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Andrew Fife, New York, NY US
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| 20100303447 | Continuous Re-Insertion of Advertisements in Video Content - Systems which allow for the insertion of targeted advertisements or other messages into programming content, e.g., using Digital Video Recording (DVR) technology are disclosed. Systems use storage to pre-load advertisements, record content with commercials breaks, and merge the advertisements into the recorded content in the background, so that they are available when the content is viewed in time-shifted mode. | 12-02-2010 |
Andrew Fife, Hoboken, NJ US
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| 20100031285 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR ADDRESSABLE CONTENT - Systems and methods for push-based dynamic bandwidth allocation deliver addressable, advertising content in a digital network. Bandwidth is allocated on a push basis in response to receiving a cue tone from a broadcast stream. The cue tone contains data indicating an addressable break. A portion of bandwidth is then allocated to an addressable content stream based on the data of the cue tone. The addressable content stream is then streamed to a receiver during the addressable break and the receiver is tuned from the broadcast stream to the addressable content stream for the duration of the addressable break. The additional bandwidth is de-allocated at the end of the addressable break. | 02-04-2010 |
Brian Fife, Somerville, MA US
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| 20090013348 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING DIGITAL CONTENT USING AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION APPLICATION - The present invention relates to methods and systems for extracting digital content using an interactive television application. The interactive television application may allow the user to record programs on a set-top box. The interactive television application may also allow the user to extract the audio from one of the recorded programs and transfer the extracted audio to removable media (e.g., a CD-R). The interactive television application also be configured to perform a future transfer of digital content to removable media. The future transfer may occur without requiring any further user interaction. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100192192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING DIGITAL CONTENT USING AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION APPLICATION - The present invention relates to methods and systems for extracting digital content using an interactive television application. The interactive television application may allow the user to record programs on a set-top box. The interactive television application may also allow the user to extract the audio from one of the recorded programs and transfer the extracted audio to removable media (e.g., a CD-R). The interactive television application also be configured to perform a future transfer of digital content to removable media. The future transfer may occur without requiring any further user interaction. | 07-29-2010 |
Caroline E. Fife, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20110071403 | FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE LYMPHATIC MAPPING FOR DIAGNOSING, ACCESSING, MONITORING AND DIRECTING THERAPY OF LYMPHATIC DISORDERS - Methods and imaging agents are used to functionally image lymph structures and to identify, diagnose, assess, monitor and direct therapies for lymphatic disorders. Embodiments of the methods utilize highly sensitive optical imaging and fluorescent spectroscopy techniques capable of rapid temporal resolution to non-invasively track or monitor packets of imaging agents flowing in one or more lymphatic structures in human patients to provide quantitative information regarding lymph propulsion and functionality of the lymphatic structures. An imaging agent comprises a fluorophore labeled peptide capable of binding integrin α | 03-24-2011 |
David Fife, Heber, UT US
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| 20090024511 | Method for Settling Commodity Trades - A third party scheduling company receives future commodity transaction data from subscriber companies and identifies transactions which are circular in nature (i.e. a series of transactions which begins and ends with the same company). The scheduling company notifies the subscriber companies when a circular transaction exists to allow these companies to settle the transaction into a purely financial obligation. | 01-22-2009 |
Jake P. Fife, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20100227704 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SAME - In some embodiments, a golf club head can include: (a) a face member; and (b) a rear section coupled to the face member. The rear section can include an edge. The edge can be substantially circular in shape. A diameter of the edge can be equal to a diameter of a regulation golf hole. Other embodiments are disclosed in this application. | 09-09-2010 |
James Fife, Carson City, NV US
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| 20100067175 | POWDER MODIFICATION IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID STATE CAPACITOR ANODES - The present invention concerns the field of solid state capacitors and in particular high performance capacitors for use in modern electronic devices. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method by which powders of valve-action material may be modified to make them suitable for use in the formation of capacitor anodes for solid state electrolytic capacitors. According to the present invention there is provided a method of modifying raw valve-action material powder into capacitor grade structured powder comprising: (i) providing a raw powder to be converted; (ii) compressing a portion of the powder to form a porous solid mass of powder (iii) heating the solid mass to a pre-determined sintering temperature and maintaining the temperature for a pre-determined time period to form a sintered body, (iv) pulverising the sintered body to form a processed powder and (v) optionally grading the powder particles within pre-determined size ranges so as to collect capacitor grade powder. | 03-18-2010 |
James H. Fife, Langhorne, PA US
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| 20090176198 | REAL NUMBER RESPONSE SCORING METHOD - The invention generally concerns a method of generating a real number score for a response, such as a written essay response. The method comprises providing a scoring model having one or more concepts; determining for each concept a probability that the concept is present in the response; creating a scoring rule or scoring rule function; determining an expected value function for the scoring rule; and generating a real number score for the response based on the scoring rule, the expected value function, and the probabilities that the concepts are present in the response (or a combination thereof). The real number score for the response may then be displayed or output, for instance, where the method is implemented as a computer system or application. Concept-based scoring provides improved scoring accuracy and individualized feedback for students and reports for teachers and parents. | 07-09-2009 |
James R. Fife, Corona Del Mar, CA US
