259 results about "Nap" patented technology

A network-based system and method for providing anonymous voice communications using the telephone network and data communications links under the direction of a Call Broker and associated network elements. A user (the call initiator) present in a text chat room session establishes a data connection to Call Broker and, after qualifying for access (e.g., using credit card information) and providing a callback number, receives voice session information and participant access codes for each desired participant in a voice call. The initiator causes session information and participant codes to be passed to one or more selected chat participants in the current text chat room. When a selected participant uses the received session information, and enters the received participant code and a callback number, the Call Broker in cooperation with a Network Adjunct Processor (NAP) completes voice links to the initiator and the selected participant(s). The need for each party to have a second subscriber line is advantageously avoided by having the Call Broker arrange to have one or more voice links completed through a VoIP link, and further reduces the need for second lines for participants by forwarding a Call Broker—placed call to a busy participant line to the participant's Internet Service Provider (ISP), which then sends a message to the participant announcing one or more options for receiving the incoming call, including receiving the incoming call through a VoIP link.

An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical signals for treatment and diagnosis purposes. The application of an electrical signal before or simultaneously to the application of a NAP-triggering optical signal allows the use of a lower amount of optical power or energy than would otherwise be needed if an optical signal alone was used for the same purpose and effectiveness. The application of the electrical signal may precondition the nerve tissue such that a lower-power optical signal can be used to trigger the desired NAP, which otherwise would take a higher-power optical signal were the electric signal not applied. Some embodiments include an implanted nerve interface having a plurality of closely spaced electrodes placed transversely and / or longitudinally to the nerve and a plurality of optical emitters.

A wireless communication system is provided for rapidly establishing the QoS resource on different communication networks. In this system, the NAP (104) evaluates a network resource used by the MT (106), and generates the QoS history information unit indicating the evaluation result. The AAA (140) authenticates the QoS history information unit generated by the NAP (104). The NAP (104) transmits the authenticated QoS history information unit to the MT (106). The MT (106) request for a resource establishment to the NAP (304) when switching the communicating party from the NAP (104) to the NAP (304), and transmits the QoS history information unit. The NAP (304) verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit to the AAA (140) when receiving the request for resource establishment from the MT (106) and allocates the network resource to the MT (106) based on the QoS history information unit.

System and method are disclosed for bridging a point-to-point network such as a Bluetooth scatternet with a shared medium network such as an Ethernet LAN. The scatternet is connected to the LAN via a network access point (NAP). Data packets sent from the LAN to the scatternet are filtered at the NAP to eliminate unnecessary data packets from being sent to the scatternet. Only certain ones of the data packets are forwarded between the LAN and the scatternet. An inter-NAP protocol is used to exchange messages where two or more NAPs are connected to the LAN. Broadcast loops are prevented from occurring in the scatternet and the LAN by defining Administrative domains and NAP service areas (NAPSAs), and controlling the borders thereof according to a broadcast type of the data packets.

An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical signals for treatment and diagnosis purposes. The application of an electrical signal before or simultaneously to the application of a NAP-triggering optical signal allows the use of a lower amount of optical power or energy than would otherwise be needed if an optical signal alone was used for the same purpose and effectiveness. The application of the electrical signal may precondition the nerve tissue such that a lower-power optical signal can be used to trigger the desired NAP, which otherwise would take a higher-power optical signal were the electric signal not applied. Some embodiments include an implanted nerve interface having a plurality of closely spaced electrodes placed transversely and / or longitudinally to the nerve and a plurality of optical emitters.

System and method are disclosed for bridging a point-to-point network such as a Bluetooth scatternet with a shared medium network such as an Ethernet LAN. The scatternet is connected to the LAN via a network access point (NAP). Data packets sent from the LAN to the scatternet are filtered at the NAP to eliminate unnecessary data packets from being sent to the scatternet. Only certain ones of the data packets are forwarded between the LAN and the scatternet. An inter-NAP protocol is used to exchange messages where two or more NAPs are connected to the LAN. Broadcast loops are prevented from occurring in the scatternet and the LAN by defining Administrative domains and NAP service areas (NAPSAs), and controlling the borders thereof according to a broadcast type of the data packets.

