Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for determining eye openness with an eye tracking device is disclosed. The method may include determining, for pixels of an image sensor of an eye tracking device, during a first time period when an eye of a user is open, a first sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may also include determining, during a second time period when the eye of the user is closed, a second sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may further include determining, during a third time period, a third sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may additionally include determining that upon the third sum exceeding a fourth sum of the first sum plus a threshold amount, that the eye of the user is closed, the threshold amount is equal to a product of a threshold fraction and a difference between the first sum and the second sum.

Abstract: A method for delivering one or more active agents to mammalian hair using a nonwoven web of filaments containing one or more hair care active agents that are releasable from the filaments is provided.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A bone plate is configured for pancarpal arthrodesis. The bone plate can include a plurality of apertures that can be aligned with the metacarpal bones. The apertures can include a first portion and second portion that is longitudinally and laterally offset with respect to the first portion.

Abstract: A method and system of recognizing a face image comprising a plurality of processing nodes. Nodes obtain parts of the face image and extract features of the obtained part thereby generating a feature template. Nodes compare the feature template with stored subject templates and calculate an initial similarity score in respect of each comparison, thereby generating an initial score vector associated with a plurality of subjects. Nodes average the initial similarity score vectors generated by it and by at least two predefined nodes, giving rise to an intermediate score vector. The intermediate score vector is repeatedly averaged until a convergence condition is met, thereby generating a final score vector. A node associates the face image to the subject corresponding to the highest score in the final score vector thereby recognizing the face image.

Abstract: Methods and systems for public-key certificate management comprise storing digital certificates in data structures that allow the manager to provide a verifiable proof about the validity status of a certificate. The certificates are stored in two data structures in a database. One data structure stores items in chronological order and is queried to establish a proof that a later snapshot of the database is an extension of an earlier snapshot of the database. Another data structure is ordered by user identifier and is queried to establish a proof that a given digital certificate is currently valid.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods of locating a loss zone in a wellbore in a subterranean formation including determining a calculated wellhead pressure, calculating a wellhead pressure differential, calculating a flow rate loss, estimating a loss zone depth, determining a modified calculated wellhead pressure, and calculating a modified wellhead pressure differential until the modified wellhead pressure differential corresponds to a loss zone location in the wellbore.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The suppression of off-axis audio in an audio environment is provided. Off-axis audio may be considered audio that does not originate from a region of interest. The off-axis audio is suppressed by comparing a phase difference between signals from two microphones to a target slope of the phase difference between signals originating from the region of interest. The target slope can be adapted to allow the region of interest to move with the location of a human speaker such as a driver.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A tethered flight control system for a small unmanned aircraft. The tethered flight control system can have a mobile base, a tether arm, a tether spout, and a remote-controlled winch that can hold a tether line, which can be connected to a small unmanned aircraft. By controlling the tether line using the winch, the small unmanned aircraft can be prevented from flying out of range or out of control. The winch can have a high-speed motor configured to remove substantially all slack from the tether line while the small unmanned aircraft is in flight. The winch can be controlled from a hard-wired winch remote, which can take the form of a foot pedal device having one or more foot pedals. The tether line can be attached to the small unmanned aircraft through a tether attachment apparatus, which can have a travel bar, two or more rotor protectors, and a mounting section.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for operatively associating a signing key with a software component of a computing platform. The computing platform includes a trusted device and on start-up first loads a set of software components with each component being measured prior to loading and a corresponding integrity metric recorded in registers of the trusted device. The system stores a key-related item in secure persistent storage, the key-related item being either the signing key or authorization data for its use. The trusted device is arranged to enable a component of the software-component set to obtain the key-related item, this enabling only occurring when the current register values correspond to values only present prior to loading of components additional to those of the software-component set. Certificate evidence is provided indicating that the signing key is operatively associated with a component of the software-component set.

Abstract: Crosslinking systems suitable for use in a polymer melt composition wherein the polymer melt composition comprises a hydroxyl polymer; polymeric structures made from such polymer melt compositions; and processes/methods related thereto are provided.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.