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Adam Bernstein, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20110024639 | Gadolinium-Doped Water Cerenkov-Based Neutron and High Energy Gamma-Ray Detector and Radiation Portal Monitoring System - A water Cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system using water doped with a Gadolinium (Gd)-based compound as the Cerenkov radiator. An optically opaque enclosure is provided surrounding a detection chamber filled with the Cerenkov radiator, and photomultipliers are optically connected to the detect Cerenkov radiation generated by the Cerenkov radiator from incident high energy gamma rays or gamma rays induced by neutron capture on the Gd of incident neutrons from a fission source. The PMT signals are then used to determine time correlations indicative of neutron multiplicity events characteristic of a fission source. | 02-03-2011 |
Alec Bernstein, Malibu, CA US
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| 20080300756 | System and method for displaying control information to the vehicle operator - Vehicle control information is displayed to a vehicle operator in a central display area. In one embodiment, a sensor associated with a vehicle control is configured to detect an approaching operator. A graphical representation of the vehicle control may be displayed in a central display area and, in one embodiment, is displayed with a varying physical characteristic representative of the distance between the vehicle operator and the vehicle control itself. A second graphical representation of the vehicle control may be displayed in the central display area in response to detecting that the vehicle operator has contacted the vehicle control. In one embodiment, the second graphical representation includes a current control value for the vehicle control. | 12-04-2008 |
Alon Bernstein, Monte Sereno, CA US
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| 20130114480 | Time Domain Duplex Between CMTS and Cable Modems - A time domain duplex cable system includes a mechanism to change the communication direction of spectrum used in a cable plant including a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), a Fiber Node and a plurality of cable modems in communication with the CMTS via the Fiber Node. Active devices, e.g., directional amplifiers switch the communication direction of the cable plant in response to timing information received from the CMTS. To avoid collisions of downstream and upstream packets, a guard time is determined and used in connection with generating the timing information. In one embodiment, the timing information is transmitted in one or more Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) Media Access Protocol (MAP) messages transmitted by the CMTS towards the cable modems. | 05-09-2013 |
Alon Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090249421 | DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT TO MULTIPLE END-USER DEVICES - A technique for managing the distribution of digital video content to multiple end-user devices is disclosed. The technique involves statistically multiplexing multiple VBR encoded video streams into an access channel, such as a data over cable service interface specifications (DOCSIS) bonded group, and utilizing quality of service capabilities of an edge device, such as a cable modem termination system (CMTS) or an edge quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) device, to buffer and schedule IP packets, which carry the VBR encoded video streams, so that packets are not dropped during periods of congestion. Utilizing the quality of service capabilities of an edge device makes it possible to statistically multiplex VBR encoded video streams in a narrowcast application such as Video on Demand (VOD) or Switched Digital Video (SDV) while eliminating the need for process intensive transrating/transcoding operations. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100054125 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REGULATING TRAFFIC ON A NETWORK - Methods and devices are provided for regulating traffic on a network. According to some aspects of the invention, if a subscriber's upstream traffic exceeds a predetermined level over a first period of time, the subscriber's quality of service is adjusted without requiring the subscriber to re-register. According to some embodiments, a first token bucket is used to determine whether the subscriber's upstream traffic exceeds the predetermined level over the first period of time. In some such embodiments, the first token bucket is used to control the burst size of another token bucket, depending on the subscriber's upstream traffic during the first period of time. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100061234 | QOS on Bonded Channels of a Shared Access Cable Network - Various techniques are disclosed for managing traffic flow for transport over a plurality of communication channels of a shared access cable network. According to various embodiments, one or more devices of the cable network (such as, for example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)), may be operable to implement at least a portion of the traffic flow management techniques. In at least one embodiment, one or more aspects of the traffic flow management techniques disclosed herein may be used for performing real-time shaping of traffic flows across multiple different channels of a DOCSIS channel bonding group. In some embodiments, various different traffic shaping and/or traffic scheduling techniques may be employed (e.g., in DOCSIS 3.0 compatible cable networks) to reduce and/or mitigate issues which, for example, may arise as a result of an inability to represent traffic schedulers as tree-based hierarchies. Other aspects are disclosed for implementing quality of service (QoS) procedures on shared access network(s), such as for example hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) cable networks. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100061235 | Traffic Flow Scheduling Techniques Implemented on Bonded Channels of a Shared Access Cable Network - Various techniques are disclosed for managing traffic flow for transport over a plurality of communication channels of a shared access cable network. According to various embodiments, one or more devices of the cable network (such as, for example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)), may be operable to implement at least a portion of the traffic flow management techniques. In at least one embodiment, one or more aspects of the traffic flow management techniques disclosed herein may be used for performing real-time shaping of traffic flows across multiple different channels of a DOCSIS channel bonding group. In some embodiments, various different traffic shaping and/or traffic scheduling techniques may be employed (e.g., in DOCSIS 3.0 compatible cable networks) to reduce and/or mitigate issues which, for example, may arise as a result of an inability to represent traffic schedulers as tree-based hierarchies. Other aspects are disclosed for implementing quality of service (QoS) procedures on shared access network(s), such as for example hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) cable networks. | 03-11-2010 |
