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20100184171 | Materials and Methods for Efficient Succinate and Malate Production - Genetically engineered microorganisms have been constructed to produce succinate and malate in mineral salt media in pH-controlled batch fermentations without the addition of plasmids or foreign genes. The subject invention also provides methods of producing succinate and malate comprising the culture of genetically modified microorganisms. | 07-22-2010 |
20100203602 | Materials and Methods for Efficient Lactic Acid Production - The present invention provides derivatives of | 08-12-2010 |
20110281310 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND OTHER PRODUCTS - The subject invention provides materials and methods wherein unique and advantageous combinations of gene mutations are used to direct carbon flow from sugars to a single product. The techniques of the subject invention can be used to obtain products from native pathways as well as from recombinant pathways. In preferred embodiments, the subject invention provides new materials and methods for the efficient production of acetate and pyruvic acid. | 11-17-2011 |
20120058530 | ENGINEERING THE PATHWAY FOR SUCCINATE PRODUCTION - This invention relates to the biocatalysts for the efficient production of succinic acid and/or other products from renewable biological feedstocks. The biocatalysts have a very high efficiency for the growth-coupled production of succinic acid and/or other products from carbohydrate feed stocks as a result of both genetic manipulations and metabolic evolution. More specifically, certain biocatalysts of the present invention produce succinic acid at high titers and yield in mineral salts media during simple pH-controlled, batch fermentation without the addition of any exogenous genetic material. The genetic manipulations of the present invention are concerned with the energy-conserving strategies coupled with the elimination of alternative routes for NADH oxidation other than the routes for succinic acid production. The biocatalysts contain glucose-repressed gluconeogenic phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (pck) depressed by genetic modifications and a genetically-inactivated phosphotransferase system. In terms of succinic acid production efficiency, the biocatalysts of the present invention are functionally equivalent to succinate producing rumen bacteria such as | 03-08-2012 |
20120129231 | ENGINEERING OF THERMOTOLERANT BACILLUS COAGULANS FOR PRODUCTION OF D(-)-LACTIC ACID - Genetically modified microorganisms having the ability to produce D(−)-lactic acid at temperatures between 30° C. and 55° C. are provided. In various embodiments, the microorganisms may have the chromosomal lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) gene and/or the chromosomal acetolactate synthase (alsS) gene inactivated. Exemplary microorganisms for use in the disclosed methods are | 05-24-2012 |
20130157330 | L-MALATE PRODUCTION BY METABOLICALLY ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI - A process for the production of malic acid in commercially significant quantities from the carbon compounds by genetically modified bacterial strains (GMBS; also referred to as biocatalysts or genetically modified microorganisms) is disclosed. Microorganisms suitable for the production of malic acid can be cultured in one or two-step processes as disclosed herein. | 06-20-2013 |
20140024086 | OVER-EXPRESSION OF NADH-DEPENDENT OXIDOREDUCTASE (FUCO) FOR INCREASING FURFURAL OR 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL TOLERANCE - The subject invention pertains to the discovery that the NADH-dependent propanediol oxidoreductase (FucO) can reduce furfural. This allows for a new approach to improve furfural tolerance in bacterial and/or yeast cells used to produce desired products. Thus, novel biocatalysts (bacterial, fungal or yeast cells) exhibiting increased tolerance to furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) are provided as are methods of making and using such biocatalysts for the production of a desired product. | 01-23-2014 |
20140212933 | OVER-EXPRESSION OF A PUTATIVE OXIDOREDUCTASE (UCPA) FOR INCREASING FURFURAL OR 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL TOLERANCE - The subject invention pertains to overexpression of a putative oxidoreductase (ucpA) for increasing furfural tolerance in genetically modified microorganisms. Genetically modified microorganisms capable of overexpressing UcpA are also provided. Increased expression of ucpA was shown to increase furfural tolerance by 50%, and to permit the fermentation of sugars to products in the presence of 15 mM furfural. | 07-31-2014 |
20140234924 | VARIANTS OF GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE HAVING D-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides methods of designing and generating glycerol dehydrogenase (GlyDH) variants that have altered function as compared to a parent polypeptide. The present invention further provides nucleic acids encoding GlyDH polypeptide variants having altered function as compared to the parent polypeptide. Host cells comprising polynucleotides encoding GlyDH variants and methods of producing lactic acids are also provided in various aspects of the invention. | 08-21-2014 |
20150284746 | ENGINEERING THE PATHWAY FOR SUCCINATE PRODUCTION - This invention relates to the biocatalysts for the efficient production of succinic acid and/or other products from renewable biological feedstocks. The biocatalysts have a very high efficiency for the growth-coupled production of succinic acid and/or other products from carbohydrate feed stocks as a result of both genetic manipulations and metabolic evolution. More specifically, certain biocatalysts of the present invention produce succinic acid at high titers and yield in mineral salts media during simple pH-controlled, batch fermentation without the addition of any exogenous genetic material. The genetic manipulations of the present invention are concerned with the energy-conserving strategies coupled with the elimination of alternative routes for NADH oxidation other than the routes for succinic acid production. The biocatalysts contain glucose-repressed gluconeogenic phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (pck) derepressed by genetic modifications and a genetically-inactivated phosphotransferase system. In terms of succinic acid production efficiency, the biocatalysts of the present invention are functionally equivalent to succinate producing rumen bacteria such as | 10-08-2015 |
