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  • System and method for producing stable frozen cocktails and sorbets with high alcohol content
    Patent number: 10813370
    Abstract: A method of preparation and composition of frozen sorbet type products containing 12-40% by volume of alcoholic beverages is presented. The ice cream type products include sherbets and sorbets. When such products are prepared according to the method herein described their texture and structure remain stable and homogeneous and no separation of alcoholic beverage occurs after freezing and during storage of the frozen products with a freezer shelf life in excess of 12 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Buzz Pop Cocktails Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Isaacs, Jason Mark Isaacs, Eric Kroeker
  • Sealing device for electrolytic capacitor and method
    Patent number: 6487067
    Abstract: A flat pack electrolytic capacitor includes an aluminum end cap having an electrolyte fill hole that is sealed with a seal mechanism to preclude electrolyte leakage under normal operating conditions. The end cap is welded to an open-ended aluminum case in which a capacitor is inserted and the hole is sealed with an O ring and closed end pop rivet after the case is filled with electrolyte. The O ring is initially compressed during positioning of the rivet and further compressed when the closed end rivet is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Cornell Dubilier Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Randy James Holder
  • VARIABLE OFFSET SPINE FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120041490
    Abstract: A minimally invasive system and method for coupling a spinal rod to a plurality of bone anchors implanted into a plurality of vertebral bodies. A plurality of bottom-loading polyaxial anchor seat assemblies having different vertical heights are chosen to pop over the heads of the implanted bone anchors and a spinal rod is more easily introduced and secured to the bone anchors. The variety of different heights that characterize the plurality of polyaxial anchor seat assemblies allows a surgeon to intraoperatively choose the appropriate offset for a particular spinal level during spinal corrections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: R. Patrick Jacob, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Thomas Keyer
  • Protective barriers for small devices
    Patent number: 7673679
    Abstract: Protective barriers for small devices, such as sensors, actuators, flow control devices, among others, protect the devices from erosive and/or corrosive fluids, for example, formation fluids under harsh downhole conditions. The protective barriers include protective coatings and fluid diverting structures in the fluid flow which facilitate use of the small devices in high temperature-high pressure applications with erosive and/or corrosive fluids that are often found in downhole environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Oliver C. Mullins, Olivier Vancauwenberghe, Eric P. Donzier, Akihito Chikenji, Anthony Robert Holmes Goodwin, Julian J. Pop
  • SYNCHRONIZING VIEWS DURING DOCUMENT PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20140019858
    Abstract: An application synchronizes views during document presentation. The application detects a selection of a section of a portion of presented content at a presenter view. The application shifts the portion of the content displayed at an attendee view to bring to focus the selection. Alternatively, the application displays the selection in a pop-out view pane within the attendee view to bring to focus the selection. The application also shifts content in the attendee view according to an offset ratio calculated from comparing a non-displayed section of a page of the document and a displayed section of a page of the document within the presenter view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heidi McAllister, Po Yan Tsang, Chad Nedziek, Ning Jiang, Kenneth Mui, Subalakshmi Venugopal, Eric Bailey
  • MESSAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090042542
    Abstract: A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided in which electronic message content and other selected or predetermined components of an electronic message are automatically displayed whenever an abbreviated or condensed message identification on a listing of messages is highlighted by a user. In one exemplary embodiment, Whenever an item of a message listing is highlighted by a user of a wireless phone or other communication device, a first pop-up content window is created and overlaid upon the listing display. The content window enables the user to view only predetermined portions, for example the first several lines of text of the highlighted message without having to access and scroll through other detailed portions of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Eric W B Dias
  • Message display system
    Patent number: 8028238
    Abstract: A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided in which electronic message content and other selected or predetermined components of an electronic message are automatically displayed whenever an abbreviated or condensed message identification on a listing of messages is highlighted by a user. In one exemplary embodiment, Whenever an item of a message listing is highlighted by a user of a wireless phone or other communication device, a first pop-up content window is created and overlaid upon the listing display. The content window enables the user to view only predetermined portions, for example the first several lines of text of the highlighted message without having to access and scroll through other detailed portions of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Eric W B Dias
  • Portable nail polish table
    Patent number: 6349729
