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US09636459B2	Auto-injector An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is presented having a tubular chassis telescopable in an elongate chassis, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged partially inside the chassis and inside the case, where the carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. The auto-injector also has a control spring arranged around the carrier, a needle insertion control mechanism for coupling a proximal end of the control spring to either the carrier for advancing it for needle insertion or to the chassis, wherein the needle insertion control mechanism comprises a first collar biased by the control spring in a proximal direction (P), wherein at least one fifth clip is arranged on one of the chassis or the first collar initially abutting a block on the other of the chassis or the first collar.
US09636451B2	Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods are disclosed.
US09636448B2	Recirculation device of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus A recirculation device of an extracorporeal blood treatment device is disclosed with a preferably universal medical fluid container to which an arterial line section of a fluid conducting system of the extracorporeal blood treatment device can be connected as an option. Furthermore, the recirculation device has a 3-way switch, preferably a 3-way valve, which is arranged directly downstream of the universal medical fluid container. A conduit of the 3-way switch is preferably coupled with a spike or a similar connecting device or is formed in one piece together with it.
US09636445B2	Ambulatory ultrafiltration device with control unit programmed to control a drive fluid pump to perform ultrafiltration An ambulatory ultrafiltration device includes a blood filter that has a blood side or fluid communication with the vascular system of the subject, an ultrafiltrate side, and a semipermeable membrane disposed between the blood side and the ultrafiltrate side. The ambulatory ultrafiltration also includes a buffer vessel in fluid communication with the blood side of the blood filter, and a blood pump. The blood pump is controlled to alternate between a withdrawal phase and a return phase. In the withdrawal phase, blood is withdrawn on a blood path from the subject via the blood filter to the buffer vessel. In the return phase, blood is returned from the buffer vessel to the subject on the blood path. The blood filter is arranged to remove ultrafiltrate from the blood during at least one of the withdrawal and return phases.
US09636442B2	Pressure actuated single-lumen blood pumping device A pressure actuated single-lumen blood pumping device has a housing (4) having a wall (19) bounding a pressure transfer chamber (11; 411). The housing (4) bounds a pressure transfer port (9) for connection to a pressure source, the pressure transfer port (9) communicating with the pressure transfer chamber (11; 411) for alternatingly transferring over pressure and under pressure from the pressure source to the pressure transfer chamber (11; 411). A flexible tubular membrane (2; 102; 202; 302; 402) is arranged in the pressure transfer chamber (11; 411). A blood transfer conduit (3; 103; 203; 303; 403) passes through the wall (19) bounding the pressure transfer chamber (11; 411) and the blood transfer conduit (3; 103; 203; 303; 403) connects to opposite ends (5, 6; 105; 405, 406) of the flexible tubular membrane (2; 102; 202; 302; 402).
US09636439B2	Delivery of therapeutics to treat aneurysms A method and device for the treatment of an aneurysm are provided. Different therapeutic agents are delivered to the aneurysmal site by a reservoir and delivery means in a localized, and, in some embodiments, time-released regimen, to treat, limit and reduce the severity of the aneurysm.
US09636437B2	Extracellular matrix encasement structures and methods A bioremodelable encasement structure comprising a pouch formed from at least one sheet of bioremodelable material, the pouch including an internal region that is configured to receive a device therein, the bioremodelable material comprising mesothelial tissue.
US09636436B2	Compositions of and methods for cancellous bone matrix A bone repair composition including a cancellous bone matrix with cortical and/or cancellous bone particles loaded therein; and a kit comprising the cancellous bone matrix and the cortical and/or cancellous bone particles.
US09636435B2	Method for shaping tissue matrices Methods for shaping tissue matrices are provided. The methods can be used to produce shaped tissue products that retain desired biologic properties without using chemical crosslinking agents.
US09636429B2	Tray and bracket system and related methods A bracket and tray connection system includes a tray with a plurality of connector holes positioned therein, wherein the tray has an upper surface. A bracket has a base surface positioned proximate to an upper surface of the tray. At least one fastening tab is formed on the base surface of the bracket, wherein the fastening tab extends away from the base surface and through at least one of the connector holes within the tray. An interior corner pocket is formed by the fastening tab and located at least partially between the base surface and the fastening tab. An exterior corner of at least one of the connector holes is positioned with the interior corner pocket. A retainer structure is formed on the base surface of the bracket, wherein the retainer structure engages with the tray to retain the exterior corner positioned within the interior corner pocket.
US09636426B2	Polymer-type fluorescent molecule probe The present invention provides a fluorescent molecular probe for efficient fluorescent detection (visualization) of tumors or for implementing fluorescent detection and photodynamic treatment, more specifically, the present invention provides a macromolecular fluorescent molecular probe for fluorescent detection of tumor, comprising a complex comprising a fluorescent molecule and a biocompatibie macromolecule.
US09636423B2	Optical sensor conjugates for detecting reactive oxygen and/or reactive nitrogen species in vivo The present invention provides methods and compositions based on optical sensor conjugates that are useful for detecting reactive oxygen, reactive nitrogen, or both species that are a direct result of inflammation caused by tissue damage.
US09636420B2	Polypeptide complex comprising non-peptidyl polymer having three functional ends Disclosed is a protein complex, comprising a physiologically active polypeptide, a dimeric protein and a non-peptidyl polymer having three functional ends (3-arm), with the linkage of both the physiologically active polypeptide and the dimeric protein to the 3-arm non-peptidyl polymer via respective covalent bonds. The protein complex guarantees the long acting activity and biostability of a physiologically active polypeptide. Having the ability to maintain the bioactivity of physiologically active polypeptides or peptides highly and to significantly improve the serum half life of the polypeptides or peptides, the protein complex can be applied to the development of sustained release formulations of various physiologically active polypeptide drugs. Also, it utilizes raw materials including the physiologically active polypeptides without significant loss, thereby increasing the production yield. Further, it can be easily purified.
US09636419B2	Targeting multiple receptors on a cell surface for specific cell targeting A method of delivering a cargo agent into cytosol of a cell can include: providing the delivery system of one of the embodiments described herein having the first and second delivery platforms; and administering the delivery system to a cell so as to cause targeting of two features on the cell so as to: cause endocytosis of the first and second delivery platforms of the delivery system into a common endosome, destabilize the endosome of the cell having the delivery system, release the cargo agent from the second linker; and release the cargo agent from the destabilized endosome into cytosol of the cell. A method of treating a disease can include: performing the method of method of delivering a cargo agent into cytosol of a cell in a subject having a disease, wherein the cargo agent is a therapeutic agent for the disease.
US09636418B2	Potent and selective inhibitors of NAV1.7 Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising an isolated polypeptide, which is a peripherally-restricted NaV1.7 inhibitor. In some disclosed embodiments, the isolated polypeptide is an inhibitor of NaV1.7. Other embodiments are conjugated embodiments of the inventive composition of matter and pharmaceutical compositions containing the inventive composition of matter. Isolated nucleic acids encoding some embodiments of inventive polypeptides and expression vectors, and recombinant host cells containing them are disclosed. A method of treating or preventing pain is also disclosed.
US09636415B2	Bispecific molecule binding TLR9 and CD32 and comprising a T cell epitope for treatment of allergies A molecule or molecule complex capable of binding to TLR9 and to CD32 comprising at least one epitope of at least one antigen, and its use a medicament for the treatment of allergies.
US09636412B2	Conjugates of an anti-TNF-alpha antibody Conjugates of an anti-TNF antibody and one or more nonpeptidic water soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the nonpeptidic water soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided, among other things, are compositions comprising conjugates, methods of making conjugates, and methods of administering compositions to a patient.
US09636404B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising modified hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent for cancer targeting treatment and diagnostic imaging The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent for treating cancer. The hemoglobin moiety can target cancer cells and the therapeutic moiety (i.e. active agent/therapeutic drug) can kill the cancer cells efficiently. The hemoglobin-based therapeutic agent used in the present invention can be used in the treatment of various cancers such as pancreatic cancer, leukemia, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer and brain cancer. The composition can be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic agent(s) such as chemotherapeutic agent to give a synergistic effect on cancer treatment, inhibiting metastasis and/or reducing recurrence. The presently claimed hemoglobin-based 5FU-two-dye conjugate and/or hemoglobin-based 5FU-one-dye conjugate can also be used in live-cell imaging and diagnostic imaging.
US09636402B2	Flexible and/or elastic brachytherapy seed or strand A flexible or elastic brachytherapy strand that includes an imaging marker and/or a therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic agent such as a drug in a biocompatible carrier that can be delivered to a subject upon implantation into the subject through the bore of a brachytherapy implantation needle has been developed. Strands can be formed as chains or continuous arrays of seeds up to 50 centimeters or more, with or without spacer material, flaccid, rigid, or flexible.
US09636399B2	Anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies and methods of use thereof Compositions and methods for inhibiting thrombosis without compromising hemostasis are described. Compositions include anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies (aXIMabs) capable of binding to an epitope on the heavy chain of human FXI, particularly the A3 domain of the heavy chain of human FXI. Compositions also include epitope-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies, or epitope-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of the disclosure include administering the compositions described above to a subject in need thereof for the purpose of inhibiting thrombosis, reducing a required dose of an antithrombotic agent in the treatment of thrombosis, treating metastatic cancer, or treating an acute inflammatory reaction.
US09636397B2	Adjuvant compositions and related methods The present disclosure provides for an adjuvant composition that is suited for injectable as well as transdermal administration. The adjuvant composition generally comprises a lipophile, a polymer of acrylic or methacrylic acid, saline, cholesterol, a saponin, and sodium hydroxide. A vaccine composition is also provided for that generally includes the vaccine composition of the present disclosure and a DNA component. A method for vaccinating animals and humans utilizing the adjuvant composition of the present disclosure is also provided.
US09636395B2	Medicaments and methods for treating mesothelioma The present invention relates to the use of at least one attenuated measles virus for the manufacture of a medicament intended for treating malignant mesothelioma in an individual.
US09636392B2	Production method for capsular polysaccharide having pneumococcal serotype The present invention provides an improved method of producing a capsular polysaccharide having a pneumococcal serotype. The method according to the present invention includes a step of additionally culturing bacterial cells producing a pneumococcal serotype without pH adjustment, thereby removing a protein precipitation process by acidification with a pH adjuster.
US09636391B2	Tuberculosis vaccine and method of using same Provided is a pharmaceutical composition that includes one or more inactivated Mycobacterium spp., which are preferably inactivated using gamma irradiation, and which is then formulated for mucosal or pulmonary delivery to a subject. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for preventing or treating mycobacterium-associated infections in a subject, including a human subject.
US09636388B2	Multi-indication mRNA cancer immunotherapy Synthetic bacterial messenger RNA can be used to prepare autologous, allogenic or direct nucleic acid cancer vaccines. Cancer cells are transfected either in vitro or in vivo with mRNA obtained from DNA that encodes an immunogenic bacterial protein. An immune response to the cancer is generated from direct administration of the mRNA in vivo or administration of vaccines prepared from cancer cells in vitro.
US09636387B2	N-domain of carcinoembryonic antigen and compositions, methods and uses thereof The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions comprising the N-domain of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). These compositions are useful for inducing or enhancing an immune response, for inhibiting tumor cell growth and for treating cancer.
US09636383B2	Synthetic platelets A synthetic platelet includes a biocompatible flexible nanoparticle that includes an outer surface and a plurality of peptides conjugated to the surface, the peptides including a plurality of von Willebrand factor-binding peptides (VBPs), collagen-binding peptides (CBPs) and an active platelet GPIIb-IIIa-binding peptides (GBPs).
US09636378B2	Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment neuropathy The disclosure relates to methods for treating a subject suffering from hyperalgesia caused by drug-induced neuropathy by administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide. The disclosure also relates to methods for protecting a subject from hyperalgesia caused by drug-induced neuropathy by administering an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject at risk for developing the condition.
US09636377B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degeneration The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of eIF2α, a compound increasing the expression and/or activity of protein BiP and/or an inhibitor of Caspase-12, preferably an inhibitor of eIF2α and a compound increasing the expression and/or activity of protein BiP. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating retinal degeneration related to ciliary dysfunction.
US09636373B1	KAVA-based beverage composition This invention relates generally to a composition, and more specifically, to a kava-based beverage composition. In one embodiment, a beverage composition includes, but is not limited to, water; kava extract present in an approximate amount of 23.6 mg to 28.8 mg per ounce of water (e.g. yielding 7 mg to 8.6 mg of kavalactones per ounce of water or around 126 mg of kavalactones per 16 ounces of water); milk thistle extract present in an approximate amount of 4 mg to 4.8 mg per ounce of water; and yerba mate extract present in an approximate amount of 2 mg to 2.4 mg per ounce of water.
US09636372B2	Combinations of herb extracts having synergistic antioxidant effect, and methods relating thereto The present invention comprises mixtures of herb extracts which exert synergistic antioxidant effect and comprise the herb sophora and kudzu. Skin care preparations incorporating such herb extract mixtures, and their methods of preparation and use, are also claimed.
US09636367B2	Composition for use in increasing insulin sensitivity and/or reducing insulin resistance The invention discloses a composition comprising at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, at least one probiotic and a mixture of oligosaccharides, said mixture containing at least one of lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide different from LNnT and LNT, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one neutral oligosaccharide, for use in increasing insulin sensitivity and/or reducing insulin resistance. This composition optionally further comprises 2′-fucosyllactose (FL). This composition is particularly adapted for use in infants who were born preterm and/or who experienced IUGR, in pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes and in children, adolescents, and adults suffering from insulin resistance and/or type II diabetes.
US09636365B2	Antibacterial food composition The present invention relates to an antibacterial food composition comprising a Propolis extract and a Vaccinium macrocarpon cranberry extract.
US09636359B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer comprising trypsinogen and/or chymotrypsinogen and an active agent selected from a selenium compound, a vanilloid compound and a cytoplasmic glycolysis reduction agent The present invention generally relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a protease proenzyme and use thereof for treating cancer. The pharmaceutical compositions are directed to compositions comprising a protease proenzyme and an active agent, the composition being capable of providing a multi-functional approach for treating cancer. The pharmaceutical compositions are also directed to compositions comprising a first and a second protease proenzyme capable of activation at or near a surface of a tumor cell to enhance cell-to-cell adhesion of tumor cells, effect proteolysis of tumor cells, or induce tumor cell apoptosis, differentiation or immunorecognition, wherein the first protease proenzyme is chymotrypsinogen and the second protease proenzyme is trypsinogen. The pharmaceutical compositions are also directed to compositions comprising a first and second active agent each capable of inducing intracellular activity in tumor cells.
US09636354B2	Methods for sustained and regulatable gene expression using viral based expression vectors Disclosed are genetic expression cassettes, and vectors comprising them useful for the delivery of isolated nucleic acid segments including those expressing or encoding one or more selected therapeutic constructs (including, without limitation, therapeutic peptides, polypeptides, ribozymes, or catalytic RNA molecules), to one or more selected cells or tissues of a vertebrate animal. Methods employing the disclosed genetic constructs in the development of gene therapy-based viral vector systems are also disclosed. The expression cassettes and viral vectors disclosed herein provide new tools for methods of treating mammalian, and in particular, human diseases, disorders, and/or dysfunctions. The disclosed compositions and methods find particular utility in a variety of investigative, diagnostic, and therapeutic regimens, including, for example, in the treatment or amelioration of symptoms of a variety of mammalian, and particularly, human conditions.
US09636353B2	Method for treatment of acne using pharmaceutical compositions of clindamycin and adapalene The present invention relates to a method for treating, reducing or preventing acne. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for reducing the total number, incidence and severity of acne lesions on the skin which includes both inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions. Further, the invention relates to reducing the incidence and severity of adverse events resulting from topical application of anti-acne agents resulting in improvement of skin tone. The method includes administering a novel and stable topical anti-acne pharmaceutical composition.
US09636349B2	Synthetic bile acid compositions and methods Bile acids and related compositions and methods of synthesis and use. More specifically, deoxycholic acid and related compositions, said compositions being free of all moieties of animal origin and free of pyrogenic moieties.
US09636342B2	Method for treating prostate cancer The invention provides a method for treating prostate cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a selective inhibitor of one or more of CDK8 and CDK19. In some embodiments the inhibitor inhibits CDK19. In some embodiments, the inhibitor inhibits CDK8 at a Kd of lower than 200 nM and/or inhibits CDK19 at a Kd of lower than 100 nM. In some embodiments, the prostate cancer is androgen independent. In some embodiments, the prostate cancer is androgen independent due to one or more of androgen receptor gene amplification, androgen receptor gene mutation, ligand-independent transactivation of androgen receptor and activation of intracellular androgen synthesis. In some embodiments, the inhibitor inhibits increased activity of NF-κB. In some embodiments, the inhibitor does not inhibit increased basal levels of NF-κB. In some embodiments, inhibition of one or more genes by AR is not inhibited.
US09636340B2	Kinase inhibitors The disclosed molecules are inhibitors of Bcr-Abl and Src kinases. The molecules are cytotoxic to Gleevec resistant cells. Inhibitors of Bcr-Abl and Src kinases are used in the treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia among other diseases.
US09636335B2	Heteroaryl compounds as 5-HT4 receptor ligands The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of above said novel compounds, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds of formula (I) are useful in the treatment of various disorders that are related to 5-HT4 receptors.
US09636331B2	Compositions and methods for treating bacterial infections Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09636330B2	Tetrahydrocarboline derivative An object of the present invention is to provide a drug having the inhibitory activity on ENPP2 which is a different target from that of the existing drug, as a medicament useful in a urinary excretion disorder patient for whom the existing drug has the insufficient effect.The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein definition of each group is as defined in the description) having the ENPP2 inhibitory activity, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof, and an agent for preventing or treating urinary excretion disorder and/or improving symptoms thereof, containing them as an active ingredient.
US09636323B2	Method of treating cancer that overexpresses TopBP1 The present invention provides a method of treating cancer that overexpresses TopBP1 by administering to a patient suffering from the cancer with an effective amount of a small molecule inhibitor that binds the BRCT7/8 domain of TopBP1.
US09636319B1	Fumarate ester dosage forms Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof. In particular, oral controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters suspended in liquid matrices are described. One embodiment described herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising fumarate esters suspended in a lipid or lipophilic liquid with enhanced bioavailability.
US09636318B2	Fumarate ester dosage forms Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof. In particular, oral controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters suspended in liquid matrices are described. One embodiment described herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising fumarate esters suspended in a lipid or lipophilic liquid with enhanced bioavailability.
US09636317B2	Compositions and methods of use of phorbol esters Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms or sequelae of disease. Chronic and acute conditions may be due to viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, neoplastic diseases stroke, kidney disease, urinary incontinence, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson's disease, prostate hypertrophy, aging, or the treatment of such diseases. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools against acute and chronic conditions in mammalian subjects.
US09636316B2	Baclofen and acamprosate based therapy of neurological disorders The present invention relates to combinations and methods for the treatment of neurological disorders related to glutamate excitotoxicity and Amyloid β toxicity. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel combinatorial therapies of Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease related disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, neuropathic pain, alcoholic neuropathy, alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal, or spinal cord injury, based on baclofen and acamprosate combination.
US09636312B2	Method of treating traumatic brain injury/head injury comprising administering metal chelators to the upper one-third of the nasal cavity Methods for treating the animal central nervous system for the effects of traumatic brain injury. Therapeutic agents are administered to the upper third of the nasal cavity to bypass the blood-brain barrier and access the central nervous system directly to avoid unwanted and potentially lethal side effects. Therapeutic agents include those substances that interact with iron and/or copper such as iron chelators, copper chelators, and antioxidants. A particular example of such therapeutic agents is the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO). An effective amount of DFO may be administered to the upper third of the nasal cavity of a patient suffering from traumatic brain injury. The effective amount of DFO is delivered directly to the patient's central nervous system for treating the traumatic brain injury.
US09636309B2	Macrolide dosage forms Provided is a drug delivery composition comprising at least one polymer and at least one active agent; wherein the active agent is present in crystalline form on at least one region of an outer surface of the composition and wherein active agent surface content is adjusted to provide a selected active agent release profile.
US09636306B2	Proton pump-inhibitor-containing capsules which comprise subunits differently structured for a delayed release of the active ingredient An oral pharmaceutical composition comprises multiple populations of at least one of beads, pellets, tablets and granules provided in a capsule, the composition comprising: a first population of a pharmaceutical active comprising a pharmaceutical active substance releasable at a first rate; a population of a basic substance; and a second population of a pharmaceutical active comprising a pharmaceutical active substance releasable at a second rate. In another embodiment, the oral pharmaceutical composition comprises multiple populations of at least one of beads, pellets, tablets and granules provided in a capsule, the composition comprising: a population of a pharmaceutical active; a population of a basic substance; a population of enteric coated pharmaceutical active; and a population of enteric coated basic substance. The composition can provide multiple site specific delivery of a pharmaceutical active in a rapid, delayed and/or sustained release manner into the plasma.
US09636304B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising citrate and bicarbonate salts, and use thereof for treating cystinuria A solid oral pharmaceutical composition in the form of tablets including:—a first solid oral pharmaceutical formulation in the form of at least one micro-tablet, the micro-tablet consisting of a core including at least one Krebs cycle precursor salt as active ingredient, and of a coating including at least one coating agent, and—a second oral pharmaceutical formulation in the form of at least one mini-tablet, the mini-tablet consisting of a core including at least one bicarbonate salt as active ingredient and at least one prolonged-release matrix, and of a coating including at least one coating agent. The use thereof as a medicament, in particular in the treatment and/or prevention of cystinuria.
US09636303B2	Tamper resistant dosage form comprising an anionic polymer A pharmaceutical dosage form and method of using same, the pharmaceutical dosage form exhibiting a breaking strength of at least 500 N, said dosage form containing a pharmacologically active ingredient (A); a physiologically acceptable polymer (B) obtainable by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing an anionic functional group, in protonated form or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof; a polyalkylene oxide (C) having a weight average molecular weight of at least 200,000 g/mol, wherein the content of the polyalkylene oxide (C) is at least 20 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the dosage form; wherein the pharmacologically active ingredient (A) is present in a controlled-release matrix comprising the polymer (B) and the polyalkylene oxide (C).
US09636302B2	Lipids and compositions for intracellular delivery of biologically active compounds The present invention provides novel amino-lipids, compositions comprising such amino-lipids and methods of producing them. In addition, lipid nanoparticles comprising the novel amino-lipids and a biologically active compound are provided, as well as methods of production and their use for intracellular drug delivery.
US09636301B2	In vitro release assay for liposome encapsulated vincristine The present invention provides a novel in vitro release assay for the accurate, reproducible quantitation of vincristine sulfate release from liposomes.
US09636292B2	Topical skin care composition for night use Topical skin care composition for night use containing a combination of stabilized anti-oxidants, oat derived avenanthramides, retinol-like compounds and biofunctional peptides and other optional ingredients for topical application for the treatment and prevention of skin damage due to environmental factors.
US09636290B2	Use of a novel natural agent in cosmetic compositions The invention relates to cosmetic or dermatological compositions containing mannoproteins as an active ingredient and/or adjuvant, to the use of said cosmetic or dermatological compositions and to cosmetic treatment methods.
US09636288B2	Means for oxidative dyeing of keratin fibers containing novel tetra-substituted derivatives of pyrimidine Agents for oxidatively dyeing keratinous fibers include, in a cosmetic carrier, as an oxidation dye precursor of the developer type, at least one compound of formula (I) as set forth herein, in which R1, R2 can stand independently of each other, for a hydrogen atom, different substituted alkyl groups, and/or different substituted acrylic groups, and Y stands for a hydroxyl group, an amino group, or a C1-C6 alkylamino group, with the proviso that at least one of the moieties from the group R1 and R2 does not stand for a hydrogen atom, and/or the physiologically compatible salt thereof.
US09636287B2	Primecoat compositions for proteinaceous substrates and methods of priming proteinaceous substrates therewith Compositions containing a solution of a polyfunctional aziridine component in a non-reactive solvent, and methods of applying such compositions to proteinaceous substrates, such as fingernails and toenails, to provide primed substrates which may be further coated.
US09636284B2	Oral care compositions The present invention relates generally to oral care compositions, and more specifically to oral care compositions suitable for cleaning the oral cavity. Methods of use are also disclosed.
US09636283B2	Non-migrating colorants in multi-phase personal cleansing compositions A multi-phase personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) a structured aqueous cleansing phase comprising a surfactant and water; and (b) at least one additional, non-lamellar aqueous phase; wherein at least one of said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase comprises at least one non-migrating colorant, said non-migrating colorant comprising a cLogP value of at least about 2; and wherein said structured aqueous cleansing phase and said additional aqueous phase are packaged in physical contact with one another.
US09636281B2	Bottle holder A bottle holder for attachment to a baby bottle including a frame having an opening for placement around the neck of the baby bottle and a cover configured to attach the frame to the bottle is provided. The frame has at least 2 handles positioned on opposite sides and extending outwardly away from the frame. The frame includes a flexible material and the opening of the frame widens when the first and second handles are squeezed inwardly towards one another in order to allow the neck of the baby bottle to be inserted into the opening of the frame.
US09636278B2	System for closed transfer of fluids with a locking member A connector system for a medical device includes a first connector having an elongate opening, and a second connector including a lock portion, where the first connector is movable relative to the second connector between an initial position where the first connector is not in fluid communication with the second connector and an activated position where the first connector is in fluid communication with the second connector. The system also includes a locking member connected to the first connector. The locking member is transitionable between an unlocked position where the second connector is movable within the elongate opening of the first connector and a locked position where the locking member is configured to engage the lock portion of the second connector to lock the first connector to the second connector in the activated position. The locking member comprises a spring body received by the elongate opening of the first connector.
US09636276B2	Medicament cartridge assembly An adaptor top for a medicament cartridge, the medicament cartridge including a cylinder having a main body portion, a neck portion at a first end having a radially outwardly directed flange portion, a narrowing shoulder portion connecting the body portion and the neck portion, a cap beaded across the first end thereby to retain a fluid impermeable membrane, and the adaptor top comprising a first cylindrical body portion having a radially inwardly directed flange at one end, in use to be seated over and against the cap and a second cylindrical skirt portion being adapted, in use, to be seated against the shoulder portion of the cartridge, the second skirt portion including a plurality of fingers, the free ends of the fingers in use being adapted to be seated beneath the outwardly directed flange of the medicament cartridge.
US09636275B2	Integrated storage and delivery systems for nutritional compositions Apparatuses, kits and methods useful in the storage and delivery of nutritional compositions and other fluids are described. In a general embodiment, an integrated storage and delivery system for nutritional compositions comprises a container defining a chamber, a finish, and a penetrable seal. The finish defines an opening and the penetrable seal separating the chamber from an external environment. A spike assembly is attached to the container. The spike assembly including a cap and a spike. The cap is engaged with the finish of the container and the spike defines a projection having a distal end defining a second opening. The projection is moveable between a first position in which the distal end is adjacent a first side of the penetrable seal and a second position in which the distal end is adjacent a second side of the penetrable seal.
US09636259B2	Water resistant acoustic port in ear-mouthed hearing device Water resistant acoustic ports and electronic hearing protection devices incorporating such ports are described. More specifically, water proof acoustic ports that provide water protection for an internal sealed chamber by providing acoustically transparent inlets that are capable of withstanding external water pressure at given depth due to their volume relation to that of the internal chamber, as well as hearing protection devices incorporating such ports, are described.
US09636257B2	Patient interface for ophthalmologic diagnostic and interventional procedures A patient interface assembly for interfacing an ophthalmic intervention system with an eye of a patient includes a housing, an optical lens coupled to the housing, an eye engagement assembly coupled to the housing, the eye engagement assembly including an inner seal and an outer seal, and a tissue migration bolster structure positioned between the inner seal and outer seal and configured to apply a resisting load against portions of the eye in a vacuum zone which are capable of distending upon application of the vacuum load. The eye engagement assembly is adapted to be placed into contact with the eye of the patient by sealably engaging the eye with the inner and outer seals, thereby defining the vacuum zone as being between the inner and outer seals when placed into contact with the eye.
US09636253B1	Apparatus and methods for ocular injection An apparatus includes a housing coupled to a medicament container, which is coupled to a needle. An injection assembly is disposed within the housing and includes an energy storage member and an actuation rod. A distal end portion of the actuation rod is disposed within the medicament container. The energy storage member can produce a force on a proximal end portion of the actuation rod sufficient to move the distal end portion of the actuation rod within the medicament container. This can convey at least a portion of a substance from the medicament container via the needle when a distal tip of the needle is disposed within a first region of a target location. The force is insufficient to move the distal end portion of the actuation rod within the medicament container when the distal tip of the needle is disposed within a second region of the target location.
US09636248B2	Devices and methods for supporting a patient's legs A system and method for securing a patient's leg during a medical or diagnostic procedure having a rail assembly including a first rail pivotally coupled to a second rail, a slider block, a pivot arm, and a sole assembly with a boot to restrain and support the patient's foot.
US09636247B2	Adjustable lordosis orthopedic insert for a back brace An adjustable lordosis orthopedic insert and method of adjusting the lordosis orthopedic insert for an anatomy of a patient has a first support member configured to support a lordosis of a user's spine and a second adjustable member permanently connected to the first support member. The second adjustable member also has a relatively movable other end with a plurality of lordotic position settings to match corresponding first support member lordotic attachment positions to enable the first support member to conform to a desired setting angle. Fasteners extend through the first support member and the second adjustable member to permanently fix one of the plurality of lordotic position settings to configure the first support member at the desired lordosis setting angle. When appropriately adjusted to a setting angle, the lordosis orthopedic insert can be mounted within the flexible padded covering member for fixation to an appropriate back.
US09636241B2	Coil bioabsorbable stents An expandable, bioabsorbable stent having a coiled-coil configuration is described. The stent further comprises regions of variable pitch that allow for variation in either rigidity, or variability diameter within sub-regions along the length of the deployed stent. By varying the diameter allows the stent to extend into regions such as branched vessels, or into the neck of aneurysms. In some embodiments, the stent comprises longitudinal support fibers that run substantially the length of the deployed stent to provide additional strength. In addition, the stent may also comprise regional support fibers that run less than the length of the stent, and which provide increased regional strength while permitting flexibility of the stent. The stent further comprises micro-tubes that are configured to be visible using medical imaging techniques. The stent can be manufactured from materials that are bioabsorbable and/or include the ability to release pharmacologically active substances over time.