A head support system for supporting the user's head in an at least generally upright disposition, while the user, for example, naps or sleeps or otherwise rests while traveling sitting in a seat. The head support element (1) interfaces with the underside of and, preferably, up and around the front of the chin, i.e., the mental proturberance with its central clef, and underneath the user's chin and from side-to-side of and along side the chin, i.e., the mandible body, in “face-to-face” surface engagement over a relatively large area, essentially forming a supportive cup for the chin, with a self-supporting but soft, solid block of molded, supportive material having an oblong shape with a reduced sized central portion (10) for hand grasping, with its angled, flat bottom (31) resting centrally on the central upper chest area of the user, preferably over and across the manubrium sterni area, with an anchoring strap (41) positioned, for example, around and about the back of the user's neck. The support element is at least generally “Y” shaped with a laterally enlarged base (30) when viewed from the front (FIG. 2). The anchoring strap subsystem (40) includes a “break-away” string-like line (42) attached to the strap with terminal ends (42a / 42b) that extend to the front loosely connected to the block and extend through and past a push-button / barrel lock (43).

A fabric-based electronic device sleeve with a stiff directional nap lining the interior of a pocket. The directional nap (or plush) of the fabric is oriented to permit easy slidable insertion of an electronic device into the sleeve's pocket, with static friction forces between the directional nap and the device preventing the device from slipping out on its own or falling from the sleeve when held in a downward direction. As a user removes the electronic device from the sleeve, a gentle pull upon pinching the device between thumb and index finger overcomes the static friction forces between the device and the directional nap lining to permit easy removal and access.

The present invention provides an alert interactive system designed to serve as an alertness tool to ensure that a person, such as an aircraft pilot, a car or truck driver, a soldier or sailor on watch, or a security professional, remains alert. The alert interactive system provides instructions and time for the person to enter a code, and provides an alert to that person and others when the code is not entered timely and correctly. The present invention indicates when the person is not alert, and may be taking a nap, may be fully asleep, or unconsciousness.

System and method are disclosed for bridging a point-to-point network such as a Bluetooth scatternet with a shared medium network such as an Ethernet LAN. The scatternet is connected to the LAN via a network access point (NAP). Data packets sent from the LAN to the scatternet are filtered at the NAP to eliminate unnecessary data packets from being sent to the scatternet. Only certain ones of the data packets are forwarded between the LAN and the scatternet. An inter-NAP protocol is used to exchange messages where two or more NAPs are connected to the LAN. Broadcast loops are prevented from occurring in the scatternet and the LAN by defining Administrative domains and NAP service areas (NAPSAs), and controlling the borders thereof according to a broadcast type of the data packets.

System and method are disclosed for bridging a point-to-point network such as a Bluetooth scatternet with a shared medium network such as an Ethernet LAN. The scatternet is connected to the LAN via a network access point (NAP). Data packets sent from the LAN to the scatternet are filtered at the NAP to eliminate unnecessary data packets from being sent to the scatternet. Only certain ones of the data packets are forwarded between the LAN and the scatternet. An inter-NAP protocol is used to exchange messages where two or more NAPs are connected to the LAN. Broadcast loops are prevented from occurring in the scatternet and the LAN by defining Administrative domains and NAP service areas (NAPSAs), and controlling the borders thereof according to a broadcast type of the data packets.

We disclose a new and useful biomarker for acute kidney injury (i.e., AKI), renal ischemia reperfusion injury (i.e., IRI), ischemic acute kidney injury, and / or ischemic acute tubular necrosis (i.e., ATN). The biomarker is GRO-alpha (i.e., CXCL1, chemokine C-X-C ligand 1, GRO1, GROa, MGSA, MGSA alpha, MGSA-a, NAP-3, SCYB1). We detected the biomarker using a QUANTIKINE® human GRO-alpha immunoassay (Cat. No. DGR00, R & D Systems, Minneapolis, Minn.). In addition, we disclose a method of treating lung damage.

An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical signals for treatment and diagnosis purposes. The application of an electrical signal before or simultaneously to the application of a NAP-triggering optical signal allows the use of a lower amount of optical power or energy than would otherwise be needed if an optical signal alone was used for the same purpose and effectiveness. The application of the electrical signal may precondition the nerve tissue such that a lower-power optical signal can be used to trigger the desired NAP, which otherwise would take a higher-power optical signal were the electric signal not applied. Some embodiments include an implanted nerve interface having a plurality of closely spaced electrodes placed transversely and / or longitudinally to the nerve and a plurality of optical emitters.

The invention provides an application of polypeptide hydrogel serving as a protein vaccine adjuvant and a protein vaccine. The hydrogel has good biocompatibility and can stimulate an organism to produce antigen-specific body fluid and cellular immune response very well after physically mixed with a protein antigen simply. According to the application, the polypeptide sequence is Nap-GFFY-OMe.

