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Alexander G.m. Smith, Ottawa CA
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20080261673 | DVD game architecture - Methods and systems for creating, managing, and operating electronic games are provided. Example embodiments provide a DVD game environment (“DGE”) that includes game flow logic, interactive DVD game content, enhanced methods of scoring and play, automatic skill level adjustment, and an electronic game board. In one embodiment, the DGE comprises DVD game logic with scoring management, game and participant state information, video and audio game content, and an electronic game board. These components provide functionality that can be incorporated into a DVD game that presents challenges for entertainment, education, training, or testing purposes. The DVD games produced thereby can automatically provide challenges based upon participants' skill levels and automatically detect the correctness or incorrectness of a response in order to maintain an electronic game board. | 10-23-2008 |
Anthony Vemon Walker Smith, Ottawa CA
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20140086570 | Regenerators Placement Mechanism For Wavelength Switched Optical Networks - The method of placing regenerators along a trail connecting a source network node with a destination network node of an automatically switched optical network first identifies N tentative regeneration sites and n+1 optical paths along the trail. Wavelengths are assigned to each optical path, and the performance of the trail is assessed based on regenerator placement data and wavelength assignment data. | 03-27-2014 |
Anthony Vernon Walker Smith, Ottawa CA
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20130302033 | Dynamic Assignment Of Wavelengths In Agile Photonic Networks - In an automatically switched optical network, the wavelengths are assigned to optical path based on their intrinsic physical performance and on the current network operating parameters. The wavelength performance information is organized in binning tables, based primarily on the wavelength reach capabilities. A network topology database provides the distance between the nodes of the network, which is used to determine the length of the optical path. Other network operating parameters needed for wavelength selection are also available in this database. Once a bin corresponding to the path length is identified in the binning table, the wavelength for that path is selected based on length only, or based on the length and one or more additional parameters. The optical path performance is estimated for the selected wavelength, and the search continues if the estimated path performance is not satisfactory. Several available wavelengths are searched and of those, the wavelength that is most used along the optical path in consideration or alternatively network-wide is selected and assigned. This method helps minimize wavelength fragmentation. The binning tables may have various granularities, and may be organized by reach, or by reach, wavelength spacing, the load on the respective optical path, the fiber type, etc. | 11-14-2013 |
Benjamin Smith, Ottawa CA
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20140233673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA OVER A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - For some applications such as high-speed communication over short-reach links, the complexity and associated high latency provided by existing modulators may be unsuitable. According to an aspect, the present disclosure provides a modulator that can reduce latency for applications such as 400/1000 communication over copper cables or SMF. The modulator has a symbol mapper for mapping a bit stream into symbols, and a multi-level encoder including an inner encoder and an outer encoder for encoding only a portion of the bit stream. In some implementations, the multi-level encoder is configured such that an information block size of the inner encoder is small and matches a field size of the outer encoder. Therefore, components that would be used to accommodate larger block sizes can be omitted. The effect is that complexity and latency can be reduced. According to another aspect, the present disclosure provides a demodulator that is complementary to the modulator. | 08-21-2014 |
Brian R. Smith, Ottawa CA
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20100182904 | LOGICAL TRANSPORT RESOURCE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A method for managing data packets passing through an Ethernet node having multiple ingress ports and multiple egress ports, the ingress ports receiving the data packets from at least one service, and the egress ports configured with at least one Logical Transport Resource (LTR) configured as a predefined path between one of the egress ports and a destination in the Ethernet network. The method comprises mapping one or more of the services to each of the at least one LTR, shaping each of the at least one LTR to a configured rate, and transmitting data packets to the Ethernet network via the egress ports. | 07-22-2010 |
Darryl Smith, Ottawa CA
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20140190248 | Data Collection Method and Apparatus - An illustrative embodiment of a data collection method and apparatus comprises at least one sensor that may be configured as a mobile data collection apparatus, which sensor may be in communication with a controller. The data collection apparatus may include one or more sensors, including but not limited to air pressure, air humidity, air temperature, road surface temperature, lightning distance, light level, precipitation rate, ozone level, carbon dioxide level, nitrous oxide level, and methane level; all of which may be in communication with a controller. One or more sensors may be positioned on or within a main assembly. | 07-10-2014 |
