US08714723B2
Curable solid inks and low shrinkage curable solid inks which are solid at room temperature and molten at an elevated temperature at which the molten ink is applied to a substrate. In particular, the solid inks of the present embodiments retain the advantages of handling, safety, and print quality usually associated with conventional solid phase change inks but provide additional breakthrough performance characteristics such as enhanced curing and robustness, lower jetting temperature, and ultra-low shrinkage upon crystallization, which allow the inks to be used as novel materials in inkjet-based print applications.
US08714721B2
In an inkjet printer, an ink reclamation apparatus receives ink emitted from at least one printhead. The ink reclamation apparatus includes an ink receptacle and a liquid path member that extends from the ink receptacle to contact the face of at least one printhead proximate to a plurality of inkjets in the at least one printhead. The liquid path member draws liquid ink from the plurality of inkjets and the liquid ink enters the ink receptacle. The ink reclamation apparatus returns the ink to a reservoir in the printhead and reduces or eliminates wasted ink during operation of the at least one printhead.
US08714711B2
A liquid recording head includes a protective layer having resistance to liquid and an adhesiveness improving film disposed on a second surface of a silicon substrate, opposite to a first surface. The first surface and the second surface have a plane direction (100). The protective layer is disposed in a peripheral region of an opening of a liquid supply port. A liquid ejection chip is bonded to a head substrate with an adhesive so that the liquid supply port communicates with a liquid introduction port on a side of the second surface of the silicon substrate.
US08714709B2
An inkjet head (3) comprises a wiring board (80) which. has, two-dimensionally arranged thereon, sets of nozzles (11) , pressure chambers (41) , and actuators (60) and which also has lines of wiring (87, 91) through-vias (85) , and ink flow paths (88); and connection sections (110, 111) which connect the lines of wiring to a drive section, the connection sections (110, 111) being disposed outside the arrangement region (R) in which the sets of the nozzles, the pressure chambers, and the actuators are arranged two-dimensionally. The nozzles are arranged in N rows (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) , with each of the N rows comprising M nozzles (M is an integer greater than or equal to 2) which are arranged rectilinearly. The through-vias which correspond. to the nozzles of arbitrary n nozzle rows of the N nozzle rows (1≦n
US08714698B2
An image forming apparatus includes recording heads, a maintenance device, a carriage, cap members, cams, a cam shaft, a feeler member, a home position detection device, and a cap position determination device. The feeler member has a first portion to detect a home position of the cam shaft with the home position detection device and a second portion to determine with the cap position determination device whether the cap members are at a raised position or a lowered position. When the cap position determination device determines that a suction cap is at the raised position, the suction cap is lowered to the lowered position before the carriage mounting the recording heads moves for scanning in a first direction. When the cap position determination device determines that the suction cap is at the lowered position, the carriage is permitted to move to a print start position.
US08714690B2
A method for testing a nozzle in a nozzle plate includes setting an angle of the nozzle plate with respect to an optical axis of a schlieren optical system to a first angle, jetting gas through the nozzle, forming a first light-intensity representation of the gas stream jetting from the nozzle using the schlieren optical system, and capturing a first image of the first light-intensity representation. The angle of the nozzle plate with respect to the optical axis of the schlieren optical system is then adjusted to a different second angle. A second light-intensity representation of the gas stream jetting from the nozzle is formed using the schlieren optical system and a second image of the second light-intensity representation is then captured. The first and second images can be analyzed to determine whether the nozzle is functioning properly.
US08714678B2
An inkjet printing device uses a print head including a first nozzle array for ink ejection and a second nozzle array for ejection of an image quality improvement liquid (CL), and the device prints an image on a print medium by repeating a print scan. The inkjet printing device includes a first controller for, during a first print scan, allowing nozzles on an upstream side of the first nozzle array in the conveying direction to eject the ink, and a second controller for, during the first print scan, allowing nozzles on an upstream side of the second nozzle array in the conveying direction to eject the liquid (CL) into an ink ejection area. In aaddition, a third controller, during a second print scan after the first print scan, allows nozzles on a downstream side of the second nozzle array in the conveying direction to eject the liquid (CL) into the ink ejection area.
US08714674B2
A continuous printing system includes a printhead and a controller. The printhead includes a nozzle and a jet control element including a continuous heater element positioned to surround the nozzle. A plurality of three or more electrical contacts is in electrical communication with the continuous heater element and define a plurality of three or more continuous heater element portions that are actuatable with sufficient independence so as to control jet steering. The number of the continuous heater element portions equals the number of electrical contacts. A controller is configured to apply a waveform to at least one of the plurality of three or more electrical contacts to affect at least one of the plurality of independently actuatable continuous heater element portions.
US08714668B2
A ready to assemble cabinet includes a first panel that has a first side that corresponds to a base panel and a second panel that has a second panel that corresponds to the second side of that base panel. Each of the first and second panels includes at least one dimension that is unique or different from a dimension on the other panel. These unique dimensions correspond with a specific side of the base panel to prevent incorrect assembly of the cabinet.
US08714665B2
An enclosure for enclosing a flat panel display for viewing that is substantially sealed and resistant to liquid ingress. The enclosure comprises a bezel, a substantially transparent front cover, and an enclosure housing. The bezel has a peripheral surface defining an enclosure area, an inner edge defining a display opening, and a rear surface. The substantially transparent front cover is operatively connected to the bezel and covers the display opening. The enclosure housing has a front opening and a flange disposed about and extending from the front opening. The bezel and the enclosure housing are joined together at a joining region that is substantially sealed and resistant to liquid ingress. The bezel, the front cover, and the enclosure housing define the enclosure, which is configured to receive a flat panel display therein.
US08714660B2
A chamber for a milling machine includes a milling rotor rotatably mounted transversely on the chamber. The chamber also includes a side plate mounted on the chamber, adjacent to the milling rotor, in a substantially vertical position. The side plate includes a side plate support. The chamber further includes a rotor bearing coupled with the milling rotor and a bearing support configured to receive the rotor bearing. The chamber also includes at least one fastening element to removably couple the bearing support with the side plate support and the rotor bearing.
US08714652B2
A frame of rectangular configuration, constructed of structural components and usable in connection with modular furniture. Front and back frame components are interconnected by a pair of side components, and a locking bar member extends between the side components and is movable therealong while remaining essentially parallel to the back component. The locking bar member has a straight edge in alignment with and parallel to a straight edge of the back component, such that when the locking bar member is brought into a relatively close relation to the back component, the straight edges of the back component and the locking bar member can hold therebetween a backrest equipped with cleats in a secure, fixed position, without the need for screws, bolts, pins or other joinder elements.
US08714648B2
A vehicle seat is provided with an operation member operated to tilt a seatback forward and disposed at such a position as to be operated from behind a seat body. The vehicle seat includes: an operation link connected at one end to the operation member and operated to be pivoted; a link mechanism that is pivotally connected to a lower end of the operation link, receives force, generated by an operation of the operation member, from the operation link to be moved, and outputs the force for cancelling fixation of a reclining angle of the seatback; and a torsion spring that is wound around a pivotally-connected portion at which the link mechanism is pivotally connected to the operation link, and biases the operation link such that the operation link is pivoted toward an initial position in which the operation link is located before being operated.
US08714641B2
There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback including a seatback frame skeleton member covered by a seatback pad cushion member on at least a front side of the seatback frame; a headrest including a headrest frame skeleton member disposed above the seatback; and a shock absorbing member disposed further to the front side than the headrest frame and being at a top portion of the seatback, attached to the seatback frame and absorbing impact energy by plastic deformation when an impact is imparted to the top portion of the seatback from the front side.
US08714636B2
A bearing structure arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided with at least one bearing structure component extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which is provided in the interior or dry area of the motor vehicle to form a single-piece connection between the vehicle front wall and a rear frame of the body.
US08714632B2
A modular vehicle includes a base body having a frame, driver compartment, chassis, motor and wheels, a removable modular component adapted to be locked and unlocked therefrom, and locks that fasten the removable modular component within the base body. The removable modular component provides added structural rigidity to the frame when installed, and can comprise at least 20 percent of the overall volume and at least 20 percent of the overall weight of the entire vehicle. Locks permit the modular component to be removed and replaced with another removable modular component when said locks are unlocked. Various modular components can be directed toward medical, weapons, fire equipment, rescue equipment, hunting supplies, reconnaissance, command center, outback vehicle, or a survival camper. A triangular truss support system provides increased support and protection for the underside of the vehicle, such as for when the vehicle runs over an IED or other destructive device.
US08714622B2
A tonneau system for a pickup bed comprising a bracket system connectable with a sidewall of the pickup bed, a header system, and a spring retainer system operably coupled between the bracket system and the header system. The spring retainer system can be biased into a locked position wherein the header system is coupled with the bracket system. The spring retainer system can be positionable into an unlocked position wherein the header system is decoupled from the bracket system.
US08714620B1
A cowl trim assembly includes a panel body having front and side panel portions with anchor mechanism adapted to couple the trim assembly to a vehicle frame, and more specifically, to a vehicle door sill frame. A footrest assembly extends outwardly from the panel body having one or more reinforcement members disposed on an underside of the footrest assembly which are adapted to support the footrest assembly on a vehicle floor. In this configuration the footrest assembly is an integrated part of the cowl trim assembly, thereby providing a one-piece trim component having a self supporting footrest assembly, wherein the reinforcement members are adapted to carry loads applied to the footrest assembly by a vehicle occupant to the vehicle frame.
US08714608B2
A pin-type gripper adapted for holding and transferring a target made of soft material. The pin-type gripper includes: a cylinder unit; a pair of slide blocks which are obliquely disposed at the left and right sides of the end of a piston rod and extend in a skirt shape; and links which transmit the piston motion to the slide blocks. A pin which pegs a target is installed on an end of each slide block. One cylinder unit controls two slide members at the same time. Thus, the pin-type gripper is superior in structure, control, and economic performance to a typical gripper that requires two cylinders and a complicated design.
US08714590B2
A gas generator for a restraining device includes: a housing formed by a diffuser shell having a gas discharge port and a closure shell, an ignition device chamber in which an ignition device is accommodated, and a combustion chamber in which a gas generating agent is accommodated, being defined inside the housing, the ignition device chamber being defined inside an inner tube disposed in the housing, and the combustion chamber being defined outside the inner tube, the inner tube including, openings on both ends being fixed to a bottom surface and a top surface of the housing, a flame-transferring hole being formed in a circumferential wall portion to communicate the ignition device chamber with the combustion chamber, and a reduced strength portion being provided in the circumferential wall portion between the flame-transferring hole and the top surface of the housing.
US08714586B2
A system for protecting an occupant positioned in a seat of a vehicle. The system includes a gas emitting device positioned adjacent to an occupant of a vehicle. The system also may include a controller configured to control the activation of the gas emitting device. A sensor configured to detect the vertical acceleration of the vehicle, may be included. The controller may be configured to receive a signal from the sensor and activate the gas emitting device when the signal from the sensor is indicative of a condition where the vertical acceleration of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold. When activated, the gas emitting device may be configured to emit gas toward the legs of the occupant so that the force of the emitted gas directly forces the legs of the occupant to move.
US08714581B2
A juvenile stroller includes a mobile base and a juvenile seat mounted on the mobile base. The mobile base includes wheels and a foldable frame carrying the juvenile seat.
US08714568B2
A storage container (1) has a hollow storage box (10) and a lid (12). The lid (12) includes wheels (14) which enable the storage container (1) to be used as a ride-on toy by a child.
US08714566B2
A power tool constructed in accordance to one example of the present teachings can include a housing having a handle and body portion. A motor can be disposed in the body portion and a drive spindle drivingly connected to the motor. A chuck can comprise a chuck spindle that supports a plurality of chuck jaws. A first sleeve can rotationally communicate with the chuck jaws to move the chuck jaws between a clamping position and a non-clamping position. An indicator mechanism can be disposed on the chuck having a first and second visual indicator. The indicator mechanism can move from a first position to a second position upon rotation of the first sleeve to a location that corresponds to a predetermined clamping force attained by the chuck jaws.
US08714562B2
A lip type end face sealing device having excellent sealability to different kinds of liquids on both sides in the axial direction and having excellent durability. A case is tight fitted to an inner peripheral face of a housing and includes case members. One pair of seal lips is integrally fitted to inner peripheral flange parts, positioned oppositely each other in the axial direction, and opened in a tapered shape. One pair of the seal lips is slidably contacted with flange parts of slingers tight fitted to an outer periphery of a rotary shaft. Pressure in seal internal spaces between the seal lips is released through a vent hole.
US08714555B1
A pressure-filled container-popping game is defined with pressure-filled containers that are positioned in a game play area behind various barriers. Each pressure-filled container has one or more prizes coupled to it. The barriers have openings or orifices which provides access to a corresponding pressure-filled container through the barrier. A player positions a moveable target arm using a game control attempting to align a piercing member attached to the target arm with a selected one of the orifices. When the player believes the piercing member is properly aligned, an attempt is triggered which causes the target arm to move the piercing member toward the selected orifice. If it is properly aligned, the piercing member passes through the orifice and impacts the corresponding pressure-filled container, popping it and sending the coupled prize or prizes falling into a prize chute. Otherwise, the piercing member impacts the barrier, ending the players game attempt.
US08714553B2
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a side bet for a blackjack game. If the player's initial two cards have a point total under 10, then the player wins a first payout on the side wager, otherwise the player loses the side wager. Then, the blackjack game is completed, and if the player won the first payout and the player wins the blackjack game then the player wins a second payout on the side wager. If the player won the first payout and the player loses the blackjack game then the player loses the side wager.
US08714549B2
A post-processing device includes a cylindrical body and branching guides. The cylindrical body is rotatable. The cylindrical body and the branching guides convey paper to a processing unit that processes the paper and to an ejection tray. A paper reversing mechanism is composed mainly of the cylindrical body and the branching guide, in which a first face of the paper is directed to a peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and the paper is wound therearound by rotating the cylindrical body. The paper reversing mechanism then rotates the cylindrical body in a reverse direction and switches the posture of the branching guide, to thereby separate the paper from the peripheral surface and eject.
US08714547B2
A paper discharge apparatus including, a paper loading portion for loading a paper which is discharged; a paper rear-end abutting portion which a rear end of paper in a paper conveying direction abuts; a pair of paper holding members for holding the paper at the paper holding position when the paper is discharged; a paper holding member moving device which is connected to at least one of the pair of the paper holding members and moves the pair of the paper holding members from a paper holding position to a paper loading position; when the pair of the paper holding members reach the paper loading position, the paper holding member moving device moves at least one of the pair of the paper holding members in the opposite direction of the paper conveying direction and makes the rear end of the holding paper abut the paper rear-end abutting portion.
US08714536B2
A cradle device for large pinion gears or blanks wherein a pinion may be supported and rotated for machining. The cradle device comprises one or more adjustable prismatic units each including a plurality of angular plates that are movable toward and/or away from one another along the width of the cradle device in order to raise and lower, and/or laterally shift, a pinion placed thereon so as to position the pinion for machining.
US08714533B2
A clay model support device includes a base, a support frame connected with the base, and a panel connected with the support frame. The base includes a lower surface configured to engage an associated horizontal floor surface. The support frame is pivotable with respect to the base about a generally horizontal axis. The panel is configured to support an associated clay model. The panel is slidable with respect to the support frame.
US08714512B2
A climbing shoe (10) of a climbing formwork for fixing to a concreting section (14) of a building comprises a sliding shoe part (16) on which claws (50) are provided. At least one claw (50) is provided in a pivotal and/or telescopic manner on the sliding shoe part (16).
US08714511B2
The present disclosure provides a compact portable lightweight strong umbrella stand that can be quickly and easily attached to different metal objects and that is configured to securely hold a relatively heavy umbrella such as a patio umbrella.
US08714509B2
The slide rail device includes a fixing member fixing a bottom wall of a lower rail extending the forward/rearward direction to a floor surface of a vehicle, wherein an upper part of the fixing member constitutes a projecting portion projecting upward from the bottom wall; a locking mechanism provided between the upper and lower rails and which restricts or releases a restriction on sliding of the upper rail; and a lock release lever provided on the upper rail to be rotatable in the upward/downward direction and which releases the restriction on sliding imposed by the locking mechanism. A rail-incorporated portion of the lock release lever which is positioned between the upper rail and the bottom wall of the lower rail includes a base wall at a higher position than the projecting portion and a side wall being lateral to the projecting position.
US08714500B2
There is disclosed an improved support bracket for mounting a clutch of a roller blind. The clutch of roller blind used with this improved bracket is the type having at least one projecting pin. The support bracket includes a bracket housing having a flat wall with at least one aperture configured to receive the projecting pin such that the pin passes through the aperture and extends past the flat wall. The aperture is configured to permit the pin to slide up and down inside the aperture between a first and second position when the pin is positioned in the aperture. The bracket also includes a spring lock member mounted to the flat wall adjacent the aperture, the spring lock positioned to partially obstruct the aperture. The spring lock member is configured such that when the pin is inserted into the aperture the spring lock is deflected out of the way to permit the pin to be inserted into the aperture. The spring lock is further configured to rebound back when the pin is moved towards its second position, the rebounded spring lock member preventing the pin from moving back towards its first position.
US08714493B2
A single slotted trailing edge flap arrangement for an aircraft wing, comprising a main flap element and an auxiliary flap element sealed to and supported by the main flap element for movement between a retracted and an extended position relative to the main flap element so as to vary the planform area of the flap. The auxiliary flap element remains sealed to the main flap element when in its extended position, and movement of the auxiliary flap element relative to the main flap element is solely translational. The auxiliary flap element may be translationally deployed from the main flap element by sliding the auxiliary flap element out from the underside of the main flap element. Also, a method of operating the flap arrangement.
US08714482B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured to automatically retrieve, service, and launch an aircraft. For retrieval, the aircraft drops a weighted cable, and pulls it at low relative speed into a broad aperture of the apparatus. In certain instances, the cable is dragged along guiding surfaces of the apparatus into and through a slot until its free end is captured. The aircraft becomes anchored to the apparatus, and is pulled downward by the cable into a receptacle. Guiding surfaces of the receptacle adjust the position and orientation of a probe on the aircraft, directing the probe to mate with a docking fixture of the apparatus. Once mated, the aircraft is automatically shut down and serviced. When desired, the aircraft is automatically started and tested in preparation for launch, and then released into free flight. A full ground-handling cycle is thus accomplished with a simple, economical apparatus.
US08714480B2
A rotary wing aircraft (1) provided with an emergency undercarriage (10) for mitigating a failure of a basic undercarriage (2) of the rotary wing aircraft (1). Said emergency undercarriage comprises a main member (20) that extends from a first end (21) to a second end (22), said emergency undercarriage (10) having deployment means (30) for deploying the main member (20) out from a housing (3) in order to take over from a basic undercarriage (2) of a rotary wing aircraft (1) in the event of a failure, said emergency undercarriage (10) being provided with holder means (40) for holding it in position to block said main member (20) when said main member (20) is deployed out from said housing (3).
US08714476B2
A wing includes a spar, and a pair of flexible skins that are attached to the spar. The spar is at the leading edge of the wing, and the skins extend toward the trailing edge of the wing. The wing deploys from a stowed condition, in which the skins are curved in the same direction around a fuselage of an aircraft, to a deployed condition, in which the skins provide the wing with an airfoil cross-sectional shape, for example with the skins curve in opposite direction. A lock is used to maintain the skins in the deployed state, with the lock for example located at the trailing edge of the wing. The lock may be a mechanical mechanism that automatically locks the wing in the deployed state, preventing the wing from returning to the stowed state.
US08714469B2
A device for comminuting bulk charge stock with a housing surrounding a rotational axis. The housing has a first front wall, a second front wall plane parallel at an axial distance and a shell wall connecting the first front wall and second front wall on the circumferential side, which together form a comminuting chamber. A comminuting system rotating about the rotational axis is arranged in the comminuting chamber, which comminuting system has first comminuting tools and second comminuting tools interacting therewith, which form a concentric comminuting zone for charge stock. In order to cool the comminuting zone effectively and economically, a cooling channel is provided, which surrounds the shell wall outside in the plane of the comminuting chamber, wherein the cooling channel has an entry opening for charging with cooling gas and an exit opening for the discharge of the cooling gas.
US08714463B2
A shower head or lateral shower head is provided for installation in a ceiling or wall, having a pivotable jet-producing device which is mounted in a ball housing by a ball-and-socket joint through which water flows, the housing surrounding the jet-producing device and being arranged in a manner both tiltable and displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the ceiling or wall, and the housing having an outer flange which extends to the surface of the ceiling or wall. A connection element is provided between a water connection and the ball housing.
US08714459B2
A scalable, high-bandwidth connectivity architecture for portable storage devices and memory modules may utilize EHF communication link chip packages mounted in various two-dimensional and three-dimensional configurations on planar surfaces such as printed circuit boards. Multiple electromagnetic communication links between devices distributed on major faces of card-like devices may be provided with respectively aligned pairs of communication units on each device. Adjacent communication units on a printed circuit board may transmit or receive electromagnetic radiation having different polarization, such as linear or elliptical polarization. Power and communication between communication devices may both be provided wirelessly.
US08714448B2
The invention relates to a device (10) for handling banknotes that comprises a display unit (20) with a display surface (22) for displaying at least one graphic user interface (28) to a user of the device (10). The user interface (28) is only displayed in a portion (32 to 36) of the display surface (22), whereas this portion (32 to 36) is adjustable depending on the position of the user relative to the display surface (22).
US08714441B2
A media asset system and method is provided comprising a handheld reader having a sensor enabled to detect a discrete coded zone within a visual image, with the reader capable of producing an output signal corresponding to the discrete coded zone. An output device responds to the output signal with an audio output presentation corresponding to the discrete coded zone. Output is responsive to the reader's selection of output action, and may also be provided for in a video presentation.
US08714434B2
The present invention relates to a weight balancer (100) and a pipe joining method that is capable of reducing a load of pipes when arranging and welding the pipes in ships, plants, piping work sites and the like. A weight balancer (100) according to the present invention includes an operation plate (180) for putting an alignment object; a plurality of load cells (145,146) installed in the lower portion of the operation plate (180); a controller (120) which receives a detection signal generated from the load cell (145,146) and analyzes the information of the alignment object to generate a control signal; an operation force driver (130) which receives the control signal from the controller (120) to control an operational pressure of each of a plurality of pressure supply lines; and a plurality of leveling cylinders (150) and balancing devices (160) which are connected to the pressure supply lines to control a location or pose of the operation plate (180) so as to correspond to the size of the operational pressure controlled by the operation force driver (130).
US08714427B2
A surgical rod scorer is provided. The surgical rod scorer includes a handle having an elongated shaft extending therefrom defining a longitudinal axis therethrough. A knob supported on a proximal end of the handle is movable about the longitudinal axis. A reciprocating member is operably disposed and translatable within the handle and the shaft of the surgical rod scorer. A drive member operably coupled to the proximal end of the reciprocating member and to the knob is configured to translate the reciprocating member along the longitudinal axis. The shaft and the reciprocating member including a respective distal end and operable head configured to support one or more cutting elements thereon. The reciprocating member including the one or more cutting elements supported thereon is translatable from a retracted position, to an extended position for scoring surgical rod.
US08714426B2
A portable tripod mast assembly is provided that includes a tripod, a plurality of mast sections and a transport pack. The tripod includes at least three telescoping legs, wherein each leg is moveably attached to a common upper collar. The plurality of mast sections are each adapted to fit together end to end, forming a mast. The transport pack has a center compartment adapted to receive the tripod, wherein the center compartment includes a center panel and two side panels. Each side panel includes a plurality of individual pockets for receiving the mast sections. The transport pack further includes a base portion and a hood capable of extending over the mast sections, securing the sections in the pockets.
US08714416B2
A handle attachment configured to provide a secure handle for a spray can and enable the operation of a dispenser valve of the spray can. The attachment includes a housing that defines a grip, a cap coupled to the housing, and an actuation device pivotally mounted to the housing. The cap has a C-shaped rim surrounding an opening that is sized to accommodate a valve mounting cup of the spray can. The rim has a lower portion in which a flange and slots are defined. The slots enable the lower portion of the rim to deflect radially outward relative to the remainder of the rim above the slots. The rigidity of the rim above its lower portion is increased with a ring that compresses the rim above the lower portion and/or a shoulder that defines an increased wall thickness of the cap above the lower portion.
US08714414B2
An ice-containing member having a plurality of interior chambers separated by substantially radially-extending chamber walls. A base is disposed below the ice-containing member and includes an ice-dispensing aperture. A lid is adjacent to the ice-containing member and operable between a first position. The lid is in abutting contact with the ice-containing member and a second position. The lid is spaced a predetermined distance from the housing.
US08714397B2
A frame assembly for anchoring a containment box with a top opening in a surrounding driveway surface and for removably attaching one of a plurality of different product dispensers to the containment box. The frame assembly includes an anchor frame attached to the top opening of the containment box wherein the anchor frame is configured to be removably attached to any one of a plurality of different dispenser frames and a dispenser frame removably attached to the anchor frame, the dispenser frame including a plurality of frame walls having a frame area larger than an area of the top opening of the containment box such that the frame walls define an offset opening adjacent to the top opening of the containment box, wherein the dispenser frame is adapted to be mounted to one of the plurality of different product dispensers.
US08714390B2
A container for operating media of motor vehicles which is chemically stable both in respect of the fuel carried and in respect of additives.
US08714385B2
Disclosed is a bottle for containing liquid content including a body portion, at least part or the entire portion of an upper portion of which is provided with a plurality of guides which protrudes inward from an inside surface thereof and is in a spiral pattern so that the liquid content can be guided towards an opening of a neck portion of the bottle while spirally revolving inside the bottle.
US08714381B2
A closure device including a first and second closure element, the first closure element, which has an opening, being mounted on the opening of a container to be closed and the second closure element being movably connectable to the first closure element, the first closure element of the device having on the bottom surface facing the container a raised edge, which encircles the opening and has a sharp-edged region and a blunt region.
US08714379B2
A closure including a shell having a base wall with an axial outer surface and an undersurface, an annular skirt around a periphery of the base wall, and circumferentially spaced securement elements extending radially inwardly from the skirt. A gasket is carried by the shell, and has a base surface in contact with the undersurface of the base wall of the shell and an oppositely disposed sealing surface. An elongated flexible member extends between the sealing surface of the gasket and the axial outer surface of the shell and around a portion of the skirt circumferentially between the securement elements.
US08714374B2
The invention relates to a bracket for mounting a container to a slotwall. The bracket comprises a base connected with a wire frame having an upper and lower element. The lower element provides support for the bottom of the container and the upper element may act as a lateral stop for the container. According to another embodiment of the invention, the wire frame may be rotatably coupled with the base such that the orientation of the wire frame relative to a vertical axis may be selectively adjusted.
US08714365B2
Fruit handling equipment comprising a conveyor having a plurality of linked carriages, each supporting at least one fruit carrying cup pivotally secured to the carriage, each cup having a latching mechanism operable to hold the cup in a fruit carrying mode and releasable to cause the cup to pivot to a delatched position to eject the fruit, and remotely controllable means in each carriage to release the latching mechanism.
US08714362B2
A sorting apparatus is described, and which includes a conveyor which transports a produce stream for inspection. The conveyor has various regions formed in part of ridges, troughs and apertures which reduce the weight of the produce stream, as well as reduces the vertical and horizontal components of motion of the produce stream, as the produce stream progresses from one end to the other.
US08714357B2
A packaging system includes a retention frame and a tray. The retention frame includes a panel and a retention sheet. The panel has a first fold line defining a first flap and a remainder portion. The remainder portion defines a panel opening. The retention sheet is attached to the first flap and the remainder portion so that the retention sheet extends over the panel opening and the first fold line. The tray includes a tray frame defining a tray opening. A tray sheet is attached to the tray frame and extends over the tray opening. The tray is configured for positioning between the retention sheet and the remainder portion of the retention frame to juxtapose the tray opening with the panel opening. A product may be supported on the tray sheet to suspend and retain the product between the retention sheet and the tray sheet over the juxtaposed tray and panel openings.
US08714354B2
A liquid container (10) has an outer wall (12) to which is mounted a liquid material receptacle (18). The liquid material receptacle has an open end (20) and a closed end (24). The open end (20) of the liquid material receptacle (18) is sealed by a membrane (34). Further, the liquid material receptacle (18) tapers inwardly from the open end (20) to the closed end (24).
US08714352B2
A cartridge shipping aid is provided to retain staples within staple pockets of a staple cartridge during shipment. The cartridge shipping aid includes a base and a longitudinal rib extending perpendicularly from an underside of the base and indiscernible into a knife slot formed in a staple cartridge. One or more perpendicular keys are formed along a lower edge of the longitudinally extending rib for engagement with an underside surface of the staple cartridge. The cartridge shipping aid may additionally include sidewalls projecting perpendicularly from outer edges of the base. Projections are formed on one end of the base for engagement with associate detents formed on the staple cartridge. Grasping structure is formed adjacent one end of the base and longitudinal rib.
US08714343B2
There is described container-handling machine comprising a carousel rotatable about an axis and supporting a plurality of holding elements adapted to cooperate with respective containers; and a slip-ring comprising a first rotor rotatable integral with carousel about said axis, and a first stator exchanging, in use, at least one between power and control signals with first rotor and fixed with respect to carousel; container-handling machine further comprises an encoder housed within a cavity defined between first stator and first rotor, adapted to detect at least the angular position of carousel with respect to axis, and comprising a second rotor rotatable integrally with first rotor and a second stator connected to first stator.
