Muller, MA
James E. Muller, Auburndale, MA US
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20090299195 | Multimodal Catheter System and Method for Intravascular Analysis - Methods, apparatus, and systems for intravascular analysis combine at least three analytical modalities. In one implementation, intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, and near infrared spectroscopy are combined to enable detection of multiple, different abnormalities in the arterial morphology during a single intravascular procedure. | 12-03-2009 |
20120116214 | Multimodal Catheter System and Method for Intravascular Analysis - Methods, apparatus, and systems for intravascular analysis combine at least three analytical modalities. In one implementation, intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, and near infrared spectroscopy are combined to enable detection of multiple, different abnormalities in the arterial morphology during a single intravascular procedure. | 05-10-2012 |
Jean-Marc Muller, Boston, MA US
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20140063484 | Optical Velocimetry Systems and Methods for Determining the Velocity of a Body Using Fringes Generated by a Spatial Light Modulator - A velocimetry system for measuring the velocity of a moving body propagating through a measurement volume includes a light source for emitting a light beam, a controller for generating a modulation pattern corresponding to a desired set of fringes to be generated in the measurement volume, and a spatial light modulator operatively connected to the controller to receive therefrom the modulation pattern. The spatial light modulator is configured to spatially modulate the light beam according to the modulation pattern in order to generate the desired set of fringes in the measurement volume. Also provided are a light detector for measuring the energy of the light scattered by the moving body as it intersects the fringes, and a data analysis unit operatively connected to the light detector and adapted to determine the velocity of the moving body from at least one fringe characteristic and the energy of the scattered light measured. | 03-06-2014 |
Jeffrey Muller, Stow, MA US
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20100152897 | METHOD & APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ATTITUDE OF A CAMERA ASSOCIATED WITH A ROBOTIC DEVICE - A robot movement control device is connected to a communications network in a remote location relative to a robotic device that is also connected to the communications network. The robot movement control device is an electronic device with a video display for displaying a real-time video image sent to it by a camera associated with the robot. A robot movement control mechanism is included in the robot control device and robot movement control commands are generated by the movement control mechanism which commands include speed and directional information. The control commands are sent by the robot control device over the network to the robot which uses the commands to adjust its speed and direction of movement of the robot. A relationship between the motion of the robot and the attitude of the camera associated with the robot is establish and used in conjunction with the detected motion of the robot to automatically adjust the attitude of the video camera associated with the robot. | 06-17-2010 |
Jeffrey T. Muller, Stow, MA US
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20100082156 | METHOD & APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE MOTION OF A ROBOTIC DEVICE - A robot movement control device is connected to a communications network in a remote location relative to a robotic device that is also connected to the communications network. The robot movement control device is an electronic device with a video display for displaying a real-time video image sent to it by a camera associated with the robot. A robot movement control overlay is displayed in the field of the real-time video image at the robot control device and robot control commands are generated by selecting locations within the boundary of the movement control overlay which include speed and directional information. The control commands are sent by the robot control device over the network to the robot which uses the commands to adjust its speed and direction of movement. | 04-01-2010 |
20100299385 | METHOD & APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE PRESENCE OF A SHARED CLIENT COMMUNICATION DEVICE - One or more presence capable shared or non-shared client communication devices that are members of a communications group are connected to a communications network server that is capable of receiving presence information from any of the shared or non-shared client communication devices and publishing this presence information to other member of the group. The network server maintains publication instructions that are based upon a listing of the member in the group and only publishes presence information to shared and non-shared client communication devices that are members of the group. The network server also maintains permissions rules, created a primary user of a shared client communication device, that limits access by non-primary users to the shared client communication device who are member of the communications group and that controls how the presence information is displayed in a multi-level contact directory located at either a shared or non-shared client communication device. | 11-25-2010 |
John A. Muller, Boston, MA US
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20080221621 | TENSION FIXATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member used for spinal fixation, whereby spinal deformity can be corrected and mechanical stability of the spine is provided so that load is carried fully or partially through the structural member. This invention provides fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member through tensile loading of a component of the fixation mechanism. This invention is widely adaptable to a variety of bone anchors and structural members. This invention allows reduction of spine deformity resulting from varied spinal disease through the fixation mechanism alone without the need for added reduction instrumentation systems. This invention equally provides a fixation mechanism for fixation of a bone anchor to the structural member of a spine fixation system in the absence of deformity. | 09-11-2008 |
Marcus S. Muller, Cambridge, MA US
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20120142429 | COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC GAME PLAY EMPLOYING PLAYER CLASSIFICATION AND AGGREGATION - A method and system tracks, analyzes or sorts behaviors of user or players across a network to draw correlations from, or characterizations of, those user or players and identifies similarly characterized or mutually complementary user or players. For example, the method automatically obtains player data regarding interactions by each of multiple players with a multiplayer electronic game via each player's corresponding data processing device connected via the network. The method can then sort, classify or suggest additional activities, games, groups, or other different activities or actions for the players. | 06-07-2012 |
20130013609 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING AND TRANSFERRING INFORMATION IN A STORAGE NETWORK - Systems and methods for data classification to facilitate and improve data management within an enterprise are described. The disclosed systems and methods evaluate and define data management operations based on data characteristics rather than data location, among other things. Also provided are methods for generating a data structure of metadata that describes system data and storage operations. This data structure may be consulted to determine changes in system data rather than scanning the data files themselves. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024424 | DATA OBJECT STORE AND SERVER FOR A CLOUD STORAGE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING DATA DEDUPLICATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CLOUD STORAGE SITES - Data storage operations, including content-indexing, containerized deduplication, and policy-driven storage, are performed within a cloud environment. The systems support a variety of clients and cloud storage sites that may connect to the system in a cloud environment that requires data transfer over wide area networks, such as the Internet, which may have appreciable latency and/or packet loss, using various network protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Methods are disclosed for content indexing data stored within a cloud environment to facilitate later searching, including collaborative searching. Methods are also disclosed for performing containerized deduplication to reduce the strain on a system namespace, effectuate cost savings, etc. Methods are disclosed for identifying suitable storage locations, including suitable cloud storage sites, for data files subject to a storage policy. Further, systems and methods for providing a cloud gateway and a scalable data object store within a cloud environment are disclosed, along with other features. | 01-24-2013 |
20130117222 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA TO AND FROM A MEDIA STORAGE LIBRARY - A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media component is in the media library for a specific process, and exports the media component after the process is completed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130139006 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA TO AND FROM A MEDIA STORAGE LIBRARY - A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media component is in the media library for a specific process, and exports the media component after the process is completed. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143669 | COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC GAME PLAY EMPLOYING PLAYER CLASSIFICATION AND AGGREGATION - A method and system tracks, analyzes or sorts behaviors of user or players across a network to draw correlations from, or characterizations of, those user or players and identifies similarly characterized or mutually complementary user or players. For example, the method automatically obtains player data regarding interactions by each of multiple players with a multiplayer electronic game via each player's corresponding data processing device connected via the network. The method can then sort, classify or suggest additional activities, games, groups, or other different activities or actions for the players. | 06-06-2013 |
20130218842 | STORING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF INSTANCES OF DATA OBJECTS - Described are systems and methods for storing a variable number of instances of data objects (e.g., 1, 2, 3, or up to N−1 instances, where N is the number of instances of the data object included in primary data) in secondary storage across a data storage network. In some examples, a system for storing a variable number of instances of data objects includes, one or more computing devices storing a set of data objects and multiple storage devices distinct from the one or more computing devices. Each of the multiple storage devices is configured to store at least a single instance of a data object. The system also includes a database configured to store information associated with the data objects. This information includes substantially unique identifiers for the data objects and, for each of the data objects, a number of instances of the data object stored on the multiple storage devices. | 08-22-2013 |
