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Allison G. Woodruff, Berkeley, CA US
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| 20100057445 | System And Method For Automatically Adjusting Floor Controls For A Conversation - A system and method for automatically adjusting floor controls for a conversation is provided. Audio streams are received, which each originate from an audio source. Floor controls for a current configuration including at least a portion of the audio streams are maintained. Conversational characteristics shared by two or more of the audio sources are determined. Possible configurations for the audio streams are identified based on the conversational characteristics. An analysis of the current configuration and the possible configurations is performed. A change threshold is applied to the analysis. When the analysis satisfies the change threshold, the floor controls are automatically adjusted. The audio streams are mixed into one or more outputs based on the adjusted floor controls. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100289730 | FOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONTINUOUS DISPLAY - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes two panels pivotally connected together. The panels can pivot from an open arrangement where the two panels lay side by side to a closed arrangement where the two panels lay one on top of another. The apparatus also includes a flexible display connected to the two panels and having a portion that is mechanically free from the two panels. The apparatus further includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the free portion of the display when the panels are pivoted into the closed arrangement. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110037827 | System And Method For Coordinating Data Transmission Via User-Maintained Modes - A method and apparatus for controlling data transmission via user-maintained modes is provided. A first audio data stream is recorded on a transmitting electronic apparatus. A second audio data stream is stored on the transmitting electronic apparatus. Transmission of one of the first and the second audio data streams is controlled via a first user-maintained mode when at least the other of the first and the second audio data streams is being transmitted to the electronic apparatus. The one of the first and the second audio data streams is transmitted to a receiving electronic apparatus and the other of the first and the second audio data streams is suspended. | 02-17-2011 |
Allison G. Woodruff, Foster City, CA US
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| 20090007236 | System And Method For Using A Communication Lease To Open A Communication Channel - A system and method for using a communication lease to open a communication channel is provided. An initiation terminal transmits a channel initiation request for access to a resource manager through a target terminal. Evaluation of a communication lease controlling access to the resource manager is awaited. Approval of the channel initiation request is received upon the successful evaluation of the communication lease. A communication channel is opened between the initiation terminal and the target terminal upon receipt of the approval. | 01-01-2009 |
Allison Gyle Woodruff, Berkeley, CA US
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| 20090313553 | System And Method For Providing Multimedia Content Between A Plurality Of User Terminals - A system and method for providing multimedia content between a plurality of user terminals is presented. A first multimedia presentation on a first user terminal is selected by a first user. Data corresponding to the first multimedia presentation is transmitted to a second user terminal. Data is received corresponding to a second multimedia presentation from the second user terminal by the first user terminal. The first multimedia presentation or the second multimedia presentation is displayed on the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on, respectively, a first profile of the first user terminal and a second profile of the second user terminal. | 12-17-2009 |
David P. Woodruff, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20110251976 | COMPUTING CASCADED AGGREGATES IN A DATA STREAM - A method for efficiently approximating cascaded aggregates in a data stream in a single pass over a dataset, with entries presented to the methodology in an arbitrary order includes receiving out-of-order data entries in the data stream, aggregating particular data entries into aggregated data sets from the data stream based on a first characteristic of the data entries, computing a normalized Euclidean norm around mean values of each of the aggregated data sets, calculating an average of all of the normalized Euclidean norms of each of the aggregated data sets, and calculating a value based on the first characteristic as a result of calculating the average of all of the normalized Euclidean norms. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110270835 | COMPUTER INFORMATION RETRIEVAL USING LATENT SEMANTIC STRUCTURE VIA SKETCHES - A method, system and program product for computer information retrieval is disclosed. A matrix A is received. Random sign matrices S and R are generated. Matrix products of ŜT*A, A*R, and ŜT*A*R are computed. A Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse C of ŜT*A*R is computed. A singular value decomposition is computed of the pseudoinverse C. Three matrices ARU, Sigma, and V̂TŜTA are outputted as factorization in applications. | 11-03-2011 |
David Paul Woodruff, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20110255424 | SUMMARIZING INTERNET TRAFFIC PATTERNS - A method and system for monitoring network traffic by estimating an L | 10-20-2011 |
