Patents Assigned to First Principles, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140272841Abstract: A method for resolving an issue and a method for blindly resolving an issue are provided. A method for resolving an issue, comprising: (a) providing a group, wherein the group includes at least three Mentors and a Focus; (b) evaluating the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (c) identifying an inconsistent internal existence of the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (d) comparing the inconsistent internal existence to a matrix of consistent internal existence by the at least three Mentors; (e) providing feedback to the Focus from the Mentors; and (f) incorporating the feedback by the Focus to create a modified internal existence of the Focus is provided. A method for blindly resolving an issue is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FIRST PRINCIPLES, INC.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 8799642Abstract: A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 8768139Abstract: A system comprising: a plurality of lead computers; a plurality of player workstations; a plurality of audio receivers and transmitters for capturing audio signals and converting said audio signals to a transmittable form, wherein at least one audio receiver and transmitter is associated with each player; a plurality of video receivers and transmitters for capturing images and converting said images to a transmittable form, wherein at least one video receiver and transmitter is associated with each player; a storage device and a processor for receiving and processing signals from said audio and video receivers and transmitters and; an output device for outputting each audio and video receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20140086256Abstract: A method and system for transmitting data is provided. The method includes receiving by a first interface device, data. The data is divided into a plurality of data packets and stored within an internal buffer. A first group of data packets are transmitted to a network node communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The first group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to a second interface device via a first communication network. A second group of data packets are transmitted to a first communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The second group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to the second interface device via a second communication network associated with the first communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20140071968Abstract: A method and system for matching bandwidth is provided. The method includes receiving by a first interface device, data. The data is divided into a plurality of data packets and stored within an internal buffer. A first data packet is transmitted to a first communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The first data packet is transmitted from the first communication device to a second interface device via a first communication network. A second data packet is transmitted to a second communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The second data packet is transmitted from the second communication device to the second interface device via a second communication network associated with the second communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: FIRST PRINCIPLES, INC.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20140023687Abstract: A medical device, said medical device, comprises: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component, wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. In another aspect, a method comprises: preparing a cloned biological material from a tissue or an organ; attaching said biological material to a medical device; interfacing said biological material with the non-biological material; providing treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A Raniere
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Patent number: 8597948Abstract: A medical device, said medical device, comprises: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component, wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. In another aspect, a method comprises: preparing a cloned biological material from a tissue or an organ; attaching said biological material to a medical device; interfacing said biological material with the non-biological material; providing treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 8508363Abstract: Systems and methods for permitting movement of an object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold, the systems and methods comprising registering at least one object with a device; tracking the at least one object with the device; allowing at least one object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold; and reregistering the at least one object with the device once the object has returned inside the predetermined proximity distance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A Raniere
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Publication number: 20120328260Abstract: A system comprising: a plurality of lead computers; a plurality of player workstations; a plurality of audio receivers and transmitters for capturing audio signals and converting said audio signals to a transmittable form, wherein at least one audio receiver and transmitter is associated with each player; a plurality of video receivers and transmitters for capturing images and converting said images to a transmittable form, wherein at least one video receiver and transmitter is associated with each player; a storage device and a processor for receiving and processing signals from said audio and video receivers and transmitters and; an output device for outputting each audio and video receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: First Principle, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20120239925Abstract: A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: FIRST PRINCIPLES, INC.Inventor: KEITH A. RANIERE
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Publication number: 20120231036Abstract: A medical device, said medical device, comprises: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component, wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. In another aspect, a method comprises: preparing a cloned biological material from a tissue or an organ; attaching said biological material to a medical device; interfacing said biological material with the non-biological material; providing treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: FIRST PRINCIPLES, INC.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 8189768Abstract: A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A Raniere
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Patent number: 7950406Abstract: The invention relates generally to a covering system for athletic courses. A movable framework straddles the athletic course and serves as a support for a cover. Inside, lighting and climate may be controlled. Also, possibly as a training aid or to facilitate competitive events, a timing system and/or PA system may be incorporated. Among the possible athletic courses suitable for covering are running courses, in-line skating courses, cycling courses, etc. The invention also includes a method of operating an outdoor exercise course.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 7892089Abstract: A entrance-exchange structure and method of execution thereof, comprising a house and an activity of uncertain outcome (e.g., game of chance, game of skill, etc.) that is entered by a participant (e.g., a participant such as a player). The house pays the participant a takehome in relevant scrip, or cash and relevant scrip, for an activity entered into by the participant, based on betting by the participant. An existing outside vendor may exchange the participant's scrip at a scrip-to-items exchange rate for at least one item provided by the outside vendor. The outside vendor may exchange the relevant scrip with the house for cash at an outside-vendor scrip-to-cash exchange rate. The house may also function as a vendor with whom the participant may exchange relevant scrip for cash at a house-vendor scrip-to-cash exchange rate. The relevant scrip is a virtual currency that may be generated by the entrance-exchange structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 7887411Abstract: A entrance-exchange structure and method of execution thereof, comprising a house and an activity of uncertain outcome (e.g., game of chance, game of skill, etc.) that is entered by a participant (e.g., a participant such as a player). The house pays the participant a takehome in relevant scrip, or cash and relevant scrip, for an activity entered into by the participant, based on betting by the participant. An existing outside vendor may exchange the participant's scrip at a scrip-to-items exchange rate for at least one item provided by the outside vendor. The outside vendor may exchange the relevant scrip with the house for cash at an outside-vendor scrip-to-cash exchange rate. The house may also function as a vendor with whom the participant may exchange relevant scrip for cash at a house-vendor scrip-to-cash exchange rate. The relevant scrip is a virtual currency that may be generated by the entrance-exchange structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20100289646Abstract: Systems and methods for permitting movement of an object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold, the systems and methods comprising registering at least one object with a device; tracking the at least one object with the device; allowing at least one object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold; and reregistering the at least one object with the device once the object has returned inside the predetermined proximity distance threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: FIRST PRINCIPLES, INC.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20090113204Abstract: A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Publication number: 20090090475Abstract: The invention relates generally to partitioning devices and methods for partitioning space. A device is presented comprising: at least one partition body; at least one motility assembly operably adapted to at least one partition body; and at least one interconnect, where the at least one interconnect is used to interchangeably link the at least one partition body in multiple configurations with another partition body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere
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Patent number: 7041049Abstract: A sleep efficiency monitor and methods for pacing and leading a sleeper through an optimal sleep pattern. Embodiments of the present invention include a physiological characteristic monitor for monitoring the sleep stages of a sleeper, a sensory stimulus generator for generating stimulus to affect the sleep stages of a sleeper, and a processor for determining what sleep stage the sleeper is in and what sensory stimulus is needed to cause the sleeper to move to another sleep stage. A personalized sleep profile may also be established for the sleeper and sleep guided in accordance with the profile parameters to optimize a sleep session. By providing sensory stimulus to a sleeper, the sleeper may be guided through the various sleep stages in an optimal pattern so that the sleeper awakens refreshed even if sleep is disrupted during the night or the sleeper's allotted sleep period is different than usual. Embodiments of the invention also involve calibration of the sleep guidance system to a particular sleeper.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith Raniere
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Patent number: D472363Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: First Principles, Inc.Inventor: Keith A. Raniere