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20080293600 | Multiple-Function Dispersant Graft Polymer - A grafted polymer, either polyolefin or polyester, containing monomers associated with sludge and varnish control as well as monomers associated with soot handling to provide a graft polymer exhibiting multiple performance attributes. Also described are methods for manufacturing these novel multiple-function graft polymers via solution and melt processes. Lubricating oil compositions containing these novel multiple-function polymers as an additive that display performance characteristics directed to good soot handling and sludge and varnish control as well as control of viscosity increase are described. | 11-27-2008 |
20110287992 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MULTIPLE GRAFT MONOMER LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMER - The composition and preparation of multiple graft low molecular weight polymers useful as dispersants are described. The dispersants described are suitable for controlling sludge and varnish as well as soot. The product is useful as a lubricant additive and a fuel additive. | 11-24-2011 |
20120323018 | Preparation of Monomers for Grafting to Polyolefins, and Lubricating Oil Compositions Containing Grafted Copolymer - A graft copolymer containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing graftable monomers grafted to a polyolefin is disclosed. Novel monomers, methods of making such monomers, and graft copolymers comprising such monomers are based on reacting an acylating agent with an amine to form a reaction product. The reaction product may include more than one chemical compound formed from the combination of the acylating agent and the amine. The monomer is the graftable, ethylenically unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing compound(s) of the reaction product. The monomer may, but need not, be recovered from the product mixture. The preferred monomer is the reaction product of malcic anhydride and 4-aminodiphenylamine. Also described is a method of making a dispersant viscosity index improver. The monomer of the present invention may be grafted to a polyolefin in solutions or melts. Also described is a lubricating oil comprising a base oil and a grafted polyolefin as described above. | 12-20-2012 |
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20080307107 | Peer-to-peer distributed storage for internet protocol television - A plurality of portions of a video content item is distributed to a plurality of peers, respectively, of a peer-to-peer network. Each of the plurality of portions encodes less than an entire portion of the video content item. A peer of the network retrieves at least a subset of the plurality of portions of the video content item from at least a subset of the peers. The at least the subset of the plurality of portions of the video content item enables recovery of the video content item by the peer. | 12-11-2008 |
20090276503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLECTING, CORRELATING, AND AGGREGATING STRUCTURED EDITED CONTENT AND NON-EDITED CONTENT - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 11-05-2009 |
20100070613 | Portable Communication Interface for Accessing Media Content - A method and apparatus for accessing media with a portable communication device presents media available for display to a user based on user preferences. A user can select media to be output from an external display by entering commands into the portable communications device. In addition, a second external display can be used to display a subset of the media available for display. | 03-18-2010 |
20100125800 | System and Method for Bridging Communication Services Between Virtual Worlds and the Real World - A system includes a gateway operative to couple the system to a user. The system further includes a first infolet coupled to the gateway, and operative to couple the system to a first virtual world application, a second infolet coupled to the gateway and to the first infolet, and operative to couple the system to a real world application. The system is operable to obtain first information requested by the user from the second infolet and send the first information to the virtual world application through the first infolet. | 05-20-2010 |
20100162149 | Systems and Methods to Provide Location Information - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate location based services based on locations in virtual worlds and locations in the real world. In one aspect, a location server obtains and provides the locations of avatars of users in different virtual worlds and the locations of mobile devices of the corresponding users in the real world. An application server, for example, may provide location based services in a virtual world based on the location of a mobile device in the real world, or provide location based services to a mobile device based on the location of an avatar in a virtual world, or provide location based services to an avatar in one virtual world based on the location of a related avatar in another virtual world. | 06-24-2010 |
20100223354 | Method for Creating and Providing Layered Syndicated Data for Multimedia Content to Users - A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving. | 09-02-2010 |
20110126245 | Analyzing Internet Protocol Television Data to Support Peer-Assisted Video-on-Demand Content Delivery - A video-on-demand (VOD) server in an Internet protocol television (IPTV) network with a network of set-top boxes includes IPTV operational data and an analysis module that selects a content item. The VOD server divides the content item into sequential chunks, divides the chunks into stripes, pre-populates set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receives a request for the content item, and directs each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes. A method includes selecting a content item based upon IPTV operational data, dividing the content item into sequential chunks, dividing the chunks into stripes, pre-populating set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receiving a request for the content item, and directing each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes. | 05-26-2011 |
20120254358 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING LAYERED SYNDICATED DATA FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO USERS - A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving. | 10-04-2012 |
20130084878 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RANKED NETWORK PRIORITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate ranked network priority. An example method includes obtaining a bid value associated with a first wireless device, calculating a rank of the first wireless device with a plurality of wireless devices based on the bid value, operating characteristics of the first wireless device, and a scheduling model, and allocating a first portion of wireless network resources to the first wireless device based on the rank of the first wireless device. | 04-04-2013 |
20140089517 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING LAYERED SYNDICATED DATA FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO USERS - A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving. | 03-27-2014 |
20140142848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIAL AND TEMPORAL NAVIGATION - A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more geographical locations are determined from the at least one content. The method then presents an access to the at least one content to a user via the map. | 05-22-2014 |
20140274097 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RANKED NETWORK PRIORITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate ranked network priority. An example method includes calculating a rank of a first wireless device relative to a plurality of wireless devices based on a first bid value associated with the first wireless device, allocating a first bit rate to the first wireless device based on the rank of the first wireless device at a first time, and in response to detecting a change in availability of the first bit rate at a second time, applying a second bid value for a second bit rate when the first wireless device is located in a first geographic area, and applying a third bid value for the second bit rate when the first wireless device is located in a second geographic area different from the first geographic area. | 09-18-2014 |
20140317132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLECTING, CORRELATING, AND AGGREGATING STRUCTURED EDITED CONTENT AND NON-EDITED CONTENT - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317133 | COLLECTING SENSOR DATA - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090264103 | Personalized multimedia services using a mobile service platform - A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server. | 10-22-2009 |
20130065559 | Personalized Multimedia Services Using A Mobile Service Platform - A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server. | 03-14-2013 |
20130091410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A CONTEXT-AWARE PERSONALIZED BLOGGING AGENT - A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator. | 04-11-2013 |
20140141744 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING TASK COSTING WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device. Where the base cost value and relief cost value satisfies conditions, a task can be divided into subtasks that can be distributed to the cluster to accomplish the task in a distributed computing environment. | 05-22-2014 |