David Adam Smith, Ottawa CA
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20100267364 | Extended hot desking features for multi-device users - The present application provides “hot desking” features for multi-device users. A number of automatic hot desking registrations are provided in which users are assigned multiple devices on a permanent basis. A private branch exchange or central switch can be provided with a list of these devices and can relieve the user of the requirement of registration by detecting use of these devices and assigning user features and other pertinent system properties e.g. as an indication of location for find me/follow me services. The extension allows for automatically hot desking using a listed device, hot desking based on a location associated with a listed device, and hot desking using declared associations of listed devices. | 10-21-2010 |
20100267374 | Extended cascaded ringing - A system and method for routing selected phone calls to a user having a plurality of communication resources is disclosed. Background information of a caller is identified. A context of the user is postulated based on available information. The user's communication resources are identified. A location of the user is estimated. A cascaded ringing program for routing the phone call to the user is identified based on the background information of the caller, the device type of the user's communication resources, the postulated context of the user, and the estimated location of the user. The phone call is then routed using the cascaded ringing program. | 10-21-2010 |
Denise M. Smith, Ottawa CA
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20140282391 | Node Grouped Data Marshalling - Node Grouped Data Marshalling may involve converting programming objects to marshalled data. A marshaller application may determine a class type for each of the programming objects to be marshalled. Two or more of the objects may be of the same class type and may derive from a shared base class. The marshalling application may group of the objects based on the objects' class types. The objects may be marshalled using a set of key-value pairs where keys may identify the class type of an object and where the values may represent the contents of the object and may itself be a set of key-value pairs. A marshalling application may generate a textual representation of the objects such that each grouping of class types is identified by a single key name. | 09-18-2014 |
Duane Smith, Ottawa CA
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20090032450 | High Performance Sewer System - The system comprises one or more of the following: primary treatment units, flexible pipes, and optionally, one or more pumps. The system is designed and installed in a manner that enables the flow of liquid to be predominantly due to gravity, although one or more pumps may optionally be included at key positions. The system can be sealed and pressure tested in order for optimal performance to be achieved during operation. | 02-05-2009 |
20110132824 | High Performance Sewer System - The system comprises one or more of the following: primary treatment units, flexible pipes, and optionally, one or more pumps. The system is designed and installed in a manner that enables the flow of liquid to be predominantly due to gravity, although one or more pumps may optionally be included at key positions. The system can be sealed and pressure tested in order for optimal performance to be achieved during operation. | 06-09-2011 |
I. Christine Smith, Ottawa CA
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20090147239 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN OBJECT - An apparatus for tracking an object or measuring the range of an object comprises a beam generator for generating first and second beams of energy and projecting the first and second beams towards a target surface whose distance from the apparatus is to be measured, a receiver for receiving energy from the first and second beams reflected from the target surface and for projecting beam energy reflected from the first beam onto a detector for detecting the position of the first beam energy. The position is dependent on the angle between the incident first beam and reflected first beam energy at the target surface, and thereby on the distance between the apparatus and the position from which the first beam is reflected from the surface. A second detector is provided for receiving second beam energy reflected from the target surface for measuring the range of the target by time of flight. | 06-11-2009 |
20090195790 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus for measuring the coordinates of a point on the surface of an object comprises a projection system for projecting a beam of energy onto the surface of the object, a receiving system for receiving reflected beam energy from the target surface, and a detector for detecting the received energy. The projection system comprises a beam expander for expanding the width of the beam, and a focussing device for focussing the projected beam. The position of the reflected beam energy at the detector provides a measure of the range of the point on the target surface using triangulation and the direction of the projected beam provides the x and y coordinates. The focussing device can be controlled to vary the focal length of the projected beam and to control the beam size at the target object to vary the area of the target surface illuminated by the beam and thereby to control the resolution of the measurements. | 08-06-2009 |
