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20080258917 | RFID TRIGGERED PERSONAL ATHLETIC DEVICE - A personal athletic device is worn by a runner during a race. A race course is provided with a plurality of mats along the race course. The mats have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The personal athletic device has a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the runner progress along the course, the RFID tag is triggered at each mat and race data is displayed on the device. | 10-23-2008 |
20100217559 | Pace Calculation Watch - A watch that advantageously allows an athlete, such as a runner, to conveniently and instantly calculate a pace at which a distance was traveled. The watch includes a chronographic process and a pace calculation process. In order to determine a pace, the athlete enters the travel distance into the pace calculation process. The athlete then initiates a count by the chronographic process when he or she starts traveling the designated distance. When the athlete finishes traveling the designated distance, he or she stops the count, so that the chronographic process measures the total elapsed time required to travel the designated distance. The pace calculation process then obtains the total elapsed time from the chronographic process, and divides the designated travel distance by the total elapsed time to calculate the pace at which the distance was traveled. | 08-26-2010 |
20110215934 | Electronically Triggered Personal Athletic Device - A personal athletic device is worn by a runner during a race. A race course is provided with a plurality of mats along the race course. The mats have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The personal athletic device has a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the runner progress along the course, the RFID tag is triggered at each mat and race data is displayed on the device. | 09-08-2011 |
20120299725 | Electronically Triggered Personal Athletic Device - An athletic device is worn by a participant during an athletic event (e.g., a race). In one example, a race course is provided with a plurality of mats or signal devices along the race course. The mats may have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The athletic device may include a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the participant progress along the course, the tag is triggered at each mat and race data may be displayed on the device. Data relating to a location of the participant may also be provided to the participant during the athletic event. | 11-29-2012 |
20130222134 | Electronically Triggered Personal Athletic Device - An athletic device is worn by a participant during an athletic event (e.g., a race). In one example, a race course is provided with a plurality of mats or signal devices along the race course. The mats may have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The device may include a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the participant progress along the course, the tag is triggered at each mat and race data may be displayed on the device. Data relating to a location of the participant may also be provided to the participant during the athletic event. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090049204 | VIRTUALIZATION AWARE HARD DRIVE - A system and method for a virtualization aware hard drive. A method may include issuing a context command and an input/output (I/O) command by a virtual machine to either a hardware controller or a virtual machine monitor (VMM). The controller (or VMM) fills in a context tag that corresponds to the context command and the I/O command. The controller (or VMM) provides the context tag and the I/O command to a virtualization aware hard drive. The context tag provides context to the hard drive for the I/O command. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090144347 | STORAGE VOLUME SPANNING WITH INTELLIGENT FILE PLACEMENT AND/OR REARRANGEMENT - In some embodiments a determination is made as to whether a file is to be placed on a slower drive of a logical storage volume span or a faster drive of the logical storage volume span. The file is placed on the slower drive or the faster drive based on the determining, and a user does not need to be aware of whether the file has been placed on the slower drive or the faster drive. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-04-2009 |
20100250834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PERFORM CACHING BASED ON FILE-LEVEL HEURISTICS - A method and system to perform caching based at least on one or more file-level heuristics. The caching of a storage medium in a caching device is performed by a cache policy engine. The cache policy engine receives file-level information of input/output access of data of the storage medium and caches or evicts the data of the storage medium in the caching device based on the received file-level information. By utilizing information about the files and file operations associated with the disk sectors or logical block addresses of the storage medium, the cache policy engine can make a better decision on the data selection of the storage medium to be cached in or evicted from the caching device in one embodiment of the invention. Higher cache hit rates can be achieved and the performance of the system utilizing the cache policy engine is improved. | 09-30-2010 |
20110145306 | METHOD FOR TRIMMING DATA ON NON-VOLATILE FLASH MEDIA - A method for trimming data on non-volatile flash media is generally presented. In this regard, in one embodiment, a method is introduced comprising allocating a temporary file that occupies free space on a flash memory, determining specific blocks of the flash memory that the temporary file occupies, generating TRIM commands for the specific blocks, and deleting the temporary file. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-16-2011 |
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20090036219 | Interactive, thematically-related entertainment system including universally-interchangeable, attachable, design-bearing ornaments - An interactive entertainment system including numerous thematically-related elements, and particularly including one or more pliant, design-bearing ornaments which are transferrable and/or attachable nearly anywhere. Each ornament includes and defines a character embodied in a design fixed thereupon, and such characters provide a thematic-basis and continuity throughout the numerous features and elements of the invented entertainment system. The ornaments are typically universally-interchangeable within the system embodiments, being operably attachable and detachable via reciprocal hook and loop fastener, for example, with any of a great variety of structures, each structure configured for coupling an ornament with one or more of a great variety of substrates. Other thematically-related elements include but are not limited to an interactive game, a combination greeting card/gift box/display unit, alternative means for affixing and/or transferring ornament-embodied designs to substrates, ornamental ‘trading’ cards, a collection/display means configured, for example, as an album, and others. | 02-05-2009 |
20100049097 | Anatomical flexion apparatus, system, and method - An anatomical flexion apparatus comprising a relatively rigid base structure, and a pivot member coupled with and typically traversing a distance between opposing support members of the base. An arrangement of articulable platform members is generally operatively coupled with the pivot member, wherein one or more of the platform members are independently pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the pivot member. Typically, one or more radial translation members are operatively coupled with one or more drive mechanisms, and are further configured to urge one or more of the platform members through an arc of motion having a range found within a range of approximately zero to approximately one hundred eighty (0-180) degrees. | 02-25-2010 |
