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Anne Fairchild, Provo, UT US
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| 20080307557 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFLATABLE APPAREL - This application relates to inflatable apparel. In particular, this application discusses systems and methods for providing apparel that is both selectively inflatable and adapted for use as a pillow. The inflatable apparel may include any clothing or object that is adapted to be worn by a person and is selectively inflatable so as to act a cushion for the person wearing the apparel or of another. The inflatable apparel comprises an apparel item, such as a necktie, and an inflatable bladder. In some cases, the necktie is made to receive and retain the bladder in an inflated position or a deflated position. The bladder extends through at least a portion of the necktie. Additionally, when inflated, the bladder provides a pillow or cushion for use by the individual wearing the inflated necktie, or for use by an individual other than the person wearing the necktie. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110131731 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFLATABLE APPAREL - This application relates to inflatable apparel. In particular, this application discusses systems and methods for providing apparel that is both selectively inflatable and adapted for use as a pillow. The inflatable apparel may include any clothing or object that is adapted to be worn by a person and is selectively inflatable so as to act a cushion for the person wearing the apparel or of another. The inflatable apparel comprises an apparel item, such as a necktie, and an inflatable bladder. In some cases, the necktie is made to receive and retain the bladder in an inflated position or a deflated position. The bladder extends through at least a portion of the necktie. Additionally, when inflated, the bladder provides a pillow or cushion for use by the individual wearing the inflated necktie, or for use by an individual other than the person wearing the necktie. | 06-09-2011 |
Brian Thomas Fairchild, Clawson, MI US
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| 20100225147 | ROOF ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - The roof assembly includes guide rails extending parallel and at a distance from each other. The guide rails each include a guide groove being defined between an upper and lower flange of the guide rails. The guide grooves open in a direction towards each other, and further comprise at least one closure panel, in particular a sunshade panel, having two opposite sides substantially parallel to the guide rails and each including at least two laterally projecting tabs for engagement into the respective guide groove. At least one of said lower and upper flanges of each guide rail has at least one cut-out for allowing the tabs of the closure panel to enter the guide groove. | 09-09-2010 |
Craig R. Fairchild, Yardley, PA US
Douglas P. Fairchild, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20090075118 | Weld metal compositions for joining steel structures in the oil and gas industry - Provided are metal structures and methods of forming such structures for use in oil, gas and/or petrochemical applications that are joined with non-ferrous weld metal compositions or a high alloy weld metal compositions. The welded metal structures include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a non-ferrous weld metal composition or a high alloy weld metal composition that is substantially different from the metal composition of the two or more components. The resultant welded structures exhibit improvements in fatigue resistance, toughness, strain capacity, strength, stress corrosion cracking resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance compared to traditional iron-based weld compositions. The structures and methods of forming such structures are advantageous in joining metal components in applications for natural gas transportation and storage, oil and gas well completion and production, and oil and gas refinery and chemical plants. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090301613 | Low Yield Ratio Dual Phase Steel Linepipe with Superior Strain Aging Resistance - A steel composition and method from making a dual phase steel therefrom. The dual phase steel may have carbon of about 0.05% by weight to about 0.12 wt %; niobium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.03 wt %; titanium of about 0.005 wt % to about 0.02 wt %; nitrogen of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.01 wt %; silicon of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.5 wt %; manganese of about 0.5 wt % to about 2.0 wt %; and a total of molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper less than about 0.15 wt %. The steel may have a first phase consisting of ferrite and a second phase having one or more of carbide, pearlite, martensite, lower bainite, granular bainite, upper bainite, and degenerate upper bainite. A solute carbon content in the first phase may be about 0.01 wt % or less. | 12-10-2009 |
