet Protocol packets, each of the multiple ingress Internet Protocol packets having an Internet Protocol header and a Transmission Control Protocol segment having a Transmission Control Protocol header and a Transmission Control Protocol payload, where the multiple packets belonging to a same Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol flow. The method also includes preparing an Internet Protocol packet having a single Internet Protocol header and a single Transmission Control Protocol segment having a single Transmission Control Protocol header and a single payload formed by a combination of the Transmission Control Protocol segment payloads of the multiple Internet Protocol packets. The method further includes generating a signal that causes receive processing of the Internet Protocol packet. | 01-28-2010 |
20110090920 | PACKET COALESCING - In general, in one aspect, the disclosures describes a method that includes receiving multiple ingress Internet Protocol packets, each of the multiple ingress Internet Protocol packets having an Internet Protocol header and a Transmission Control Protocol segment having a Transmission Control Protocol header and a Transmission Control Protocol payload, where the multiple packets belonging to a same Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol flow. The method also includes preparing an Internet Protocol packet having a single Internet Protocol header and a single Transmission Control Protocol segment having a single Transmission Control Protocol header and a single payload formed by a combination of the Transmission Control Protocol segment payloads of the multiple Internet Protocol packets. The method further includes generating a signal that causes receive processing of the Internet Protocol packet. | 04-21-2011 |
20130345152 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RECOMBINANT COWPOX VIRUS PROTEIN CPXV014 - Disclosed herein are expression vectors that encode cowpox virus protein CPXV014 and homologs thereof that are useful in inhibiting CD3/CD28 mediated T cell stimulation. Further disclosed are polypeptide compositions comprising CPXV014 and homologs thereof as well as methods of inhibiting CD3/CD28 mediated T cell stimulation using the polypeptide compositions. | 12-26-2013 |
20140019736 | Embedded Branch Prediction Unit - In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a branch prediction unit for an embedded controller may be placed in association with the instruction fetch unit instead of the decode stage. In addition, the branch prediction unit may include no branch predictor. Also, the return address stack may be associated with the instruction decode stage and is structurally separate from the branch prediction unit. In some cases, this arrangement reduces the area of the branch prediction unit, as well as power consumption. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090194818 | Transistor Gate Forming Methods and Integrated Circuits - A transistor gate forming method includes forming a first and a second transistor gate. Each of the two gates includes a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer. The lower metal layer of the first gate originates from an as-deposited material exhibiting a work function the same as exhibited in an as-deposited material from which the lower metal layer of the second gate originates. However, the first gate's lower metal layer exhibits a modified work function different from a work function exhibited by the second gate's lower metal layer. The first gate's lower metal layer may contain less oxygen and/or carbon in comparison to the second gate's lower metal layer. The first gate's lower metal layer may contain more nitrogen in comparison to the second gate's lower metal layer. The first gate may be a n-channel gate and the second gate may be a p-channel gate. | 08-06-2009 |
20090239366 | Method Of Forming A Transistor Gate Of A Recessed Access Device, Method Of Forming A Recessed Transistor Gate And A Non-Recessed Transistor Gate, And Method Of Fabricating An Integrated Circuit - Methods and structures are provided for full silicidation of recessed silicon. Silicon is provided within a trench. A mixture of metals is provided over the silicon in which one of the metals diffuses more readily in silicon than silicon does in the metal, and another of the metals diffuses less readily in silicon than silicon does in the metal. An exemplary mixture includes 80% nickel and 20% cobalt. The silicon within the trench is allowed to fully silicide without void formation, despite a relatively high aspect ratio for the trench. Among other devices, recessed access devices (RADs) can be formed by the method for memory arrays. | 09-24-2009 |
20090294878 | CIRCUITRY AND GATE STACKS - The present invention includes semiconductor circuitry. Such circuitry encompasses a metal silicide layer over a substrate and a layer comprising silicon, nitrogen and oxygen in physical contact with the metal silicide layer. The present invention also includes a gate stack which encompasses a polysilicon layer over a substrate, a metal silicide layer over the polysilicon layer, an antireflective material layer over the metal silicide layer, a silicon nitride layer over the antireflective material layer, and a layer of photoresist over the silicon nitride layer, for photolithographically patterning the layer of photoresist to form a patterned masking layer from the layer of photoresist and transferring a pattern from the patterned masking layer to the silicon nitride layer, antireflective material layer, metal silicide layer and polysilicon layer. The patterned silicon nitride layer, antireflective material layer, metal silicide layer and polysilicon layer encompass a gate stack. | 12-03-2009 |
