Patents Assigned to The System, Inc.
  • RETAINING WALL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130315679
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a retaining wall system, as well as embodiments of blocks and other devices for use in a retaining wall system. In some embodiments, a retaining wall includes a plurality of face blocks and a plurality of trunk blocks arranged in a plurality of courses of blocks. In some embodiments, a face block can include a face portion and a pair of leg portions, and each of the leg portions can be adapted to be coupled to a trunk block. In some embodiments, various block connecting devices can be used to connect blocks in a single course of blocks and various block alignment devices can be used to align blocks in adjacent courses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Westblock Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Hammer
  • Flow-Based TCP
    Publication number: 20130315260
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing a WAN TCP tunnel between multiple flows without having head of the line blocking problem is disclosed. When a complete but out of order PDU is stuck behind an incomplete PDU in a TCP tunnel, the complete but out of order PDU is removed from the tunnel. To do that, first the boundaries of the PDUs of the different flows are preserved and the TCP receive window advertisement is increased. The receive window is opened when initially receiving out-of-order data. As out-of-order complete PDUs are pulled out of the receive queue, to address double counting, place holders are used in the receive queue to indicate data that was in the queue. As out-of-order data PDUs are pulled out of the queue the window advertisement is increased. This keeps the sending side from running out of TX window and stopping transmission of new data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
  • NANOSHELL THERAPY
    Publication number: 20130317579
    Abstract: Nano-constructs comprising nanoshells and methods of using the nano-constructs for treating or ameliorating a vascular condition are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Florian Niklas Ludwig
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS
    Publication number: 20130314536
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging modules to monitor occupants in an interior compartment of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle-mounted system may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a processor, a memory, alarm sirens, and a communication module. The vehicle-mounted system may be mounted on, installed in, or otherwise integrated into a vehicle that has an interior compartment. The infrared imaging modules may be configured to capture thermal images of desired portions of the interior compartments. Various thermal image processing and analytics may be performed on the captured thermal images to determine the presence and various attributes of one or more occupants. Based on the determination of the presence and various attributes, occupant detection information and/or control signals may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Frank, Austin A. Richards, Victoria L. White, Nile E. Fairfield, Arthur Stout, David W. Lee, Nicholas Högasten, Theodore R. Hoelter, Katrin Strandemar
  • Systems and methods for endpoint recording using phones
    Patent number: 8594313
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for recording media communication. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: receiving an incoming call from a calling phone; routing the incoming call to a called phone in a contact center; transmitting voice communications associated with the incoming call via the calling phone; duplicating the voice communications via the called phone; transmitting the duplicated voice communications via the called phone; and recording the duplicated voice communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Verint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Z. Dong, Jamie Williams
  • Remotely provisioned wirelessly proxy
    Patent number: 8594627
    Abstract: A remotely provisioned proxy within a wireless/mobile phone that proxies a wireless communication path between a disconnected piconet (e.g., BLUETOOTH™) device and a network resource such as a universal resource locator (URL) via a mating mobile phone. Thus, an application proxy module embodied within the mobile phone provides managed access of a piconet device connected to the mating mobile phone to remote services. A disconnected piconet device uses the full data bandwidth available to a wireless phone, without the need for the disconnected piconet device to include its own separate wireless front end, or to require use of a modem within the mobile phone. Thus, using a mobile phone with application proxy, the user need not pay for the luxury of a tethered data plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: TeleCommunications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Tsurutome, Bob Barcklay, Robert Wang
  • Method and system for traffic management
    Patent number: 8593964
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates traffic management in a network. During operation, the system detects a bottleneck in a network based on network-state information received from one or more switches. The system further identifies a data flow that contributes to the bottleneck and generates a signal to reduce the data flow from the data flow's source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rishi Sinha, Vineet Abraham, Sathish K. Gnanasekaran, Badrinath Kollu
  • Low pressure measurement devices in high pressure environments
    Patent number: 8590555
    Abstract: The present invention presents various novel approaches to solving the problems inherent in measuring biological pressures in high pressure systems. Thus, to protect a pressure transducer exposed to fluid flows at higher pressures than its overpressure rating, a novel valve is used that closes a protected leg in which the transducer is located. The various exemplary embodiments of such valves each have a high pressure input, one or more low pressure inputs, and an output. In operation, when a high pressure fluid flow occurs at a high pressure input, such valves automatically close the low pressure inputs. Alternatively, a novel transducer system is presented, which automatically limits the effective pressure sensed by a transducer to a certain maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Wilson, Douglas J. Duchon, Mark Gabbard, Khader Mohiuddin, Thomas J. McPeak
  • Systems and methods for immersive interaction with actual and/or simulated facilities for process, environmental and industrial control
    Patent number: 8594814
    Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, systems for interaction with a control environment that includes controlled equipment along with control devices that monitor and control that controlled equipment. According to some of those aspects, such a system includes first functionality that generates output representing an operational status of the controlled equipment, as well as second functionality that generates output representing an operational of one or more of the control devices. An engine coordinates the first functionality and to the second functionality to generate an operational status of the control environment. A virtual reality environment generates, as a function of that operational status and one or more physical aspects of the control environment, a three-dimensional (“3D”) display of the control environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurizio Rovaglio, Tobias Scheele