US09636240B2	Method for producing an adapted liner and liner The invention relates to a method for producing an adapted liner for placement on a stump (1), particularly an amputation stump, comprising the following steps: selecting a prefabricated liner (3) as a function of the size of the stump; applying a filling compound (2) onto regions of the stump (1) that deviate from the inside contour of the prefabricated liner; and connecting the filling compound (2) to the prefabricated liner (3).
US09636239B2	System and method for mapping activity in peripheral nerves Systems and methods are provided for controlling an entity in response to activity in a peripheral nerve comprising a plurality of fascicles. A multicontact electrode assembly is configured to record activity from the peripheral nerve. A processing component includes a sensor mapping component configured to quantify activity associated with a proper subset of the plurality of fascicles, an evaluation component configured to determine an adjustment of the status of the controlled entity from the quantified activity of the proper subset of the plurality of fascicles, and a controller configured to provide a control signal, representing the adjustment of the status of the controlled entity, to the controlled entity.
US09636237B2	Stemless humeral component of an orthopaedic shoulder prosthesis A stemless humeral component for replacing the humeral head of a patient's humerus includes a support flange having a number of cantilevered legs extending distally away from a bottom surface thereof. Instruments and methods for surgically installing the stemless humeral component are also disclosed.
US09636236B2	Handle assembly gripping device An orthopedic handle gripping assembly comprising: an elongated shaft having a proximal section and a distal section opposite thereof along a longitudinal axis of the shaft; a hub portion proximate the distal section of the shaft; a gripping member contiguous with the hub portion and having a first jaw and a second jaw, the first and second jaws being separated by a predefined distance to thereby form a central opening for receiving an orthopedic component that is to be gripped by the gripping member; a handle coupled to and extending from the gripping member; and a slot formed into the hub portion, the slot being configured to allow at least a portion of the handle to be manually biased towards the elongated shaft to thereby increase the predefined distance between the first and second jaws.
US09636232B2	Harvesting bone graft material for use in spinal and other bone fusion surgeries A system for harvesting bone graft material for use during bone fusion surgery. In one embodiment, a bone cutting tool has a blade fixed on a distal end of a shaft. The distal end of the shaft is pivoted on a cage set between two bones to be fused, and the blade is activated to cut into the bones and form a solid bone segment in each bone as the tool shaft turns. A paddle is arranged to be inserted between the bones, and to displace the cut bone segments so that a leading portion of each segment enters the bone opposite the bone from which the segment was cut, a central portion of the segment spans across the bones, and a trailing portion of the segment remains in the bone from which it was cut. The displaced segments act as strut grafts to fuse the bones to one another.
US09636229B2	Solid freeform fabrication of implant components Disclosed are designs, methods and systems for manufacturing implants, implant components, features of implant components, and/or related tools using solid freeform fabrication or additive metals technologies.
US09636222B2	Paravalvular leak protection A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to at least one of the stent and a cuff. The heart valve further includes a conformable band disposed about the perimeter of the stent near the proximal end for filling gaps between the collapsible prosthetic heart valve and a native valve annulus.
US09636221B2	Collapsible prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic heart valve includes an annularly collapsible and re-expandable supporting structure extending between an inflow end and an outflow end and including a plurality of struts and a plurality of posts, each post having an elongated opening, a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the supporting structure and operative to allow flow in a first direction from the inflow end to the outflow end and to substantially block flow in an opposite direction from the outflow end to the inflow end, each of the plurality of leaflets including flaps, and a first patch covering the opening of a first post, the first patch being attached to a first flap of a first leaflet.
US09636215B2	Enhanced toric lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing an enhanced toric lens which redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The intraocular lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the intraocular lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the intraocular lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface to reduce optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location by light incident at oblique angles.
US09636212B2	Device for reversibly attaching an implant in an eye The object of providing a device for reversibly attaching an implant to an eye, with which the implant can be attached in a simple way to the eye and can if necessary be detached or removed from the eye, is achieved according to the present invention by means of a device for attaching an implant by means of a pin that comprises a substantially elongated shaft, wherein the implant includes an implant film for contacting living tissue or nerves in the visual system of the eye and the implant film has an opening through which the shaft of the pin can be at least partially inserted, characterised in that the device includes a holding element that can be arranged on the shaft of the pin so that the holding element engages on the shaft of the pin and is fixed in an attachment position to the pin. By means of the device according to the invention the implant is on the one hand reliably attached, but can if necessary be detached from the retina by removing the holding element or retainer, wherein the pin anchored in the eye does not have to be removed at the same time, but can be re-used. Damage or injury to the tissue of the eye that would otherwise be associated with the removal of the pin can thereby also be avoided.
US09636211B2	Absorbable implants for plastic surgery Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical properties sufficient to support a reconstructed breast, and allow the ingrowth of tissue into the implant as it degrades. The implants have a strength retention profile allowing the support of the breast to be transitioned from the implant to regenerated host tissue, without significant loss of support. Three-dimensional implants for use in minimally invasive mastopexy/breast reconstruction procedures are also described, that confer shape to a patient's breast. These implants are self-reinforced, can be temporarily deformed, implanted in a suitably dissected tissue plane, and resume their preformed three-dimensional shape. The implants are preferably made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) and copolymers thereof. The implants have suture pullout strengths that can resist the mechanical loads exerted on the reconstructed breast.
US09636208B2	Vascular prostheses A vascular prosthesis is disclosed, comprising a forked tube, having: an inflow tube with an inflow end; a primary distal outflow branch with a primary distal outflow end; and a secondary proximal outflow branch with a secondary proximal outflow end. The two outflow ends are directed in different directions and the two outflow branches in the vicinity of the bifurcation have different cross-sectional areas. Further, the secondary proximal outflow branch is more curved than the primary distal outflow branch, and the secondary proximal outflow branch in the vicinity of the bifurcation has a smaller cross-sectional area than the primary distal outflow branch. Hereby, energy losses at flow bifurcations is adapted to the bypass situation to even out the level of shear stress, thereby avoiding areas with low shear stress and decreasing the tendency for turbulent flow, thus reducing the risk of graftstenosis.
US09636205B2	Intravascular blood filters and methods of use Multi-filter endolumenal methods and systems for filtering fluids within the body. In some embodiments a multi-filter blood filtering system captures and removes particulates dislodge or generated during a surgical procedure and circulating in a patient's vasculature. In some embodiments a dual filter system protects the cerebral vasculature during a cardiac valve repair or replacement procedure.
US09636199B2	Concurrent treatment of oral and systemic maladies using direct current electricity A method and apparatus for the concurrent treatment of multiple oral diseases and defects while promoting general oral hygiene utilizing electricity are provided for non-human animals. Electrodes are used to deliver an electrical current to the gingival tissues of a mouth in order to achieve a number of therapeutic, prophylactic, and regenerative benefits. These benefits include killing oral microbes, increasing oral vasodilation, reducing oral biofilm, improving oral blood circulation, reversing oral bone resorption, promoting oral osteogenesis, treating gum recession, and fostering gingival regeneration. Other benefits include the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis, and oral malodor, and other systemic diseases correlated with oral pathogens.
US09636197B2	Apparatus for user having teeth Apparatus is for user having teeth. Apparatus includes upper oral delivery mouthpiece and lower oral delivery mouthpiece each configured to be positioned in the mouth of the user. Upper oral delivery mouthpiece includes upper bendable assembly configured to urge upper oral delivery mouthpiece to conform, at least in part, to a curvature of the upper teeth of the user. Lower oral delivery mouthpiece includes lower bendable assembly configured to urge lower oral delivery mouthpiece to conform, at least in part, to a curvature of the lower teeth of the user.
US09636188B2	System and method for 3-D tracking of surgical instrument in relation to patient body A system and method for tracking the three-dimensional position and orientation of a surgical instrument as the instrument is being utilized within the interior of a patient body. A stereoscopic camera system generates a stereoscopic image of the patient body which is subsequently rendered on a display device. A wireless signal transmitted by an electromagnetic field generator is received by a sensor on the surgical instrument. Utilizing this sensor data, a processor calculates the position and orientation of the surgical instrument and then superimposes upon the rendered stereoscopic image of the patient body a graphical representation indicative of the position and orientation of the surgical instrument.
US09636183B2	Selected image acquisition technique to optimize patient model construction A system and a method are disclosed that allow for generation of a model or reconstruction of a model of a subject based upon acquired image data. The image data can be acquired in a substantially mobile system that can be moved relative to a subject to allow for image acquisition from a plurality of orientations relative to the subject. The plurality of orientations can include a first and final orientation and a predetermined path along which an image data collector or detector can move to acquire an appropriate image data set to allow for the model of construction.
US09636182B2	Illuminated suction apparatus An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance illumination waveguide with suction. This device would be useful in a wide array of various surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics.
US09636180B2	Surgical drape and system having a barrier for preventing the start of a surgical procedure and methods for using same A surgical drape, system and method of using comprise a surgical drape having a fenestration to be placed over a surgical site of a patient. The surgical drape includes a barrier removably attached to the surgical drape and adapted for placement over a portion of the fenestration to prevent the start of the surgical procedure. Upon verification of a set of predetermined conditions, the barrier is removed by a member of the surgical staff in order to begin the surgical procedure.
US09636175B2	Apparatus for transcutaneously treating tissue An apparatus for transcutaneously treating tissue beneath a skin surface using radiofrequency energy. The apparatus includes an electrode assembly supported by a handpiece. The electrode assembly includes an electrode configured to transfer the radiofrequency energy through the skin surface to the tissue. A force sensor, which is located in the handpiece, is configured to detect an amount of force applied by the electrode against the skin surface.
US09636173B2	Methods for renal neuromodulation Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver an energy delivery element to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Thermal or electrical renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or cool, or otherwise electrically modulate, neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers.
US09636171B2	Methods and systems for endometrial ablation utilizing radio frequency Methods, systems and devices for endometrial ablation. In accordance with a method, a working end of an RF ablation device is positioned in a patient uterus to contact endometrial tissue, the working end comprising a dielectric wall capable of non-expanded and expanded shapes. An indicator mechanism is operatively coupled to the wall and configured to indicate non-expanded and expanded shapes of the wall.
US09636167B2	Surgical device with DC power connection A system and method for providing additional power to a hand-held surgical device from a supplemental DC power supply. The hand-held surgical device includes a generator and an internal power supply. The internal power supply is a battery or a capacitor either which can withstand a high-temperature and/or a low-temperature sterilization procedure while within the hand-held surgical device. The supplemental DC power supply can provide alone or in combination with the internal power supply sufficient power to the generator to perform an electrosurgical procedure. The supplemental DC power supply is connected through a detachable cord to the hand-held surgical device. The DC power supply may be outside a sterile surgical environment.
US09636164B2	Contact sensing systems and methods According to some embodiments, a medical instrument comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end and a pair of electrodes or electrode portions (for example, a split-tip electrode assembly). Systems and methods are described herein that perform contact sensing and/or ablation confirmation based on electrical measurements obtained while energy of different frequencies are applied to the pair of electrodes or electrode portions. The contact sensing systems and methods may calibrate network parameter measurements to compensate for a hardware unit in a network parameter measurement circuit or to account for differences in cables, instrumentation or hardware used.
US09636162B2	Surgical rod bending system and method System and method for automatically bending a surgical rod are provided. The system includes a linear movement device configured to axially feed the surgical rod, a rotational movement device configured to rotate the surgical rod as it is axially fed, and a bending device including a roller to impose bending forces against the rod. The rod is free from contact with the bending device after it is axially fed past the roller.
US09636159B1	Multi-thread iliac screw The Multi-Thread Iliac Screw represents a novel way to embed fasteners in the ilium by improving fixation of said fasteners in the different parts of the iliac bone tissue. The screw consists of a saddle with a locking screw and fastener with three types of threads to provide a more mechanically stable embedding of the fastener in the iliac bone. The saddle receives a spinal stabilizing rod, which is part of another vertebral mechanical system, and, as such, the saddle provides an anchor point to the stabilizing rod. In another embodiment, the saddle is designed with an integrated rod on its side, which mates to another hollow rod integrated to a cube-shaped connector, thereby replacing the stabilizing rod. The connector provides the interface to the rest of the vertebral mechanical system.
US09636157B2	Contoured bone plate for fracture fixation having hook members A bone fixation plate for fixation of fractures having a small terminal bone fragment, such as fractures of the lateral malleolus. The bone fixation plate includes an elongated body, and two hook members extending from a first end of the elongated body. Each hook member curves back upon a bottom surface of the elongated body, back towards a second end of the elongated body, and terminating in a pointed prong region. The elongated body includes a first region, a second region, and an angled region disposed between the first and second region. The prong region has a longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the angled region of the elongated body of the bone plate.
US09636156B2	Securing fasteners A fastener, for example a bone screw, is sized to pass into an aperture of an implant, for example, a bone plate, the fastener having an anchor portion engageable with body tissue, and a head portion formed by an assembly of an insert and an anchor extension. The insert and anchor extension cooperate to form a reduced dimension passable into the aperture, and an expanded dimension not passable out of the aperture. The size of the assembly may be configurable, for example, by tabs, ramped surfaces, or an expanding diameter of a threadable insert.
US09636149B2	Pedicle screw assembly and dynamic spinal stabilization devices incorporating the pedicle screw assembly A dynamic spinal stabilization device for the treatment of high-grade spinal disorders is disclosed herein. The dynamic spinal stabilization device includes two or more screw assemblies, each of which include a pedicle screw and a head socket containing a curved internal track that limits the range of motion and center of rotation of the spinal segments stabilized using the device to the physiological levels of a nondegraded spinal segment.
US09636145B2	Flexible spine stabilization system Systems and methods for flexibly stabilizing a vertebral motion segment by connecting a first vertebra and a second vertebra. The system includes an elongate connection element with end portions interconnected by a flexible coupling member. The system includes first and second attachment portions for connecting the connection element to the vertebrae. A first resilient member is positioned between the first end portion and the first attachment portion, and a second resilient member is positioned between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The system is designed such that the second resilient member is compressed when the first and second attachment portions move towards each other, and the first resilient member is compressed when the first and second attachment portions extend away from each other.
US09636144B2	Uterine manipulators and related components and methods A uterine manipulator includes a shaft configured to be inserted into a cervix and a colpotomizer assembly configured to move along the shaft. The shaft includes multiple ruler markings printed along a portion of the shaft. The colpotomizer assembly includes a sleeve that includes a rotatable locking member configured to compress the shaft in a manner that locks the colpotomizer assembly in position along the shaft when the rotatable locking member is depressed against the shaft. The rotatable locking member includes a cam roller configured to compress the shaft when the rotatable locking member is depressed towards the shaft.
US09636139B2	Tissue-removing catheter with ball and socket deployment mechanism A deployment mechanism of a tissue-removing catheter includes a socket member received in a catheter body that is capable of moving longitudinally therein, and a ball member extending distally from the distal end portion of the cutting element and operatively connected to the socket member. The ball member is constrained axially relative to the socket member and is capable of pivoting relative to the socket member for allowing pivoting of the cutting element relative to the socket when the cutting element is moved from a retracted position to a cutting position.
US09636138B2	Tissue-removing catheter including force-transmitting member for actuating a cutter housing A tissue-removing catheter includes a cutter. The catheter also includes a longitudinal force-transmitting member extending along a catheter body and being longitudinally movable relative to the catheter body. A distal end portion of the longitudinal force-transmitting member is operatively connected to a distal longitudinal portion of a cutter housing such that distal movement of the longitudinal force-transmitting member relative to the catheter body and the cutter imparts pivoting of the distal longitudinal portion to its open position to expose the cutter.
US09636135B2	Ultrasonic surgical instruments An ultrasonic surgical blade comprising a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the body is movable relative to a longitudinal axis by vibrations produced by a transducer. The body comprises a longitudinally extending bore formed within the ultrasonic surgical blade. The ultrasonic surgical blade is configured to emit a spray from the bore at the distal end thereof to substantially prevent fluid from contacting the distal end of the ultrasonic surgical blade.
US09636132B2	Tumor debulker A cutting device for use with a powered surgical tool includes an outer blade and an inner blade. The outer blade includes a tubular body, an end cap, and a cutting window defined by a beveled edge on the tubular body and the end cap. The inner blade includes a cutting tip. The inner blade co-axially disposed within the outer blade such that the cutting tip is rotatably exposed at the cutting window. The cutting tip has castellations extending toward the end cap of the outer blade and opposing teeth extending radially toward one another across an opening of the cutting tip.
US09636130B2	Reciprocating rotary arthroscopic surgical instrument A surgical instrument includes a cutting member with an implement for cutting tissue, and a drive coupled to the cutting member to simultaneously rotate and translate the cutting member in response to a force applied to the drive. A method of cutting tissue includes positioning an outer member such that tissue is located within the outer member, engaging the tissue with an inner member, and simultaneously rotating and translating the inner member to cut the tissue. A tangential cutting force is applied to the tissue with the inner member to mechanically cut the tissue. The inner member is mechanically driven to undergo simultaneous rotation and translation.
US09636128B2	Method and force-limiting handle mechanism for a surgical instrument A safety handle assembly for use with a surgical instrument having an operative distal end portion is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a handle housing and a drive element movably mounted within the handle housing and connected to an associated operative distal end portion. A drive assembly is positioned within the handle housing and is engageable with the drive element to move the drive element within the handle housing. An actuator is movably mounted on the handle housing and an adjustable force-limiting mechanism is interposed between the drive assembly and the actuator. A force-limiting mechanism releasably connects the actuator to the drive assembly. The force-limiting mechanism is adjustable to preset the force at which the actuator separates or breaks away from the drive assembly.
US09636125B2	Systems, methods and devices for removing obstructions from a blood vessel Devices and methods for removing an obstruction from a blood vessel are described. The devices are deployed in a collapsed condition and are then expanded within the body. The devices are then manipulated to engage and remove the obstruction.
US09636122B2	Femoral orthopaedic instrument assembly for setting offset A number of orthopedic surgical instruments for use in a surgical procedure to prepare a patient's femur to receive an orthopedic prosthesis. The tools include guide tools, cutting tools, surgical blocks, and other orthopedic surgical instruments configured to plan and guide the preparation of the patient's femur. A method of using the orthopedic surgical instruments is also disclosed.
US09636121B2	Facet distraction device, facet joint implant, and associated methods In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides devices, implants, and methods for distracting and/or stabilizing a facet joint of the spine of a patient or other similar joint or bony structures, optionally including modifying the facet joint and implanting an implant in the facet joint so as to distract the foramen in order to reduce compression on nerve roots.
US09636119B2	Surgical cutting tool A surgical cutting tool including a first jaw and a second jaw operably associate with the first jaw such that the first jaw and the second jaw are movable relative to one another between an opened position and a closed position. A cutting member is movably attached to the first jaw so that the cutting member extends from the first jaw towards the second jaw, and an actuating mechanism is operably associated with the cutting member so as to cause the cutting member to move relative to the first jaw.
US09636117B2	Devices, systems and methods for enclosing an anatomical opening The present technology is directed generally to devices, systems, and methods for enclosing anatomical openings. In several embodiments, an aneurysm device is endovascularly deliverable to a site proximate to an arterial aneurysm. The aneurysm device includes a closure structure having a distal-facing aspect configured to at least partially occlude the aneurysm and a proximal-facing aspect configured to arch over lumina of an artery. The device further includes a supplemental stabilizer connected to the closure structure and configured to reside in the artery and press outward against a luminal wall thereof. In some embodiments, the device can also include a barrier spanning at least a portion of the distal-facing aspect of the closure structure and configured to further occlude a neck of the aneurysm. In further embodiments, the closure structure can be configured to restrict and/or divert flow to or from the aneurysm.
US09636115B2	Vaso-occlusive delivery device with kink resistant, flexible distal end A device for delivering an occlusive element includes an elongate sheath having a lumen therein. An elongate core member is disposed within the lumen and is formed from a proximal portion and distal portion connected via a joint. The distal portion of the elongate member includes a severable junction secured to the occlusive element. A marker coil is coaxially arranged around the distal portion of the elongate core member and is partially disposed inside the sheath lumen. A coil member is coaxially arranged around the distal portion of the elongate core member and coaxially arranged around at least a portion of the marker coil extending outside the lumen of the sheath. The coil member is secured at a distal end thereof to the distal portion of the elongate core member. The device resists axial compression while allowing for radial bending.
US09636114B2	Endoscopic stapling devices Described herein are endoscopic staplers and methods used to apply one or more fasteners to body tissue. In one embodiment, a fastener-applying device, which is preferably a stapler, is passed transorally into the stomach to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside the stomach and drawing it inwardly. In the disclosed embodiments, the tissue is drawn into a tissue chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue to be positioned facing one another. The disclosed staplers allow opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with another, and preferably deliver staples for maintaining contact between tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparoscopic intervention, After one or more plications are formed, medical devices may optionally be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach.
US09636111B2	Method of stapling tissues with a staple assembly There is provided a variable size, uniform compression staple assembly for use in stapling differing thicknesses of tissues. The staple assembly includes a staple and a staple block for receipt of tissue penetrating tips of the staple. Upon assembly through tissue, the tissue penetrating tips of the staple lodge within the staple block to a depth inversely proportional to the thickness of the tissues being stapled. There is also disclosed an anvil configured for use with the staple assembly.
US09636106B2	Termination devices and related methods Devices and methods for locking and/or cutting tethers during a tissue modification procedure are described. In some variations, a tether may be used to tighten tissue by bringing two pieces or sections of the tissue together. The tether, which may be under tension, may be locked to maintain the tension, and excess tether may be severed, using one or more of the devices and/or methods. The devices and/or methods may be used, for example, in minimally invasive procedures.
US09636103B2	Surgical suturing instrument A surgical suturing instrument including a handle assembly, an elongate member extending distally from the handle assembly and an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate member. The end effector may include a first jaw member movable relative to a second jaw member between an open position and an approximated position for grasping tissue. Each of the jaw members define a knife slot, a first needle slot, and a second needle slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the end effector. The end effector also includes a knife assembly and an upper assembly pivotably coupled to an upper knife flange of the knife assembly. The upper assembly includes an upper bellcrank, a first needle, a first suture passing through a first aperture defined by the first needle, a second needle and a second suture passing through a second aperture defined by the second needle.
US09636102B2	Surgical fastening A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.
US09636099B2	Surgical access system including surgical portal apparatus and adhesive patch The present disclosure relates to surgical access systems and methods of using the same to access a surgical site during a surgical procedure. The surgical access system includes a portal member and a patch. The portal member includes at least one longitudinal port for passage of a surgical object. The portal member is formed from a compressible material and is adapted to transition from a first expanded condition to a second compressed condition such that an outer surface of the portal member is adapted for a substantial sealing relation with an opening in tissue upon insertion of the portal member therethrough. The patch includes a non-porous substrate having a tissue facing surface including an adhesive for positioning over the opening in the tissue and sealing a surface thereof. The patch is adapted for sealed reception of the portal member.
US09636098B2	Surgical retractor with spreadable rakes The present invention relates to a spreadable retractor, including a rake plate having a pair of laterally separated rake mountings; a pair of rakes, one of the rakes moveably mounted to each of the laterally separated rake mountings, wherein each of the rakes comprises a rake shaft extending away from the rake plate; and a rake spreader mounted to the rake plate at a position between the laterally separated rake mountings, the rake spreader operably linked to and configured to spread the pair of rakes apart from each other. The spreadable retractor of the present invention provides the ability for surgical personnel to use a single device to both lift and spread tissues and bones in the vicinity of a surgical incision.
US09636094B2	Sealing device and delivery system The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
US09636090B2	Multifunction aspiration biopsy device and methods of use One embodiment of a multifunction aspiration biopsy device includes a hub having a chamber for receiving a collected specimen, a vacuum source in communication with the hub chamber, a needle detachable from the hub and having an outlet in communication with the hub chamber, and a cover extending over a portion of the needle outlet for directing a specimen collected through the needle into the hub chamber in a direction that differs from a longitudinal axis of the needle. The hub chamber with collected specimen may be separated from the vacuum source and the needle and the specimen may be triaged within the hub chamber. Various embodiments of a collection container for receiving used needles are also disclosed.
US09636087B2	Ultrasound observation apparatus, method for operating ultrasound observation apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium An ultrasound observation apparatus includes: a first generation unit that computes a received signal based on first and second echo signals obtained by transmitting ultrasound signals having different phases along a same line to a specimen and reflection of the ultrasound signals from the specimen, and generates a first ultrasound image having first display mode, using the received signal; an extraction unit that calculates first and second features based on frequency spectra of the first and second echo signals, and extracts a third feature from the first and second features so as to be associated with a pixel position in image; a second generation unit that generates a second ultrasound image having second display mode at a pixel position where the third feature is not less than threshold; and a composition unit that generates a composite image by combining the first and second ultrasound images at the pixel position.
US09636068B2	Analyte sensor and apparatus for insertion of the sensor An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided.
US09636061B2	System and method for measuring biological fluid biomarkers Systems and methods of analyzing biological fluid biomarkers, calculating biomarker data, transmitting data to a transceiver device, and storing the data and/or analytics in a database and/or on at least one remote computer server.
US09636059B2	Implantable tissue perfusion sensing system and method A medical device for sensing cardiac events that includes a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths, and a detector to detect the emitted light. A processor determines a plurality of light measurements in response to the emitted light detected by the detector, updates, for each of the plurality of wavelengths, a first normalization coefficient and a second normalization coefficient in response to the detected emitted light, and adjusts the determined plurality of light measurements in response to the first normalization coefficient and the second normalization coefficient.
US09636057B2	Conformable physiological sensor A sensor for measuring physiological characteristics includes a circuit assembly, at least one material layer, and an adhesive layer that extends beyond an outer edge of the circuit assembly. The at least one material layer forms an adhesive edge around the perimeter of the sensor.
US09636051B2	Detection meter and mode of operation A method for performing an assay to determine the presence or concentration of an analyte contained in a sample of body fluid by using a device comprising at least one analyte quantification member and a sensor associated therewith, the method includes: applying a first sample to the analyte quantification member; and detecting the presence or absence of an adequate sample volume; wherein upon detection of the absence of an adequate sample volume, initiating a finite timed period, and signaling the user to introduce a second sample of body fluid to the analyte quantification member. Associated arrangements and devices are also disclosed.
US09636043B2	Exhaled breath sampling with delivery of gas A system for sampling exhaled breath and for supply of a gas, the system comprising: a gas delivery cannula comprising at least one nasal prong for insertion into a nostril, the nasal prong comprising a distal end; an exhaled breath sampling cannula for insertion into the nostril, the exhaled breath sampling cannula comprising a distal end; and a connector for coupling the gas delivery cannula to the exhaled breath sampling cannula, such that the distal end of the exhaled breath sampling cannula is disposed deeper in the nostril than the distal end of the nasal prong, to reduce dilution of sampled exhaled breath by delivered gas. The connected is configured to facilitate adjustability of an insertion depth of the exhaled breath sampling cannula into said nostril.
US09636042B2	Methods and apparatuses for detecting respiratory rate This disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for detecting respiratory rate. The method for detecting respiratory rate may include: sampling respiratory waveform data in a time sequence; detecting respiratory cycles from the sampled respiratory waveform data; calculating variation degree for the sampled respiratory waveform data; calculating base length base on the variation degree; calculating smoothed length base on the base length; calculating real-time degree for each respiratory cycle base on the variation degree, sequence number of each respiratory cycle, and the smoothed length; and calculating respiratory rate base on the smoothed length and the real-time degree.
US09636039B2	Method and apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance images in a session, with acquisition of a consistently valid reference scan In a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method and apparatus, multiple diagnostic scans are obtained of an examination subject during an imaging session. An initial reference scan of the subject is obtained at the beginning of the session and, as the session proceeds, an automatic determination is made before each diagnostic scan is obtained as to whether the immediately preceding reference scan is still valid, primarily be checking whether an amount of patient movement has occurred that renders the immediately preceding reference scan invalid. Either a new reference scan is obtained before the next diagnostic scan, or, if still valid, the immediately preceding reference scan is used for the next diagnostic scan.
US09636038B2	Electrical impedance measuring apparatus An electrical impedance measuring apparatus includes: a plurality of electrodes adhered to a periphery of a chest; a potential measurer configured to perform a process of applying a current to any ones of the electrodes, and measuring potentials by means of other electrodes; an impedance acquirer, based on the applied current and the potentials measured by the potential measurer, configured to obtain an impedance of each of meshes, a chest section divided into the meshes; a histogram producer configured to set, in the chest section, at least one ROI including from a ventral side to a dorsal side, and configured to obtain a histogram of an impedance distribution in the ROI; and a producer configured to produce a color impedance distribution map in which amplitudes of the histogram are replaced with corresponding colors.
US09636036B2	Electrophysiological analysis system The disclosure relates to an electrophysiological analysis system including: a series of electrodes intended to be placed in different regions of the human body; a direct current voltage source; a control device adapted (i) to selectively apply direct current pulses, generated by the voltage source, to a pair of so-called active electrodes, the active electrodes forming an anode and a cathode, and (ii) to connect at least one other so-called passive electrode with high-impedance, the electrode measuring the potential reached by the body; and a measurement device arranged to obtain data representative of the current at the cathode and the potentials on at least some of the electrodes connected with high impedance, in response to the application of the pulses, which data can be used to determine a value for the electrochemical conductance of the skin. The system also includes a device for controlling the difference between the potential at the anode and the potential reached by the body, according to the voltage delivered by the direct current voltage source.
US09636035B2	Medical apparatus for determination of biological conditions using impedance measurements Medical apparatus for diagnosing of a diseased condition of the skin of a subject. The apparatus comprises an electrically conducting probe including a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprising a plurality of micro-needles, wherein each electrode comprises a base substrate, said micro-needles being integrally formed with said substrate and arranged in a laterally spaced relationship apart from each other and having a length being sufficient to penetrate the stratum corneum, said micro-needles being arranged with an at least partially oblique shape. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrode for use in the device, arrays of micro-needle and method for the diagnostics of biological conditions using impedance measurements. The diagnostics is in particular related to cancer, and preferably skin cancer, wherein skin cancer is a basal cell carcinoma, a malignant melanoma, a squamous cell carcinoma, or precursors of such lesions.
