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One embodiment of the present invention distributes data via a network to remotely located users. Historical purchase information for a first user is stored in a database. Authorization is received over a network from the first user allowing a second user to view at least a portion of the historical purchase information. In addition, the first user selectively specifies which historical purchase information may be viewed by the second customer. An electronic notification is transmitted to the second user, wherein the notification informs the second user of the first user's authorization.

An audio-feature analyzer automatically detects points of change in audio signals to be processed. A central processing unit (CPU) obtains point-of-change information indicating positions of the points of change in the audio signals, and the point-of-change information is recorded on a data storage device. The CPU identifies point-of-change information in accordance with an instruction input by a user via a key operation unit, and audio data corresponding to the point-of-change information identified is located so that processing such as playback of audio data to be processed can be started therefrom.

The method relates to the input of a security code by means of a touch screen of an electronic device such as a watch for access to a specific function, an apparatus or a given location. This touch screen comprises control keys, which can be activated by a manual action of a user using a finger or a stylus. Each key is linked to a microprocessor unit of the electronic device. The method comprises steps which consist of placing a finger or stylus on a key of the touch screen, which represents a first reference of the code to be entered, moving the finger or stylus from the first reference to a key of a second reference over a specific trajectory through the microprocessor unit, keeping the finger on the second reference for a given period of time or detecting a change in trajectory of the finger in the area of the key of the second reference to be input, moving the finger from the key of the second reference to a key of a third reference over a specific trajectory, and removing the finger or stylus from the touch screen to validate the entered code and access to the function, apparatus or given location.

Aspiration catheters suitable for use in the treatment of an occlusion in a blood vessel are disclosed. These catheters are especially useful in the removal of occlusions from saphenous vein grafts, the coronary and carotid arteries, arteries above the aortic arch and even smaller vessels. The catheters of the present invention are provided in either over-the-wire or in single operator form. Radiopaque markers are preferably incorporated into distal ends of the catheters to facilitate their positioning within the body. The catheters are provided with varying flexibility along the length of the shaft, such that they are soft and flexible enough to be navigated through the vasculature of a patient without causing damage, but are stiff enough to sustain the axial push required to position the catheter properly and to sustain the aspiration pressures.

A surgical clip applier with scissor-type operating handle and clip applying cartridge in which handle has housing of upper and lower shells that defines socket for receiving cartridge, includes a lever arm actuated linear translator for linear reciprocating movement delivered to the cartridge, and an anti-backup mechanism for full forward and release strokes of the handle, and in which cartridge includes jaws for applying clips, safety means to ensure opening of jaws for each cycle, a puller bar for receiving motion from handle and timing of jaw operation to clip feed, a magazine for feeding clips to jaws in proper sequence, and a lockout mechanism to render applier inoperative after using last clip.

An article of footwear having an upper, a sole, and a tightening system, the tightening system having a tightening plate arranged in the area of the instep zone of the article of footwear, the tightening plate having on each medial and lateral side, respectively, at least one channel for the passage of a tightening cord / lace, the sole and / or the upper having on each medial and lateral side, respectively, at least one guide arranged in the vicinity of the sole and adapted to the passage of the tightening cord / lace, the tightening cord / lace having at least one strand running along an alternating path between each guide and channel of the upper / sole and tightening plate, respectively, a blocking mechanism being associated with each strand of the cord / lace, the tightening plate being displaceable at least vertically in relation to the sole by traction on the cord / lace.

A system, method, and computer program product communicate data dictionary information of database objects through a redo stream in the form of metadata, which provides the association between the internal numbers used by a database schema to identify database objects and the corresponding user-defined names of the database objects, in the redo stream itself, so that the association information may be easily and quickly used in the analysis of the redo stream of the database transactions. A method of communicating data dictionary information of database objects through a redo stream comprises the steps of performing a change to a first database data table, logging redo information representing the change to the first database data table to a redo stream, and logging information relating to internal identifier mapping information associated with the first database data table to the redo stream.

A breath analyzing apparatus comprising a collection tube that has at least a first and second breathing entry is provided. The collection tube is hollow such that the breathing entries are in fluid communication with each other. A sensor airway tube is fluidly joined to a central portion of the collection tube by a pin-hole orifice. With this design, a small portion of a breath sample is collected by the sensor airway tube when a user blows into either breathing entry and the majority of the breath sample is expunged out of the opposing breathing entry. The sensor airway tube either houses or is proximate to a sensor that senses the composition of the breath sample. Illumination is used to guide a user on where to blow, when to blow, for how long to blow, as well as to inform the user on the result of the breath analysis.