Alon Bernstein, San Jose, CA US
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| 20100083330 | SCHEDULING FOR RF OVER FIBER OPTIC CABLE [RFoG] - A method for use in an RFoG cable network calls for allocating upstream bandwidth to CM devices, wherein allocating bandwidth includes selecting a start time and allocating respective time slots relative to the selected start time to at least one of the requesting CM devices; and further, allocating the same timeslots over multiple selected upstream channels, thereby aligning upstream transmissions from the requesting CMs across the selected upstream channels. Several embodiments are disclosed to enable DOCSIS 3.0 type scheduling over an RFoG network. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100154016 | MULTI-CHANNEL RANGING FOR A CABLE MODEM - In one example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) sends first bandwidth allocation messages to a first upstream transmit interface on a cable modem and send second bandwidth allocation messages to a second upstream transmit interface on the cable modem. The bandwidth allocation messages indicate transmit windows for the cable modem to range over the interfaces. The transmit windows included in the first bandwidth allocation messages are spaced based on receipt of ranging requests from the second upstream transmit interface, and the transmit windows included in the second bandwidth allocation messages are spaced based on receipt of ranging requests from the first upstream transmit interface. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110185263 | HI-SPLIT UPSTREAM DESIGN FOR DOCSIS - In one embodiment, upstream transmission throughput in a cable network is markedly increased by moving up the US/DS frequency split by approximately an order of magnitude to a few hundred MHz. Additional transceivers (carriers) may be implemented to take advantage of the broader spectrum. A block of multiple upstream carriers (FIG. | 07-28-2011 |
Alon S. Bernstein, Monte Sereno, CA US
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| 20110107172 | DOCSIS MAC-PHY Downstream Convergence Layer - Techniques are provided herein for transmitting data across multiple carriers using Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Transport Stream (TS) packet multiplexing. At a processing device coupled to at least one subscriber device data associated with the at least one subscriber device are received. The data are encapsulated into MPEG-TS packets, where the MPEG-TS packet headers identify a single data channel for the at least one subscriber device. The MPEG-TS packets are multiplexed across a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) carriers for transmission, and the MPEG-TS packets are transmitted using the plurality of RF carriers. Each of the plurality of RF carriers have the same RF modulation, use the same symbol rate, and are driven by the same clock such that the carriers are synchronous. Techniques are also provided recover the data at the subscriber device. | 05-05-2011 |
Alon S. Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20110019542 | QOE BASED ADMISSION CONTROL - In one example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) analyzes received service flow traffic to estimate Quality of Experience (QoE) at the endpoints. An admission control system on the CMTS uses the QoE estimate to determine whether to admit new service flows. | 01-27-2011 |
Alon Shlomo Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20080273548 | CONFIGURATION OF SERVICE GROUPS IN A CABLE NETWORK - A method and apparatus for configuring service groups in a cable network is provided. A method may comprise identifying a primary downstream channel in a cable network and identifying a plurality of fiber nodes fed by the primary downstream channel. For each fiber node identified, the method may comprise identifying a set of downstream channels communicating with the fiber node. If duplicate sets are identified, duplicate sets of downstream channels may be eliminated and a downstream service group may be associated with each of the remaining sets of downstream channels. In an example embodiment, at least one Media Access Control (MAC) domain is automatically selected to correspond to the identified service groups. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090238199 | WIDEBAND UPSTREAM PROTOCOL - Some embodiments of the present invention may include a method to stream packets into a queue for an upstream transmission, send multiple requests for upstream bandwidth to transmit data from the queue and receiving multiple grants to transmit data, and transmit data from the queue to the upstream as grants are received. Another embodiment may provide a network comprising a cable modem termination system (CMTS), and a cable modem wherein the cable modem may transmit data to the CMTS with a streaming protocol that sends multiple requests for upstream bandwidth to transmit data and receives multiple grants to transmit data, and transmits data to the CMTS as grants are received. | 09-24-2009 |
Amy Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100179916 | CAREER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a career management system comprising a module enabling the user of the system to prepare a career profile and comprising a processor enabling the system to learn and provide targeted information to the user and to link the user with other users and user groups. The career management system is software-based and enables the user to communicate with the system and with other users via a computer network. | 07-15-2010 |
