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Anne Jude Hunt, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20110320396 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND SYNTHESIZING COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including both an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to analyze an input complex KR to deconstruct its complex concepts and/or concept relationships to elemental concepts and/or concept relationships to be included in the elemental data structure. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to synthesize an output complex KR from the stored elemental data structure in accordance with an input context. Multiple input complex KRs of various types may be analyzed and deconstructed to populate the elemental data structure, and input complex KRs may be transformed through the elemental data structure to output complex KRs of different types, providing semantic interoperability to KRs of different types and/or KR models. | 12-29-2011 |
Arlon Hunt, Kensington, CA US
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| 20100247424 | HYDROGEN STORAGE IN NANOPOROUS INORGANIC NETWORKS - Materials based on nanoporous inorganic network materials and associated devices and methods for solid state storage of hydrogen and other gases are capable of greater storage capacity with improved availability of stored gases. Coated active oxide networks such as TiO | 09-30-2010 |
Arlon J. Hunt, El Cerrito, CA US
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| 20110120669 | LIQUID METAL THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments of this invention relate generally to high temperature thermal energy storage, and more specifically, to the use of the latent heat of fusion of melting and solidifying metals to receive from and provide heat to a gaseous medium. Embodiments of this invention are also known as the Liquid Metal Thermal Storage system or LIMETS. Also described are methods of containing the storage material, heat transfer means, and choices of metals and alloys for thermal storage materials. | 05-26-2011 |
Barry R. Hunt, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090167034 | Appartus for Generating Power Responsive to Mechanical Vibration - A vibrational energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plurality of integral compliant regions; at least two ferromagnetic masses each coupled to a corresponding one or more of the integral compliant regions such that at least one of the ferromagnetic masses moves with respect to the substrate responsive to substrate acceleration, each ferromagnetic mass having an inner magnetic pole disposed such that the inner magnetic poles are separated by a gap, wherein the magnetic polarities of the inner magnetic poles on the opposing sides of the gap are similar; wherein the inner magnetic poles form a steep flux gradient region in and around the gap; and a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the steep flux gradient region where it is exposed to a changing magnetic flux arising from motion of at least one of the ferromagnetic masses with respect to the substrate. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100302099 | System and method for geo-locating a receiver with reduced power consumption - A system and process for the geo-location of an asset given no a priori knowledge regarding time and location of the asset with minimized power consumption is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the system is accurate to about 30 meters CEP (50% circular error probable) using just a short segment, e.g., 100-200 ms, of digitized GPS L1 signal data. | 12-02-2010 |
Brian Hunt, Lacrescenta, CA US
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| 20080315181 | Nanotube schottky diodes for high-frequency applications - Described is a Schottky diode using semi-conducting single-walled nanotubes (s-SWNTs) with titanium Schottky and platinum Ohmic contacts for high-frequency applications. The diodes are fabricated using angled evaporation of dissimilar metal contacts over an s-SWNT. The devices demonstrate rectifying behavior with large reverse-bias breakdown voltages of greater than −15 V. In order to decrease the series resistance, multiple SWNTs are grown in parallel in a single device, and the metallic tubes are burnt-out selectively. At low biases, these diodes showed ideality factors in the range of 1.5 to 1.9. Modeling of these diodes as direct detectors at room temperature at 2.5 terahertz (THz) frequency indicates noise equivalent powers (NEP) comparable to that of the state-of-the-art gallium arsenide sold-state Schottky diodes, in the range of 10-13 W/square-root (√) Hz. | 12-25-2008 |
Brian Hunt, La Crescenta, CA US
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| 20090166686 | Edge-Contacted Vertical Carbon Nanotube Transistor - A vertical device geometry for a carbon-nanotube-based field effect transistor has one or multiple carbon nanotubes formed in a trench. | 07-02-2009 |
Brian D. Hunt, La Crescenta, CA US
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| 20090072137 | NANOWIRE ELECTRON SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY - Methods and devices for spectroscopic identification of molecules using nanoscale wires are disclosed. According to one of the methods, nanoscale wires are provided, electrons are injected into the nanoscale wire; and inelastic electron scattering is measured via excitation of low-lying vibrational energy levels of molecules bound to the nanoscale wire. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110136304 | Techniques to Enhance Selectivity of Electrical Breakdown of Carbon Nanotubes - Techniques are used to fabricate carbon nanotube devices. These techniques improve the selective removal of undesirable nanotubes such as metallic carbon nanotubes while leaving desirable nanotubes such as semiconducting carbon nanotubes. In a first technique, slot patterning is used to slice or break carbon nanotubes have a greater length than desired. By altering the width and spacing of the slotting, nanotubes have a certain length or greater can be removed. Once the lengths of nanotubes are confined to a certain or expected range, the electrical breakdown approach of removing nanotubes is more effective. In a second technique, a Schottky barrier is created at one electrode (e.g., drain or source). This Schottky barrier helps prevent the inadvertent removal the desirable nanotubes when using the electrical breakdown approach. The first and second techniques can be used individually or in combination with each other. | 06-09-2011 |