A mobile device and a touch-based operation method allow a user to easily and conveniently use a desired communication-related function through a touch-sensitive interface. The mobile device displays a scrollable communication-related list that includes but is not limited to a call log list, a message list, a phonebook list, and an email list. When a specific item is selected in response to a first touch event, the mobile device determines whether or not a second touch event occurs on the selected item in a non-scrollable direction. Then the mobile device executes a particular function predefined in the selected item in response to the second touch event occurring in the non-scrollable direction.

A system and method for improving the performance of a viral marketing program develops a plurality of trials of a viral marketing program having a business objective with each trial having a plurality of attributes at least one of which differs from an attribute of the other of the plurality of trials, exposes a first plurality of users to a first trial and a second plurality of users to a second trial, collects data indicative of the users response to the trial to which they were exposed that is reflective of the likelihood of the trial obtaining the business objective, compares the data to identify a trial more likely to achieve the business objective than a non-identified trial and continues to utilize the identified trial in the viral marketing program while ceasing use of a non-identified trial.

The utility model relates to a method of easily getting network information services from a mobile terminal, which adopts a structure of client / server. A user is directly interactive with a server and gets network information services via the client module binding at the terminal: when the terminal is in a standby state, the user clicks a mode switching key to switch the terminal to the given different service modes or switch the terminal among different service modes; and in a certain service mode, the user directly inputs a keyword on the terminal desktop, the client module separately inquires a client database, a server database or a server search equipment according to the current service mode and the information which is input by the user, and gets the corresponding network services and content resources, and separately chooses a related network as a service carrier according to the service mode, directly leads the user into the network services for information services. The utility model has advantages that the operation is simple, and the user can fast and easily land Internet and other networks from the terminal desktop, easily finishes the switchovers of service modes and gets corresponding services.

This invention relates to a liquid pharmaceutical formulation for delivering nicotine to a subject. This invention also relates to a method and a system for delivering nicotine as well as manufacturing and use of said liquid pharmaceutical formulation.

A method, a device and an application for creating a collection of selected geographical positions that have been visited by the device. The mobile terminal has a geographical position system and a memory for containing the collection of selected geographical positions. A current position of interest is obtained or determined by the terminal's positioning system and stored in the memory upon a user input. The stored geographical positions can be provided with attributes such as names and categories. Mobile terminals can exchange stored geographical positions via cable. IR, RF or cellular communication. A collection of geographical positions can be subjected to statistical and probability analysis, and a map can be generated to visualize the results of the analysis.

The invention provides apparatus and methods for mapping conduction pathways and creating lesions in the heart wall for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The apparatus may include at least one epicardial ablation probe having a plurality of electrodes for creating a lesion. The apparatus and method facilitate the formation of a lesion which electrically isolates the pulmonary veins from the surrounding myocardium.

The invention provides active and passive immunization methods for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile infection, which involve percutaneous administration of C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, C. difficile toxoids, or combinations thereof. Also provided by the invention are C. difficile toxoids, C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, and methods of identifying subjects that produce C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin.

The invention is to provide a method and device for establishing wireless connection. The method is characterized in that user equipment obtains SSID information of a corresponding wireless access point based on the scanned one or more wireless access point, and requests for access information corresponding to the corresponding wireless access point to a network device; the user equipment obtains the access information and displays access reminding information in a system wireless access point list of the user equipment; and the user equipment establishes wireless connection between the corresponding wireless access point according to the access information. A user selects required wireless access points according to the access reminding information; and besides, the user can directly click the wireless access point in a system original WIFI list according to the original use habits of the user to access a wireless network, and wireless connection with the wireless access point is established without a third-party application, thereby providing available wireless access points for the users efficiently to meet network access demands of the users, and meanwhile, simplifying user operation and improving user experience.

An ETL / EAI data warehouse management system and method for processing data by dynamically distributing the computational load across a cluster network of distributed servers using a master node and multiple servant nodes, where each of the servant nodes owns all of its resources independently of the other nodes.

A selectively collapsible shooting support is mounted on a sling for supporting a weapon to which the sling is attached. A cover is selectively moveable with respect to the sling for concealing and housing the collapsed shooting support in stored condition on the sling, and for releasing the support for deployment. The shooting support preferably comprises two segmented or collapsible sticks connected to the sling and extendable to support a firearm during firing. Movement of the firearm to follow a target is possible without loss of support or repositioning of the sticks on a support surface or a body portion of a shooter.