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| 20100241923 | Communication device employing LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding with Reed-Solomon (RS) and/or binary product coding - Communication device employing LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding with Reed-Solomon (RS) and/or binary product coding. An LDPC code is concatenated with a RS code or a binary product code (e.g., using row and column encoding of matrix formatted bits) thereby generating coded bits for use in generating a signal that is suitable to be launched into a communication channel. Various ECCs/FECs may be employed including a BCH (Bose and Ray-Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem) code, a Reed-Solomon (RS) code, an LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code, etc. and various implementations of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) may accompany the product coding and/or additional ECC/FEC employed. The redundancy of such coded signals as generated using the principles herein are in the range of approximately 20% thereby providing a significant amount of redundancy and a high coding gain. Soft decision decoding may be performed on such coded signal generated herein. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241926 | Communication device employing binary product coding with selective additional Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) therein - Communication device employing binary product coding with selective additional cyclic redundancy check (CRC) therein. Product code encoding (e.g., employing row and column encoding of matrix formatted bits, selectively with interleaving and/or permutation of the bits therein) may be combined with additional error correction code (ECC) or forward error correction (FEC) coding thereby generating coded bits for use in generating a signal to be launched into a communication channel. Various ECCs/FECs may be employed including a BCH (Bose and Ray-Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem) code, a Reed-Solomon (RS) code, an LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code, etc. The redundancy of such coded signals as generated using the principles herein is in the range of approximately 7%, and hard decision decoding may be performed on such coded signals generated herein. In accordance with decoding such signals, various bit decisions (within certain iterations) may be selectively ignored and/or reverted back to previous bit decisions. | 09-23-2010 |
Joel A. Fife, Worcester, MA US
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| 20100162632 | BONDED ABRASIVE TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING - A bonded abrasive tool includes a bonded abrasive body having a bond matrix material comprising an organic bond material, abrasive grains contained within the bond matrix material, and chopped fiber bundles within the bond matrix material. The tool further has a porosity within the bonded abrasive body, wherein a majority of the porosity comprises pores surrounding the chopped fiber bundles. | 07-01-2010 |
Joel Alan Fife, Worcester, MA US
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| 20100154316 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED PACKING DENSITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF MAKING - An abrasive article with improved packing density and mechanical properties and method of making are disclosed. A method of making an abrasive mix with improved processability facilitates improved packing density, resulting in abrasive articles with improved mechanical properties. | 06-24-2010 |
John Fife, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20090271372 | SERVICE PROVIDER FRAMEWORK - Providing a dynamic data translation service in a framework that encapsulates other valuable service functions is disclosed. An information technology infrastructure operates in different environments, uses different formats and accesses complex and frequently changing data schemas. The service provider framework provides core computing process automation and dynamic data translation functionality in an encapsulated service that shields requesting systems from data schemas that are often both complex and prone to frequent changes. | 10-29-2009 |
John M. Fife, Bend, OR US
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| 20100117623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING FOR A SOLAR POWER INVERTER - A system and method for operating a photovoltaic element at or near a maximum power point. A maximum power point tracker changes a voltage or current set point of a photovoltaic element in sequential discrete steps, measuring an output power at each step after a predetermined settling time. A slope of a power-voltage curve is then estimated and the slope is corrected for irradiance changes. Finally, an operating voltage or current of the photovoltaic element is adjusted based on the slope of the power-voltage curve and other factors, causing the photovoltaic element to operate at or near its maximum power. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100134959 | SOLAR POWER INVERTERS, INCLUDING TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SOLAR POWER INVERTERS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A temperature-controlled solar power inverter is described herein. The solar power inverter includes multiple components (for example, a power transistor, a control board, or a heat sink). The temperature of a component may rise due to heat generated by the component or heat absorbed from other components. The solar power inverter also includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a location proximate to the component and a cooling device configured to cool the component. The solar power inverter also includes a controller coupled to the temperature sensor and the cooling device. The controller is programmed to receive the temperature from the temperature sensor and control the cooling device based upon the temperature and a temperature setpoint of the component. The temperature setpoint is based upon 1) a component initial temperature, 2) a temperature excursion limit of the component, and 3) an absolute temperature limit of the component. | 06-03-2010 |
Keith G. Fife, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20090122148 | DISJOINT LIGHT SENSING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Imaging is carried out using multiple views (e.g., from a single monolithic device) to generate an image. According to an example embodiment, a scene is imaged using disjoint sensors beyond a designated focal plane to obtain multiple views of common points in the focal plane. For the common points, the multiple views are processed to compute a depth of field, and the computed depth of field to generate an image. | 05-14-2009 |
Michael J. Fife, Littleton, CO US
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| 20090292199 | CATHETER - An improved catheter is provided. The catheter may include a deflectable member located at a distal end of the catheter. The deflectable member may comprise an ultrasound transducer array. The catheter may include a lumen extending from a proximal end of the catheter to the distal end. The lumen may be used to deliver an interventional device to a point distal to the distal end of the catheter. The deflectable member may be selectively deflectable in a pivot-like manner through an arc of at least 90 degrees. In embodiments where the deflectable member includes an ultrasound transducer array, the ultrasound transducer array may be operable to image both when aligned with the catheter and when pivoted relative to the catheter. When pivoted relative to the catheter, the ultrasound transducer array may have a field of view distal to the distal end of the catheter. | 11-26-2009 |
Tamra J. Fife, Boise, ID US
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| 20080260281 | Color content detection - Embodiments including detection of color content in an image are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |