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20140003364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CALL SETUP PERFORMANCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140099952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AVOIDING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES WHEN PACKET DATA NETWORKS ARE INACCESSIBLE - Methods and apparatus are provided for avoiding attempts by a UE to attach to a RAT network when that RAT network is unavailable. According to certain aspects, the UE may detect scenarios when the RAT network is unavailable and take preemptive action to prevent the UE from attempting to acquire service on that RAT. For example, the UE may effectively remove that RAT from a list of supported RATs by sending a UE capability message indicating that RAT is not supported, which may prevent network-initiated transitions of the UE to that RAT. The UE may also remove the unavailable RAT from an internal list of supported RATs, which may prevent UE-initiated transitions to that RAT. | 04-10-2014 |
20150065143 | ENHANCE PERFORMANCE OF MAKING AN EMERGENCY CALL DURING RADIO LINK FAILURE OVER RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY - Methods, systems, apparatuses and devices are described for managing a call during radio link failure. In one embodiment, radio link failure over a radio access technology may be detected during or after a call setup procedure. A public land mobile network and an equivalent public land mobile network may be selected. An initial search for cells of the radio access technology may be performed over the selected public land mobile network and the equivalent public land mobile network. The initial search may be performed once or twice based on a configurable parameter. | 03-05-2015 |
20150282044 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING SYSTEM SELECTION AMONG A SET OF NODES - Methods, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are described for coordinating system selection among a set of nodes. The described aspects include determining that a node is part of a subset of nodes, wherein each node in the subset of nodes performs one or more system scans for a set of nodes that includes the subset of nodes, performing the one or more system scans by the node on one or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs) in response to determining that the node is part of the subset of nodes, obtaining one or more system scan results from the one or more system scans on the one or more RATs, and transmitting the one or more system scan results to the set of nodes. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090276333 | Electronic submission and management of digital products for network-based distribution - An improved system and method for submitting, distributing and/or managing digital products with respect to a product distribution site are disclosed. The submission of digital products to the product distribution site is able to be performed by numerous submitters in a uniform and computer-assisted manner. The submitted digital products can then be managed in a largely automated manner and made available for online purchase and distribution at the product distribution site. Once a digital product is submitted, the user can access the status of the digital product submission to obtain information of whether the digital product has been approved or rejected. In one embodiment, the digital products are computer program products (e.g., computer software programs). | 11-05-2009 |
20100011336 | Software Program Ratings - Improved approaches for rating a software program are disclosed. The rating can be automatically determined from a plurality of user characterizations. The user characterizations can be designated by a user (e.g., developer or publisher) with respect to a plurality of content descriptors. The user characterizations can be supplied by the user on submitting a software program to an online distribution system. Once a rating is determined and associated with a software program, the rating can be used to influence availability of the software program from an online distribution system. The rating (or how the rating influences availability) can be dependent on geographical region. The rating being determined can also be influenced by rating rules. | 01-14-2010 |
20100299219 | Configuration and Management of Add-ons to Digital Application Programs for Network-Based Distribution - An improved system and method for configuring, submitting, distributing and/or managing add-ons for digital products previously submitted to a product distribution site are disclosed. The add-ons for digital products can be managed and made available for online purchase and distribution at the product distribution site. An add-on for a digital product can subsequently be offered to and acquired by an interested person that previously purchased the associated digital product through use of the digital product itself, which can interact with a product distribution site. The product distribution site can also be referred to as an online product hosting site. In one embodiment, the digital products are computer program products (e.g., computer software programs). | 11-25-2010 |
20120023015 | Consolidated Payment and Bank Error Correction - Improved techniques are disclosed for payment of accrued moneys via a third party intermediary. In one embodiment, a consolidated royalty can be provided for online sales of digital assets of a digital asset provider. Since the online sales can be from various different countries, the online sales can be in a plurality of different currencies. The royalties due a digital asset provider from online sales in the different currencies can be consolidated at appropriate times into a single currency and then disbursed to the digital asset provider. In another embodiment, royalty disbursement management can be provided to alert a digital asset provider that an attempted distribution has failed and to facilitate the digital asset provider in correcting appropriate banking information to assist in obviating the distribution failure. | 01-26-2012 |
20120259876 | Database for Managing Contracts were Multiple Existing or Expiring Contracts are Replaced with a Combined Contract - Methods and systems for managing media distribution are disclosed. Advantageously, the management of media distribution can be substantially computer implemented and include management of media distribution agreements. The management of media distribution agreements can operate to manage the replacement of media distribution agreements in an automated and efficient manner. The methods and systems for management of media distribution can take appropriate action when one or more prior existing media distribution agreements are to be replaced with a replacement media distribution agreement for any of a variety of reasons. | 10-11-2012 |
