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Anthony M. Abram, Fenton, MO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100236049Head Retaining Mechanism for a Lacrosse Stick - A mechanism for securing a handle to a head, particularly of a lacrosse stick, comprises a shaft having a wedge portion positioned at a distal end thereof, a binding plate positioned adjacent to said shaft, and a means for moving said wedge portion in a longitudinal direction relative to said binding plate. Longitudinal movement of said wedge portion causes latitudinal movement of said binding plate, thereby binding said handle to said head. Such a mechanism can be used in a method for securing and maintaining secure the joint between a handle and a head, either in a new lacrosse stick or as a retrofit.09-23-2010

Gilberto Abram, Brooklyn, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110073784APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH-INTENSITY OPTICAL PULSES WITH AN ENHANCEMENT CAVITY - An enhancement cavity includes a plurality of focusing mirrors, at least one of which defines a central aperture having a diameter greater than 1 mm. The mirrors are configured to form an optical pathway for closed reflection and transmission of the optical pulse within the enhancement cavity. Ring-shaped optical pulses having a peak intensity at a radius greater than 0.5 mm from a central axis are directed into the enhancement cavity. Accordingly, the peak intensity of the optical pulse is distributed so as to circumscribe the central apertures in the apertured mirrors, and the mirrors are structured to focus the pulse about the aperture toward a central spot area where the pulse is focused to a high intensity.03-31-2011

Gilberto Abram, Somerville, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090018384Portable, Modular Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Device - A portable, modular transcranial magnetic stimulation device comprises a power supply unit, an energy storage unit, a charge recovery unit, a control unit, and at least one stimulation coil unit. The power supply unit generates specified voltages from a low voltage supply. The energy storage unit stores voltage received from the power supply unit until it is needed to generate a stimulation pulse and preferably includes discharge circuitry for discharging the stored voltage. The stimulation coil unit stores energy received from the energy storage unit as a strong current for application of magnetic stimulation to a patient. The charge recovery unit converts energy stored as current in the stimulation coil unit back to energy stored as voltage in the energy storage unit. The control unit controls the operation of the power supply unit, the energy storage unit, and the charge recovery unit. Biphasic, multiphasic, and monophasic stimulators may be implemented.01-15-2009

Joshua Abram, New York, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110040586METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORKING-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods and systems for providing social networking-based advertisements are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods for providing social networking-based advertisements to users are provided, the method comprising: collecting user information relating to a user from a user profile on a social networking website, wherein the user information includes relationship data that describes a social network of members of the social networking website connected to the user; determining whether the user information has missing attributes; in response to determining that the user information has missing attributes, deriving the missing attributes from users profiles associated with the members of the social network; using the collected user information and the missing attributes to select an advertisement; and providing the selected advertisement to the user and at least one member of the social network associated with the user.02-17-2011
20110041168SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS USING DATA DERIVED FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for targeting online advertisements using data derived from social networks are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: presenting a user at a user computer with a publicly accessible website that includes user-generated social networking content over the Internet, wherein the user is authorized to access features and the user-generated social networking content associated with the publicly accessible website upon inputting user information; in response to receiving user information from the user, displaying a webpage associated with the user; displaying at least one advertisement on the webpage, wherein the at least one advertisement embeds an object in the user computer and wherein the object is used to obtain a unique identifier associated with the user; using the object to construct a micronetwork of the members associated with the user, wherein the object obtains the unique identifier from each member that visits the webpage and the unique identifier from each member that establishes a relationship with the user; using the object to monitor information relating to the user, wherein the information includes actions executed by the user; retargeting advertisements for transmission to the user and the micronetwork based on information monitored by the object; and transmitting at least one retargeted advertisement to the user and the micronetwork associated with the user, wherein the at least one retargeted advertisement is transmitted using the unique identifier associated with the user and the unique identifier associated with each member of the micronetwork.02-17-2011

Philip M. Abram, Warwick, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100217800METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED SELECTION OF AUDIO CONTENT OVER THE INTERNET - A method an apparatus is provided for providing selected media files, which are chosen from among a plurality of media files, to a user over a packet-switched network such as the Internet. The method begins by receiving over the packet-switched network a request from the user to receive media content. Next, a user profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. The user profile reflects user preferences in media content to be received over the packet-switched network. The plurality of media files are ranked based at least in part on the user profile. At least one highly ranked media file is selected from among the ranked plurality of media files. At least one of the highly ranked media files is forwarded to the user over the packet-switched network.08-26-2010
20110093563System and method for effectively implementing an electronic image manager device - A system and method for effectively implementing an electronic image manager device includes one or more input/output interfaces for bi-directionally communicating with various information sources to transfer content information that includes image data. The electronic image manager device also includes a memory device for archiving the content information, and an application program that manipulates the content information by performing various procedures such as downloading and uploading the content information, organizing and managing the content information, editing the content information, and displaying the content information.04-21-2011

Philip Michael Abram, Warwick, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090113529Method and system for restricted biometric access to content of packaged media - A system, method, and user device for restricting access to the content of media over a network. Biometric information is collected and compared against pre-stored biometric information of a user to authenticate the identity of the user. The user then requests access to the content of a medium. Access is permitted to the requested content if the content is identified as content, or indicia identifying the content, that the user previously uploaded to the server. Access is denied to the requested content if the content is not identified as content, or indicia identifying the content, that the user previously uploaded to the server.04-30-2009

Steven R. Abram, Ortonville, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090240393METHODS, PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING FOR IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF VEHICLE SENSORS - A method for controlling for improper installation of sensors of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises the steps of determining a first indication of direction based at least in part on a yaw value, determining a second indication of direction based at least in part on a steering angle value, and changing the second indication of direction, if the first indication of direction and the second indication of direction are inconsistent with one another.09-24-2009