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20100205469 | POWER BUDGETING FOR A GROUP OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Power consumption of a group of computer systems is managed based on a maximum power consumption for the group. A power budget is determined from the power consumption of each computer system and the maximum power consumption for the group. The power budget identifies a power cap for each computer system in the group. The power caps in the power budget are distributed to the computer systems in the group. | 08-12-2010 |
20120096248 | POWER-CAP SETTINGS - When the maximum power consumption of a computer exceeds a currently selected power-consumption cap, a cap setting corresponding to the currently selected power-consumption cap is reduced in addition, power-cap settings corresponding to power-consumption caps between said currently selected power-consumption cap and said maximum power consumption are reduced. | 04-19-2012 |
20120117392 | POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT-DEVICE CORRELATION - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing a correlation between a power distribution unit(s) and a device(s) are described. One example method includes storing first time series data that identifies, on a per power distribution unit (PDU) basis, current drawn from a set of PDUs. The example method may include storing second time series data that identifies, on a per device basis, power used by a set of related devices. With the two time series data available, the method may then provide a PDU-device correlation signal that identifies a correlation between current drawn from a PDU and power used by a device. | 05-10-2012 |
20140084683 | FAULT-TOLERANT POWER CONTROL IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Fault-tolerant power control in a computer system is described. In an example, a power controller to control power applied to an enclosure having a plurality of computing devices includes: first and second alternating current (AC) primary power meters respectively measuring first and second input power feeds to the enclosure; a first alternative power meter to measuring power supplied by the first input power feed; a second alternative power meter to measure power supplied by the second input power feed; a first controller coupled to the first primary power meter and the second alternative power meter; and a second controller coupled to the second primary power meter and the first alternative power meter; wherein the first controller is coupled to the second controller. | 03-27-2014 |
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20100094366 | AIR/OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a method that includes automatically providing air/oxygen at a pre-selected maximum pressure limit, breath volume and respiratory-rate. The pre-selected maximum pressure limit, breath volume, and respiratory-rate are automatically set as a function of a size of a mask coupled to an air/oxygen supply system. Further provided is a ventilator system that includes a ventilator mask, a ventilator supply system, and a mask conduit. The ventilator mask is configured in a size that will fit upon a selected range of sizes of human faces. The ventilator supply system includes an air/oxygen source and an air/oxygen regulator system configured to regulate air/oxygen flow parameters as a function of the size of the mask. The mask conduit is configured to couple the ventilator supply to the ventilator mask. | 04-15-2010 |
20110247623 | AIR/OXYGEN VENTILATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a portable ventilator system, including a ventilator supply system having a ventilator mask, an air/oxygen source and an air/oxygen regulator system, and including a communications device that, during use, automatically contacts an emergency response entity in response to activation of the portable ventilator system. Also provided is a ventilator system that includes at least one ventilator mask sized to fit upon a selected range of sizes of human faces, a ventilator supply system having an air/oxygen source and an air/oxygen regulator system, and an air/oxygen flow regulation valve having an inlet, an inlet/outlet in communication with a ventilator mask coupled to the ventilator supply system, and an outlet in communication with a surrounding atmosphere. During use, air/oxygen flows through the inlet and the inlet/outlet to facilitate ventilation of a human, and air/oxygen flows through the inlet/outlet and the outlet to facilitate exhalation by a human to the surrounding atmosphere. Further, during use, one of the ventilator masks is coupled to the ventilator supply system to provide air/oxygen to a human, and the air/oxygen regulator system regulates air/oxygen flow parameters as a function of a size of the ventilator mask coupled to the ventilator supply system. | 10-13-2011 |
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20100101194 | Dally horn wrap - The present invention is a wrap designed to protect the saddle horn when a lariat rope is dallied around it and pressure applied, as when roping cattle in the sports of team and calf roping. The horn wrap consists of a strap having desired elasticity and durability, as well as a sufficient coefficient of friction. The horn wrap can have one or two apertures at the tips which can be pulled over the saddle horn and act to attach the horn wrap to the saddle horn. Generally anticipated to be in a generally bell shape, the attachment pieces act to protect the saddle pommel near the base of the saddle horn. The horn wrap may be beveled near its edges so as to allow for smooth layers on the saddle horn which can increase the contact of the rope to the saddle horn to increase the friction resisting the dally sliding when weight is applied to the rope. | 04-29-2010 |
20100162669 | Dally horn wrap - The present invention is a wrap designed to protect the saddle horn when a lariat rope is dallied around it and pressure applied, as when roping cattle in the sports of team and calf roping. The horn wrap consists of a strap having desired elasticity and durability, as well as a sufficient coefficient of friction. The horn wrap can have one or two apertures at the tips which can be pulled over the saddle horn and act to attach the horn wrap to the saddle horn. Generally anticipated to be in a generally bell shape, the attachment pieces act to protect the saddle pommel near the base of the saddle horn. The horn wrap may be beveled near its edges so as to allow for smooth layers on the saddle horn which can increase the contact of the rope to the saddle horn to increase the friction resisting the dally sliding when weight is applied to the rope. | 07-01-2010 |
