Benjamin B.
Benjamin B. Ackers, Seattle, WA US
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20120183359 | INSTALLATION METHOD FOR WATER-SUBMERSIBLE PLATFORMS AND INSTALLATION VESSEL - A method for installing a water-submersible platform is disclosed. The method includes lowering the platform in water from a vessel positioned above the platform while spuds connecting the vessel to the platform stabilize the platform during lowering. An assembly of the vessel and platform, and a vessel that is used to connect to the platform is also disclosed. | 07-19-2012 |
Benjamin B. Aisen, New York, NY US
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20110257764 | Powered ankle-foot prothesis - A powered ankle-foot prosthesis, capable of providing human-like power at terminal stance that increase amputees metabolic walking economy compared to a conventional passive-elastic prosthesis. The powered prosthesis comprises a unidirectional spring, configured in parallel with a force-controllable actuator with series elasticity. The prosthesis is controlled to deliver the high mechanical power and net positive work observed in normal human walking. | 10-20-2011 |
20140088729 | Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis - A powered ankle-foot prosthesis, capable of providing human-like power at terminal stance that increase amputees metabolic walking economy compared to a conventional passive-elastic prosthesis. The powered prosthesis comprises a unidirectional spring, configured in parallel with a force-controllable actuator with series elasticity. The prosthesis is controlled to deliver the high mechanical power and net positive work observed in normal human walking. | 03-27-2014 |
Benjamin B. Bederson, Chevy Chase, MD US
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20080209317 | Invocation of Sponsor-Defined Action on Mobile Communication Device - A software application having a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided indicating labeled keys on a keypad of a user's mobile communications device. The GUI has sponsor regions for insertion of various sponsor provided content which may be cached on the communication device. The determination of which sponsors' content to be displayed on the device may be dependant on the content being viewed by the user. The sponsor's content may be inserted into the sponsor region. A selection of the sponsor's content may be made by a user to initiate a user transaction. | 08-28-2008 |
20100023871 | Methods and Systems Providing an Interactive Social Ticker - A user interface for use in one or more processor-based devices comprising an interactive, social ticker shared among a plurality of users, the interactive social ticker including an animated flow of selectable content. | 01-28-2010 |
20110083089 | MONITORING POINTER TRAJECTORY AND MODIFYING DISPLAY INTERFACE - Apparatus and methods for improving touch-screen interface usability and accuracy by determining the trajectory of a pointer as it approaches the touch-screen and modifying the touch-screen display accordingly. The system may predict an object on the display the user is likely to select next. The system may designate this object as a Designated Target Object, or DTO. The system may modify the appearance of the DTO by, for example, changing the size of the DTO, or by changing its shape, style, coloring, perspective, positioning, etc. | 04-07-2011 |
20110271228 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Providing an Article Selection Structure - A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product including code to provide a web access program different from a general-purpose web browser, with the web access program including code to render upon a display screen a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that has a first side for viewing content, code to render a second side in the GUI, the second side including a list of articles, the second side further including a plurality of selectable features allowing user input to access one or more of the articles, and code to place accessed articles in the first side. | 11-03-2011 |
20120210259 | Techniques to Modify Content and View Content on Mobile Devices - A computer-based method for rendering modified graphical content is disclosed. The graphical content includes a plurality of cells. The method includes receiving the graphical content with metadata modifying the graphical content, rendering the graphical content upon a screen according to the metadata, and receiving user input. The method also includes in response to the user input, progressing through at least a subset of the cells, wherein the progressing includes moving a camera view from cell to cell in the at least a subset, each of the cells in the at least a subset being displayed as a focus point with surrounding area being adjusted in opacity according to the metadata. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210260 | Techniques Providing Spatial Consistency of Graphical Elements - A computer-implemented method is described. The method is performed upon a multi-orientation display device and includes displaying a plurality of graphical elements within a User Interface (UI) upon the display device, where the plurality of graphical elements have a respective first aspect ratio, reorienting the UI with respect to the display device, and adjusting the plurality of graphical elements to have a respective second aspect ratio in response to the reorienting. | 08-16-2012 |
