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20130138447 | Genetic based health management apparatus and methods - Apparatus and methods are devised and provided to receive genetic material from a human test subject and further to characterize that genetic material into an electronic representation of a genome. In particular, with respect to many genetic features which relate to diet, nutrition and exercise with a view to weight control. Based upon the presence of certain genetic features, genetic markers or polymorphisms, a rules based logic path is executed to arrive at a action plan set of recommendations. These recommendations relate to lifestyle actions which may be taken up by a person and these actions thus relate to that person's particular genetic composition. These apparatus and methods produce an easy-to-consume visual presentation describing genetic based traits and conditions, the personal status of a test subject as it relates to these genetic dependent traits and conditions, and possible lifestyle actions which may be performed by the user. | 05-30-2013 |
20130151270 | Genetic Based Health Management Systems for Weight and Nutrition Control - Systems have been devised for health management based upon genetic markers. Specifically, systems are arranged to compute genetic risk for several factors relating to metabolism and weight gain in view of various genotypes at particular markers in an individual's genome. An algorithm which depends upon these risk calculations and in further view of the presence of additional variants in the genome under test is executed to arrive at a diet type selection for the particular user. In additions to diet type selections, specific supporting diet related recommendations related to eating behaviors, food reactions and nutritional needs, based upon markers found in the genetic profile, are additionally included in a diet action plan. | 06-13-2013 |
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20110276674 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for creating a representation of dependency relationships between computing resources within a computing environment. In some implementations, one or more sources for dependency analysis may be identified. Each source may be capable of being accessed to provide computing functionality via the computing environment. Each source may include one or more references to a respective one or more computing resources. Each computing resource may define a unit of the computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships may be identified based on the one or more sources. A dependency relationship representation may be created based on the identified dependency relationships. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276693 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for provisioning computing services. In some implementations, a plurality of computing resources available within a computing environment are identified. The plurality of computing resources may be capable of being used to provide computing services via the computing environment. Each of the computing resources may comprise a respective unit of computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships among the computing resources may be identified. Based on the identified dependency relationships, a first one or more of the computing resources may be selected for inclusion in a license definition. A license conforming to the license definition may provide an entity with access to the computing functionality associated with the first one or more computing resources. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276890 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for identifying computing resources specified by a representation of a computing service. In some implementations, a request to analyze a computing service provided via a computing environment may be received. The computing service may have an activated state in which the computing service is available for use and a deactivated state in which the computing service is not available for use. The computing environment may comprise a plurality of computing resources each defining a variable unit of computing functionality within the computing environment. Each computing resource may be associated with a respective parameter corresponding with a respective parameter value that specifies a level of the variable unit of computing functionality defined by the computing resource. The computing service may be represented by a metadata model comprising a plurality of nodes, at least some of which specify a respective one or more of the parameter values. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276892 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for providing a user interface component. In some implementations, a request for the user interface component may be received at a computing device. The user interface component may have a default visual presentation. A branding override may be selected from a plurality of available branding overrides. The branding override may define a modification to the default visual presentation of the user interface component. The branding override may be selected based on one or more contextual variables associated with the request for the user interface component. The user interface component may be modified in accordance with the selected branding override. The user interface component may be displayed on a display device. | 11-10-2011 |
20120330710 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING TIMING AND LOCATION INTO APPOINTMENT SCHEDULES - A scheduler integrates worker time and location into customer appointment schedules by obtaining the status of workers' meetings with customers and forwarding updated schedule messages to waiting customers if the worker is late for an appointment due to traffic or unexpected delays at the previous customer meeting. The waiting customers receiving the updated schedules can respond by accepting the updated schedule, adjusting the meeting time or cancelling the appointment. The scheduler eliminates the need for customers to have to wait for long periods of time for service workers to arrive and allows them to adjust the meeting appointment based upon their schedules. | 12-27-2012 |