Charles E. Hunt, Davis, CA US
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| 20100097004 | System And Apparatus For Cathodoluminescent Lighting - Electron sources for a cathodoluminescent lighting system are disclosed. An electron source is a broad-beam reflecting-type electron gun having a cathode for emitting electrons and a reflector and/or secondary emitter electrode and no grids. An alternative electron gun has a cathode having a heater welded to a disk, the disk having an emissive surface on a side facing a dome-shaped defocusing grid and an anode. A lighting system incorporating the electron sources has an envelope with a transparent face, an anode with a phosphor layer to emit light through the face and a conductor layer. The system also has a power supply for providing from five to thirty thousand volts of power to the light emitting device to draw electrons from cathode to anode and excite a cathodoluminescent phosphor, and the electrons transiting from cathode to anode are essentially unfocused. A power-factor-corrected embodiment is also disclosed. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110062883 | System And Apparatus For Cathodoluminescent Lighting - A cathodoluminescent lighting system has a light emitting device having an envelope with a transparent face, a cathode for emitting electrons, an anode with a phosphor layer and a conductor layer. The phosphor layer emits light through the transparent face of the envelope. The system also has a power supply for providing at least five thousand volts of power to the light emitting device, and the electrons transiting from cathode to anode are essentially unfocused. Additional embodiments responsive to triac-type dimmers with intensity and color-changes in response to dimmer control. A power-factor-corrected embodiment is also disclosed. | 03-17-2011 |
Daniel C. Hunt, Carlsbad, CA US
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| 20080281921 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTER-DOMAIN MESSAGING - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for relaying a digital message from a first browser module to a second browser module. A webpage can be received from a first domain server. The webpage can have a link to a URI that references a web service on a second domain server. The webpage can be displayed in a first browser module. The URI can be referenced so as to invoke the web service. A cookie can be received from a web service and detected by a monitoring module. The cookie detected can be provided to the second browser module. | 11-13-2008 |
David Hunt, Scotts Valley, CA US
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| 20090086689 | CAPWAP/LWAPP MULTICAST FLOOD CONTROL FOR ROAMING CLIENTS - A method, an apparatus, a system, and logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible medium to carry out a method. The method includes maintaining the state of clients of an access point controlled by a controller in the controller of the access point, including multicast group information, and updating the access point with multicast group identification for the clients, such that the controller in combination with the access point can forward packets, and such that multicast group information for a roaming client of the access point is maintained. | 04-02-2009 |
Gene C. Hunt, Palm Desert, CA US
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| 20090288691 | SOLAR PANEL CLEANING SYSTEM - A solar power cleaning system is provided including a fluid supply line. A first end of the fluid supply line is utilized for receiving water. A second end of the fluid supply line is coupled to a plurality of nozzles for dispensing fluid onto solar panels. The cleaning system also includes a housing. Disposed within the housing is a valve for regulating soap from a storage compartment into the fluid supply line. The valve is controlled by a programmable controller. When the valve is open, soap mixes with water and is dispensed onto the solar panels via the nozzles. When the valve is closed, water may be dispensed onto the solar panels. A filter may be coupled to the fluid supply line to remove impurities from the water before dispensation onto the solar panels. A motor and pump may also be disposed within the housing to regulate the fluid pressure within the fluid supply line. | 11-26-2009 |
Greg Hunt, Piedmont, CA US
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| 20110028218 | Systems and Methods for Wireless Connectivity of a Musical Instrument - In various embodiments, one or more real musical instruments may be used to interact with a program (e.g., a game or learning application) on a digital device such as a game console. A method may comprise receiving a music signal from a port of a real musical instrument, formatting the music signal for transmission to a digital device, wherein the formatted music signal comprises an instrument identifier, and wirelessly transmitting the formatted music signal. | 02-03-2011 |
Greg Hunt, Irvine, CA US
