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Brian Frick, Gaithersburg, MD US
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| 20110029928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE CLUSTER-BASED MEDIA PLAYLISTS - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for generating cluster-based media playlists. The system includes an input module configured receive a user selection of a seed media object, a selection module selects media objects based on similarity data between the media objects and the seed media object, a ranking module generates a ranking of the media objects, and an output module positions and displays the media objects in a cluster around the seed media object. The method includes receiving a user selection of a seed media object, selecting media objects based on similarity data between the media objects and the seed media object, generating a ranking of the media objects, and displaying the media objects in a cluster around the seed media object. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110078626 | Contextual Presentation of Digital Media Asset Collections - Methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating presentation of media asset collections with reference to larger media libraries re disclosed. In one embodiment, digital media assets that are in a media asset collection can be visually distinguished from those digital media assets available from a remote media repository that are related to but not within the media asset collection. | 03-31-2011 |
Carl P. Frick, Laramie, WY US
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| 20120065622 | COLOR CODED GUIDE WIRE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire. | 03-15-2012 |
Eric A. Frick, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20110267056 | DIGITAL WAVEFORM SYNTHESIZER FOR NMR PHASE CONTROL - In an RF source, a digital waveform synthesizer comprises a computational module to synchronously determine a desired periodic function, f(θ), within a first bandwidth portion, to which computational result there is combined an injected digital noise increment in an adjustable range of bounded amplitude, specifically selected to average over discontinuities of the DAC transfer characteristic. The combination is effected after passing the injected noise increment through a programmable digital filter forming a composite tuning word having a total bandwidth at a selected Nyquist zone and thence passing the composite tuning word through a truncation component to a DAC. The programmable digital filter is constructed to displace the spectral distribution of the injected noise increment to a portion of the total bandwidth remote from the first bandwidth portion. | 11-03-2011 |
F. Alan Frick, Houston, TX US
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| 20100192875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING AND EVAPORATING FLUID - A system and method are provided for heating, concentrating and/or evaporating a fluid by heating the fluid in a heating subsystem comprising a rotary heating device, such as a water brake dynamometer, and then evaporating all or a portion of the fluid in an evaporation subsystem and/or concentrating the fluid in a concentration subsystem. | 08-05-2010 |
Franklin Alan Frick, Houston, TX US
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| 20100154395 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HEATING, CONCENTRATING AND EVAPORATING FLUID - Systems and methods are provided for heating a fluid comprising an opened-loop heating circuit or a closed-loop heating circuit both comprising a rotary heating device, such as a water brake, and a closed-loop direct-fired boiler heating circuit; and systems and methods for evaporating a fluid and systems and methods for concentrating a fluid based on these heating circuits. | 06-24-2010 |
Guy David Frick, Lafayette, CO US
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| 20090222569 | STORAGE SYSTEM FRONT END - A storage system may include a first storage device and a protocol translator. The protocol translator may be programmed to receive a storage-access command formatted in a first protocol format. The protocol translator may also be programmed to translate the storage-access command into a second protocol format. The storage system may include a pseudo-target-module coupled to the protocol translator. The pseudo-target module may be programmed to send the command to the first storage device after the command is translated into the second protocol format. A virtualization engine may provide an interface to the first storage device, and the storage-access command may be sent to the first storage device through the virtualization engine. The pseudo-target module may be programmed to receive data from both storage-area-network devices and network-attached-storage devices. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110271065 | STORAGE SYSTEM FRONT END WITH PROTOCOL TRANSLATION - A storage system may include a first storage device and a protocol translator. The protocol translator may be programmed to receive a storage-access command formatted in a first protocol format. The protocol translator may also be programmed to translate the storage-access command into a second protocol format. The storage system may include a pseudo-target-module coupled to the protocol translator. The pseudo-target module may be programmed to send the command to the first storage device after the command is translated into the second protocol format. A virtualization engine may provide an interface to the first storage device, and the storage-access command may be sent to the first storage device through the virtualization engine. The pseudo-target module may be programmed to receive data from both storage-area-network devices and network-attached-storage devices. | 11-03-2011 |
Henry Frick, Boulder, CO US
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| 20120129546 | PATH PROGRESSION MATCHING FOR INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS - A path progression matching system and method that uses path progression to find a current position of a mobile device in an indoor environment and a path history to find the path of the mobile device to get to the current position. Embodiments of the system and method use path history information, constraints, and optimization measures such as the use of received signal strength indicator (RSSI) weighted correlation coefficients. Embodiments of the system and method include a unified probabilistic model that uses path history and allows multiple constraints to be applied simultaneously. Embodiments of the system and method also include a path progression module having a first-stage progression module, which finds a starting location for the path progression matching, a second-stage module, which begins building a path history, and a third-stage progression module, which uses the path history to find the current position and path. | 05-24-2012 |
