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  • Pagelets in adaptive tags in non-portal reverse proxy
    Patent number: 7861289
    Abstract: A reverse proxy server can receive user requests for web applications. Web application code can be obtained for a first web application. A tag in the first web application can be interpreted to indicate a pagelet web application. The pagelet web application code can be obtained from the pagelet web application and a combined presentation produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: David Meyer, Joseph A. Stanko, Phani Pandrangi, Adrian Peter McDermott, Don L. Hayler
  • Method and system for creating photosensitive array with integrated backplane
    Patent number: 7858507
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a photoactive array having an integrated backplane is provided. The layers of the device may be stamped or deposited on a planar or a curved substrate, such as a semispherical or ellipsoidal substrate. Each metal layer may be stamped using an elastomeric stamp and a vacuum mold. By depositing the patterned and full-surface layers in a single process, a photosensitive array with an integrated transistor backplane may be fabricated, resulting in improved sensitivity and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventor: Stephen R. Forrest
  • User interface provisioning
    Patent number: 7860966
    Abstract: A system for use with electric equipment includes a first input/output (I/O) device configured to couple to the electric equipment, a monitor coupled to the first I/O device and configured to determine information regarding the electric equipment, a second I/O device configured to communicate with a communication network, a memory that stores a computer-executable program configured to be executed by a computer to provide a computer interface for providing indicia of the information regarding the electric equipment, the computer interface being in a format that is distinct from a network browser format, and an interface-provisioning device configured to convey the computer-executable program toward the computer via the second input/output device and the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Smith, David A. Cardimino, Jr.
  • Container with lid and tamper-evident features
    Patent number: 7857154
    Abstract: Apparatus (10) for securing sample collection, comprises an open-topped container (12), a lid (14) for securely covering the open-topped container (12) to prevent access to container contents, and first and second tamper-evident features (16, 18) each having a frangible portion (20, 22) which fractures in use to provide an indication of tampering with container contents when its respective tamper-evident feature is activated. The first and second tamper-evident features (16, 18) are independently-operable, with activation of the first tamper-evident feature (16) preventing activation of the second tamper-evident feature (18) until the frangible portion (20) of the first tamper-evident feature (16) is fractured. The second tamper evident feature (18) is operable without having to remove the fractured frangible portion (20) of the first tamper evident feature (16) from the apparatus (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Camlab Limited
    Inventor: Sharen Louise Pedlar
  • Phospholipid gel compositions for drug delivery and methods of treating conditions using same
    Patent number: 7858115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a gel for controlled- or sustained-release of a pharmaceutically active agent and to methods for treating or preventing a condition in an animal by administering to an animal in need thereof the pharmaceutical compositions. One particular type of condition for which the pharmaceutical compositions are useful is a microbial infection, e.g., of the skin, ear, or eye, especially for veterinary applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories
    Inventor: Yerramilli V. S. N. Murthy
  • System and method for providing financial advice for an investment portfolio
    Patent number: 7860774
    Abstract: A method in a financial advice system for providing specific recommendations regarding the purchase and sale of specific assets for a client's portfolio. The method can operate to provide specific reasons for each recommended action, and can provide alternative actions for different purchases and sales. Further, the method allows for accounting for specific client preferences and characteristics. The method also provides a sequential approach of inputting client preferences and characteristics and generating a recommended asset allocation taking into account the client's preferences and characteristics. Further, the method can allow for a user to make specific preference indications regarding the purchase and sale of specific assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Peterson, Paul-Charles Archimede Pietranico, Jeremiah Harrison Chafkin
  • Method for clustering signals in spectra
    Patent number: 7860685
    Abstract: Methods for processing spectra are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a plurality of spectra, each spectrum in the plurality of spectra comprising a signal including a signal strength as a function of time-of-flight, mass-to-charge ratio, or a value derived from time-of-flight or mass-to-charge ratio. Then, a signal cluster is formed by clustering signals from the plurality of spectra with time-of-flights, mass-to-charge ratios, or values derived from time-of-flights or mass-to-charge ratios that are within a window that is defined using an expected signal width value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Ho, Edward J. Gavin
  • Method and system for the derivation of human gait characteristics and detecting falls passively from floor vibrations
    Patent number: 7857771
    Abstract: The gait monitor system and method provides various basic gait parameters including step count, cadence, and step duration, in addition to its ability to distinguish between normal, limping and shuffling gait modes, as well as determine falls. Moreover, this gait monitor may be provided with additional sensors, e.g. beam break at the beginning and end of a corridor to estimate average walking velocity (with the distance between the beams known or determined); this enables the calculation of additional gait characteristics such as average step length and average stride length. These parameters can additionally be used to detect various gait anomalies and other diagnostic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Majd Alwan, Robin A. Felder, Steven W. Kell, Siddharth Dalal
  • Non-invasive insertion of pagelets
    Patent number: 7861290
    Abstract: A reverse proxy server can receive user requests for web applications. Web application code can be obtained for a first web application. The reverse proxy server can be configured to recognize a specific proxied web application page to indicate a pagelet web application. The pagelet web application code can be obtained from the pagelet web application and a combined presentation produced by inserting the pagelet web application into a specified location in the first web application. This embodiment allows a pagelet web application code to be inserted into a first web application where the first web application code has not been modified prior to the first web application being proxied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: David Meyer, Joseph A. Stanko, Phani Pandrangi, Adrian Peter McDermott, Don L. Hayler, Thomas Quigley, Michael Ryan Amend
  • Luminaire
    Patent number: 7857493