20140047117 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for creating a representation of dependency relationships between computing resources within a computing environment. In some implementations, one or more sources for dependency analysis may be identified. Each source may be capable of being accessed to provide computing functionality via the computing environment. Each source may include one or more references to a respective one or more computing resources. Each computing resource may define a unit of the computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships may be identified based on the one or more sources. A dependency relationship representation may be created based on the identified dependency relationships. | 02-13-2014 |
20150128814 | Apparatus and Method for Making Tea Latte - An apparatus includes a body, a first container for positioning on the body and a second container for positioning on the body. An interface is positioned on the body to accept preparation parameters for tea latte. A boiler within the body receives water from the first container and milk from the second container. A heater adjacent to the boiler heats the water and the milk in accordance with at least one preparation parameter. A filter and a dispensing valve are controlled electronically. | 05-14-2015 |
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20110098638 | Sensor-Augmented Medication Infusion System - A sensor-augmented medication infusion system includes a sensor attached to a body of a user to detect an analyte level of the user. An infusion device is adapted to be carried by the user that includes a drive mechanism operatively coupled to a reservoir containing a fluid to infuse the fluid into the body of the user, a processor operatively coupled to the drive mechanism to control the drive mechanism, a communication receiver operatively coupled to the processor to receive data from the sensor corresponding to the analyte level of the user, and a display screen operatively coupled to the processor to display the data corresponding to the analyte level of the user, wherein the infusion device includes a user-selectable function to disable the infusion device from infusing the fluid into the body of the user while continuing to display the data corresponding to the analyte level of the user on the display screen. | 04-28-2011 |
20120277668 | SELECTIVE ALARMS FOR AN INFUSION DEVICE - An infusion system to administer a fluid includes an infusion pump with a pump processor, a pump memory to store a plurality of configurable alarms and a pump radio to enable bi-directional communication. The infusion system further includes a controller that has a controller processor, a controller memory, a controller radio to transmit and receive communication from the pump radio. The controller further has a graphical user interface shown on a display along with controls to manipulate the graphical user interface. Furthermore, the bi-directional communication between the infusion pump and the controller establish an infusion pump relative proximity between the infusion pump and the controller such that when the infusion pump relative proximity exceeds a pump threshold distance at least one of the plurality of configurable alarm conditions of the infusion pump is modified. | 11-01-2012 |
20130035633 | Selective Alarms for an Infusion Device - An infusion system to administer a fluid includes an infusion pump with a pump processor, a pump memory to store a plurality of configurable alarms and a pump radio to enable bi-directional communication. The infusion system further includes a controller that has a controller processor, a controller memory, a controller radio to transmit and receive communication from the pump radio. The controller further has a graphical user interface shown on a display along with controls to manipulate the graphical user interface. Furthermore, the bi-directional communication between the infusion pump and the controller establish an infusion pump relative proximity between the infusion pump and the controller such that when the infusion pump relative proximity exceeds a pump threshold distance at least one of the plurality of configurable alarm conditions of the infusion pump is modified. | 02-07-2013 |
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20110083122 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASSIVE LARGE SCALE TEST INFRASTRUCTURE - An automated system is provided to support massive scale grid of machines in a rapid, multi-developer coding environment. The system has virtual testing environments that are created from template machines, supporting various software versions for various code branches. The grid is built by having a small subset of template machines (e.g. with Oracle 9g, 10g, and application server installations), images of the template machines, virtual machine instances created by applying one or more of the image templates, which then are used by the virtual testing environment. Upon receipt of code changes, changes are checked-out, compiled, tested on various test feeds on a virtual testing environment, which is destroyed and re-created after every test run. Any software version upgrades or bug fixes need to be applied only to the template machines. The number of virtual machines associated with any particular template machine is dynamically configurable to provision for optimal use of testing machines. | 04-07-2011 |
20130283103 | FACILITATING LARGE-SCALE TESTING USING VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for testing in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of one or more changes to a software application, wherein each change corresponds to a different version of the software application. The method further includes generating one or more virtual machines for a version of the software application in response to the indication, wherein the one or more virtual machines test the version of the software application. | 10-24-2013 |
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20110184993 | Independent Access to Virtual Machine Desktop Content - Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating access to content stored remotely, for example, as part of a virtual machine infrastructure or elsewhere in a networked environment, using a uniform mechanism are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Virtual Desktop Management Server/System with a Content Abstraction Layer which enables users to access their data stored as part of a virtual machine environment, or replicated otherwise on a network, using a generic API. The API can be incorporated into a web browser or other third party interface to provide access to the users' data without needing to remote a bitmap representation of a virtual desktop display. Accordingly, users can access their data, applications, and settings regardless of the type of access device and regardless of whether the corresponding virtual desktop is running in the data center, provisioned in the datacenter but running on a client device, or not running at all. | 07-28-2011 |
