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20090182391 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING NEURAL STIMULATION TO A PATIENT - Systems and methods for neural stimulation may include a stimulus unit; a first electrode assembly having a first set of contacts; and a second set of contacts. The stimulus unit can be an implantable pulse generator including a first terminal that can be biased at a first signal polarity and a second terminal that can be biased at a second signal polarity. The first electrode assembly includes a support member configured to be placed at the stimulation site, the first set of contacts carried by the support member, and a first lead configured to be attached to the first terminal of the implantable pulse generator for biasing the surface contacts at the first polarity. The second set of contacts is detached from the surface electrode assembly. The second set of contacts can be one or more conductive elements fixed to or forming portions of the implantable pulse generator, or a separate electrode array. | 07-16-2009 |
20090299435 | Systems and Methods for Enhancing or Affecting Neural Stimulation Efficiency and/or Efficacy - Systems and methods for enhancing or affecting neural stimulation efficiency and/or efficacy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and/or method may apply electromagnetic stimulation to a patient's nervous system over a first time domain according to a first set of stimulation parameters, and over a second time domain according to a second set of stimulation parameters. The first and second time domains may be sequential, simultaneous, or nested. Stimulation parameters may vary in accordance with one or more types of duty cycle, amplitude, pulse repetition frequency, pulse width, spatiotemporal, and/or polarity variations. Stimulation may be applied at subthreshold, threshold, and/or suprathreshold levels in one or more periodic, aperiodic (e.g., chaotic), and/or pseudo-random manners. In some embodiments stimulation may comprise a burst pattern having an interburst frequency corresponding to an intrinsic brainwave frequency, and regular and/or varying intraburst stimulation parameters. Stimulation signals providing reduced power consumption with at least adequate symptomatic relief may be applied prior to moderate or significant power source depletion. | 12-03-2009 |
20120041498 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING OR AFFECTING NEURAL STIMULATION EFFICIENCY AND/OR EFFICACY - Systems and methods for enhancing or affecting neural stimulation efficiency and/or efficacy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and/or method may apply electromagnetic stimulation to a patient's nervous system over a first time domain according to a first set of stimulation parameters, and over a second time domain according to a second set of stimulation parameters. The first and second time domains may be sequential, simultaneous, or nested. Stimulation parameters may vary in accordance with one or more types of duty cycle, amplitude, pulse repetition frequency, pulse width, spatiotemporal, and/or polarity variations. Stimulation may be applied at subthreshold, threshold, and/or suprathreshold levels in one or more periodic, aperiodic (e.g., chaotic), and/or pseudo-random manners. In some embodiments stimulation may comprise a burst pattern having an interburst frequency corresponding to an intrinsic brainwave frequency, and regular and/or varying intraburst stimulation parameters. Stimulation signals providing reduced power consumption with at least adequate symptomatic relief may be applied prior to moderate or significant power source depletion. | 02-16-2012 |
20140222113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING OR AFFECTING NEURAL STIMULATION EFFICIENCY AND/OR EFFICACY - Systems and methods for enhancing or affecting neural stimulation efficiency and/or efficacy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and/or method may apply electromagnetic stimulation to a patient's nervous system over a first time domain according to a first set of stimulation parameters, and over a second time domain according to a second set of stimulation parameters. The first and second time domains may be sequential, simultaneous, or nested. Stimulation parameters may vary in accordance with one or more types of duty cycle, amplitude, pulse repetition frequency, pulse width, spatiotemporal, and/or polarity variations. Stimulation may be applied at subthreshold, threshold, and/or suprathreshold levels in one or more periodic, aperiodic (e.g., chaotic), and/or pseudo-random manners. In some embodiments stimulation may comprise a burst pattern having an interburst frequency corresponding to an intrinsic brainwave frequency, and regular and/or varying intraburst stimulation parameters. Stimulation signals providing reduced power consumption with at least adequate symptomatic relief may be applied prior to moderate or significant power source depletion. | 08-07-2014 |
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20100313509 | MEDALLION INSERT FOR MODULAR FLOORING ASSEMBLIES - A tray substrate for a modular tile flooring system is disclosed that allows installation of medallion floating tiles into the flooring system. This tray substrate is designed to be a smaller medallion type tray substrate installed amongst larger tray substrates in a shape that is twisted at an angle to the grout lines of the other tiles. This is known as a medallion which is inserted in the layout. | 12-16-2010 |
20110146175 | IMAGED STONE, ROCK, BRICK AND WOOD POLYMERIC LANDSCAPING AND WALL VENEERING PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to landscaping products (e.g. retaining wall building materials, landscaping stones/boulders, pavers . . . ) and wall veneering products that provide a replica image of a natural stone, rock, brick or wood surface. Such landscaping and veneering products are easily installable due to its lightweight characteristics and engagable design. The present invention further includes methods of use for such landscaping and veneering products and also includes systems for assembling such products to provide pleasing landscaping and wall veneering arrangements. The present invention also includes methods of manufacture of these imaged stone products, which ensures the natural appearance of stone, rock, brick or wood by imaging a natural surface, such as stone or a rock, preparing a mold from that image to mass produce a replica of that particular surface and applying a coating to the surface of the replica to provide the appearance and texture of the natural stone or rock. | 06-23-2011 |
20120260595 | Medallion Insert for Modular Flooring Assemblies - A tray substrate for a modular tile flooring system is disclosed that allows installation of medallion floating tiles into the flooring system. This tray substrate is designed to be a smaller medallion type tray substrate installed amongst larger tray substrates in a shape that is twisted at an angle to the grout lines of the other tiles. This is known as a medallion which is inserted in the layout. | 10-18-2012 |