Douglas Paul Fairchild, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20090155623 | High strength nickel alloy welds through precipitation hardening - Provided are precipitation hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a precipitation hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 1.4 wt % of combined aluminum and titanium based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions, wherein the precipitation hardening occurs in the as-welded condition. The nickel based welds do not require a separate heat treatment step after welding to produce advantageous strength properties. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100021761 | High strength nickel alloy welds through strain hardening - Provided are strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a strain hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 10 wt % Mo based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions. The strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds are useful in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry in applications for natural gas transportation and storage, oil and gas well completion and production, and oil and gas refinery and chemical plants. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100136369 | High strength and toughness steel structures by friction stir welding - Provided are steel structures methods of making such steel structures including structural steel components bonded by friction stir weldments with advantageous microstructures to yield improved weldment strength and weldment toughness. In one form of the present disclosure, the steel structure includes: two or more structural steel components produced by conventional melting or secondary refining practices and friction stir weldments bonding faying surfaces of the components together, wherein the chemistry and grain size of the starting structural steel satisfies one or more of the following criteria: a) 0.02 wt %| 06-03-2010 | |
| 20100159265 | Butt weld and method of making using fusion and friction stir welding - Provided are butt welds and methods of making such butt welds using a combination of fusion root welding and friction stir welding to yield welds with decreased propensity for dropout during friction stir welding without the need for a back-up support plate. In one form of the present disclosure, the butt weld includes: two or more abutting structural steel components beveled on faying surfaces on one side of the components to form a suitably shaped fusion root weld groove and unbeveled on faying surfaces on the opposite side of the components and interconnected with a first fusion root weld on the beveled side of the components and a second friction stir weld on the unbeveled side of the components, wherein the first fusion root weld has a width ranging from 7 mm to 30 mm, a penetration depth ranging from 2 mm to 20 mm, and an overfill ranging from 2 mm to 5 mm, and wherein the stir zone of the second friction stir weld penetrates the first fusion root weld. The butt welds and methods of making find application in joining linepipe for oil and gas production. | 06-24-2010 |
Granville R. Fairchild, Mount Pleasant, SC US
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| 20110016131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING OMNIBUS VIEW OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE CONTENT OF VARIOUS FILE TYPES AND SOURCES - An online service provider (OSP) operates online data centers to store members' data objects relating to various online member services of the OSP. An aggregated catalog lists members' data objects residing in the online data centers and also those residing in member computers' local storage. An aggregator monitors contents of the online storage facilities to detect new storage of prescribed types of data objects owned by the members, and also communicates with member computers to identify prescribed types of data objects newly stored in the respective local storage. The aggregator updates the aggregated catalog to list the newly stored data objects. Responsive to a request by a member, a finder searches the aggregated catalog and utilizes results of the search to provide, for display at the requesting member's computer, a consolidated listing of online data objects and locally stored data objects owned by the requesting member. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110173544 | Method and Apparatus Providing Omnibus View of Online and Offline Content of Various File Types and Sources - An online service provider (OSP) operates online data centers to store members' data objects relating to various online member services of the OSP. An aggregated catalog lists members' data objects residing in the online data centers and also those residing in member computers' local storage. An aggregator monitors contents of the online storage facilities to detect new storage of prescribed types of data objects owned by the members, and also communicates with member computers to identify prescribed types of data objects newly stored in the respective local storage. The aggregator updates the aggregated catalog to list the newly stored data objects. Responsive to a request by a member, a finder searches the aggregated catalog and utilizes results of the search to provide, for display at the requesting member's computer, a consolidated listing of online data objects and locally stored data objects owned by the requesting member. | 07-14-2011 |
James Logan Fairchild, Trona, CA US
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| 20090104106 | Separation of Purified Potassium Sulfate from Glaserite - A method can, in one general aspect, include steps for the recovery of potassium sulfate and mirabilite from glaserite. In another general aspect, a method includes dissolving glaserite in water at an elevated temperature to produce a saturated or nearly saturated solution, and cooling the solution to a temperature where potassium sulfate and mirabilite will crystallize from the solution as stable phases. In yet another general aspect, a method includes adding glaserite to a saturated solution of glaserite in water and mixing for enough time at a temperature where the glaserite will decompose into potassium sulfate and mirabilite as stable phases. In yet another general aspect, a method includes separating potassium sulfate from mirabilite using a froth floatation process. | 04-23-2009 |
Jonathan D. Fairchild, Broken Arrow, OK US
