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20080204507 | Fluid-ejection device service station - A service station for a fluid-ejection mechanism of a fluid-ejection device includes one or more mechanisms. The mechanisms move back and forth over the fluid-ejection mechanism to wipe the fluid-ejection mechanism. The mechanisms cap the fluid-ejection mechanism during periods of nonuse of the fluid-ejection mechanism. The service station is mounted on the fluid-ejection mechanism, and remains mounted on the fluid-ejection mechanism while the fluid-ejection mechanism is used to eject fluid onto media. The fluid-ejection device is moved by a user to properly eject the fluid onto the media. | 08-28-2008 |
20080296391 | MODULAR MARKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Various embodiments relating to a modular marking apparatus and method are disclosed. | 12-04-2008 |
20090033950 | PRINTHEAD PRECONDITIONING TRIGGER - Various embodiments relating to initiating preconditioning of a printhead with a trigger prior to receipt of a print command are disclosed. | 02-05-2009 |
20090109271 | Printing Device Handle - A printer having a head and a handle are disclosed. In one embodiment, the handle has a convex side and a concave side. In another embodiment, the head is pivotable relative to the handle. | 04-30-2009 |
20100277759 | IDENTIFYING SENSOR AND PRINT DEVICE - Various apparatus and methods are disclosed relating to an identifying sensor that interprets a first identifier and a printing device that prints a second distinct image based upon the first identifier. | 11-04-2010 |
20140285559 | WEB-FED PRINTER CONFIGURATION - A process of configuring a web-fed printer is disclosed. Parameters for a web of printable media used in the web-fed printer and for print density are received. The parameters are applied to determine tension of the printable media and speed of the printable media through a print engine of the web-fed printer. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297024 | FINISHER OUTPUT DESTINATIONS - A finisher is to receive output. The finisher includes a plurality of destinations in which to store the output. A controller is to identify an operational history of the plurality of destinations, and direct the output to the plurality of destinations based on the operational history. | 10-02-2014 |
20140362145 | LIQUID SUPPLY - In one example, an ink supply assembly that may be installed into a printer as a single unit while holding ink includes A first sub-assembly having a primary container to hold ink and a secondary container enclosing the primary container and configured to fit inside the printer. The assembly also includes a a second sub-assembly having an ink supply to receive ink from the primary container through a conduit and to deliver ink to a printhead. | 12-11-2014 |
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20080196296 | Fruit-Shaped Fruit Fly Trap - A fruit fly trap whose exterior shape represents a piece of fruit such as an apple, orange, banana or the like. The trap housing includes a bottom base portion and a top cover portion. The cover contains various holes through which fruit flies can gain access to the interior of the trap. The trap also includes a locking mechanism for securing the base and cover together. Located inside the trap is a natural product attractant stored within the interior of the trap. The construction of the trap is such that the liquid or powder attractant is retained inside the trap so it will not spill out. Also, a disabling adhesive is located on a glueboard insert and/or on the interior walls of the trap. Thus, when fruit flies enter the trap they will get caught in the adhesive or simply die because they cannot escape. | 08-21-2008 |
20120005947 | Pest Control Device with Glueboard Guide - A pest control device uses a replaceable glueboard to immobilize pests attracted to the pest control device. A unique guide is provided to help prevent the adhesive surface of the glueboards from coming into contact with other surfaces of the pest control device during installation and removal of such glueboards. | 01-12-2012 |
20120117853 | ANIMAL TRAP - A humane repeating animal trap having multiple points of entry hides the contents of the trap from view while permitting selective viewing of the contents without opening the trap and indicators signaling not only the presence of animals within the trap, but also which of multiple points of entry were used by the animals to enter the trap. | 05-17-2012 |
20120174470 | PEST CONTROL DEVICE WITH GLUEBOARD GUIDE - A pest control device uses a replaceable glueboard to immobilize pests attracted to the pest control device. A unique guide is provided to help prevent the adhesive surface of the glueboards from coming into contact with other surfaces of the pest control device during installation and removal of such glueboards. | 07-12-2012 |
20120180378 | ANIMAL TRAP - A humane repeating animal trap having multiple points of entry and redundant mechanisms which prevent an animal reaching the storage section of the trap from escaping. The trap permits selective viewing of the contents without opening the trap and indicators signaling not only the presence of animals within the trap, but also which of multiple points of entry were used by the animals to enter the trap. | 07-19-2012 |
