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US09480822B2	Locking device A slidable locking device for fixing a position of a medical device, includes a housing having a passageway therethrough and an actuator coupled to the housing movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator includes at least two arms extending therefrom that are operatively coupled with at least two engaging members disposed within the housing, each engaging member having a slot configured to receive a respective arm of the actuator, the engaging members being biased towards the housing passageway, wherein the engaging members are disposed toward the housing passageway when the actuator is in the locked position, and the engaging members are disposed away from the housing passageway when the actuator is in the unlocked position.
US09480813B2	Coronary artery catheter and engaging method therefor A coronary artery catheter adapted for introducing its distal end into a coronary ostium through an artery includes a catheter body with a lumen formed therein. The catheter body in a natural state includes: a proximal straight section extending distally from a proximal end of the catheter body; a first curved section extending distally from the proximal straight section while being curved; an intermediate straight section extending distally from the first curved section; a second curved section extending distally from the intermediate straight section while being curved; and a distalmost section extending from the second curved section to a distal end of the catheter body. The first curved section and the second curved section, when projected onto a plane on which the first curved section and the intermediate straight section are present, curve in the same direction.
US09480811B2	System for modifying a user'S neurological structure or neurochemistry by improving mood, positivity level, or resilience level, incorporating a social networking website and method of use thereof The present invention relates to a software-based system, which may include a social networking website, implemented on a stand-alone computing device or over a network using computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to modifying the neurological structure or neurochemistry of a user of the system by improving mood, positivity level, or resilience level either over the Internet or on a stand-alone computing device so as to provide cognitive benefits to the user.
US09480810B2	Oxygen concentrator Branch flow channels configured respectively to supply compressed air to two sieve beds respectively are provided with air supply valves each including a diaphragm valve and an electromagnetic pilot valve for driving the diaphragm valve and configured to open and close the respective branch flow channels, a pilot flow channel configured to supply pilot air to the electromagnetic pilot valves is branched from the branch flow channels, and a check valve for preventing pilot air from flowing reversely is provided in the pilot flow channel.
US09480809B2	Patient interface A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal passages of a patient's nose in use and headgear to maintain the nasal prong assembly in a desired position on the patient's face. The headgear includes side straps and rigidizers provided to respective side straps. Each rigidizer includes a first end portion that provides a connector structured to engage a respective end of the nasal prong assembly and an inwardly curved protrusion in the form of a cheek support that curves inwardly of the connector. The cheek support is adapted to follow the contour of the patient's cheek and guide a respective end portion of the side strap into engagement with the patient's cheek to provide a stable cheek support.
US09480806B2	Laryngeal mask airway device with drug delivery means The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device to facilitate lung ventilation in a patient, comprising an airway tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end and opening, at the distal end, into the interior of a hollow mask portion shaped to fit readily in use into the actual and potential space behind the larynx and to seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet without penetrating into the interior of the larynx, wherein the device comprises a conduit adapted to direct a liquid substance through the glottic opening. The invention further relates to a kit comprising the laryngeal mask airway device and a method for using the laryngeal mask airway device.
US09480805B2	Material recovery and capture device for atomized material delivery apparatuses A recovery and collection assembly for an atomized material inhalation device is provided. The recovery and collection assembly includes an outer tubular housing and an input tube. The outer tubular housing includes a sidewall defining an outer chamber, an upper end piece attached to an upper end of the sidewall, and a lower end piece attached to a lower end of the sidewall. The lower end piece has at least one air flow opening allowing fluid communication between an interior of the outer chamber and an atmosphere surrounding the outer tubular housing. The input tube extends through the lower end piece and has a first end in fluid communication with the atomized material inhalation device. The input tube also has a second end disposed in an upper half of the outer chamber and in fluid communication with the outer chamber and defines an inner chamber.
US09480800B2	Neural injection system and related methods A novel neural injection system and related methods are herein disclosed. Various embodiments of an embodiment of a neural injection system of the present invention provide for at least one benefit of enhanced injection characteristics, increased operational efficiency, reduced cost per unit, reduced incidence of injury through intraneural/intravascular injection, reduced incidence of injury through pricking/piercing, and/or the like.
US09480796B2	System and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery A system and method for providing closed loop infusion formulation delivery which accurately calculates a delivery amount based on a sensed biological state by adjusting an algorithm's programmable control parameters. The algorithm calculates a delivery amount having proportional, derivative, and basal rate components. The control parameters may be adjusted in real time to compensate for changes in a sensed biological state that may result from daily events. Safety limits on the delivery amount may be included in the algorithm. The algorithm may be executed by a computing element within a process controller for controlling closed loop infusion formulation delivery. The biological state is sensed by a sensing device which provides a signal to the controller. The controller calculates an infusion formulation delivery amount based on the signal and sends commands to an infusion formulation delivery device which delivers an amount of infusion formulation determined by the commands.
US09480794B2	System and method for detecting occlusions in a medication infusion system using pulsewise pressure signals A medical fluid communication system is disclosed comprising a pump controller and a fluid detector. The fluid detector detects characteristics of the fluid and provides fluid measurements to the pump controller, which detects if the fluid is flowing in the medication delivery system. In the event fluid is not flowing due to an occlusion, the pump controller may attempt to resolve the occlusion or may provide a warning to a user that an occlusion is occurring.
US09480793B2	Occlusion sensing for an infusion pump Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an occlusion sensor that can be used to detect when an occlusion exists in the fluid path between the medicine reservoir and the infusion site on the user's skin. Such an occlusion may occur, for example, when the fluid flow line (e.g., a cannula, infusion set tubing, or the like) is kinked. If the medicine dispensation path to the user is occluded, the user may receive no dosage or a lower dosage of the medicine. As such, the occlusion sensor can be used to indicate when the fluid is flowing or not flowing, thereby permitting the infusion pump system to communicate an alarm to the user if an occlusion exists.
US09480790B2	Methods and systems for treating acute heart failure by neuromodulation Methods of treating acute heart failure in a patient in need thereof. Methods include inserting a therapy delivery device into a pulmonary artery of the patient and applying a therapy signal to autonomic cardiopulmonary fibers surrounding the pulmonary artery. The therapy signal affects heart contractility more than heart rate. Specifically, the application of the therapy signal increases heart contractility and treats the acute heart failure in the patient. The therapy signal can include electrical or chemical modulation.
US09480785B2	Nitric oxide delivery devices An example of a nitric oxide delivery device includes a medium, a working electrode in contact with the medium, and a reference/counter electrode in contact with the medium and electrically isolated from the working electrode. The medium includes a source of nitrite ions and a Cu(II)-ligand complex. A nitric oxide permeable material separates the medium from an external environment that is to contain blood.
US09480783B2	Breast pump system A breast pump system (1) comprises a breast pump arranged to extract milk from a user; and a breathing guidance means configured to provide a suggested breathing pattern to the user. The breathing guidance means may be produced by a motorized breast pump unit (10), or may be a series of stimuli at a stimuli frequency, which are perceivable by the user. The system (1) may include a heart rate monitor for measuring the heart rate of the user, and the suggested breathing pattern may be coupled to the measured heart rate.
US09480781B2	Artificial intelligence portable suction device having a catheter reel Disclosed is a suction device. The suction device includes a sensor unit which measures a breathing condition of a patient, a tube unit which is inserted into a bronchus of the patient in order to suck foreign material generated in the bronchus of the patient, when the values measured by the sensor unit exceeds a predetermined reference value, and a control unit which controls to drive the tube unit based on the measured value received from the sensor unit. According to the present invention, there is provided the suction device which is automatically operated by directly determining whether foreign material is generated in the bronchus of the patient.
US09480776B2	Extracellular matrix based gastroesophageal junction reinforcement device Provided are medical devices for implantation in patients having suffered the loss of or damage to at least part of their esophagus. The medical device connects the esophagus or remaining part thereof with the stomach to form a gastro-esophageal junction that promotes healing and encourages new host tissue growth while distributing the load and decreasing tension at the anastomotic site. The medical device comprises extracellular matrix shaped into a conformation that more closely approximates the geometry of the native gastro-esophageal junction than does direct attachment of the stomach to the shortened esophagus. Molds useful in manufacturing the medical device and methods of use of the device are also described herein.
US09480775B2	Polysaccharide and protein-polysaccharide cross-linked hydrogels for soft tissue augmentation Disclosed herein are cohesive soft tissue fillers, for example, dermal and subdermal fillers, based on hyaluronic acids and optionally including proteins. In one aspect, hyaluronic acid-based compositions described herein include zero-length cross-linked moieties and optionally at least one active agent. The present hyaluronic acid-based compositions have enhanced flow characteristics, hardness, and persistence compared to known hyaluronic acid-based compositions. Methods and processes of preparing such hyaluronic acid-based compositions are also provided.
US09480774B2	Implant for tissue repair including chitosan Mono- and multi-layered implants include at least one porous layer made from a freeze dried aqueous solution containing chitosan, the solution having a pH of less than about 5.
US09480771B2	Hemostatic device A hemostatic device, method of making, and method of using for internal and external applications to wounds in the body of a patient to induce hemostasis at an anatomical site.
US09480769B2	Atomization separating and silencing apparatus and method A modular, integrated, combination air purification and aroma diffuser includes a UV and catalytic oxidation germicidal cell and multiple filtrations as pre-treatment of air diffusing essential oils or other liquids as ultra-fine droplets entrained in airflow into enclosed, habitable spaces. Liquid microbicide, insecticide, fumigant, or aroma therapy is kept cleaner by eradication of microbes. Comparatively larger droplets are separated out and recycled to the reservoir after initial atomization. An electrical module, between a purifier and filters upstream and a diffuser downstream, includes a pump, a fan, and a controller for both. Staged, double-eduction, triple-separation processes include a micro-cyclone for quiet, well diffused flow of ultra-fine droplets.
US09480765B2	Sterilization apparatus A hydrogen peroxide delivery system for a sterilizer having a hydrogen peroxide injection unit and a housing is disclosed. The system includes a cradle for supporting a hydrogen peroxide solution container, a drainage arrangement for aspirating the hydrogen peroxide solution from the container, and a delivery arrangement for supplying the aspirated hydrogen peroxide solution to the hydrogen peroxide injection unit. The drainage arrangement includes a needle for penetrating a seal on the container and extending into the hydrogen peroxide solution in the container. A needle drive moves the needle from an at rest position, wherein the needle is retracted to allow insertion of a new hydrogen peroxide container into the cradle, to a penetrating position wherein the needle penetrates the seal of the container and extends all the way to the bottom of the container to ensure complete drainage of the hydrogen peroxide solution from the container.
US09480761B2	Prion disinfection The invention relates to a methods and compositions for treating a surface, suspension or solution contaminated with a PrPSc prion protein or a surrogate thereof. The methods and compositions employ a combination of one or more enzymes effective to cleave a prion protein to fragments having a non-infective molecular weight, and one or more agents selected to favor conformational unfolding of the PrPSc prion protein while not denaturing the one or more enzymes.
US09480759B2	Tin-117m somatostatin receptor binding compounds and methods Tin-117m somatoostatin analogs or antagonist are used to treat tumors and symptoms associated with these tumors which express somatostatin receptors, such as gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The tin-117m somatostatin receptor binding compounds can be administered at a dosage which is effectively apoptotic and not necrotic. Also, if desired, it can be administered at a dose that is necrotic and/or induces necrosis, but only to cells within 290 microns of the tin-117m atom. A novel somatostatin analog is also disclosed, as well as novel methods to produce the tin labeled analogs and antagonists.
US09480758B2	Diagnostic agents selective against metalloproteases The invention relates to aryl-sulphonamido compounds endowed with affinity against metallo proteases MMP, having formula (I) below wherein R, R1, R2, R3, G and n have the meanings reported in the specification, properly labelled with diagnostic imaging moieties or even radiotherapeutic moieties. The invention also refers to the process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as diagnostic imaging agents or radiotherapeutic agents.
US09480756B2	Immunoconjugates with an intracellularly-cleavable linkage The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various diseased cells containing a targeting moiety (such as an antibody or antibody fragment), a linker and a therapeutic moiety, and further relates to processes for making and using the conjugates.
US09480755B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising dapagliflozin and cyclodextrin The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising dapagliflozin and cyclodextrin, preferably (2-hydroxy)propyl-b-cyclodextrin or γ-cyclodextrin, preferably as inclusion complex. The invention further relates to a process for producing said pharmaceutical compositions. Finally, the invention relates to the use of cyclodextrin for producing dapagliflozin-containing dosage forms and to methods of purification of dapagliflozin.
US09480736B2	Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition An immunogenic composition having 13 distinct polysaccharide-protein conjugates and optionally, an aluminum-based adjuvant, is described. Each conjugate contains a capsular polysaccharide prepared from a different serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F) conjugated to a carrier protein. The immunogenic composition, formulated as a vaccine, increases coverage against pneumococcal disease in infants and young children globally, and provides coverage for serotypes 6A and 19A that is not dependent on the limitations of serogroup cross-protection. Also described is a method for making an immunogenic conjugate comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 polysaccharide covalently linked to a carrier protein, the method including partial de-O-acetylation of the polysaccharide by mild hydrolysis in an alkaline pH buffer.
US09480734B2	Immunogenic composition of killed leptospira bacteria The present invention pertains to a composition containing an immunogenic cell preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid solution. The invention also pertains to a vaccine to protect an animal against an infection with leptospira bacteria, wherein the vaccine comprises this composition. Also, the invention pertains to the use of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to stabilize an immunogenic preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in a liquid carrier, by dissolving the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in the carrier.
US09480733B2	Prevention and reduction of blood loss Methods are described for preventing or reducing ischemia and/or systemic inflammatory response in a patient such as perioperative blood loss and/or systemic inflammatory response in a patient subjected to cardiothoracic surgery, e.g. coronary artery bypass grafting and other surgical procedures, especially when such procedures involve extra-corporeal circulation, such as cardiopulmonary bypass.
US09480732B2	Methods for treatment of incontinence associated with sexual activity The invention provides compositions and methods for treating incontinence associated with sexual activity.
US09480728B2	Agent for the treatment of alopecia It is an object of the present invention to provide a new agent for the treatment of alopecia, the agent being not only effective and safe for, in particular, alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia in a male, androgenetic alopecia in a female, female pattern alopecia, postpartum alopecia, seborrheic alopecia, alopecia pityroides, senile alopecia, cancer chemotherapy drug-induced alopecia, and alopecia due to radiation exposure, but also effective for a target having resistance to treatment with minoxidil or finasteride, there being no side effects such as an itching sensation, irritation, or feminization, and no contraindications, the agent suppressing dandruff or having a therapeutic effect for white hair, and the therapeutic effect for alopecia being maintained for a long period even when use of the agent is stopped.The solution means of the present invention is an agent for the treatment of alopecia containing as an active ingredient a C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), a derivative of these NPs, a chimeric peptide of these NPs, or a derivative of a chimeric peptide of these NPs.
US09480722B2	Method of alleviating or treating periodontal disease A composition for use in inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis, comprising an effective amount of Antrodia camphorata powder or extract and acceptable carriers thereof for inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis. Also provided is a method of inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis by using aforementioned composition. Further provided is a method of alleviating or treating diseases derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis by administrating a therapeutically effective amount of aforementioned composition. The Antrodia camphorata extract in accordance with the present invention have been proved having the efficacy of inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis, and thus can be easily applied to various fields, particularly, health foods, drinks and applications of daily supplies. Moreover, advantages in accordance with the present invention include no side effects, easy fabricating and low cost.
US09480714B2	Methods and systems for processing exosomes Methods and systems of processing exosomes from a biologic sample, including providing a biological sample having a mixed population of exosomes, wherein the mixed population of exosomes includes two or more distinct subpopulations of exosomes; and processing the biological sample to selectively remove one or more exosome subpopulations from the mixed population of exosomes thereby obtaining a sample enriched with a desired subpopulation of exosomes.
US09480709B2	Methods and compositions for muscular and neuromuscular diseases The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treatment of subjects in need of muscle growth or repair. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide. The nitric oxide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto a location where muscle growth is desired, or on another suitable portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09480708B2	Treatment and prevention of learning and memory disorders The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for transdermal drug delivery, including treatment and prevention of learning and memory disorders, and enhancement of learning or memory. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide. The nitric oxide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09480705B2	Treatment of skin and soft tissue infection with nitric oxide The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treatment of skin and/or other soft tissues that are infected with bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, and/or other infectious organisms. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide. The nitric oxide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto a site of infection, or on another suitable portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09480701B2	Low anticoagulant heparins The present invention relates to a chemically modified heparin, with an antifactor II activity of less than 10 IU/mg, an antifactor Xa activity of less than 10 IU/mg and an average molecular weight (Mw) between about 6.5 and 9.5 kDa. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the heparin and its medical use, including treatment of malaria.
US09480696B2	Proton-motive force stimulation to potentiate aminoglycoside antibiotics against persistent bacteria Provided herein are compositions and methods to improve treatment of chronic infections, and reduce, delay, or inhibit formation of biofilms, using specific combinations of aminoglycoside antibiotics and high, localized concentrations of one or more PMF stimulating compounds. These novel methods are easily adapted to clinical settings as toxicity and efficacy of the antibiotics and metabolites used have already been studied in vivo, and as dosing for both the antibiotics and metabolites are known. These approaches and therapeutic methods are also useful with non-metabolic chemicals that induce proton-motive force in bacteria.
US09480695B2	Methods for inducing orexin neurons and agent for treating narcolepsy or eating disorder The invention provides a method for producing an orexin neuron by culturing a pluripotent stem cell or a neural progenitor cell in the presence of N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and optionally in the presence of at least one inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a Sirtuin 1 inhibitor and an O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine transferase inhibitor. The invention also provides a therapeutic agent for narcolepsy or eating disorders, such as anorexia, containing N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, which is based on the induction of orexin neuron in vivo.
US09480693B2	Substituted bisphenyl butanoic phosphonic acid derivatives as NEP inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of formula I; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical composition of the compounds of the invention and a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a compound of the invention.
US09480686B2	Piperazine-substituted benzothiophenes for treatment of mental disorders The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
US09480678B2	Antifungal pharmaceutical composition Disclosed is an antifungal agent for external use, which is characterized by containing a compound represented by the general formula (1), 50 to 95 mass % of an alcohol such as ethanol, 0.1 to 35 mass % of water or the like, and 0.01 to 5 mass % of a cellulose thickening agent. X is a halogen or H.
US09480675B2	Method for increasing muscle growth by blocking sirtuin activity Systems and methods are described providing therapeutic preparations of sirtuin inhibitors, such as SIRT1 inhibitors, for stimulating load-induced skeletal muscle growth in the body of a patient. The natural stimulation of SIRT1 activity can be suppressed through increased caloric intake and loading in conjunction with the inhibition of sirtuin activity to improve the inhibitory effect. In addition, known muscle growth promoting agents such as amino acids and hormones can be administered at the same time as the sirtuin inhibitor. The size of the tissue structure to be treated or the body size may be used to determine the therapeutic dose of sirtuin inhibitor. The sirtuin inhibitor and muscle stimulating agents are either locally or systemically delivered at therapeutic doses for the desired effect. The SIRT1 inhibitor Splitomycin is particularly effective.
US09480671B2	Reduction of risk of obesity A nutritional composition comprising a significant amount of arachidonic acid (ARA) is described. Such nutritional composition is particularly suitable for infants below the age of 3 years, preferably between birth and 12 months of life. The composition can be used to reduce the risk of developing overweight/obesity and/or insulin resistance later in life.
US09480669B2	Method of destroying and preventing bacterial and fungal biofilm by amino acid infusion Disclosed is a method comprising the administration of a 3% amino acid and 3% glycerin solution for the use of prevention and disruption of bacterial biofilms. Also disclosed is method comprising the administration of L-cysteine 0.4 g per 100 ml for the prevention and destruction of fungal biofilms.
US09480667B2	Pharmaceutical formulations of naproxen for soft gel encapsulation and combinations thereof An NSAID formulation for encapsulation into a soft gel capsule with increased stability, concentration and bioavailability of the NSAID. The preferred NSAIDS are naproxen, ibprofen, indomethacin and diclofenac, which are provided in both an acidic and basic form in the fill formulation. The pH values of fill formulations may be adjusted without additional process steps. A process for increasing the achievable concentration of an NASAID pharmaceutical ingredient in a fill composition for dosage units is also provided. The highly concentrated NASAID formulation permits a reduction in the fill volume or dosage unit size or an increase in concentration of the NSAID in each dosage it.
US09480666B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting intimal hyperplasia Methods are provided for preventing, inhibiting, or treating intimal hyperplasia in a patient who has undergone a coronary bypass procedure that include providing a solution comprising DCA added to water; and administering the solution orally to a patient to prevent, inhibit, or treat intimal hyperplasia.
US09480665B2	Methods of treating pain or fever using pharmaceutically active acetaminophen dimers linked through phenolic hydroxyl groups Provided herein are methods for treating pain such as acute or chronic pain or fever in subject without risking hepatotoxicity. The subject may be at risk of hepatotoxicity if administrated an acetaminophen monomer. The method includes administering a pharmaceutical composition containing an acetaminophen dimer compound, wherein the phenolic hydroxyl groups of two acetaminophen compounds are linked via an ethylene spacer.
US09480664B2	Compositions and methods for treating cancer Compositions containing one or more COX inhibitors in combination with one or more antagonists of 20-HETE (20-hydroxyeicosatetraeonic acid), and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient are provided. Preferred compositions include rofecoxib in combination with HET0016. The compositions have reduced side effects due to COX inhibitors. Methods for treating or inhibiting cancer using the disclosed compositions are also provided.
US09480663B2	Biguanide compositions and methods of treating metabolic disorders Provided herein are methods for treating certain conditions, including diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions by administrating a composition comprising a biguanide or related heterocyclic compound, e.g., metformin. Also provided herein are biguanide or related heterocyclic compound compositions, and methods for the preparation thereof for use in the methods of the present invention. Also provided herein are compositions comprising metformin and salts thereof and methods of use.
US09480661B2	Solid dosage formulations containing weight-loss drugs An orally disintegrating tablet which can be chewed or disintegrated by contact with saliva and containing weight-loss drugs for weight control in humans, especially in children and adolescents, is disclosed.
US09480659B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising monoterpenes The present invention provides a process for purifying a monoterpene or sesquiterpene having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The process comprises the steps of derivatizing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) to produce a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, separating the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, and releasing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) from the derivative. Also encompassed by the scope of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The purified monoterpene can be used to treat a disease such as cancer. The present monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) may be administered alone, or may be co-administered with radiation or other therapeutic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents.
US09480657B2	Cabazitaxel-platinum nanoparticles and methods of using same The present teachings relate to compounds and compositions for treatment of cancers. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a platinum compound having a heterocycle ligand. Cabazitaxel-platinum nanoparticles are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using the same.
US09480655B2	Solid pharmaceutical dosage form of dolutegravir The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical dosage form comprising dolutegravir, a method of its preparation and its use in the treatment of an HIV infection.
US09480654B2	Drug-delivery systems The invention relates to novel particulate drug-delivery systems based on a polymer support containing at least one linear, branched or cross-linked polymer in a fraction of over 50 percent by weight in relation to the total weight of the support. The system is characterized in that at least one signal substance for transport through a biological barrier and at least one active ingredient are stored, the support, signal substance and active ingredient having no covalent links and no active-ingredient specific and signal substance specific coordinative links between one another.
US09480652B2	Aerosol valve A steam-sterilizable aerosol valve has a valve body of polymeric material such as polyphenylene sulfone (PPSU) having an HDT (heat deflection temperature) at 1.8 MPa stress in the range of 200-275° C. Such a valve has the ability to survive steam sterilization without significant degradation of properties or appearance.
US09480651B2	Omega-3 fatty acid ester compositions unitary pharmaceutical dosage forms Described herein are compositions comprising at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester and at least one surface active agent; wherein the compositions form micelles when in contact with an aqueous medium. Also provided is a method of administering to a subject a composition comprising at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester and at least one surface active agent, wherein the at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester forms micelles when in contact with an aqueous medium, and the bioavailability of the at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester is substantially independent of a food effect. The compositions are useful for treating cardiovascular conditions or disorders in a subject and for reducing side effects associated with the ingestion of Omega-3 fatty acid esters. Described are also various dosage forms for administering the compositions and use of the compositions in functional foods. Provided herein are also kits with instructions on how to administer the compositions.
US09480643B2	Implantable composites and implants comprising same Described herein are implantable composites, articles comprising the composites, implant devices comprising the composites, and methods of making and using same, including point of use methods.
US09480641B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of halitosis Methods and compositions for treatment of halitosis are provided; devices and methods, such as a palatal patch, including a tablet or strip having a bioadhesive component and active ingredients are further provided; the bioadhesive component allows for the palatal patch to be attached to the upper palate and for the active component to be released into the oral cavity and/or GI tract; compositions for the active ingredient include composition for treatment of halitosis, anti-acids, vitamins, anti-smoking agents, etc; an herbal composition for treatment of halitosis including Echinacea, Lavender, Mastic Gum and Sage and a method of manufacturing a medicine from the herbal composition are provided as well; a device for delivery of the palatal patch to the upper palate including a housing and piston is also provided.
US09480635B2	Compositions and methods of reducing dry mouth Oral compositions and methods of use thereof are provided herein. The oral compositions comprise a first component comprising at least one Eh-raising compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a second component comprising at least one zinc compound, an anti-microbial agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US09480633B2	Temperature management composition The present invention relates to a single phase temperature management composition. The composition includes from 0.01% to 10% by weight of a neurosensory agent and from 0.01% to 30% by weight of an antiperspirant component. The composition also includes a polar carrier where the polar carrier includes water and monohydric alcohol. The ratio of water to monohydric alcohol ranges from 0.0625:1 to 1.5:1. The compositions of the invention have a viscosity at room temperature of less than 2500 centipoise.
US09480629B2	Sulfate-free structured liquid surfactants An aqueous structured surfactant composition comprising water, one or more sulfate free anionic surfactants, one or more hydroxysultaines and one or more amphodiacetates, which is capable of suspending water insoluble or partially water soluble components. A sulfate-free structured liquid surfactant composition for use in personal care formulations allows for high level of vegetable oil and/or fragrance oil in end formula without negatively affecting stability and foam properties.
US09480626B2	Teething device Teething device for an infant, with a substantially arc-shaped and elastically deformable teething element having two free end areas spaced apart from each other in an unloaded rest position, wherein the teething element forms a free gap between the end areas in the rest position and is substantially circular, and the arc-shaped teething element substantially simulates the shape of the jaw in such a way that, when it is inserted into the mouth and is substantially congruent with the jaw, the end areas are arranged in the area of the molars in the rest position of the teething element, wherein the free gap has an opening angle of between 15° and 35°, measured from the internal apex of the opening, and the arc-shaped teething element is elastically deformable in such a way that the two end areas can be arranged at least partially overlapping each other in a securing position.
US09480620B2	Method and apparatus for immobilizing subjects undergoing mechanical CPR The apparatus for immobilizing and treating a subject includes a suitable apparatus for performing mechanical CPR secured to an immobilization casing. The airtight flexible casing is secured to the apparatus for performing CPR, the casing having variable rigidity which varies as a function of the amount of air within the casing. Two or more slots through the casing permit passage of one or more elements of the CPR apparatus to pass through the casing. One or more incompressible windows may be included in the casing to optimize the performance of mechanical CPR by permitting one or more elements of the subject's skeleton to contact the CPR apparatus. A device for evacuating the air from within the flexible casing to control the rigidity of the casing is included within the CPR apparatus.
US09480612B2	Composite web A composite web, with elastic and inelastic regions, is formed to separated or punched into diaper closure elements. The composite web includes nonwoven web which forms a first outer side of the composite web. On the composite web are disposed spaced-apart, elastically stretchable foil strips. A nonwoven material covers the elastically stretchable foil strips on a second outer side of the composite web. At least one inelastic strip of a hook material bridges a region between two adjacent, elastically stretchable foil strips. The nonwoven material overlaps edges of the strip of hook material. The strip of hook material has projections on the edges thereof that are overlapped by the nonwoven material. The projections extend into the nonwoven material.
US09480610B2	Absorbent product In an absorbent part of an absorbent product, super absorbent materials located between two sheets in an absorbent area swell by absorption of moisture of excrement, and spaces extending in a longitudinal direction from an opening, which is formed at a portion of upper absorbent layer facing the crotch region of a wearer, are formed between a non-absorbent area where the super absorbent materials do not exist and the upper absorbent layer and between the non-absorbent area and a lower absorbent layer. In the absorbent product, through the spaces, moisture of excrement in the second excretion and later can be quickly diffused over a wide area along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent part, and the moisture of excrement can be absorbed in a wide area of the absorbent part. As a result, it is possible to maintain high absorbing ability in multiple excretions in the absorbent product.
US09480609B2	Absorbent article with a fluid-entangled body facing material including a plurality of hollow projections An absorbent article having improved handling of body exudates can include a fluid-entangled body facing material including a support layer and a projection layer. The fluid-entangled body facing material can include a plurality of hollow projections formed from a first plurality of fibers in the projection layer. The hollow projections can extend from the outer surface of the projection layer in a direction away from the support layer. The absorbent article can minimize the amount of body exudates in contact with a wearer's skin and can minimize the incidence of leakage of body exudates from the absorbent article.
US09480608B2	Absorbent article with a fluid-entangled body facing material including a plurality of hollow projections An absorbent article having improved handling of body exudates can include a fluid-entangled body facing material including a support layer and a projection layer. The fluid-entangled body facing material can include a plurality of hollow projections formed from a first plurality of fibers in the projection layer. The hollow projections can extend from the outer surface of the projection layer in a direction away from the support layer. The absorbent article can minimize the amount of body exudates in contact with a wearer's skin and can minimize the incidence of leakage of body exudates from the absorbent article.
US09480604B2	Eye protection employing luminescent materials for ionizing radiation warnings to the wearer A protective eyewear device features a frame for supporting the protective eyewear on a user's head in a position placing one or more transparent or translucent viewing lenses of the eyewear device in front of the user's eyes, and one or more deposits of a radiation-reactive material located at or adjacent the one or more lenses and responsive to ionizing radiation exposure to produce a visual indication of said exposure to the user within a normally used field of vision of said user.
US09480602B2	Steerable laser probe A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, an actuation structure of the handle, a flexible housing tube having a flexible housing tube distal end and a flexible housing tube proximal end, and an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle and the flexible housing tube. A compression of the actuation structure may cause the optic fiber to gradually curve. A decompression of the actuation structure may cause the optic fiber to gradually straighten.