20100285238 | METHODS OF FORMING GLASS ON A SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a deposition process for forming a glass film. An embodiment comprising the steps of disposing a substrate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber and exposing the substrate surface to a SiO | 11-11-2010 |
20110092062 | Transistor Gate Forming Methods and Transistor Structures - A transistor gate forming method includes forming a metal layer within a line opening and forming a fill layer within the opening over the metal layer. The fill layer is substantially selectively etchable with respect to the metal layer. A transistor structure includes a line opening, a dielectric layer within the opening, a metal layer over the dielectric layer within the opening, and a fill layer over the metal layer within the opening. The metal layer/fill layer combination exhibits less intrinsic less than would otherwise exist if the fill layer were replaced by an increased thickness of the metal layer. The inventions apply at least to 3-D transistor structures. | 04-21-2011 |
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20100250889 | CONTROL OF ON-DIE SYSTEM FABRIC BLOCKS - Methods and apparatus for control of On-Die System Fabric (OSF) blocks are described. In one embodiment, a shadow address corresponding to a physical address may be stored in response to a user-level request and a logic circuitry (e.g., present in an OSF) may determine the physical address from the shadow address. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100318693 | Delegating A Poll Operation To Another Device - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for handling a registration message received from a host processor, where the registration message delegates a poll operation with respect to a device from the host processor to another component. Information from the message may be stored in a poll table, and the component may send a read request to poll the device and report a result of the poll to the host processor based on a state of the device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110153926 | Controlling Access To A Cache Memory Using Privilege Level Information - In one embodiment, a cache memory includes entries each to store a ring level identifier, which may indicate a privilege level of information stored in the entry. This identifier may be used in performing read accesses to the cache memory. As an example, a logic coupled to the cache memory may filter an access to one or more ways of a selected set of the cache memory based at least in part on a current privilege level of a processor and the ring level identifier of the one or more ways. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20120233393 | Scheduling Workloads Based On Cache Asymmetry - In one embodiment, a processor includes a first cache and a second cache, a first core associated with the first cache and a second core associated with the second cache. The caches are of asymmetric sizes, and a scheduler can intelligently schedule threads to the cores based at least in part on awareness of this asymmetry and resulting cache performance information obtained during a training phase of at least one of the threads. | 09-13-2012 |
20130138843 | DELEGATING A POLL OPERATION TO ANOTHER DEVICE - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for handling a registration message received from a host processor, where the registration message delegates a poll operation with respect to a device from the host processor to another component. Information from the message may be stored in a poll table, and the component may send a read request to poll the device and report a result of the poll to the host processor based on a state of the device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-30-2013 |
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20130005892 | THERMOPLASTIC FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED PAINTABILITY, TOUGHNESS AND MELT PROCESSABILITY - The present disclosure relates to polymer coating compositions that comprise at least one thermoplastic resin, at least one opacity modifier, at least one gloss modifier, and at least one impact modifier, articles at least partially coated with the polymer coating composition, paintable polymer coated articles and method for making the polymer coated and painted polymer coated articles. These compositions exhibit enhanced paintability (including paintability with water-based paints) and mechanical properties for fabrication (cutting, nailing, routing, etc.), while maintaining acceptable visual appearance, such as, for example, opacity, gloss, surface appearance, and surface roughness. | 01-03-2013 |
20130011563 | THERMOPLASTIC FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED PAINTABILITY, TOUGHNESS AND MELT PROCESSABILITY - The present disclosure relates to polymer coating compositions that comprise at least one thermoplastic resin, at least one opacity modifier, at least one gloss modifier, and at least one impact modifier, articles at least partially coated with the polymer coating composition, paintable polymer coated articles and method for making the polymer coated and painted polymer coated articles. These compositions exhibit enhanced paintability (including paintability with water-based paints) and mechanical properties for fabrication (cutting, nailing, routing, etc.), while maintaining acceptable visual appearance, such as, for example, opacity, gloss, surface appearance, and surface roughness. | 01-10-2013 |