Joan Smith, Ottawa CA
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20120233327 | SIP DEVICE-LEVEL CALL/SESSION/SERVICE MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for session initiation protocol (SIP) device-level call/session/service management are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system for SIP device-level management includes a SIP service node that makes available to a user the unique device identifier of a SIP device, where the SIP device is one of multiple devices that register using the same SIP identity, and that allows the user to use the unique device identifier to manage calls, sessions, or services on a SIP device-level basis, which may include performing screening, routing, or logging operations. In one embodiment, the SIP service node is configured to receive SIP device-level management rules for managing SIP calls, sessions, or services on a SIP device-level basis and to use the rules to manage calls, sessions, or services on a SIP device-level basis. | 09-13-2012 |
20150043387 | NETWORK DOMAIN SELECTION - For an incoming session intended for a user element, a domain selection function (DSF) is provided in a multimedia subsystem (MS) to select a circuit-switched subsystem (CS) or MS domain to use when routing the incoming session to the user element. Regardless of the domain in which incoming sessions are originated, the incoming sessions intended for the user element are routed to an S-CSCF in the MS. The S-CSCF directly or indirectly employs the DSF to determine whether to use the MS or the CS for terminating the incoming session. Based on available domain selection criteria, the DSF will select an appropriate domain, such as the MS or CS, to use for routing the incoming session to the user element. The domain selection decision of the DSF is provided to the S-CSCF, which will proceed by routing the incoming session to the user element via the selected domain. | 02-12-2015 |
Patrice D. Smith, Ottawa CA
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20110124706 | SOCS3 Inhibition Promotes CNS Neuron Regeneration - Regeneration of injured CNS neurons in a mammal in need thereof is promoted by delivering directly to the body of the injured CNS neurons, such as with an intracerebral or intraretinal cannula, an effective amount of a specific inhibitor of SOCS3. | 05-26-2011 |
Richard Stuart Smith, Ottawa CA
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20150153473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING USING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND GRADIENTS - Electromagnetic exploration methods are used to identify a subsurface anomalous feature. This is sometimes difficult in the presence of large fields from the transmitter or other surrounding material that may be above and around the subsurface feature. By constructing linear combinations of the field and gradients of the field it is possible to remove the large fields associated with the transmitter and the surrounding material to make identification of the anomalous subsurface material easier. The fields and gradients can also be combined so as to provide estimates of other electromagnetic field quantities that would be otherwise difficult to measure, for example the electric field or the time derivative of the electric field. | 06-04-2015 |
Wayne Duncan Smith, Ottawa CA
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20120278480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SESSION IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION - A computer-implemented process, computer program product, and apparatus for identifying session identification information. A recording is initiated and an operation sequence of interest is performed while recording and the recording ceases. Responsive to a determination that the operation sequence of interest was successful, information from the operation sequence of interest is saved as recorded information and responsive to a determination that a same operation sequence of interest was recorded, the recorded information from each operation sequence of interest is compared. Differences in the recorded information are identified to form identified differences and a session identifier is constructed using the identified differences. | 11-01-2012 |
Wendy S. Smith, Ottawa CA
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20090231339 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING PROJECT STATUS INFORMATION - Management graphical display computer software and system associated with a project, and method of providing such graphical display to a user is described. The graphical display presents project information in a way that allows the user to view project status and information comprising at least three distinct project attributes in the form of a colored, shaded, or patterned project status triangle. Each vertex on the triangle represents a quantified project attribute measured on a radar graph having three axes, each axis corresponding to one of three project attributes. The optional addition of color, shading, or a pattern to the triangle can be correlated to a fourth quantified project attribute. The resulting unique triangle represents a given project condition in four dimensions. The user can quantitatively compare a reference triangle, such as an average of similar projects, to one or more current status triangles representing current or alternative plans overlaid on the same axes, each status triangle defining a distinct project condition. | 09-17-2009 |