US09480600B2	Steerable laser probe A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, a flexible housing tube having a flexible housing tube distal end and a flexible housing tube proximal end, an actuation mechanism control of the handle, and an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle and within the flexible housing tube. An actuation of the actuation mechanism control may be configured to gradually curve the flexible housing tube. A gradual curving of the flexible housing tube may be configured to gradually curve the optic fiber. An actuation of the actuation mechanism control may be configured to gradually straighten the flexible housing tube. A gradual straightening of the flexible housing tube may be configured to gradually straighten the optic fiber.
US09480598B2	Expanding ocular implant devices and methods Disclosed herein are devices and methods related to implants for treating one or more physiological conditions of the eye. Some embodiments disclosed herein include an expandable ocular implant for implanting in an eye. The expandable implant can include an implant having an elongate tubular body and an expandable sheath securely adapted to a part of the implant. Some embodiments of the expandable sheath can have at least one expandable feature that can assist the expandable sheath in forming a compact and an expanded configuration.
US09480596B2	Thermal breast pad device A thermal breast pad device that comprises of two straps that connect to each other via hook and loop materials, each strap has a pear shaped thermal pad disclosed on one end of each strap, each thermal pad defines a pear shaped aperture within each thermal pad and is split at a central location of each pear shaped thermal pad. Each pear shaped thermal pad is segmented into pockets that are evenly distributed. The pockets may be filled with flax seeds. The device can be used by nursing mothers, menstruating women, or women suffering from breast cancer that need a hot or cold compress to be draped around their breasts.
US09480594B2	Nasal implants and systems and methods of use Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that cuts, holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.
US09480593B2	Distraction and mobility back support A back support device is provided herein. The device is configured to support a portion of a burden or load that would otherwise be borne by a user's spinal column and abdomen. The device includes an upper component that is dimensioned to be worn around the torso of the user, and a lower component that is dimensioned to be worn around the user's hips and waistline. The device further comprises a plurality of medial elements. Each medial element is operatively connected to the upper and lower components so that each medial element may support a portion of the burden, thereby transferring the burden from the upper component to the lower component. The medial elements provide support and simultaneous freedom of movement by providing a lifting distraction support upon the spinal column and abdomen.
US09480590B2	Device for anchoring an endoluminal sleeve in the GI tract Endoluminal sleeve device (1) for internally lining a section of the GI tract, comprising a sleeve (2) configured for deployment inside a GI tract, the sleeve (2) having walls of a flexible material defining a sleeve lumen (3), a proximal end (4) defining a proximal lumen opening (5), and a distal end (6) defining a distal lumen opening (7), a tubular anchoring portion (8) forming said proximal lumen end (4) and defining anchoring seats (9) delimited each one by an annular collar (11) forming an opening through which adjacent tissue portions (12) can be pulled into the anchoring seats (9), expansion means adapted to act on the tissue portions (12) arranged in the anchoring seats (9) such that the tissue portions (12) expand to a dimension greater than the opening of the annular collar (11).
US09480588B2	Biodegradable endoprostheses and methods of their fabrication A biodegradable stent prosthesis formed from a degradable material, having a plurality of luminal, abluminal, and side surface regions, wherein a surface portion extending between the abluminal and luminal surface region of at least some structural elements is convex or bulbous and optionally, where at least some of the abluminal surface regions may be concave.
US09480587B2	Implant with attached element and method of making such an implant A stent having an axial end to which is attached a ring of spoons of a material different from that of the stent. In one aspect, the ring of spoons is connected to the axial end through a plurality of complementary male-female form-fitting portions. In one aspect, the ring of spoons include parallel straight side edges. In one aspect, each of the side edges lies within a first distance from a facing side edge of an adjacent spoon in a stent delivery configuration, and each of the side edges lies within a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the facing side edge of an adjacent spoon in a stent deployed configuration.
US09480583B2	Direct neural interface system and method of calibrating it A direct neural interface system comprised of electrodes for acquiring electrophysiological signals representative of a neuronal activity of a subject's brain; a pre-processor for conditioning, digitizing and preprocessing the electrophysiological signals; a processor for processing the digitized and preprocessed electrophysiological signals and generating command signals; and an output for outputting said command signals; wherein the processor is adapted for: representing the electrophysiological signals acquired over an observation time window in the form of a N-way data tensor, N being greater or equal to three; and generating command signals corresponding to the observation time window by applying a multi-way regression model over the data tensor. A method of calibrating the direct neural interface system.
US09480580B2	Patient-specific acetabular alignment guides A method for inserting an acetabular implant into the acetabulum of a patient. The method includes engaging a patient-specific surface of acetabular alignment guide to a complementary rim surface and periacetabular area of a patient. A plurality of alignment pins are inserted through corresponding alignment apertures of the acetabular alignment guide and into the periacetabular area of the patient. The acetabular alignment guide is removed without removing the alignment pins from the patient. An alignment adapter is coupled to an acetabular inserter over the alignment pins and an acetabular implant is implanted using the acetabular inserter.
US09480579B2	Expandable intervertebral implant An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US09480575B2	Expandable spinal implant system and method A spinal implant comprises a first member including a wall that defines a first cavity and a second member including a wall defining a second cavity. At least one first expandable bone graft is disposable within the second cavity. The second member is axially translatable relative to the first member between a first configuration and a second, expanded configuration such that at least a portion of the at least one first graft is disposed within the first cavity and the first cavity includes a substantially void portion. At least one second bone graft has a selective configuration and dimension for disposal within the substantially void portion. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US09480572B2	Intervertebral disc prosthesis insertion assemblies In various embodiments, an intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided. The prosthesis may be provided with an insertion adapter, such as a head, holder, or other carrier of the prosthesis. The insertion adapter may be configured to retain the prosthesis and to engage an insertion tool body. In various embodiments, the prosthesis and the insertion holder are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion holder sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging. In various other embodiments, the prosthesis and an insertion tool are provided in a sterile pack, with the prosthesis components and the insertion tool sterilized and packaged in one or more types or layers of sterile packaging.
US09480570B2	Porous metal glenoid and associated method for molding the same A porous metal glenoid component, comprising a thin solid nonporous region having a first side and a second side; a first porous metallic substrate formed on the first side of the nonporous region; a polymeric body fabricated onto the first porous metallic substrate, the polymeric body having an articulating surface configured to engage a humeral component to permit rotational and translational movement therewith; and a second porous metallic substrate formed on the second side of the nonporous region, the second porous metallic substrate being configured to interface with a glenoid cavity.
US09480565B2	Rapid deployment artificial chordae tendinae system An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a hollow needle with a narrowed inner diameter in a distal third of the needle; and a flexible chord coupled to proximal and distal conduits; wherein the distal conduit is in the needle and distal to the narrowed inner diameter and the proximal conduit is in the needle and proximal to the narrowed inner diameter; wherein: (a)(i) long axes of the proximal and distal conduits are substantially parallel to a long axis of the needle when the proximal and distal conduits are in the needle, and (a)(ii) the proximal and distal conduits are configured to rotate when deployed from the needle such that their long axes are not parallel to a long axis of the chord when the chord is fully extended. Other embodiments are described herein.
US09480562B2	Pre-sized prosthetic chordae implantation system A system includes a pre-sized prosthetic chordae, a papillary penetration member, and a female securing member. The pre-sized prosthetic chordae is directly connected to an attachment member. The papillary penetration member extends through both the chordae and the attachment member. The female securing member receives the penetration member. The penetration member is an axis about which the chordae pivot.
US09480561B2	Apparatus and method for aortic protection and TAVI planar alignment An assembly for guiding a medical apparatus within a patient includes an elongated shaft and a balloon affixed to the shaft and movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. A mesh material may be affixed to the shaft and movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The balloon may project away from the shaft when the balloon is in the expanded condition. The mesh material may project away from the shaft when the mesh material is in the expanded condition.
US09480559B2	Prosthetic valves and related inventions This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve.
US09480557B2	Stents for prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic valve including a wire frame having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, a first end comprising a plurality of crowns, and a second end comprising a greater number of crowns than the first end. The wire frame includes a plurality of adjacent rows of modified diamond-shaped structures extending between the first and second ends. The prosthetic valve further includes a valve structure that includes a plurality of leaflets and that is attached within the interior area of the wire frame.
US09480555B2	Automated intraocular lens injector device An IOL injection device comprises a tubular housing with a plunger longitudinally disposed within the tubular housing. The device is configured so that when the plunger is translated towards the front of the device, its tip engages an intraocular lens insertion cartridge mounted at or near the front end of the housing. The IOL injection device further comprises a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to perform the steps of advancing the plunger to a critical point at which an axial compressive force on the lens suddenly increases, retracting the plunger from the critical point to a sufficient distance for material of the intraocular lens to relax, pausing to allow the material of the intraocular lens to relax, advancing the plunger to the critical point a second time, and continuing to advance the plunger beyond the critical point to implant the intraocular lens.
US09480553B2	Deformation of a polymer tube in the fabrication of a medical article Methods of manufacturing a medical article that include radial deformation of a polymer tube are disclosed. A medical article, such as an implantable medical device or an inflatable member, may be fabricated from a deformed tube.
US09480550B2	Highly elastic stent and production method for highly elastic stent A highly elastic stent is made of an alloy that exhibits superelasticity at body temperature. At least a part of the highly elastic stent has such a property that load increases with displacement without exhibiting a distinct yield on a load-displacement curve obtained by a compression test and a bending test.
US09480548B2	Embolic protection device and method of use There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (greater than 100 microns in the preferred embodiment) from entering either the right or left carotid arteries by deflecting emboli downstream in the blood flow. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The device has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the device.
US09480545B2	System and method for treatment of anal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse Using a sling that includes a central portion and at least two arms extending from the central portion, a method of treating anal incontinence may include positioning the central portion posteriorly to the rectum and/or anus of a subject, and extending each arm of the sling to a respective obturator region. Using a sling having the same or similar structure, a method of treating pelvic organ prolapse may include positioning the central portion beneath the ano-rectum of a subject, and extending each arm of the sling to a respective thigh incision near the obturator region.
US09480535B2	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided ablation Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with tracking an ablative device and monitoring an ablation produced by the ablative device are described. One example method includes acquiring a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an ablative device inserted in a body and selectively controlling positioning of the ablative device based, at least in part on the MR image. The MR image may be continuously provided in real-time by an interventional MR imaging apparatus programmed to image using a tri-orthogonal plane sequence. The method may also include acquiring an MR image of an ablation performed by the ablative device, and selectively controlling the ablative device based, at least in part, on the MR image. The MR image may also be provided by the IMRI apparatus operating according to a tri-orthogonal plane sequence. In one example, the ablation may treat hypopharyngeal obstructive sleep apnea by reducing tongue base volume.
US09480532B2	Manipulator A manipulator, such as for use in medical procedures, is provided. The manipulator includes a body and a first actuator system connected to the body at a first attachment point and capable of moving the first attachment point with at least three degrees of freedom. A second actuator system is connected to the body at a second attachment point and capable of moving the second attachment point with at least three degrees of freedom. A third actuator system is integrated with the body and is capable of moving at least a portion of the body with at least one degree of freedom.
US09480527B2	Microwave antenna probe having a deployable ground plane A surgical ablation system employing an ablation probe having a deployable ground plane is disclosed. The disclosed system includes a source of ablation energy and a source of electrosurgical energy, and a switching assembly configured to select between ablation and electrosurgical modes. The probe includes a cannula having a shaft slidably disposed therein. The shaft includes a deployable ground plane electrode assembly and a needle electrode disposed at distal end of the shaft. As the shaft is extended distally from the cannula, the ground plane electrode unfolds, and the needle electrode is exposed. Electrosurgical energy is applied to tissue via the needle electrode to facilitate the insertion thereof into tissue. Ablation energy is applied to tissue via the needle electrode to achieve the desired surgical outcome. The shaft, ground plane electrode and needle electrode are retracted into the cannula, and withdrawn from the surgical site.
US09480524B2	Method for treating a tubular anatomical structure An apparatus and method for treatment of a tubular anatomical structure is disclosed. The method includes using an electrical energy to destroy elongated cells on the tubular anatomical structure. The apparatus may include one or more electrodes for creating an electric field, and a cooling system for carrying heat away from the electrode. The elongated cells can include nerve cells on the tubular anatomical structure.
US09480521B2	Systems and methods for making and using medical ablation systems having mapping catheters with improved anchoring ability A mapping catheter includes an elongated body for inserting into patient vasculature. A distal end of the elongated body includes a distal portion that includes a plurality of electrodes, a proximal portion disposed proximal to the distal portion, and a reduced-dimension portion disposed between the proximal and distal portions. The distal end is formed, at least in part, from a memory shape material that bends into a preformed shape upon release from a confined space. The preformed shape includes a first loop formed, at least in part, by the distal portion. The first loop is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the proximal portion. The reduced-dimension portion is configured and arranged to bend such that the reduced-dimension section advances distally through the first loop when the first loop is held in a fixed position and a force is applied distally along the longitudinal axis of the proximal portion.
US09480519B2	Apparatus for aligning a spine using deployable bone anchors and method for the same An assembly for performing a gradual lateral spinal alignment of a spine. The assembly includes an inflatable bone anchor that includes an inflatable balloon, a hollow tube attached to the balloon and attached to an external support, such as a brace. The inflatable balloon extends into or through a vertebra of the misaligned spine and deployed. The inflatable balloon is pulled using the vertebra and attached to the brace to pull the spine into alignment. The device allows the spine to be gradually placed into alignment helping to avoid trauma on the spine and surrounding tissue.
US09480518B2	Instruments for use with a bone anchor with plug member Instruments for use with a bone anchoring assembly having plug member are disclosed that allow introduction of the plug member and bone cement or other liquid or pasty material into the bone anchor. The bone anchor includes a shaft having a first end and a second end, a channel extending from the first end to the second end, and a plug member which is insertable into the channel and guidable through the channel for closing the channel at the second end. The bone anchor is suitable for minimally invasive surgery in such a way a guide wire can be guided through the bone anchor and after the bone anchor has been anchored in the bone the plug member is inserted to close the open end of the bone anchor.
US09480509B2	Osteosynthesis apparatus for proximal femur fracture and master screw-type screw apparatus for osteosynthesis apparatus for proximal femur fracture Embodiments of the present invention provide an osteosynthesis apparatus for proximal femur fractures. The osteosynthesis apparatus for proximal femur fractures has a structure in which a lag screw set and a nail are assembled via screwing process. The lag screw is assembled with a key ring and a fastening nut in advance. When inserting this lag screw set into a bone, grip bars are inserted radially at a predetermined angle and direction, resulting in a strong bone holding power. Further, in a final step, a strong fixed coupling is achieved by forcibly screwing and engaging the lag screw and the fastening nut by an interference of the threads of the lag screw and the fastening nut. Thus, the osteosynthesis apparatus for proximal femur fractures has a strong bone holding power and is stable without loosening.
US09480507B2	Anchor-in-anchor system for use in bone fixation An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.
US09480504B1	Spinal alignment frame Disclosed is a surgical alignment and distraction frame and associated methods of use that facilitates correction of a sagittal imbalance. The alignment and distraction frame works in conjunction with pedicle screw installation guide assemblies to impart the desired correction. The alignment frame can be utilized to ensure the pedicle screw housings are aligned (to facilitate rod coupling) in concert with the completion of a correction maneuver.
US09480503B2	Universal laminoplasty implant The present invention relates various embodiments of a laminoplasty implant comprising a telescopic spacer configured to attach to the vertebra and adjust the space between two cut portions of a vertebra.
US09480502B2	Expansion interspinous fixation device and method A device and method for performing interspinous fixation or spinal fusion is provided. The device may generally include a first plate and a second plate, each having an adjustable length, and a mechanical actuator for increasing or reducing the length of the plates and, correspondingly, the device. Operation of the mechanical actuator causes first and second inner expansion portions of each plate to simultaneously slide on an outer fixed portion of the plate, to increase or decrease (depending on the direction of operation of the mechanical actuator) the separation between the first and second inner expansion portions, and thus, lengthen or shorten the plates and device.
US09480500B2	Systems, assemblies and methods for spinal derotation Systems, assemblies, components and methods for correcting alignment of one or more vertebrae of a spine are provided. A first elongate derotator member includes a first elongate element having a first proximal end portion and a first distal end portion. The first distal end portion is releasably engageable with a first implant implanted in one of the vertebrae. A second elongate derotator member comprising a second elongate element is releasably engageable with a second implant implanted in the same vertebra. A transverse member is engageable with the first and second elongate elements. A first channel extends axially through the first elongate element and a second channel extends axially through the second elongate element such that a proximal end portion of the first implant can be accessed from a proximal end portion of the first elongate element by inserting a tool through the first channel and a proximal end portion of the second implant can be accessed from a proximal end portion of the second elongate element by inserting the tool or another tool through the second channel.
US09480497B2	Skin nicking device, method and assembly A device, method and assembly for nicking skin is disclosed. The device includes a lumen is that is slideable over an introducer needle, and a blade at the end of the device. The device may include a shield for restricting advancement of the device during a skin nicking procedure. The device may also include a retractable blade or guard as a safety and nicking customization feature. A recess can also be shaped in the device for slideably attaching the device to an introducer needle hub.
US09480496B2	Follicular dissection device and method Provided herein is an apparatus and method useful for surgical removal of mammalian tissue. In one or more implementations, a cylindrical punch having one or more cutting edges may be provided for surgically extracting one or more hair follicles during a follicular dissection procedure. In one or more implementations, one or more cutting edges may be located along an outside diameter of a cylindrical punch.
US09480495B2	Surgical knife safety handle having user operable lock A surgical knife safety device having a handle, a blade connected to the handle, and a guard carried by the handle for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and an extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the retracted position, an enlarged guard radius is provided at the distal end of the handle to allow improved handle control and blade orientation. The enlarged guard radius is positioned to allow the user to firmly grip a large distal handle portion which is preferably molded as a single piece with the blade holder, preventing unwanted blade or handle movement due to guard mechanism tolerances. A spring, such as leaf spring or a cantilever beam, and a pair of detents or slots are provided to fix the guard in the extended or retracted position and to provide resistance during movement between the two positions. Additionally, a pushback prevention mechanism, a user operable lock and a drop-force operable lock are provided to prevent accidental retraction of the guard from the fully extended and guarded position.
US09480492B2	Apparatus for endoscopic procedures A surgical device has a jaw assembly with a first jaw and a second jaw, a pivoting linkage, and a camming assembly configured to pivot the jaw assembly. A cam slot having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion may have a Y shaped configuration. A flexible shaft allows further pivoting of the jaw assembly.
US09480490B2	Patient-specific guides A device for an orthopedic knee procedure. The device includes a tibial drill guide having a body portion and first and second posts extending from the body portion, the first post shorter in length than the second post. The device includes a patient-specific tibial alignment guide including a body with an inner anatomy-engaging surface shaped to closely conform and mate with a corresponding tibial joint surface. The first and second guiding receptacles define first and second inner channels sized and shaped to receive the first and second posts of the tibial drill guide. The first receptacle being shorter in length than the second receptacle, such that when the alignment guide is mounted on the tibial joint surface and the drill guide is mounted on the alignment guide, the first receptacle and the first post define a clearance gap between the tibia and the device for a patellar tendon.
US09480485B2	Devices and methods for vertebrostenting The invention relates to devices and methods for creating a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other body structure. An example method of forming a void in bony structure includes accessing a bony structure with a cannula, inserting a distal end of a combined drill and reaming device through the cannula and into the bony structure, manipulating the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device to create a void in the bony structure, and removing the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device from the cannula.
US09480484B2	Modular surgical drive hub An inner assembly for a modular surgical drive hub includes a drive adapter, an inner blade adapter, and a compression member, the inner blade adapter mounted within the drive adapter and biased in a distal direction by the compression member, the drive adapter and the inner blade adapter including a key-way and a key for transmitting rotational force from the drive adapter to the inner blade adapter; wherein the inner assembly is configured to be inserted into and retained within the modular surgical drive hub. A modular surgical drive hub and a surgical instrument are described.
US09480483B2	Apparatus and methods for introducing portals in bone An apparatus and method for introducing portals into bone is described herein. An example apparatus for introducing portals into bone includes a handle, a base, and a driving member. The driving member can be made to project past the base by operating the handle. The base is detachable from the handle. The apparatus also includes a guide coupled at a first end to the handle and at a second end to the base. The base is detachably coupled to the guide. A base coupling detachably coupling the base to the guide includes an actuating member movable between a coupled configuration wherein the base is coupled to the guide and an uncoupled configuration wherein the base is released from the guide. The actuating member is arranged so that motion of the handle toward the base moves the actuating member from the coupled configuration to the uncoupled configuration.
US09480481B2	Low cost tourniquet cuff with integrated manufacture indicia A tourniquet cuff includes a first sheet, a second sheet, and a seal joining the first sheet and second sheet to form an inflatable bladder. A securing strap is attached to the cuff. The cuff encircles the limb so that the bladder overlaps upon itself. A stiffener fits inside the bladder and sized to extend substantially the length of the bladder but not the entire bladder length, and to fit completely within the seal. A tubular port is connected to the bladder for directing gas into the bladder from a tourniquet instrument to which the port may be releasably connected, and a cuff marking weld is located on an outer surface of the cuff, having a shape selected to form a symbol or indicia that is visible to a user.
US09480479B2	Vaso-occlusive device delivery system A vaso-occlusive delivery system includes a vaso-occlusive coil, delivery wire assembly, and a link. The vaso-occlusive coil defines a coil lumen and has first and second coil windings defining a coil opening therebetween. The delivery wire assembly defines a delivery wire lumen, and includes an electrolytic detachment zone, a delivery wire conduit, and a delivery wire attached to the delivery wire conduit and extending through the delivery wire lumen distal of the delivery wire conduit. The link defines a link lumen and has link body including a proximal end of the link body defines an link opening in communication with the link lumen and a distal end of the link body includes a link detent extending radially from the link body, through the coil opening, securing the link body and the delivery wire assembly to the vaso-occlusive coil.
US09480476B2	Tissue thickness compensator comprising resilient members A tissue thickness compensator comprising at least one woven lattice can be positioned in the end effector of a surgical instrument. A fastener cartridge that is positioned in the end effector can comprise at least one cavity configured to receive a fastener. The fastener can be moveable between an initial position, wherein the fastener is at least partially position in a cavity, and a fired position, wherein the fastener is configured to compress a woven lattice of the tissue thickness compensator. The woven lattice can comprise a resilient material such that compression of the woven lattice generates a restoring force. The woven lattice can also comprise an axis that can laterally traverse the fastener cartridge, diagonally traverse the fastener cartridge, or intersect a deck surface of the fastener cartridge. The woven lattice can comprise a hydrophilic substance, which can expand when the woven lattice is severed by a cutting element.
US09480475B2	Bone plate suture anchor A suture anchor insert comprising a body configured to be inserted into a hole in a bone plate. The body has a proximal end, a distal end, a length extending between the proximal and distal ends and substantially corresponding to a thickness of a bone plate, a sidewall, at least one plate engaging member extending outwardly from the sidewall to secure the body to the bone plate, a recess defined by the sidewall, and a transverse edge formed on the sidewall. A crossbar extends inwardly from the sidewall across the recess such that a free end of the crossbar is normally disposed distally of the transverse edge. The crossbar is flexible such that when a distally directed force is applied, the free end of the crossbar is positionable in the recess. The free end of the crossbar is engageable with the transverse edge to limit proximal motion of the crossbar.
US09480466B2	Surgical device and linkage system for same A laparoscopic surgical device is provided, including a removable tool-comprising shaft having an outer shaft and an inner actuation rod that may be removably or permanently connected together. A handle of the device includes a two-button mechanism for engaging and releasing the removable tool-comprising shaft. The two-button mechanism is configured to engage overlapping corresponding apertures of the outer shaft and the inner rod that extends through the outer shaft, and the handle may include a variety of configurations that can readily interchangeably be used with different tool bodies.
US09480461B2	Methods for extracting chemicals from nasal cavities and breath A chemical extraction apparatus has absorbent material for absorbing or adsorbing volatile chemicals from a breath of a user. The chemical extraction apparatus is positioned within such that breaths from the user flow over the absorbent material thereby causing volatile chemicals in the breaths to absorb or adsorb into the absorbent material. The absorbent material is then analyzed to determine the amount of chemicals absorbed or adsorbed into the absorbent material. Based on such analysis, various diseases or conditions can be detected or diagnosed.
US09480459B2	Ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.
US09480457B2	Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound image display method An ultrasound image is displayed while clarifying a positional relationship with an ultrasound probe. An ultrasound diagnostic device is provided with an ultrasound probe, a first position detecting means for detecting a position of the ultrasound probe, an ultrasound image generating means for generating an ultrasound image by using a reflected echo signal, an ultrasound volume data generating means for generating three-dimensional ultrasound volume data by accumulating the ultrasound images, a reference image generating means for generating a ultrasound reference image of an arbitrary cross section by using the ultrasound volume data and displaying an ultrasound probe mark indicating the position of the ultrasound probe in a superimposed manner on a position in the ultrasound reference image, the position corresponding to the ultrasound probe position detected by the first position detecting means, and a display means for displaying the ultrasound image and the ultrasound reference image.
US09480456B2	Image processing apparatus that simultaneously displays two regions of interest on a body mark, processing method thereof and storage medium An image processing apparatus displays the position of a region of interest in a target object with a first shape on a body mark that represents the target object. Here, the image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a target object with a second shape that is different from the first shape, a converter configured to convert the position of the region of interest in the target object with the second shape into a corresponding position in the target object with the first shape, and a composition unit configured to display the converted position of the region of interest on the body mark.
US09480448B2	System and method for use in mapping a radiation dose applied in an angiography imaging procedure of a patient A system and method for use in mapping a radiation dose applied in an angiography imaging procedure is provided. The system can include an image acquisition system, a table in support of the patient, and a computer processor that calculates an angulation of a radiation beam to the patient in the angiography imaging procedure relative to the table; calculating an angulation of the table; calculating an intersection of the radiation beam relative to a two-dimensional grid; calculating the radiation dose applied at the intersection of the radiation beam to each of the predefined areas of the two-dimensional grid; calculating an orientation of the patient relative to the two-dimensional grid of predefined areas; and creating a graphic display illustrative of an aggregation of the radiation dose applied to each of the predefined areas of the two-dimensional grid for viewing by a user.
US09480447B2	Inclined phase grating structures Grating interferometer comprising inclined phase grating structures, method for increasing the definition of phase contrast images of interferometers or in applications which are based on the Talbot effect, using inclined phase grating structures, phase gratings wherein the grating structures are positioned at angles on the substrate of the phase grating, method for producing grating structures which are positioned at angles on the substrate of the phase grating, and corresponding uses.
US09480446B2	X-ray detection submodule, X-ray detection module, and X-ray CT apparatus An X-ray detection submodule, comprising: a substrate; a photodiode mounted on the substrate; an X-ray detection element configured to detect an X-ray and convert the X-ray into light; and a light waveguide provided between the photodiode and the X-ray detection element, wherein the light waveguide connects the X-ray detection element with the photodiode such that the substrate is inclinedly disposed with respect to an X-ray detection surface of the X-ray detection element.
US09480443B2	Method for selecting a radiation form filter and X-ray imaging system A method is disclosed for selecting a radiation form, to change spatial distribution of the intensity and/or the spectrum of x-ray radiation of an x-ray source of an imaging system including a plurality of radiation form filters. The method includes acquiring a plurality of radiation absorption profiles of an examination object, of which image data is to be generated with the aid of the imaging system, in parallel with the patient axis from various directions; calculating an effective radiation absorption profile by averaging the recorded radiation absorption profiles; and selecting the radiation form filter on the basis of the effective radiation absorption profile of the examination object from a plurality of radiation form filters. An x-ray imaging system is further disclosed.
US09480441B2	System and method for medical imaging A medical imaging system is provided. The imaging system provides patient region-of-interest scanning using a step-staggered detector unit arrangement. A region-of-interest may be a brain. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information. The imaging system may comprise CZT detector modules.
US09480436B1	Probe housing assembly A novel probe housing assembly comprises a body, a cap, and a retainer. The retainer is adapted to releasably engage the body and the cap wherein, a second edge of the cap abuts a first edge of the body, and a third threaded portion of the retainer engages, by five complete revolutions, a second threaded portion of the cap, and a third threaded portion of the retainer engages, by five complete revolutions, the first threaded portion of the body whereby the cap is releasably secured to the body by the retainer thus achieving an EX-D compliant seal.
US09480432B2	Processing of periodic physiological signals Signal processing devices normally filter the signal to reduce noise. Any filtering is likely to eliminate useful components of the signal too. A device for and method of signal processing is disclosed, wherein intrinsically clean signal cycles are selected for reproduction so that the processed signal retains components of all frequencies. A system that uses the disclosed device and the method for processing periodic physiological signals is also disclosed.
US09480431B2	Systems and methods for alcohol consumption monitoring Various embodiments of the present inventions are related to monitoring physical characteristics of a monitored individual including, but not limited to, alcohol consumption by the monitored individual.
US09480423B2	Diagnostic measuring apparatus with integrated spectrometer The invention relates to a diagnostic measuring apparatus for non-invasively detecting at least one physiological parameter of the human body. The measuring apparatus comprises: —a continuum emitter (110) for emitting first electromagnetic radiation, the spectrum of which has a continuum extending over a wavelength range, —a bearing area for bearing a human body part (100) on the measuring apparatus, wherein the bearing area is designed such that the body part (100) is irradiated with the first electromagnetic radiation, wherein the first electromagnetic radiation is emitted by transmission, scattering and/or reflection as second electromagnetic radiation from the tissue of the body part (100), —a detector (102; 104) for detecting at least one spectral component of the second electromagnetic radiation, —a spectral decomposition unit (106; 114; 116; 402) for spectrally selecting wavelength ranges of the first and/or second electromagnetic radiation. Moreover, the invention relates to a diagnostic measuring apparatus for non-invasively detecting at least one physiological parameter of the human body, comprising: —a sensor having a matrix-shaped arrangement of measuring electrodes for carrying out an electrolyte movement measurement and a signal processing device connected to the sensor, wherein the signal processing device is designed to carry out a spatially and temporally resolved measurement of electrical potential values at the surface of a human body part via the sensor.
US09480420B2	Puncturing system and lancet carrier tape A puncturing system has a carrier tape carrying multiple lancets, a device housing comprising a conveying facility for moving the lancets into a usage position consecutively by moving the carrier tape in a conveying direction, a puncturing drive for accelerating one of the lancets that is positioned in the usage position in a puncturing motion, an opening in the device housing for touching against a body part in which a puncture is to be made by the puncturing motion of one of the lancets, an actuation facility for driving the conveying facility, and an unlockable interlock comprising a stop that blocks further transport of the carrier tape as soon as one of the lancets has reached the usage position.