20150299670 | COMBINING GENETIC TRAITS FOR FURFURAL TOLERANCE - Four genetic traits have been identified that increase furfural tolerance in microorganisms, such as ethanol-producing | 10-22-2015 |
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20120084766 | METHOD FOR UPDATING AN APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON WIRELESS TERMINALS IN A CONTROLLED MANNER - A method for updating an application program on a wireless terminal in a controlled manner is disclosed. When, a server receives an inquiry from a wireless terminal for updating an application program, the server determines whether there is an updated program available for updating the application program based on information included in the inquiry from the wireless terminal. The server also determines whether updating the application program of the wireless terminal which sent the inquiry is permitted or not at the time of receiving the inquiry based on the information included in the inquiry and criteria information stored in the server. When the server determines that updating the application for the wireless terminal is available and is permitted, the server sends information necessary for updating the application program to the wireless terminal. Then, the wireless terminal updates the application program. | 04-05-2012 |
20130103376 | MULTIPLE CLIENT SIMULATOR FOR PUSH ENGINE - A single computer may be configured to function as a multiple client simulator that tests a push engine by simultaneously simulating multiple clients. The multiple client simulator may be configured to open and simultaneously maintain a large number of connections with the push engine. To facilitate this, a virtual interface module may be used to multiply the effective number of IP addresses of the single computer. The default number of ports that are available for each IP address may also be increased, along with the available number of file descriptors. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111572 | IP PUSH PLATFORM AND CONNECTION PROTOCOL IN A PUSH NOTIFICATION FRAMEWORK | 05-02-2013 |
20130117382 | PUSH MESSAGING PLATFORM WITH HIGH SCALABILITY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY - A push messaging platform includes a push server system having push engines (PE) for maintaining persistent connections with mobile devices, and push controllers (PC) for maintaining records of mobile devices' connections. The platform provides high scalability by including a load balancer for distributing connection requests received from mobile devices across the PEs, and dispatchers for forwarding each received message to a PC associated with the mobile device identified in the message. The platform provides high availability by using local backup PCs and remote mirror PCs. A global registered process (GRP) on each PC is linked to a process on a backup PC, and the backup process replaces the GRP if the GRP fails. Local registered processes (LRP) on each PC are linked to corresponding processes on a remotely located mirror PC, and the mirror process replaces the LRP if the LRP fails. | 05-09-2013 |
20140188932 | PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND EFFICIENTLY SEARCHING THE SAME - Account information associated with a mobile device is obtained through a mobile wireless communication network from a database of subscriber account records for mobile wireless communication service subscribers. The account information may identify the previous mobile device, the mobile device, and/or length of usage of the mobile device. Advice information is selected from a database of advice regarding operation of the mobile devices such that the selected advice information is adapted for the account, and the selected advice information is then provided via a user interface element of the mobile device. Additionally, multiple levels of search related phrases, in which the phrases at each level correspond to a user-selected phrase at the previous level, are presented via a user element of a mobile device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194097 | METHOD OF DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND APPLICATION REGISTRATION IN A PUSH COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK - A server system and a mobile device establish a push data framework for communication. The mobile device includes a push client, and runs one or more applications requiring push data communications. The push client transmits a device authentication and application validation request to a push server. Upon the push server successfully authenticating and validating the device and application, the push client receives a session identifier for establishing a persistent communication connection with the push server. Once established, an application server can push data to the mobile device via the persistent communication session. The session identifier remains valid for an extended period of time, and allows the push client to maintain and re-establish push connections with the push server for the duration of the extended period of time. | 07-10-2014 |
20150035645 | MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY - Systems and methods for providing mobile device security are disclosed. In some implementations, a request for access to a security mechanism is received at a user terminal. A short-range radio connection of the user terminal at a time of receiving the request for access is identified responsive to the request. A memory of the user terminal is accessed to determine whether the identified short-range radio connection corresponds to a user-identified secure radio connection. Upon determining that the radio connection corresponds to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is granted access to the security mechanism without soliciting the user of the user terminal for a predetermined security input. Upon determining that the radio connection does not correspond to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is solicited for the predetermined security input. | 02-05-2015 |
20150153924 | MANAGING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS USING GESTURES - Systems and methods for managing user interface elements using gestures are disclosed. In some implementations, a block representing a plurality of user interface elements is displayed on a touch screen of a device. A first gesture initiated at a position corresponding to the block representing the plurality of the user interface elements is received via the touch screen. A first path corresponding to the first gesture is stored in a memory. At least a portion of the plurality of user interface elements are displayed on the touch screen in positions along the first path. | 06-04-2015 |
