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Eric S. Auman, Jacksonville, FL US
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| 20110197528 | Exterior Finish System - Disclosed is an exterior finish system for building structures that includes a water pervious adhesive for securing an insulation layer to a water resistive barrier applied to a building wall substrate. Also disclosed is a building structure such as a building column or wall that includes the finish system and a method of using the finish system to assemble a building structure such as column or wall. | 08-18-2011 |
Eric S. Bravek, Brookings, SD US
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| 20080225143 | Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090021497 | Flexible pixel element and signal distribution means - Discrete flexible pixel elements are hermetically sealed from the environment and comprise unitary, self-contained replaceable modules which enable efficient, economical production of large scale, free-form electronic displays, signs and lighting effects for outdoor use. The method and means for producing hermetically sealed discrete flexible pixel elements include encapsulation means, exterior casement means, and cable connector means. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021529 | Flexible pixel element fabrication and sealing method - Discrete flexible pixel elements are hermetically sealed from the environment and comprise unitary, self-contained replaceable modules which enable efficient, economical production of large scale, free-form electronic displays, signs and lighting effects for outdoor use. The method and means for producing hermetically sealed discrete flexible pixel elements include encapsulation means, exterior casement means, and cable connector means. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110102307 | SEALED PIXEL ASSEMBLIES, KITS AND METHODS - Discrete flexible pixel assemblies can be hermetically sealed from the environment and can comprise unitary, self-contained replaceable modules which enable efficient, economical production of large scale, free-form electronic displays, signs and lighting effects for outdoor use. The method and means for producing hermetically sealed discrete flexible pixel assemblies can include encapsulation means, exterior encasement means, and cable connector means. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110163942 | PIXEL INTERLEAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE IN HIGH DEFINITION ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAYS - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110175888 | PIXEL INTERLEAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE IN HIGH DEFINITION ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAYS - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays. | 07-21-2011 |
Eric S. Carlsgaard, Zionsville, IN US
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| 20110092788 | Systems And Methods For Providing Guidance In Administration Of A Medicine - A method of providing guidance using a portable hand-held electronic device in administration of a medicine by a patient is provided. The method includes acquiring image data of a first container of a first medicine prescribed to the patient and acquiring image data of a second container of a second medicine prescribed to the patient. The second container is different visually from the first container. The image data of the first container and the second container is stored in memory of the electronic device. On the portable hand-held electronic device, an instruction is processed to administer at least one of the first medicine and the second medicine to the patient. The stored image data is retrieved from memory corresponding to the at least one of the first medicine and the second medicine to be administered in the instruction. The retrieved image data is displayed on a display of the electronic device. | 04-21-2011 |
Eric S. Chen, Santa Monica, CA US
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| 20100161346 | Systems and Methods for Providing Bolus Dosage Recommendations - A method of providing bolus dosage recommendations for diabetics includes presenting a plurality of representative foods to a user. The user's response to estimate a carbohydrate value for each one of the plurality of representative foods is received. An input is then received from the user indicating a food to be consumed and an estimated carbohydrate value for the food to be consumed. A bolus dosage recommendation is calculated based on the input from the user and the user's response to estimate the carbohydrate value for at least one of the plurality of representative foods. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100249530 | Bolus Estimator with Image Capture Device - A method of providing bolus dosage recommendations for diabetics includes receiving an image of a meal to be consumed by a user. The image is analyzed to identify at least one food item in the image. A bolus dosage recommendation is calculated based on the identified at least one food item in the image. | 09-30-2010 |
Eric S. Christoffersen, Beaux Arts, WA US
