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A. Ferdinand Gomes, Novi, MI US
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| 20090300148 | Configuration data deployment control systems and methods - Methods and systems of controlling distribution of configuration data are disclosed. One method includes receiving a request for configuration data for storage in a memory of a programmable circuit useable in a device, the configuration data controlling one or more operational characteristics of the device. The method also includes determining operational capabilities of the device based on the contents of a configuration database. The method further includes generating a single-use configuration data file. The configuration data file containing configuration data includes an identifier of the device, an identifier of the programmable circuit, and configuration data configured to define operational characteristics of the device. Various encryption techniques can be employed as well. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100169200 | Method for controlling feature upgrades - A method for controlling feature upgrades on a plurality of payment system devices, onsite, in a distributed network, involves a web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices. An upgrade utility program communicates with the web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices, and presents a list of available payment system devices to the user. The list of available payment system devices identifies each device by location. A group of payment system devices is selected for receiving feature upgrades, and for each payment system device in the selected group, at least one feature upgrade is selected. A request file is created that contains information indicative of the payment system devices selected for receiving feature upgrades and indicative of the at least one feature upgrade for each selected payment system device. | 07-01-2010 |
Alfred J. Gomes, Reno, NV US
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| 20110146037 | SEALED CREMATORY URN - A sealed crematory urn is disclosed that can be sealed internally and externally for moisture and built from a natural material that enables a side and face to be matched or front faces of multiple urns to be matched with the natural pattern of the material. | 06-23-2011 |
Andrew Gomes, Chicago, IL US
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| 20090203977 | METHOD OF SCREENING FOR CANCER USING PARAMETERS OBTAINED BY THE DETECTION OF EARLY INCREASE IN MICROVASCULAR BLOOD CONTENT - The present invention, in one aspect, relates to screening test for tumors or lesions using what is referred to as “Early Increase in microvascular Blood Supply” (EIBS) that exists in tissues that are close to, but are not themselves, the abnormal tissue and in tissues that precede the development of such lesions or tumors. While the abnormal tissue can be a lesion or tumor, the abnormal tissue can also be tissue that precedes formation of a lesion or tumor, such as a precancerous adenoma, aberrant crypt foci, tissues that precede the development of dysplastic lesions that themselves do not yet exhibit dysplastic phenotype, and tissues in the vicinity of these lesions or pre-dysplastic tissues. | 08-13-2009 |
Carla Gomes, New York, NY US
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| 20100094775 | LIST EXECUTION AND CASH BALANCING - The present invention maintains a list of potential buy and sell opportunities tracking available liquidity at the best price displayed on the market in real time. When a block opportunity arises that would violate the constraints (e.g., cash balancing constraints), the subject system will consider if there are enough opportunities to trade on the market on the opposite side to bring the cash position back within the specified constraints. If cash balance can potentially be re-established by accessing displayed liquidity at the current best prices, the block execution is accepted and orders are automatically sent out to access this liquidity. | 04-15-2010 |
Celio Gomes, York, ME US
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| 20110062743 | ROLL-OUT COVER SYSTEM FOR OPEN CONTAINER VEHICLES - A roll-out cover system for a container having an open top is provided that includes a cover, a pair of pivot arms, a gearbox, a motor, a drive mechanism, and a controller. The cover has a leading end and a trailing end. The pivot arms are positioned on respective sidewalls of the container. Each pivot arm has a free end connected to a leading end of the cover, and a pivot end. The pivot arms are pivotable between a first position wherein the cover is retracted from the open top, and a second position wherein the cover is extended substantially over the open top. The gearbox has an input shaft and an output shaft connected to the pivot arms. The controller selectively controls the motor and coupled gearbox to operate the drive mechanism and connected pivot arms between the first position wherein the cover is retracted, and the second position wherein the cover is extended substantially over the open top. | 03-17-2011 |
Celio J. Gomes, York, ME US
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| 20100036546 | SECURITY APPARATUS FOR PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED DEVICES MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE - A method for securing a vehicle having at least one powered component includes the steps of: (i) providing a security system having a GPS sensor and at least one actuator located with the vehicle, which actuator is operable to enable or disable the powered component; (ii) providing a locator signal indicative of a geographical position of the vehicle via the GPS sensor; and (iii) enabling or disabling the powered component via the actuator based on the geographical position of the vehicle. | 02-11-2010 |