US09636029B1	Adaptive selection of digital ECG filter A method and system for filtering a detected ECG signal are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises filtering the detected ECG signal using a plurality of digital filters. The method includes adaptively selecting one of the plurality of digital filters to maintain a minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In a second aspect, the system comprises a wireless sensor device coupled to a user via at least one electrode, wherein the wireless sensor device includes a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device stores an application which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to carry out the steps of the method.
US09636028B2	Three-dimensional neural probe microelectrode array and method of manufacture A three-dimensional neural probe electrode array system is described. Planar probes are microfabricated and electrically connected to flexible micro-machined ribbon cables using a rivet bonding technique. The distal end of each cable is connected to a probe with the proximal end of the cable being customized for connection to a printed circuit board. Final assembly consists of combining multiple such assemblies into a single structure. Each of the two-dimensional neural probe arrays is positioned into a micro-machined platform that provides mechanical support and alignment for each array. Lastly, a micro-machined cap is placed on top of each neural electrode probe and cable assembly to protect them from damage during shipping and subsequent use. The cap provides a relatively planar surface for attachment of a computer controlled inserter for precise insertion into the tissue.
US09636027B2	Ultrasensitive and compact device for noninvasive acquisition of low strength bio signals and method of using same A method of detecting changes in biologically sourced electrical signals is disclosed. Biologically sourced electrical signals are coupled to a meta-stable and hair-trigger wise perturbable system. The system operates in a first oscillatory mode when the received signals have a strength below a first predetermined level and operates in a distinguishable second oscillatory mode when the received signals have strengths above the first predetermined level but below a second predetermined level. The strengths of the received and thusly distinguishable signals may be in a range below 10 picoAmperes. The biologically sourced electrical signals may be driven by intracranial nerve firings.
US09636026B2	Multi-layered structure One aspect relates to a layered structure with a substrate, a first layer over the substrate, and a second layer over the first layer. The substrate and the second layer are an electrically conductive material and the first layer is an insulating material or the substrate and the second layer are insulating material and the first layer is electrically conductive material. At least one of the first and second layers comprises an electrically conductive polymer.
US09636024B2	Systems and methods for estimating hemodynamic parameters from a physiological curve image Systems and methods for estimating hemodynamic parameters from physiological curve images. A mobile device captures pictures of a physiological monitor display, which are used to extract the relevant physiological curve and upload it to an analysis server for processing and estimation of hemodynamic parameters. In some examples, the mobile device runs a dedicated application and is Internet-connected, which in turn connects to an Internet-connected analysis server. In some further examples, the system can be implemented using any computer that is capable of taking an image, extracting a physiological curve, and uploading it to a network service for analysis. In still further examples, analysis can be performed by the mobile device instead of via a remote server.
US09636022B2	Subject information acquisition device, method for controlling subject information acquisition device, and storage medium storing program therefor A subject information acquisition device includes an elastic wave receiving unit configured to receive elastic waves generated inside a subject and output a reception signal; and a signal processing unit configured to acquire subject information in an interest region of the subject, on the basis of the reception signal. In measurement states, the elastic wave receiving unit receives elastic waves and outputs reception signals corresponding to the measurement states. The signal processing unit corrects the reception signals by weighting factors based on measurement parameters in the measurement states, and acquires corrected reception signals in the interest region corresponding to the measurement states. The signal processing unit acquires the subject information in the interest region, on the basis of the sum of the corrected reception signals and the sum of the weighting factors.
US09636020B2	Live being optical analysis system and approach Analysis of live beings is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a light-directing arrangement such as an endoscope is mounted to a live being. Optics in the light-directing arrangement are implemented to pass source light (e.g., laser excitation light) into the live being, and to pass light from the live being for detection thereof. The light from the live being may include, for example, photons emitted in response to the laser excitation light (i.e., fluoresced). The detected light is then used to detect a characteristic of the live being.
US09636017B2	Telemetric docking station A modular sensor system is disclosed. The system can include one or more sensors, a mounting unit, and a control unit. The mounting unit can enable the control unit and/or one or more sensors to be securely, but detachably, mounted to a patient's body. The control unit can include electronics and other components configured to interface with, monitor, and record data from the one or more sensors. The control unit can further include a wired bus, transceiver, antenna, or other suitable components to enable wireless communication between the system and a central control or monitor. Some or all of the components included in the control unit can be removable from the system to enable some or all of the electronics of the system to be removed.
US09636011B2	Systems and methods for spectrally dispersed illumination optical coherence tomography Systems and methods are presented for acquisition and processing of spectrally dispersed illumination optical coherence tomographic data. Light from a source is distributed spectrally on the sample, and each acquisition simultaneously provides partial spectral interference information from multiple locations in the sample. Thus for a given spatial point, a single observation will be of a partial spectrum A-scan. When multiple partial spectrum A-scan observations are made at the same point by shifting the spectrum of light on to the tissue, the point can be observed by the entire broadband spectrum of the light source, thereby making it possible to create a full axial resolution A-scan.
US09636010B2	Anoscope An anoscope kit includes an anoscope having a plurality of spaced apart fingers having free ends and a dilator removably positionable within the anoscope to aid insertion of the anoscope. The dilator has a proximal region, an intermediate region and a distal region. The distal region includes an enlarged distal head. A ramped surface extends from the enlarged distal head toward the intermediate region. The intermediate region has an outer surface to contact the fingers of the dilator.
US09636007B2	Method and apparatus for aiding in the diagnosis of otitis media by classifying tympanic membrane images A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.
US09636005B2	Endoscope system having light intensity adjustment with movable optical system An endoscope system includes an optical transmission section that is provided in an endoscope inserted into an interior of a subject and transmits illuminating light to a distal end, a light source section that generates light, a first lens section that receives the light, from the light source section and emits the light with characteristics of different spatial intensity distributions, a second lens section that causes the light emitted from the first lens section to enter the proximal end of the optical transmission section, a distance adjusting section that can adjust a distance, and a control section that controls the distance adjusting section that adjusts the distance between the first lens section and the second lens section so that amounts of the light of a first and second wavelength bands have a predetermined ratio of amount of light.
US09636004B2	Replacement light assembly A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.
US09636003B2	Multi-jet distributor for an endoscope The present specification describes a jet distributor provided to supply fluids to each of a plurality of jet openings in a multi jet endoscope tip. In an embodiment, the jet distributor is supplied with a fluid from a jet pump. The jet distributor includes at least two fluid channels to provide the fluid supplied via the jet pump to the front-jet, right-side-jets and left-side-jets in the endoscope tip. The jet-distributor includes a motor which rotates a rotating plug. The rotating plug includes an internal fluid pathway which becomes intermittently aligned with each of a plurality of fluid output channels in the jet distributor as the plug rotates, thereby providing fluid in a successive manner to the jets in the endoscope tip.
US09635994B2	Spray arm assembly for dishwasher appliance A spray arm assembly includes a spray arm including a plurality of branches connected to each other and arrayed about a center point, each of the plurality of branches defining a passage therethrough and an aperture in fluid communication with the passage. The center point defines a spray arm central axis. The spray arm is rotatable about the spray arm central axis. The spray arm assembly further includes a base conduit defining a passage therethrough, the base conduit defining a base conduit central axis. The spray arm assembly further includes an intermediate conduit connecting the base conduit and the spray arm, the intermediate conduit defining a passage in fluid communication between the passage of the base conduit and the passages of the plurality of branches. The intermediate conduit is rotatable about the base conduit central axis. The spray arm central axis is offset from the base conduit central axis.
US09635987B2	Hinge assembly for a toilet seat A hinge assembly for a toilet seat, the hinge assembly comprising a hinge post for pivotally supporting the toilet seat on a toilet bowl, a bolt connectable to the hinge post for securing the hinge post to the toilet bowl, the bolt being configured to extend through an opening in the toilet bowl, and a nut threadable onto the bolt to secure the hinge post to the toilet bowl, the nut having a first segment threadable onto the bolt, a second segment and a shear segment connecting the first and second segments, the shear segment having a lower torque resistance than the first and second segments such that the shear segment breaks when torque applied to the second segment reaches a predetermined amount.
US09635986B2	Spindle and adapter for roll paper product dispensers A spindle for dispensing a roll of paper product is described. The spindle has an elongated member rotatably coupled with two side members. The side members have different sections of various diameters, which are configured to allow a portion of the side members to be inserted into a hollow interior of the elongated member. The elongated member has sufficient elasticity to provide a snap connection with the side members. The side members are configured to engage a track in a dispenser. Furthermore, at least one of the side members is removable. Also described herein is a roller assembly for adapting a dispenser. The assembly comprises a spindle rotatably coupled with a housing. The housing includes a fastener for attaching the housing to a dispenser. The roller assembly is configured to raise a roll of paper product, thus allowing dispensers originally designed for core rolls to be used with coreless rolls.
US09635980B2	Fajita meal serving apparatus A fajita meal serving apparatus comprises a thermally-insulative serving platter defining an upper recessed area configured for securely receiving and supporting a serving plate, a two-way drawer disposed in a cavity under the upper recessed area of the serving platter, where the two-way drawer defines a circular recess configured for holding tortillas. The apparatus further includes first and second diametrically opposed handles formed in the serving platter.
US09635977B2	Device and system for cooking bacon wrapped foods Described herein is a cooking device for foodstuffs that are wrapped in bacon, dough or other food items. The device includes a tray that holds a number of silicone holders that hold bacon-wrapped food items while they cook in an oven or toaster oven, microwave or grill (where made of metal). The cooking holders or assemblies hold bacon wrapped food items upright and in place during the cooking process. The entire cooking holder is made of silicone so the food item slides easily off the cooking apparatus when cooking is complete. The cooking tray is designed to allow grease to flow away from the food into a reservoir located around the edges of the tray.
US09635975B2	Stir-through lid for cookware A see-through and stir-through lid is provided for cookware. The lid includes a transparent main body having an outer periphery. An access port extends through the main body with a splatter guard secured within the access port. The splatter guard has a self-regulating opening of variable size allowing passage of a working end of a cooking utensil through the opening in the splatter guard while minimizing size of the opening about a shaft of the cooking utensil. A support structure supports a cooking utensil atop the lid with the working end resting above the splatter guard so that liquid and/or food residue may drain through the opening in the splatter guard into the cookware.
US09635974B2	Device for preparing and dispensing milk foam or a drink, espresso machine comprising such a device and preparation vessel for use in such a device or espresso machine According to a method for preparing and dispensing milk foam a drink made of powdered milk of self-dissolving drink preparation powder, improved milk foam not directly consumed from a preparation vessel (6) is intended to be foamed easily. To this end, at least one hot water stream (2a) is applied to the milk powder or drink preparation powder in the above open or opened preparation vessel (6), in particular a foaming vessel, said hot water stream flowing out of a hot water channel under hot water pressure. The preparation vessel (6) is fixed. The milk foam (22) or drink so prepared in the preparation vessel automatically flows, i.e. merely by way of the effect of the hot water stream and the force of gravity, from the preparation vessel (6) through a laterally and/or downwardly led discharge of the preparation vessel or through an outlet spout to a collection vessel (4), preferably a cup or a glass.
US09635973B2	Infusion device for making beverages using cartridges An infusion device for making beverages using cartridges, such as capsules or pods, comprises an openable infusion unit (3) comprising at least one part (4) able to move between a home position and an operating position, a first standby zone (8) for a cartridge (2) being formed when the mobile part (4) is in the home position, first retaining means for a cartridge (2) in the first standby zone (8), a motor (13) for moving the mobile part (4), means for expelling the cartridge (2) from the unit (3), and at least one device (1) operation check and control unit (35); there are also second retaining means (36) positioned between a cartridge insertion section (34) and the first standby zone (8), to selectively retain a cartridge (2) at a second standby zone (37), the check and control unit (35) being programmed to cause the dispensing of two beverages, one after another, using two cartridges.
US09635970B2	Tool for separating flesh from a core and a rind of a fruit A tool (1) for separating flesh from a core and a rind of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, comprising: a corer (10) that, op opposite ends, is provided with a driving member (40) and a cutting edge (12); a flesh cutter (20) extending radially on the corer and having at least one cutting edge (22), wherein the shape of the flesh cutter is such that upon rotation it executes a helical movement with a predetermined pitch; a rind cutter (30), provided at an outer end of the flesh cutter and extending parallel to the corer, said rind cutter including a cutting edge (32). The tool further comprises a section cutter (60), including an annular hub (62) configured to be slidingly received on the corer, an annular rim (66), and one or more spokes (64) radiating from the hub and interconnecting the hub and the rim.
US09635969B1	Independent drapery claw A curtain holder or claw that gathers and securely holds a curtain or drapery in place. The holder comprises two sides biased to a closed or clamped position. The sides of the holder may comprise extensions to assist in gathering and holding fabric. The holder is independent and free-standing, and can be used at different heights and locations, with no connection or installation to walls or window frames and with no damage to the curtain or drapery fabric. One of more decorative elements may be permanently or removably attached to the holder. Decorative elements can be easily interchanged by a user to provide a plurality of decorative fixtures, elements, figures, logo, or indicia, or combinations thereof. These elements can match the room décor, or relate to a holiday, kid's themes, movies, animals, sports teams, or other topics or themes.
US09635963B2	Washable foam pillow Embodiments relate generally to washable pillows, particularly washable foam pillows, and methods for assembling such pillows. The washable pillow may comprise one or more cushion element and a fabric cover attached to and possibly enclosing the one or more cushion element. The pillow may also comprise a shell formed by the one or more cushion element, wherein the shell may comprise a cavity therein, and the cavity may contain a filler material.
US09635962B2	Travel pillow with lateral and rear support bar and a flat and thin back The present invention discloses a U-shaped travel pillow having a base cushion and raised cushion fixed to the top side of the base cushion. The inner peripheral walls of the base and raised cushions are mutually flush, while the rear walls are mutually flush and substantially flat for better contact with flat surfaces, such as a headrest, seat, or chair. Furthermore, the rear wall of the raised cushion is thinner than the sides, providing more liberty to adjust head position by easily adapting to the shape of the headrest, seat or chair. A removable cover is adapted to cover the base and raised cushions, while a drawstring with an adjustable cinch mechanism can be used for adjusting the travel pillow around the neck.
US09635959B1	Retail display hanger A retail display hanger for supportively displaying a fluid container and a secondary component, where the fluid container has a neck, typically threaded, with a cap, which is likewise complementary threaded.
US09635952B1	Sleep fabric layer with individually pocketed coils The present application provides a cushion having a core layer and a quilt support/comfort layer. The core layer may comprise innersprings, foams, air cells, or combinations thereof. The support/comfort layer comprises a sleep layer that simulates a conventional quilted fabric layer. The sleep layer includes a thick, comfort fabric and a backing fabric, which backing fabric may be the same as the thick, comfort fabric. The sleep layer is formed by coupling the thick, comfort fabric to the backing fabric to form a plurality of individual pockets in which micro spring coils are placed. The micro spring coils have less uncompressed height than conventional innerspring coils. The sleep layer coupling is formed by spot coupling without using a metal needle to stitch the layers together. In other words, the spot coupling may comprise an adhesive or weld.
US09635950B2	Display device for a plunger matrix mattress A point-of-sale demonstration system includes a display system for viewing the underside of the plunger matrix mattress allowing a person sitting or lying on the mattress to readily view the impression created by their body weight on the plungers. The display system includes a camera positioned to image the underside of the mattress and a monitor (display screen) positioned for viewing by a person lying on the mattress so that they can see the deflection in the bottom of the plungers caused by their own weight on the mattress. Seeing the image of the downwardly displaced plungers immediately conveys the operation of the plunger matrix mattress to the viewer. The system may also be configured to capture individual frames and video images, store the images, transmit the images, and edit as desired, for example by zooming, cropping, changing the speed of the video, and so forth.
US09635946B2	Chair footrest frame Disclosed is a chair footrest frame, comprising a base sliding block (1) fixed to both sides of a bottom face of a chair base, sliding rods (2) arranged in a sliding manner respectively on the base sliding blocks (1), a footrest cushion (7) provided between the two sliding rods (2), and a roller ball (12) suitable for the sliding of the sliding rods (2) being provided on the base sliding block (1). The frictional force between the sliding rods and the base sliding block is relatively small, abrasive wear is relatively low, and operation is simple and convenient, which benefit improvement of the functionality and service life of the footrest frame.
US09635941B2	Wall mounted assembly A wall assembly includes at least one horizontally extending rail having a rear surface adapted to engage the wall. A plurality of horizontally spaced and vertically extending stiles are coupled to the rail, with the stiles disposed forwardly of the rear surface of the rail. A plurality of interface components are coupled to the plurality of stiles. In various embodiments, the stiles may be interconnected to draw together adjacent interface components. The interface components also may include overlapping upper and lower edges. The stiles may be vertically and/or horizontally (laterally and longitudinally) adjustable relative to the rail. A lock member may be provided to secure at least one of the stiles to the rail. Various systems and methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US09635937B2	Rack mounting kit for telecommunications equipment and rack cross brace A rack mounting kit is configured to allow mounting of a telecommunications equipment chassis into a rack by a single person. The rack mounting kit includes two complimentary brackets that form a shelf-like feature. The complimentary brackets also include a mating latch for interfacing with a chassis to secure the chassis in place. Additionally, a cross brace is provided that is removably installed onto the two complimentary brackets to provide additionally rigidity to a rack while a chassis is being installed. The cross brace can be removed once installation of the chassis is complete.
US09635935B2	Game table for exercise and recreation A game table for exercise and recreation provides an engaging game for players wherein a ball or other game piece may be advanced to score goals or points. The game table includes an angled playing surface to which a pair of paddle assemblies may be movably secured via corresponding slots in the playing surface. Typically, the slots will be at the ends of the playing surface and extend laterally. A pair of goal box assemblies provide a scoring opportunity for players and are located at the ends of the playing surface. Side openings may be formed in the walls of the game table to allow improved range of motion, including rotationally, of the paddle assemblies.
US09635932B2	Height adjustable desk system A height-adjustable desk having a desktop, at least one cabinet positioned beneath the desktop, and at least one height-adjustable column. The height-adjustable column has an upper end secured to the desktop and a lower end secured within the cabinet. The height-adjustable column is selectively raised or lowered to move the desktop up or down. The cabinet has a storage compartment, and the lower end of the column is positioned behind the storage compartment. Substantially the entire length of the height-adjustable column is housed within and concealed by the cabinet when the height-adjustable column is in the lower position. The desk also includes various cable management channels and cable tracks to entirely conceal all electrical cable running throughout the desk to power and control the height of the desk, as well as to provide electrical power or other necessary electrical cables for any electrical equipment used on the desktop.
US09635931B2	Table with electrical ports A table having electrical ports for supplying power or data. The table may include one or more port housings having one or more electrical ports disposed on a surface of the port housing. The port housing may be configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the one or more electrical ports may be concealed beneath the top surface of the table. In the second position, the one or more electrical port may be deployed above the top surface table. The table may include a motor coupled to an assembly for rotating the one or more port housings between the first position and the second position.
US09635930B2	Table system Provided is a table system that allows for multiple table frame arrangements using various combinations of fundamental building pieces. An adjustable height table leg includes two parallel and horizontal slots adapted to receive and clamp two independent frame members of the frame. The frame members may be bent or angled in a plurality of configurations to achieve a desired shape for the table frame. Sections of the frame members may also include apertures through which fasteners may be threaded to connect two frame members at right angles.
US09635927B2	Brush head with recessed bristles, brush, method of making and method of using same The present invention recognizes that there exists a long felt need for brush heads and brushes having material application and buffing properties. A first aspect of the present invention is a brush head. A second aspect of the present invention is a brush including a brush head of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush head of the present invention. A fourth aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush of the present invention. A fifth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush head of the present invention. A sixth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush of the present invention.
US09635924B1	Cat eye makeup applicator A cat eye makeup applicator with a handle and a cat eye stamping member having a base portion for detachable connection to the handle and having left-side and right-side, mirror image stamping surfaces for transferring eyeliner to a user's skin and creating perfect, symmetrical cat eyes.
US09635921B2	Construction of luggage and luggage The present utility model relates to a box body structure of a draw-bar box and the draw-bar box. The draw-bar box comprises a box body and a telescopic draw bar. First extrusion-molded blocks are provided at four corners of an upper end of the box body, and second extrusion-molded blocks are provided at four corners of a lower end of the box body, the first and second extrusion-molded blocks respectively being in threaded connection with the box body. The first extrusion-molded block comprises a first outer corner protector located on the outside of the box body, and a first inner corner protector located on the inside of the box body and mating with the first outer corner protector, the first outer corner protector being in threaded connection with the first inner corner protector. The second extrusion-molded block comprises a second outer corner protector located on the outside of the box body, and a second inner corner protector located on the inside of the box body and mating with the second outer corner protector, the second outer corner protector being in threaded connection with the second inner corner protector. Rollers are provided on at least two of the second extrusion-molded blocks at the lower end of the box body. The present utility model has a simple structure, reasonable design and convenient use, and also has the advantages of low production costs, stronger firmness, and hardly deformed corners.
US09635920B2	Adjustable belt for carrying bags or the like Adjustable strap bags and the like for use during cycling or motorcycling, which includes an elongate flexible member designed to be secured to a bag or the like, wherein said elongate flexible member includes a first portion of adjustable length (I1) which is designed to lie upon the shoulders of a user and a second portion of adjustable length (I2) which is designed to encircle the waist of the user thereby stabilizing the bag and holding it tight thereagainst.
US09635919B2	Closure device A closure device for connecting two parts includes a first connecting module and a second connecting module. The first connecting module can be arranged on the second connecting module in a closing direction, is mechanically latched with the second connecting module by a latching means in a closed position, and is held at the second connecting module against the closing direction. The first connecting module can be released from the second connecting module by movement of the first connecting module in an opening direction. A form-fit element is arranged on one of the connecting modules, which is formed to engage a recess on the other one of the connecting modules after establishing the latching of the first connecting module with the second connecting module by moving the first connecting module relative to the second connecting module against the opening direction.
US09635912B1	Smart gemstone and a preparation method thereof A smart gemstone and a preparation method thereof, according to which the smart gemstone is divided into a base made of gemstone materials and a gemstone itself; the base has a cavity for accommodating a smart control unit and a wireless recharging battery. The gemstone itself is positioned on top of the base and seals the cavity. The structure of the smart gemstone is simple and compact and also high integrated. The smart gemstone has a wide scope of applications. The smart gemstone can emit lights, perform wireless power charging, provide incoming call alerts and allow associated settings. Also, it is water-resistant even in deep water.
US09635904B2	Insoles for footwear Embodiments are directed towards an insole assembly for an article of footwear. The insole includes a cushioning member and a support member. The cushioning member having an upper surface for engaging a plantar surface of a foot and a bottom surface for engaging a sole of the footwear and the support member. The support member engages with a portion of the bottom surface of the cushioning member. The support member has a rearfoot portion which extends around a heel end of the cushioning member, medial and lateral side portions which extend forwardly from the rearfoot portion on opposite sides of a central opening in the support member, and a front-end portion connecting the medial and lateral side portions near a midfoot region of the footwear enclosing the central opening in the support member along a perimeter of the cushioning member.
US09635903B2	Sole structure having auxetic structures and sipes A sole structure that includes recessed portions. The recessed portions are arranged such that the sole structure has auxetic properties. In some embodiments, sipes extend to the recessed portions. Additionally, the sole structure may include a central portion having auxetic properties and a peripheral portion.
US09635902B2	Safety footwear A footwear system is disclosed, which includes a shell having an inner cavity and at least one recessed area offset from an inner surface of the shell, and a chassis having one or more components adapted to protect a user's foot from injury. In one embodiment, the chassis is insertable into the inner cavity of the shell, such that the one or more components of the chassis are securely retained (e.g., permanently affixed) within the at least one recessed area of the shell. Methods of forming the aforementioned footwear system using expandable materials are also disclosed.
US09635901B1	Footwear with interchangeable sole structure elements A shoe may comprise an upper and a sole structure that includes a plurality of support elements located in a plantar region. Each of the support elements may be non-destructively removable from and replaceable into the sole structure. The shoe may comprise a plurality of sensors configured to measure force exerted in a footbed region of the article of footwear, as well as a processor communicatively coupled to the sensors. The processor may be configured to receive input indicative of forces measured by the sensors and to transmit data based on that input. Methods utilizing the article may include removing a support element and replacing the removed support element with a replacement support element.
US09635899B2	Sandal strap arrangement and tensioning system A sandal having two independent support straps that are joined over the metatarsal region of the foot and tensioned, over the top of the foot and around the ankle of the user, posterior to the connection point.
US09635897B2	Cushion items with flexible contouring A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user.
US09635896B2	Swivelling neckband for a protection helmet A protection helmet includes a crown provided with a frontal part and an occipital part including an inner occipital part, a neckband having an inner surface designed to be in contact with a user's head, and articulation system configured to allow passage of the neckband from a use position to a storage position of the protection helmet. In the storage position, the neckband is folded into the occipital part of the crown so that the inner surface is facing the inner occipital part of the crown.
US09635895B1	System and method for mapping wearer mobility for clothing design A method for mapping wearer mobility includes identifying common usage patterns and usage positions by the garment wearer, attaching markers used in motion capture photography to the bare skin of a test subject, and recording position and movement data of the test subject with a computer system while the test subject repeats the common usage patterns and usage positions. The position and movement data are processed to create an opportunity map which identifies stretch and compression areas of the test subject. Markers are attached to a garment worn by a test subject, and position and movement data are recorded while the test subject repeats the common usage patterns and usage positions. The data are analyzed to create a problem map which identifies stretch and compression areas of the garment. A mobility map is created based on the opportunity map and problem map that creates a garment design that reduces compression and stretch areas.
US09635891B2	Method and system for tracking glove failure A system and method for identifying areas of a processing plant in which a glove is damaged. The system includes utilizing color-coded sets of gloves in different areas or processing steps within the plant. All the gloves used in a particular plant are provided with a unique identifier. If a piece of a glove is located in the product within the plant, the color of that piece indicates the area or process of the plant in which the glove was used. If a piece of a damaged glove is located in the product at a remote destination, the unique identifier in that piece is matched with a registry to determine the plant in which the glove was used. The color of the piece then helps the plant to identify where the damaged glove was used. The system and method are particularly helpful in the food processing industry, especially meat processing.
US09635889B1	Cooling garment The present invention relates to a cooling garment, comprising: a moisture-wicking under layer; and an impermeable outer layer, wherein the impermeable outer layer is attached to the moisture-wicking under layer forming at least one channel within the garment having a wetted perimeter of at most 5 inches; and an above ambient pressure gas supply operably attached to the channel. The present invention also relates to the cooling shirt or vest garment, comprising: a moisture-wicking under layer and an impermeable outer layer, wherein the outer layer is attached to the under layer forming a plurality of channels.
US09635882B2	Cigarette paper with improved air-permeability A cigarette paper is shown which has the following properties over at least a part of its surface: no artificial perforation, the air permeability is at least 15 CU, preferably at least 20 CU, and especially preferably at least 25 CU, and for the exponent k, measured with a measuring head with a rectangular opening of 2 mm by 15 mm, in accordance with ISO 2965:2009, which is defined by k = log ⁢ Q 1 Q 2 log ⁢ p 1 p 2 with Q1: air-flow through the paper at a pressure difference p1=1.00 kPa and Q2: air-flow through the paper at a pressure difference p2=0.25 kPa, the following holds k≦0.98, preferably k≦0.95, especially preferably k≦0.93, and k≧0.80, preferably k≧0.85.
US09635881B2	Smokeless tobacco composition comprising non-tobacco fibers and a method for its manufacture A smokeless tobacco composition comprising at least one type of non-tobacco fibers, wherein the non-tobacco fibers have an average length-to-width ratio equal to or greater than 3.5:1 and equal to or lower than 100:1, and a method for manufacturing the smokeless tobacco composition.
US09635877B2	Process for obtaining honey and/or flour of coffee from the pulp or husk and the mucilage of the coffee bean The present invention relates to a method for using the by-products of coffee in the production of proteins, polyphenols, vitamins and minerals, through methods of concentrating and conserving the mucilage and the pulp (husk) in order to obtain industrially processed coffee honey and/or pulp meal (husk), which is/are suitable for use in products for human or animal consumption, drugs, cosmetics or as raw materials for the production of alcohol for fuel (ethanol), wherein said process makes it possible to reduce the pollution of the environment by avoiding the waste of coffee by-products and to exploit the properties and advantages of same for producing the aforementioned products.
US09635875B2	Production of pulse protein products with reduced astringency Pulse proteins of reduced astringency are obtained by fractionating pulse protein products which are completely soluble and heat stable in aqueous media at acid pH value of less than about 4.4 into lower molecular weight, less astringent proteins and higher molecular weight, more astringent proteins.
US09635874B2	Automatic frozen food product vending machine An automatic frozen food product vending machine includes a frozen food product dispensing station for dispensing at least one frozen food product, a container dispenser for storing multiple frozen food product containers and configured to automatically dispense one frozen food product container at a time, a first movable platform for supporting a dispensed frozen food product container, a topping dispensing station for dispensing at least one topping, a second movable platform for supporting the dispensed frozen food product container, a user input device configured to receive a user selection of a desired frozen food product, a user selection of a desired amount of frozen food product, and a user selection of a desired topping, and processing electronics configured to automate operation of the vending machine after the user selections are made.
US09635873B2	System and method for bottom coating food products A product conveying and coating system includes at least first and second, sequentially arranged conveyor belts, with at least the second conveyor belt being a solid belt. Interposed in a gap between the first and second belts is a dispenser head of a coating manifold. The dispenser head spans a gap between upper surface portions of the first and second conveyor belts, with an elongated side wall outlet portion of the dispenser head being exposed, in a downstream direction of the conveyor unit, to the upper surface of the second conveyor belt. The system provides for dispensing of coating material directly onto the second, solid conveyor belt and enrobing at least bottom and partial side portions of food products upon the solid belt. Provisions are made for scraping from the solid belt, removing from the food products and recycling excess coating material.
