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20090165898 | FATIGUE-RESISTANT NICKEL-TITANIUM ALLOYS AND MEDICAL DEVICES USING SAME - Superelastic and/or shape memory nickel-titanium alloys having an increased fatigue life that is superior to known nickel-titanium alloys are disclosed. The nickel-titanium alloys have a minimum fatigue life that may be at least about 10 million strain cycles at a strain of at least about 0.75. The minimum fatigue life may be due, at least in part, to the nickel-titanium alloy having at least one of an oxygen concentration of less than about 200 ppm, a carbon concentration of less than about 200 ppm, the absence of oxide-based and/or carbide-based inclusions having a size greater than about 5 microns (μm), the presence of an R-phase, or combinations of the foregoing. Articles manufactured from such fatigue-resistant nickel-titanium alloys can be more durable because they are more resistant to repetitive strain and crack propagation. | 07-02-2009 |
20130092554 | ELECTROPOLISHING SOLUTION CONTAINING PHOSPHOROUS PENTOXIDE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions. The substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions described herein do not use water as a solvent; instead, such electropolishing electrolyte solutions use anhydrous alcohols and/or glycols as a solvent. For example, an electropolishing electrolyte solution, as described herein, may include an alcohol, at least one mineral acid, and phosphorous pentoxide (“P | 04-18-2013 |
20130092556 | ELECTROPOLISHING SOLUTION CONTAINING A SULFATE SALT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solution that includes at least one sulfate salt. The substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions described herein do not use water as a solvent; instead, such electropolishing electrolyte solutions use anhydrous alcohols and/or glycols as a solvent. For example, an electropolishing electrolyte solution, as described herein, may include an alcohol, at least one mineral acid, and at least one sulfate salt. The at least one sulfate salt can act as a source of sulfate ions to replenish sulfate ions consumed in the electropolishing process. Anhydrous sulfate salts can also act as water scavengers by reacting with water to form sulfate salt hydrates. Methods of electropolishing metal articles using such electropolishing electrolyte solutions are disclosed herein as well. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092557 | ELECTROPOLISHING SOLUTION CONTAINING A WATER SEQUESTERING AGENT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions. The substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions described herein do not use water as a solvent; instead, such electropolishing electrolyte solutions use anhydrous alcohols and/or glycols as a solvent. For example, an electropolishing electrolyte solution, as described herein, may include an alcohol, at least one mineral acid, and at least one water sequestering agent. Suitable examples of water sequestering agent include, but are not limited to, polyfunctional alcohols. Methods of electropolishing metal articles using such electropolishing electrolyte solutions are disclosed herein as well. | 04-18-2013 |
20130205567 | FATIGUE-RESISTANT NICKEL-TITANIUM ALLOYS AND MEDICAL DEVICES USING SAME - Superelastic and/or shape memory nickel-titanium alloys having an increased fatigue life that is superior to known nickel-titanium alloys are disclosed. The nickel-titanium alloys have a minimum fatigue life that may be at least about 10 million strain cycles at a strain greater than about 0.75%. The minimum fatigue life may be due, at least in part, to the nickel-titanium alloy having at least one of an oxygen concentration of less than about 200 ppm, a carbon concentration of less than about 200 ppm, the absence of oxide-based and/or carbide-based inclusions having a size greater than about 5 microns (μm), the presence of an R-phase, or combinations of the foregoing. Articles manufactured from such fatigue-resistant nickel-titanium alloys can be more durable because they are more resistant to repetitive strain and crack propagation. | 08-15-2013 |
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20130253901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATION FOR APPLICATIONS - System and method to translate displayed text of a computer application, the method including: intercepting a command to display text in a first language, the command comprising the text to display in the first language; extracting text to translate from the command; querying a translation mechanism by use of the extracted text; receiving translated text in a second language from the translation mechanism; and displaying the translated text in the second language. | 09-26-2013 |
20140189533 | DYNAMIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dynamic notification system for managing notifications on a user device is provided. The dynamic notification system includes a monitor module for monitoring user's interactions with previous notifications on the user device. The dynamic notification system further includes an order module for dynamically determining an order of display for notifications based on the user's interactions with the previous notifications. The dynamic notification system further includes a display module for displaying the notifications based on the determined order. The dynamic notification system also includes a customization module that allows a user to customize the order of display for notifications based upon a source or application associated with a notification. | 07-03-2014 |
20140380423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY AWARDING PERMISSIONS - An authorization system for dynamically awarding permissions to a requestor for performing an action, based on real-time monitored statistics of the requestor. The authorization system comprises a processor and a memory. The memory further comprises a status database for storing real-time information corresponding to the requestor, and a rules database for storing rules to enable the authorization system in determining permissions for various requestors' requests to perform the action. Additionally, the memory includes a status determining module for determining status-data related to the requestor, and a permission awarding module to evaluate the status-data with a dynamically selected set of rules for awarding permission to a requestor's request. The memory further includes a risk estimation module for calculating risk associated in awarding the permission, and an action triggering module for triggering an associated action based on the calculated risk. | 12-25-2014 |
20150195411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT AND AUTOMATIC MUTE NOTIFICATION - A communication device is described along with various methods and systems for controlling the same. Methods are provided that monitor audio from a local and remote audio stream when determining whether to provide a mute notification on a muted call. In general, when a mute function of a communication device is active and a user attempts to speak, the system can analyze the user's local audio stream and the call's remote audio stream to determine whether characteristics exist to provide a mute notification to the user. The system provides mechanisms for controlling false positive determinations of speaking through mute by utilizing a combination of recorded characteristics and initiated timers that can be adjusted based on determinations made. | 07-09-2015 |
20160112472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A conference managing computer system for managing one or more communication sessions is disclosed. The conference managing computer system includes a monitoring module for monitoring one or more requests from one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session. The conference managing computer system further includes a detection module for detecting presence of the one or more user devices based on proximity. The conference managing computer system further includes a connection module for establishing one or more real time communication sessions with one or more detected user devices. The conference managing computer system further includes a conferencing module for managing the one or more communication sessions to enable the one or more detected user devices to join the communication session. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112562 | CALLER AUTHENTICATION - In order to authenticate a caller, a callee generates a code, such as, an alphanumeric code that is sent to a code manager via an electronic communication channel. The generated code is for authenticating a caller in a communication session to be made by the caller to the callee. The code manager stores the code in a memory. After the communication session has been initiated from the caller to the callee and then established, the code is sent to the callee so the callee can verify the caller is authentic. | 04-21-2016 |