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| 20110040651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ORDERS MADE VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A system and method for allowing a user to schedule pickup of an ordered item provides a user interface having user interface elements for allowing a user to specify a frequency with which an order is it to be picked up, for informing a user as to availability of the item for pickup, and/or for allowing a user to request that an item be held in reserve for pickup within a given period of time, such as 24 hours. Frequency options provided to the user for selection when scheduling an order for pickup may include a one-time frequency, a daily frequency, a weekly frequency, a monthly frequency, and user specified dates. The information as to availability of the item for pickup is determined considering a time of order and real-time stocking information for the item. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110320309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ORDERS MADE VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A system and method for allowing a user to schedule pickup of an ordered item provides a user interface having user interface elements for allowing a user to specify a frequency with which an order is it to be picked up, for informing a user as to availability of the item for pickup, and/or for allowing a user to request that an item be held in reserve for pickup within a given period of time, such as 24 hours. Frequency options provided to the user for selection when scheduling an order for pickup may include a one-time frequency, a daily frequency, a weekly frequency, a monthly frequency, and user specified dates. The information as to availability of the item for pickup is determined considering a time of order and real-time stocking information for the item. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20080275618 | Slow or stopped vehicle ahead advisor with digital map integration - A driver assistance or collision avoidance system is adapted for use with trailing and preceding host vehicles, and in a preferred embodiment includes a preceding vehicle speed sensor for determining the current speed of the preceding vehicle at a point; a vehicle-to-vehicle communication sub-system; a normal speed determining sub-system operable to determine the normally expected speed of the preceding vehicle at the point, and including an exterior remote vehicle sensor or digital map-indicia database; and a controller configured to compare the current and normally expected speeds, and the discrepancy there-between to a threshold, and cause an alert to be generated only when the discrepancy exceeds the threshold or an otherwise stalled condition is determined. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100245124 | E85 GAS STATION LOCATOR APPLICATIONS USING V2X PEER-TO-PEER SOCIAL NETWORKING - A system and method for wirelessly exchanging information concerning the location of E85 gas stations between E85 vehicles. The method includes transmitting messages from an E85 gas station that identifies the location of the E85 gas station, the time of the transmission and the price of the E85 gas, and receiving the messages by E85 vehicles that pass within a certain distance of the E85 gas station. The method also includes identifying that two E85 vehicles pass close to each other, where the vehicles periodically broadcast an E85 beacon identifying them as E85 vehicles. When two E85 vehicles are identified, the vehicles exchange information concerning a list of the E85 gas stations that they have stored from messages received from E85 gas stations and/or other E85 vehicles. The two vehicles update their lists to include those E85 gas stations that one vehicle may have that the other does not. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100248618 | USING V2X IN-NETWORK SESSION MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS TO ENABLE INSTANT CHATTING APPLICATIONS - A system and method for allowing vehicle occupants to wirelessly chat with each other over a DSRC channel. A vehicle occupant may initiate a chatting session by wirelessly transmitting a request to speak with an occupant of another vehicle in its vicinity on a certain topic in a multi-hop manner. If the request is accepted by the occupant of another vehicle to enter into a chatting session on that topic, a wireless communications link is established between the two vehicles, where messages may be transmitted through other intermediate vehicles. The chatting session is maintained by monitoring the signal strength of the links between the vehicles in the chain of vehicles and new links are re-established if any of the existing links fail. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250106 | USING V2X-BASED IN-NETWORK MESSAGE GENERATION, AGGREGATION, DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING PROTOCOLS TO ENABLE ROAD HAZARD CONDITION WARNING APPLICATIONS - A method for providing messages indicating potential hazardous road conditions using a wireless communications network. Vehicles using the network include sensors that are able to detect various potentially hazardous road conditions, such as rain, fog, icy road conditions, traffic congestion, etc. A plurality of vehicles that detect a specific road condition provide a confidence value that the condition exists. The confidence value is then aggregated by the vehicles with the confidence value of the detected condition from the other vehicles to provide an aggregated result that identifies the probability that the detected road condition is occurring. The aggregated result is then transmitted to other vehicles approaching the road condition, possibly in a multi-hop manner. Alternately, the confidence value from all of the vehicles that detect the condition can be transmitted to approaching vehicles who will provide the aggregated result identifying the potential that the condition exists. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250346 | USING V2X IN-NETWORK MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING PROTOCOLS TO ENABLE GEO-SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT APPLICATIONS - A system and method for providing geo-service advertising messages using a wireless vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communications network. Messages are transmitted from a business that identify the type of business, the name of the business and the location of the business, which are received by vehicles traveling within a certain distance of the business. The messages can be rebroadcast by the vehicles receiving the messages from the business to other vehicles either in a multi-hop information routing manner or in a delay-tolerant network information dissemination fashion so that the messages are sent to a wider area, but within a predetermined geographic area and with a predetermined time. If a particular user of the system wishes to learn about a particular business or type of business, he can activate the system so that the messages being sent between the vehicles and from the businesses can be displayed to the user for his use. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110090093 | Vehicle to Entity Communication - A vehicle to pedestrian communication system includes a vehicle-based device having a transmitter and receiver for communicating global positioning of the vehicle. The transmitter broadcasts a global position of the vehicle as part of a vehicle periodic beacon message. A pedestrian-based device is carried by a pedestrian. The pedestrian-based device has a transmitter and receiver for communicating a global position of the pedestrian as part of a pedestrian periodic beacon message. A positional awareness of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian is assessed by at least one of the vehicle-based device or the pedestrian-based device based on the positioning of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian. An alert is provided to at least one of the vehicle or the pedestrian indicating a presence of the vehicle or pedestrian based on the respective global positions of the pedestrian and the vehicle. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110109475 | Travel Lane Advisor - A traffic flow advisory system includes a locating device for identifying a position of a driven vehicle. A communication device exchanges vehicle position data, speed data, and heading data with remote vehicles. A processor constructs a traffic flow rate in a plurality of road lanes based on the position data and speed data. A human machine interface indicates to a driver of the driven vehicle the traffic flow rate of each of the road lanes. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110136429 | VEHICULAR WIRELESS PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION METHOD - A method and system for making payments from a vehicle using onboard wireless communication systems. A Near Field Communication (NFC) reader is placed a vehicle, such that a customer can pass an NFC-enabled phone or credit card near the reader to provide a source of funding for a purchase. A Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) radio onboard the vehicle communicates with a seller of products or services, such as a fast food restaurant, a parking garage, or a toll booth. The seller communicates to the vehicle the amount of a pending payment, the customer approves the payment within the vehicle, and the vehicle sends the authorization to the seller. The entire transaction is handled wirelessly, without the customer having to leave the vehicle or roll down a window. Pre-approval accounts can also be established for certain types of payments, thus making those payment transactions automatic. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110205943 | OPPORTUNISTIC DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN VEHICLES - A system and method for optimizing wireless vehicle to vehicle communications is configured to maximize the amount of data that can be transferred from one vehicle to another during a transient encounter by adaptively adjusting the message packet size and data modulation rate during an inter-vehicle communication session. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120065858 | VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A safety system is provided for use in a first vehicle at a first location. The safety system includes a position unit configured to determine the first location; a sensor group configured to detect an opening of the enclosure; a controller coupled to the position unit and the sensor group, the controller configured to generate a warning message including the first location when the opening of the enclosure is detected; and a transmitter coupled to the controller and configured to transmit the warning message. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120087292 | Adaptive Multi-Channel Access for Vehicular Networks - A system and method is provided for dynamically self-allocating channel access for communication between communicating entities in an inter-vehicle ad hoc network. A respective entity observes communication activity over each inter-vehicle ad hoc network communication channel. Available time slots are identified within each communication channel for the respective entity to broadcast a data packet in response to the observed communication activity on a respective channel. An available communication channel and timeslot are selected to broadcast the data packet. A message is broadcast within the inter-vehicle ad hoc network that provides a schedule identifying the communication channel and time slot selected for broadcasting the data packet by the respective entity. The data packet is broadcast over the selected communication channel at the respective timeslot. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120108163 | Intelligent Telematics Information Dissemination Using Delegation, Fetch, and Share Algorithms - A system for intelligent dissemination of messages via long-range communications to select delegate vehicles, and short-range communications from the delegate vehicles. The system includes a processor and a memory storing a delegation and dissemination algorithm that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to define a dissemination area and define multiple delegation zones within the dissemination area. The algorithm also causes the processor to identify at least one delegate vehicle, of a network of vehicles, for each delegation zone and seed a message into the network of vehicles by transmitting the message to each delegate vehicle via long-range communications so that the delegate vehicles can transmit the message throughout the network of vehicles via short-range communications. | 05-03-2012 |
