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Jim C. Chou, San Francisco, CA US
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20100183126 | IN-BAND SIGNALING IN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS - Architecture that employs a combination of in-band signaling (e.g., DTMF) with speech recognition to deliver usability improvements. The in-band signaling allows the user to indicate to the system when a barge-in operation is occurring and/or when to start listening to subsequent speech input and optionally, when to stop listening for further speech input. The in-band signaling can be utilized during a telephone call and using wireline and wireless telephones. Moreover, the architecture can be incorporated at the platform level requiring little, if any, application changes to support the new mode of operation. | 07-22-2010 |
Jim C. Hwang, Cupertino, CA US
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20150349539 | Reducing the Impact of an Inductive Energy Transfer System on a Touch Sensing Device - A transmitter device for an inductive energy transfer system can include a DC-to-AC converter operably connected to a transmitter coil, a first capacitor connected between the transmitter coil and one output terminal of the DC-to-AC converter, and a second capacitor connected between the transmitter coil and another output terminal of the DC-to-AC converter. One or more capacitive shields can be positioned between the transmitter coil and an interface surface of the transmitter device. A receiver device can include a touch sensing device, an AC-to-DC converter operably connected to a receiver coil, a first capacitor connected between the receiver coil and one output terminal of the AC-to-DC converter, and a second capacitor connected between the receiver coil and another output terminal of the AC-to-DC converter. One or more capacitive shields can be positioned between the receiver coil and an interface surface of the receiver device. | 12-03-2015 |
Jim C. Nensewitz, Grand Rapids, MI US
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20100275428 | Food Carrier - A method for carrying a plurality of food containers that includes an insulated housing having a closed bottom, a closed top located substantially vertically above the bottom, and at least one side wall having a first opening proximate the top of the housing and a second opening proximate the bottom of the housing, the first opening being sized to receive at least one meal container therethrough, the second opening being sized to allow removal of at least one meal container from within the housing as received within the housing from the first opening and to preclude simultaneous removal of all of the meal containers from within the housing, thereby limiting heat transfer from within the housing. | 11-04-2010 |
Jim C. Smelcer, Hermitage, TN US
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20100095905 | Gas Fired Modulating Water Heating Appliance With Dual Combustion Air Premix Blowers - A water heating apparatus uses a low range blower assembly and a high range blower assembly, each providing a variable flow of premixed fuel and air to a burner assembly. Appropriate choice of the operating ranges of the blower assemblies can provide a high turndown ratio approximately equal to the product of the turndown ratios of each of the individual blower assemblies. Turndown ratios as high as 25:1 are achievable. | 04-22-2010 |
20100116225 | Integrated Dual Chamber Burner - A dual chamber burner assembly is provided for use with a heater apparatus having dual combustion air premix blowers. The burner assembly includes first and second interior zones communicated with first and second foraminous outer wall portions. First and second fuel and air inlet passages are communicated with the first and second interior zones, respectively. | 05-13-2010 |
20110146594 | Fire Tube Heater - A fire tube heater apparatus includes a shell, with a tube bundle received in the shell and a burner section communicated with the tube bundle. The tubes in the tube bundle have circular inlet and outlet end portions with a flattened, serpentine intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has a width greater than the inlet outside diameter and a tube thickness transverse to the width less than the inlet outside diameter. | 06-23-2011 |
20130014708 | Gas Fired Modulating Water Heating Appliance With Dual Combustion Air Premix Blowers - A water heating apparatus includes a burner having first and second zones. First and second blowers provide premixed fuel and air to the first and second zones, respectively. An automated control system controls the two blowers. | 01-17-2013 |
20140199643 | Modulating Burner - A modulating burner apparatus includes a variable speed blower feeding a multi-chamber burner having first and second burner chambers. A manifold system communicates the blower with the burner, and a flow control valve member is located between the blower and the second chamber of the burner. The flow control valve is configured to provide fuel and air mixture from the blower to only the first burner chamber at lower blower speeds of the blower and to both the first and second burner chambers at higher blower speeds of the blower. | 07-17-2014 |
Jim C. Thompsen, Bartlesville, OK US
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20160033459 | QUANTITATION OF AMINES IN HYDROCARBONS - The present disclosure relates to methods for quantitation of amines in hydrocarbon stream. More specifically, the disclosure relates to rapid, precise and highly-sensitive methods for quantitating hydrogen sulfide-scavenging amines in crude petroleum oil or refinery streams. | 02-04-2016 |
Jim C. Williams, Yorba Linda, CA US
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20090031144 | REVOCATION MESSAGE CYCLING IN A DIGITAL TRANSMISSION CONTENT PROTECTION SYSTEM - In a digital Content Protection System (CPS), System Renewability Messages (SRM's) are managed at an administrative level to prioritize and select SRM's depending on transmission region and/or time. The highest-priority SRM's may be selected to fit in a receiver memory size specified by a CPS. SRM's may be cycled so that different subsets of the total set of SRM's are selected for highest priority use of limited storage capacity at different times, thereby extending the effectiveness of revocation beyond the otherwise limiting factor of SRM storage capacity. | 01-29-2009 |
20090034726 | Digital Rights Management Using a Triangulating Geographic Locating Device - A method and system for controlling distribution of content within a personal domain that makes use of a determination of the relative proximity to a source device or the geographic locations of the receiving devices. The location information may be determined using a Global Positioning System (GPS) or wireless triangulation systems. Usage rights for devices in the network are determined using the location or proximity determination. | 02-05-2009 |
20090136029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF COPY-NEVER CONTENT - A method and system for controlling the use of unauthorized content, and specifically for controlling the display of content that is marked as “copy-never.” A compliant signal source transmits a video signal along with a secure timestamp to a compliant display device. The compliant display device determines whether the video signal is authorized to be displayed by determining the content management usage rights status in the video signal and the delay between when the video signal was transmitted and when it was received. In an embodiment of the invention, copy-never content that exceeds a defined delay between transmission and reception is prevented from being displayed. | 05-28-2009 |
Jim C. Williams, The Woodlands, TX US
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20100021435 | PANCREATIC ISLET-LIKE CELLS - The generation of pancreatic islet-like cells from isolated monocyte-derived stem cells (MDSCs) is provided. MD-SCs may be differentiated into pancreatic islet cells by contacting the MDSCs with a differentiation factor or factors. Compositions comprising pancreatic islet cells and methods of using them are also provided. | 01-28-2010 |
20100047908 | MONOCYTE-DERIVED STEM CELLS - Methods for generating multipotent stem cells from adult peripheral blood monocytes are provided. Monocytes may be de-differentiated into monocyte-derived stem cells (MDSCs) by contacting the monocyte with the de-differentation factors, leukocyte inhibitory factor, macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or a combination thereof. The MDSCs may be differentiated into many different types of cells upon contact with the appropriate differentiation factors. Also provided are compositions comprising the MDSCs or differentiated cells derived from the MDSCs. | 02-25-2010 |
20120207719 | PANCREATIC ISLET-LIKE CELLS - The generation of pancreatic islet-like cells from isolated monocyte-derived stem cells (MDSCs) is provided. MDSCs may be differentiated into pancreatic islet cells by contacting the MDSCs with a differentiation factor or factors. Compositions comprising pancreatic islet cells and methods of using them are also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
Jim C. Willimas, The Woodlands, TX US
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20100003228 | T-CELL VACCINE - An improved T-cell vaccine and methods of making the vaccine are described. The vaccine may be made by stimulating T-cells with all epitopes of an antigenic polypeptide that may be capable of stimulating autoreactive T cells. | 01-07-2010 |