20120017549 | Daily horn wrap - The present invention is a wrap designed to protect the saddle horn when a lariat rope is dallied around it and pressure applied, as when roping cattle in the sports of team and calf roping. The horn wrap consists of a strap having desired elasticity and durability, as well as a sufficient coefficient of friction. The horn wrap can have one or two apertures at the tips which can be pulled over the saddle horn and act to attach the horn wrap to the saddle horn. Generally anticipated to be in a generally bell shape, the attachment pieces act to protect the saddle pommel near the base of the saddle horn. The horn wrap may be beveled near its edges so as to allow for smooth layers on the saddle horn which can increase the contact of the rope to the saddle horn to increase the friction resisting the dally sliding when weight is applied to the rope. | 01-26-2012 |
20160017592 | WELL HEAD PROTECTOR - The present invention is a cage like structure designed to protect a well head. It is anticipated that the cage will be made of steel or other rigid materials. The structure separates in the center, parting on a rail system in order to allow a user to service the protected well head inside the structure. The structure has a roof section that can come off in order to allow for proper height during road or rail transport of the structure, or the structure and a well head. It is anticipated that the structure will be designed incorporating a sloping shape in order to help deflect falling objects from the structure and protected well head. | 01-21-2016 |
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20140208356 | FAVORITES MOSAIC - A set-top box generates a multimedia signal that includes streaming video for a plurality of currently available multimedia channels. A user configures a plurality of favorite channels. Streaming video from the favorite channels is provided in a plurality of viewports on a display. A user presses a favorites button on a remote control to prompt an application server to signal a content server to provide a compound video signal including streaming video from each favorite channel. The set-top box produces a resultant video signal including the streaming video from each favorite channel in a corresponding viewport. The viewports correspond to a mosaic template that may be hosted by the application server and accessed by the content server. | 07-24-2014 |
20140286629 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VIDEO CONTENT RECORDINGS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recorder (DVR) having a controller to record video content supplied by a media communication system, establish a threshold for utilization of a memory resource of the DVR, detect a utilization of the memory resource that exceeds the threshold, generate a notice describing the utilization of the memory resource at or after the time the threshold was exceeded, identify a communication identifier associated with a portable communication device, transmit the notice to the portable communication device according to the identified communication identifier, and receive a response message from the portable communication device that includes one or more instructions to manage the memory resource of the DVR. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-25-2014 |
20140337876 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing interactive content. The method may include sending, from a media device, a request for one or more interactive applications to a first content source that is distinct from a second content source that provides video content to the media device. The request may indicate one or more locations to be polled for the one or more interactive applications. The method may include generating, at the media device, a menu of selectable interactive applications displayable at a display device. The selectable interactive applications may include at least one of the one or more interactive applications corresponding to the request. | 11-13-2014 |
20140366058 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-11-2014 |
20150143425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
20160044366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
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20090187943 | PERSONALIZED MEDIA CHANNEL - A multimedia processing device (MPD) includes a relevance engine that is adapted to track a user's viewing preferences over time and to automatically determine which of the programs available in a given time slot is most probably preferred by that user. The relevance engine can then create a sequential play list, with each entry in the list corresponding to the program the user most likely wants to watch at that time. The user can thus be provided with a personalized multimedia channel (PMC) with the play list providing the program for each time slot. The user may be enabled to “tune” to the PMC like any other channel. When the user “tunes” to the PMC, the MPD will take the appropriate action to display the program selected by the PMC. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187951 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING DUPLICATE RECORDINGS - Disclosed embodiments help prevent recording duplicate instances of multimedia programs on digital video recorders (DVRs). In response to a request to schedule the broadcast and recording of a multimedia event, a network-based scheduler pings a DVR to determine whether a duplicate instance of the requested multimedia program is stored on the DVR. In some cases, metadata associated with recorded programs on the DVR is analyzed and compared to metadata associated with the requested multimedia event. If an exact match, or a match that meets a threshold value, is determined by comparing the metadata, the scheduler may notify the user of the potential for storing the duplicate instance of the multimedia program. In some embodiments, the scheduler processes user requests to override the prevention of recording duplicates. | 07-23-2009 |