20110185292 | Accessing Virtual Disk Content of a Virtual Machine Using a Control Virtual Machine - Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating access to content stored remotely, for example, as part of a virtual machine infrastructure or elsewhere in a networked environment, using a uniform mechanism are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Virtual Desktop Management Server/System with a Content Abstraction Layer which enables users to access their data stored as part of a virtual machine environment, or replicated otherwise on a network, using a generic API. The API can be incorporated into a web browser or other third party interface to provide access to the users' data without needing to remote a bitmap representation of a virtual desktop display. Accordingly, users can access their data, applications, and settings regardless of the type of access device and regardless of whether the corresponding virtual desktop is running in the data center, provisioned in the datacenter but running on a client device, or not running at all. | 07-28-2011 |
20110185355 | Accessing Virtual Disk Content of a Virtual Machine Without Running a Virtual Desktop - Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating access to content stored remotely, for example, as part of a virtual machine infrastructure or elsewhere in a networked environment, using a uniform mechanism are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Virtual Desktop Management Server/System with a Content Abstraction Layer which enables users to access their data stored as part of a virtual machine environment, or replicated otherwise on a network, using a generic API. The API can be incorporated into a web browser or other third party interface to provide access to the users' data without needing to remote a bitmap representation of a virtual desktop display. Accordingly, users can access their data, applications, and settings regardless of the type of access device and regardless of whether the corresponding virtual desktop is running in the data center, provisioned in the datacenter but running on a client device, or not running at all. | 07-28-2011 |
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20150106907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE CO-BROWSING OF PATIENT RECORDS ON COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method and system are provided for co-browsing of patient records on communication devices. The method includes setting up a communication session between a first communication device and one or more second communication devices, where the communication session is initiated by the first communication device. Further, the method includes accessing one or more patient records via a server, where the one or more patient records are accessed at the first communication device. The method further includes sending a reference of the one or more patient records to the one or more second communication devices, where the reference is sent from the first communication device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150120325 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATION FOR SHARING PATIENT RECORDS ON LOW COMPUTING RESOURCES ON COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method and system are provided for collaboration for sharing patient records on low computing resources on communication devices. The method includes accessing one or more patient data records via a server, where the one or more patient data records are accessed at a first communication device. The method further includes invoking a communication session with one or more second communication devices, where the communication session includes context information of the one or more patient data records. Further, the method includes sending a request to the server, by at least one of the one or more second communication devices, to access the one or more patient data records, where the request includes the context information. Finally, the method includes receiving, at the at least one of the one or more second communication devices, access to the patient data records, where the access is provided during the communication session. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110298944 | ADAPTIVE LENS SHADING CORRECTION - Systems, methods, and devices for applying lens shading correction to image data captured by an image sensor are provided. In one embodiment, multiple lens shading adaptation functions, each modeled based on the response of a color channel to a reference illuminant, are provided. An image frame from the image data may be analyzed to select a lens shading adaptation function corresponding to a reference illuminant that most closely matches a current illuminant. The selected lens shading function may then be used to adjust a set of lens shading parameters. | 12-08-2011 |
20120063679 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PIXEL OUTLIERS - A method for identifying singleton outlier pixels in a selected color space in a digital image including a plurality of pixels, includes for each 3×3 patch of pixels in the image, calculating the diameter of the 3×3 patch of pixels. For each pixel in the patch, the distance to its nearest neighbor pixel within the patch is computed, as measured in the selected color space. The computed distance from each pixel in the patch is compared to its nearest neighbor with a threshold that is a preselected fraction of the diameter. A center pixel in the patch is identified as an outlier pixel if its calculated distance to its nearest neighbor is the largest distance to a nearest neighbor and exceeds the threshold. | 03-15-2012 |