US08714336B2
An input receptacle receives currency bills and checks. A transport mechanism transports the bills and checks along a transport path to an output receptacle. An image scanner, adjacent the transport path, is configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents. A controller is configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills. In response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing at least a portion of the image data to be displayed as a visually readable image of the flagged currency bill on the display.
US08714332B2
A main shaft has a shaft cylindrical portion extending from an outer periphery of a large-diameter portion. A drum has a drum cylindrical portion extending from an outer periphery of a drum plate portion. An axial forward end of the drum cylindrical portion is arranged in an inside of the shaft cylindrical portion. A frictional engagement unit of a clutch is provided in an inside of the shaft cylindrical portion. A motor generator has a rotor, which is firmly fitted to outer walls of the large-diameter portion and the shaft cylindrical portion and rotatable relative to a stator. A working-oil supply passage is formed in an inside of an input shaft.
US08714325B2
A hydraulic pressure controller, which controls hydraulic pressure supplied to a torque converter including a lock-up clutch that is engageable using a hydraulic pressure from a mechanical pump, including a first pressure regulation valve that regulates pressure in a first passage connected to the pump while discharging oil in the first passage to a discharge passage; a bypass passage branched from the first passage bypassing the first pressure regulation valve; a first switching valve selectively switchable between a first state in which the bypass passage and a second passage are connected to each other and a second state in which the discharge passage and the second passage are connected to each other; and a second pressure regulation valve that regulates a hydraulic pressure in the second passage. The first switching valve is switchable into the first state to engage the clutch and into the second state to disengage the clutch.
US08714320B2
A shock absorber has a compression valve assembly which functions during a compression stroke, a rebound valve assembly which functions during a rebound stroke and a velocity sensitive valve which is in series with one or both of the compression valve assembly and the rebound valve assembly. The compression valve assembly, the rebound valve assembly and the velocity sensitive valve can be incorporated into a piston assembly, a base valve assembly or both.
US08714319B2
A shim plate is provided at the rear side of a friction pad to abut annular contact parts of pistons. The shim plate is provided with first and second one-side cut portions and at a position corresponding to the annular contact part of a disk rotational entrance-side piston, for example, so that the area of contact between the shim plate and the annular contact part is larger at the disk rotational exit side than at the disk rotational entrance side. The first and second one-side cut portions and have four contact ends at which the peripheries of the cut portions and the annular contact part intersect each other. At least two of the four contact ends are provided on the disk rotational entrance side with respect to the diametrical center of the piston.
US08714317B1
A disc brake having spaced apart first cantilever beams that extend from an anchor and second cantilever beams that extend from the first beams back toward the anchor. A caliper is retained on the anchor by a pin to align first and second friction members with a rotor. Pressurized fluid that acts on a piston moves the first friction member into engagement with the rotor creates an axial force that axially slides the caliper on the pin and moves the second friction member into engagement with the rotor to create a clamping force that urges the friction members into engagement with the rotor. The clamping force rotates the caliper on the pin and brings the first friction member into engagement with the first cantilever beam and the second friction member into engagement with the third cantilever beam to oppose the rotation of the caliper during a brake application.
US08714314B1
A locking mechanism of a drawbar braking castor includes an abutting base, an actuating space, a pressing member, a transverse sliding seat, a round ear ring, an embedded locking frame, a first resetting assembly, a spacing base, a flexible inhaul cable, a variable driving member and a second resetting assembly. When the transverse sliding seat is pressed downwards by the extensible drawbar, the embedded locking frame is pulled to move via the flexible inhaul cable, such that the locating flange of the gear ring could be interlocked by the embedded portion. Hence, the locking mechanism of the drawbar braking castor could be adapted to various mobile drawbar carriers with a spacing between the castors and extensible drawbars, significantly improving applicability of the products.
US08714313B2
The invention relates to an electrical power system for operating elevators. The electrical power system includes: an electricity distribution network of a building, which includes an interface to a public electricity network; a plurality of hoisting machines of an elevator, each of which hoisting machines of an elevator is equipped to move an elevator car in an elevator hoistway; and also a power supply system, which includes an interface to the aforementioned hoisting machines of the elevator, and which power supply system includes an interface to the electricity distribution network of the building, for supplying power between the hoisting machines of the elevator and the electricity distribution network of the building.
US08714302B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a cooling apparatus for cooling a power electronic device, the apparatus including at least one panel that is adapted to be thermally connected to a heat source in order to receive heat from the heat source. The panel is also adapted to be thermally in contact with an air flow in order to transfer heat from the panel. The panel includes at least one hole between a first side of the panel and a second side of the panel. The hole is adapted to attenuate a vibrating air pressure generated by an acoustic noise source and carried by the air.
US08714301B2
A noise suppressor system for attachment to a firearm including a barrel having a longitudinal axis. The noise suppressor system including the combination of: a flash suppressor adapted to be attached to the muzzle of the barrel coaxially therewith, a noise suppressor including a proximal mount assembly having a bore for coaxially receiving the flash suppressor, and a means for selectively securely coupling the noise suppressor system to the firearm.
US08714295B2
A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine mounted in a central tunnel of the vehicle floor pan. The internal combustion engine comprises an engine block assembly having a lower end closed by an oil pan and an upper end extending at an angle α from a rear of the engine block assembly to a front thereof. An engine block closes the upper end and defines a crankcase that is configured to house a crankshaft for rotation therein. A cylinder housing assembly is reclined from vertical, towards the rear of the engine block, about an axis of the crankshaft by an angle β. At least a portion of the cylinder housing assembly and the crankcase are disposed in the central tunnel of the vehicle floor pan.
US08714290B2
A grille shutter device selectively opening and closing a grille opening in the front grille of a vehicle. The grille shutter device includes a fin, a motor, a transmission mechanism, a first switch, and a second switch. The fin has a support shaft, which is rotatably supported by the front grille. When supplied with electricity, the motor rotates its output shaft in one direction. The transmission mechanism converts the rotation of the output shaft to a swinging motion of the fin, thereby swinging the fin between a closed position, where the fin closes the grille opening, and an open position, where the fin opens the grille opening. When the fin is swung to the closed position, the first switch stops the motor. When the fin is swung to the open position, the second switch stops the motor.
US08714286B2
The invention relates to a mining vehicle and method for its energy supply. The mining vehicle has a rectifier, DC intermediate circuit, and inverter, through which an alternating current motor is supplied. At least one auxiliary energy source is connected to the DC intermediate circuit. A DC/DC converter is connected between the DC intermediate circuit and the auxiliary energy source for adapting the voltage level of the auxiliary energy source and for connecting the auxiliary energy source to supply energy to the DC intermediate circuit.
US08714283B2
A new multi-purpose foaming composition having applications in oil field application, industrial applications, waste management applications, or other applications that can be benefited by a foam, is disclosed, where the composition includes a surfactant, a sulfur scavenger and optionally an additive, where the sulfur scavenger and/or additive improve foam characteristics and/or the foam improves an activity of the sulfur scavenger and/or the additives. Method for using and making the foaming compositions are also disclosed, especially, coiled and capillary coiled tubing downhole applications.
US08714282B2
A hand-held power tool is disclosed. The power tool has a tool receptacle for holding a tool along an axis. A housing has a grip area for a first hand. The grip area has a support section for the thumb and index finger in a plane with the axis and a shaft section for gripping around on one side of the plane. A contact surface for a second hand, which is arranged facing away from the tool receptacle and on another side of the plane, is inclined between 80 degrees and 100 degrees to the plane.
US08714281B2
A bidirectional cross airflow machine tool includes a housing chamber to hold a tool spindle and air inlets and air outlets at two sides thereof. The tool spindle is coupled with a balance weight member which includes a first balance weight portion and a second balance weight portion arranged in an up and down fashion so that the tool spindle generates eccentric rotation against the machine tool. The first and second balance weight portions respectively have a first vane set and a second vane set. The first vane set sucks air via the air inlets at one side of the machine tool during rotation of the tool spindle. The air is transmitted from the first vane set to the first and second balance weight portions, and then is discharged via the second vane set through the air outlets at another side of the machine tool to form cross cooling airflow.
US08714279B2
An impact tool includes a motor, a hammer casing with an opened rear end and a disk-shaped member coupled to the hammer casing to close the opened rear end and to rotatably support a spindle. A first engagement member is formed on an outer face of the disk-shaped member. A second engagement member is formed on an inner face of the recess and engaging with the first engagement member to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in a second direction parallel to a rotation axis of the spindle. A third engagement member is formed on an outer face of the hammer casing. A fourth engagement member is formed on an inner face of the housing body and engaging with the third engagement member so as to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in the first direction.
US08714275B1
A turf aerator comprising a foot plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front end, a rearward end, a left side, and a right side; at least a first turf coring tine fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the foot plate; a lever arm fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from the foot plate; and a ground contacting fulcrum fixedly attached to and extending rearwardly from the foot plate.
US08714267B2
A tubular string testing system for use with a tubular string having a longitudinally extending flow passage can include a valve which selectively permits and prevents fluid communication between sections of the flow passage, a bypass passage which provides fluid communication between the sections of the flow passage when the valve is closed, and a filter which filters fluid that flows through the bypass passage. A method of testing a tubular string can include permitting fluid to flow through a bypass passage which connects sections of a flow passage extending longitudinally through the tubular string, a filter filtering the fluid which flows through the bypass passage, a valve of a tubular string testing system preventing flow of the fluid between the sections of the flow passage through the valve, and flow through the bypass passage being prevented in response to a predetermined pressure differential being created across the filter.
US08714265B2
The present invention regards a valve device for use with a down hole tool comprising at least a first fluid line and a return fluid line, the valve device comprises a first inlet and a first outlet forming a first flow path between them, and a second inlet and a second outlet forming a second flow path between them, at least one closure element for closing and or opening at least one of the flow paths. According to the invention there is at least one closure element together with the respective flow paths forms a first and second check valves, which in a first state prevents a fluid from flowing from the first outlet to the first inlet and a fluid from flowing from the second inlet to the second outlet. The invention also regards a method for operating a down hole valve device.
US08714262B2
According to an embodiment, a method of limiting the amount of oil in a sea comprises: positioning a device for directing the flow of a fluid adjacent to a wellhead, wherein the device comprises: a first fluid passageway; a second fluid passageway; a third fluid passageway, wherein the first fluid passageway is operatively connected to the second and third fluid passageways; and a fluid director, wherein the fluid director is operatively connected to the first, second, and third fluid passageways, and wherein depending on at least one of the properties of a fluid, the fluid director directs the fluid to increasingly flow into the second or third fluid passageways. This embodiment is useful in limiting the amount of oil when a blowout has occurred. According to another embodiment, a method of reducing the amount of oil in a sea comprises: inserting at least one component of the device for directing the flow of a fluid into a portion of a sea, wherein the portion of the sea comprises the oil, and wherein depending on at least one of the properties of a fluid, the fluid director directs the fluid to increasingly flow into the second or third fluid passageways. This embodiment is useful for reducing the amount of oil in a sea when an oil slick has occurred.
US08714255B2
A method for reducing the friction forces between tubulars, for example coiled tubing in casing, is disclosed. The method includes mixing a selected surfactant and particles of TEFLON in oil, then adding the oil to water and pumping the mixture down the tubing. The mixture is particularly useful in coiled tubular drilling inside casing. The formulation has also been found to reduce corrosion on metal surfaces.
US08714251B2
A perforation tool assembly comprises an energy train, a first perforation gun, and a second perforation gun. The energy train comprises a moderator to reduce the speed of propagation of a detonation in a direction parallel to the axis of the perforation tool assembly. The first perforation gun comprises a plurality of explosive charges coupled to a first portion of the energy train. The second perforation gun comprises a plurality of explosive charges coupled to a second portion of the energy train, wherein the second portion of the energy train is coupled to the first portion of the energy train.
US08714249B1
A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a first wellbore servicing fluid comprising a self-degrading diverter material into the wellbore wherein the self-degrading diverter materials comprises (i) a diverting material and (ii) a degradation accelerator; allowing the self-degrading diverter material to form a diverter plug at a first location in the wellbore or subterranean formation; diverting the flow of a second wellbore servicing fluid to a second location in the wellbore or subterranean formation; and removing the diverter plug, wherein the first and second wellbore servicing fluids may be the same or different.
US08714247B1
Sulfonated betaines amine oxides, and sultaines are made by the reaction of the corresponding unsaturated betaines or sultaines. These are formulated into injection fluids suitable for the recovery of residual oil from subterranean reservoirs. The sulfonated betaines, amine oxides, and sultaines exhibit lower adsorption onto reservoir rock compared to their corresponding unsulfonated betaines, amine oxides, and sultaines. They can be used in applications where their respective amphoteric surfactants are currently used such as personal care, mining, improved oil recovery (IOR), oil field drilling, fracturing, acidizing, foaming, oil field stimulation, and agricultural formulations.
US08714240B2
A system and method for reducing repairs to radial seals used in a rotating control head used while drilling is disclosed. Also, a system and method to detect leaks in the rotating control head and a latching system to latch the rotating control head to a housing is disclosed.
US08714237B2
A method is described for installing a geothermal heat loop in the ground so that the heat loop extends downwardly and outwardly into the ground from a pit dug in the ground. The method also includes the utilization of means for extending the heat loop through a drilled bore hole.
US08714230B2
A fabric security barrier, a system and/or a method impede entry into a space. The fabric security barrier, the system and/or the method are installed adjacent to an entry point of the space. A tarp having a reinforced webbing on one side obscured from view is extended and/or retracted by a deployment system within the space. A steel cable is laminated between the reinforced webbing and the tarp. To enter the space through the entry point, an intruder must compromise a door or a window, the tarp, the reinforced webbing and/or the cable which may reduce an amount of time that the intruder may have to perpetrate a crime in the space and/or to flee before being noticed and/or apprehended.
US08714229B2
The present invention is a door assembly including a rectangular door frame, a bi-fold door pivotally mounted at the top of the rectangular door frame and at least one hydraulic cylinder assembly. The hydraulic cylinder assembly is pivotally secured by a first end to a cylinder support mounted on a back side of the door frame, and by a second lower end to a cylinder support secured to a back surface of a top panel of the bi-fold door. In the door closed position, the longitudinal axis of the cylinder is oriented at an acute angle away from a plane defined by the door pivot axis and the lower pivot axis of the cylinder. A hydraulic control assembly controls movement of the door between an open and closed position.
US08714228B2
A mounting device for mounting or dismounting a vehicle tire on a wheel rim, the wheel rim or the wheel being supported on a mounting table and a pressing-down device being provided for sliding the vehicle tire on the wheel rim. A movement of the pressing-down device is essentially parallel to the wheel axis for sliding the vehicle tire on the wheel rim or pulling off the vehicle tire from the wheel rim.
US08714222B2
On a building drum, anchoring structures to beads, carcass plies, a belt structure and/or other annular composite components are sequentially assembled with a liner, sidewalls, sidewall inserts, under-belt inserts or other annular elastomer components. Each of the sidewall inserts, sidewalls, or under-belt inserts is made as a one piece construction in a service station operating far away from the building drum for storage on a movable storing device. Actuating members operating on the movable storing device carry the annular elastomer components from the service station to the building drum. A transfer member picks up the annular elastomer components from the movable storing device to transfer them to the building drum.
US08714221B2
A pneumatic tire 2 includes a tread 4, a pair of sidewalls 6, a pair of beads 8, and a carcass 10. In the pair of beads 8, each bead 8 includes a core 30 and a bead filler 32 extending outward from the core 30 in the radial direction. A minimal value θa of the inclination angle of the bead filler 32 is greater than or equal to 30 degrees, and is not greater than 44 degrees. A ratio Wa/Wb of a width Wa of the bead filler 32 to a width Wb of a bead portion is greater than or equal to 0.30, and is not greater than 0.45.
US08714211B1
An apparatus and methodology is provided for filling portable containers, such as sandbags, with aggregate materials. The utility utilizes a transfer mechanism to selectively transfer aggregate between a supply of aggregate material (e.g., sand) and first and second filling stations that direct received aggregate into portable containers or bags. The transfer mechanism is operative to alternately supply aggregate between the first and second filling stations and operates primarily under the force of gravity.
US08714200B2
A backflow-prevention system that substantially prevents contaminant backflow at a treatment site. The system includes a fluid ejector tube for insertion into the patient's mouth and a backflow prevention device that receives fluid from the fluid ejector tube. The backflow prevention device includes an internally positioned valve member. The valve member limits contaminant backflow. The valve member is movable between open and closed positions based on a vacuum pressure condition in the system.
US08714199B2
A valve (100) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The valve (100) comprises a body (102) including a plurality of ports (204, 205, 206). The valve (100) also comprises a valve actuator (150) positioned within the body (102). The valve actuator (150) includes a slider (110) and one or more shape memory alloy elements (112a, 112b). The one or more shape memory alloy elements (112a, 112b) are coupled to at least one side (113, 114) of the slider (110). The slider (110) is movable between a first position and at least a second position upon energizing at least one of the shape memory alloy elements (112a, 112b) of the one or more shape memory alloy elements (112a, 112b) in order to actuate the valve (100).
US08714195B2
A fluid control valve wherein a main valve body includes: a high-pressure passage providing communication between a suction port and a sleeve in which a spool is fitted; a tank passage providing communication between a discharge port and the sleeve; a lift lock poppet located between the sleeve and a cylinder port and assuming an open position for providing communication between the sleeve and the cylinder port; a hydraulic fluid discharge passage providing communication between a back-pressure chamber provided within the lift lock poppet and the sleeve; a hydraulic fluid delivery passage located between the sleeve and the lift lock poppet; a cylinder passage located between the lift lock poppet and the cylinder port that communicates with the hydraulic fluid delivery passage when the lift lock poppet is in the open position, and a communication passage providing communication between the hydraulic fluid discharge passage and the hydraulic fluid delivery passage.
US08714194B2
A fuel pump for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), may include a main bracket that may be mounted at a fuel tank, an integrated bracket that an end thereof may be fixed to the main bracket, the other end thereof may be extended to an inner side of the fuel tank, and the whole of the bracket may be integrally formed, and a pump unit that may be fixed to the other end of the integrated bracket with a space therebetween so as to pump liquefied fuel to an engine.
US08714192B2
A water conducting household appliance having at least one water supply line to supply the household appliance with water from a water network; an inlet valve arrangement connected to the water supply line and the water network; and a backflow prevention apparatus arranged in the inlet valve arrangement. The backflow prevention apparatus allows water to flow only in the direction of the household appliance and prevents water to flow in the direction of the water network.
US08714186B2
A pressure regulator housing assembly includes a lower housing and an upper housing; a plunger and diaphragm assembly supported within the lower and upper housings, the plunger movable toward and away from a valve seat. The diaphragm has a radially inner edge fixed to one end of the plunger and a radially outer edge clamped between an annular surface within said upper housing and a surface of a clamp ring locked against rotation relative to said upper housing thereby isolating said diaphragm from any contact with the lower housing. Upon assembly of the upper and lower housings requiring relative rotation therebetween, an upper edge of the lower housing is engaged by a lower surface of the clamp ring.
US08714175B2
A pressure relief system for depressurizing a bottled pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the system includes a pressure relief device having a hollow outer member coupled to a fluid port in the vessel and an inner member at least partially disposed in and movably supported by the outer member. The system may further include a rupture disk disposed in the port between the vessel interior and exterior. In operation, the outer member remains stationary while the inner member is advanceable therein towards the pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the inner member includes a piercing element which is projectable to penetrate the rupture disk and into the vessel interior through material deposits that may obstruct the fluid port thereby releasing captive pressure in the vessel.
US08714169B2
Provided is a spin head supporting a substrate and rotating the substrate. The spin head includes a body, chuck pins installed on the body and moving between supporting positions where a substrate is supported and waiting positions providing space for loading/unloading of the substrate, and a chuck pin moving unit configured to move the chuck pins. The chuck pin moving unit includes a rotation rod coupled with each of the chuck pins, a pivot pin fixing the rotation rod to the body, and a driving member rotating the rotation rod about the pivot pin as a rotation shaft to move the chuck pin from the supporting position to the waiting position. When the body rotates, the rotation rod uses reverse centrifugal force to apply force to the chuck pin from the waiting position to the supporting position. The chuck pins include first pins and second pins that alternately chuck a substrate during a process.
US08714165B2
A dental care device utilizing a shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate portion there between. A dental brush is located on the shaft at the distal end while a wishbone support is found on the proximal end of the shaft. The wishbone support includes a gripping post and a groove which allows dental floss to extend from the post, along its outer surface, and to span the end legs of the wishbone for use.
US08714164B2
The present invention includes method and apparatus for aiding in the trimming of fingernails and provides a fabric cone with slits in the side for putting hands inside the cone and a transparent top cover over the large part of the cone so that a person can trim their fingernails while inside the fabric cone and observe the process through the transparent cover and retain within the cone any flying fingernail fragments that might otherwise be causing problems.
US08714162B1
A portable pipe bowl cleaner may include a poker for cleaning pipe bowls. The poker may generally extend linearly and have a top portion that is used to perform the cleaning. The portable pipe bowl cleaner may also include a base and a suction cup. One side of the base may be coupled with a bottom portion of the poker. Another side of the base may be coupled with the suction cup. The suction may have an internal cup surface that is capable of being removably affixed to a smooth, non-porous surface.A method of using a portable pipe bowl cleaner may include holding the base over a smooth, non-porous surface, with the suction cup facing toward the surface. By momentarily pressing the base toward the surface, the suction cup is pressed against and removably affixed to the surface.
US08714158B2
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for preventing facial wounds caused by an applied ventilation mask are provided. For example, the apparatus includes a cushion formed in an inverted “V” shape, wherein the cushion comprises a superior portion and two inferior portions, wherein the superior portion corresponds to the vertex of the inverted “V” shape, wherein the superior portion is configured to cushion the nose of a human, and wherein the two inferior portions are configured to cushion the cheekbones of a human.
US08714154B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a computer readable medium including instructions for operating in a hybrid mode. These instructions include measuring patient effort during a spontaneous breath type and deriving a neural inspiratory time from the measurements of patient effort. This neural inspiratory time is then set as the inspiratory for a breath of a mandatory breath type. If new patient effort measurements are received by the ventilator, the neural inspiratory time may be adjusted.
US08714149B2
An airflow adaptor for a breath-actuated dry powder inhaler. The airflow adaptor includes a conduit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end allows fluid communication from a deagglomerator outlet port to the distal end of the conduit, and wherein the airflow adaptor further includes provisions for allowing air to flow from a proximal end of the adaptor to a distal end of the adaptor independently of the airflow in the conduit when a breath induced low pressure is applied to the distal end of the airflow adaptor.
US08714145B2
A mechanism for an open bolt type air gun includes a trigger that is pulled with a bolt in its retracted position. The mechanism includes a sear or an inner safety and a trigger bar. The sear is located behind and below the bolt and has a projection to come into contact with a locking projection of the bolt. The inner safety is located below the bolt and has a projection to come into contact with the locking projection of the bolt. A first trigger bar is located below the sear and has a bolt contact part which extends upward at its front end and comes into contact with a cam part of the bolt and a locking projection to lock the sear. A second trigger bar is located below the inner safety and forward of the first trigger bar and has a locking projection to lock the inner safety.
US08714138B2
A motorcycle having a head pipe, a vehicle body frame including a pair of left and right main flames extending rearward from the head pipe, and an engine below the vehicle body frame and including a cylinder having an inclined cylinder axis, and an intake device. The intake device has an air cleaner box above the engine and the main frames; a throttle body provided with throttle bores and a valve shaft penetrating the throttle bores, the throttle body is located on a rear side of the engine between the pair of left and right main frames and guides intake air from the air cleaner box to the engine; and a measuring device located on a rear side of the throttle body which rotates about a rotational shaft parallel to the valve shaft to measure a throttle operation amount.
US08714136B2
In a direct fuel-injection engine equipped with a pentroof-shaped piston, cross-sectional shapes containing a piston central axis (Lp) of a cavity recessed in a central part of the piston having a top face with the height varying in the circumferential direction are set so as to be basically identical at each position in the circumferential direction (see broken line). Since the sizes of the cross-sectional shapes of the cavity thereby become different in a region further on the piston central axis (Lp) side than intersection points (e1, d1) in the vicinity of a fuel injection point (Oinj), in order to compensate for this, by correcting in a cross section that is away from the piston pin direction the cross-sectional shape of the broken line into the cross-sectional shape of a solid line so that it enlarges, the size of the cross-sectional shape at each position of the circumferential direction of the cavity is thereby made more uniform, thus making the conditions in which fuel and air are mixed uniform and improving the engine output and reducing harmful exhaust materials.
US08714132B2
A separator for separating oil mist from the crankcase ventilation gas of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle. The separator includes a gas purification chamber inside which a rotatably mounted centrifugal rotor is arranged. The gas purification chamber has a crude gas inlet, a pure gas outlet, and an oil outlet. The crankcase ventilation gas can be conducted into a radially internal zone of the centrifugal rotor via the crude gas inlet, while pure gas that is liberated from oil mist can be discharged from the gas purification chamber via the pure gas outlet, and oil separated from the gas can be discharged from the gas purification chamber via the oil outlet. The separator further includes a rotary drive for the centrifugal rotor. The rotary drive is disposed in a drive chamber of the separator, can be operated using pressurized lubrication oil of the internal combustion engine, and is connected to the centrifugal rotor by means of a shaft extending from the drive chamber into the gas purification chamber, from which the drive chamber is separated. The rotary drive is formed by at least one thrust nozzle which is connected to the shaft and to which the pressurized lubrication oil of the internal combustion engine can be fed. The separator includes at least one part of a base that forms the separation between the gas purification chamber and the drive chamber and extends into the drive chamber, the part of the base being fitted with a seat for a bearing of the shaft. The bearing is located at a distance from the centrifugal rotor.
US08714128B2
A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine has a body integrating, in a single cast piece, an exhaust manifold and including a lower cooling jacket and an upper cooling jacket, The lower cooling jacket is longitudinally divided into a plurality of separate transverse chambers associated to various engine cylinders, while the upper cooling jacket has a portion extending longitudinally over the entire development of the head and communicating with separate transverse chambers located on the intake side of the head. The exhaust conduits integrated in the head form separate subgroups of exhaust conduits merging into manifold portions superimposed and spaced apart from each other. The lower cooling jacket has a portion thereof which extends in the area of the body of the head which separates the superimposed portions of the abovementioned subgroups of exhaust conduits.
US08714124B2
A cover structure, for an internal combustion engine, that can inhibit lubricating oil from remaining at a protrusion portion is provided. The cover structure for an engine includes a chain case that covers a timing train mechanism, and a timing train chamber is formed between the chain case and the engine main body. The chain case includes bolt insertion holes provided at side marginal portions and directed toward the engine main body, a variable-valve boss portion and a second-oil-path boss portion that protrude from a wall portion toward the engine main body and form a recessed portion where lubricating oil for lubricating the timing train mechanism remains, and a first rib that is protruding from the wall portion toward the engine main body and provided upper than at least the recessed portion.
US08714122B2
In a two-stroke engine (1) according to the present invention, a piston (6) has a communication passage (28) opened to a crank chamber (10). An air intake port (30) is provided on an inner surface (2a) for causing air to flow into the communication passage (28). After a scavenging port (22) is closed by an outer surface (6a) of the piston (6) moving from the bottom dead center to the top dead center, the communication passage (28) is opened in the outer surface (6a) of the piston so as to communicate with the air intake port (30) and the scavenging port (22).
US08714118B2
A balanced five-stroke cycle, five cylinder engine, wherein the five cylinders are parallel and arranged around a shaft mounted in a centrally disposed bore in the engine block, wherein the shaft is parallel to the cylinders, wherein power pistons in the cylinders dwell motionless for the intake part of the cycle between the vacuum stroke and the compression stroke of each power piston; induction of the combustion mixture resulting from the partial vacuum created by the vacuum stroke of the power piston, and wherein the position of each power piston is governed by a power piston cam mounted on the shaft, the shaft and bore on the centroidal axis of symmetry of the radially spaced apart array of five cylinders corresponding to the pistons, the opening and closing of exhaust ports governed by an exhaust piston cam mounted on the shaft moving exhaust pistons along the cylinders.
US08714113B2
A bark deterrent apparatus with an internal vibration sensor. The probeless bark deterrent apparatus uses an internal mechanical vibration sensor that detects vibrations induced in the housing. The probeless bark deterrent apparatus eliminates the external probe used in conventional bark deterrent devices to pick up vibrations at the dog's throat and communicate them to a mechanical vibration sensor to be eliminated while still allowing accurate bark detection.
US08714111B2
An animal carrier for installation into an automotive seat is described. The animal carrier has a frame that is formed by the attachment of the bottom edge of a substantially vertical back panel to the back facing edge of a substantially horizontal floor panel, and the further attachment of a spine to both the top edge of the vertical back panel and the forward facing edge of the floor panel. The enclosure of the animal carrier can be formed by the attachment of two side panels, and optionally a front panel, to the frame. The animal carrier can be mounted onto an automotive seat by the passage of an installation belt though a belt path or channel formed through either the back or floor panel.
US08714107B2
The present invention, relates to separating a first quantity of milk drawn from a milking animal in an automatic milking machine from a second quantity of milk drawn from a milking animal in said milking machine. Comprising the steps of milking an animal using said automatic milking machine, collecting a small representative amount of said milk during said milking, analysing at least a part of said small representative amount of milk using an on-line cell counter for counting the number of cells in said milk, and operating a valve depending on the counted number of cells so that if the counted number of cells are below a threshold said milk is collected in a first container and if said counted number of cells are equal to or above said threshold said milk are directed to either a drain or a second container.
US08714105B2
A process for application of alcoholic derivative on heat treated pellets for inhibition of particulate emission is provided, and the process includes weighing the amount of heat treated pellets discharged from furnaces, measuring the temperature of the heat treated pellets discharged from furnaces, applying cooling fluid on the heat treated pellets until they reach temperatures below 140° C., and spraying the alcoholic derivative on the heat treated pellets. Also provided is a first device for applying cooling fluid that is capable of calculating a dosage of cooling fluid to be applied to the heat treated pellets, a second device for applying alcoholic derivative that is capable of calculating a dosage of alcoholic derivative to be applied to the heat treated pellets already cooled, and a carrier device that continuously communicates with the first device for applying cooling fluid and with the second device for applying alcoholic derivative.
US08714093B2
An instrument panel (10) for a motor vehicle, with an upper side comprising a raisable cover (30) which, at a forward edge, as observed in the direction of forward movement of the vehicle, is supported for pivoting relative to a shell (20) of the panel, and with a storage space (40) delineated thereunder. The instrument panel has a board unit (50) which at a transverse edge is supported for pivoting relative to the shell (20) between the cover and the storage space, and comprises a pair of board leaves (60,70) pivotably connected to one another at an opposite transverse edge in such a way that a first board leaf (70) can be deployed, from a retracted working position abutting against the second board leaf (60) under the cover, to a deployed working position situated in a substantially horizontal plane with the second board leaf (60).
US08714091B2
A gas generator includes, a housing integrated at an upper circumferential wall plate and a lower circumferential wall plate, an ignition device chamber defined by a cup-shaped container disposed at a bottom plate of the housing, a combustion chamber surrounding the ignition device chamber, an annular filter facing a top plate of the housing, and a retainer supporting the filter and including an annular bottom surface supporting a lower surface of the filter and a cylindrical wall surface being press-fitted directly or indirectly to a circumferential wall plate of the housing. A circumferential wall of the cup-shaped container in the vicinity of the bottom surface abuts against or is positioned close to an inner circumferential surface of the filter. During activation, when the housing deforms, the annular filter gas-tightly attaches to the top plate of the diffuser shell, and a combustion gas is discharged radially outward through the filter.
US08714075B2
An aerostatic bearing and a linear compressor that includes the aerostatic bearing. In an exemplary embodiment, the aerostatic bearing includes a guide element including holes, and a body structured to move along a surface of the guide element. The holes may include a first section close to the body, of which at least one part area features a cross-sectional surface substantially constant over its entire length which is smaller towards the body than another cross-sectional surface of an area away from the body. A method for producing a hole in an element, using a laser beam, for producing the aerostatic bearing is also disclosed.
US08714068B2
A blade clamp for use in an automated, high speed potato slicing apparatus to slice chips to a predetermined size for packaging purposes. The blade clamp includes a cutting head; a blade mount having a slot therein; a first knife element between the cutting head and the blade mount, the first knife element having a first cutting edge; and optionally a second knife element having a second knife edge, the second knife element extending from the slot of the blade mount, such that the first and second cutting edges are substantially orthogonal to each other.
US08714067B2
Apparatus for cutting plural aligned ply strips includes plural knife blades disposed in a spaced manner such that each knife blade is aligned with and in closely spaced relation to an associated ply strip. The knife blades are pivotally mounted in a common housing and are coupled to a single rotational drive for allowing each knife blade to assume the same predetermined cutting angle relative to its associated ply strip, where the cutting angle may be varied between ±45°. The plural knife blades are coupled to a rotational drive by means of plural circular drive gears and are connected to a linear drive for displacing the knife blades into contact with the ply strips for cutting the strips at the predetermined angle. The severed edges of the aligned ply strips are formed in mutual linear alignment and do not include projecting triangular patterns, or crenelations.
US08714045B2
A robot joint driving apparatus and a robot having the same are capable of minimizing a load applied to a drive motor by rotating a ball nut part such that a ball screw part performs linear movement in a power transmission structure using a wire and the ball screw apparatus. The robot joint driving apparatus includes a reversible drive motor, a ball nut part rotated according to operation of the drive motor, a ball screw part performing linear movement according to rotation of the ball nut part, a wire connected to the ball screw part from both sides of the ball screw part, an idle pulley rotatably installed at one side of the wire, and a joint part rotatably installed at an opposite side of the wire.
US08714037B2
A device for starting an engine includes a starter for starting the engine and an ECU. The starter includes a pinion gear for engagement with a ring gear for cranking the engine, an actuator structured to engage the pinion gear with a ring gear, and a motor for rotating the pinion gear. The actuator and the motor can individually be controlled. The ECU has a rotation mode for driving the motor prior to drive of the actuator and an engagement mode for causing the actuator to engage the pinion gear and the ring gear with each other prior to drive of the motor. When a request to start the engine is made, the ECU switches selection between the rotation mode and the engagement mode based on a rotation speed of the engine and a reduction rate in rotation speed of the engine.
US08714035B2
The disclosure is directed to a device for fluid sampling. The device may have two panels that are or may be adhered, attached or otherwise connected to opposite sides of a sampling bag having flexible walls. The panels may be used for conveniently inflating or deflating the sampling bag and obtaining fluid samples.
US08714020B2
A pressure measurement member includes an insulation bottom layer, a flexible insulation top layer and at least one spacer. The insulation bottom layer has a bottom conductive element on the surface thereof. The flexible insulation top layer has a top conductive element on the surface thereof adjacent to the insulation bottom layer and opposite to the bottom conductive element. The spacer is located between the insulation bottom layer and flexible insulation top layer to separate the insulation bottom layer and flexible insulation top layer. As different pressures could result in different impedance variations on the contact area between the top conductive element and bottom conductive element, the pressure being applied can be derived from the impedance variation. The invention can measure pressure without using piezoresistive material to reduce cost.
US08714017B2
Apparatus for determining the sound velocity of a liquid in a specimen having two walls between which the liquid is contained with one of the walls being deformable has a sensor including a transducer for transmitting ultrasonic energy signals between the specimen walls and apparatus for deforming the specimen wall by a known distance from a first to a second position relatively spaced from the transducer and an electronic circuit including a microprocessor for measuring first and second transit times of the signals through the liquid between the specimen walls for each of the specimen deformable wall first and second positions, and for calculating the sound velocity of the liquid based upon the known distance and the two measured transit times. Where blood is the liquid values of parameters such as glucose and hematocrit are obtained based on algorithms pre-programmed in the microprocessor.
US08714014B2
An acoustic focusing capillary includes a capillary coupled to at least one vibration source possessing a groove. A method of manufacturing such an acoustic focusing capillary includes providing a capillary and a vibration source, machining a groove into the vibration source, and coupling the vibration source to the capillary at the groove. Another method relates to focusing a particle stream and includes flowing a sheath fluid into an outer confine of a capillary, flowing a particle stream into a central core of the capillary, and acoustically focusing the particle stream by applying acoustic radiation pressure to the particle stream at a first location along the capillary. The particle stream may be further focused by hydrodynamically focusing it at a second location along the capillary downstream of the first location.
US08714013B2
An acceleration detector includes a base portion, a plate-like movable portion connected to the base portion via a joint portion, an acceleration detecting element laid over the base portion and the movable portion, and a supporting portion having a part extending along the movable portion from the base portion, as viewed in a plan view. A mass portion partly overlapping the supporting portion, as viewed in a plan view, is arranged on at least one of two main surfaces of the movable portion. The movable portion is displaceable about the joint portion as a fulcrum in a direction intersecting the main surface according to an acceleration applied in the direction intersecting the main surface. A space is provided between the mass portion and the supporting portion in an area where the mass portion and the supporting portion overlap each other.
US08714008B2
In a thermal sensor with a detection part and a circuit part formed on the same substrate, an insulating film for protection of the circuit part causes problems of lowering in sensitivity of a heater, deterioration in accuracy due to variation of a residual stress in the detection part, etc. A layered film including insulating films is formed on a heating resistor, an intermediate layer is formed thereon, and a layered film including insulating films is formed further thereon. The intermediate layer is specified to be a layer made up of any one of aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, and titanium tungsten. This configuration enables the layered film on the upper part of the detection part to be removed using the intermediate layer as an etch stop layer, which solves problems of lowering in sensitivity, a variation in residual stress, etc. resulting from these.
US08714005B2
A transducer for use with a downhole tool, where the transducer includes concentric piezoelectric elements coupled with a member that extends from the top surface of one element to the bottom surface of another element. The elements expand and contract to vibrate by applying electrical potential to the elements. The element having the member on its bottom surface expands and contracts with applied electrical potential and also is urged upward, by the coupling member, an amount equal to the vertical displacement of the element having the member on its top surface. Thus the element having the member on its bottom surface is vertically displaced by an amount substantially equal to the expansion of the elements.
US08714000B2
An air flow measuring device includes a housing, a sensor, and a conduction member. The housing defines a bypass flow passage through which taken-in air passes. The sensor is accommodated in the bypass passage and produces an electrical signal as a result of heat transfer between taken-in air and the sensor. The conduction member includes first and second terminals. The first terminal outputs the electrical signal produced by the sensor to outside. The second terminal supplies electric power to the sensor. The housing is provided through an assembly process and a molding process. In the assembly process, the conduction member is held by a primarily shaped product defining the bypass passage to provide an assembly. In the molding process, the assembly, with the conduction member held by the primarily shaped product, is inserted into a predetermined die and a secondary molded part is injection-molded in the die.
US08713993B2
Provided is a pinhole inspecting method for suitably inspecting a pinhole in a bottle compared with conventional pinhole inspection. A reference inner pressure (P1) is a bottle inner pressure obtained directly after closing a supply valve (3) after opening the supply valve (3) for only a predetermined time. Whether the reference inner pressure (P1) is over a previously specified first threshold value (Pth1) or not is checked, and when it exceeds the first threshold value (Pth1), airtight status of the bottle is held for a predetermined time, and then a pressure reduction quantity (ΔP) of the bottle inner pressure from the reference inner pressure is measured after a fixed time. The bottle is judged to have no pinholes only when the value of ΔP is not exceeding the previously specified second threshold value (ΔPth2).
US08713990B2
A simple gas sensor for detecting a concentration of a detected gas with high accuracy, in which a thermal interference can hardly occur between a normal detection element pair and a reference detection element pair, is provided.
US08713985B2
Calibration and accuracy check systems for a chemical sniffer, such as a breath alcohol tester, which utilize the dispensing of droplets with determinable concentration of alcohol and/or other liquids in a determinable number either directly to a reaction chamber, or into a carrier gas which can be sampled. The systems generally provide for accurate sample concentration being provided to the breath tester while also providing for a simplified system which can be easier to move, and require less operational complexity, than prior wet or dry calibrating systems.
US08713983B2
A roll coupled to a separately manufactured axle rotates together with the axle in order to perform a rolling process. The roll includes an inner cylindrical surface, an outer cylindrical surface and both side faces, and at least one key way provided on at least one of the side faces is arranged adjacent to the inner cylindrical surface rather than said outer cylindrical surface, The key way is in a concave curved shape and is a portion of a spherical surface or of an ellipsoidal surface.
US08713982B2
The invention relates to a device for explosive forming of workpieces, comprising an ignition chamber and an ignition mechanism, wherein an explosive agent can be ignited at an ignition location in the ignition chamber using the ignition mechanism, and an ignition chamber outlet is provided, to be improved such that the ignition mechanism has a longer service life. The aim is achieved by a device wherein an impact breaker is provided in the propagation path (37) of the detonation wave.
US08713980B2
In a can forming machine a system that determines the position of a reciprocating ram and allows for the domer to be repositioned automatically is provided. The system includes a punch position sensor assembly, a control system, and a domer positioning assembly. The punch position sensor assembly is positioned about the ram, preferably at the domer side of the last die. At this location, the punch position sensor assembly can determine the position of the ram as it enters the dieback during the return stroke. The control system receives data from the punch position sensor assembly and, if the ram is not substantially, concentrically aligned with the die pack on the return stroke, sends a signal to the domer positioning assembly to reposition the domer. This process may be repeated until the ram travels along a path substantially aligned with the die pack on the return stroke.
US08713976B2
A control system is provided for a washing machine including a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The control system includes a plurality of supports including two diagonally arranged supports. The plurality of supports are configured to support the washing machine on a surface. At least one load sensor is positioned with respect to each support of the two diagonally arranged supports. The at least one load sensor is configured to detect at least one force component applied to each support by a load within the wash basket. The at least one load sensor is further configured to generate a signal representative of the at least one force component. A controller is in signal communication with the at least one load sensor. The controller is configured to detect an operating load placement condition within the wash basket in response to at least one signal received from the at least one load sensor.
US08713974B2
A knitted fabric for hook-and-loop fastener comprising of tricot stitch for the knitted fabric for hook-and-loop fastener; and the tricot stitch is formed of surface threads, middle threads and backside threads; and each surface threads, middle threads and backside threads has loops at regular intervals, and loops of surface threads are linked to loops of middle threads, and loops of middle threads are linked to loops of backside threads. Furthermore, the piles of surface threads are formed from side to side on the same numbers, and thread direction of a certain loop of surface threads is opposite to thread direction of a corresponding loop of middle threads, and the thread direction of loop of middle threads is opposite to thread direction of a corresponding loop of backside threads.
US08713970B2
In order to produce a fluorophosphate glass including P5+ at a small content on the composition thereof, the composition is adjusted so as to provide well-balanced chemical durability and thermal stability. In the production of a fluorophosphate glass in which O2−/P5+>3.7, Al3+ content is in a predetermined amount or more and p5+ content is in a predetermined amount or less, a glass raw material is prepared by using an AlF3 in which the content of Al2O3 is limited to the range from 1 to 5% by mass, and the raw material is melted to produce the fluorophosphate glass.
US08713969B2
The disclosure describes a method by which the Tzc of a silica-titania glass article, for example, a EUVL mirror substrate, can be tuned to within a specification range by means of a selected final anneal that shifts Tzc of the article or substrate to the desired Tzc value. In addition, since different mirrors in a set can be specified at different values of Tzc, this process can be on used glass samples or pieces from a single glass boule to make parts with different Tzc values, thus reducing the number of separate boules required to fill an order.
US08713968B2
A method of making a 3D glass article includes forming at least one marker on an edge of a 2D glass piece. The 2D glass piece is thermally reformed into a 3D glass article, where the at least one marker formed on the edge of the 2D glass piece is carried over to an edge of the 3D glass article. The 3D glass article is aligned on a support using the at least one marker on the edge of the 3D glass article. Then, the edge of the 3D glass article is finished to a final shape and dimension.
US08713964B2
The invention relates to a cryogenic distillation apparatus for a gas mixture, including a purification apparatus for purifying a gas mixture in a system with a plurality of adsorbant bottles, a column system, a capacity, means for feeding a cryogenic liquid to the capacity, means for feeding a vaporized liquid from the capacity to a column of the system, a vaporizer in the capacity for vaporizing the contained liquid; means for feeding a calorigenic gas to the vaporizer, and means for drawing a liquid from the capacity.
US08713963B2
An economized vapor compression circuit is disclosed. An evaporator, compressor, condenser and economizer are fluidly connected by a refrigerant line containing refrigerant. A portion of the liquid refrigerant leaving the economizer is diverted away from the evaporator to sub-cool liquid refrigerant at a location between the condenser and the evaporator.
US08713960B2
An ice supplying apparatus, being provided in a refrigerator, includes an ice maker unit, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface, among interior surfaces defining that interior space of the ice storage unit, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower portion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion.
US08713947B2
A power plant arrangement and method of operation is provided. The power plant arrangement includes at least one main air compressor and at least one gas turbine assembly. Each assembly includes a turbine combustor for mixing a portion of compressed ambient gas with a portion of a recirculated low oxygen content gas flow and a fuel stream for burning to form the recirculated low oxygen content gas flow. A recirculation loop for recirculating at least a portion of the recirculated low oxygen content gas flow from the turbine to a turbine compressor is provided. At least one auxiliary apparatus is fluidly connected to the main air compressor and may be at least partially powered by the compressed ambient gas flow.
US08713934B2
A free-piston Stirling machine drivingly coupled to at least one rotary electromagnetic transducer. At least one pulley is oriented in a plane of a reciprocating piston connecting rod. At least one motion translating drive link connects the connecting rod to the pulley by at least two straps so that the pulley moves in rotationally oscillating motion. The two straps extend along an arcuate surface of the pulley into connection to the piston rod at two spaced locations. The pulley is linked to a rotary electromagnetic transducer so that both move in rotationally oscillating motion. Preferably a piston spring resonates the piston at an operating frequency of the Stirling machine and a torsion spring resonates the pulley in rotational oscillation at the operating frequency of the Stirling machine.
US08713914B2
A method for monitoring a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device of an exhaust aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine operating lean of stoichiometry includes injecting a reductant into an exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device at a predetermined mass flowrate of the reductant, and determining a space velocity associated with a predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device. When the space velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold space velocity, a temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is determined, and a threshold temperature as a function of the space velocity and the mass flowrate of the reductant is determined. If the temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is below the threshold temperature, operation of the engine is controlled to regenerate the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device.
US08713900B2
An apparatus for providing low count packages of absorbent articles during a high speed manufacturing process. The apparatus including a conveyor configured to serially convey a plurality of absorbent articles; a continuously rotating stacker that includes an infeed, an outfeed and a plurality of cassettes; an extraction station that includes an extractor configured to remove at least one absorbent article from at least one absorbent article containing cassette. At least a portion of the extractor is positioned at an angle to compensate for the continuous rotation of the stacker.
US08713899B2
A goods-to-person picking station and method of picking goods from a product container and placing the goods in at least one order container includes a product container-handling mechanism and at least one order container-handling mechanism juxtaposed with the product container-handling mechanism. The product container-handling mechanism supplies a product container to a pick area. The at least one order container-handling mechanism supplies at least one order container to the pick area. In this manner, an operator can pick goods from a product container at the pick area and place the goods selectively to the at least one order container at the pick area. The product container-handling mechanism includes a product container elevator assembly and a product container extractor assembly. The elevator assembly elevates a product container from the feed area to the pick area. The extractor assembly transfers a product container from the pick area. The elevator assembly and the extractor assembly may be operated from a common drive assembly.
US08713897B2
A system and method for inspecting a filled prescription order is described. The prescription order includes a first plurality of tablets that is different from a second plurality of tablets. Additionally, the first plurality of tablets has a particular shape and a color that is different from the second plurality of tablets. The system and method generates an order that is communicated to a filling system. A code is then generated at the filling system when the filling system can fill the order. An automated inspection at visual wavelengths is performed for each of the pouches at an inspection station. The automated inspection at visual wavelengths inspects a color and a shape of each tablet. The method then proceeds to scan the code at the inspection station to verify that the correct pouches are associated with the tablets that correspond to the prescription order.
US08713891B2
A method of reinforcing a structural member comprises positioning a shell around the structural member, placing a force dampening material around an exterior of the shell and securing the force dampening material around the shell. In certain arrangements, the method further includes at least partially filling a space defined between the structural member and the shell with a filler material. In some embodiments, the filler material comprises a concrete, a grout, an epoxy, combinations thereof and/or the like. In one embodiment, the shell comprises a fiber reinforced polymer (e.g., CFRP, GFRP, aramid fibers, epoxy, other resins, etc.). In alternative embodiments, the methods additionally includes placing one or more layers of fiber reinforced polymer around the shell prior to placing a force dampening material around an exterior of the shell. In some embodiments, the layer of fiber reinforced polymer comprises CFRP, GFRP or any other type of fiber reinforced polymer.
US08713889B2
An anchor bracket releasably securable between two spaced-apart, generally planar boards, having a pair of first and second legs disposed parallel and offset relative to one another, a medial shank disposed between and generally perpendicular to and joining the pair of legs and means for releasably anchoring an object attached to the second leg. A method of mounting the anchor bracket includes the steps of moving the anchor bracket between an insertion/withdrawal position and a mounted anchoring position between a pair of spaced-apart boards.
US08713876B2
A profiled panel (10) is disclosed. The profiled panel (10) is formed from sheet material. The panel (10) has a plurality of fixed longitudinally extending formations (12) that provide one or more base characteristics of the panel (10), and at least one variable longitudinal formation (22). The variable longitudinal formations (22) are arranged to vary from one panel to another panel. This enables the variance of a width dimension (28) of the panel (10). A profiled panel is also disclosed that includes at least one edge member which is profiled to receive and/or form part of said wall fixture.
US08713875B2
A glass block panel assembled, framed and attached to a substrate such that it resists the shock wave resulting from a blast event.
US08713874B2
One illustrative embodiment of a wall restoration system includes an air-handler and a wall structure assembly. The wall structure assembly can enclose a portion of a wet wall to form a passage through which air flows to dry the wall portion.
US08713868B2
An upper stackable panel is provided for use with lower panels having a structural panel to panel, connector mount located at least at each upper corner of said lower panel, to which a panel to panel connector can be secured by at least one fastener. The upper panels have a structural panel mounting member located at least at each bottom corner, at a location adjacent an upper corner panel to panel connector mount when the upper panel is positioned on top of the lower panel. Each lower corner panel mounting member has a fastener configuration which is compatible with that of the adjacent upper corner panel to panel connector mount on the lower panel. At least one fastener secures each said bottom corner panel mounting member to its adjacent upper corner panel to panel connector mount, to create a structural connection between the upper and lower panels at each of their respective lower and upper corners.
US08713864B1
Skylights and roofs having skylights are provided for. The skylights may comprise a pair of elongated struts adapted for mounting vertically on opposing sides of an opening in the roof cover and a translucent panel mounted horizontally across the struts. The translucent panel has upwardly extending sides adapted to be joined to form horizontal seams, and the struts are adapted to support the translucent panel above the roof cover.
US08713863B2
Modular floor tiles and modular floors are described herein. A modular floor tile may include a top surface layer, a plurality of edge surfaces, an interlocking mechanism for attachment to adjacent tiles, and a support system. The support system may additionally include a first rigid level and at least one resilient support member disposed under the top surface layer, the at least one resilient support member extending to a distance further from the top surface layer than the first rigid level. The at least one resilient support member may be compressible toward the top surface layer. A modular floor may include a plurality of interlocking tiles connected to one another. A method of forming a modular floor that includes an interlocking modular tile is also disclosed.
US08713862B2
A device for removably securing the edge, provided with a profiling, of a floor covering to a profile construction delimiting the floor covering, the profile construction being in particular a step nosing profile with an angular step profile and a base profile which can be secured on a step and the angular step profile having a step leg with a covering wing and a stop leg, wherein an interchangeable insert which is configured as a profile rail and is arranged such that it can be removed and can be adapted in its position to the profile construction and on which is configured, at least on one of its two mutually opposite longitudinal edges, a retainer which cooperates with the profiling of the edge of the floor covering and is configured to be at least partly complementary to the profiling.
US08713857B2
A device is disclosed that replaces an existing panel or door with a reconfigurable modular panel. The invented panel additionally may function as a working door or screen, serving to more optimally employ a room volume. The invented panel can be configured to fit various styles of door frames thus being adaptable to various entry or floor space pattern situations. The invented panel may be electrified allowing modular plug-ins to house a wide array of elements.
US08713854B2
Some aspects relate to weather seal systems for forming water barriers and air barriers. Some air barriers include a sill portion, a frame portion, and a transition portion extending between the sill and frame portions, where the transition portion extends inwardly and downwardly from the frame portion of the air barrier, toward an interior side of an associated door assembly, to the sill portion of the air barrier. The transition portion optionally provides a buffer zone, or transition zone of air at a greater spacing from the water barrier. In some embodiments, the transition zone is equilibrated to external pressures and supplies substantially dry air to air leaks in the air barrier.
US08713850B2
The invention disclosed herein relates to an ultra high intensity micro algal bioreactor designed to minimize the area foot print while completely controlling and optimizing the conditions for growing one or more specific strains of micro algae at maximum efficiency and minimum cost. The innovative bioreactor is in the form of an algae growing assembly that comprises a plurality of growing trays vertically stacked together and retained within a transparent housing. Each growing tray is configured to flowingly transport nutrient enriched water to the growing tray positioned immediately beneath it. Each growing tray is composed of a stiff transparent plastic sheet having a pliable transparent gas permeable membrane affixed thereon. A carbon dioxide gas infusion system is fluidicly connected to each of the plurality of growing trays such that carbon dioxide gas is able to (1) inflate respective carbon dioxide gas chambers, and (2) diffuse into the nutrient enriched water.
US08713823B2
A snow track maintenance system is described herein including a frame extending along an axis which is oriented along a direction of displacement, a mounting assembly secured to the frame for mounting the frame to a motorized vehicle so as to be trailed therefrom along the direction of displacement, and a leveler mounted to the frame so as to be pivotable relatively to the direction of displacement. Other equipments may further be provided to the maintenance system, including a snow regenerator mounted to the frame along a first longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the direction of displacement, and a snow compactor mounted to the frame upstream from the snow regenerator. The system can be used for the maintenance of alpine ski tracks and cross-country ski tracks, even in an underbrush trail, and allows setting a track on any type of snow.
US08713822B1
The present invention features a path lighting system integrated with a slipper for wearing a foot of a user. The system features a slipper. A slipper sole is located on a slipper sole plane. The system features a rechargeable power supply located in the slipper sole close to a slipper anterior end. A charging port is located on a slipper sole side edge. The system features a power switch. The system features a light located on a slipper top close to the slipper anterior end. The light is located on a light plane and projects a light beam on the light plane. The light plane is parallel to the slipper sole plane. The light is located in a light housing that is integrated into and contiguous with the slipper top.
US08713812B2
The axle guide has a generally rectangular base having a thickness, a top surface, and an opposite bottom surface, a first end and an opposite second end, and a right side and an opposite left side. The top surface has a lengthwise spine with less height than the thickness of the base. The first end has a threaded aperture receiving a screw which secures a planar gauge. The gauge has its own thickness, generally that of the desired gap between a wheel hub and the car body. The gauge has a generally slotted shape secured by the screw to the first end. The gauge is preferably H shaped or alternately C shaped. The slot of the gauge receives the shaft of an axle.
US08713802B2
A hair-clipper includes a stationary blade and a movable blade. The comb projections of the stationary blade include a skin-contact surface which abuts against skin, and a slide surface with which the comb projections of the movable blade come into slide contact. Further, the main body of the stationary blade includes an opposed surface which is opposed to a plane including the skin-contact surface, and a shortest distance between the opposed surface and the plane including the skin-contact surface is equal to or greater than a distance between the plane including the skin-contact surface and the comb projection of the movable blade.
US08713797B2
The invention relates to a composite hose, which is capable of being used without leakage, and which has a longer length and/or diameter than has been previously achievable. A composite hose comprises a tubular body of flexible material arranged between an inner and an outer helically wound wire. The hose further comprises an axial strengthening means adapted to reduce deformation of the tubular body when the tubular body is subjected to axial tension, the axial strengthening means being adapted to exert a radially inward force on at least part of the tubular body when axial strengthening means is subjected to axial tension. The hose can have length above 30 m and a diameter above 400 mm. A method of, and apparatus for, making the hose are also described, which involves the use of a non-metallic mandrel.
US08713793B2
Disclosed is a method—for producing an engine valve (V) filled with metallic sodium (Na) within by means of: forming a stem section (S), which has a hollow section (H), at an intended size by successively drawing the stem section (S) using dies (D1, D2, Dx, Dx+1, Dn) in a manner so as to causing the size of the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the stem section (S) to contact in a stepwise fashion; and inserting metallic sodium (Na) into the hollow section (H) of the stem section (S)—wherein after drawing the stem section (S) until the inner diameter of the hollow section (H) of the stem section (S) has become a prescribed size (steps S11-S15) and then inserting the block-shaped solid metallic sodium (Na) into the hollow section (H) of the stem section (S) (step S16), the stem section (S) is further drawn (steps S17 and S18).
US08713784B2
An improved apparatus for holding multiple locking clips and applying a single locking clip to an article resting on a surface in which a pivotable feed detent lever insures that only one clip is provided at a time and the clip has a frangible member that maintains the side members of the clip in an open position until the clip reaches the articles whereupon the frangible link is broken permitting the clip to be locked about the articles.
US08713782B1
A method, apparatus, and kit for reinforcing the distal end of a lateral in an irrigation system, typically in which the distal end of the lateral receives a head with a barbed neck. The method includes placing a crimp ring around the lateral, the crimp ring being large enough to encircle a bulge in the lateral created by insertion of the barbed neck into the end of the lateral. The crimp ring is positioned over the bulge and compressed to sheath and reinforce the bulge. The compression imparts a longitudinally convex profile upon the crimp ring, reducing its inner and outer diameters without increasing its length. This compression may cause projections, made of material from the crimp ring, to form on the outer surface of the crimp ring. A kit includes a crimp tool having a crimp die shaped to impart the longitudinally convex shape upon the crimp ring.
