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20110166957 | BIASING OF SEARCH RESULT CLUSTERING TO ENSURE MORE EFFECTIVE POINT OF INTEREST (POI) TARGETING - Directory service results responsive to a request for a desired good or service provider may be provided based on one or more user-selected locations. The user may seek a desired good or service provider that is proximate to a location from which the user may begin traveling to the point of interest, referred to as a source location, and satisfies a beneficial objective held by the user. The beneficial objective may relate to, for example, a directional travel preference, avoiding rush hour traffic or proximity to a specific location or another type of good or service provider that differs from the user's desired good or service provider that is the subject of the user's request. A sequence of geometrical representations, such as, for example, Delauney Triangles, may be generated to provide directory service results that satisfy the user's request. | 07-07-2011 |
20140114566 | BIASING OF SEARCH RESULT CLUSTERING TO ENSURE MORE EFFECTIVE POINT OF INTEREST (POI) TARGETING - Directory service results responsive to a request for a desired good or service provider may be provided based on one or more user-selected locations. The user may seek a desired good or service provider that is proximate to a location from which the user may begin traveling to the point of interest, referred to as a source location, and satisfies a beneficial objective held by the user. The beneficial objective may relate to, for example, a directional travel preference, avoiding rush hour traffic or proximity to a specific location or another type of good or service provider that differs from the user's desired good or service provider that is the subject of the user's request. A sequence of geometrical representations, such as, for example, Delauney Triangles, may be generated to provide directory service results that satisfy the user's request. | 04-24-2014 |
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20120070808 | TEACHING SYSTEM COMBINING LIVE AND AUTOMATED INSTRUCTION - Just prior to a scheduled session with a live instructor, a student is presented with an automated lesson which prepares him for the live instruction. The automatic lesson presents and practices skills that will be needed for the live lesson. Thus, when the instructor appears, the student is entirely prepared for the live lesson and optimum use may be made if the instructor's time. After the live lesson is complete, the student may be returned to an automated debriefing, which helps imprint major aspects of the live lesson of the students of mine. Thus, the learning process is improved through the combination of live and automatic instruction. | 03-22-2012 |
20120288833 | System and Method for Language Instruction Using Multiple Prompts - A method of teaching a language to a student by an instructor is disclosed, wherein the method may include the steps of the instructor uttering a first prompting phrase to the student; receiving a first response from the student in response to the first prompting phrase; modifying at least one characteristic of the first prompting phrase to generate a second prompting phrase; and the instructor uttering the second prompting phrase to the student, wherein at least one of the above steps is performed using a computer. | 11-15-2012 |
20140067367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR READING FLUENCY TRAINING - A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to be executed by a processor. The code causes the processor to receive a request from a user of a client device to initiate a speech recognition engine for a web page displayed at the client device. In response to the request, the code causes the processor to (1) download, from a server associated with a first party, the speech recognition engine into the client device; and then (2) analyze, using the speech recognition engine, content of the web page including text in an identified language to produce analyzed content based on the identified language, where the content of the web page is received from a server associated with a second party. The code further causes the processor to send a signal to cause the client device to present the analyzed content to the user at the client device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140170610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING CONTROLLED VARIATIONS IN DIALOGUES - A method and system for teaching a user a target language includes developing and constructing variable potential paths of nodes representing an exchange between two participants in a dialogue, prompting and selecting a path of nodes through a conversation graph of the target language, the path of nodes defining a dialogue; and determining whether the user is ready to perform the dialogue that has been constructed and defined by the path of nodes, the determination being based on a user model which represents the user's current ability in and current knowledge of, the target language. If the user is ready to perform the dialogue, the path of nodes is executed to allow the user to perform the dialogue defined thereby; and if the user is not ready to perform the dialogue, training the user on one or more nodes of the path of nodes. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110217464 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A THERMAL BARRIER COATING - A method and apparatus for forming thermally grown alpha alumina oxide scale on a substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a heating chamber having a heat source and an oxidizing gas source selectively operable to provide a stream of oxidizing gas; b) providing at least one substrate disposed in the heating chamber, which substrate has a composition sufficient to permit formation of an alpha alumina scale on one or more surfaces; c) maintaining a vacuum in the heating chamber at a level that inhibits formation of one or more low temperature oxides on the one or more surfaces of the substrate; d) heating at least one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate to a predetermined temperature at or above 1800 degrees Fahrenheit; and e) directing the stream of oxidizing gas at a controlled rate toward one or more heated surfaces of the substrate. | 09-08-2011 |