Bruce Bernstein, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090113088 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTEROPERABILITY IN HETEROGENEOUS DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or intermittently connected electronic devices. Devices, systems, appliances, and the like communicating and/or interoperating within the framework provided. Interoperability device, such as a DartDevice, provides a highly interoperable device by virtue of its running a compliant player such as a DartPlayer containing an engine such as a DartEngine and at least one communications protocol for connecting to other devices. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20120137282 | SYSTEM METHOD AND MODEL FOR SOCIAL SYNCHRONIZATION INTEROPERABILITY AMONG INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED INTEROPERATING DEVICES - System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or intermittently connected electronic devices. Devices, systems, appliances, and the like communicating and/or interoperating within the framework provided. A social synchronization interoperability method, such as a Dart Social Synchronization method provides an efficient and easy to administrate method for synchronizing specific sets of data and/or operations across any number of devices and protocols without the need for every device to contact a master device, or for any device to act as a master. Social synchronization of devices and content provides an advantageous alternative to mastered synchronization techniques. | 05-31-2012 |
Dan Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110302510 | READER MODE PRESENTATION OF WEB CONTENT - Methods and apparatuses that automatically detect availability of a reader mode for article content in a web page addressed by a URL are described. Availability detection may be progressively performed such that cheap operations are performed first to reduce the need to perform more expensive ones. A retrieval status of the web page may be detected to determine when enough content has been retrieved to initiate a detection of the reader mode for the web page. A reader indicator may be presented in a user interface of a browser if the availability of the reader mode is detected. A user of the browser may be noted with an alternative presentation of the article content from the web page in addition to a presentation of the whole web page by the browser. If the reader mode of the web page is not available, no reader indicator may be present in the browser. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120226975 | Object Placeholders in Electronic Documents - An electronic book (“eBook”) reader application executing on an electronic device conserves non-volatile, random access memory by reading from non-volatile memory an electronic document page that includes text and at least one non-textual object (e.g., an image), storing the read electronic document page in volatile memory such that the at least one non-textual object is replaced with a placeholder that occupies less memory than the non-textual object (e.g., a blank rectangle having the same dimensions as the image), determining that the electronic document page stored in volatile memory is likely to be displayed imminently, and replacing the placeholder in the stored electronic document page with the non-textual object. | 09-06-2012 |
Daniel M. Bernstein, El Granada, CA US
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| 20100053851 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ELECTRICAL SHOCK IN DEVICES - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100255517 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100255564 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100255565 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100255566 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110126188 | Methods and Articles of Manufacture for Hosting a Safety Critical Application on an Uncontrolled Data Processing Device - Methods and articles of manufacture for hosting a safety critical application on an uncontrolled data processing device are provided. Various combinations of installation, functional, host integrity, coexistence, interoperability, power management, and environment checks are performed at various times to determine if the safety critical application operates properly on the device. The operation of the SCA on the UDPD may be controlled accordingly. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110133698 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110244699 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices - A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use. | 10-06-2011 |
Daniel Milfred Bernstein, El Granada, CA US
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| 20100010329 | Closed Loop Control System Interface and Methods - Method and apparatus including calling, retrieving and/or initiating a programmed function in conjunction with execution of one or more commands related to a closed loop control algorithm, receiving one or more data in response to the one or more commands over a data interface, and executing the one or more commands related to the closed loop control algorithm based on the received one or more data are provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110213225 | Medical devices and methods - Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user. | 09-01-2011 |
Daryl Bernstein, Santa Barbara, CA US
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| 20110093769 | COMPUTER FORM ACTION ZONE SUMMARY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for facilitating the entry by a signer user of information into a scaffold electronic document having multiple information entry fields, over the internet or similar network. The system includes a document summary server, in communication with a document execution server, and associated with a scaffold electronic document via network. The document summary server facilitates the entry by a signer user of information into one or more information entry fields in a scaffold document. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093777 | Document Signing Systems and Methods - A system and method for enabling electronic signing of an unsigned electronic document over the internet or similar network. Responsive to receipt of document and signer information from a document sender, a document execution server makes available to all signer users over a network, the unsigned electronic document, together with signature fields in the document. The document execution server receives over the network, from one or more of the signer users, signature data representative of signer user signatures associated with the respective signature fields of the unsigned electronic document. Responsive to receipt of the signature data from one or more of the signer users, the document execution server generates a signed electronic document corresponding to the unsigned electronic document. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093807 | FORM COMPLETION RATE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for facilitating the entry by a user via a network, of information into a scaffold electronic document. A flag server modifies the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in a information entry field and displays a graphic flag at a next one of a succession of information entry fields. | 04-21-2011 |