  • Method for depositing a chlorine-free conformal sin film
    Patent number: 8592328
    Abstract: Described are methods of making silicon nitride (SiN) materials on substrates. Improved SiN films made by the methods are also included. One aspect relates to depositing chlorine (Cl)-free conformal SiN films. In some embodiments, the SiN films are Cl-free and carbon (C)-free. Another aspect relates to methods of tuning the stress and/or wet etch rate of conformal SiN films. Another aspect relates to low-temperature methods of depositing high quality conformal SiN films. In some embodiments, the methods involve using trisilylamine (TSA) as a silicon-containing precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Hausmann, Jon Henri, Bart van Schravendijk, Easwar Srinivasan
  • Temperature prediction transmitter
    Patent number: 8594968
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for predicting a physical quality such as temperature, the measurement of which tends to be hindered by a time-related impediment. A single sensor is configured to detect, in real time, the physical quality Qdetect, and one or more infinite impulse response filters are configured with time constants correlated to the time-related impediment. The infinite impulse filter(a) are configured to filter Qdetect to output a filtered quality measurement (Qfiltered). A processor is configured to calculate, in real time, the estimated or predicted quality Qestimate using Qdetect and Q filtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Spencer K. Howe
  • Selectively coating luminal surfaces of stents
    Patent number: 8590128
    Abstract: With abluminal side of a stent masked, the luminal side of the stent is selectively coated with a substance, such as an anti-coagulant, a platelet inhibitor and/or a pro-healing substance. The stent can be masked by inserting it into a rigid mandrel chamber or by compressing a masking sleeve onto the outer side of the stent. A spray nozzle inserted into the masked stent spray coats the substance onto the luminal side. The sprayed coating can be cured onto the stent such as by inserting an electrical-resistance heater bar into the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Tochterman, William J. Fox, Nathan Harold
  • Rotary atomizer for particulate paints
    Patent number: 8590813
    Abstract: A rotary atomizer applies particulate paints with good color matching by reducing paint droplet size deviation and then optimizing the other paint spraying parameters. Paint droplet size parameters are reduced by using a bell cup having reduced flow deviations, including an overflow surface having a generally constant angle between a deflector and an atomizing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Dürr Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Vetter, Rolf Schneider, Andreas Fischer, Robert Heldt
  • Fluid purge in a medical injection system
    Patent number: 8591477
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method to purge air or liquid from a powered injection system. In this embodiment, the method includes driving a first pumping device in a first operational mode to inject an amount of a first liquid medium through disposable tubing and a disposable valve, driving the first pumping device in a second operational mode to deform the disposable valve, and driving a second pumping device to inject an amount of a second liquid medium through the disposable tubing and the deformed valve. In one embodiment, the first pumping device comprises a first syringe, the second pumping device comprises a second syringe, and the disposable valve comprises an elastomeric valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin G. Hieb, Khader Mohiuddin, Sidney D. Nystrom, Robert F. Wilson
  • Coherent fiber bundle system and method for ophthalmic intervention
    Patent number: 8591501
    Abstract: Systems and processes are described relating to laser-based ophthalmic intervention technologies, and, more specifically, to techniques for creating lesions on an eye using a modular system featuring one or more coherent fiber bundles configured to deliver laser energy to the eye from a separate housing wherein a laser source is located. The subject technology may be utilized to not only separate a patient from certain portions of the hardware, but also to facilitate patterned lesion creation using mobile devices such as LIO and laser endoprobe devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Topcon Medical Laser Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mintz, Daniel Palanker, Gregory Kintz
  • Wastewater collection flow management system and techniques
    Patent number: 8594851
    Abstract: Reductions in energy consumption and maintenance requirements for operating a wastewater treatment plant are achieved by controlling the operation of pumps at pump stations along a force main in a systematic fashion. The operation of the pumps is controlled to manage the flow of wastewater along the force main to minimize energy consumption, to eliminate sediment, to manage peak pressures encountered by smaller pumps and to avoid septic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Data Flow Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Smaidris
  • Adaptive sequential wavefront sensor with variable aperture
    Patent number: 8591027
    Abstract: One embodiment is a machine comprising a sequential wavefront scanner, a variable aperture, a position sensing device and a controller. The controller is coupled to the variable aperture and sequential wavefront scanning device and configured to coordinate the operation of the variable aperture and the sequential wavefront scanning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Su, Yan Zhou
  • Systems and methods for associating physiological data with image data
    Patent number: 8594769
    Abstract: A method of processing image data that includes obtaining image data, determining a phase of a respiratory cycle, and associating the image data with the determined phase within 60 seconds, and more preferably, within 15 seconds, after the image data is obtained. A system for processing image data that includes a processor configured for obtaining image data, determining a phase of a respiratory cycle, and associating the image data with the determined phase within 60 seconds, and more preferably, within 15 seconds, after the image data is obtained. A method of processing image data that includes obtaining image data during an image acquisition session, determining a phase of a respiratory cycle, and associating the image data after the image data is obtained but before the image acquisition session is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Hassan Mostafavi
  • Test system for voice communications systems
    Patent number: 8594278
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for testing a voice communication system. A job instruction is transmitted from an application server to a turret via a communications network. The application server causes the turret to execute at least one diagnostic test based on the job instruction. The application server receives, from the turret via the communications network, a message including a result of the at least one diagnostic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: IPC Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Pappas, Mark Sawers
  • Side-mounted fuel tank
    Patent number: D694167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Agility Fuel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Forsberg, Todd Sloan