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Hiebert, US
Daniel L. Hiebert, Pine Island, MN US
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| 20100070884 | Dynamically Linking Avatar Profiles Within a Virtual Environment - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for linking user profiles within an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, a group is dynamically formed based on one or more criteria, including interactions, movements, history, viewports, friends lists, and the like. Once the group is formed, a group profile may be generated by, e.g., aggregating the individual user profiles of the group members. The group profile may control the interaction of the group members with the virtual world, thus providing a uniform and consistent experience for all group members. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070885 | Linking Avatar Profiles Within a Virtual Environment - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for linking user profiles within an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, a group is dynamically formed based on one or more criteria, including interactions, movements, history, viewports, friends lists, and the like. Once the group is formed, a group profile may be generated by, e.g., aggregating the individual user profiles of the group members. The group profile may control the interaction of the group members with the virtual world, thus providing a uniform and consistent experience for all group members. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100121810 | BROWSING WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO DETERMINE WEB CONTENT OF INTEREST BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH VIRTUAL OBJECTS - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for integrating web browsing with a three dimensional (3D) immersive environment. In one embodiment, characteristics describing a user's web browsing history may be used to identify objects that are of interest to the user. The objects of interest may be matched to objects included in a virtual environment. The virtual objects may then be presented to the user within an interface to the virtual environment. In another embodiment, characteristics of user interactions with virtual objects may be used to determine related web content. The related web content may be presented to the user in a web browser. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100122182 | BROWSING WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO DETERMINE VIRTUAL OBJECTS OF INTEREST BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH WEB CONTENT - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for integrating web browsing with a three dimensional (3D) immersive environment. In one embodiment, characteristics describing a user's web browsing history may be used to identify objects that are of interest to the user. The objects of interest may be matched to objects included in a virtual environment. The virtual objects may then be presented to the user within an interface to the virtual environment. In another embodiment, characteristics of user interactions with virtual objects may be used to determine related web content. The related web content may be presented to the user in a web browser. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100198653 | OBJECT ORGANIZATION BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for arranging virtual objects within an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, avatar characteristics, viewport/display characteristics, and object/location characteristics may be analyzed to determine a degree of visibility of various locations within a virtual space to a user. Further, past user interactions within the immersive virtual environment may be analyzed to determine which portions of the user's viewport, when including virtual objects that are offered for sale, are most likely to result in a sale to the user. A set of virtual objects may then be assigned to locations within the virtual space based on the determined visibility to the user, past purchases by the user, and characteristics of the virtual objects. | 08-05-2010 |
Daniel Leonard Hiebert, Pine Island, MN US
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| 20090100351 | Suggestion of User Actions in a Virtual Environment Based on Actions of Other Users - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for suggesting actions to users of an immersive virtual environment based on previous user actions within the virtual environment. Generally, characteristics of actions performed by various users of the virtual environment may be stored in a searchable actions index. Subsequently, the actions index may be used to suggest actions based on similarity of the stored characteristics to those of a current user and/or actions. The suggested actions may be presented to the user as graphical indications visible within the user's view of the virtual environment. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090115776 | Dynamically Displaying Personalized Content in an Immersive Environment - Embodiments of the invention provide a method of managing content filters within a three dimensional (3D) immersive environment without compromising the visual and interactive integrity of the environment itself. In one embodiment, content may be selectively filtered by dynamically categorizing content within the immersive environment by tracking baseline avatar patterns. Once a pattern is identified between a given content element (i.e., some element of the environment which an avatar may interact with) and avatar interactions (or lack of interactions) with that content element, a filter may be defined and applied to that content element. | 05-07-2009 |
Ernest Hiebert, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20080271211 | Materials and Methods for Providing Resistance to Plant Pathogens in Non-Transgenic Plant Tissue - The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing disease and pathogen resistance to a plant. Transformed or transgenic rootstock of a plant with genetically engineered resistance to a plant pathogen, such as a viral pathogen, is grafted onto a compatible non-transgenic plant tissue, e.g., a scion compatible with the rootstock. The non-transgenic portion of the grafted plant is provided with resistance to the plant pathogen. The subject invention also concerns a plant comprising a transformed or transgenic rootstock having resistance to a plant pathogen grafted onto a compatible non-transgenic plant tissue. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100095402 | Materials and methods for engineering resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus (tylcv) in plants, - The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing genetically-engineered resistance in plants to geminivirus, such as, using polynucleotides containing all or a portion of a replication associated protein (Rep) gene of TYLCV and all or a portion of a Rep intergenic region (IR). Virus-resistant plants produced according to the present invention have horticulturally acceptable phenotypic traits. Methods of the invention comprise transforming a plant with a polynucleotide wherein when the polynucleotide is expressed in the plant, the transformed plant exhibits resistance to plant viral infections. An exemplified embodiment utilizes a polynucleotide comprising a Rep gene derived from a Florida isolate of TYLCV. The methods of the invention can be used to provide resistance to TYLCV infection in plants such as tomato and tobacco. The present invention also concerns transformed and transgenic plants and plant tissue that comprise a polynucleotide of the invention. | 04-15-2010 |
Eugene Lloyd Hiebert, Salem, OR US
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| 20110047706 | Surgical positioning system - A surgical positioning system includes a flexible air-impermeable shell filled with beads that is wrapped against the patient and subjected to a vacuum to hold the patient in place. The shell includes rounded shoulder portions, on either side of a separately inflatable pillow, to envelop portions of the patient's neck and shoulders, tapered waist portion to provide easy access to a patient's forearms and lower lateral abdomen, and expanded wrist hand portion to cradle the patient's hands and thighs. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110126355 | SURGICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A surgical positioning system includes a flexible air-impermeable shell filled with beads that is wrapped against the patient and subjected to a vacuum to hold the patient in place. An air-impermeable top wall can be joined with an air-impermeable bottom wall to define a plurality of chambers. Each of the chambers can include a peripheral edge that extends around the periphery of the respective chamber. The plurality of chambers can include a first shoulder chamber, a second shoulder chamber, and a main chamber. | 06-02-2011 |
Jacob F. Hiebert, Reedley, CA US
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| 20080245893 | SELF-CLEANING SPRINKLER - A self-cleaning sprinkler is disclosed. The self-cleaning sprinkler includes a housing having an internal chamber. The internal chamber defines an interior scraping surface. A rotatable spool is disposed within the internal chamber. The spool includes external threads, defining a spiral passageway. A spacer extending from the spool that maintains the spool at a distance from a wall of the internal chamber to create an exit chamber is included. Pressurized fluid passing through the spiral passageway causes the spool to rotate. As the spool rotates, debris is compressed between the threads and the scraping surface, breaking the debris up into smaller pieces. | 10-09-2008 |
John Hiebert, Wayland, MA US
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| 20080275398 | FLUID VALVE SYSTEMS - An apparatus includes a first valve having an inlet capable of being in fluid communication with a first fluid source, an outlet capable of being in fluid communication with the inlet, and two unidirectional valves. The first valve is capable of being in a first mode in which the inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet through a first flow path, and a second mode in which the inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet through a second flow path isolated from the first flow path. The two unidirectional valves are along the second flow path. | 11-06-2008 |
Sheldon Hiebert, Middletown, CT US
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| 20100080770 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100080771 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100272674 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) | 10-28-2010 |