US08713776B2
An installation tool and method are disclosed for installing a combustion liner within a combustor. The installation tool comprises a frame and a pusher block. The frame includes a substantially horizontal member and a plurality of side members. The pusher block is disposed between the side members and may be configured to push against the combustion liner.
US08713775B2
An apparatus and method are provided for servicing a dynamoelectric machine component. The apparatus includes a tool delivery mechanism adapted for delivering a tool to a desired location in the dynamoelectric machine, and a tool support fixture adapted to be secured onto the body of the dynamoelectric machine, where the tool support fixture can be used for supporting and adjusting the tool delivery mechanism. A sleeve mechanism is attached to the tool support fixture, and the sleeve mechanism is disposed around a portion of the tool delivery mechanism. The apparatus is adapted to service the component of the dynamoelectric machine in-situ.
US08713774B2
Systems and methods of rapid model vehicle construction. The invention substitutes large and unitary model vehicle sections for the greater number of individual model vehicle components used in known model vehicle construction techniques. Further, substantially the entire exterior of a model vehicle is created from the collective non-machined or substantially non-machined exterior portions of interlocked model vehicle sections.
US08713773B2
A tool, method and system are provided adapted to remove a gasket from a glad hand fitting, and also to vent pressurized air from between two coupled glad hand fittings. A tool is provided with an angled tool head, adapted to be received in a glad hand fitting and to be positioned against a surface of the guard arm of the glad hand. The tip of the tool head is positioned against the gasket and the tool is pivoted against the glad hand to bias the gasket out of the recess in the glad hand fitting.
US08713770B2
A ceramic multilayer surface-mount capacitor with inherent crack mitigation void patterning to channel flex cracks into a safe zone, thereby negating any electrical failures.
US08713769B2
A novel method for manufacturing embedded a capacitive stack and a novel capacitive stack apparatus are provided having a capacitive core that serves as a structural substrate on which alternating thin conductive foils and nanopowder-loaded dielectric layers may be added and tested for reliability. This layering and testing allows early fault detection of the thin dielectric layers of the capacitive stack. The capacitive stack may be configured to supply multiple isolated capacitive elements that provide segregated, device-specific decoupling capacitance to one or more electrical components. The capacitive stack may serve as a core substrate on which a plurality of additional signaling layers of a multilayer circuit board may be coupled.
US08713767B2
The present invention relates to a process and a device for texturing yarns for rugs or carpet, upstream of a heat treatment unit.Process characterized in that it consists essentially of or comprises making, downstream of a rack, on at least one yarn, at least one microtexturing operation using a microtexturing machine, then depositing the yarn obtained at the outlet of the microtexturing machine, in bulk or in loops, in a free state, onto an intermediate device for accumulation and transport, carrying the yarn obtained to a downstream heat treatment unit.
US08713759B2
An electronic device that includes a hinge apparatus and the hinge apparatus are described. The hinge apparatus includes n shafts, arranged side by side, wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than 3; and multiple connecting elements for rotatably connecting each two adjacent shafts so as to form a shaft chain. The hinge apparatus can achieve a flexible shaft effect and can place the two portions connected by it in the same plane.
US08713747B2
The present invention relates to a wiper coupler that releasably attaches the superstructure to a wiper arm attachment member. The wiper coupler includes a pair of sidewalls each having a flange to engage a portion of the guides of the attachment member and further includes an elevated platform and a deck each disposed between the sidewalls. The deck and a portion of the sidewalls define a rest to receive the track of the attachment member. The wiper coupler further includes an aperture between the elevated platform and the deck. The aperture receives a portion of the bent tab of the attachment member to facilitate attachment between the superstructure and the attachment member conventionally employed for use with a beam blade-style wiper assembly.
US08713741B2
An apparatus (50) is provided for use in internal cleaning of at least one pipe (10), which apparatus (50) is arranged for connection to a first pipe end (14) of the at least one pipe (10) and to a second pipe end (15) of the at least one pipe, wherein the apparatus (50) at least comprises a coupling device designed for connection to a reservoir of pressurized gas, a pressure chamber (20) for introduction of cleaning pigs (21) and a pig receiver (23) for receiving cleaning pigs (21) which have passed through the at least one pipe (10). The apparatus (50) further comprises a pressure booster (29) for pressurizing a liquid fluid and at least one valve means (16,17) so as to allow a cleaning pig (21) to be driven through the at least one pipe (10) by means of either the pressurized gas or the pressurised liquid fluid.
US08713735B1
Compact survival tool made for use in hostile environments that may include a spanner wrench, a castellated or slotted nut wrench, one or more hexagon nut wrenches each optionally having a threaded port to hold threaded accessories or for use as lashing points, bottle opener, cutting edge and/or wire strippers optionally formed in jimping, a button compass port and semi-circular faceted square/hex wrench or any combination thereof.
US08713724B1
The swimming pool floor or spa floor drain assembly includes a drain cover having an annular upper opening to serve as a fluid flow inlet, a fluid flow opening within a drain body below the mouth and a sidewall interconnecting the annular upper opening with the fluid flow opening. A support structure positions the plug within the drain body such that a substantial portion of the plug sidewall is spaced apart from the drain body sidewall to define a fluid flow channel having a first comparatively larger cross sectional area in proximity to the drain body mouth and a second comparatively smaller cross sectional area in proximity to the drain body outlet. The variation in cross sectional area from the drain body mouth to the drain body outlet provides a lower fluid flow velocity at the mouth than at the outlet when fluid is transferred through the floor drain assembly.
US08713719B2
Protective components may include a plate element and a cushioning element that are secured together with a hook-and-loop fastening system. The cushioning element may include a pair of material layers and a pad or a plurality of pad components located between the material layers. The plate element may include a polymer material and the pad may include a polymer foam material, with the polymer material of the plate element having greater rigidity and density than the polymer foam material of the pad.
US08713714B2
The present invention relates to an ear warmer device. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods for making ear warmers and ear warmer frames.
US08719958B2
The present disclosure relates generally to audio and video processing. One claim recites a portable apparatus comprising: electronic memory comprising one or more identifiers, each of the identifiers being associated with previously accessed audio or video items, with each previously accessed audio or video item including an identifier associated therewith; and a logic processor programmed for: a. restricting access to an encountered audio or video item if an identifier associated with the encountered audio or video item is one of the one or more identifiers associated with the previously accessed audio or video items, and b. limiting a number of content items with different user identifiers that can be accessed in a predetermined amount of time. Other claims and combinations are provided as well.
US08719955B2
An video receiving apparatus which reduces waiting time till image is displayed on a monitor include: a plurality of authentication executing units which perform respectively an authentication process to the external devices connected to each of the plurality of input terminals; a terminal selecting unit which selects one of the plurality of input terminals as a video input terminal based on an operation input from outside; an video receiving unit which receives the video information through one of the authentication executing units corresponding to the selected input terminal from the external devices connected through the selected input terminal; and a display control unit which outputs the received video information to a monitor.
US08719948B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for controlling access to host access credentials required to access a host computer system by a client application is provided. The host access credentials are stored in a restricted access directory. The method comprises authenticating directory access credentials received from a client application. The authenticated client application then requests the host access credentials and a determination as to whether the authenticated client process is authorized to access the requested host access credentials, and, if authorized, these are provided to the client application.
US08719943B2
Disclosed is a system for correlating intrusion events using attack graph distances. The system includes an attack graph generator, an exploit distance calculator, an intrusion detector, an event report/exploit associator, an event graph creator, an event graph distance calculator, a correlation value calculator, and a coordinated attack analyzer. An attack graph is constructed for exploits and conditions in a network. The exploit distance calculator determines exploit distances for exploit pair(s). The intrusion detector generates event. Events are associated with exploits. Event graph distances are calculated. Correlation values are calculated for event pair(s) using event graph distances. The correlation values are analyzed using a correlation threshold to detect coordinated attacks.
US08719942B2
Tracking malware state information assigned to computers in an enterprise network is described. A computer may transition from a current malware state to a new malware state in accordance with a plurality of stored rules and detection of an anti-malware event on the computer. Examples of anti-malware events include, but are not limited to, detection of new malware on the computer or cleaning of the computer. The malware state information for computers on the network may be mapped to a risk level representing an amount of risk that infected computers present to other computers on the network. The results of a risk level assessment for the computers on the network may be output via a user interface to enable an administrator of the network to prioritize servicing of computers with detected malware.
US08719940B1
Described herein are methods, network devices and machine-readable storage media for detecting whether a message is a phishing attack based on the collective responses from one or more individuals who have received that message. The individuals may flag the message as a possible phishing attack, and/or may provide a numerical ranking indicating the likelihood that the message is a possible phishing attack. As responses from different individuals may have a different degree of reliability, each response from an individual may be weighted with a corresponding trustworthiness level of that individual, in an overall determination as to whether a message is a phishing attack. A trustworthiness level of an individual may indicate a degree to which the response of that individual can be trusted and/or relied upon, and may be determined by how well that individual recognized simulated phishing attacks.
US08719936B2
An intrusion detection system collects architectural level events from a Virtual Machine Monitor where the collected events represent operation of a corresponding Virtual Machine. The events are consolidated into features that are compared with features from a known normal operating system. If an amount of any differences between the collected features and the normal features exceeds a threshold value, a compromised Virtual Machine may be indicated. The comparison thresholds are determined by training on normal and abnormal systems and analyzing the collected events with machine learning algorithms to arrive at a model of normal operation.
US08719931B2
Provided are an anti-malware scanning system and a method thereof. The system includes: a host; and a chip which is removably connected to the host, receives a file to be scanned from the host, and scans whether malware exists in the file, wherein the host adjusts a size of the file to be scanned to correspond to a storage capacity of a storage unit of the chip and transmits the adjusted file to the chip. Accordingly, scanning is performed effectively even in an environment in which resources of the anti-malware scanning system are limited.
US08719926B2
A method may include receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) request message and determining whether a dialog exists corresponding to the request message. The method may also include determining whether the dialog is in a first phase or a second phase when a dialog exists corresponding to the session control protocol message and querying a table indicating valid protocol requests for the determined phase to determine whether the received request message is valid. The method may include rejecting the request message when determined that the request message is not valid.
US08719925B1
A monitoring device for monitoring transactions on a bus includes content-addressable memory (“CAM”) and a response policy unit. The CAM includes an input coupled to receive a bus transaction tag based on bus traffic on the bus. The CAM stores data tags associated with rules of a security policy to compare the bus transaction tag to the data tags. The CAM generates an output signal indicating whether one or more matches occurred. The response policy unit is coupled to the CAM to receive the output signal from the CAM and to execute a policy action in response to the output signal.
US08719901B2
A secure consultation system is disclosed that enables an owner entity to securely store its most secure and private data such that designated entities of the owner entity and a consultant entity can execute application programs on that data and thus, to consult on the operation and correctness of the application programs and the data.
US08719900B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for validating updates to domain name system (DNS) records. A request is received to modify at least one DNS record associated with a domain owned by a domain owner. The request to modify the at least one DNS record is compared with at least one policy. The at least one policy is configurable by the domain owner. The requested modification to the at least one DNS record is selectively granted based at least upon the comparison.
US08719899B2
A system and method for determining in a global network the user network authentication status as the user goes from site to site within the network is provided. Additionally, the system and method provides for transparent or implicit multi-site logon functionality, including automatic introduction from one site to the other using a baseline authentication agency (102). The system and method provides an architecture for a core global network (100) (referred to herein as NET) that incorporates some or all of the following features and components: a set of baseline authentication agencies responsible for the core global network (NET) services, such as login and user-selected service-provider lookup; a shared NET domain and associated DNS records (106) used for cookie (110) sharing, login routing, and the like; and a collection of partner sites (108) accessible via the NET.
US08719898B1
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring and providing policies that manage execution of mobile applications. In some embodiments, a user interface may be generated that allows an IT administrator or other operator to set, change and/or add to policy settings. The policy settings can be formatted into a policy file and be made available for download to a mobile device, such as via an application store or to be pushed to the mobile device as part of a data push service. The mobile device, based on the various settings included in the policy file, may perform various actions to enforce the security constraints that are represented by the policy. The various settings that can be included in a policy are numerous and some examples and variations thereof are described in connection with the example embodiments discussed herein.
US08719896B2
A widget host container serves as a component that may be added via a rapid application development tool, such as Oracle International Corporation's Application Development Framework. The rapid application development tool may be used to install the widget host container, for example, in a region of a user interaction environment, such as an application or a suite of user interactive applications, created by the rapid application development tool. If desired, one or more selection devices, such as a drop down menu, may be provided to select particular widgets for use and display. Features may be provided for organizing both personal and enterprise widgets. Security settings control access to web widgets, and an option to allow or restrict access to web widget display options in the container.
US08719891B1
An exemplary method includes a promotion system 1) detecting a promotion opportunity based on a condition associated with a migration of a user account from being associated with a first digital video recording (“DVR”) system to being associated with a second DVR system and 2) providing, based on the detected promotion opportunity, promotional content for access by a user associated with the user account. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US08719884B2
Systems and methods for identifying and searching video are disclosed. A video search and identification system includes a catalog representing relationships between video, data and/or objects to enable querying and search based on visual representations of video as well as data or other information associated with the video. In one example, the catalog includes video nodes, metadata nodes and card nodes, although additional or fewer node types may be used. A visual-based video identification system is provided to identify content in video sources. An unidentified video source is accessed and visual fingerprints of one or more frames are generated as query signatures for matching against a base set of known signatures. Confidence measures are generated at the bit level to assist in query signature processing.
US08719879B2
A method for recording linear content and delivering it for time-shifted viewing is described. The linear content may be recorded live by the content delivery system in response to user requests. The content delivery system divides the recording into at least two portions, the first portion of sufficient duration to permit real time continuous playback of the recorded content on the customer premises equipment (CPE) if the first portion has previously been transmitted to the CPE and the second has not been transmitted. The content delivery system transmits the first portion to the CPE prior to playback, and the second portion is streamed to the CPE after playback has begun. The playback is under control of the CPE from local storage.
US08719874B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for rendering an audio signal over a wireless communication device where the video signal associated with the audio signal is being output to one or more displays in an audio-video system. The audio-video system includes a controller that outputs the video signal to the one or more displays, and a transceiver that transmits an audio signal associated with the video signal to the wireless communication device. A transceiver in the wireless communication device receives the transmitted audio signal from the audio-video system, and an audio processing circuit renders the audio signal as audible sound to the user of the wireless communication device.
US08719865B2
At a client, a video is received. The video includes one or more advertisement slots. The video is played back to a user. During the playback of the video, an impending advertisement slot is detected. One or more advertisements are requested for placement in the advertisement slot. The one or more advertisements are received and placed in the advertisement slot.
US08719860B2
An augmented broadcasting stream transmission device and method and an augmented broadcasting service providing device and method capable of ensuring that augmented broadcasting metadata arrive at a receive terminal in a time more rapid as compared to a corresponding video frame by a predetermined time are provided.
US08719859B2
A channel remapping pre-notification (RPN) message is transmitted in each of multiple frequencies prior to movement of data associated with one or more virtual channels to one or more different frequencies. The RPN message is also sent prior to transmission of a Virtual Channel Table (VCT) reflecting channel movement. If a receiving device is unable to find data associated with a selected channel subsequent to the channel movement, the stored RPN information can be used to identify a new frequency for that selected channel.
US08719850B2
A compact disc centering apparatus of a compact disc player includes carrying rollers which are disposed within a compact disc entry on the opposite sides thereof and a compact disc guiding; a pair of detection rods capable of synchronized rotating, which is disposed between a support plate and the compact disc entry. The apparatus also includes a control device and a trigger device, wherein, an engaging portion is disposed on the control device and extends along the direction in which the control device moves, and an engaged portion is disposed on the trigger device and engages with the engaging portion. When the engaged portion is located in the engaging portion, the contact between the engaging portion and the engaged portion makes the trigger device rotate and stop at a position such that the center of the compact disc is coincident with the center of the support plate. The structure of the compact centering apparatus according to the present invention is extremely simple, which enables the center of the compact disc to stop at a position coincident with the center of the support plate, and the compact disc does not return in the direction toward the compact disc entry even if there exists the effect of a reset spring of the trigger device.
US08719845B2
Sharing of objects may be implemented in a way that allows programs to use shared objects in much the same way that they would use local objects. In one example, a program creates an object and sets properties through normal instructions that would be used to create a local object. The program then registers the object with a shared object model, which may be maintained by a shared object server. For each machine on which the object may be used, a shared object runtime monitors for changes to the objects, and notifies the server of these changes. The server updates the object, and notifies other machines of changes to the state of the object. The shared object runtimes on those machines receive notification of the changes, and update the local copies.
US08719844B2
A method, apparatus and system to receive at a first message source a first message in a first data flow from a first messaging layer, provide data wrapped in a first data message reconfigurable iterator from the first message source to a first table in the primary data flow and provide a first constrained view over the first table.
US08719839B2
A computer system may comprise a computer platform and input-output devices. The computer platform may include a plurality of heterogeneous processors comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit) GPU, for example. The GPU may be coupled to a GPU compiler and a GPU linker/loader and the CPU may be coupled to a CPU compiler and a CPU linker/loader. The user may create a shared object in an object oriented language and the shared object may include virtual functions. The shared object may be fine grain partitioned between the heterogeneous processors. The GPU compiler may allocate the shared object to the CPU and may create a first and a second enabling path to allow the GPU to invoke virtual functions of the shared object. Thus, the shared object that may include virtual functions may be shared seamlessly between the CPU and the GPU.
US08719836B2
Method and device for operating a secondary operating system auxiliary to a primary operating system
For operating two operating systems of a computer without performance loss, the invention proposes a method in which a secondary operating system driver (SOS driver) of the primary operating system is loaded for loading and controlling the secondary operating system and which subsequently loads the secondary operating system. The invention also provides a device with a corresponding secondary operating system driver (SOS driver) of the primary operating system for driving a board support package.
US08719820B2
A method is disclosed for reversing operating system shutdown, including: detecting, by a monitoring program, an attempt by a user to log off, shut down, or restart a computer containing an operating system capable of running a plurality of program windows; determining if any program window is still open in the operating system; automatically cancelling, by the monitoring program, the logoff, shutdown, or restart request if it is determined that a program window is still open; and attempting to close any open program window by the monitoring program.
US08719813B2
A preparsers tool is provided for converting Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Extensible Markup Language (XML) files into Common Object Request Broker Architect (CORBA) structures usable by a Software Communications Architect (SCA) Core Framework (CF). The preparsers tool retrieves a set of target environment implementation definitions (TEID) that define at least one characteristic of a target environment to which a CORBA Common Data Representation (CDR) file is provided. For each component in the target environment, one or more dependencies are merged into an implementation device dependencies list that comprises visible device dependencies and external device dependencies. The parsed set of XML files is converted into a CORBA structure type, the conversion based at least in part on the TEID, such that the conversion of the parsed set of XML files results in a CORBA structure having a type and precedence order that is correct for the target environment.
US08719803B2
A parallelism policy object provides a control parallelism interface whose implementation evaluates parallelism conditions that are left unspecified in the interface. User-defined and other parallelism policy procedures can make recommendations to a worker program for transitioning between sequential program execution and parallel execution. Parallelizing assistance values obtained at runtime can be used in the parallelism conditions on which the recommendations are based. A consistent parallelization policy can be employed across a range of parallel constructs, and inside recursive procedures.
US08719796B2
A program trace is obtained and events of the program trace are traversed. For each event identified in traversing the program trace, a trace slice of which the identified event is a part is identified based on the parameter instance of the identified event. For each trace slice of which the identified event is a part, the identified event is added to an end of a record of the trace slice. These parametric trace slices can be used in a variety of different manners, such as for monitoring, mining, and predicting.
US08719793B2
A scalable, computer implemented method for finding subtle flaws in software programs. The method advantageously employs 1) scope bounding which limits the size of a generated model by excluding deeply-nested function calls, where the scope bounding vector is chosen non-monotonically, and 2) automatic specification inference which generates constraints for functions through the effect of a light-weight and scalable global analysis. Advantageously, scalable software model checking is achieved while at the same time finding more bugs.
US08719785B2
A method, computer program product, and system for determining release differences is described. A method may comprise determining a first difference, the first difference corresponding to one or more activities that were at least one of: added to a main branch between a first release branch and a second release branch, and removed from the main branch between the first release branch and the second release branch. The method may further comprise determining a second difference, the second difference corresponding to one or more activities that were at least one of: added to the first release branch, and removed from the first release branch. The method may additionally comprise determining a third difference, the third difference corresponding to one or more activities that were at least one of: added to the second release branch, and removed from the second release branch. A delta activity set may be determined.
US08719784B2
A system and computer program product for assigning runtime artifacts to software components. Source code and metadata are extracted from a library, where the metadata includes a component membership for the source code. A compile unit is formed from the extracted source code and metadata. Runtime artifacts are produced from the compile unit or an element derived from the compile unit. Each runtime artifact is interrogated to determine the defined component for each runtime artifact. The determined component is recorded.
US08719782B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for integrated package development and machine configuration management. In aspects, a stage management engine can be invoked by a developer to initiate the development, testing, and deployment of a software package, e.g. an application or operating system. A set of repositories can store related versions of the software under development at different stages of building, testing, and deployment. The repositories can enforce consistent file naming and avoid duplication of stored files. In embodiments, the stage management engine can likewise interface with a configuration management database that stores and manages a resource configuration state of a host virtual machine used to develop and run the subject software package. Both the package and virtual machine bed can be moved through various development stages to production in coordinated fashion, ensuring consistency in both the software to be installed and the target machine for the installation.
US08719774B2
System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation.
US08719771B2
Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product that reduces the size of a failing test. A tree is created from the test's programming code, where the tree represents the syntactical and the semantic bounds between the programming code elements. By analyzing this tree and iteratively pruning the irrelevant sub-trees it is possible to eliminate many non necessary parts of the code, and recreate a new legal test, which represents the same error, but is potentially much smaller and therefore easier to understand and debug.
US08719770B2
A transformation tool and a validation tool are used to verify programmable artifacts, such as Java models, that are generated from an original ontology model. The verification process ensures that the programmable artifacts are semantically equivalent to the original ontology model from which they are created. Each element in the programmable artifacts is tagged with appropriate metadata, using, for example, Java language annotation support. Once tagged, the programmable artifacts can be parsed to form a generated ontology model. This generated ontology model can then be compared to the original ontology model with a validation tool, in order to verify their semantic equivalence.
US08719756B2
A computer aided design system can determine coverage of a metal layer mosaic. The system can apply a tile pattern to a design including at least one layer. Then, the system can identify at least one tile of the tile pattern that violates at least one first design rule. After that, the system can apply a sub-tile pattern to an area identified in the identifying the at least one tile of the tile pattern that violates the design rule. The system further can identify at least one sub-tile of the sub-tile pattern that violates at least one second design rule. Finally, the system can apply a deep-sub-tile pattern to an area identified in the identifying the at least one sub-tile of the sub-tile pattern that violates the second design rule.
US08719746B1
Techniques for use in integrated circuit design systems for reducing metal fill insertion time in the integrated circuit design process. In one example, a method includes the following steps. Metal fill data associated with a given layout from a placement and routing database of an integrated circuit design system is stored. The metal fill data is purged from the placement and routing database. At least one change to layout data in the placement and routing database is implemented. The stored metal fill data is loaded into the placement and routing database after the at least one change is implemented to the layout data. A check is performed for an existence of one or more violations associated with the metal fill data due to implementing the at least one change to the layout data in the placement and routing database. A correction procedure is performed on the metal fill data when one or more violations exist.
US08719738B2
Roughly described, a design rule data set is developed offline from the design rules of a target fabrication process. A design rule checking method involves traversing the corners of shapes in a layout region, and for each corner, populating a layout topology database with values that depend on respective corner locations. After the layout topology database is populated, the values are compared to values in the design rule data set to detect any design rule violations. Violations can be reported in real time, while the user is manually editing the layout. Preferably corner traversal is performed using scan lines oriented perpendicularly to edge orientations, and scanning in the direction of the edge orientations. Scans stop only at corner positions and populate the layout topology database with what information can be gleaned based on the current scan line. The different scans need not reach each corner simultaneously.
US08719735B2
Mask layout data of a lithographic mask includes polygons that each include horizontal and vertical edges. Each of a number of target edge pairs is defined by two edges of one or more of the polygons. A search box having a boundary coincident with a given edge of the edges of the polygons is specified. Whether the search box includes at least one edge of the edges of the polygons in addition to the given edge is determined. Where the search box includes at least one edge, at least one of the target edge pairs is specified as including the given edge and one of the at least one edge. For each target edge pair that has been specified, a manufacturability penalty value is determined. A dynamic manufacturability constraint table and a non-zero multiplier table are maintained.
US08719733B2
Implementing website navigation includes deriving a confidence level for at least one leaf node of a website navigation category diagram using historical user operation data; generating one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams based on the website navigation category diagram; determining a searching cost associated with each of the one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams; determining the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost; and implementing at least in part a website navigation mode using the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost.
US08719731B2
A controller receives an identifier of a detected interaction by a user within another world, separate from a virtual world environment accessible by the user, from a device that detects and reports user interactions within the other world. The controller identifies at least one trigger tag name assigned to the identifier of the detected interaction from among separate detectable user interactions in a trigger tag database. The controller identifies at least one asset class from among asset classes specified with the trigger tag name within a particular trigger asset coupling in a trigger asset coupling database. The controller accesses at least one asset assigned to the at least one asset class in an asset class database. The controller renders the at least one asset within the virtual world environment in a virtual location within the virtual world triggered by the particular trigger asset coupling.
US08719730B2
A user interface for a virtual world includes a circular area forming a display for an item in the virtual world, and controls surrounding only a portion of the display for controlling that item.
US08719726B2
In a hierarchical display structure, a high layer window contains one or more input images that serve as a window switchover region for switching into a low layer window. Each of the input images is a first correspondence image that has a unique color. When a manipulation device selects one of the input images and performs a determination input to the selected input image in the high layer window being displayed on a screen of a display device, the display on the screen is switched from the high layer window into the low layer window. The low layer window on the screen contains a background image as a second correspondence image that has a color identical to a color of the input image to which the determination input was performed in the high layer window.
US08719724B2
Selected adaptive touch screen key pad characters not existing in a list of possible available character strings are removed from the touch screen key pad and the space occupied by the remaining characters on the key pad and their character size (font) are enlarged, making their recognition and selection by a user much easier. The method includes detecting selection of a button displaying at least one of the selectable characters; creating at least one character substring, one for each of the one or more selectable characters displayed on the selected button; identifying selectable characters on the touch screen not included in the one or more character strings; removing the identified selectable characters from the touch screen; and enlarging the selectable characters remaining on the touch screen.
US08719718B2
A digital paper-enabled product includes digital paper with a digital pattern that spatially cooperates with one or more features or boundaries printed on the pattern. More specifically, a system cooperating with the product may include spatial information systems that manage the features or boundaries and communicates with a writing instrument that was used to effect changes to the digital paper-enabled product. In one embodiment, the digital paper-enabled product may take the form of a sheet of digital paper bearing a digital pattern and where action icons (e.g. user intended actions) and/or features (e.g. such as map features) or a spatial reference frame are printed onto the digital pattern and where at least one action palette is printed onto the digital pattern, correlated therewith, and usable to effect changes to the product. Other embodiments include a method of making the digital-enabled product, a method of processing information obtained from the digital paper-enabled product, and a method of using the digital paper-enabled product.
US08719714B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to present a plurality of associable actions and a plurality of accessories of distinct operational types, associate an action with an input function of a select one of the plurality of accessories, monitor the selected accessory for a stimulation of the input function, and transmit the action to an operating system to launch a first software application or to convey to a second software application the action or an aspect of the action. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08719698B2
The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displayed content by an observer. The invention can also enable monitoring of the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site. It is contemplated that the invention can be particularly useful with a computer network, including private computer networks and public computer networks. In particular, the invention can be advantageously used with computer networks or portions of computer networks over which video and/or audio content are transferred from one network site to another network site for observation, such as the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.
US08719697B2
The system for the object control method according to an embodiment is a client/server system with a Web server (10) and a user terminal (20) connected through Internet (30). In the system for the object control method, a script (object control program) is embedded in a Web page to be transmitted from the Web server (10) and executed by the user terminal (20). The Web page contains a plurality of link elements (elements with links to other Web pages). A computer terminal having read the object control program displays a plurality of icons superimposed in front of the link elements in the Web page. Further, when a specified event is detected, (a) change the placement position of a specific icon, (b) temporarily or completely remove a specific icon, or (c) change the placement positions of a plurality of specific icons, for example, according to the event type.
US08719685B2
An apparatus includes, in at least one aspect, a plurality of buffers and circuitry configured to store encoded data in one buffer of the plurality of buffers concurrently with storing other data in another buffer of the plurality of buffers and to write the stored encoded data from the one buffer to a storage device concurrently with storing encoded other data in the other buffer, replacing the stored other data in the other buffer.
US08719684B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to techniques for accurately determining a number of data symbols in a data packet. The techniques provided herein may allow a receiving terminal to correct number of symbol calculations based on such ambiguous length field values.
