Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for making human consumable jerky treats. The invention provides moist, flavorful jerky treats and methods for making such treats.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing an aerated polymeric composition or aerated polymeric pet chew and the resultant product. The aerated pet chew includes a dry blend, a leavening agent, and a plasticizing slurry. The dry blend includes an amount of protein polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet treat having at least two distinctly treated pieces of pigskin and to a method of making it. In particular, the pet treat includes a piece of defatted pigskin and a piece of smoked pigskin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a moist pet treat and a method for making the pet treat. In particular, the pet treat is formed from a textured plant based protein material and a humectant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a moist pet treat and a method of making the pet treat. More particularly, the invention relates to a moist pet treat comprising an animal by-product selected from the group consisting of a snout, ear, lung, heart, brain, cartilage, organ tissue, muscle tissue, and bone tissue and a humectant.

Abstract: A method, system and software tool for emulating a portal application in a rich client application are provided. The rich client application is executable on a client platform capable of displaying views contributed by plug-in components registered with the client platform. The method comprises providing a user interface for eliciting user inputs for creating a new portal application on the client platform, detecting user selection of a portal page layout, and one or more views for each cell of the page layout, and generating a description of a client page representing the portal application. When the rich client application is run on the client platform it is directed to build a client page representing the portal application using the generated description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet treat composition for small animals. In particular, the present invention relates to a pet treat comprising a polymeric material and inclusions. The inclusions are selected from the group consisting of an oil seed blend, a grain blend, a forage crop blend, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerated polymeric composition. The composition includes a protein polymer and an agent or method for causing porosity in the finished aerated polymeric composition, such as a leavening agent. Additionally, the present invention relates to methods for forming the aerated polymeric composition, in particular, methods for forming aerated pet treats or chews.

Abstract: A system (100) and method for application sharing based on automatic translation by: running an application in a source language (310), automatically translating (210) at least part of the application from the source language to a target language, and sharing (110) the application in the target language (320). Interception of the application occurs at as high as possible a level so that text methods can be intercepted. The translation may use translation memory (230), machine translation (240) or a combination of these with human translation (250). The sharing may be performed by Windows™ application sharing (120), Java™ application sharing (130), web server redirection (140) or web browser redirection (150). This provides the following advantage(s): An application sharing system can be used, with a link to an automated translated system (either translation memory or machine translation depending on the usage) such that the remote/copy version of the application appears translated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing an aerated protein polymeric composition and the resultant product. In particular, the present invention relates to an aerated polymeric composition, wherein a dry blend, a leavening agent, and a plasticizing slurry are used to form a composition that ultimately forms the resultant product. The dry blend includes an amount of protein polymer.

Abstract: A method for assigning tracking elements includes sorting a list of potential assignments according to a diversity criterion. In one example, a list of received signal instances is sorted first according to a measure of energy and then sorted again according to the diversity criterion. In a further embodiment, a demodulation element may be labeled available for assignment yet continue to output demodulated symbols in a locked state. Applications to a mobile station of a CDMA system for cellular telephony are discussed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet chew composition that is ductile and holds inclusions, such as fibers, hard components, and mixtures thereof. Any of a variety of polymeric materials can be used, as long as the resultant pet chew is sufficiently ductile and can hold the tooth-cleaning components in contact with a tooth, while a pet's teeth penetrate the polymer, or as the pet rubs its teeth on the polymer, while gnawing or chewing on the resultant pet chew.

Abstract: Techniques to efficiently process paging channels in an asynchronous wireless communication system. In one aspect, if the base stations are not synchronized with each other and a remote terminal's designated page time is different from base station to base station, the remote terminal can wake up based on the earliest base station in a reacquisition search list that includes candidate base stations to which the remote terminal may be handed off. In another aspect, the criteria to select base stations for evaluation as reacquisition targets may be based on the received power of the base stations as well as their timing, both of which may be made relative to that of a preferred base station. In yet another aspect, the remote terminal may wake up multiple times in a particular paging cycle (i.e., a frame cycle or a DRX cycle) if there are one or more candidates base station to which the remote terminal may be handed off.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet chew composition that is ductile and holds inclusions, such as fibers, hard components, and mixtures thereof. Any of a variety of polymeric materials can be used, as long as the resultant pet chew is sufficiently ductile and can hold the tooth-cleaning components in contact with a tooth, while a pet's teeth penetrate the polymer, or as the pet rubs its teeth on the polymer, while gnawing or chewing on the resultant pet chew.