20130238572 | PERFORMING DATA STORAGE OPERATIONS WITH A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING CONTAINERIZED DEDUPLICATION, DATA PRUNING, AND DATA TRANSFER - Various systems and methods may be used for performing data storage operations, including content-indexing, containerized deduplication, and policy-driven storage, within a cloud environment. The systems support a variety of clients and cloud storage sites that may connect to the system in a cloud environment that requires data transfer over wide area networks, such as the Internet, which may have appreciable latency and/or packet loss, using various network protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Methods for content indexing data stored within a cloud environment may facilitate later searching, including collaborative searching. Methods for performing containerized deduplication may reduce the strain on a system namespace, effectuate cost savings, etc. Methods may identify suitable storage locations, including suitable cloud storage sites, for data files subject to a storage policy. Further, the systems and methods may be used for providing a cloud gateway and a scalable data object store within a cloud environment. | 09-12-2013 |
20130339298 | COLLABORATIVE BACKUP IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During copy or backup operations, the system can use the client-side signature repository to identify data blocks located in primary storage that are new or that have changed. The system can also use the client-side signature repository to identify multiple locations within primary storage where different instances of the data blocks are located. Accordingly, during a copy or backup operation of one client computing device, the system can source a data block that is to be copied to secondary storage from another client computing device that includes a second instance of the data block. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339299 | BACKUP USING A CLIENT-SIDE SIGNATURE REPOSITORY IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During copy or backup operations, the system can use the client-side signature repository to identify data blocks located in primary storage that are new or that have changed. The system can also use the client-side signature repository to identify multiple locations within primary storage where different instances of the data blocks are located. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339300 | DEDICATED CLIENT-SIDE SIGNATURE GENERATOR IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During storage operations of a client, the system can generate signatures corresponding to data blocks that are being stored in primary storage. The system can store the generated signatures in the client-side signature repository along with information regarding the location of the corresponding data block within primary storage. As additional instances of the data block are stored in primary storage, the system can store the location of the additional instances in the client-side signature repository. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339310 | RESTORE USING A CLIENT SIDE SIGNATURE REPOSITORY IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During restore operations, the system can use the client-side signature repository to identify data blocks located in primary storage. The system can source the identified data blocks from their respective locations within primary storage instead of the secondary storage for the restore operation. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339390 | INTELLIGENT DATA SOURCING IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a repository of client-side data block signature information representative of a set of data blocks stored in a primary storage subsystem. In some cases, the system sources data blocks for secondary copy and restore operations from the primary storage subsystem instead of the secondary storage subsystem. Where multiple primary storage components (e.g., multiple client computing devices) contain copies of a data blocks involved in a secondary copy or restore operation, the system can decide which client to source the data block from based on sourcing criteria. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346373 | COLLABORATIVE RESTORE IN A NETWORKED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During restore operations, the system can use the client-side signature repository to identify data blocks located in primary storage. The system can also use the client-side signature repository to identify multiple locations within primary storage where instances of some of the data blocks to be restored are located. Accordingly, during a restore operation of one client computing device, the system can source a data block to be restored to the client computing device from another client computing device that is in primary storage. | 12-26-2013 |
20140011595 | COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC GAME PLAY EMPLOYING PLAYER CLASSIFICATION AND AGGREGATION - A method and system tracks, analyzes or sorts behaviors of user or players across a network to draw correlations from, or characterizations of, those user or players and identifies similarly characterized or mutually complementary user or players. For example, the method automatically obtains player data regarding interactions by each of multiple players with a multiplayer electronic game via each player's corresponding data processing device connected via the network. The method can then sort, classify or suggest additional activities, games, groups, or other different activities or actions for the players. | 01-09-2014 |
20140115250 | PARALLEL ACCESS VIRTUAL TAPE LIBRARY AND DRIVES - A system and method described herein allows a virtual tape library (VTL) to perform multiple simultaneous or parallel read/write or access sessions with disk drives or other storage media, particularly when subject to a sequential SCSI-compliant layer or traditional limitations of VTLs. In one embodiment, a virtualizing or transaction layer can establish multiple sessions with one or more clients to concurrently satisfy the read/write requests of those clients for physical storage resources. A table or other data structure tracks or maps the sessions associated with each client and the location of data on the physical storage devices. | 04-24-2014 |
Marcus S. Muller, Maynard, MA US