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20140162015 | EXTRUSION COATING OF ELONGATED SUBSTRATES - The present disclosure relates to extrusion coating systems, extrusion coated substrates, and processes for making the same. In some aspects, extrusion coating systems as described herein may include an at least partially insulated outlet wall, which may facilitate production of coated substrates exhibiting a very desirable surface texture and appearance. Coated substrates of the present invention may be utilized in a variety of end applications, including, but not limited to, interior and exterior construction materials for homes, buildings, and furniture. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120061863 | MOLD FOR DIFFRACTIVE OPHTHALMIC LENS - An apparatus for molding at least one side of an ophthalmic diffractive lens. The apparatus includes a first mold, wherein the first mold includes at least a first portion made of plastic, and wherein the first portion includes a first pattern on a surface thereof, the first pattern configured to impart a diffractive optical pattern on a surface on the at lest one side of the ophthalmic diffractive lens molded using the first mold. | 03-15-2012 |
20120229754 | Electronic Lens Comprised of Hybrid Matertials - Embodiments described herein may provide an electro-active lens. The electro-active lens may comprise a first substrate, a second substrate, and an electro-active element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electro-active element may be configured to alter the optical power of at least a portion of the electro-active lens. The first substrate may comprise a different material than the second substrate. | 09-13-2012 |
20130027655 | Electro-Active Lenses Including Thin Glass Substrates - An electro-active optical cell is described including a layer of electro-active material, a front glass substrate member, and a back glass substrate member. The optical cell is capable of independently providing changeable optical power with the application of an electrical potential. The cell is also configured to be affixed to an external surface of a plastic substrate and to provide the changeable optical power, with at least one of the front substrate or the back substrate of the optical cell being an outermost optical layer. The layer of electro-active material may have a thickness less than 10 μm, and the glass substrate members may each have a thickness approximately between 20 μm and 500 μm. | 01-31-2013 |
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20120021619 | PROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC CONNECTORS - Connectors and methods of coupling electronic devices and cables are provided. In one embodiment, a connector has a first coded magnet on a first surface of a first device. The first coded magnet has at least two different polarity regions on the first surface. A second coded magnet on a second surface of a second device is also provided. The second coded magnet is configured to provide identifying information regarding the device on which it is located. | 01-26-2012 |
20120028480 | ALIGNMENT AND CONNECTION FOR DEVICES - A plug or connector including a coded magnet and an electrical contact. As the plug approaches a corresponding port, the coded magnet interacts with a magnet within the port. The interaction between the plug coded magnet and the port coded magnet provides a force to connect and/or align the plug with the port. Once the plug is received within the port, if a process is completed, the coded magnets polarities are altered to eject the plug from the port. | 02-02-2012 |
20120032765 | MAGNETIC FASTENERS - The various embodiment provide fastening devices, systems and methods that utilize two or more maxels in respective correlated magnetic structures provided in a first structure and at least one second structure to fasten or repulse the first structure to or from, as the case may be, the at least one second structure. In at least one embodiment, each maxel is programmable and may vary either or both the polarity and magnetic strength of the given maxel. The variance of the polarity and/or magnetic strength of the given maxel may be programmable and may be varied to attract or repulse a second magnetic structure which desirably also contains one or maxels forming a correlated magnetic structure. | 02-09-2012 |
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20110133565 | Wireless Energy Transfer with Negative Index Material - Embodiments of the invention disclose a system configured to exchange energy wirelessly. The system includes a structure configured to exchange the energy wirelessly via a coupling of evanescent waves, wherein the structure is electromagnetic (EM) and non-radiative, and wherein the structure generates an EM near-field in response to receiving the energy; and a negative index material (NIM) arranged within the EM near-field such that the coupling is enhanced. | 06-09-2011 |
20110156487 | Wireless Energy Transfer with Energy Relays - Embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a system configured to transfer energy wirelessly, comprising a source configured to transfer the energy wirelessly to a sink via a coupling of evanescent waves, wherein the source generates an electromagnetic (EM) near-field in response to receiving the energy; and an energy relay arranged such that to increase the coupling between the source and the sink, wherein the source, the sink, and the energy relay are electromagnetic and non-radiative structures. | 06-30-2011 |
20110169336 | Wireless Energy Transfer to Moving Devices - Embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a system configured to transfer energy wirelessly, comprising: a source configured to generate evanescent waves, in response to receiving the energy, on at least part of a surface of the source; a sink configured to receive the energy wirelessly from the source via a coupling of the at least part of the evanescent waves; and a load configured to receive the energy from the sink, wherein the load and the sink are configured to move along the surface of the source such that the at least a part of the evanescent waves are coupled between the source and the sink within an energy transfer area. | 07-14-2011 |