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20090024719 | Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices - A method system for interactive communication with a web site using a mobile communicator having the following functionalities: receiving, at a server, an http request from a mobile communicator being used by a user, the http request identifying a website and should the mobile communicator not support a client-side script employed by the website, causing the server to emulate the script so as to enable the user to interact with the website. | 01-22-2009 |
20090043777 | Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices - A method and system for displaying web content on a mobile communicator including the following functionality: receiving an http request from a mobile communicator being used by a user, retrieving at least one device identifying field from the http request, the at least one device identifying field identifying the mobile communicator being used by the user, searching in a device identification database for device properties information associated with the at least one field, if the searching is successful, adapting a web page corresponding to the http request in accordance with the device properties information, if the searching is not successful, conducting at least one search of at least one external database to obtain device properties information regarding the mobile communicator identified by the device identifying field from the http request, employing information received from the search to update the device identification database with properties of the mobile communicator identified in the at least one device identifying field and adapting the web page corresponding to the http request in accordance with the device properties information obtained by the search; and transmitting the web page corresponding to the http request to the user mobile communicator following the adapting. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044098 | Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices - A system and method for configuring web content for display on mobile communicators including receiving an operator-selected web page, selection, by an operator, of at least one cell-based element of the web page, arrangement, by an operator, of the at least one cell-based element at a desired position in a page template; and creating at least one mobile communicator adapted page by automatically placing at least one cell-based element, indicated by the template, of at least another web page, having a page structure similar to the operator-selected web page, at a desired position indicated by the template. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044126 | Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices - A method and system for displaying web content on a display screen including the following functionality: in response to a user request, downloading the web page to a server, recognizing, by the server, the presence in the web page of an image comprised of sub-images, combining, by the server, the sub-images into a single image and supplying by the server the single image for display on the display screen. | 02-12-2009 |
20100106857 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing, processing and formatting network information such as web-pages - A method for processing information received by a wireless device over a computer network, including receiving information from at least one source of information over a computer network, parsing at least some of the information, and employing at least some results of the parsing to provide the information in a form suitable for display to a user on the wireless device. | 04-29-2010 |
20120167047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CREATION OF WEB CONTENT FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATORS - A method for creating applications optimized for use on multiple mobile devices, the method including using a computer to generate a single version of an application including at least one of content and functionality, providing the single version of the application via a computer network to a mobile device adaptation server and employing the mobile device adaptation server to automatically modify the single version of the application so as to create multiple versions corresponding to the single version, each of the multiple versions being optimized for at least one different mobile device platform. | 06-28-2012 |
20140280519 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING USE OF WEB CONTENT ON VARIOUS TYPES OF DEVICES - A method system for interactive communication with a web site using a mobile communicator having the following functionalities: receiving, at a server, an http request from a mobile communicator being used by a user, the http request identifying a website and should the mobile communicator not support a client-side script employed by the website, causing the server to emulate the script so as to enable the user to interact with the website. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100201566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION - A system and method are disclosed which may include providing at least one satellite having a plurality of beamformers configured to provide a plurality of respective beams having a plurality of different respective fixed pitch angles about an axis of the satellite; causing the at least one satellite to move around the earth along a non-geostationary orbit; establishing a data communication path between a first of the beamformers on the satellite and a communication target, the data communication path having a satellite end at the first beamformer and an target end at the communication target; shifting the satellite end of the data communication path through a succession of the beamformers as the satellite moves along its orbit; and at least substantially reducing an amount of RF wave energy directed to beamformers of the plurality of beamformers not forming part of the data communication path. | 08-12-2010 |
20110116441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION - A system and method are disclosed which may include a plurality of ground stations operable to transmit and receive analog signal energy; at least one satellite in orbit around the earth and in communication with at least two ground stations, wherein the satellite comprises: a plurality of transponders, wherein at least two transponders are configured to communicate with at least two different transceiver stations; at least one routing mechanism for routing each analog data packet signal received at the satellite to a selected one of said at least two transponders based on a transmission frequency of each said analog data packet signal. | 05-19-2011 |
20110169688 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SATELITE COMMUNICATION - A communications system and method are disclosed that may include a constellation of satellites operating in a substantially equatorial, non-geostationary orbit; a plurality of ground stations configured to communicate with the satellites, at least one given ground station of the ground stations lacking a wired connection to any global communications network; and at least one gateway station coupled to a global communications network and to at least one said satellite, wherein each satellite includes at least one antenna having a steerable beam, the antenna being controllable to continuously direct a concentrated spot beam toward the given ground station. | 07-14-2011 |
