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Adam C. Kean, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20110262953 | Phosphate Limited Inducible Promoter and A Bacillus Expression System - An evolvable production strain of | 10-27-2011 |
Brian Kean, Missouri Valley, IA US
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| 20090101720 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM TO PRODUCE CONTACTLESS DEVICES WITH SWITCHES - A contactless device comprises circuitry storing information, a switch having a first position and a second position, and a fusible link. When the fusible link is intact, wireless reading and writing of the information is enabled regardless of the position of the switch. When the fusible link has been parted, wireless reading of the information is enabled when the switch is in the first position, and wireless reading of the information is disabled when the switch is in the second position. The contactless device may be placed in a non-responsive state, and transformed to a responsive state by parting a second fusible link, or by transmitting an authenticating code to the device. The contactless device may be a card, or some other kind of device. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090179744 | RADIO-FREQUENCY-DEVICE PERSONALIZATION - Radio-frequency devices that have internal radio-frequency chips are personalized. A radio-frequency device is inserted into a package. An identifier is read electromagnetically from the radio-frequency chip with a radio-frequency transceiver while the radio-frequency device is within the package. Personalization information is written electromagnetically onto the radio-frequency chip while the radio-frequency device is within the package. An association between the personalization information and the identifier is recorded on a storage device. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090200371 | ONETIME PASSWORDS FOR SMART CHIP CARDS - A financial transaction card is provided according to various embodiments described herein. The financial transaction card includes a card body with at least a front surface and a back surface. The financial transaction card may also include a near field communications transponder and/or a magnetic stripe, as well as a digital display configured to display alphanumeric characters on the front surface of the card body. The financial transaction card may also include a processor that is communicatively coupled with the near field communications transponder or magnetic stripe and the digital display. The processor may be configured to calculate one-time passwords and communicate the one-time passwords to both the near filed communications transponder or magnetic stripe and the digital display. | 08-13-2009 |
Brian Kean, Cincinnati, OH US
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| 20090059812 | ADAPTIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING NETWORK TRAFFIC VOLUME REPORTING - An adaptive method and apparatus for accurate network traffic volume limit reporting including receiving a network traffic volume limit for each subscriber based on the subscriber's level of service and reporting the network traffic volume on a more frequent basis for subscribers who are approaching their network volume limit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090285108 | Method and Apparatus for Providing QoS for MP Subscribers - A method for providing Quality of Service (QoS) for a Multilink Protocol (MP) subscriber at the subscriber level is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a network element fragments a packet destined for a subscriber into multiple fragments and adds any necessary encapsulations (e.g., MP protocol encapsulation, Point-to-Point protocol encapsulation, layer 2 encapsulations). The network element links the fragments together to form a MP batch packet. The network element sends the MP batch packet to a single egress queue associated with the subscriber. The fragments are distributively transmitted across the links associated with the subscriber. Other methods and apparatuses are also described herein. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110032814 | Session Resilience Prioritization Queuing Mechanism to Minimize and Eliminate Packet Loss - A method for managing a plurality of subscriber sessions tied to mobile devices in a router, each subscriber session of the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to a line card in the router, the line card implementing a data plane entity and a control card implementing a control plane entity, the method comprising: redistributing each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to a failed line card in the router to minimize packets lost and maximize subscriber session retention, redistributing including classifying each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions into a plurality of priority queues, in response to detection of the failed line card, transferring each subscriber session in the plurality of subscriber sessions assigned to the failed line card to one of a plurality of operating line cards in priority queue order. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110113145 | Stateless Transmission Control Protocol Rendezvous Solution For Border Gateway Function - A method and apparatus for brokering a transmission control protocol (TCP) session between two clients that are each situated behind a firewall that blocks incoming TCP session requests is described. Each of the two clients transmits a TCP session request to the other client in order to establish a TCP session between these clients. This brokering allows the two clients to establish the TCP session between the two clients. | 05-12-2011 |
