Patents Assigned to Exciting Inc.
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Patent number: 10772426Abstract: A seat with a base, an actuator, at least one front boom, at least one rear boom, a seat platform, and a back platform. The actuator is circularly rotatably connected to each of the at least one front boom, the at least one rear boom, the seat platform, and the back platform. The base is circularly rotatably connected to each of the at least one front boom and the at least one rear boom.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott Erb, Mark M. Erb
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Patent number: 9743771Abstract: Dynamic furniture for supporting a seated or reclining user includes a base, an actuator assembly supported by the base, a front boom in circular orbital connection to a portion of the base, a rear boom in circular orbital connection to another portion of the base, a seat platform supported by the actuator assembly, and a back platform supported by the actuator assembly. The seat platform and the back platform are capable of remaining stationary relative to the actuator assembly while the actuator assembly moves relative to the base. The seat platform and the back platform are also capable of moving relative to the actuator assembly while the actuator assembly remains stationary relative to the base. The seat platform and the back platform are also capable of moving relative to the actuator assembly while the actuator assembly moves relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott Erb, Mark M. Erb
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Patent number: 8979201Abstract: Dynamic furniture supports a seated or reclining user. The furniture includes a base, an actuator, a seat platform, and a back platform. The actuator is in circular connection to the base. The seat platform is in circular or excentric connection to the actuator assembly. The back platform is in circular or excentric connection to the actuator assembly. The actuator assembly, seat platform and back platform may be restricted in movement along paths by assemblies of the circular or excentric connections.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott Erb, Mark M. Erb
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Patent number: 8590969Abstract: Dynamic furniture having platforms in dynamic attachment to an actuator assembly that in turn is in dynamic attachment to a base. Use of motional platforms supported by a motional actuator assembly permits an article of the furniture to conform to the many and varied body positions a user wants, and allows a user to more easily change body positions while remaining within the furniture, and in medical scenarios may obviate most needs to transfer a patient from one article of furniture to another.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott Erb, Mark Erb
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Patent number: 8500203Abstract: Dynamic furniture having platforms in dynamic attachment to an actuator assembly that in turn is in dynamic attachment to a base. Use of motional platforms supported by a motional actuator assembly permits an article of the furniture to conform to the many and varied body positions a user wants, and allows a user to more easily change body positions while remaining within the furniture, and in medical scenarios may obviate most needs to transfer a patient from one article of furniture to another.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott Erb, Mark Erb
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Patent number: 5966533Abstract: A method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program based on user context data is provided. In accordance with the invention, a request is received to generate a computer program for an identified user. In response, an incomplete definition of the computer program, from which portions of the definition are omitted, is retrieved. For each portion of the computer program omitted from the incomplete definition of the computer program, a plurality of possible versions of the omitted portion are accessed. Each possible version produces a different behavior in the computer program when it is added to the computer program. Further, each possible version has one or more conditions that may be evaluated against user attributes for the identified user to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user. Next, for each possible version of each omitted portion, the conditions of the possible version are evaluated to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1996Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Excite, Inc.Inventor: Scott F. Moody
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Patent number: 5915249Abstract: A system, method, and various software products provide for improved information retrieval in very large document databases through the use of a predetermined static cache. The static cache includes for terms that appear in a large number of documents, a plurality of documents ordered by a contribution that the term makes to the document score of the document. The contribution is a scalar measure of the influence of the term in the computed document score. The contribution reflects both the within document frequency and the between document frequency of the term. In addition, the static cache includes for each term a lookup table that references selected entries for the term in an inverted index. Queries to the database are then processed by first traversing the static cache and obtaining the contribution information thereform and computing the document score from this information.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1996Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Excite, Inc.Inventor: Graham Spencer
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Patent number: 5577241Abstract: An information retrieval system incorporates an extensible query architecture allowing an applications programmer to integrate new query models into the system as desired. The query architecture is based on an abstract base class of query nodes, or code objects that retrieve records from the database. Specific subclasses for particular query models are derived from the base class. Each query node class includes a search function that iteratively searches the database for matching records. Query node objects are instantiated by associated node creator class objects. A parser is used to parse a search query into its components, including nested search queries used to combine various query models. The parser determines the particular search operator keywords, and the node creator object for instantiating the appropriate query node object for each search operator.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Excite, Inc.Inventor: Graham Spencer
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Patent number: RE45281Abstract: Dynamic furniture having platforms in dynamic attachment to an actuator assembly that in turn is in dynamic attachment to a base. Use of motional platforms supported by a motional actuator assembly permits an article of the furniture to conform to the many and varied body positions a user wants, and allows a user to more easily change body positions while remaining within the furniture, and in medical scenarios may obviate most needs to transfer a patient from one article of furniture to another.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Exciting Inc.Inventors: Scott C. Erb, Mark M. Erb