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20130115507 | THIN FILM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY - The present invention is directed to a thin film lithium-ion battery having at least a laminate structure therein. The laminate structure includes a bottom current collector layer, an anode consisting of a superlattice layer and a silicon based layer, an electrolyte and separator, a cathode and a top current collector layer sequentially stacked together. The electrolyte and separator of the laminate structure contains lithium ions. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125972 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING P-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a p-type semiconductor substrate including the following steps is provided. A carrier is provided, and the carrier includes a III-V compounds semiconductor layer and a III element layer disposed on the III-V compounds semiconductor layer. Si powders are disposed onto the III element layer of the carrier. The carrier is heated to enable the Si powders and the III element layer of the carrier to form a p-type poly-Si layer. In addition, a solar cell and a method of fabricating thereof are also provided. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129038 | X-RAY PHASE-SHIFT CONTRAST IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The X-ray phase-shift contrast imaging method and the system thereof are provided. The X-ray phase-shift contrast imaging method utilizes characteristic X-rays of high throughput irradiating at the target from different positions or with different focal positions so as to form different X-ray images. The X-ray images are compared to define the voxels and combined to obtain the 3-D X-ray image. By using X-ray phase-shift contrast for imaging the soft tissue, the level of the image contrast may be enhanced several orders of magnitude and the linear energy transfer of the high energy photon beam is greatly reduced. Hence, the radiation dose absorbed by the tissue may be greatly reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
20130203212 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELL - A method of fabricating a solar cell on a conveyer belt is provided. The method includes the following steps. A first surface of an aluminum foil is coated with a layer of phosphorous mixed with a plurality of graphite powders and put on the conveyer belt. A first thermal treatment is performed to activate a portion of the aluminum foil and the phosphorous layer on the first surface to form an aluminum phosphide (AlP) layer. A molten silicon material is spray-coated on a second surface of the remaining aluminum foil, and a second thermal treatment is performed to make the silicon material transferring into a p-type polySi layer on the n-type AlP layer. A solar cell including the n-type AlP layer and the p-type polySi layer is formed, and the solar cell is respectively annealed and cooled down in a first and a second vertical stack. | 08-08-2013 |
20130287554 | PINEAPPLE PUMP - A pineapple pump is provided. The pineapple pump includes a rotor chamber and a rotor. The rotor chamber may include a plurality of cooling columns for thermal management. The rotor is rotatably disposed in the rotor chamber and the cooling columns are located at a fluid outlet of the rotor. The rotor has a rotary shaft to deliver a tangential torque. When the rotor rotates with the rotary shaft to guide a fluid, the fluid has a radial displacement perpendicular to the tangential torque of the rotor, thereby de-coupling the tangential torque and a pressure gradient of the fluid caused by the rotor. | 10-31-2013 |
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20130285937 | CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN VIDEO MANAGEMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques and mechanisms for connected multi-screen video management. According to various embodiments, content management information may be received from a remote server. The received content management information may be stored on a storage medium. The received content management information may be processed to provide a content management interface. The content management interface may include a plurality of media content categories. Each of the media content categories may include a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device. Each of the media content items may be retrievable from a respective media content source. At least two of the media content items may be retrievable from different media content sources. The content management interface may be displayed on a display screen. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290444 | CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATION - Techniques and mechanisms are described herein for providing a connected multi-screen social media application. According to various embodiments, a selection of one of a plurality of media content items available for presentation in association with a content management account may be received. The selected media content item may be presented at a first client machine associated with the content management account. A message may be transmitted to a second client machine associated with the content management account. The message may include an instruction for displaying a social media application at the second client machine. The social media application may facilitate the exchange of user-generated content related to the selected media content item. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290848 | CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN VIDEO - Disclosed herein are techniques and mechanisms for providing a connected multi-screen interface. According to various embodiments, a system may include a media presentation server. The media presentation server may include a processor and memory. The media presentation server may be operable to transmit information for generating a media presentation interface at a plurality of media presentation devices. The media presentation interface may be operable to navigate and display media content. The system may also include a first and a second media presentation device. Each media presentation device may include a processor, memory, and a display screen. Each media presentation device may be operable to generate the media presentation interface based on the information received from the media presentation interface server. The second media presentation device may be operable to update the media presentation interface based on an instruction received from the first media presentation device. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291018 | CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN DIGITAL PROGRAM GUIDE - Techniques and mechanisms are described herein for presenting a connected multi-screen digital program guide. According to various embodiments, a personalized content guide may be transmitted to a first client machine. The first client machine may be associated with a content management account. The personalized content guide may include a plurality of media content channels created based on media content viewing history information associated with the content management account. Each of the media content channels including a respective plurality of media content items available for presentation in association with the content management account. A message indicating a selection of one of the media content items may be received from the first client machine. An instruction for presenting the selected media content item may be transmitted to the second client machine. | 10-31-2013 |