20150180858 | SINGLE SIGN ON (SSO) AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Single sign on (SSO) functionality is provided across native and hybrid applications executing on a mobile communication device, such that both native and hybrid applications can access authenticated services offered through respective application servers without repeatedly providing authentication credentials. In operation, the mobile device obtains an SSO token from an SSO server providing the SSO functionality, and native applications executing on the mobile device retrieve the SSO token from memory for use in accessing authenticated services. In the case of hybrid applications, an alias is assigned to the mobile device in response to receiving a page request received from the hybrid application. The alias is associated with SSO token of the mobile device in the SSO server, and is used to provide the SSO token directly to the hybrid application from the SSO server such that the hybrid application can use the SSO token for authentication. | 06-25-2015 |
20150195707 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRANSACTION ORIGINATOR IDENTIFIER FOR ON-LINE COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION - A packet gateway in a mobile network generates a unique identifier related to a mobile device owner and inserts the unique identifier into a data request. A merchant website receives and forwards the unique identifier to a customer information mediation server. The customer information mediation server utilizes the unique identifier to retrieve information related to the mobile device owner and provides the retrieved information to the merchant website. The merchant website, in turn, provides portions of the retrieved information to the mobile device as part of the response to the data request. The provided portions of the retrieved information may be included as pre-populated fields, for example in a check-out form of a web page. The mobile device owner may then complete the check-out or other transaction without entering any, or entering only limited, information related to the owner. | 07-09-2015 |
20150236970 | HANDLING OF SNAPSHOT MESSAGES AS A RESULT OF DELIVERY FAILURE IN A TWO-WAY PUSH CONNECTION - A system allows for storage of failed push data intended for delivery to a mobile device through a mobile network via a persistent connection between the mobile device and a push engine. Delivery of the push data fails upon failure of the persistent connection. Upon failure of the persistent connection, failed push data corresponding to applications for which the mobile device is registered is stored in a database. Failed push data stored in the database is delivered when the persistent connection is reestablished. | 08-20-2015 |
20150257004 | SYMBIOTIC BIOMETRIC SECURITY - The method, system and device examples provide for a mobile device biometric authentication that authenticates an application user via a biometric input, and thereby reduce the need to enter complex user credentials into a mobile device to gain access to a mobile application. The examples leverage the biometric recognition operations managed by the operating system of the mobile device to allow a mobile application to authenticate the user as a valid user of the mobile application. In an example, a successfully unlocking of a mobile device via a biometric input from a user is used by the mobile application to perform an authentication operation with assistance from an authentication server to authenticate the user of the mobile device as a valid user of the mobile application. As a result, the mobile application grants access to the mobile application based on the user's biometric input. | 09-10-2015 |
20150281362 | SYSTEM FOR MOBILE APPLICATION NOTARY SERVICE - An example of a system that provides notary services on behalf of an application client running on a mobile device is described. The application client requests a notarization token from an application notary service client running on the same mobile device. The application notary service client utilizes a SIM card of the mobile device to generate a notarization token request which is sent to an application notary service server. The application notary service server utilizes a SIM signature validator server to validate the notarization token request and generates the notarization token for delivery to the application client via the application notary service client. The application client includes the notarization token in a request to an application server, which uses the notarization token to validate the application client for access to a function or data of the server. | 10-01-2015 |
20150289152 | REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods for remote diagnostics are disclosed. In some implementations, a request for a device diagnostic session is provided from a mobile device to a diagnostic server. In response to the request, a messaging service message from the diagnostic server may be received at the mobile device. The messaging service message may include an authentication token. Upon receipt of the messaging service message including the authentication token, a diagnostic client resident at the mobile device may be initialized. Upon authenticating the authentication token included in the received messaging service message, a secure connection for the device diagnostic session may be established between the diagnostic server and the initialized diagnostic client. Diagnostic commands may be received at the diagnostic client from the diagnostic server via the established secure connection. The diagnostic commands may cause the diagnostic server to retrieve device diagnostics of the mobile device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150348146 | IN-STORE SELF-SERVE AND ZONING USING GEO-FENCING - A geo-fencing system includes a plurality of beacons defining zones within a venue. The system receives a first beacon identifier from a mobile device and registers the mobile device in a first zone corresponding to the first beacon. The system causes a first menu to be displayed on the mobile device, indicating options for the first zone. In response to selection of one of the options, the system registers the mobile device as being active in the first zone. The system then receives a second beacon identifier and registers the mobile device as being in the second zone. The system also suspends the activity of the mobile device in the first zone and causes options to be displayed to continue or terminate the activity in the first zone. | 12-03-2015 |