US09635870B2	Direct-set cheese Process: providing concentrated milk composition including milk protein; providing plant fat composition including plant fat; combining first amount of concentrated milk composition together with second amount of plant fat composition, forming concentrated milk-plant fat composition having initial pH and having concentration by weight of water being within range of between about 49% and about 57%; combining concentrated milk-plant fat composition together with amount of edible acid, and directly setting concentrated milk-plant fat composition by adjusting initial pH to reduced pH being within range of between about 4.9 and about 4.5; thereby forming uniform non-separating direct-set milk-plant fat product substantially retaining the milk protein. Process also includes providing concentrated milk composition and plant fat composition respectively at first and second temperatures being at least about 20° F. above melting points of respective compositions. Composition: uniform non-separating direct-set milk-plant fat product.
US09635869B2	Solid milk and method of making the same The present invention is based on knowledge that basically, solid milk provided with both of adequate strength and solubility can be obtained by using only powdered milk as ingredient to be provided with compression molding under state where the porosity and the free fat is controlled within predetermined ranges, and then humidified and dried. Namely, solid milk having porosity of 30%-60%, and method of making solid milk including: a compression step for compressing powdered milk to obtain a solid form of compressed powdered milk; a humidifying step for humidifying the compressed powdered milk obtained by the compression step; and a drying step for drying the compressed powdered milk humidified by the humidifying step achieves the object of providing solid milk having preferred solubility and strength, and method of making the same.
US09635865B1	Dough feeder A device acts to take mixed dough or semi viscous material and feed this material uniformly and progressively to portioning machines that may not have capacity to hold a full batch from the mixer or require to be fed at a required rate so as to maintain a reasonably uniform or stable height or reserve amount of dough in there infeed hopper of dough portioning machine. The device providing two or more selectable output feeds in operation, providing for easy cleaning through detachable components, and compensating in the output feed variable for variations in the volume of dough in the tote.
US09635864B2	Baking liner with aperture A liner that can be used for baking. The liner includes an aperture such that the liner can be placed into a mold that also includes an aperture such that the aperture of the baking liner and the mold are at least partially aligned and, a substance to be baked can be injected into the mold through the aperture of the mold and the aperture of the liner. The liner may include one or more wings that at least partially cover the aperture and that can be folded through the aperture of the mold and against a surface of the mold to hold the liner in place. After baking, the one or more wings can be folded back over the aperture to at least partially cover the aperture.
US09635861B2	Modified biological control agents and their uses Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The improved, modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and the associated diseases thereby promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Disclosed compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or seed coating for plants and seeds.
US09635860B2	Antimicrobial composition including phytic acid and electrolytes The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition including phytic acid and electrolytes.
US09635859B2	Pesticidal compositions and processes related thereto This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes associated therewith.
US09635857B2	Tetrazolinone compound and use thereof A tetrazolinone compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R3 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; R4, R5, and R6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R7 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group; Q represents a divalent group selected from Group P4; and A represents a C7-C18 aralkyloxy group optionally having one or more atoms or groups selected from Group P3, has excellent control activity against pests.
US09635854B2	Controlling red rice with mesotrione Methods for controlling weeds in a crop, comprising applying to the weeds a herbicidally effective amount of a composition comprising a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor are presented.
US09635851B2	Water soluble polymers for agrochemical compositions Agrochemical aqueous compositions containing at least one organic, solid agrochemically active ingredient which is insoluble in water and, as dispersing and wetting agent, a water soluble polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, from 5% to 55% of the carboxylic groups of said water soluble polymer being esterified with a polyalkoxylated polystyrylphenol.
US09635844B2	Reel body of a dual-bearing reel A reel body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, a fixing portion, and a fishing rod mounting portion. The first and second connecting portions connect the first body portion and the second body portion. The fixing portion is disposed on the first connecting portion. The fixing portion protrudes from the outer peripheral edge of the second body portion from the side view. The fishing rod mounting portion is fixed to the fixing portion.
US09635842B2	Rod body for fishing rod and fishing rod provided therewith A main body layer 78 is configured by a layer 75 formed, in a cylindrical shape, from a main part 76 and a complementary part 77. The main part 76 is formed by a main prepreg 70. In a small-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in a widthwise direction overlapping each other, and in a large-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound so that a part of the entire circumference in the circumferential direction remains behind as a winding-shortage part, with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in the widthwise direction separated from each other in the circumferential direction. The complementary part 77 is formed to complement the winding-shortage part by a sub-prepreg 71 having a predetermined shape corresponding to the winding-shortage part.
US09635841B2	Lure A lure of the present invention includes a body, a sinker moving spatial portion provided inside the body and extending in an anteroposterior direction of the body, a spherical sinker accommodated in the sinker moving spatial portion to be movable along the sinker moving spatial portion in the anteroposterior direction of the body, and a retainer provided at a front side of the sinker moving spatial portion and can retain the spherical sinker due to magnetic force thereof. A partition is provided between the front portion of the sinker moving spatial portion and the retainer, and the partition has an inclined surface portion that is gradually reduced in thickness from the sinker moving spatial portion toward the retainer. The lure provides a shiftable center of gravity due to movement of a spherical sinker.
US09635839B2	Device and method for facilitating placing of poultry in containers A device for facilitating the placing of poultry animals supplied on at least one poultry conveyor into containers is provided with a frame, a number of first platforms mounted on the frame and extending horizontally at a first level for the purpose of carrying a container for each of the poultry conveyors. Each first platform is located at the end of a poultry conveyor. At least a first discharge transport element is mounted on the frame at the first level and extending transversely of the poultry conveyors and situated on the side of the platforms facing away from the poultry conveyor for the purpose of carrying away containers filled with poultry. A first connecting element extends between the first discharge transport element and each of the first platforms and mounted on the frame for the purpose of transporting containers filled with poultry between the relevant platform and the discharge transport element. The invention also relates to a method.
US09635836B2	Formed jerky treats formulation and method Pet treats and methods of manufacturing pet treats comprising unprocessed meats are disclosed. The unprocessed meats are not extruded, ground, emulsified, liquefied, partially liquefied, or made into a powder. The unprocessed meats may be combined with natural and/or un-natural binding agents and may also be combined with natural and/or un-natural preservatives. The combination may be formed into shapes in which the pieces, bits, and/or parts of the unprocessed meat may, or may not, be visible within the production product, yet contained within.
US09635833B2	Modular, configurable, and extensible enclosures for pets and other purposes A pet enclosure kit can include multiple discrete flat panels and multiple panel connectors. Each panel can include joined edge segments forming a rigid perimeter of the panel. An area bound by the perimeter can include a mesh, where a weave of the mesh is sufficiently tight to restrain a pet for which a pet enclosure is constructed. Each panel connector can couple two adjacent panels together by connecting to an edge segment of each of the adjacent panels, each of the panels can be coupled using only the panel connectors to other ones of said panels at either approximately one hundred and eighty degree angle or approximately ninety degree angle relative to an adjacent panel. The panels and the panel connectors can be designed to construct multiple different configurations of pet enclosures. Each configuration can have a different height, width, or depth from other ones of the different configurations.
US09635831B2	Pet housing with zippered closure A pet housing includes a top portion having a continuous edge and a bottom portion having a continuous edge. A middle portion is disposed between the top and bottom portions. The middle portion includes a continuous top edge and a continuous bottom edge. A first zipper is operable between an open and closed position to selectively interconnect the top portion continuous edge to the middle portion continuous top edge. A second zipper is operable between an open and closed position to selectively interconnect the bottom portion continuous edge to the middle portion continuous bottom edge. When the zippers are in the closed position, the top, bottom and middle portions form an enclosed area. When the zippers are in the open position, the top and bottom portions are completely detachable from the middle portion to allow the portions to nest.
US09635830B2	Portable milking machine A portable milking machine is provided. The portable milking machine includes a container, such as a jar. The container includes a rim forming an opening leading into an inside of the container. A cover releasably secures to the rim forming an air tight seal with the container. A first nozzle and a second nozzle forms a fluid connection between the inside of the container and the outside of the container. A vacuum pump powered by a power source is fluidly connected with the first nozzle. A first teat cup sized to receive a teat of an animal within and is fluidly connected to the second nozzle.
US09635829B2	Connector, and a teatcup A connector and a teatcup that includes a connector and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a sleeve, having a first end and a second end, and a teatcup liner mounted in the sleeve and having an inner space for receiving a teat. The connector is configured to connect a milk conduit to the cartridge. The connector includes a casing, which defines a longitudinal center axis (x) and encloses a connection space. The casing has an inner surface facing the connection space. The casing includes an inlet opening for the cartridge to the connection space, and an outlet opening for the milk conduit. Locking parts are provided on the inner surface of the casing and configured to permit locking of the cartridge in the connector.
US09635826B1	Variety corn line GAB2009 The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated GAB2009, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line GAB2009 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line GAB2009, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line GAB2009, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09635822B1	Sorghum inbred PHA5ILVKE A novel sorghum variety designated PHA5ILVKE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a plant that comprise crossing sorghum variety PHA5ILVKE with another plant. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHA5ILVKE through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the sorghum seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid sorghum seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the sorghum variety PHA5ILVKE or a locus conversion of PHA5ILVKE with another sorghum variety.
US09635817B2	Argyranthemum intergeneric hybrid plants and methods of production New plants were created from a new and efficient method of intergeneric hybridization between a plant from the group I. versicolor and Glebionis sp. as a female parent and a plant from the genus Argyranthemum as a male parent. The plants were created by rescuing an embryo from the cross-pollination of a plant from the group I. versicolor and Glebionis sp. as a female parent with an Argyranthemum male parent. The invention also describes a method for infecting hybrid plants with a virus and a viroid to modify plant phenotype. In addition to providing the intergeneric hybrid plants and parts thereof, the invention provides methods for making such plants and methods for creating other intergeneric hybrid plants and self plants from normally self-incompatible plants.
US09635814B2	Strategic crop placement using a virtual trip line for a harvester and crop accumulator combination A harvester and a crop accumulator combination. The harvester is configured to transfer a harvested crop to the crop accumulator. The crop accumulator comprises at least one actuator to selectively discharge the harvested crops onto a field. A GPS unit is configured with at least one virtual trip line. An ECU is in communication with the GPS unit. The ECU is configured to selectively command the actuator of the crop accumulator to discharge harvested crop onto the field when the ECU receives a signal from the GPS unit when at least one of the virtual trip line is being approached, the virtual trip line is being crossed, and the virtual trip line has been crossed.
US09635810B2	Draper seal for crop harvesting header A draper seal for a crop harvesting header including a forwardly disposed cutter bar assembly and a rearwardly disposed draper deck assembly. The draper seal includes a flexible strip that runs parallel to the cutter bar assembly and perpendicular to the direction of travel. A bracket secures the forward edge of the flexible strip to an upper surface of the cutter bar assembly, which bracket also biases a rearward edge of the flexible strip into engagement with an upper surface of the draper deck assembly, thereby creating a seal between the cutter bar assembly and the draper deck assembly.
US09635809B2	Electronic control for a grass cutting reel assembly of a lawn-care vehicle A system for controlling a grass cutting reel assembly of a turf-care vehicle. The system includes: a reel cylinder motor operable to rotate a reel cylinder of a grass cutting reel assembly of a turf-care vehicle at a desired rotational rate of speed to provide a controllable frequency of clip for the reel assembly; an automated height of cut control system operable to control a position of a front roller of the reel assembly to provide a controllable height of cut for the reel assembly; and a controller system operable to control the reel cylinder motor and the height of cut control system to provide a particular frequency of clip and a particular height of cut stipulated by one of a plurality of cutting scenarios programmed into the controller system and selected via a user interface of the controller system that is accessible by an operator onboard the turf-care vehicle.
US09635808B2	Head for an hedge trimmer A head for an edge trimmer, comprising a casing (1), destined for comprising at least a cutting wire reel and to be set in rotation about an axis of rotation (X), said casing comprising at least one outlet opening (11), which is so structured as to enable passage of a portion of the cutting wire. The head comprises two bushes (12) which laterally delimit the outlet opening (11) and are rotatable about a respective axis of rotation (Y).
US09635807B2	Agricultural header row unit for harvesting stalk residue A harvesting header for a row crop machine has a plurality of row units having fore-and-aft extending arms forming a passageway, a gathering mechanism to gather stalks into the passageway, snap rolls to pull the stalks downwardly through the passageway, and a knife set to cut the stalks in the passageway. The knife set includes a pair of opposing blades, each blade having a main portion with an inner edge located on a first side of a centerline of the passageway and a cutting protrusion with a sharpened cutting edge extending across the centerline toward the opposing blade. The cutting protrusions are offset longitudinally from one another such that the cutting protrusion of one of the blades is a different distance from a mouth of the passageway than the cutting protrusion of the opposing blade such that there is a continuous gap between the blades along the length of blades.
US09635806B2	Mower blade speed control system A mower blade speed control system with an electronic control unit providing engine speed commands to an internal combustion engine having a maximum power speed and a reduced economy speed, and a continuously variable transmission with variable displacement providing rotational power from the engine to a plurality of mower blades. The electronic control unit monitors engine load and automatically adjusts engine speed and the displacement of the continuously variable transmission in response to engine load to achieve a constant rotational speed of a plurality of mower blades at different engine speeds.
US09635798B2	Arrangement for automatically steering a combination of a self-propelled vehicle and an implement for cultivating a field An implement for cultivating a field is connected to a self-propelled vehicle that is steered automatically along a first reference path by a steering control unit. The implement is guided in a lateral direction with respect to the vehicle along a second reference path by an implement position control unit by means of an actuator. The steering control unit steam the vehicle in dependence on the position of the actuator at the time.
US09635796B1	Shovel assembly A shovel assembly for coupling a shovel to a forearm includes a shovel that may be coupled to a forearm of a user. Thus, the shovel may be manipulated to shovel material. A support is coupled to the shovel. The support may to be secured to the user's forearm. Thus, the shovel is retained on the user's forearm.
US09642294B2	Tape feeder and method for moving a carrier tape towards a picking position in a component mounting machine A tape feeder, including a tape feeder body and a feeder wagon/linear guide, is used to direct component tape in a linear movement towards a component pick position. The feeder wagon comprises a feeder wagon body slidably mounted to the tape feeder body for movement between a first, pickup position and a second, delivery position. The feeder wagon further comprises a feeder head mounted to the feeder wagon body for movement (1) with the feeder wagon body as it moves along the first path, and (2) along a second path transverse to the first path between a first, tape-engaged position and a second, tape-released position. The feeder head comprises a tape-engaging element engageable with component tape.
US09642293B2	Multilayer casing device for attenuating electromagnetic waves A multilayer casing device for attenuating electromagnetic waves is made of at least one textile material, at least one metal material. The device is made up of a stack provided with at least, consecutively from the inside to the outside: a first diamagnetic metal material layer at least partially made of copper, a second textile layer at least partially made of wool or cotton, a third layer made of a ferromagnetic material, and a fourth textile layer at least partially made of wool and cotton. The device is also made up of a complementary stack of identical layers (the second textile layer, the third ferromagnetic layer and the fourth textile layer) extending symmetrically in relation to the first copper layer.
US09642292B2	Electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus and electromagnetic wave reduction method thereof Provided is an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus for reducing an electromagnetic wave generated from a thermoelectric element. The electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus according to the present invention includes an electromagnetic wave sensing unit connected to a thermoelectric element and sensing an electromagnetic wave, an electromagnetic wave detecting unit detecting whether the sensed electromagnetic wave is greater than a reference value, an electromagnetic wave reduction circuit unit reducing the electromagnetic wave in response to an electromagnetic wave reduction control signal, and a circuit operation control unit generating the electromagnetic wave reduction control signal according to the detection result.
US09642289B2	Power supply and method A power supply includes a plurality of electronic components including one or more of a rectifier and a switching transistor, an input port configured to receive electrical energy from a power source and a circuit board comprising a cavity. At least one of the rectifier and the switching transistor is embedded in the cavity. The cavity is arranged proximal to the input port such that at least a portion of thermal energy generated by one or more of the rectifier and the switching transistor is dissipated from the power supply by way of the input port.
US09642279B2	Rail mounting structure A rail mounting structure includes a rail member, an auxiliary member, and a resilient member. The rail member includes first and second mounting slots. The auxiliary member is movably mounted to the rail member and includes first and second portions. The resilient member provides a resilient force acting on the auxiliary member such that the auxiliary member is kept at a predetermined position relative to the rail member where the first and second portions of the auxiliary member are adjacent to the first and second mounting slots respectively.
US09642277B2	Motor vehicle door lock housing A motor vehicle door lock housing comprising at least one outwardly facing recess (2) for receiving electric strip conductors (3) and with passages (4) in the recess (2) for connecting the strip conductors (3) to the housing interior, wherein the strip conductors (3) together with at least one strip conductor board (6) carrying the latter can be placed in the recess (2).
US09642276B2	Welding and soldering of transistor leads In a method of manufacturing an electronic device a transistor having respective input, output and control leads extending parallel to each other is positioned; first and second busbar layers are placed relative to the transistor so that a first tab extending from the first opening aligns with and contacts one of the input and output leads, and so that a second tab extending from the second opening aligns with and contacts another one of the input and output leads; the first tab and one of the input and output leads are welded; a circuit board is placed parallel to the busbar layers so that the control lead and the first and second tabs extend through corresponding openings in the circuit board; and the control lead and the at least one of the first and second tabs are soldered to one or more circuits on the circuit board.
US09642275B2	Power module A power module has a copper layer composed of copper or a copper alloy on a surface of a circuit layer to which a semiconductor device is bonded, and a solder layer that is formed by using a solder material is formed between the circuit layer and the semiconductor device. An average crystal grain size which is measured by EBSD measurement in a region having a thickness of up to 30 μm from the surface of the circuit layer in the solder layer is 10 μm or less, the solder layer has a composition that contains Sn as a main component, 0.01 to 1.0% by mass of Ni, and 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of Cu, and a thermal resistance increase rate when a power cycle is loaded 100,000 times is less than 10% in a power cycle test.
US09642274B2	Uninterruptible power supply having adjustable interface A UPS with an adjustable user interface module comprises a housing having a front plane and a module configured to fit inside and secured by the housing. The module includes a body having a front face, and the module is configured to tilt within the housing such that the front face of the module can be positioned at various angles relative to the front plane of the housing.
US09642271B2	Cord containment device A cord containment device that includes: an oval shaped container, where the container includes a bottom portion and a top portion: a lid that forms the top portion, where the lid seals the container; a surface and a side wall that form the bottom portion; a plurality of cord guides over the surface; and a plurality of inlet/outlets around the sidewall. In one embodiment, a plurality of ports may be aligned between the plurality of inlet/outlets. Each inlet/outlet preferably includes a flap opening and each flap opening is made of rubber.
US09642268B2	Support assembly and display device A support assembly and a display device are provided. The support assembly comprises a support frame (3) and a carrier frame (1) provided at an upper end of the support frame (3). The carrier frame (1) comprises a lower connecting member (12) and an upper connecting member (11) which are connected through a rotating shaft (13). The lower connecting member (12) is fixed to the upper end of the support frame (3), and the upper connecting member (11) comprises an engagement structure. This support assembly is used to improve the detachability between the support assembly and the display.
US09642267B2	Portable wireless device An antenna includes two elements having an antenna element which resonates by a frequency f1 and a ground wire element which resonates by a frequency f2 higher than the frequency f1. The antenna element is directed so that an antenna radiation part is located to be substantially parallel to a surface of a casing on which an operating part is provided. The ground wire element is directed so that a ground wire radiation part is located substantially vertically to the surface of the casing on which the operating part is provided. Further, a space between a feeding terminal connecting part of the antenna element and a ground terminal connecting part of the ground wire element is set to be equal to a space between a feeding terminal and a ground terminal and the feeding terminal connecting part is arranged to be parallel to the ground terminal connecting part.
US09642265B2	Dense out of plane interconnect inside hermetically sealed modules A hermetically sealed module which comprises a central core housing including a perimeter side wall and a central core with opposed primary and secondary support surfaces. At least one coupling passageway is formed within the central core adjacent the perimeter side wall. The side wall has an sealed internal/external electrical connector which facilitates communication with the module. A multilayer substrate, with at least one flexible coupling tab, is supported by the primary support surface and at least one surface mounted component is supported by the secondary support surface. The flexible coupling tab passes through the at least one coupling passageway to facilitate coupling of a plurality of components of the multilayer substrate with a plurality of components of the at least one surface mounted component via a SMT connector. Primary and secondary lids are secured to opposed sides of the perimeter side wall and forming the hermetically sealed module.
US09642263B2	Display apparatus Provided is a display apparatus including: a display panel; an exterior member made up of a plurality of separated bezels each disposed on a front surface side of a peripheral portion of the display panel; and at least one joint members disposed on inner sides of the bezels at at least one portion where the bezels are separated so as to connect the adjacent bezels, wherein each of the joint members has a first portion having elasticity and supporting a lower end of the display panel, and a second portion having higher rigidity than the first portion and making contact with the inner side of the bezel.
US09642259B2	Embedded bridge structure in a substrate Some novel features pertain to a substrate that includes a first dielectric layer and a bridge structure. The bridge structure is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The bridge structure is configured to provide an electrical connection between a first die and a second die. The first and second dies are configured to be coupled to the substrate. The bridge structure includes a first set of interconnects and a second dielectric layer. The first set of interconnects is embedded in the first dielectric layer. In some implementations, the bridge structure further includes a second set of interconnects. In some implementations, the second dielectric layer is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The some implementations, the first dielectric layer includes the first set of interconnects of the bridge structure, a second set of interconnects in the bridge structure, and a set of pads in the bridge structure.
US09642255B2	Membrane sheet with bumps for probe card, probe card and method for manufacturing membrane sheet with bumps for probe card A probe card is for testing a wafer which allows for stable contact with electrode pads of a wafer simultaneously under small contact pressure in wafer test procedures. A probe card includes a frame plate which is provided with a plurality of through-holes corresponding to semiconductor chips of a wafer, a wiring substrate, an anisotropic conductive membrane which has a size corresponding to that of the through-hole and is fixed in the through-hole or on a periphery of the through-hole in the frame plate, and a contact membrane which also has a size corresponding to that of the through-hole and is fixed on the periphery of the through-hole in the frame plate. The contact membrane includes an insulating membrane, a conductive electrode provided in the insulating membrane and on a reverse face of the insulating membrane, and a bump. The bump is formed by plating an upper end of an electrode body which is exposed by half-etching the insulating membrane. The bump has a pointy tip end portion is electrically contacted with a terminal in the wiring substrate via a conductive path in the anisotropic conductive membrane.
US09642251B2	Transparent conductive coating based on percolative grid Disclosed is a new class of transparent conductive coatings based on conductive grids and percolative pattern therefore.
US09642249B2	Resin composition, prepreg, and substrate employing the same A disclosure provides a resin composition, a prepreg, and a substrate employing the same. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the resin composition includes a polyphenylene ether compound, and a bismaleimide. The prepreg includes a cured product of the resin composition. The substrate includes a product fabricated by the resin composition or the prepreg.
US09642247B2	Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate The invention relates to a metal-ceramic substrate and to a method for the production thereof, the substrate including at least one ceramic layer having first and second surface sides, at least one of the surface sides of which is provided with a metallization, wherein the ceramic material forming the ceramic layer contains aluminum oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide. The ceramic layer contains aluminum oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide in the following proportions, in each case in relation to the total weight thereof: zirconium dioxide between 2 and 15 percent by weight; yttrium oxide between 0.01 and 1 percent by weight; and aluminum oxide between 84 and 97 percent by weight, wherein the average grain size of the aluminum oxide used is between 2 and 8 micrometers and the ratio of the length of the grain boundaries of the aluminum oxide grains to the total length of all the grain boundaries is greater than 0.6.
US09642244B2	Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and corresponding manufacturing process An embodiment of a micro-electro-mechanical system of the MEMS type comprising at least one micro-electro-mechanical device of the MEMS type and one junction with a duct suitable to being associated with an external apparatus. Said junction being a printed circuit board PCB comprising at least two layers with juxtaposed faces, a channel being present in at least one face of at least one of said at least two layers suitable for realizing the duct with the juxtaposition of the other face of at least another one of at least two layers.
US09642243B2	Flexible touch sensor with fine pitch interconnect An article includes a multilayer structure, such as, e.g., a touch sensor, having two opposing sides and comprising a central polymeric UV transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer on each of the two major opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate, a metallic conductive layer on each transparent conductive layer, and a patterned photoimaging mask on each metallic conductive layer.
US09642242B2	Power conversion apparatus An AC/DC converter of a power conversion apparatus includes filters, a PFC circuit, a first full bridge circuit, a first transformer, and a first rectifier circuit and converts an AC voltage supplied from the outside to a DC voltage. A DC/DC converter includes filters, a second full bridge circuit, a second transformer, and a second rectifier circuit and lowers a DC voltage output from the AC/DC converter. Constituent circuits of the AC/DC converter located on the primary side of the first transformer are mounted on the upper face of a cooling chassis which cools both the converters. Constituent circuits of the AC/DC converter located on the secondary side of the first transformer and constituent circuits of the DC/DC converter are mounted on the lower face of the cooling chassis.
US09642241B2	Optimal mounting of a flexible display A method for mounting a flexible electronics component to a support structure includes bending the flexible electronics component to be aligned with a curved contour. The curved contour is determined based on a flexibility requirement of a product in which the flexible electronics component is to be integrated and one or more flexibility constraints of the flexible electronics component. The method also includes bending the support structure to be aligned with the curved contour, and adhering the bent flexible electronics component to the bent support structure to produce a flexible electronics assembly.
US09642238B2	Antenna structure and plasma generating device An antenna structure includes four induction antennas which have the same structure, are connected in parallel and are disposed to be overlapped. The induction antennas include an external upper section arranged on a first quadrant of a first layer, an internal upper section connected to the external upper section and arranged on a second quadrant of the first layer, an internal lower section connected to the internal upper section and arranged on a third quadrant of a second layer arranged on a lower part of the first layer, and an external lower section connected to the internal lower section and arranged on a fourth quadrant of the second layer. An RF power is supplied to one end of the external upper section, and the other end of the external lower section is grounded.
US09642234B2	EUV light generator apparatus having a droplet generator configured to control a droplet position using a magnetic field Described is an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generator apparatus. The EUV light generator apparatus includes a droplet nozzle, a central electromagnet including a central coil wound around the droplet nozzle, and a droplet generator including side electromagnets around the central electromagnet.
US09642233B2	Method and arrangement for generating a jet of fluid, method and system for transforming the jet into a plasma, and uses of said system A method and apparatus for generating a pulsed jet of fluid, and transforming the jet into a plasma. The method includes using a high-pressure rapid solenoid valve, and a pipe mounted on an outlet opening of the solenoid valve to produce a pulsed fluid jet which is sub-millimetric in size, and the atomic density of which is more than 1020 cm−3.
US09642232B2	Silicon based ion emitter assembly An embodiment of the invention provides a method for low emission charge neutralization, comprising: generating a high frequency alternating current (AC) voltage; transmitting the high frequency AC voltage to at least one non-metallic emitter; wherein the at least one non-metallic emitter comprises at least 70% silicon by weight and less than 99.99% silicon by weight; wherein the at least one emitter comprises at least one treated surface section with a destroyed oxidation layer; and generating ions from the at least one non-metallic emitter in response to the high frequency AC voltage. Another embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for low emission charge neutralization wherein the apparatus can perform the above-described operations.
US09642230B2	Systems and methods of providing enhanced electric fence diagnostics An electric fence energizer provides automated reporting of faults and other events as well as fault location to reduce effort in diagnosing faults and intrusion events in electric fences by measuring impedance changes using a time-domain reflectometer. In some embodiments, methods determine the location of a fault in distance from the energizer and provide timely and appropriate condition information.
US09642229B2	Light source apparatus, discharge lamp driving method, and projector In at least one embodiment, a light source apparatus includes a discharge lamp with a pair of electrodes and a driving unit that supplies a driving current to the pair of electrodes. The driving unit includes an AC supplier that supplies an alternating current to the pair of electrodes and a DC supplier that supplies a direct current to the pair of electrodes. The AC supplier is configured to alternately repeat an AC supply section in which the alternating current is supplied and an AC stop section in which the supply of the alternating current is stopped. The DC supplier is configured to supply the direct current during a period corresponding to the AC stop section. A frequency of the direct current is not lower than 10 Hz and not higher than 1 kHz.
US09642224B2	Illumination controller and luminaire control method An illumination controller includes a communication interface circuit configured to communicate with a luminaire via radio waves; an input device configured to obtain a manipulation instruction; and a control processor configured to generate at least a first command and a second command according to a corresponding manipulation instruction obtaining state of the input device, and transmit the command generated to the luminaire via the communication interface circuit, wherein, when the control processor has generated the first command according to the manipulation instruction obtaining state, the control processor is configured to repeatedly transmit the first command, generated to the luminaire at first transmission intervals, and when the control processor has generated the second command according to the manipulation instruction obtaining state, the control processor is configured to repeatedly transmit the second command generated to the luminaire at second transmission intervals different from the first transmission intervals.
US09642219B2	Environment optimization for space based on presence and activities A method for facilitating space experiences for at least a first space user and for at least first and second different spaces, the method comprising the steps of storing first and second space experience specifications for the first and second different spaces, respectively, wherein the first and second space experience specifications indicate space affordance settings for the first and second spaces, respectively, sensing a trigger event associated with at least one of the first and second different spaces, where the sensed trigger event is associated with the first space, using the first space experience specification to control the first space affordances and where the sensed trigger event is associated with the second space, using the second space experience specification to control the second space affordances.
US09642218B1	Wireless behavioral feedback for active lighting control A new apparatus, system, method and a computer readable memory are presented for lighting control using active wireless active feedback monitoring of behavioral activity of moving objects, for lighting control in an area of interest using, for example, a time dependence of a received signal strength parameter (RSSP) and a calculated standard deviation of the RSSP. Presence of moving objects (such as humans, pets/animals, cars and the like) within the range of an established wireless network tends to modulate the wireless signal strength between wireless nodes. Using the monitored variation in the standard deviation of the wireless signal strength between network nodes, behavioral activity of moving objects may be used to directly control ambient lighting conditions such as luminaire lumen output, color temperature, light distribution, and/or other lighting characteristics, based upon the level of behavioral activity of moving objects within an area of interest.
