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20110084943 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE FOR FORCE FEEDBACK BASED ON TENSION CONTROL AND TRACKING THROUGH CABLES - A haptic device for human/computer interface includes a user interface tool coupled via cables to first, second, third, and fourth cable control units, each positioned at a vertex of a tetrahedron. Each of the cable control units includes a spool and an encoder configured to provide a signal corresponding to rotation of the respective spool. The cables are wound onto the spool of a respective one of the cable control units. The encoders provide signals corresponding to rotation of the respective spools to track the length of each cable. As the cables wind onto the spools, variations in spool diameter are compensated for. The absolute length of each cable is determined during initialization by retracting each cable In turn to a zero length position. A sensor array coupled to the tool detects rotation around one or more axes. | 04-14-2011 |
20120019440 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE FOR FORCE FEEDBACK BASED ON TENSION CONTROL AND TRACKING THROUGH CABLES - A haptic interface system includes a cable based haptic interface device and a controller. The controller receives information related to movement of a grip in real-space and generates a stereoscopic output for a display device. The stereoscopic output includes images of a virtual reality tool whose motions mimic motions of the real-space grip. | 01-26-2012 |
20120032879 | Method, Apparatus, and Article for Force Feedback Based on Tension Control and Tracking Through Cables - A haptic device for human/computer interface includes a user interface tool coupled via cables to first, second, third, and fourth cable control units, each positioned at a vertex of a tetrahedron. Each of the cable control units includes a spool and an encoder configured to provide a signal corresponding to rotation of the respective spool. The cables are wound onto the spool of a respective one of the cable control units. The encoders provide signals corresponding to rotation of the respective spools to track the length of each cable. As the cables wind onto the spools, variations in spool diameter are compensated for. The absolute length of each cable is determined during initialization by retracting each cable In turn to a zero length position. A sensor array coupled to the tool detects rotation around one or more axes. | 02-09-2012 |
20120268368 | Method, Apparatus, and Article for Force Feedback Based on Tension Control and Tracking Through Cables - A haptic interface system includes a cable based haptic interface device and a controller. The controller receives information related to movement of a grip in real-space and generates a stereoscopic output for a display device. The stereoscopic output includes images of a virtual reality tool whose motions mimic motions of the real-space grip. | 10-25-2012 |
20130330696 | Rotatable Robotic Manipulation Trainer Assembly - A developmental robotic manipulation trainer assembly may include a housing assembly and a rotatable module carrier assembly for carrying robotic training exercise modules. The rotatable module carrier assembly may rotate about a spindle of the housing assembly. The rotatable module carrier assembly may include a number of dividers for separating the rotatable module carrier assembly into a number of regions. The dividers may be removable from the rotatable module carrier assembly. The developmental robotic manipulation trainer assembly may include a lock member for preventing rotation of the rotatable module carrier assembly. | 12-12-2013 |
20130342451 | Methods, Apparatus, and Article for Force Feedback Based on Tension Control and Tracking Through Cables - A haptic interface system includes a cable based haptic interface device and a controller. The controller receives information related to movement of a grip in real-space and generates a stereoscopic output for a display device. The stereoscopic output includes images of a virtual reality tool whose motions mimic motions of the real-space grip. | 12-26-2013 |
20150130599 | TRAINING SYSTEM - A haptic interface device may be included in a simulator/slave controller system, which may be operated in simulator-mode or slave-controller mode. In simulator-mode, the haptic interface device may be utilized to control a virtual slave. In slave-controller mode, the haptic interface device may be utilized to control a real-world slave. The haptic interface device may include a plurality of ports, which may be movable with respect to each other. The haptic interface device may be configured to be operable in a plurality of configurations. | 05-14-2015 |
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20140040148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARBITRAGED ENHANCED PAYMENT PROCESSING - An arbitraged enhanced payment processing system in association with a distributed enhanced payment processing system includes a merchant point of sale (POS) terminal system and a remote payment management system. The POS terminal system initiates a transaction that includes receiving a payment amount, a purchaser account identifier, a virtual electronic payment indicator, and a merchant ID via a payment client. Subsequently, the POS terminal system outputs the transaction to the remote payment management system which generates a token for the transaction. The payment management system then provides the purchaser account identifier, a merchant account identifier, and the payment amount to a payment processing servicer. Upon receiving a payment processing servicer response, the payment management system outputs the response and token to the POS terminal system. | 02-06-2014 |
