| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-8,166,025 |
Resolving queries based on automatic determination of requestor geographic
location Resolving a query term includes receiving at least one query term from a requestor and determining a geographic location of the requestor. The geographic... |
| US-8,165,914 |
Method of determining inventory levels A computer-readable medium executing a method of determining desired stock levels is provided. Demand histories, including peak demands, for each of a plurality... |
| US-8,165,702 |
Article manufacturing process A substrate having a surface representative of the geometric shape of the article is first modeled. Then, a plurality of paths for placing tape strips upon the... |
| US-8,165,578 |
Method and system for improving the spectral efficiency of a data
communication link An apparatus for communicating between a mobile device, and a plurality of transceivers. The apparatus includes a first transceiver which transmits to the... |
| US-8,165,277 |
Distributed service creation environment for intelligent endpoints According to one embodiment, a method for creating telephony features for an endpoint includes receiving a plurality of instructions defining a graphical... |
| US-8,165,171 |
Methods and systems for distributed synchronization The invention provides a set of methods and systems for obtaining a synchronized signal in a distributed fashion. The methods and systems described herein allow... |
| US-8,164,498 |
Proper frequency planning in a synthetic instrument RF system A system and method for clocking in analog-to-digital (ADC) converter in a synthetic instrument unit is presented. A method begins by applying an input clock to... |
| US-8,164,456 |
Device for incrementally adjusting the position of an RFID tag A device for incrementally adjusting the position of an RFID tag includes a base, and a lid releasably attachable to said base. The base includes a generally... |
| US-8,164,293 |
Method of controlling a motor Embodiments of the invention provide methods of controlling a motor, such as a servo motor. One method can include monitoring a current temperature of the motor... |
| US-8,163,978 |
Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of... |
| US-8,163,874 |
Beta helical peptide structures stable in aqueous and non-aqueous media
and methods for preparing same Disclosed is a method of making peptide structures that are stable in aqueous and non-aqueous media where a first linear peptide chain comprising alternating... |
| US-8,163,720 |
Pyrrolidinyl phenyl sulphonamides as modulators of ion channels The present invention relates to phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions... |
| US-8,162,991 |
Multi-planar, taper lock screw Provided is a novel multi-planar taper lock screw for connecting a connecting rod to bone. The screw is capable of multi-directional articulation while the... |
| US-8,162,867 |
Body support for spanning a hinge joint of the body comprising an
elastically stretchable framework A body support for spanning a hinge joint of the body comprises an elastically stretchable framework. The framework includes an integrally molded network of... |
| US-8,162,498 |
Solid state lighting using nanophosphor bearing material that is
color-neutral when not excited by a solid... A solid state lighting device, such as a lamp or light fixture, includes a solid state source and one or more semiconductor nanophosphors dispersed in a light... |
| US-8,162,285 |
Nozzle safety training device A safety device includes a first loop arranged around a handle of a nozzle. via a first strip of material. A second strip of material extends across the second... |
| US-8,162,140 |
Specimen retention container A container and method of using the container to maintain an excised tissue specimen in a fixed orientation during transport and imaging is described. The... |
| US-8,162,065 |
System and method for controlling liquid removal operations in a
gas-producing well A system for operating downhole equipment in a well includes a drive shaft extending from a surface of the well to a downhole location. A motor is positioned at... |
| US-8,161,780 |
Thumb operated door lock assembly A thumb operated door latch and lock assembly has an exterior grip and thumb lever, a motion converter, a key cylinder, a strengthening plate and an interior... |
| US-8,161,656 |
Archery scope An archery scope includes a housing open at both ends and having a longitudinal axis. The housing has a tapered inner surface defining a narrow portion... |
| US-D658,196 |
User interface for a display screen |
| US-8,161,527 |
Security Enhanced Data Platform The security enhanced data platform is comprised of two primary subsystems and a host of supporting subsystems. The first primary subsystem is a document... |
| US-8,161,279 |
Methods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority A digital certificate is provided to a customer having an electronic account linked to the customer's physical address. Using the digital certificate, the... |
| US-8,161,192 |
Intermediary system for interconnecting multiple IMS networks An intermediary infrastructure that facilitates the interconnection of multiple IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The interconnections may span one or... |
| US-8,161,156 |
Feature delivery packets for peer-to-peer based feature network A device communicates with feature peers, associated with a network, to obtain information associated with the feature peers, and receives a customer packet.... |
| US-8,161,082 |