20150373181 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE COMMUNICATION USING A TWO WAY PUSH CONNECTION - Systems and methods for generating and transmitting multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages are disclosed. In some implementations, a mobile device presents, at a touchscreen, a visual user interface. The visual user interface includes multiple thumbnails and multiple contact blocks. Each thumbnail identifies a file. Each contact block identifies a contact having a messaging address. The mobile device receives, via the touchscreen, a selection of a first thumbnail from the multiple thumbnails. The mobile device receives, via the touchscreen, an indication of dragging the first thumbnail across the visual user interface to a first contact block. The mobile device transmits, responsive to the dragging of the first thumbnail to the first contact block, the file identified in the thumbnail to the messaging address of the contact identified in the first contact block. | 12-24-2015 |
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20130325587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS BY A MERCHANT - Disclosed herein is a method is provided for managing campaign effectiveness by a merchant. The method comprising: initiating a campaign by one or more merchants, accessing transaction data from one or more financial institutions, extracting metadata associated with the transaction data in accordance with at least one rule, analyzing the metadata to identify transaction data associated with the campaign and the one or more merchants, analyzing the transaction data associated with the campaign and the one or more merchants and providing information associated with the campaign to the merchant. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325667 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES - Disclosed herein is a method of providing a user with one or more savings opportunities. The method comprising, gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, analyzing the transaction data for indications of savings opportunities, identifying savings opportunities from a database based on analysis and communicating the savings opportunities to the user. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325680 | APPLICATION ECOSYSTEM AND AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein is a method for financial institutions to provide value added services to customers while preserving security of customer financial information. The method comprising providing a single point of access to a centralized platform wherein the platform may host one or more financial applications, enabling the selection and configuration of the one or more financial applications, sharing anonymized customer financial information between the financial institution and the one or more financial applications via a single conduit, analyzing the financial information by the financial applications, receiving results from the one more financial applications via the single conduit and displaying the results to the customer. | 12-05-2013 |
20140172560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROFITABILITY ANALYTICS - Disclosed herein is a method to guide savings opportunities provided through a financial institution to their customers. The method comprising: analyzing financial transactions of customers to identify financial usage patterns, comparing usage patterns to available savings opportunities, reviewing available savings opportunities, identifying which savings opportunities are to be offered through the financial institution to customers and which are to have restricted access and enabling offered savings opportunities and restricted access savings opportunities for customers through the financial institution. | 06-19-2014 |
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20100095705 | METHOD FOR FORMING A DRY GLASS-BASED FRIT - A dry glass-based fit, and methods of making a dry glass fit are disclosed. In one embodiment a dry glass frit comprises vanadium, phosphorous and a metal halide. The halide may be, for example, fluorine or chlorine. In another embodiment, a method of producing a dry glass frit comprises calcining a batch material for the frit, then melting the batch material in an inert atmosphere, such as a nitrogen atmosphere. In still another embodiment, a method of producing a dry glass frit comprises calcining a batch material for the frit, then melting the batch material in an air atmosphere, such as a nitrogen atmosphere | 04-22-2010 |
20130299452 | Glass Etching Media And Methods - A glass etching medium and a method for etching the surface of a glass sheet to modify surface flaw characteristics without degrading the optical quality of the sheet surface, wherein the etching medium is a thickened aqueous acidic fluoride-containing paste comprising at least one dissolved, water-soluble, high-molecular-weight poly (ethylene oxide) polymer thickener. | 11-14-2013 |
20150136736 | Method for Sludge Control in Wet Acid Etching - The disclosure is directed to a method for controlling the sludge that is generated during the wet acid etching of glass articles. The four Factors that need to be controlled are (i) the dissolved glass level A; (ii) the HF concentration B; (iii) the second acid concentration C, the second acid being a strong acid, and (iv) the solubility constant D of the precipitate, Ksp, which is controlled by changing temperature or ionic strength. The disclosed method utilized HF as the etchant and a strong acid selected from the group consisting of HCI, H | 05-21-2015 |
20150198838 | METHOD OF STRENGTHENING AN EDGE OF A GLASS SUBSTRATE - Methods of strengthening the edge surfaces of a glass substrate, and particularly glass substrates contained within a display panel, are disclosed. The methods include exposing edges of the display panel to an acid solution for a time and at a temperature effective to remove no more than about 20 micrometers of glass from edge surfaces, rinsing the acid solution from the edge and applying a polymer protective coating the rinsed edge to maintain the post-etching strength of the edge surfaces. Electronics on the display panel that may be exposed to the acid solution are masked with a terminal mask prior to the etching. The edge etching may be combined with etching of a surface of the display panel/cover glass substrate. | 07-16-2015 |