US09480419B2	Lancing device A lancing device comprises a lancet drive to cause a lancet to effect a puncturing movement, a housing that encloses the lancet drive, and a touching element with an opening for applying a part of a body in which a prick wound is to be produced, the touching element being movable relative to the lancet drive for the purpose of adjusting the puncturing depth in a puncturing direction. The touching element is connected rotatably by means of a screw thread to an intermediate piece and is movable in the puncturing direction, while the intermediate piece is rotatable and movable relative to the housing. A guide prevents rotation of the touching element relative to the housing, and the touching element is enclosed by the intermediate piece at least over part of its length.
US09480418B2	Systems and methods for the screening and monitoring of inner ear function Methods and systems for monitoring or testing the hearing of a user using a portable unit include presenting a plurality of test frequencies for selection by a user and storing data about those frequencies, and the user's response to stimuli presented at those frequencies, and comparing the stored data to previously acquired hearing data. Using mathematical prediction algorithms, changes in baseline hearing values can be used to identify potential hearing issues, especially hearing issues associated with ototoxicity.
US09480405B2	Photodynamic diagnosis apparatus, photodynamic diagnosis method and device There is provided a photodynamic diagnosis apparatus including a light source for generating a light pulse having a time width shorter than a fluorescence lifetime of a photosensitizer, and a detector for measuring a time change waveform of the fluorescence to the light pulse.
US09480400B2	Electronic stethoscope system for telemedicine applications An electronic stethoscope includes a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a transducer supported by the housing and configured to sense auscultation signals at a first location, and a headset coupled to the housing and configured to deliver audio corresponding to the auscultation signals through earpieces on the headset. The electronic stethoscope further includes a processor disposed in the housing and configured to convert the auscultation signals to first digital signals representative of the auscultation signals and to wirelessly transmit the first digital signals from the electronic stethoscope via a secure digital network to a second location such that the audio corresponding to the auscultation signals is provided to headsets of one or more additional electronic stethoscopes at the second location in substantial real time with the sensing of the auscultation sounds at the first location.
US09480398B2	Unobtrusive active eye interrogation Methods and systems for determining a physiological parameter of a subject through interrogation of an eye of the subject with an optical signal are described. Interrogation is performed unobtrusively. The physiological parameter is determined from a signal sensed from the eye of a subject when the eye of the subject is properly aligned with regard to an interrogation signal source and/or response signal sensor.
US09480395B2	Ophthalmic device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Provisioned is a selecting unit configured to select a bright spot image corresponding to a reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye from among a plurality of bright spot images on the basis of a positional relationship between a first bright spot image formed from a plurality of bright spot images corresponding to a first light beam in a first direction and a second bright spot image corresponding to a second light beam in a second direction different than the first direction, and a calculating unit configured to calculate a state of alignment between the subject eye and a measuring unit using the bright spot image selected from the first bright spot images.
US09480391B2	Pliable camera cover The present invention discloses a replacement cover assembly that is comprised of a universal adapter interface unit and a soft, pliable, disposable, universal camera cover detachably coupled with the universal adapter interface unit.
US09480390B2	Endoscope accessory This invention relates generally to a diagnostic and therapeutic device. According to some aspects of the invention, the device may be composed of a flexible sheet that is wrapped around the endoscope shaft to form a flexible overtube. The overtube may include an inflatable positioning ring that may be inflated after placement of the overtube just proximal to the tip of the endoscope or colonoscope to secure the position of the overtube and create a seal within the body cavity. The overtube also may include an inflatable sealing band within the internal surface of the overtube that when inflated secure the position of the endoscope within the overtube and create a seal around the endoscope shaft. According to other aspects of the invention, the device may have a catheter with an occlusion balloon at its free end portion that is carried by the overtube and extends beyond the dostal endportion of the overtube and the tip of the endoscope that when inflated secure its position within the body cavity and create a seal within the body cavity. Inflation of the positioning ring, sealing band and occlusion balloon defines an examination compartment within the body cavity at the tip of the endoscope. The examination compartment may be filled with air, or with water, depending on applications. In addition the examination compartment can be thoroughly lavaged using the irrigation tube system.
US09480386B2	Dishwasher appliances having deflection assemblies Dishwasher appliances are provided. A dishwasher appliance includes a tub that defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing, and a rack assembly arranged within the tub. The dishwasher appliance further includes a fluid ejection assembly, the fluid ejection assembly including an ejection head disposed within the wash chamber, the ejection head operable to eject fluid into the wash chamber. In one embodiment, the dishwasher appliance further includes a passive deflection assembly, the passive deflection assembly including a deflection unit disposed within the wash chamber for deflecting fluid from the ejection head towards the rack assembly. In another embodiment, the dishwasher appliance further includes a deflection assembly, the deflection assembly including a deflection unit disposed within the wash chamber for deflecting fluid from the ejection head towards the rack assembly, the deflection assembly further including a magnet operable to move the deflection unit.
US09480385B2	Dishwasher The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising at least one distributor (6) that enables water transfer to the spray arm (4) and at least one auxiliary nozzle (7) positioned over the distributor (6) between the basket (3) and the main nozzles (5).
US09480379B2	Robot cleaner and control method for the same A robot cleaner includes a body to travel on a floor, an obstacle sensing unit to sense an obstacle approaching the body, an auxiliary cleaning unit mounted to a bottom of the body, to be extendable and retractable, and a control unit to control extension or retraction of the auxiliary cleaning unit when the obstacle is sensed. The control unit recognizes a zone of a charger and performs a control operation to prevent the auxiliary cleaning unit from extending in the charger zone.
US09480373B2	Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed having an upper portion mounted to a surface cleaning head, a portable surface cleaning unit mounted to the upper portion, an above floor cleaning wand removably receivable in the upper portion, and a wand lock having a locked position in which the wand is secured to the upper portion and an unlocked position in which the wand is removable from the upper portion. The upper portion may stabilize the wand when the wand is drivingly connected to the cleaning head. An electrified flexible air flow conduit may electrically connect the surface cleaning head to the cleaning unit.
US09480367B2	Ring apparatus and grab bar A safety grab bar and grab bar ring sized and configured to removably mount around the safety grab bar to assist in preventing a user's hand from sliding along the grab bar. The grab bar ring has a first ring and second ring, which are connected together and are sized and configured to removably mount around the safety grab bar. Gaskets are located on inside surfaces of the first and second rings. The gaskets are configured to contact a portion of the safety grab bar. One side of the first and second rings is rotatably joined together by a hinge connection. The opposite side of the first and second rings is removably joined together by a latch connection. An external surface of the first and second rings may include surface texturing or a non-slip surface. Multiple grab bar rings may be mounted to a single grab bar.
US09480362B2	Heat exchange apparatus and method A heat exchange apparatus includes an outer shell defining a cavity and a volume-occupying member received within the cavity. The outer shell and the volume-occupying member cooperate to define a fluid-receiving volume therebetween. An opening in the outer shell defines a passageway for receiving a liquid to be heated therethrough. The opening includes a fastener for removably attaching to an open top of a container containing a liquid to be heated, wherein the liquid to be heated will flow from the container into the fluid-receiving volume when the apparatus is inverted and the liquid will flow back into the container when the bottle is returned to the upright position.
US09480357B2	Sliding blackout curtain apparatus A sliding blackout curtain apparatus is provided to prevent light leaking from the top and sides of a blackout curtain thereby blocking light from doors, windows, or other light sources. In some embodiments, the apparatus may comprise: a traverse rod preferably installed inside the window casing which includes a track that extends along a portion of the traverse rod, and wherein the track is configured to slidably engage a plurality of curtain flap carriers; a curtain comprising a head with a length; curtain fasteners configured to secure the curtain to a wall or other structure, a curtain flap which is joined to the curtain proximate to the head of the curtain and along the length of the head; and a plurality of curtain flap carriers slidably engaged to the track of the traverse rod.
US09480356B2	Footwear storage device An enhanced boot tray that combines the functions of a boot tray, shoe scraper, foot rest or stool. This boot tray has a plurality of upward extending projections connected to a flat base. The base is surrounded by a wall that may rise up to the height of the projections to serve as an additional scraping surface for footwear. This boot tray may optionally be used with a foot rest designed with a top surface that has the same characteristics as the tray, and walls elevating the top surface. When used with the foot rest, the boot tray is placed underneath to save space while providing additional space to store footwear. The foot rest also serves as a boot tray and shoe scraper.
US09480349B2	Anti-theft ring assembly and method of using the same An anti-theft assembly for deterring theft of a ring is provided. The anti-theft assembly includes a base that can be used to support an electronic article surveillance marker; a product engagement member including a support member that supports the ring during use and a locking member that secures the support member to the base; and an attachment member for securing the ring to the support member. In one embodiment, the support member and the locking member are a single, unitary member. In another embodiment, the support member and the locking member are separate members. Once assembled, upon applying a twisting force to the ring the engagement member rotates within the opening so that the attachment member is not broken.
US09480348B2	Holiday carousel A holiday carousel for allowing the exhibiting and viewing of live Christmas trees, artificial Christmas trees, or other holiday decorations to be secured and rotated so as to be viewed from all angles. The holiday carousel comprises a stationary base having a rotating turntable having extendable arms and an electrical outlet disposed thereon, as well as a live Christmas tree attachment for selectively attaching to the rotating turntable. The body of the rotating turntable extends outward beyond circumference of the stationary base and downward beyond the exterior edge of the stationary base so as to prevent environmental conditions from interfering with the operation of the holiday carousel.
US09480346B2	Lighting support for mounting a light source onto a shelf A lighting support for mounting a light source onto shelving including a lower shelf and an upper shelf, the upper shelf having a front end and a front edge structure. The lighting support comprises a securing member operatively connectable to the front edge structure of the upper shelf a light source support connected to the securing member. The light source support is configured to receive and support the light source and is positioned for the light source to illuminate a section of the lower shelf when the securing member is operatively connected to the front edge structure of the upper shelf.
US09480342B2	Retractable step stool/ access device The present invention is for a step stool to be used by a child, diminutive person or an adult of average height to gain vertical reach. The retractable step stool/access device is positioned by one's foot between an elevated, retracted position or a lowered, deployed step accessible position. Internal stored energy mechanisms can be employed to ease some of the physical effort required, especially by a child or diminutive person, to complete the deployment/retraction cycle with either of their feet. In the raised, retracted position, the step stool is elevated from contact with the floor and clear of the standing area for general usage and allowing access for cleaning and maintenance of the floor.
US09480336B1	Motion furniture with deployable headrest The present disclosure describes a seat. The seat may include a stationary support frame at least partially defining a cavity. The seat may also include a backrest cushion, a headrest, and a motion mechanism. The motion mechanism has a headrest assembly allowing movement of the headrest between a retracted position and an extended position. When the headrest is in the retracted position, the headrest is hidden from view within the cavity of the support frame. When the headrest is in the extended position, the headrest is visible above the backrest cushion.
US09480334B2	Modular end display An end display includes a base, an end wall coupled to a rear of the base, a bottom shelf located on the base and secured to the end wall, at least one intermediate shelf spaced apart from the bottom shelf and secured to the end wall and at least one set of dividers. The bottom shelf includes a top having a tiered shelf structure. Each intermediate shelf includes a top having a tiered shelf structure and a bottom having a set of guides. The at least one set of dividers have bottom ends that are mounted to the tiered shelf structure of the bottom shelf and top ends that mate with the set of guides on the bottom of the at least one intermediate shelf.
US09480331B2	Foldable table A method of folding up a table, which includes two tabletop panels, two leg frames foldably mounted at the tabletop panels respectively, and two connecting joints pivotally coupled between the tabletop panels respectively for enabling the tabletop panels to be pivotally folded between a folded condition and an unfolded condition, wherein a pivotal movable gap is formed at each of the connecting joints to enable a pivotal movement the tabletop panels to be pivotally folded between the folded condition and the unfolded condition, includes the steps of (a) pivotally folding the tabletop panels to the unfolded condition; and (b) locking up the pivotal movement between the tabletop panels in the unfolded condition for preventing a lateral movement of each of the connecting joints through the pivotal movable gap thereof.
US09480325B2	Backpack that converts to a sleeping mat A travel backpack comprises a main portion defining a main chamber for storing items, a mat portion, and a main pad. The main pad is supported by the main portion and the mat portion such that the main pad extends through at least a portion of the main portion and through the mat portion. The travel backpack is arranged in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the mat portion is folded and secured to the main portion to facilitate carrying of the travel backpack. In the second configuration, the mat portion is unfolded to allow the travel backpack to be used as a sleep surface, where the main pad extends along the length of the sleep surface when the travel backpack is in the second configuration.
US09480322B2	Cosmetics storage assembly A cosmetics storage assembly is provided. The cosmetics storage assembly can include a compact box and a cosmetics tray disposed in the compact box. The cosmetics tray can have a plurality of wells formed therein adapted for holding cosmetics materials. The compact box can include a floor panel, a cover panel, and a plurality of side panels. The floor panel, cover panel and side panels can fold along seams therebetween to form a chamber and the cosmetics tray can be disposed within the chamber.
US09480307B2	Delayed release restraint system A restraint method, apparatus and system includes one or more of a restraining strap, a latch and an opening apparatus. The restraining strap is configured to bind a subject to a support structure. The latch is configured to removably engage at least one of two ends of the restraining strap. The opening apparatus includes a first module configured to cause the latch to open, an actuator, and a second module. The second module is configured to cause the first module to open the latch in response to operation of the actuator after a delay of time past the operation of the actuator. The opening module is arranged so that the subject can operate the actuator.
US09480301B2	Article of footwear having a sole structure The present disclosure relates to an article of footwear having a sole structure and an upper secured to the sole structure for receiving a foot. The sole structure includes a lasting board and sole plate construction. One of the lasting board and sole plate may have an opening along the center such that there is little to no overlap, or lamination, between the lasting board and the sole plate along the center of the article of footwear. Such a construction may eliminate weight while maintaining the support provided by the layers of the sole. Additionally, such a construction may enhance flexibility. In some embodiments, the article of footwear may include an insole. In some embodiments, the sole structure of the article of footwear may consist of an insole, a lasting board, and a sole plate.
US09480300B2	Orthotic device An orthotic device is disclosed having a frame system, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The frame system may include a lightweight supportive material, and may be configured to receive a user's foot. The first actuator may be coupled to the frame system, and may be configured to activate and develop push of the forefoot of the user's foot during a walking step. The second actuator may be coupled to the frame system, and may be configured to activate and raise a user's toes.
US09480297B2	Ventilating footpad The footpad of the present invention has multiple holes through which air flows to ventilate a wearer's feet while the wearer walks, runs, or jumps. The present invention provides sufficient support to the wearer and traction control to be used as the sole in a shoe or sandal. The present invention has a belt that slides to open or restrict the multiple holes through which air flows to ventilate the feet. Thus, for example, the wearer can open the holes for ventilation during warm weather and close the holes to restrict ventilation during cold weather.
US09480291B2	Glove accessory A glove accessory includes a hand portion, a thumb portion and an index finger portion. The accessory is configured to be applied over a gloved hand of a user. At least one of the thumb portion or the index finger portion or both maintain a touch screen active tip that is in electrical communication with the hand portion of the glove accessory, sufficient to allow electrical contact with the skin of the wearer below a wrist of the gloved hand.
US09480286B2	Electronic cigarette device and electronic cigarette thereof The present invention discloses an electronic cigarette including connected first and second bodies. Opposing ends of the first and second stem bodies are respectively provided with matched first and second insertion members making the first and second stem bodies be stably connected with each other. Herein, a side wall of the first insertion member is provided circumferentially with a locking member of which a protrusion end is arc-shaped, while a side wall of the second insertion member is correspondingly provided with a locking groove engaged with the locking member such that the locking member is inserted therein. The locking member is provided on the first stem body and the corresponding locking groove is provided on the second stem body, thus realizing secure connection between the first and second stem bodies, making the structure simple, bringing out convenience in assembling and disassembling process and high stability.
US09480274B2	Protein hydrolyzate and processes for the production thereof Protein concentrates and protein isolates, in addition to processes for the production of protein concentrates hydrolyzates thereof and protein isolates, are disclosed. In particular, the disclosure relates to a process for removing fiber from an oilseed meal, comprising: i) mixing an oilseed meal with a blending solvent, optionally water, saline solution, polysaccharide solution or protein containing solution, to form a mixture; ii) optionally adjusting the pH of the protein slurry to a pH of about 2 to about 10; iii) separating the mixture to form a protein slurry comprising soluble and insoluble proteins and an insoluble fiber fraction, and iv) extracting the protein slurry with an alcohol containing solvent to render soluble protein insoluble and separating and recovering the insoluble protein.
US09480272B2	Germinating device for raw coffee beans and germinating method using same Disclosed herein are a germination apparatus for raw coffee beans and a germination method of raw coffee beans using the same that are capable of germinating a large amount of raw coffee beans within a short period of time, thereby remarkably increasing the content of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
US09480271B2	Soybean seed and oil compositions and methods of making same Soybean oil compositions with unique fatty acid profiles are disclosed. These oils can be derived by the suppression of endogenous soybean FAD2 and FAD3 genes and the expression of a stearoyl acyl ACP thioesterase. Soybean plants and seeds comprising these oils are also disclosed.
US09480269B2	Method for producing dairy products (variants) A method for producing dairy products used in the food industry in milk processing plants involving the laser treatment of raw milk under turbulent flow conditions at a reception point, and heat treatment to produce pasteurized milk in equipment sanitized using rinsing and cleaning agents treated with laser radiation. Another variant of the method comprises the laser treatment of raw milk under turbulent flow conditions at the reception point, heat treatment to produce pasteurized milk in equipment sanitized using rinsing and cleaning agents treated with laser radiation, and the subsequent processing of the pasteurized milk into dairy products.
US09480268B2	Compositions for retarding spoilage of coffee, methods of treating coffee with the compositions and coffee treated with the compositions A composition for retarding spoilage of coffee includes tara extract and glutathione along with propyl gallate or a synthetic antioxidant which is tert-butyl hydroquinone or butylated hydroxyanisole or ethoxyquin or ethoxyquin phosphate.
US09480265B2	Deboning machine auger mount assembly Deboning machines and methods of operating deboning machines are provided. In one aspect, a deboning machine includes a housing, a bearing supported by the housing, a separation chamber supported by the housing and including perforations defined through the separation chamber from an interior surface to an exterior surface, an auger including a shaft and a flute formed about the shaft with the auger extending through the separation chamber and the flute adapted to be positioned a working distance from the interior surface of the separation chamber. The deboning machine also includes a retainer rotatably supported by the bearing with the auger extending through the retainer, a nut rotatably coupled to a threaded portion of the auger and rotation of the moves the flute relative to the separation chamber to establish the working distance between the flute and the interior surface of the separation chamber.
US09480263B2	Skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass A skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass has a housing, a manipulation arm extending from the housing, an cutting blade, a motor driven tooth roll mounted on the housing having plurality of tooth wheels arranged in axially spaced apart arrangement such that the space between adjacent tooth wheels has a pre-set distance. The tooth wheels have circumferentially arranged teeth projecting outwardly therefrom adapted to grab the skin with the circumferentially arranged teeth and pull it towards the cutting blade. The skinning device includes a support structure mounted on the housing arranged in proximity to the tooth roll, and is adapted to engage the skin while the skin is simultaneously being pulled off the carcass. Strippers are arranged in the space of pre-set distance and circumferentially surround at least a space portion where the arc-shaped contour essentially follows the tooth roll.
US09480260B2	Acrylic polymers containing metallic nanoparticles Methods of forming antimicrobial polymeric materials comprising metallic nanoparticles are disclosed. Such methods generally comprise: combining a metal-containing material with a resin in situ; and curing the resin in the presence of a metal-containing material. Antimicrobial polymeric materials formed by said methods are also disclosed.
US09480249B2	Imprinted particle structure A multi-layer biocidal structure includes a support and a structured bi-layer on or over the support. The structured bi-layer includes a first cured layer on or over the support and a second layer in a spatial relationship to the first cured layer on a side of the first cured layer opposite the support. The structured bi-layer has at least one depth greater than the thickness of the second layer. Multiple biocidal particles are located only in the second layer.
US09480248B2	Use of acoustics to disrupt and deter wood-infesting insects and other invertebrates from and within trees and wood products The invention comprises a device and method for impacting the behavior of invertebrates that infest wood, without the use of chemicals. In particular, the invention is useful for impacting the behavior of wood-boring invertebrates, which infest wood products, lumber and the woody portions of plants and trees. The invention utilizes acoustic (sonic) agents which may be optionally modulated with specific signals, to cause negative effects on the normal behaviors exhibited by wood-infesting invertebrates, which may result in the invertebrates being injured or killed, unable to reproduce, or caused to flee the wood that the invertebrates are infesting.
US09480246B1	Detachable line cartridge system Methods, apparatus, and products for a detachable line cartridge system. A detachable line cartridge system has a spool base and a detachable flange assembly having an aperture and a locking mechanism that engages with the spool base, wherein the flange assembly is configured to secure a line cartridge to the spool base.
US09480245B1	Fishing rod with telescoping handle A telescoping handle for a fishing rod includes a first cylinder having a first diameter, a second cylinder having a diameter greater than that of the first cylinder, and a third cylinder having a diameter greater than that of the second cylinder. The lumen of the second cylinder receives the first cylinder and the lumen of the third cylinder receives the second cylinder. The fishing rod has a butt end received within the first cylinder. An annular flange is formed in the proximal end of the first cylinder, a flexible and resilient material is wrapped around the distal end of the first cylinder and a radially inwardly extending annular crimp which the annular flange abuts is formed in the second cylinder. A cam is inserted into the lumen of the second cylinder at its distal end and locks the handle in its retracted or extended position and any intermediate position.
US09480244B2	Handle system for fishing rod A handle system operable in conjunction with a fishing rod and reel has an attachment section and a handle section. An arm of the attachment section is attached to a reel housing. The handle section has an upper handle that is connected to the arm and extends above the reel at an angle less than ninety degrees from the fishing rod.
US09480242B1	Wish fish system An aquarium fabricated of a transparent material contains water. A housing retaining the aquarium has an opening for displaying the aquarium including fish swimming in the aquarium. Player components on the housing include a payment assembly and a feeding button. Operational components within the housing include a feeder assembly with fish food. An intelligent electronic controller is within the housing. A line couples the intelligent electronic controller to the feeder assembly for dispensing fish food in response to activating the payment assembly and depressing the feeding button. A timer allows dispensing of fish food at regularly timed intervals.
US09480235B1	Red lettuces with increased anthocyanins, polyphenols, and oxygen radical absorption capacity Provided herein are several improved lettuce varieties, having increased anthocyanin and polyphenol content, and increased oxygen radical absorption capacity, as compared to other known varieties of lettuce. Also provided are parts of such new lettuces, such as leaves, heads, seeds, tissue cultures, and extracts generated from such varieties. The disclosure also provides methods of using the new lettuces and parts thereof, for example to reduce blood glucose levels.
US09480234B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH026740 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH026740. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH026740, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH026740 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH026740.
US09480233B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV019537 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV019537. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV019537, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV019537 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV019537 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV019537.
US09480232B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV013498 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV013498. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV013498, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV013498 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV013498 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV013498.
US09480230B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV009014 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV009014. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV009014, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV009014 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV009014 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV009014.
US09480227B1	Maize hybrid X08F129 A novel maize variety designated X08F129 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08F129 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08F129 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08F129, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08F129. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08F129.
US09480225B2	Soybean variety 01052135 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01052135. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01052135. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01052135 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01052135 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09480224B2	Soybean variety 01052125 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01052125. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01052125. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01052125 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01052125 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09480222B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH484024 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH484024. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH484024, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH484024 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH484024.
US09480219B2	Rice cultivar designated ‘CL152’ The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated ‘CL152’ and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed.
US09480218B2	Variety corn line AF3605 The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated AF3605, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line AF3605 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line AF3605, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line AF3605, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09480217B2	Tomato variety NUN 00213 TOP The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 00213 TOP which is especially useful as processing tomato.
US09480216B2	Tomato variety NUN 00209 The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 00209 or NUN 00209 TOP which is especially useful as processing tomato.
US09480210B2	Broccoli plant and use thereof The present invention deals with new type of broccoli plant suitable for the industrial manufacture of broccoli heads and florets. The invention relates to broccoli plants producing a head that is flat, comprises multiple individualized florets and protrudes above the leaves making it easy to harvest by machine. The invention further deals with methods and uses of the broccoli plants, heads and florets for the manufacture of broccoli processed and/or packaged food products.
US09480207B2	Lighting system with cooling arrangement The invention provides a lighting system (100, 200, 300) for controlling the growth of plants, the system comprising; an array of solid state/semiconductor light sources (101, 201, 301) adapted to emit light of a predetermined wavelength or wavelength range; and a cooling arrangement(102, 202, 302) comprising a pipe (103, 203, 303) having at least one inlet opening for receiving a gaseous cooling medium and a plurality of outlet openings (105, 205, 305) for releasing said gaseous cooling medium from said cooling arrangement, the cooling arrangement being in mechanical and thermal contact with said light sources. The invention also provides a method for controlling the growth of a plant in a greenhouse of growth chamber. The invention allows promoting the photosynthesis of a plant by modifying the conditions (light intensity, temperature, CO2 concentration) locally around the plant.
US09480206B2	Decoration hanger A hanger for hanging of garlands and the like around a doorway can be removably placed within a doorway, where it is secured by pressure and friction, thereby avoiding any damage to the door or door frame. The hanger includes outward extensions that extend outward of the door frame to permit hanging of garlands and the like on either side of the doorway. The hanger may also include one or more central extensions for supporting the garlands or the like centrally above the doorway so that the garland or the like does not hang downward too much, thus keeping the doorway clear. The hanger can also be a part of the decoration around the doorway. Various configurations of the hanger may fit different widths of door frames, including a wide range of door frame widths, and features of the hanger provide additional flexibility for different door configurations including sidelights.
US09480204B2	Brake mechanism for agricultural baler A baler has a chamber, a plunger, wherein the plunger is connected to a plunger driving mechanism that is adapted to reciprocally move the plunger in the baling chamber, a hydraulic brake mechanism including a master cylinder, a brake cylinder and a lever, wherein the lever is provided to operate the master cylinder, which master cylinder is fluidly connected to the brake cylinder arranged to act on the plunger driving mechanism, wherein the hydraulic brake mechanism further includes a spring arranged between the lever and the master cylinder.
US09480203B2	Harvester feed housing cleaning with pressurized fluid A harvesting apparatus having a frame to be advanced over an area in which a crop is grown and a harvesting assembly on the frame configured to process severed crop. The harvesting assembly is configured to advance severed crop laterally to a delivery location between the laterally spaced sides of the frame and to and through a feed housing. A fluid delivery system discharges pressurized fluid to at least one of: a) facilitate severance of crop; and b) facilitate rearward advancement of severed crop. The fluid delivery system has at least a first pressurized fluid source through which pressurized fluid is delivered to laterally spaced outlets. A cleaning assembly has a first cleaning conduit assembly for directing pressurized fluid from the first pressurized fluid supply source in at least a first stream that repositions unusable crop and debris to reduce buildup thereof in the vicinity of the feed housing.
US09480200B1	Multi-blade lawn mower cutting system with overlapping cutting circles A multi-blade mower includes at least two spindles spaced apart from each other. In one example implementation, two blades are mounted at different heights on each respective spindle, and the blades at each spindle have different lengths. Horizontal clearance is provided between the lower blades, and the cutting circle of one of the upper blades overhangs the clearance zone between the lower blades, so that any grass missed between the lower blades is cut by the overhanging upper blade.
US09480199B2	Seeding machine with seed delivery system A seeding machine with a seed meter and a seed delivery system for moving seed from a seed meter to a furrow formed in the soil. The delivery system has an endless member moving in a housing about pulleys to move seed from an upper opening in the housing to a lower discharge opening. In one embodiment, a blocking loading surface guides seed from the metering member of the seed meter and into the delivery system.
US09480196B2	Vertical tine tiller A vertical tine tiller that includes a chassis, an engine attached to the chassis, a handle assembly extending from the chassis to allow an operator to control the tiller, and at least two vertically oriented tine assemblies. Each of the tine assemblies include a plurality of tines attached to a plate, wherein the tine assemblies are rotatable about a vertical axis such that the tines of each tine assembly provide a grinding path and adjacent tine assemblies have at least partially overlapping grinding paths. The tines are removably connected to the plate.
US09485895B2	Central control device and centralized control method A central control device used in a manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work to control, in a centralized manner, work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, by sequentially transmitting motion commands each of which is a command for one motion to be performed by one of the work-element performing apparatuses, the central control device including: a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded a matter of each of the work elements to be performed by each of the work-element performing apparatuses to perform manufacture work; a motion-command generating section configured to generate motion commands on the basis of the source data; and a command-transmission processing section configured to preform transmission processing to transmit the motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to the work-element performing apparatuses.
US09485894B2	Metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, electromagnetic shielding material, and shielding cable A metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, comprising: a metal foil base, an Sn—Ni alloy layer formed on one or both surfaces of the base, and an oxide layer formed on a surface of the Sn—Ni alloy layer, wherein the Sn—Ni alloy layer includes 20 to 80% by mass of Sn and has a thickness of 30 to 500 nm, and wherein when an analysis in a depth direction is carried out by an XPS being the depth from an outermost surface as X nm, and an atomic percentage (%) of Sn is represented by ASn (X), an atomic percentage (%) of Ni is represented by ANi (X), an atomic percentage (%) of oxygen is represented by AO(X), and X is defined to be XO when AO(X)=0, 30 nm=>XO=>0.5 nm, and 0.4=>∫ANi(X)dx/∫ASn(X)dx=>0.05 in a section [0, X0] is satisfied.
US09485893B2	Electrical system with shielding An electrical system includes an electrical module including a conductive plate, a casing having a bottom face mounted on a top face of the conductive plate while leaving at least a part of the top face revealed, a shielding including a body intended to at least partly cover the casing, and an electronic circuit board for controlling the components of the casing, intended to cover the shielding in order for the shielding to protect the electronic circuit board from the electromagnetic radiations emitted by the electrical components of the casing in their operation. The shielding further includes at least one tab made of a piece with the body of the shielding and extending downwards so as to come into contact with a respective revealed part.
US09485891B2	Electronic device with waterproof enclosure An electronic device including a sealed enclosure, the electronic components arranged inside the sealed enclosure and including high-loss high-temperature components, a main heat sink including ribs, wherein the high-loss high-temperature components are attached to the main heat sink and the ribs of the main heat sink are arranged outside the enclosure, a cavity formed inside the enclosure and divided into a plurality of channel-like sections, the channel-like sections configured for providing air flow guidance inside the enclosure and being interconnected at their ends, wherein at least one channel-like section contains the electronic components and at least one other channel-like section contains an air-to-air heat exchanger extending from inside the sealed enclosure to outside of the sealed enclosure, wherein the electronic components inside the at least one channel like section are adapted to be cooled by air flow inside the sealed enclosure.