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| 20090002379 | Video decoding implementations for a graphics processing unit - Video decoding innovations for multithreading implementations and graphics processor unit (“GPU”) implementations are described. For example, for multithreaded decoding, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of layered data structures, picture extent discovery, a picture command queue, and/or task scheduling for multithreading. Or, for a GPU implementation, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of inverse transforms, inverse quantization, fractional interpolation, intra prediction using waves, loop filtering using waves, memory usage and/or performance-adaptive loop filtering. Innovations are also described in the areas of error handling and recovery, determination of neighbor availability for operations such as context modeling and intra prediction, CABAC decoding, computation of collocated information for direct mode macroblocks in B slices, reduction of memory consumption, implementation of trick play modes, and picture dropping for quality adjustment. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090003447 | Innovations in video decoder implementations - Video decoding innovations for multithreading implementations and graphics processor unit (“GPU”) implementations are described. For example, for multithreaded decoding, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of layered data structures, picture extent discovery, a picture command queue, and/or task scheduling for multithreading. Or, for a GPU implementation, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of inverse transforms, inverse quantization, fractional interpolation, intra prediction using waves, loop filtering using waves, memory usage and/or performance-adaptive loop filtering. Innovations are also described in the areas of error handling and recovery, determination of neighbor availability for operations such as context modeling and intra prediction, CABAC decoding, computation of collocated information for direct mode macroblocks in B slices, reduction of memory consumption, implementation of trick play modes, and picture dropping for quality adjustment. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090323820 | Error detection, protection and recovery for video decoding - Error detecting and protection innovations for video decoders are described. For example, in a multithreaded video decoder, a picture extent discovery (PED) task detects an error in a video bitstream which corrupts a picture. The PED task then determines any PED sub-stage which have been completed for the picture, and based on this determination, performs error-handing PED operations. In another example, an entropy decoding (ED) task checks validity on a macroblock-by-macroblock basis using a redundant buffer to avoid overflows. Additionally, error recovery innovations are described which facilitate playback of a video bit stream at an arbitrary position. For example, a video decoder chooses a picture in the bit stream after the arbitrary position at which to begin decoding based on a determination of acceptable recovery time and/or acceptable picture quality. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110013889 | IMPLEMENTING CHANNEL START AND FILE SEEK FOR DECODER - A video bit stream with pictures comprising inter-coded content can be decoded upon receiving a channel start or file seek instruction. Pictures for beginning decoding and display of the bit stream can be selected based at least in part on one or more tuning parameters that set a preference between a latency of beginning to display video and possible defects in the displayed video. In some embodiments, to implement decoding upon a channel start or file seek, one or more types of data are generated for one or more pictures. For example, picture order counts are generated for pictures after a channel start or file seek operation. As another example, a decoder generates a frame number value that triggers re-initialization of a reference picture buffer before decoding after a channel start or file seek operation. | 01-20-2011 |
Eric S. Cylvick, Wanship, UT US
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| 20090014259 | LOAD-MINIMIZING, TROLLEY ARRESTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system comprising a cable held in suspension and a trolley traveling along the cable relies on a brake to control velocity and limit net downhill acceleration of the trolley. The trolley may include a brake pad positioned to contact the cable. At the downhill end of the ride, the lever actuating the brake is caught and lifted by a capture ring, thus relieving the braking load on the trolley. Also, the trolley engages a comparatively modest, second resistance mechanism, such as, for example, a system of springs, that gradually increases in resistance with distance of motion of the trolley thereagainst, bringing the trolley to a gradual halt at a rate to improve comfort of a rider and reduce acceleration forces (loads) on the trolley. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090078148 | SUSPENDED COASTER RAIL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An improved amusement ride provides minimal requirement on supporting structures by suspending a rail system from suspension cables. Individual riders sit in a harness suspended from a trolley traveling along the suspended rail. The rail may turn in substantially any direction and the trolley coasts along it. Parallel rails may be suspended for a race-like format. The suspension cables may be arranged along a hillside, relying on the grade of the hill for elevation change, or may be arranged as a lattice of supporting infrastructure with an arrangement of the coaster rail there below. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20110303115 | LOAD-MINIMIZING, TROLLEY ARRESTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system comprising a cable held in suspension and a trolley traveling along the cable relies on a brake to control velocity and net downhill acceleration of the trolley. The trolley may include a brake pad positioned to contact the cable. At the downhill end of the ride, the lever actuating the brake is caught and lifted by a capture ring, thus relieving the braking load on the trolley. Also, the trolley engages a comparatively modest, second resistance mechanism, such as, for example, a system of springs, that gradually increases in resistance with distance of motion of the trolley thereagainst, bringing the trolley to a gradual halt. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110315039 | THRILL RIDE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system comprising a cable held in suspension and a trolley traveling along the cable. The trolley may include a brake pad positioned to contact the cable. The brake pad may include a plurality of segments contacting the cable. A first such segment may be formed from a first material. A second such segment may be formed from a second material, distinct from the first material. The sequence, composition, gaps, and the like of the plurality of segments may be selected to provide a desired resistance to wear, frictional coefficient, all-weather braking, and the like. | 12-29-2011 |
