Abstract: A face shield includes a front surface opposite of a back surface, a shield portion, and a band portion extending from a top side of the shield portion. A plurality of spacing projections extend outward from the back surface of the face shield that are configured to be positioned against a forehead of a wearer.

Abstract: A face shield includes a front surface opposite of a back surface, a shield portion, and a band portion extending from a top side of the shield portion. A plurality of spacing projections extend outward from the back surface of the face shield that are configured to be positioned against a forehead of a wearer.

Abstract: A system and method for generating purchasing interest values in relation to purchasing a product or service, by category, brand, make, or model. The method includes associating a user identity with recordations of activity in requesting information from assets accessible by addressing universal resource locators, such as applying a web browser to render web pages addressable by registered domain names of the World Wide Web; additional information such as purchasing history, residence address and income level; and estimations of proximity and ease of travel between a geographic location associated with the user identity and a point of sales or services of a product or service type, category, brand, make, or model. The product or service may be related to or comprise an automobile. A map is rendered that separately associates geographic locations with individual user identities. Marketing communications are sent to electronic and/or postal addresses associated with user identities.

Abstract: A Multi-Stage Acceleration System improves performance, security, and reduces data transferred for mobile devices using wireless networks by transforming protocols and data into an encrypted form that consumes far less bandwidth, lowers latency, and improves throughput. The Multi-Stage Acceleration System includes multiple stages running on the mobile device and multiple stages running in the cloud that provide security and data reduction for all types of network traffic from and to the mobile client, including but not limited to TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, IMAP, POP, SMTP etc.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that controls the power produced by a string of solar cells, enabling the string to operate at its maximum power point when connected to a bus that operates at an externally controlled voltage. The apparatus and method can also be used to increase or decrease the output power of a string to any desired operating point.

Abstract: A system and method for generating purchasing interest values in relation to purchasing a product or service, by category, brand, make, or model. The method includes associating a user identity with recordations of activity in requesting information from assets accessible by addressing universal resource locators, such as applying a web browser to render web pages addressable by registered domain names of the World Wide Web; additional information such as purchasing history, residence address and income level; and estimations of proximity and ease of travel between a geographic location associated with the user identity and a point of sales or services of a product or service type, category, brand, make, or model. The product or service may be related to or comprise an automobile. A map is rendered that separately associates geographic locations with individual user identities. Marketing communications are sent to electronic and/or postal addresses associated with user identities.

Abstract: A mobile codec system for reducing network traffic and methods for making and using the same. The mobile codec system reduces duplicate byte patterns for mobile devices. The mobile codec system is very effective when there is repetition in the data sent by a destination server—which is typically is a website serving HTTP content. A mobile codec enables many individual devices to share one mobile codec service.

Abstract: An Extended Object Cache system for reducing network traffic and methods for making and using the same. The Extended Object Cache system allows caching of HTTP responses where the response headers do not include Etag headers to indicate whether contents of the response have changed, but the contents have not changed. The system allows caching of dynamically generated content as well as static content that does not include an ETag in the response headers.

Abstract: A Multi-Stage Acceleration System improves performance, security, and reduces data transferred for mobile devices using wireless networks by transforming protocols and data into an encrypted form that consumes far less bandwidth, lowers latency, and improves throughput. The Multi-Stage Acceleration System includes multiple stages running on the mobile device and multiple stages running in the cloud that provide security and data reduction for all types of network traffic from and to the mobile client, including but not limited to TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, IMAP, POP, SMTP etc.

Abstract: A mobile codec system for reducing network traffic and methods for making and using the same. The mobile codec system reduces duplicate byte patterns for mobile devices. The mobile codec system is very effective when there is repetition in the data sent by a destination server—which is typically is a website serving HTTP content. A mobile codec enables many individual devices to share one mobile codec service.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring performance of one or more solar panels in a photovoltaic array. The system and method includes a number of sensors are configured to measure an output of individual solar panels. A telemetry gateway collects data from the sensors and transmits the collected data to a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes an event signature recognizer; a trend analyzer; and a symmetry analyzer. The monitoring system detects events, trends and solar panel array asymmetry. Additionally, the monitoring system displays realtime graphs, proposed corrective actions, and alerts via a user interface.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that controls the power produced by a string of solar cells, enabling the string to operate at its maximum power point when connected to a bus that operates at an externally controlled voltage. The apparatus and method can also be used to increase or decrease the output power of a string to any desired operating point.

Abstract: A system and method for DC to AC conversion in a power generating array. The system and method includes a number of inverters coupled to a group of solar panels. A group controller coordinates operation of the inverters for interleaved switching of the inverters. The group controller communicates via a local area network, a wireless network, or both, to coordinate operation with additional groups of inverters coupled in parallel with additional solar panels.

Abstract: A technique for connecting New Network Devices (NNDs) to an existing communication network. The NND caches the MAC address of an Original (or “Old”) Network Device, then gratuitously transmits Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) responses on behalf of the OND, but pointing to its own MAC address. This, in effect, allows the NND to insert itself in the path of packets originally destined for the OND. After performing its designated operations such as filtering, compression, caching, file serving, virus scanning, etc., any remaining packets can still be forwarded to the OND for further processing. In this event, the packets are forwarded by the NND to the OND as MAC layer frames using the OND's MAC address only and not its IP address. In the event that the NND fails, no special steps need to be taken, as the OND will eventually receive traffic again as it responds to further ARP requests.

Abstract: A technique for connecting New Network Devices (NNDs) to an existing communication network. The NND caches the MAC address of an Original (or “Old”) Network Device, then gratuitously transmits Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) responses on behalf of the OND, but pointing to its own MAC address. This, in effect, allows the NND to insert itself in the path of packets originally destined for the OND. After performing its designated operations such as filtering, compression, caching, file serving, virus scanning, etc., any remaining packets can still be forwarded to the OND for further processing. In this event, the packets are forwarded by the NND to the OND as MAC layer frames using the OND's MAC address only and not its IP address. In the event that the NND fails, no special steps need to be taken, as the OND will eventually receive traffic again as it responds to further ARP requests.