Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7524622 | Methods for increasing production of IFN-gamma in natural killer cells expressing LLT1 receptor Natural killer (NK) cells possess the inherent capacity to kill various tumor and virally infected cells. A large family of NK cell receptors belongs to the C-type lectin super-family. Genes in the NK gene complex encode type II receptors and examples include the fa... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7521440 | Targeted oxidative therapeutic formulation Pharmaceutical formulation, its method of preparation, and its use. The pharmaceutical formulation contains peroxidic species or reaction products resulting from oxidation of an alkene, such as geraniol, by an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent, such as ozone; a pene... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519110 | System and method for improving DSL performance A system and method is described for determining a condition of a communication line, such as the absence of a filter device on a digital subscriber line (DSL). A first signal characterized by a high upstream power is activated over the line, and a first set of para... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518528 | Electric field communication for short range data transmission in a borehole The present invention concerns application of a unique conductive electrode geometry used to form an efficient wideband, one- or two-way wireless data link between autonomous systems separated by some distance along a bore hole drill string. One objective is the est... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7514399 | Bonding tissues and cross-linking proteins with naphthalimide compounds Naphthalimide compounds are used in tissue bonding and protein cross-linking applications. When activated by an activating agent, such as light in the 400-500 nm absorption range, the naphthalimide compounds form chemically-reactive species that cross-link proteins,... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512571 | Associative memory device and method based on wave propagation An associative, or content-addressable, memory device and method based on waves is described. In this invention, arbitrary inputs are written as patterns which are interpreted as values of complex waves, discretized or analog, on one or more buffers. Information is ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512545 | Method, software and system for developing interactive call center agent personas A method, software and system of developing personalities for interactive and/or automated call center applications are provided. According to teachings of the present invention, sample population questionnaires and interviews may be used to identify key personality... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7502742 | Method and system for voice recognition menu navigation A method and system for error prevention and recovery of voice activated navigation through a menu having plural nodes provides situation dependent utterance verification by relating confirmation to utterance determination confidence levels. In one embodiment, a hig... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489397 | Instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements An apparatus and method for measuring ozone in the atmosphere. The apparatus utilizes a fiber optic cable connected to a collimating lens located outdoors and a spectrometer that is located indoors. A pan-and-tilt positioning unit having a pan-axis capable of tracki... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7460844 | High dynamic range time-varying integrated receiver for elimination of off-chip filters A quadrature mixer with an LO input is provided. The quadrature mixer receives a signal having a frequency FLO and a signal input having a frequency FSIG, and has an output that comprises an output impedance that is high at frequencies of |F | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460650 | Method for designing an automated speech recognition (ASR) interface for a customer call center A method of designing a customer interface for a service center, such as an automated speech recognition (ASR) self-service center. Customer activity to an existing service center is monitored, providing customer model, which includes a collection of customer tasks.... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460483 | System and method for managing performance of communication lines of a communication network A method and system for managing performance data of communication lines, such as digital subscriber lines, is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a remote user device an identifier for a particular communications line at a web server; initiating a real-ti... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461084 | Registry/repository based private market generator A method for creating an electronic marketplace includes receiving from a first client a request to create an electronic marketplace and receiving information about a product associated with the marketplace. The information includes at least one of first product inf... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453822 | System and method for managing broadband services A system and method are described for selecting a service state using a configurable abstraction layer. A comparison is made between network parameters of a Network Performance Layer and network services of a Service Layer. Once network parameters are within a thres... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450604 | Method and apparatus for establishing circuit connections over local area networks with frequency selective impairments Local area network bandwidth is partitioned into periodic data frames. Data frames are further segregated into spectrum and time slots. Bandwidth reserved by assigning spectrum and time slots to particular circuit connections; enabling deterministic data transfer fr... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451481 | Database system and method for encryption and protection of confidential information A database system for encryption and protection of confidential data is provided. The database system includes a data source system receiving confidential data and first associated data. A secure data network interface system is connected to the data source system o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444505 | Method, system and software for maintaining network access and security A system, method and apparatus for securing communications between a trusted network and an untrusted network are disclosed. A perimeter client is deployed within the trusted network and communicates over a session multiplexing enabled protocol with a perimeter serv... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443960 | Method and system for an automated departure strategy A method and system for an automated departure strategy from an automated system includes a track engine and an error engine. The track engine allows for the tracking and storing of one or more utterances spoken by a caller in response to one or more prompts. In add... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438411 | Plasmon resonant based eye protection A contact lens is provided in which tunable nanoparticles are embedded or otherwise coated on the lens to extinguish near-infrared energy. In one preferred embodiment, the tunable nanoparticles are nanoshells consisting of a dielectric core and a metal shell, wherei... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437777 | Modified head covering The modified head covering has a cap portion that resembles typical head caps, as well as a pouch portion attached to the rear of the cap. This head covering allows a user having long hair to safely conceal his or her hair within the pouch portion at the rear of the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434268 | Protective headgear for rodeo rough stock riding competition A protective headgear specifically for rodeo rough stock riding competition that protect the riders from serious injuries to the head and neck area. The protective headgear includes a helmet, a detachable face guard having horizontal bars spaced no more than approxi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435009 | Optical fiber connection system An optical fiber connection system detects when proper connection is made between a fiber-optic cable and a bulkhead. A conductive strip on the fiber-optic cable contacts a first and second conductor on the bulkhead upon proper positioning of the bulkhead relative t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433265 | Converted wave energy removal from seismic data Coherent wave noise energy is removed from seismic data by modeling both the P-wave primary energy and the coherent wave noise energy. The P-wave primary energy is modeled first and then subtracted from the input data. The data with the P-wave primary energy removed... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425869 | Distributed circular geometry power amplifier architecture The present invention discloses a distributed power amplifier topology and device that efficiently and economically enhances the power output of an RF signal to be amplified. The power amplifier comprises a plurality of push-pull amplifiers interconnected in a novel... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424048 | Guard interval analysis method and apparatus A receiver circuit processes a received signal to determine information regarding a guard interval therein. The receiver circuit typically forms digital samples from the received signal; generates a correlation function with peaks at positions that are determined by... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421389 | System and method for remote speech recognition A system and method for remote speech recognition includes one or more customer premise equipment, a speech engine, and a communication engine. The customer premise equipment interfaces with a host from which the customer premise equipment is remotely located. The s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418095 | System and method for providing caller activities while in queue A system and method for providing customer activities while in queue allows for one or more customers to interact with one or more customer activities while waiting to speak with a live agent. The customers engage the customer activities while holding in a queue whe... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417514 | Method for modulating phase or frequency in a communication system using clock division A direct division modulator is provided. The direct division modulator includes a symbol mapper converting the input data from a binary bitstream to a desired frequency deviation, such as where the frequency deviation data encodes the information from the bitstream.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418093 | Method for evaluating customer call center system designs A method of evaluating a design for a call center system. A particular system is put into use and data collected to quantify various quality of service factors. Each quality of service factor is multiplied times an expense multiplier and added to an agent cost facto... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414044 | Use of targeted oxidative therapeutic formulation in treatment of type 2 diabetes A pharmaceutical formulation and its use. The pharmaceutical formulation contains peroxidic species or reaction products resulting from oxidation of an alkene, such as geraniol, by an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent, such as ozone; a penetrating solvent, such as d... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415101 | System, method and software for a speech-enabled call routing application using an action-object matrix A system, method and software for facilitating a speech-enabled call routing application using an action-object matrix is disclosed. In operation, a natural language user utterance may be evaluated to identify an action and object available in an action-object matri... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411544 | System and method for determining patrol speed A system for processing radar data from two or more areas of interest is provided, such as for simultaneously processing vehicle speeds in the opposite lane in front of the patrol vehicle and in the opposite lane behind the patrol vehicle. The system includes an ant... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403760 | DC offset correction for direct-conversion receiver A DC offset correction system for a direct-conversion receiver is disclosed that may include a DC feedback correction servo-loop in signal communication with a baseband section, where the DC feedback correction servo-loop is coupled to both the input and output of t... | 07/22/2008 |
| D572879 | Head covering | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396083 | Single-legged body support system A body support system for providing support to a user is provided. In certain embodiments, a body support system comprises a single leg having a first end and a second end; a seat attached to the first end of the single leg; a base attached to the second end of the ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389816 | Three phase downhole separator process Three Phase Downhole Separator Process (TPDSP) is a process which results in the separation of all three phases, (1) oil, (2) gas, and (3) water, at the downhole location in the well bore, water disposal injection downhole, and oil and gas production uphole. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385461 | Method of combining signals and device therefor A bias T device (20) and a method for combining a first DC signal with a second RF signal is disclosed. The device (20) is provided with a first signal splitting means (30) in the form of a hybrid 90 degree (quadrature) coupler having at least t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383170 | System and method for analyzing automatic speech recognition performance data In a disclosed method for interpreting automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance data, a data processing system may receive user input that selects a log file to be processed. The log file may contain log records produced by an ASR system as a result of verbal ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378231 | Diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders using saposins and other markers The invention provides methods of diagnosing or monitoring lysosomal storage disorders based on detecting levels of saposins, LAMPs and/or α-glucosidase in patient sample. Elevated levels of saposins and/or LAMPs are indicative of a disorder. Elevated levels of α ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364969 | Semiconductor fabrication process for integrating formation of embedded nonvolatile storage device with formation of multiple transistor device types A semiconductor fabrication process includes forming polysilicon nanocrystals on a tunnel oxide overlying a first region of a substrate. A second dielectric is deposited overlying the first region and a second region. Without providing any protective layer overlying... | 04/29/2008 |