US09485884B2	Set top box having snap-in heat sink and smart card reader with a hold down for retaining the heat sink A hold down for an electronic device is provided that includes a bottom frame, a circuit board mounted above the bottom frame, a thermal pad mounted on the circuit board, and a heat sink associated with the thermal pad. The hold down includes a frame that defines a perimeter having a plurality of retainers that are configured to engage with a plurality of mating locations defined on at least a bottom frame to provide a biasing force that retains the heat sink against a circuit board that is positioned between the bottom frame and the hold down.
US09485881B2	Inverter cover An inverter cover for covering an inverter provided in a front space which is formed in front of a vehicle room in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, by partitioning the vehicle room with a vehicle body panel, includes: a body part for covering an upper face of the inverter; and an extended part extended rearward from the body part so as to be positioned between a connecting part which is provided in a rear part of the inverter and to which a harness is connected, and an edge part which is protruded frontward from the vehicle body panel.
US09485879B2	Single action DIN rail latch An electronics module includes a latch with a first latch portion and a second latch portion. The latch portions move between a latched position and an unlatched position. A spring is located between the first and second latch portions and biases the first and second latch portions in first and second directions. The first latch portion comprises an actuation portion located externally from the housing and that is adapted to be manually engaged and moved linearly in the second direction to move the first latch portion from its latched position toward its unlatched position. The second latch portion includes a resilient tail with a locator tab that seats in either a first receiving location or a second receiving location of the first latch portion and that is selectively deflectable to disengage the locator tab from the second receiving location so that the spring moves the latch to the latched configuration.
US09485877B2	Structure for circuit board used in electronic devices and method for manufacturing the same A structure for which the electrical reliability is improved is provided. A structure in accordance with one embodiment includes an inorganic insulating layer including amorphous silicon oxide and having an elastic modulus which is 45 GPa or less. A method for manufacturing a structure in accordance with one embodiment includes applying an inorganic insulating sol including inorganic insulating particles composed of amorphous silicon oxide, and forming an inorganic insulating layer including amorphous silicon oxide and having an elastic modulus which is 45 GPa or less by heating the inorganic insulating particles at a temperature lower than a crystallization onset temperature of silicon oxide to each other.
US09485874B2	Package substrate having photo-sensitive dielectric layer and method of fabricating the same A package substrate and a method of fabricating the package substrate are provided. The package substrate may include an interposer having at least one conductive through via, a photo-sensitive dielectric layer formed on one side of the interposer, and at least one conductive via formed in the photo-sensitive dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive through via. By means of a photo lithography process with high alignment accuracy, at least one via with an extremely small diameter can be formed on the photo-sensitive dielectric layer and align with the conductive through via. Therefore, the conductive through via can have its diameter reduced as required, without considering the alignment with the at least one via. Accordingly, the interconnection density of the conductive through via on the interposer is increased.
US09485869B2	RF printed circuit board including vertical integration and increased layout density A printed circuit board includes a plurality of sub-circuits that form at least one circuit channel. The printed circuit board further includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and at least one layer interposed between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of surface portions are formed on the first surface. The printed circuit board further includes at least one embedded sub-circuit of the at least one circuit channel. The embedded sub-circuit is embedded in the at least one layer and is electromagnetically isolated from the plurality of surface portions.
US09485868B2	Package structure A package structure, including: a circuit board, including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, where the circuit board possesses multiple carrying units arranged in a matrix form, each of which possesses multiple input pads on the first surface and multiple output pads on the second surface, where the input pads and the output pads are interconnected electrically; a pre-packaged panel, including a first encapsulation layer, which possesses multiple integrating units arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the integrating units possesses at least one semiconductor chip with multiple first pads, where first metal bumps are disposed on the first pads; wherein the pre-packaged panel is mounted on the first surface; a filling layer, filling a space between the first surface and the pre-packaged panel; and second metal bumps, disposed on the output pads. Accordingly, the package structure improves package efficiency.
US09485867B2	Wiring board A wiring board includes an insulating substrate having a side surface including a protrusion portion or a recess portion and a lower surface having a metal member bonded thereto; a wiring conductor embedded in the insulating substrate and having an exposed portion partially exposed above the protrusion portion or the recess portion from the side surface of the insulating substrate; and a metal member bonded to the lower surface of the insulating substrate. It is possible to suppress occurrence of ion migration between the wiring conductor and the metal member by increasing a distance between the exposed portion and the metal member without increasing a thickness of the wiring board.
US09485865B2	Substrate spacing member and inverter device A substrate spacing member includes a spacer portion which is disposed between the two substrates in contact with both edge portions thereof to keep a distance between the two substrates constant, spacer member holding portions which hold the spacer members, a frame body portion that connects the spacer member holding portions to each other, a branch portion which extends toward a predetermined position between the two substrates from the frame body portion or the spacer member holding portions, and electrode holding portions which are provided at the branch portions, and hold electrodes at the predetermined positions.
US09485861B2	Prepreg comprising polyphenylene ether particles Provided is a prepreg suffering little resin particle fall-off and little resin peeling during prepreg production and during handling in order to have excellent dielectric properties for PPE and favorable adhesiveness. A PPE-containing prepreg constituted of a base material and a curable resin composition including PPE particles, wherein the prepreg is characterized in that (1) PPE extracted from the prepreg using a mixed solvent of toluene and methanol in a mass ratio of 95:5 includes PPE particles (A) insoluble in the mixed solvent, (2) the amount of PPE contained in the PPE particles (A) is 70 mass % or higher, and (3) the number-average molecular weight of the PPE contained in the PPE particles (A) is 8,000-40,000.
US09485860B2	Multilayer board In a flexible board including laminated resin layers containing the same thermoplastic resin as a principal material, a rigid portion includes a region in which a first resin layer is disposed between a second resin layer defining an upper principal surface and a third resin layer defining a lower principal surface so that the rigid portion has a large thickness, and a flexible portion includes a region in which the first resin layer is not disposed between the second and third resin layers so that the flexible portion has flexibility, a step portion at which a thickness changes is between the rigid and flexible portions, and the second and third resin layers extend in a region from the rigid portion beyond the step portion to the flexible portion.
US09485857B2	Flat panel display apparatus and method for manufacturing the same A flat panel display apparatus for reducing a bezel size and a method for manufacturing the same. The flat panel display apparatus includes a lower substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, an upper substrate corresponding to the lower substrate, a sealing member disposed along the peripheral area of the lower substrate and bonding the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a first flexible layer disposed on a surface of the lower substrate in a direction facing the upper substrate, in the peripheral area of the lower substrate, the first flexible layer extending to an outside of the lower substrate, and a first wiring disposed between the lower substrate and the sealing member and extending to the outside of the lower substrate and along the first flexible layer.
US09485856B2	Transparent electrode sheet, method for manufacturing transparent electrode sheet, and capacitive touch panel using such transparent electrode sheet A transparent electrode sheet includes a transparent support having thereon a patterned electrode, wherein the electrode is made from a metal thin wire, a thickness of the metal thin wire is 0.1 μm or more, and an absolute value of a difference between a reflection chromaticity b1* of a surface of the electrode at far side from the transparent support and a reflection chromaticity b2* of a surface of the electrode at near side to the transparent support is not more than 2.
US09485854B2	Absorbing termination in an interconnect Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for electrical signal absorption in an interconnect disposed in a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. In one instance, a PCB assembly may comprise a substrate, and an interconnect formed in the substrate to route an electrical signal within the PCB. The interconnect may be coupled with a connecting component that is disposed on a surface of the PCB. An absorbing material may be disposed on the PCB to be in direct contact with at least a portion of the connecting component to at least partially absorb a portion of the electrical signal. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09485853B2	Wiring substrate having a plurality of connection terminals and a filling member provided therebetween A wiring substrate according to the present invention includes a laminate of one or more insulation layers and one or more conductive layers and further includes a plurality of connection terminals formed on the laminate and spaced apart from one another, each having a step formed at the outer periphery of a first main surface opposite a contact surface in contact with the laminate, and a filling member provided in a filling manner between the connection terminals.
US09485852B2	Arrangement for cooling subassemblies of an automation or control system An arrangement for cooling subassemblies of an automation or control system is disclosed, wherein the subassemblies each comprise at least one printed circuit board (LP) having electronic components of different temperature sensitivity arranged thereon. The printed circuit board (LP) has at least one first portion for temperature-sensitive components and at least one second portion for temperature-insensitive components that generate waste heat. Interspaces are arranged between the first portion and the second portion, the interspaces each forming a thermally insulated trench. Means can be provided which keep away the heat over the temperature-sensitive components in a suitable manner and dissipate the waste heat from the printed circuit board (LP) before the heat reaches the temperature-sensitive components.
US09485848B2	Glow discharge lamp The disclosure includes a glow-discharge lamp including: an elongate casing transparent to illuminating radiation and containing a plasma gas; a device for applying an electric field for maintaining a plasma in the so-called positive column region of the casing, the device including two electrodes forming an anode and a cathode located in the casing at each end thereof; and a radio-frequency or microwave cathode plasma source arranged in the casing in relation to the cathode-forming electrode, such as to generate a high-frequency discharge located on the surface of the electrode in order to generate the plasma. The disclosure also includes a lighting method of such a glow-discharge lamp.
US09485840B2	Sensing within a region A controller comprising a control module configured to: use a non-optical sensor to perform motion detection; in response to the non-optical sensor detecting motion whilst one or more lighting device is operating in a first state whereby the lighting device(s) illuminates an environment according to a first level or emits no light, control the lighting device(s) to operate in a second state whereby the lighting device(s) illuminates the environment according to a second level higher than the first level, use a light sensor to perform motion detection whilst the lighting device(s) is operating in the second state; if no motion is detected by the light sensor, control the lighting device(s) to operate in the first state or a further state; and in response to the light sensor detecting motion, control the lighting device(s) to illuminate the environment according to a third level higher than the second level.
US09485838B2	Lighting system for contained environments Techniques and architecture are disclosed for a lighting system for contained environments, such as elevators or other such environments. The lighting system can include one or more luminaires and/or one or more display devices that include tunable output controlled to automatically change the ambient lighting and/or presentable content (e.g., imagery, video, audio) based on one or more conditions related to the contained environment. Conditions that can be used in controlling the lighting system output within the contained environment can include, for example, the position or operation of the contained environment, the control of the contained environment, the occupancy within the contained environment, the time of day at the location of the contained environment, and the calendar date at the location of the contained environment. In some cases, the lighting system may constitute the general illumination within the contained environment, but may be supplemental as well.
US09485837B2	Lighting application for an interactive electronic device Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a lighting application for an interactive electronic device. A system includes an interactive electronic device remotely linked to a lighting system, the interactive electronic device including a processor, a memory, the memory including an operating system, one or more user applications and an interactive lighting process, a user interface, one or of the interactive more sensors, a communications device, and the lighting system including a light controller linked to a light-emitting unit, the light controller including a communications device responsive to one or more lighting adjustment signals received from the interactive lighting process. The interactive lighting process includes detecting a context of the interactive electronic device, and transmitting a lighting adjustment signal from the communications device to a light controller of a lighting system in response to the detected context.
US09485835B2	Control apparatus, control method and control system A control apparatus of the present disclosure includes a communication unit configured to receive adjustment information relating to brightness adjustment from a plurality of controlled objects capable of brightness adjustment, and to transmit an adjustment instruction relating to brightness adjustment to the plurality of controlled objects, and a controller configured to specify a first group, which includes at least one of the plurality of controlled objects adjusted brightness in a predetermined period among the plurality of controlled objects based on the adjustment information received by the communication unit, and a second group, which includes at least one of the plurality of controlled objects not included in the first group, and to determine the adjustment instruction based on the adjustment information in the plurality of controlled objects included in the first group, and to instruct the plurality of controlled objects included in the second group to adjust brightness by the instruction.
US09485834B2	LED illumination device for fluorescent light fixture An LED illumination device that can be mounted between a pair of sockets provided to a fluorescent light fixture is provided with a first power source circuit that illuminates an LED using DC power obtained by converting and rectifying AC power supplied from the sockets, and a second power source circuit that illuminates the LED using an internal battery. An IC chip installed in the illumination device detects a first current conduction state in two AC power lines that supply the AC power necessary to drive the first power supply circuit and a second current conduction state in another AC power line, and, on the basis thereof, determines whether the device is in a normal illumination mode, a normal off mode, or an emergency illumination mode. On the basis of the determination results, the LED illumination device is controlled according to the mode. When in the emergency illumination mode, the LED is illuminated by the second power source circuit, and the LED illumination device functions as an emergency light.
US09485829B2	Alternating current rectifying circuit and alternating current rectifying method for driving LED module Disclosed are an alternating current rectifying circuit and an alternating current rectifying method for driving an LED module. By using the present invention, stability of an output voltage can be improved, and luminous efficiency of the LED module can be improved.
US09485827B2	Apparatus and method for driving LED display panel The present disclosure provides devices, circuits, and methods for driving an LED display panel, so as to ensure the delivery of equal global charge at minimum gray scale. In one example, the circuit of the present disclosure includes a current source, a detection module, and a measurement module. The current source is configured to generate a current signal for the LEDs. The detection module is configured to detect a forward voltage of the LEDs in response to a low current applied to the LEDs. The detection module is further configured to hold the detected forward voltage. The measurement module is configured to measure a time period for an anode voltage of the LEDs to rise to the detected forward voltage in response to a display current applied to the LEDs.
US09485826B2	Lighting color control A lighting device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit a light. The lighting device further includes a color controller configured to repeatedly assert and deactivate a control signal to control whether one or more LEDs of the plurality of LEDs are turned on or turned off. The color controller asserts the control signal for a first time period and deactivates the control signal for a second time period, where a color of the light emitted by the plurality of LEDs depends on the first time period and the second time period. The color controller changes the color of the light emitted by the plurality of LEDs by changing one or both of the first time period and the second time period.
US09485824B2	Purely resistive dimming circuit Disclosed is a purely resistive dimming circuit for driving LEDs to emit light and support an LED dimming function. The LEDs are divided into a first string and a second string connected in series with each other. The purely resistive dimming circuit is respectively and electrically coupled to an anode terminal of the first string and an anode terminal of the second string by a driving resistor and a current limiting resistor which are connected in series with each other. The resistance of the driving resistor restricts the LEDs to emit light at different stages to enhance the working efficiency of circuits, while using the property of the current limiting resistor to limit the overvoltage current, so as to achieve a constant power operating effect.
US09485823B2	Reduction of harmonic distortion for LED loads Apparatus and associated methods reduce harmonic distortion of a excitation current by diverting the excitation current substantially away from a number of LEDs arranged in a series circuit until the current or its associated periodic excitation voltage reaches a predetermined threshold level, and ceasing the current diversion while the excitation current or voltage is substantially above the predetermined threshold level. In an illustrative embodiment, a rectifier may receive an AC (e.g., sinusoidal) voltage and deliver unidirectional current to a string of series-connected LEDs. An effective turn-on threshold voltage of the diode string may be reduced by diverting current around at least one of the diodes in the string while the AC voltage is below a predetermined level. In various examples, selective current diversion within the LED string may extend the input current conduction angle and thereby substantially reduce harmonic distortion for AC LED lighting systems.
US09485821B2	LED lighting drive circuit An LED lighting drive circuit supplies power for N groups of LED loads. The LED lighting drive circuit comprises N current paths, N groups of LEDs, and a constant current section. The LED lighting drive circuit enables the current of LED lamps to change in a sinusoidal half-wave form with the utility AC input, and keeps the current a constant effective value.
US09485818B2	Adaptive direct current (DC) to DC (DC-to-DC) light emitting diode (LED) driver for dynamic loads Current spikes may occur when dynamically shortening a light emitting diode chain. These current spikes can be avoided by using a voltage control loop to regulate the output of the LED driver just prior to the transition period. Specifically, regulation of the LED driver is switched from a current control loop (e.g., a control loop regulating the output current of the led driver) to a voltage control loop (e.g., a control loop regulating the output voltage of the led driver) just before the LED chain is shortened. The voltage control loop then reduces the voltage of the LED driver to a target voltage prior to shortening the LED chain, thereby allowing the LED chain to be shortened without eliciting a current spike.
US09485813B1	Illumination device and method for avoiding an over-power or over-current condition in a power converter An illumination device and methods are provided herein for avoiding over-current and over-power conditions in one or more power converters included within the illumination device. The illumination device may include at least a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) chains, a driver circuit, at least one power converter, and a control circuit. In some embodiments, the control circuit may be generally configured for determining a maximum safe current level and/or a maximum safe power level attributed to the power converter(s) at a present operating temperature, and for adjusting respective drive currents supplied to the plurality of LED chains by the driver circuit, so as not to exceed the maximum safe current level or the maximum safe power level at the present operating temperature. In some embodiments, a temperature sensor may be included within the illumination device for measuring the operating temperature presently associated with the power converter(s).
US09485809B2	Heating rod The invention relates to a heating rod, comprising a housing made of metal, a heating element disposed in the housing, and a contact plate, which is seated against the heating element with a front and which protrudes from the housing. It is provided according to this disclosure that the contact plate is an aluminum sheet having an anodized back and the contact plate comprises projections for positioning the heating element.
US09485807B2	Liquid heating apparatus and liquid heating method Provided is a liquid heating apparatus capable of heating fluid such as peroxosulfuric acid solution to high temperature in a short time. The heating apparatus includes: a flow channel member forming a flow channel 4 allowing liquid to flow and having flow channel thickness of 10 mm or smaller, the flow channel member composed of material transmitting near-infrared rays; and a near-infrared heaters 7, 8 placed over the outside of at least one of opposite flow channel surfaces of the flow channel and heating the liquid in the flow channel. The liquid flowing through the flow channel is instantaneously and evenly heated using near-infrared rays. It is preferable that spacers 6 be further provided within the flow channel 4 in order to limit the volume of the flow channel. Since not only the residence time in the heating apparatus can be shortened but the possible largest heat transfer area can be also maintained by decreasing the volume of the flow channel of the heating apparatus and by increasing the flow velocity in the heating apparatus, it is possible to increase the temperature of liquid to be heated to high temperature in a very short time even if the preset temperature of heat transfer surfaces is low.
US09485805B2	Network address translation for ZIGBEE™/802.15.4 bridges A method and device for addressing between a first device on a first network and a second device on a second network using a network bridging device, the first and second networks being physically different networks. The method includes discovering the first device on the first network, creating a virtual endpoint for the first device, storing the created virtual endpoint in a network translation table, detecting, in the network bridging device, a communication packet sent from the second network, determining if an endpoint identified in the communication packet is stored as a virtual endpoint in the network translation table, and, if so, identifying an address of the device on the second network associated with the virtual endpoint stored in the network address translation table, and transmitting the communication packet to the device address on the second network.
US09485796B2	Content publishing method and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide a content publishing method and a user equipment. The content publishing method includes: obtaining, by a first user equipment supporting a device to device (D2D) function, a resource for broadcasting information of the first user equipment; and broadcasting, by the first user equipment, the information of the first user equipment on the obtained resource, so that a second user equipment obtains and sends the information of the first user equipment to a network-side device to set up a connection with the first user equipment, where the second user equipment supports the D2D function and is matched with the first user equipment.
US09485793B2	Method, apparatus and system for triggering wireless communication devices to attach to a wireless communications network A method for triggering a group of one or more detached wireless communication devices (122) to attach to a wireless communications network (101) for enabling data communications is disclosed. A trigger request message including a group identifier, size information for the group, and location information for the one or more wireless communication devices (122) is received (302) at the network (101). Based on this information, the network (101) determines (304) a delay time period during which the one or more wireless communication devices (122) are to transmit an access request message to the network (101) when triggered to attach to the network. The delay time period is based on the size of the group. During a trigger period, the delay time period and group identifier is transmitted (306) to the one or more wireless communication devices (122) in a trigger message. A wireless communication device (122) is also described.
US09485792B2	Systems and methods for facilitating intra-cell-peer-to-peer communication Methods and systems for providing efficient communications between two mobile stations served by the same base station or relay station are provided. A base station maintains information identifying which mobile stations it is serving. When a connection is set up between two mobile stations, if they are both being served by the same base station, the base station forwards traffic directly between the two mobile stations without forwarding it on to higher level network entities.
US09485788B2	Massive MIMO cell synchronization: AP to AP direct communication The invention is directed to synchronizing a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) link between an access point (AP) and a contaminating AP. An exemplary method comprises: detecting, by an AP, a contaminating AP, wherein the contaminating AP interferes with communication between the AP and other UEs in communication with the AP; and extracting, by the AP, broadcasted pilot information from a first channel associated with a data frame, wherein the broadcasted pilot information is associated with the contaminating AP.
US09485787B2	Method to achieve a fully acknowledged mode communication (FAMC) in push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) A system and method for providing advanced voice services in a wireless communications network, and more specifically, a method and framework to achieve a Fully Acknowledged Mode Communication (FAMC) in Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC). A FAMC call session is a PoC call session that can only be established when all members of a set are available.
US09485784B2	Methods and arrangements in a telecommunication system for sending feedback data and user data on a combined feedback and data channel A method and an arrangement (400, 600) in a first and second node, respectively, are provided. In a step (220), the first node (110) sends a plurality of resource units in a time period on a combined feedback and data channel. Said plurality of resource units comprises information about feedback data and user data. At least a minimum number of resource units are reserved for allocation by the user data.
US09485783B2	Enhanced multichannel access for very high throughput Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for enhanced multichannel access where multiple simultaneous transmissions can occur each spanning a subset of frequency bands.
US09485782B2	Control channel signaling using code points for indicating the scheduling mode The invention relates to a control channel signal for use in a mobile communication system providing at least two different scheduling modes. Further the invention relates to a scheduling unit for generating the control channel signal and a base station comprising the scheduling unit. The invention also relates to the operation of a mobile station and a base station for implementing a scheduling mode using the control channel signal. In order to facilitate the use of different scheduling schemes for user data transmission while avoiding an additional flag for indicating the scheduling mode in the control signaling, the invention proposes the use of code points in existing control channel signal fields. Further, the invention proposes a specific scheduling mode for use in combination with the proposed control channel signal. According to this scheduling mode control channel information is only provided for retransmissions, while initial transmissions are decoded using blind detection.
US09485781B2	Base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, method for mapping a response signal, and method for determining a response signal resource Provided is a radio communication base station device which can obtain a maximum frequency diversity effect of a downstream line control channel. The device includes: an RB allocation unit (101) which allocates upstream line resource blocks continuous on the frequency axis for respective radio communication mobile stations by the frequency scheduling and generates allocation information indicating which upstream line resource block has been allocated to which radio communication mobile station device; and an arrangement unit (109) which arranges a response signal to the radio communication mobile station device in the downstream line control channels distributed/arranged on the frequency axis while being correlated to the continuous upstream line resource blocks according to the allocation information.
US09485780B2	Cyclical obstruction communication system Techniques for improving data rates at mobile terminals that are subject to periodic channel interruptions in a beyond-line-of-sight communication system are disclosed, including improved encoding and decoding systems that identify blockages and modify receiver operation during blockages to reduce data errors. In certain embodiments, encoding, symbol mapping, interleaving, and use of unique periodic identifiers function to enable a series of packets that may be received in a blockage impaired channel with reduced errors.
US09485776B2	Method for operating multi-type beacons Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating multi-type beacons by a first terminal connected with a second terminal through wireless communication. The first terminal receives, from the second terminal, information required for allocating a beacon type. The first terminal selects a beacon type for the second terminal from predetermined beacon types based on at least one variable in the information. The at least one variable includes at least one of a channel condition of a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal, a traffic period of the communication link, and a security level of transmission and reception data. Each variable includes a priority. The first terminal allocates a beacon to the second terminal based on the priority of each variable. The beacon has the beacon type. The beacon allocated to the second terminal is transmitted from the first terminal to the second terminal.
US09485774B2	Efficient transmission of stand-alone aperiodic CSI reporting for LTE carrier aggregation The transmission of stand-alone, aperiodic CSI reports from a UE in carrier aggregation in an LTE network is optimized. The coding rate is indirectly controlled by varying the number of RBs allocated for the CSI report transmission. Two sets of serving cells are established, and the payload of each set is approximated. For each allowable number of RBs and each payload size, a threshold SINR is determined and stored. An initial number of RBs is selected, based on the number of cells. The actual SINR is measured, and compared to the threshold SINR for the number of RBs and payload size. The number of RBs to be allocated is varied based on the comparison, by varying an index into an array of allowable numbers of RBs. Link adaptation is performed based on observed decoding errors, in an outer loop control algorithm that prevents wind up. An optimization for the particular case of one PCell and one SCell is also presented.
US09485767B2	Method and apparatus for facilitating the coexistence of wireless communications of different wireless communication technologies A first wireless communication device including a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver is configured to transmit first signals according to a first wireless communication technology. The second transceiver is configured to transmit second signals according to a second wireless communication technology. Memory is configured to store a schedule that identifies first intervals for allowing communication using the first signals and second intervals for allowing communication using the second signals. A coexistence circuit is configured to allow the first transceiver to transmit the first signals only during the first intervals, allow the second transceiver to transmit the second signals only during the second intervals, and cause the first transceiver to transmit, prior to each of the second intervals, a message that indicates a duration of a respective one of the second intervals.
US09485766B2	Mobile communication system, mobile communication method, and radio base station The mobile communication system is a system in which one resource block is configured by a plurality of resource elements. The mobile communication system comprises an assignment unit that divides the one resource block, and assigns the divided resource blocks to a plurality of radio terminals. A division pattern of the one resource block is decided beforehand.
US09485763B2	Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signal and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal The present invention provides: a base station for repeatedly transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a first subframe bundle comprising a plurality of subframes, and transmitting a PDSCH related to the PDCCH; and user equipment for receiving the PDCCH and the PDSCH. The PDSCH can be transmitted to the user equipment starting from subframe n+k, which is the kth subframe after the last subframe n−1 in the first subframe bundle, wherein k is an integer bigger than 0. The first subframe bundle may begin from a predetermined or fixed position.
US09485756B2	Data transmission method and device in wireless communication system A method, and a user equipment (UE), for transmitting control information. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) simultaneous transmission parameter; and if the SRS simultaneous transmission parameter is true, transmitting an SRS, and, in cell specific SRS subframes of a primary component carrier, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) which coincides in a same subframe as the SRS. The PUCCH using a shortened format carries at least one of a HARQ-ACK and a positive scheduling request (SR). The method according to the embodiment further includes, if the SRS simultaneous transmission parameter is false, transmitting the PUCCH which uses a normal PUCCH format and carries at least one of the HARQ-ACK and the positive SR, while not transmitting, in a secondary component carrier, the SRS which coincides in the same subframe. The transmitting of the PUCCH uses carrier aggregation.
US09485754B2	Methods and devices for carrier aggregation in a wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a network node 21, 2n; 31, 3n of a communication system 1 for wireless communication. The network node 21, 2n; 31, 3n is configured to utilize a first bandwidth, B1, allocated in accordance with a first communication standard, wherein a first carrier and a second carrier are allocated within the first bandwidth B1. The first carrier has a first bandwidth, Blegacy, and is configured to operate in accordance with a transmission format of the first communication standard, and the second carrier has a second bandwidth, Bnon-lebacy, and is configured to operate in accordance with a transmission format of a second communication standard.
US09485753B2	Methods and devices for allocating a radio resource for an LTE-unlicensed data transmission A method for allocating a radio resource for a Long Term Evolution-unlicensed, LTE-U, data transmission of a communication device in an unlicensed frequency band is disclosed. The method includes the communication device determining a time gap duration until a start time of a subframe. The communication device selects a resource allocation transmission from a plurality of resource allocation transmissions as a function of the determined time gap duration. Related communication devices, methods by devices, and systems are disclosed.
US09485750B2	Method for effective fast re-paging in a wireless communication network A method for paging a mobile station where the mobile station (208-212) may be in a dormant state is described. The method begins by sending a first paging message (302) in a first zone (214) of a given area to a selected mobile station wherein the first paging message is sent at the beginning of a paging interval (300). A base station (202-206) then receives a response to the paging message when the mobile station is in the first zone. When the response to the first paging message is not received, a second paging message (306) is sent in a second zone (216) of the given area. The second paging message is sent at a first offset (308) from the sending of the first paging message wherein this first offset occurs less than one paging interval after the sending of the first page message.
US09485747B1	Systems and methods for acquiring location data Positioning systems may be used to determine the location of computing devices in space. Described herein are systems, methods, and computer readable mediums for storing information determined to be reliable that is used to determine the location of a computing device. In some implementations, the system determines that a scan list is reliable based on factors such as characteristics associated with the type of device that generated the scan list, or based on the amount of times that the information in the scan list was detected over a period of time.
US09485746B2	Location classification accuracy for devices inside and outside of a deployment area Techniques are presented to optimize location classification accuracy for wireless devices. A controller in communication with one or more wireless access points receives measurement data associated with signals received at one or more wireless access points from a plurality of wireless clients. The controller classifies each of the measurement data associated with a corresponding client as indicative a location inside of a particular region or outside of the particular region. The controller determines information of an actual location for each of the clients and classifies the information of the actual location as indicating a location inside of the particular region or outside of the particular region. For a given client whose classification of the information of the actual location does not match the classification of the corresponding measurement data, the controller modifies the information of the actual location of the given client.
US09485738B2	Method for configuring gain factors for uplink service in radio telecommunication system A method for configuring gain factors in a WCDMA telecommunication system is provided in which the gain factor for defining power required for normal reception of uplink data in an environment supporting an uplink service over an E-DCH can be configured using minimal signaling information. First gain factors for first TFs corresponding to a part of a TF set including a plurality of TFs available for an uplink service are received. One of the first TFs is determined as a reference TF for a second TF other than the first TFs in the TF set. Then, a second gain factor for the second TF is calculated using the first gain factor for the determined reference TF. The second gain factor is used for transmitting or receiving uplink data.
US09485733B1	Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wakeup packet Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wakeup packet. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry configured to cause a first wireless device to modulate a preamble of a wakeup packet according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; modulate a payload of the wakeup packet according to an On-Off keying (OOK) modulation scheme over a plurality of OFDM tones; and transmit the wakeup packet to a second wireless device.
US09485728B1	Power saving with WNM-sleep mode A method in a communication device includes receiving from a station a request to enter a power save mode, and in response to receiving the request, enabling a set of services. The set of services includes buffering of data intended for the station. The method also includes, after enabling the set of services, receiving from the station an indicator that the station is awake, and in response to receiving the indicator, disabling the set of services. The method also includes, after disabling the set of services, receiving from the station an indicator that the station is no longer awake, in response to receiving the indicator, again enabling the set of services. The method also includes, after again enabling the set of services, receiving from the station a request to exit the power save mode, and in response to receiving the request, again disabling the set of services.