US08719682B2
Various embodiments of the present inventions are related to adaptive calibration of NPFIR filters in a data detector. For example, an apparatus for calibrating a noise predictive filter is disclosed, including a data detector operable to generate detected values for data sectors and having an embedded noise predictive finite impulse response filter. The apparatus also includes a comparator operable to determine whether a quality metric for a current one of the data sectors meets a noise threshold. The apparatus also includes a filter calibration circuit operable to adapt a number of filter coefficients for the noise predictive finite impulse response filter based on the detected values for the data sectors, and to omit the detected values for the current one of the data sectors from adaptation for one of the filter coefficients if the quality metric for the current one of the data sectors does not meet the noise threshold.
US08719678B2
Apparatus for encoding includes a first processing stage, which is configured to filter input data with a first set of coefficients belonging to a first generator polynomial representing a first ECC, to produce a first output. A second processing stage is configured to filter the first output using a second set of coefficients belonging to a quotient polynomial, which is defined as a quotient of a second generator polynomial, representing a second ECC, divided by the first generator polynomial, to produce a second output. Ancillary circuitry has first and second operational modes and is coupled to the first and second processing stages so as to generate a first redundancy output corresponding to the first ECC based on the first output when operating in the first mode, and to generate a second redundancy output corresponding to the second ECC based on the second output when operating in the second mode.
US08719674B2
A communication apparatus realizes an FEC function. In the communication apparatus, a T_FEC-pattern comparing unit calculates a code distance between a pattern of an input FEC frame falling in a certain detection window and the pre-defined T_FEC pattern for each of the detection windows one after another. Moreover, a code-distance comparing unit compares the code distances with each other to detect a code for boundary identification T_FEC between an IEEE802.3 frame and a FEC parity. Finally, a boundary-signal generating unit generates, based on the detected code for boundary identification T_FEC, a T_FEC boundary signal that indicates a detection position of the T_FEC in the input FEC frame.
US08719670B1
A system for decoding data is disclosed. The system includes: an input interface configured to receive data associated with encoded data; a first decoder configured to decode a first subset of the encoded data to obtain a first portion of decoded data; a second decoder configured to decode a second subset of the encoded data to obtain a second portion of the decoded data, wherein the second portion includes decoded data not included in the first portion; and an output interface configured to output the decoded data.
US08719669B2
An error correction code (ECC) decoder processing data read from a storage media includes a plurality of processing elements for detecting an error in at least one of a plurality of channel data, wherein the plurality of channel data is received via a plurality of channels, and wherein the plurality of processing elements are driven independently from the plurality of channels.
US08719668B2
Provided in one embodiment is a nonvolatile storage system having multiple nonvolatile storage media and a controller coupled to the multiple nonvolatile storage media. The controller has a storage area configured to store management information including probability management information denoting error probability information of a unit physical area in a nonvolatile storage medium, and an error correcting circuit configured to carry out coding and decoding by a low density parity check code. The controller, in a data read process, is configured to identify based on management information an error probability, uses the identified error probability to correct the read data using the error correcting circuit.
US08719660B2
Disclosed are apparatus and techniques for indicating health of a memory system having a controller and nonvolatile memory array. In one embodiment, the invention pertains to a method for indicating health of a removable memory system that is removably coupled with a host device. After the memory system is coupled with a host device, a first health status is output via an external electrical or mechanical interface of the memory system. One or more health metrics of the memory system are monitored. After a first predefined limit is reached with respect to the one or more health metrics, a second health status is output via the external electrical or mechanical interface of the memory system. The first health status differs from the second health status.
US08719657B2
In a hybrid codec apparatus for data broadcasting, an encoder divides a source file into N sections, generates N principal encoded data after coding on a first finite field and k additional encoded data after coding on a second finite field, then transmits a group of coefficient encoded data and the N+k encoded data to a decoder. The decoder merges the group of coefficient encoded data and the N+k encoded data, and decodes the N principal encoded data on the first finite field. When the decoder fails to decode the N principal encoded data, the decoder uses the k additional encoded data to assist the data decoding on the second finite field. After the decoding, a recovered source file is produced.
US08719656B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating signals, by receiving a K-symbol-long input block from a 2m-ary source channel; encoding the input block into a 2m-ary non-binary low-density parity-check (LDPC) codeword of length N; and mapping each 2m-ary symbol to a point in a signal constellation comprised of 2m points, wherein a non-binary LDPC code is used as the component code for forward error correction in a coded modulation scheme capable of achieving optical fiber communication at rates beyond 100 Gb/s.
US08719654B2
In a wireless communication system, a compact control signaling scheme includes signaling a selected retransmission mode and codeword identifier for a codeword retransmission when one of a plurality of codewords being transmitted over two codeword pipes to a receiver fails the transmission and when the transmitter switches from a higher order channel rank to a lower order channel rank, either by including one or more additional signaling bits in the control signal to identify the retransmitted codeword, or by re-using existing control signal information in a way that can be recognized by the receiver to identify the retransmitted codeword. With the compact control signal, the receiver is able to determine which codeword is being retransmitted and to determine the corresponding time-frequency resource allocation for the retransmitted codeword.
US08719653B2
A frame error concealment method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus using the same. The frame error concealment method includes setting a concealment method to conceal an error based on one or more signal characteristics of an error frame having the error and concealing the error using the set concealment method.
US08719649B2
A deferred scheduling capability supports deferred scheduling when performing testing via a scan chain of a unit under test. A processing module is configured to receive a plurality of test operations associated with a plurality of segments of a unit under test and to generate therefrom input test data configured to be applied to the unit under test via a Test Access Port (TAP). A reordering buffer module is configured to receive the input test data from the processing element and to buffer the input test data in a manner for reordering the input test data to compose an input test vector for a scan chain of the unit under test. A vector transformation module is configured to receive the input test vector from the reordering buffer module and to apply a vector transformation for the input test vector.
US08719645B2
For runtime dynamic performance skew elimination in a computer environment, an exemplary computer environment is configured for calculating a rank heats by utilizing a plurality of fine-grained statistics collected at an extent granularity, including considering bandwidth (BW) and input/outputs per second (IOPS) metrics. An adaptive data placement plan is generated to relocate the data.
US08719639B2
A virtual machine control system includes a dump target setting module that sets a flag that represents that a memory area is a dump target to each memory area that has been used by a guest OS, a dumping module that dumps to a file the memory area to which the dump target setting module sets the flag, and that removes the flag from the memory area about which dumping is completed, and a virtual machine control module that controls implementation of the guest OS, which operates on the virtual machine, and stops the implementation of the guest OS until the dumping module removes the flag from the memory area when the guest OS tries to access the memory area to which the dump target setting module sets the flag.
US08719635B2
A data receiver module receives, at a storage device simulator, a data transmission from a storage controller being tested. The data transmission includes data and metadata. The metadata is associated with the data. A signature receiver module receives a signature from the storage controller as part of the data transmission. The signature is used to distinguish the metadata from the data. A data/metadata determination module examines the data transmission and determines data from metadata using the signature. A metadata storage module stores the metadata of the data transmission on the storage device simulator in response to the data transmission including metadata. The data storage simulator includes a data storage device. A data discard module discards the data of the data transmission in response to the data transmission including data.
US08719628B2
A multi-core system 1 according to the present invention includes a plurality of OSs: OS[1] 110 and OS[2] 120 set as a main system and a standby system for a sound reproducing function. The standby-system OS[1] 110 sets a timer 17 according to a DMA transfer completion interruption request to detect a failure of the main-system OS[2] 120 according to detection of timeout by the timer 17. Upon detection of a failure of the main-system OS[2] 120, the standby-system OS[1] 110 is switched as the main-system OS[2] 120 to operate a device driver 114 on a side of the standby-system OS[1] 110, thereby continuously executing audio mixing processing of audio data and DMA transfer request processing.
US08719624B2
Upon receipt of an availability requirement of a computer system under management, a redundant configuration management system determines placement of processing programs in physical servers equipped in the computer system to satisfy the availability requirement with reference to system configuration information indicative of the configuration of the computer system and restriction information for limiting the number of processing programs which can be run by the physical servers.
US08719622B2
A computer implemented method for recording a crash in an appliance is provided. The method includes the following steps: running a core process to perform a transaction, which will make the core process undergo at least one state sequentially, wherein each state includes at least one call stack; executing a supervisor process to generate a state record, to sequentially record all undergone states of the core process in the transaction; in response to a crash of the core process in the transaction, generating a fault record to record all call stacks in a latest state of the core process; generating a crash report according to the state record and the fault record.
US08719603B2
Accessory device authentication techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, connection of an accessory device to a host computing device is detected. Responsive to the detection, an authentication sequence may occur to verify an identity and/or capabilities of the accessory device. Upon successful authentication of the accessory device, the host device may authorize the accessory device for power exchange interactions with the host device. The host device may then draw supplemental power from a power source associated with the authorized accessory device, such as a battery or power adapter. The host device may also enable the accessory device to obtain and use power supplied by the host device in some scenarios. Power exchange between a host device and an authorized accessory may be managed in accordance with capabilities of the accessory device that are identified during authentication.
US08719602B1
A computing device, such as a mobile communication device, is provided that enables a user to adjust a power user setting indicative of the user's experience level and/or automatically adjusts the power user setting in response to predetermined conditions. The power user setting may then be provided to or retrieved by applications to adjust the operating mode of the application based on user experience or by web servers to vary content delivery based on user experience.
US08719596B2
A method for detecting a capacitive load circuit of a remote powered device in a communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes the power source device being coupled to the remote powered device by a cable. the method comprises: providing a first current to the capacitive load circuit of the remote powered device; charging or discharged the capacitive load circuit of the remote powered device according to the first current; and detecting a voltage value or a slope of a first voltage of the capacitive load circuit to generate a detection result. The method further comprises: providing an operation voltage to the remote powered device.
US08719585B2
Techniques for securely updating a boot image without knowledge of a secure key used to encrypt the boot image.
US08719566B2
A playback device reads an application and a digital stream from a recording medium to execute the application with playback of the digital stream. The playback device includes a management unit operable to verify authenticity of the application by judging whether a disc root certificate is identical to a first root certificate, and an execution unit operable to execute the application if authenticity of the application is verified by the management unit. The playback device also includes a storage unit having a storage area that is specified by a file path that uses the provider ID and a hash value of a second root certificate, and a playback unit operable to play back the digital stream in accordance with the playlist information.
US08719560B2
Mechanisms for executing a bare metal boot operation for bare metal booting a control program are provided. These mechanisms boot a computing device to a hypervisor ownership phase of the bare metal boot operation. During the hypervisor ownership phase of the bare metal boot operation a hypervisor is loaded and controls and manages platform hardware of the computing device. The computing device is then booted from the hypervisor ownership phase to a transition phase in which the hypervisor releases control and management of the platform hardware of the computing device to the control program. The computing device is then booted from the transition phase to a control program ownership phase in which the control program is in full control and manages the platform hardware. The bare metal boot operation is performed without restarting the computing device and without cycling through initialization of firmware.
US08719558B2
A distinguishing circuit includes first to fifth resistors, a front panel connector, and a jumper. The front panel connector includes first to tenth pins. When the ninth pin is connected to the tenth pin through the jumper, a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) chip will determine whether a computer system is a first type. When the eighth pin is connected to the tenth pin through the jumper, the BIOS chip will determine whether the computer system is a second type.
US08719556B2
A system and method is provided for performing deterministic processing on a non-deterministic computer system. In one example, the system forces execution of one or more computer instructions to execute within a constant execution time. A deterministic engine, if necessary, waits a variable amount of time to ensure that the execution of the computer instructions is performed over the constant execution time. Because the execution time is constant, the execution is deterministic and therefore may be used in applications requiring deterministic behavior. For example, such a deterministic engine may be used in automated test equipment (ATE) applications.
US08719541B2
Method and apparatus for handling page protection faults in combination particularly with the dynamic conversion of binary code executable by a one computing platform into binary code executed instead by another computing platform. In one exemplary aspect, a page protection fault handling unit (196) is used to detect memory accesses; to check page protection information relevant to the detected access by examining the contents of a page descriptor store; and to selectively allow the access or pass on page protection fault information in accordance with the page protection information.
US08719529B2
Exemplary system and computer program embodiments for storing data by a processor device in a computing environment are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, from a plurality of available data segments, a data segment having a storage activity lower than a predetermined threshold is identified as a colder data segment. A chunk of storage is located to which the colder data segment is assigned. The colder data segment is compressed. The colder data segment is migrated to the chunk of storage. A status of the chunk of storage is maintained in a compression data segment bitmap.
US08719521B1
Crash-tolerant incremental change tracking between backups of a source storage. In one example embodiment, a method of crash-tolerant incremental change tracking between backups of a source storage includes assigning each block in a source storage into one of multiple zones, with each of the zones including multiple of the blocks, creating, in a nonvolatile storage, a nonvolatile zone map that represents each of the zones, and tracking, in the nonvolatile zone map, each of the zones that is changed between a first point in time and a second point in time. Each of the zones is marked as changed in the nonvolatile zone map upon the first receipt of a request to write to any of the blocks of the zone and prior to execution of the write request.
US08719518B2
In a library system, a library apparatus detects replacement of a first drive by a second drive. The library apparatus sends management data describing the replacement of the first drive to a management apparatus. Based on relationships between the management data and storage media accommodated in the library apparatus, the management apparatus determines which of the storage media is to become unusable for reading data or writing data or both reading and writing data. The determined storage medium is designated as a migration source medium. The management apparatus then sends a data migration command to initiate data migration from the migration source medium to another storage medium. In response, the library apparatus migrates data from the specified migration source medium to another storage medium, based on the migration source information.
US08719509B2
In an embodiment, a cache stores tags for cache blocks stored in the cache. Each tag may include an indication identifying which of two or more replacement policies supported by the cache is in use for the corresponding cache block, and a replacement record indicating the status of the corresponding cache block in the replacement policy. Requests may include a replacement attribute that identifies the desired replacement policy for the cache block accessed by the request. If the request is a miss in the cache, a cache block storage location may be allocated to store the corresponding cache block. The tag associated with the cache block storage location may be updated to include the indication of the desired replacement policy, and the cache may manage the block in accordance with the policy. For example, in an embodiment, the cache may support both an LRR and an LRU policy.
US08719507B2
Parallel computing environments, where threads executing in neighboring processors may access the same set of data, may be designed and configured to share one or more levels of cache memory. Before a processor forwards a request for data to a higher level of cache memory following a cache miss, the processor may determine whether a neighboring processor has the data stored in a local cache memory. If so, the processor may forward the request to the neighboring processor to retrieve the data. Because access to the cache memories for the two processors is shared, the effective size of the memory is increased. This may advantageously decrease cache misses for each level of shared cache memory without increasing the individual size of the caches on the processor chip.
US08719497B1
In one aspect, a method includes providing a first storage volume to receive I/Os from a host and having a device ID, providing a second storage volume to receive the I/Os and having a device ID and performing a recovery that includes rebooting the host and recognizing, at the host, the second storage volume as the first storage volume using the device ID of the second storage volume being identical to the device ID of the first storage volume. The first storage volume is in an active mode and the second storage volume is in a passive mode.
US08719489B2
A memory system is provided. The system includes a controller that regulates read and write access to one or more FLASH memory devices that are employed for random access memory applications. A buffer component operates in conjunction with the controller to regulate read and write access to the one or more FLASH devices. Wear leveling components along with read and write processing components are provided to facilitate efficient operations of the FLASH memory devices.
US08719479B2
A method and system are disclosed for network adaptor optimization and interrupt reduction. The method may also build an outbound buffer list based on outgoing data and add the outgoing data to an outbound buffer queue. Furthermore, the method may set a buffer state from an empty state to a primed state to indicate that the outgoing data is prepared for transmitting and signal a network adaptor with a notification signal.
US08719477B2
In a node communicably coupled to alternative nodes through a bus, a transmitting unit receives first designation information from an alternative node. When the first designation information designates the node, the transmitting unit successively transmits, on the bus, the first designation information and data. When a request of an active communication occurs in the node, a request unit determines whether to receive a former part of the first identification information indicative of start timing of an active communication mode on the bus. When determining to receive the former part of the first identification information, the request unit transmits, on the bus, collision information at a timing that allows the collision information to collide with a latter part of the first identification information, resulting in rewrite of the first identification information based on bus arbitration, and transmits second designation information meeting the request of the active communication.
US08719471B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for alleviating processing requirements of a central computer in a vessel. Each apparatus is placed in close proximity to one or more pieces of electronic equipment implementing a legacy interface. The apparatus processes data to and from the electronic equipment, including converting data to formats consistent with the formats used by the intended recipient.
US08719469B2
Buffers of programmable depths are used in the instruction and reply paths of cascaded devices to account for possible differences in latencies between the devices. The buffers may be enabled or bypassed such that the alignment of instruction and result may be performed at the boundaries between separate groups of devices having different instruction latencies.
US08719466B2
A method for performing direct memory access includes obtaining, by a application executing on a host, a kernel address space identifier of a first driver kernel memory. The application sends the kernel address space identifier to a second device driver. The second device driver obtains, using the kernel address space identifier, a cookie structure binding the first driver kernel memory to a second device driver address space for the first driver kernel memory. The application sends a request for a direct memory access operation. The request includes a location identifier of a location storing a data object in the first driver kernel memory. Based on the cookie structure, the second device driver performs, using the location identifier, the direct memory access operation to transfer the data object from the first driver kernel memory to a second driver kernel memory.
US08719463B2
An information processor includes a central processing unit core and a tightly coupled smart memory unit, the central processing unit core having a direct memory access unit. The tightly coupled smart memory unit having a memory unit coupled to the central processing unit core and a control register, and status register coupled to the central processing unit core and a local processing unit that processes data stored in the memory unit.
US08719457B2
A method includes pre-configuring a hardware-implemented front-end of a storage device with multiple contexts of respective connections conducted between one or more hosts and the storage device. Storage commands, which are received in the storage device and are associated with the connections having the pre-configured contexts, are executed in a memory of the storage device using the hardware-implemented front-end. Upon identifying a storage command associated with a context that is not pre-configured in the hardware-implemented front-end, software of the storage device is triggered to configure the context in the hardware-implemented front-end, and the storage command is then executed using the hardware-implemented front-end in accordance with the context configured by the software.
US08719440B2
A media stream delivery system encodes numerous media streams into media stream fragments. The media stream delivery system may encode each media stream into a number of variants each having different resolutions, frame rates, audio quality levels, etc. Devices access the media stream fragments from a fragment server in order to reconstruct a particular media stream for playback. A device may perform caching of media stream fragments so that particular fragments need not be accessed from a fragment server. The device monitors and analyzes media streams and viewing characteristics to intelligently select fragments that will likely be needed again, such as fragments associated with repeated advertisements, introduction sequences, and end sequences.
US08719433B2
The invention provides scalable, secure, and easily administerable methods and systems for providing remote access to networked resources by combing aspects of physical access limitation measures with traditional computer access limitation measures. The methods and systems utilize an enrollment administration system for specifying enrollment rules, an enrollment system configured to communicate with the enrollment administration system to permit enrolling a first networked resource if permitted by specified enrollment rules, and a remote access system for granting a user remote access to the first networked resource if the user successfully enrolled the first networked resource.
US08719430B2
A method for reconstructing torrent content metadata, i.e. a torrent identifier, a segment length and an amount of segments of a torrent content file, without access to the torrent content metafile, comprises the steps of: A. obtaining the torrent content identifier from torrent signaling from a client; B. obtaining a torrent content file size from said torrent signaling from said client; C. obtaining a tracker address from said torrent signaling from said client: D. obtaining a peer address from a tracker; E. contacting a peer via the peer address; F. downloading sequential minimum size blocks of a full size segment from the peer in order to determine the segment length; G. calculating the amount of segments from the torrent content file size and the segment length.
US08719425B2
Systems and methods providing users with a rich web experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client and at least one server are in communication using a dual communication link. In another embodiment, a markup language based instant messaging application is disclosed. The instant messaging application may include group instant messaging. The instant messaging application may also provide group member persistence and message persistence at the server. In another embodiment, a card based web application is disclosed, where the card information and character may be shared with other users or within a group. The cards may also be configurable by users.
US08719424B2
A transmission method and system for Converged IP Messaging (CPM) is disclosed, which can create Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) links between a CPM client and an originating participating function entity and between an Inter-Working Function entity (IWF) and the originating participating function entity respectively. The CPM client sends CPM message through each MSRP link to the inter-working function entity which sends the received CPM message to a non-CPM system after the protocol conversion of the CPM message. With the help of the method and system, the transmission link between the sender and the IWF is created by the session invite message of the large message mode CPM, and the content of the large message mode CPM is sent to the IWF which then transmits the content of the large message mode CPM to a non-CPM client of the receiver. The method and system resolves the problem that the content of the large message mode CPM can not be transmitted to a non-CPM system receiver in the prior art and improves the user experience.
US08719422B2
In the event of an unintentional interruption, a token issued by a host system to a client system is used to reestablish communications without disrupting applications on the client system. If the host system provided an Internet Protocol address to the client system to be used during the interrupted communications session, the host system reserves the communications address during an interruption in communications for a period sufficient to permit reestablishment of communications using the reserved address.
US08719420B2
System(s) and method(s) are provided for a femtocell account management service and access thereto. The account service management can be accessed through a broadband network and comprises two operational layers deployed within respective demarcation zones. A first layer includes a web tier that provides landing webpage and a legacy account manager that enables account management for mobility subscribers. A second layer includes an application layer associated with femtocell service, an application layer for legacy accounts, and a middleware component that provides functional connectivity application layers and backend service component. Account management service allows secure login to femtocell account and redirection amongst femtocell and legacy service components, and enables manipulation of access list(s) that regulate access to femto service. Manipulation of access list(s) includes addition, deletion, and edition of entries, which include unique identifier(s) for mobile devices and related control flags. A femtocell database retains account profile(s) that include access list(s). Access list(s) and updates thereof can be supplied to macrocell network.
US08719418B2
A personal computer system for a mobile terminal user and an operation method thereof are provided. The personal computer system includes multiple main boards on which at least one software is run, multiple storage devices that are each configured to store at least one software to be used by a mobile terminal user allocated to the storage device, and a relay board system configured to select one main board in standby mode from among the multiple main boards and connect the selected main board to one storage device that is allocated to a mobile terminal user among the multiple storage devices in response to an access request from the mobile terminal user to run software, and to disconnect the selected main board from the allocated storage device in response to a request for termination of use of the selected main board from the mobile terminal user.
US08719417B1
This description describes technologies relating to resource allocation in distributed systems. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that identifying a plurality of user data sets and associated properties; identifying a plurality of clusters and associated properties; identifying a distribution of replicas of the user data sets in the clusters, at least one of the clusters being assigned with two or more replicas of one of the user data sets; identifying resource allocation variables, the resource allocation variables corresponding to the distribution of replicas of the user data sets in the clusters; transforming the resource allocation variables and their relation from the distribution of replicas of the user data sets in the clusters by assigning a single replica of one of the user data sets to one of the clusters; and allocating resource using the transformed resource allocation variables.
US08719416B1
A hyperlinking process identifies a uniform resource locator within content (e.g., within a web page, document, etc.). The hyperlinking process further identifies a plurality of subparts of the uniform resource locator. In this manner, each subpart represents a distinct location separately referenceable from a location referenced by the entire uniform resource locator. Additionally, the hyperlinking process receives a selection of a subpart of the uniform resource locator that identifies a selected subpart. In response to the selection of the subpart, the hyperlinking process references the distinct location associated with the selected subpart.
US08719415B1
Techniques are described for managing distributed execution of programs, including by dynamically scaling a cluster of multiple computing nodes performing ongoing distributed execution of a program, such as to increase and/or decrease computing node quantity. An architecture may be used that has core nodes that each participate in a distributed storage system for the distributed program execution, and that has one or more other auxiliary nodes that do not participate in the distributed storage system. Furthermore, as part of performing the dynamic scaling of a cluster, computing nodes that are only temporarily available may be selected and used, such as computing nodes that might be removed from the cluster during the ongoing program execution to be put to other uses and that may also be available for a different fee (e.g., a lower fee) than other computing nodes that are available throughout the ongoing use of the cluster.
US08719411B2
A method for monitoring an application, comprising: receiving a message from the application; storing the message in a message data buffer in a data store; selecting one or more module instances to define a monitoring function for the application, each module instance for independently performing a respective aspect of the monitoring function, each module instance independently accessing the message data buffer directly from the data store to process data contained therein to perform its aspect of the monitoring function; and, initiating operation of the one or more module instances in accordance with a schedule defined by one or more routing rules, the one or more routing rules for routing a pointer to the message, as stored in the message data buffer, between the one or more module instances to thereby perform the monitoring function without passing the message itself between the one or more module instances.
US08719409B2
A communication system for providing network access over a shared communication link is disclosed. The communication system includes a user access point, a network access point and a communications link. The user access point is coupled to one or more user terminals that access a remote network. The network access point is coupled to the remote network. The communications link couples the user access point and the network access point. The communications link is at least partially controlled by the network access point, which monitors information passed between the remote network and the user access point to create an estimate of future usage of the communications link by the user access point based on the information. The network access point allocates communications link resources for the user access point based on the estimate.
US08719404B2
A first hardware node in a network interconnect receives a data packet from a network. The first hardware node examines the data packet for a regular expression. In response to the first hardware node failing to identify the regular expression in the data packet, the data packet is forwarded to a second hardware node in the network interconnect for further examination of the data packet in order to search for the regular expression in the data packet.
US08719400B2
Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify the status of a network resource along with whether the network resource is a self-managing resource. When autonomic management capabilities are identified, an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource may be generated and sent, over a network, for receipt and use by the identified self-managing resource.
US08719391B2
A system, server, method, and computer program product are disclosed for facilitating the creation of push messages pertaining to context dependent services and managing their delivery to mobile wireless devices having diverse routing, scheduling, and context or event-triggering requirements. A web-based interface is presented on an administrator console for defining profiles specifying content delivery characteristics for a plurality of mobile wireless devices. The profiles can include a recipient characteristic, a message delivery mode characteristic, and a bearer characteristic. A Service Manager is coupled to the web-based interface and to a plurality of access points, for pushing a message via a specified bearer, using a specified delivery mode, to one of the plurality of mobile wireless devices of a specified recipient satisfying one of the defined profiles of content delivery characteristics when the one device is located within a coverage area of one of the plurality of access points.
US08719389B2
Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with network boots are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information handling system comprises a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an access controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The access controller has stored thereon a general pre-boot file and configured to receive boot configuration information from a management server. The access controller further configured to generate a boot script according to the boot configuration information and generate a specific pre-boot file based on the general pre-boot file and the boot script. The access controller is further configured to configure the information handling system to boot to a target based on the specific pre-boot file.
US08719381B2
Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable tool for managing the downloading of content from, while reporting information to, various content providers and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) through a single installed instance of the reconfigurable tool. In some embodiments, the tool includes a container application that is used to download content that is supplied by various content providers. The tool also includes a configuration file. The configuration file configures operation of the application to download content from a particular content host. The configuration also specifies reporting parameters that identify what information to report, when to report the information, and to whom the information is reported as part of the content download. Using this tool, content providers and CDNs are able to provide customizable and unique user experiences without modifying the code base of the application and without having to develop and maintain their own proprietary download manager applications.
US08719377B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and computer-readable media are disclosed for facilitating multiple applets of a web page to communicate with a back end server through a common communication channel. According to one aspect, a method is disclosed for communicating data which includes identifying a common communication applet by a plurality of client applets. The method also includes submitting a set or data requests originating from the client applets to the common communication applet. The method further includes accumulating the data requests received from the plurality of client applets. The data requests are encoded and transmitted to a back-end handler. Results from the back end server are received, decoded and delivered to the appropriate client applet.
US08719372B2
Systems and methods for real-time viewing and manipulation of information hosted on third-party systems are described. The system and methods enable property managers to create, edit and delete real estate vacancy postings on multiple sites from a single account, view metrics associated with the postings, and shift the administrative burdens associated with the unreliability of third-party systems to the system itself.
US08719369B1
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a method comprising generating a plurality of prompts, each of the plurality of prompts related to one of a plurality of elements, generating an indexed prompt file (IPF) comprising one or more of the plurality of prompts and index information about the one or more of the plurality of prompts, and generating an IPF map file relating one or more of the elements to one or more of the plurality of prompts using the index information. The method further comprises mapping a target phone number to the one or more of the plurality of elements, the target phone number being associated with a target on a target list, generating a call to the target phone number, and playing the one or more of the plurality of prompts based on the index information.
US08719368B2
In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to look up a contact's communication channel information in the user's address book. The social networking system provides to the user the contact's communication channels in an ordered sequence based on the user's social graph and communication information.
US08719367B2
A terminal includes a task information acquiring unit which acquires information on a task of data processing, and a communication task generator which generates a send task to allow a source apparatus of data required by the task to transmit the data required by the task to an apparatus executing the task and which transmits the send task to the source apparatus, when the source apparatus is another apparatus, which is different from the apparatus executing the task and which is connected to the apparatus executing the task via a network.