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20090212196 | METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRICAL INDUCTOR USING A SACRIFICIAL ELECTRODE - A method for forming electronic inductors. A model of the desired shape of the inductor is first formed in wax or other soft material. It is compressed in a block of magnetically permeable material and then heated to remove the wax shape. The resultant cavity in the shape of the inductor is filled with conductive material to form an inductor within the magnetically permeable material block. | 08-27-2009 |
20090283026 | Detectable guidance markers for tactile navigation, including indicia of obstacle presence, type, dimensions, direction, and/or proximity - An apparatus, system, and method provides blind and vision impaired (B/VI) persons with improved Detectible Guidance Markers (DGMs) for navigation in a wide variety of environments, providing information regarding the presence, type, direction, and proximity of various navigational obstacles. A representative but non-exclusive example of an invented unitary DGM includes a plurality of tactually-detectable informational members, including a base member and one or more integral directional members configured to be disposed at a surface of a navigational substrate. A discrete number of directional members conveys an obstacle identity, while different lengths of directional members, and characteristics of other informational members, convey a direction and/or a proximity to an obstacle. Additionally, numerous structural alterations to a surrounding substrate surface cooperatively supplement the detectability and information-conveying benefits of a DGM. | 11-19-2009 |
20100252160 | Wheel hub connection-free tire traction device - A clamshell tire traction device having two or more grip portions operatively couple-able by a fastening mechanism is described. The device grips the peripheral tread region of the tire without requiring any contact or connection with the wheel or its hub. The grips are equipped with spaced-apart radial cleat-bearing arms that extend around the tread region and toward the interior of the tire. The fastening mechanism includes a tensioning mechanism that is easily and quickly operated manually by a pivotal lever and includes a release mechanism operable by a depressible pushbutton. | 10-07-2010 |
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20080259134 | PRINT HEAD LAMINATE - A print head laminate includes a flexible glass layer between an adhesive layer and an electrical conductor. | 10-23-2008 |
20120204966 | Fluidic interface - An embodiment of this disclosure relates to a fluidic interface for a fluid cartridge comprising a single cast comprising a fluidic needle. | 08-16-2012 |
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20130141497 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS, VALVES, AND AIR BAG ASSEMBLY - A fluid container includes a housing unit including a free-fluid chamber, a regulated chamber, and a plurality of valves. The free-fluid chamber is configured to store fluid. The regulated chamber includes an air bag assembly, an outlet, and a plurality of states. The air bag assembly is configured to regulate respective fluid therein and includes at least one air bag including an internal chamber having a volume capacity. The outlet is configured to transport the respective fluid from the regulated chamber. At least one of the plurality of valves is configured to selectively stop fluid communication between the regulated chamber and the free-fluid chamber based on the respective state of the regulated chamber. | 06-06-2013 |
20130271534 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS AND VALVES - A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit, a free-fluid chamber disposed in the housing unit and configured to store fluid, and a regulated chamber disposed in the housing unit. The regulated chamber includes a regulator unit, an outlet and a plurality of states. The regulator unit is configured to regulate respective fluid therein. The outlet is configured to transport the respective fluid from the regulated chamber. The fluid container also includes a plurality of valves disposed in the housing unit. At least one of the valves is configured to selectively stop fluid communication between the regulated chamber and the free-fluid chamber based on the respective state of the regulated chamber. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271537 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS - A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus having a fluid container receiver is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit including a free-fluid chamber to store a first fluid and a regulated chamber to store a second fluid. The regulated chamber includes a regulator unit configured to regulate the second fluid and an outlet configured to transport the second fluid outside of the housing unit. The fluid container also includes a fluid channel configured to establish fluid communication between ambient atmosphere and the free-fluid chamber, and a check valve configured to establish fluid communication between the free-fluid chamber and the regulated chamber. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271538 | INTEGRATED MULTIFUNCTIONAL VALVE DEVICE - An integrated multifunctional valve device includes a surface member having a first port and a second port formed therein, a flexible disk member having a central portion and a surrounding portion, a first seat member extending outward from the surface member and coupled to the surrounding portion of the flexible disk member, a second seat member extending outward from the surface member and surrounded by the first seat member. The central portion is movable between an open port position to establish fluid communication between the respective ports and a close port position to stop the fluid communication between the respective ports. The second seat member is configured to selectively receive the central portion of the flexible disk member corresponding to the close port position. The integrated multifunctional valve device also includes an actuator member configured to selectively move the central portion of the flexible disk member into the open port position and the close port position. | 10-17-2013 |
20140192119 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND KEY SET - A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus including a receiving unit having a plurality of receiver slots is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit including a plurality of wall portions and a fluid chamber configured to store fluid therein. The housing unit is configured to removably attach to a respective receiver slot of the receiving unit of the image forming apparatus. The fluid container also includes a first key set disposed on an exterior surface of one wall portion of the housing unit. The first key set is configured to form a first key pattern corresponding to a conforming first receiver key pattern of a respective receiver slot. The fluid container also includes a second key set disposed on an exterior surface of an other wall portion of the housing unit. The second key set is configured to form a second key pattern corresponding to a conforming second receiver key pattern of the respective receiver slot. | 07-10-2014 |