David H. Bernstein, Oakland, CA US
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| 20100093125 | METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN MEMS RESONATORS WITH ISOLATED REGIONS OF DISTINCT MATERIAL - MEMS resonators containing a first material and a second material to tailor the resonator's temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF). The first material has a different Young's modulus temperature coefficient than the second material. In one embodiment, the first material has a negative Young's modulus temperature coefficient and the second material has a positive Young's modulus temperature coefficient. In one such embodiment, the first material is a semiconductor and the second material is a dielectric. In a further embodiment, the quantity and location of the second material in the resonator is tailored to meet the resonator TCF specifications for a particular application. In an embodiment, the second material is isolated to a region of the resonator proximate to a point of maximum stress within the resonator. In a particular embodiment, the resonator includes a first material with a trench containing the second material. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110084781 | Method For Temperature Compensation In MEMS Resonators With Isolated Regions Of Distinct Material - MEMS resonators containing a first material and a second material to tailor the resonator's temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF). The first material has a different Young's modulus temperature coefficient than the second material. In one embodiment, the first material has a negative Young's modulus temperature coefficient and the second material has a positive Young's modulus temperature coefficient. In one such embodiment, the first material is a semiconductor and the second material is a dielectric. In a further embodiment, the quantity and location of the second material in the resonator is tailored to meet the resonator TCF specifications for a particular application. In an embodiment, the second material is isolated to a region of the resonator proximate to a point of maximum stress within the resonator. In a particular embodiment, the resonator includes a first material with a trench containing the second material. | 04-14-2011 |
David H. Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110260810 | OUT-OF-PLANE MEMS RESONATOR WITH STATIC OUT-OF-PLANE DEFLECTION - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a tuning electrode, a drive electrode, and a resonator. The resonator is anchored to a substrate and is configured to resonate in response to a signal on the drive electrode. The MEMS device includes a tuning plate coupled to the resonator and positioned above the tuning electrode. The tuning plate is configured to adjust a resonant frequency of the resonator in response to a voltage difference between the resonator and the tuning electrode. In at least one embodiment of the MEMS device, the tuning plate and the tuning electrode are configured to adjust the resonant frequency of the resonator substantially independent of the signal on the drive electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120329255 | OUT-OF-PLANE MEMS RESONATOR WITH STATIC OUT-OF-PLANE DEFLECTION - A method of forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device includes forming an electrode on a substrate. The method includes forming a structural layer on the substrate. The structural layer is disposed about a perimeter of the electrode and has a residual film stress gradient. The method includes releasing the structural layer to form a resonator coupled to the substrate. The residual film stress gradient deflects a first portion of the resonator out of a plane defined by a surface of the electrode. | 12-27-2012 |
Donald Bernstein, Rancho Santa Fe, CA US
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| 20100056935 | OPTIC FUNCTION MONITORING PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for monitoring optic function is provided. The apparatus and method relies on two principle modes of measuring the function of the optic nerve, namely, monitoring VEPs for neural function, and monitoring at least one additional parameter of optic function such as intraocular pressure, blood flow or location of the eye to provide a multi-variable optic function monitor. The method and apparatus is proposed for the use to diagnose and potentially prevent the incidence of POVL and anaesthesia awareness in patients during medical procedures. | 03-04-2010 |
Donald P. Bernstein, Rancho Santa Fe, CA US
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| 20090259132 | Apparatus And Method For Determination Of Stroke Volume Using The Brachial Artery - Provided herein are methods and apparatus for stroke volume determination by bioimpedance from a patient's upper arm, or brachium, or a patient's thorax, utilizing pulsations of the arteries contained therein. The apparatus includes two or more spaced apart alternating current flow electrodes positioned on the patient's arm or thorax and two or more spaced apart voltage sensing electrodes positioned on the patient's arm or thorax and in-between alternating current flow electrodes. The system and method utilizes voltage sensed by the voltage sensing electrodes to calculate a cardiogenically induced impedance variation value of the patient, and to determine a stroke volume of the patient by multiplying the cardiogenicaly induced impedance variation value by a volume conductor V | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110190601 | System for Determining the Left-Ventricular Ejection Time TLVE of a Heart of a Subject - In order to reliably determine the left-ventricular ejection time T | 08-04-2011 |
Greg M. Bernstein, Fremont, CA US