20100050853 | System for Providing Lyrics with Streaming Music - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing lyrics with streaming music. A music stream is accessed that includes timing information for a song. Lyrics and other textual information such as song title, song artist, and album title are also accessed. A lyric file may be accessed that includes further timing information. The timing information is used to synchronize the song lyrics and music stream. A user may be permitted access to the synchronized lyrics and music stream by presentation on a display through a digital television set-top box. | 03-04-2010 |
20130091523 | PERSONALIZED MEDIA CHANNEL - A multimedia processing device (MPD) includes a relevance engine that is adapted to track a user's viewing preferences over time and to automatically determine which of the programs available in a given time slot is most probably preferred by that user. The relevance engine can then create a sequential play list, with each entry in the list corresponding to the program the user most likely wants to watch at that time. The user can thus be provided with a personalized multimedia channel (PMC) with the play list providing the program for each time slot. The user may be enabled to “tune” to the PMC like any other channel. When the user “tunes” to the PMC, the MPD will take the appropriate action to display the program selected by the PMC. | 04-11-2013 |
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20090089158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING ADVERTISING DATA - A computer readable medium is disclosed containing a computer program useful for performing a method for sending advertising data, the computer program comprising instructions to send a video data stream comprising advertising data from an IPTV server to a first end user device, instructions to receive at the IPTV server selection data from the first end user device selecting the advertising data and a second end user device and instructions to send from the IPTV server a data associated with the advertising data to the second end user device. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for use by the system and method. | 04-02-2009 |
20090094641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ADVERTISING DATA FROM THE INTERNET - A system and method are disclosed including a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions to receive at an IPTV system node, advertising tokens data having advertising characteristics data and address data; instructions to filter at the IPTV system node the advertising tokens based on a correlation between the advertising characteristic data and filtering criteria data; instructions to extract from the filtered advertising tokens, address data representing at least two advertising addresses on the Internet World Wide Web; instructions to concatenate at the IPTV node the address data for the advertising addresses to form a uniform resource indicator (URI) for a resource on the Internet resource; and instructions to send advertising data from the Internet resource to an end user device through the IPTV node. | 04-09-2009 |
20100122289 | Portable Client-Side Settings for a Multimedia Content Distribution Network - A disclosed portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution service includes enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client. The service may include storing the defined settings to a settings file. The service may further include enabling the user to designate any of a set of multiple MCDN clients and, in response, applying the settings in the settings file to the designated MCDN client. In some embodiments, the settings application operates in conjunction with a user interface that enables the user to modify the defined settings. The user interface enables the user to modify the defined settings while interacting with a first customer premises equipment (CPE). Enabling the user to designate any of a plurality of MCDN clients may include, in some embodiments, enabling the user to designate a second CPE that is different than the first CPE. | 05-13-2010 |
20130298160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME AUDIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION - A method for near real time data communication is disclosed. The method includes determining available data from a first discovered device, and inserting a listing for the first discovered device into an electronic program guide (EPG). A system is disclosed for near real time data communication is also disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20150143415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISING IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEViSION SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for delivering targeted advertising data over a network including but not limited to a first video server processor interface for sending data for rotating one of the set of follow-on advertisements off of the on-screen picture in picture queue display to an off-screen storage; and a second video server processor interface for sending data rotating another one of the follow-on advertisements from the off-screen storage to the on screen picture in picture queue display. | 05-21-2015 |
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20090140401 | System and Method for Improving Reliability of Integrated Circuit Packages - An integrated circuit package includes a die, a bump, an underbump metallization layer formed between the bump and the die, a portion of the underbump metallization layer under the bump having a first radius, and a redistribution layer formed between the underbump metallization layer and the die. The redistribution layer has a pad positioned under the underbump metallization layer. The pad has a second radius, and makes contact with the underbump metallization layer. The second radius is less than or equal to the first radius. The integrated circuit package also includes a first dielectric layer disposed between the die and the redistributing layer. | 06-04-2009 |
