176 results about "Ease of Access" patented technology

With files secured by encryption techniques, keys are often required to gain access to the secured files. Techniques for providing and using multiple levels of keystores for securing the keys are disclosed. The keystores store keys that are needed by users in order to access secured files. The different levels of keystores offer compromises between security and flexibility / ease of use.

The embodiments disclosed include a system and method for sharing services between service profiles on a single telecommunications device resulting in improved ease of access for a user who wishes to access services through different service profiles. The user can access services in multiple service profiles with a single device. In one embodiment, the techniques described below are enabled through a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”)-based next-generation network (“NGN”), such as the IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) architecture.

Processing within a computing environment that supports pageable guests is facilitated. Processing is facilitated in many ways, including, but not limited to, associating guest and host state information with guest blocks of storage; maintaining the state information in control blocks in host memory; enabling the changing of states; and using the state information in management decisions. In one particular example, the guest state includes an indication of usefulness and importance of memory contents to the guest, and the host state reflects the ease of access to memory contents. The host and guest state information is used in managing memory of the host and / or guests.

The vast majority of today's busy families with computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and cell phones (all modern computing devices classified generally as computers), still use wall calendars, sticky notes, and kitchen message boards to coordinate their everyday activities. The complexity of family schedules and household information, ease of use, ease of access, and portability have remained powerful barriers to adoption of electronic solutions. This invention features computer-based input methods for use in group calendaring such that in the shortest possible amount of time, and with the least amount of effort, notations can be made of one or more events or tasks pertaining to one or more people using computers in one or more computer networks.

A document reminder system is provided. The system provides a user-friendly interface to a user's existing document management, email, calendar and other systems in order to ensure that an appropriate user is notified when action should be taken on a specific document, and also provides notation to the user indicating the appropriate course of action to be taken. The system provides a calendaring feature where a supervisor or manager can determine the workload of a group of workers for an upcoming time period. The system provides an easily accessible and traceable database of information pertaining to a document, a client name, a client matter number, a document type, or other customizable fields in order for a user to search and sort the information for their own use.

Generally described, a method and system of customizing and personalizing a home page are provided. The method includes means for defining the appearance, layout and behavior of a network computing environment home page upon access by a user. The method also provides for increased portability of a user experience from one computing access environment to another. A centralized hub of relevant information resources is provided to make users more productive through ease of access and automatic delivery of time-sensitive information. Accordingly, users can integrate sources of pertinent information into their daily routines, essentially creating “personal channels”.

There is disclosed a system, method, apparatus and computer program product for managing a storage system including a SAN within a computer network. The storage system can be managed in object-oriented computer language. Object trees of each component in the storage system or SAN are obtained and combined on each storage processor in the storage system. The user interface (UI) can therefore select one storage processor within the storage system, and request such combined object tree information for the entire storage system or SAN from only that singular storage processor on which such combined information is stored. This eliminates a severe computational drain on the UI, which otherwise would be required to make these object tree combinations, and further allows a single point of storage management contact between UI and storage system or SAN by way of that singular storage or portal processor. Commands from the UI destined for any node within the storage system or SAN are thus always addressed to that same single point of contact or portal processor allowing for ease of use and other advantages.

The invention discloses an auxiliary method of an intelligent refrigerator. The auxiliary method can be used in food material management, recipe recommendation, purchase assistance, and the like. The invention further discloses an auxiliary system of the intelligent refrigerator. The auxiliary system consists of embedded equipment, a server and mobile equipment, wherein the embedded equipment is embedded into the outer side of a refrigerator door. In the embedded equipment, food material information is written into the system in modes of manual operation, bar codes and camera acquisition. The embedded equipment is connected with the server through a network and is used for performing high-precision recognition and other processing; the mobile equipment is interconnected with the server and is used for acquiring system information; system auxiliary information, that is, shortage alert made according to the number of the food materials, is fed back to the embedded equipment and the mobile equipment. The auxiliary method has the advantages of low cost, low power consumption, high use easiness and the like.