20130069820 | Apparatus and Methods for Satellite Communication - A communications system and method are disclosed that may include a constellation of satellites operating in a substantially equatorial, non-geostationary orbit; a plurality of ground stations configured to communicate with the satellites, at least one given ground station of the ground stations lacking a wired connection to any global communications network; and at least one gateway station coupled to a global communications network and to at least one said satellite, wherein each satellite includes at least one antenna having a steerable beam, the antenna being controllable to continuously direct a concentrated spot beam toward the given ground station. | 03-21-2013 |
20130117052 | System and Method for Reserving Unused Resources in a Controlled Admission Venue - A system and method for a ticketing system to sell seating rights for a venue, wherein the method may include the steps of offering a ticket for sale by a ticketing system to the public; receiving an instruction to purchase a ticket to reserve a first seat in a venue for a specific event from a first customer at the ticketing system; upon receiving the purchasing instruction, the ticketing system offering an option to keep a second seat proximate to the reserved seat vacant in exchange for value from the first customer, in the event that no ticket for the second seat is sold prior to an occurrence of the specific event. | 05-09-2013 |
20130170392 | System and Method for Enabling Wireless Connectivity of a Device - A system and method for enabling communication between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus are disclosed, wherein the method may include reading identification information from a data medium associated with the first communication apparatus with a data medium reader incorporated within a personal communication device; uploading the first-communication-apparatus identification information from the portable communication device to a computer system over the internet; storing the first-communication-apparatus identification information in a database accessible by the computer system; and configuring authentication data for the second communication apparatus to recognize the first communication apparatus, using the first-communication-apparatus identification information. | 07-04-2013 |
20130189975 | System and Method for Multiple Mode Communication - A system and method of communication disclosed which may include establishing a telephone call for a cell phone at a first end of the call to a second end of the call, the cell phone receiving communication service from a cellular phone network; substantially continuously detecting a signal level of the cellular phone network available to the cell phone; and transferring the telephone call from the cellular phone service to a second network having a link back to a core network of said cellular phone network only if the detected signal level of the cellular phone service falls below a specified threshold. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191553 | System and Method for Interconnection of Diverse Devices - A system and method for enabling communication is disclosed, wherein the system may include a plurality of media devices configured to cooperate within a media delivery environment; at least one of the media devices having a wireless communication transceiver coupled thereto; a database for storing device-specific command data for the plurality of media devices; and a computing system operable to (a) receive a request from a first media device to interact with a second media device; (b) convert the interaction request into device-specific command data for the second media device; and (c) transmit the device-specific command data to the second media device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130222180 | System and Method for Measuring Signal Power - A system and method are disclosed which may include providing a plurality of communication devices having access to the internet and respective GPS systems operable to communicate with a GPS satellite system; and each communication device transmitting a signal, indicative of GPS communication disruption, over the Internet to a back end system whenever (a) its GPS system is turned on; and (b) energy received through a GPS antenna of said communication device is below a level enabling a minimum signal to noise ratio needed for decoding GPS signal data. | 08-29-2013 |
20140320338 | System and Method for Satellite Communication - A system and method are disclosed which may include providing at least one satellite having a plurality of beamformers configured to provide a plurality of respective beams having a plurality of different respective fixed pitch angles about an axis of the satellite; causing the at least one satellite to move around the earth along a non-geostationary orbit; establishing a data communication path between a first of the beamformers on the satellite and a communication target, the data communication path having a satellite end at the first beamformer and an target end at the communication target; shifting the satellite end of the data communication path through a succession of the beamformers as the satellite moves along its orbit; and at least substantially reducing an amount of RF wave energy directed to beamformers of the plurality of beamformers not forming part of the data communication path. | 10-30-2014 |
20140341586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE LAYER SATELLITE COMMUNICATION - A system and method are disclosed that may include a system and method for transmitting user data from an initial satellite in a first constellation located conveniently to an origination user terminal to a destination satellite in the first constellation located conveniently to a destination user terminal, the method including transmitting the user data over an optical link from the initial satellite in the first constellation to a first satellite within a second satellite constellation; conveying the user data over an optical link from the first satellite in the second constellation to a second satellite in the second constellation; and receiving the user data from the second satellite in the second constellation at the destination satellite in the first constellation. | 11-20-2014 |
20140370887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MODE COMMUNICATION - A system and method of communication disclosed which may include establishing a telephone call for a cell phone at a first end of the call to a second end of the call, the cell phone receiving communication service from a cellular phone network; substantially continuously detecting a signal level of the cellular phone network available to the cell phone; and transferring the telephone call from the cellular phone service to a second network having a link back to a core network of said cellular phone network only if the detected signal level of the cellular phone service falls below a specified threshold. | 12-18-2014 |