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| 20100245079 | Method for Identifying and Locating Wireless Devices Associated With a Security Event - Wireless devices are often associated with security events. The security events may be investigated by identifying and locating the associated wireless devices by: 1) determining a time and a location of a security event; 2) accessing a first wireless network and determining at least one of an ID and a location for at least a first wireless device within a predetermined proximity of the security event; and 3) determining at least one of an ID and a location for a second wireless device that was in communication with the first wireless device within at least one of: a predetermined span of time prior to or concurrent with the time of the security event, and a predetermined proximity to the security event. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246328 | SECURITY EVENT DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM - A system for detecting the direction of an occurrence of an event from a known point or the location of an event comprising at least two of: a sensor comprising: a microprocessor; a wireless network; an element sensitive to evidence of the event communicating with the microprocessor; and a first Ultra-Wideband Radio module; wherein: the element sensitive to evidence of the event is in communication with the microprocessor allowing the microprocessor to function to detect the event; the first Ultra-Wideband Radio module functions to determine the location of the sensor; the wireless network system allows for the interfacing and sharing of data between the sensor and other components of the system for detecting events; and the system for detecting events functions to multi-laterate the location and time of the event. The use of ultra-wide band radio modules allows for very precise location of events and enhanced communications as compared to conventional systems. It also allows for the correction of GPS locationing and for use inside of structures and other venues where GPS is not effective. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110023130 | Smart Battery System and Methods of Use - A battery pack including a housing; at least one battery cell associated with the housing; at least one memory element associated with the housing; at least one electrical connection associated with the housing for supplying power from the battery cell to the electronic device; and at least one communication interface associated with the housing for receiving data from the electronic device for storage in the memory element and/or for sending data from the memory element to the electronic device can be used for powering electronic devices. The battery pack may be used to increase the efficiency of employment of the electronic devices by storing the data generated by the electronic devices allowing the devices to be immediately redeployed by replacing the battery packs, the data being available for downloading from the battery pack. The battery packs may also be useful in advertising and software distribution systems. | 01-27-2011 |
Lee Holland Fairchild, Poquoson, VA US
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| 20100016865 | Gamma guided stereotactic localization system - A stereotactic gamma-guided localization system for imaging a suspected cancer and guiding a physician in the removal of tissue samples for biopsy. The gamma-guided localization system includes a three step procedure including localization, correlation, and verification. The localization system includes a gamma camera with a set of slant-hole collimators for producing stereo images of a region of interest. A positioning system including a fiducial marker is placed adjacent to the object to be imaged and held rigidly in place to provide correlation of the location of the region of interest relative to the fiducial marker. A gamma emitting marker is then positioned at the calculated location of the region of interest and imaged to verify that that the calculated position corresponds to the actual location. The positioning system can then be used to accurately position and support any other hardware that needs to be positioned at the region of interest. | 01-21-2010 |
Manuel R. Fairchild, Kokomo, IN US
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| 20120013742 | VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A FIELD OF VIEW DEPENDENT UPON DETECTING AN OBJECT - A vision system in a vehicle and a method for operating the system. The system displays a field of view that is a portion of an image of an area proximate to the vehicle. The system includes an object detection means that provides an indication of an object being present in the area proximate to the vehicle. The field of view is selected at least in part based on the detection of the object, such as directing the field of view toward the object so the vehicle driver can more easily discern the presence of the object in a display. | 01-19-2012 |
Matthew D. Fairchild, Rosemount, MN US
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| 20110066861 | DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and apparatus for digital content management and distribution are provided. In an example, a plurality of unique keys can be provide, wherein each unique key corresponding to one or more docks for accessing digital content. A selection of at least one item of digital content can be received from a user and an indication of a dock corresponding to the user can also be received. A unique key can be selected from the plurality of unique keys corresponding to the dock of the user, and the at least one item of digital content can be encrypted based on the selected unique key. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120022977 | SECURE PRE-LOADED DRIVE MANAGEMENT AT KIOSK - Methods, systems, and apparatus for digital content management and distribution are provided. In an example, a method of protecting digital content at a kiosk is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of memory devices, the plurality of memory devices having pre-loaded content thereon. A selection is received from a user. A memory device is selected from the plurality of pre-loaded memory devices that matches the selection from the user. A dock to which the memory device is to be coupled is determined. The memory device is protected with a unique key corresponding to the dock. | 01-26-2012 |