20120254745 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Providing an Integrated User Interface for Reading Content - A method performed by a portable, processor-based device with a display screen is disclosed. The method includes rendering a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the display screen. The GUI includes a first scrollable column with a plurality of graphical elements arranged sequentially within the first column, each graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements associated with at least one article of a plurality of articles. The GUI also includes a second scrollable column with a plurality of independent text portions, each of the text portions corresponding to a respective article. The method further includes coordinating the first and second scrollable columns so that when a first article is selected a first text portion associated with the first article is displayed on the display screen, and a first graphical element associated with the first article is displayed next to the first text portion. | 10-04-2012 |
20120293439 | MONITORING POINTER TRAJECTORY AND MODIFYING DISPLAY INTERFACE - Apparatus and methods for improving touch-screen interface usability and accuracy by determining the trajectory of a pointer as it approaches the touch-screen and modifying the touch-screen display accordingly. The system may predict an object on the display the user is likely to select next. The system may designate this object as a Designated Target Object, or DTO. The system may modify the appearance of the DTO by, for example, changing the size of the DTO, or by changing its shape, style, coloring, perspective, positioning, etc. | 11-22-2012 |
20130191219 | System and Method for User Generated Content in Media Advertisements - Allowing an app having access to hidden resources on a device to present third party media to the device user via that app such that requests included in the third party media which require access to hidden resources can be fulfilled without requiring further permission by the user. In one embodiment, a third party advertisement is presented to a user via an app that has been enabled by the user. The enabled app is pre-approved by the user, and by any authorizing organization, to access hidden resources, such as camera, recorder, and personal data. In this manner, third party requests that require access to such hidden data can control such access without requiring further action by the user. | 07-25-2013 |
20140267198 | Systems and Methods for Adaptive Third Party Content - Systems and methods which allow for third party displayed content, which is displayed with primary content, to adapt in response to a change in permitted display space are provided for herein. In some embodiments, third party content may include a plurality of elements where the elements are provided with a different priority ranking. In such examples, in the event that an available display area is reduced, elements with lower priority levels may be reduced at a faster rate with respect to elements of higher levels. Conversely, in the event that an available display area is enlarged, elements with higher priority levels may be enlarged at a faster rate with respect to elements of lower priority levels. | 09-18-2014 |
20140359503 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Displaying Interactive Elements on a Canvas - A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon comprises code for generating a canvas upon a display space, the canvas being larger than the display space and including an interactive element, code for navigating within the canvas upon the display space code for changing a status of the interactive element in response to navigation moving the interactive element within the display space. | 12-04-2014 |
Benjamin B. Bounketh, Portland, OR US
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20130048722 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENSING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FROM OBJECTS - In one arrangement, retail product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to allow machine identification by one or more inexpensive cameras at retail checkouts. Such a system also considers image fingerprints, product configuration, barcodes and other available information in identifying products. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras is processed to derive several perspective-transformed views, which are provided to the identification system—increasing throughput by minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging are optically sensed, allowing the surface to be virtually flattened to aid identification. A marked conveyor belt at the checkout station increases speed and accuracy, and provides other benefits to both shoppers and sellers. A great variety of other features are also detailed. | 02-28-2013 |
Benjamin B. Chen, Wayne, PA US
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20140296360 | BLOWING AGENT COMPOSITION OF HYDROCHLOROFLUOROOLEFIN AND HYDROFLUOROOLEFIN - A blowing agent for thermosetting foams is disclosed. The blowing agent is a hydrofluoroolefin (HCFO), preferably HFCO-1234ze in combination with a hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO) preferably one selected from HCFO-1233zd, HCFO-1223, HCFO-1233xf and mixtures thereof. The blowing agent is effective as a blowing agent in the manufacture of thermosetting foams. | 10-02-2014 |
Benjamin B. Frey, St. Paul, MN US