20140244801 | NETWORK-BASED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SUPPORTING TRANSFER OF APPLICATION PRODUCTS - An improved system, device and method for transferring a digital asset (e.g., digital product) from a requestor to a recipient with assistance from an asset distribution system. According to one aspect, a requester who has one or more digital assets available for distribution by an online asset distribution system can invoke a transfer of at least one of such digital assets to a recipient. The online asset distribution system can manage the transfer of a digital asset from the requestor to the recipient. The management of the transfer includes one or more of ensuring eligibility of the recipient and/or the digital asset for the transfer, ensuring acceptance of the transfer by the recipient, ensuring acceptance of contract terms governing the transfer, performing the transfer of the digital asset to the recipient, and/or providing various electronic status notifications to the requestor and/or the recipient. | 08-28-2014 |
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20130165806 | COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF A VOLUME OF EXHALED GAS WITH COMPENSATION FOR THE FREQUENCY OF A BREATHING PARAMETER - Apparatuses are described to accurately determine a gas concentration of a sample of a patient's breath. The apparatuses may include a sample compartment, a breath speed analyzer, a gas analyzer, and a processor. The sample compartment includes an inlet that receives the breath. The breath speed analyzer determines the speed of a portion of the breath. The gas analyzer determines a gas concentration. The processor includes an algorithm that determines a degree of non-homogeneity of the sample based on the speed, and a corrected gas concentration based on the degree of non-homogeneity. In some variations, the gas correction is determined independently of patient cooperation. Apparatuses may be tuned based on the intended population's expected breathing pattern ranges such that the sample compartment is filled with a homogenous end-tidal gas sample regardless of an individual's breathing pattern. These apparatuses are useful, for example, for end-tidal CO analysis. Methods are also described. | 06-27-2013 |
20140194703 | BREATH SELECTION FOR ANALYSIS - Methods and systems are described to obtain and analyze a gas sample from a desired section of the breath of a person, while accounting for erratic, episodic or otherwise challenging breathing patterns that may otherwise make the capturing of a gas sample from the desired section of breath difficult. These techniques may provide more reliable, accurate and adequate samples of gas such as end-tidal gas, and ultimately an accurate analysis of the sample captured. | 07-10-2014 |
20150065900 | NEONATAL CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A breath parameter measuring device is described which takes into account breathing patterns which historically have been incompatible with accurate measurements. In particular, during fast breathing patterns, the sensor performing the measurement may not be able to respond quickly enough to provide the true reading. The disclosure may be useful for example in the case of neonatal breath carbon dioxide measurements. | 03-05-2015 |
20150065901 | UNIVERSAL BREATH SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS DEVICE - A breath analysis device is described which obtains a desired segment of one or more breaths, and analyzes that or those samples for compositional analysis. A pneumatic control system may obtain these segments homogeneously, may reduce the amount of gases included from other segments of the breath, and may reduce mixing with other segments once obtained. These pneumatic control systems can be used for on-board compositional analysis, or for modular or off-board compositional analysis. | 03-05-2015 |
20150265184 | SELECTION, SEGMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF EXHALED BREATH FOR AIRWAY DISORDERS ASSESSMENT - Methods and systems are described to automatically obtain and analyze a lung airway gas sample from the breath of a person for compositional analysis. These techniques may provide an improved method for example for accurately and reliably measuring nitric oxide for asthma assessment in young children and non-cognizant patients. | 09-24-2015 |
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20100232317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS HOME MESH NETWORK WITH NETWORK TOPOLOGY VISUALIZER - An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include displaying the network topology of a wireless home mesh network. The mobile nodes and stationary nodes of the wireless home mesh network may wirelessly communicate to share topology information regarding the wireless home mesh network. The topology information may include local connectivity information of a node, such as the direct neighbors of the node and the neighbors' neighbor information. In one embodiment, the local connectivity information is combined with the received node information to form an interactive global topology map of the wireless home mesh network to display for a user. In another embodiment, the combined topology information may be stored for offline processing. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232370 | QUALITY OF SERVICE TRAFFIC RECOGNITION AND PACKET CLASSIFICATION HOME MESH NETWORK - An embodiment is a technique to perform network-based traffic recognition and packet classification. A port identifier in a transport layer header of a packet having a packet type associated with a priority level is extracted. The packet is transmitted from or to an application according to a network protocol in a multi-hop mesh network having a local node and a remote node. The packet is classified into the packet type using one of a pre-defined port list, a dynamic port table, and an application header of the application. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232396 | QUALITY OF SERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR HOME MESH NETWORK - An embodiment is a technique to perform QoS. An interface between an upper layer and a lower layer in a multi-hop mesh network receives and transmits packets from and to a local node and a remote node. A classifier classifies the received packets into a plurality of packet types having different priority levels. A queue manager manages a plurality of buffers organized according to the packet types. The plurality of buffers stores the classified packets based on the packet types. A scheduler schedules distributing the packets from the plurality of buffers based on the priority levels according to a scheduling policy. | 09-16-2010 |