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| 20090062297 | Hydroxyalkylarylamide Derivatives - The present invention relates to a novel class of hydroxyalkylarylamide derivatives. The instant compounds can be used to treat cancer. The fluorinated arylamide derivatives can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the hydroxamic acid derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the hydroxamic acid derivatives in vivo. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090270351 | PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVES AS HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to a novel class of phosphorus derivatives. The phosphorus compounds can be used to treat cancer. The phosphorus compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the phosphorus derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the phosphorus derivatives in vivo. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100160327 | Modified Malonate Derivatives - The present invention relates to a novel class of modified malonate derivatives. The modified malonate compounds can be used to treat cancer. The modified malonate compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modified malonate derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the modified malonate derivatives in vivo. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110130361 | SILICON DERIVATIVES AS HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to a novel class of Silicon derivatives. The Silicon compounds can be used to treat cancer. The Silicon compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Silicon derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the Silicon derivatives in vivo. | 06-02-2011 |
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| 20090069250 | Inhibitors of Histone Deacetylase - The present invention relates to a novel class of compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the instant invention and sale dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of these compounds in vivo. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110082136 | INHIBITORS OF JANUS KINASES - The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit the four known mammalian JAK kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2) and PDK1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting the activity of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TYK2 and PDK1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment for myeloproliferative disorders or cancer. | 04-07-2011 |
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| 20090035500 | Container of sustainable materials and having high moisture barrier properties - A prescription vial includes a generally cylindrical body of molded polylactic acid construction and a wrap-around label of polyolefin construction on an exterior surface of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body with wrap-around label has a moisture vapor transmission rate of not more than 100 mg/day/liter, meeting USP standards for prescription vials. The wrap-around label preferably is of high density polyethylene or polypropylene construction. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090036862 | Multilayer plastic container and method of storing lyophilized products - A multilayer plastic container for storing lyophilized products includes at least three layers consisting of inner and outer layers having a moisture vapor transmission rate of not more than 0.1 gm mil/100 sq. in.—day at 73° F. and 95% rh, and an intermediate layer of hygroscopic resin construction having a moisture content less than 1000 ppm. The hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably comprises at least 30% of the total thickness of the three layers. The inner and outer layers preferably are of cyclic olefin polymer or cyclic olefin copolymer construction, and the hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably is of amorphous nylon construction. The container preferably is empty and sealed within a secondary container, such as a metallized bag, that is impervious to moisture. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100236090 | Multilayer Plastic Container and Method of Storing Lyophilized Products - A multilayer plastic container for storing lyophilized products includes at least three layers consisting of inner and outer layers having a moisture vapor transmission rate of not more than 0.1 gm mil/100 sq. in.-day at 73° F. and 95% rh, and an intermediate layer of hygroscopic resin construction having a moisture content less than 1000 ppm. The hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably comprises at least 30% of the total thickness of the three layers. The inner and outer layers preferably are of cyclic olefin polymer or cyclic olefin copolymer construction, and the hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably is of amorphous nylon construction. The container preferably is empty and sealed within a secondary container, such as a metallized bag, that is impervious to moisture. | 09-23-2010 |