20110217560 | COATED ARTICLE AND COATING PROCESS THEREFOR - A coating process includes preheating a workpiece having an aluminum-containing layer through a temperature range in a reducing atmosphere having hydrogen to limit formation of thermally grown oxides on the surface of the workpiece. A source of oxygen is introduced to establish an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above the temperature range to form a desired type of thermally grown oxide on the surfaces of the workpiece. A coating is then deposited on the desired type of thermally grown oxide. | 09-08-2011 |
20120328445 | GRIT BLAST FREE THERMAL BARRIER COATING REWORK - A grit blast free method of removing a ceramic thermal barrier layer from a turbine component is described. The method comprises removing the layer in an autoclave with a caustic medium followed by a low pressure water jet wash. The component is dried in a stream of hot dry nitrogen and a new thermal barrier coating is applied before the component reenters product flow. | 12-27-2012 |
20130146454 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED CATHODIC ARC COATING PROCESS - A method of forming targets for cathodic arc deposition of alloy bond coats for turbine engines components consists of melting a base alloy containing aluminum and other metals, adding grain boundary strengthening alloy additions, and casting the melt to form a cylindrical billet that is subsequently sectioned into puck shaped targets. The grain boundary strengthening additions minimize intergranular fracture of the targets during high current operation of the arc coating process. | 06-13-2013 |
20160024642 | PREHEAT CHAMBER OXIDATION PROCESS - A process for coating a part comprises the steps of: loading a bond coated part into a load chamber; moving the bond coated part from the load chamber to a preheat chamber; subjecting the bond coated part to a preheat treatment with controlled conditions to promote a specific thermally grown oxide layer to form; and moving the bond coated part with the thermally grown oxide layer to a electron beam physical vapor coating chamber for ceramic coating. | 01-28-2016 |
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20110195360 | METHODS TO FABRICATE A PHOTOACTIVE SUBSTRATE SUITABLE FOR MICROFABRICATION - A method of fabrication and device with holes for electrical conduction made by preparing a photosensitive glass substrate comprising at least silica, lithium oxide, aluminum oxide, and cerium oxide, masking a design layout comprising one or more holes to form one or more electrical conduction paths on the photosensitive glass substrate, exposing at least one portion of the photosensitive glass substrate to an activating energy source, exposing the photosensitive glass substrate to a heating phase of at least ten minutes above its glass transition temperature, cooling the photosensitive glass substrate to transform at least part of the exposed glass to a crystalline material to form a glass-crystalline substrate and etching the glass-crystalline substrate with an etchant solution to form the one or more depressions or through holes for electrical conduction in the device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110217657 | METHODS TO FABRICATE A PHOTOACTIVE SUBSTRATE SUITABLE FOR MICROFABRICATION - A method of fabrication and device with holes for electrical conduction made by preparing a photosensitive glass substrate comprising at least silica, lithium oxide, aluminum oxide, and cerium oxide, masking a design layout comprising one or more holes to form one or more electrical conduction paths on the photosensitive glass substrate, exposing at least one portion of the photosensitive glass substrate to an activating energy source, exposing the photosensitive glass substrate to a heating phase of at least ten minutes above its glass transition temperature, cooling the photosensitive glass substrate to transform at least part of the exposed glass to a crystalline material to form a glass-crystalline substrate and etching the glass-crystalline substrate with an etchant solution to form the one or more depressions or through holes for electrical conduction in the device. | 09-08-2011 |
20150277047 | METHODS OF FABRICATING PHOTOACTIVE SUBSTRATES SUITABLE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSION AND FILTERING APPLICATIONS - A method of fabrication and device made by preparing a photosensitive glass substrate comprising at least silica, lithium oxide, aluminum oxide, and cerium oxide, masking a design layout comprising one or more holes to form one or more electrical conduction paths on the photosensitive glass substrate, exposing at least one portion of the photosensitive glass substrate to an activating energy source, exposing the photosensitive glass substrate to a heating phase of at least ten minutes above its glass transition temperature, cooling the photosensitive glass substrate to transform at least part of the exposed glass to a crystalline material to form a glass-crystalline substrate and etching the glass-crystalline substrate with an etchant solution to form one or more angled channels that are then coated. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090095346 | ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS - A process is provided for making a photovoltaic device comprising a silicon substrate comprising a p-n junction, the process comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous silicon carbide antireflective coating over at least one surface of the silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition of a composition comprising a precursor selected from the group consisting of an organosilane, an aminosilane, and mixtures thereof, wherein the amorphous silicon carbide antireflective coating is a film represented by the formula Si | 04-16-2009 |
