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Beverly Mains, Minneapolis, MN US
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20090259270 | CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT FOR FETAL, NEONATAL, AND/OR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS - A method including inserting an electrode into an umbilical vein, and advancing the electrode through the umbilical vein to a location near or in a heart. In an example, the electrode is inserted into an umbilical vein in utero. In another example, the electrode is inserted into an umbilical vein in a child soon after the child is born. In an example, the electrode is connected to a lead. In an example, a lead is inserted through a catheterized umbilicus. | 10-15-2009 |
Harold E. Mains, Cincinnati, OH US
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20120329349 | SIZING ADDITIVES FOR DRYCLEANING PROCESSES - A fabric treatment composition including a sizing agent and a silicone solvent is provided. The sizing agent is a hydrogenated rosin ester. The silicone solvent is a volatile silicone solvent. Optionally, co-solvents and dispersing agents may be included. A method of treating a fabric article and the treated fabric article are provided. | 12-27-2012 |
Harold Eugene Mains, Cincinnati, OH US
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20130295807 | SIZING ADDITIVES FOR DRYCLEANING PROCESSES - A fabric treatment composition including a sizing agent and a silicone solvent is provided. The sizing agent is a hydrogenated rosin ester. The silicone solvent is a volatile silicone solvent. Optionally, co-solvents and dispersing agents may be included. A method of treating a fabric article and the treated fabric article are provided. | 11-07-2013 |
Jim Mains, Newport Coast, CA US
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20130182693 | Enabling a Mobile Broadband Hotspot by an Auxiliary Radio - There is provided a method of enabling a mobile broadband hotspot by an auxiliary radio. By utilizing a commonly available auxiliary radio, such as a Bluetooth radio, hotspot connectivity using a primary radio, such as Wi-Fi, can be readily enabled. Accordingly, device connections, guest access, and device disconnections can be easily requested on demand from a mobile broadband hotspot. Additionally, the mobile broadband hotspot may be configured to enable or disable connections using a predetermined schedule. The pre-determined schedule may provide Internet access only when necessary, such as during scheduled device updates. | 07-18-2013 |
Karla J. Mains, Rowlett, TX US
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20100088176 | System and Method for Generating Price-Per-Unit (PPU) Discounts for Fuel - A fuel rewards program wherein awards received from the purchase of discount-triggering items at a first transaction are redeemed for a price-per-unit (PPU) discount on fuel. A scanner scans product codes and inputs the information to a POS system through a comparator such that a product may be determined to be a discount-triggering item. Information regarding the discount-triggering item is first stored in a potential buffer. A rewards process processes the information in the potential buffer and stores that information in a filtered potential buffer. A potential file accumulates basic information about one or more transactions. A purchase buffer stores all of the information, which is ultimately printed on a cash register receipt. The receipt may be scanned at a fuel dispenser to begin the redemption of the PPU discount on the fuel. | 04-08-2010 |
Kristina Mains, Mount Kisco, NY US
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20100055205 | FUNCTIONAL CONSUMABLE COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMOTING SKIN HEALTH AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A functional consumable composition for promoting skin health may comprise, for each 100% by dry weight, no more than about 0.2% by dry weight catechin and no more than about 2% by dry weight amino acid. The amino acid may comprise at least one of 1-proline and 1-arginine, and the weight % 1-proline to weight % 1-arginine may be greater than about 2. Another functional consumable composition may comprise no more than about 0.2% by dry weight catechin and at least one of lipoic acid, selenium, vitamin E, vitamin B, and vitamin C. A source of the catechin may comprise at least one of white tea solids and epigallocatechin gallate extract. Methods for using such functional consumable compositions are also described. | 03-04-2010 |
Michael Mains, Highland, UT US
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20130316886 | BALANCED PUSH-UPS FOR CORE STRENGTHENING - An exercise device can include: a platform; a handle coupled to a first side of the platform; and an inflatable member coupled to an opposite second side of the platform, the inflatable member having a rounded portion with an apex opposite of the handle, the inflatable member having an inflation port. The inflatable member can have an annular flange around an inflatable portion, the annular flange being mounted to the platform. The device can include an annular fastener ring mounted to the platform with the annular flange therebetween, the annular fastener ring being received onto a first surface of the annular flange, and a second surface of the annular flange being received onto the second side of the platform. The device can include fasteners passing through the annular flange and mounting the annular fastener ring to the platform. | 11-28-2013 |
Richard K. Mains, Grass Lake, MI US
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20140265973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROTOR SHAFT POSITION OF HIGH VOLTAGE PM AC SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES USING AUXILIARY WINDINGS - A system and method for determining rotor shaft position of high voltage permanent magnet AC synchronous machines using auxiliary windings utilizes a permanent magnet AC synchronous motor including a stator having a main set of coils and an auxiliary set of coils. A drive controller including a digital signal processor in communication with the motor utilizes a current and voltage measurements from the main and auxiliary coils to determine the position of the rotor shaft in a sensorless mode. | 09-18-2014 |
Richard L. Mains, Seattle, WA US
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20100325549 | PERSISTENT MEDIA PLAYBACK - Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media. | 12-23-2010 |
Richard Leigh Mains, Seattle, WA US
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20100082604 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH QUERY SUGGESTIONS WITH SEARCH RESULT SUGGESTIONS FROM USER HISTORY - Suggested search results are provided with suggested search queries as a user incrementally enters characters of a search query. At each incremental user input, a query portion is received and suggested search queries are identified based on the query portion. Suggested search results associated with the suggested search queries are also identified. These suggested search results enable direct navigation to web sites associated with the search results. In some embodiments, a user's search history is analyzed to identify search results selected by the user for the suggested search queries. In other embodiments, search histories for a group of users associated with the user are analyzed to identify the suggested search results to provide with the suggested search queries. | 04-01-2010 |