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| 20100054267 | Creating and Maintaining Traffic Engineered Database for Path Computation Element - An apparatus comprising a node configured to communicate with a path computation element (PCE) and a neighbor node, wherein the node is configured to send a local traffic engineering (TE) information directly to the PCE without sending the local TE information to the neighbor node. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a PCE protocol (PCEP) session with a PCE, and sending a TE information directly to the PCE without flooding the TE information. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving a TE information, updating a first TE database (TED) using the TE information, and synchronizing the first TED with a second TED. | 03-04-2010 |
Jacqueline Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110137817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND DISSEMINATING PERSONAL DATA - A computer-implemented method of aggregating and disseminating personal data is provided. The method includes establishing a user account for a user, wherein establishing the user account includes receiving identifying information of the user from the user. A user identifier is associated with the user account. A request for the user identifier is received from a remote application server, and an identifier request authorization is received from the user or the remote application server to provide the user identifier to the remote application server. The user identifier is provided to the remote application server in response to receiving the identifier request authorization. Personal data of a user associated with the user identifier is received from the user. A request for the personal data of the user associated with the user identifier is received from the remote application server. A data request authorization is received from the user to provide the user personal data, and the user personal data is provided to the remote application server in response to receiving the data request authorization. A system for aggregating and disseminating user personal data is further provided. | 06-09-2011 |
Jacqueline Allison Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100240399 | GEOGRAPHIC POSITION BASED REWARD SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of rewarding a user based on compliance with predetermined geographic limitations is provided. The method includes receiving from a first user and storing an indication of one or more geographic areas. Mobile device location information of a user mobile device associated with a second user is received from the user mobile device or a remote telecommunication carrier server in communication with the user mobile device. The mobile device location information is compared with the indication of the one or more geographic areas. An indication of a reward is transmitted to the user mobile device based on the comparison of the mobile device location information and the indication of the one or more geographic areas. Systems for rewarding a user based on compliance with predetermined geographic limitations are also provided. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110099120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING PROFILES - A computer-implemented profile distribution method is provided. The method includes receiving subject-descriptive data associated with a subject and storing the subject-descriptive data. An indication is received of an authorized entity authorized to receive the subject-descriptive data. An access preference indication is received which defines a permission to access to the subject-descriptive data by the authorized entity. A request is received to provide the subject-descriptive data to the authorized entity, and the subject-descriptive data is provided to the authorized entity in response to the request consistent with the access preference indication. A profile distribution system is further provided. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120100866 | MOBILE DEVICE ALERT GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for providing an alert regarding mobile device location is provided. The method includes obtaining location data corresponding to locations of a mobile device over a period of time. A location pattern is determined based on the location data. The current location of the mobile device is detected at a time based on the determined pattern, and an alert is provided regarding the current location of the mobile device. A system for providing alerts regarding mobile device location is also provided. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120202528 | GEOGRAPHIC POSITION BASED REWARD SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of rewarding a user based on compliance with predetermined geographic limitations is provided. The method includes receiving from a first user and storing an indication of one or more geographic areas. Mobile device location information of a user mobile device associated with a second user is received from the user mobile device or a remote telecommunication carrier server in communication with the user mobile device. The mobile device location information is compared with the indication of the one or more geographic areas. An indication of a reward is transmitted to the user mobile device based on the comparison of the mobile device location information and the indication of the one or more geographic areas. Systems for rewarding a user based on compliance with predetermined geographic limitations are also provided. | 08-09-2012 |
Jim Bernstein, Brisbane, CA US
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| 20110169937 | MODE OF ACTION SCREENING METHOD - Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to a screening method. In general terms, the screening assay comprises contacting test cells with a test compound to provide contacted test cells, obtaining values for a plurality of cytological attributes of the contacted test cells, and scoring the cells using the values to provide a likelihood score for at least one of a plurality of classifiers, where the plurality of classifiers are defined using values for cytological attributes obtained from cells that have been contacted with compounds of known mode of action. | 07-14-2011 |
John Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20100232770 | System and method for interactive environments presented by video playback devices - There is provided a video playback device for providing an interactive environment on a display in response to a user input. The video playback device comprises (1) a memory to store a plurality of images forming a plurality of viewpoints of the interactive environment; a plurality of transition sequences, wherein each of the plurality of transition sequences provides a video transition from one image to another image; and a linking structure linking the plurality of images with the plurality of transition sequences; (2) a processor to determine a direction of movement based on the user input; select a next one of the plurality of transition sequences and a next one of the plurality of images based on the direction of movement and the linking structure; and display the next one of the plurality of transition sequences and the next one of the plurality of images on the display. | 09-16-2010 |
Joseph Bernstein, Mill Valley, CA US
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| 20110082808 | MOBILE INTEGRATION OF USER-SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL CONTENT - A system for integrating user-specific institutional content for mobile delivery is disclosed. The system includes a communications module configured to receive, from a mobile device, a request for target institutional content based on source institutional content and an identification of a user. The system also includes a processor configured to obtain, from a memory, the target institutional content based on the source institutional content and the identification of the user, and further configured to provide, to the mobile device in response to the request, the generalized institutional content in a format configured for display on the mobile device. Methods and machine-readable mediums are also disclosed. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082913 | FORMAT GENERALIZATION OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTENT FOR MOBILE DELIVERY - A system for generalizing the format of instructional content for mobile delivery is disclosed. The system includes a processor configured to identify institutional content in a client-specific data file, and further configured to store, in a memory, the identified institutional content as generalized institutional content. The system also includes a communications module configured to receive, from a mobile device, a request for the generalized institutional content. The processor is configured to provide, to the mobile device in response to the request, the generalized institutional content in a format configured for display on the mobile device. Methods and machine-readable mediums are also disclosed. | 04-07-2011 |
Keith Bernstein, San Franciso, CA US
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| 20130124650 | E-mail Integrated Instant Messaging - A system and method supporting instant messaging which removes many of the problems and harriers to the use of instant messaging through the use of universally unique identifiers to web pages for instant messaging sessions, with recipients invited to the instant messaging session via email. | 05-16-2013 |
Keith Bernstein, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080294682 | High performance freeze-dried dynamic web page generation - Dynamic web page generation is optimized by reducing the processing overhead required to parse the web page HTML code for tokens and insert dynamic content. Using the invention, an HTML file for a dynamic web page need be read and parsed only once throughout the life of the server. A software object parses the HTML, decomposes the page into constituent pieces and saves them to data structures as byte streams, which are cached, along with the software object, rendering multiple disk accesses unnecessary when the page is reconstituted. For subsequent requests, the dynamic page is created from the cached version, which is shareable across users and across requests. The optimization reduces server resource usage for dynamic page generation to near zero. The invention is also applicable to other documents combining static and dynamic content that require composition tools for editing. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100162099 | METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DOCUMENT GENERATION - Dynamic web page generation is optimized by reducing the processing overhead required to parse the web page HTML code for tokens and insert dynamic content. Using the invention, an HTML file for a dynamic web page need be read and parsed only once throughout the life of the server. A software object parses the HTML, decomposes the page into constituent pieces and saves them to data structures as byte streams, which are cached, along with the software object, rendering multiple disk accesses unnecessary when the page is reconstituted. For subsequent requests, the dynamic page is created from the cached version, which is shareable across users and across requests. The optimization reduces server resource usage for dynamic page generation to near zero. The invention is also applicable to other documents combining static and dynamic content that require composition tools for editing. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120030295 | E-MAIL INTEGRATED INSTANT MESSAGING - A system and method supporting instant messaging which removes many of the problems and harriers to the use of instant messaging through the use of universally unique identifiers to web pages for instant messaging sessions, with recipients invited to the instant messaging session via email. | 02-02-2012 |
Kenneth E. Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20110104175 | METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR PULMONARY FIBROSIS - The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating fibrosing lung diseases, reducing pulmonary cytokine production in animals, treating bleomycin induced lung disease and treating cancer. Specifically, the present subject matter incorporates inactivation of the N-terminal site of an angiotensin-converting enzyme and/or administration of AcSDKP. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120088730 | USE OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) DOMAIN SPECIFIC INHIBITORS TO INHIBIT OR ENHANCE CYTOKINE PRODUCTION AND ALTER IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention relates to the discovery that the two ACE domains can have very different effects on cytokine expression. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of regulating and/or treating a condition in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective dosage of site specific ACE inhibitor. In another embodiment, the condition is inflammation and/or immune response. | 04-12-2012 |