US09642217B2	Infrared communication sensor and motion sensor network system and method for lighting in group units by using same A motion sensor network method for lighting in group units by using an infrared communication sensor according to the present invention comprises the steps of: sensing a first motion of a person or a vehicle by means of a first sensor module and turning on one lighting module; implementing infrared communication with another sensor module adjacent to the first sensor module and turning on another lighting module; maintaining the turning-on of the first lighting module and the other lighting module when the first sensor module or the other sensor module senses a second motion of the person or the vehicle; and turning off the first lighting module and the other lighting module when the first sensor module or the other sensor module fails to sense the second motion of the person or the vehicle for a certain time.
US09642216B1	Systems and methods for synchronizing lighting devices Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing a plurality of lighting devices. One or more potential-interference-neighbor (PIN) lighting devices are identified near a master lighting device. The master lighting device outputs a first lighting signal and the one or more PIN lighting devices output one or more second lighting signals. One or more time offsets between the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals are determined. The one or more second lighting signals are adjusted based at least in part on the one or more time offsets to synchronize the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals.
US09642210B2	Supervision for a light display device A device and method may include, in a display device, emitting visible light in a humanly imperceptible manner and sensing said light to verify operation of the display device.
US09642206B2	Compact emitter for warm dimming and color tunable lamp A substrate for an LED emitter includes a body with a recess region formed therein. Bonding pads are disposed within the recess region, including LED bonding pads for LEDs and supporting chip bonding pads for one or more semiconductor chips that provide supporting circuitry (e.g., driver and/or controller circuitry) to support operation of the LEDs. External electrical contacts can be disposed outside the recess region. Electrical paths, disposed at least partially within the body of the substrate, connect the external electrical contacts to a first subset of the supporting chip bonding pads and connect a second subset of the supporting chip bonding pads to the plurality of LED bonding pads such that one or more supporting chips connected to the controller pads can be operated to deliver different operating currents to different ones of the LEDs.
US09642203B2	Controlling dimming ratio and output ripple voltage In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) is configured to receive an input signal. The IC includes a boost switch driver configured to provide a switching operation to a boost converter to drive a string of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a current sink driver connected to a current source and configured to provide a current signal to the string of LEDs, and a delay module configured to delay the current signal to the string of LEDs with respect to the input signal.
US09642202B2	Systems and methods for dimming of a light source In embodiments, improved capabilities are described for dimming performance of lighting methods and systems, such as the improvement of dimming LED lamps that are dimmed from standard external dimming devices. Methods and systems for improving dimming performance include a fast startup override facility for overriding a default dimming function of the lamp's electronics through forcing the lamp electronics to operate with a higher than normal duty cycle to ensure the lamp electronics can deliver higher than normal power to an LED module during a dimming current level startup condition. Dimming facilities may also include a dynamic RC selection facility, an active N-level bleeder facility, a dimmer-type detection facility, an improved dimming linearity through symmetrical phase cutting facility, and a flicker reduction facility.
US09642200B2	Maintaining LED driver operating point during PWM off times A method and system of driving an LED load. There is a power stage that is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. There is a feedback circuit that is configured to generate the operating point signal, which causes the power stage to deliver a level of current indicated by the control signal, when the PWM signal is ON. A store and hold circuit is configured to store an information indicative of a level of the operating point signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF and cause the operating point signal to be at that level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
US09642196B2	Light-emitting device package and light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting device package including: a package substrate; first to fifth conductive patterns disposed on a top surface of the package substrate; a first rectifying circuit disposed on the first and second conductive patterns; a first light-emitting device disposed on the fifth conductive pattern and electrically connected to the first rectifying circuit; a second rectifying circuit disposed on the third and fourth conductive patterns; and a second light-emitting device disposed on the fifth conductive pattern and electrically connected to the second rectifying circuit.
US09642195B2	Enhanced microwave system utilizing tilted launchers A microwave heating system configured for heating a plurality of articles is provided. One or more of the microwave launchers can be offset slightly, such that the microwave energy introduced into the heating chamber is discharged at a launch tilt angle of at least 2°. Additionally, each launcher can include a microwave-transparent window disposed between the microwave chamber and the one or more launch openings and at least 50 percent of the chamber-side surface of the window can be oriented at an angle of at least 2° from the horizontal.
US09642193B2	Low-oxygen atmosphere apparatus A low-oxygen atmosphere apparatus including a chamber which houses an object to be processed, microwave generators, and waveguides through which a microwave generated in the microwave generators is transmitted, and further including, in the chamber and/or the waveguides, oxygen-reducing materials to lower the oxygen concentration of the atmosphere in the chamber, which generates heat by the microwave in order to accelerate a reducing reaction of oxygen, thereby lowering the oxygen concentration of the atmosphere in the chamber.
US09642184B2	Audio system and method for coordinating tasks A system includes a hands free mobile communication device. Software stored on a machine readable storage device is executed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations. The operator receives instructions regarding operations to be performed. Oral communications are received from the operator and are processed automatically to provide further instructions in response to the received oral communications.
US09642182B2	Communication apparatus and method of controlling communication thereof Disclosed is a communication apparatus in a network system constituted by a plurality of communication apparatuses, wherein the fact that a specific communication apparatus connected to a temporary network constructed temporarily has left the temporary network is detected. In response to the specific communication apparatus leaving the temporary network, another communication apparatus connected to the temporary network is allowed to return to the original network.
US09642179B2	Backhaul fabric for wireless network A managed surface-space network fabric is presented. The surface-space network fabric can include a spaced-based network fabric and a surface-based network fabric integrated together to form a single fabric managed by a global fabric manager. The global fabric manager cooperates with other fabric managers local to each fabric to establish a communication topology among all the nodes of the fabric. Preferred topologies include paths from any port on a node to any other port on another node in the fabric. The surface-space fabric, and each individual fabric, can function as a distributed core fabric operating as a single, coherent device.
US09642177B2	Method for establishing a connection between a terminal of a first type and a core network of a second type in a telecommunications network A method for establishing a connection between a circuit-switched mobile station (MS) and a packet-switched switching element (MSC). A radio network controller (RNC) receives a first initiation signal (an attach request) from the mobile station (MS) via a circuit-switched connection. The RNC opens a signaling connection for the mobile station. While the signaling connection is active, the RNC receives a second initiation signal (call setup) and opens a real-time connection for the mobile station. Thus the packet-switched switching element (MSC) is able to switch a real-time connection to/from the circuit-switched mobile station (MS).
US09642172B2	Mobile communication system, base station, user terminal, and processor A mobile communication system that supports Device to Device (D2D) communications, comprises: a base station that notifies a plurality of user terminals of a D2D common RNTI that is a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) which is common in the plurality of user terminals, and that is used to collectively transmit, to the plurality of user terminals, a D2D control signal for controlling the D2D communications.
US09642170B2	Method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a reserved time interval with CSMA/CA scheme in a wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a signal by a first node in a wireless communication system, including the steps of a first node setting a connection for a reserved transmission and transmitting a signal to a first reception node in the time interval reserved as the connection setting, wherein, in the time interval, a signal transmission is allowed by a second node which is not included in the neighbor nodes of the first reception node.
US09642167B1	Location-based VoIP functions in a wireless network A wireless network can include one or more nodes distributed throughout a physical environment. The locations of client devices within the wireless network can be determined based on observing measurements of wireless signals exchanged between the nodes and the client devices. In some example embodiments, the capability of determining location information of client devices more accurately can be utilized for enhancing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) functions. In an example embodiment, a phone call can be intelligently routed to where the user is located within the wireless network. In another example embodiment, more accurate location information can be provided to emergency response personnel in the event of an emergency. In another example embodiment, the volume of a VoIP-enabled client device can be adjusted depending on the proximity of other users.
US09642164B2	Mobile station An object is to increase opportunities for starting “Inter-band CA”. A mobile station UE of the present invention includes a transmission unit 14 configured to postpone transmission of a random access preamble in a cell #2 when the mobile station UE in a “RRC_Connected state” in a cell #1 detects a start trigger of a random access procedure in the cell #2, and determines that an uplink signal is being transmitted in the cell #1. The transmission unit 14 performs the postponed transmission of the random access preamble upon completing the transmission of the uplink signal in the cell #1.
US09642162B2	Signaling method to configure multiple carriers used by wireless device and base station in carrier aggregation operation The present disclosure proposes a dynamic resource allocation mechanism for a user equipment and a base station having multiple connections. According to one of the exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure proposes a user equipment (UE) which includes at least but not limited to a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving data respectively and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured for establishing a first connection with a first base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, establishing a second connection with a second base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, receiving through the receiver a dynamic time division duplexing (TDD) subframe configuration from either the first base station and the second base station, wherein the dynamic TDD subframe configuration is not received from a system information block (SIB), and operating according to the dynamic TDD subframe configuration.
US09642158B2	Scheduling method and device A scheduling method includes: determining whether a valid time interval is shorter than a first time interval; and when the valid time interval is smaller than the first time interval, performing a search for a time length of N predetermined search cycles. In each of the predetermined search cycles, N consecutive TD-SCDMA sub-frames are regarded as a group, and one fixed sub-frame in the group is selected for the search. In the N predetermined search cycles, the fixed sub-frames selected from the group in respective predetermined search cycles are different. N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.
US09642150B2	Mobile station, reception method, base station, and method of controlling an operation of a receiver In one aspect of the present invention, a mobile station includes a receiver type control signal reception unit configured to receive a receiver type control signal indicating whether to allow an operation of a receiver in association with at least one receiver type; and a receiver configuration unit configured to configure the operation of the receiver based on the received receiver type control signal.
US09642149B2	User scheduling method, master base station, user equipment, and heterogeneous network The present invention provides a user scheduling method, a master base station, a user equipment, and a heterogeneous network. The method includes: receiving, by a master base station, a downlink interference indicator DII forwarded by a serving slave base station serving a user equipment UE, where the DII is sent to the serving slave base station by the UE attached to the serving slave base station, and when the DII is greater than a preset threshold, the DII indicates that the UE is in a high DII region; determining, according to the DII, whether the UE is in a high DII region; and if the UE is in a high DII region, allocating, when performing scheduling, fewer resources that may interfere with the UE.
US09642147B2	Methods and apparatus for evaluating number of protected active users based on QoS requirements, throughput and traffic Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods and apparatus to transmit information about number of active UEs in a cell (e.g., pico cell) that need protection to an interfering cell (e.g., a macro cell). The information may be transmitted in a resource status update message. The active users may be defined as users whose downlink performance and/or quality of service are limited by the available number of protected resources.
US09642146B2	System and method for an agile wireless access network A system and method for agile wireless access network is provided. A method embodiment for agile radio access network management includes determining, by a network controller, capabilities and neighborhood relations of radio nodes in the radio access network. The network controller then configures a backhaul network infrastructure for the radio access network in accordance with the capabilities and the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes.
US09642145B2	Methods and apparatuses for dynamic backhaul bandwidth management in wireless networks Techniques for dynamic backhaul bandwidth provisioning are described herein. For example, a method may include determining a potential subscriber user equipment load change, transmitting a backhaul bandwidth change request message based a potential subscriber UE load change, wherein the backhaul bandwidth change request message includes a requested backhaul bandwidth level, receiving a backhaul bandwidth change reply message in response to transmitting the backhaul bandwidth change request message, implementing a subscriber UE load change response corresponding to the potential subscriber UE load change based on receiving the backhaul bandwidth change reply message. Further example methods disclosed may include receiving a backhaul bandwidth change request message, wherein the backhaul bandwidth change request message includes a requested backhaul bandwidth level, calculating an available backhaul bandwidth level corresponding to a backhaul, transmitting a backhaul bandwidth change acknowledgement message when the available backhaul bandwidth level supports the requested backhaul bandwidth level.
US09642144B2	Method for transmitting and receiving data unit based on uplink multiple user multiple input multiple output transmission and apparatus for the same In an aspect, a method of receiving a data unit, performed by an Access Point (AP), in a Wireless LAN (WLAN) system is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal protection frame, the signal protection frame comprising a group ID field indicating a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission STA group including a first station (STA) and a second STA; and, a spatial stream field indicating a number of spatial streams allocated to each of member STAs included in the MIMO transmission STA group; receiving a first preamble for a first data unit from the first STA; receiving a second preamble for a second data unit from the second STA; and simultaneously receiving the first data unit from the first STA and the second data unit from the second STA.
US09642143B2	Terminal receiving resource block allocation and method therefor In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group.
US09642141B2	Carrier aggregation processing method and device In the field of wireless communications technologies, a CA processing method and device, with a CA processing scheme, are applied to a network sharing scenario. A second cell is determined according to a first PLMN ID used by a CA user equipment in a first cell and a frequency supported by the CA user equipment, where the first cell is currently accessed by the CA UE, CA can be performed to aggregate a second PLMN ID supported by the second cell with the first PLMN ID used by the CA user equipment in the first cell, and a frequency used by the second cell can be supported by the CA user equipment. According to the determined second cell, a CA cell is configured for the CA user equipment.
US09642137B2	Computational syndrome detectors Example methods disclosed herein include analyzing session records associated with a wireless system to determine a time period between an access of a first wireless system resource by a wireless device and an access of a second wireless system resource by the wireless device. Example methods disclosed herein also include determining a rate at which the wireless device is traversing through a coverage area of the wireless system, the rate being determined based on the time period. Example methods disclosed herein further include generating a report including the rate.
US09642136B2	Method and device for anchor master selection A method for anchor master selection includes: a device receives a NAN Beacon frame, where the NAN Beacon frame carries first AM information and first TSF information, and the first AM information includes: a first AMR, a first HC, and a first AMBTT; if the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, when the first AMR is less than a second AMR and an MR of the device is greater than the first AMR, switching a role of the device to AM, where second AM information recorded in the device includes: the second AMR, a second HC, and a second AMBTT; and if the NAN Beacon frame is used for AM selection, when the first AMR is less than the second AMR, and the MR of the device is less than the first AMR, updating the second AM information and second TSF information according to the NAN Beacon frame.
US09642131B2	Event-based responder dispatch Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US09642127B2	Optimized user equipment replaying The invention relates to a method for relaying a communication in a network, wherein a user equipment (UER) relays a communication between a network node entity (eNB) and a target entity (UET), the method including the steps, generating a logical channel at least between the user equipment relay (UER) and the target entity (UET), and assigning at least one identifier (LC_ID_R) to the logical channel, and upon reception from the network node entity (eNB), at the user equipment relay (UER), of data received with the identifier (LC_ID_R), the user equipment relay (UER) forwards the received data to the target entity (UET).
US09642124B2	Method, UE and basestation for reporting/receiving HARQ ACK/NACK for PDSCH in dynamic TDD configurations The present disclosure relates to a method used in a User Equipment (UE) for reporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) for Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) in dynamic time division duplex (TDD) configurations. In the method, a plurality of PDSCHs are received in DownLink (DL) subframes associated with an UpLink (UL) subframe and indicated by a DL reference TDD configuration. The DL subframes are divided into a first subset of DL subframes and a second subset of DL subframes. The first subset of DL subframes is also indicated by an UL reference TDD configuration. A first set of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource indices are assigned based on resources used in transmission of Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) corresponding to the PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the first subset of DL subframes. A second set of PUCCH resource indices are assigned based on resources used in transmission of PDCCHs corresponding to the PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the second subset of DL subframes. For each of the received PDSCHs, HARQ ACK/NACK is reported by using PUCCH resources in an order of the assigned first set of PUCCH resource indices for PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the first subset of DL subframes and in an order of the assigned second set of PUCCH resource indices for PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the second subset of DL subframes. The present disclosure also relates to a UE and BS for respectively reporting and receiving HARQ ACK/NACK for PDSCHs in TDD configurations.
US09642122B2	Determining a cluster set of mobile devices Mechanisms for determining a cluster set of mobile devices are disclosed. A controller node identifies a primary mobile device that has a scheduled transmission for the controller node at a first time. The controller node identifies, from a plurality of mobile devices, a set of eligible assistant (EA) mobile devices. Each EA mobile device in the set is directed to determine a corresponding mobile device-to-mobile device (MD-MD) channel indicator that identifies a quality of a channel between the each EA mobile device and the primary mobile device. The controller node receives from at least one EA mobile device in the set the corresponding MD-MD channel indicator. The controller node then determines a cluster set that includes the primary mobile device and the at least one EA mobile device.
US09642117B2	Method of selecting a transmission mode of a cell in an E—UTRAN system The present invention relates to a method and a network node for selecting transmission mode to a cell providing Multicasting/Broadcasting Multimedia Service, MBMS, which cell is served by the network node in a MBMS single frequency network and comprising at least one user equipment receiving or requesting MBMS data. The network node obtains (601) a first parameter related to a quality of the MBMS experienced by the at least one user equipment and compares Based the first parameter with a predefined first threshold value. Based on the result of comparison the network node selects (604) a transmission mode to the cell.
US09642113B2	Paging procedure in a control node System, methods, nodes, and computer program products for handling paging of a user equipment for delivery of a terminating transaction are described. A user equipment is located in a radio coverage area, wherein the radio coverage area is controlled by the control node. The method includes initiating a paging request broadcast in the radio coverage area and opening, triggered by the initiating of the paging request broadcast, a paging response reception window. The method further includes storing, while the paging response reception window is open, all received paging responses. Furthermore, authenticating, if more than one paging response has been received, at least one user equipment which has provided a paging response, and continuing delivery of the terminating transaction to the user equipment which could be successfully authenticated.
US09642110B2	GPS and WLAN hybrid position determination The present disclosure provides a method for determining a real-time position of a mobile device using a global positioning system (GPS) and wireless local area network (WLAN) hybrid positioning mode. The method includes determining, by a mobile device, the mobile device's environment area based on GPS satellite signals; determining an absolute position of the mobile device based on the GPS satellite signals while the mobile device is moving from an outdoor area to an indoor area; estimating a reference position of the mobile device based on the determined absolute position and WLAN access point signals while moving to a shadow area; and while moving to an indoor area, determining an estimated position of the mobile device based on calculated regressive coefficients and the WLAN access point signals, and updating the estimated position of the mobile device based on motion information and indoor floor map information.
US09642109B2	Single network registration where multiple applications access the network using separate processors The disclosure is directed to providing a single network registration for a first application on a first processor and a second application on a second processor of a user equipment (UE). An aspect initiates a network registration using a registration manager on the first processor, adds, from the second processor, first registration information for the second application to the registration manager on the first processor, and appends the network registration with the first registration information using the first processor.
US09642107B1	Multi-channel satellite calibration This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for multi-channel satellite calibration. In one aspect, a calibration system can provide a transmit calibration signal based on a reference calibration signal to a satellite. The satellite can transmit back a receive calibration signal that can be obtained by the calibration system. Sub-carriers of the receive calibration signal can be compared with sub-carriers of the reference signal to determine adjustments to transmission properties of antennas of the satellite.
US09642104B2	Integrated circuit for downlink data and control communication Provided are a base station, a terminal, a band allocation method, and a downlink data communication method in which a mapping method for synchronization signals and report signals is implemented with high resource usage efficiency when a first system in which an independent single communication is allocated to a unit band co-exists with a second system in which a plurality of unit bands can be allocated to a single communication. In a base station, an OFDM signal generation unit maps primary synchronization channel (P-SCH), secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH), primary broadcast channel (P-BCH), and dynamic broadcast channel (D-BCH), which can be decoded by both an LTE terminal and an LTE+ terminal, to some of a plurality of unit bands. The OFDM signal generation unit also maps D-BCH+, which can be decoded only by an LTE+ terminal, to all of the plurality of unit bands to produce a multiplexed transmission signal.
US09642103B2	Power amplification module for multiple bands and multiple standards Provided is a communication unit that includes first and second power-amplification modules, which can be integrated. The first power-amplification module includes a first power-amplifier for a first frequency band in a first communication scheme, a second power-amplifier for a second frequency band in the first communication scheme, a third power-amplifier for a third frequency band in a second communication scheme, a fourth power-amplifier for a fourth frequency band in the second communication scheme, a first bias circuit that generates a first bias current to the first and second power-amplifiers, and a bias current circuit that converts the first bias current into a second bias current to the third and fourth power-amplifiers. The second power-amplification module includes a fifth power-amplifier for a fifth frequency band in the first communication scheme, and a second bias circuit that generates a third bias current to the fifth power-amplifier.
US09642101B2	System and method for uplink multi-antenna power control in a communications system A system and method for uplink multi-antenna power control in a communications system are provided. A method for user equipment operations includes determining a transmit power level for transmit antennas of the user equipment having at least two transmit antennas, and setting a power amplifier output level for each of the at least two transmit antennas in accordance with a respective transmit power level.
US09642098B2	Managing sounding signals to limit power in a multicarrier wireless device A wireless device receives message(s) configuring cell groups and transmissions of sounding reference signals (SRSs). Uplink transmission timing in a first cell group is derived employing a cell in the first cell group and uplink transmission timing in a second cell group is derived employing a second cell in the second cell group. A first signal is transmitted on a cell of the first cell group. A first subset of the SRSs are dropped and a second subset of the SRSs are transmitted.
US09642097B2	Communication system, mobile station apparatus, and communication method A mobile station device is provided with a communication unit for simultaneously executing a first communication with a first base station device executed over a first frequency band, and a second communication with a second base station that differs from the first base station apparatus over a second frequency band that differs from the first frequency band, and a control unit for adjusting individual ones of a first transmission power and second transmission power on the basis of both the first transmission power, which is used for the first communication, and the second transmission power, which is used for the second communication.
US09642093B2	Method and system for operating stations in a cooperative station network A method for operating a plurality of stations in a cooperative station network, wherein each of the stations transmits signals and receives signals from other stations, includes determining a path loss between at least two of the stations. A carrier sense range for signals of a first station of the stations is determined based on the path loss and received power of signals from the other stations. A load on a dedicated signal exchange channel is determined based on the determined carrier sense range. A maximum output power for the first station is determined based on the determined load. The first station is operated by adjusting the output power of the first station to be, at least on average below the determined maximum output power for the first station.
US09642091B2	Method and apparatus for PUSCH/PUCCH power scaling considering dual connectivity in power limited state Provided is a method and apparatus for executing an uplink channel power control in dual connectivity configuration when power is limited. An appropriate power controlling method may be determined based on a priority, and may be applied to a UE that has dual connectivity with a Master eNB (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) in a network.
US09642089B2	Method and system for planar, multi-function, multi-power sourced, long battery life radio communication appliance Some embodiments provide multifunctional device that provides two or more of the following functions: a) EKey; b) Ecall capability; c) Body Electric Field measurement; d) Body proximity measurement; e) External Electric Field measurement; f) One or two way voice announcement; g) Motion sensor. Some embodiments provide an Ekey that operates from battery energy and energy harvested by one or more of the following transducers: a) Photo voltaic cell; b) Radio Frequency antenna; c) Mechanical vibration, flexing; c) thermo-electric transducer. Some embodiments provide a planar Ekey encapsulated in an insulator matrix and comprising: a) antenna realized on a flat substrate; b) Electronic circuits realized on a flat substrate that provided interconnection to electronic components and is parallel to antenna plane; b) A conformal shaped ES device that conforms above the electronic components. Other features are also provided.
US09642086B1	Method and system for reducing power consumption in network-connected measurement units using prediction A method and a system for determining sampling schemes of a network-connected measurement unit based on time-varying predictability of the measured signals are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: sampling, via a sensor, a metric indicative of a physical property of an infrastructure system, wherein the sampling is carried out over a training period, at an original sampling scheme; determining, based on the training period, in which future time ranges, whether said metric is predictable within a predefined threshold; and adjusting the original sampling scheme, so that the more said metric is predictable in a future time range, the less said future time range is sampled, to yield an updated sampling scheme. In another embodiment, the prediction of the signal may be used to postpone the transmitting of measurements by the local sensor devices whenever the new measurements do not exceed a predefined threshold beyond the predicted values.
US09642080B2	Scanning of wireless environment in a femto-based home macro sector Inter-carrier scanning is triggered in a mobile device based at least in part on location thereof. Femto access point (AP) that can serve the mobile device can determine location through cell or sector identifier that is extracted via scan(s) of macro wireless environment of the femto AP. Femto AP can rank extracted sector identifier(s) and establish home macro sector (HMS) identifier(s), and also can generate scanning requirements for idle-mode scan(s) by a mobile device that operates in a HMS and is authorized to access wireless coverage through the femto AP. Scanning requirement(s) can force periodic inter-carrier measurements of a HMS wireless environment, and establish HMS-specific radio link quality threshold(s). Wireless network can receive at least one of HMS identifier(s) and scanning requirement(s) and deliver same to mobile device(s) authorized to exploit wireless coverage through femto AP associated with the HMS ID(s) and the scanning requirement(s).
US09642075B2	Methods and apparatus to discover network capabilities available via wireless networks An example method for network selection involves discovering network capabilities by performing an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) query at a wireless terminal, and receiving a subsequent ANQP response from an access point of a wireless local area network. The network capabilities are indicated in the subsequent ANQP response. The example method also involves comparing the network capabilities with configured capabilities, finding a match between at least a portion of the network capabilities and at least a portion of the configured capabilities, and joining the wireless terminal with the access point based on the at least the portion of the network capabilities matching the at least the portion of the configured capabilities.
US09642069B2	Method and device for accepting or rejecting a request associated with a mobile device wirelessly connecting to a network A method is performed in a network device for accepting or rejecting a request associated with a mobile device wirelessly connecting to a network. The method includes: receiving a request from a mobile device, wherein the request is associated with the mobile device wirelessly connecting to a network; and determining an expected connection duration for the mobile device, which is calculated using collected historical connection data that identifies a plurality of previous wireless connections to the network and identifies a corresponding duration of each previous wireless connection. The method further includes determining whether to accept or reject the request based on the expected connection duration for the mobile device.
US09642063B2	Moving access point indication A user equipment, UE, (20) determines a mobility state of a Wi-Fi access point, AP, as one of a moving mobility state and a non-moving mobility state along with control information relating to UE cell (re-)selection and/or handover behavior based on the determined mobility state of the Wi-Fi access point, AP. The UE then controls its cell (re-)selection and/or handover behavior in relation to the Wi-Fi access point, AP based on the determined control information. In a preferred embodiment, the UE can communicate with a cellular base station, BS, and with the Wi-Fi access point, AP. The UE detects the Wi-Fi AP, determines that the Wi-Fi AP is moving based on a moving AP indication, and controls cell (re-Selection and/or handover behavior of the UE based on the determination that the Wi-Fi AP is moving along with other information.
US09642059B2	Inter-radio access technology interference coordination for multi-standard radio access networks A method and system for coordinated interference suppression in a communication system. The communication system implements at least a first radio access technology via a first base station and a second radio access technology via a second base station. The first and second radio access technologies differ from one another. Information relating to an interference signal received at the first base station via the first radio access technology is received at the second base station from a first device associated with the first base station. At a second device associated with the second base station, an interfering user equipment accessing the second base station via the second radio access technology is identified. The identification is based on the information received from the first device associated with the first base station. Interference caused by the identified interfering user equipment is suppressed by the second base station.
US09642057B2	Network node and mobile terminal A technique is disclosed, according to which a mobile node, having a plurality of interfaces and performing communication according to flow information when an operator is performing communication based on the flow information as defined by a policy, can select an interface suitable for the flow and can perform communication. According to this technique, a mobile node (MN 10) having a plurality of interfaces has a list to indicate domain limited flows to be transmitted only within a specific network (a trusted network), and a list to indicate the trusted networks. When a certain interface performs handover, and in case there is a domain limited flow that uses the interface, it is decided whether the network of handover destination is a trusted network or not, and in case the network of the handover destination is not a trusted network, it is decided whether it is possible or not to transmit and receive the domain limited flow via another interface that is connected to the trusted network.
US09642047B2	Apparatus and method for performing handover in radio local access network communication system Provided is a method for performing handover by a STAtion (STA) in a radio Local Access Network (LAN) communication system. The method includes sending a Network Controlled HandOver Setup Request Information Element (Ncho Setup Req IE) message indicating that the STA is to perform a scan operation using a controlled scan scheme, to a serving Access Point (AP); receiving a Network Controlled HandOver Setup Response Information Element (Ncho Setup Rsp IE) message including a scan parameter related to a controlled scan operation of the STA, from the serving AP; and broadcasting a probe request message to the serving AP and neighbor APs over channels according to the scan parameter included in the Ncho Setup Rsp IE message.
US09642044B2	User equipment handover from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating voice call continuity in intersystem handover. A method may include determining that a user equipment device being handed over from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network is a party to a voice call in an alerting state. The method may further include providing session state information indicating that the user equipment device is a party to a voice call in an alerting state to a network entity on the circuit switched network in response to the determination. Corresponding systems, computer program products and apparatuses are also provided.
US09642042B2	Call continuity when moving from one communication session to another communication session In some embodiments, there are disclosed systems and methods in which, when a mobile device receives a message indicating that the mobile device is to release resources pertaining to a communication session for a voice call over an access network, the mobile device refrains from performing this action to allow for the possible arrival and processing of a delayed handover command. The arrival of the handover command causes the mobile device to handover to a second access network to continue the voice call using a second communication session. This may help address situations in which the handover command is delayed in the network and is therefore delayed in reaching the mobile device.
US09642041B2	Peer-assisted seamless mobility for peer-to-peer data traffic Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining continuity of a peer-to-peer group session. The method may include exchanging a first P2P group session communication with a member of the P2P group via a direct data traffic connection, requesting session data from an application server, conveying the session data to a proxy UE, wherein the proxy UE is a member of the P2P group, and exchanging a second P2P group session communication with the application server in accordance with the session data.
US09642037B2	System and method for congestion management for downlink queues of digital processing satellites for differentiated quality-of-service (QOS) Approaches are provided for a congestion detection algorithm for detection of congestion in outroute port queues (associated with respective satellite downlink beams), of a Layer 2 switch on-board a processing satellite, before the congestion reaches the point of dropping packets. Such approaches employ congestion notification protocols to inform all inroute sources of the congested ports. The on-board Layer 2 switch sends congestion notifications to the on-board system controller. The system controller broadcasts a notification reflecting the report of contested ports/beams to source terminals. The source terminals then segregate bandwidth requests regarding traffic destined for congested beams from traffic destined to all uncongested beams, and categorize such requests based on respective traffic priority levels. The system controller makes bandwidth grants according to congestion (for example allowing only higher priority traffic on congested beams) to alleviate the congestion conditions of the respective ports/beams.