Metadata brokering server and methods Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for supplying rich multimedia metadata usable to generate, e.g., sophisticated... |
| US-8,161,062 |
Analysis of third party networks A method of analyzing customer behavior, where customers are engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in the third-party network, includes the... |
| US-8,161,042 |
Web page performance scoring A browser-based tool is provided that loads a Webpage, accesses the document object model (DOM) of the page, collects information about the page structure and... |
| US-8,161,012 |
File integrity verification using a verified, image-based file system In general, the invention is directed to techniques for verifying the integrity of a file system and individually verifying files contained therein based on the... |
| US-8,161,002 |
System, method, and computer readable media for replicating virtual
universe objects A system, a method and a computer readable media for replicating virtual universe objects are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes... |
| US-8,160,918 |
Method and apparatus for determining brand preference A method for determining brand preference of a consumer includes presenting the consumer with a number of brand choices and determining a brand selected by the... |
| US-8,160,892 |
Border management solution An integrated border management solution providing a balance between facilitating the movement of people and commerce with the requirements of immigration,... |
| US-8,160,831 |
Gyroscope monitoring for an antenna system A gyroscope monitoring system operates with an antenna system that has a gyroscope that controls the position of multiple antennas. The monitoring system... |
| US-8,160,809 |
Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner... |
| US-8,160,628 |
System and method of setting up a push-to-talk call Systems and methods of setting up a push-to-talk call are provided. When a push-to-talk server receives a request for a push-to-talk call from an originating... |
| US-8,160,614 |
Automated concierge system and method A method and system for providing automated concierge services to end users communicates with users over network devices, such as telephones and wireless... |
| US-8,160,576 |
LEO-based positioning system for indoor and stand-alone navigation A method for estimating a precise position of a user device from signals from a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite includes receiving at least one carrier signal... |
| US-8,160,564 |
Remote control of computing device applications using mobile device Embodiments described herein are directed to controlling an application on a computing device with a mobile device. The mobile device captures an image of the... |
| US-8,160,546 |
System and method for enhanced mobile user rewards Coincident with the evolution, maturation, etc. of wireless messaging ecosystems an infrastructure that supports offering to mobile subscribers different types... |
| US-8,160,024 |
Method and system for handoff at inter-radio-network-controller boundary A method is disclosed that can be carried out in an access network comprising a plurality of coverage areas, each coverage area being served by an RNC. The... |
| US-8,159,927 |
Transmit, receive, and cross-talk cancellation filters for back
channelling Systems and methods are provided herein for interfacing a first digital device with a second digital device. An exemplary method includes the steps of combining... |
| US-8,159,802 |
3-phase power factor corrected AC to DC filtered switching power supply This invention relates to a power supply apparatus and method for converting three-phase delta AC power to DC power using EMI filters and PFC circuits to... |
| US-8,159,158 |
RF cavity using liquid dielectric for tuning and cooling A system for accelerating particles includes an RF cavity that contains a ferrite core and a liquid dielectric. Characteristics of the ferrite core and the... |
| US-8,158,612 |
Methods of treating disease states using antiangiogenic agents Compositions and methods for treating mammalian diseases or conditions characterized by undesirable angiogenesis by administering an effective amount of a... |
| US-8,158,604 |
2-propynyl adenosine analogs having A2A agonist activity and compositions
thereof The invention provides compounds having the following general formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein X, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.7 and Z are as described here. |
| US-8,158,540 |
Environmentally resistant ballistic composite based on a nitrile rubber
binder Ballistic resistant fabrics and articles that retain superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents,... |
| US-8,158,171 |
Methods of lowering blood cholesterol via oral fenugreek seed extract
compositions A method of lowering blood cholesterol in a non-diabetic human patient by at least 30% is described. The method involves orally administering for 30 consecutive... |
| US-8,157,918 |
Menthol cigarette Cigarettes are provided which contain a filtering system and flavorants encapsulated with polyvinyl acetate, wherein deactivation of a sorbent by the flavorant... |
| US-8,157,435 |
Lid for a mixing device A lid that is removably mountable to an upper open end of a jar of a mixing device includes a generally circular base having a top surface and a opposing bottom... |
| US-8,157,399 |
Control unit for an appliance A control unit including a keypad having a plurality control indicators, a light producing device configured to illuminate the control indicators, and a light... |