Herbert Gomes, Navarre, FL US
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| 20110119847 | WHEEL AND LUG NUT BRUSH ASSEMBLY - A cleaning device to assist in cleaning wheels and lug nuts comprising: a stem, where said stem includes a first end and a second end; a bristle assembly at the first end; and a sponge at the second end. The bristle assembly may include a base and a plurality of bristles. The base may be circular in shape and the plurality of bristles extend around the perimeter of the base leaving an opening in the inside the perimeter of the bristles. In one exemplary embodiment, the bristles may be evenly spaced and the sponge may be conical shaped with a pointed tip. | 05-26-2011 |
Itacil C. Gomes, Naperville, IL US
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| 20110194662 | ACCELERATOR-BASED METHOD OF PRODUCING ISOTOPES - The invention provides a method using accelerators to produce radio-isotopes in high quantities. The method comprises: supplying a “core” of low-enrichment fissile material arranged in a spherical array of LEU combined with water moderator. The array is surrounded by substrates which serve as multipliers and moderators as well as neutron shielding substrates. A flux of neutrons enters the low-enrichment fissile material and causes fissions therein for a time sufficient to generate desired quantities of isotopes from the fissile material. The radio-isotopes are extracted from said fissile material by chemical processing or other means. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110200154 | PRODUCTION OF ISOTOPES USING HIGH POWER PROTON BEAMS - The invention provides for a method for producing isotopes using a beam of particles from an accelerator, whereby the beam is maintained at between about 70 to 2000 MeV; and contacting a thorium-containing target with the particles. The medically important isotope | 08-18-2011 |
Jose Gomes, Douglaston, NY US
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| 20090007223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RUN-TIME DYNAMIC AND INTERACTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SOFTWARE AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND PRIVILEGED CODE LOCATIONS, AND FOR VALIDATION OF OTHER SOFTWARE PROGRAM ANALYSIS RESULTS - A system, method and computer program product for identifying security authorizations and privileged-code requirements; for validating analyses performed using static analyses; for automatically evaluating existing security policies; for detecting problems in code; in a run-time execution environment in which a software program is executing. The method comprises: implementing reflection objects for identifying program points in the executing program where authorization failures have occurred in response to the program's attempted access of resources requiring authorization; displaying instances of identified program points via a user interface, the identified instances being user selectable; for a selected program point, determining authorization and privileged-code requirements for the access restricted resources in real-time; and, enabling a user to select, via the user interface, whether a required authorization should be granted, wherein local system, fine-grained access of resources requiring authorizations is provided. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090083711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES - A computer-implemented method supporting collaborative product development. A plurality of artifacts associated with the collaborative product development is maintained under revision control in a first repository. Each artifact has a plurality of lifecycle states and each artifact is associated with a first finite state machine (FSM) that defines lifecycle state transitions for the artifacts. A plurality of artifact tuples associated with the collaborative product development is maintained under revision control in a second repository. At least one artifact tuple is comprised of at least one access information providing access to at least one of said plurality of artifacts in the first repository. Each artifact tuple has a plurality of lifecycle states and each artifact tuple is associated with a second finite state machine (FSM) that defines lifecycle state transitions for the artifact tuples. There exists a set of lifecycle state transition mappings which maps all valid lifecycle state transitions for an artifact with desired lifecycle state transitions for an artifact tuple and all valid lifecycle state transitions for an artifact tuple with desired lifecycle state transitions for an artifact. A workflow process relating to an evolution of an artifact or artifact tuple is expressed through sequencing of one or more members of the said lifecycle state transition mappings set. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090113289 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING TRANSFORMS - Techniques are provided for automatically creating and using a transform to generate a document in a target format. The techniques include obtaining a source document, wherein the source document is in a structured format and wherein the source document comprises structured information from a domain-specific representation, creating a transform, wherein creating the transform comprises creating a specially-tagged version of the source document in the structured format, using a target application to create an output document in a target format with one or more corresponding tags, and applying an algorithm to automatically generate a transform, and using the transform to generate a version of the source document in a target format. Techniques are also provided for generating a database of one or more transforms. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090144065 | Requirements Management Semantics Modeling - Described is a method and system of requirements management including the expression in a requirements management tool of a relationship selected from the group consisting of a satisfaction relationship, an alternative relationship, a conflict relationship, and a content dependency relationship. | 06-04-2009 |