Matthew D. Fairchild US
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| 20120023587 | SECURE KIOSK BASED DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and apparatus for digital content management and distribution are provided. In an example, a method includes providing a memory device having digital content thereon; receiving an indication of a dock to which the memory device is to be coupled; and protecting the memory device with a unique key corresponding to the dock. | 01-26-2012 |
Melanie M. Fairchild, Burlington, KY US
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| 20100314265 | Array of colored packages for consumer products - An array of packages. Each package has a different primary color, a common secondary color and a tertiary color matching the respective primary color of that package. The packages in the array may further have a common quaternary color. | 12-16-2010 |
Michael A. Fairchild, Vancouver, WA US
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| 20100026741 | USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM - An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point. | 02-04-2010 |
Paul Fairchild, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100278521 | Fourier telescopic imaging system and method - A system and method for imaging far away fast moving objects such as satellites in low earth orbit. The object to be imaged is illuminated simultaneously with a composite beam comprised of a large number of separate laser beams from a large number of laser sources each from a separate position with each of the separate laser beams shifted in frequency with respect to each other beam so as to produce a large number of beat frequencies in the composite beam. The positions of the laser sources are changed rapidly during an illumination period of a few seconds. Light reflected from the object is collected in a large number of light buckets and information defining the intensity of the collected reflected light as a function of time is stored. The positions and frequencies of each of the laser sources are also recorded and stored as a function of time. The stored information defining the intensity of the collected reflected light is analyzed by one or more computer processors utilizing special algorithms to produce a image of the object. | 11-04-2010 |
Phillip R. Fairchild, Luling, LA US
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| 20100029963 | Alkylene oxide recovery systems - The invention relates to improved systems for recovery of alkylene oxide from feed streams containing the same in an alkylene oxide recovery column. The invention also relates to improved processes for recovery of alkylene oxide from feed streams containing the same in an alkylene oxide recovery column. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100029964 | Alkylene oxide recovery systems - Embodiments of the present disclosure include processes and systems for recovering alkylene oxide. System embodiments include a stripping section located in an alkylene oxide recovery column to convert a feed stream comprising to a first gas phase portion comprising alkylene oxide, a condensing zone comprising at least a first condenser and a second condenser configured in series, and a reabsorption region located in the alkylene oxide recovery column above the last of the at least two condensers. | 02-04-2010 |
Phillip R. Fairchild, Luiling, LA US
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| 20100029962 | Alkylene oxide purification systems - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide processes, columns, and systems for removing acetaldehyde from alkylene oxide in a feed stream and for providing an alkylene oxide-water stream that can be directly transferred to a glycol reaction process. The alkylene oxide purification column includes a first section to convert a feed stream into a gas phase portion and a liquid phase portion and a second section located in the column above the first section to separate alkylene oxide from the acetaldehyde, water, and other impurities that enter the second section from the first section. | 02-04-2010 |
Robert Fairchild, Mayfield Village, OH US
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| 20100112012 | MODULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES - Compositions and methods for modulating an NF- | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110135665 | METHODS FOR TREATING REPERFUSION INJURIES - The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin. | 06-09-2011 |
Robert Fairchild, Santa Ana, CA US
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| 20090109352 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A DISPLAY SCREEN IN A VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT - A display screen mount apparatus. The apparatus includes a mounting frame positioned adjacent a vehicle ceiling. The mounting frame includes an attachment interface applying the weight of the apparatus to an external vehicle roof surface. A slide assembly includes a stationary end coupled to the mounting frame and an extensible member that is horizontally extensible from the mounting frame. A vertical support frame for supporting a display screen is pivotally coupled to the extensible member such that the support frame may be angularly rotated between a horizontal storage position and a vertical display position. A housing coupled to the support frame provides a housing recess for receiving the screen. The apparatus further includes an L-shaped fulcrum lever having a user-actuated arm and a spring-actuated arm. The user-actuated arm is coupled in parallel with the support frame. A pneumatic spring is coupled between and applies an expansive force between the slide assembly and the spring-actuated arm. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100167608 | Freediving Safety Apparatus - An apparatus for use in the activity of freediving, providing the freediver with increased safety and protection in the event of Shallow Water Blackout, incapacitating hypoxia, or other emergency occurring in or under the water, while providing greater reliability of functioning, and comfort of wearing during the activity of freediving. | 07-01-2010 |