US09485725B2	Methods and system for dynamically switching off/on of base stations Disclosed are methods and system for dynamically switching at least a base station in ON/OFF mode in a cellular network. The method comprises: determining traffic load information of BSs; exchanging the traffic load information between BSs; determining at least a preferred BS for one of a switched OFF mode and a switched ON mode. The system comprises: at least a coverage BS with a master controller; at least a capacity BS with a slave controller adapted to be in one of the switched ON mode and the switched OFF mode depending on network conditions and to satisfy cellular traffic loads, and at least a communication interface adapted to provide interface between at least the coverage BS and the capacity BS.
US09485718B2	Out-of-service recovery for a multi-SIM wireless device Various embodiments enable recovering from an out-of-service state in a wireless device. A processor may perform scans of a first acquisition database to acquire a first renewed service connection for a first subscriber identification module (SIM). The scans include first and second searches for first and second channels identified in first and second technology lists, respectively, from the first acquisition database, respectively, until either a renewed service connection is acquired or each of the first and second technology lists are exhausted. The first and second technology lists identify channels from first and second radio access technologies. A currently used channel of a second SIM acquired service is first on the first technology list. The processor may perform a full frequency scan to acquire a first renewed service connection for the first SIM in response to determining that each of the first and second technology lists were exhausted.
US09485714B2	Addressing multiple communication terminals in a wireless communication network The present invention is directed to a communication device of a wireless communication network, the communication device including a message generator configured to generate a beacon message having a traffic indication map (TIM) information element (IE), wherein the TIM IE includes a partial virtual bitmap field including at least one cluster; a determiner configured to determine for at least one cluster information indicating whether data is available in the communication device to be transmitted to a plurality of communication terminals of the wireless communication network; an encoder configured to determine an encoding mode for the information depending on the information and to encode the information based on the encoding mode; and a transmitter configured to broadcast the beacon message to the plurality of communication terminals corresponding to the at least one cluster. Methods of simultaneously addressing a plurality of communication terminals in the wireless communication network are also disclosed.
US09485711B1	Providing service to a portable electronic device using allowed network codes Systems and methods for providing voice services and/or data services to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device has an application in its memory that compares an available network code to a list of blocked network codes. If the available network code is on the list of blocked network codes, the application may send a notification that service is not available or may see if a different network code is on the list of blocked network codes. If the available network code is not on the list of blocked network codes, voice and/or data services may be provided to the portable electronic device by the telecommunications service provider associated with the available network code.
US09485710B2	Method for controlling access in wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting same Provided is a method for a terminal controlling access in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: obtaining service-specific access control information; obtaining service group access control information; and controlling access to a specific type of service based on the service group access control information and the service-specific access control information. The service-specific access control information includes a service-specific barring factor parameter which is applied to the specific type of service. The service group access control information includes a service group barring factor parameter which is commonly applied to specific service groups that include at least one type of service.
US09485708B2	Systems and methods for concurrent service discovery and minimum spanning tree formation for service delivery Systems, methods, and devices for wireless service delivery are described herein. In some aspects, a method for wireless service deliver may include transmitting, by a first wireless node, and receiving, from each of a plurality of wireless nodes, a service discovery message for a service. The method may further include selecting one of the plurality of wireless nodes based on a link quality metric associated with each of the plurality of wireless nodes. The method may additionally include establishing a communication pathway to a provider of the service through a link to the selected wireless node.
US09485707B2	Direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.
US09485706B2	Management apparatus and method for identifying candidate for improving communication quality; apparatus and method for identifying communication path; non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing such programs; and wireless communication system A management apparatus that identifies a candidate for improving communication quality in a wireless communication system including a base station and a mobile station, the management apparatus comprising: an obtainer that obtains measured communication quality information and positional information from the mobile station; a communication quality estimator that estimates a communication quality based on the positional information obtained from the mobile station; a communication path determiner that identifies a communication path using the estimated communication quality estimated and the measured communication quality information; and a communication quality improvement candidate determiner that identifies the candidate for improving communication quality related to the communication path determined, the candidate being based on communication quality. A method and a program for identifying a candidate for improving communication quality, an apparatus, a method, and a program for determining a communication path, and a wireless communication system are also provided.
US09485705B2	Transmission control method and transmission control apparatus A node transmits data based on a routing information table when receiving the data. The node determines whether a second candidate neighboring node of which flag information is true and to which the data has not yet been transmitted is present when the data transmission to a first candidate neighboring node fails. The node aborts retransmission of the data when no second candidate neighboring node of which the flag information is true and to which the data has not yet been transmitted is present.
US09485700B2	Data offloading method, user equipment, macro base station, and small node A data offloading method includes: receiving, by a macro base station, a measurement report sent by a user equipment; sending, by the macro base station according to the measurement report, an RRC connection reconfiguration message and an offloading configuration message to the user equipment and a small node respectively, so as to configure a user plane data transmission link between the macro base station and the user equipment, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes indication information that indicates that one direction of a duplex direction of a current transmission link is kept, and resource configuration information in the other direction; and performing, by the macro base station, user plane data transmission with the user equipment over the configured transmission link. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to the field of communications technologies.
US09485697B1	Systems and methods for improved data speeds for wireless devices A system and method for improving the user experience with a mobile wireless device by reconnecting to a faster speed connection after being rejected for the higher speed by an overloaded cell before expiration of a de-prioritization timer when the mobile wireless device travels away from the overloaded cell. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving from the first cell a connection rejection instructing the mobile wireless device to de-prioritize one or more frequencies of the first connection technology and a de-prioritization timer indicating a time period for the frequencies to remain de-prioritized; determining that the mobile wireless device has left the coverage area of the first cell; and connecting to a second cell of the telecommunication network via a connection in the one or more frequencies of the first connection technology prior to the expiration of the de-prioritization timer.
US09485694B2	Radio access device and handover method A radio access device includes a controller signal processing unit (RNSAP unit) that processes a signal exchanged with a radio network controller (RNC); and a switching center signal processing unit (RANAP unit) that processes a signal exchanged with a switching center. The RNSAP unit requests to establish a communication path between the radio access device and the RNC and a communication path between the RNC and a BTS by transmitting a request signal to the RNC. Subsequent to receiving an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the request signal from the RNC, the RANAP unit requests to establish a communication path between the switching center and the RNC. Subsequent to receiving, by the RANAP unit, an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the request signal from the switching center, a communication path between the radio access device and the UE is released.
US09485693B2	Adapting a triggering threshold for cell re-selection measurements A base station (12) and a method therein for adapting a triggering threshold for cell re-selection measurements performed by a mobile terminal (20) served by a macro cell (14). The macro cell (14) is supported by the base station (12), and the base station (12) and the mobile terminal (20) are comprised in a wireless communications network (10). The base station determines a serving cell signal strength threshold to be used for triggering cell re-selection measurements by the mobile terminal (20) in dependence on the availability of small cells (18a,18b) within or neighboring the macro cell (14). The base station (12) further transmits the determined serving cell signal strength threshold to the mobile terminal (20).
US09485692B2	LTE handover parameter configuration for specific types of traffic Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a base station. A base station may identify a service type of a mobile device (e.g., voice, web-browsing, or video download). The base station may then determine handover or measurement parameters for the mobile device based on the service type. The base station may also determine a performance metric of the service type. The base station may then adjust the set of parameters based at least in part on the performance metric. In some cases, the base station may select a measurement configuration based on the adjusted parameters.
US09485691B2	Methods for mobility threshold signaling An apparatus and method for communicating mobility threshold changes between peer nodes (12a, 12b) in a communications network (10) is provided. A sending peer node (12a), such as an eNB, for example, generates (104) a mobility change request message (40) to include an information element (50) having a set of mobility parameters. The set of mobility parameters includes a change value (52) that indicates a change to a threshold relative to a current value of the threshold, as well as a type value (54) indicating a mobility threshold type to be changed and an absolute threshold value (56) to apply to the mobility threshold type. Once generated, the sending peer node (12a) sends (110) the mobility change request message (40) to a receiving peer node (12b).
US09485690B2	System for connecting radio access nodes of a radio access network The system comprises a plurality of radio access nodes, or cells, each of said cells providing a coverage area to a plurality of user equipments, characterized in that each of said radio access nodes is splitted into: a common processing section (1) which performs a main processing stage; and a plurality of remote transceiving sections (2a, 2b, 2c), each performing a local processing stage complementing said main processing stage, being operatively connected to said common processing section, and constituting a sub-cell providing a coverage sub-area, wherein said coverage area is distributed into said coverage sub-areas. The method is arranged for carrying out said splitting of radio access nodes.
US09485689B2	Adaptive traffic engineering configuration System and method embodiments are provided for adaptive traffic engineering configuration. The embodiments enable the TE configuration to change in real time in response to changing conditions in the network, the TE algorithm, or other variables such that a TE decision is substantially optimized for current real time conditions. In an embodiment, a method in a network component for adaptable traffic engineering (TE) configuration in software defined networking (SDN) includes receiving at the network component TE configuration information, wherein the TE configuration information comprises information about at least one of network conditions, a TE algorithm, user equipment (UE) information, and the network component, and dynamically changing with the network component the TE configuration in accordance to a change in the TE configuration information.
US09485687B2	Selective compression in a wireless communication system Techniques for compressing data in a wireless network are provided. Data may be in the form of data packets that have one or more headers and a payload. One or more compression initiation criteria are used to determine whether to compress all data or certain data. Different data may be associated with different classes of service. Compression initiation criteria for data that belongs to one class of service may be different than compression initiation criteria for data that belongs to another class of service. Compression initiation criteria for data may be different than one or more compression halting criteria that are used to determine whether to cease compressing data. One type of compression involves use of synchronized history buffers. A wireless receiver may communicate with a wireless transmitter that an error is detected and that the history buffers of the wireless transmitter should be flushed or cleared.
US09485683B2	Sensing measurement configuration and reporting in a long term evolution system operating over license exempt bands A method for sensing measurement gap scheduling includes allocating a new supplementary carrier in a license-exempt spectrum by a radio resource management (RRM) entity in an evolved Node B (eNB); configuring a local cognitive sensing entity in the eNB by the RRM entity; configuring a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for cognitive sensing through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling being generated by the eNB; configuring a local cognitive sensing entity at the WTRU by a dynamic spectrum management (DSM) entity; and signaling a start and a duration of a measurement gap to an enhanced sensing component.
US09485681B2	User equipment and access node and respective methods A user equipment (UE) for which an analog beamforming scheme is applied and a measuring method performed by the UE are provided. Also an access node (AN) and a method performed by the AN are provided. The measuring method performed by the UE comprising: transmitting, to a serving access node, a measurement request for measuring a neighboring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment; receiving, from the serving access node, information related to a series of measurement time gaps; and after a delay, performing a measurement to the neighboring access node within the series of measurement time gaps.
US09485680B2	Test apparatus and method for testing IP-based mobile communications terminals The present invention relates to a test apparatus and method for testing IP-based mobile communications terminals. The test apparatus comprises a first communications interface via which the test apparatus can be connected to the Internet, a second communications interface via which the test apparatus can be connected to an IP-based mobile communications terminal under test, and a test unit, which is designed to test IP-based applications provided in a mobile communications terminal under test that is connected to the Internet via the first and second communications interfaces.
US09485679B2	Apparatus and method for analyzing the quality of a cell in a mobile device network A method for analyzing a mobile radio network including the steps of collecting traffic data from call monitoring equipment connected to the mobile radio network, collecting signaling data from network monitoring equipment connected to the mobile radio network, correlating the traffic data and the signaling data related to a cell of the mobile radio network. and creating a graphical display of the correlated traffic data and the signaling data.
US09485677B2	Determining hearability in a heterogenous communication network A method for determining whether a radio unit in a shared cell configuration is hearable by a user equipment is provided. Transmission of a probe message to the user equipment by the radio unit is caused. The probe message invokes a probe response from the user equipment if the radio unit is hearable by the user equipment on a downlink channel. The radio unit is hearable by the user equipment if the downlink channel performance between the radio unit and the user equipment meets a predetermined signal criteria. An uplink channel associated with the user equipment is monitored for the probe response from the user equipment after transmission of the probe message. Hearability data associated with the user equipment is determined based on the monitored uplink channel. The hearability data indicates whether the radio unit is hearable by the user equipment the downlink channel.
US09485674B2	Method and system for unified rate adaptation for SU-BF and MU-MIMO operation A method of providing rate adaptation in a multi-user wireless communication system including single-user beamforming (SU-BF) and multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) is described. In this method, a master rate, which is a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the SU-BF, is determined. An MCS for each transmit mode is derived from the master rate using a rate mapping. Using the results from the mapping, the master rate, instead of the MCS for each transmit mode, is tracked. In one embodiment, a mapping calibration is periodically performed.
US09485671B2	Inter-stage test structure for wireless communication apparatus An inter-stage test structure for a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus has a unit under test (UUT) and a next-stage component connected to the UUT through a signal wire. The inter-stage test structure is disposed on the signal wire and electrically connects the UUT to the next-stage unit component. The inter-stage test structure includes an upper board, a lower board, and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the upper board and the lower board. The intermediate layer includes a first region and a second region defined thereon. The first region has an air cavity for generating an air impedance. The second region has an impedance adjusting cavity for generating an adjustable impedance. Accordingly, the inter-stage test structure can detect the condition of the UUT of the wireless communication apparatus based on the air impedance and the adjustable impedance.
US09485670B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for security configuration coordination during a cell update procedure A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for maintaining synchronization with respect to the security configurations of the network and a mobile terminal, even during a cell update procedure. A method may include causing a cell update message to be provided during performance of a cell update procedure and including, with the cell update message, a security configuration information element indicating that a mobile terminal has applied an updated security configuration in an instance in which the mobile terminal has applied the updated security configuration. The method may also include, with the cell update message, the information element indicating that the mobile terminal has reverted to a prior security configuration in an instance in which the mobile terminal has reverted to a prior security configuration.
US09485669B2	Displaying radio-wave condition A wireless terminal accesses an access point using a shorter range wireless communication method. The access point performs communication with a wide-area radio communication network using a longer range wireless communication method, and may include a determination unit that determines whether a connected access point is a mobile access point or not; an acquisition unit that, when the determination unit determines that the connected access point is a mobile access point, acquires a radio-wave condition of communication with the wide-area radio communication network using the longer range communication method from the connected access point; and a display unit that displays the radio-wave condition acquired by the acquisition unit on a screen.
US09485668B2	Method and arrangement for configuring managed object model for combined cell The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for configuring MO models for a cell hosted by an RBS. The cell is served by a plurality of transmission points, where each transmission point is covering a subarea of the cell. The cell is modeled by an instance of a first MO. A set of equipment of each transmission point is modeled by an instance of a second MO. The method comprises adding (110) an instance of a third MO for each subarea comprising attributes defining the usage of the transmission point covering the subarea. The method also comprises defining (120) relationships between the instance of the first MO and each instance of the third MOs, and defining (130) a relationship between the added instance of the third MO and the instance of the second MO modeling the set of equipment of the transmission point covering the corresponding subarea. FIG. 10.
US09485664B2	Idle mode cell selection for licensed shared access A 3GPP LTE protocol enhancement realizes the full benefit of proposed dynamic frequency sharing systems by enhancing current idle mode cell selection mechanisms to support Licensed Shared Access (LSA) cell selection of idle User Equipment (UE) when LSA frequency bands are reclaimed by incumbents. A paging message field, LSAUnavailable is transmitted by Evolved Node Bs for those UEs operating in an idle state. Paging message transmission is repeated for robustness. UEs are also enabled to immediately identify LSA unavailability when a paging message notification of LSA unavailability to idle UEs cannot be transmitted and/or received. A UE comprises a processor and transceiver configured to receive, on a Licensed Shared Access (LSA) frequency band, a paging message notifying the UE of (LSA) frequency band reclamation. The UE performs immediate cell reselection to vacate the reclaimed LSA frequency band and move to the UE operator's licensed primary Long Term Evolution frequency band.
US09485663B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a carrier in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for selecting a carrier in a wireless communication system is provided. a pico eNodeB (eNB) transmits a carrier information request message including a request of information on carriers used by a macro eNB, receives a carrier information response message as a response of the carrier information request message, the carrier information response message including the information on carriers used by the macro eNB, and selects a primary cell (PCell) of the pico eNB based on the received information on carriers used by the macro eNB.
US09485658B2	System and method for improved communication on a wireless network Systems and methods for wireless communication are disclosed. In one aspect an access point (AP) includes a processor configured to generate a frame with an information element (IE) assigning a restricted access window (RAW) and to determine whether or not to include a field in the IE indicating a group of one or more devices allowed to transmit during the RAW based on a type of the RAW. The processing system further includes an interface to output the generated frame for transmission. According to aspects, at least one option type (e.g., Omni) of the RAW type (e.g., Simplex) is accessible by devices regardless of their device type. Accordingly, the AP may not include the field in the IE indicating the group of one or more devices allowed to transmit during the RAW for the at least one option type of RAW.
US09485656B2	System and method for handset operation in a wireless communication network User equipment (UE) is configured to automatically detect the presence of an access point (AP) in any one of a plurality of venues and to transmit identification information to the AP to authenticate the UE. The venue receiving the authentication request transfers the authentication request and identification information to an authentication server to determine whether the US is a registered device. If the US was previously registered, it is automatically authenticated whenever it is carried inside a venue. The plurality of venues may be coupled to a Cloud network with the authentication information stored on the Cloud network. In this manner, whenever the UE enters any of the venues, the UE is automatically authenticated when it comes within range of any AP within any of the venues. The venue may use an application program interface (API) to provide advertising, coupons, web links, images, audio, video, streaming video, and the like to the UE. The venue may direct the UE to a website or provide a link to the website.
US09485654B2	Method and apparatus for supporting single sign-on in a mobile communication system A terminal and a user authentication method of a terminal in a communication system are provided. The terminal and the method include transmitting information including a user identifier to a Relaying Party (RP), receiving a redirect request message including a OpenID authentication request from the RP, and verifying validity of the RP based on the redirect request message.
US09485653B2	Secure smartcard pairing Techniques for pairing two different security modules that use two different encryption technologies for operation in two different networks include generation and transmission of a secret to both the security modules via their respective communication networks. In one advantageous aspect, one of the security module, which may be prone for duplication or theft, is logically tethered to the other security module via the pairing. For example, after pairing is successfully performed, the first security module may be usable in a wide area network only when its presence in a local communication connection, such as a home network of a subscriber, or a peer-to-peer or a near field communication link, can be detected and verified by the second security module.
US09485651B2	OAM apparatus for radio base station The present invention relates to an OAM apparatus for a radio base station. The OAM apparatus comprises an OAM receiver configured for receiving an electronic code key. The apparatus also comprises a storage unit comprising a list of code keys of which at least one of said code keys is valid. The apparatus further comprises a processing unit configured for determining whether a received code key is comprised in said list and whether said received code key is valid, and for invalidating said received code key in said list for preventing repeated use of the code key. The apparatus also comprises an OAM transmitter configured for being in a silent unless activated. The OAM apparatus is configured for wireless communication with an OAM terminal over a wireless OAM link if it has been determined that the received code key is valid and if the OAM transmitter has been activated.
US09485647B2	Providers of UBARR subscription-based services A user subscription profile for a subscription-based mobile application in a wireless mobile device is established with a first mobile application service provider. The wireless device requests service for the mobile application from a second mobile application service provider. The user's subscription profile for the mobile application service is either communicated to the second mobile application service provider, or the mobile application required and allowed service information is accessed from the second mobile application service provider to enable the mobile application service to function with the second mobile application service provider as though the mobile application service were operating within the service area of the first mobile application service provider consistent with the requirements of the second mobile application service provider.
US09485646B2	Generating request message to obtain wireless services using a minimal set of services that are designated by default for a roaming condition A roaming condition is detected on a wireless device, in which the wireless device is operational in a region where the wireless device is not permitted in have wireless services other than a designated minimal set of services. A service request message is generated on the wireless device. The service request can be structured for handing by a home region service provider that can initiate one or more wireless services for the computing device using a local service provider for the region. The service request message can be transmitted from the computing device using the designated minimal set of services.
US09485645B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service credit to customer accounts in a wireless communications service network Systems, methods, and computer program products use combinations of international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), and account information to determine if a customer is eligible for service credit in near real-time. The customer needs an active account prior to inserting a subscriber identity module (SIM) into a device and powering on the device for the system to determine credit eligibility. No further customer action is required. The credit application process determines credit eligibility based upon device credit eligibility, account tenure, and/or credit rules, and applies the credit to the customer's account. The customer may be proactively notified when the credit is applied. The credit and tenure rules may be changed as the industry and business needs change to remain competitive in the industry. The SIM used is configured with software to lock the SIM to the device upon first power-on.
US09485640B2	Smart cache warming According to one general aspect, a method of preemptively caching data within a mobile device may include detecting that a triggering event has occurred. The method may also include, in response to the triggering event, automatically performing an action associated with the triggering event, wherein the action includes retrieving anticipated data from a remote device. The method may include caching at least part of the anticipated data within a memory of the mobile device. The method may include receiving a request, from a user, for requested data, wherein the requested data includes at least a portion of the anticipated data. The method may include fulfilling at least part of the request for the requested data by retrieving the anticipated data portion of the requested data from the memory of the mobile device.
US09485635B2	Displaying information associated with correspondence For displaying information associated with correspondence, a memory stores code executable by a processor. The code identifies a communication context for a communication. The communication context includes a correspondent. The code further displays information associated with the communication context. The information includes a prior communication with the correspondent.
US09485632B2	Activity-aware intelligent alerting and delivery of electronic short messages, and related methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media Activity-aware intelligent alerting and delivery of electronic short messages, and related methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing intelligent alerting and delivery of an electronic short message comprises receiving an electronic short message directed to a recipient device of a recipient and originating from a sender device of a sender, and determining an interruption indicator that indicates a recipient activity priority relative to a delivery priority of the electronic short message. The method also comprises automatically generating one or more alerting parameters and one or more delivery parameters based on the interruption indicator, and delivering the electronic short message to the recipient device based on the one or more alerting parameters and the one or more delivery parameters. In this manner, unnecessary interruption of the recipient may be minimized while assuring timely delivery of important electronic short messages.
US09485631B2	Hopping master in wireless conference A first radio has duplex communication with a second radio and a third radio, without using a base station by using a multiple-access protocol system. The first radio is configured to switch back and forth between being a master radio and a slave radio in the multiple-access protocol system. In some embodiments, time-division multiplexing is used as the multiple-access protocol system for the first radio, the second radio, and the third radio to communicate. In some embodiments, the master radio provides timing synchronization and/or assigns transmission slots for radios in the multiple-access protocol system.
US09485629B2	Confirmed link level broadcast using parallel receivers A source node residing within a wireless mesh network is configured to transmit data packets to downstream nodes also residing within the wireless mesh network. Upon receipt of a data packet, a given downstream node determines a channel on which to transmit an acknowledgement packet and a sub-interval of time during which to transmit the acknowledgement packet based on a short ID assigned by the source node. At the determined sub-interval of time, the downstream node transmits the acknowledgement packet to the source node on the determined channel.
US09485627B2	Apparatus, system and method of estimating a location of a mobile device Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of estimating a location of a mobile device. For example, an apparatus may include a radio to receive location information including locations of a plurality of detected access points; and a location estimator to select from the plurality of detected access points a plurality of selected access points, based on the location information, and to estimate a location of the mobile device based on communications from the plurality of selected access points.
US09485623B2	Method and system for providing enhanced location based trilateration Method, systems and devices for determining for performing enhanced location based trilateration include receiving location information (e.g., waypoints) from one or more external devices, determining the validity of the received location information, performing normalization operations to normalize the received location information, assigning an overall ranking and a device-specific ranking to the location information, and storing the validated and normalized location information in memory. The enhanced location based trilateration may also include selecting four locations (e.g., waypoints) from the memory based on a combination of the overall ranking and the device-specific ranking, and generating a final location value or waypoint based on a result of applying the four selected waypoints to a kalman filter. The output of the kalman filter may also be reported and/or used as the device's current location.
US09485622B2	Wireless positioning and wireless positioning method and apparatus An apparatus for wireless positioning includes a first delimitation unit configured to delimit an initial boundary for a predetermined space to divide the predetermined space into at least two areas, each area of the at least two areas comprising multiple zones, the multiple zones including a boundary zone adjacent to the initial boundary; a detection unit configured to detect signal feature values of respective wireless access points in the boundary zone and determine an identifier set of the detected wireless access points; and a second delimitation unit configured to re-determine the boundaries of the at least two areas for the wireless positioning based on the detection results in the boundary zone. With the method and apparatus of embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the positioning calculation time while maintaining high positioning accuracy.
US09485618B2	Classification of indoor and outdoor telecommunications events of mobile telecommunications networks Concepts and technologies are described herein for the classification of indoor and outdoor telecommunications events that occur within mobile telecommunications networks. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a method for classifying telecommunications events can include receiving a data set that includes geo-location data and radio signal measurement data for a plurality of telecommunications events that have occurred within a mobile telecommunications network. The method can also include providing the data set as input to a classification model. The method can also include classifying the data set into an indoor results subset and an outdoor results subset using the classification model. The indoor results subset can include a first telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an indoor location. The outdoor results subset can include a second telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an outdoor location.
US09485615B2	Local peer-to-peer network for providing recommendations and enforcing security policies A recommendation for a user is generated in response to a user request. The recommendation can pertain to whether a user should download and install a mobile device application and is based on a number of responses received from other mobile devices within a specified distance from the mobile device at which the recommendation was requested. Recommendations can also be requested and generated by various other devices in machine-to-machine networks. Recommendations can pertain to policy enforcement and device component performance or operation.
US09485612B2	Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer service in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for providing a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) service in a wireless communication system. A method of a server for providing the P2P service includes receiving a P2P service request signal comprising information of contents desired by a particular Mobile Station (MS); selecting at least one MS from MSs having the contents; establishing a traffic path between the particular and the selected MS; and transmitting information of the selected MS to the particular MS.
US09485611B2	Communication system providing data transfer direction determination based upon motion and related methods A communication system may include at least one electronic device configured to wirelessly communicate via a short-range communications format, and at least one mobile communications device. The at least one mobile communications device may include a short-range communications device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one electronic device via the short-range communications format, and a controller coupled to the short-range communications device. The controller may be configured to determine a state of movement of the at least mobile communications device, and determine a direction of communication with respect to the at least one electronic device based upon the determined state of movement.
US09485609B2	Pulse frequency control for wireless communications and ranging Using a clock circuit, a clock signal is generated at a base frequency. A frequency adjustment circuit selects, based upon a frequency offset value, a particular frequency adjustment value from a plurality of frequency adjustment values. An adjusted clock signal is provided that has a frequency corresponding to the base frequency as modified by the particular frequency adjustment value. Wireless communication signals are received at a wireless communication circuit. From the communication signals, a set of received wireless communication pulses are identified that have a pulse repetition frequency that corresponds to the adjusted clock signal. A distance ranging protocol is applied, using a processing circuit, to the identified set of received communication pulses.
US09485606B1	Systems and methods for detecting near field communication risks A computer-implemented method for detecting near field communication risks may include (1) identifying a mobile device capable of near field communication, (2) identifying an attempted near field communication involving the mobile device, (3) tracking at least one contextual behavior relating to the attempted near field communication; and (4) determining, based at least in part on the contextual behavior, that the attempted near field communication poses a risk to the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09485597B2	System and method of processing a sound signal including transforming the sound signal into a frequency-chirp domain A system and method may be configured to process an audio signal. The system and method may track pitch, chirp rate, and/or harmonic envelope across the audio signal, may reconstruct sound represented in the audio signal, and/or may segment or classify the audio signal. A transform may be performed on the audio signal to place the audio signal in a frequency chirp domain that enhances the sound parameter tracking, reconstruction, and/or classification.
US09485596B2	Utilizing a smartphone during a public address system session A technique utilizes a smartphone during a public address system session. The technique involves operating a public address system to provide audio from a local human presenter to a local human audience, the local human presenter and the local human audience residing at a common physical public address location. The technique further involves establishing, while operating the public address system to provide audio from the local human presenter to the local human audience, an electronic connection between the smartphone and the public address system. The technique further involves providing, after establishing the electronic connection between the smartphone and the public address system, audio from a user of the smartphone to the local human audience through the smartphone, the electronic connection, and the public address system.
US09485595B2	Inverted flange earbud An earbud for use in conjunction with receiver-in-canal and similar hearing aids is described. A wax reservoir and a torturous path for wax ingress are provided by the earbud. A controlled acoustic path is also provided. The molded design of the earbud allows torturous paths for wax ingress to be designed into the earbud.
US09485594B2	Connector arrangement in hearing instruments An acoustic apparatus includes a mechanical shell, a first electronic component, a first connector, and a receiver. The mechanical shell is generally cylindrical in shape and forms a cavity, the shell having an inner surface, the inter surface in communication with the cavity. The first electronic component is disposed in the cavity. The first connector includes electrical contacts and is disposed on the inner surface of the shell. A first electrical connection electrically couples the microphone to the first connector. The receiver is disposed in the cavity, and the receiver has a second connector. An electrical connection is formed between the first electronic component and the receiver via the first connector and the second connector. A rotation of the shell causes the electrical contacts to rotate within or with respect to the second connector such that the rotation does not cause the electrical connection between the first connector and the second connector to be broken.
US09485590B2	Hearing device with a means for receiver current estimation and a method of estimating a receiver current for a hearing device A hearing device with a unit for estimating the current consumed by the receiver of the hearing device. The hearing device includes a signal input unit for converting an input signal picked up by the signal input unit into a digital audio signal, a signal processing unit for processing the digital audio signal, a digital-to-analog converter for converting a processed audio signal from the signal processing unit, a power amplifier for amplifying a converted audio signal from the digital-to-analog converter, a receiver for generating sound according to an amplified audio signal from the power amplifier, and a battery for powering the hearing device. A receiver current estimation unit has a filter for filtering a receiver current indicative signal derived from the processed audio signal, the filter having a frequency response dependent on an impedance of the receiver. A method is provided for estimating a receiver current for a hearing device.
US09485588B2	Mapping system and method A mapping system comprises a sensor unit which is mobile and receives magnetic audio frequency transmission from a site and positioning data with respect to the site to be mapped. A processing unit is operationally coupled with the sensor unit and determines at least one parameter of the magnetic transmission, forms positions of the sensor unit on the basis of positioning data, associates positions and the at least one parameter together, forms a quality map graphically showing a distribution associated with the at least one parameter with respect to positions on the site and outputs said quality map.