20110280156 | Method and Apparatus for a Wireless Home Mesh Network with Network Topology Visualizer - An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-17-2011 |
20130322294 | Method and Apparatus for a Wireless Home Mesh Network with Network Topology Visualizer - An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
20140211718 | Quality of Service Traffic Recognition and Packet Classification for Home Mesh Network - An embodiment is a technique to perform network-based traffic recognition and packet classification. A port identifier in a transport layer header of a packet having a packet type associated with a priority level is extracted. The packet is transmitted from or to an application according to a network protocol in a multi-hop mesh network having a local node and a remote node. The port identifier includes a port number. The packet is classified into the packet type using the port identifier and one of a pre-defined port list, a dynamic port table, and an application header of the application. | 07-31-2014 |
20140321325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS HOME MESH NETWORK WITH NETWORK TOPOLOGY VISUALIZER - An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080220781 | METHODS AND ARRANGMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ACTIVE CALL HANDOVER BY EMPLOYING A SWITCHING COMPONENT - An active call handover arrangement for managing a handover between a plurality of telecommunication devices associated with a public extension number is provided. The arrangement includes a mobility server configured to manage a telecommunication session between a telecommunication device of a third-party caller and a first telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. The arrangement also includes a switch component configured to be associated with at least one telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. At least one telecommunication device is configured to include mobility client software. The switch component is also configured to enable a user to perform the handover between the first telecommunication device and a second telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. | 09-11-2008 |
20140033242 | VIDEO SERVICE ASSURANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A computer-implemented method, a video service assurance system, and a wireless network with video service assurance provide analytics associated with video services in a network, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks, and actionable recommendations to improve the video services. In particular, the computer-implemented method of video service assurance includes obtaining measurement data and statistics from at least one network element in a network related to a plurality of video streams thereon, performing data aggregation and analysis with the measurement data and statistics related to the video streams, and providing actionable recommendations for improvement of the video streams to the at least one network element based on the data aggregation and analysis. | 01-30-2014 |
20140379336 | EAR-BASED WEARABLE NETWORKING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An ear-based wearable networking device, system, and method is disclosed. The wearable networking device, system, and method is configured to monitor and process plural conversations in proximity of a user and store the associated information in a cloud system. The cloud system is configured to, based on the associated information, process, archive, create alerts, create reminders, retrieve, etc. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090265325 | Adaptive multi-channel content selection with behavior-aware query analysis - Systems and methods for selecting content from a plurality of channels in response to a received query are described. The systems and methods optimize content selection based on received queries and an identification of the user together with analysis of historical data. | 10-22-2009 |
20130290313 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING DOMAIN RANKING FOR CALCULATING A CALL NUMBER FOR REPRESENTATIONS - The invention provides a method of distributing representations in a network environment having a host computer system connected over at least one network to a plurality of user computer systems and to a data provider computer system. Domains of representations are ranked in a first historical data set. A query is received from a user computer system within a website. A call number that depends on the rank of the domains of the representations in the first historical data set for the query is calculated, recorded and transmitted from the host computer system over the network to the data provider computer system together with the query. A plurality of representations for the query are received from the data provider computer system over the network at the host computer system and transmitted from the host computer system over the network to the user computer system. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290314 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING BLOCK REJECTION FOR CALCULATING A CALL NUMBER FOR REPRESENTATIONS - A query is received from a user computer system within a website of a host computer system. A call is transmitted from the host computer system to the data provider computer system corresponding to the query, wherein the call includes the call number for the query, a plurality of representations for the query are received from the data provider computer system at the host computer system and transmitted from the host computer system to the user computer system. The representations received from the data provider computer system are evaluated and a block of the representations is determined to be rejected. The call number is calculated by subtracting a number of the representations that are included in the block of the representations to be rejected from a total number of representations received from the data provider computer system. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING AN ACCESS CONTROL FOR TEMPORARILY OVERRIDING CALL NUMBER FOR REPRESENTATIONS - A query is received from a user computer system within a website, a call is transmitted from the host computer system to the data provider computer system corresponding to the query, including the call number for the query, a plurality of representations for the query are received from the data provider computer system at the host computer system and transmitted from the host computer system over the network to the user computer system. The call number is calculated based on a rank of the representations in a first historical data set. An access control module periodically resets the call number to higher number, whereafter a determination is made to maintain the call number at the higher or to reduce the call number. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING AN APPLICATION SHELL FOR LISTENING TO MATCHES AND PICKS - A website receives a query from a user computer system, transmitting a call from the host computer system to a data provider computer system corresponding to the query representations from the data provider computer system, transmitting the representations to the user computer system and receives responses from the user computer system. An application shell receives the representations for the query and the response from the website and builds an application logic in real time. A first representation system inserted into the application shell includes a first ranking module ranking the representations in a first historical data set, calculates the call number, the call number depending on the rank of the representations in the first historical data set for the query, records the call number for the query and recording the response within the first historical data set. | 10-31-2013 |
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20080318343 | Wafer reclaim method based on wafer type - A method for reclaiming a wafer is described. Embodiments of the invention describe a method in which an analytical measurement of a wafer surface is performed in order to determine a wafer type of the wafer. In an embodiment an XRF measurement is performed to determine the composition of a film disposed over a surface of the wafer. The XRF results are correlated with a wafer type. The wafer is then stripped in accordance with the wafer type. | 12-25-2008 |
20120147449 | SPACERS FOR INSULATED GLASS UNITS - This disclosure provides spacers for smart windows. In one aspect, a window assembly includes a first substantially transparent substrate having an optically switchable device on a surface of the first substrate. The optically switchable device includes electrodes. A first electrode of the electrodes has a length about the length of a side of the optically switchable device. The window assembly further includes a second substantially transparent substrate a metal spacer between the first and the second substrates. The metal spacer has a substantially rectangular cross section, with one side of the metal spacer including a recess configured to accommodate the length of the first electrode such that there is no contact between the first electrode and the metal spacer. A primary seal material bonds the first substrate to the metal spacer and bonds the second substrate to the metal spacer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120327499 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS - Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described. | 12-27-2012 |
20140192393 | SPACERS FOR INSULATED GLASS UNITS - This disclosure provides spacers for smart windows. In one aspect, a window assembly includes a first substantially transparent substrate having an optically switchable device on a surface of the first substrate. The optically switchable device includes electrodes. A first electrode of the electrodes has a length about the length of a side of the optically switchable device. The window assembly further includes a second substantially transparent substrate a metal spacer between the first and the second substrates. The metal spacer has a substantially rectangular cross section, with one side of the metal spacer including a recess configured to accommodate the length of the first electrode such that there is no contact between the first electrode and the metal spacer. A primary seal material bonds the first substrate to the metal spacer and bonds the second substrate to the metal spacer. | 07-10-2014 |
20140247475 | SPACERS AND CONNECTORS FOR INSULATED GLASS UNITS - This disclosure describes insulated glass units (IGUs) that incorporate electrochromic devices. More specifically, this disclosure focuses on different configurations available for providing an electrical connection to the interior region of an IGU. In many cases, an IGU includes two panes separated by a spacer. The spacer defines an interior region of the IGU and an exterior region of the IGU. Often, the electrochromic device positioned on the pane does not extend past the spacer, and some electrical connection must be provided to supply power from the exterior of the IGU to the electrochromic device on the interior of the IGU. In some embodiments, the spacer includes one or more holes (e.g, channels, mouse holes, other holes, etc.) through which an electrical connection (e.g., wires, busbar leads, etc.) may pass to provide power to the electrochromic device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140329006 | OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION - Transparent conductive coatings are polished using particle slurries in combination with mechanical shearing force, such as a polishing pad. Substrates having transparent conductive coatings that are too rough and/or have too much haze, such that the substrate would not produce a suitable optical device, are polished using methods described herein. The substrate may be tempered prior to, or after, polishing. The polished substrates have low haze and sufficient smoothness to make high-quality optical devices. | 11-06-2014 |
20140340731 | THIN-FILM DEVICES AND FABRICATION - Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations. | 11-20-2014 |
20150092260 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS - Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described. | 04-02-2015 |
20150346575 | SPACERS FOR INSULATED GLASS UNITS - This disclosure provides spacers for smart windows. In one aspect, a window assembly includes a first substantially transparent substrate having an optically switchable device on a surface of the first substrate. The optically switchable device includes electrodes. A first electrode of the electrodes has a length about the length of a side of the optically switchable device. The window assembly further includes a second substantially transparent substrate a metal spacer between the first and the second substrates. The metal spacer has a substantially rectangular cross section, with one side of the metal spacer including a recess configured to accommodate the length of the first electrode such that there is no contact between the first electrode and the metal spacer. A primary seal material bonds the first substrate to the metal spacer and bonds the second substrate to the metal spacer. | 12-03-2015 |
20150362816 | THIN-FILM DEVICES AND FABRICATION - Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations. | 12-17-2015 |