US09642035B2	Fast access and control in wireless communications A wireless local area network comprises an access point and at least one wireless device. The access point indicates in a downlink transmission whether access to the network is based on active scan or polling. The indication is changeable responsive to whether a beacon transmission time is approaching, whether a new scan is to be forced or whether network traffic is about to reach an overload condition.
US09642033B2	Providing multiple levels of service for wireless communication Local breakout is provided by one or more nodes (e.g., a local access point and/or a local gateway) in a wireless network to facilitate access to one or more local services. In conjunction with local breakout, multiple IP points of presence relating to different levels of service may be provided for an access point. For example, one point of presence may relate to a local service while another point of presence may relate to a core network service.
US09642032B2	Third party interface for provisioning bearers according to a quality of service subscription A provisioning system may receive requests, such as from third party service providers, to provision dedicated bearers for traffic associated with the service providers. For example, a service provider may request a particular quality of service (“QoS”) level for traffic sent between the service provider and one or more user devices. This QoS level may be higher than a “normal” QoS level that is ordinarily provided. The provisioning system may establish a bearer, such as a dedicated non-guaranteed bitrate (“non-GBR”) bearer between a packet data network (“PDN”) gateway (“PGW”) and the user device, and may transmit traffic, associated with the service provider, via the dedicated non-GBR bearer. A QoS agent, installed at the user device, may ensure that traffic, associated with the service provider, is sent from the user device via the dedicated non-GBR bearer (e.g., as opposed to another bearer with a lower QoS level).
US09642031B2	Data offload method and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide a data offload method and a user equipment. The data offload method includes receiving offload configuration signaling sent by a base station. The offload configuration signaling indicates to perform wireless network offload configuration. Offload configuration is performed according to the offload configuration signaling and data is offloaded according to the offload configuration.
US09642030B2	Capturing data from a mobile device in an off-network environment Some aspects of what is described here relate to systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods for capturing data related to a mobile device in a wireless network. In one example, a method may include receiving, at a mobile device, data capture configuration information from a wireless network, the data capture configuration information indicating a data type to be captured from the mobile device in an off-network environment. Thereafter, in response to detecting the off-network environment at the mobile device, a data element is stored in a local memory of the mobile device. The data element corresponds to the data type indicated by the data capture configuration information. The data element is sent to the wireless network, for instance, when the mobile device has access to the wireless network.
US09642029B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for a base station transceiver Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a base station transceiver (100) for a mobile communication system (300). The base station transceiver (100) is operable in a coverage area (205) of another base station transceiver (200). The other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit radio signals in a repetitive sequence of radio frames, wherein in at least one of the radio frames in the sequence the other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit with a reduced transmission power or to suspend transmission compared to at least one other of the radio frames in the sequence. The apparatus (10) comprises an interface (12) operable to receive information on the at least one of the radio frames in the sequence and a controller (14) operable to determine information on a measurement configuration for a mobile transceiver (400) associated to the base station transceiver (100) based on the received information. The information on the measurement configuration comprises information on a periodic signal quality measurement at the mobile transceiver (400) on radio signals received from the base station transceiver (100) during a time interval. The information on the measurement configuration comprises information positioning the time interval in the sequence to the same position for at least two subsequent signal quality measurements.
US09642027B2	Method and system for platform-based device field tests An approach for receiving an input for specifying one or more parameters for evaluating a device under testing. The approach further involves generating a test route based on the input, wherein the test route represents a test environment in which the device under testing is expected to be subjected to the one or more parameters.
US09642020B2	Steerable microwave backhaul transceiver A first microwave backhaul transceiver may comprise a reflector and a signal processing subassembly. The signal processing subassembly may comprise a plurality of antenna elements positioned at a focal plane of the reflector. The signal processing subassembly may process a plurality of microwave signals corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements using a corresponding plurality of phase coefficients and a corresponding plurality of amplitude coefficients. The signal processing subassembly may adjust a radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna elements during operation of the signal processing subassembly through adjustment of the phase coefficients and/or the amplitude coefficients.
US09642019B2	Low latency, automatic repeat request (“ARQ”) in a multi-device communications link Systems and methods enable a plurality of modems in a microwave network receive a plurality of frames from a previous one of the plurality of modems and detect an error frame within the plurality of frames. The plurality of modems can be further configured to send a retransmission request to the previous modem upon detection of the error frame and transmit a dummy frame in place of the error frame to a next one of the plurality of modems.
US09642018B2	Communication arrangement with overlap area According to one embodiment, a communication arrangement is provided which has a first antenna for transmitting signals into the coverage area of a first mobile radio cell, a second antenna for transmitting signals into the coverage area of a second mobile radio cell and a signal radiating device which is arranged for radiating signals, which are sent out by the first antenna, into an area which is associated with the coverage area of the first mobile radio cell and which overlaps the coverage area of the second mobile radio cell.
US09642017B2	Apparatus and method for improving the integrity and performance of an ad-hoc wireless network Several transceivers can be combined together to form a relay which can be used to form an ad-hoc network. A computation unit within the ad-hoc network determines the best placement of a new relay to improve the link integrity of the network. Furthermore, a database of power outlets, their locations and whether they contain a relay or not can be utilized to determine a method to improve the links within the ad-hoc network by placing additional relays into unused power outlets. A control unit can be used to configure the transceivers of each relay to enhance data transfer within a given information flow path of the ad-hoc network. The stream of bits can be exchanged with a second stream of bits. The housing unit can also contain the power plugs molded into the unit to allow the unit to be easily inserted into an AC power wall outlet.
US09642009B2	Managing UE subscription establishment Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing user equipment (UE) subscription establishment with networks outside of a home network. A UE may determine whether it is authorized to operate in an unsubscribed state and/or to initiate a local subscription establishment procedure with a non-home network. A home network operator may authorize the UE to operate in an unsubscribed state and/or to initiate a local subscription establishment procedure at non-home networks. When authorized to do so, the UE may initiate a subscription establishment procedure.
US09642004B2	Access point device and system for wireless local area network, and related methods The present invention provides an access point device and system for a wireless local area network, and related methods thereof. On the access point device, a same ESS is divided into a plurality of VLANs, wherein the access point device comprises a broadcast key management module which is used for managing broadcast keys encrypting broadcast information and a broadcast key storage device which is used for storing the broadcast keys. The broadcast keys are stored in the broadcast key storage device in a way of corresponding to VLAN IDs of the VLANs, and the broadcast key management module can obtain the corresponding broadcast keys through the VLAN IDs.
US09642002B2	Cellular device security apparatus and method A cellular communication device has one or more access modes which allow reading and writing of data, for example to change its settings, for example passwords and even the entire operating system and also permitting access to personal information such as the user's telephone book. To prevent cloning and like illegal access activity, the device is configured by restricting access to such data access modes using a device unique security setting. The setting may be a password, preferably a one-time password, or it may be a unique or dynamic or one time configuration of the codes for the read and write instructions of the data mode. There is also disclosed a server, which manages the security settings such that data mode operates during an active connection between the device and the server, and a secure communication protocol for communicating between the server and the cellular device.
US09642001B2	Method and device for controlling use of external data network via mobile access point A method and a device for controlling external data network use via a mobile Access Point (AP) are provided. A host device set as the mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set, blocks a client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set, and permits the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released. A client device connected to a mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set for a host device set as the mobile AP, if the client device is connected to the host device in a state of being connected to a wireless data network, maintains the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is set, and releases the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is released.
US09641999B2	Telecommunications In a MIPv6 network, a mobile home agent (MHA) in a foreign network (FN) acts as an intermediate node between a mobile node (MN) and a correspondent node (CN) and allocates itself a secondary care-of address (SCoA) different from the care-of address (CoA) of the mobile node (MN), with a one-to-one relationship between the secondary care-of address (SCoA) and the home address (HAddr) of the mobile node.
US09641996B2	Method and apparatus for generating P2P group for Wi-Fi direct service The present invention is configured such that a transmitter transmits group information and group intent information in addition to a service association frame, and constructs a topology based on the response from a receiver. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method in which a first device cooperates with a second device to form a peer-to-peer (P2P) group, the method comprising the steps in which: the first device cooperates with the second device to perform a terminal discovery process and a service discovery process; a the first device transmits a request message, including connection capabilities, to the second device; the first device receives a response message to the request message from the second device; and the first device cooperates with the second device to form a group based on the negotiated group type information included in the response message.
US09641994B2	Method and apparatus for managing services using bearer tags An approach is provided for managing one or more services corresponding to a bearer tag (e.g., near field communication (NFC) tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, contactless card, or barcode). A request to manage a service is initiated by reading service information from a bearer tag corresponding to the one or more services. A services platform initiates management of the one or more services based on the service information according to a predetermined or recurring billing arrangement.
US09641992B2	Methods and devices for distributing content to an electronic device Methods and devices for distributing and receiving content are provided. In one example aspect, a method comprises: receiving a command on a first electronic device to output content at an output device associated with a second electronic device; and in response to receiving the command to output content at the output device associated with the second electronic device: providing content access information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, and adjusting a security state on the second electronic device.
US09641991B2	Systems and methods for determining a user context by correlating acceleration data from multiple devices Described systems and methods enable the detection of a user activity context indicative of a user's current activity, by correlating the motion of a wrist-worn device (e.g., watch) with the motion of a mobile telephone. Some embodiments further correlate motion data with a location indicator provided by the mobile telephone, and with a current time of the day. The watch and/or mobile telephone may switch to a context-specific operation mode in response to determining the user activity context.
US09641990B2	System and method for uninterrupted transfer of calls between cellular and WiFi networks A system and method for transferring calls without interruption between a cellular network and a WiFi network. The system includes smartphones and other mobile devices (e.g. tablet computers) connected to a network and running an application installed on the mobile devices to perform the functions for making the uninterrupted transfer of calls between a cellular network and a WiFi network or vice versa.
US09641988B2	Land mobile radio dispatch console An exemplary land mobile radio dispatch console and method are provided. In one embodiment, the console has the capability to process and handle Requests To Talk (RTT) and emergencies. In another embodiment, the console has the capability to provide a history. In another embodiment, the console provides the capability for operators to configure and save patches of predefined groups for later use. In another embodiment, the console includes a telephone interconnect interface component, and combinations of features mentioned above.
US09641987B2	Multicast packet reception reliability over Wi-Fi To ensure that multicasts from access points sent in response to periodic beacons reach a variety of listening clients that may have longer sleep intervals than an interval between beacons, this disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for multicasting bursts of frames where a burst number is selected so as to be equal to or greater than a range of common sleep intervals. Further, where multicast frames are re-multicast according to known protocols, the repeated bursts can be offset from the re-multicast start time suggested by the protocol, in order to increase a likelihood that clients with especially long sleep intervals receive the multicast frame.
US09641986B2	Prioritization of concurrent inter-frequency/inter-RAT measurement and eMBMS service reception A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives MBMS in an MBMS session from a base station. The UE determines a data receipt metric associated with data received during the MBMS subframes in the MBMS session. A portion of the MBMS subframes coincides with a measurement gap configured for inter-frequency or inter-RAT measurement. The UE determines whether the data receipt metric is in a first relationship with a first threshold. When the data receipt metric is in the first relationship with the first threshold, the UE refrains from receiving the data during at least the portion of the MBMS subframes that coincides with the measurement gap and performs the inter-frequency or inter-RAT measurement during the measurement gap when the data receipt metric is in the first relationship with the first threshold.
US09641981B2	Visual localization method There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features 5 received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
US09641977B2	Inferring positions with content item matching Embodiments infer position information using captured content items. A computing device such as a mobile computing or a cloud service analyzes one or more content items to generate information describing the content items. For content items that include photographs, for example, the photographs are processed to identify faces, objects, places, text, etc. The generated information is compared to reference content items (e.g., image comparison), user data (e.g., calendar data, contact information, etc.), and/or public data (e.g., address information, event information, etc.) to identify at least one match. Location information associated with the matched reference content items, user data, and/or public data is obtained. A position is determined for the content items based on the location information obtained from the matched reference content item, user data, and/or public data. In some embodiments, the obtained location information is used to refine a position determined using a beacon-based positioning service.
US09641974B2	Techniques for determining a position fix of an object using one or more mobile devices co-located with the object Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for combining observations obtained at two different mobile devices attached to a human user for performing a navigation operation. For example, observations of a signal acquired at a first mobile device may be selected for computing a position fix based, at least in part, on a utility indicator associated with the observations.
US09641973B2	Method and apparatus for tracking, in real-time, a position of a mobile wireless communication device The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to determining a real-time position of a mobile device. According to an aspect of the described systems and techniques, a data processing apparatus includes: one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices including a location processor configured to acquire and track measurements of location for a mobile wireless communication device; and a host processor programmed with a host software manager configured to obtain various positioning input signals from different device positioning technologies and assemble a selected set of the various positioning input signals into a unified format; wherein the data processing apparatus includes a hybrid fusion engine configured to receive data from the host software manager in the unified format and calculate a position of the mobile wireless communication device using the received data in accordance with input type information for the received data.
US09641969B2	Wireless bridge hardware system for active RFID identification and location tracking In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services (“RTLS”) server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.
US09641968B2	Sharing moment experiences A system for sharing moment experiences is described. A system receives moment data from an input to a mobile device. The system receives geographic location information, time information, and contextual information that is local to the mobile device. The system creates a message about the moment data based on the geographic location information, the time information, and the contextual information. The system outputs the moment data with the message.
US09641962B2	Equipment architecture for high definition data Sensor information is received from a set of sensors. First and second sets of machine monitoring data are generated from the sensor information. The first set of machine monitoring data is sent to a control system with a display in an operator compartment of a mobile machine. The second set of machine monitoring data is sent to a processing system that is separate from the control system.
US09641959B2	Household for industrial device including programmable controller and method device and system for use in configuring same A programmable controller for operating a system is provided as well as a method and devices of configuring such controller. The controller includes firmware storing instructions for controlling operations of the system, the firmware including a passive memory component and a processing unit programmed for operating the system at least in part based on the instructions of the firmware. The firmware is responsive to a signal carrying firmware update information received from an external device for drawing energy from the signal to activate the passive memory component and causing a firmware update process to be performed. Advantageously, the proposed controller can be configured in the absence of electrical power being supplied by an external source and in, some embodiments, using the signal carrying the firmware update information as the sole source of electrical energy in order to perform at least part of the firmware update process.
US09641957B2	Automated device provisioning and activation A mobile device has a cellular network modem and a memory to store pre-activation credentials and permanent credentials. A processor is configured to, in an ambient access mode that uses the pre-activation credentials, provide network access control according to a pre-activation service policy that controls access to a first carrier access network. In this mode, an allowed network service activity is an activation sequence that connects the device to an Internet-connected activation server through the first carrier access network. The activation sequence presents carrier selections obtained from the activation server to a user, allows the user to select one of several carriers, and then negotiates with the activation server to obtain permanent credentials for the selected carrier.
US09641956B2	Dynamic flow management A device and method comprises receiving a network request, and provides a dynamic flow management and a conditional logic provisioning command driver in the form of a computational instruction in response to the network request. The network request is received by a processor accessible in a network from at least one requesting subscriber unit subscribing to a first network service configuration. A conditional logic provisioning command driver is provided in response to the network request by the processor to reconfigure the first network service configuration to a second network service configuration according to the received network request. The conditional logic provisioning command driver may be implemented conditionally according to at least one business rule associated with at least one value defined by the network request.
US09641955B2	Transmitting information The present invention relates to the transmission of push information to a handset. Before pushing a page to the handset, it is checked that the page belongs to the same service as the page currently display. If the page to be pushed belongs to a different service, it is not pushed. The risk of disruption to the original service is thereby reduced. Checking is preferably done by a gateway to which the handset is connected. The gateway can store details of the page last transmitted to the handset in order to facilitate the check.
US09641954B1	Phone communication via a voice-controlled device A device that includes a microphone and a speaker may capture audio uttered by a user. The device, or another device, may then perform a particular operation in response to the captured audio. A user's cell phone number may be associated with the device. When an incoming call is directed to the user's cell phone, the device may generate a notification. The user may utter a command that causes the device to establish an audio connection with a cellular carrier network, thereby facilitating the phone conversation while bypassing the cell phone. Similarly, a user may make an outgoing call associated with the user's cell phone. The outgoing call is facilitated through an audio connection between the device and the cellular carrier network, bypassing the cell phone.
US09641953B2	Sound spatialization with room effect, optimized in terms of complexity A sound spatialization, with the application of at least one transfer function with room effect to at least one sound signal. This application amounts to multiplying, in the spectral range, spectral components of the sound signal by the spectral components of a filter corresponding to the transfer function, each spectral component of the filter having a temporal evolution in a time-frequency representation. In particular, the spectral components of the filter are especially ignored, for the above-mentioned multiplications of components, beyond a threshold frequency and after at least a given instant in said time-frequency representation.
US09641952B2	Room characterization and correction for multi-channel audio Devices and methods are adapted to characterize a multi-channel loudspeaker configuration, to correct loudspeaker/room delay, gain and frequency response or to configure sub-band domain correction filters.
US09641948B2	Method and system for audio calibration of an audio device A method for audio calibration of an audio device is provided. The method comprises: registering, by a microphone, a representation of an audio signal; processing, by a data processing unit, the registered representation of the audio signal into feedback image data; displaying on a display, the feedback image data; capturing, by a camera, the feedback image data displayed on the display; altering a setting affecting audio of the audio device based on the feedback image data captured by the camera. A system for audio calibration of an audio device is further provided.
US09641946B2	Binaural hearing device and method to operate the hearing device A hearing device is proposed comprising at least one microphone (1), at least one analog-to-digital converter (2), a signal processing unit (3), a communication unit (6) for establishing and/or maintaining a communication link to a second hearing device, and a detection unit (7) for determining a communication link quality. The at least one microphone (1) is operationally connected to the signal processing unit (3) via the at least one analog-to-digital converter (2), and the communication unit (6) is operationally connected to the signal processing unit (3). By providing said detection unit (7), which is operationally connected to the communication unit (6), together with a processing scheme selectable in the signal processing unit (3) in accordance to a determined communication link quality, a binaural hearing system with two hearing devices is for able to adjust its mode in line with the communication link quality, and therewith its capacity.
US09641939B2	Acoustic transducer and microphone An acoustic transducer includes a slit having higher passage resistance than in conventional structures and having a lower rate of decrease in the passage resistance than in conventional structures when, for example, the vibration electrode plate warps. The acoustic transducer includes a stationary electrode plate, and a vibration electrode plate facing the stationary electrode plate with a space between the electrode plates. The vibration electrode plate includes a slit that allows sound to pass through. The vibration electrode plate includes a resistance increasing section including at least one pair of high-resistance surfaces that constitute side surfaces of the slit in a width direction thereof, and are thicker than a middle portion of the vibration electrode plate.
US09641938B2	Electro-acoustic transducer with radiating acoustic seal and stacked magnetic circuit assembly An electro-acoustic transducer includes an accordion-type structure that functions as both an acoustic radiation element and an acoustic seal. In one example, the transducer includes parallel, accordion-type structures that attach to a flat, rectangular diaphragm. The diaphragm is connected to a voice coil. The voice coil and an associated frame are positioned between a magnet arrangement. The magnet arrangement includes stacked magnet pairs positioned between pole pieces to focus magnetic flux.
US09641937B2	Digital amplifier, three-value signal output method and speaker Noise is reduced when three-value output is performed. In a digital amplifier 1, a three-value driver 18a associated with a positive electrode and a three-value driver 18b output three-value signals which are inverted to each other, and execute an output of three values on the basis of a differential output of the positive electrode and a negative electrode.
US09641934B2	In-car communication system for multiple acoustic zones An In-Car Communication (ICC) system supports the communication paths within a car by receiving the speech signals of a speaking passenger and playing it back for one or more listening passengers. Signal processing tasks are split into a microphone related part and into a loudspeaker related part. A sound processing system suitable for use in a vehicle having multiple acoustic zones includes a plurality of microphone In-Car Communication (Mic-ICC) instances coupled and a plurality of loudspeaker In-Car Communication (Ls-ICC) instances. The system further includes a dynamic audio routing matrix with a controller and coupled to the Mic-ICC instances, a mixer coupled to the plurality of Mic-ICC instances and a distributor coupled to the Ls-ICC instances.
US09641933B2	Wired and wireless microphone arrays An acoustic noise canceling microphone arrangement and processor that uses a principal microphone and other microphones that may be incidentally or deliberately located in the vicinity of the principal microphone in order to derive an audio signal of enhanced signal-to-background noise ratio. In one implementation, the principal and incidental microphones comprise the microphone built into a mobile phone and the microphone built into a Bluetooth headset.
US09641931B2	Drive circuit As one embodiment a drive circuit is disclosed. When a three-value signal including a value representing zero is input, the drive circuit outputs two two-value signals that drive two drive elements such that the difference between values representing the two two-value signals corresponds to a value representing the input three-value signal. When the value of the input three-value signal represents zero, output signals are determined in accordance with the input history of the three-value signal. The drive circuit may also be provided with a memory that records a flag value that is reversed in accordance with the input history of the input three-value signal, and the combination of the output two two-value signals being determined in accordance with the flag.
US09641930B2	Waterproof piezoelectric ceramic speaker A waterproof piezoelectric ceramic speaker includes a ceramic composite and a vibration membrane. The ceramic composite includes a ceramic plate and a driving electrode assembly arranged on the ceramic plate and supplying a driving voltage to the ceramic plate to generate vibration for the ceramic plate. The vibration membrane includes a first vibration layer and a second vibration layer respectively adhered to two opposite surfaces of the ceramic composite. The first vibration layer and the second vibration layer respectively have a resonance member adhered to the ceramic plate and resonating with the ceramic plate synchronously, a waterproof member connecting with the resonance member to seal the driving electrode assembly, and a bonding member extending from a perimeter of the resonance member to seal the resonance member.
US09641924B2	Electronic device including sound output module and housing for the electronic device An electronic device including a sound output module and a housing for the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a front case including a display unit, a rear case coupled to the front case and including a mounting space of a battery, a speaker module configured to form at least one side wall of the mounting space of the battery, and a battery cover configured to cover at least the mounting space of the battery.
US09641920B1	Support structures for computing devices Embodiments of the subject technology provides novel approaches to providing structural components for mobile computing devices to meet structural and physical form factor requirements for such devices. More specifically, the subject technology describes examples of novel mid-frame structural components, opposing snap features, camera support housing with an integrated lens, and a flexible printed circuit design with a self aligning dome FPC to button configuration.
US09641918B2	Audio unit and method for generating a safety critical audio signal An audio unit, connected or connectable to a safety-critical apparatus, or integrated or integrable in the apparatus, is proposed. The audio unit may comprise a driver unit, a detection unit, and an alert unit. The driver unit may generate an analog audio signal in response to a request from the apparatus, to drive an acoustic output unit and thereby generate an acoustic signal for a user of the apparatus. The detection unit may detect the audio signal. The alert unit may generate an alert signal in response to the request if the detection unit has not detected the audio signal. It can thus be checked whether the acoustic signal is generated. A method for generating a safety critical acoustic signal is also described.
US09641912B1	Intelligent playback resume A method for resuming playback of a media content is disclosed. The method includes receiving a playback resume command, initiating a counter to an initial value, moving a playback pointer back a first preset duration in the media content, checking for silence at the playback pointer, incrementing the counter by the first preset duration and comparing the counter with a second preset duration. If the counter is greater than the second preset duration, resuming the playback of the media content from the playback pointer.
US09641911B2	Method and system of searching and collating video files, establishing semantic group, and program storage medium therefor The disclosure introduces a method and a system of searching and collating video files, a method for establishing a semantic group, and a program storage medium therefor. In the method of searching and collating video files, program information in an electronic program guide (EPG) may be used for searching matching candidate video files, and titles of the candidate video files are reformatted or amended for selection. Some of the candidate video files are integrated to be a complete program, and these candidate video files may be grouped into a channel set for users to watch.
US09641908B2	Method and system for transferring real-time audio/video stream A method and system for transferring real-time audio/video stream (AVS) is provided. The method for transferring real-time AVS includes the following steps of: first, receiving a real-time AVS by a server; transforming the real-time AVS into a fragmented media data (FMD) and storing the FMD in a storage module of the server, wherein the FMD comprises a starting-point, an overall fragment information and at least one media fragment (MF); next, generating a segmented media data (SMD) by encapsulating the FMD when the server receives a playback command. The step of generating the SMD comprises encapsulating the starting-point and the overall fragment information into an initial segment information of the SMD. Each playable segment of the SMD has multiple MFs and a segment index recording segment order to indicate each MF. The final step is to transfer the SMD to browser software for playback.
US09641907B2	Image transmission system with finite retransmission and method thereof An image transmission system with finite re-transmission function is disclosed. The system of the invention comprises a communication channel, a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device comprises an encoder, a first coded buffer and a transmitter. The receiving device comprises a receiver, a second coded buffer, a decoder, a decoded buffer and a display control unit. The system of the invention uses line buffers due to its line-based encoding/decoding scheme, to thereby reduce hardware cost. In addition, the image transmission system of the invention conducts a skip-line-encoding mechanism, a stop-retransmitting mechanism and a line-ID-control mechanism, to thereby achieve a real-time transmission/display.
US09641903B2	Video display apparatus and method of setting user viewing conditions A method of setting user viewing conditions of a video display apparatus including detecting a peripheral terminal via a wireless communication; determining whether the detected terminal is registered by receiving address information of the detected terminal; confirming a viewer rating of the detected terminal, if the detected terminal is registered; comparing the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile with the viewer rating of a preset user profile, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is confirmed; loading the detected user profile of the terminal, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile is lower than the viewer rating of a preset user profile; and setting user viewing conditions based on the loaded user profile.
US09641901B2	Method for displaying electronic program guide optimized for user convenience A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG), which includes one or more pages divided into a plurality of program name display regions, provides a list of names of currently-broadcast programs through each of the program name display regions such that a user may search all currently-broadcast programs. TV viewers may determine information on currently-broadcast programs through an effective display method with classification criteria, and quickly change a page screen through movement between columns. TV viewers may select a desired broadcasting program from the channels through a minimum key manipulation of a remote control. Program names are classified according to the classification criteria such as genres, recently watched channels, and favorite channels in the EPG. The classification criteria may be set by each user, or a separate item may be added, so that a user may easily acquire broadcasting program information.
US09641899B2	Social network creation and interaction A computing device may establish a connection with a user device and retrieve address book information corresponding to the user device. The address book information may include contact information corresponding to one or more individuals. The computing device may identify social network users corresponding to the address book information. Each social network user may include a subscriber to a particular network service. The computing device may create a social network based on the social network users identified.
US09641896B2	Video-on-demand content delivery method for providing video-on-demand services to TV service subscribers A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.
US09641895B2	System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences A system and method is disclosed for processing viewer profiles and program metadata from a number of sources to provide viewing suggestions and recommendations to one or more viewers.
US09641894B2	Making HDR viewing a content owner agreed process To allowed for increased security for selling HDR movies (or at least HDR experiences) even when some of the movie data gets pirated, an image transformation apparatus (201) is arranged to derive a e.g. a high dynamic range image (HDR_PRED) from a low dynamic range image (LDR_CONT) or any dynamic range image (e.g. a display driving image) from any dynamic range input image, wherein the derivation comprises tone mapping of lumas of pixels in the low dynamic range image into lumas of pixels of the high dynamic range image by applying at least one predefined mapping algorithm (gam), the image transformation apparatus comprising: -an input (204) to a data delivery system (205) comprising the low dynamic range image; -a data-secured input (206) to the at least one predefined mapping algorithm (gam) data; and -a control unit (202) arranged to manage access to the predefined mapping algorithm data under control of an owner of artistic content in the low dynamic range image, which allows for better control of the authorized regularity of the content when it is to be rendered, which is possible because of our special HDR image encoding strategy.
US09641892B2	Frequency band selection and processing techniques for media source detection Example disclosed media source detection methods include determining first trending coefficients for a first audio signal obtained from a first media source in communication with a media device, wherein the first trending coefficients correspond to a set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods also include determining second trending coefficients for a second audio signal obtained from monitoring media presented by the media device, wherein the second trending coefficients correspond to the set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods further include selecting a subset of the frequency bands for which the first trending coefficients and the second trending coefficients have matching directions, and processing respective frequency band values of the first audio signal and respective frequency band values of the second audio signal for the subset of the frequency bands to determine whether the first media source provided the media presented by the media device.
US09641890B2	Media services transport format converter An ATSC to DLNA converter receives ATSC signals in an RF broadcast format for conversion to a DLNA packet format for rendering on a DLNA device in response to a subscriber request. The RF (ATSC) to packet (DLNA) converter receives transmissions in a broadcast medium having a format deliverable to a nonselective recipient set based on a broadcast range, and allows selective tuning and redirection to specific recipients via a network identifier. The RF medium is an over the air transmission receivable by a plurality of antennas within range, and the resulting media stream is directed to specific requesting subscribers based on an IP address or other network identifier. A channel mapping between the broadcast medium and the packet based media stream allows a user media selection by identifying desired content via a channel or menu selection, and a broadcast-to-packet conversion encapsulates the media stream payload for a specific recipient.
US09641887B2	Storage system In a storage system, client devices and storage devices are connected to a network. An application for controlling the recording function of the storage device is installed on the client device. The client device, which accesses the storage device, is provided with a user interface with which a user operates the storage device. The storage device has a network attached storage (NAS) function and a recording function, and the storage device has no interface of its own with which to operate. A plurality of the storage devices are connectable to the network. When the client device registers the plurality of storage devices connected to the network, the client device accesses the plurality of storage devices registered and provides the user with a single user interface.
US09641883B2	System and method for providing integrated advertising in a television distribution network A system and method for providing integrated advertising in a television distribution network is disclosed. The system comprises a storage module, a processor in communication with the storage module and a chroma-keying module. The storage module stores one television program and one image to be integrated with the television program. The processor divides a background of the television program into a plurality of frames. The processor identifies the background color of each spatial frame. The chroma-keying module compares the background color of each frame with a pre-selected chroma range for integrating the image into detected frame, when the background color of the frame matches with one key-color in the pre-selected chroma range. The spatial frame is replaced with a preset advertisement based on the type, genre and time of the telecast program on a plurality of channels.
