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Aj Cram, Seattle, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080270532Techniques for generating and applying playlists - A server system applies content and usage data from a user's client-side music and/or video library to determine recommended content to include in a playlist for the user.10-30-2008

Benjamin Wm. Cram, Bloomington, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090070128Community-based community project content creation system and method - A method and system of community-based project content creation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating user profiles, associating first user with a first user profile, generating project profiles, each project profile associated with at least one user profile, associating the first user with a first project profile, designating a privilege level associated with a second user profile, and generating as online project collaboration between the first project profile and the second user profile based on the privilege level. The method may also include generating community building activities. The method may also include personalizing the first user profile. The method may further include generating a search associated with the user profiles and/or the project profiles. In addition, the method may include generating a post-publishing activity associated.03-12-2009

Daniel J. Cram, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090241968Athletic Protection Device - An athletic protector, such as an athletic cup, with regions formed of the same compositional material, which is more rigid in one such region than in another such region.10-01-2009

Daniel P. Cram, Boise, ID US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090000116Methods of Providing Semiconductor Components within Sockets - The invention includes methods of utilizing removable mechanical precising mechanisms and/or optical-based precising mechanisms to align chips within sockets. The sockets can be configured so that compression of the sockets opens a clamping mechanism. A chip can be placed within a socket with a manipulator and aligned during compression of the socket. Subsequently, the compression of the socket can be released while the manipulator remains in contact with the chip to hold the chip in place until the clamping mechanism is retaining the chip in the socket. The chip can then be released from the manipulator. The invention also includes systems for utilizing removable nests to align various chip geometries within generic socket designs.01-01-2009
20090007423Methods of Providing Semiconductor Components within Sockets - The invention includes methods of utilizing removable mechanical precising mechanisms and/or optical-based precising mechanisms to align chips within sockets. The sockets can be configured so that compression of the sockets opens a clamping mechanism. A chip can be placed within a socket with a manipulator and aligned during compression of the socket. Subsequently, the compression of the socket can be released while the manipulator remains in contact with the chip to hold the chip in place until the clamping mechanism is retaining the chip in the socket. The chip can then be released from the manipulator. The invention also includes systems for utilizing removable nests to align various chip geometries within generic socket designs.01-08-2009
20090009199SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods for testing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. One such system for testing a packaged microelectronic device includes a test socket configured to receive the device for testing and a tester interface including a plurality of test contacts aligned with external contacts of the device when the device is received within the test socket. The system further includes a mask proximate to the test socket and the test contacts. The mask includes a plurality of apertures arranged in a pattern corresponding to the plurality of test contacts and corresponding at least in part to the array of external contacts when the device is received within the test socket. The apertures include (a) first apertures sized to allow the corresponding test contacts to extend completely through the mask, and (b) one or more second apertures sized to allow the corresponding test contacts to extend only partially through the mask.01-08-2009
20090009202Methods of Retaining Semiconductor Component Configurations within Sockets - The invention includes methods of utilizing removable mechanical precising mechanisms and/or optical-based precising mechanisms to align chips within sockets. The sockets can be configured so that compression of the sockets opens a clamping mechanism. A chip can be placed within a socket with a manipulator and aligned during compression of the socket. Subsequently, the compression of the socket can be released while the manipulator remains in contact with the chip to hold the chip in place until the clamping mechanism is retaining the chip in the socket. The chip can then be released from the manipulator. The invention also includes systems for utilizing removable nests to align various chip geometries within generic socket designs.01-08-2009
20090212810ISOLATION CIRCUIT - The present disclosure includes various method, device, and system embodiments for isolation circuits. One such isolation circuit embodiment includes: a first transistor configured for connection to a supply voltage via a first terminal; a register connected to the first transistor; a second transistor in parallel with a resistor, wherein the second transistor is configured for connection to the first terminal, with a gate of the second transistor configured for connection to an output of the register; and wherein the second transistor is configured for connection to a second terminal, the second transistor having a state that depends on a status of the register.08-27-2009
20090273359ELECTRICAL TESTING APPARATUS HAVING MASKED SOCKETS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus for forming a temporary electrical connection with a microelectronic component and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the apparatus can include a base, a plurality of electrical contacts coupled to the base, and a nest attached to the base. The nest includes a plurality of contact compartments aligned with peripheral leads of the microelectronic component and at least partially covering the contacts. Individual contact compartments are masked to prevent a corresponding contact from electrically contacting the peripheral leads of the microelectronic component. In one embodiment, the masked contact compartments are used as a guide zone to guide individual peripheral leads when the microelectronic component is seated at or unseated from the support surface. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the masked contact compartments are used to selectively isolate contacts, for example, from supply or ground electrical potentials.11-05-2009