The invention provides a method for improving research results and provides a method for adding sorting labels into the mass search results of a comprehensive search engine, sorting the search results according to various labels and filtering the search results according to the labels. In the invention, user participation for improving search results is introduced, so the user experience of the search engine is improved and the search engine using efficiency of users is improved.

A management method capable of making an accurate decision about a malfunction of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment includes sampling a plurality of data of at least one parameter under normal operating conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment; generating a Mahalanobis space A from a group of sampled data; calculating a Mahalanobis distance D.sup.2 from measured values of the parameter under ordinary operating conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment; and deciding that a malfunction occurred in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment when the value of the Mahalanobis distance exceeds a predetermined value.

The invention discloses a cream which contains 20-45% of fat, 1-3% of protein, 0.1-0.55% of stabilizer, 0.05-0.35% of emulsifier, 0.005-0.15% of buffer salt and the balance water, and the percent is the weight percent of each component in the total weight of the cream. The invention further provides a making method of the cream. The making method can overcome the defects of short shelf life, strict preservation conditions and further limitation of the sales regions of the cream prepared by the conventional method, and the invention provides the cream and the making method thereof by improvingthe formula and the process of the cream. The cream produced and prepared by the method can be stored at room temperature, the use is convenient and fast, and the shelf life is long, thereby being suitable for long-distance transportation and being conductive to construction of a national sales network; meanwhile, the cream product has the advantages of uniformity, stability, no water separation,good whipability and thermal stability, thereby being applicable to making egg tarts, candies, cakes or cream soup.

A quick connect fitting is disclosed which provides a method of connecting a Luer type needle assembly to a syringe body which is quick and easy to use and which provides for a secure and leak proof connection. The quick connect fitting is of the twist on and off type, provides a stop to prevent over tightening of the needle assembly, and also provides a method of securing the needle assembly to prevent accidental loosening or removal.

There is provided a system of delivery of a virtual machine using context information. The system of delivery of a virtual machine includes: a context information manager that receives one or more user context information from a user terminal device; and a virtual machine generator that generates a virtual machine suitable for the user terminal device in accordance with the one ore more received user context information and outputs the generated virtual machine to the user terminal device.

A wind power installation having at least one cable passage means for passing through a hauling cable from a winch and a method of fitting / removing components of a wind power installation comprising laying a hauling cable from the winch to at least one deflection roller and further to the component to be fitted / removed, attaching the hauling cable to the component, and releasing and letting down or pulling up and fixing the component.

The invention discloses an intelligent visitor management system based on an android operating platform, and the system comprises a server, a fixed terminal, a remote terminal, a card issuing system and a door control system. The server is connected with the remote terminal in a network communication way; visitors put forward the visiting request through the fixed terminal; the server transmits request data to the remote terminal; and the server drives the card issuing system to dispatch IC (Integrated Circuit) cards corresponding to the door control system meeting the visiting request after receiving the confirmation signals issued from the remote terminal. The invention provides a multifunctional entry-exit registration and talkback management system integrating the technologies of identification card recognition (OCR), digital photography, automatic card issuing, radio frequency identification (RFID), online video IP telephone communication and touch screens..

A clip applier of handle and cartridge for applying clips in surgical procedures with handle preferably a scissors type defined by a housing of shell members containing a cam operated linear translator actuated by handle levers, an anti-backup mechanism limiting handle lever movement to full pull and release strokes while preventing partial pull or release handle strokes, and with cartridge fitted with lockout mechanism to disable applier after last clip is used in surgery, with a puller bar lock to hold puller bar position in cartridge prior to assembly with handle, a detent spring mounted in cartridge cover member as part of clip handling mechanism, and a rapid-fire pawl as part of clip handling mechanism to prevent cartridge jamming when clips are applied in rapid succession.

The invention discloses a method for managing icons on a standby interface of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises an application monitoring device, an icon judging device and an icon adding device; and the method is applied to the mobile terminal provided with the standby interface, and a part of area of the standby interface is defined as a dynamic display area of the icons. The method comprises the following steps of: judging whether the standby interface is provided with an icon corresponding to the application by the mobile terminal after monitoring that some one local application is used; and if not, adding the icon corresponding to the application to a spare area of the dynamic display area. By the application of the invention, the mobile terminal can automatically display icons of application programs or files most commonly used by users in the standby interface so as to directly reduce the average number of steps for the users to access the application of the mobile terminal; and according to the estimation, the average number of steps to access the application of the mobile terminal can be reduced to about 1.2 by utilizing the method, and then the usability of the mobile terminal is greatly strengthened.