Ian James Frick, Oakdale, MN US
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| 20090293852 | Emission Control System with Vacuum Boost - The present disclosure relates to a closed crankcase emission control system that includes an engine. The closed crankcase emission control system also includes a turbo disposed upstream from the engine that is in fluid communication with the engine. The closed crankcase emission control system further includes an air filter disposed upstream from the turbo that is in fluid communication with the turbo. Additionally, the closed crankcase emission control system includes a blow-by filter arrangement disposed downstream of the engine and upstream from the turbo. The blow-by filter arrangement is adapted for filtering blow-by gases from the engine. Furthermore, the closed crankcase emission control system has a diameter restriction disposed between the turbo and the air filter that is in fluid communication with the air filter, the turbo, and the blow-by filter. The turbo draws air from the air filter and a filtered gaseous stream from the blow-by filter arrangement through the diameter restriction. | 12-03-2009 |
Jack M. Frick, Hudsonville, MI US
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| 20080233055 | FLAVORED ORAL CARE STRIP - An oral care strip includes a substrate having a first side and a second side. An oral care substance is disposed on the first side and a flavor element is attached to the second side. The flavor element may be a dissolvable, edible, flavored film. A method for forming the oral care strip includes the steps of a) applying an oral care substance to a first side of a substrate and b) attaching a flavor element to a second side of the substrate. The second side of the substrate may include a wax layer to which the flavor element is attached. | 09-25-2008 |
Jeff Frick, New Providence, NJ US
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| 20090137537 | THERAPEUTIC GESTAGENS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER - A method of treating premenstrual dysphoric disorders comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment daily from day 1 to day 24 3 mg of drospirenone and 0.02 mg of ethinylestradiol. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20120028935 | Therapeutic Gestagens for the Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder - A method of treating premenstrual dysphoric disorders comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment daily from day 1 to day 24 3 mg of drospirenone and 0.02 mg of ethinylestradiol. | 02-02-2012 |
Jim Frick, White Bear Lake, MN US
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| 20100034926 | FOOD PARTICLE FOR PROMOTING WELLNESS - Embodiments described herein include an extruded food product comprising a soy protein; up to about 15% insoluble fiber; and up to about 15% soluble fiber. In one embodiment, the soluble fiber is inulin. | 02-11-2010 |
Lindsey E. Frick, Lakewood, OH US
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| 20090096257 | SUN VISOR FOR STROLLER - A sun visor for a stroller is attachable to the awning (also referred to as canopy) of the stroller and can be removed from the stroller, including a partially transparent light attenuating visor material configured for attachment to a stroller, and a fastener in the form of respective pairs of magnets held to the visor and positionable at opposite surfaces of the awning to hold to each other and, thus, to hold the shield to the awning, or in the form of resilient clips to hold to the awning or support structure thereof. A method of shielding a stroller from sunlight, UV, heat and glare as well as wind by positioning a shield in protective relation to a seat area of the stroller. | 04-16-2009 |
Lloyd K. Frick, Pepperell, MA US
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| 20090091347 | Emulating Behavior of a Legacy Test System - An apparatus for use in testing a device includes a communication channel having a set of programmable parameters associated therewith. The programmable parameters result in a bias condition on the communication channel. A bias control circuit is used to affect the bias condition that results from the programmable parameters in order to emulate a desired bias condition. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090172310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY OVERRUN - A memory address filter is configurable to emulate memory overrun performance of a legacy memory using an electronic memory of equal or greater capacity. The address filter includes a comparator configured to determine whether a target address is greater than a maximum legacy-address. Memory emulation at target address values greater than the maximum legacy-address value includes one or more of inhibiting the memory transaction; accomplishing the requested memory transaction at the maximum legacy-address value; and accomplishing the requested memory transaction at an address equivalent to the target address wrapped according to the maximum legacy-address value. In some embodiments, the address filter accepts one or more configuration parameters, such as memory depth, wrap-around, and overwrite enable. | 07-02-2009 |
Michael J. Frick, Newbury Park, CA US