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20130336928 | METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH THERAPEUTIC AGENT(S) IN PATIENTS WITH CONCURRENT NON-CNS CONDITION(S) OR DISORDERS CONTRAINDICATING SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC AGENT(S) - Methods for delivering therapeutic agent(s) to the central nervous system to treat a first CNS-related disease and/or condition while avoiding systemic exposure for patients having a second concurrent non-CNS-related disease and/or condition wherein the presence of the second disease and/or condition contraindicates systemic administration of the therapeutic agent(s) and/or pharmaceutical compound to treat the first disease or condition. The present invention provides these advantages by applying the therapeutic agent(s) and/or pharmaceutical composition(s) to the upper third of the nasal cavity, thereby bypassing the blood-brain barrier and administering the therapeutic agent(s) and/or pharmaceutical compound(s) directly to the CNS. This administration method thus protects the mammalian patient, specifically the second non-CNS-related disease and/or condition, by minimizing systemic exposure to the therapeutic agent(s) and/or pharmaceutical compound(s) administered to treat the first disease and/or condition of the CNS. | 12-19-2013 |
Benjamin B. Gitenstein, Seattle, WA US
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20140214937 | Activity Graphs - The description relates to activity graphs. One example can obtain details from multiple activity cards. The example can identify relationships between at least some of the details of the multiple activity cards. The example can also generate an activity graph that reflects at least some of the relationships between individual activity cards. | 07-31-2014 |
Benjamin B. Hankins, Jr., Great Falls, VA US
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20150242643 | SECURE FILE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Certain example embodiments relate to file transfer systems and/or methods that enable a single provider to offer to different customers customizable file transfer solutions that are secure, scalable to handle enterprise-level amounts of data, and able to meet customer-specific needs even though such needs are not necessarily known in advance. Once initially set up, the file transfer solution of certain example embodiments delegates management of the customer-specific instances of the solution, optionally in a sub-delegatable manner and, thus, the single provider need not be consulted after specific initial instance deployment time (e.g., for security management and/or other routine maintenance issues). | 08-27-2015 |
20150347765 | SECURE FILE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Certain example embodiments relate to file transfer systems and/or methods that enable a single provider to offer to different customers customizable file transfer solutions that are secure, scalable to handle enterprise-level amounts of data, and able to meet customer-specific needs even though such needs are not necessarily known in advance. Once initially set up, the file transfer solution of certain example embodiments delegates management of the customer-specific instances of the solution, optionally in a sub-delegatable manner and, thus, the single provider need not be consulted after specific initial instance deployment time (e.g., for security management and/or other routine maintenance issues). | 12-03-2015 |
Benjamin B. Hiebenthal, Fremont, NE US
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20130213754 | SEGMENTED COLLECTOR SHOE ASSEMBLY - A collector shoe assembly for use with an electrified conductor rail is disclosed. A support block comprised of first and second housing members secured together which has a plurality of spaced-apart, spring-loaded collector shoe segments movably positioned therein, the outer ends of which are in engagement with the conductor rail. | 08-22-2013 |
20140070041 | SPRING-DRIVEN REEL - A spring-driven reel adapted to have a line or cable wound onto the spool of the cable. As the line or cable is pulled from said spool, a helical spring is compressed. The helical spring causes the line or cable to be wound upon the spool if slack occurs in the line or cable. | 03-13-2014 |
Benjamin B. Hilldore, Holland, MI US
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20130028473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC LANE MARKER IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING - A system and method for determining the presence and period of dashed line lane markers in a roadway. The system includes an imager configured to capture a plurality of high dynamic range images exterior of the vehicle and a processor, in communication with the at least one imager such that the processor is configured to process at least one high dynamic range image. The period of the dashed lane markers in the image is calculated for detecting the presence of the dashed lane marker and for tracking the vehicle within the markers. The processor communicates an output for use by the vehicle for use in lane departure warning (LDW) and/or other driver assist features. | 01-31-2013 |
20150294165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC LANE MARKER IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING - A system and method are disclosed for determining the presence and period of dashed line lane markers in a roadway. The system includes an imager configured to capture a plurality of high dynamic range images exterior of the vehicle and a processor, in communication with the at least one imager such that the processor is configured to process at least one high dynamic range image. The period of the dashed lane markers in the image is calculated for detecting the presence of the dashed lane marker and for tracking the vehicle within the markers. The processor communicates an output for use by the vehicle for use in lane departure warning (LDW) and/or other driver assist features. | 10-15-2015 |
