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Anne M. Archambault, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100325561 | MEETING LOBBY FOR WEB CONFERENCING - A conferencing system provides the scheduling of virtual meetings with meeting lobbies so that a meeting presenter can conduct a virtual meeting without the need to send out invitations to attendees. A person that wants to conduct a virtual meeting can schedule with the conferencing system a meeting with a meeting lobby. The meeting lobby has an address, but there is no associated privileged information, such as a meeting password. Would-be meeting attendees use the meeting lobby address to enter the meeting lobby as visitors in the lobby, and request to enter the meeting from the meeting lobby. A meeting presenter can then either grant authorization for a visitor in the meeting lobby to enter the meeting, or deny authorization for a visitor in the meeting lobby to enter the meeting. If a visitor in the meeting lobby is denied authorization to enter the meeting from the meeting lobby, the conferencing system removes the visitor from the meeting lobby. | 12-23-2010 |
Anne Marie Renée Archambault, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100005398 | Method and Apparatus for Viewing and Managing Collaboration Data from Within the Context of a Shared Document - Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared electronic document. A document editing pane is displayed for editing the shared document. In conjunction with the document editing pane, a collaboration pane is displayed for displaying the collaboration data. Through the collaboration pane, collaboration data such as the identities of one or more collaborators, task, documents, links and other information may be displayed. Actions may also be performed with respect to any aspect of the collaboration data through the collaboration pane. | 01-07-2010 |
Jean-Luc Archambault, Severna Park, MD US
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| 20090041463 | Systems And Methods For Providing A Three-Port Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer With An Improved Edge Profile And Add/Drop Flexibility - The technology described herein provides a low-cost three-port reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) with an improved edge profile and add/drop flexibility. The technology described herein further provides a tunable spectral filter utilizing two sets of gratings and lenses and a two-axis micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror with a selectively shaped cut-out disposed within the middle of the collimated optical path. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090067844 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORT METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTENDED REACH LOW DIFFERENTIAL LATENCY - Systems and methods for extended reach low differential latency optical networking with optical amplifiers and dispersion compensation modules configured to minimize latency between transmit and receive paths are provided. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for incorporating absolute time references wherein the relative accuracy of clock time between various servers used in various multi-site enterprises is required. The transport systems and methods are used in conjunction with low differential latency systems. The transport systems and methods provide that the differential latency between transmit and receive directions is maintained within about +/−5 microseconds of the transmit/receive path differential delay requirement in order to perform within the overall parameters of the low differential latency system architecture. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090154941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONTROL UTILIZING CORRECTED FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION ERROR LOCATION IDENTIFIERS - The present invention provides systems and methods for communication system control utilizing corrected forward error correction (FEC) error location identifiers in multi-level modulation scheme systems. The present invention utilizes precise error correction information, available for each FEC block of a particular code (including, but not limited to, block codes and concatenated block codes employing iterative decoding as well as convolutional codes (including turbo codes) and low-density parity-check code (LDPC) class codes) used (e.g., Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH), Reed-Solomon, etc.), as a result of the FEC decoding process to provide feedback to close the loop for control of a demodulator (i.e., receiver). Each error location can be uniquely traced back to a particular sub-rate signal path, with running, post-FEC corrected BER (bit error rate) calculations generated on each sub-rate signal. Advantageously, this provides the ability to adjust thresholds and various other parameters to achieve and maintain error-free operation quickly. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090232497 | DIRECTIONLESS RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention provides a directionless reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) system. The present invention provides a scalable all-optical switching element that includes a combination of 1×N wavelength selective switches (WSS), 1×N splitters/combiners, optical amplifiers, and tunable filters to provide a fully non-blocking solution which can be deployed in a scalable manner. The 1×N splitters are configured to split multiples copies of a plurality of drop wavelengths which can be amplified and sent to a tunable filter which selects out a particular wavelength for drop. The 1×N combiners are configured to combine multiple add wavelengths for egress transmission. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100008617 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELIMINATING DELETERIOUS POLARIZATION EFFECTS IN AN OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION COMPENSATION MODULE - The present invention provides methods and systems for mitigating polarization changes associated with an optical communication signal caused by mechanical disturbances to an optical fiber dispersion compensation module of an optical communication network. The methods include disposing a first damping material between an optical fiber and a housing associated with the optical fiber dispersion compensation module; wherein the first damping material is selected and positioned such that it mitigates relatively fast polarization changes. Optionally, the methods also include disposing a second damping material between the optical fiber and the housing associated with the optical fiber dispersion compensation module; wherein the second damping material is selected and positioned such that it mitigates relatively slow polarization changes. Thus, frequency range specific optical fiber dispersion compensation module mechanical perturbation isolation methods and systems are provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100129082 | OPTIMIZED DIRECTIONLESS OPTICAL ADD/DROP MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides optimized configurations for a directionless reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer application. The present invention includes an add module with improved optical signal-to-noise through placing amplifiers prior to a multi-cast optical switch. The present invention includes various drop module configurations utilizing distributed gain, channel selective filters, and bi-directional configurations to reduce power consumption and complexity. Additionally, the present invention includes an integrated broadcast and select architecture. | 05-27-2010 |
Joanne Archambault, Arlington, MA US
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| 20090220983 | CELL-BASED METHODS FOR DETECTING AND/OR MEASURING BMP-12-RELATED PROTEIN ACTIVITY - The invention provides cell-based methods to detect and/or measure the BMP-12-related protein activity of a sample containing a BMP-12-related protein. The methods involve contacting a suitable cell with the sample, and measuring the expression level of at least one BMP-12-related-activity-marker. A dose-dependent increase(s) in the level(s) of the BMP-12-related-activity-markers is indicative of the BMP-12-related protein activity in the sample. The levels of the BMP-12-related-activity-markers of the invention exhibit a dose-responsive increase in response to known BMP-12-related proteins BMP-12, BMP-13, and MP-52, but not to the osteogenic protein, BMP-2. | 09-03-2009 |
Joanne M. Archambault, Arlington, MA US
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| 20090156462 | USE OF FIBROUS TISSUE INDUCING PROTEINS FOR HERNIA REPAIR - The present disclosure relates to hernia repair and methods for stimulating growth of fascia tissue employing compositions comprising fibrous tissue inducing proteins. | 06-18-2009 |
Louis Archambault, Houston, TX US
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| 20090236510 | SCINTILLATING FIBER DOSIMETER ARRAY - A radiation dosimetry apparatus and method use a scintillating optical fiber array for detecting dose levels. The scintillating optical fiber detectors generate optical energy in response to a predetermined type of radiation, and are coupled to collection optical fibers that transmit the optical energy to a photo-detector for conversion to an electrical signal. The detectors may be embedded in one or more modular, water-equivalent phantom slabs. A repeatable connector couples the collection fibers to the photo-detector, maintaining the fiber ends in a predetermined spatial relationship. The detector fibers may be distributed as desired in a three-dimensional detection space, and may be oriented with their longitudinal axes at different orientations relative to a transmission axis of an incident radiation beam. A calibration method uses two measurements in two spectral windows, one with irradiation of the scintillator at a known dose and one with only irradiation of the collection fiber. | 09-24-2009 |
Mark Archambault, Hollis, NH US
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| 20090078434 | Helicopter supported system for fire fighting including high elevation located fires - The invention as disclosed and defined herein, provides for an effective way to fight and subsequently extinguish a fire at a high elevation which is non-reachable for functionally fighting the fire—and which further provides a high quality and a strong helicopter supported system substantially able to carry the material for use in fighting the fire and also provide a means for directively and pressure controllably directing the extinguishing material, most typically water, to the appropriate location for extinguishing the fire. The helicopter supported system of the present invention is the only piece of equipment which is substantially able to carry the material for use in fighting the fire and also provide a means for directively and pressure controllably directing the extinguishing material, most typically water, to the appropriate location for extinguishing the fire. The helicopter supported system and the effective functioning produced by the helicopter supported system of this invention is of significant value to those who need to incorporate an effective and a rapid method to fight a fire especially a fire at an elevation not reachable by the typical fire fighting systems. | 03-26-2009 |
Roy Archambault, Wilimington, NC US
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| 20100310194 | Waterproof, handheld electronic device enclosure - A waterproof enclosure for enclosing a handheld electronic device is described. The enclosure includes a flexible bag having an interior cavity for enclosing the handheld electronic device and an opening for insertion of the device into the bag cavity, a closure for releasibly sealing the bag opening, and a sealable exhaust tube extending from the bag cavity to the exterior of the bag for use in evacuating air from the bag cavity when the opening is sealed. The tube preferably includes a one-way valve allowing air to flow from the bag cavity, but not into the bag cavity. A detachable means, such as a rubber bulb, may be included to withdraw air from the cavity through the tube. The case may also include an electronic jack extending from the bag cavity to the exterior of the bag. | 12-09-2010 |