Brian R. Kean, Cincinnati, OH US
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| 20110249682 | SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED USER PLANE PARTITIONED TWO-STAGE FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE LOOKUP FOR SUBSCRIBER INTERNET PROTOCOL HOST ROUTES - Communication sessions are each homed on one of a plurality of line cards in a network element. Packets received by the network element are processed on the home card before being transmitted to a subscriber device, such as a mobile phone or laptop computer. When a packet is received by the network element, it is not necessarily received by the line card that serves as a home card for the respective session. The packet is switched within the network element from the receiving line card, i.e., the trunk card, to the home card. The network element identifies the home card by performing a lookup in a table duplicated on all the line cards using the least significant bits of the IP address in the packet. Using these bits to organize the table limits the size of the table and balances load among the line cards. | 10-13-2011 |
Brian T. Kean, Missouri Valley, IA US
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| 20100217674 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Systems and methods for selecting a payment account for a payment transaction are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. Data may be collected from a payment device utilized for the transaction, and a plurality of payment accounts may be associated with the payment device. A personal identification number associated with the payment device may be received. At least one of the plurality of payment accounts associated with the payment device may be selected based on a portion of the received personal identification number. The transaction may be facilitated utilizing at least one of the selected payment accounts. | 08-26-2010 |
Bryan W. Kean, Colorado Springs, CO US
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| 20100140452 | Dual Mode Source Follower for Low and High Sensitivity Applications - In certain embodiments, a unit cell is provided. The unit cell may include a high sensitivity path and a low sensitivity path. The high sensitivity path may include a first transistor and a first switch. The first switch may couple an output node to the first transistor. The low sensitivity path may include a capacitor. A second switch may couple the high sensitivity path to the low sensitivity path. A third switch may couple the high sensitivity path and the low sensitivity path to a voltage node. | 06-10-2010 |
Charles Kean, Huntington, NY US
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| 20110011037 | Device for manufacturing sandbags - An apparatus for constructing sandbags has a movable, floatable platform, and a length of casing disposed in a roll and supported on the platform. The casing has two longitudinal edges and can be unrolled from the roll. There is a hopper for receiving and dispensing a quantity of sand on top of the casing as the casing is unrolled from the roll. The hopper is supported by a crane mounted on the platform, and positioned above the length of casing. There is a device for bringing the longitudinal edges of the casing together after the sand has been deposited, and a stitching machine for stitching the edges of the casing together to form a tube of casing filled with sand. The stitching machine is mounted on the crane above the device for bringing the edges of the casing together. There is a conveyor for conveying the tube away from the stitching machine and off of the platform. | 01-20-2011 |
David M. Kean, Redmond, WA US
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| 20110307520 | REFLECTION OVER OBJECTS - Different views on an object that has metadata. For instance, one code segment might have one view of the object and be able to view some of the metadata of that object, while another code segment might have a different view of the object and have a view on a different set of the metadata of that object. This may be done even though the code segments reside in the same application. Thus, each code segment may have a view of the metadata on the object that is most useful for that code segment to use the object without getting confused by metadata that is less or not relevant to the manner in which the code segment is to use the object. | 12-15-2011 |
Denise Kean, Dallas, OR US
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| 20090243214 | Therapy Games - The present invention includes at least one magnet attractant dry erase type board, a game board that may be rolled up for easy storage, and a unique game piece containing a hollow substantially transparent body with a top end and bottom end. The game piece may comprise a cap that attaches to the top end of the game piece body and a magnet that attaches to the bottom end of the game piece body. An image paper can be rolled up and placed inside the game piece body. This image paper may change the appearance of the game piece depending on the printing on the image paper. | 10-01-2009 |
John C. Kean, Falls Church, VA US
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| 20100296563 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUDIO BROADCAST TRANSMISSION SIGNAL COVERAGE - Computer implemented methods and systems for the prediction of the reception of a desired in-band on-channel digital audio broadcast signal (IBOC DAB) are described. A method includes computing a first ratio of a weaker undesired adjacent broadcast signal to a stronger undesired adjacent broadcast signal; computing a second ratio of the desired IBOC DAB signal to the stronger undesired adjacent roadcast signal. The method also includes computing a minimum allowable reception ratio based on the second ratio and the slope and intercept of a line, wherein the slope and intercept of the line is based on both (i) a plurality of ratios of a weaker adjacent broadcast signal to a stronger adjacent broadcast signal and (ii) a plurality of ratios of a desired IBOC DAB signal to a stronger adjacent broadcast signal. Reception is predicted when the computed minimum allowable reception ratio is less than the first ratio. | 11-25-2010 |
