Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120110090 | Reducing Email Message Size - A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone. | 05-03-2012 |
20120191794 | Reducing Email Message Size - A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone. | 07-26-2012 |
20130151631 | AGGREGATING DATA IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and computer program products may aggregate data in electronic communications. The method may include detecting, by a computer system, receipt of one or more text-based electronic communications, and identifying, by the computer system, first data of interest with a predetermined characteristic in the text-based electronic communications. The method may additionally include extracting, by the computer system, the identified first data of interest from the text-based electronic communications, and obtaining, by the computer system, an initial first set of associated data that is associated with the extracted first data of interest from at least one electronic resource external to the computer system. The method may further include displaying, by the computer system and independently of the text-based electronic communications and the at least one electronic resource, the extracted first data of interest with the obtained initial first set of associated data. | 06-13-2013 |
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20090077872 | System and Apparatus for Preventing Freezing of Crops - A system for preventing freezing of crops within a volume includes a plurality of RF radiators configured to radiate RF energy into the volume. A height, a spacing, an output power, a vertical beam angle, a vertical beam width, and a horizontal beam width of each one of the plurality of RF radiators is selected to result in an average RF power density taken about three dimensions within the volume sufficient to prevent freezing of a substantial portion of the crops, and also to result in a peak-to-peak variation of RF power density taken about two dimensions in a horizontal plane within the volume and at heights below a predetermined height to be less than a predetermined percentage of an average RF power density taken about the two dimensions. | 03-26-2009 |
20090283643 | SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE MEMBER WITH EMBEDDED SPRING - A shape-changing structural member has a shape-changing material, such as a suitable foam material, for example a polymer foam capable of withstanding at least 300% strain or a metal alloy foam capable of withstanding at least 5% strain. Springs, such as one or more coil springs, provide structural support for the shape-changing material. The springs may also be used to provide forces to expand and contract the shape change material. The springs may include pairs of concentric springs, one inside of another. The concentric springs may surround an underlying skeleton structure that supports the shape-changing material and/or aids in changing the shape of the material. The concentric springs may or may not be wrapped around the underlying skeleton structure. Multiple springs or pairs of springs may be coupled together using a sheet metal connector. | 11-19-2009 |
20090283936 | STRUCTURE WITH RECONFIGURABLE POLYMER MATERIAL - A structure includes a polymer structural member, which may include a shape memory polymer material, that can change its size and/or shape. An electromagnetic source is used to impose an electric field or a magnetic field on the polymer structural material, in order to control the shape of the material. The force may be used to change the shape of the material and/or to maintain the shape of the material while it is under load. The polymer material may be a solid material, may be a foam, and/or may include a gel. A shape memory polymer material may have mixed in it particles that are acted upon by the electromagnetic field. The structure may be used in any of a variety of devices where shape change (morphing), especially under loading, is desired. | 11-19-2009 |
20090286101 | SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE WITH SUPERELASTIC FOAM MATERIAL - A shape-changing structure has a superelastic metal foam structural member that changes shape (morphs) to change configuration of the structure. The superelastic metal foam structural member changes shape while maintaining a continuous outer surface, with the continuous metal foam material inside the outer surface expanding, contracting, or otherwise changing shape. The superelastic metal foam material may be heated above a transition temperature to allow it to change shape, and then cooled to cause it to increase in strength, more easily maintaining its new shape. The superelastic metal foam material may be a suitable alloy, for example a nickel titanium alloy, that exhibits superelastic (pseudoelastic) behavior. The superelastic metal foam material may be a shape memory alloy material that returns to a set shape upon moderate heating. The superelastic metal elastic foam structural member may be heated either by an internal heat source or by external heating. | 11-19-2009 |
20100116937 | COLLAPSIBLE WING BEAMS AND METHOD - A wing, such as a wing for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes a beam or box that can be selectively expanded from a collapsed condition, to increase the thickness of the wing. The beam may include a pair of plates that are close together when the beam is in a collapsed condition, and separate from one another to put the beam in an expanded condition. The plates may be substantially parallel to each other, and may have shape memory foam and/or resilient devices, such as coil springs, between them, in order to provide a force to separate the plates before, during, and/or after deployment of the wing. The expandable/collapsible beam may have a lock mechanism to lock it into place when the beam is in an expanded condition. | 05-13-2010 |