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20130339942 | Automatic Application Updates - A method for updating an application on a mobile device includes accessing, at the mobile device, application management information. The application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and one or more granted permission settings associated with each installed application. The method also includes sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding each installed application and receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information. The update information identifies an update package for a respective application of the plurality of installed applications. The method also includes installing the update package without user interaction from a user of the mobile device if one or more required permission settings associated with the update package are included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the respective application of the plurality of installed applications. | 12-19-2013 |
20140259001 | AUTOMATIC APPLICATION UPDATES - A method for updating an application on a mobile device includes accessing, at the mobile device, application management information. The application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and one or more granted permission settings associated with each installed application. The method also includes sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding each installed application and receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information. The update information identifies an update package for a respective application of the plurality of installed applications. The method also includes installing the update package without user interaction from a user of the mobile device if one or more required permission settings associated with the update package are included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the respective application of the plurality of installed applications. | 09-11-2014 |
20150193225 | AUTOMATIC APPLICATION UPDATES - A method for updating an application on a mobile device includes accessing, at the mobile device, application management information. The application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and one or more granted permission settings associated with each installed application. The method also includes sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding each installed application and receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information. The update information identifies an update package for a respective application of the plurality of installed applications. The method also includes installing the update package without user interaction from a user of the mobile device if one or more required permission settings associated with the update package are included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the respective application of the plurality of installed applications. | 07-09-2015 |
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20140063314 | System And Method Of Video Compressive Sensing For Spatial-Multiplexing Cameras - Compressive sensing (CS)-based spatial-multiplexing cameras (SMCs) sample a scene through a series of coded projections using a spatial light modulator and a few optical sensor elements. A co-designed video CS sensing matrix and recovery algorithm provides an efficiently computable low-resolution video preview. The scene's optical flow is estimated from the preview and fed into a convex-optimization algorithm to recover the high-resolution video. | 03-06-2014 |
20140272914 | Sparse Factor Analysis for Learning Analytics and Content Analytics - A mechanism for facilitating personalized learning. A computer receives graded response data including grades that have been assigned to answers provided by learners in response to a set of questions. Output data is computed based on the graded response data using a latent factor model. The output data includes at least: an association matrix that defines a set of K concepts implicit in the set of questions, wherein K is smaller than the number of questions, wherein, for each of the K concepts, the association matrix defines the concept by specifying strengths of association between the concept and the questions; and a learner knowledge matrix including, for each learner and each of the K concepts, an extent of the learner's knowledge of the concept. The computer may display a visual representation of the association strengths in the association matrix and/or the extents in the learner knowledge matrix. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279727 | Sparse Factor Analysis for Analysis of User Content Preferences - A mechanism for discerning user preferences for categories of provided content. A computer receives response data including a set of preference values that have been assigned to content items by content users. Output data is computed based on the response data using a latent factor model. The output data includes at least: an association matrix that defines K concepts associated with the content items, wherein K is smaller than the number of the content items, wherein, for each of the K concepts, the association matrix defines the concept by specifying strengths of association between the concept and the content items; and a concept-preference matrix including, for each content user and each of the K concepts, an extent to which the content user prefers the concept. The computer may display a visual representation of the association strengths in the association matrix and/or the extents in the concept-preference matrix. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120094381 | METHODS OF NEURAL CONVERSION OF HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS - The present invention relates generally to the field of cell biology of stem cells, more specifically the directed differentiation of pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells (hESC), somatic stem cells, and induced human pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) using novel culture conditions. Specifically, methods are provided for obtaining neural tissue, floor plate cells, and placode including induction of neural plate development in hESCs for obtaining midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, motorneurons, and sensory neurons. Further, neural plate tissue obtained using methods of the present inventions are contemplated for use in co-cultures with other tissues as inducers for shifting differentiation pathways, i.e. patterning. | 04-19-2012 |
