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| 20080319916 | Method and Apparatus for Cashless Online Marketplace - A cashless online marketplace for the transaction of goods and services. A computer implemented method of acquiring membership, donating and acquiring goods/services via the Internet are described. A computer-implemented method for conducting a cashless online transaction is described, generally comprising the steps of a donor posting an item for donation at a sum of points, an acquirer offering to acquire the item, the donor accepting the acquirer's offer to acquire the item, deducting the sum of points from an account of the acquirer, transferring the item from the donor to the acquirer, notifying the acquirer that the item has been transferred, the acquirer responding to the notification that the item has been transferred by either accepting or disputing the cashless online transaction, and closing the cashless online transaction. Steps wherein the acquirer identifies the item to acquire, the acquirer specifying a transfer option for transfer of the item from the donor to the acquirer from one or more transfer options provided by the donor. An acquirer can respond within a specified period and dispute the transaction. A dispute may result in loss of points in the acquirer's account or the donor's account, or a demerit accruing in the donor's membership record. Upon a specified number of demerits a donor can be prevented from further donating items at the cashless online marketplace. Apparatus, system and medium embodiments are disclosed. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100153284 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO USE AN AGGREGATED CONTACT LIST FOR SHARING ONLINE INFORMATION - The present invention provides methods and systems for using an aggregated contact list for sharing online information. In one embodiment, an event forum is provided with a connection link to enable a user to retrieve contacts from one or more online social or messaging networks. Upon the user providing authentication credentials to login to the one or more online social or messaging networks, an aggregating service retrieves the user's contacts from each of the networks. In one embodiment, the contacts from all the networks are presented as an aggregated list, allowing the user to select one or more contacts to send a message related to the event forum. In one embodiment, the aggregating service creates a landing web page specific to the message transmitted by the user. In some instances, the landing web page enables the user and the contacts to exchange messages. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110231778 | CUSTOMIZING CONTENT DISPLAYED FOR A USER BASED ON USER PREFERENCES OF ANOTHER USER - In one embodiment, a server receives a request from a first user to share content from a first forum (e.g., a webpage) with a second user. In response, the server generates a link to the content for use by the second user. This link includes a pointer to a first user preference associated with the first user. In some instances, the first user preference is stored in conjunction with a unique identifier associated with the first user. Subsequently, when the second user attempts to access the content, the server generates a second webpage that includes the content. The server customizes the webpage (that is to be displayed to the second user) by using the user preferences associated with the first user. | 09-22-2011 |
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| 20090072520 | Convertible stroller-cycle - A vehicle for pushing and riding, the vehicle including a frame having a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion of the frame has a lower connection post containing braking and steering components and the rear portion of the frame has an upper connection post containing braking and steering components for the rear portion. The upper and lower connection posts are threadedly engaged within a steering portion of the frame. A hitch beam on the front portion forms part of the frame. A hitch clamp on the rear portion of the frame is fastened around the hitch beam for connecting the front portion and the rear portion of the frame. A pair of front wheels is operationally connected to the front portion of the frame. At least one rear wheel is operationally connected to the rear portion of the frame. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100032925 | CONVERTIBLE STROLLER-CYCLE - The present invention relates to a vehicle that is converted from a stroller for carrying a passenger and cycle operated by a rider to a combined unit. More specifically, the invention relates to a stroller and a bicycle combined, physically and operationally, such that the operator of the cycle portion of the stroller-cycle can control operation of the stroller portion while the stroller-cycle is in motion. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100283228 | Caster for Stroller-Cycle - An openable caster having a mount cap, a mount housing pivotally connected to the mount cap, a post protruding from a top surface of the mount housing, a switch disposed on the mount cap and a slide release mechanism for locking and releasing the caster. The slide release mechanism has a flange disposed within the mount cap. The flange includes a recess with a bracket, the bracket being accessible from an underside of the mount housing. The flange is operationally connected to the switch. Actuation of the switch moves the slide release mechanism from a locked state, in which the caster is closed and a portion of the post is secured by the bracket, to a released state in which the post is released from the bracket. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100294073 | Convertible Stroller-Cycle - A braking and steering assembly in a vehicle having a pushing section and a riding section. The assembly includes an upper connection post containing braking and steering components for the riding section. The upper connection post has an upper end and a lower threaded end. The assembly further includes a lower connection post containing braking and steering components for the pushing section. The lower connection post has an aperture for threadedly receiving the lower threaded end of the upper connection post. The assembly also includes a rotatable front knob fixed to the upper end of the upper connection post. Rotatably tightening the front knob connects the lower end of the upper connection post with the upper end of the lower connection post. Braking and steering in the riding section controls braking and steering in the pushing section. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110068555 | Quick Release Disk Brake System and Steering Lock-Suspension System - In one aspect, there is provided a vehicle comprising a disk brake rotatably mounted thereto and a wheel that is removably securable to the disk brake, the disk brake and wheel forming a single rotational unit when secured to each other. In another aspect, there is provided a combination suspension system and steering lock for a wheel assembly on a vehicle. The combination is adapted to lock and release steering rotation of a wheel on the wheel assembly and simultaneously provide shock absorption. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110203887 | Convertible Stroller-Cycle - A cable splicing assembly for guiding a pair of control cables in a vehicle for pushing and riding. The vehicle has a pushing section and a riding section. The cable splicing assembly includes a splice housing having a circumferential opening at a first end and a pair of apertures at an opposite second end. The cable splicing assembly further includes a piston configured to slide axially within the splice housing between the opposite ends thereof in response to movement in the pair of control cables. The piston has an opening for guiding the pair of control cables through a longitudinal length. The cable splicing assembly further includes a housing cap mounted around the first end of the splice housing to close the circumferential opening of the splice housing and to form a cavity with the first end of the splice housing. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110290065 | Cable Splicing Assembly for Convertible Stroller-Cycle - The present invention relates to a vehicle that is converted from a stroller for carrying a passenger and cycle operated by a rider to a combined unit. More specifically, the invention relates to a stroller and a bicycle combined, physically and operationally, such that the operator of the cycle portion of the stroller-cycle can control operation of the stroller portion while the stroller-cycle is in motion. | 12-01-2011 |
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| 20110219380 | MARSHALING RESULTS OF NESTED TASKS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for marshaling results of nested tasks. Unwrap methods are used to reduce the level of task nesting and insure that appropriate results are marshaled between tasks. A proxy task is used to represent the aggregate asynchronous operation of a wrapping task and a wrapped task. The proxy task has a completion state that is at least indicative of the completion state of the aggregate asynchronous operation. The completion state of the aggregate asynchronous operation is determined and set from one or more of the completion state of the wrapping task and the wrapped task. The completion state of the proxy task can be conveyed to calling logic to indicate the completion state of the aggregate asynchronous operation to the calling logic. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110239217 | PERFORMING A WAIT OPERATION TO WAIT FOR ONE OR MORE TASKS TO COMPLETE - A method of performing a wait operation includes creating a first plurality of tasks and a continuation task. The continuation task represents a second plurality of tasks. The continuation task and each of the tasks in the first plurality have an associated wait handle. The wait handles for the first plurality of tasks and the continuation task are stored in an array. A wait operation is performed on the array, thereby waiting for at least one of the tasks in the first and second pluralities to complete. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110289503 | EXTENSIBLE TASK SCHEDULER - A parallel execution runtime allows tasks to be executed concurrently in a runtime environment. The parallel execution runtime delegates the implementation of task queuing, dispatch, and thread management to one or more plug-in schedulers in a runtime environment of a computer system. The plug-in schedulers may be provided by user code or other suitable sources and include interfaces that operate in conjunction with the runtime. The runtime tracks the schedulers and maintains control of all aspects of the execution of tasks from user code including task initialization, task status, task waiting, task cancellation, task continuations, and task exception handling. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20090048603 | HIP STEM CENTRALIZER DATUM GUIDE AND METHOD - A hip stem centralizer datum guide ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110153024 | MODULAR ELBOW PROSTHESIS - A modular elbow prosthesis including an ulnar component and a humeral component. The ulnar component includes an ulnar head and an ulnar stem. The humeral component includes a humeral head and a humeral stem. The humeral component also includes a locking system for securing the humeral head onto the humeral stem. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110166668 | PROSTHETIC HIP IMPLANTS - Prosthetic hip stems for use in prosthetic hip joints and, in particular, provides prosthetic hip stems that are designed to achieve more optimized outcomes with certain types of patient anatomy, such as the anatomy of female patients and/or patients having osteoporosis. Each hip stem in a family or set of hip stems has diaphyseal width, metaphyseal width, offset, and head height dimensions. In a set of hip stems of increasing nominal size, the diaphyseal width dimension increases substantially non-proportionally to the corresponding increase of the metaphyseal width, offset, and head height dimensions, thereby providing a family or set of hip stems that is particularly adapted for patients having osteoporosis, in which the cortical bone of the diaphysis of the femur becomes thinner with progression of the osteoporosis. | 07-07-2011 |