US08719342B2
The present invention relates to a method, system, client device, conference server device and computer program product of controlling media composition in a multi-party conversation involving a central control point (50). At a participant (10) of said multi-party conversation, a scope information (SoM) which specifies members of said multi-party conversation is selected and added to a session modifying request. The session modifying request is transmitted to the central control point (50) which initiates a media modification at the specified members in response to the scope information (SoM). Thereby, a client can control whether media modification is applied to the whole conference, selected participants or only between the client itself and the conference server.
US08719339B2
A novel electronic information transport component can be incorporated in a wide range of electronic information products, for example magazine collections, to automate the mass distribution of updates, such as current issues, from a remote server to a wide user base having a diversity of computer stations. Advantages of economy, immediacy and ease of use are provided. Extensions of the invention permit automated electronic catalog shopping with order placement and, optionally, order confirmation. A server-based update distribution service is also provided. In addition, an offline web browser system, with hyperlink redirection capabilities, a novel recorded music product with automated update capabilities and an Internet charging mechanism are provided.
US08719338B2
A message-based directory system obtains a database operation request from a global queue on an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP) server. The database operation request identifies an operation to be performed on a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) based database. The system performs the operation on a LDAP based database that is coupled to the system based on the database operation request to generate the database operation result data and publishes the database operation result data to a client exchange that corresponds to a client that published the database operation request to allow the client access to the database operation result data.
US08719336B2
The subject disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for routing data in a network-based computer game via proxy computers. The method and system includes a set of techniques that utilizes the proxy computers to thwart traffic analysis in high-speed games while continuing to satisfy the games' latency requirements. The method and apparatus facilitates thwarting multiple classes of traffic analysis, including inspection of unencrypted header fields, observation of packet size, correlation of packet timing, and collusion among players. A matchmaking system for matching players in a network-based computer game in a manner that resists traffic analysis is also provided.
US08719332B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for content categorization, where the method comprises transmitting, by a content categorization request entity, a categorization ability negotiation request to a content categorization providing entity to request the categorization ability of the content categorization providing entity; receiving the categorization capability of the content categorization providing entity returned by the content categorization providing entity. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention disclose a system for content categorization, content categorization request entity and content categorization providing entity. Categorization ability negotiation or subscription helps to learn the content categorization ability so that the content categorization request entity or content categorization providing entity may mutually and accurately acquire content categorization capability information without delay.
US08719331B2
A packet processor provides for rule matching of packets in a network architecture. The packet processor includes a lookup cluster complex having a number of lookup engines and respective on-chip memory units. The on-chip memory stores rules for matching against packet data. Each of the lookup engines receives a key request associated with a packet and determines a subset of the rules to match against the packet data. A work product may be migrated between lookup engines to complete the rule matching process. As a result of the rule matching, the lookup engine returns a response message indicating whether a match is found.
US08719329B2
An imaging device includes an imaging unit that images a subject to generate electronic image data; and a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of servers through a network. The imaging device also includes an image file generating unit that generates an image file including first interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of the plurality of servers.
US08719326B2
Information streams are integrated with context information objects and processing instruction objects. The integrated information streams are received by a solution manifold and transformed in accordance with the context information objects, the instruction objects, and logic inherent in the solution manifold. The transformed information is then viewed by a client of the solution manifold. The client may also impose different transformation rules and context information on the transformed information and return those transformation rules and context information to the solution manifold to revised the manner in which integrated data is subsequently transformed. Additionally, the solution manifold logic may be overruled by the instruction objects and/or updated by the instruction objects.
US08719325B2
Server-based collaboration is initiated by an email. When the user creates the email message with attachments, a collaboration website is provisioned. The collaboration website allows collaborations on the attached documents by the recipients of the message. The ease of collaboration with email and the advantages of the collaboration server are thus both available to the user.
US08719320B1
The relative health of data storage drives may be determined based, at least in some aspects, on data access information and/or other drive operation information. In some examples, upon receiving the operation information from a computing device, a health level of a drive may be determined. The health level determination may be based at least in part on operating information received from a client entity. Additionally, a storage space allocation instruction or operation may be determined for execution. The allocation instruction or operation determined to be performed may be based at least in part on the determined health level.
US08719310B2
An illustrative data structure is provided using a structured table that uses a split primary key including a first key, referred to as a partition key, and a second key, referred to as a row key, along with a timestamp key, but that does not otherwise utilize uniform columns that can be used as a key. The partition key that is utilized is unusually fine in that it consists of an individual user identifier that is unique to the system and/or across multiple systems used in an enterprise. Additionally, the system can limit access to one session per individual partition key.
US08719308B2
A system to process unstructured data is provided. An example system to process unstructured data comprises a receiver to access a source of unstructured data, an entity extractor to extract entity instances from the source of unstructured data and organize the extracted entity instances into an entity instance table, a pattern generator to generate a pattern comprising a key entity and one or more non-key entities associated with the key entity based on the entity instance table, and a dataset generator to generate a two-dimensional table based on the pattern and the entity instance table.
US08719305B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a cloud computing environment. In some embodiments, this includes creating an event configuration, wherein the event configuration determines the order in which event handlers of a trait are called, identifying a java class configuration, wherein the java class configuration determines the composition of an instance of an object, identifying a set of required traits, and storing the event configuration, the java class configuration, and the set of required traits in an XML document.
US08719304B2
An embodiment of a system for representing connectedness of individuals includes nodes representative of individuals and strands connecting the nodes. The nodes include a first node representative of a first individual and a second node representative of a second individual. The strands connect the first node and the second node. Each of the strands represents a type of relationship between the first individual and the second individual. In some embodiments, each of the strands is in the form of a distinct data object.
US08719298B2
Described is estimating whether an online search query is a news-related query, and if so, outputting news-related results in association with other search results returned in response to the query. The query is processed into features, including by accessing corpora that corresponds to relatively current events, e.g., recently crawled from news and blog articles. A corpus of static reference data, such as an online encyclopedia, may be used to help determine whether the query is less likely to be about current events. Features include frequency-related data and context-related data corresponding to frequency and context information maintained in the corpora. Additional features may be obtained by processing text of the query itself, e.g., “query-only” features.
US08719297B2
A system and process for managing data collection processes is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure can include, a data collection system having a controller element that assigns to each of the processes a query interval according to a priority level of the data collection process for requesting use of processing resources, receiving one or more requests from the processes, once per respective query interval, for use of at least a portion of available processing resources, releases at least a portion of the available processing resources to a requesting one of the processes when the use of the available processing resources exceeds a utilization threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08719296B2
Some embodiments of the invention include tools for extracting data of interest from the world wide web (WWW). The extraction is accomplished using descriptions of data of interest. The descriptions of data of interest can include computer programs comprising a sequence of instructions and extractor patterns. The extractor patterns can be developed interactively using a web browser integrated into the graphical development environment for creating the descriptions of data of interest. The instructions can be selected from a predetermined list of instructions designed for extracting information from the WWW. The descriptions of data of interest can be grouped into categories sharing common query elements.
US08719295B2
Multi-granularity hierarchical aggregate selection based on update, storage and response constraints
Techniques are disclosed for multi-granularity hierarchical aggregate selection based on update, storage and response constraints. For example, for a temporal hierarchy of aggregation statistics associated with a plurality of database records, wherein the temporal hierarchy comprises two or more aggregation statistics levels and each level has a different temporal granularity associated therewith, a method comprises iteratively modifying the temporal hierarchy to at least one of: (a) minimize a storage usage cost while satisfying a temporal hierarchy update constraint and a query response time constraint; (b) reduce a temporal hierarchy update time and a query response time while satisfying a storage usage constraint; and (c) minimize a query response time for frequently applied queries that do not shift in time while satisfying the storage usage constraint, wherein the resulting temporal hierarchy that achieves at least one of (a), (b) and (c) is identified as an optimal temporal hierarchy.
US08719294B2
A network digital creation system and the method thereof are disclosed. The client end executes a web page document embedded with a web page procedure in order to initialize the drawing block in the web page document and to allow the user to directly use the cursor to draw. It further enables the user to use quote images previously stored in the server end or the quote the graphic resources in the external network for drawing. After finishing the plot, the user stores the result to the server end to become a quote image. It can be shared to other users by quoting. This facilitates the interactions of network digital creations.
US08719293B2
A server system accesses, respectively, historical query information for queries that have search results corresponding to first information items and second information items and classification data of the first information items. Initially, the first information items are classified and the second information items are unclassified. Based on the classification data of the first information items and the historical query information, the server system generates classification data for the second information items and stores the generated classification data therein. In response to requests for service from client devices, the server system provides customized services to the client devices using the second information items and the corresponding classification data generated for the second information items.
US08719288B2
A universal video-related lookup system and method receives a request for information associated with specific video content from a requesting device. The system and method identify a first video content identifier associated with the specific video content and retrieves first metadata associated with the specific video content based on the first video content identifier. Next, the system and method translate the first video content identifier into a second video content identifier associated with the specific video content and retrieves second metadata based on the second video content identifier. The first metadata and the second metadata are then provided to the requesting device.
US08719285B2
A content item is requested by a user via the user's computing device. In response, data, such as a set of facts, related to the requested content item is identified and served with the requested content item for presentation with the content item at the user's computer device. The related data can comprise facts related to the content item, and the related data can be presented as a graphic, such as part of a multi-dimensional graph, in connection with the presentation of the content. The related data can be retrieved from a facts database using search criteria formed using tags obtained for the requested content item.
US08719273B2
Provided is a method that includes a method for updating index data. The method includes receiving index data, including an index value indicative of user activity on a network site and an index time corresponding to a time used for calculating the index value, receiving an update index time corresponding to a time used for updating the index data, determining an updated index value using an exponential decay of the index value from the index time to the update index time, wherein the updated index value comprises a decayed value of the index value corresponding to the update time, and storing updated index data including the updated index value and the update index time.
US08719269B2
A configuration information management device includes a configuration information storage unit for storing a configuration item indicative of information about a target of management, and an item relationship indicative of information about a connection between configuration items independently of a different configuration information management device. When a request to enter a cluster is accepted that is a group of a configuration item and an item relationship connected together, the configuration information management device determines a destination to store the cluster, and controls to cause the configuration information storage unit or the different configuration information management device to store the cluster. When a search request to search for a configuration item or an item relationship is accepted, the configuration information management device specifies a place where a cluster containing the target of the search is stored, and retrieves the configuration item or the item relationship targeted for the search from the storage place of the cluster.
US08719267B2
A processing device of an information processing system is operative to obtain a plurality of records, documents, web pages or other data objects, and to construct a binary tree using a bipartition procedure in which subsets of the data objects are associated with respective nodes of the tree. Evaluation of a designated modularity for a given one of the nodes of the tree is used as a stopping criterion to prevent further partitioning of that node and to indicate designation of that node as a leaf node of the tree. The resulting leaf nodes of the tree provide a non-overlapping partitioning of the plurality of data objects. The processing device is further operative to perform a neighborhood search on the tree to identify pairs of the plurality of data objects that match the same entity, and to store an indication of the matching pairs of data objects.
US08719264B2
A method and system for creating secondary copies of data whose contents satisfy searches within data stores is described. In some cases, the system searches for data within a data store, identifies a set of data that satisfies the search, copies the identified set of data, and transfers the copy to secondary or other storage. In some cases, the system utilizes search-based secondary copies of days during restoration processes in order to restore data similar to and/or associated with data requested to be restored.
US08719263B1
Persisting metadata in an information management system. During information management, metadata is collected and generated for objects in the computing environment. The metadata is used to classify the objects in order to provide certain services to the objects. The metadata is then selectively persisted to improve performance of the information management system in providing the services. Selectively persisting metadata can also reduce storage requirements.
US08719247B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods (and corresponding systems and computer program products) that augment visual elements in documents with rich media content and provide the rich media content based on user interaction with the augmented visual elements in the documents. The disclosed embodiments analyze a document for qualified visual elements. The disclosed embodiments determine keywords associated with the visual element, generate an association of the visual element and the keywords, and embed the association in a corresponding augmented document. When a user reviews the augmented document in a client system and moves a pointer over the augmented visual element, a piece of rich media content related to the keywords are transmitted to the client system to be displayed as an overlay in close proximity to the visual element where the mouse-over occurred.
US08719244B1
Methods and systems for retrieval of information items and associated sentence fragments are described. One method described comprises identifying at least a first entry in an index relevant to a search query, wherein the first entry comprises a first information item and a first associated sentence fragment, and wherein the index comprises a plurality of information items and associated sentence fragments, and generating a search result set relevant to the search query comprising at least the first information item.
US08719243B2
Interactive database viewing is provided. A server associated with a database accesses a stored result set from a database query. The server presents a portion of the result set in a list view to a client device remote from the server and the cache memory, where the portion presented is based on filter selection based on fields of the data. In response to changes to the filter selection, the server can dynamically alter the list view without having to again access the database. If a change to the filter selection requests data outside the cached result set, the server accesses the database and updates the cached result set. Inline editing of the data in the list view can be applied back to the database by the server.
US08719241B2
A database system comprising a node value stored in a first electronic data memory device sector. A lock state and access visa associated with the node value, such that if the visa is non-zero, the visa must be presented to access the node. A notification field associated with the node value, the notification field stored in a second electronic data memory device sector. An update processor configured to electronically retrieve and process the notification field if the node value is modified.
US08719237B2
Present invention provides a method and an apparatus for deleting duplicate data. The method include: receiving a modified data block for a user file stored in the data storage system; querying whether the modified data block is found in the system data block file; if the modified data block is not found in the system data block file, adding the modified data block to the system data block file, and updating an index relationship of the user file with the system data block file to include an index pointing to the modified data block added in the system data block file. With the method and apparatus for deleting duplicate data provided by embodiments of the present invention, the duplicate data after modification is deleted, which improves the performance in modifying other data block files and improves the effect of deleting the duplicate data.
US08719231B2
A media content delivery interface for delivering media content based on a geographic location of a user. The media content delivery interface may include a mapping device configured to receive a positioning signal and determine a geographic location of a media playing device based on the positioning signal, a processor configured to receive the geographic location from the mapping device and generate a search signal for searching a media database for a media file having a geographic property related to the geographic location, and a distribution device coupled to the processor, configured to selectively distribute the searched media file from the media database to the media player device.
US08719226B1
A database enables versioning for objects stored in the database via a “snapshot” operation. In one implementation, a device performs a snapshot operation in which a snapshot object, representing a logical view of database objects at a time at which the snapshot operation is performed, is created and stored in the database. In response to a request to store a modified version of a database object, the modified version of the database object is written to replace the previous version of the database object when the database object was last modified after the most recent snapshot operation. Further, in response to the request to store the modified version of the database object, the modified version of the database object is inserted in the database when the previous version of the database object was last modified before the most recent snapshot operation.
US08719225B1
A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. Updates to the stored data and to the membership of replica groups are propagated as replicated log records. A replica receiving a log record may compare metadata in the received log record to corresponding metadata in a log record that was previously appended to its log to determine a response. The metadata may include a sequence number, a lock generation identifier, an epoch identifier, or an indication of an epoch change. The replica may append the received log record to its log, drop the received log record, or cache the received log record for future use. If a log conflict indicates an invalid log stream branch, one or more log records may be deleted.
US08719224B2
A system includes first metadata defining a business object object model, and second metadata defining a first object model to define a query on the business object object model. The first object model is an instance of a business object view metadata model, and the business object object model is an instance of a business object metadata model. In some aspects, a request is received to retrieve a result element associated with a query on a business object, the business object comprising an instance of a business object object model, and the business object is instantiated based on first metadata defining the business object object model. An instance of a business object view object model is instantiated based on second metadata defining the business object view object model, the instance of the business object view object model defining the query on the business object.
US08719213B2
A computer-implemented transformational protocol is applied to contextually transform an originating computer-implemented structure into a fuzzy network-based structure. The originating structure may be a hierarchy, for example. The fuzzy network-based structure is adaptively modified based on behavioral information, and recommendations delivered to users may be generated in accordance with the fuzzy network-based structure and inferences from a plurality of usage behaviors. The recommendations may be generated in accordance with a network neighborhood within the fuzzy network-based structure that is based, at least in part, on a navigational context within the originating structure.
US08719208B2
Various embodiments provide a way to decrease the certainty of a piece of information. In at least some embodiments, a certainty factor and a decay rate are associated with the piece of information. The certainty factor indicates the certainty of a piece of information. As time passes, the decay rate is applied to the certainty factor to reduce the certainty factor, thereby providing an indication that the certainty of the information has decreased.
US08719203B2
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a plurality of ratings associated with an element, where the plurality of ratings includes at least a first rating and a second rating. The method also includes applying a first weighting factor to the first rating and applying a second weighting factor to the second rating. The first weighting factor is different from the second weighting factor. Finally, the method includes determining a cumulative rating using the first weighting factor, the second weighting factor, and the plurality of ratings. The cumulative rating is associated with the element and the second weighting factor is arranged to discount the second rating.
US08719198B2
Techniques describe constructing a location and activity recommendation model to identify relationships between locations and activities. To construct the model, the process obtains global positioning system (GPS) logs of geographical locations collected over time and identifies stay points representing locations visited by an individual user. The process also identifies points of interest in a region using a database and correlates a relationship between activity to activity by submitting queries to a search engine. The information gathered is used to fill locations and activities in a location-activity matrix. Recommendations may be made for a location and/or activity when given a user query, based on a user's present geographical location, or a prediction of a user's interest.
US08719196B2
One embodiment of a method of the present invention for monitoring computer resources provides for retrieving a set of resource-metric records for a predetermined time interval, forming a first mathematical matrix containing metric's values arranged on date-time and resource-metric axes, creating a second mathematical matrix containing features and a third mathematical matrix containing weights, building a feature relationship tree, generating a predicted value for the resource-metric identifier, determining a variance between predicted value and metric's value, and triggering an alert if the variance exceeds a predetermined alert threshold.
US08719193B1
Systems, methods, means, computer program code and computerized processes include receiving a first set of de-identified transaction data from a first transaction data source, receiving a second set of de-identified transaction data from a second transaction data source, filtering the first and second sets of de-identified transaction data to identify transactions associated with at least a first entity and to create first and second filtered data sets, removing data associated with an identifier field for each of the transactions in the first filtered data set to created a de-identified first data set, removing data associated with an identifier field for each of the transactions in the second filtered data set to create a de-identified second data set, and processing the first and second de-identified data sets using a probabilistic engine to establish a linkage between data in each data set.
US08719192B2
Transfer of learning trains a new domain for the classification of search queries according to different tasks, as well as the generation of a corresponding domain-specific query classifier that may be used to classify the search queries according to the different tasks in the new domain. The transfer of learning may include preparing a new domain to receive classification knowledge from one or more source domains by populating the new domain with preliminary query patterns extracted for a search engine log. The transfer of learning may further include preparing the classification knowledge in each source domain for transfer to the new domain. The classification knowledge in each source domain may then be transferred to the new domain.
US08719184B2
Provided are methods and apparatus that determine a benchmark of energy consumption for an energy system and utilize the determined benchmark in a variety of ways. Once determined, the determined benchmark may be compared to current energy consumption and current outdoor temperature to verify proper operation of the system and identify deviations in system operation. The benchmark may be used to determine the impact of an implemented change in the operation of the system. The determined benchmark may also be used to contract for a term in an agreement and to verify the satisfaction of a term in an agreement.
US08719176B1
A “URLIT” identifier is assigned to a URL and embedded in an HTML document located at the URL. Transactions are conducted through a Universal Toolbar Utility. A search method allows user-definition of search algorithms and includes a ranking method that assigns relevancy scores to documents by polling users. A user-generated news service allows users to syndicate news. A user-generated resource allows users to create, approve and disapprove of submissions.
US08719174B2
A method, system, and computer program product for collaborative and integrated intellectual property management are provided. The method includes defining a sequence of phases for an intellectual property management model. The phases are defined by task-based components in conjunction with a workflow component and a messaging component. The task-based components specify a sequence of tasks implemented for achieving a desired outcome for a respective phase and also specify at least one of a resource and a role assigned to implement one or more of the sequence of tasks. A portion of the task-based components interact and share information with others of the task-based components via the workflow component and messaging component, thereby integrating operations between respective task-based components and phases. The method also includes applying the intellectual property management model to a set of inputs associated with data corresponding to a request to protect a proposed idea or concept.
US08719171B2
A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) server, where the publishing certificate allows the publishing user to so publish the digital content and to so issue the publisher license.
US08719164B2
A computer-implemented method of engaging in a transaction between a merchant and a business entity. The method includes: initiating a transaction by the business entity with a merchant; obtaining, by the merchant, a business entity data set including at least one data field; communicating an authorization request from the merchant to a provider, the request including at least one data field from the business entity data set and at least one field from a transaction data set; establishing a credit-based relationship between the provider and the business entity; communicating an authorization response from the provider to at least one of the merchant and the business entity; and engaging in the transaction between the provider and the business entity based at least in part upon the established credit-based relationship. A system and apparatus are also disclosed.
US08719156B2
In one embodiment, an intended recipient of money transmits a payment link created by the recipient to an intended sender of money, where the link contains a locator to a site of a payment provider, information about the recipient (e.g., email address), and the amount of money to be sent. The link can be sent via email, text, IM, or other means. The sender then accesses the link, such as by clicking or tapping on the link, which launches a checkout or payment page for the sender on the payment provider site. The sender completes the payment page, and the payment is sent to the recipient by the payment provider.
US08719155B2
A vehicle rental transaction system and method which provide a vehicle lot owner with a choice of options for vehicle security and customer convenience. The vehicle rental transaction system includes a computer for identifying a customer as part of a rental transaction involving a vehicle, and for sending a wireless message to the vehicle containing instructions for preparing the vehicle for the customer. Example instructions include, but are not limited to, unlocking doors and a trunk of the vehicle, adjusting power seats and power mirrors in accordance with customer preferences, adjusting climate control settings in accordance with the customer preferences, adjusting radio station settings in accordance with the customer preferences, and adjusting GPS settings in accordance with the customer preferences.
US08719154B2
One embodiment provides a method of delivering a remittance from a first party to a third party via an intermediary party, in which an intermediary fee is chargeable by the intermediary party. The method includes: receiving, at a payment system, a request to conduct a remittance transaction including a transfer of a first value from a first party to an account of an intermediary party, and by the intermediary party to transfer at least a portion of the first value to a third party; accessing reputation data associated with the intermediary party; and determining an intermediary fee chargeable by the intermediary party for the transfer of at least the portion of the first value to the third party, the determining of the intermediary fee being based on the reputation data. The reputation data can be information about the intermediary party, as well as the first party and/or the third party.
US08719138B2
A system and method for ETF investing that provides a primary exchange traded fund (PETF) that comprises a plurality of shares, wherein the primary exchange traded fund comprises investments in a plurality of secondary exchange traded funds (SETF). The system and method enable intraday, or other periodic, trading of a variable number and type of ETFs through a single ETF, based on one or more categories and factors including, but not limited to, real-time NAVs.
US08719129B2
A check cashing system is configured to scan in a check to be cashed and scan a customer ID of a customer cashing the check. Information for the customer, including check cashing history, information for the maker of the check and other information is displayed to verify the authenticity of the check. Also, warnings are displayed if the check is considered fraudulent based on whether criteria are met.
US08719121B1
Time record entries are automatically constructed using software modules and methods for presentation in response to prescribed interactions with email and other electronic messages in which there is a basis for recording a time-record. Heuristics are applied to parsed electronic messages to construct proposed time-record entries. The timekeeper has discretion whether to approve any proposed entries. Software tools are also disclosed to present and manage the automatically constructed time-record entries. The invention eliminates reliance upon the timekeeper to capture such activities as billable events in the first instance, and thereby can increase revenue opportunities. The same heuristics used to identify the entity to be charged for the activity can also be used to identify a logical path for storage of incoming and outgoing messages in a record management system.
US08719100B1
An image store including images from photo agencies is established by an image management system. Marketers interact with the image management system to review images in the image store and tag objects shown in the images. The object tags identify and provide information about the objects shown in the images. The marketers define campaigns having payment conditions indicating types of engagement with the images that trigger payments by the marketers. Publishers interact with the image management system to select images and publish the selected images to clients used by consumers. The publishers also provide the consumers with tag modules that execute on the clients to display the information about the objects shown in the published images. Consumer interactions with the displayed information are reported to the image management system, and the system accounts for payments by the marketers if the payment conditions are satisfied.
US08719095B2
A method is described including requesting content from a directory service, receiving a list of peers in a peer-to-peer network having the requested content, selecting a peer from the received list of peers, establishing communications with the selected peer, receiving a list of chunks of content and ads available from the selected peer, requesting a chunk of content and ads available from said selected peer and receiving the chunk of content and randomly selected ads from the selected peer. Also described is a method including receiving a request for content, generating a list of chunks of content available for the requested content, generating a list of ads associated with the requested content, transmitting the list of available chunks of content responsive to the request, receiving a request for a selected chunk of content and transmitting the selected chunk of content and ads associated with the selected chunk of content.
US08719086B1
The disclosure herein provides interactive electronic game systems, methods, and devices. An interactive electronic game system comprises a user information database, an ordering engine, a prize engine, a game engine, and one or more computers, wherein the ordering engine comprises an identification receiver and an order processor, and the one or more computers comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
US08719084B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for conducting sales. A system configured to practice the method receives an inquiry with at least one parameter from a user associated with a sale of an item. The system identifies one or more discount items that satisfy the inquiry and filters the one or more discount items based on a time-sensitive sales opacity scale. The system identifies comparable items for each discount item at nondiscount rates dynamically using real-time data and presents one or more comparable groups to the user, each comparable group including one filtered discount item and respective comparable items. Then the system advances the sale of the discount item based on user acceptance of one of the presented one or more comparable groups.
US08719079B2
Documents or document sets may be scored to reflect a value of an action, such as a selection for example, when an ad is served with the document (or a document belonging to a document set). A cost associated with the action with respect to an ad that was served with a document may then be adjusted using the score. For example, ad scores may be accepted or determined, and a document may be scored using the ad scores when served with the document and ad scores across a collection of documents to generate a document score. Each of the ad scores may indicate a value of an action with respect to an ad, such as a conversion rate, or a return on investment for an ad selection for example. Document scores used in this way may help advertisers get a more consistent cost per conversion, or return on investment, without requiring them to enter and manage various offers for various documents and/or various ad serving systems having various conversion rates or returns on investment.
US08719075B2
A system to facilitate electronic commerce associated with an online marketplace, program product, and methods are provided. Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with the marketplace website by completing an online-item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like. The selling user uploads an image file of the item to the marketplace website's server. The server contains a random image size generator that generates at least two additional images of the item that are presented to the selling user for selection of the image that the selling user wants to include on the selling website to advertise the item.
US08719074B2
Electronic editor for formulae for calculating the price of a service designed to define the formula in a format directly readable by an electronic costing system designed to establish the price of a service using information on the service consumed contained in consumption variables. The editor includes an electronic calculator capable of defining the calculation formula and storing it in the first storage unit for storing information. The calculator includes an acquisition module having a tree structure formed from nodes, each node being associated with a calculating operation designed to be executed by the costing system to establish the price of the service and defining the order for carrying out the operations by the electronic costing system, and a module for automatically converting the acquired tree structure into a directly readable format by the electronic costing system and storing the converted tree structure in the first storage unit.
US08719073B1
A categorizer produces a first measure regarding cases associated with an issue. Information regarding additional cases associated with the issue is received after one or more events have occurred with respect to the issue. Based on further output from the categorizer, a second measure is produced regarding the additional cases associated with the issue.
US08719067B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling a workforce. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: collecting an agent activity of a first class and an agent activity of a second class; and displaying the agent activity of the first class and the agent activity of the second class along the same timeline axis. The agent activities are collected from a contact center data source. The second class is different from the first class. Both activities are associated with the same agent. Each activity is derived from a different virtual data source.
US08719063B1
A system and method related to comparing information during a process for issuing insurance policies. The system has a database that stores a formatted submission for an insurance policy, the formatted submission comprising a plurality of insurance policy clauses and attribute information for an entity that desires to purchase the insurance policy, a user interface that receives information from an insurance company related to the formatted submission and a processor that compares the information received from the insurance company to the formatted submission and outputs comparison data based on the information and the formatted submission.
US08719054B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template or signal protocol may be configured to establish suitable matching between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure.
US08719047B2
A brokerage system that identifies a service provider satisfying at least some attributes in a set of patient defined attributes for providing a service is accessed. A request for records corresponding to the patient's health information to a data repository that stores the health records is sent. A graphical user interface that when rendered on a display displays the patient's health information is received.
US08719027B2
An automated method of providing a pronunciation of a word to a remote device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input indicative of the word to be pronounced. The method further includes searching a database having a plurality of records. Each of the records has an indication of a textual representation and an associated indication of an audible representation. At least one output is provided to the remote device of an audible representation of the word to be pronounced.
US08719018B2
A biometric speaker-identification apparatus is disclosed that generates ordered speaker-identity candidates for a probe based on prototypes. Probe match scores are clustered, and templates that correspond to clusters having top M probe match scores are compared with the prototypes to obtain template-prototype match scores. The probe is also compared with the prototypes, and those templates corresponding to template-prototype match scores that are nearest to probe-prototype match scores are selected as speaker-identity candidates. The speaker-identity candidates are ordered based on their similarity to the probe.