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20130246178 | Systems and Methods for Tailoring Marketing - The systems and methods described herein may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input at least one of: a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, a share of wallet, and/or the like. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon a plurality of consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246216 | Systems and Methods for Tailoring Marketing - The systems and methods described herein may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input at least one of: a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, a share of wallet, and/or the like. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon a plurality of consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 09-19-2013 |
20160055493 | System and Method for a Service Sentiment Indictor - The systems and methods may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, and/or a share of wallet. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055508 | System and Method for a Relative Consumer Cost - The systems and methods may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, and/or a share of wallet. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055600 | System and Method for a Relative Consumer Cost - The systems and methods may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, and/or a share of wallet. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 02-25-2016 |
20160071122 | System and Method for an Estimated Consumer Price - The systems and methods may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, and/or a share of wallet. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100185503 | Product Warranties Having a Residual Value - The present disclosure is directed to product warranties having a residual value and a potential rebate based on the residual value. The residual value can thus be inversely related to the number of claims filed against the warranty. | 07-22-2010 |
20110295755 | FLEXIBLE EXTENDED PRODUCT WARRANTIES - A system and method for determining the optimum price that a service provider should charge to customers of a periodic extended-product warranty to optimize profits generated from providing such warranties. In one aspect of the present invention the customer is allowed to elect or to cancel warranty coverage on a monthly basis which election is based in part on the customer's expected net utility from his coverage decisions. In one embodiment, the customer can be afforded complete warranty coverage flexibility in terms of his ability to turn coverage on and off whenever desired. In another aspect of the present invention the customer can be allowed to make dynamic repair or replacement decisions in each period based on the product's failure status or on other criteria. By properly modeling optimal extended-product warranty strategies from the perspective of both the customer and from the perspective of the service provider, one can compute the customers' maximum expected discounted net utility and the service provider's expected discounted profit from strategic customers. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295756 | FLEXIBLE EXTENDED PRODUCT WARRANTIES HAVING PARTIALLY REFUNDABLE PREMIUMS - A system and method for determining the optimum price that a service provider should charge to customers of at least a partially refundable extended-product warranty to optimize profits generated from providing such warranties. In one aspect of the present invention the customer may elect to purchase warranty coverage when the product is new and cancel warranty coverage at any time thereafter, which election is based in part on the customer's expected discounted net utility from his coverage decisions. In another aspect of the present invention, the customer is allowed to make dynamic repair or replacement decisions in each period based on the product's failure status or on other criteria. In one embodiment, the customer can be afforded warranty coverage flexibility in terms of his ability to turn coverage off whenever desired and to obtain a partial refund of the warranty premium. By properly modeling extended-product warranty strategies from the perspective of the customer and from the perspective of the service provider, one can compute the customers' expected discounted net utility and the provider's expected discounted profit from strategic customers. In another aspect of the present invention a computer-based service is provided to the customer of the extended-product warranty for determining the customer's optimal dynamic decisions to maximize the customer's expected discounted net utility when making product replacement decisions, maintenance decisions, and warranty coverage decisions. | 12-01-2011 |
20120078645 | NET UTILITY DETERMINATION BASED ON PRODUCT REPLACEMENT AND SERVICE PLAN COVERAGE DECISIONS - Example embodiments relate to net utility determinations based on product replacement and coverage decisions of a customer. In example embodiments, a number of net utility values corresponding to each possible product replacement decision and each possible coverage decision in each of a plurality of time periods is determined. An expected net utility attributable to the customer over the plurality of time periods is then determined based on the determined utility values. | 03-29-2012 |
20120209643 | PROFIT COMPARISON - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for profit comparison. Profit comparison can include determining a first profitability function of a flexible duration extended warranty offering with respect to a first plurality of warranty parameters and determining a second profitability function of a fixed duration extended warranty offering with respect to a second plurality of warranty parameters. Profit comparison can also include comparing the first function and the second function for at least one level of at least one of profit lift and flexible duration warranty offering coverage duration. Presenting results of the comparison for a range of values of the first and second plurality of warranty parameters can also be included in profit comparison. | 08-16-2012 |
20130013517 | MAKING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE DECISION - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for making an extended warranty coverage. Making an extended warranty decision can include determining by a computer, a customer's expected cost of terminating the extended warranty coverage, determining, by the computer, the customer's expected cost of continuing the extended warranty coverage, and comparing, by the computer, the expected cost of terminating the extended warranty coverage and the expected cost of continuing the extended warranty coverage. Making an extended warranty decision can also include determining, by the computer, the extended warranty coverage decision based on the comparison. | 01-10-2013 |