Benjamin B. Holmes, Washington, DC US
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20160121086 | CATHETER PLACEMENT DEVICE - A deep vein intravenous introducer has a wheel located toward the front end of the device that can be rotated by the index finger of the user. After placement of the needle in the lumen of the vessel, the user rotates the wheel, which turns a drive wheel. The drive wheel has an outer surface that advances the guide wire through the center of the needle and into the patient. Once the guide wire is advanced into the vessel lumen the catheter can be advanced over the guide wire with a hub or finger tab on the catheter close to the index finger. The operation can be performed by one hand without moving the hand from its initial position. | 05-05-2016 |
Benjamin B. Jones, Pleasanton, CA US
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20100017146 | AUTO-ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR SEQUENCE EVALUATION - An automated system for evaluating biological samples which includes a centralized registry that contains protocols and configuration information for both instruments and analysis applications. The registry provides for improved automation of biological process runs using an autoanalysis applications manager component or daemon, which accesses and transmits the appropriate protocol and configuration information to selected instruments and/or applications. This information is used to instruct data capture by the biological instruments and direct the analysis of the data by the analysis applications. | 01-21-2010 |
Benjamin B. Moelis, Hewlett Harbor, NY US
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20160042659 | Apparatus and Method for Scheduling and Tracking With Reduced Anxiety - An apparatus and method for scheduling and tracking activities with reduced anxiety, especially for autistic users. The apparatus includes a scheduling section with a circle that includes peg holes around its periphery, an overlay that is removably attached to the circle and is dividing into a plurality of segments, with each segment labelled with a task, and each segment aligned with a peg hole. The apparatus also includes peg(s) that fit into each of the plurality of holes, wherein the peg(s) represent completion of a task corresponding to that segment of the overlay. The apparatus also includes an activity and reward section, which includes a customizable activity selector and a customizable reward selector, wherein the selectors allow a user to randomly or purposely select an activity or reward. The apparatus may be implemented as a computer application or as a computing device. | 02-11-2016 |
Benjamin B. Park, San Mateo, CA US
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20140008298 | DEVICES USING MEMBRANE MEDIATED FORWARD OSMOSIS - A forward osmosis device, method of manufacturing the forward osmosis device and method of using a solution produced using the forward osmosis device utilizes a forward osmosis membrane element positioned within a housing of the device between an input chamber and an output chamber to draw liquid from the input chamber to the output chamber via an osmotic process. The forward osmosis membrane element includes a layer of purifying additives on the forward osmosis membrane element to remove contaminants in the liquid as the liquid is to drawn through the forward osmosis membrane element. In an embodiment, the forward osmosis device is a forward osmosis intravenous (IV) bag. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012223 | DEVICES USING MEMBRANE MEDIATED FORWARD OSMOSIS - A drug reconstitution device, method of manufacturing the drug reconstitution device and method of producing a reconstituted drug solution using the drug reconstitution device utilizes a forward osmosis membrane element positioned within a housing of the device between an input chamber and an output chamber to draw liquid from the input chamber to the output chamber via an osmotic process. The output chamber contains draw solutes and a drug to be reconstituted to produce the reconstituted drug solution in the output chamber. | 01-09-2014 |
Benjamin B. Yarmis, Stamford, CT US
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20150327386 | Device For Monitoring Performance Characteristics Associated With User Activities Involving Swinging Instruments - Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices for attachment to a swinging instrument that generally include a cover, a base, a chassis, and positive and negative electrical contacts. The base includes a fastening portion and a support portion. The chassis supports a printed circuit board. The devices include a cap configured and dimensioned to mate relative to the support portion of the base. The support portion can support the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap. The cover can be configured and dimensioned to detachably interlock relative to the base. In the mated configuration, the cap and the base can form a battery opening configured and dimensioned to receive therethrough a battery. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods of device assembly. | 11-12-2015 |