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20160034506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLINE INDEXING OF CONTENT AND CLASSIFYING STORED DATA - A method and system for creating an index of content without interfering with the source of the content includes an offline content indexing system that creates an index of content from an offline copy of data. The system may associate additional properties or tags with data that are not part of traditional indexing of content, such as the time the content was last available or user attributes associated with the content. Users can search the created index to locate content that is no longer available or based on the associate attributes. | 02-04-2016 |
Michael J. Muller, Medford, MA US
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20080313296 | SCHEDULED ELECTRONIC MAIL DELETIONS - A method of managing electronic mail messages in an email account includes displaying an open email message to a user on a display screen of a device. While the open email message is displayed to the user, intent of the user to perform an action that will result in closing the open email message is detected. In automatic response to detecting the intent of the user and before the action can be completed, a plurality of deletion options is presented to the user, from which the user selects one deletion option. A selection of one of the deletion options is received from the user. A deletion criterion is set for a given email message based on the selected deletion option and the action that will result in closing the open email message is completed, in automatic response to receiving the selection from the user. | 12-18-2008 |
Rachel Muller, Westford, MA US
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20100011353 | IMAGE INSTALLER - A method, apparatus, and software are provided for deploying at least one virtual appliance to a deployment site of a multi-tier computer system. The method includes reading a deployment configuration file to identify at least one virtual appliance to deploy, transferring the identified at least one virtual appliance to the computer system, registering the at least one virtual appliance with a virtualization software of the computer system, changing the network settings of the virtualization software to match the deployment configuration file, placing a copy of the deployment configuration file on the virtualization software, and the virtualization software installing the identified at least one virtual appliance on the computer system. | 01-14-2010 |
Rikky Muller, Cambridge, MA US
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20090195313 | BOOSTED TAIL-CURRENT CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a pair of input transistors configured as a differential pair and having input terminals configured to receive an input voltage. The circuit also includes a first current source connected to and configured to provide a first tail current to the pair of input transistors, the first tail current being a class-A current having a non-zero quiescent value. The circuit also includes a second current source connected to and configured to provide a second tail current to the pair of input transistors, the second tail current being a class-B current having a zero quiescent value and a non-zero non-quiescent value. The second current source is configured to provide the second tail current as a function of the input voltage. | 08-06-2009 |
Steven D. Muller, Mansfield, MA US
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20110087283 | ABSORBABLE BONE ANCHOR - A bone anchor is provided that can toggle in two planes for secure anchorage within a bone cavity. The bone anchor includes an oblique suture channel configured such that a suture strand extending through the bone anchor can be tensioned to toggle the bone anchor inside the bone cavity. The suture strand can be located on the same side of the anchor body to maximize the area of the anchor surface which engages bone, resulting in increased engagement into bone and resistance to tensile forces. | 04-14-2011 |
Stuart Muller, Rowley, MA US
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20080307858 | Apparatus and Process for Leak-Testing and Qualification of Fluid Dispensing Vessels | 12-18-2008 |
20090025455 | Leak Characterization Apparatuses and Methods for Fluid Storage Containers - According to the invention, an apparatus to characterize leaks in a fluid storage container is disclosed. The apparatus may include a valve coupler, a gas manifold and a processor. The valve coupler may couple the apparatus with a closed valve on the fluid storage container. The gas manifold may be coupled with the valve coupler and may include a first branch connected with a gas monitoring device. The gas monitoring device may scan for a plurality of gases that may be emitted by the closed valve of the fluid storage container. The processor may be operable to receive gas monitoring device data representing masses for one or more of the plurality of gases detected by the monitor. | 01-29-2009 |
20090025456 | Leak Characterization Apparatuses and Methods for Fluid Storage Containers - An apparatus for determining a leak rate of a gas from a closed valve is disclosed. The apparatus may include a vacuum pump, a pressure measuring device, a monitoring device, and a computer. The vacuum pump may be configured to couple downstream of the closed valve and decrease the pressure of the downstream side of the closed valve. The pressure measuring device may be configured to couple with the downstream side and determine the pressure. The monitoring device may be configured to couple with the downstream side and monitor a gas, where the gas may be emitted from the closed valve and be characterized by a mass. The monitoring device may further be configured to determine the mass. The computer may be configured to control the vacuum pump based on the pressure, and determine the leak rate of the gas based at least in part on the mass. | 01-29-2009 |