Month of July 2007

This document covers a system and method in which a personalized message table can be downloaded or sent to cell phones within a message group for managing encoded messages between two or more message partners.

A system that recognizes the variable priority of calendar events both from invitees' and inviters' perspectives allows for an intelligent calendar service to automatically optimize the schedules of staff, both improving the quality of daily schedules and reducing or eliminating time spent on manually reshuffling...

Disclosed is a method to setup multiple transport connections atomically. Currently connect() system call supports only one connection at a time. Suppose, if we want to have multiple connections, we might have to call connect() many times. Further, certain applications like r-commands require all connections to...

A newly implemented algorithm allows online advertising management software to change inventory allocations for online advertising with greater ease and flexibility. Changes to the duration of an ad campaign or to the overall goal for impressions viewed can be altered in a single pass of an auto-smoothing algorithm. ...

A two-phase electrophoretic medium comprises a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase, the discontinuous phase comprising a plurality of droplets, each of which comprises a fluid and at least one particle disposed within the fluid and capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the...

This article documents two uses for long thin embedded computers: 1) as training knitting needles and 2) as training drumsticks. The knitting needles and drumsticks detect motion and provide audible and tactile feedback as to whether the user is executing the pattern that they programmed the sticks to recognize.

A multi-spindle patellar drill that drills all three holes simultaneously in pre-determined configuration(s).

The instrument is designed for the task of maintaining a fixed access to a bone location, supporting the drill, protecting the soft tissue from the rotating drill and allow the implantation of a sensor into a predrilled hole.

The patient data - in principle any available information like medication, blood type etc., but for computer aided orthopaedic surgery specifically any pre-op planning information like the side to be treated, templated implant type and size etc – is stored on an RFID that is attached to the patient prior entering the...

Disclosed is a light portable device which can be attached to writing instruments to provide a visual guide as to the targeted location to write to maintain a straight line.