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| 20100024776 | PIEZOELECTRIC FUEL INJECTOR HAVING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING UNIT - The present invention provides a fuel injector, comprising a housing having a sealable injector seat; a fuel injector pin disposed within the housing proximate to the injector seat such that the injector seat may be sealed and unsealed by displacing the fuel injector pin; a resilient element biasing the fuel injector pin in an unsealed direction; a piezoelectric actuator disposed within the housing proximal to the fuel injector pin configured to actuate to force the injector pin towards the injector seat to seal the injector seat; and a thermal compensating unit disposed within the housing proximal to the actuator and configured to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of a component of the fuel injector. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100194238 | SERIALLY OPERATING MULTI-ELEMENT PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR DRIVER - A piezoelectric actuator driving is presented that serially actuates individual piezoelectric elements of a multi-element piezoelectric actuator. One embodiment of the invention features a system comprising (1) a piezoelectric actuator having a plurality of piezoelectric elements; and (2) a current source configured to transmit a plurality of electrical currents to the piezoelectric actuator to actuate a corresponding plurality of the piezoelectric elements; (3) wherein the plurality of electrical currents are configured such that one piezoelectric element reaches a maximum actuation before another piezoelectric element begins actuating. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110005495 | PIEZOELECTRIC FUEL INJECTOR HAVING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING UNIT - The present invention provides a fuel injector, comprising a housing having a sealable injector seat; a fuel injector pin disposed within the housing proximate) the injector seat such that the injector seat may be sealed and unsealed by displacing the fuel injector pin; a resilient element biasing the fuel injector pin in an unsealed direction; a piezoelectric actuator disposed within the housing proximal to the fuel injector pin configured to actuate to force the injector pin towards the injector seat to seal the injector seat; and a thermal compensating unit disposed within the housing proximal to the actuator and configured to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of a component of the fuel injector. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110315123 | PIEZOELECTRIC FUEL INJECTOR HAVING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING UNIT - The present invention provides a fuel injector, comprising a housing having a sealable injector seat; a fuel injector pin disposed within the housing proximate to the injector seat such that the injector seat may be sealed and unsealed by displacing the fuel injector pin; a resilient element biasing the fuel injector pin in an unsealed direction; a piezoelectric actuator disposed within the housing proximal to the fuel injector pin configured to actuate to force the injector pin towards the injector seat to seal the injector seat; and a thermal compensating unit disposed within the housing proximal to the actuator and configured to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of a component of the fuel injector. | 12-29-2011 |
Peyton M. Frick, Greer, SC US
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| 20100226770 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE FOR GAS TURBINE CASINGS - In one embodiment, an alignment device may be configured to align a first turbine engine casing and a second turbine engine casing. The alignment device may include a fixed portion configured to be fixedly attached to the first turbine engine casing. The alignment device may also include a bridge portion configured to interface with the second turbine engine casing, wherein the bridge portion defines a first range of motion for the fixed portion along a first axis and a second range of motion for the fixed portion along a second axis when the alignment device is engaged with the first turbine engine casing and the second turbine engine casing, and wherein the alignment device is configured to facilitate movement of the first turbine engine casing relative to the second turbine engine casing within the range of motion and the second range of motion. | 09-09-2010 |
Rory Frick, Aledo, IL US
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| 20110139544 | Ladder - A ladder having platform steps, the ladder being convertible between a deployed position for supporting a person or other load, to a storage, scaffold, or ramp position in which the steps lie in a generally planar arrangement. When deployed, the ladder steps remain parallel to each other and form a series of parallelograms with the rails of the ladder. The ladder is also capable of being locked or secured at various angles of deployment. The ladder further includes receivers to selectively receive accessories such as wheels, hooks, handles, or pads. The addition of accessories such as wheels allows the ladder in the storage position to be used as a creeper, dolly, or cart. | 06-16-2011 |
Theodore S. Frick, Moon Township, PA US
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| 20100056659 | Decorative molded foams with good impact resistance and fire retardant properties - This invention relates to fire-resistant, flexible, molded, medium density polyurethane foams. These foams typically have a density of from 10 to 30 pcf. The foams are the reaction product of a) at least one polyester polyol, b) at least one highly branched polyether polyol, c) at least one chain extender, d) a polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanate), an isocyanate group containing prepolymer based on a polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanate), or mixtures thereof, e) a solid flame retardant and f) water. This invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyurethane foams in open molds. | 03-04-2010 |
W. Vaughn Frick, Bloomfield Hills, MI US
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| 20080275739 | TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and a method for managing patient treatment stores in the database a patient history for each patient including data related to observations, test results, diagnoses, treatment regimen(s) and a treatment plan associated with the patient. The treatment plan is administered to the patient and medical device operating data related to the tasks of the associated treatment regimen is stored in the database. A reminder is issued if a task associated with the treatment regimen is not completed on time and the effectiveness of the treatment regimen is evaluated based upon the data stored in the database so that only effective treatment regimens are retained in the system. The system performs treatment planning, treatment monitoring, hospital monitoring healthcare insurance billing, patient billing, research and analysis support, supply chain management and personnel scheduling. | 11-06-2008 |