20100180913 | METHODS FOR IN-SITU CHAMBER CLEANING PROCESS FOR HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - The present invention is related to the field of semiconductor processing equipment and methods and provides, in particular, methods and apparatus for in-situ removal of undesired deposits in the interiors of reactor chambers, for example, on chamber walls and elsewhere. The invention provides methods according to which cleaning steps are integrated and incorporated into a high-throughput growth process. Preferably, the times when growth should be suspended and cleaning commenced and when cleaning should be terminated and growth resumed are automatically determined based on sensor inputs. The invention also provides reactor chamber systems for the efficient performance of the integrated cleaning/growth methods of this invention. | 07-22-2010 |
20110061733 | Additives to Silane for Thin Film Silicon Photovoltaic Devices - The objective of this invention is to use chemical additives to increase the rate of deposition processes for the amorphous silicon film (αSi:H) and/or the microcrystalline silicon film (μCSi:H), and improve the electrical current generating capability of the deposited films for photoconductive films used in the manufacturing of Thin Film based Photovoltaic (TFPV) devices. | 03-17-2011 |
20130220410 | Precursors for Photovoltaic Passivation - Deposition methods are disclosed for producing a passivation layer on a photovoltaic cell. Method includes depositing a passivation layer comprising at least a bi-layer further comprising a silicon oxide and a silicon nitride layer. In one aspect, the silicon precursor(s) used for the deposition of the silicon oxide layer or the silicon nitride layer, respectively, is selected from the family SiR | 08-29-2013 |
20130247971 | Oxygen Containing Precursors for Photovoltaic Passivation - Methods for depositing a passivation layer on a photovoltaic cell are disclosed. Methods include depositing a passivation layer comprising at least a bi-layer further comprising a silicon oxide and a silicon nitride layer. The silicon precursor(s) used for the deposition of the silicon oxide layer or the silicon nitride layer, respectively, is selected from the family of Si(OR | 09-26-2013 |
20150021599 | BARRIER MATERIALS FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - Described herein are apparatus comprising one or more silicon-containing layers and a metal oxide layer. Also described herein are methods for forming one or more silicon-containing layers to be used, for example, as passivation layers in a display device. In one particular aspect, the apparatus comprises a transparent metal oxide layer, a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer. In this or other aspects, the apparatus is deposited at a temperature of 350° C. or below. The silicon-containing layers described herein comprise one or more of the following properties: a density of about 1.9 g/cm | 01-22-2015 |
20150364321 | Alkyl-Alkoxysilacyclic Compounds and Methods for Depositing Films Using Same - A method and composition for producing a porous low k dielectric film via chemical vapor deposition is provided. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of: providing a substrate within a reaction chamber; introducing into the reaction chamber gaseous reagents including at least one structure-forming precursor comprising an alkyl-alkoxysilacyclic compound, and a porogen; applying energy to the gaseous reagents in the reaction chamber to induce reaction of the gaseous reagents to deposit a preliminary film on the substrate, wherein the preliminary film contains the porogen, and the preliminary film is deposited; and removing from the preliminary film at least a portion of the porogen contained therein and provide the film with pores and a dielectric constant of 2.7 or less. In certain embodiments, the structure-forming precursor further comprises a hardening additive. | 12-17-2015 |
20160049293 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PROVIDING PORE SEALING LAYER ON POROUS LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANT FILMS - Described herein is a method and composition comprising same for sealing the pores of a porous low dielectric constant (“low k”) layer by providing an additional thin dielectric film, referred to herein as a pore sealing layer, on at least a surface of the porous, low k layer to prevent further loss of dielectric constant of the underlying layer. In one aspect, the method comprises: contacting a porous low dielectric constant film with at least one organosilicon compound to provide an absorbed organosilicon compound and treating the absorbed organosilicon compound with ultraviolet light, plasma, or both, and repeating until a desired thickness of the pore sealing layer is formed. | 02-18-2016 |
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20110105062 | COMPACT SATELLITE ANTENNA - An apparatus, such as an antenna assembly, can include a flexible dielectric sheet, a first flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a second flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a matching section electrically coupled to the first and second conductors, and a hollow dielectric housing having a curved interior surface. The first and second flexible conductors can be sized, shaped, and laterally spaced a specified distance from each other to provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of operating frequencies for use in wireless information transfer between the antenna assembly and a satellite. The first and second flexible conductors can be located along the curved interior surface of the hollow dielectric housing following an arc-shaped path along the curved interior surface. | 05-05-2011 |