Eric S. Dod, Corvallis, OR US
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| 20080211887 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - An inkjet print head has a wall that separates an interior of the inkjet print head from an exterior of the inkjet print head. A channel passes completely through the wall for receiving a conduit therein. A trough is formed on an exterior of the component. A sidewall of the trough has an opening that aligns with the channel. The opening is for receiving the conduit therethrough before the channel receives the conduit. | 09-04-2008 |
Eric S. Hausserman, Findlay, OH US
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| 20080248243 | LAMINATE THERMOPLASTIC SHEET, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A laminate thermoplastic sheet, and an apparatus and a method of making the sheet are disclosed. The laminate sheet has a substrate layer, a middle foam layer, and a cap layer bonded together. Each layer is chemically compatible with the others, thereby facilitating a recycling thereof. The apparatus and the method of producing the sheet includes extruding the cap layer, feeding a sheet foam material for the middle layer in substantial alignment with the cap layer; providing a roll assembly that compresses the cap layer and the middle layer together and forms a bond therebetween; extruding a thermoplastic substrate layer; and compressing the laminate and the substrate layer to form a bond therebetween and form a final three-layer laminate sheet. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080305310 | LUMINESCENT LAMINATE ACRYLIC SHEET AND METHOD - A luminescent laminate acrylic sheet and a method of making the sheet are disclosed. The sheet includes a luminescent layer bonded to at least one other acrylic layer, wherein the luminescent layer provides illumination to the sheet in low or no light environments. The method of producing the sheet includes extruding the various layers and then bonding the layers together under a compressive force and an elevated temperature in a flat lamination press. | 12-11-2008 |
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110076896 | JACK ASSEMBLIES WITH CYLINDRICAL CONTACTS - Jack assemblies having cylindrical contacts are provided. For example, an enclosure may provide a cavity with a longitudinal axis for receiving an electrical plug. The jack assembly may also include at least one jack contact positioned in the cavity. The jack contact may include a first end region extending about at least a portion of the axis and a contact region extending from the first end region towards the axis. The first end region may extend completely about the axis or just about a portion of the axis. The contact region may deflect and contact a first conductive region of the plug in multiple contact areas when the plug is inserted into the cavity. | 03-31-2011 |
Eric S. Martin, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100298158 | Compositions, Kits, and Methods for Identification, Assessment, Prevention, and Therapy of Cancer - The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer. | 11-25-2010 |
Eric S. Micko, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110210253 | Infrared Motion Sensor - An infrared motion sensor has a multi element IR detector with first and second separate arrays of optical elements associated with respective first and second detector elements and a partition of a material substantially opaque to IR radiation and substantially transparent to visible/NIR light arranged to separate the IR optical paths from the first and second optical elements to the respective first and second detector elements. In this way, the detector elements function individually with respect to IR radiation and individual optical elements produce separate and independently oriented fields of view on the first and second sides of the sensor, while visible/NIR light still falls on both detector elements so that detector element signals resulting from NIR radiation roughly cancel one another. | 09-01-2011 |
Eric S. Nelson, Boise, ID US
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| 20090027076 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DICE IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE - An IC module, such as a Multi-Chip Module (MCM), includes multiple IC dice, each having a test mode enable bond pad, such as an output enable pad. A fuse incorporated into the MCM's substrate connects each die's test mode enable bond pad to one of the MCM's no-connection (N/C) pins, and a resistor incorporated into the substrate connects the test mode enable bond pads to one of the MCM's ground pins. By applying a supply voltage to the test mode enable bond pads through the N/C pin, a test mode is initiated in the dice. Once testing is complete, the fuse may be blown, and a ground voltage applied to the test mode enable bond pads through the ground pins so the resistor disables the test mode in the dice and initiates an operational mode. As a result, dice packaged in IC modules may be tested after packaging. | 01-29-2009 |
Eric S. Olson, Minneapolis, MN US