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| 20110190724 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR IONTOPHORETIC WRINKLE REDUCTION - A method and system for wrinkle reduction. The method includes the steps of positioning and applying a patch to skin of a consumer and adhesively securing the patch to the skin. A chemical composition on the patch includes both active ingredients and adhesive. A pair of electrodes are connected to a battery-driven, microprocessor-based controller. A current is applied through the electrodes in the patch for a selected time. The chemical composition in the patch is propelled into the consumer through use of the current in order to relax the skin of the consumer. The patch is removed and any residue of the chemical composition is massaged into the skin. | 08-04-2011 |
Greg Hunt, San Jose, CA US
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| 20090045889 | High-speed router with backplane using muli-diameter drilled thru-holes and vias - A high-speed router backplane is disclosed. The router backplane uses differential signal pairs on multiple signal layers, each sandwiched between a pair of digital ground layers. Thru-holes are used to connect the differential signal pairs to external components. To reduce routing complexity, at least some of the differential signal pairs route through a via pair, somewhere along their path, to a different signal layer. At least some of the thru-holes and vias are drilled to reduce an electrically conductive stub length portion of the hole. The drilled portion of a hole includes a transition from a first profile to a second profile to reduce radio frequency reflections from the end of the drilled hole. | 02-19-2009 |
Harry Hunt, Santa Rosa, CA US
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| 20090113956 | DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM - A locking system for integrating into an entry door having a vertical expanse and providing simultaneous multi-port locking along the vertical expanse of the entry door. The locking system includes a rod positioned along the vertical expanse of a length at least co-extensive with a plurality of deadbolt locks positioned within the entry door. A plurality of deadbolt locks that provided space along the vertical expanse and a plurality of swing arms, each swing arm pivotally connected to the rod on first end thereof and connected to a deadbolt lock on a second end thereof. An actuator is employed for shuttling between first and second positions of the rod causing the swing arms to simultaneously extend the deadbolt locks for locking the entry door and withdrawing the deadbolt locks for unlocking the entry door. | 05-07-2009 |
James C. Hunt, Redwood City, CA US
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| 20100332924 | AT-SPEED SCAN TESTING OF MEMORY ARRAYS - An integrated circuit configured for at-speed scan testing of memory arrays. The integrated circuit includes a scan chain having a plurality of serially coupled scan elements, wherein a subset of the plurality of scan elements are coupled to provide signals to a memory array. Each scan element of the subset of the plurality of scan elements includes a flip flop having a data input, and a data output coupled to a corresponding input of the memory array, and selection circuitry configured to, in an operational mode, couple a data path to the data input, and further configured to, in a scan mode, couple to the data input one of a scan input, the data output, and a complement of the data output. The scan elements of the subset support at-speed testing of a memory array coupled thereto. | 12-30-2010 |
Jeremy Hunt, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090053701 | Detectable nucleic acid tag - Provided herein are nucleic acid tags that are linked to, or capable of linking to, a protein of interest. In particular, the nucleic acid tags are oligonucleotides comprising a reporter function and a protein tagging function. Also provided herein, are nucleic acid tag compositions, kits and methods of use thereof. | 02-26-2009 |
Kenneth R. Hunt, Vista, CA US
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| 20080312542 | MULTI-SENSOR ARRAY FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A sensor for monitoring a patient's blood pressure, the sensor including a housing unit with a back surface and which includes: a pair of electrodes mounted on the back surface; an optical system mounted on the back surface and including at least one light source that emits optical radiation near 570 nm and at least one photodetector; a first amplifier which generates an analog electrical waveform from the electrical signals from the electrodes; a second amplifier that generates an analog optical waveform from the optical signal from the photodetector; analog-to-digital converter circuitry configured to receive the analog electrical waveform and generate a digital electrical waveform therefrom and to receive the analog optical waveform and generate a digital optical waveform therefrom; and a processor programmed to receive the digital electrical and optical waveforms and determine a pulse transit time for the patient which is a measure of a separation in time of a first feature of the digital electrical waveform and a second feature of the digital optical waveform and to use the pulse transit time to determine a blood pressure value for the patient. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100130875 | BODY-WORN SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A system for measuring a blood pressure value from a patient features a sensor configured to be worn on the patient's thumb. The sensor includes one or two light sources that emit optical radiation, and a photodetector that detects the optical radiation after it passes through a portion of a vessel (e.g. an artery or capillary) in the patient's thumb to generate a first time-dependent signal (e.g. a PPG waveform). In embodiments the sensor is made from a flexible material that wraps around a portion of the patient's thumb (e.g. the base) while leaving the thumb's tip uncovered. This configuration is less awkward than most finger-worn sensors, and allows the patient to comfortably go about their day-to-day activities (e.g. reading, eating) with little obstruction. The system also includes at least two electrodes that are configured to be worn on the patient's body and detect electrical signals that are processed by an electrical circuit to generate a second time-dependent signal (e.g. an ECG waveform). | 05-27-2010 |