A customizable and intuitive user interface for medical systems and devices, such as cardiopulmonary bypass systems, perfusion systems, extracorporeal circulation apparatuses, and heart-lung machines, is provided, which allows for ease of access to critical patient data to facilitate blood perfusion and to monitor and regulate various physiological parameters of a patient and an extracorporeal blood flow circuit during surgical procedures, such as cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

A spoken request for directory assistance is placed through a mobile telephone in a conventional manner and data representing information responsive to the request is placed in an easily accessible and actionable database for subsequent retrieval. Actions designed for the type of information, including navigation directions for information which includes a location, are associated with the information and made available to the mobile telephone. Each of these actions are available to the user with only a few key clicks on the reduced keypad of the mobile telephone and initial specification of the place of interest using the same reduced keypad is avoided by allowing the user to simply speak to identify the place of interest.

To stop illegal digital content distribution, IDs will be included in the content. However, current ideas of how to use the IDs are unacceptable. The automatic ID management process and apparatus increases the ease of access to protected content for the consumer, with desired content protection and minimal implementation costs. The process includes tracking the IDs of the previously accessed content of a rendering device, reviewing rules contained within the new content and rendering device, and restricting access if the new content does not meet the rules. For example, devices may be limited to accessing content with N different IDs over a specific time period, where the time period is influenced by the number of times content with a specific ID is accessed. The apparatus includes a logic processor and memory that implements the automatic ID management process.

A zero-U, high-density fiber optic terminal for data centers and central offices is disclosed. The terminal may be used for optical fiber interconnection and / or optical fiber and fiber optic cable storage. The terminal is removably mountable to a cable tray above fiber optic equipment, in a subfloor below fiber optic equipment or on a wall in proximity of fiber optic equipment. Additionally, the terminal may have an adapter panel with fiber optic adapters for optically connecting the optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable received from the cable tray and the optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable. The second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to the fiber optic equipment. The adapter panel and the fiber optic adapters are angled generally in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend. Angling the fiber optic adapters in this manner accommodates routing of second fiber optic cable, and provides ease of access to the fiber optic adapters for connecting and disconnecting fiber optic connectors and to slack storage components for cable management mounted in the terminal.

One or more user service tickets are obtained (i.e. pre-fetched) from an authentication server and stored in a ticket cache. The user service tickets facilitate a login device communicating with one or more users or group members associated with the login device. Login credentials for the users or group members may be subsequently authenticated against the user service tickets within the ticket cache thereby eliminating the need for immediate access to the authentication server or a previous login session by the users or group members. The user service tickets within the ticket cache may be refreshed as needed. In one embodiment, the user service tickets are refreshed daily and also in response to login attempts if the authentication service is readily accessible.

An open file format is used to represent the features and data associated with a presentation application within a document. The file format simplifies the way a presentation application organizes document features and data, and presents a logical model that is easily accessible. The file format is made up of a collection of modular parts that are stored within a container. The content included in the modular parts may include XML. This content allows tools to interrogate a presentation to examine and utilize content and ensure that the file is written correctly. Each modular part is capable of having information extracted from it and copied into another document and reused. Information may also be changed, added, and deleted from each of the modular parts.