20130066790 | Residual Value Warranty - A maximum expected value of a residual value warranty for a product to a customer is determined. An expected cost to a provider to support the residual value warranty for the customer is determined, based on the maximum expected value of the candidate residual value warranty to the customer. The expected profitability of the candidate residual value warranty is determined based on the expected cost. | 03-14-2013 |
20130091064 | PRICING OPEN-LIST WARRANTIES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for pricing open-list warranties. Pricing open-list warranties can include determining an expected product support cost of a provider of an open-list warranty to a customer over a time period, determining an expected product repair cost of the customer over the time period, and pricing the open-list warranty for the time period based on the expected product support cost and the expected product repair cost. | 04-11-2013 |
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20080285819 | Systems and method for composite elastography and wave imaging - Systems and methods for composite elastography and wave imaging are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D or 3D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered or gated using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal. The data from the various N sectors can be synchronized in time using the ECG signals, and the ultrasound signals from each of the N sectors combined to generate a series of composite ultrasound images at the frame rate of the individual sectors. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention such a composite image can be further processed to estimate displacement between consecutive frames, remove noise, accumulate displacement with time for an entire cardiac cycle, and derive strain in the cardiac muscle, vessel or any other organ or tissue under motion. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention the derived strain data can be overlaid onto all or part of the composite ultrasound images, and one or more of such overlaid images can be displayed to a user. | 11-20-2008 |
20130066211 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPOSITE MYOCARDIAL ELASTOGRAPHY - Systems and methods for composite myocardial elastography are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal. The data from the various N sectors can be synchronized in time using the ECG signals, and the ultrasound signals from each of the N sectors combined to generate a series of composite ultrasound images at the frame rate of the individual sectors. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention such a composite image can be further processed to estimate displacement between consecutive frames, remove noise, accumulate displacement with time for an entire cardiac cycle, and derive strain in the cardiac muscle, vessel or any other organ or tissue under motion. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention the derived strain data can be overlaid onto all or part of the composite ultrasound images, and one or more of such overlaid images can be displayed to a user. | 03-14-2013 |
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20110027270 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUS GENERATED BY CYCLICAL ADMINISTRATION AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are methods of producing neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, by cyclical immunization, that cross-react with strains of Influenza virus of the same subtype or different subtypes. Also provided herein are compositions comprising such antibodies and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose, prevent or treat Influenza virus disease. | 02-03-2011 |
20130209499 | VACCINES FOR USE IN THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA VIRUS DISEASE - Provided herein are polypeptides comprising portions of the influenza virus hemagglutinin, compositions comprising such polypeptides that can be used as immunogens in vaccines and methods of their use to generate an immune response against multiple influenza subtypes in a subject. | 08-15-2013 |
20140170163 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUS GENERATED BY CYCLICAL ADMINISTRATION AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are methods of producing neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, by cyclical immunization, that cross-react with strains of Influenza virus of the same subtype or different subtypes. Also provided herein are compositions comprising such antibodies and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose, prevent or treat Influenza virus disease. | 06-19-2014 |
20150239960 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUS GENERATED BY CYCLICAL ADMINISTRATION AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are methods of producing neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, by cyclical immunization, that cross-react with strains of Influenza virus of the same subtype or different subtypes. Also provided herein are compositions comprising such antibodies and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose, prevent or treat Influenza virus disease. | 08-27-2015 |
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20140234325 | ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION WITH ENTEROTOXIN SPECIFIC MABS - Antibodies to SEB, fragments thereof, and compositions comprising such are provided. Therapies for staphylococcal infection are provided, as well as assays for identifying additional agents useful in such therapies. An isolated antibody, or an isolated antigen-binding fragment of an antibody, is provided which antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and which antibody or antigen-binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable CDR3 comprising the sequence RIYYGNNGGVMDY (SEQ ID NO:30); ARTAGLLAPMDY (SEQ ID NO:31); ARDTMRKCYCELKLKPPAEHPGPA (SEQ ID NO:32) or VRDL YGDYVGRY A Y (SEQ ID NO:48). | 08-21-2014 |
20160039914 | HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B - Humanized Antibodies to SEB, fragments thereof, and compositions comprising such are provided. Therapies for staphylococcal infections and diseases are also provided. The presently claimed invention was made by or on behalf of the below listed parties to a joint research agreement. The joint research agreement was in effect on or before the date the claimed invention was made and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the joint research agreement. | 02-11-2016 |
20160075768 | ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION WITH ENTEROTOXIN SPECIFIC MABS - Antibodies to SEB, fragments thereof, and compositions comprising such are provided. Therapies for staphylococcal infection are provided, as well as assays for identifying additional agents useful in such therapies. An isolated antibody, or an isolated antigen-binding fragment of an antibody, is provided which antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and which antibody or antigen-binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable CDR3 comprising the sequence RIYYGNNGGVMDY (SEQ ID NO:30); ARTAGLLAPMDY (SEQ ID NO:31); ARDTMRKCYCELKLKPPAEHPGPA (SEQ ID NO:32) or VRDL YGDYVGRY A Y (SEQ ID NO:48). | 03-17-2016 |