20100145934 | ON-DEMAND SEARCH RESULT DETAILS - Search results and associated search-result details are provided in response to user queries. Embodiments include identifying a number of search-result details for different indexed search results, identifying one or more detail-attributes for each search-result detail, and identifying one or more user-attributes for a particular user. These search results, associated search-result details, and associated detail-attributes may be stored in a database. Upon receiving a search query from the user, search results may be generated. Search-result details specific to each search result and specific to the end-user may also be generated by identifying the detail-attributes associated with each search-result detail and the user-attributes associated with the end-user. These search results may then be presented to the end-user. Upon receiving an indication of interest in a particular search result, the search result details may then be presented to the end user. | 06-10-2010 |
20140333670 | Mobile Device Applications - Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337791 | Mobile Device Interfaces - Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337800 | RECOGNITION INTERFACES FOR COMPUTING DEVICES - A computing device can utilize a recognition mode wherein an interface utilizes graphical elements, such as virtual fireflies or other such elements, to indicate objects that are recognized or identified. As objects are recognized, fireflies perform one or more specified actions to indicate recognition. A ribbon or other user-selectable icon is displayed indicates a specific action that the device can perform with respect to the respective object. As additional objects are recognized, additional ribbons are created and older ribbons can be moved off screen and stored for subsequent retrieval or search. The fireflies disperse when the objects are no longer represented in captured sensor data, and can be animated to move towards representations of new objects as features of those objects are identified as potential object features, in order to communicate a level of recognition for a current scene or environment. | 11-13-2014 |
Robert E. Mains, Morgan Hill, CA US
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20090106717 | MULTITHREADED STATIC TIMING ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for executing multithreaded algorithm to provide static timing analysis of a chip design includes analyzing a chip design to identify various components and nodes associated with the components. A node tree is built with a plurality of nodes. The node tree identifies groups of nodes that are available in different levels. A size of node grouping for a current level is determined by looking up the node tree. Testing data for parallel processing of different size of node groupings using varied thread counts is compiled. An optimum thread count for the current level based on the size of node grouping in the node tree is identified from compiled testing data. Dynamic parallel processing of nodes in the current level is performed using the number of threads identified by the optimum thread count. An acceptable design of the chip is determined by the dynamic parallel processing. | 04-23-2009 |
20090327985 | HIGHLY THREADED STATIC TIMER - Various methods and apparatus for executing a multithreaded algorithm that performs a static timing analysis of an integrated circuit chip (chip) include logic for traversing the chip to identify a plurality of components (cells or nodes) within a chip circuit of the chip. A waveform graph is defined for the identified nodes. One or more virtual graphs are generated from the waveform graph. The plurality of nodes in the one or more virtual graphs are processed using multiple threads to obtain quadruplet of time domain dataset values representing the different modes of propagation for each node. A timing check is performed at an end node of the virtual graphs using the quadruplet of time domain dataset values to determine any timing violation within the chip design. | 12-31-2009 |
20110106748 | TECHNIQUE FOR FAST POWER ESTIMATION USING PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF COMBINATIONAL LOGIC - A method for computing power consumption includes querying a software database for a key node and a gate comprising an input port, connected to the key node, and an output port. The software database is created from a net list associated with a design. The method includes calculating a probability of activity level at the output port based on a predetermined activity level at the key node, and querying the software database for next gate comprising a next input port, connected to the previous output port, and a next output port. The method includes calculating a probability of activity level at the next output port based on the probability of activity level at the previous output port. The method includes computing a sub-circuit gate power by sum of power of all the gates based on the probability of activity level at output ports of the gates. | 05-05-2011 |
Ronald H. Mains, Kenner, LA US
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20150356481 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREIGHT DELIVERY AND PICK-UP - An exemplary non-limiting embodiment of the present invention provides a system that includes a loading/unloading facility, a user apparatus having a user interface configured to communicate with a driver of a delivery/pick-up vehicle, and an administrator apparatus configured to communicate with the user apparatus and the loading/unloading facility. The user apparatus is located remotely from the loading/unloading facility. The driver checks into the user apparatus and the administrator apparatus coordinates arrival of the delivery/pick-up vehicle at the loading/unloading facility. | 12-10-2015 |
Scott B. Mains, Roseville, CA US
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20140215254 | POWER OVER ETHERNET MANAGEMENT ON A NETWORK SWITCH - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for power over Ethernet (PoE) management on a network switch. PoE management can include monitoring, with a power management unit on the network switch, an amount of available power and monitoring a load associated with each of a plurality of physical network ports via a plurality of physical power over Ethernet (PoE) controllers that each control a respective subset of the plurality of physical network ports. PoE management can include distributing power to the plurality of PoE controllers with the power management unit based on the monitored amount of available power and the monitored loads independently of a correspondence between the plurality of physical network ports and the plurality of PoE controllers. | 07-31-2014 |