Johnny Kean, Tustin, CA US
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| 20100226139 | LED-BASED LIGHT ENGINE - An LED-based luminaire employs an LED module mounted to a housing. The LED module is advantageously configured to transmit heat generated by the LEDs across and/or through the module and to the housing for dispersal to the environment. LED modules can be configured with conductive or non-conductive cores, and may be configured to evacuate heat from one or both faces of the LED module. Further, multiple heat paths can be defined from components on an LED module to the housing and to the environment. | 09-09-2010 |
Kevin Kean, Woodinville, WA US
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| 20090055751 | Management System for Local and Remote Services - A management system for a computer service may have a single set of interfaces through which a local or remote version of the service may be administered. The management system may include a discovery system that determines if a service is provided through a local or remote host and uses the appropriate routines or connections to perform each administrative task. The management system may include a single set of console interfaces, wizards or sequential interactive interfaces, dialog boxes, or other user interface mechanisms that may be used to control a local or remote version of a service. | 02-26-2009 |
Kevin T. Kean, Woodinville, WA US
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| 20090292806 | Management of Remotely Hosted Services - A management system for remote services may use an administrative server within a local area network to manage the remote services for many manageable entities. The administrative server may connect to a clearinghouse server outside the local area network to obtain information about available remote services and to consolidate some operations for interfacing to the remote services. In some embodiments, the clearinghouse server may act as a proxy for many different remote services and may enable some functions to be aggregated across different remote services, such as billing, authentication, provisioning, and other functions. The administrative server may configure the managed entities to access the remote services as well as other functions. | 11-26-2009 |
Robert Thomas Kean, Minneapolis, MN US
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| 20090176286 | Process for Fractionating Lignocellulosic Biomass into Liquid and Solid Products - The invention herein is an efficient, flexible biomass fractionation process comprising digesting a lignocellulosic-biomass material at about 120-220° C. and a pH of less than about 4, in an aqueous mixture containing an effective concentration of at least one solvent for lignin, and separating to recover a solid phase that contains a large fraction of the cellulose originally in the starting lignocellulosic material and a liquid phase that contains most of the lignin and hemicellulose originally in the starting lignocellulosic biomass. The process can produce a solid phase that contains at least 75% cellulose and less than 10% lignin. The cellulose-rich solid product can be converted very efficiently to glucose. The solid product can also be used in commercial pulp applications, such as papermaking or fluff pulp. Hemicellulose sugars and lignin can be used directly or converted to other products. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110105695 | Method for making Plas stereocomplexes - PLA stereocomplexes are formed from poly-D-PLA and poly-L-PLA oligomers. The oligomers contain functional groups which allow them to react with each other or with an added curing agent to produce a high molecular weight block copolymer. Heat treatment of the resin permits the resin to develop crystallites having a melting temperature of 185° C. or more. | 05-05-2011 |
Thomas Kean, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120028350 | BONE MARROW TARGETING PEPTIDES - A peptide for targeting bone marrow consists of about 5 to about 25 amino acids and includes an amino acid sequence that targets the peptide to bone marrow. | 02-02-2012 |
Thomas A. Kean US
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| 20080270805 | Method for Protecting Intellectual Property Cores on Field Programmable Gate Array - Techniques are used to protect intellectual property cores on field programmable gate arrays. An approach is to associate each field programmable gate array, or a limited number of field programmable gate arrays, with a secret key. Each field programmable gate array may only be properly configured or programmed by an appropriate encrypted bitstream (which includes one or more intellectual property cores). This encrypted bitstream has been encoded by or for the secret key associated with a particular FPGA. Other techniques are also presented in this application and include network-based, nonnetwork-based, software-based, layered, and other approaches. The techniques allow an intellectual property core vendor to charge a customer per-use or per-configuration of their intellectual property. This is because an encrypted bitstream is useable only in a limited number, possibly just one, of the integrated circuits. | 10-30-2008 |