Jacob Woodruff, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20100248419 | SOLAR CELL ABSORBER LAYER FORMED FROM EQUILIBRIUM PRECURSOR(S) - Methods and devices are provided for forming an absorber layer. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising of depositing a solution on a substrate to form a precursor layer. The solution comprises of at least one equilibrium and/or near equilibrium material. The precursor layer is processed in one or more steps to form a photovoltaic absorber layer. In one embodiment, the absorber layer may be created by processing the precursor layer into a solid film and then thermally reacting the solid film in an atmosphere containing at least an element of Group VIA of the Periodic Table to form the photovoltaic absorber layer. Optionally, the absorber layer may be processed by thermal reaction of the precursor layer in an atmosphere containing at least an element of Group VIA of the Periodic Table to form the photovoltaic absorber layer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110294254 | LOW COST SOLAR CELLS FORMED USING A CHALCOGENIZATION RATE MODIFIER - Methods and devices are provided for forming an absorber layer. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising of depositing a precursor material onto a substrate, wherein the precursor material may include or may be used with an additive to minimize concentration of group IIIA material such as Ga in the back portion of the final semiconductor layer. The additive may be a non-copper Group IB additive in elemental or alloy form. | 12-01-2011 |
Jim Woodruff, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110058731 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods - An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside alignment marks. The frontside and backside alignment mark images are processed to determine the relative position of the marks, as a measurement of the alignment and/or overlay performance of the tool that formed the marks on the substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
L. Andy Woodruff, San Jose, CA US
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| 20090277838 | Functionalized substrates with ion-exchange properties - The current invention provides compositions, which are useful as stationary phases for a variety of chromatographic applications, such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and solid-phase extraction (SPE). The compositions include a porous solid support (e.g., silica gels, silica monoliths or synthetic organic resins) having an exterior surface and pore openings defined by “interior walls”. To the solid support are covalently bound organic ion-exchange ligands (e.g., silyl ligands), which incorporate at least one ion-exchange group (e.g., ionic or ionizable group). The compositions further include micro-particles (e.g., latex particles) incorporating ion-exchange groups having a charge that is opposite to the charge found on the support. The micro-particles are bound to the exterior surface of the support (e.g., via electrostatic forces). The micro-particles have a size that is sufficient to minimize the number of particles that can enter the pores of the support thereby reducing or essentially preventing binding of the micro-particles to the interior walls of the pores. While the pores are essentially too small for the micro-particles, they can still be accessed by the analytes present in a chromatographic sample. The physical separation of ion-exchange groups located within the pores and the surface of the micro-particles, respectively, prevents reactions (e.g., formation of salt-bridges) between the oppositely charged groups and provides compositions with both anion-exchange and cation-exchange capabilities within the same stationary phase. The ligands bound to the solid support can optionally include additional (e.g., reverse-phase) functionalities creating multi-modal (e.g., trimodal) stationary phases. | 11-12-2009 |
Mark Woodruff, Valencia, CA US
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| 20090101752 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR ROTARY SHAFTS - A locking assembly has a base and a rotary shaft which is capable of rotating relative to the base. The rotary shaft has a shaft body and a set of capture portions supported by the shaft body. The locking assembly further includes a set of detention mechanisms supported by the base. The set of detention mechanisms is arranged to (i) initially apply retention force to the set of capture portions to provide resistance against rotation of the rotary shaft from an initial angular position, and (ii) remove application of the retention force from the set of capture portions in response to an amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft. The amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold and is sufficient to substantially rotate the rotary shaft from the initial angular position. | 04-23-2009 |
Mark A. Woodruff, Valencia, CA US
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| 20100215424 | LOCKING DEVICE WITH A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF USE - A locking device includes a shape memory alloy actuator that engages a locking pin to release the pin and unlock the device it is engaging. Upon heating the shape memory alloy member, it returns to a predetermined shape, which has a length shorter than its non-heated length. As the shape memory alloy actuator shortens, it pulls the locking pin at least a pre-determined distance to release the locking pin from engagement with the device it is locking and into engagement with a pin release member. The pin release member holds the locking pin in the unlocked position until the pin release member is moved from engagement with the locking pin. Once moved, the pin release member disengages from the locking pin and the pin is moved back into its original, locked position. The shape memory alloy actuator and pin release member are also returned to their original position. | 08-26-2010 |
Prescott Woodruff, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110123530 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING ASTHMA - Compositions, kits and methods for treating and diagnosing subtypes of asthma patients are provided. Also provided are methods for identifying effective asthma therapeutic agents and predicting responsiveness to asthma therapeutic agents. | 05-26-2011 |
Richard David Woodruff, Oakland, CA US
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| 20110319738 | Medical Devices and Insertion Systems and Methods - Implantable medical devices, systems, methods and kits for transcutaneous insertion of the implantable medical devices are provided. | 12-29-2011 |
William Woodruff, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20090282277 | LOW-POWER IDLE MODE FOR NETWORK TRANSCEIVER - Low-power idle mode for network transceivers. In one aspect, a method for reducing power consumption of a transceiver connected to a communication network includes entering a low-power idle mode, and in this mode, repeatedly turning off a transmitter of the transceiver and turning on the transmitter according to a pattern, where the pattern has been customized based on characteristics of the receiver. Turning off the transmitter conserves power consumed by the transceiver. | 11-12-2009 |