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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| 8190764 | Method and system for an intercept chain of custody protocol Techniques for establishing a chain of custody for intercepted electronic information are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method, comprising securely negotiating a data collection interval time and protocol supp... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190763 | System and method for trouble detection, isolation, and management A method of detecting and isolating a fault includes collecting information regarding utilization of a resource of a device. The method further includes predicting the fault based on the information and modifying operation of the device in response to the fault.... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8176197 | Server device in contents transmitting system and contents transmitting method When the content data recorded in the server device 100 is reproduced in the client device 200 through communication, the contents transmitting system shorten the time to reproduction of content data in reply to a reproduction request from the client d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171154 | Method and system for low-latency transfer protocol A method and system for providing computer-generated output and in particular graphical output. The system includes a network configured to carry digital information. The system includes a server in communication with the network, the server configured to execute an... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171155 | Download and data transfer gaming method A download and data transfer gaming system utilizes a hybrid peer-to-peer, segmented file distribution protocol to vastly improve the download capabilities of a gaming system by improving the upload cost burdened by the download host. The system redistributes this c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166193 | File transfer protocol for mobile computer A method is disclosed for communicating using a device having a Palm OS. SMB is preferentially used to communicate with a node, and if use of SMB is not possible, FTP is used, and if use of FTP is not possible, Bluetooth is used. If FTP or Bluetooth is selected as t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161181 | Content delivering method and system for computer network A content delivering method for computer network and system are provided. The present invention classifies nodes participating in content transmission into a transmitting group and a receiving group, and uses the groups to manage the nodes dynamically entering or qu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161180 | Method and apparatus for routing a data stream through a plurality of data movers independent of a network interface type A method and apparatus for routing a data stream through a plurality of data movers independent of a network interface type is provided. In one embodiment, the method for routing the data stream to a destination with indifference to network interface type includes s... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161179 | Generating low resolution user interfaces for transmission to mobile devices A computer-implemented method includes generating a user interface for displaying one or more images, receiving a request from a remote device to view the user interface, determining whether the remote device is a mobile device communicating over a wireless network,... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156240 | Mechanism for supporting user content feeds In one embodiment, for each one of one or more content producers, access a content-producing rate at which the content producer produces one or more items of content; and for each one of one or more content consumers, access a content-consuming rate at which the con... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145784 | Distributed network management system using policies A distributed network management system that utilizes policy rules in rendering management decisions. The system includes a policy console that populates and manages network policies in a policy repository. Various network devices coupled to the policy repository do... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131867 | Dynamic layer congestion control for multicast transport A multicasting system provides congestion control for multicasting using a dynamic layer scheme, where the aggregate sending rates of layers decline over time. Multicast packets are transmitted to layers that are joined by at least one host. A host maintains a recep... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131673 | Background file sharing in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network A peer-to-peer file sharing client with background file sharing is provided in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network. Each file sharing participant may designate an amount of bandwidth and/or storage space for background file sharing. Peer-to-peer file shari... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131868 | System and method for dynamically managing message flow System and method for dynamically managing message flow. According to the example embodiments, an intermediary network device or a client device dynamically manages the flow of messages received from an electronic exchange by analyzing the client device's capabiliti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127039 | Method and system for enabling and controlling communication topology, access to resources, and document flow in a distributed networking environment Described are a system and method for use by a computing device to transmit information over a communication medium. The computing device communicates over the medium according to a protocol stack having a plurality of protocol layers. Information having an identifi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126917 | Method and device for transporting an object to a destination address specified incompletely A method and a device transport a postal object to an incompletely specified destination address. The object has at least one information item relating to a destination address to which the object is to be transported. A set of address components is predetermined. A... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122144 | Reliable messaging using redundant message streams in a high speed, low latency data communications environment Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for reliable messaging using redundant message streams in a high speed, low latency data communications environment that include brokering, by a stream administration server, establishment of an active message stream to... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112544 | System and method for providing customizable options on a wireless device A system and method for enabling users to send and receive messages and other information from mobile devices and enabling users to access server-based information using mobile devices over wireless data networks are disclosed. The present invention enables users to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108543 | Retrieving data from a server A system includes a server and a controller embedded in a device. Both the server and the embedded controller are capable of communicating over a computer network. The embedded controller sends a command to the server over the computer network that identifies an ins... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108544 | System and method for content validation A method of obtaining content includes receiving a playfile. The playfile includes a chunk ID corresponding to a chunk of the content, a packet ID corresponding to a packet of the chunk, and a hash of the packet. The method further includes obtaining the chunk from ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103787 | Flow control for gossip protocol Techniques for reducing propagation delay and message loss within a network when replicating information among host computing devices are provided. To maintain flow control among host computing devices, a distributed transmission rate for host computing devices is a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103786 | Parallel data transfer over multiple channels with data order prioritization A parallel download system is described to download data from a plurality of source servers in parallel. The system may include a source scheduler, a prioritization scheduler, and an I/O dispatcher. The source scheduler generates a download schedule to control which... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099514 | Network file system A method in one embodiment is performed at least in part at a server in a network file system that includes said server and a plurality of clients connected by a network, the method comprising: receiving a data write request from one client; selecting a client as a ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095681 | Load balancing server and system When load balancing (LB) for SIP message communication is performed across multiple SIP servers, the number of messages that must be processed by an LB server is reduced. The SIP LB server includes an LB management means which, if the previous hop source of a receiv... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090866 | TCP proxy connection management in a gigabit environment The present invention describes a method and apparatus to effectively manage data buffers for a client and a server connection in a multiple connection environment. The TCP processes of servers and clients are merged into an independent TCP process in a TCP ‘proxy... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086754 | Methods and systems for pushing content fragments into a distributed storage system Methods and systems for pushing content fragments into a distributed storage system, comprising registering a plurality of storage-and-computing elements that are accessed using Internet protocol; associating the plurality of storage-and-computing elements with a pl... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082357 | Method for reducing the latency time for interactive data communication via a satellite network Method for reducing the latency time for interactive data communication between a client computer (12) and a server computer (8), connected via a satellite network (1) containing a geostationary satellite (6), whereby a data processing pr... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082358 | ISP-friendly rate allocation for P2P applications An ISP-friendly rate allocation system and method that reduces network traffic across ISP boundaries in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, Embodiments of the system and method continuously solve a global optimization problem and dictate accordingly how much bandwidth is ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082359 | Systems and methods for determining a good RSS key The present application is directed towards systems and methods for ensuring equal distribution of packet flows among a plurality of cores in a multi-core system by identifying a rank of a matrix created from a hash key. If the rank of the matrix is equal to or grea... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082360 | Associative memory having a mask function for use in a network device An associative memory 4 for primary searching operation of an associative memory 23 supplies a valid state to a primary match line 13 corresponding to storage data coincident with search data 10 taking mask information into account, and s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078752 | Method and program for managing the quantity of data transmitted by a transmission device over a telecommunication network The invention relates to a method of managing the quantity of data transmitted by a transmission device over a telecommunication network, characterized in that the method comprises the steps, carried out by the transmission device, of: ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073964 | Electronic device and base station for maintaining a network connection An electronic device and wireless base station for maintaining a persistent connection are provided. In an embodiment, a system includes an electronic device that connects to a web-server via a physical link that is bandwidth-constrained. The physical link also incl... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065428 | Computer patch management in “road warrior” contexts Methods and arrangements for facilitating and streamlining patch management in “road warrior” and analogous contexts. Particularly, there are broadly contemplated herein, in accordance with at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, me... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065429 | System, apparatus and method for associating an anticipated success indication with data delivery Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060641 | Media article adaptation to client device Systems and methods provide for on-the-fly adaptation of a send rate for content sent to a client based on a detected read rate of the client system for data previously sent. The system and method work within the bounds of simple, existing, open protocols and the me... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060640 | Combining SIP requests with SIP responses A method and system for combining SIP requests with SIP responses is provided. When a server receives a request from a client, a message combining system of the server sends a response to the request that includes the content of a request that the server would norma... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060642 | Techniques for host to host transfer of sequential media and use of persistent reservation to protect media during host to host transfer Techniques for host to host transfer of media and the use of persistent reservation to protect media during host to host transfer is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments may be realized as methods and systems for transferring a sequential media loaded in a drive from a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051196 | Download and data transfer gaming method A download and data transfer gaming method utilizes a hybrid peer-to-peer, segmented file distribution protocol to vastly improve the download capabilities of a gaming system by improving the upload cost burdened by the download host. The method redistributes this c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046485 | Method and system for implementing URL scheme proxies on a computer system A method and system for implementing URL scheme proxies. Embodiments of the invention allow URL schemes that are not natively supported by a computer to be supported via proxy, e.g., using a URL scheme that is native to the computer to forward the non-native transpo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046484 | Transmitting data across a contention channel in a centralized network A method of transmitting data is disclosed. The method transmits data from a source device over a contention channel in a centralized network to more than one device on the channel, including a central coordinator. The method then waits for a data acknowledgment sig... | 10/25/2011 |