Kenneth Robert Hunt, Vista, CA US
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| 20080221399 | MONITOR FOR MEASURING VITAL SIGNS AND RENDERING VIDEO IMAGES - The invention features a vital sign monitor that includes: 1) a sensor component that attaches to the patient and features an optical sensor and an electrical sensor that measure, respectively a first and second signal: and 2) a control component. The control component features: 1) an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the first signal and second signal into, respectively, a first digital signal and a second digital signal; 2) a CPU configured to operate an algorithm that generates a blood pressure value by processing with an algorithm the first digital signal and second digital signal; 3) a display element; 4) a graphical user interface generated by computer code operating on the CPU and configured to render on the display element the blood pressure value; and 5) a software component that renders video images on the display element. To capture video and audio information, the device further includes both a digital camera and a microphone. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080319327 | BODY-WORN SENSOR FEATURING A LOW-POWER PROCESSOR AND MULTI-SENSOR ARRAY FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A system is described that continuously measures a patient's blood pressure over a length of time. The system features a sensor assembly featuring a flexible cable configured to wrap around a portion of a patient's arm. The flexible cable features a back surface that includes at least two electrodes that are positioned to contact the patient's skin to generate electrical signals. It additionally features an optical sensor that includes at least one light source and at least one photodetector. These components form an optical sensor that is configured to generate an optical signal by detecting optical radiation emitted by the at least one light source and reflected from a blood vessel underneath the patient's skin. | 12-25-2008 |
Martin Hunt, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20100070899 | TECHNIQUES FOR SHARING CONTENT ON A WEB PAGE - Techniques that enable content from a web page to be shared directly with one or more targets, which may be an application, a buddy from a buddy list (e.g., in a chat application), and the like. An embodiment of the present invention can identify contents on a web page that are to be made sharable and make the identified contents sharable. The content that is made sharable can then be shared with a share target using, for example, drag and drop operations. For example, a user may select sharable content on a web page, drag the content to a target, and drop it directly on the target thereby sharing the content with the target. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100107088 | PROVISIONING INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS FOR A COMMUNITY OF USERS - Techniques that enable instant communications services to be provisioned for an online community of users such that the members of the community can interact with each other using instant communications including using instant messaging (IM). In one embodiment, an instant communications facilitator operating from a first domain may provision instant communication services for members of an online community maintained in different domains from the first domain. | 04-29-2010 |
Martin G. Hunt, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20100073735 | CAMERA-BASED DOCUMENT IMAGING - A process and system to transform a digital photograph of a text document into a scan-quality image is disclosed. By extracting the document text from the image, and analyzing visual clues from the text, a grid is constructed over the image representing the distortions in the image. Transforming the image to straighten this grid removes distortions introduced by the camera image-capture process. Variations in lighting, the extraction of text line information, and the modeling of curved lines in the image may be corrected. | 03-25-2010 |
Nando Hunt, Newport Beach, CA US
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| 20080246681 | Dual stagger off settable azimuth beam width controlled antenna for wireless network - An antenna adapted for wireless networks and having a variably controlled stagger antenna array architecture is disclosed. The antenna array contains a plurality of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having each radiating element or element groups orthogonally movable relative to a main vertical axis so as to provide a controlled variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080309568 | Triple stagger offsetable azimuth beam width controlled antenna for wireless network - A variably controlled stagger antenna array architecture is disclosed. The array employs a plurality of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having each radiating element or element groups orthogonally movable relative to a main vertical axis. This provides a controlled variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern without excessive side lobe radiation over full range of settings. | 12-18-2008 |
Nathan Hunt, Berkeley, CA US
