Abstract: A self-documenting clinical trial operations system and service suite and method, with a clinical trial operation software, a coordinator application and coordinator portal, providing information for the clinical trial operation software, a trial design services module, examining a trial design provided by a coordinator and automatically generating a software specification for a trial operations service suite, a patient application and patient portal generated from the trial design services module, for providing patient information for the clinical trial operation software, a customization option to customize at least one of the patient application and patient portal, a specification option to generate a specification document describing a design of a coordinator-customized patient application, wherein the customization and specification options are provided to the coordinator via the coordinator portal.

Abstract: A self-documenting clinical trial operations system and service suite and method, with a clinical trial operation software, a coordinator application and coordinator portal, providing information for the clinical trial operation software, a trial design services module, examining a trial design provided by a coordinator and automatically generating a software specification for a trial operations service suite, a patient application and patient portal generated from the trial design services module, for providing patient information for the clinical trial operation software, a customization option to customize at least one of the patient application and patient portal, a specification option to generate a specification document describing a design of a coordinator-customized patient application, wherein the customization and specification options are provided to the coordinator via the coordinator portal.

Abstract: A patient monitoring and communication system uses a patient sensor package and a care operations service suite able to retrieve and analyze data from the patient sensor package. The patient sensor package comprises a number of sensors measuring body functions and indicators relevant to health. A number of communication interfaces with both wired and wireless connectivity is utilized. A number of user interfaces with audio/visual and haptic connectivity and an application suite supports automatic collection of sensor information by the care operations service suite. A care operations message server interacts with the patient sensor packages and provides message services corresponding to their configuration, connection, location, sensor, and presentation managers.

Abstract: An Application Factory system and method with a Composition Studio, where a workflow for a Device Application or Component is generated from user-initiated selections of at least one of a logic and data element from an Event, Logic, Data, Math, Workflow, or Service Palette, and a user interaction element from a Graphic, Widget, Audio/Video, or Haptic Palette. The workflow is displayed on a Data and Logic Canvas or Multimedia User Interaction Canvas of a user device. A Build Engine supports compilation of the Device Application or Component. And a Generic Device Model provides testing of the Device Application or Component. A Distribution Center provides at least one of discovery of, education on, demonstration of, experimentation with, and acquisition of the Device Application or Component. The Composition Studio utilizes a Visual and XML-Based Representation Language to enable the workflow to be generated without the user having to perform software coding.

Abstract: A clinical trial operations system and method with offline portal capability has at least one server hosting a clinical trial operation application; a patient portal providing patient-directed access to the clinical trial operation application; a clinician portal providing clinician-directed access to the clinical trial operation application; a communication channel between the server and at least one of a patient-located computer and a clinician-located computer; and an offline portal proxy, running on at least one of the patient-located computer and the clinician-located computer, the offline portal proxy providing offline portal services when the communication channel is in an offline state between the server and the at least one of the patient-located computer and the clinician-located computer, wherein information collected from the offline portal proxy is synchronized with the clinical trial operation application when the communication channel is returned to an online state.

Abstract: A self-documenting clinical trial operations system and service suite and method, with a clinical trial operation software, a coordinator application and coordinator portal, providing information for the clinical trial operation software, a trial design services module, examining a trial design provided by a coordinator and automatically generating a software specification for a trial operations service suite, a patient application and patient portal generated from the trial design services module, for providing patient information for the clinical trial operation software, a customization option to customize at least one of the patient application and patient portal, a specification option to generate a specification document describing a design of a coordinator-customized patient application, wherein the customization and specification options are provided to the coordinator via the coordinator portal.

Abstract: A trial operations service suite system and method in a clinical trial operations system with a patient portal providing patient-directed access to clinical trial operation services, a clinician portal providing clinician-directed access to the clinical trial operation service, and a coordinator portal providing coordinator-directed access to the clinical trial operation services, the coordinator portal also providing access to a trial design service wherein the trial design service is configured to allow a coordinator user to at least one of design, create, establish, and deploy a trial protocol and a participant interaction procedure, and a synchronization capability, synchronizing when online, information collected while a portal-supporting application is offline.

Abstract: One example includes a capability gateway that is comprised of a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment. The transmitter transmits the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment.

Abstract: A satellite system controller for a satellite system can comprise a receiving module, an interval selector, an epoch selector, and a scheduler. The receiving module can receive, from a transmission originator device, a set interval request message requesting the satellite system controller set a transmission interval and an epoch time for a satellite receiver, the transmission interval being an amount of time the satellite receiver is to remain in a sleep mode between expected transmissions and the epoch time being an instant at which the satellite receiver is to expect a satellite transmission. The interval selector can determine, based on the transmission interval, a sleep mode cycle for the satellite receiver. The epoch selector can select the epoch time according to the sleep mode cycle and the scheduler can schedule the satellite transmission with the satellite system at approximately the epoch time and according to the sleep mode cycle.

Abstract: A clinical trial operations system includes: patient, clinician, and coordinator applications; a patient sensor that provides health measurements through the patient application; a clinical sensor that provides in-office health measurements through the clinician application; and a trial operations service suite that receives and analyzes data from the patient application, the clinician application, and the coordinator application and provides data to the patient application, the clinician application, and the coordinator application via a set of portals including a patient portal, a clinician portal, and a coordinator portal, where the coordinator application and the coordinator portal allow a coordinator user to develop, build, customize, and establish trial protocol and participant interaction.