US09641882B2	Systems and methods for a television scoring service that learns to reach a target audience Television is the largest advertising category in the United States with over 65 billion spent by advertisers per year. A variety of different targeting algorithms are compared, ranging from the traditional age-gender targeting methods employed based on Nielsen ratings, to new approaches that attempt to target high probability buyers using Set Top Box data. The performance of these different algorithms on a real television campaign is shown, and the advantages and limitations of each method are discussed. In contrast to other theoretical work, all methods presented herein are compatible with targeting the existing 115 million Television households in the United States and are implementable on current television delivery systems.
US09641876B2	Systems and methods for combining variable bit rate data streams Systems and methods for combining variable bit rate data streams are provided. A plurality of data streams may be identified by a service provider system that includes one or more computers. Each data stream may be a variable bit rate data stream. Based upon an analysis of the respective variable bit rates, the service provider system may determine a subset of the plurality of data streams to be combined. The subset of data streams may then be combined and output by the service provider system for transmission to one or more consumer devices.
US09641873B1	Method and apparatus for controlling broadcast programming content Method and apparatus for allowing viewers to control broadcast programming content includes a programming uplink facility, a satellite relay and a plurality of receiver stations. The receiver stations each include a satellite dish antenna, a low-noise-block (LNB) converter coupled to the antenna, an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) coupled to a the LNB, and a conventional television display coupled to the IRD. In addition to primary programming, the uplink facility broadcasts special subordinate programming that is received by the IRD and made available for display on viewer command. The viewer can control programming content by instructing the IRD to either switch from the primary programming to the special subordinate programming, or to incorporate the special subordinate programming into the primary programming content. Preferably, the special subordinate programming has a direct relation to the substantive content of the program.
US09641871B1	Cross-platform end caps Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
US09641870B1	Content management of a content feed A processing device and method are disclosed to manage content of a content feed is disclosed. The method can include receiving, from a content provider, media content. The method can also include analyzing the media content to determine targeting information. The method can further include receiving, from a client device, an overlay request requesting a media content overlay, where the overlay request includes a targeting parameter and an overlay parameter. The method can further include comparing the targeting parameter with overlay content stored in an overlay database to determine targeted overlay content. The method can further include retrieving, from the overlay database, the targeted overlay content. The method can further include comparing the overlay parameter with the targeted overlay content to identify an overlay configuration of the targeted overlay content. The method can further include delivering, to the client device, the targeted overlay content within the overlay configuration.
US09641865B2	Method for decoding moving images An image filter (100) for calculating a pixel value of target pixel in an output image from a pixel value of each of a pixel or pixels belonging to a filter area in an input image by using a filter coefficient vector V, is configured to include a filter coefficient vector changing section (120) for changing the filter coefficient vector V according to at least either where the target area is in the input image, or where the target pixel is in the output image.
US09641862B2	Video encoding and decoding There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding. In some embodiments pictures are encoded into a bitstream. The bitstream comprises at least two scalability layers and pictures being associated with access units. A first indication and a second indication are encoded into the bitstream. The first indication is configured to indicate an output layer. And the second indication is configured to indicate at least one alternative output layer. A first picture of said at least one alternative output layer is output by a decoding process of the bitstream when no picture of the output layer is in an access unit containing said first picture of said at least one alternative output layer.
US09641857B2	Power efficient detection of watermarks in media signals Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement power efficient detection of watermarks in media signals are disclosed. Example watermark detection methods disclosed herein include initiating a first search interval in which to attempt to detect watermarks in a media signal. Disclosed example watermark detection methods also initiating a sleep mode upon expiration of the first search interval in response to no valid watermarks being detected during the first search interval. Disclosed example watermark detection methods further include, upon expiration of a first sleep interval after initiation of the sleep mode, initiating a second search interval.
US09641853B2	Method and apparatus of depth prediction mode selection There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program product for prediction mode selection for coding a block of a depth map. An ordered list of coding modes is obtained, wherein the ordered list of coding modes comprises a plurality of coding modes. And whether a depth modeling mode and/or a region boundary chain mode is to be added into the ordered list of coding modes in accordance with a decision condition is determined.
US09641850B2	Video compression device With a video compression device configured to compress one pixel per cycle, a predictive pixel generation unit generates predictive pixel values of a plurality of predictive modes defined assuming local decode pixels read from predetermined positions of a line memory as upper reference pixels and an input original image pixel positioned on the left side of a pixel to be compressed as a left reference pixel for the pixel to be compressed. A predictive mode determination unit calculates a predictive error in a unit based on differential values between the pixel value to be compressed and the predictive pixel value, and selects a minimum predictive mode. A DPCM unit generates a minimum differential value between the minimum predictive pixel value and the pixel to be compressed assuming local decode pixels as upper reference pixels and a local decode pixel value one cycle before as a left reference pixel.
US09641845B2	Method and device for encoding/decoding images A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.
US09641844B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a prediction mode, and image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for selecting an intra prediction mode and a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same. The encoding apparatus selects an intra prediction mode of current block to encode from input video by a variation of the value of pixel adjacent to the current block; encodes a residual block from intra-predicting the current block in the selected intra prediction mode of current block to generate coded coefficient bit having a bitstream generator for generating and outputting a bitstream including the coded coefficient bit and a prediction mode bit representing the selected intra prediction mode of current block by a macroblock or subblock unit with the prediction mode bit included selectively in the bitstream depending on the variation. Accordingly, selection process of a prediction mode for image compression is simplified, a faster compression is obtained and compressed data is deflated to improve compression efficiency.
US09641840B2	Processing device and image processing method for encoding and decoding image An image processing device including a decoding section that decodes an encoded stream and generates quantized transform coefficient data, and an inverse quantization section that, taking transform coefficient data as transform units to be used during inverse orthogonal transform, inversely quantizes the quantized transform coefficient data decoded by the decoding section, such that in a case where a non-square transform unit is selected, the inverse quantization section uses a non-square quantization matrix, corresponding to a non-square transform unit, that is generated from a square quantization matrix corresponding to a square transform unit.
US09641836B2	Weighted difference prediction under the framework of generalized residual prediction An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores video information associated with a reference layer. The processor determines a value of a current video unit based on, at least in part, a reconstruction value associated with the reference layer and an adjusted difference prediction value. The adjusted difference prediction value is equal to a difference between a prediction of a current layer and a prediction of the reference layer multiplied by a weighting factor that is different from 1.
US09641832B2	3D display cross interference testing method and testing device thereof The present disclosure relates to a testing method of a 3D display cross interference and the testing device thereof. The method according to the present disclosure comprises: acquiring a brightness of at least one first test image in a region where a left eye image is displayed in a display device and a brightness of at least one second test image in a region where a right eye image is displayed in the display device through a left eye lens or a right eye lens of stereo glasses; comparing the brightness of the acquired first test image and the brightness of the acquired second test image, and determining a cross interference value or a cross interference value range between the left eye image and the right eye image according to the comparison result, a grey scale value of the first test image and a grey scale value of the second test image. By using the method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross interference value or the cross interference value range between the left eye image and the right eye image of the stereo display system is able to be tested quickly so that the processing speed and efficiency of the cross interference test are enhanced.
US09641825B2	Gated 3D camera A camera for determining distances to a scene, the camera comprising: a light source comprising a VCSEL controllable to illuminate the scene with a train of pulses of light having a characteristic spectrum; a photosurface; optics for imaging light reflected from the light pulses by the scene on the photosurface; and a shutter operable to gate the photosurface selectively on and off for light in the spectrum.
US09641823B2	Embedded light field display architecture to process and display three-dimensional light field data An embedded light field display architecture to process and display three-dimensional light field data in a light field display is provided. The light field display architecture includes a plurality of hierarchical modules to decode compressed light field data associated with a light field and a plurality of tile modules embedded directly in the light field display to process light field data for display. A plurality of networking modules is also provided to transmit light field data among the hierarchical modules and the tile modules.
US09641822B2	Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional (3D) images Provided is point-based efficient three-dimensional (3D) information representation from a color image that is obtained from a general Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)/Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) camera, and a depth image that is obtained from a depth camera. A 3D image processing method includes storing a depth image associated with an object as first data of a 3D data format, and storing a color image associated with the object as color image data of a 2D image format, independent of the first data.
US09641820B2	Advanced multi-band noise reduction Techniques for de-noising a digital image using a multi-band noise filter and a unique combination of texture and chroma metrics are described. A novel texture metric may be used during multi-band filter operations on an image's luma channel to determine if a given pixel is associated with a textured/smooth region of the image. A novel chroma metric may be used during the same multi-band filter operation to determine if the same pixel is associated with a blue/not-blue region of the image. Pixels identified as being associated with a smooth blue region may be aggressively de-noised and conservatively sharpened. Pixels identified as being associated with a textured blue region may be conservatively de-noised and aggressively sharpened. By coupling texture and chroma constraints it has been shown possible to mitigate noise in an image's smooth blue regions without affecting the edges/texture in other blue objects.
US09641813B2	CATV video and data transmission system with RF and digital combining network Improved systems and methods for delivering CATV content over a fiber optic network from a transmitter. The transmitter preferably includes a combining network that combines CATV signals received from a CATV head end.
US09641812B2	Dispensing verification device A dispensing verification device which is capable of readily verifying the contents of dispensing. The dispensing verification device has a camera capturing a counter with a mark, an image management server storing the image captured by the camera, a determination means determining whether the mark is hidden by a prescription, a timer outputting a time information, a writing control means controlling the writing of the image to the image management server, a display displaying the image stored in the image management server, and a readout control means retrieving a written image and reading out the written image from the image management server and outputting the same to the display. If the determination means determines that the mark is hidden, the writing control means associates the image captured by the camera with the time information and writes the image to the image management server as a still image.
US09641804B2	Audio/video conferencing system Aspects of the present invention may be found in a system and method to effectively schedule and configure video and audio conferences. In one embodiment, the system comprises a server and one or more audio/video conferencing devices interconnected through a public or private data network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) provides for an intuitive means to graphically view and configure one or more conferences, participants, and conference call configuration settings.
US09641800B2	Method and apparatus to present three-dimensional video on a two-dimensional display driven by user interaction Three-dimensional video is presented on a two-dimensional display. The view of the video is driven by user interaction. In one example, a two-dimensional (2D) video sequence in real time with a first view is synthesized from a video image sequence with depth captured by a first device. The 2D video sequence with the first view is provided to a second device in real time. A command is received from the second device to change a view of the 2D video sequence as the video sequence is rendered. The view of the 2D video sequence is changed as it is rendered to a 2D video sequence with a second view, and the 2D video sequence with the second view is provided to the second device in real time.
US09641796B2	Flattened light reflection for telepresence Embodiments include a telepresence system operative to carry out a teleconference, a lighting arrangement for a telepresence system operative to carry out a teleconference, and a planar panel having a reflective front surface that includes indentations having variable depth operative such that that when the reflective surface is illuminated by a light source, light is directed towards one or more participants in a telepresence system that is operative to carry out a teleconference.
US09641795B2	Method and apparatus for reframing and encoding a video signal Reframing is used to re-size an image or video content, e.g. for displaying video signals with a given aspect ratio on a display having a different aspect ratio. Window cropping parameters (position and size over time) are constrained in order to optimise the rate/distortion of the encoded output video signal. Initial reframing is improved by computing a saliency map representing a user attention map which considers the video coding context and by providing a macroblock coding efficiency cost map and then taking the saliency map or a combined saliency/coding cost map into account so that the coding cost for said reframed video signal is smaller than the coding cost for other candidate reframing windows' sizes and positions.
US09641794B2	Smudge removal Some embodiments remove an obstruction, e.g., a smudge, from a video. The video may be broken down into layers, and every pixel in space/time may be assigned a layer. Typically, the obstruction will be on one layer, and the background and foreground will be on other layers. Some embodiments detect which layer is generated by the smudge. Some embodiments use a motion model as a judging criteria for deciding the smudge layer.
US09641791B2	Bandwidth aware digital video recording (DVR) scheduling A scheduler is used to identify a schedule conflict that affects a client device receiving multiple media programs over a network. The scheduler is associated with the client device or a head-end source from which the programs are received. The scheduler accesses a schedule, which specifies a scheduled time at which multiple media programs are to be received by the client device. The scheduler obtains the actual bitrate to be consumed by each of the media programs as they are to be streamed to the client device. Based at least in part on the bitrates obtained for each of the media programs, the scheduler identifies a conflict that prevents at least one of the media programs from being streamed to the client device over the network. The scheduler enumerates at least one solution to the conflict to thereby resolve the conflict.
US09641790B2	Interactive video program providing linear viewing experience Embodiments are disclosed that relate to creating and providing an interactive video program. One disclosed embodiment includes combining a first interactive video segment of a first type and a second interactive video segment of a second, different type than the first segment. The first interactive video segment includes a first video component, a second video component related to the first component, and metadata including information related to a possible user input that triggers the second component. The interactive video program includes an active viewing route that proceeds through the first and second interactive video segments, and includes playback of the second component. The active viewing route is triggered by receipt of an actual user input that corresponds to the possible user input. The interactive video program also includes a passive viewing route that proceeds through the first and second interactive video segments without playback of the second component.
US09641789B2	Surveillance camera and digital video recorder Disclosed is a surveillance apparatus such as a surveillance camera and a digital video recorder. The surveillance apparatus includes: an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog video signal, of at least one image of a region captured by an optical system, into digital video data of the region; and a main controller configured to detect a current motion region from the digital video data of the region, remove a high frequency component of the region except the current motion region, and transmit the digital video data of the region, from which the high frequency component is removed, to a target device over a communication network.
US09641788B2	Image processing apparatus and control method for thermal mitigation of sub processors An image processing apparatus and control method is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a processor including one or more processing modules configured to process data, a power supply configured to supply an operating voltage to the one or more processing modules in a normal operation mode, a sensor configured to detect a temperature of the processor, and a controller configured to change the processor from the normal operation mode to one of a first operation mode and a second operation mode according to the temperature detected by the sensor, control the power supply to supply a lower level operating voltage to at least one of the one or more processing modules when the processor is in the first operation mode, and reset or disable at least one processing module selected from the one or more processing modules when the processor is in the second operation mode.
US09641785B2	System and method for configuring controlling device functionality A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.
US09641782B2	Method of varying gain, variable gain photoelectric conversion device, variable gain photoelectric conversion cell, variable gain photoelectric conversion array, method of reading out thereof, and circuit thereof Expansion of the dynamic range was difficult in conventional amplifying photoelectric conversion devices designed to have a large gain because, when used for high input light intensity, the electric current exceeds the electric current capacity of a near-minimum sized transistor obtained with the design rules. Also, in conventional photoelectric conversion devices, techniques for varying the electric signal outputs in real-time at the device level are necessary for real-time import of observation targets or images having a high contrast ratio and for visualization of local areas in real-time. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a gain varying method, a variable gain photoelectric conversion device, a photoelectric conversion cell, a photoelectric conversion array, a read-out method thereof, and a circuit therefor in which amplifying photoelectric conversion devices and field-effect transistors are combined.
US09641781B2	Imaging circuit including frame asynchronous pulse detection A pulse detecting imaging circuit includes a pixel array including multiple pixels arranged in at least one row and at least one column. The pixel array includes multiple row voltages and column voltages. Each of the row voltages is connected to each pixel in the corresponding row and each of the column voltages is connected to each pixel in the corresponding column. Each of said pixels includes an imaging circuit and a pulse detection circuit. An output of each pulse detection circuit is connected to a corresponding row voltage and a corresponding column voltage such that each pixel is configured to connect the corresponding row voltage and the corresponding column voltage to a ground or a known driven voltage in response to a pulse detection at the pixel.
US09641778B2	Imaging device and method for driving the same An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels has an active region including a first region and a second region with an electrode therebetween in plan view. A portion that is a portion of the active region and that is located under the electrode forms at least a portion of a capacitor. The first region includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type that forms at least a portion of a floating diffusion, and the second region includes a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. An insulating film is disposed on the second semiconductor region.
US09641768B2	Filter realization method and apparatus of camera application A filter realization method and apparatus of a camera application may include: obtaining a user-defined filter use instruction; extracting a program script according to the user-defined filter use instruction, where the program script is generated according to a user-defined photo parameter; and performing, by using the extracted program script, filter rendering on a photo obtained by triggering photographing in a camera application, to obtain a photo containing a filter effect. The apparatus includes: a filter use instruction obtaining module, configured to obtain a user-defined filter use instruction; a script extraction module, configured to extract a program script according to the user-defined filter use instruction, where the program script is generated according to a user-defined photo parameter; and a filter rendering module, configured to perform, by using the extracted program script, filter rendering on a photo obtained by triggering photographing in a camera application, to obtain a photo containing filter effect.
US09641764B2	Variable focal length elements for adaptive optical zoom systems and methods Adaptive optical zoom systems and methods are described herein. One example of a system for adaptive optical zoom includes a number of variable focal length elements aligned to receive an image through an aperture, wherein the aperture is smaller than at least one of the number of variable focal length elements, a focal plane array aligned to receive the image, and a computing device coupled to the number of variable focal length elements.
US09641762B2	Imaging device and imaging system To notify that focusing operations are completed in an imaging device with a plurality of camera modules, in a form that is easy for a user to check. The imaging device of the present disclosure includes a display unit, a first imaging unit configured to generate a first image data by capturing a subject image, a second imaging unit configured to generate a second image data by capturing a subject image, and a controller configured to cause the display unit to display a superimposed image obtained by superimposing an image represented by the generated second image data on an image represented by the generated first image data, and to display a sign that a focusing operation on the subject image being captured by the second imaging unit is completed, in a position other than on the image represented by the second image data in the superimposed image.
US09641760B2	Image capture system A method of taking an image of a scene that includes an item of interest, includes providing a digital imaging device having an imaging lens and a viewing screen and electronically providing an alignment feature on the viewing screen. The alignment feature is configured to allow a viewer to see both the alignment feature and an image of the item of interest on the viewing screen. The method includes adjusting at least one parameter from the group consisting of angular position of the digital imaging device with respect to the item of interest and angular orientation of the digital imaging device to achieve alignment of the image of the item of interest on the viewing screen with the alignment feature wherein the alignment feature has a structure so that the adjusting to achieve alignment restricts to exclusively one angular position of the digital imaging device with respect to the item of interest and exclusively one angular orientation of the digital imaging device. The method also includes capturing the image of the item of interest.
US09641757B2	Image processing apparatus that sets moving image area, image pickup apparatus, and method of controlling image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus that properly sets a moving image area according to an image. An image processor generates a combined image, by setting one of a plurality of images as a basic image and disposing a moving image generated from the plurality of images in a moving image area which is designated in part of the basic image. The image processor sets a still area in part of the basic image. A system controller causes the basic image to be displayed on a display section. A user performs a touch operation on the display section displaying the basic image, whereby the moving image area is designated. When the moving image area is designated in a manner overlapping the still area, the image processor performs image combining by deleting the overlapping area from the moving image area.
US09641756B2	Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method An image capturing apparatus comprises an object detection unit configured to detect a predetermined object and a movement amount acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of movement of the predetermined object. An object tracking unit suppresses the amount of movement of the predetermined object by moving an optical element constituting an image capturing optical system. A motion vector detection unit detects a motion vector indicating an image blur amount. An image blur correction unit corrects image blur based on the motion vector. A switching unit switches whether or not to perform object tracking using the object tracking unit. The image blur correction unit makes effect of the image blur correction in a case of performing the object tracking smaller than effect of the image blur correction in a case of not performing the object tracking.
US09641746B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method for selecting from successively-captured images A mobile phone includes a display, a capturing module configured to obtain a photographed image, a touch detection module configured to receive a touch operation, a main storage module and an auxiliary storage module, and a control module. The control module temporarily stores in the main storage module successively photographed images photographed at a predetermined time interval by the capturing module, and displays a postview screen for allowing a user to select a predetermined photographed image from a successively photographed image group stored in the main storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a shutter icon. The control module stores a selected photographed image in the auxiliary storage module when the touch detection module receives a touch operation with respect to a photographed image.
US09641744B2	Image pickup apparatus capable of effecting control based on a detected touch operation and its control method An image pickup apparatus controls in such a manner that if a touch applied to a touch operation member is detected by a detection unit arranged to detect a touch operation applied to the touch operation member, a photographic preparation unit makes an adjustment of a photographic setting, and after the touch, if the detection unit detects a predetermined touch operation and thereafter detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto, a photographic processing unit does not execute a photographic processing, while after the touch, if the detection unit detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto without detecting the predetermined touch operation, the photographic processing unit executes the photographic processing.
US09641743B2	System, method, and apparatus for controlling timer operations of a camera A device includes circuitry configured to acquire detection signals from at least one sensor device corresponding to an input operation and determine one or more input characters based on one or more characteristics of the detection signals. The circuitry is also configured to activate a timer corresponding to the one or more input characters and issue a control signal to at least one camera to perform an image capture operation when an amount of remaining time on the timer is equal to zero.
US09641740B2	Apparatus and method for auto-focusing in device having camera This disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for auto-focusing in a device having a camera. The method includes displaying a focus item in a preview screen while driving a camera, auto-focusing by searching an image of the focus item from a preview image and displaying a focus mark, and processing a focused image if the auto-focusing is completed.
US09641736B2	Wide-area aerial camera systems A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising four steerable detail camera modules, each steerable detail camera module comprising a detail camera and a beam-steering mechanism in an optical path of the detail camera module whereby the pointing direction of the detail camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a first steerable mirror.
US09641733B1	Miniature camera plural image sensor arrangements In some embodiments, a camera includes a first image sensor attached to a first ceramic substrate, a second image sensor attached to a second ceramic substrate, and a lens system including a set of lens elements serving both the first image sensor and the second image sensor, and a color-splitting component along an optical path between the lens system and the image sensors. The color-splitting component separates the light into a first set of wavelengths directed to the first image sensor and a second set of wavelengths directed to the second image sensor.
US09641731B2	Unstable magnetic reluctance actuator A magnetic reluctance actuator (MRA) comprising an unstable magnetic reluctance motor (MRM) having a strong force-to-position dependency and a nonlinear force-to-current dependency, the unstable MRM operative to move a lens carrier in a given direction, a lens position sensing mechanism, and a control unit configured to obtain an input from the position sensing mechanism and to provide closed loop control to overcome the strong force-to-position dependency and the nonlinear force-to-current dependency, thereby allowing precise lens position control.
US09641730B2	Orbiting camera mount with counterweight An apparatus for generating, capturing, and/or recording an image having a platform assembly having a top plate coupled to a rod coupled to a base plate; and a recording assembly having a pivoting arm, a balancing arm, and pipe having a bore, wherein the pivoting arm is connected to the pipe, and the balancing arm is connected to the pipe opposite the pivoting arm; wherein the recording assembly rotates independently of the platform assembly is disclosed. Also disclosed herein is a method for generating, capturing and/or recording an image.
US09641721B2	Apparatus and method for processing image data with multiple flip-flop storages An image processing system includes a first flip-flop bank and a second flip-flop bank, and a control system configured to control JPEG processing of image data. The control system is further configured to, during a first period, use one of the first or second flip-flop banks as a write bank and the other of the first or second flip-flop banks as a read bank and, during a second period, alternate the use of the first and second flip-flop banks as the write bank and the read bank. Further, the control system is configured to, after alternating the use, initialize the read bank to zero.
US09641713B2	Apparatus and method for deactivating power-saving mode, relay device, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program A power-saving mode deactivation apparatus for performing communication via a communication network with specific processing apparatuses for particular processing is provided. The power-saving mode deactivation apparatus includes a storage portion for storing therein a deactivation method for deactivating a power-saving mode of each of the specific processing apparatuses; a detection portion for detecting that particular processing data for the particular processing is not delivered to, among the specific processing apparatuses, a destination specific processing apparatus of the particular processing data, and a deactivation portion for performing, when the detection portion detects that the particular processing data is not delivered to the destination specific processing apparatus, deactivation processing for deactivating a power-saving mode of the destination specific processing apparatus based on the deactivation method, stored in the storage portion, for the destination specific processing apparatus.
US09641711B2	Printing system and control method thereof In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit.
US09641706B2	Image forming apparatus, server board, and method for controlling the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an extension connection portion, a server board that is mounted to the extension connection portion and communicates, via an external communication port, with a management server that is provided at an exterior, a communication control portion that communicates, by using an internal communication port, with a collection object apparatus that is connected to a local network and from which information is to be collected, and a control portion that performs control so that the communication control portion collects predetermined apparatus information from the collection object apparatus and so that the server board transmits the apparatus information thus collected toward the management server.
US09641703B2	Image forming apparatus with settable printing speed and image formation system An image forming apparatus has a communication unit that receives a print job from an execution request source computer, a printing unit that executes the print job, a controller, and a storage. The storage stores route information. The controller identifies the execution request source computer, determines a movement route along which a user moves from the execution request source computer to the image forming apparatus, and sets printing speed of the printing unit lower the longer the determined movement route.
US09641701B2	Image output system and method, and non-transitory computer readable medium to control execution of an image output process An image output system includes an obtaining unit, a duplication unit, a generation unit, and an execution unit. The obtaining unit obtains image data. The duplication unit stores duplicate data of the image data in a memory. The generation unit generates a log image based on the duplicate data, and generates log data including the log image, the log data indicating a log of an image output process corresponding to the image data. The execution unit executes, in a case where the duplicate data has been stored, an image output process based on the image data before completion of generation of the log data.
US09641695B2	Apparatus and method for controlling policy and charging in flat networks A method for performing policy and charging control (PCC) in a decentralized network architecture includes performing, by a first base station (BS), a procedure of initial network entry of a mobile station (MS), determining, by the first BS, first PCC rules for the MS by using at least one of subscription information and application information regarding the MS, enforcing, by the first BS, control and charging for data communication of the MS based on the first PCC rules, generating second PCC rules to be applied to a second BS and transferring the second PCC rules to the second BS, when detecting a handover of the MS to the second BS, and requesting the MS to connect to the second BS. Other embodiments including a method for performing PCC in the seconds BS, and the first BS and the second BS for performing PCC are disclosed.
US09641694B2	Communications system A method for initiating a call in a communications system comprising a mobile communications device connected in a mobile communications network. The mobile communications device is allocated a mobile identifier for a first, mobile communications service provided by a mobile communications service provider and is allocated a second identifier for a second communications service provided by a second communications service provider that is different from the first, mobile communications service. The method comprises receiving over a data connection, at a switch, a request from the mobile communications device, comprising the second identifier, to initiate a call using the second communications service and adding, at the switch, the mobile identifier to the request and forwarding via a further network, the request comprising both the second identifier and the mobile identifier.
US09641693B2	Chip card with integrated time-determining system Billing method for billing a call to a user identified with an identification card (2) in a telecommunication network. The duration of the calls is determined by a GPS receiver. The identification card further preferably comprises downloaded scales of charges, the billed amount depending on the determined duration of the call and on the stored scales of charges.Advantage: the determined time can not be falsified by the user.
US09641689B1	Virtual telephone extension The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for routing communications. A plurality of communication devices are coupled to a communications network. Each communication device has a device identifier. A user-programmable database associates each of a plurality of user identifiers with a device identifier. A call-routing switch arrangement is coupled to the communication network through a portal communication device having a portal identifier. A user designates a destination user identifier when making a communication. The call-routing switches the call, directing the call to a destination device identifier responsive to the user-programmable database association between the destination user identifier and a device identifier. According to certain aspects, communications are directed to users and are routed to associated equipment, a user identifier serving as a virtual extension number. Users remotely program the database to direct their calls to communication devices at various geographic, voice mail and e-mail destinations.
US09641688B2	Conferencing apparatus with an automatically adapting beamforming microphone array This disclosure describes a conferencing apparatus with an automatically adapting beamforming microphone array for teleconferencing applications. The conferencing apparatus includes a processor coupled to memory, storage, and a housing. The apparatus further includes a communication element, a plurality of microphones arranged in the housing and configured as a beamforming microphone array, and an orientation sensor. Additionally, the apparatus includes executing a series of steps including: (a) adapting a signal-processing characteristic of the beamforming microphone array responsive to the orientation signal, (b) beamforming to combine the plurality of microphone signals to a plurality of combined signals, (c) performing an acoustic echo cancellation operation on the plurality of combined signals to generate a plurality of combined echo-canceled signals, and (d) selecting one or more of the plurality of combined echo-canceled signals for transmission.
US09641679B1	Geographic policy routing function A policy routing function (“PRF”) allows requests for emergency services (e.g., 9-1-1 calls, text messages to 9-1-1, etc.) dynamically routed to an emergency responder based on rules and/or user defined geographic overrides in support of Next Generation 9-1-1. Each user provided geographic polygon layer within this data set is represented by one or more polygons, with each polygon containing routing criteria, routing rules, priority, and expiration parameters. This geographic data set may also have a base geographic polygon layer of one or more polygons that define the “normal” or “default” routing conditions. Utilizing a user provided geographic data set the PRF interrogates an emergency caller's location against the polygon(s) and applies the routing rules of the highest level geographic polygon layer polygon that has a true routing condition.
US09641675B2	Digital signature-over-voice for caller ID verification In an approach to caller ID verification by digital signature, a computing device receives authenticating information associated with a caller. The computing device creates a call record based on the authenticating information. The computing device retrieves additional information associated with the caller. The computing device updates the call record based on the additional information. The computing device retrieves a digital signature associated with the caller. The computing device retrieves public key information associated with the caller. The computing device performs a digital signature assessment based on the public key information. The computing device updates the call record based on the digital signature assessment. The computing device adds timestamp information to the call record. The computing device receives a request from a call recipient device. The computing device communicates information based on the call record to the call recipient device. The computing device marks the call record as expired.
US09641671B2	Notifying devices, notifying methods, and programs A notifying device according to the present invention includes a plurality of vibration means (4, 5) that generate vibrations in at least one different direction; attitude detection means (2) that detects an attitude of its own device; and selection means (3) that selects which vibration means from among the plurality of vibration means (4, 5) is to be operated based on the attitude.
US09641667B2	Method of releasing a locked state of a terminal device using tapping In an information terminal device, tap information in accordance with a pattern of a tapping operation of a user is acquired, and unlocking information is acquired in which unlocking tap information items, each of which functions as an unlocking key for each of applications, are associated with the corresponding applications. If a predetermined condition is satisfied, the present device is changed from a normal state to a locked state. If the present device is in the normal state and the acquired tap information coincides with any one of the unlocking tap information items, the present device is changed from the locked state to a limited unlocked state in which at least the application associated with the relevant unlocking tap information item is operable.