20120148549 | METHOD TO ISOLATE, IDENTIFY, AND USE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DIRECTED TO FOREBRAIN INTERNEURON FATE - The present invention relates to methods of isolating a purified or enriched population of cortical or striatal immature interneuron progenitor cells and the isolated purified or enriched population of immature interneuron progenitor cells. Methods of treating a condition mediated by a loss or deficiency of interneuron function using the purified or enriched population of immature interneuron progenitor cells are also disclosed. | 06-14-2012 |
20130183674 | METHOD OF NOCICEPTOR DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to the field of stem cell biology, in particular the linage specific differentiation of pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, which can include, but is not limited to, human embryonic stem cells (hESC), human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC), somatic stem cells, cancer stem cells, or any other cell capable of lineage specific differentiation. Specifically described are methods to direct the lineage specific differentiation of hESC and/or hiPSC to nociceptors (i.e. nociceptor cells) using novel culture conditions. The nociceptors made using the methods of the present invention are further contemplated for various uses including, but limited to, use in in vitro drug discovery assays, pain research, and as a therapeutic to reverse disease of, or damage to, the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Further, compositions and methods are provided for producing melanocytes from human pluripotent stem cells for use in disease modeling. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090327196 | Data Logging in Graph-Based Computations - At least one rule specification is received for a graph-based computation having data processing components connected by linking elements representing data flows. The rule specification defines rules that are each associated with one or more rule cases that specify criteria for determining one or more output values that depend on input data. A transform is generated for at least one data processing component in the graph-based computation based on the received rule specification, including providing an interface for configuring characteristics of a log associated with the generated transform. At least one data flow is transformed using the generated transform, including: tracing execution of the data processing components in the graph-based computation at run time, generating log information based on the traced execution according to the configured log characteristics, and storing or outputting the generated log information. | 12-31-2009 |
20100198769 | PROCESSING DATA USING VECTOR FIELDS - Disclosed is a method including receiving a rule having at least one rule case for producing an output value based on one or more input values, generating a transform for receiving data from an input dataset and transforming the data based on the rule including producing a first series of values for at least one output variable in an output dataset, at least one value in the first series of values including a second series of values, and providing an output field corresponding to the at least one output variable in the output dataset for storing the second series of values. | 08-05-2010 |
20110066602 | MAPPING DATASET ELEMENTS - Mapping one or more elements of an input dataset to one or more elements of an output dataset includes: receiving in an interface one or more mapped relationships between a given output and one or more inputs represented by input variables, at least one of the mapped relationships including a transformational expression executable on a data processing system, the transformational expression defining an output of a mapped relationship based on at least one input variable mapped to an element of an input dataset; receiving in the interface identification of elements of an output dataset mapped to outputs of respective mapped relationships; generating output data from the data processing system according to the transformational expression based on input data from the input dataset associated with the element of the input dataset mapped to the input variable; determining validation information in response to the generated output data based on validation criteria defining one or more characteristics of valid values associated with one or more of the identified elements of the output dataset; and presenting in the interface visual feedback based on the determined validation information. | 03-17-2011 |
20130297629 | PROCESSING DATA USING VECTOR FIELDS - Disclosed is a method including receiving a rule having at least one rule case for producing an output value based on one or more input values, generating a transform for receiving data from an input dataset and transforming the data based on the rule including producing a first series of values for at least one output variable in an output dataset, at least one value in the first series of values including a second series of values, and providing an output field corresponding to the at least one output variable in the output dataset for storing the second series of values. | 11-07-2013 |