    Abstract: A standing lamp, wall lamp or pole-mounted lamp having a base member unit and a column unit which carries illuminants at least in the region of its free end and whose special feature consists of the fact that the column unit has an at least substantially planar functional surface in which at least one cut-out is provided for the reception of a lighting system, in particular of an LED lighting system, with a presettable light radiation direction; and in that the functional surface extends at a presettable angle with respect to the mounting unit which forms a part of the adjustable angle of the light radiation direction presettable together with the lighting system. The invention is furthermore directed to a floor lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut S. Engel
  • Method and system including phone with rewards image
    Patent number: 7857215
    Abstract: A system having a host configured to maintain information relating to a first portable device and a second portable device and an interface device configured to communicate with the host and the first and second portable devices. The interface is configured to determine whether the first portable device is valid for image synchronization for recording an image of the first portable device, determine whether the second portable device is valid for image synchronization so as to download an image of the first portable device to the second portable device. The interface is further configured to determine whether the second portable device is valid for image replacement using information provided by the host for retrieving an image of the first portable device and download the retrieved image to the second portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Loc Nguyen, Bryan Shimko, Liane Redford, James G. Gordon, Kim Madore, Marc Black, James Mazour, Michael Salters, Glenda Berg
  • Apparatus for reducing the friction between two bodies
    Patent number: 7856873
    Abstract: The apparatus is suited to reduce the friction between two bodies (1, 2) moving relative to each other. The two bodies (1, 2), which move relative to each other, can contact each other constantly or occasionally or have a small distance from one another of, for example, up to one millimeter. The distance can vary. With the relative movement of both bodies (1, 2), for example, the one body can be a sensor (1) which is firmly installed, and the second body can be a foil (2), which moves with considerably constant speed. The device has a vibration device (3, 4, 5, 6) for vibrating at least one of the bodies (1, 2). The vibration movements of the vibrated bodies can have any pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hch. Kuendig & Cie. AG
    Inventor: Philipp Weber
  • Antibodies to insulin-like growth factor binding protein and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7858091
    Abstract: Using the proteins of the present invention, DNAs encoding the proteins, and antibodies recognizing the proteins, detection methods for diseases relating to the novel insulin-like growth factor binding proteins of the present invention, as well as diagnostic agents, preventive agents, and therapeutic agents for diseases relating to the proteins of the present invention can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamano, Susumu Sekine, Mitsuo Satoh, Toshio Ota, Akiko Furuya, Kenji Shibata, Yuki Kobayashi, Miho Takebayashi, Yusuke Nakamura, Sumio Sugano
  • Compounds and methods for synthesis and purification of oligonucleotides
    Patent number: 7858772
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of extending nucleic acids and purifying target nucleic acids. The methods include the use of capping reagents to effect chain termination and provide a handle for purification via fluorous affinity methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Amar Gupta, Stephen Will
  • System and method for tracking alerts
    Patent number: 7860233
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating alerts which prompt a customer representative to initiate communications with a customer relative to the alert. Further provided is a tracking template which is provided to the customer representative, whereby the customer representative can easily provide an input through the tracking template which quickly identifies an action status relative to a given alert. A plurality of different types of alerts can be generated, and these different alerts can be given different priority levels corresponding to different levels of escalation within a management structure for an organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Muthukumar G. Kaundinya, Edward Wang
  • Parallel data processing systems and methods using cooperative thread arrays and thread identifier values to determine processing behavior
    Patent number: 7861060
    Abstract: Parallel data processing systems and methods use cooperative thread arrays (CTAs), i.e., groups of multiple threads that concurrently execute the same program on an input data set to produce an output data set. Each thread in a CTA has a unique identifier (thread ID) that can be assigned at thread launch time. The thread ID controls various aspects of the thread's processing behavior such as the portion of the input data set to be processed by each thread, the portion of an output data set to be produced by each thread, and/or sharing of intermediate results among threads. Mechanisms for loading and launching CTAs in a representative processing core and for synchronizing threads within a CTA are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Nickolls, Stephen D. Lew
  • Tiered processing for XDM and other XML databases
    Patent number: 7860851
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for processing of XDM operation to access XML documents in a database or other repository. According to one embodiment, a system for processing requests for information in a data repository can comprise a first tier adapted to receive an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) request from a client, pre-process the request, and forward the XCAP request based on the pre-processing. A second tier can be communicatively coupled with the first tier. The second tier can be adapted to receive the XCAP request from the first tier, translate the XCAP request to a database request, and forward the database request. A third tier can be communicatively coupled with the second tier. The third tier can be adapted to receive the database request from the second tier and service the database request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Stephane H. Maes
  • Information search and retrieval system
    Patent number: 7860854
    Abstract: An image search and retrieval system and method of operation within such a system are disclosed. The image search and retrieval system includes a search engine coupled to an image analyzer, an input system, an output system and an image database. The image search and retrieval system includes one or more feature modules which define particular regions of an image and particular measurements to make on pixels within the define image region as well as the measurements to make on neighboring pixels in neighboring image regions for a given application and communicate this application specific information to the image analyzer thereby allowing rapid comparisons of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Pamela R. Lipson, Pawan Sinha
  • Surgical cutting guide device
    Patent number: D629900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Synvasive Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Fisher
  • Flashlight with display
    Patent number: D629940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
    Inventor: Ralph Osterhout