US09485586B2	Speaker driver A speaker driver with a high degree of symmetry for use in a loudspeaker is disclosed. The disclosed motor assembly may be symmetrical about its long and radial axes. A voice coil disclosed may be supported by opposing upper and lower suspensions on the voice coil upper and lower ends. The upper and lower voice coil suspensions may be adhered to a frame above and below the motor assembly, respectively.
US09485584B1	Dual ring magnet apparatus An apparatus related to a magnetic circuit design is disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnetic assembly and an electrically-conductive mobile member. The magnetic assembly includes an inner magnet, an outer magnet, an inner cap, an outer cap and a washer. The magnetic assembly is configured to produce a magnetic field having a zone of operation between the inner cap and the outer cap. The zone of operation has substantially uniform magnetic field strength. The zone of operation has magnetic field directions substantially perpendicular to an ideal motion direction. The electrically-conductive mobile member is disposed in the zone of operation of the magnetic field and electrically coupled to a diaphragm of a driver. The electrically-conductive mobile member is configured to move within the zone of operation of the magnetic field in response to the magnetic field when an alternating current is passed through the electrically-conductive mobile member.
US09485580B1	Headset with microphone and wired remote control In an example embodiment a headset includes a phone jack, a speaker connected to the phone jack, a microphone coupled to the phone jack and a resistive switch string coupled to the phone jack to the same ring of the phone jack as the microphone. In another example an integrated circuit device includes a charge pump, a multi-voltage LDO having an input which is capable of being coupled to an output of the charge pump, an ADC; and a pull-up resistor coupled between an output of the LDO and an input of the ADC. In another example embodiment, a method for headset signal multiplexing includes providing a headset with a plurality of signal sources and voltage division multiplexing the plurality of signal sources on a common wire.
US09485579B2	System and method for information handling system wireless audio driven antenna Audio information coexists with best efforts data on a wireless network, such as a wireless local area network, by defining a backoff dedicated to communicate of audio information and using undedicated resources to communicate best efforts data. The backoff has a periodic interval that corresponds to the sample rate of the audio information so that a set of audio frame slots communicated at the start of a backoff interval has a length of time to complete communication. The set of audio frame slots has, for instance, an audio frame slot for each audio endpoint interfaced with the network. Periodic backoffs ensures synchronized audio playback by dedicating an antenna to communication of audio frames at the sample rate of the audio information, while supporting best efforts network communication when audio information is not being communicated.
US09485578B2	Audio format Mechanisms for obtaining an audio signal and information relating to the recording conditions of the audio signal are provided, the method comprising: obtaining an audio signal, wherein the audio signal is a voltage signal representation of sound, the voltage signal having been converted from a pressure signal; obtaining first information indicative of at least one objective feature and/or at least one perceptual feature associated with the conversion of the pressure signal into the audio signal in the form of a voltage signal representation; storing the audio signal, the first information, and second information identifying a relationship between the audio signal and the first information; determining an error adjustment for adjusting the audio signal based on the obtained information; applying the error adjustment to the audio signal to create an error-adjusted audio signal; and obtaining an audio signal and information relating to the recording conditions of the audio signal.
US09485575B2	Pre-filtering for loudspeakers protection The present invention relates to a method of protecting an inductive loudspeaker. The method comprises filtering the audio stream by applying a compensation filter to the audio stream, sending the filtered audio stream to the inductive loudspeaker, computing an estimation of a frequency response of the inductive loudspeaker and updating the compensation filter so as to attenuate a frequency corresponding to a resonant frequency in the estimated frequency response of the inductive loudspeaker.
US09485573B2	Wireless communication system for use by teams A helmet mounted communication system for use by teams includes a headset including any one of a speaker for projecting audio or a microphone for receiving audio, a mounting structure for mounting the headset in a helmet cavity of a helmet, and a biasing material between the headset and a cavity wall of the helmet cavity for floatably attaching the headset to the helmet in the helmet cavity.
US09485569B2	Sound signal processing apparatus, microphone apparatus, sound signal processing method, and program A sound signal processing apparatus includes a sliding operation detecting section to which a sound signal collected by a microphone is inputted, and which determines start and end of a sliding operation by a determination process using a sliding sound signal component in the inputted sound signal, the sliding sound signal component being produced by the sliding operation on the microphone itself or its vicinity, and a control section that performs a predetermined control process that is set with respect to the sliding operation, during a period from the start to the end of the sliding operation determined by the sliding operation detecting section.
US09485568B2	Power management controller for drivers A driver controller comprising a state machine for controlling transitions between a plurality of states. An output switch for providing a low impedance path to ground during transition periods. An output stage for decoupling output signal from driver amplifier during the transition periods.
US09485566B2	Miniature speaker module, method for enhancing frequency response thereof and electronic device The present invention discloses a method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module, a miniature speaker module, and an electronic device. The method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module comprises the steps of: additionally providing an inverted tube in a rear cavity of the miniature speaker module to form a second driver in the inverted tube when an active driver works, the second driver and the active driver radiating jointly; and matching enhancement processing the input signals of the active driver according to the vibrating amplitude characteristics of the diaphragm of the active driver of the miniature speaker module additionally provided with the inverted tube. In the technical solutions provided by the present invention, as the frequency response of the whole miniature speaker module additionally provided with an inverted tube is enhanced on frequency bands below F0, and the signals are further matching enhancement processed according to the vibrating amplitude characteristics of the active driver, the frequency resource of the miniature speaker module on the whole frequency bands is enhanced greatly.
US09485563B2	Two way communication assembly A two way communication assembly for discrete wireless communication includes a remote unit that may be coupled to an external electronic device. A remote processor is coupled to the remote unit. A remote transceiver is coupled to the remote unit and the remote processor. A remote actuator is coupled to the housing and the remote transceiver. A base unit may be positioned within a user's ear. A base processor is coupled to the base unit. A base transceiver is coupled to the base unit and the base processor. The base transceiver is in communication with the remote transceiver. A first base actuator is coupled to the base unit and the base processor. A second base actuator is coupled to the base unit and the base transceiver. A microphone is coupled to the base unit and the base processor. A speaker is coupled to the base unit and the base processor.
US09485562B2	Contactless rechargeable audio headset This headset comprises two earphones (10), each comprising a generally ring-shaped, flexible circumaural or supra-aural pad (16), mounted on a shell (14) receiving a transducer (30). The headset comprises an electronic circuitry powered by a battery, and a battery recharging circuit connected to at least one inductive-coupling recharging coil (20). The coil is housed in a pad (16), and it is housed in a region of the pad (16) that is close to an outer limit plane, on the wearer side, of the envelope (16a, 16b) of the pad, for example near a seam (C) between two portions (16a, 16b) of an envelope of the pad.
US09485561B2	Thermal powered wearable device Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronics powered by thermal energy. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to wireless headphones that are powered by thermoelectric generators. One embodiment provides a wireless headphone having a wireless audio device capable of generating an acoustic output from signals received through a wireless communication link, and a thermoelectric generator assembly configured to provide electrical power to the wireless audio device.
US09485559B2	Hearing system and finger ring for the hearing system The hearing system comprises a finger ring and a hearing device body. The finger ring includes: a first short-distance wireless communication portion; a vibration output portion disposed at a position that contacts a finger to convert a voice signal, which is received by the first short-distance wireless communication portion, into a cartilage conduction vibration and outputs it; and a first power source portion that supplies power to the first short-distance wireless communication portion and the vibration output portion. The talk device body includes: a second short-distance wireless communication portion that communicates with the first short-distance wireless communication portion; a microphone; a voice signal output portion that makes the second short-distance wireless communication portion output the voice signal according to a voice captured by the microphone; and a second power source portion that supplies power to the second short-distance wireless communication portion, the microphone, and the voice signal output portion.
US09485558B2	Flying disc with speaker A flying disc is disclosed that can be used in recreational activities. The flying disc includes a body having an aerodynamic design. A sound reproduction device housing is attached to the body. A sound reproduction device is positioned in the sound reproduction device housing that is configured to generate audible music via an audio transducer when the sound reproduction device is activated.
US09485557B2	Device accessory with speakers A device accessory to produce high quality high volume sound, comprising a clip case for holding the mobile device and a speaker unit that provides high quality high volume sound produced from the mobile device. The clip case further comprises a base portion attached to a plurality of side walls and a first pivotal attachment means. An outer side of the base portion includes at least one magnet and a configured to hold a support means. At least one of the pluralities of side walls recess includes a pair of side magnets. The speaker unit comprises a pair of lower magnets, a support means magnet, a second pivotal attachment means, a pair of speaker side magnets, a charging port, an ON/OFF button, an indicator, at least one flat panel speaker having at least one carbon fiber board excited by a mini exciter positioned inside the speaker unit and a microphone.
US09485556B1	Speaker array for sound imaging In an augmented reality environment, a speaker array is centrally located within an area to generate sound for the environment. The speaker array has a spherical or hemispherical body and speakers mounted about the body to emit sound in multiple directions. A controller is provided to select sets of speakers to form beams of sound in determined directions. The shaped beams are output to deliver a full audio experience in the environment from the fixed location speaker array.
US09485551B2	Enhanced routing and wavelength assignment techniques for reducing wavelength continuity blocking Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to optimizing routing and wavelength assignment in a network. An embodiment determines a routing assignment for a network, wherein the routing assignment is determined using a decongestion cost-based function; and determines a wavelength assignment for the network based on vector difference. The determination of the wavelength assignment comprises spanning the network for a path; calculating a weighted correlation function for at least one length in the network; storing the weighted correlation; and determining if a next path exists. If a next path is found, spanning for a next path in the network, and if a next path is not found, returning the stored correlation.
US09485548B2	Origination and destination based routing One or more aspects of the disclosure relate to various functions and processes related to routing of calls based on origination and/or destination information. In one aspect, a method may comprise receiving a request for a call session, and the request may include an indicator that may indicate whether to route a call based on origination and/or destination information of the call session. Based on the indicator, a routing element may determine whether the call session should be routed based on origination information and/or destination information.
US09485542B2	Method and apparatus for adding and displaying an inline reply within a video message Methods of adding an inline reply to a video email/message and presenting a chain of video emails/messages are provided. A video email/message is received and an inline reply to the video email/message is generated and associated with a point during playback of the video email/message. The inline reply is sent by return email such that, during subsequent playback of the video email/message, playback of the video email/message is paused at the point and the inline reply is displayed.
US09485539B2	Method and client module for use in a multimedia system A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response.
US09485536B1	Method and system for updating programming listing data for a broadcasting system A method and system for processing listing data includes a listing system having a listing database associated therewith, an external data source communicating station data, external schedule data and external program data to a listing system and an internal source communicating internal program data to the listing system. The listing system stores the station data, external schedule data and external program data and the internal program data in the database. The listing system communicates the listing data to other systems using the listing data such as a program guide system.
US09485529B2	Method and apparatus for ordering entertainment programs from different programming transmission sources The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission. The server system automatically coordinates purchasing the media feature from a programming transmission source and providing the media feature from the programming transmission source. In one embodiment, an entertainment system includes a user interface from which a viewer selects an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission, wherein the programming transmission with the upgraded media feature is provided to the entertainment system.
US09485521B2	Encoding and decoding image using sample adaptive offset with start band indicator A method for image decoding includes receiving image information including filter coefficients, generating a restored block for a current block on the basis of the image information; and applying an adaptive loop filter to the restored block on the basis of the filter coefficients. Image encoding efficiency may be improved, and complexity may be reduced.
US09485520B2	Parallel motion estimation in video coding Methods for improved parallel motion estimation are provided that decouple the merging candidate list derivation and motion estimation for merge mode and skip mode and the advanced motion vector predictor (AMVP) candidate list construction from regular motion estimation to increase the coding quality in parallel motion estimation while meeting throughput requirements. This decoupling may be accomplished by modifying the availability rules for spatial motion data (SMD) positions for construction of the candidate lists. As part of the decoupling, largest coding units (LCUs) of a picture may be divided into non-overlapping parallel motion estimation regions (PMER) of equal size. Within a PMER, motion estimation for merge mode, skip mode, and normal inter-prediction mode may be performed in parallel for all the prediction units (PUs) in the PMER.
US09485518B2	Decoding method and apparatus with candidate motion vectors A moving picture coding apparatus includes: a motion vector predictor candidate calculation unit which calculates one or more motion vector predictor candidates and the number of available predictor candidates; an inter prediction control unit which selects an optimum motion vector predictor candidate; and a variable length coding unit which sets the motion vector predictor candidate list size to the number of available predictor candidates, and variable-length codes a motion vector predictor index used for coding a motion vector, by assigning a bit string according to the motion vector predictor candidate list size to the index.
US09485517B2	Motion vector prediction with motion vectors from multiple views in multi-view video coding Aspects of this disclosure relate to, in an example, a method that includes identifying a first block of video data in a first temporal location from a first view, wherein the first block is associated with a first disparity motion vector. The method also includes determining a motion vector predictor for a second motion vector associated with a second block of video data, wherein the motion vector predictor is based on the first disparity motion vector. When the second motion vector comprises a disparity motion vector, the method includes determining the motion vector predictor comprises scaling the first disparity motion vector to generate a scaled motion vector predictor, wherein scaling the first disparity motion vector comprises applying a scaling factor comprising a view distance of the second disparity motion vector divided by a view distance of the first motion vector to the first disparity motion vector.
US09485514B2	System and method for compressing video and reformatting the compressed video to simulate uncompressed video with a lower bandwidth Presented is a video distribution system that includes a transmitter that receives an uncompressed source video signal and includes a compressor for compressing the uncompressed source video signal into a compressed video signal having a bandwidth lower than the bandwidth of the uncompressed source video signal, a reformatter configured for reformatting the compressed video signal to simulate an uncompressed video signal having a bandwidth lower than the bandwidth of the uncompressed video signal. The video distribution system also includes a receiver that receives the compressed video signal that simulates an uncompressed video signal and includes a decompressor configured for decompressing the compressed video signal that simulates an uncompressed video signal into a decompressed video signal, and output port configured for transmitting the decompressed video signal to a display.
US09485511B2	Video-encoding method and video-encoding apparatus based on encoding units determined in accordance with a tree structure, and video-decoding method and video-decoding apparatus based on encoding units determined in accordance with a tree structure Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a video and a method and apparatus for decoding a video. The encoding method includes: splitting a picture of the video into one or more maximum coding units that are coding units having a maximum size; encoding the picture based on coding units according to depths which are obtained by hierarchically splitting each of the one or more maximum coding units according to depths in each of the one or more maximum coding units, determining coding units according to coded depths with respect to each of the coding units according to depths, and thus determining coding units having a tree structure; and outputting data that is encoded based on the coding units having the tree structure, information about the coded depths and an encoding mode, and coding unit structure information indicating a size and a variable depth of a coding unit.
US09485510B2	Method and apparatus for coding video and method and apparatus for decoding video, using intra prediction A video decoding method involving intra prediction includes: parsing a most probable mode (MPM) flag of a block while parsing symbols of the block of an encoded video from a received bitstream; determining whether a predetermined number of a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes are used to predict an intra prediction mode of the block based on the MPM flag; when it is determined that the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes are used based on the MPM flag, determining the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes based on intra prediction modes of a left block and an upper block that are adjacent to the block while restoring the intra prediction mode of the block by using the parsed symbols.
US09485509B2	Image compression device, image compression method, image decompression device, and image decompression method An image compression device includes: a first encoder that encodes a target block included in a segment in a first encoding mode; a second encoder that encodes the target block in a second encoding mode using a fixed-length coding to obtain a second encoded data; a calculator that calculates an accumulated amount of the first encoded data of the blocks; a selector that selects an encoding mode to be used to encode the target block from among the first encoding mode and the second encoding mode; and a determiner that determines whether to encode encoding mode information according to a predetermined condition. The selector selects the second encoding mode if a sum of an accumulated amount and an amount of the second encoded data of all remaining blocks in a segment exceeds a target value.
US09485506B2	Method and system for constraining slice header processing overhead in video coding A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains slice header processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum slice rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of slices for the picture based on the maximum slice rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of slices used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of slices.
US09485505B2	Method and apparatus of reference picture management for video coding A method and apparatus that determine one or more reference pictures for the current image unit and indicate the reference pictures using information associated with COIs (coding order indexes) of the reference pictures are disclosed. The image unit corresponds to a picture, a slice of the picture, or a region of the picture. Inter-picture encoding or decoding is applied to the input data using the reference pictures. The information associated with the COIs can be incorporated in a slice header or a picture header of a bitstream associated with the video sequence. Furthermore, the COI can be represented by a coded COI using a fixed number of bits, wherein the coded COI is constrained to a range from 0 to MAC_COI-1 and MAX_COI is a positive integer.
US09485503B2	Inside view motion prediction among texture and depth view components The techniques of this disclosure may be generally related to using motion information for a corresponding block from a texture view component that corresponds with a block in a depth view component in coding the block in the depth view component. In some examples, for coding purposes, the techniques may use motion information when the spatial resolution of the texture view component is different than the spatial resolution of the depth view component.
US09485498B2	Display apparatus, projection apparatus, display assist apparatus, and system A display apparatus includes a master/slave setting unit configured to execute at least one of setting of a master apparatus which displays a switching-display synchronization signal superposed on an image as a target to be displayed and setting of a slave apparatus which does not display the switching-display synchronization signal, a synchronization-signal superposition unit configured to superpose the switching-display synchronization signal on the image as the target to be displayed, when setting of the master apparatus is executed by the master/slave setting unit, and a display unit configured to display the image on which the switching-display synchronization signal is superposed by the synchronization signal superposition unit.
US09485492B2	Compression methods and apparatus for occlusion data Methods and apparatus for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data, the original format selected from one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; arranging 2D data, which is associated with the occlusion data, at location 0 in a reference picture list; decoding the occlusion data to produce decoded occlusion data; when the indicator indicates the sparse occlusion data format for the occlusion data, filling a non-occlusion area of the occlusion data with data indicative of a defined characteristic to produce decoded occlusion data; when the indicator indicates the filled occlusion data format for the occlusion data, replacing the occlusion data in a non-occlusion area of the occlusion data with sample values from a corresponding area of associated 2D data to produce decoded occlusion data; and outputting the decoded occlusion.
US09485490B2	Broadcast receiver and 3D video data processing method thereof A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including system information and video data, parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service from the system information, extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, broadcast data of the program, and processing video data of broadcast data according to the system information. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit receiving a broadcast signal including system information and video data, an SI processor parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service from the system information, a demultiplexer extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, broadcast data of the program, and a video processor processing video data of the broadcast data according to system information.
US09485489B2	Broadcasting receiver and method for displaying 3D images Disclosed are a method for displaying 3D images and a broadcast receiver. The method for displaying 3D images according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving broadcasting signals including video data and 3D object data; decoding the 3D object data, the 3D object data including texts or image information for a 3D object, output position information of the 3D object, and disparity information of the 3D object; obtaining parallax values from the disparity information and producing distortion compensation coefficients using the parallax values; adjusting a display size of the 3D object using the distortion compensation coefficients; and outputting and displaying the 3D object.
US09485482B2	Imaging device, method for controlling imaging device, and storage medium storing a control program for color mixing correction An imaging apparatus (10) includes: an image pickup device (14) including plural photoelectric conversion elements arrayed in a predetermined first direction and second direction; a color filter that has a repeatedly disposed basic array pattern that includes a first filter corresponding to a first color that contributes most to obtaining a brightness signal, and second filters corresponding second colors, placed in a predetermined pattern; a drive section (22) that drives the image pickup device (14) such that, for an array of pixels to read from the image pickup device (14), pixel data of pixels placed at a set cycle in at least one direction of the first direction or the second direction is read to give a second array that is different from a first array expressing an array of all the pixels read from the image pickup device (14); and an image processing section (20) that corrects pixel data of a subject pixel for color mixing correction based on pixel data of a pixel that is the same color as an adjacent pixel in adjacent contact with the subject pixel in the first array, and that is a pixel that has the shortest distance from the adjacent pixel in the first array.
US09485480B2	Laser based projection display system A laser projection system including one or more pluralities of laser sources, each plurality of laser sources emitting light having substantially a different predetermined wavelength in the visible range, a fiber optic laser beam combiner combining outputs of at least one of the pluralities of laser sources into one optical fiber, a fiber-optic delivery component coupled to the one optical fiber and one or more spatial light modulators, and one or more homogenizing optical elements, and one or more optical lens system for projecting the associated images on a screen.
US09485477B2	Security system including modular ring housing A modular building system arrangement includes a plurality of electrical building systems. Each electrical building system has a housing with a mechanical connector that is connectable with a like connector of each other building system housing. Members of any subset of the building system housings are connectable with each other to form a building system assembly. The building systems of the building system assembly conjointly define an electrically conductive pathway interconnecting each of the building systems of the building system assembly. The pathway carries power and/or data.
US09485475B2	Surgical imaging system and method for processing surgical images An imaging system having at least two surgical systems, each surgical system having a camera control unit with a network port; a camera head coupled to the camera control unit; and a monitor coupled to the camera control unit; a network is coupled to the network port of each camera control unit; and a server is coupled to the network, the server having a storage device with a user database and a case database; and wherein the server is configured as a web server to provide data, video and images from the camera control units to users connected to the network.
US09485471B2	Write-protected recording A surveillance apparatus continuously records imaged data from a camera into a circular buffer in a local memory. When a record signal is received, the system records the video stream that was recorded before the record signal was received, and the video stream that is recorded after the record signal was received. The recorded segment is then write-protected, so that the surveillance apparatus does not overwrite the recorded segment. The recorded segment could then be sent to a remote memory via a wireless connection to free up local memory for future recording sessions.
US09485470B2	Evaluation unit, evaluation method, measurement system for a crash test vehicle measurement and a method for performing a crash test vehicle measurement An evaluation unit is provided for processing images and/or image sequences of measurement areas (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18) that are detectable on a crash test vehicle (4). Transmitted images and/or image sequences from at least one measurement sensor are utilizable. Additionally, image fusion apparatus is provided to produce digital image fusion of images and/or image sequences as image data (38, 40) of the same measurement area (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18). An evaluation method, a measurement system for a crash test vehicle measurement and a method for performing a crash test vehicle measurement also are provided.
US09485468B2	System, method and device for providing communications Provided are a system, method and device for providing communications to a multiple dwellings.
US09485466B2	Video processing in a multi-participant video conference Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing multi-participant video conferences. This architecture has a central distributor that receives video images from two or more participants. From the received images, the central distributor generates composite images that the central distributor transmits back to the participants. Each composite image includes a set of sub images, where each sub image belongs to one participant. In some embodiments, the central distributor saves network bandwidth by removing each particular participant's image from the composite image that the central distributor sends to the particular participant. In some embodiments, images received from each participant are arranged in the composite in a non-interleaved manner. For instance, in some embodiments, the composite image includes at most one sub-image for each participant, and no two sub-images are interleaved.
US09485464B2	Processing method for video conference and server using the method In a processing method for a video conference, start speaking events and end speaking events of endpoints joined in the video conference are detected. Video streaming of a speaking endpoint is displayed in a speaking area of a foreground window of a display device. A current time “t”, a duration time “T” of the video conference, a start speaking time “si” and an end speaking time “ei” of the endpoints are recorded. Real-time activity scores of each of the endpoints are calculated and updated according to video recording contents. Video streaming of non-speaking endpoints are displayed in corresponding areas of the display device according to the calculated activity scores.
US09485461B2	Video conferencing using wireless peripheral video conferencing device A method includes receiving, establishing, by a video session controlling device, a video conference session. The video session controlling device includes at least one video conference service providing component. The method includes identifying a specification of the at least one video conference service providing component. The method also includes identifying a position of the at least one video conference service providing component. A specification of at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device is identified. A position of the at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device is also identified. The method also includes determining a combination of devices to provide the video conference services based on relative specifications and positions of the at least one video conference service providing component and the at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device. The video conference services are implemented using the determined combination of devices.
US09485459B2	Virtual window Novel tools and techniques are provided for displaying video. In some embodiments, novel tools and techniques might be provided for sensing the presence and/or position of a user in a room, and/or for customizing displayed content (including video call content, media content, and/or the like) based on the sensed presence and/or position of the user. In particular, in some aspects, a user device (which might include, without limitation, a video calling device, an image capture device, a gaming console, etc.) might determine a position of a user relative to a display device in communication with the user device. The user device and/or a control server (in communication with the user device over a network) might adjust an apparent view of video or image(s) displayed on the display device, based at least in part on the determined position of the user relative to the display device.
US09485453B2	Moving image player device A moving image player device of the present invention includes an interpolated image generating unit that generates an interpolated frame corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames using two input frames among the plurality of input frames, and a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, outputs the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames in time series based on the detection result, and plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed. When the scene change is detected, the video playing unit skips a display of the interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of a first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or the interpolated frame after the input frame at the end of the first scene or the interpolated frame.
US09485452B2	Imaging device, video content generating method and storage medium A CPU of an imaging device of the present invention causes an interval moving image to be captured for each interval photographing, selects frames to be stored as still images from among a plurality of frames constituting the interval moving image based on a face image, blurring, and the presence or absence of a change, and causes these selected still images to be stored in association with the interval moving image. When an amount of data exceeding that for a preset storage time length is recorded, the CPU first deletes low-grade interval moving images. Then, if this is not enough, the CPU deletes low-grade still images, and thereby retains an image file (a mixture of moving images and still images) within the desired time length.
US09485451B2	Image pickup apparatus with air cooling unit An image pickup apparatus is reduced in width and length dimensions. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed on a rear face side of an air cooling fan. Air sucked from an opening defined by an opening portion of the heat sink-cum-duct is guided to an air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by plural fins of the heat sink-cum-duct and is discharged from an air outlet port of the cooling fan. A circuit board disposed on a rear face side of the heat sink-cum-duct is cooled and heat generated in the circuit board is radiated from a heat radiation plate. The image pickup unit, cooling fan, heat sink-cum-duct, circuit board, and heat radiation plate are each formed into a flat shape having a short dimension in optical axis direction and are substantially parallel to one another.
US09485448B2	Method for receiving a broadcast signal and broadcast receiver A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, the method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, parsing the second signaling information to identify an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling channel, receiving the NRT service signaling channel by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling channel.
US09485439B2	Shortwave infrared camera with bandwidth restriction A camera comprises an image plane for capturing shortwave infrared wavelengths. The image plane captures only a portion of a shortwave infrared wavelength band, and excludes other wavelengths. A method of designing a camera is also disclosed.
US09485438B2	Image processing system with image conversion unit that composites overhead view images and image processing method An image detection unit extracts image feature values from images of each camera. An image conversion unit computes a blend rate according to the image feature values and composites an image of a superposition area wherein a plurality of camera images overlap. An assessment is made of a correspondence of the image feature values of each image in the superposition area, and a determination is made that a solid object is present if the correlation is weak. Furthermore, a determination is made that the solid object is present in the superposition area if the image feature values in each image have locationally overlapping portions. In such a circumstance, the image is composited with the blend rate of the image with a greater image feature value set large.
US09485435B2	Device for synthesizing high dynamic range image based on per-pixel exposure mapping and method thereof A device for synthesizing a high dynamic range image based on per-pixel exposure mapping includes an image-capturing module, an image-processing module, and a recursive control module. The image-capturing module serves to obtain a plurality of source images each having a unique exposure value. The image-processing module uses an exposure-value modulating means to perform exposure synthesis to pixels on an identical location of two of the source images that have similar exposure values according to exposure values of the pixels, so as to form synthesis images. The recursive control module sends the synthesis images back to the image-processing module for reprocessing until the image-processing module generates a single synthesis image.
US09485432B1	Methods, systems and apparatuses for dual-camera based zooming A method and apparatus for zooming an image by a zoom factor wherein a first image without zoom and a second image with fixed optical zoom are processed to find a mapping between low resolution patches and high resolution patches that are then used for zooming the first image if the zoom factor is less than the fixed optical zoom else the mapping between low resolution patches and high resolution patches are used for zooming the second image with fixed optical zoom.
US09485431B2	Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling the same An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data; a detachable display unit configured to display the image data generated by the image capturing unit; a wireless communication unit configured to connect with a second device including the display unit via wireless communication; a detection unit configured to detect attachment/detachment of the display unit; and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit in order that connection to one of the display unit and the second device is given priority depending on the attachment/detachment of the display unit detected by the detection unit.
US09485429B2	Capturing device, capturing system and capturing method A capturing device includes an image sensor that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion for light from a subject, a control unit that generates a setting value for setting a range where an image resulting from the image signal is cut, based on a first instruction input from a user, a setting value storage unit that stores the setting value generated by the control unit, an image conversion unit that reads the setting value from the setting value storage unit, and cuts a specific region specified by the setting value from the image and enlarges the cut region, when there is a second instruction input from the user, and an output unit that converts a signal of the image cut and enlarged by the image conversion unit into an image signal of a predetermined format and outputs the converted image signal.
US09485427B2	Apparatus and methods for stabilization and vibration reduction The present invention provides an apparatus for stabilizing an imaging device and methods of using the same for a wide variety of applications including photography, video, and filming. Also provided are unmanned vehicles including aerial vehicles that contain the apparatus disclosed herein.
US09485426B2	Moving picture processing device for controlling moving picture processing A moving picture processing device detects a predetermined feature point existing in a frame of a moving picture, identifies a position of the frame, in which a changing state of the detected feature point in the moving picture shows a predetermined changing state, and causes the predetermined changing state, as a condition to identify the position of the frame, to be common to other moving pictures.
US09485423B2	Associating cameras with users and objects in a social networking system Images uploaded by users of a social networking system are analyzed to determine signatures of cameras used to capture the images. A camera signature comprises features extracted from images that characterize the camera used for capturing the image, for example, faulty pixel positions in the camera and metadata available in files storing the images. Associations between users and cameras are inferred based on actions relating users with the cameras, for example, users uploading images, users being tagged in images captured with a camera, and the like. Associations between users of the social networking system related via cameras are inferred. These associations are used beneficially for the social networking system, for example, for recommending potential connections to a user, recommending events and groups to users, identifying multiple user accounts created by the same user, detecting fraudulent accounts, and determining affinity between users.
US09485419B2	Camera system encoder/decoder architecture An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode.
US09485412B2	Device and method for using pressure-sensing touch screen to take picture A device uses a pressure-sensing touch screen to detect the pressure from a touch input on the touch screen. Based on whether the pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure value or not, and the type of the touch input, various picture-taking operations are performed.
US09485409B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor configured to perform photoelectric conversion on light that enters via an imaging optical system and output an image signal; a focus detection unit configured to detect an in-focus position based on the image signal output from the image sensor; an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge angle and a number of edge of a subject included in an image based on the image signal output from the image sensor; and a correction unit configured to obtain a correction amount for the in-focus position based on the detected edge angle and the number of edge and correct the in-focus position detected by the focus detection unit based on the obtained correction amount.
