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| 20080313195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT INCLUDING STREAMING MEDIA - The present invention describes a system and method of managing digital content received from content providers and for facilitating access to the digital content to many subscribers. The method includes receiving from the content providers incoming feed files where each feed file contains information describing the content. The method determines if the feed files are approved by applying a template to the feed files and also receives request files from the subscribers where each request file contains search criteria. The method provides one or more answer files in response to the request files where each answer file identifies feed files that meet the search criteria of a corresponding request file. The answer files are used to access or permit access to digital content on the web. In addition, a graphical user interface is described to manage, edit, promote and delete the feed files provided to the system. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080319953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT INCLUDING STREAMING MEDIA - The present invention describes a system and method of managing digital content received from content providers and for facilitating access to the digital content to many subscribers. The method includes receiving from the content providers incoming feed files where each feed file contains information describing the content. The method determines if the feed files are approved by applying a template to the feed files and also receives request files from the subscribers where each request file contains search criteria. The method provides one or more answer files in response to the request files where each answer file identifies feed files that meet the search criteria of a corresponding request file. The answer files are used to access or permit access to digital content on the web. In addition, a graphical user interface is described to manage, edit, promote and delete the feed files provided to the system. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100030744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT INCLUDING STREAMING MEDIA - The present invention describes a system and method of managing digital content received from content providers and for facilitating access to the digital content to many subscribers. The method includes receiving from the content providers incoming feed files where each feed file contains information describing the content. The method determines if the feed files are approved by applying a template to the feed files and also receives request files from the subscribers where each request file contains search criteria. The method provides one or more answer files in response to the request files where each answer file identifies feed files that meet the search criteria of a corresponding request file. The answer files are used to access or permit access to digital content on the web. In addition, a graphical user interface is described to manage, edit, promote and delete the feed files provided to the system. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20100169981 | Web-Based Asset Management - The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for replacing, implementing and managing computer-related assets. A technician accesses the World Wide Web through a user's computer. The information resident on the computer, including information regarding the computer and the user's preferences, are downloaded to a remote storage medium through the World Wide Web. Once downloaded, all information may be removed from the user's computer. Subsequently, the technician accesses another computer such as, for example, a new computer that has been assigned to the same user. The technician accesses the World Wide Web through the new computer and downloads the information previously stored on the remote storage medium. This information can then be used to install the user's prior applications, settings and preferences on the new computer. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110047170 | Web-Based Asset Management - The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for replacing, implementing and managing computer-related assets. A technician accesses the World Wide Web through a user's computer. The information resident on the computer, including information regarding the computer and the user's preferences, are downloaded to a remote storage medium through the World Wide Web. Once downloaded, all information may be removed from the user's computer. Subsequently, the technician accesses another computer such as, for example, a new computer that has been assigned to the same user. The technician accesses the World Wide Web through the new computer and downloads the information previously stored on the remote storage medium. This information can then be used to install the user's prior applications, settings and preferences on the new computer. | 02-24-2011 |
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| 20080236819 | POSITION SENSOR FOR DETERMINING OPERATIONAL CONDITION OF DOWNHOLE TOOL - Downhole tools, such as a sliding sleeve or an openhole type packer, include position indicators. The position indicators can include one or more magnets disposed in predetermined positions in the outer housing and the insert of the sliding sleeve. A casing collar locator (CCL) can be used to detect the magnets and determine the relative positions of the housing magnets and insert magnets. The relative positions of the magnets can be used to determine the operational condition of the downhole tool, i.e., whether a sliding sleeve is open or closed or how much a sealing element of an openhole type packer had to expand to seal an annulus. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090139724 | Latch position indicator system and method - Latch position indicator systems remotely determine whether a latch assembly is latched or unlatched. The latch assembly may be a single latch assembly or a dual latch assembly. An oilfield device may be positioned with the latch assembly. Non-contact (position), contact (on/off and/or position) and hydraulic (flowmeter), both direct and indirect, embodiments include fluid measurement systems, an electrical switch system, a mechanical valve system, and proximity sensor systems. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090301723 | INTERFACE FOR DEPLOYING WIRELINE TOOLS WITH NON-ELECTRIC STRING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and/or apparatus for deploying wireline tools with a non-electric string. In one embodiment, a method of determining a free point of a tubular string stuck in a wellbore includes deploying a tool string in the stuck tubular with a non-electric string. The free point assembly includes a battery, a controller, and a free point tool. The method further includes activating the free point tool by the controller. The free point tool contacts an inner surface of the stuck tubular string. The method further includes applying a tensile force and/or torque to the stuck tubular string; and measuring a response of the tubular string with the free point tool. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110162835 | INTERFACE FOR DEPLOYING WIRELINE TOOLS WITH NON-ELECTRIC STRING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and/or apparatus for deploying wireline tools with a non-electric string. In one embodiment, a method of determining a free point of a tubular string stuck in a wellbore includes deploying a tool string in the stuck tubular with a non-electric string. The free point assembly includes a battery, a controller, and a free point tool. The method further includes activating the free point tool by the controller. The free point tool contacts an inner surface of the stuck tubular string. The method further includes applying a tensile force and/or torque to the stuck tubular string; and measuring a response of the tubular string with the free point tool. | 07-07-2011 |
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| 20100045614 | Extended Touchscreen Pattern - Extended touchscreen pattern. A conductive pattern implemented within a touchscreen (e.g., using indium tin oxide (ITO) such as may be deposited on a substrate composed of polyester or some other material) provides paths for signals traveling through the touchscreen. By monitoring these signal in accordance with some means (e.g., cross point detection, zone detection, etc.) an estimate may be made as to a location of user's interaction with the touchscreen (e.g., finger or stylus touching of the touchscreen). The conductive pattern includes a number of conductors aligned in various directions (e.g., row and column conductors) across the touchscreen, and they may be co-planar or separated by a dielectric material. A conductor aligned in one direction includes one or more extended areas that complementarily align with a conductor aligned in another direction. The extended areas of one conductor may be viewed as filling voids (e.g., holes, notches, etc.) of another conductor. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045615 | Meshed touchscreen pattern - Meshed touchscreen pattern. A conductive pattern implemented within a touchscreen (e.g., using indium tin oxide (ITO) such as may be deposited on a substrate composed of polyester or some other material) provides paths for signals traveling through the touchscreen. By monitoring these signal in accordance with some means (e.g., cross point detection, zone detection, etc.) an estimate may be made as to a location of user's interaction with the touchscreen (e.g., finger or stylus touching of the touchscreen). The conductive pattern includes a number of conductors aligned in various directions (e.g., row and column conductors) across the touchscreen, and they are separated by a dielectric layer (e.g., air, SiO | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100149110 | Architecture and method for multi-aspect touchscreen scanning - Architecture and method for multi-aspect touchscreen scanning. This architectures employs a single type of circuitry capable to perform both signal generation and signal detection for performing both zone scanning and cross point within a touchscreen to identify a user's interaction with the touchscreen and to discriminate actual touch locations on the touchscreen (including multiple, concurrent user touch locations on the touchscreen). This signal generation/detection circuitry can be implemented multiple times within the architecture (e.g., one for providing/detecting signals of conductors aligned in a first direction across the touchscreen, and another for providing/detecting signals of conductors aligned in a second direction across the touchscreen). Moreover, a combination of both zone scanning and cross point within the touchscreen allows for a very accurate discrimination between false/phantom touch locations and actual/real touch locations made by a user interacting with the touchscreen. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100177061 | Digital signal processed touchscreen system - Digital signal processed touchscreen system. The invention employs amplitude ramped signals across a touchscreen. The pattern to which the amplitude ramped electric signals are provided may be located on the surface of the touchscreen, or alternatively on the backside of the touchscreen. The signal processing employed by the invention, using digital signal processing techniques, is operable to discern a user's touch and to determine its location. A dielectric, protective surface is used to enable implementation into a wide variety of applications, including those applications that are environmentally rugged and have, until now, been too rugged for prior art touchscreen systems. The invention employs a user generated unbalanced capacitive load generated on the touchscreen to identify the location of the user's touch. | 07-15-2010 |
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| 20090315831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display comprises an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at last a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, and a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, and a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of one or more imaged keys within the imaged keypad in response to one or more actuators disposed below the image display device. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100149106 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device including an interactive display having a first mode and a second mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a first user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the first mode, and that displays a second user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the second mode, and a substantially transparent keypad including physical keys permanently formed within the display so that the keypad provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the first and second imaged keypads. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100156103 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY - A system for generating electricity including a substantially frustoconical shaped scoop having a fluid intake opening at a larger end for receiving fluid flow, and a fluid outlet opening at a smaller end for allowing the fluid flow to exit the scoop. The scoop is rotatably mounted to a tower. One or more sets of turbine blades are located within the scoop in relative proximity to the smaller end, wherein the set of turbine blades are caused to rotate by the fluid flow. One or more turbines are located within the tower, and one or more shafts operatively connect the one or more sets of turbine blades to the one or more turbines to transmit torque of the one or more sets of turbine blades to the one or more turbines to generate electricity. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156105 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY - A system for generating electricity including a vertical oriented tower comprising an intake opening for receiving fluid flow, a scoop that is moveably mounted to a base for directing the fluid flow to the intake opening, a fluid-activated mechanism that is automatically oriented in response to direction of the fluid flow, the fluid-activated mechanism being operatively connected to the scoop so that orientation of the fluid-activated mechanism in response to the fluid flow angles the scoop in the direction of the fluid flow, and a turbine that receives the fluid flow directed by the scoop to generate electricity. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY - A system for generating electricity including a vertical oriented tower comprising an intake opening for receiving fluid flow, a scoop that is moveably mounted to a base for directing the fluid flow to the intake opening, a fluid-activated mechanism that is automatically oriented in response to direction of the fluid flow, the fluid-activated mechanism being operatively connected to the scoop so that orientation of the fluid-activated mechanism in response to the fluid flow angles the scoop in the direction of the fluid flow, and a turbine that receives the fluid flow directed by the scoop to generate electricity. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156108 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY - A method of generating electricity including the steps of providing a system including a vertical oriented tower having an intake opening, a scoop that is moveably mounted to a base, the scoop being in fluid communication with the intake opening of the tower, a fluid-activated mechanism that is automatically oriented in response to direction of fluid flow, the fluid-activated mechanism being operatively connected to the scoop so that orientation of the fluid-activated mechanism in response to the fluid flow angles the scoop in the direction of the fluid flow, and one or more turbines that receive the fluid flow directed by the scoop to generate electricity. The fluid-activated mechanism is oriented in response to the fluid flow. The scoop is angled based on the oriented fluid-activated mechanism so that the fluid flows into the scoop. The fluid is directed through the scoop into the intake opening of the tower and through the tower towards the one or more turbines for generation of electricity. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110234498 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface, and an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode. The interactive display includes a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data, and a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242009 | ENERGY EFFICIENT INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH ENERGY REGENERATIVE KEYBOARD - An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad, one or more permanent magnets disposed within the physical keypad, and one or more charged electrical circuit elements oriented so that movement of the one or more permanent magnets relative to the one or more charged electrical circuit elements results in generation of electricity. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110309626 | System and Method for Generating Electricity Within A Building Structure - A system for generating electricity including a building structure and one or more subsystems structurally integrated with the building structure. Each subsystem includes a vertically oriented tower, a scoop mounted on the tower and including an air intake opening and an air outlet opening, and turbine blades disposed within the scoop that are activated by air flow from the air intake opening to the air outlet opening of the scoop. One or more wind turbines are operatively connected to the turbine blades of the one or more subsystems to generate electricity. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20080294260 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a spinal implant system and method. One embodiment of the present invention includes a spinal implant comprising, a first implant plate, a second implant plate, a spacer member coupled between the first implant plate and the second implant plate and an end plate coupled to the spacer member, the end plate configured to couple to adjacent vertebrae. The implant plates can include spacer channels that receive the spacer member and insertion tool channels that receive an insertion tool. Preferably, on each implant plate, the spacer channel is near the center of the plate and the insertion tool channels are on either side of the spacer channel. The spacer channels and insertion tool channels can be dovetailed or otherwise shaped to capture a portion of the spacer member and insertion tool. Mating connectors can prevent removal of the spacer member from the spacer channels. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080300634 | SPINAL INTERBODY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide spinal implant systems and methods. According to one embodiment, a plate attached to one or more vertebrae can prevent expulsion of an interbody device from a disc space. The plate and interbody device can be coupled by an attachment member. According to one embodiment, the attachment member is coupled to the plate and includes a portion inserted in a threaded or non-threaded cavity. Preferably, the coupling between the plate and attachment member allows rotation in three dimensions thereby allowing the plate to rotate relative to the interbody device. This allows the plate to be better positioned for attachment to the spine during an operation. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090093843 | DYNAMIC SPINE STABILIZATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are devices and systems for spinal fixation and dynamic stabilization. Elongated members may be positioned lateral to spinous processes and coupled to two or more vertebrae. Interspinous members may be positioned between adjacent spinous processes and coupled to the elongated members. One embodiment of an interspinous member comprises a body and two lateral portions. The lateral portions may couple to the elongated members to position the interspinous members. An interspinous member and the positioning of the interspinous member may allow selected movement between the adjacent spinous processes. | 04-09-2009 |