US08719013B2
A method of pre-processing an audio signal transmitted to a user terminal via a communication network and an apparatus using the method are provided. The method of pre-processing the audio signal may prevent deterioration of a sound quality of the audio signal transmitted to the user terminal by pre-processing the audio signal, and by enabling a codec module, encoding the audio signal, to determine the audio signal as a speech signal. The method of pre-processing may include separating the audio signal into channels, measuring the channel energy for each of the channels, selecting a specific channel energy, and amplifying the specific channel energy. The method may include encoding an audio signal using a speech codec and/or decoding an encoded audio signal using the speech codec.
US08719012B2
The invention concerns an encoder for an input audio signal (S(z)) comprising a combination module combining the input audio signal with an intermediate counter-reaction signal forming a modified input signal and a quantification module scalable for the rate (91) of said modified input signal, delivering a binary raster of quantification indexes of a predetermined rate. This encoder is such that it comprises: a reverse quantification module (93) of a part of the quantification indexes of the binary raster corresponding to the indexes of a rate lower than the predetermined rate, for predetermining a reconstructed signal (SMic(z)), a module for determining (94) a quantification noise (QMic(z)) derived from at least quantification modules and reverse quantification modules in series, a determination module (111) for a filtering function of the quantification noise from said reconstructed signal and a filtering module fit for applying (33) said filtering function to said quantification noise in order to obtain said intermediary counter-reaction signal. The invention also relates to an encoding method applied by the described encoder and a corresponding decoding method applied by a decoder.
US08719004B2
A system, method and software product punctuates voicemail transcription text. A transcription text of the voicemail message is generated and the pauses between words of the transcribed text are determined. Ellipses are inserted into the transcription text at the position of “er” and “ahh” type words and pauses between words of the transcribed text.
US08719003B1
A first test phrase can be rendered to a user in a first language. A first answer phrase in a second language can be received from the user. Based on the determination of that the first answer phrase is a translation of the first test phrase, a second test phrase in the first language can be rendered to the user. A second answer phrase in the second language can be received from the user. A set of parser data can be modified based upon the second answer phrase and the user can be permitted access to a resource.
US08718999B2
The present invention provides a circuit simulation method of executing a high-precision circuit simulation. A voltage fluctuation analysis step at a gate level is executed (step S2). The voltage fluctuation analysis step at the gate level is executed on an entire chip TP. Next, a step of obtaining waveforms of power supply voltage and ground voltage (Vss) according to the voltage fluctuation analysis step is executed (step S4). Subsequently, a signal analysis step at a transistor level is performed (step S6). The signal analysis step at the transistor level is performed in an area narrower than the entire chip TP, for example, on one or more functional modules. After that, a step of obtaining a signal analysis result according to the signal analysis step is executed (step S8).
US08718997B2
A network design method includes an input step for inputting a network condition at each of plural timings in advance, an acceptance step for accepting restricting conditions concerning respective costs at the plural timings, a design step for designing a network satisfying a restricting condition accepted in the acceptance step under the network condition input in the input step, and an output step for outputting a design result of the design step.
US08718996B2
A testing method for identification whether a cancer patient is a member of a group or class of cancer patients that are not likely to benefit from administration of a platinum-based chemotherapy agent, e.g., cisplatin, carboplatin or analogs thereof, either alone or in combination with other non-platinum chemotherapy agents, e.g., gemcitabine and paclitaxel. This identification can be made in advance of treatment. The method uses a mass spectrometer obtaining a mass spectrum of a blood-based sample from the patient, and a computer operating as a classifier and using a stored training set comprising class-labeled spectra from other cancer patients.
US08718995B2
A method for determining compatibility of bioactive agents (i.e. supplement formulation components, pharmacological agents, etc.), comprising (i) determining compatibility by and between components contained in a supplement formulation, i.e. vitamins and/or minerals, (ii) determining compatibility by and between the formulation components and the body, and (iii) determining compatibility by and between the formulation components and pharmacological agents, i.e. prescribed and over-the-counter medications, and formulations derived therefrom.
US08718992B2
A history matching method by gradual deformation of a fault network associated with a geological model is disclosed having application to notably petroleum reservoir development. A fault network is constructed by drawing fault centers in a multifractal density map constructed by a multiplicative cascading and by generating a fault for each fault center. History matching of the model is then performed by deforming the fault network through continuous deformation of the multifractal density map, then by reiterating the center drawing and fault generation stages.
US08718982B2
The present invention relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer.
US08718981B2
A modular sensor assembly in which a sensing module may be packaged and provided separately from a signal processing module and which, in some applications, may facilitate disposal and/or replacement of the sensing module when exposed to a “dirty” or “contaminated” environment without requiring disposal and/or replacement of the entire sensor assembly. In certain applications, the sensing module may include at least one transducer or sensor and a local memory containing a set of conditioning coefficients. The sensing module may be removably coupled to a signal processing module which, in some cases, may be configured to download the set of conditioning coefficients stored in the local memory of the sensing module, and to use the set of conditioning coefficients to produce a substantially linearized output signal.
US08718980B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for mitigating artifacts of biophysical signals in a body area network. Information from multiple sensors (including motion information of the body) can be employed in mitigating the artifacts. The biophysical signals in the body area network can be compressively sensed.
US08718972B2
The present invention provides an electron beam writing apparatus and an image placement error correcting method each capable of calculating a high-accuracy correction amount relative to an image placement error in consideration of a difference in required unit area of height distribution data between the shape of a back surface of an EUV mask and the shape of a surface of a pin chuck. Of back surface shape data of the EUV mask necessary to perform an image placement error correction of each pattern, the back surface shape data of a position brought into contact with each pin of the pin chuck is extracted. The image placement error is calculated only from the extracted back surface shape data.
US08718962B2
A calibrating method of calibrating a measured distance of a measured object measured by a distance-measuring device according to an ambient temperature includes providing a temperature sensor for measuring the ambient temperature of the distance-measuring device, calculating a calibrated imaging location of the measured object according to the ambient temperature and an imaging location of the measured object, and calibrating the measured distance according to the calibrated imaging location. In this way, when the distance-measuring device measures the measured object, the error due to the variation of the ambient temperature is avoided according to the calibrating method.
US08718954B2
A process for controlling the delivery of a quantity of gas to be measured through a test gas tube (60) with a pump (20), a sensor system for pressure and flow measurement (12, 14, 16) and a control and regulating unit (30). A common mode offset of a differential pressure sensor (14), determined in a calibration process, is taken into account in the process for operating the gas sampling device to increase the accuracy of a gas volume being delivered with pump (20) from the measuring environment (50).
US08718953B2
A method for monitoring the health of one or more blades is presented. The method includes the steps of generating a signal representative of delta times of arrival corresponding to the rotating blade, generating a reconstructed signal by decomposing the signal representative of the delta times of arrival utilizing a multi-resolution analysis technique, wherein the reconstructed signal is representative of at least one of static deflection and dynamic deflection in the rotating blade.
US08718946B2
A method provides an index that is indicative of the state of a subject, as to a biological condition, based on a sample from the subject. An embodiment of this method includes: deriving from the sample a profile data set, the profile data set including a plurality of members, each member being a quantitative measure of the amount of a distinct RNA or protein constituent in a panel of constituents selected so that measurement of the constituents enables evaluation of the biological condition; and in deriving the profile data set, achieving such measure for each constituent under measurement conditions that are substantially repeatable; and applying values from the profile data set to an index function that provides a mapping from an instance of a profile data set into a single-valued measure of biological condition, so as to produce an index pertinent to the biological condition of the subject.
US08718944B2
A method for determining cardiac status comprises for a given patient, constructing a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of the patient's heart; and executing the constructed computational model, said executing generating a quantitative analysis of cardiac function. A method of performing cardiac surgeries comprises: a) assessing surgical options based on a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of a patient's heart; and b) performing surgery based on one or more of the surgical options. A computer system comprises: a) a data source containing data of a patient's heart; b) a modeler coupled to receive data from the data source, the modeler generating a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of the heart based on the heart data; and c) a processor routine for computationally providing information about a certain cardiac function using the three-dimensional heart model and for applying computational, quantitative analysis of the cardiac function, wherein the quantitative analysis of the cardiac function provides an assessment for surgical options, optimizing surgical techniques, or predicting outcomes.
US08718940B2
Systems, methods, and instructions encoded in a computer-readable medium can perform operations related to evaluating surface data. Geodetic data for a plurality of surface locations are received. The geodetic data may include surface gradient information and/or surface elevation information for multiple surface locations. A set of constraining relationships is generated based on the geodetic data. The set of constraining relationships relates undetermined values of surface elevation movement and/or undetermined values of surface gradient movement to measured surface elevation changes and/or measured surface gradient changes. Some or all of the constraining relationships include multiple undetermined values. Particular values for surface elevation movements and/or particular values for surface gradient movements are calculated for multiple surface locations based on determining a solution to the set of constraining relationships. In some implementations, a minimum curvature surface may be generated deterministically based on the geodetic data and the particular values identified using the constraining relationships.
US08718934B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for predicting a future location of a mobile user. A recent location of a mobile user is received. Past location data for the mobile user is retrieved from storage. A future location of the mobile user is predicted based at least in part on the recent location and on the past location data. The prediction is provided in response to a query or by subscription.
US08718917B2
A method and system is provided for determining a relative position between a host vehicle and a remote vehicle using an indirect assisting entity technique. A GPS position of the host vehicle and a remote vehicle are obtained. A number of common satellites providing GPS data to the host vehicle and the remote vehicle are determined. An indirect-assisting entity is identified having a common number of satellites in communication between the host vehicle and remote vehicle, respectively, which is greater than the number of common satellites between host vehicle and the remote vehicle. A relative position is determined between the host vehicle and the indirect-assisting entity, and the remote vehicle and the indirect-assisting entity. A position of the host vehicle relative to the remote vehicle is determined as a function of the determined position of the host vehicle and remote vehicle relative to the indirect-assisting entity.
US08718915B1
A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for generating an image of a flight route corridor displayed an aircraft display unit. A processor generates an image data set using navigation data and object data, where object data includes terrain and obstacle data. The image data set is determined using the object data and flight route corridor data, wherein the flight route corridor data is determined by applying navigation and object data to flight route corridor design criteria. The image data set is provided to a display unit to display a flight route corridor and at least one “offending” object against the background of the scene outside the aircraft, where offending objects include those objects penetrating an obstacle clearance surface and those objects penetrating the flight route corridor. The depiction of the flight route corridor and offending objects may be enhanced with the use of highlighters.
US08718914B2
Disclosed is a device and method of providing a driver with eco-driving information. More specifically, the disclosed method and device induces a driver to operate a vehicle in an eco-friendly manner by computing for and displaying to the driver a fuel efficiency oriented vehicle speed that maximizes the vehicle's driving distance based on the vehicle's current weight and electrical load.
US08718913B2
An efficiency information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide vehicle efficiency information to an operator of the vehicle. The visual display includes a target vehicle efficiency. A control system, including at least one controller, is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle. The control system provides at least one output to the indicator arrangement, such that the visual display indicates to the vehicle operator a current relative operating efficiency of the vehicle. The at least one input includes at least one of: information related to positive vehicle propulsion, information related to vehicle braking, or information related to vehicle creep torque cancellation. The control system is further configured to use the at least one input to determine the current relative operating efficiency of the vehicle independently from a fuel economy calculation for the vehicle.
US08718912B2
A time constraint checking device performs a method for checking whether an aircraft is able to fulfill a plurality of successive time constraints corresponding to required times of arrival at a plurality of corresponding waypoints. The method includes comparing, for each of the waypoints, a comparison value depending on the time constraint with either an estimated time of arrival or minimum and maximum possible times of arrival based on speeds of the aircraft. The method performs different comparisons depending on whether the time constraints for a particular waypoint are a single time value or a time window, and an optimized time of arrival for meeting all future time constraints is also possible.
US08718910B2
A traffic reporting service may allow for the generation of more reliable and accurate traffic reports, maps, and forecasts based on various data types and sources. Data sources include public sector sources, private entities, and end users providing crowd sourced data. Crowd sourced data is collected, verified, and used to generate a traffic report which is displayed to a user via a computing device. A user may use various information presented in the traffic report to make informed decisions when choosing travel routes and a departure time to reach a desired destination.
US08718905B2
A secondary controller for controlling the performance of a moving automobile is described. The secondary controller can be configured to communicate with one or more vehicle controllers, such as the engine control unit, while the automobile is being driven. The secondary controller can send control commands to the vehicle controller to effect the operation of the vehicle's power train. The secondary controller can receive power train related data from the engine control unit and based upon the received power train data determine when to send the control commands. In one embodiment, the secondary controller communicates with the vehicle controller via the vehicle's diagnostic port, such as an OBD-II port. In another embodiment, the secondary controller can be configured to control the operational displacement of a variable displacement engine while the vehicle is driven.
US08718904B2
Provided is an automatic stop and restart device for an engine that is capable of suppressing occurrence of an abnormal condition even if a transmission state is changed during an engine restart process after an engine restart condition is satisfied in an automatic engine stop process. A controller performs the automatic engine stop process and the engine restart process. If a determined state of a transmission is a drive range, a transmission state determination unit drives a pinion gear thrust unit at timing determined by a first pinion gear thrust timing determination unit. If the determined state of the transmission is a non-drive range, the transmission state determination unit drives the pinion gear thrust unit at timing determined by a second pinion gear thrust timing determination unit.
US08718903B2
In a direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine that includes a fuel injection valve, and closes an intake valve after gas in the combustion chamber begins to flow back into an intake passageway after the compression stroke begins. The required fuel injection amount is injected a first fuel injection and a second fuel injection in a single combustion cycle, and the first fuel injection is performed while the intake valve is open during the compression stroke, and the second fuel injection is performed after the intake valve closes. The timing of the first fuel injection is set such that the injected fuel is deflected upwards in the top of the combustion chamber by the gas flowing toward the intake valve.
US08718899B2
A driver assistance system that includes a RADAR system, a video system, a brake control unit, and a controller, such as an engine control unit. The RADAR system is mounted on the front of the vehicle and is positioned to detect the location of various objects. The video system captures video images. The controller receives data from both the RADAR system and the video system and identifies objects and their locations based on both the RADAR and the video data. The controller then adjusts the operation of the engine and the vehicle brakes based on the identified objects and their locations. In some embodiments, the driver assistance system also includes a human-machine interface that notifies the driver when an object is identified and located.
US08718896B2
A hybrid vehicle and method of control are disclosed. An internal combustion engine and at least one traction motor are operated such that the combined output torque corresponds to one of a plurality of output torque functions, each output torque function having a distinct output torque at a maximum value of accelerator pedal position for an associated vehicle speed. The output torque function is selected based on a virtual gear number. The virtual gear number varies in response to driver activation of shift selectors or automatically in response to changes in vehicle speed.
US08718894B2
A communication system having at least one first and a second communication unit. The first communication unit has a counter memory unit which stores a counter value, and is designed such that the occurrence of a first communication event prompts the counter value in the counter memory unit to be changed in a defined first manner. At least the occurrence of a defined reference event is followed by the counter value in the counter memory unit being changed in a defined second manner. In the course of a second defined communication event, the first communication unit transmits the current counter value in the counter memory unit to the second communication unit.
US08718891B2
Methods and systems employing the same for controlling braking characteristics of a vehicle are provided. Expected braking characteristics of the vehicle are received and driving condition data is continuously received. A determination as to whether the expected braking characteristics can be safely applied in view of the driving condition data is continuously made and the expected braking characteristics are applied when they can be applied safely.
US08718879B2
In this work vehicle, a control unit controls a shift in a speed gear of a transmission according to the vehicle velocity. The control unit determines whether or not the acceleration rate of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold when the vehicle velocity is within a predetermined first range. The control unit switches a lock-up clutch from a not-connected state to a connected state when the acceleration rate of the vehicle is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold. The control unit maintains the lock-up clutch in a not-connected state when the acceleration rate of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined threshold.
US08718878B2
Power management control for a power machine or vehicle is disclosed. In illustrated embodiments, a user interface of the power machine or vehicle includes a power management selection for activating and deactivating power management control. In illustrated embodiments, power management control is implemented through a power management control component based upon feedback from an RPM sensor. As disclosed in illustrative embodiments, the power management control component utilizes control methods and characteristics stored in system memory to determine control input to adjust hydrostatic parameters for power management.
US08718875B2
A vehicle motion control apparatus suppresses strangeness feeling in a driver when a signal from a sensor which detects an operated state quantity of a vehicle and a motional state quantity thereof is abnormal. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit, and sensors. An actual-state-quantity obtaining unit outputs a vehicle-body actual slip angle and an actual yaw rate to a deviation calculating unit. A reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit calculates a vehicle-body reference slip angle and a reference yaw rate using a dynamic-characteristic model and outputs those to the deviation calculating unit. A virtual external-force calculating unit feeds back a virtual external force to the reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit based on a deviation output by the deviation calculating unit. At this time, a virtual-external-force-calculation controlling unit controls correction of a virtual external force based on a signal indicating a detection condition output by the sensors.
US08718868B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a system and method are provided for using tire temperature for dynamically adjusting active chassis systems of a vehicle. The method comprises determining a tire temperature value for at least one tire of a vehicle using at least one sensor and adjusting at least one active chassis system of the vehicle responsive to the tire temperature value. The system comprises a chassis having an engine providing power to tires to propel the vehicle. At least one active chassis system is configured to control braking, power applied or control inputs to the tires, and a controller is configured to determine a tire temperature value for adjusting the at least one active chassis systems. The at least one active chassis systems are adjusted responsive to the tire temperature value provided by the controller to control braking, power applied or control inputs to the tires.
US08718867B2
A method of diagnosing an operating state of an assisted starting system of a motor vehicle equipped with a controlled parking brake, the method including calculating at least one item of vehicle information, generating at least one item of validity information associated with the vehicle information, recording in a non-volatile memory vehicle information and associated validity information during a command to disengage the parking brake, and providing at least one item of diagnostic information from a verification of the validity of the recorded information.
US08718864B2
A system for collecting operating data of a vehicle, including a digital tachograph that can be installed rigidly in the vehicle, and a receiver module for receiving data for controlling the tachograph. The module is removalby connected to the tachograph by way of an interface prescribed by the tachograph. At least one remote control is equipped with a transmitter for operating the tachograph the remote control being adapted to wirelessly transfer data using the receiver module.
US08718856B2
An electric vehicle charger determines the presence of an electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is in proximity to the charger. Validation of account data associated with the electric vehicle occurs over a network. A docking interface on the charger aligns to a receptacle on the electric vehicle. The docking interface and the receptacle are coupled when the docking interface is within a predetermined distance to the receptacle. The charger supplies power to the electric vehicle.
US08718853B2
A method for launching a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises, during operation with an idle engine speed prior to a pedal tip-in, increasing alternator and boost pressure while maintaining the idle engine speed, and decreasing alternator load responsive to the pedal tip-in. In this way, increased turbocharger output may be used to quickly accelerate the vehicle.
US08718852B2
A self-learning regenerative braking control module is adapted for use with a vehicle, and includes a driving mode determining unit, an analyzing unit, and a regenerative braking determining unit. The driving mode determining unit determines a driving mode according to an accelerator signal, a brake signal, and a speed signal from the vehicle and outputs a coasting duration and coasting information associated with the driving mode to the analyzing unit for obtaining acceleration information. The regenerative braking determining unit obtains target regenerative braking data containing target vehicle speeds that vary with time based upon the acceleration information and regenerative braking reference data stored therein.
US08718851B2
First output power is set in accordance with operation by a driver. In addition, second output power greater than the first output power is set. A hybrid vehicle is controlled so that an engine is driven in accordance with the second output power. The hybrid vehicle is controlled so that the engine is stopped when the first output power is equal to or smaller than an engine stop threshold value.
US08718847B2
In a hybrid vehicle including a master power supply always connected to an MG (Motor-Generator) during driving and a first slave power supply and a second slave power supply capable of switching of a connection state with the MG during driving, an ECU connects one of the first slave power supply and the second slave power supply and executes EV (“Electric Vehicle”) driving control with the master power supply and one of the slave power supplies, until both of the State of Charge (“SOC”) of the first slave power supply and the State of Charge of the second slave power supply drop below a threshold value. On the other hand, when both SOCs drop below the threshold value, the ECU disconnects both of the first slave power supply and the second slave power supply and executes HV (“Hybrid Vehicle”) driving control only with the master power supply.
US08718841B2
A system for providing sideslip envelope protection includes a processor for obtaining values of a sideslip envelope indicative of operating conditions of the aircraft along an axis and for estimating a sideslip angle along the axis from at least one operating condition; and a comparer for comparing the sideslip angle with the sideslip envelope to generate an output value, where the processor determines a maximum yaw rate from the output value and scales the maximum yaw rate to generate a scaled yaw rate.
US08718840B2
A device for estimating the angle of attack of an aircraft moving through the air comprises means for receiving a measured incidence presented locally by the air relative to the aircraft and means for determining the angle of attack of the aircraft as a function of the measured incidence and information about the airspeed of the aircraft. The means for determining the angle of attack of the aircraft comprise means for reading the angle of attack of the aircraft from a look-up table having at least the measured incidence and the airspeed information as inputs. Corresponding system and a corresponding method are also proposed.
US08718832B2
To prevent disconnection of wind turbine generators due to changes in wind conditions even if the wind turbine generators is operated to limit the power output. A plurality of wind turbine generators that generate electric power by the rotation of rotors are provided in a wind farm are interconnected and are operated while the power outputs are limited in advance so as to be able to further supply electric power to a utility grid in response to a decrease in the frequency or voltage of the utility grid. The rotational speed of the rotor, which is a physical quantity related to increase and decrease in the power output of the wind turbine generator, is measured for each of the wind turbine generators by a wind-turbine control system, and the limitation amount of the power output of the wind turbine generator is set for each of the wind turbine generators by a central control system on the basis of the rotational speed of the rotor measured.
US08718826B2
A system is provided for remote control of at least one operating condition of a site. The system includes a proximity detection module at a residential site, which is configured to receive a communication regarding a location of a location reporting device or a mobile device. The proximity detection module is configured to alter or adjust a current temperature setting for the site based on a distance or location of the location reporting device or mobile device relative to the site.
US08718822B1
Methods and systems for robot functions and user interfaces are described. A server may receive a set of robot parameters, and may predict new parameters based on a robot command. In this manner, a user may receive parameters corresponding to the predicted values and mitigate network and processing latency. In other examples, a robot may provide a forward looking image and a robot speed. When a command to move forward is issued, the server may provide a predicted image and predicted speed. The server may be able to calculate a predicted image and a predicted speed (or other parameter) more quickly than the robot could provide the same information. The predicted information may be displayed on a user interface with a corresponding indication that the values are predicted. The robot may provide the server and the user interface with the actual data when it is available.
US08718816B2
The invention relates to a method for moving piece goods from at least one piece goods conveyor (12) running in a transport direction (x) into placement positions of at least one placement position conveyor (14, 16) running in the same or opposite transport direction (+x′, −x′) as the transport direction (x) of the piece good conveyor(s) (12) in a robot processing line, having robots (18) disposed at least on one side of a centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor (12) of a width, wherein the piece goods are picked from the piece goods conveyor(s) by means of the robots (18) and placed in placement positions on the placement position conveyors (14, 16). At least part of the piece goods are transported transverse to the transport direction (x) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12) when transiting the robot line (10) at a location of the robot line (10) into the pick region of the robots (18) disposed on the other side of the longitudinal centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12).
US08718805B2
An audio channel of a time-based media presentation provides a basis for synchronizing to the presentation across a variety of platforms independent of when and where the presentation is being viewed. By pre-processing the media into a series of non-unique hashes, and similarly processing an audio stream of the media captured at a client device, a comparison can be made that yields an accurate time offset within the presentation. The comparison may usefully be performed over a data network using a server that hosts data from the pre-processed media, and a variety of applications may be deployed on the client device based on the resulting synchronization.
US08718802B2
A prog analysis and execution system and method. The system includes a computer control system, an interface engine in communication with the computer control system, the interface engine being configured to receive prog information, and an action item development engine in communication with the control system, the action item development engine being configured to analyze received prog information and to determine corresponding action items. The system further includes a sensor engine in communication with the computer control system, the sensor engine being configured to receive input from at least one sensor for use in controlling a well drilling operation, and an operational equipment engine in communication with the computer control system, the operational equipment engine being configured to receive input from the computer control system and to control the well drilling operation in accordance with the determined action items in the prog.
US08718799B2
A method and system for process control configuration changes are described. In one embodiment, a method for switching from a first control algorithm to a second control algorithm in a continuous process control system is described. The method, in the one embodiment, includes executing the first control algorithm, determining to switch from the first control algorithm to the second control algorithm, and executing the second control algorithm. For at least a first execution of the second control algorithm, at least one state variable used in the second control algorithm is adjusted.
US08718798B2
A method and system is disclosed that includes a central controller that takes energy data available from a power/energy measuring device, such as a “smart” meter that is located on a primary network and makes that data available to devices over a secondary network. The central controller is a home energy gateway that includes two communication modules, one of which is used to bind a meter as a router or end point on the primary network, and one which is used to form a secondary network here the central controller operates as network coordinator. The central controller also operates as an energy service portal for devices on the secondary network.
US08718797B1
A method includes establishing communication channels between an on-board unit (OBU) of a vehicle and a plurality of nodes, tagging each of a plurality of data from the plurality of nodes with a priority level, storing the plurality of data in a priority queue according to respective priority levels, selecting a medium to present a first data of the plurality of data to a user, and presenting the first data to the user via the medium. In the method, the plurality of nodes includes a remote node and an in-vehicle device. Another method includes receiving a data from a remote node, generating a plurality of data streams from the data and transmitting the plurality of data streams across a plurality of wireless interfaces. Another method includes enhancing audio signals from a plurality of microphones and speakers. Yet another method includes various gesture based user interfaces coupled to the OBU.
US08718795B2
An apparatus and method for implanting and securing an implanted medical device in a recipient. The implantable medical device of the generally includes a stimulating lead assembly that comprises an elongate carrier member having at least one stimulating element positioned thereon. The stimulating lead assembly further has an expandable portion thereon configured to be inserted into said reference structure in a first dimension, expand to a second dimension, and interact with a portion of the reference structure to help longitudinally secure the carrier member in the recipient.
US08718791B2
Apparatus is provided for application to a nerve of a subject, including an electrode cuff, which includes a housing, which is configured to be placed at least partially around the nerve so as to define an inner surface of the housing that faces the nerve. A plurality of insulating elements are coupled to the inner surface of the housing at respective insulating element longitudinal positions along the housing, such that the inner surface of the housing and pairs of the insulating elements define one or more respective cavities at respective cavity longitudinal positions along the housing. One or more electrodes are fixed to the housing in fewer than all of the cavities, such that at least one of the cavities is an empty cavity that does not have an electrode positioned therein. Other embodiments are also described.
US08718787B2
An apparatus for providing transdermal wireless communication includes medical implant circuitry; a transceiver coupled to the medical implant circuitry; a first metal surface having an end portion and a base portion; a second metal surface parallel to the first metal surface and connected to the first metal surface by a conductor, the second metal surface being separated from the first metal surface by a dielectric layer; a first radiating element tuned to a first frequency and disposed within the dielectric layer between the first metal surface and second metal surface; and a feed structure in electrical communication with the transceiver and the first radiating strip. The first radiating element has a first reactive portion at a first end thereof, a second reactive portion at a second end thereof, and a first radiating strip extending between the first reactive portion and the second reactive portion.
US08718786B2
An auditory implant system for treating a hearing disorder is disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for the use thereof. The system comprises an implantable array of electrodes and a pulse generator (PG), wherein at least one electrode is a cochlear effecting electrode adapted for disposition in the associated Eustachian tube in the proximity of the associated fenestra rotunda.
US08718784B2
Apparatus configured for implantation in a body of a subject is provided. The apparatus includes a support substrate, and at least 500 electrodes protruding at least 50 um from the support substrate, each electrode having (a) a distal tip, (b) an electrically-exposed tip portion, and (c) a cross-section of 50-1500 um2, 20 um from the distal tip. Other embodiments are also described.
US08718767B2
An implantable medical device, IMD, comprises atrial and ventricular sensing units for sensing atrial or ventricular electric events. The IMD also comprises atrial and ventricular pulse generators for generating atrial or ventricular pacing pulses. The ventricular sensing unit is connectable to a multi-electrode lead to individually sense electric events in a ventricle using multiple electrode pairs implanted at different ventricular sites. A controller blanks the ventricular sensing unit during a blanking period following delivery of an atrial stimulating pulse by the atrial pulse generator and activates the ventricular sensing unit at the expiry of the blanking period. Due to the lower propagation speed of PVC depolarization waves and the multi-site sensing, a PVC depolarization wave initiated at a ventricular site during the blanking period can be detected by the IMD.
US08718763B2
The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal stimulation (e.g., electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve or neurons having parasympathetic function) to the patient to treat the detected cardiac conditions.
US08718752B2
Systems and methods of detecting an impending cardiac decompensation of a patient measure an electrocardiogram signal of the patient. An incidence of cardiac arrhythmias is determined from the electrocardiogram signal. A risk of impending decompensation is determined in response to the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias. In many embodiments, the impending decompensation can be detected early enough to avoid, or at least delay, the impending decompensation, such that patient trauma and/or expensive ICU care can be avoided. Although embodiments make specific reference to monitoring electrocardiogram and other physiological signals with an adherent patch, the system methods and devices are applicable to many applications in which physiological monitoring is used, for example wireless physiological monitoring with implanted sensors for extended periods.