US09485408B2	Imaging apparatus and exposure determining method It is intended to provide an imaging apparatus that enables proper exposure of phase difference detection pixels and thereby makes it possible to perform phase difference autofocusing with high accuracy. A system control unit 11 selects phase difference detection pixels from phase difference detection pixels 51R and 51L existing in a selected phase difference detection area 52 according to a position of the selected phase difference detection area 52 in a row direction X, and determines exposure conditions based on output signals of the selected phase difference detection pixels. A defocus amount calculation unit 19 calculates a defocus amount using output signals of the phase difference detection pixels 51R and 51L existing in the selected phase difference detection area 52 that are part of a shot image signal produced by shooting that is performed by an imaging device 5 under the exposure conditions determined by the exposure determining unit 11.
US09485407B2	Method of capturing images and obtaining information of the images A method of capturing images includes the following steps of: providing a camera module including an image capture unit, a liquid lens unit, and an image process unit; capturing a clear image through the camera module; enlarging the camera's relative aperture to create a shallow depth-of-field; adjusting the focal plane of the liquid lens unit to analyze object depth information in the clear image; and adding or storing the depth information of the object to the clear image.
US09485406B2	Focus detection apparatus, focus detection method and program, and imaging apparatus A focus detection apparatus is arranged to obtain image data of an object obtained by an imaging unit having a pupil division unit of a photographing optical system for forming an optical image of the object, obtain setting information of a focus detection mode of the photographing optical system, set a focus detection area set into a pixel array area of the imaging unit, by dividing a predetermined area into a plurality of division areas in accordance with the focus detection mode and arranging the plurality of division areas in accordance with a different positional relation, form focus detection information by using the image data of the set focus detection area, and generate a drive signal of the photographing optical system on the basis of the focus detection information.
US09485404B2	Timing system and method with integrated event participant tracking management services An automated system and method for managing a tracking and an automated real-time remote reporting thereof of a participant's participation in an event having a participant event management system (PEMS) that receives a request for tracking of the participant, a participant proximity detector detects the proximity of the participant to a detection point, a location detection system receiving and transmitting participant location data, the timing system receives the preorder request from the PEMS, determines a time of passing of the detection point of the participant, receives the location data and associates the participant event number with the participant identifier number, and transmits the location data forming at least a part of the participant tracking data to an output interface.
US09485402B2	Imaging apparatus, operation control terminal device, operation control system and computer readable medium for operation control An imaging apparatus, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; an operation control unit configured to control execution of predetermined operation concerning photographing in accordance with a control signal received from the external device; and a detection unit configured to detect disconnection of communication with the external device, wherein the operation control unit is configured to control execution of the predetermined operation in accordance with a predetermined operation control setting when disconnection of the communication with the external device is detected during execution of the predetermined operation.
US09485400B2	Camera module and method for the production thereof A camera module including an objective lens housing with an optical system, an image sensor chip with wire bonding connections, and a printed circuit board for contacting the image sensor chip. The printed circuit board is designed with wire bonding areas to which the wire bonding connections of the image sensor chip are connected, and the assembly made up of the image sensor chip and the printed circuit board is designed in such a manner that the image sensor chip is focus-adjusted to the optical system by changing its position relative to the printed circuit board taking advantage of the flexibility of the wire bonding connections of the image sensor chip. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the camera module.
US09485394B1	Machine vision inspection devices and machine vision methods of inspection Machine vision inspection devices and machine vision methods for inspecting objects, such as objects with shiny surfaces. Device embodiments include an illumination housing with a central aperture and a specialized aperture cover. Use of the claimed device embodiments to inspect objects eliminates the void (dark spot) common to known machine vision inspection methods.
US09485393B2	Imaging device including detection unit having a light receiving plane An imaging device includes an illumination unit that irradiates a moving object with light A, an optical system that focuses into an image of the object, a detection unit having a light receiving plane on which the image of the object by this optical system is formed, and an analysis unit. The detection unit includes a plurality of light receiving cells d1 to dN which are arrayed in an x direction on the light receiving plane, and is disposed such that the image moves in a y direction on the light receiving plane, the detection unit receives light or does not receive light according to pseudo noise code sequences along the y direction respectively on the plurality of light receiving cells.
US09485390B2	Method for creating color profile The method includes creating: a first table defining conversion relationship from a signal of a first standard color to which limitation of a total amount of ink is not applied into a signal of a second standard color to which the limitation is applied; a second table defining conversion relationship from the signal of the second standard color into a first expansion color signal to which the limitation is applied; a third table defining conversion relationship from a color signal in a device-independent color space corresponding to the signal of the second standard color into a color signal in a device-dependent color space; and a fourth table (color profile) defining conversion relationship from a color signal in the device-independent color space corresponding to the signal of the second standard color into a second expansion color signal in the device-dependent color space by the third and second tables.
US09485389B2	Page image correction device, and recording medium A page image correction device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a page image of each page of a plurality of pages from a book, the book being successively imaged in a thickness direction thereof; and a processor configured to: derive, in accordance with a page image of a first prescribed page and a page image of a second prescribed page differing from the first prescribed page, an amount of change in a thickness of the book when the book is opened to the first prescribed page as compared to when the book is opened to the second prescribed page; and correct, in accordance with the amount of change in the thickness of the book, page images of pages between the first prescribed page and the second prescribed page.
US09485388B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and computer storage medium configured for line correction based on a number of linked dots An apparatus that corrects multivalued data after halftone processing and which includes a line input unit configured to input multivalued data of a correction line to be corrected among the multivalued data, a detection unit configured to convert multivalued data of a precedent line that precedes the correction line by N lines into dot data and to detect a dot in the precedent line, and a line correction unit configured to correct the multivalued data of the correction line based on a number of linked dots from the bottom-end edge, and the number of linked detected dots is the number of dots that are linked in a sub scanning direction from the correction line down to the bottom-end edge, and the bottom-end edge is an edge at which the density becomes lower in the sub scanning direction and the lower of density values represents the background color.
US09485386B2	Method for creating scanner profile, method for creating device profile, method for acquiring color value, image reading system, and image forming apparatus A method for creating a scanner profile according to the present invention includes the steps of: by reading, by a scanner, a printed material of chart image data comprising a plurality of patches which are composed of C, M, Y, K values and differentiated in color and density from each other, acquiring a first color value for the patches; acquiring a K value for the patches of the chart image data; acquiring a second color value for the patches by color-measuring the printed material by the colorimeter; and creating a scanner profile describing a relationship of the second color value to the first color value and the K value, based on the acquired first color value, K value, and second color value for each of the plurality of patches.
US09485385B2	Image processing apparatus and computer program for generating a file in which plural area images of a document image are disposed in different pages An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to function as a document image acquiring unit configured to acquire document image data which is generated by optically reading a document and represents a document image, an area image generating unit configured to use the document image data to generate plural area image data representing plural area images that are included in the document image, and a file generating unit configured to generate a file including the plural area image data such that the plural area images are disposed in different pages.
US09485383B2	Image based correction of distortion from a scanner System, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for imaging an object. Dividing raw data into forward scan data and backward scan data. Reversing the order of the backward scan data to produce inverted backward scan data. Determining an offset value that is associated with a maximum value of a first function based on the forward scan data and the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data. Producing a first image of the object that comprises the forward scan data interlaced with the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data.
US09485380B2	Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer readable medium storing program An image reading apparatus includes: an illumination unit that is disposed so as to be moved relative to a recording medium and illuminates the recording medium with light beams of plural colors that are circulated in predetermined order; a reading unit that reads an image recorded on the recording medium by receiving reflection light that is produced as a result of the illumination unit's illuminating the recording medium during the moving relative to the recording medium; and a control unit that controls the illumination unit so that a difference between a first illumination interval and a second illumination interval is determined based on a reading resolution of the reading unit.
US09485377B2	Controlling power state based on presence detection An image forming apparatus having a first power state and a second power state, which is lower in power consumption than the first power state, includes a detection unit in which a plurality of elements for detecting an object are arranged, and a control unit configured to acquire a detection result from part of the plurality of elements and to determine whether a person is present in a detection range of the detection unit, and in a case where it is determined that a person is present in the detection range, to acquire a detection result from part of the plurality of elements of the detection unit and to determine whether to shift the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
US09485374B2	Image forming apparatus that detects the number of connection stage of a paper feed cassette unit An image forming apparatus reducing number of control signals in detecting nth connection stage of a paper feed cassette unit piled up, and increases noise resistance. It includes a main body part and a paper feed cassette unit that can be piled up in plural stages under main body part. Main body part has a start control line transmitting a start signal; a ready control line transmitting a ready signal; and a main body side control part generating start signal and detects nth connection stage of paper feed cassette unit on number of times of ready signal. Paper feed cassette unit has a cassette side control part delaying start signal inputted from an upper stage through start control line to output it to a lower stage, and while delaying start signal, generating a ready signal to output it toward ready control line to upper stage.
US09485370B2	Device for display control over settings object, method for displaying settings object, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program A device is provided which displays objects provided on an item by item basis of conditions of processing. The device includes a storage portion configured to store data therein, the data indicating specific objects belonging to a custom group, and indicating child specific objects belonging to a subordinate group lower than the custom group; an update portion configured to update the data in such a manner that the specific object designated belongs to the subordinate group and configured to update the data in such a manner that the child specific object designated is withdrawn from the subordinate group; and a display control portion configured to display a first screen in which a specific object not belonging to the subordinate group, and a call object are provided, and configured to display when operation is made on the call object, a second screen in which the child specific objects are provided.
US09485368B2	Electronic document generation apparatus, recording medium, and electronic document generation system An electronic document generation apparatus generates a recognition object image by performing an image processing on a scan image so that each of a plurality of line areas extracted from a character area of the scan image should be determined as a unit recognition area and transmits the recognition object image to the cloud server. The apparatus further receives text data which is a processing result of an optical character recognition processing on the recognition object image, in which a delimiter code is added at the end of a character recognition result for each of a plurality of unit recognition areas, from the cloud server, separates the text data into a plurality of character string data on the basis of the delimiter code, and generates an electronic document by arranging each of the plurality of character string data in the line area corresponding to each character string data.
US09485362B2	Methods and systems for providing a mobile office phone Methods and systems for providing a mobile office phone are provided herein. In one embodiment a system includes a private branch exchange (PBX), a server configured to integrate user equipment (UE) onto the PBX by attaching a mobile telephone number of the UE as an extension on the PBX, and a session initiation protocol (SIP) server coupled with the server and PBX that allows the UE to place and receive calls and messages over data channels of a network.
US09485358B2	Information acquisition method, device, and system An information acquisition method includes establishing a data channel with a telephone agent system when a voice call is conducted with the telephone agent system, displaying an information acquisition page provided by the telephone agent system through the data channel, receiving feedback information via the information acquisition page, and sending the feedback information to the telephone agent system through the data channel.
US09485357B2	Splitting a call for an emergent event into multiple devices using data channels Public safety access points (PSAP), such as 911 and e911 service providers, are often overwhelmed with information coming from a number of callers. As part of an initial assessment, a determination is often made as to whether two or more callers are calling about the same emergent event. If two or more callers are calling about the same emergent event, the callers and PSAP may interact at the same time but differently, such as different content or different media types. As a benefit, on-site activities may be coordinated in a manner that helps reduce the demands on PSAP resources and helps to facilitate a more accurate and appropriate response to the emergent event.
US09485355B2	Communication device for providing an automatically initiated outgoing communication as an incoming communication A communication device and method for providing an automatically initiated outgoing communication as an incoming communication are provided. Outgoing communication is automatically initiated via a communication interface of the communication device. After the outgoing communication is initiated, an indication of the outgoing communication is provided at the communication device, such that the outgoing communication is provided as an incoming communication at the communication device.
US09485348B2	Mobile terminal and communication method thereof A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit establishing a first communication session with a first entity and a second communication session with a second entity, a display displaying a plurality of windows including a first window and a second window, a memory storing a merging menu, and a controller controlling the display to display the first window related to the first communication session and the second window related to the second communication session, the controller generating a third window including the first communication session and the second communication session in response to a an input and controlling the display to display the third window further including the first entity and the second entity.
US09485347B2	Voice-operated interface for DTMF-controlled systems An arrangement for allowing “hands-free” access to DTMF-controlled systems, such as one's voice mail messaging systems, utilizes a speech-to-DTMF tone application that monitors the communication between the user and the DTMF-controlled system. A speech recognition unit is utilized to retrieve certain voice commands (e.g., “next”, “skip”, “repeat”, “forward”, etc.) when uttered by the user. The application then translates the received commands into the proper DTMF tone sequence used by the DTMF-controlled system and transmits the DTMF tones to the system. The application is particularly useful in the cell phone environment and avoids the necessity of the user to constantly switch between using the keypad and listening to messages/commands from the system.
US09485345B2	911 services and vital sign measurement utilizing mobile phone sensors and applications Improved methods for utilizing 911 services, for implementing 911 dispatch protocols, and for measuring vital signs of a human, all by accessing mobile phone sensors and applications, are disclosed. Vital signs such as heart rate, breathing rate, breathing distress, and blood pressure can be measured using mobile phone sensors and applications. A method for differential estimation of blood pressure involves the synchronization of time between two mobile phones, locating an appropriate position for one cell phone and recording heart sounds, and recording video data from the finger tip of the subject using the other mobile phone.
US09485338B2	Features and manufacturing methods for a case for a portable electronic device An accessory unit for use with an electronic device is described. Accessory unit includes a front flap and a rear cover. The rear cover includes a recessed portion that defines a chamber and a lip portion. The chamber is configured to receive a consumer electronic device, and the lip portion is configured to hold the consumer electronic device therein by an interference fit that exposes substantially all of a display portion of the consumer electronic product. The front flap can include segments formed from panels with folding regions therebetween, which allow the front flap to fold. Further, an end region of the front flap pivotally couples the front flap to the rear cover, such that the front flap may be moved between open and closed configurations. The front may include magnetic elements.
US09485336B2	Waterproof structure and electronic apparatus A waterproof structure includes a body member, a lid member that includes a waterproof member that inhibits water from entering through the opening, a guide member and in which a shaft hole including a circular hole portion and a long hole portion communicating with the circular hole portion is formed, a shaft section that is provided in the lid member, is supported in the shaft hole, is rotated inside the circular hole portion, is regulated in the rotation thereof inside the long hole portion, and is guided to the body member side, a first biasing section that biases the shaft section in a removing direction away from the body member, a second biasing section that biases the shaft section in a rotation direction, and a locking member that locks the lid member to the body member in a state where the waterproof member inhibits water from entering through the opening.
US09485335B1	Sub-rate codes within the 10GBASE-T frame structure A method of operation in a high-speed Ethernet transceiver is disclosed. The method includes engaging in an autonegotiation process with a link partner transceiver to indicate whether one or more sub-rate modes of operation are supported. Each sub-rate mode of operation corresponds to a sub-data rate that is less than a maximum data rate. The autonegotiation process is terminated. The transceiver then participates in a training process. The training process includes receiving a first training sequence corresponding to a first sub-data rate that is less than the maximum data rate. A signal quality parameter for the received first training sequence is measured. The training sequence is terminated based on the measured signal quality parameter failing a predetermined criteria. A second training sequence is then initiated that corresponds to a second sub-data rate that is less than the first sub-data rate without starting a second autonegotiation process.
US09485334B2	Response time relaxation for high efficiency WLAN Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for generating responses to extended length frames having increased symbol lengths without changing the short interframe space duration. According to certain aspects, a method for transmitting an extended length frame generally includes generating a packet having a preamble decodable by a first type of device having a first set of capabilities and a second type of device having a second set of capabilities, wherein at least a first portion of the packet is generated using an increased symbol duration or increased cyclic prefix relative to a second portion of the packet generated using a standard symbol duration or standard cyclic prefix and the packet includes padding symbols after the first portion, and outputting the generated packet for transmission.
US09485332B2	Offloading execution of a portion of a client-side web application to a server Offloading execution of a portion of a client-side Web application to a server. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented includes identifying a function to-be-offloaded in a client-side scripting language file; generating an offloaded function based on the function to-be-offloaded; replacing, in the scripting language file, the body of the function to-be-offloaded with client RPC stub which, when executed by an end-user computing device as a result of a call to the function to-be-offloaded, causes one or more arguments passed into the function to-be-offloaded to be marshalled and sent to a server in one or more network messages.
US09485330B2	Web browser operation method and system A browser operation and control method is provided for a server and a client having a browser. The server receives a query request message from the client, and the query request message contains a character string converted by the client from voice information inputted by a user of the client. The server obtains control information for operating the browser based on the character string in the query request message, and the control information indicating one of a plurality results provided by the server including a direct URL based on the character string, a direct operation command based on the character string, and a search result page based on the character string. The server sends a query response message containing the control information to the client such that the client operates the browser based on the control information in response to the voice information inputted by the user.
US09485329B1	Action-defined conditions for selecting curated content The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes providing instructions to an administrative device for presenting an administrative interface. The administrative interface includes user input controls for selecting conditions for inclusion of content in a section of a user interface. The method includes receiving one or more selections of the user input controls. The selections include the conditions for inclusion of content in the section of the user interface. The conditions include types of actions requested by an account associated with the user interface. The method includes receiving a request for the user interface from a client device. The method includes selecting a subset of the content for inclusion in the section of the user interface based on the conditions and the type of action. The method includes providing instructions to the client device for presenting the user interface.
US09485328B2	Game control device, game program, game control method and game system The game control device may include a storage unit, a first match-up executing unit, a character ability updating unit, and a second match-up executing unit. The storage unit stores an ability value of each player character. The first match-up executing unit executes a first match-up between two player characters in response to input of a communication terminal, and to determine a result of the first match-up based on the stored ability value of each player character. The character ability updating unit updates, based on the result of the first match-up, the ability values of the two player characters, and causes the storage unit to store the updated ability values. The second match-up executing unit executes a second match-up between player characters independently from the first match-up without input of the communication terminal, and determines a result of the second match-up based on the stored ability value of each player character.
US09485325B2	Prioritized reporting of metering data A utility company may schedule when and how endpoints report resource consumption data based on relative priorities of endpoints or the customers associated therewith. By associating endpoints with one of multiple different quality of service (QoS) levels, and sending each endpoint a reporting schedule based on its respective QoS level, the utility company may configure prioritized reporting of resource consumption data by endpoints of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with automatic meter reading (AMR).
US09485324B2	Fast sequential message store A broker may be used as an intermediary to exchange messages between producers and consumers. The broker may store and dispatch messages from a physical queue stored in a persistent memory. More specifically, the broker may enqueue messages to the physical queue that are received from producers and may dispatch messages from the physical queue to interested consumers. The broker may further utilize one or more logical queues stored in transient memory to track the status of the messages stored in persistent memory. As messages are dispatched to and acknowledged by interested consumers, the broker deletes acknowledged messages from the physical queue. The messages deleted are those preceding a physical ACKlevel pointer that specifies the first non-acknowledged message in the physical queue. The physical ACKlevel pointer is advanced in the physical queue based on the relative position of corresponding logical ACKlevel pointers maintained by the logical queues.
US09485323B1	Managing pooled client-premise resources via provider-defined interfaces Methods and apparatus for managing pooled client-premise resources via provider-defined interfaces are described. A pool management request is received from a client via a programmatic interface implemented at a provider network, indicating at least one resource located at a data center external to the provider network. An activation status of the resource within a pool is to be managed by a service of the provider network. A network connection between an administrative resource of the service, located within the provider network, and a control module instantiated on behalf of the service at the external data center is established. A command is transmitted from the administrative resource to the control module to activate the particular resource.
US09485322B2	Method and system for providing targeted information using profile attributes with variable confidence levels in a mobile environment Various systems and methods for of generating a user profile for use in providing targeted-content-messages to a wireless access terminal (W-AT) are disclosed. For example, a user profile with at least one profile element may be provided to the W-AT, and a profile confidence level for the profile element may be also provided.
US09485312B2	Data network notification bar processing system A method and apparatus are disclosed of providing a user application with a notification message. One example method may include receiving a script to setup a message queue, the script may include a database schema and the script may be executed by a processor to apply the database schema to a database that includes the message queue. The method may also include receiving one or more notifications messages having specific notification content that is applied to notification messages. The notifications may be received from a remote device. The message queue may include notification content used to generate notification messages destined for end user devices.
US09485310B1	Multi-core storage processor assigning other cores to process requests of core-affined streams A multi-core processor of a network attached storage system processes requests from host computers for services of a file system service. Each core maintains endpoints of respective connection-layer connections to the hosts to affine respective streams of network traffic with the core, and dynamically and preferentially assigns execution threads of the core to process file system service requests of the streams affined with the core. Each core also co-operates with the other cores to dynamically and non-preferentially (a) assign execution threads of the core to process file system service requests of the streams affined with the other cores, and (b) assign execution threads of the other cores to process file system service requests of the streams affined with the core, promoting efficient use of the cores for the processing workload of the file system service.
US09485309B2	Optimal fair distribution among buckets of different capacities A processing device can implement an optimal fair distribution. In one embodiment, the processing device divides a distribution pattern associated with a distributed system into segments based on a quality of distribution for the distributed system. For each partition of the plurality of partitions, the processing device calculates a weight for the partition based on a number of segments in the plurality of segments and a capacity of a bucket associated with the partition. The processing device generates a map of partitions based on the weight for each of the plurality of partitions. The processing device distributes a plurality of objects in the distributed system to the plurality of buckets based on the map of partitions.
US09485308B2	Zero copy volume reconstruction Examples described herein include a data migration system for migrating data between different data storage environments. The data migration system creates a first volume on a first storage system, and creates a logical unit within the first volume. The data migration system then creates a virtual volume on a virtual storage system associated with a second storage system, wherein data stored in the virtual volume is backed by the logical unit on the first storage system. The data migration system then replicates, on the virtual volume, a set of data stored on the second storage system. Upon replicating the set of data onto the virtual volume the virtual storage system may automatically create a copy of the corresponding data in the logical unit of the first volume.
US09485303B2	Cluster system based on parallel computing framework, and host node, computing node and method for executing application therein A cluster system based on a parallel computing framework is provided, and the cluster system includes a host node configured to execute a host program for a parallel computing framework and a computing node configured to be connected to the host node and execute a kernel program for the parallel computing frame work.
US09485302B2	Data management system and method for displaying data A user information management method for a hub server connected to a terminal and service provider server, the method including registering user information for the terminal or the service provider server, receiving history information including data created by a user from the registered terminal or the registered service provider server, storing integrated history information obtained by sorting the received history information based on the user information, and transmitting the integrated history information in response to an integrated history information request message received from the registered terminal. Thus, the user can check the functions executed by the terminals owned by the user in an integrated manner and the data generated by multiple diverse terminals and service provider servers are managed in an efficient and integrated manner.
US09485301B2	Prioritized link establishment for data transfer using task scheduling A system and method for scheduling data transfers between systems. One or more data requesting systems may request access to particular data. The request for access to the particular data may correspond to a request that a task to be performed. The task may be to exchange the particular data between a data accessing system having access to the particular data and a data requesting system requesting access to the particular data. The communication exchange may be scheduled for processing. In some embodiments, the communication exchange may be initiated based on a parameter included in the request that the task be performed.
US09485292B2	Display protocol interception in the network for services and network-based multimedia support for VDI An apparatus and related method are provided for improving the performance of virtual desktop services. A network device is deployed in a network to intercept packets of a control session initiated by a client with a connection broker to obtain data from a host. The network device initiates a new control session to the connection broker on behalf of the client. The network device receives host information from the connection broker, replaces address information of the network device for the host information in a control session message and sends the control session message to the client. The network device establishes a data session with the client, initiates a data session with the host on behalf of the client and relays data between the data session with the host and the data session with the client such that the network device is transparent to the client and the host.
US09485288B2	Peer-to-peer communication method in content centric network environment There is provided a peer-to-peer communication method in a content centric network environment. In embodiments, the peer-to-peer communication method in a content centric network (hereinafter referred to as a “CCN”) environment includes, receiving, by a CCN router, a join message including a desired service name of a user node from the user node, transmitting, by the CCN router, the join message to a rendezvous point mapped to the service name and forming a share tree, receiving, by the CCN router, a content request message including a name of content that is provided through the service from the user node, and transmitting, by the CCN router, the content request message through an interface connected to the share tree.
US09485287B2	Indicating bit stream subsets A method of indicating bit stream subsets in a video bit stream (210) is provided. The method comprises receiving the bit stream, dividing the bit stream into video packets (211-216), wherein each packet comprises either one of video data or supplemental information, and marking each packet with a single subset identifier (stream_id). Each subset identifier is associated with a corresponding bit stream subset (221-223). Further, a method of extracting video packets from a video bit stream is provided. The method comprises providing relevant subset identifiers, receiving video packets from the bit stream, and, for each received packet, inspecting the subset identifier of the packet. The packet is extracted if the subset identifier matches one of the relevant subset identifiers. This allows condensing properties of a bit stream subset into a single identifier, thereby simplifying the processing of video packets in the network and on the client side. Further, devices corresponding to the aforementioned methods are provided.
US09485285B1	Assisting the authoring of posts to an asymmetric social network Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for assisting the authoring of posts to an asymmetric social network. In one aspect, a method performed by a system of one or more data processing devices includes receiving, at the system, an identification of an electronic document that is available on the Internet, the system identifying image content in the electronic document, the system filtering the identified image content, the system triggering presentation of the filtered image content to an author of a post to an asymmetric social network, the system receiving a selection of a first image from amongst the presented image content, and the system adding the first image to a post to the asymmetric social network.
US09485282B2	Method and apparatus for negotiating color information in image communication system A method and apparatus for a video call service in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, in a process of configuring a session together with a second terminal by a first terminal, resolution information and color information of an image, which are transmittable and receivable, to the second terminal by the first terminal, receiving the resolution information and the color information of the image, which are transmittable and receivable by the second terminal, from the second terminal by the first terminal, and compressing the image according to the received resolution information and the received color information, and transmitting the image to the second terminal, by the first terminal.
US09485281B2	Communication system and server A SOAP-SIP adapter 2 establishes a session with the terminals 5b and 5c in accordance with a SIP. At this time, the SOAP-SIP adapter 2 sends an INVITE message including its own IP address and port number to the terminals 5b and 5c. Each terminal 5b, 5c sends a 200 OK including its own IP address and port number to the SOAP-SIP adapter 2. The SOAP-SIP adapter 2 stores correspondingly the IP address and port number of each terminal 5b, 5c in a memory. The SOAP-SIP adapter 2 transfers a media stream received from each terminal 5b, 5c to the destination of the corresponding IP address and port number by referring to the memory. Also, a pseudo RBT is sent to the terminal A5b from establishing the session with the terminal A5b till establishing the session with the terminal B5c to prevent a silent state.
US09485279B2	Automated generation of access control rules for use in a distributed network management system that uses a label-based policy model An access control rule authorizing communication between a plurality of managed servers within an administrative domain is determined. Communication information describing past communication between the plurality of managed servers is obtained. A subset of managed servers from the plurality of managed servers is identified by grouping the plurality of managed servers based on the obtained communication information. A group-level label set is determined to associate with the subset of managed servers. Role labels are determined for managed servers in the subset of managed servers. A managed server is associated with one role label. Based on the group-level label set and the role labels, an access control rule is generated authorizing communication between a first managed server of the subset of managed servers and a second managed server. The access control rule is stored as part of an administrative domain-wide management policy.
US09485276B2	Dynamic service handling using a honeypot A network device comprises one or more processors coupled to a memory, and a dynamic services module configured for execution by the one or more processors to receive, from a client device, a service request specifying a service. The dynamic service module is further configured for execution by the one or more processors to, in response to obtaining a negative indication for the service, send a representation of the service request to a honeypot to cause the honeypot to offer the service to the client device.
US09485269B2	Systems and methods for reporter-based filtering of electronic communications and messages Methods and apparatuses for filtering electronic communications in a communication system. The method includes receiving a message report from a user in response to an electronic message received by the user, and identifying a confidence value associated with the user from whom the message report is received. The method also includes adding, if the confidence value exceeds a predetermined confidence value threshold, the confidence value to a signature value associated with the electronic message, and determining if the signature value exceeds a signature value threshold. The method further includes filtering the electronic message if the signature value exceeds the signature value threshold.
US09485263B2	Volatility-based classifier for security solutions Various embodiments provide an approach to classifying security events based on the concept of behavior change detection or “volatility.” Behavior change detection is utilized, in place of a pre-defined patterns approach, to look at a system's behavior and detect any variances from what would otherwise be normal operating behavior. In operation, machine learning techniques are utilized as an event classification mechanism which facilitates implementation scalability. The machine learning techniques are iterative and continue to learn over time. Operational scalability issues are addressed by using the computed volatility of the events in a time series as input for a classifier. During a learning process (i.e., the machine learning process), the system identifies relevant features that are affected by security incidents. When in operation, the system evaluates those features in real-time and provides a probability that an incident is about to occur.
US09485260B2	Method and apparatus for information verification The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for user verification. A terminal device recognizes a sequence of click operations made by the user according to a maneuver prompted on a terminal device. The sequence of click operations carries operation information from which a click pattern characteristic, such as a characteristic code, can be determined. Upon receiving the determined click pattern characteristic, a server verifies the user input by matching the click pattern characteristic with a verification code set or stored by the server. The click pattern characteristic may be based on recognizing clicking or tapping operations performed by the user at a specified time and/or in a designated area. The method enables user verification on devices that lowers the rate of errors in the user input of verification codes.
US09485254B2	Method and system for authenticating a security device Methods for authenticating a security device at a local network location for providing a secure access from the local network location to a remote network location are provided. A security device is registered by installing private security software on the security device that generates an asymmetrical encryption key pair including an encryption key and a decryption key. The encryption key is stored only on the security device and the decryption key is stored only on a remote server. Embodiments of the present invention provide increased security by not storing the encryption key on the remote server so that attackers stealing data from the server cannot pretend to a user having the registered security device. A corresponding system for authenticating a security device is also provided.
US09485250B2	Authority trusted secure system component One embodiment is in the form of a Self-Service Terminal (SST), such as an automated teller machine (ATM). The SST includes a peripheral device, such as a cash dispenser, and a security controller device including a memory device and a coupling to the peripheral device. The security controller device is operable to perform data processing activities including receiving peripheral device identifying data from the peripheral device and transmitting a public key (SCpk) of the security controller device to the peripheral device. The security controller may then decrypt a received peripheral device encryption key (Ki) according to SCpk, generate a first security controller encryption key (Ke1), and generate a first message authentication code key and encrypt the first message authentication code key according to Ke1 to obtain (Km1)Ke1. (Km1)Ke1 may then be stored in the memory device and transmitted to the peripheral device.