A multipurpose bag for carrying golf accessories and other personal items that includes a center compartment secured by a closure device on a top panel of the bag, the center compartment defined by a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and the top panel, wherein the bottom panel is oriented opposite the top panel, the front panel is oriented opposite the rear panel, and the first side panel is oriented opposite the second side panel, and wherein the front panel comprises a first interior surface and the rear panel comprises a second interior surface and wherein the first interior surface is oriented opposite the second interior surface, and the first interior surface and the second interior surface are perpendicular to the top panel. The bag also includes a first plurality of pockets disposed on the first interior surface and a second plurality of pockets disposed on the second interior surface. In the bag, the center compartment, the first plurality of pockets, and the second plurality of pockets are accessible by opening the closure device, a portion of contents of the first plurality of pockets and a portion of contents of the second plurality of pockets are visible after opening the closure device, and a portion of a first pocket of the first plurality of pockets is affixed to a portion of a second pocket of the first plurality of pockets.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing low-overhead support for task and information management provided to users of computer systems. Before starting to work on a project a user selects the project as active, and lists of resources employed by the user when working on the project are created on the basis of information about the subsequent computer system events generated by user's actions. The user can access lists of resources when he or she selects the project again. According to preferred embodiments, a database containing a project-tagged interaction log is created through means of the computer system, and the user is provided with a number of personal information management (PIM) tools, such a calendar, a to do list, and a notepad. Information entries created with the PIM tools are linked to active projects. Interaction log is utilized to delete irrelevant resources and make more important information more accessible than less important information.

There is provided herein an application-oriented backup and restore system, which leads the user through a plurality of different selectable steps to repair specific application errors / problems. The preferred embodiment minimizes the loss of user productivity and because of its easy and accessible layout and presentation it may eliminate the need for tech-support to repair the problem. The average user can initiate the steps, wherein the restore steps are explicitly directed to secure the safe storage of user created documents and files.

The coated pet food product of the present invention has more appeal to a consumer and ease of access for a pet. The coated pet food product contains a edible core; wherein said edible core has a Moisture Content of from about 16% to about 92%.

A unit ventilator is disclosed wherein, in order to facilitate service and repair of the ventilator and / or its component parts, such parts are mounted for ease of access and of detachment from, or assembly to, the system. Elemental system parts, such as the blower assembly, the heat transfer coil assembly, the condensate discharge pan and the air filters are designed and arranged so as to be assembled and / or disassembled from the system rapidly and with minimum use of tools.

In laparoscopic surgery, small (5-12 mm diameter) incisions are made in an abdominal wall through which instruments dissect and remove specimens that may be several centimeters in diameter. Removal of a sample typically requires either enlarging these incisions or morcellating the sample to pass through sub-centimeter ports. A laparoscopic device permits extraction of the sample to be removed in a female using a vagina, which has sufficient elasticity to accommodate removal of large specimens. A posterior portion of the vagina communicates to an abdomen through a few tissue layers, and is distant from vital anatomic structures. Utilizing the vagina is optimal due to its ease of access to the abdomen and repair, minimal scarring and post-operative pain, and faster recovery following surgery. A deployable collection bag is housed in a sheath, which is deployed into the vagina or an abdominal cavity to extract a large (multiple-centimeter) specimen(s) through the vagina. An optional insufflation system and an inflatable balloon to maintain a pneumoperiotoneum may be used to reduce a number of laparoscopic ports required.

A holder for an annuloplasty ring having a template defining a proximal face opposite the distal face, and a peripheral edge about which the annuloplasty ring conforms. The annuloplasty ring anchors to the template using one or more flexible filaments. The template includes a single cutting well on its proximal face over which the flexible filament is suspended. Desirably, the single cutting well is located adjacent the peripheral edge so as to be away from any handle connections for ease of access. The flexible filament emerges above the proximal face of the template at only one location at the cutting well, thus presenting a one cut quick-release structure that is highly visible to the surgeon. The annuloplasty ring may have a relatively rigid inner core surrounded by a suture-permeable cover, and the peripheral edge may be formed by a lower axial wall and an upper radial ledge that projects outward from the rigid inner core but not quite as far as a sewing margin of the ring. The ring and holder may be for mitral annuloplasty rings and generally have a D shape in plan view, and may be three-dimensional with upward anterior and posterior bows.

The present invention provides a rotatable storage device including a rotatable platform configured for storing and allowing ease of access to electronic devices such as, printers, facsimile machines, computers, scanners, and others. The rotatable platform include high and low voltage receptacle for connection to the electronic devices. The high and low voltage receptacles provide power, as well as data and voice communication to the electronic devices. The receptacles are connected to a rotatable connector allowing the rotatable platform and receptacle to be rotated in unison without the twisting or tangling of the power and connecting wires. The rotatable connector can take the form of sliprings, brushes, mercury rotatable connectors, or other known devises.