20140114860 | Systems and Methods for Expedited Automated Merchant Boarding - An expedited automated merchant boarding system in association with a distributed enhanced payment processing system includes a merchant point of sale (POS) terminal system and a remote enhanced payment management system (EPMS). The remote EPMS pre-boards anticipated POS terminal system components and records pre-boarding results information. The POS terminal system initiates merchant boarding by transmitting merchant account information. The remote EPMS receives merchant account information and establishes a merchant account. The POS terminal system utilizes protocol transactions including auto-boarding information to initiate auto-boarding with the remote EPMS. The remote EPMS auto-boards the POS terminal system utilizing received auto-boarding information and recorded pre-boarding results. The remote EPMS turns up selected payment management services for the merchant POS terminal system. The POS terminal system utilizes payment transactions to conduct validation of successful interoperation with the remote EPMS. The remote EPMS enables utilization of selected payment management services by the POS terminal system. | 04-24-2014 |
20140180924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COST ALTERING PAYMENT SERVICES - Cost altering payment services (“CAPS”) system in association with a distributed enhanced payment (“DEP”) processing system includes a merchant point of sale (“POS”) terminal system and a remote enhanced payment management system (“EPMS”). The remote EPMS receives payment transactions including additional risk mitigating payment transaction (“RMPT”) information and based on that additional RMPT information provides altered transaction costs. The remote EPMS provides facilities for the merchant to review and revise payment management services so as to utilize additional RMPT information received from the merchant POS terminal system so as to alter transaction costs. Such facilities provide information to determine the relative potential transaction cost benefits of various payment management service sets utilizing cost profiles that represent the costs of archival, recorded and projected future transactions. The remote EPMS provides “transaction guidance” technology to be utilized by the merchant's POS terminal system to facilitate prompting for and acquiring additional RMPT information. | 06-26-2014 |
20150081462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE NORMATIVE INTERMEDIATION OF PAYMENTS PROCESSING PERIPHERALS - Systems and methods for secure virtualized intermediated configuration and control of payment processing peripheral devices, as may be embodied in a SNIPP system, are provided. Such systems and methods enable the request of purchaser payment information from payment processing peripheral device(s) on behalf of a POS system and the aggregation and association of that purchaser payment information with a corresponding purchase transaction received from the POS system. The purchase transaction and the payment transaction are aggregated and thereby associated; and the resulting aggregated payment transaction is submitted to an electronic payments processing facility that responds with a confirmation indicating ‘acceptance’ or ‘denial’ of the payment transaction. The confirmation is relayed to the POS system and possibly to the payment processing peripheral device(s) such that it may be displayed to the purchaser and/or an attendant. | 03-19-2015 |
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20140368734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS WHILE PROVIDING A SEAMLESS USER EXPERIENCE - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream on the display. In response to receiving the first request, the electronic device displays the first video stream on the display. While displaying the first video stream on the display, the electronic device receives a second request to display a second video stream on the display. In response to receiving the second request, the electronic device displays at least a portion of the first video stream on the display concurrently with at least a portion of the second video stream, where the second video stream was received, at least in part, from a content source in response to a request from the electronic device to the content source for delivery of the second video stream from the content source. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN AUDIO CONTENT WHILE NAVIGATING THROUGH VIDEO STREAMS - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream and in response, displays the first video stream on the display in a first video tile and plays first audio content that corresponds to the first video stream. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display a second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device slides the first video tile off of the display and slides a second video tile that corresponds to second video tile onto the display. The device also starts to play second audio content for the second video stream and increases an amplitude of the second audio content relative to an amplitude of the first audio content in accordance with an amount of the second video tile that is displayed on the display. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING MEDIA TO BE PRELOADED FOR ADJACENT CHANNELS - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream that corresponds to a first channel. In response to receiving the first request, the device starts to download the first video stream from a content source for the first video stream. After starting to download the first video stream, the device displays the first video stream and starts to preload one or more video streams including a second video stream that corresponds to a second channel that is adjacent to the first channel. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display the second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the second video stream using a preloaded portion of the second video stream. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA DURING NAVIGATION BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream on the display. In response to receiving the first request, the device displays the first video stream on the display. While displaying the first video stream on the display, the device receives a second request to display a second video stream on the display. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the first video stream on the display concurrently with at least a portion of the second video stream and the device displays at least a portion of a third video stream on the display concurrently with at least the portion of the second video stream and the portion of the first video stream. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream and in response, displays the first video stream. The device allocates, in accordance with a bandwidth allocation, available bandwidth for receiving data at the device between receiving the first video stream and preloading one or more other, non-displayed, video streams. While displaying the first video stream on the display, the device preloads at least a portion of one or more non-displayed video streams based on the bandwidth allocation. After the preloading, the device receives a second request to display a second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the second video stream on the display using a preloaded portion of the second video stream that was preloaded in accordance with the bandwidth allocation. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO USE CACHED MEDIA - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream and, in response, displays the first video stream. After receiving the first request, the device preloads a second video stream that corresponds to live content, including caching a cached portion of the second video stream. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display the second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device determines whether the second request meets recency criteria. When the second request meets recency criteria, the device starts to play the second video stream using the cached portion. When the second request does not meet the recency criteria, the device requests, from a content source for the second video stream, data corresponding to a portion of the second video stream other than the cached portion. | 12-18-2014 |
20140373057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS FOR NON-ADJACENT CHANNELS WHILE PROVIDING A SEAMLESS USER EXPERIENCE - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream that corresponds to a first channel in a predetermined sequence of channels. In response to the first request, the device displays the first video stream. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display a second video stream that corresponds to a second channel in the predetermined sequence of channels and is separated from the first channel by one or more intervening channels. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the first video stream concurrently with at recently received content of one or more of the intervening channels and displays recently received content of one or more of the intervening channels concurrently with least a portion of the second video stream. | 12-18-2014 |
20150334455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS WHILE PROVIDING A SEAMLESS USER EXPERIENCE - An electronic device with one or more processors, memory, and a display displays a first video stream on the display. The electronic device downloads and stores a portion of a second video stream and, once the portion of the second video stream has been downloaded, ceases to download the second video stream. The electronic device receives a request to display the second video stream on the display and, in response, determines whether the stored portion of the second video stream satisfies recency criteria with respect to a current stream time of the second video stream. In accordance with a determination that the stored portion of the second video stream satisfies the recency criteria, the electronic device displays at least a portion of the first video stream on the display concurrently with at least the stored portion of the second video stream. | 11-19-2015 |
20150365720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS FOR NON-ADJACENT CHANNELS WHILE PROVIDING A SEAMLESS USER EXPERIENCE - A client device with one or more processors, memory, and a display displays a first video stream that corresponds to a first channel in a sequence. While displaying the first video stream and before receiving a request to display a second video stream corresponding to a second channel in the sequence, the client device preloads, from a remote content source, video content of one or more intervening channels. In response to receiving the request, the client device transitions from displaying the first video stream to displaying the second video stream: a portion of the first video stream is concurrently displayed with at least a portion of the preloaded video content of one or more intervening channels, and at least a portion of the preloaded video content of one or more intervening channels is displayed concurrently with at least a portion of the second video stream. | 12-17-2015 |
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20110203184 | CASEMENT AND AWNING WINDOW OPENING LIMIT DEVICE - A device to limit an opening of a window having a hinged sash coupled to a window frame including a window opening limiting structure having a first member and a second member. One of them is securable to the sash and the other of the first member and the second member being securable to the frame. A selectively releasable coupler by which the first member and the second member are couplable is shiftable between a coupled status and a released status. The first member and the second member bridge a preselected distance such that the sash is inhibited from opening beyond a predetermined distance. The coupler is releasable so that the sash can be opened beyond the predetermined distance and re-engages automatically when the sash is closed. | 08-25-2011 |
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20140325914 | CASEMENT AND AWNING WINDOW OPENING LIMIT DEVICE - A device to limit an opening of a window having a sash selectively movable between a window closed position in which the sash is received in a window frame, and a window open position in which the sash is pivoted outwardly relative to the window frame. The device includes a sash bracket, a limiting arm assembly with an engagement structure, and a securing structure with a selectively operable release mechanism. The securing structure receives the engagement structure of the limiting arm assembly so that the limiting arm inhibits pivoting of the sash toward the window open position beyond a distance of travel defined by a length of the limiting arm, and the engagement structure is releasable from the securing structure by operating the release mechanism so that the sash can be further pivoted toward the window open position beyond the distance of travel. | 11-06-2014 |