US09485248B2	Elevating trust in user identity during RESTful authentication and authorization Credentials sent over a back channel during the authentication of a user to a RESTful service can elevate the trust the recipient system can place in the user's identity. The addition of an identity credential of higher strength can increase confidence in user identities electronically presented with a lower strength credential. Attributes from either credential can be used to determine authorization to a protected resource.
US09485244B2	Executing an operation over file repositories located in different authentication domains using a representational state transfer (REST)-compliant client An initial server, located in an initial authentication domain, receives a requested operation from a RESTful client system, and generates a redirections list having entries indicating servers located in authentication domains other than the initial domain. The initial server transmits the redirections list back to the client system. The redirections list instructs the client system to perform a command on each of the servers indicated in the redirections list, and may optionally be transmitted with a partial result from the initial server. The client system verifies that partial results in responses from servers in the other authentication domains and from the initial server are of an appropriate result type and number, and then aggregates all the partial results received from all authentication domains into a single final result, which may be displayed to a user of the client system.
US09485241B2	Secure communication paths in data networks with tethered devices A communication network processes intermediate security data from intermediate access nodes on a communication path between a network access node and an end-point device to determine if the intermediate access nodes are authorized. If the intermediate access nodes are authorized, then the network processes end-point security data from the end-point device to determine if the end-point device is authorized. If the end-point device is authorized, then the network processes end-point tethering data from the end-point device to determine if any tethered communication devices are coupled to the end-point device. If the end-point device is not coupled to any tethered communication devices, then the network authorizes a data transfer session for the end-point device over the communication path. If the end-point device is coupled to a tethered communication device, then the network denies authorization for the data transfer session over the communication path for the end-point device.
US09485240B2	Multi-account login method and apparatus The present invention discloses a multi-account login method and apparatus. Herein, the multi-account login method comprises: opening a temporary webpage window in a browser according to a multi-account login instruction; creating a Cookie for the temporary webpage window, wherein the Cookie is independent of a global Cookie of the browser; and performing multi-account login by using the temporary webpage window. By means of this application, it is convenient for a multi-account user to use a browser, thereby improving the use experience of the multi-account user in using the browser.
US09485234B1	Virtualized endpoints in a multi-tenant environment Customers accessing resources or services in a multi-tenant environment can obtain assurance that a provider of that environment will honor only requests associated with the customer and will reject any requests that might have been tampered with or otherwise falsely generated. Various endpoints or interfaces can be used, which can be located in the multi-tenant environment, in a customer environment, or in a separate location. These endpoints or interfaces can sign unsigned requests, or otherwise increase the credentials of a signed request, on behalf of a customer. In some embodiments, additional metadata can be added that can increase the authentication level of the requests. Such an approach can enable a customer to provide or delegate access to the resources without exposing the credentials outside a secure environment.
US09485233B1	Virtual desktop accelerator support for network gateway The subject disclosure relates to a method for initiating an accelerated desktop session between a client device and a remote server. In some aspects, the method includes steps for receiving a request, from a client device, to initiate a second connection with a server using a second communication protocol, in response to the request, facilitating a validation of the client device by forwarding a token received from the client device to the server and receiving, from the server, an indication that the client device has been properly validated. In certain aspects, the method further comprises steps for initiating the second connection between the client device and the server using the second communication protocol, based on the indication that the client device has been properly validated. A client device and computer-readable medium are also provided.
US09485226B2	Method for including an implicit integrity or authenticity check into a white-box implementation A method of performing a cryptographic operation using a cryptographic implementation in a cryptographic system, including: receiving, by the cryptographic system, an identifying string value; receiving, by the cryptographic system, an input message; performing, by the cryptographic system, a keyed cryptographic operation mapping the input message into an output message wherein the output message is the correct result when the identifying string value equals a binding string value.
US09485225B2	Method for manufacturing a filtering module A method is provided for defining a filtering module between a first module processing information with a first sensitivity level, and a second module processing information with a second sensitivity level connected, in parallel with the filtering module, by a cryptographic module. The method includes defining a set of filtering rules in a language that can be compiled, defining the properties of messages whereof transmission is allowed between the first and second modules; validation processing the predefined set of rules, validating that a transmission authorization or refusal has in fact been provided by applying the set of rules to any information that may be provided at the input of the filtering module; compiling the predefined set of rules; and integrating the compiled set of rules into a rules database of the filtering module.
US09485218B2	Device for preventing, detecting and responding to security threats A device to prevent, detect and respond to one or more security threats between one or more controlled hosts and one or more services accessible from the controlled host. The device determines the authenticity of a user of a controlled host and activates user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls all communications between the user, the controlled host and the services. As such, the device ensures the flow of only legitimate and authorized communications. Suspicious communications, such as those with malicious intent, malformed packets, among others, are stopped, reported for analysis and action. Additionally, upon detecting suspicious communication, the device modifies the activated user specific configurations under which the device monitors and controls the communications between the user, the controlled host and the services.
US09485214B2	Use of reversed DNS records for distributed mapping of asymmetric cryptographic keys to custom data A server sends a lookup request for a first domain name to a Domain Name System (DNS) in response to receiving data associated with a user. The first domain name includes the data associated with the user. The server receives, an Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the first domain name from the DNS. In response to receiving a request for data, the server determines an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the request comprises an identifier, and wherein the IP address is determined based on the identifier. The server sends a reversed domain name lookup request for the IP address to the DNS. The server receives a domain name in response to the reversed domain name lookup request from the DNS. The data is determined based on the received domain name.
US09485211B2	Social networking website system with automatic participation based on current location information A social networking website system with automatic registration based on a current location information. Individuals are automatically enrolled into social network services based on a current location determined from their mobile devices. In particular, farmers in rural places can be enrolled into social networks in their local districts, and they can interact with others using audio and video messages employing their local languages. Such interaction can be adhoc in nature, employing audio messages, or audio and video messages. In general, automatic memberships to social networks, social groups and to discussion lists are provided to users, based on user's current location.
US09485210B2	Systems and methods for social parenting platform and network A parent social network based on relationship of children, including of activities, needs, interests or combinations thereof, is described. The parent social network can identify at least two minors with a common activity, need, interest or combination thereof, identify an adult responsible for the identified minors; and propose to link the identified adults. The parent social network can also provide post and other data to a parent based on interests and activities of a child. The parent social network can also identify and subscribe the parent to relevant children related calendars. The parent social network can allow effective communication between relevant parents using messaging and other means.
US09485207B2	Processing of messages using theme and modality criteria Embodiments related to a message processing system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computing system may include receiver logic to receive a message addressed to a user; analysis logic to determine whether a message collection, including the received message, has a common theme (e.g., a common sender or common content); modality logic to identify a messaging modality associated with each of the messages in the message collection; criteria logic to determine whether the message collection satisfies modality criteria (e.g., the messages represent at least two different messaging modalities); and notification logic to provide a notification of the message collection in response to determining that the message collection has a common theme and satisfies the modality criteria. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US09485204B2	Reducing photo-tagging spam A photo spam detector detects illegitimate non-natively captured images through extracting image features and feeding the extracted features into a probabilistic model. The probabilistic model categorizes the photo as legitimate or illegitimate. Requests to tag one or more users in a photo are analyzed by a tag analyzer that assesses relationships between the tag requests themselves, social relationships between the tagged users, and the presence or absence of faces within the regions specified by the tag requests. Based on the classification of images or tags as illegitimate, a social networking system applies one or more social media distribution policies to the image or tags to suppress or prohibit distribution.
US09485200B2	Network switch with external buffering via looparound path Described embodiments process data packets received by a network switch coupled to an external buffering device. The network switch determines a queue of an internal buffer of the network switch associated with a flow of the received packet and determines whether the received packet should be forwarded to the external buffering device. If the received packet should be forwarded to the external buffering device, the network switch sets an external buffering active indicator indicating that the network switch is in an external buffering mode for the flow, tags the received packet with metadata, and forwards the packet to the external buffering device. The external buffering device stores the forwarded packet in a queue of a memory of the external buffering device corresponding to the tagged metadata of the forwarded packet. The network switch processes packets stored in the internal buffer of the network switch.
US09485197B2	Task scheduling using virtual clusters In one embodiment, a device receives information regarding a data set to be processed by a map-reduce process. The device generates a set of virtual clusters for the map-reduce process based on network bandwidths between nodes of the virtual clusters, each node of the virtual cluster corresponding to a resource device, and associates the data set with a map-reduce process task. The device then schedules the execution of the task by a node of the virtual clusters based on the network bandwidth between the node and a source node on which the data set resides.
US09485195B2	Instantaneous random early detection packet dropping with drop precedence A circuit that receives queue number that indicates a queue stored within a memory unit and a packet descriptor that includes a drop precedence value, and in response determines an instantaneous queue depth of the queue. The instantaneous queue depth and drop precedence value are used to determine a drop probability. The drop probability is used to randomly determine if the packet descriptor should be stored in the queue. When a packet descriptor is not stored in a queue the packet associated with the packet descriptor is dropped. The queue has a first queue depth range. A first drop probability is used when the queue depth is within the first queue depth range and the drop precedence is equal to the first value. A second drop probability is used when the queue depth is within the first queue depth range and the drop precedence equal to a second value.
US09485192B2	Selectable service node resources In one example, a method includes receiving, by a service node, a request from an access node to establish a pseudowire to be used for sending subscriber traffic to the service node for application of services to the subscriber traffic at the service node, and, in response to receiving the request, sending a request message from the service node to a central server requesting both subscriber authentication and assignment of a forwarding component of the service node to which to anchor the pseudowire. The method also includes receiving, by the service node and from the central server, an authentication message in response to the request message, wherein the authentication message confirms subscriber authentication and indicates a forwarding component of the service node to which the service node should anchor the pseudowire.
US09485191B2	Flow-control within a high-performance, scalable and drop-free data center switch fabric A high-performance, scalable and drop-free data center switch fabric and infrastructure is described. The data center switch fabric may leverage low cost, off-the-shelf packet-based switching components (e.g., IP over Ethernet (IPoE)) and overlay forwarding technologies rather than proprietary switch fabric. In one example, host network accelerators (HNAs) are positioned between servers (e.g., virtual machines or dedicated servers) of the data center and an IPoE core network that provides point-to-point connectivity between the servers. The HNAs are hardware devices that embed virtual routers on one or more integrated circuits, where the virtual router are configured to extend the one or more virtual networks to the virtual machines and to seamlessly transport packets over the switch fabric using an overlay network. In other words, the HNAs provide hardware-based, seamless access interfaces to overlay technologies used for communicating packet flows through the core switching network of the data center.
US09485190B2	Allocating shaping resources for a cloud computing environment based on transfer speeds associated with the shaping resources A device stores shaping resource information in a data structure, where the shaping resource information includes identifiers associated with shaping resources of the device, information indicating whether the shaping resources are available, and information indicating transfer speeds associated with the shaping resources. The device defines a group of available shaping resources based on the shaping resource information stored in the data structure, and receives a packet requesting a particular transfer speed associated with transmitting the packet. The device performs a search of the group of available shaping resources based on the particular transfer speed requested by the packet, and identifies, based on the search, a list of one or more available shaping resources with transfer speeds that match the particular transfer speed requested by the packet. The device transmits the packet toward a destination via one of the one or more available shaping resources provided in the list.
US09485186B2	Network congestion control with awareness of random packet losses Messages are sent from a first network device to a second network device across a network. The network includes a network portion with an expected random packet loss rate. The actual packet loss rate for packets sent across the network is compared to the expected random packet loss rate. A determination is made that the actual packet loss rate is greater than the expected random packet loss rate. Compensation for network congestion is performed in response to the determination that the actual packet loss rate exceeds the expected random packet loss rate.
US09485185B2	Adjusting connection validating control signals in response to changes in network traffic Some embodiments provide a method for reducing the transmission of connection validating control signals when they are not needed. Network entities transmit connection validating control signals over network connections at regular intervals to validate that the network connections and the network entities remain functional. The method monitors data traffic fluctuations on the network connections to determine when connection validating control signals may not be needed. The method reduces unnecessary connection validating control signals in order to optimize the usage of network resources.
US09485184B2	Congestion control for delay sensitive applications In various embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed for a hybrid rate plus window based congestion protocol that controls the rate of packet transmission into the network and provides low queuing delay, practically zero packet loss, fair allocation of network resources amongst multiple flows, and full link utilization. In one embodiment, a congestion window may be used to control the maximum number of outstanding bits, a transmission rate may be used to control the rate of packets entering the network (packet pacing), a queuing delay based rate update may be used to control queuing delay within tolerated bounds and minimize packet loss, and aggressive ramp-up/graceful back-off may be used to fully utilize the link capacity and additive-increase, multiplicative-decrease (AIMD) rate control may be used to provide fairness amongst multiple flows.
US09485180B2	Loop free alternate selection for multi-homed networks In one example, a network device determines a set of candidate loop-free alternate (LFA) next hops for forwarding network traffic from the network device to a multi-homed network by taking into account a first cost associated with a second path from a first border router to the multi-homed network and a second cost associated with a second border router to the multi-homed network, wherein the multi-homed network is external to an interior routing domain in which the network device is located. The network device selects an LFA next hop from the set of candidate LFA next hops, to be stored as an alternate next hop for forwarding network traffic to the multi-homed network, and updates forwarding information stored by the network device to install the selected LFA next hop as the alternate next hop for forwarding network traffic from the network device to the multi-horned network.
US09485179B2	Apparatus and method for scalable and flexible table search in a network switch A network switch comprises a packet processing pipeline including a plurality of packet processing clusters configured to process a received packet through multiple packet processing stages based on table search/lookup results. The network switch further includes a plurality of search logic units each corresponding one of the plurality of packet processing clusters, wherein each of the search logic units is configured to convert a unified search request of a table from its corresponding packet processing cluster to a plurality table search commands specific to one or more memory clusters that maintain the table, provide the plurality table search commands specific to the memory clusters in parallel and collect and provide the table search results from the memory clusters to the corresponding packet processing cluster. The network switch further includes said one or more memory clusters configured to maintain the table to be searched, search the table in parallel according to the plurality table search commands from the search logic unit, and process and provide the table search results to the search logic unit.
US09485177B2	Client applications communicating via a user tunnel Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for managing communication of data to/from a device. For example, multiple client applications running on the device can communicate to a second device through a same primary socket connection. A mux module can receive data from two different client applications over respective client connections. The received data can include header information identifying the second device as the destination. When the first data from a first client application is received at the mux module, the primary socket connection can be created; and when the second data from a second client application is received, the existing primary socket connection can be identified and re-used. The primary socket connection can be managed by a controller of the mux module.
US09485175B2	Continuity check protocol optimization systems and methods A Continuity Check (CC) protocol optimization method in a switch includes operating a plurality of CC sessions with a peer switch, wherein, for CC intervals, N sessions of the plurality CC sessions are set to a short interval and M sessions of the plurality of CC sessions are set to a long interval, wherein N and M are integers; switching a first session of the N sessions with a second session of the M sessions based on one of a fault and user provisioning; and exchanging the CC intervals between the first session and the second session subsequent to the switching.
US09485165B2	Method and apparatus for augmenting TWAMP According to another embodiment of the invention, TWAMP path discovery is performed to determine a sequence of IP addresses of a forward direction TWAMP E2E path to be traversed by two different TWAMP test sessions between a Sender and a Reflector. Then, additional TWAMP test request packets are transmitted for the different TWAMP test sessions; and TWAMP test reply messages are received responsive to respective ones of the TWAMP test request packets. Responsive to the TWAMP test reply messages, a PM is determined that is specific to the different sequences of IP addresses of the forward direction TWAMP E2E paths traversed by the two different TWAMP test sessions.
US09485164B2	System and method for ensuring subscriber fairness using outlier detection Various embodiments of the present invention relating to a subscriber fairness solution are disclosed. The subscriber fairness solution contemplates a variety of improved techniques for using a flow-based statistical collection mechanism to monitor subscriber usage across various attributes (e.g., subscriber byte count, flow count, etc.) and maintain subscriber usage information for different time frames. In embodiments, the subscriber fairness solution includes a detection phase and a mitigation phase. In the detection phase, “outliers,” or subscribers who are using more than their fair share of network resources, are identified. In the mitigation phase, appropriate action is taken to resolve the constraints on the network resources, caused by these outliers. The subscriber fairness solution may be embodied in hardware, software, or a composite approach of both hardware and software.
US09485163B1	Preventing split-brain scenario in a high-availability cluster As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, includes determining, by a processor, that a first node of a HA cluster is unable to communicate with a second node of the HA cluster, and initiating, by a processor, by the first node, a handshake operation with a connected client, wherein the handshake operation comprises requesting that the client determine a status of the second node and receiving, from the client, a response indicating the status of the second node. The method further includes accepting, by a processor, new requests in response to determining that the second node is unavailable, and requesting, by a processor, restoration of communications between the first node and the second node in response to determining that the second node is available. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US09485162B2	Method and system for measuring frame loss ratio The disclosure provides a method for measuring a frame loss ratio. A first end acquires a frame number of a received current measurement reply frame and a frame number of a received previous measurement reply frame, and judges whether the difference between the frame number of the current measurement reply frame and the frame number of the previous measurement reply frame is 1; if the difference is 1, the first end calculates the frame loss ratio according to count information carried in the current measurement reply frame and the previous measurement reply frame; and if the difference is greater than 1, the first end calculates the frame loss ratio according to the count information carried in the current measurement reply frame and the previous measurement reply frame and the difference.
US09485160B1	System for optimization of input/output from a storage array A system and method for optimizing the performance of one or more disks in a storage array in response to access requests by other computer devices and processes across a network. For requests to access to the storage disk from the network, such as a read/write request, a response monitor notes the service time for each access requests by the storage disk, and if the performance in handling the access requests fails to meet, at least, a predetermined time threshold, actions can be taken to migrate data, modify accesses permitted to the disk, or otherwise indicate underperformance.
US09485157B2	Synchronized routing updates for TSCH networks In one embodiment, a network node provides a time slotted channel hopping (TSCH) schedule to one or more child nodes of the network node. The TSCH schedule includes one or more mandatory routing protocol report time slots. The network node receives routing protocol reports from the one or more child nodes according to the TSCH schedule. The network node aggregates the received routing protocol reports into an aggregated routing protocol report. The network node provides the aggregated routing protocol report to a parent of the network node during a time slot that is subsequent to the one or more mandatory time slots for the one or more child nodes.
US09485156B2	Method and system for generic application liveliness monitoring for business resiliency A system and method for monitoring liveliness includes a management device which has an application layer where applications are executed. A connection monitor is located other than on the application layer, and the connection monitor is configured to receive requests from clients and deliver the requests to components on the application layer. The components include a generic application monitor which responds to liveliness monitor requests from the clients for all applications monitored, and one or more applications which response to requests to that application.
US09485153B2	Dynamic network-driven application packet resizing In one embodiment, information relating to network metrics in a computer network is collected. A packet delay for a packet to be transmitted along a particular communication path is predicted based on the network metrics. Then, an optimal packet size for optimizing a transmission experience of the packet to be transmitted along the particular communication path is calculated based on the predicted packet delay. Also, a size of the packet to be transmitted along the particular communication path is dynamically adjusted based on the calculated optimal packet size.
US09485151B2	Centralized system management on endpoints of a distributed data processing system A method is described for performing system management operations on at least one target endpoint data processing apparatus of a distributed data processing system including a system management server adapted to the centralized system management of the endpoints of the distributed data processing system. The method comprises: at the system management server, receiving a system management activities plan including at least one system management activity to be performed on the at least one target endpoint; having the system management server executing the system management activities plan, wherein the executing the plan includes performing the at least one system management activity. Prior to executing the corresponding system management activity, having the system management server cause the execution, on the at least one target endpoint, of a simulated system management activity corresponding to and adapted to simulate the at least one system management activity in the plan so as to ascertain a capability of the at least one target endpoint of successfully executing the system management activity on the at least one target endpoint; and having the system management server execute the system management activity conditionally to a result of the execution of the simulated system management activity. Preferably, a selected corrective activity may be performed to remove the cause of the negative result of the simulated system management activity.
US09485150B2	Fast reroute for segment routing traffic An apparatus and method are disclosed for fast reroute (FRR) for native segment routing (SR) traffic. In one embodiment, a node receives a packet that includes a segment routing (SR) segment identifier (ID) stack. The node determines what type of segment is designated as the active segment in the segment ID stack. Based, at least in part on the type of active segment, the node selects an update routine out of several possible update routines and performs the selected update routine. The update routine modifies the segment ID stack.
US09485148B2	Fabric formation for virtual cluster switching One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes a port to couple to a second switch and a control mechanism configured. During operation, the control mechanism receives from the second switch a set of configuration information. Based on the received configuration information, the control mechanism invites the second switch to join a virtual cluster switch.
US09485147B2	Method and device thereof for automatically finding and configuring virtual network A virtual network auto-discovery and auto-configuration method and device thereof are provided. The method includes a tenant end system automatically discovering network virtualization edges (NVEs), the NVE initiating a VN identity authentication of the tenant end system, and the NVE automatically configuring a VN forwarding table of the VN after the tenant end system passes the VN identity authentication. The method and device solve the technical problem that virtual network configuration efficiency is low due to manually configuring the virtual network, and achieve the technical effect of improving the virtual network configuration efficiency.
US09485143B1	Redundancy of network services in restricted networks Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing virtual network services provided to a network. Network services may be provided to a client network having a first network fabric at a self-contained network services system implementing a number of redundant instances of a network service application. The self-contained network services system may have a second network fabric. The second network fabric may be adapted to distribute network service tasks received from the client network which are associated with the network service application among the redundant instances of the network service application.
US09485139B2	Communication node, communication system, and method for performing a communication A communication node includes a transmission and receipt setting part configured to perform a transmission setting or a receipt setting for each information based on a transmission request or a receipt request included in a transmission and receipt request information corresponding to a second communication node detected by a communication node detector among the transmission and receipt request information stored in a memory part, a communication part configured to transmit information representing the transmission setting or the receipt setting set by the transmission and receipt setting part and to receive information representing the transmission setting or the receipt setting from another first communication node, and a consistency determining part configured to determine consistency of the transmission setting or the receipt setting set by the transmission and receipt setting part and the transmission setting or the receipt setting received by the communication part from another first communication node.
US09485130B2	Universal OFDM synchronizer for power line communication A universal OFDM synchronizer for power line communication is provided. The universal OFDM synchronizer can be used for all known OFDM standards and allows maximum flexibility with best performance. The OFDM synchronizer comprises of a preamble averaging, a correlator and a peak discriminator. The OFDM synchronizer can be used with signals having 256 sample size preamble or 512 sample size preamble.
US09485126B2	Signal combining system for constant envelope transmission of information A method and apparatus for producing a transmission of constant envelope on a carrier signal. All possible combinations of all component codes for phases for producing the transmission are defined. Desired component code powers and desired intercode phases between all pairs of component codes are also defined. Still further, a portion of variables of a search process to reduce a number of variables searched by the search process is defined. Even further, deltas and weight variations for standard differences in a Jacobian matrix for use in the search process are defined. Penalty factors to evaluate an objective function of the search process are also defined. The search process is performed.
US09485119B1	Offset correction for sense amplifier The present invention is directed to data communication. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an offset correction technique for a SERDES system. A CTLE module for receiving input data signal is set to an isolation mode, and one or more sense amplifiers perform data sampling asynchronously during the isolation mode. During the isolation mode, CLTE(s) that are not directly connected to the sense amplifiers are shut. Data sampled during the isolation mode are used to determine an offset value that is later used in normal operation of the SERDES system. There are other embodiments as well.
US09485116B2	Cellular phone line replacement adapter An apparatus and system automatically process and route data messages or packets, via a cellular network, from analog or digital data devices, wherein the routing is accomplished without a need for voice call origination on the cellular network. The apparatus includes a fixed cellular communication device and may also include a fixed wireless RF communication device and/or a mobile wireless RF transceiver. The fixed cellular communication device formats and transmits, on a cellular network, data packets received from data devices directly connected to the fixed cellular communication device and/or data packets received wirelessly from the fixed wireless RF communication device and/or from the mobile wireless RF transceiver. The fixed cellular communication device has a physical form of an AC wall adapter.
US09485114B2	MAC abstraction sub-layer and MAC table for a communication system and related communication device A method of converging a plurality of communication standards is disclosed. The method comprises providing a medium access control (MAC) abstraction sub-layer, wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer is arranged between an upper layer and a plurality of MAC layers of the plurality of communication standards; and providing a corresponding service management entity (SME) between the MAC abstraction sub-layer and the plurality of MAC layers and a plurality of physical (PHY) layers of the plurality of communication standards in a control plane; wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer communicates with the plurality of MAC layers and the plurality of PHY layers in the control plane via the corresponding SME, and the corresponding SME communicates with the MAC abstraction sub-layer via an application programming interface (API).
US09485111B2	Monitoring system In a monitoring system, a master device stores setting information indicating a predetermined state for detecting a target by using a sensor in a storage unit, and transmits the setting information to a camera (a baby monitoring camera or a monitoring camera) having a sensor built thereinto or correlated with a sensor so as to set a detection parameter therein. When the predetermined state set by the detection parameter is detected, the camera transmits a detection notification to the master device. When the detection notification is received from the camera, the master device transmits detection notification information to a smartphone, and the smartphone displays a detection information screen based on the detection notification information transmitted from the master device on a display/input unit.
US09485108B2	System and apparatus for using multichannel file delivery over unidirectional transport (“FLUTE”) protocol for delivering different classes of files in a broadcast network Embodiments provide bandwidth efficient mechanisms for delivering data to a receiver device via a wireless broadcast network such that data may be assembled in the receiver device for use by a local application. In the various embodiments, data files may be broadcast as content elements via the broadcast network using the FLUTE protocol during a FLUTE session. In an embodiment, the content elements may be broadcast according to a broadcast schedule that may identify a time at which the content elements will be broadcast and the broadcast schedule may be communicated in a file delivery table (FDT) transmitted during a FLUTE session.
US09485106B2	Method for processing TDF session and PCRF A method for processing Traffic Detection Function (TDF) session and a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) are provided. The method includes: the PCRF links a first TDF session related with a proxy mobile Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address and a second TDF session related with a first proxy mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address to a same IP Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN) session; when the IPv4 address of the IP-CAN session is released, the PCRF requests the TDF to terminate the first TDF session.
US09485105B2	Method and telecommunications network utilizing more than one online charging system for a given user A method for enhanced policy and charging control when a telecommunications network is used by a User Equipment corresponding to a subscriber includes a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function and a first Online Charging System, configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The telecommunications network further includes a second Online Charging System being configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The method includes: communicating, by an interworking credit control function of the telecommunications network, relative to the subscriber of the telecommunications network and with regard to the same or overlapping traffic of the subscriber via a first online charging interface with the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, via a second online charging interface with the first Online Charging System, and via a third online charging interface with the second Online Charging System.
US09485104B2	Information processing system An information processing system according to the present invention includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected by a multihop network, and each of the information processing apparatuses includes a first communication unit configured to transmit and receive a first packet including information about a destination address and a second communication unit configured to communicate at a frequency higher than that of the first communication unit and transmit and receive a second packet including a payload, and in each of the information processing apparatuses, when the first communication unit receives the first packet, the second communication unit is woken up, so that efficient data transfer can be achieved while the power consumption is saved.
US09485101B2	Provisioning digital certificates in a network environment A method for provisioning digital certificates in a compute service environment may include authorizing a customer entity for using and/or controlling a network resource in the compute service environment. Upon completing the authorization, a digital certificate may be issued to the customer entity. The digital certificate may be associated with the network resource and may be issued for a limited duration period. The use and/or control of the network resource by the customer entity may be monitored. Reissuance of the digital certificate may be conditioned on whether the customer entity is still using and/or controlling the network resource in the compute service environment. If the customer entity is still using and/or controlling the network resource in the multi-tenant environment, the digital certificate may be automatically reissued for another limited duration period. The automatically reissuing may take place without receiving a certificate reissue request from the customer entity.
US09485094B1	Systems and methods for stable physically unclonable functions Various embodiments of the invention allow to take advantage of the natural statistical variation of physical properties in a semiconductor device in order to create truly random, repeatable, and hard to detect cryptographic bits. In certain embodiments, this is accomplished by pairing mismatch values of PUF elements so as to ensure that PUF key bits generated thereform remain insensitive to environmental errors, without affecting the utilization rate of available PUF elements.
US09485089B2	Stego key management Systems, methods, devices and computer program products are provided that improve stego key management of watermarking systems and reduce the impact of leaked secrets related to watermark embedding and extraction operations. In the event that a watermark extractor is compromised and its extraction stego key is revealed, new extraction stego key sets are generated and assigned to a particular group of devices with similar security features. The new extraction stego key sets have significant overlap with one another, and can be retired once a device within the particular group of devices is compromised. The described techniques are complementary to other security enhancement practices, such as obfuscation and tamper resistant techniques, to strengthen the security of a watermarking system.
US09485088B2	Systems and methods for dynamic data masking Systems and methods for dynamic data masking are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems can be used to dynamically mask data in cryptographic operations, such as advanced encryption standard (AES) operations, data encryption standard (DES) operations or triple DES operations. Specifically, data in cryptographic operations can be covered with unlimited and continuously changing masks. As an example, the Substitution table, key schedule, and state register in AES, or key schedule and selection functions in a DES or triple DES can be covered with unlimited and constantly changing masks. In an aspect, dynamic masking operations can be combined with orbital RAM algorithm and no-operation clocks to make power signature analysis in cryptographic attacks even more difficult.
US09485083B2	Method and apparatus for time synchronization between nodes A method and apparatus for time synchronization between a plurality of nodes in a network. The apparatus distinguishes between an optical synchronization signal for synchronization between nodes and an optical data signal for data transmission, and synchronizes nodes with each other using the optical synchronization signal.
US09485082B1	Multi-mode phase-frequency detector for clock and data recovery A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit produces an in-phase clock, a quadrature clock offset by 90 degrees from the in-phase clock, and an auxiliary clock offset from the in-phase clock by a fraction of 90 degrees. A data sampler cyclically samples a data signal to form sets of samples according to the in-phase, quadrature, and auxiliary clocks, each set comprising an in-phase sample, a quadrature sample, and an auxiliary sample. A CDR logic circuit processes the samples to form a timing word for each set.
US09485081B2	Apparatus for compensating for skew between data signals and clock signal An apparatus for compensating for a skew is provided between data signals supplied through a plurality of data lines and a clock signal supplied through a clock line. A skew compensation apparatus includes a plurality of data receivers each configured to delay a data signal supplied through a corresponding data line based on associated phase difference data and to output the delayed data signal, a clock receiver configured to receive a clock signal supplied through a clock line, and a phase controller configured to select any one of the plurality of data receivers and to output, to the selected data receiver, a phase control signal configured to correct the phase difference data of the selected data receiver based on the phase difference between a data signal output from the selected data receiver and the clock signal.

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