    Abstract: A portable nail polish table generally comprises a base portion and a pair of side flaps. The base portion includes nail polish bottle holding wells and a grippable, stabilizing flange. The side flaps are proximate the base portion and are able to present a substantially horizontal work surface area. The stabilizing flange is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal works surface area when presented. Further, upon gripping of the stabilizing flange, e.g., with the knees or legs, the side flaps are maintained in a substantially horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Pop Up Nails, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer L. J. Meyer, Eric J. Meyer
  • Pop-off quick connect indicator
    Patent number: 5178424
    Abstract: An insertion indication device for use with a quick connect fitting includes a generally annular base member which is adapted for positioning about a male conduit inside of a connector housing. One or more leg members extend axially from the base member and terminate near an axial opening formed in the housing for receiving the conduit. A generally annular indicator member positioned adjacent to the opening releassably engages the end members. Upon couplings of the male and female elements of the quick connector, the indicator member is separated from the leg members to provide visual conformation that coupling has taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Klinger
  • Synchronizing views during document presentation
    Patent number: 9159296
    Abstract: An application synchronizes views during document presentation. The application detects a selection of a section of a portion of presented content at a presenter view. The application shifts the portion of the content displayed at an attendee view to bring to focus the selection. Alternatively, the application displays the selection in a pop-out view pane within the attendee view to bring to focus the selection. The application also shifts content in the attendee view according to an offset ratio calculated from comparing a non-displayed section of a page of the document and a displayed section of a page of the document within the presenter view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Heidi McAllister, Po Yan Tsang, Chad Nedziek, Ning Jiang, Kenneth Mui, Subalakshmi Venugopal, Eric Bailey
  • Presentation of link information as an aid to hypermedia navigation
    Publication number: 20020049741
    Abstract: A system for presenting hypermedia link information. A computer-implemented method for presenting hypermedia link information is described which relates to the user the characteristics of a data file pointed to by the hypermedia link. The computer system waits for an event to occur. This event is the user or system selecting one or more hypermedia links. The hypermedia link in this scenario points to a data file about which information is to be gathered. The computer system then requests information about the data file. Finally, an auditory cue is generated to communicate information about said data file to a user. Alternatively, this information may be conveyed to the user by visual means, such as a pop-up information box on the user's display. A powerful and convenient system for browsing hypermedia information is thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Michael C. Albers, Eric D. Bergman
  • iMEM reconfigurable architecture
    Patent number: 7926060
    Abstract: A computing system that includes a number of processing elements, a memory and a multi-task controller. In one embodiment, the path between the resource manager and the processing elements is the same for all processing elements. In another embodiment, the data path is different between different processing elements. A processing element receives a request via a strobe signal and data on a path between the resource manager and the processing element and reports status on the data path via a different strobe signal. The request to the processing element may specify floating point computations, as well as sorting operations. The processing element can use an auxiliary memory to aid in the sorting operations. Push and pop functions are processed by the processing element to facilitate the loading of multiple data operands in the processing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Edwin E. Klingman
  • Foreign matter eliminator for lawn watering systems
    Patent number: 5137307
    Abstract: A one piece molded combination retaining housing and tee, and a one piece molded combination retaining housing and 90.degree. elbow, for new installations of lawn watering systems, and a separate retaining housing for use with conventional tees and 90.degree. elbows in existing or new installations of lawn watering systems, to eliminate foreign matter from entering into the underground water piping system when a pop-up head is removed for repair or replacement. Adapters, to increase the height of the retaining housings, and retaining housing caps to allow standardization of the retaining housings of these three parts are also a part of the invention. All parts would be made of PVC today, but the material would not be limited to PVC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Inventor: Walter J. Kinsey
  • Automated Steady State Traffic Management
    Publication number: 20180295063
    Abstract: Automated steady state traffic management is provided for a distributed platform through immediate or real-time simulation of the capacity and performance impacts associated with shifting different load increments to different Points-of-presence (PoPs) of the distributed platform and by automatic and dynamic traffic management reconfiguration in response to an optimal set of changes identified from the simulation. A system produces data models to track the current distributed platform state and detect deviates from the steady state. Using the data models and scoring functions, the system scores the impact that different shifts of load to different destinations have on the overall distributed platform. The scoring reveals the optimal set of traffic management configuration changes that restore the steady state with the least capacity and performance impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Marcel Eric Schechner Flores, Colin Rasor
  • Content tracking for movie segment bookmarks
    Publication number: 20070154190
    Abstract: Several ways are provided for a viewer of a movie to create a deep tag, that is, a bookmark for a segment of the movie. The deep tag can be associated with descriptive text and sent to an address provided by the viewer, either an e-mail address or an instant messaging address. Additionally, before the deep tag is created, it can be checked whether the content owner of the movie is known. If known, the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging are followed. If unknown, a set of registered content owners can be alerted of the presence of new content. When ownership of the new content is established, the already-created deep tags can be updated in accordance with the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Gilley, Eric Hoffert, Brenda Pomerance, Razvan Pop
  • Recessed pop-top insertion indicator
    Patent number: 5456500
    Abstract: An insertion indicator employed in conjunction with a quick connector assembly includes a base member carried within a female housing, two or more leg members extending axially from the base member and terminating adjacent an axial housing opening. A generally annular indicator member is disposed substantially within the housing opening and releasably engages the ends of the leg members. Means are provided to axially displace the base member upon engagement of the male and female elements to effect separation of the base and indicator members. Guide and limiting means are provided to ensure proper orientation of the indicator device relative to the quick connector before and during coupling of the male and female elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Klinger, Anthony Carman, Rick Kelley, Darrell Wilczynski
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETIRING IN MULTI-STREAM DATA MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20240134683
    Abstract: A hardware retire circuit includes: one or more input queues, each queue corresponding to an input stream of tasks and being configured to store input task identifiers corresponding to tasks of the input stream; and processing logic configured to: receive a completed task event; determine whether a completed task queue identifier and a completed task identifier of the completed task event match an input task identifier of an input task at a head of an input queue having an input queue identifier corresponding to the completed task queue identifier; and in response to determining a match, pop the task at the head of the input queue and output a task retirement event corresponding to the input task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yi LUO, Jinwen XI, Xuan ZUO, Haishan ZHU, Eric Sen CHUNG
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOVIE SEGMENT BOOKMARKING AND SHARING
    Publication number: 20210211610
    Abstract: Several ways are provided for a viewer of a movie to create a deep tag, that is, a bookmark for a segment of the movie. The deep tag can be associated with descriptive text and sent to an address provided by the viewer, either an e-mail address or an instant messaging address. Additionally, before the deep tag is created, it can be checked whether the content owner of the movie is known. If known, the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging are followed. If unknown, a set of registered content owners can be alerted of the presence of new content. When ownership of the new content is established, the already-created deep tags can be updated in accordance with the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas S. Gilley, Eric Hoffert, Brenda Pomerance, Razvan Pop
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOVIE SEGMENT BOOKMARKING AND SHARING
    Publication number: 20200154079
    Abstract: Several ways are provided for a viewer of a movie to create a deep tag, that is, a bookmark for a segment of the movie. The deep tag can be associated with descriptive text and sent to an address provided by the viewer, either an e-mail address or an instant messaging address. Additionally, before the deep tag is created, it can be checked whether the content owner of the movie is known. If known, the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging are followed. If unknown, a set of registered content owners can be alerted of the presence of new content. When ownership of the new content is established, the already-created deep tags can be updated in accordance with the content owner's rules, if any, regarding deep tagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas S. Gilley, Eric Hoffert, Brenda Pomerance, Razvan Pop
  • System for interactively creating action bar pull-down windows of a user interface for use at program run time
    Patent number: 5121477
    Abstract: Customized screens are generated in accordance with the invention for interfacing with an application program in an information processing system. During a panel definition phase when a panel designer creates a customized panel, panel actions are selected from a default list of panel operations and commands, including searching, adding, changing or deleting data from a database, showing long fields, blanking out a panel, displaying a prior panel, and printing. The actions are specified in a pop-up window during panel definition. Mnemonics and function keys may be specified for each action. The invention dynamically creates pull-down windows based on the actions specified which become part of the panel interface available to the run time user from an application action bar. Users may select actions to interact with the panel in like manner to interaction with other portions of the application user interface by means of cursor selection, input of the action number, mnemonics, or activation of a function key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Inc.
    Inventors: Sytze T. Koopmans, Susan L. C. Watson
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