Kevin Gomes, Boston, GA US
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| 20080197548 | Self-retracting extension limiting device - A self-retracting extension limiting device. It is designed to be attached between a first object and a second object, where the distance between the first and second objects is variable. The device exerts a restoring force tending to draw the two objects together. A first, relatively weak restoring force is exerted over a range of distance. Then, when the objects have been separated to a defined limit of travel, the device exerts a much greater restoring force. The invention includes overlapping and self-contained elements so that unwanted slack is minimized. | 08-21-2008 |
Kristin Hoyne Gomes, Fenton, MO US
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| 20080314977 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Customer-Level Data Verification - A system, method, and computer program to reduce incorrectly declined transactions and improve risk calculation accuracy by reducing error probability during fraud detection. The tool first receives at least one postal address as well as transaction account data and/or financial transaction instrument data. Then a customer is determined from a first customer record associated with the transaction account data and/or financial transaction instrument data. A record search is performed to identify at least one additional customer record associated with the customer. Finally, the postal address is compared to the information contained in the additional record to create a comparison result that verifies the submitted postal address. The comparison result may be used as an input to transaction risk calculations. The comparison result may also be provided to a merchant system and/or merchant for use in a decision-making process, for example, to verify customer identity. | 12-25-2008 |
Leonardo Gomes, Rochester Hills, MI US
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| 20110227389 | VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION WITH INTEGRATED VENTILATION - A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. A cushion is included in each of the seat bottom and seat back. A stream of air is provided to the seat bottom and back to reach a passenger seated on the vehicle seat. | 09-22-2011 |
Leonardo Gomes, Clawson, MI US
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| 20100244511 | HEADREST WITH ENERGY DISSIPATER FOR REAR PASSENGER - A headrest for mounting on one or more vertically extending posts positioned on the backrest of a vehicle seat, the headrest comprising one or more mounting sleeves positioned on the headrest and adapted to surround a portion of a respective one of said posts, pivot means extending between each mounting sleeve and the respective post to mount the mounting sleeve on the respective post in pivotal relation thereto about a pivot axis substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post, each mounting sleeve being shaped and otherwise dimensioned on an internal surface to resist pivotal motion of the headrest between first and second positions below application of a directed threshold force to the headrest. | 09-30-2010 |
Leonardo L. Gomes, Clawson, MI US
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| 20110030596 | FLAT SEAM CONSTRUCTION FOR AUTOMOTIVE UPHOLSTERY - A flat seam construction made up of a number of sequentially formed stitches and formed on a portion of one or more stitchable materials is disclosed. Each stitch has two outer threads, formed into first and second outer thread loops, and at least one inner thread, formed into at least one inner thread loop. Each of the inner and outer thread loops transversely penetrate the one or more stitchable materials. Each of the inner and outer thread loops have a bight portion engaging a bottom surface of the one or more stitchable materials. At least one looper thread is formed on the bottom surface, and arranged such that, the at least one looper thread passes between the bottom surface and at least one of the bight portions. At least one decorative thread is visible on a top surface of the seam construction. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110030597 | FLAT SEAM CONSTRUCTION - A flat seam construction made up of a number of sequentially formed stitches and formed on a portion of one or more stitchable materials is disclosed. Each stitch has two outer threads, formed into first and second outer thread loops, and at least one inner thread, formed into at least one inner thread loop. Each of the inner and outer thread loops transversely penetrate the one or more stitchable materials. Each of the inner and outer thread loops have a bight portion engaging a bottom surface of the one or more stitchable materials. At least one looper thread is formed on the bottom surface, and arranged such that, the at least one looper thread passes between the bottom surface and at least one of the bight portions. At least one decorative thread is visible on a top surface of the seam construction. The at least one decorative thread loops around at least said first outer thread loop at a penetration point thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