US09641664B2	System, apparatus, and method for utilizing sensor data A system, apparatus, and method for utilizing sensor data are described. Various sensors may be used to gather sensor data. The sensor data may be associated with an environment. The environment may be many things such as a vehicle, user, or home, etc. The sensor data may be sent raw, or preprocessed to a server or mobile device via communication links. The server, or mobile device, may help utilize the data. For example, operations may be performed in response to identifying an activity. For example, alerting emergency services based upon identifying a home is on fire. Specific operations performed may be based upon information levels. For example, an information level may alert a home owner and display captured sensor data, while another level may alert the neighbors with a generic text message.
US09641661B2	Method and apparatus to establish a communication connection Various embodiments are directed to a mobile computing device having a communication management module. The communication management module receives connection information from a destination device, the connection information representing at least one communication mode accepted by the destination device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09641660B2	Modifying sound output in personal communication device Technologies are generally described for modifying sound output in a personal communication device. Example devices described herein may include one or more of a communication unit, an audio processor, and/or a sound leakage detector. A communication signal may be received from the other party during personal communication by the communication unit. The communication signal may be converted by the audio processor into receiver sound for output by a receiver speaker. The sound leakage detector may provide a sound leakage indication if the sound leakage detector receives an input indicating a leakage of the receiver sound being output by the receiver speaker. Further, the audio processor may modify the receiver sound based on the sound leakage indication.
US09641653B2	Method and apparatus for determining a synchronization of subscription-notification service subscriptions among multiple entities A communication system synchronizes subscriptions between a user terminal (UT) and a Subscription Service Host (SSH). The UT conveys, to the SSH, multiple subscription messages associated with a Watcher that each initiates a subscription associated with the Watcher and requests watched entity status information. The UT starts a timer and, in response to an expiration of the timer, conveys a subscription information consolidated status update (SICSU) request to the SSH that requests a consolidated status update of all subscriptions associated with the Watcher. In response, the UT receives an SICSU notification comprising a first one or more SICSU values that indicate a status of multiple subscriptions associated with the Watcher, determines a corresponding second one or more SICSU values based on its own list, compares the first SICSU values to the second SICSU values, and determines whether the UT is out of synchronization with the SSH based on the comparison.
US09641648B2	Asynchronous ubiquitous protocol Disclosed is a method for requesting data from a set of remote units in a network, the method comprising: defining an Asynchronous Ubiquitous Protocol, the Asynchronous Ubiquitous Protocol comprising a schedule of a plurality of time slots, each time slot defined by a distinct start time and end time pair; broadcasting transmitting instructions to the set of remote units, the transmitting instructions comprising the Asynchronous Ubiquitous Protocol and selection instructions for selecting a time slot from the Asynchronous Ubiquitous Protocol to use for data transmission; and, receiving data transmitted from a remote unit in the set of remote units in accordance with the transmitting instructions.
US09641646B1	Distributed multimedia system for IP networks A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating communication of multimedia data across a distributed network. When the invention is employed for facilitating intra-communication between mobile network carriers, the invention can be configured to utilize a plurality of distribution sites. A first distribution site of a sender can receive an item of multimedia data and an identifier from a sender. The first distribution site may then transmit the identifier to a look-up server in order for the look-up server to identify the location of a recipient's distribution site. Once the look-up server identifies the recipient's distribution site for the first distribution site, the first distribution site can transmit the multimedia data to the recipient's distribution site.
US09641643B2	System and method for storing a skeleton representation of an application in a computerized organization A computerized method for storing a representation of at least one application in a computerized organization, the method comprising determining a structure of at least one application in a computerized organization; and using a processor for generating, and storing, a skeleton characterization of the structure of the application including storing information, characterizing at least one applicative component identified, that is considered stable over time and not storing information, characterizing at least one applicative component identified, that is considered unstable over time.
US09641641B1	Temporal adjustment of identifiers Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for providing temporally adjusted identifiers. A first identifier is received. A second identifier is determined based on time parameters and the first identifier. The time parameters include at least a period, where the period is a minimum duration of time prior to providing a computing device with a new identifier. The second identifier is provided for transmission to at least one computing device.
US09641639B2	Dynamic caching during travel Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for modifying a cache value based on an upcoming reduction in connection. A determination be made that a user device is in a travel mode and intended travel data may be received accordingly. Data throughput information corresponding to the intended travel data may be received. A determination that there is an upcoming reduction in connection may be made based on the data throughput information. A cache value (e.g., amount of data received, provided, or cached) may be modified based on the upcoming reduction in connection.
US09641636B2	Information pushing method and apparatus An information pushing method includes: acquiring target information for issuing a target event; acquiring user characteristics of a plurality of user accounts and selecting a target user account of which a user characteristic meets a preset characteristic from the plurality of user accounts, where the preset characteristic includes a user characteristic of a user account that is expected to participate in the target event; and pushing the target information to the target user account.
US09641633B2	Information processing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing method, and information processing system State change means changes a state of an information processing apparatus between an unused state and a used state. First communication means automatically performs communication with another portable information processing apparatus. Second communication means automatically performs communication via an access point. Communication control means performs control such that the communication by the first communication means is preferentially performed when the information processing apparatus is in the unused state and the communication by the second communication means is preferentially performed when the information processing apparatus is in the used state.
US09641630B2	Location-enforced data management in complex multi-region computing A location-reporting request is sent by a processor to at least one remote server. The location-reporting request requests processing of data away from a geo-location-aware client device and instructs any available server to respond with a reported geographic location. An asserted geographic location is received from a remote server available to process the data. A determination is made as to whether the asserted geographic location of the available remote server satisfies location-based data processing restrictions that regulate remote processing of the data away from the geo-location-aware client device. In response to determining that the asserted geographic location of the available remote server satisfies the location-based data processing restrictions, the asserted geographic location is verified using a geo-location assertion server. In response to a successful verification of the asserted geographic location of the available remote server, the data is sent to the available remote server to process.
US09641625B2	Method and system for executing an internet radio application within a vehicle Various embodiments may include a computer-implemented method and system for operating a computer application stored on a nomadic wireless communication device (ND) located within the vicinity of a vehicle. An input may be received at a vehicle computer system (VCS) to pair the VCS with the ND for establishing a wireless communication link. A number of instructions may be received at the VCS from the ND over the wireless communication link. The instructions may include instructions for establishing a connection with an internet radio application and instructions for prompting a user for one or more internet radio application events. A request from the user for the one or more internet radio application events may be received at the VCS and the one or more internet radio application events may be executed.
US09641620B2	Automation and personalization platform A system and method of using a combination of portable devices including wearable devices and tags and fixed devices including plug-in readers that are able to communicate using a short range wireless technology is described. The environment in which the fixed devices are disposed include residential, vehicle and commercial/work areas. The environment is able to detect the presence and absence of particular portable devices, determine whether personalized triggers exist and act accordingly based on information stored in a server or cloud-based storage. The actions in the environment include security, environmental controls, and alert transmission.
US09641619B2	Social media platform with gamification of user-generated content Social media platforms with gamification of user-generated content, wherein users upload content that other users rate, and a winner is declared based on the ratings. In one embodiment, each user can post only once per day. In one embodiment, a random user is invited each day to create a post for display on the main landing page or “Spotlight” page to the entire community, while the remaining posts are in the “Backstage” area. In some embodiments, users are rewarded with cash or other prizes or rewards as an incentive for posting quality content. In one embodiment, the user who accumulates the most “likes” at the end of each calendar month is deemed the winner for that month.
US09641615B1	Allocating RAID storage volumes across a distributed network of storage elements A distributed network of storage elements (DNSE) is provided in which the physical capacity of each drive is split into a set of equal sized logical splits which are individually protected within the DNSE using separate RAID groups. To reduce restoration latency, members of the RAID groups having a member in common on a given drive are spread within the DNSE to minimize the number of sets of drives within the DNSE that have RAID members in common. By causing the splits to be protected by RAID groups, restoration of the splits may occur in parallel involving multiple drives within the DNSE. By minimizing the overlap between RAID members on various drives, failure of a given drive will not require multiple reads from another drive in the DNSE. Likewise, spare splits are distributed to enable write recovery to be performed in parallel on multiple drives within the DNSE.
US09641613B2	Volume hierarchy download in a storage area network In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein a volume hierarchy may be received at a network device in a storage area network. Once the network device is ready to apply the volume hierarchy, a message so indicating may be sent. Later, a command to apply the volume hierarchy may be received and the volume hierarchy may be applied so that the network device processes IOs using the volume hierarchy.
US09641607B2	Apparatus, system and method of setting up an application service platform (ASP) peer to peer (P2P) group Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting up an Application Service Platform (ASP) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) persistent group. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP to setup one or more ASP-P2P groups over a wireless communication link, the first ASP is to form each ASP-P2P group only as an ASP-P2P persistent group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions, the first ASP is to store credentials of the ASP-P2P persistent group for use during the sessions.
US09641604B1	Ranking candidate servers in order to select one server for a scheduled data transfer Selecting a destination host for a data transfer includes transmitting, by a computer where data for the data transfer is locally stored, an inquiry message to a plurality of potential destination hosts, wherein the inquiry message requests that each of the plurality of potential destination hosts evaluate their current utilization load; and receiving a respective reply message from at least one of the plurality of potential destination hosts. Selecting, based on the respective reply message from the at least one of the plurality of potential destination hosts, of one of the plurality of potential destination hosts to be the destination host for the data transfer can then occur.
US09641603B2	Method and system for spooling diameter transactions A method for spooling diameter transactions is provided. The method comprises receiving from a Diameter client a Diameter request message; determining based in part on a type of the received request message if the received request message should be spooled; determining if a current transaction rate exceeds a predefined spooling threshold, if the received request message should be spooled; and queuing the received request message if the current transaction rate exceeds the spooling threshold.
US09641602B2	Service provision system A service provision system comprises a first terminal, a service computer, and a user registration module. The first terminal includes an application management module to which second identification information is assigned, for managing the application to which first identification information is assigned, and an anonymous personal data transmission module for transmitting the anonymous personal data including the first identification information and the second identification information. The user registration module transmits user registration data including the second identification information and third identification information, in a case of inputting third identification information. The service computer stores, in a case of receiving the anonymous personal data, the first identification information, the second identification information, and the anonymous personal data in association with each other, and stores, in a case of receiving the user registration data, the second identification information and the third identification information in association with each other.
US09641601B2	Apparatus and method for synchronizing events Embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses (200) for synchronizing a first event (202), having associated therewith a first original event timing value based on a common clock signal, and a second event (204), having associated therewith a second original event timing value based on the common clock signal, wherein the first and the second event (202; 204) experience different delays while travelling through different paths of a distributed computing system (300; 700), and wherein at least one output event (206) is to be determined by an event detector (208) based on the first and the second event (202; 204). The apparatus (200) comprises a delay compensator (210) associated to the event detector (208), the delay compensator (210) having an input (212) for receiving the first and the second event (202; 204) and having an output (214) for forwarding relayed versions (202′; 204′) of the received first and second event to the associated event detector (208), wherein the delay compensator (210) is operable to relay the first and the second event (202; 204) to the associated event detector (208) based on the experienced delays and based on the associated first and second original event timing values.
US09641600B2	System, method, computer-readable medium and apparatus A system includes a terminal apparatus configured to generate pieces of data, each of the pieces of data including time information indicating when each of the pieces of data is generated; a destination apparatus configured to accumulate the pieces of data; a relay apparatus configured to store the pieces of data transmitted from the terminal apparatus based on the time information and to relay the pieces of data to the destination apparatus; and a processing apparatus configured to acquire the pieces of data that are stored in the relay apparatus and to process the pieces of data, wherein the relay apparatus is configured to store an amount of the pieces of data in the relay apparatus based on the time information, the amount corresponding to an amount of data that the processing apparatus processes based on a time range of the pieces of data.
US09641597B2	Managing an application on a computing system Systems and methods for managing an application on a computing system are described herein. According to the present subject matter, the system(s) implement the described method(s) for this purpose, where the method(s) include monitoring a user-defined criteria by a managing module for the application. Further, the method includes generating a trigger when a user-defined time-point corresponding to the user-defined criteria is determined. The method also includes performing a user-defined action by the managing module on the application, in response to the trigger generated in accordance with the user-defined criteria. The user-defined includes at least one of an action of deleting the application, an action of moving the application to a location out of the computing system, and an action of de-emphasizing the application.
US09641596B2	Home appliance information management apparatus, home appliance information sharing method, and home appliance information sharing system A management apparatus which collects, from a home appliance, home appliance information which is information related to the home appliance and provides a user with to-be-provided information which is information obtained from the collected home appliance information, includes: a managing unit which manages the home appliance information; and a home appliance information holding unit which holds, in association with each other, (i) the home appliance information and (ii) share information which is for sharing the home appliance information and is associated with the user. The managing unit refers to data held by the home appliance information holding unit when a request for to-be-provided information is issued by the user, obtains the home appliance information held in association with share information identical to the share information associated with the user, and provides the user with to-be-provided information obtained from the obtained information.
US09641595B2	System management apparatus, system management method, and storage medium A system management apparatus includes a processor configured to function as a collecting unit that collects communication records of functional components to be managed; an extracting unit that extracts communication links between the functional components from the collected communication records; a closed-path eliminating unit that removes one or more of the communication links to eliminate closed paths from the communication links; and an order determining unit that determines an order in which the functional components are started or stopped based on the communication links from which the closed paths have been eliminated.
US09641592B2	Location of actor resources In an actor system, messages communicated to and from a first actor in a first location of an actor system can be monitored. A message frequency between the first actor and a second actor in a second location of the actor system can be determined. The message frequency can be compared to a threshold message frequency. A determination can be made whether to move the first actor from the first location based on comparison of the message frequency to the threshold message frequency.
US09641588B2	Packets recovery system and method In a network for reliable transfer of packets from a transmitter to a receiver using a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), a system for packet recovery, the system comprising a detection block (detector) for packet loss detection and a probe device (probe) for lost packet retransmission, wherein the detector is configured to send a packet retransmit request to the probe upon detecting a packet loss (a lost packet), and wherein the probe is configured to store received packets and retransmit the lost packet responsive to the retransmit request.
US09641585B2	Automated video editing based on activity in video conference In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, video and activity data for a video conference, automatically processing the video at the network device based on the activity data, and transmitting edited video from the network device. Processing comprises identifying active locations in the video and editing the video to display each of the active locations before a start of activity at the location and switch between the active locations. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09641580B2	Distributed stream processing in the cloud A low-latency cloud-scale computation environment includes a query language, optimization, scheduling, fault tolerance and fault recovery. An event model can be used to extend a declarative query language so that temporal analysis of event of an event stream can be performed. Extractors and outputters can be used to define and implement functions that extend the capabilities of the event-based query language. A script written in the extended query language can be translated into an optimal parallel continuous execution plan. Execution of the plan can be orchestrated by a streaming job manager which schedules vertices on available computing machines. The streaming job manager can monitor overall job execution. Fault tolerance can be provided by tracking execution progress and data dependencies in each vertex. In the event of a failure, another instance of the failed vertex can be scheduled. An optimal recovery point can be determined based on checkpoints and data dependencies.
US09641579B2	Method and apparatus to control a multipath adaptive streaming session The present invention concerns a method to control the transmission and transmission data rate between at least two servers and a receiver. The servers being adapted to transmit data representative of an audiovisual content. The audiovisual content being available from each of said at least two servers in at least two versions. The versions corresponding respectively to different transmission bit-rates. The servers being adapted to transmit audiovisual contents in successive parts, each of said successive parts being chosen as one of at least two versions in response to transmission requests sent by the receivers, said transmission requests comprising a transmission parameter.
US09641575B2	Method for sharing multimedia content between two users A method for sharing multimedia content between at least a first user and a second user using first and second telecommunications terminals, respectively, the content being associated with the second user and being stored in a database hosted by a service platform accessible via a telecommunications network. The method includes: a network-based content-sharing server validating a request to share multimedia content transmitted by the first terminal by authenticating an identifier of the second terminal, which was obtained from a response to the request received from the second terminal; in the content-sharing server, if the sharing request is validated, activating a sharing session and opening a sharing memory space for enabling the sharing of content data between the first and second terminal, and transmitting session activation information to the first terminal; and displaying, in each of the first and second terminals, a sharing window for displaying the data of the sharing space during the sharing session.
US09641572B1	Generating a group photo collection Implementations generally relate to generating a group photo collection. In some implementations, a method includes determining a plurality of users in a specified group of users of a social network system. The method also includes receiving photos associated with the users. The method also includes providing an interface enabling the plurality of users to collaborate in creating a group photo collection, where the group photo collection includes the plurality of photos. The method also includes providing one or more recommendations to create a photo album based on one or more themes, where the one or more themes are based on patterns of objects recognized in the plurality of photos.
US09641568B2	Method, user equipment, server, and apparatus for implementing information sharing Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a user equipment, and a server for sharing information, and an apparatus. The method for implementing information sharing includes: receiving shared information of another user equipment and location information corresponding to the shared information, where the location information indicates a location for the shared information to be displayed on a desktop of another user equipment; and displaying the shared information according to the location information. In the embodiments of the present invention, information or a desktop can be shared in real time between two or more user equipments, so that a user of a user equipment is capable of tracing the status of a user of another user equipment and acquiring information on the shared desktop in real time.
US09641567B2	Controlling media and informing controller status in collaborative sessions A communication system extends IETF Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling used by IMS architecture. As a basic use case, initially a first (UE1) (controller) is in a media session (e.g., audio, video and message session) with a remote UE. To transfer provider of one media component to a controllee UE, the controller UE1 sends a REFER message with a relevant body to trigger the media session operations to a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS). The SCC AS is able to interpret the contents of the REFER message to perform the media session manipulation on one or multiple UEs (originating UE itself or other UEs). The innovation provides for a REFER message that convey what needs to be done in a separate SIP header carrying target dialog and media line number(s), in a SDP body that REFER carries, or XML body that will be in REFER.
US09641566B1	Methods and systems for instantaneous asynchronous media sharing Disclosed are methods and systems for instantaneous asynchronous media sharing. The method comprises establishing a communication channel between a user device and a server; receiving a media stream object containing a recording of a screen of the user device through the communication channel, as it is recorded; storing the recording to permanent storage as it is received; receiving a publication request at a publication request time; and in response to receiving the publication request, making the recording accessible to one or more viewers within an immediate time frame by generating a complete video file ready for download, wherein the immediate time frame is a time to upload a remaining number of bytes to the server from the publication request time plus a time to complete processing the remaining number of bytes to generate the complete video file. Also disclosed are benefits of the new methods, and alternative embodiments of implementation.
US09641565B2	Apparatus and methods for operation of a wireless server Apparatus and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. In an embodiment, a wireless server downloads media content to a mobile wireless client based on one or more criteria for the mobile wireless client, where the one or more criteria are identified in the wireless server.
US09641563B1	Electronic meeting intelligence Techniques related to electronic meeting intelligence are disclosed. An apparatus receives audio/video data including first meeting content data for an electronic meeting that includes multiple participants. The apparatus extracts the first meeting content data from the audio/video data. The apparatus generates meeting content metadata based on analyzing the first meeting content data. The apparatus includes the meeting content metadata in a report of the electronic meeting. If the apparatus determines that the audio/video data includes a cue for the apparatus to intervene in the electronic meeting, the apparatus generates intervention data including second meeting content data that is different from the first meeting content data. During the electronic meeting, the apparatus sends the intervention data to one or more nodes associated with at least one participant of the multiple participants.
US09641561B2	Method and system for managing a SIP server A method, system and computer program product are described for managing network communications to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server capable of SIP processing using a SIP stack. A data packet is received from a network device. It is determined, from the data packet, whether the network device is a device recognized by the SIP server. Responsive to this determination, and before SIP processing using the SIP stack, it is determined whether the data packet conforms to a permitted configuration. The permitted configuration includes that data of the data packet indicates an unfragmented User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet and that data indicative of SIP data in the received data packet matches a parsing rule. If the data packet conforms to the permitted configuration, it is passed to the SIP stack, if not it is discarded.
US09641560B2	Personalized telepresence service providing method and apparatus thereof Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a telepresence service providing method and an apparatus thereof. The telepresence service providing method according to the present invention comprises: receiving at least one of current location information, peripheral device information acquired at the current location, and noise information acquired at the current location from a user device; generating or updating a service profile which specifies a service mode corresponding to the user device and a device profile which specifies functions which the user device and the peripheral devices can provide, based on the received information; and transmitting data for telepresence services to at least one device of the user device and the peripheral devices based on the profiles. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention may provide a telepresence service with consideration of user's surrounding environment.
US09641557B2	Method for joining SIP communication devices into an existing call Example embodiments provide a method and/or network element capable of joining SIP communication devices into an existing call. According to an example embodiment, a network element may join SIP communication devices by receiving an incoming call from a calling communication device and establishing a connection between the calling communication device and at least one associated communication device in a set of associated communication devices. The set of associated communication devices may be notified of the connection and a conference procedure may be performed in response to an unconnected communication device being activated, such that a multi-way conference connection is established between the calling communication device, the at least one associated communication device, and the at least one unconnected communication device.
US09641556B1	Apparatus and method for identifying constituents in a social network A social analytic system collects signals from different social network accounts. Social metrics are derived for the accounts and the accounts classified as different types of constituents for a company or primary account based on the social metrics. The constituents may include any combination of advocates, detractors, influencers, spammers, employees, partners, and/or market. Some of the social metrics used for classifying the different types of constituents may include a volume of the signals, types of message interactions, number of unique messages, sentiment, number of subscribers, alignment of constituent and company messages, and/or average signal length.
US09641553B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate end-user defined policy management Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate end-user defined policy management. An example apparatus includes an edge node interface to detect addition of a networked user device to a service gateway, and to extract publish information from the networked user device. The example apparatus also includes a device context manager to identify tag parameters based on the publish information from the networked user device, and a tag manager to prohibit unauthorized disclosure of the networked user device by setting values of the tag parameters based on a user profile associated with a type of the networked user device.
US09641551B1	System and method for traversing a NAT device with IPSEC AH authentication A method for routing IP packets with IPSec AH authentication is disclosed. The method includes locating overlay edge routers between private domains and their associated NAT routers. Outbound packets from a source private domain are modified by its overlay edge router to include IPSec AH authorization data computed using IP source and destination addresses that match a packet's final source and destination IP address upon final NAT translation immediately prior to delivery to a host of a destination private domain.
US09641547B2	Entity IP mapping Systems and methods for mapping IP addresses to an entity include receiving at least one domain name associated with the entity. Embodiments may further include determining one or more variations of the at least one domain name based on analysis of domain name data collected from a plurality of domain name data sources that mention a variation of the at least one domain name. Some embodiments may also include identifying one or more IP addresses pointed to by the one or more variations of the entity's domain name based on analysis of IP address data collected from a plurality of IP address data sources. Additional embodiments include assigning weights to each of the identified one or more IP addresses and creating a mapping of IP addresses to associate with the entity based on analysis of the weighted one or more IP addresses.
US09641546B1	Electronic device for aggregation, correlation and consolidation of analysis attributes In communication with security appliances, an electronic device for providing a holistic view of a malware attack is described. The electronic device features one or more processors and a storage device. The storage device includes aggregation logic, correlation logic, consolidation logic, and display logic: The aggregation logic is configured to receive input attributes and analysis attributes from each of the security appliances. The correlation logic attempts to find relationships between analysis attributes provided from each security appliance. The consolidation logic receives at least (i) a first analysis attribute from a first security appliance and (ii) a second analysis attribute from a second security appliance in response to the first analysis attribute corresponding to the second analysis attribute. The display logic generates display information including the consolidated input attributes.
US09641545B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting communication anomalies in a network based on overlap between sets of users communicating with entities in the network Anomalies are detected in a network by detecting communication between a plurality of entities and a set of users in the network, determining an overlap between subsets of the set of users that the entities comprising the plurality of entities communicated with, respectively, and determining whether the communication between the plurality of entities and the set of users is anomalous based on the overlap.
US09641544B1	Automated insider threat prevention Techniques for automated insider threat prevention are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automated insider threat prevention includes monitoring network communications at a network device; detecting an anomalous activity based on the monitored network communications associated with a user based on a behavior profile for the user; and performing an action in response to the detected anomalous activity based on a policy.
US09641543B2	Systems and methods for securing remote configuration A system and method for securing remote configurations. The system and method can include, at a monitoring device, connecting to a messaging service for at most a determined connection period. The system and method can also include receiving one or more configuration payloads during the connection period. During the connection, if a single configuration payload is received from the messaging service, the configuration payload can be implemented by the monitoring device after disconnecting from the messaging service. If multiple configuration payloads are received during the connection, then the monitoring device can disconnect from the messaging service and may not implement either configuration payload.
US09641541B2	Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus (30) comprising: a local source of data (4); a first controller (31); and a tamper-resistant second controller (32) configured to communicate with the first controller, the first controller being configured to control and receive data from the local source of data and from a sensing unit connected to the first controller via a communication interface and to perform a series of calculation operations on the data, wherein the second controller is configured to verify the integrity of a selected subset of the operations performed by the first controller.
US09641539B1	Passive based security escalation to shut off of application based on rules event triggering Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for a passive based security escalation to shut off of applications on a mobile device based on rules. As such, the system may identify, via extraction of data, time periods correlating to events that the user may be offline or inactive with respect to his/her mobile device. Once the time periods are identified, rules are created for the level of security escalation required based on the event. Subsequently, a trigger is identified at a time leading up to the event, where the system integrates with the mobile device and requires additional authentication to access one or more applications. Once the offline event starts, the system initiates a shutdown of the functions of one or more applications on the user's mobile device. The system then reinstates the application functionality after the offline event has ended.
US09641534B2	Providing controlled access to admin credentials during a migration Access to admin credentials can be controlled during a migration. By controlling access to the admin credentials, a consultant can be allowed to perform migration tasks without the consultant being exposed to the administrative-level access necessary to perform such tasks. Accordingly, an organization can maintain complete control and visibility over the entire migration process, including how and when the admin credentials are used, while still being able to employ outside individuals or even inside individuals with reduced security or clearance levels in the process.
US09641533B2	System and method for trusted pair security A system for and method of protecting a resource is presented. The system and method include a trusted pair consisting of an initiator and a receiver. The receiver faces outward and is connected to a network, such as the Internet. The initiator is connected to the protected resource. In establishing a connection between the initiator and the receiver, the initiator initiates all communications. This configuration simplifies environment management, improves security including access controls, and facilitates deployment of internet-facing resources by changing the traditional model of component-to-component connection.
US09641532B2	System and method for controlling electronic communications The approved email generation system described is capable of producing email communications between user and customer by using approved email templates, content and call to action items that have been aligned with customer information. Once the approved email has been generated, the content and call to action items may be verified again for accuracy and validity before being delivered to the customer. When the customer accesses delivered content, the approved email generation system again verifies the content and allows the customer access to only the most current version of the content available. The system provides for control of the content of electronic communications to customers.
US09641531B2	Node and a method for enabling network access authorization The embodiments herein relate to a method in an AAA server (103) for enabling authorization of a wireless device (101) to access a first network (100a) while simultaneously accessing a second network (100b). The AAA server (103) retrieves information identifying a current SGSN (108) currently serving the wireless device (101) in the second network (100b). When the AAA server (103) retrieves authorization information for the wireless device's (101) access to the first network (100a) from a HLR (105), the AAA server (103) indicates the current SGSN (108) as a new SGSN to the HLR (105). The indication is to be interpreted by the HLR (105) as an update of location information or a refresh procedure from the current SGSN (108).
US09641530B2	Integrated hosted directory Methods, systems, and devices for enterprise-wide management of disparate devices, applications, and users are described. A cloud-based central server may maintain an integrated hosted directory, which may allow user authentication, authorization, and management of information technology (IT) resources across device types, operating systems, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) and on-premises applications. IT resources for multiple and separate customers may be managed from a single, central directory, and servers may be brought online to allow access to the directory according to system loading.
US09641523B2	Method of host-directed illumination and system for conducting host-directed illumination A method of host-directed illumination for verifying the validity of biometric data of a user is provided that includes capturing biometric data from a user with an authentication device during authentication and directing illumination of the biometric data from a host authentication system during the capturing operation. Moreover, the method includes comparing illumination characteristics of the captured biometric data against illumination characteristics expected to result from the directing operation, and determining that the user is a live user when the illumination characteristics of the captured biometric data match the illumination characteristics expected to result from the directing operation.
US09641521B2	Systems and methods for network connected authentication The field of the invention relates to network connected authentication systems, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable authentication of a user using a connected device in the possession of the user. In an embodiment, the system includes a network connected authentication server system communicatively coupled to a network for access by a plurality of user devices to authenticate a plurality of users of one or more third party applications, and a user account database coupled to the network connected authentication server system to store account information including a username for each of the plurality of users. The network connected authentication server system is configured to pair a username to one or more user devices, receive an authentication request from one of the third party applications, notify at least one of the plurality of user devices that has been paired to the username for which the authentication request is received, receive an authentication response from at least one of the plurality of user devices that has been notified, and send the authentication response to the third party application from which the authentication request is received.
US09641516B2	Using resource records for digital certificate validation A digital certificate incorporated within a communication is received from a server associated with a host name. Resource records associated with the host name are caused to be queried for a list of certificate authorities. In response to causing the resource records to be queried, the list of certificate authorities is received. A certificate authority is identified within the received digital certificate. The identified certificate authority is compared to the received list of certificate authorities. A determination is made, based on the comparison, that the identified certificate authority is included in the received list of certificate authorities.
US09641513B2	Methods and systems for controlling mobile terminal access to a third-party server The present disclosure includes an exemplary method for controlling access to a third-party server by a mobile terminal. The method comprises: acquiring, at the mobile terminal from a first-party server, login authorization information using which a user of the mobile terminal has logged in the first-party server through a client-side application corresponding to the first-party server, wherein the login authorization information includes a logged-in account; transmitting, to the third-party server, a login request, wherein the login request includes the login authorization information that is to be verified; and receiving authorization for the user to log in the third-party server using the logged-in account included in the verified login authorization information.

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