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| 20100088079 | METHODS FOR ACCURATE USE OF FINITE DYNAMIC RANGE MEASUREMENT DATA IN RADIO PATH LOSS PROPAGATION MODEL CALIBRATION - Methods for accurately predicting radio propagation from signal strength measurements. Dynamic range limitations in the measurement data are explicitly taken into account. The resulting propagation models accurately predict signal strength for calculation of coverage and interference. | 04-08-2010 |
Neil Hunt, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20110178769 | DYNAMIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TESTING WITH CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing dynamic randomized controlled testing to evaluate design choices for a consumer electronics (CE) device. A plurality of CE devices may communicate with a server system over a data communications network to be assigned a variant of the design choice. The variant may correspond to a variant of a user interface component of the CE device or a functional component of the CE device. Once assigned, feedback may be collected from the plurality of CE devices specifying one or more performance metrics associated with the design variant assigned to a respective CE device. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110208695 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT AND A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and articles for simultaneously maintaining copies of data in a data center and a cloud computing environment providing network based services. Synchronizing applications monitor modifications to data records made in the data center and the cloud computing environment. The synchronizing applications are also configured to convert modified records from the data center into a format compatible with databases in the cloud computing environment prior to updating the databases in the cloud computing environment, and vice versa. | 08-25-2011 |
Neil D. Hunt, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20110016225 | DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for selecting a content distribution network (CDN) comprising at least one content server, from a plurality of CDNs, and a playing digital content file from the CDN on a content player. Selecting the CDN is based on a rank order of CDNs, an assigned weight value for each CDN, and a bandwidth measured between the content player and each CDN. Advantageously, a given content player may select a CDN based on prevailing network and CDN loading conditions, thereby increasing overall robustness and reliability when downloading digital content file from a CDN. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110185041 | CLIENT-SERVER SIGNALING IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transmitting and processing download requests specifying download instructions and additional optional intent hints. A client computer signals intent information to an edge server resident within a content delivery network via download requests. The intent information indicates contextual information regarding the download of a digital content file, such as the reason for the download or the amount of the digital content file that might be downloaded in subsequent requests. A suitably equipped edge server adapts the processing of the download request based on the intent information specified by the client computer. In response to the download request, the edge server also transmits a response to the client computer indicating performance characteristics associated with the edge server. The response also indicates alternative servers that can be accessed by the client computer for downloading the digital content file. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110225302 | PARALLEL STREAMING - Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for a content player to stream a media file using multiple network connections. To stream the media file, the content player downloads metadata associated with a requested media file, establishes a network connection with multiple content servers (or multiple network connections with a single content server or both) and begins requesting portions of the media file. In response, the requested portions are transmitted to the content player. The content player may employ a predictive multi-connection scheduling approach to determine which network connection to use in downloading a given chunk. | 09-15-2011 |
Neil D. Hunt, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090158326 | Trick Play of Streaming Media - A data processing system, comprising a network interface configured to couple to a data network; one or more processors coupled to the network interface; memory coupled to the one or more processors; a video interface coupled to the one or more processors and configured to output video data to a video display device; logic encoded in one or more computer-readable media wherein execution by the one or more processors causes receiving and storing in the memory a plurality of still images from an audiovisual program, wherein each of the still images is associated with a sequentially later time point within the audiovisual program; receiving first user input specifying invocation of a trick play mode of playing the audiovisual program; generating video output to the video interface wherein the video output comprises a first image position comprising one or more of the still images, a linearly second image position comprising one of the still images, and a linearly third image position comprising one or more of the still images; wherein the still images in the video output are arranged in the image positions in sequential order according to time point within the audiovisual program; generating updated video output to the video interface in which the still image of the second image position is shifted into the first image position, one of the still images of the third image position is shifted into the second image position, and one or more new still images are in the third image position. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100005006 | METHOD OF SHARING AN ITEM RENTAL ACCOUNT - An account in an item rental service is shared with others using computer-implemented profiles, subject to computer-enforced constraints. In one embodiment, a method provides for establishing a user account, wherein the user account is associated with an account owner, wherein the user account comprises a first ordered queue indicating two or more items that the account owner desires to rent; receiving a request to add a second ordered queue to the user account, profile member identifying information, and a constraint value; creating and storing a profile record based on the profile member identifying information and the constraint value, wherein the profile record is further associated with a second queue; receiving a request to add a specified rental item to the second queue, wherein the specified rental item does not conform to the constraint value; and adding the specified rental item to the second queue only in response to receiving confirmation by the account owner. | 01-07-2010 |
Neil Duncan Hunt, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20100010877 | APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING USER RATINGS OF ITEMS - According to an embodiment of the invention, an approach is provided for estimating how a particular user would rate a particular item from a plurality of items. The approach is applicable to any type of items, including rental items such as movies, music and games, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of item. One or more items from the plurality of items that have ratings similar to the particular item are identified. One or more other users are identified that have given ratings to the one or more items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more items. An estimation is made of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings for the particular item given by the one or more other users. | 01-14-2010 |
Patrick David Hunt, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20100145918 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING CONTENT FOR FAST AND SCALABLE RETRIEVAL - Systems and methods for generating a document identifier, for a document received at a content store, to be used to generate at least one posting list in connection with querying a content store is described. | 06-10-2010 |
Rashmi Hunt, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20080281861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING ENTERPRISE JAVA BEANS DURING INSTALLATION OF A SERVICE COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION - A method of dynamically generating stateless session beans (EJBs) during installation of a Service Component Architecture (SCA) composite to expose simple SCA POJO components to Java EE callers. During SCA composite installation, an installation utility receives an installation request for a SCA composite with a simple POJO service. If EJB service binding is defined, the installation utility collects data from a service interface to generate a corresponding bean interface and implementation classes. Generic EJB home, bean and interface class templates are pre-defined using EMF JET templates. Data collected from the service interface is fed into pre-defined EMF JET Templates to generate service-specific EJB classes. The installation utility also matches the java interface to the EJB interface to ensure compatibility. Generated bean method has code snippets to delegate calls to SCA components during runtime. Given a simple SCA POJO Service, the installation utility generates Stateless Session bean without Java EE tooling. | 11-13-2008 |
Raymond Hunt, Valencia, CA US
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| 20090185820 | Methods and apparatus for remanufacturing toner cartridges - A device for manufacturing a printer cartridge, the printer cartridge having a doctor blade and a developer roller, the doctor blade being configured to regulate the amount of toner delivered to the developer roller, the device comprising: (a) first surface, the first surface lying on a first plane; and (b) a second surface positioned opposite the first surface, the second surface lying on a second plane, the first and the second plane being parallel to each other, the second surface comprising a flat portion, the flat portion being configured to contact a portion of the doctor blade, wherein when the flat portion contacts the doctor blade portion, the device applies pressure to the doctor blade portion. | 07-23-2009 |
Stephen H. Hunt, Felton, CA US
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| 20080301700 | Filtering of performance monitoring information - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a signal in a filter register of a performance monitor from an execution unit to enable a field of the filter register associated with a first thread when a filter enable instruction is executed during execution of code of the first thread, receiving a thread identifier and event information in the performance monitor from the execution unit, and determining if the thread that corresponds to the received thread identifier is enabled in the filter register and if so, storing the event information in a first counter of the performance monitor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-04-2008 |
Terrence J. Hunt, Corona, CA US
