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Geoffery D. Hoffman, Tempe, AZ US
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| 20080215615 | Social Online Memory Systems - A system is described having the steps of receiving a roster of an organization; when the roster includes a name of a person associated with the organization; electronically storing a digital-medium; when the digital-medium includes a likeness of the person; assisting relating the digital-medium with the name; when the step of assisting relating further includes the steps of presenting, over a electronic-network, the likeness within a structured document; accepting inputting of a letter; presenting, by modifying at least a portion of the structured document, a portion of the roster; when the portion excludes a other name; when the other name includes the roster and does not comprise the letter; allowing selecting the name from the portion of the roster, whereby a relationship is formed between the digital-medium and the name; and electronically storing the relationship. | 09-04-2008 |
Geoffrey D. Hoffman, Tempe, AZ US
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| 20110264657 | System and Method of Controlling Interactive Communication Services by Responding to User Query with Relevant Information from Content Specific Database - An electronic communication system is controlled by a content service provider to return relevant information from a content specific database in response to a user query. The content service provider compiles a plurality of content specific databases, each dedicated to a category of information of interest to the user. The user registers a user profile with the content service provider. A query, including the selected content specific database, is transmitted from the user to the content service provider. The selected content specific database is searched for the first level query within context of the user profile. A menu of matches is generated from the content specific database for the first level query. The menu is organized by relevance scores assigned to the matches based on correspondence to the first level query. The menu is transmitted from the content service provider through the electronic communication network to the user. | 10-27-2011 |
Jeffrey D. Hoffman, Chandler, AZ US
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| 20090132722 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE - Embodiments of the invention include a communication interface and protocol for allowing communication between devices, circuits, integrated circuits and similar electronic components having different communication capacities or clock domains. The interface supports communication between any components having any difference in capacity and over any distance. The interface utilizes request and acknowledge phases and signals and an initiator-target relationship between components that allow each side to throttle the communication rate to an accepted level for each component or achieve a desired bit error rate. | 05-21-2009 |
Jim Hoffman, Chandler, AZ US
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| 20080265196 | VALVES INCLUDING AN INSULATING MEMBER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Valves are provided that include a flowbody, a sealing element, and an insulating member. The flowbody has a channel and an outer surface. The sealing element is disposed in the flowbody channel. The insulating member surrounds the flowbody and includes an inner surface and an annular spacer extending radially inwardly therefrom and integrally formed therewith. The annular spacer is in contact with the flowbody outer surface to thereby form an airgap between the insulating member inner surface and the flowbody outer surface. Methods of manufacturing the valves are also provided. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100019185 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BONDING MEANS FOR DEVICE COMPONENTS - A bonding means for electrically coupling a first component and a second component at an interface. The bonding means including at least one electrically conductive bonding puck positioned between the first component and the second component. The bonding puck being disposed within a recess formed in at least one of the first component and the second component. The at least one electrically conductive bonding puck providing electrical bonding between the first component and the second component and establishing electrical continuity therebetween. | 01-28-2010 |
Joe Hoffman, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20090122413 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - A method for displaying an image according to one embodiment of the present invention includes projecting an image away from a first display surface and a second display surface onto a reflective surface, and orienting the reflective surface to selectively redirect the image onto either the first display surface or the second display surface. | 05-14-2009 |
Nicholas R. Hoffman, Cave Creek, AZ US
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| 20110270473 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VERTICAL PROFILE FOR AN IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE - A vertical profile for an in-trail procedure can provide a pilot with enhanced situational awareness. Such a vertical profile may be able to provide a graphical indication of a clearance window for change in altitude procedures, as well as the underlying bases for such a window. A method can include providing, in a hardware display, a graphical vertical profile displaying an aircraft to a pilot of the aircraft. The method can also include providing, in the vertical profile, an indication of the relative speed of at least one other aircraft and a graphical indication of a clearance window for vertical maneuvers for the aircraft of the pilot. | 11-03-2011 |
Ronald J. Hoffman, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20090202321 | PUNCHING AND BINDING SYSTEM AND ELEMENTS THEREOF - An apparatus for punching and binding a stack of papers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a paper clamp and a binding element insertion device that are movable relative to each other. The binding element insertion device is configured to receive and detect binding elements of different sizes. The apparatus also includes a punching mechanism, a controller, and a user interface. The controller controls movement of the paper clamp and the binding element insertion device based on the size of the binding element needed to bind the stack of papers together. The user interface is configured to provide information to a user of the apparatus and to receive input from the user before, during, and after the punching and binding operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100119333 | PUNCHING AND BINDING SYSTEM AND ELEMENTS THEREOF - A method of binding a stack of papers having a plurality of holes with a binding element having a plurality of fingers insertable in the holes. The method includes clamping the stack of papers with a paper clamp; moving at least one of the paper clamp and a binding element applicator relative to the other; and binding the stack of papers with a binding element held by the binding element applicator by operating the binding element applicator to insert the fingers of the binding element into holes of the stack of papers. | 05-13-2010 |
Ronald J. Hoffman, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20100012055 | Cylinder and piston assemblies for opposed piston engines - In an opposed piston engine, a pair of pistons are disposed in opposition in the bore of a cylinder. The cylinder includes first liquid coolant grooves having a first cooling capacity to cool a portion of the cylinder extending from a central portion toward an exhaust port, and second liquid coolant grooves having a second cooling capacity, less than the first cooling capacity, to cool a portion of the cylinder extending from the central portion toward an inlet port. Each piston includes a cylindrical skirt with a crown and an open end opposite the crown, a piston rod with a bore, a first end attached to a back surface of the crown, and a second end extending through the open end of the skirt, a radial array of liquid coolant flow passages in communication with the bore and disposed between the first end and the back surface of the crown, and a single wristpin retained on the second end section of the piston rod and positioned externally to the piston. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110094223 | Auxiliary systems for opposed piston engines - An opposed piston engine includes at least one cylinder with inlet and exhaust ports and opposed pistons disposed in the cylinder for reciprocating opposed motion toward and away from each other. An auxiliary system pumps liquid coolant separately to the cylinder and pistons. Another auxiliary system controls the flow of intake and exhaust gas in the engine. | 04-28-2011 |
Steve Hoffman, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20110202375 | HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, ADMINISTRATOR AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING A MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT, ADHERENCE AND PHARMACOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAM - A method is provided that includes initiating adjudication of a primary claim in response to a purchase transaction at a primary payer for a client at a point of sale of a healthcare provider, and adjudicating one or more services of a program of the administrator to which the client is enrolled and/or one or more secondary benefits following the adjudication of the primary claim. The purchase transaction is applicable to the respective program and the respective secondary benefit, and the program includes one or more services. The method also includes providing the one or more services and/or secondary benefits to the client in response to adjudicating the one or more services and/or secondary benefits. | 08-18-2011 |