US08718749B2
A vessel pulse wave measurement system performs vessel pulse wave measurement using an optical probe circuit provided with an optical probe including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a drive circuit, and a detection circuit. A measurement device directly and synchronously feeds back an electrical signal from the optical probe to the drive circuit as a drive signal to generate a self-oscillation signal from the detection circuit, and measures the self-oscillation signal as a vessel pulse wave signal. A controller controls an operating point of at least one of the detection circuit and the drive circuit such that the self-oscillation signal substantially reaches a maximum level thereof.
US08718745B2
An intracorporeal site marker has high ultrasound reflectivity, presents a substantial acoustic signature from a small marker, so as to avoid obscuring diagnostic tissue features in subsequent imaging studies, and can be readily distinguished from biological features. The biopsy site marker may include features to fix the marker to the biopsy site so as to resist migration from the biopsy cavity.
US08718743B2
The present subject matter relates to in vivo volumetric bidirectional blood flow imaging using single-pass flow imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography. This technique uses a modified Hilbert transform algorithm to separate moving and non-moving scatterers within a depth. The resulting reconstructed image maps the components of moving scatterers flowing into and out of the imaging axis onto opposite image halfplanes, enabling volumetric bidirectional flow mapping without manual segmentation.
US08718739B2
Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include positioning an analyte sensor in fluid contact with an analyte, detecting an attenuation in a signal from an analyte sensor after positioning during a predetermined time period, categorizing the detected attenuation in the analyte sensor signal based, at least in part, on one or more characteristics of the signal, performing signal processing to generate a reportable data associated with the detected analyte sensor signal during the predetermined time period, managing if and when to request additional reference signal measurements, and managing if and when to temporarily not display results.
US08718737B2
A method and an apparatus measure blood oxygenation in a subject. A light source is activated to cause a first emission at a first wavelength and a second emission at a second wavelength. A detector detects a composite signal indicative of an attenuation of the first and second wavelengths by tissue of a patient. The composite signal is demodulated into a first intensity signal and a second intensity signal. Blood oxygenation in the subject is determined from the first and second intensity signals.
US08718734B2
A noninvasive polarimetric apparatus used to measure levels of a substance in a sample in the presence of dynamically changing sample birefringence is provided. A polarization system generates multiple states of polarized light which interact with the sample. An analyzer system receives a signal from the sample and generates a secondary signal. This signal is detected and then processed to measure levels of a substance in a sample that may be have time varying birefringent components.
US08718717B2
The public cellular telephone charging station (10) is a publicly accessible charging system for cellular telephones and other portable devices. The charging station (10) includes a housing (12) and a support (14) for supporting the housing (12) on a support surface. At least one receptacle (16) is provided within the housing (12) for receiving at least one cellular telephone (C) to be charged. Circuits (100), which include a timer (106), are disposed within the housing (12). A charging system for charging the at least one cellular telephone is further provided, with the charge time being calculated by the circuits (100) and being measured and controlled by the timer (106). At least one charging port (18, 20, 22) is located within the at least one receptacle (16) for releasable connection to, and charging of, the at least one cellular telephone (C).
US08718713B2
The invention relates to transmission from a base station to a receiver, the base station comprising first radiating means arranged for transmitting according to an antenna pattern with respect to the receiver and further comprising second radiating means arranged for transmitting according to the same antenna pattern as the first radiating means with respect to the receiver, the transmissions of the first and second radiating means being time shifted by a determined duration.
US08718710B2
A method of automatic provisioning of a SIM card (2) when using the SIM card for the first time by an OTA (Over-The-Air) platform (1) and a mobile telephone (8) includes steps of equipping the SIM card (2) with an automated provisioning application (3) that becomes resident on the SIM card (2), activation data including IMSI and other data is being stored on the SIM card, the SIM card (1) is caused to send a provisioning request, when the SIM card is placed in a mobile telephone (8) for the first time and the telephone is switched on, to the OTA platform (1), a database (7) associated with the OTA platform (1) is updated with data including ICCID, IMSI and OTA keys, the OTA platform (1) retrieves MSISDN from the data sent to the OTA platform and in that the MSISDN is attached to the IMSI.
US08718709B2
A method for using a portable terminal includes: determining whether an inserted SIM card contains one or more generated user accounts, and displaying a list of the existing user accounts; when any one of the user accounts is selected, identifying a setting value corresponding to the selected user account; and setting a usage environment of the portable terminal according to the identified setting value.
US08718708B2
The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of displaying an image using the same. A method of displaying an image includes connecting a mobile terminal displaying an image on a screen to a display apparatus through a TV-out cable; terminating the display of the image on the screen by the mobile terminal and displaying supplementary information of the image on the mobile terminal; and displaying the image in the display apparatus by transmitting the image from the mobile terminal to the display apparatus through the TV-out cable. By utilizing a display apparatus for displaying an image, and a display screen of a mobile terminal as a space for controlling the image and displaying supplementary information of the image file, the convenience of a user of the mobile terminal is improved.
US08718707B2
A device for communicating information from a controller for a rooftop air handling unit to a portable electronic device includes a wire terminal for wiring to the controller and for receiving a signal comprising information from the controller. The device further includes a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the information to the portable electronic device. The device yet further includes a circuit coupled to the wire terminal and the transceiver. The circuit is configured to extract the information from the signal. The circuit is further configured to provide the information from the wire terminal to the transceiver.
US08718700B2
There is provided a communication apparatus including: a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information.
US08718691B2
Systems and methods for assigning short codes to provide uniformity among wireless carriers. In the systems and methods, a Universal Short Code (USC) Administrator maintains a list of short codes and their lease status so that SMS messages sent to a particular short code may be routed to the proper holder of the short code. A network facilitator is in communication with both the USC Administrator and at least one wireless carrier to route the SMS message to the proper holder of the short code. The short code may be leased for a specified period of time so that the short code can be reassigned after expiration of the lease.
US08718690B2
A system for routing short message service (SMS) messages to endpoints in a contact center includes a first node for receiving SMS message streams from multiple sources operating variant protocols and for multiplexing the multiple streams into a single message stream following a universal protocol, a media gateway server connected to the first node for receiving the single message stream and for forwarding individual ones of the messages therein to individual ones of a plurality of connected servers, and a router connected to at least one of the connected servers for routing individual messages represented therein to individual ones of a plurality of network-supported endpoint devices.
US08718688B2
A method and apparatus for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications between a controller and a group of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), each WTRU within the group having a same international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI).
US08718682B2
Examples are disclosed for radio fingerprinting. In some examples radio fingerprinting logic may be operative for execution on a processor component to receive a set of radio frequency signals from multiple mobile computing devices at a first time, store identification information for the set of radio frequency signals, receive a subset of the set of radio frequency signals from one of the multiple mobile computing devices at a second time, associate identification information for the subset of radio frequency signals to the one mobile computing device, and generate a multi-point radio fingerprint for the one mobile computing device based on the subset of radio frequency signals. Other examples are described and claimed.
US08718681B2
A system, method, and wireless communication device that provide a mobile user with selective access to information based on a predefined trigger such as a user's vicinity. In an embodiment, selected information from a first wireless communication device of a communication group may be associated with a geographic location and stored. A portion of the information may be selectively transmitted to a second wireless communication device of the communication group when the second wireless communication device is determined to be proximate to the geographic location associated with the information. In one embodiment, the second wireless communication device may receive the information automatically based on trigger settings.
US08718680B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for number identification and tagging. One of the methods includes identifying a content item to be provided to a mobile device. The method includes identifying a location of the mobile device. The method includes identifying at least one calling format based on the location. The method includes identify a calling number included in the content item based on the at least one calling format. The method includes generating an altered version of the content item to tag the calling number. The method also includes provide the altered version to the mobile device.
US08718679B2
A plurality of location-based service advertisement messages including location information of base stations belonging to each network are broadcasted with different timing in multiple wireless networks. Therefore, a terminal receives only at least on location-based service advertisement message corresponding to an accessible network among the plurality of location-based service advertisement messages.
US08718671B2
A method of buffering location data on a mobile device. The method transmits location data packets via an unreliable protocol to a receiving device and buffers a copy of the location data packet. Periodically, the method also transmits a location data packet via a reliable protocol to the receiving device. When no acknowledgement is received from the receiving device, the location data sent via the reliable protocol is buffered to memory. Once an acknowledgement is received from the receiving device, all of the buffered location data is sent to the receiving device via an unreliable protocol.
US08718669B2
The system may include a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and a mobile telephone. The RFID tags may be affixed to one or more personal objects, such as a key, a watch, a wallet, a purse, a medicine container, or the like. The mobile telephone may be associated with the plurality of RFID tags. A display of the mobile telephone may indicate whether each of the RFID tags is in communication with an RFID reader. For example, the RFID reader may be embedded in a drawer lining, embedded in the mobile telephone itself, or embedded in a handheld wand. The mobile telephone may generate an alert when at least one of the plurality of RFID tags is not in communication with the RFID reader. For example, a trigger RFID may be affixed to a doorway. The trigger RFID may cause the mobile telephone to alert the user to a missing item.
US08718663B2
Provided is a system for allocating a radio resource. The system for allocating a radio resource may include a macro base station, a macro terminal, and a femto base station. The femto base station may allocate a radio resource for transmitting a control channel to a femto terminal, and transmit information of the allocated radio resource to the macro base station. The macro base station may allocate a radio resource for transmitting a control channel to the macro terminal in relation to the received information of the radio resource.
US08718661B2
A method for scheduling information includes receiving modulated first pilot information at a base station (BS). A power carried in the modulated first pilot information is obtained according to the modulated first pilot information. The BS schedules uplink or downlink information for a terminal according to the power carried in the modulated first pilot information.
US08718657B2
A mobile communications system having improved spectral efficiency, and methods and apparatus to achieve this improved spectral efficiency. In the mobile communications system communication with a plurality of mobile terminals is provided by a base station. Within the system terminals are adapted to communicate with one or more adjacent similar terminals to establish groups of terminals, called micro-cells. Each terminal within a micro-cell receives signals from the base station and then performs a first processing step on these signals. These processed signals are shared with all the other terminals within the micro-cell. Each terminal then performs a second processing step on the information it has received from all the other terminals within the micro-cell which enables it to derive a signal intended for reception by that terminal. The technique is applicable to both the uplink and the down link and also to peer to peer communication.
US08718653B2
A method and terminal for association update are provided. When the terminal performs location area update to a MSC/VLR via a GERAN/UTRAN, if it has performed combined update or CSFB attachment in an EPS network via E-UTRAN, then it sets a combined update indication which indicates the EPS network requires combined update when the terminal returns to the E-UTRAN from the GERAN/UTRAN; when the terminal moves to a registered tracking area of the E-UTRAN, it determines whether the combined update indication has been set or not, if yes, it initiates combined TAU and LAU to an MME. After receiving a location update request from the MME, the MSC/VLR updates stored association information and re-establishes SGs association with the MME. Accordingly, a terminal has a control module for association update, which comprises a combined update indication setting determination unit, a combined update setting unit and a combined update initiation determination unit. The present invention enables to update the SGs association in the MSC/VLR in time, thereby the MSC/VLR can always find UE through paging.
US08718649B2
A method and apparatus for expanded cell search and selection in a mobile wireless device. The mobile device locates cells in a first of neighbor cells and in a second list of stored cells and evaluates located cells using suitability criteria. When locating a suitable first cell that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) in the first list, the first cell is selected. When locating a second suitable cell that uses a second RAT in the first list and not locating a suitable cell that uses the first RAT in the second list, the second cell is selected. When locating a third suitable cell that uses the second RAT in the first list and locating a fourth suitable cell that uses the first RAT in the second list, the fourth cell is selected when more suitable than the third cell.
US08718646B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for delivering content to a mobile terminal in a wireless network. A base station in a wireless network delivers content to a mobile terminal by determining if a packet from the mobile terminal contains a request for content; and delivering the content to the mobile terminal from the base station if the content is stored locally at the base station. The base station can optionally evaluate an authorization of the mobile terminal to receive the content. During a hand-off, the current base station determines if a packet received from the mobile terminal contains a base station change message indicating that the mobile terminal is switching to a new base station; and provides content status information (such as content position) to the new base station.
US08718644B2
Modifying network connection policies of a wireless device based on user activity levels. One or more activity indicators of the wireless device may be monitored. One or more criteria for wireless network blacklisting may be selected based on the one or more activity indicators. The criteria may include different types of connectivity problems. A wireless network may be detected. The wireless network may be monitored for connectivity problems. The wireless network may be blacklisted if connectivity problems meeting the selected criteria for wireless network blacklisting are determined to have occurred.
US08718643B2
Disclosed are devices, methods and computer program products for radio access network (RAN) signal acquisition. In one aspect, a mobile device scans a radio frequency spectrum for RAN signals and detects signals corresponding to a plurality of channels of a first network type having a first channel bandwidth. The mobile device then determines a power level of the detected signal on each of the plurality of channels and discards signals having substantially equal power within a first frequency range to define a remaining set of signals. The first frequency range corresponds to a second channel bandwidth of a second network type and the second channel bandwidth is greater than the first channel bandwidth. The mobile device then ranks the remaining signals based on the determined power level and selects one of the remaining signals for acquisition based on the ranking.
US08718639B2
When communication quality exceeds the first threshold, the radio communication terminal 300 starts connection with the radio communication system 120 and establishes the radio link L2 to the radio communication system 120. Further, a handover from the radio link L1 to the radio link L2 is performed when the communication quality exceeds the second threshold after the establishment of the radio link L2, the second threshold corresponding to communication quality degraded than that indicated by the first threshold.
US08718633B2
Methods, systems and devices for controlling mobile device functions via a combination of parental control settings set by a parent-user and parental control settings set by a third party-user. A parental control server receives parental control settings and context criteria from a parent-user, and parental control settings from a third party user. The parental control server receives authorization from the parent-user to allow third party parental controls to control a child's device. When the context criteria identified by the parent is present (e.g., child device is in an identified location, time of day, day of week, etc.), a combination of parental controls designated by the parent-user and the third party control the mobile device.
US08718627B1
A primary mobile station engaged in a communication session via a radio access network (RAN) may receive forward link communications over a forward link channel and transmit reverse link communications over a reverse link channel. If the quality of the communication session degrades, the primary mobile station may involve a secondary mobile station by establishing a short-range wireless communication link with the secondary mobile station, e.g., using Bluetooth™, IEEE 802.11, or other wireless communication protocol. The primary mobile station may then transmit reverse link communications to the RAN over the reverse link channel and also transmit the reverse link communications to the secondary mobile station, via the short-range wireless communication link, for transmission to the RAN. The RAN may receive the reverse link communications from the primary and secondary mobile stations as two distinct reverse link signals, which the RAN may combine together to achieve a diversity gain.
US08718620B2
Systems and methods are provided for personal media devices having the ability to communicate wirelessly, and in particular, communicate wirelessly using a short-range communications protocol (e.g., Wi-Fi and Bluetooth). Such communication provides users of personal media devices with access to several Wi-Fi oriented applications. For example, in one embodiment a personal media device may wirelessly download subscription assets (e.g., podcast) as they become available. In another embodiment, content specific or local to a merchant may be provided to personal media devices that are in wireless communication with a wireless router affiliated with the merchant. For example, if the merchant is a restaurant, the merchant may provide a menu to the personal media device and the user may place an order on his or her media device by selecting items on the menu.
US08718605B2
Method and apparatus for providing information in response to the grant of a subscriber's permission
Confirmation of a mobile subscriber's permission to release their personal information is completed prior to transmitting the information to a requesting party. The mobile subscriber can view the requesting party's identity prior to making a decision to release their directory information. In the alternative, the mobile subscriber can contact the requesting party directly without a release of their personal information. Other types of information, such as location information, can also be communicated to a requesting party by this permission grant methodology.
US08718602B2
The disclosure discloses a method and a system for remote control of a smart card; the method comprises: receiving, by a smart card management platform, a request for performing a LOCKING/UNLOCKING operation for a smart card from a user (S101); and the smart card management platform performs a short message interaction with a terminal side through a mobile network platform based on the request, so as to make the terminal side perform the LOCKING/UNLOCKING operation for the smart card (S103). By means of the disclosure, the effects are achieved that the user can apply to a smart card supervision department for locking/unlocking the smart card and a terminal through a short message and disabling or enabling the smart card, when the smart card and the terminal in which the smart card is located are robbed, lost, stolen and has a serious illegal behavior, so as to protect the security of the user and the smart card relevant department to the greatest extent and provide a better flexibility for a payment system.
US08718599B2
A communication is received via a telecommunications network. A determination is made concerning whether a monetary surcharge is associated with the communication, and a notification is transmitted concerning the determination.
US08718589B2
Method and apparatuses are disclosed to substantially compensate for various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within a communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods estimate the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods remove the estimates of the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver from one or more communications signals within the communications receiver to substantially compensate for the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions.
US08718583B2
The invention relates to a method for configuring a set of multi-carrier power amplifiers, MCPAs, to provide power amplification for a set of base station transmitters. The method is characterized by switching at least a first MCPA in the set of multi-carrier power amplifiers such that the at least first MCPA stops providing power amplification to at least a first subset of the set of base station transmitters, and switching at least a second MCPA in the set of multi-carrier power amplifiers such that the at least second MCPA starts to provide power amplification to the at least first subset of the set of base station transmitters. The invention also relates to a distributing unit connectable to such a base station and a base station comprising a distributing unit.
US08718581B2
Apparatus and method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of an RF power amplifier (PA), according to which the load, connected to the output stage of the PA, tuned dynamically or statically for each level of the desired output power. By doing so, the output impedance of the output stage is essentially matched, such that the dynamic RF load line has a slope that corresponds to the impedance required to provide this level. Whenever a smaller output power is desired in response to reduction in the input signal to the amplifier, the load is further tuned, such that the dynamic or static RF load line has a slope that causes the power amplifier to essentially remain in saturation at the smaller output power.
US08718576B2
A radio frequency (RF) modulator includes: converting means for up-converting a first and second baseband signals into a first and second up-converted signals with a reference clock, wherein a phase difference between the first and second baseband signals substantially equals 180°/N; and combining means for combining the first and second up-converted signals to generate an output signal.
US08718575B2
A direction deciding unit calculates a plane the perpendicular of which is a directional vector from the wireless communication apparatus toward a radio station. A group deciding unit decides, as groups, antenna combinations each consisting of some ones but not all of a plurality of antennas. A distance calculating unit calculates the distances each between the coordinates of antennas projected, in parallel with the directional vector, onto the plane, and further calculates, for each group, as a group shortest-distance of the group, the shortest one of the calculation results of the distances each between the coordinates of the antennas constituting the group. An identifying unit identifies a group the group shortest-distance of which is the longest. A plurality of communication units communicate with the radio station by use of respective ones of a plurality of antennas in the group identified by the identifying unit.
US08718574B2
A local oscillator (LO) module comprises a local oscillator and a feedback circuit. The local oscillator, biased at a supply voltage, generates a local oscillator signal having a duty cycle. The feedback circuit makes an absolute adjustment of the duty cycle of the local oscillator signal in response to a difference between a first voltage signal, representing a voltage level of the local oscillator signal, and a second voltage signal, representing a voltage level of a portion of the supply voltage corresponding to a desired duty cycle for the local oscillator signal.
US08718566B2
Disclosed is a device and method to automate the process of measuring RF noise, correlating measured noise with known sources, and making adjustments to the noise-measuring and reporting process. A wireless communication device is coupled to equipment at a fixed location, and transmits data about the operation of the equipment back to an operator, via a provider's network. Examples include fixed wireless terminals. A management entity aboard the wireless communication device performs the measurements via a transceiver, and performs remedial actions when required, without requiring an onsite technician or remote assistance. The management entity may include a spectrum analyzer.
US08718564B2
Aspects of mobility management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors are disclosed. In an example, the wireless communications network includes a first cluster of sectors with at least one target sector and at least one supporting sector. The multicast communication session is carried within both the target and supporting sectors. In another example, a second cluster can be included within the network for supporting the same multicast communication session that includes its own target and supporting sectors. In this example, the first cluster transmits multicast media on a first interlace-multiplex (IM) pair of a downlink broadcast channel (BCH) and the second cluster transmits multicast media on a second IM pair of the downlink BCH. If sectors of the first and second clusters are at least adjacent, the network controls a manner in which the first and second clusters carry the multicast media.
US08718550B2
Embodiments of an interposer package structure are provided herein. Embodiments include a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces. An IC die electrically coupled to the first surface of the substrate. A plurality of contact members coupled to the first surface of the substrate. An interposer having a plurality of contact elements located on a first surface. Each conductive element coupled to a respective one of the plurality of contact members. The interposer is configured to facilitate wireless communication between the IC die and another device, heat spreading and electromagnetic interference shielding.
US08718547B2
A system for imitating the functionality of a machine readable tag using a virtual tag. In at least one embodiment, a WCD (100) may communicate with a machine readable tag (120) and copy the data structure and contents of the machine readable (120) onto the WCD (100). The WCD may create a virtual tag using downloaded information and associate the virtual tag with an image corresponding to the virtual tag. The virtual tag may then be used to imitate the interaction logic between the machine readable tag (120) and the WCD (100).
US08718540B2
Methods and apparatuses for enabling frequency selective repetition of signals in a telecommunication system in which aggregation of component carriers is applied. Information signals are received in a first set of frequency bands, which is defined to cover anchor carriers, which can be used by both legacy and non-legacy terminals. Further, information is received in a second set of frequency bands, which is defined to cover non-anchor carriers, which only can be used by non-legacy terminals. Instructions concerning which frequency band(s) that should be repeated by the repeater node, are also received. Thereafter, the frequency bands indicated in the instructions are filtered out, after which these frequency bands or parts are repeated by the repeater node. This results in enabling frequency selective repetition in a system which may comprise legacy mobile, which limits the interference in the system, which enables higher bitrates and saves energy.
US08718535B2
Implementations feature scannable form techniques and systems. Some aspects feature a scannable form including at least one response column parallel to a first longitudinal edge of the scannable form, and a broken ladder having two substantially parallel lines with locations for multiple rungs corresponding to encoded information that identifies a person assigned to the scannable form. A top rung is positioned on the scannable form so that the top rung can be a first rung that is scanned by a test scoring machine for the broken ladder, and a bottom rung is positioned so that the bottom rung can be a last rung that is scanned by the test scoring machine for the broken ladder. Other aspects feature a method to determine correct scoring key data in the test scoring machine for a test, and a method of transmitting information between the test scoring machine and a portable memory device.
US08718526B2
An externally heated fuser roller to achieve good fusing performance, long life and relatively quick warm-up time. The fuser roller is made up of a metal core, an insulation elastic layer, a heat transport layer and optionally a release layer such that the thickness of the heat transport layer is in the range of about 0.25 and about 1 mm, the effusivity value of the heat transport layer be equal to or greater than about 800 W√s(m2K), the total thermal capacity of the heat transport layer is less than about 200 J/m K, and the effusivity value of the insulation elastic layer is less than about 400 W√s(m2K).
US08718523B2
A heating and pressurizing device includes a heating and pressurizing unit that includes a pair of members in contact with each other, at least one of the pair of members being to be heated, and that heats and pressurizes a medium between the pair of members, a change unit that changes a contact pressure between the pair of members by changing a relative position of the pair of members according to a control signal, and a controller that sends the control signal to the change unit and includes a detecting unit that detects a difference between a target distance and an actual distance. The target distance corresponds to a predetermined distance, and the actual distance corresponds to a distance of which the pair of members are positioned after the controller sends a predetermined control signal set as corresponding to the predetermined distance as the control signal to the change unit.
US08718517B2
A toner cartridge that makes it possible to prevent outflow of a large amount of toners at any other time but supplying of a toner, and an image forming apparatus are provided. A toner cartridge includes a container having an outlet; a conveyance member for conveying a toner inside the container toward the outlet by rotation motion of a conveyance blade associated with rotation of a conveyance shaft; and an opening/closing member disposed so as to have a distance from an inner wall of the container, the opening/closing member being fixed to the conveyance shaft and opening or closing at least a part of the outlet in conjunction with the rotation of the conveyance shaft.
US08718515B2
An image forming apparatus is provided that may include a photosensitive drum configured to rotate around an axis and a first rotational member disposed proximate a periphery of the photosensitive drum and configured to rotate about an axis parallel to the rotational axis of the photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus may also include a driving-force transmitting member and a driven member, which includes a transmitted portion and a first engaging projection. The driven member may rotate about the rotational axis of the photosensitive drum together with the photosensitive drum and the transmitted portion of the driven member may receive a driving force transmitted from the driving-force transmitting member. The image forming apparatus may also include a rotational-member driving gear which has a loose fit portion configured to engage with the first engaging projection and a transmission gear portion configured to transmit the driving force to the first rotational member.
US08718511B2
An imaging unit of an image forming apparatus is provided including a handle mechanism. The imaging unit includes at least one of a photoconductor unit and a developer unit for developing a toner on the photoconductor unit. The handle mechanism is mounted on a frame portion of the housing and is configured to pivot between a collapsed position and an extended position. When in the collapsed position, the handle mechanism is substantially flush with a surface of the housing to accommodate a toner cartridge. When in the extended position, the handle mechanism automatically returns to the collapsed position by gravity when released from a user's grip.
US08718491B2
In a coherent optical receiver receiving a polarization multiplexed optical signal through an optical communications network, a method of compensating noise due to polarization dependent loss (PDL). A Least Mean Squares (LMS) compensation block processes sample streams of the received optical signal to generate symbol estimates of symbols modulated onto each transmitted polarization of the optical signal. A decorrelation block de-correlates noise in the respective symbol estimates of each transmitted polarization and generating a set of decorrelated coordinate signals. A maximum likelihood estimator soft decodes the de-correlated coordinate signals generated by the decorrelation block.
US08718487B2
An optical transmitter for converting an input data series into an optical multi-level signal and for outputting the same, includes an LUT in which data for executing optical multi-level modulation is stored and from which first modulation data and second modulation data are output based on the input data series. A DAC converts the first modulation data by D/A conversion to generate a first multi-level signal. A DAC converts the second modulation data by D/A conversion to generate a second multi-level signal. A dual-electrode MZ modulator includes a first phase modulator for modulating light from a light source in accordance with the first multi-level signal and a second phase modulator for modulating light from the light source in accordance with the second multi-level signal, and combines an optical signal from the first phase modulator and an optical signal from the second phase modulator to output the optical multi-level signal.
US08718486B2
In various embodiments, a monolithic integrated transmitter, comprising an on-chip laser source and a modulator structure capable of generating advanced modulation format signals based on amplitude and phase modulation are described.
US08718479B2
Disclosed is an optical floating sub-assembly, comprising a thermally conductive non rigid substance between the heat sink carrier and external casing, to minimize mechanical stress on the optical assembly. Also disclosed is a printed circuit board as an electrical interface, comprising two modules capable of converting an electrical signal to an optical signal, transmitting the optical signal and then converting the optical signal back to an electrical signal. Also disclosed is an optical assembly, comprising a heat sink with mechanical features for optical alignment.
US08718472B2
A system for providing bi-directional RF services over a point-to-multipoint Passive Optical Network (PON). A system that can transport upstream RF signals generated by devices such as a set top box or a cable modem, through a passive Optical Network while simultaneously supporting downstream RF video and bi-directional base-band services on the PON.
US08718468B2
There is provided an optical fiber communication system restricting enlargement of the diameter of an optical fiber as well as enabling achievement of a large-capacity optical communication with a small number of optical fibers.An optical fiber communication system 100 includes an optical transmitter 10 transmitting a plurality of optical signals in parallel, a multicore fiber 20 in which outer circumferences of a plurality of cores are covered with a common clad, and the respective optical signals transmitted in parallel from the optical transmitter 10 are input into the cores, and an optical receiver 30 receiving the optical signals output in parallel from the respective cores of the multicore fiber, wherein the optical transmitter 10 and the optical receiver 30 perform a MIMO communication.
US08718465B1
N optical transceivers are each connected to a respective electronic module in one-to-one relation such that a respective one electronic module controls a respective one optical transceiver. An electronic switch matrix provides cross-connect capability between the P redundant electronic modules and N electronic modules to the N optical transceivers. A system controller determines when an active N electronic module has failed, and configures the electronic switch matrix to switch a P redundant electronic module into the optical transceiver to which the failed electronic module was connected. A system switch module redirects traffic and routing information, under the direction of the system controller, from the failed module to the newly activated redundant module so that the redundant module assumes the functionality of the failed module.
US08718462B2
A control unit for generating a control signal comprises a base part, a control element rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the base part, a position encoder for detecting an angular position or a change in angular position of the control element relative to the base part, a control device which is adapted generate the control signal in dependence on the detected angular position or change in angular position of the control element and an electronic display device, wherein the control device is adapted to control the electronic display device to show at least one symbol arrangement. The control unit is characterized in that the electronic display device has the shape of a cylinder or of a cylinder sector whose axis coincides with the axis of rotation of the control element or extends in parallel thereto.
US08718461B2
A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera using light emission profile information to position a light emission profile at a desired location in an image acquisition window. A light energy balance point of a light emission profile can be used to position the balance point at a desired location in an image acquisition window.