20120081553 | SPATIAL FILTERING FOR IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING - Systems and methods are disclosed for applying spatial filtering to raw image data. In one embodiment, a spatial filter may identify an n×n block of pixels from the current image frame, the n×n block including a plurality of neighboring pixels being centered about a current input pixel and being of the same color component as the current input pixel. The spatial filter may include a plurality of filter taps, with one filter tap corresponding to each of the pixels within the n×n block. A set of filtering coefficients for each filter tap, which may be based on a Gaussian function, may be determined. A pixel difference value between the current input pixel and each of the plurality of neighboring pixels in the n×n block are determined, and the pixel differences may be used to determine an attenuation factor for each filter tap. In one embodiment, the attenuation factor is based upon the pixel difference value between the raw input pixel and the neighboring pixel at the filter tap and brightness of the current input pixel. An attenuated set of filtering coefficients may be obtained thereafter by applying the attenuation factors to their respective filtering taps. Subsequently, the attenuated filtering coefficients may be applied to obtain a set of filtered pixel values. By normalizing the sum of the filtered pixel values using the sum of the attenuated filtering coefficients, a spatially filtered output value corresponding to the current input pixel (e.g., located at the center of the n×n block) may be determined. | 04-05-2012 |
20140015996 | Image Capture Accelerator - An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode. | 01-16-2014 |
20150077586 | Conversion Between Aspect Ratios in Camera - A camera system captures an image in a source aspect ratio and applies a transformation to the input image to scale and warp the image to generate an output image having a target aspect ratio different than the source aspect ratio. The output image has the same field of view as the input image, maintains image resolution, and limits distortion to levels that do not substantially affect the viewing experience. In one embodiment, the output image is non-linearly warped relative to the input image such that a distortion in the output image relative to the input image is greater in a corner region of the output image than a center region of the output image. | 03-19-2015 |
20150092076 | Image Capture Accelerator - An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode. | 04-02-2015 |
20150109488 | Frame Manipulation to Reduce Rolling Shutter Artifacts - An image sensor of a camera system captures an image over an image capture interval of time, and waits a blanking interval of time before capturing an additional image. The captured image is provided to a frame controller, and is buffered until an image signal processor accesses the captured image. The image signal processor processes the accessed image over an image processing interval of time, producing a processed image. The image processing interval of time is selected to be greater than the image capture interval of time, but less than the sum of the image capture interval of time and the blanking interval of time. By reducing the image capture interval of time but maintaining an image processing interval of time, rolling shutter artifacts are beneficially reduced without increasing the processing resources or power required by the image signal processor to process the image. | 04-23-2015 |
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20130213478 | Enhancing the Photovoltaic Response of CZTS Thin-Films - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a precursor material outwardly from a substrate, introducing a source-material into proximity with the precursor material, depositing a dopant, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with of the source-material layer. The precursor material may include Cu, Zn, and Sn, and one or more of S or Se. The source material may include Sn and one or more of S or Se. The dopant may be deposited in sufficient proximity to the precursor material such that the average grain size of the precursor material is increased by the presence of the dopant and is greater than 200 nm. The annealing of the precursor material may be performed in a constrained volume. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217175 | Closed-Space Sublimation Process for Production of CZTS Thin-Films - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a CZT(S, Se) precursor layer onto a substrate, introducing a source-material layer comprising Sn(S, Se) into proximity with the precursor layer, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with the source-material layer in a constrained volume. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217176 | Closed-Space Annealing of Chalcogenide Thin-Films with Volatile Species - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a chalcogenide precursor layer onto a substrate, introducing a cover into proximity with the precursor layer, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with of the cover, where the annealing is performed in a constrained volume, and where the presence of the cover reduces decomposition of volatile species from the precursor layer during annealing. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217211 | Controlled-Pressure Process for Production of CZTS Thin-Films - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a CZT(S, Se) precursor layer onto a substrate and then annealing the precursor layer in the presence of a gaseous phase comprising Sn(S, Se), where the partial pressure of each component of the gaseous phase is kept approximately constant over substantially all of the surface of the precursor layer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217214 | Closed-Space Annealing Process for Production of CIGS Thin-Films - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a CIGS precursor layer onto a substrate, introducing a source-material layer into proximity with the precursor layer, where the source-material layer includes one or more of Cu, In, or Ga, and one or more of S or Se, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with of the source-material layer, where the annealing is performed in a constrained volume, and where the presence of the source-material layer reduces decomposition of volatile species from the precursor layer during annealing. | 08-22-2013 |
20130319502 | Bifacial Stack Structures for Thin-Film Photovoltaic Cells - In one embodiment, a photovoltaic cell comprises a transparent substrate having an exposed bottom surface for receiving light; a transparent-conducting-oxide layer positioned over the transparent substrate; a chalcogenide photovoltaic-absorber layer positioned over transparent-conducting oxide layer; and another transparent-conducting-oxide layer positioned over the photovoltaic-absorber layer, where the photovoltaic cell is operable to transmit incident light to both sides of the photovoltaic-absorber layer and to absorb incident light at both the top side and the bottom side of the photovoltaic-absorber layer. | 12-05-2013 |