Patent applications by Daniel P. Cram, Boise, ID US

Dustin Harian Cram, Vancouver, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110100231Conveyor Griddle System - Conveyor griddle system allowing for a one-piece-flow, pull system of production holding a series of adjacent metal cooking plates, heated by several natural gas burners, electric, or infrared burners located immediately below said plates and running the length of the conveyor. The system is comprised of a drive assembly, a driven assembly, and one or more burner assemblies. Plates are located adjacent to one another, with the long dimension perpendicular to the direction of plate travel and therefore, the short dimension parallel to the direction of travel. Each plate constructed of cast iron or other metal surface suitable for commercial cooking equipment. Each plate has a single partition approximately midway through the plate that is approximately ½″ high parallel to the short dimension and parallel to the direction of travel. Plates also contain a simple way to attach a clip or spike that is capable of holding a paper ticket.05-05-2011

Jared Cram, Philadelphia, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159942Game of Chance Utilizing Wheels with Parlay and Progressive Jackpot Options - A game of chance and a method of playing a game of chance with a unique format and innovative wagering options, including parlay and progressive betting. At least one player must place at least one bet for the game to commence. Wagers can be placed on one event or multiple random events occurring simultaneously. Winning payouts are calculated based on the odds of the single event or the cumulative odds of multiple simultaneous events. The progressive bet can only be placed if another wager is simultaneously made, and is paid out as a separate bet. Once commenced, the game incorporates a plurality of random event generators to generate outcomes, which are paid out depending on predetermined payout odds. This game and method would be well suited for casinos in table, hybrid or electronic formats. This game could be played as a board game, a video game or a machine game.06-30-2011

Joel Wayne Cram, Ooltewah, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187153Comer post construction for packaging - An improved article of manufacture for corner post construction having multiple, independent or related layers of material formed together into a wave pattern, comprised of semicircles, triangles, flat spots, squares or any other geometrical shape.07-29-2010

Marc Cram, Las Vegas, NV US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080214308GAMING SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLAYER RANKING FUNCTION - A gaming system comprising at least one gaming machine providing a wagering game; readable and writable computer memory; a monitor in electronic communication with the at least one gaming machine and the computer memory; a user interface through which a player can input identity information; wherein the monitor receives data relating to game play on said at least one gaming machine and compares the received data to at least one benchmark, wherein if the received data indicates that the at least one benchmark has been exceeded, then the monitor records in the computer memory data indicating that the benchmark has been exceeded and associates this with the identity information, and wherein the gaming system makes a feature available to a player who has been recorded in the computer memory as having exceeded the benchmark.09-04-2008

Peter F. Cram, Merrimack, NH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090007786Particle Concentrator - Concentrating particles in a turbulent gas flow may include receiving, in a receptacle, a turbulent gas flow that includes particles. The concentration of particles in a gas flow exiting the receptacle at a first port is increased as compared with a concentration of the particles in the gas flow received by the receptacle. The increased concentration of particles is accomplished by removing a portion of the gas flow by using a second port, and fluidly communicating the gas flow through a tube in the receptacle. The tube has a smaller diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow exits the tube than diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow is received.01-08-2009

Robert M. Cram, Ramona, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145428System and Method for Controlling Supply of Oxygen Based on Breathing Rate - A portable oxygen concentrator system weighing 4-20 pounds that is adapted to be readily transported by a user and deliver oxygen to the user includes a rechargeable energy source; a concentrator powered by said energy source and adapted to convert ambient air into concentrated oxygen gas for the user; an inspiration sensor that senses respiratory activity of the user, and produces a signal in response thereto; and a control unit that receives the signal in response to sensed respiratory activity, determines a breath rate based in part on the received signal in response to sensed respiratory activity and controls the portable oxygen concentrator system to deliver oxygen flow sufficient to meet oxygen demand of the user based at least in part on the determined breath rate.06-11-2009
20100031960Self-Automated Titration System and Method - A method of titration using a combination continuous flow and pulse flow portable oxygen concentration system (system) with a patient includes: a) providing the system in a continuous flow mode and titrating the patient to a predetermined blood oxygen saturation using the system at one or more predetermined conditions in the continuous flow mode; b) providing the system in a pulse flow mode and titrating the patient to the same predetermined blood oxygen saturation as step a using the system at the same one or more predetermined conditions as in step a in the pulse flow mode; c) determining an Individualized Pulse Dose Equivalent (IPDE) correlation based on data obtained from steps a and b; d) providing the system with the IPDE correlation; and e) using the IPDE correlation to operate the concentrator in a more efficient manner.02-11-2010