With files secured by encryption techniques, keys are often required to gain access to the secured files. Techniques for providing and using multiple levels of keystores for securing the keys are disclosed. The keystores store keys that are needed by users in order to access secured files. The different levels of keystores offer compromises between security and flexibility / ease of use.

Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for charging a travel fee as a function of an ease of access to a travel option. A plurality of travel options is provided and ranked as a function of different environmental-friendliness values. Each of a plurality of different rates are set for each of the travel options, the rates set progressively lower as a function of a ranking of the travel option environmental-friendliness values. In response to a traveler selecting and using one of the travel options, an ease of access of the traveler to the selected travel option is determined and a travel fee charged as a function of the rate set for the selected travel option and the determined ease of access of the traveler to the selected travel option.

A self-aligning curb box assembly is provided. The curb box includes a cylindrical conduit extending from the ground surface downwardly and has a detachable cover at its upper, surface end. The conduit has an inverted “U” shaped passageway formed at its lower end through which a generally horizontally oriented supply line, such as for water or gas, passes. The supply line has a valve body and an “open-to-shut” valve cock located in the line positioned within the passageway at the lower end of the curb box, the valve cock extending upwardly. The assembly includes a positioning insert placed within the curb box at its lower end thereof. The insert limits lateral movement of the valve body in any direction throughout 360° in the plane about the valve when the insert is installed. The insert prevents substantial movement, both laterally and vertically, of the valve body relative to the curb box, thereby permitting ease of access to the valve cock by a valve key extending through the curb box to the valve to turn the valve off (or on). Also provided are the curb box alignment insert itself and a method of its use in aligning the curb box and valve in order to gain access by a valve key from ground level to the valve cock in said buried valve.

An internal tourniquet system may comprise as many as eight tourniquets strategically positioned, two per extremity, so as to optimize the inversely proportional relationship between the force applied to the tourniquet and the blood flow from the laceration on the extremity farther from the body than the positioned tourniquet. Each garment is equipped with internal channels to position the tourniquets and each garment is equipped with removable covering flaps for ease of access to the tightening and securing mechanism on the tourniquets. Each garment may also be supplied with a lever or bar and a storage location on the garment in order to apply more torque if necessary to the tourniquet banded site. And each garment may also be supplied with such flaps that are able to secure the lever or bar in position, once to blood flow has ceased to an acceptable level.

An organization asset database (ADb) is described that contains a complete, up-to-date, secure, and easily accessible inventory of the organization's assets. Each asset is mapped onto a structure that represents the organizational hierarchy of the organization, which provides for multiple levels of accountability for each asset. Each asset has one or more roles in relation to other assets in the ADb and has one or more entitlements in relation to other assets in the ADb. The relationship between assets ensures that the ADb is complete and up-to-date and allows for easy filtering and retrieval of the information contained in the ADb.

A set of system configurations adapted to provide data communications to and from a set of client modems connected to one or more central modems through a tree and branch network such as exists in buildings, hotels, multiple dwelling units and the like to distribute cable television signals to individual rooms. The set of one or more central modems is connected directly or indirectly to one or more networks such as the Internet. Optionally, some components of this system can be placed at the cable television head-end for ease of access for maintenance.

A fire protection system for homes and other structures including a pliable multi-layered shroud of fire-resistant material having an inflatable support structure embedded therein. The inflatable support structure includes a web of inflatable channels for rapid deployment from a folded configuration to an inflated configuration in which the fire-resistant material partially envelops a structure. The shroud is packed in an enclosure having a bi-fold top panel for ease of access. The enclosure also has one or more air hose couplings to which the inflatable support structure is connected for rapid inflation and deployment out of the enclosure. A plurality of tethers are also provided as tie-downs, which anchor the heat resistant shroud. The system affords ample rapid deployment protection from neighboring fires and heat exposure therefrom.