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| 20090262913 | System and Method For Tracking Call Activity To A Set Of Advertised Businesses - A system and method for tracking call activity of a plurality of businesses is disclosed. A global pool of phone numbers is allocated from which to draw numbers. A business-specific pool of numbers is established for business locations involved in advertisements using the Internet via Web pages. As a consumer begins viewing an advertisement for a business, a number is temporarily allocated from the business's pool of available numbers. As the business's pool of unallocated numbers is exhausted, a metric is used to determine whether or not to grow the pool of numbers, to show an untracked ‘fallback’ number for the business, or to reuse a previously allocated number. When one of the temporarily allocated numbers is called, the online consumer it was associated with is credited for making the call and the business is credited and charged for receiving the call. This method of allocating and presenting numbers with all numbers ultimately being tied to the same business ensures that even if a consumer calls a number much later after it has been re-allocated, that the number will still ring to the correct business. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110019808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF OUTBOUND AND INBOUND CALL IDENTITY - A system and method for automatic assignment of outbound and inbound call identity between a salesperson and a client is disclosed. For automatic assignment of outbound call identity between a salesperson and a client, a salesperson places a call to the telephone number of the client. A phone server matches a sales group to a salesperson and an entered sales group and an NPA (i.e., area code) of the client in a database. If a match is found, the phone server substitutes a replacement caller ID for actual caller ID of the salesperson. When the client answers the call, the replacement caller ID or default caller ID is displayed on client's phone. For automatic assignment of inbound call identity between a client and a salesperson, the client places a call using the replacement caller ID. The phone server searches the database for a sales group that matches the DID of the replacement caller ID. The phone server rings the telephones of salespeople that match the sales group entry in order of the most “efficient” salesperson of the group until one of the salespeople answers their phone. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110026689 | TELEPHONE CALL INBOX - A system and method for extracting and presenting useful data from calls received by a client is disclosed. The resulting “telephone call inbox” is a way for a client view pay per call advertising as a stream of consumers with information available to understand the call activity of the consumers and for the client to navigate their call history. The system automatically filters non-consumer fraudulent calls, extracts the identity of a consumer, aggregates several calling entities into a single consumer, transcribes the call into a call stream using voice recognition software, extracts patterns and draws conclusions from the call stream, and presents a list of call streams in a user friendly set of web pages configured as the telephone call inbox. The telephone call inbox includes, for each call, the caller ID, one or more key words, phrases or major conclusions concerning the call, and the voice recognized call stream. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110060611 | MEDIA OPTIMIZATION USING TRANSCRIPTION ANALYSIS - A system and method for optimizing the price of a call to a business and the placement of a business' information within an ad buy on a Web page are disclosed. A call is received by a client from a potential consumer of a product. The call is transcribed into a text call stream on both the consumer and the client sides of the call. Patterns are extracted from the call. The patterns extracted may be applied against patterns relevant to the client. Patterns relevant to the client may be tied to certain goals of the business of the client that indicate successful business transactions between the consumer and the client or that indicate a service provide by the client. Extracted patterns may be used to adjust the price of the call based on the client's willingness to pay for a call containing patterns relevant to the client. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20090062874 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING GRANULOCYTE ACTIVATION BY NEURAL STIMULATION - Described herein are methods, devices and systems for inhibition of granulocyte activation by appropriate stimulation of the vagus nerve. Methods of treating granulocyte-mediated disorders (including inflammatory disorders) by stimulating the vagus nerve to inhibit granulocyte activation (particularly neutrophil activation) are also described. Appropriate stimulation may be very low levels of stimulation, including stimulation that does not result in desensitization. The level of granulocyte activation may be detected and used to at least partially control stimulation. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090263404 | Methods and Compositions for Using MHC Class II Invariant Chain Polypeptide as a Receptor for Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor - Methods and compositions for using the MHC class II invariant chain polypeptide, Ii (also known as CD74), as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), are disclosed. These include methods and compositions for using this receptor, as well as agonists and antagonists of MIF which bind to this receptor, or which otherwise modulate the interaction of MIF with CD74 or the consequences of such interaction, in treatment of conditions characterized by locally or systemically altered MIF levels, particularly inflammatory conditions and cancer. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110020321 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USING MHC CLASS II INVARIANT CHAIN POLYPEPTIDE AS A RECEPTOR FOR MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR - Methods and compositions for using the MHC class II invariant chain polypeptide, Ii (also known as CD74), as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), are disclosed. These include methods and compositions for using this receptor, as well as agonists and antagonists of MIF which bind to this receptor, or which otherwise modulate the interaction of MIF with CD74 or the consequences of such interaction, in treatment of conditions characterized by locally or systemically altered MIF levels, particularly inflammatory conditions and cancer. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120039914 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USING MHC CLASS II INVARIANT CHAIN POLYPEPTIDES AS A RECEPTOR FOR MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR - Methods and compositions for using the MHC class II invariant chain polypeptide, Ii (also known as CD74), as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), are disclosed. These include methods and compositions for using this receptor, as well as agonists and antagonists of MIF which bind to this receptor, or which otherwise modulate the interaction of MIF with CD74 or the consequences of such interaction, in treatment of conditions characterized by locally or systemically altered MIF levels, particularly inflammatory conditions and cancer. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20090027878 | LED dock light - A warehouse dock light includes a lamp assembly which is provided with a plurality of LEDs arranged in such a fashion as to collectively provide sufficient light for illumination of an area. The LEDs are arranged in two columns with each column having both LEDs with narrow angle and wide angle lens, and with each column being angled so as to project outwardly from a central axis. Heat from the LEDs is dissipated through bi-metal boards to an extruded aluminum heat sink, and air is blown through the ribs of the heat sink by a fan. A heat sensor is provided with electronic circuitry to responsively turn on the fan and/or turn off the LEDs at predetermined temperature thresholds. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090249696 | TOP LIFT OVERHEAD DOOR ASSEMBLY - An overhead door with rollers on its sides is provided with a pair of elevated, non-vertical tracks into which the rollers move as the door is moved to the open position. The door is opened by cables that extend from a pair of drums, to pulleys at the distal ends of the tracks, and then to the top corners of the door. Provision is made for transitioning curved portions of the tracks, and, in some cases, vertical portions below the curved portions, by a plurality of links provided between the cable ends and the door upper corners. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090297288 | RESTRAINT CHAIN STORAGE - A temporary barrier chain for a loading dock door opening includes a vertical orientated storage tube on one side of the opening and a retainer on the other side thereof, and a counterweighted chain extending from inside the storage tube to a retainer on the other side of the opening, with the chain being comprised, at least partially, of successively lighter weight sections toward the retainer end such that the combined weight of the counterweight and suspended chain within the storage tube will cause the chain to be automatically retrieved into the storage tube when released from the retainer. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100017976 | DOCK LEVELER INSULATION - The bottom surface of a dock leveler is insulated by attaching sheets of insulative material between adjacent support beams. Attachment is by way of magnet attached to the bottom surface of the deck to hold downwardly projecting spikes that penetrate the insulative material, with a self locking washer then being placed over the spike in order to secure the sheet of material in place. Installation with variable widths between adjacent support beams is facilitated by pre-perforating the sheets of insulative material along longitudinal lines to thereby allow easy separation and width adjustment to match the variable widths between the support beams. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100088965 | OVERHEAD DOOR WITH DUAL TRACK MOUNTING - An overhead door, which is adapted to have its primary tracking members temporarily disengaged from their primary track when impacted by a substantial force when in the closed or partially closed position, is adapted to smoothly transition from its vertical, closed position to a non-vertical, open position by the use of second tracking members and track which come into use as the door panels transition from a vertical orientation to a non-vertical orientation. The impact caused disengagement feature is therefore effective without interference from the second tracking members, but progressively gives way to the second tracking members and track as the door is raised toward an open position. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110010871 | DOCK LEVELER BLANKET - An insulative blanket is sized and shaped to cover a dock leveler deck and the gaps between the deck and a surrounding dock platform to prevent the transfer of heat through the deck or across the gaps. A batten structure is combined with the blanket such that the combination forms a relatively rigid structure which can be easily placed and maintained in its desired position. The combination is raised and lowered by an attached line and a suspended overhead container is provided to further collapse the combination as it is raised and stored within the container. | 01-20-2011 |