Lawrence R. Bernstein, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20080292726 | OPHTHALMIC GALLIUM COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - Provided are ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions comprising gallium. These compositions are designed primarily for topical ocular and intraocular administration. Also provided are methods of use for the compositions in the treatment of human and veterinary diseases and disorders. Treatable diseases and disorders include adverse conditions of the eye and adnexal tissues of the eye. These adverse conditions comprise inflammatory conditions, infections, cancers, and other pathological conditions. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20110318265 | Coupled identification and treatment of cancer - Provided are methods to treat cancer in which a patient is identified as having gallium-avid cancer by use of a gallium scan or other means, and is then treated with a pharmaceutically acceptable gallium composition. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120040022 | Gallium compositions for the treatment of liver cancer and methods of use - Provided are compositions and methods to treat liver cancer and related disorders in human or veterinary individuals. Primary liver cancers, including those metastatic to other parts of the body, as well as many cancers metastatic to the liver, can be treated. The treatments comprise the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compositions, including gallium maltolate. Routes of administration include, without limitation, oral, intravenous, intratumoral, and in association with chemoembolization. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120171275 | Local administration of gallium compositions to treat pain - Provided are methods of treating pain, including neuropathic pain, in human and veterinary individuals. These methods employ locally administrable pharmaceutical gallium compositions, including pharmaceutical gallium compositions suitable for administration to the skin and mucous membranes. The compositions comprise pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compounds, such as gallium maltolate or gallium nitrate, together with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers suitable for local administration, including those suitable for topical administration. The administration of such compositions provides relief from pain, itching, allodynia, hyperalgesia, and related symptoms. | 07-05-2012 |
Lawrence Richard Bernstein, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20090208591 | Gallium compositions for the treatment of liver cancer and methods of use - Provided are compositions and methods to treat liver cancer and related disorders in human or veterinary individuals. Primary liver cancers, including those metastatic to other parts of the body, as well as cancers metastatic to the liver cancer, can be treated and/or prevented with the compositions and methods of the present invention. The methods comprise the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compositions, including gallium maltolate. Routes of administration include, without limitation, oral, intravenous, intratumoral, and into blood vessels as part of chemoembolization therapy. Some of the compositions and methods disclosed herein are applicable to cancers other than liver cancer. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100286263 | Gallium complexes with polyalcohols and methods of use - Provided are complexes of gallium and polyalcohols. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such complexes and methods of their use. Methods of preparing the complexes are also provided. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110021484 | Gallium compounds and methods of use to treat inflammatory bowel disease - Provided are formulations and methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and Johne's disease. The formulations provided comprise pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compounds; the methods provided comprise means of using such formulations in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and closely related disorders. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20130034595 | Local administration of gallium compositions to treat pain - Provided are methods of treating pain, including neuropathic pain, in human and veterinary individuals. These methods employ locally administrable pharmaceutical gallium compositions, including pharmaceutical gallium compositions suitable for administration to the skin and mucous membranes. The compositions comprise pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compounds, such as gallium maltolate or gallium nitrate, together with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers suitable for local administration, including those suitable for topical administration. The administration of such compositions provides relief from pain, itching, allodynia, hyperalgesia, and related symptoms. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130034617 | Gallium compositions for the treatment of liver cancer and methods of use - Provided are compositions and methods to treat liver cancer and related disorders in human or veterinary individuals. Primary liver cancers, including those metastatic to other parts of the body, as well as many cancers metastatic to the liver, can be treated. The treatments comprise the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compositions, including gallium maltolate. Routes of administration include, without limitation, oral, intravenous, intratumoral, and in association with chemoembolization. | 02-07-2013 |
Michael Bernstein, San Ramon, CA US
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| 20120143025 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR INDICATING QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS - Sensors and monitors for a physiological monitoring system having capability to indicate an accuracy of an estimated physiological condition. The sensor senses at least one physiological characteristic of a patient and is connectable to a monitor that estimates the physiological condition from signals detected by the sensor. The sensor includes a detector for detecting the signals from the patient which are indicative of the physiological characteristic. The sensor is associated with a memory configured to store data that defines at least one sensor signal specification boundary for the detected signals. The boundary is indicative of a quality of the signals and an accuracy of the physiological characteristic estimated from the signals by the monitor. The sensor further includes means for providing access to the memory to allow transmission of the data that defines the at least one sensor boundary to the monitor. | 06-07-2012 |