Michael J. Gomes, Windermere, FL US
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| 20100076967 | System and Method For Automating The Creation Of Customized Media - A system and method for automating the creation of customized media includes generating media content comprising first metadata associated with the media content, reviewing the media content and the first metadata, applying at least one set of rules to the media content and the first metadata, and generating a customized media output based on the media content, the first metadata and the at least one set of rules. | 03-25-2010 |
Mike Gomes, Windermere, FL US
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| 20090198730 | Method and system for managing the lifecycles of media assets - There is provided a method for managing the lifecycles of one or more media assets. The method comprises importing the one or more media assets into a system for managing the lifecycles of the one or more media assets, determining one or more metadata tags for association with the one or more media assets by evaluating the one or more media assets with one or more tagging filters, associating the one or more metadata tags with the one or more media assets after determining one or more metadata tags for association with the one or more media assets, and grouping the one or more media assets according to the one or more metadata tags associated with the one or more media assets by evaluating the one or more metadata tags with one or more grouping filters to generate one or more media asset groups. | 08-06-2009 |
Ronald Gomes, West Chester, PA US
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| 20100221302 | Delivery System For Heparin-Binding Growth Factors - A device comprising a scaffold coated with a protein having at least 83% identity to the amino acid sequence of the core protein of domain I of a mammalian perlecan, wherein at least one glycosaminoglycan is attached to the protein is described. The device may be used in vitro or in vivo to induce replication and/or differentiation of connective tissue cells and to repair tissue. | 09-02-2010 |
Sylvie Gomes, Douglaston, NY US
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| 20100323633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING FOR HOME NODE-BS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to detect and perform measurements with respect to Home Node-Bs (HNB) and Home evolved Node-Bs (H(e)NB) (collectively “HNB”). The methods may include generating and transmitting a request for a measurement configuration that may include gap allocations to detect and measure a primary scrambling code or a physical cell identity of a target HNB for at least one frequency or radio access technology (RAT). The request may be in response to the WTRU entering a HNB cell for which the WTRU has stored fingerprint information and whose closed subscriber group ID is in the WTRU's whitelist. The network may configure the WTRU to measure the requested frequency or RAT in response to the proximity report/request. Methods are described for releasing the measurement configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110170481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CSG PRIORITIES IN IDLE AND CONNECTED MODES - A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110171915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING CSG IDENTITIES TO A WHITE LIST IN CONNECTED MODE - A method and apparatus are provided that allow a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to search and add one or more closed subscriber group (CSG) identities (IDs) in the WTRU white list while in connected mode. Such method and apparatus include but are not limited to WTRU autonomous search or a manual search, WTRU initiated procedures, or network initiated procedures. Additionally, methods that allow the network and/or the non-access stratum (NAS) to add CSG IDs are also described. | 07-14-2011 |
Tony E. Gomes, Troy, OH US
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| 20090254398 | Computer system for managing orders for and deliveries of goods - A computer system may manage orders for goods from a plurality of purchasers. The computer system may receive the orders, calculate an approximate volume that the goods which are the subject of each order would collectively occupy during shipment, and compare each calculated approximate volume to a pre-determine maximum allowed volume that the purchaser of the order is permitted. The computer system may accept each order whose approximate volume does not exceed the maximum allowed volume for the purchaser of the order, or reject each order whose approximate volume exceeds this maximum allowed volume. | 10-08-2009 |
Xavier Victor Gomes, Wallingford, CT US
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| 20090053724 | System and method for adaptive reagent control in nucleic acid sequencing - An embodiment of a method for adaptive reagent control is described that comprising a) introducing a first concentration of an enzyme reagent into a reaction environment with a reaction substrate, where the enzyme reagent and reaction substrate are constituent parts of a sequencing process; b) measuring a level of activity of the first concentration of the enzyme reagent in the reaction environment, where the level of activity comprises a measurable product of a reaction between the enzyme reagent and the reaction substrate; c) identifying an optimal concentration using the measured level of activity of the first concentration; and d) performing the sequencing process in the reaction environment using the optimal concentration of the enzyme reagent, where the sequencing process comprises an iterative series of sequencing reactions. | 02-26-2009 |