20110122043 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of a wireless communication assembly, can include a dielectric portion, a first conductive portion, extending along a surface of the dielectric portion, and a second conductive portion, parallel to the first conductive portion, extending along the surface of the dielectric portion, the second conductive portion laterally offset from the first portion to provide a specified lateral separation between the first and second conductive portions. The first and second conductive portions can be configured to provide respective resonant operating frequencies ranges offset from each other, and the first and second conductive portions can be configured to follow a commonly-shared path, including at least one bend, along the surface of the dielectric portion. | 05-26-2011 |
20110156981 | PLANAR WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An approximately planar wideband antenna can include a first conductive portion coupled to a dielectric portion and mechanically supported by the dielectric portion, the first conductive portion including at least one edge corresponding to a planar conic section, such as including one or more of an elliptic, a parabolic, or a hyperbolic shape. Such an antenna can be electrically coupled to a matching circuit, the matching circuit configured provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of frequencies. Such a range of frequencies can span at least an octave, or more. | 06-30-2011 |
20120306700 | SURFACE MOUNT MODULE EMBEDDED ANTENNA - An apparatus includes a dielectric sheet, and an antenna structure. The antenna structure comprises a first conductive portion located on an exterior surface of the dielectric sheet and a second conductive portion buried in the dielectric sheet and configured for coupling to a return portion of the wireless communication circuit. The second conductive portion includes a plane area adjacent to the first conductive portion in a region proximal to the feed portion and separated from the first conductive portion by a portion of the dielectric sheet, a curved transition portion, the transition portion including a lateral width that tapers along the length of the second conductive portion, and a distal portion comprising two parallel conductive strips, the distal portion electrically coupled to the plane area via the curved transition portion, wherein the parallel conductive strips are thinner in lateral width than the plane area. | 12-06-2012 |
20130135173 | MULTIBAND LOOP ANTENNA - An approximately planar antenna assembly can be formed or used, such as comprising a printed circuit board assembly. In an example, the approximately planar antenna assembly can include a dielectric material and a conductive loop comprising an outer loop portion having a first conic section an inner loop portion having a second conic section located within a footprint of the first conic section. The planar antenna assembly can be configured to support wireless transfer of information in at least two ranges of operating frequencies, such as two or more respective ranges used for cellular communications. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135836 | EMBEDDED COPLANAR INTERCONNECT - A first printed circuit board (PCB) assembly can include an embedded electrical connector configured to be mechanically coupled to a corresponding tab-shaped portion of a second PCB assembly, such as to permit insertion of the tab-shaped portion of the second PCB assembly into the embedded electrical connector when the second PCB assembly is aligned in a specified orientation. In an example, the second PCB assembly can include an approximately planar conductive antenna. | 05-30-2013 |
20130222188 | BALANCED DUAL-BAND EMBEDDED ANTENNA - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, can include a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer mechanically coupled to the dielectric layer. In an example, the first conductive layer can include a first arm having a shape defined by a first outer border comprising a first conic section and a first inner border comprising a second conic section, a feed line coupled to the first arm at a feedpoint location at or near a central axis of the first arm, and a second arm offset from the first arm along the central axis of the first arm, the second arm defined by a shape at least in part mirroring a shape of the first arm. | 08-29-2013 |
20140184448 | RESONANT EMBEDDED ANTENNA - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of a printed circuit board assembly, can include a first conductive layer comprising a feed conductor and a patch. The planar antenna can include a second conductive layer comprising a reference conductor, a first arm defined by a first arm length and a first arm width, and a second arm located parallel to the first arm and defined by a second arm length and a second arm width. The first and second arms can be respectively coupled to the reference conductor, and at least a portion of the first arm and at least a portion of the second arm can overlap with a footprint of the patch projected vertically from a plane of the first conductive layer onto a plane of the second conductive layer. | 07-03-2014 |
20140218252 | COMPACT BALANCED EMBEDDED ANTENNA - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of printed circuit board assembly, can include a balanced configuration comprising a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer can include a first arm having a footprint extending in a first direction and a second arm having a footprint extending in a direction opposite the first direction. The second arm can be sized and shaped to be similar to the footprint of the first arm. | 08-07-2014 |