20130318062 | MAPPING DATASET ELEMENTS - Among other things, one aspect includes receiving one or more mapped relationships between a given output and one or more inputs represented by input variables, at least one of the mapped relationships including a transformational expression, the transformational expression defining an output of a mapped relationship based on at least one input variable mapped to an element of an input dataset; receiving identification of elements of an output dataset mapped to outputs of respective mapped relationships; generating output data according to the transformational expression based on input data from the input dataset associated with the element of the input dataset mapped to the input variable; determining validation information in response to the generated output data based on validation criteria defining one or more characteristics of valid values associated with one or more of the identified elements of the output dataset; and presenting visual feedback based on the determined validation information. | 11-28-2013 |
20140164410 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORM GENERATION - This specification describes technologies relating to generating transforms based on rule sets. In general, one aspect described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving a rule set including execution cases, where at least one execution case in the rule set includes one or more trigger conditions and a specification of an output that is to be generated when the one or more trigger conditions are all satisfied. The methods may further include generating a control structure including a sequence of rows corresponding to one or more execution cases in the rule set. Each row may include a sequence of one or more trigger conditions and information specifying the output for a corresponding execution case. For at least one of the trigger conditions, when the trigger condition is failed, the control structure may direct processing to skip at least one row in the sequence of rows. | 06-12-2014 |
20150095752 | EVALUATING RULES APPLIED TO DATA - Specifying rules for processing data included in fields of elements of a dataset includes rendering user interface elements associated with a respective condition. The user interface elements include: first subsets of user interface elements, at least some of which are associated with an input value derived from at least one field, and second subsets of user interface elements, each configured to receive user input associated with a respective condition. Conditions are applied to at least a first element of the dataset based on user input received from at least some of the user interface elements, in response to receiving user input for a first user interface element associated with a first field. Instructions are generated for applying one or more selected conditions associated with fewer than all of the user interface elements, the selected conditions including at least a condition associated with the first user interface element. | 04-02-2015 |
20150261694 | MAPPING ATTRIBUTES OF KEYED ENTITIES - One or more mappings each define a correspondence between input attributes of an input entity and output attributes of an output entity, where the input out output entities each include one or more key attributes identified as part of a unique key. Computing result information, displayed in a user interface, includes: processing instances of a first input entity to generate instances of a first output entity; determining one or more mapped input attributes of the first input entity that correspond to each of the key attributes of the first output entity; generating the instances of the first output entity based on the determined one or more mapped input attributes; computing a total number of instances of the first input entity that were processed; and computing a total number of instances of the first output entity that were generated. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261882 | MAPPING ATTRIBUTES OF KEYED ENTITIES - One or more mappings each define a correspondence between one or more input attributes of an input entity and one or more output attributes of an output entity, where the input entity includes one or more key attributes identified as part of a unique key, and the output entity includes one or more key attributes identified as part of a unique key. Generating instances of the output entity includes: determining one or more mapped input attributes of the input entity that correspond to each of the key attributes of the output entity, based on the mappings; and comparing the mapped input attributes with the key attributes of the input entity to determine whether the mapped input attributes include: (1) all of the key attributes of the input entity, or (2) fewer than all of the key attributes of the input entity. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100316764 | FLOUR SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING WHEAT FLOUR - The present disclosure is directed to flour supplement compositions that contain transglutaminase and an amino acid selected from lysine, glutamine or a combination thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure is directed to flour-based food compositions or foodstuffs (e.g., breads, pastas, noodles, etc.) prepared with the supplement. The present disclosure is still further directed to methods for preparing wheat flour compositions by adding the supplement or alternatively by adding an amino acid selected from lysine, glutamine or a combination thereof and transglutaminase to flour used therein. | 12-16-2010 |
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