Abstract: A patient monitoring and communication system uses a patient sensor package and a care operations service suite able to retrieve and analyze data from the patient sensor package. The patient sensor package comprises a number of sensors measuring body functions and indicators relevant to health. A number of communication interfaces with both wired and wireless connectivity is utilized. A number of user interfaces with audio/visual and haptic connectivity and an application suite supports automatic collection of sensor information by the care operations service suite. A care operations message server interacts with the patient sensor packages and provides message services corresponding to their configuration, connection, location, sensor, and presentation managers.

Abstract: One example includes a capability gateway that is comprised of a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a ground station associated with a satellite system, a standard protocol associated with the ground station and a non-standard alternate protocol that includes alternate service layers inserted into an inter-layer boundary of standard radio layers, the alternate service layers providing end-to-end signaling between the capability gateway and a user equipment. The transmitter transmits the non-standard alternate protocol to the user equipment.

Abstract: A system adapted to provide multimedia content to a set of users is described. The system includes: a storage adapted to store at least one multimedia content item, each multimedia content item associated with a publisher-user; a set of destination devices, each destination device associated with a subscriber-user, each subscriber-user being associated with the publisher-user; and a server adapted to provide each multimedia content item to the set of destination devices. A method adapted to allow a creator to generate and distribute at least one multimedia content item to a set of subscribers is also described. In addition, a server application adapted to provide at least one multimedia content item to a set of destination devices is described. Furthermore, a server application adapted to allow a creator to compose a multimedia content item is described.

Abstract: A system, various methods, and a specific apparatus are provided for the purpose of supporting push-to-talk (PTT) service for a very large group featuring a significantly higher number of listeners than the number of potential talkers, as well as a constrained vocabulary in normal usage. The invention takes advantage of speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion in end user devices for maximum utterance compression. The invention uses the Iridium Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) system and its Short Burst Data (SBD) service for unicast transmission of talker utterances to a PTT Server, and the same system's Global Data Broadcast (GDB) service for multicast retransmission of utterances from the PTT Server to an effectively unlimited number of listeners. The PTT Server provides priority ordering and preemption as necessary when multiple talkers provide near-simultaneous utterances, effectively managing the floor without interactive protocols among the talkers.

Abstract: A satellite system controller for a satellite system can comprise a receiving module, an interval selector, an epoch selector, and a scheduler. The receiving module can receive, from a transmission originator device, a set interval request message requesting the satellite system controller set a transmission interval and an epoch time for a satellite receiver, the transmission interval being an amount of time the satellite receiver is to remain in a sleep mode between expected transmissions and the epoch time being an instant at which the satellite receiver is to expect a satellite transmission. The interval selector can determine, based on the transmission interval, a sleep mode cycle for the satellite receiver. The epoch selector can select the epoch time according to the sleep mode cycle and the scheduler can schedule the satellite transmission with the satellite system at approximately the epoch time and according to the sleep mode cycle.

Abstract: A satellite system controller for a satellite system can comprise a receiving module, an interval selector, an epoch selector, and a scheduler. The receiving module can receive, from a transmission originator device, a set interval request message requesting the satellite system controller set a transmission interval and an epoch time for a satellite receiver, the transmission interval being an amount of time the satellite receiver is to remain in a sleep mode between expected transmissions and the epoch time being an instant at which the satellite receiver is to expect a satellite transmission. The interval selector can determine, based on the transmission interval, a sleep mode cycle for the satellite receiver. The epoch selector can select the epoch time according to the sleep mode cycle and the scheduler can schedule the satellite transmission with the satellite system at approximately the epoch time and according to the sleep mode cycle.

Abstract: A satellite system controller for a satellite system can comprise a receiving module, an interval selector, an epoch selector, and a scheduler. The receiving module can receive, from a transmission originator device, a set interval request message requesting the satellite system controller set a transmission interval and an epoch time for a satellite receiver, the transmission interval being an amount of time the satellite receiver is to remain in a sleep mode between expected transmissions and the epoch time being an instant at which the satellite receiver is to expect a satellite transmission. The interval selector can determine, based on the transmission interval, a sleep mode cycle for the satellite receiver. The epoch selector can select the epoch time according to the sleep mode cycle and the scheduler can schedule the satellite transmission with the satellite system at approximately the epoch time and according to the sleep mode cycle.

Abstract: A method is provided that enhances the throughput of data broadcasts in a multi-beam satellite communication system by taking advantage of target users whose normal environment or equipment provide a better channel performance than that of the nominal environment or equipment for which the system is tuned, which enables a larger coverage area per beam than the nominal design supports. A system is provided that operates the method. A preferred embodiment is described using the Iridium Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) system as a basis.

Abstract: An automated method adapted to provide an adaptive user experience is described. The method includes: determining that a user device is within a defined region; receiving a set of user experience elements associated with the defined region; generating an adaptive user interface (UI) that includes at least a sub-set of the user experience elements; and providing the adaptive UI via at least one output element of the user device. A second automated method adapted to provide an adaptive user experience via a user device includes: determining whether a subscriber interface module (SIM) is connected to the user device; reading data from the SIM; retrieving user information associated with the SIM; and presenting a user interface based at least partly on the retrieved user information.

Abstract: A system adapted to provide multimedia content to a set of users is described. The system includes: a storage adapted to store at least one multimedia content item, each multimedia content item associated with a publisher-user; a set of destination devices, each destination device associated with a subscriber-user, each subscriber-user being associated with the publisher-user; and a server adapted to provide each multimedia content item to the set of destination devices. A method adapted to allow a creator to generate and distribute at least one multimedia content item to a set of subscribers is also described. In addition, a server application adapted to provide at least one multimedia content item to a set of destination devices is described. Furthermore, a server application adapted to allow a creator to compose a multimedia content item is described.