Mike Bernstein, San Ramon, CA US
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| 20080297764 | Sensor for determining body parameters - A sensor for measuring at least one body parameter, particularly blood and/or tissue parameters, is used for carrying out the measurements of electromagnetic radiation in the transmission or reflection methods, wherein the sensor uses at least one LED as a source of electromagnetic radiation. At least one photodetector is used as the receiving element. At least one LED is used in a non-invasive measurement of the parameters for ensuring a sufficiently high residual intensity of the radiation received by the photodetector and transmitted or reflected by the blood and/or tissue, wherein the LED has a light intensity of at least 200 millicandela and/or a light yield of at least 2 lumen/watt. | 12-04-2008 |
Rowena Bernstein, Huntington Beach, CA US
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| 20130023793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MID-ARM CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CHILD TO DETERMINE EQUIPMENT AND MEDICATION FOR PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATION - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a measuring tape for determining equipment sizes and medication dosages to use during the resuscitation of a pediatric patient. In one embodiment, the measuring tape may have a plurality of regions having different colors and/or patterns that identify weight zones that correlate with information and equipment required for resuscitating the pediatric patient. The measuring tape may be wrapped around the arm of the pediatric patient to determine the mid-arm circumference. Once wrapped around the arm, the color and/or pattern in alignment with an opening of the measuring tape may be used to identify a weight zone for the patient which provides the proper equipment size and medication dosages to be used for resuscitating the pediatric patient. | 01-24-2013 |
Steve L. Bernstein, Fremont, CA US
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| 20080256012 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND DELIVERING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT - A facility for generating information in response to the occurrence of events is described. The facility detects the occurrence of one of a plurality of defined events. The facility matches the detected event occurrence against a set of scenarios. Each scenario specifies one or more matching rules, content, and a set of recipients. The facility aggregates the content specified by the subset of the set of scenarios whose matching rules are satisfied by the event occurrence for the recipients specified by this subset of scenarios. | 10-16-2008 |
Steven M. Bernstein, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20090327402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING USER EXPERIENCES IN NETWORK NAVIGATION - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for mapping user experiences over a network include tracking user navigation events through a network site of a resource provider, identifying recurring navigation events of the user, and generating a map of the user navigation events and the recurring navigation events as a user experience. The systems and methods for mapping user experiences, as disclosed herein, provide improved analysis of network site usage patterns for purposes of streamlining and optimizing network site operation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090327424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING EVENT CHANGES IN NETWORK NAVIGATION - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for mapping user experiences over a network include obtaining path data related to a first sequence of user navigation events, obtaining path data related to a second sequence of user navigation events that is at least different than the first sequence of user navigation events, comparing path data of the first and second sequences of user navigation events, identifying changes to the path data, and generating a map of the user navigation events based on the identified changes to the path data. | 12-31-2009 |
Zvi Bernstein, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110051857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SOFT-OUTPUT NORDSTROM-ROBINSON DECODER - Aspects of a method and system for a method and system for a soft output Nordstrom-Robinson (NR) decoder may include one or more processors and/or circuits that are operable to more efficiently compute cross correlation values for a received soft output word based on a NR codebook in comparison to brute force computation approaches. Log likelihood ratios may be computed for each information bit corresponding to the received soft output word by determining corresponding maximum cross correlation values. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110249778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DETECTION VIA CROSS-CORRELATION IN THE PRESENCE OF FREQUENCY OFFSET - An apparatus and method for packet detection using cross-correlation in the presence of frequency offset. The method comprises: segmenting a received signal; and cross-correlating each segment with an expected signal. The apparatus comprises a slicer that segments a received signal; and a cross correlator that cross-correlates each segment with an expected signal. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110293032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING THE RESIDUAL CFO EFFECT ON CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR OFDM RECEIVERS - A CFO tracking loop module comprises: a numerically-controlled oscillator (NCO) that calculates a phase output; a CFO phase error block that generates a corrected NCO phase output by subtracting half of residual CFO phase error from the NCO phase output; a multiplier that corrects pilot subcarrier's phase by multiplying complex values of the pilot subcarriers by a conjugated complex value of the corrected NCO phase output; a pilot processor that generates a phase error by averaging phases over pilot subcarriers; and a loop filter that filters phase error from the pilot processor and updates the NCO with the filtered phase error. | 12-01-2011 |