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| 20080228644 | PROVIDING METERED CAPACITY OF COMPUTER RESOURCES - An apparatus and method provides the capability of metering temporary capacity on demand in a computer system. A resource-time is specified, such as processor-days. The actual usage of the resource is monitored, and the customer is charged for only the actual usage of the resource. In this manner a customer may purchase a specified resource-time, and is only charged for the time that the resource is actually used. The preferred embodiments extend to metering temporary capacity on demand in a logically partitioned computer system. If a resource is shared, the actual usage of the resource is monitored, and the customer is only billed for actual usage that exceeds a predetermined non-zero threshold. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080306847 | PROVIDING METERED ACCOUNTING OF COMPUTER RESOURCES - An apparatus and method provide the capability of metering temporary capacity on demand in a computer system in a way that allows one resource to benefit from unused billed capacity of a different resource. The actual use of a selected resource is monitored. When the selected resource is actually used, before charging the customer for the resource, a check is made to see if there is unused billed capacity of another resource that may be used by the selected resource. If so, the unused billed capacity of the other resource is “stolen” and used by the selected resource. If there is no unused billed capacity of another resource, a resource-time increment is billed for the use of the selected resource. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090043877 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING STANDBY RESOURCE ENTITLEMENT - An apparatus and program product for transferring entitlement to standby resources between respective computers. Standby resources are made available at a destination computer by rendering unavailable corresponding resources at a source computer. As such, the aggregate number of available standby resources may remain unchanged, but the distribution of the availability may be reapportioned according to operational requirements. Where desired, this transfer of entitlement may be accomplished automatically, dynamically and/or in a secure manner. | 02-12-2009 |
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| 20090093460 | Compositions - Pharmaceutical compositions, oral pharmaceutical compositions, and solid dosage forms comprising up to about 750 mg of 11-piperazin-1-yldibenzo[b,f] [1,4]thiazepine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent are provided. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090093461 | Methods of Treating Anxiety and Mood Disorders - Methods of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with Anxiety Disorders and/or Mood Disorders comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100093700 | Methods of Treating Mood Disorders - A method of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with but not limited to: Mood Disorders including but not limited to a) Depressive Disorders, including but not limited to, Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder and b) Bipolar Depression and/or Bipolar mania including but not limited to Bipolar I Disorder, including but not limited to those with manic, depressive or mixed episodes, and Bipolar II Disorder, c) Cyclothymic Disorder, and d) Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, comprising administering an effective amount of formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. In another aspect of the invention a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising an effective amount of formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110136784 | Method of Treating Anxiety Disorders - A method of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with but not limited to: Anxiety Disorders including but not limited to Panic Disorder Without Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Postaumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition comprising administering an effective amount of Formula I | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110136785 | METHOD OF TREATMENT - A method of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with but not limited to: 1) Substance-Related Disorders including but not limited to Substance Dependence, Substance Abuse, Substance Intoxication, Substance Withdrawal, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Amphetamine (or Amphetamine-Like)-Related Disorders, Caffeine-Related Disorders, Cannabis-Related Disorders, Cocaine-Related Disorders, Hallucinogen-Related Disorders, Inhalant-Related Disorders, Nicotine-Related Disorders, Opioid-Related Disorders, Phencyclidine (or Phencyclidine-Like)-Related Disorders, and Sedative-, Hypnotic- or Anxiolytic-Related Disorders. 2) Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders. 3) Eating Disorders. 4) Personality Disorders including but not limited to Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. 5) Impulse-Control Disorders, comprising administering an effective amount of Formula I | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110136786 | METHOD OF TREATING MOOD DISORDERS - Methods of treating mood disorders comprising administering an effective amount of 11-piperazin-1-yldibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and pharmaceutical compositions therefor. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110144088 | METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERS - A method of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with but not limited to: Sleep Disorders including but not limited to 1) Dyssomnia Disorders including but not limited to: a) Primary inomnia, b) Primary Hypersomnia, and c) narcolepsy; and 2) Parasomnias Disorders including but not limited to a) Nightmare Disorder, Sleep Terror Disorder and Sleepwalking Disorder, comprising administering an effective amount of Formula I | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110144089 | METHOD OF TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER DISORDERS - A method of treating at least one symptom or condition associated with but not limited to: 1) Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders including but not limited to Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Delusional Disorder, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Shared Psychotic Disorder, and Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition and 2) Dementia and other Cognitive Disorders comprising administering an effective amount of Formula I | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110237568 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS - 11-piperazin- | 09-29-2011 |