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| 20080213315 | CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - A botulinum toxin pharmaceutical formulation free of animal derived proteins, comprising a botulinum toxin and a recombinant albumin, suitable for therapeutic administration to a human patient, and methods for treating patients with various diseases and afflictions with the formulation. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090214685 | SUSTAINED RELEASE POLOXAMER CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - A thermo-reversible thermoplastic pharmaceutical composition, comprising a botulinum toxin and a biocompatible poloxamer which provides thermoreversibility to the composition and additionally stabilizes the botulinum toxin, is described. The pharmaceutical composition can be administered to a patient as a liquid, and gels after administration into a sustained release drug delivery system from which the biologically active botulinum toxin is released over a multi-day period thereby localizing the drug as a depot and controlling release to enhance the therapeutic effect per dose. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090304748 | CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100279953 | Non-protein stabilized clostridial toxin pharmaceutical compositions - A Clostridial toxin pharmaceutical composition comprising a Clostridial toxin, such as a botulinum toxin, wherein the Clostridial toxin present in the pharmaceutical composition is stabilized by a non-protein excipient such as a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a disaccharides, a trisaccharide, a polysaccharide, an alcohol, a metal, an amino acid, a surfactant and/or a polyethylene glycol. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110152198 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BOTULINUM TOXIN - This invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a polysaccharide and a botulinum toxin for reducing a skin wrinkle. In some embodiments, the polysaccharide comprises disaccharides. In some embodiments, the average molecular weight of a disaccharide unit of the polysaccharide is between about 345 D and about 1,000 D. | 06-23-2011 |
Thomas Peter Hunt, Oakland, CA US
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| 20100184244 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPOSITING PATTERNED MATERIALS FOR SOLAR PANEL PRODUCTION - Method and system for forming one or more predetermined patterns on a substrate for making a photovoltaic device. The method includes aligning at least a first droplet source with a substrate, dispensing one or more first droplets associated with one or more first materials from the first droplet source, and forming at least a first pattern of one or more second materials on the substrate by at least the first droplet source. Additionally, the method includes providing a first light beam incident on at least the first pattern, obtaining a first signal associated with the first pattern in response to the first light beam, processing information associated with the first signal, and determining one or more first characteristics of the first pattern based on at least information associated with the first signal. | 07-22-2010 |
Tom P. Hunt, Oakland, CA US
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| 20090220932 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMBINED MICROFLUIDIC-MICROMAGNETIC SEPARATION OF MATERIAL IN CONTINUOUS FLOW - A miniaturized, integrated, microfluidic device pulls materials bound to magnetic particles from one laminar flow path to another by applying a local magnetic field gradient. The device removes microbial and mammalian cells from flowing biological fluids without any wash steps. A microfabricated high-gradient magnetic field concentrator (HGMC) is integrated at one side of a microfluidic channel. When magnetic particles are introduced into one flow path, they remain limited to that flow path. When the HGMC is magnetized, the magnetic beads are pulled from the initial flow path into the collection stream, thereby cleansing the fluid. The microdevice allows large numbers of beads and materials to be sorted simultaneously, has no capacity limit, does not lose separation efficiency as particles are removed, and is useful for cell separations from blood and other biological fluids. This on-chip separator allows cell separations to be performed in the field outside of hospitals and laboratories. | 09-03-2009 |
Vince Hunt, Carmel, CA US
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| 20100010918 | Multi-Merchant Payment System - A method of payment for multi-vendor gift cards, comprising maintaining a merchandise database comprising records for merchandise and services for a plurality of merchants, enabling a gift card giver to interactively purchase a gift card for a gift card recipient, entitling the gift card recipient to redeem the gift card for items up to a specified spending limit, electronically transferring the money used to purchase the gift card into a card funding account that is used to pay for purchases by the gift card recipient, enabling the gift card recipient to interactively select one or more items from the merchandise database, thereby generating an aggregated selection of items for each merchant issuing orders to each merchant in accordance with the aggregated selected items corresponding to each merchant and paying each merchant the amount of their respective order from the card funding account. | 01-14-2010 |
William Hunt, Walnut Creek, CA US