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| 20110064172 | Systems and Methods for Serial Cancellation - A receiver in a CDMA system comprises a front end processor that generates a combined signal per source. A symbol estimator processes the combined signal to produce symbol estimates. An S-Matrix Generation module refines these symbol estimates based on the sub channel symbol estimates. An interference canceller is configured for cancelling interference from at least one of the plurality of received signals for producing at least one interference-cancelled signal. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069742 | Method and Apparatus for Interference Suppression with Efficient Matrix Inversion in a DS-CDMA System - A receiver in a CDMA system comprises a front end processor that generates a combined signal per source. A symbol estimator processes the combined signal to produce symbol estimates. An S-Matrix Generation module refines these symbol estimates based on the sub channel symbol estimates. An interference canceller is configured for cancelling interference from at least one of the plurality of received signals for producing at least one interference-cancelled signal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110096767 | Systems and Methods for Parallel Signal Cancellation - A multi-mode receiver includes a channel decomposition module (e.g., a Rake receiver) for separating a received signal into multipath components, an interference selector for selecting interfering paths and subchannels, a synthesizer for synthesizing interference signals from selected sub channel symbol estimates, and an interference canceller for cancelling selected interference in the received signal. At least one of the channel decomposition module, the synthesizer, and the interference canceller are configurable for processing multi-mode signals. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110182330 | Serial cancellation receiver design for a coded signal processing engine - An interference cancelling receiver combines data from multiple paths after aligning to transmitter timing, and uses either an equalizer or a Rake receiver to compute symbol estimates. Interference estimates are generated from the symbol estimates, and multiple interference estimates are combined after re-aligning the interference estimates to receiver timing. At least two segments of symbol estimates are computed for each segment of interference cancelled data. | 07-28-2011 |
Eric S. Portner, Northborough, MA US
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| 20090132661 | Forwarding Un-responded to Instant Messages to Electronic Mail - A method of forwarding an instant message to electronic mail can begin with determining availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient. The method can continue with sending the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient. The method can include not receiving a reply to the instant message within a pre-defined period of time. The method can further include sending an electronic mail message including the instant message to the recipient upon reaching the pre-defined period of time. | 05-21-2009 |
Eric S. Prostejovsky, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20120019522 | ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TARGETING (eSAT) SYSTEM - eSAT pushes 3D scene awareness and targeting to forward positioned mobile operators and their handheld devices in environments such as found in military theaters of operation, border control and enforcement, police operations, search & rescue and large commercial industrial operations. A host computer hosts a 3D model of a scene and dynamically captures and transmits a windowed portion of the visual representation of that 3D model over a wireless network to the mobile operators' handheld devices. The windowed portion of the visual representation is streamed directly to the operators' handheld device displays. The mobile operators may interact with and control the 3D model via the wireless network. The host computer may synthesize the visual representation of the 3D model with live feeds from one or more of the handheld devices or other assets to improve situational awareness. Either the mobile operators or host operator can make point selections on the visual representation to extract geo-coordinates from the 3D model as a set of target coordinates. | 01-26-2012 |
Eric S. Pucek, Salina, PA US
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| 20080217103 | All Directional Ladder - An all directional ladder is provided having a base and a plurality of stair treads supported by and extending upwardly from the base at an angle. The ladder further includes a set of footpads, a retractable first and second set of wheels, and a third set of non-retractable wheels. The first and second set of wheels rotate 360° about a vertical axis to allow the ladder to be moved in any direction. A step lock assembly is positioned proximate the front of the base and a series of linkages are associated with this step lock assembly retracting the first and second set of wheels to change the ladder from a mobile position to a stationary position in which the ladder rests on the set of footpads and the third set of wheels. A kit and a method for retrofitting a ladder with an all directional movement system is also provided. | 09-11-2008 |
Eric S. Quinby, Hickory, NC US
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| 20090109424 | Polarity checking apparatus for multi-fiber connectors - A polarity checking apparatus for multi-fiber connectors includes a body, a diverging lens attached to the body and a screen attached to the body, wherein the apparatus is configured to determine test and/or determine polarity of the multi-fiber connector. The screen may be translucent or may be opaque in part and rotatable for checking whether a signal is being transmitted on an individual optical fiber position of the multi-fiber connector. The invention is also directed to a method for checking the polarity of an optical assembly. | 04-30-2009 |
Eric S. Reifsnider, Corvallis, OR US
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| 20090290518 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING SHARING OF CHANNEL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of operation of a node for obtaining channel information in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method includes receiving periodically, information related to channel assessment capability of plurality of nodes of the wireless communication network, maintaining a metric characterizing the channel assessment capability for each of the plurality of nodes based on the received channel assessment capability, selecting at least one node from the plurality of nodes by comparing the metric of each of the plurality of nodes, sending a request for channel information to the selected node and receiving channel information from the selected node. | 11-26-2009 |
Eric S. Rondum, San Ramon, CA US
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| 20120021671 | REAL-TIME MONITORING OF RETAINING RING THICKNESS AND LIFETIME - A method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a surface of a retaining ring disposed on a carrier head in a polishing module is described. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring at least one surface of a retaining ring coupled to a carrier head is provided. The method includes moving the carrier head adjacent a sensor device disposed in a polishing module, transmitting energy from the sensor device toward the retaining ring, receiving energy reflected from the retaining ring, and determining a condition of the retaining ring based on the received energy. | 01-26-2012 |
Eric S. Simth, Waterford, MI US
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| 20100241586 | Decision assistance platform configured for facilitating financial consulting services - A system includes instructions configured for enabling the one or more data processing device to facilitate preparing client-specific template information and determining client-specific consulting information dependent upon the client-specific template information. The client specific template information includes performance criteria, weightings, defined investment dataset information, filters configured for refilling investment dataset information and/or process instructions. Examples of client specific consulting information include investment index performance scores, performance scores of investments in an investment portfolio, objectively quantified investment choices, asset class corresponding to allocated investment within an investment portfolio, comparative performance analyses between allocated investments and non-allocated investments represented within an asset class, and other information utilized by an investor for making investment decisions. | 09-23-2010 |
Eric S. Smith, Waterford, MI US
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| 20100241587 | Decision assistance platform configured for facilitating financial consulting services - A system includes instructions configured for enabling the one or more data processing device to facilitate preparing client-specific template information and determining client-specific consulting information dependent upon the client-specific template information. The client specific template information includes performance criteria, weightings, defined investment dataset information, filters configured for refining investment dataset information and/or process instructions. Examples of client specific consulting information include investment index performance scores, performance scores of investments in an investment portfolio, objectively quantified investment choices, asset class corresponding to allocated investment within an investment portfolio, comparative performance analyses between allocated investments and non-allocated investments represented within an asset class, and other information utilized by an investor for making investment decisions. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100268666 | System and method configured for facilitating financial analysis - A method comprises determining a plurality of investment performance scores, determining a plurality of investment index performance scores and assessing each one of the investment performance scores dependent upon a respective one of the investment index. Each one of the investment performance scores corresponds to a respective investment of an investment portfolio. Each one of the investment index performance scores corresponds to a respective investment index. The respective investment index corresponds to a respective one of the investment performance scores. The method may comprise determining a collection of indices that each corresponds to a respective investment of the investment portfolio of the client, determining a composite investment index performance score dependent upon the indices, and assessing the investment portfolio dependent upon the composite investment index performance score. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100299281 | Facilitating management of 401K retirement savings plans - A consultation analysis for a 401K retirement savings plan comprises a plurality of informational elements. Participant profiles are a first one of the informational elements and are provided for each one of a plurality of classes of participants in the 401K retirement savings plan. A model portfolio is a second one of the informational elements and are provided for each one of the participant profiles. At least a portion of the model portfolios include a plurality of asset classes. Designation of a plurality of performance-quantified investment choices for each one of the asset classes is a third informational element. The performance quantified investment choices are performance-quantified with respect to at least one performance factor. Designation of a plurality of suggested ones of the investment choices for each one of the asset classes is a fourth informational element. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120011080 | Core/satellite financial portfolio design methodology, system and computer readable medium - Investment choices are each within a respective asset class of a defined set of asset classes. Investment choices of a first set of the investment choices (e.g., core investment choices) are within a particular asset class and have a performance factor value that is constrained by a performance factor value range defined by a filter structure. Investment choices of a second set of the investment choices (e.g., satellite investment choices) are within the particular asset class and have a performance factor value that may or may not be constrained by the performance factor value range of the first set, but may have a separate and distinct filter structure. The filter structure specifies unique characteristics desired of a set of investment choices, including a relationship between a benchmark performance factor value and a parameter used for determining the performance factor value range. The performance factor value of each investment choice and the performance factor value of the benchmark investment choice correspond to a common performance factor. A comparative assessment of each investment choice set is performed using a comparative assessment value for each one of the investment choices within each set of investment choices. | 01-12-2012 |
Eric S. Svenby, Sigourney, IA US
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| 20090195136 | UPRIGHT REAR WALL EXTENSION FOR REFRIGERATOR SHELVES - An extending vertical wall is provided that secures to the rear edge of a shelf assembly inside a refrigerator compartment. The vertical wall comprises a vertical panel with two downwardly protruding legs. The legs removably reside within sockets included in the rear edge of the refrigerator shelf assembly. When the vertical wall is attached to the refrigerator shelf assembly, the vertical wall prevents items placed on the shelf from toppling off the back edge of the shelf assembly. At the user's discretion, the vertical wall may be quickly and easily removed from the shelf assembly. In an alternative embodiment, the wall is a formed retainer having an inserted U-shape such that the legs are received in the shelf sockets. | 08-06-2009 |
Eric S. Vankeulen, North Canton, OH US
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| 20100288831 | Automated banking machine currency presenter arrangement - A banking system includes an automated banking machine controlled by data bearing records. The machine compares indicia from a bearer record with computer information regarding the bearer. The machine operates to reallocate credit among various accounts responsive to computer determined correspondence among stored user identification data, read card data, and read biometric data. The machine also includes a note presenter and a currency cassette. A gate of the presenter is located at a note dispensing outlet of the machine. The gate is opened by actuating a lever linked with an arm connected to the gate. The currency cassette includes a one-piece polymer body attached to a one-piece polymer lid. A one-piece tambour door is movable along guide tracks integrally formed with body side walls. | 11-18-2010 |
Eric S. Werdin, Morrisville, NC US
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| 20090197796 | Methods for treating and preventing cancers that express the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis of hormones and receptors - Methods are provided for treating HPG axis-positive cancers, preventing or slowing proliferation of cells of HPG axis-positive cancer origin, preventing HPG axis-positive cancers in a patient at risk of contracting such cancers, preventing or inhibiting an upregulation of the cell cycle in HPG axis-positive cancer-derived cells in a patient, and decreasing the level of HPG axis-positive cancer-specific markers in a patient. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110286998 | METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING CANCERS THAT EXPRESS THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS OF HORMONES AND RECEPTORS - Methods are provided for treating HPG axis-positive cancers, preventing or slowing proliferation of cells of HPG axis-positive cancer origin, preventing HPG axis-positive cancers in a patient at risk of contracting such cancers, preventing or inhibiting an upregulation of the cell cycle in HPG axis-positive cancer-derived cells in a patient, and decreasing the level of HPG axis-positive cancer-specific markers in a patient. | 11-24-2011 |
Eric S. Werdin, Lewisville, NC US
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| 20110117162 | Isolated Renal Cells and Uses Thereof - The invention is directed to isolated renal cells, including tubular and erythropoietin (EPO)-producing kidney cell populations, and methods of isolating and culturing the same, as well as methods of treating a subject in need with the cell populations. | 05-19-2011 |
Eric S. Werness, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110084977 | STATE SHADOWING TO SUPPORT A MULTI-THREADED DRIVER ENVIRONMENT - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for tracking and filtering state change methods provided to a graphics pipeline. State shadow circuitry at the start of the graphics pipeline may be configured in different modes. A track mode is used to capture the current state by storing state change methods that are transmitted to the graphics pipeline. A passthrough mode is used to provide different state data to the graphics pipeline without updating the current state stored in the state shadow circuitry. A replay mode is used to restore the current state to the graphics pipeline using the state shadow circuitry. Additionally, the state shadow circuitry may also be configured to filter the state change methods that are transmitted to graphics pipeline by removing redundant state change methods. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110242118 | State Objects for Specifying Dynamic State - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transmitting state information associated with at least one graphics command to a graphics processor. The method includes the steps of generating a state object that specifies a set of properties that is needed to execute a first graphics command within the graphics processor, storing in the state object a value associated with a first property included in the set of properties, marking a second property included in the set of properties as a dynamic property, where a value associated with the second property is not stored in the state object and can be updated without having to modify the state object, and transmitting the state object to the graphics processor in order to execute the first graphics command | 10-06-2011 |
Eric S. White, San Mateo, CA US
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| 20090152346 | Fraudulent fuel purchase detection system and method - In a fuel card monitoring system the vehicle associate with the fuel card is provided with a transmitter and possibly a memory for relaying information associated with a credit transaction, relating to one or more of the vehicle position, the number of miles driven, the amount of fuel taken in, and the turning off and on of the vehicle engine. Information gathering devices may be provided on the vehicle for monitoring the fuel amount, the timing information and the location of the vehicle. | 06-18-2009 |
Eric S. Willet, New Oxford, PA US
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| 20100327100 | FOIL ROLL WITH WOUND STIFFENING CORE, APPARATUS FOR WINDING THE ROLL AND METHOD - A foil roll having a wound stiffener core formed from an initially flat sheet of stiffener material fed into a spiral roll winder simultaneously with a feed end of a foil web. An apparatus and method for spirally winding a foil roll with a wound stiffener core in which a stiffener sheet is fed into a roll winder in adjacent outward contact with a foil web and a leading edge of the stiffener slightly ahead of a feed end of a foil web. The stiffener sheet is outwardly disposed from the foil web and in adjacent contact with the roll starter guides to prevent contact between guides and the foil web during initial core formation. Roll starter guides are moved from contact with the outer periphery of the roll once the initial core is formed allowing a desired length of foil web to be spirally wound around the core without damage to the web. The apparatus is configured to receive a continuous supply of foil and stiffener web material, cut each to predetermined lengths, and sequentially form wound core foil rolls at an economically high rate. | 12-30-2010 |
Eric S. Wilson, Los Angeles, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080275764 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is a system and method that targets communications devices with content from service providers, third party content providers, sponsors, promotional partners and advertisers. The invention matches the content with communications device users using customer profiles or device usage profiles and transmits the content to communications devices over a wireless network, via the internet, or other means. The communications devices store the content in an internal repository. The content is later displayed as a result of triggers by designated users' actions. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080305781 | COGNITIVE SCHEDULER - A system for targeting communications devices with content from service providers, third party content providers, sponsors, promotional partners and advertisers. The invention matches the content with communications device users using customer profiles or device usage profiles and transmits the content to communications devices over a wireless network, via the internet, or other means. The communications devices store the content in an internal repository. The content is later displayed as a result of triggers by designated users' actions. The content is displayed in the unused space of communications devices, between a designated user action and the actuation of an intended event or function. Media or content displayed when a triggering action occurs may be cached and stored in the repository or may be delivered in real time. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100088156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING MOBILE DEVICE USERS - A system and method for delivering surveys to mobile device users. Surveys are delivered to mobile device users based on the user's participation in a survey group. The surveys may be delivered with media such as a song, movie, television, or other video or audio clip asking the user to rate or provide feedback on the media. A method of providing a survey to communication devices includes receiving, at a server, a survey from a survey provider, defining, at the server, a survey group from a group of users, the survey group being defined by a topic in the survey, transmitting the survey from the server to a plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group, displaying the survey on each of the plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group, and transmitting survey responses from at least one of the plurality of communication devices to the server. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE THROTTLED DELIVERY OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND CONTENT BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE OF USAGE - A system and method for adjusting the frequency of content delivery to a communication device based on the frequency of a user's interaction with the communication device. A method of scheduling and displaying content on a communication device includes collecting data representing a user's interaction with the communication device, transmitting the data from the communication device to a scheduler, assigning the communication device to a use category, the use category assigned based on the number of interactions the user has with the communication device during a period of time, transmitting a signal to the scheduler upon an interaction with the communication device, incrementing a counter at the remote scheduler upon receiving the signal, and periodically displaying content on the communication device based on the use category and the counter. | 04-08-2010 |