Ronald C. Fairchild, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20080278719 | WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT REFLECTIVE SAMPLE SUBSTRATES FOR RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY - A material which is generally transparent in the visible region of the spectrum but reflective at laser wavelengths reduces undesirable, substrate-induced Raman and fluorescence scattering. A substrate provides a surface for supporting the sample, with the material being disposed between the surface of the substrate and the sample. The material is substantially transparent in the visible region of the spectrum but reflective at the laser wavelength, thereby minimizing unwanted Raman or fluorescence scattering that would be produced by the substrate if the material were not present. The substrate will typically be a glass microscope slide or multi-cell well plate. The optical filter material is preferably a multilayer dielectric filter acting as a “hot mirror” that reflects near-infrared energy. An advantage of visible transmission is that it allows back illumination from behind/underneath the slide or well plate, thereby being visible to a microscope's eyepiece or video camera. Methods and article are also disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100302529 | WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT REFLECTIVE SAMPLE SUBSTRATES FOR RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY - A material which is generally transparent in the visible region of the spectrum but reflective at laser wavelengths reduces undesirable, substrate-induced Raman and fluorescence scattering. A substrate provides a surface for supporting the sample, with the material being disposed between the surface of the substrate and the sample. The material is substantially transparent in the visible region of the spectrum but reflective at the laser wavelength, thereby minimizing unwanted Raman or fluorescence scattering that would be produced by the substrate if the material were not present. The substrate will typically be a glass microscope slide or multi-cell well plate. The optical filter material is preferably a multilayer dielectric filter acting as a “hot mirror” that reflects near-infrared energy. An advantage of visible transmission is that it allows back illumination from behind/underneath the slide or well plate, thereby being visible to a microscope's eyepiece or video camera. Methods and article are also disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
Sean J. Fairchild, Edmonds, WA US
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| 20110084172 | AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An aircraft elevator system includes a fixed frame, a floating frame coupled to the fixed frame, and a cabin coupled to the floating frame. The floating frame can move with respect to the fixed frame and the cabin can move with respect to the floating frame. The system can include an actuating system operating at least one pulley system to move the cabin between upper and lower positions, which respectively can be inside and outside the aircraft. In some embodiments, the system includes a support assembly that moderates or eliminates load transfer between the system and an aircraft upper deck floor structure. In some embodiments, the cabin includes a ramp configured to deploy when approaching the lower position and to retract to a stowed position when the cabin moves from the lower position toward the upper position. The ramp can include a sensor to control cabin movement. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110315822 | DOOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A door apparatus includes a door, actuating mechanism, and tie rod mechanism, the actuating mechanism actuating the tie rod mechanism to impart a substantially translating motion to the door. The actuating mechanism can include a drive yoke coupled to the tie rod mechanism with a one-way coupling. The tie rod mechanism can include a primary tie rod coupled to a secondary tie rod coupled to a latch. In another aspect a door apparatus includes an actuator, a first door, a second door, a first linkage assembly coupling the actuator to the first door, and a second linkage assembly coupling the first door to the second door, the actuator configured to activate the first linkage assembly to move the first door, the first door imparting motion to the second linkage assembly to move the second door in a synchronous and opposite motion with respect to the motion of the first door. | 12-29-2011 |
Traci Ann Fairchild, Thomaston, CT US
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| 20090150513 | Method and System for Gathering Network Data - A system comprises a portal which, for each of a plurality of requests for network data from a plurality of parties, is to: determine which server of a plurality of servers is responsible for gathering data from a network element that has the network data being requested, send a data-gathering task to the server, receive the network data gathered from the network element by the server, and provide the network data to its requesting party. | 06-11-2009 |