20100282906 | MULTI-LAYER METAL/SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ROLL-UP WING STRUCTURES FOR FITMENT-CONSTRAINED AIR VEHICLES - A laminated wing structure includes at least one layer of metal material and at least one layer of a shape memory polymer (SMP) material. The SMP is heated to a temperature in its glass transition band Tg to roll the wing around the air vehicle into a stored position. The metal layer(s) must be thin enough to remain below its yield point when rolled up. In preparation for launch, the SMP material is thermally activated allowing the strain energy stored in the layer of metal material to return the wing to its deployed position at launch. Once deployed, the SMP cools to its glassy state. The SMP material may be reinforced with fiber to form a polymer matrix composite (PMC). SMP may be used to provide shear strain relief for multiple metal layers. By offloading the motive force required to return the wing to its original deployed position from the SMP to the metal, the polymer does not acquire a permanent set and the wing may be deployed accurately. | 11-11-2010 |
20110205367 | MMW Enhanced Infrared Concealed Object Detection with Closed-Loop Control of Illumination Energy - An active infrared sensor may include an imaging infrared sensor to provide an output signal conveying time-sequential infrared images of a scene which includes a subject, a beam generator to generate a millimeter wave energy beam, and a processor. An initial infrared image of the scene may be stored in a memory. After storing the initial infrared image, the beam generator may illuminate the subject with the millimeter wave energy beam. A temperature change across the subject due to the millimeter wave energy beam may be estimated based on the output signal and the stored initial infrared image. The beam generator may stop illuminating the subject when a highest temperature change across the subject is at least equal to a predetermined temperature change limit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212342 | SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE MEMBER WITH EMBEDDED SPRING - A shape-changing structural member has a shape-changing material, such as a suitable foam material, for example a polymer foam capable of withstanding at least 300% strain or a metal alloy foam capable of withstanding at least 5% strain. Springs, such as one or more coil springs, provide structural support for the shape-changing material. The springs may also be used to provide forces to expand and contract the shape change material. The springs may include pairs of concentric springs, one inside of another. The concentric springs may surround an underlying skeleton structure that supports the shape-changing material and/or aids in changing the shape of the material. The concentric springs may or may not be wrapped around the underlying skeleton structure. Multiple springs or pairs of springs may be coupled together using a sheet metal connector. | 09-01-2011 |
20120061196 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER WITH CLAMPING PRESSURE MECHANISM - A structural member includes a box structure that encloses a beam, which may be a split beam or a split segmented beam. The structural member includes a pressure mechanism that varies a pressure force or a friction force between the beam and the box structure. Movement of the parts within the box structure, against the force of the pressure mechanism, as the structural member flexes, dissipates energy and adds to the damping of the structural member. | 03-15-2012 |
20120061888 | DAMPED SPLIT BEAM STRUCTURAL MEMBER WITH SEGMENTED BEAM PARTS - A structural member includes a split beam within a box structure. The split beam may be a segmented beam that includes multiple segments for each of its parts. Movement of the split beam parts within the box structure, as the structural member flexes, dissipates energy and adds to the damping of the structural member. | 03-15-2012 |
20120180691 | INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE WITH EXTENDIBLE ARMS - A kinetic anti-projectile vehicle includes a body, and extendible arms that extend radially from the body. The arms include a foam material, such as a shape memory foam. The foam material may be heated to expand it. The foam arms may be mechanically restrained while being heated. The mechanically restraint may be removed by heating, for example including a fusible link or a shape memory sold material. The foam material arms may include solid material, either in the form of solid material particles, such as high strength particles, or in the form of supports or restraints in the foam material. The extension of the foam arms increases the effective area of the vehicle for impacting a projectile. Impact on the projectile from the body and/or one or more of the arms may be sufficient to destroy, divert, or otherwise disable the projectile. | 07-19-2012 |
20130101823 | FOAM MATERIAL WITH ORDERED VOIDS - A foam material is an open-cell material, with ordered voids forming an interconnected network of voids within a continuous material matrix. The voids may be spherical. There may be different sizes of voids, with the smaller voids located between larger voids. The continuous material matrix may include a polymer material, such as a shape memory polymer. Balloons or spheres may be included within the continuous material matrix to further reduce the density of the foam material. The foam material may have a global density of 20% or less. The density of the material may vary, perhaps continuously, with position within the foam material. The foam material may be made by producing an array of a removable material corresponding to the shape of the voids, forming the continuous material matrix around the removable material, and then removing the removable material, such as by dissolving the removable material. | 04-25-2013 |
20130106649 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIDE AREA SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DETECTION | 05-02-2013 |