20090278263 | RELIABILITY WCSP LAYOUTS - An integrated circuit device includes a functional circuit die with a patterned rewiring layer defining a first rewiring pad and one or more second rewiring pads on opposite sides of a neutral point of the die. The device also includes at least one dielectric layer having bump opening features over the rewiring pads. The device further includes electrically conductive bump pad features formed on the dielectric layer over the bump opening features. The bump pad features make contact with the rewiring pads via the bump opening features. In the device, a center of the bump opening features are laterally offset from a center of the bump pad feature towards a neutral point of the die. | 11-12-2009 |
20110204511 | System and Method for Improving Reliability of Integrated Circuit Packages - An integrated circuit package includes a die, a bump, an underbump metallization layer formed between the bump and the die, a portion of the underbump metallization layer under the bump having a first radius, and a redistribution layer formed between the underbump metallization layer and the die. The redistribution layer has a pad positioned under the underbump metallization layer. The pad has a second radius, and makes contact with the underbump metallization layer. The second radius is less than or equal to the first radius. The integrated circuit package also includes a first dielectric layer disposed between the die and the redistributing layer. | 08-25-2011 |
20120104604 | CRACK ARREST VIAS FOR IC DEVICES - An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a substrate having a top surface including active circuitry including a plurality of I/O nodes, and a plurality of die pads coupled to the plurality of I/O nodes. A first dielectric layer including first dielectric vias is over the plurality of die pads. A redirect layer (RDL) including a plurality of RDL capture pads is coupled to the plurality of die pads over the first dielectric vias. A second dielectric layer including second dielectric vias is over the plurality of RDL capture pads. At least one of the second dielectric vias is a crack arrest via that has a via shape that includes an apex that faces away from a neutral stress point of the IC die and is oriented along a line from the neutral stress point to the crack arrest via to face in a range of ±30 degrees from the line. Under bump metallization (UBM) pads are coupled to the plurality of RDL capture pads over the second dielectric vias, and metal bonding connectors are on the UBM pads. | 05-03-2012 |
20130119538 | WAFER LEVEL CHIP SIZE PACKAGE - A method of making a wafer level chip size package (WCSP) comprising providing a die having a first face with a plurality of bond pads thereon, a second face opposite the first face and a plurality of side faces extending between the first face and the second face, at least one of the plurality of side faces having saw induced microcracks therein; and coating at least one of the plurality of side faces with a thin veneer of adhesive that penetrates the microcracks. A WCSP produced by the method is also disclosed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130206843 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE - An integrated circuit package that includes a first die with a memory positioned physically at a predetermined memory location in the first die; a second die positioned in covering relationship with at least the predetermined memory location in the first die; penetration detection circuitry, positioned at least partially in said second die, that generates a penetration detection signal in response to physical penetration of the second die; and memory circuitry operatively associated with the memory in the first die and the penetration detection circuitry, which is adapted to perform an operation on the memory, such as data erasure, in response to the penetration detection signal. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110088339 | Disaster shelter and shelter system - A disaster shelter and disaster shelter system. The disaster shelter includes a substantially hollow shelter cell having an interior and an exterior. The shelter cell is made up of three parts; a shelter body, an end cap section and an entranceway section. The shelter body is made up of a plurality of cell sections, each having a substantially identical double elliptical toroid shape, with the endmost cell sections forming an entrance end and a cap end respectively. The end cap section is joined to the cap end of the shelter body an entranceway section is joined to the entrance end of the shelter body. An entranceway is attached to the entranceway section of the shelter cell. | 04-21-2011 |
20140202091 | HEXOID ARCH AND SHELTER STRUCTURE - An arch and a shelter structure made from at least one arch. The arch is made up of two ribs, each having a curved top portion beginning at said top end of the arch that follows a curve of an ellipse having a major axis equal in length to the span of the arch and a minor axis equal in length to the height of the arch. A curved side portion is joined to each rib by a fillet blend section. The curved top portions of the two ribs contact one another and are attached to one another to form an arch having a half-hexoid shape. | 07-24-2014 |
20140327246 | SELF-CONTAINED UNDERGROUND POWER PLANT - The present invention is a self-contained, EMP shielded underground power plant. The power plant includes a housing with a round aluminum cover, a round gravity dish bottom, a carbon steel, cylindrical side connecting the cover and the bottom, and eight turnbuckles for securing the cover to the side. A generator, a battery bank, and an inverter charger that charges the battery bank are disposed within the housing. The power plant also includes air inlet and outlet manifolds baffled and covered with copper screens. The air inlet manifold includes an air filter. Exhaust air and cooling air leaving the generator are forced out of the housing through the air outlet manifold. | 11-06-2014 |
20160067530 | AIR GULLY MANIFOLD - An aerodynamically smooth air manifold designed for use with an underground shelter located very close to ground zero, including a manifold body; a bottom plate under the manifold body; a manifold cover atop the manifold body; a baffle; an air pipe; a gully surrounding the top outside manifold body; a rolled angle ring surrounding the bottom outside manifold body; a plurality of first fasteners that secure a bottom flange of the air pipe and the bottom plate together; and a plurality of second fasteners that secure the rolled angle ring and the bottom plate together. | 03-10-2016 |