Abstract: A method for assigning tracking elements includes sorting a list of potential assignments according to a diversity criterion. In one example, a list of received signal instances is sorted first according to a measure of energy and then sorted again according to the diversity criterion. In a further embodiment, a demodulation element may be labeled available for assignment yet continue to output demodulated symbols in a locked state. Applications to a mobile station of a CDMA system for cellular telephony are discussed.

Abstract: A floating dock includes sheet metal clips on its outboard side. The clips carry utility lines that extend into a utility tower mounted on one of many inter-connected buoyant wharf modules forming the dock. The clip, in combination with wales that connect the outboard sides of the modules together, provide an enclosed volume for the utility lines. Contact between the utility lines and a metal base of the clips is prevented by a pair of electric insulating sleeves, each having a slot that fits into each edge of utility clip base. The module carrying the tower includes a tunnel and a depression in a deck of the dock, under the tower. Utility lines from a side of the modules opposite from the side carrying the clips extend through the tunnel, into the tower via the depression. Utility lines in the clips go into the tower via the depression and aligned openings in the tower base and depression.

Abstract: Techniques to efficiently process paging channels in an asynchronous wireless communication system. In one aspect, if the base stations are not synchronized with each other and a remote terminal's designated page time is different from base station to base station, the remote terminal can wake up based on the earliest base station in a reacquisition search list that includes candidate base stations to which the remote terminal may be handed off. In another aspect, the criteria to select base stations for evaluation as reacquisition targets may be based on the received power of the base stations as well as their timing, both of which may be made relative to that of a preferred base station. In yet another aspect, the remote terminal may wake up multiple times in a particular paging cycle (i.e., a frame cycle or a DRX cycle) if there are one or more candidates base station to which the remote terminal may be handed off.

Abstract: A floating dock including many buoyant wharf modules having approximately the same exterior size and shape, as well as density properties, relative to a pile extending through a vertically extending passage in one of the modules. The passage has four straight walls defining a square in the horizontal plane. A roller is at each corner of the square. The roller which is normally spaced from the cylindrical pile, contacts the pile as the dock bobs. A bracket mounted on a carrier having fixed tabs encased in a concrete deck of the module can be moved to different radial positions relative to the center, vertical axis of the passage, to accommodate different diameter piles. A permanent mold form for the concrete includes the lips extending upwardly from the passage side walls and lips extending upwardly from exterior side walls of a closed shell having foam therein. The shell has a roof forming the permanent mold form floor. The roof extends between the lips.

Abstract: Buoyant wharf modules of a floating dock include a rotary molded polyethylene structure having a lower shell portion filled with a steamed polystyrene foam and an upper portion that is a permanent mold form for a concrete aggregate-water mixture. The foam has sufficient compressive strength so that when the mixture is poured into the form over a reinforcing mesh, the form remains stable. The form includes troughs and mesas shaped so that the water flows by gravity to sumps adjacent walls of the form. The walls have openings so the water can flow from modules. Lined tunnels in the set concrete include removable rods having threaded ends which extend through openings in wales extending along longitudinal walls of the modules. Nuts and washers threaded on the rods abut exterior side walls of the wales to hold the modules together. Short spacer tubes having straight side walls abut wales of side-by-side modules.

Abstract: A programmable signal translating device, praticularly a transversal filter, includes a wave transport body for transporting a wave along its length, a first channel of electrical conductors having a plurality of code sections spaced along its length for generating phase-coded electrical signals from the wave propagated by the transport body, a second channel of electrical conductors connected in parallel to the first channel and of identical code sections as, but of opposite polarity to, the first channel, and programmable electrical connections between the code sections of the first channel and the code sections of the second channel and the output circuit, for connecting selected code sections of the first and second channels to the output circuit.