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| 20080276102 | Data Protection Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are provided for protecting electronic content from the time it is packaged through the time it is experienced by an end user. Protection against content misuse is accomplished using a combination of encryption, watermark screening, detection of invalid content processing software and hardware, and/or detection of invalid content flows. Encryption protects the secrecy of content while it is being transferred or stored. Watermark screening protects against the unauthorized use of content. Watermark screening is provided by invoking a filter module to examine content for the presence of a watermark before the content is delivered to output hardware or software. The filter module is operable to prevent delivery of the content to the output hardware or software if it detects a predefined protection mark. Invalid content processing software is detected by a monitoring mechanism that validates the software involved in processing protected electronic content. Invalid content flows can be detected by scanning the information passed across system interfaces for the attempted transfer of bit patterns that were released from an application and/or a piece of content management software. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110246782 | Data Protection Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are provided for protecting electronic content from the time it is packaged through the time it is experienced by an end user. Protection against content misuse is accomplished using a combination of encryption, watermark screening, detection of invalid content processing software and hardware, and/or detection of invalid content flows. Encryption protects the secrecy of content while it is being transferred or stored. Watermark screening protects against the unauthorized use of content. Watermark screening is provided by invoking a filter module to examine content for the presence of a watermark before the content is delivered to output hardware or software. The filter module is operable to prevent delivery of the content to the output hardware or software if it detects a predefined protection mark. Invalid content processing software is detected by a monitoring mechanism that validates the software involved in processing protected electronic content. Invalid content flows can be detected by scanning the information passed across system interfaces for the attempted transfer of bit patterns that were released from an application and/or a piece of content management software. | 10-06-2011 |
William A. Hunt, Foothill Ranch, CA US
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| 20100214766 | HEADLAMP LIGHTING DEVICE - Various lighting devices are provided which may be used to advantageously illuminate areas of interest in a secure, convenient manner. In one example, a lighting device includes a headlamp. The headlamp includes a base, a body, and a light source. The base includes two support members and an aperture in each of the support members. The body is secured to the base through the apertures and is adapted to rotate relative to the base. The light source is in the body and positioned substantially between the two support members. The light source is adapted to rotate with the body relative to the base to adjust an angle of light emitted by the light source. As another example, related methods are also provided. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100277295 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE OUTPUT LEVEL SWITCHING - Various techniques are provided for implementing a lighting device with selectable output level switching. In one example, a lighting device includes a light source, a controller adapted to provide one or more signals to control the operation of the light source, a power terminal adapted to receive a power source, and a tailcap assembly. The tailcap assembly includes a tailcap, a push button, and a washer disposed in the tailcap. The washer includes at least one arm adapted to be pushed against a surface to selectively connect the controller to the power terminal in response to a manipulation of the tailcap assembly. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110169419 | PORTABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - Various techniques are provided to facilitate the indication of visual signals, such as SOS signals, strobe signals, and/or types of signals using a portable lighting system. The system may be implemented as a flashlight, a headlamp, or other type of lighting system. The system may be operated using a push-button switch, a rotatable potentiometer, or other appropriate types of user control interfaces. In one example, the system includes a light source adapted to emit light. The system also includes a user control interface adapted to receive user input and generate one or more control signals based on the user input. The system further includes a control circuit adapted to receive the one or more control signals from the user control interface, determine a function sequence based on a pattern provided by the one or more control signals, and cause the light source to operate in accordance with the function sequence. | 07-14-2011 |
Woodlee T. Hunt, Alamo, CA US
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| 20110055048 | Book purchasing system with filters and continuous loop execution - A book purchasing system allows a book buyer to log onto the system via a Web interface and purchase books from one or more book-selling venues. The buyer enters information on the books he wants to purchase and criteria relating to the purchases. The system searches the venues for listings matching this information. The listings are filtered using the other criteria entered by the buyer. These filtered listings may be displayed to the buyer and the buyer may then select which listings to execute to meet his purchasing needs. Once selected, the buyer can execute the listings at the venue. The system may automatically complete the transactions at the venues on behalf of the buyer. The system may continuously search the venues for listings that match the buyer criteria and will continue searching until listings are identified or the buyer manually stops the search. | 03-03-2011 |