The invention discloses a method for controlling a sleep mode of an air conditioner, which comprises an afternoon nap mode and a night sleep mode, wherein the afternoon nap mode is realized by adopting a user-defined control mode or set control mode, in the user-defined control mode, a user sets an air conditioner operating temperature Tset, a temperature increment delta T and an air conditioner operating time t1, the air conditioner operates according to the user set temperature and gradually regulates the temperature to Tset+ / -delta T within the user set time t1; and in the set control mode, the last operating temperature of the air conditioner is read and is enabled to be equal to the set temperature Tset, the temperature is divided into three control ranges by adopting an air conditioner default operating time, and the temperature is controlled in each control range according to a set program. The invention provides a control method of the afternoon nap mode, the air conditioner selects the afternoon nap mode or night sleep mode according to the use demands in an operating process to ensure that the environment can obtain actually required temperature and the user obtains proper heat comfort, and thus better sleep environment can be created and purpose of saving energy can be achieved.

A system and method for managing battery energy usage by a mobile wireless network which detects threshold conditions for network signal found and lost; records historical events of signal found and lost with operational criteria associated with operational conditions of the events such as time, day, date, tower number, and geographic location; upon each detection of network signal loss, determines from the recorded event records a nap termination condition upon which network signal has been historically reliable; and enters a battery-saving nap mode until the nap termination condition is met.

The computer cursor is located automatically and controlled by the eyes. It is to initialize the system firstly. The eye figure is shot by the image head when the user watches the four angles of the monitor, then it transforms the figure into the gray scale array and treat the array dynamically. It uniforms the biggest available region of the residue value to select the center and locate the pupil centre position of every figure, then to set the module according to the centre position and the part property showed by the system to get the full figure coordinate correspond by the quadrupole point and compute the center position M. then to draw the quadrangle by the quatre and nap to rectangle which is worked out the length and the width. Next to work out the proportion KW and KH by divided the length and width of the monitor. The ratio is to determine the pupil position and cursor position.

A method and a subscriber device for implementing an NSP selection. The method includes: when a subscriber device accesses a network, obtaining information of an NAP accessible at current location; when the subscriber device stores the information of NSPs accessible for the NAP, obtaining the information of NSPs accessible for the NAP; otherwise, receiving the information of NSPs accessible for the NAP from the network side; adding the information of accessible NSPs to the information of available NSPs; and selecting an NSP from the available NSPs for a service of the subscriber device. Therefore, extra occupation on air interface resources is lowered, and the time consumption during the network discovering and selecting process is effectively lowered.

The invention provides a multifunctional window and curtain control system and method including the multifunctional window and curtain control system and the multifunctional window and curtain control method. The multifunctional window and curtain control system comprises a control module, an information obtaining module and a motor module. The information obtaining module is responsible for obtaining information and transmitting the information to the control module. The control module is responsible for processing information obtained from a temperature sensing module, a photosensitive sensor module, an air conditioning sensing module and a mobile terminal module and sending corresponding instructions to the motor module. The motor module is used for opening and closing a curtain and a window according to the instructions. The multifunctional window and curtain control method includes an automatic mode and man-machine interaction modes. The man-machine interaction modes include a direct instruction mode, an air conditioning mode, an afternoon nap mode and a haze mode. The control module sends different information to the motor module under different modes to drive a motor to automatically and manually control the curtain and the window.

For acoustic sealing of a spray cap (7) for an aerosol can or spray can, the spray cap includes a push button (6) and a nap body (7a) and is provided with an acoustic seal (49) between the push button (6) and the cap body (7a). The acoustic seal (49) includes a sealing lip (8) on a rim (7b) of the cap body (7a) and another sealing lip (9) on an adjacent rim (6a) of the push button (6). A pleasing sound is produced when product is discharged from the aerosol or spray can by manually actuating the push button, since the push button (6) is configured integral with a spray channel (10) connecting a valve stem (11) with a discharge opening (3) provided in the cap body (7).

The invention relates to a fusion protein MBP-NAP. The amino acid sequence of the fusion protein is shown as SEEQ ID NO.1. Moreover, the invention also discloses a preparation method of the fusion protein MBP-NAP. The method has the characteristics that: the method is easy and convenient to operate, has a mild condition and the like. Th1 cellular immunity of the fusion protein MBP-NAP of the invention is enhanced, so that the secretory volumes of related cell factors IL-2 and IFN gamma are increased remarkably and Th1 immunity is enhanced.

The present invention prevents the worsening of an appearance of folding caused by unintended adhesion. An expanding / contracting structure of an absorbent article, said expanding / contracting structure comprising: a first sheet layer (12S) that comprises a nonwoven fabric; a second sheet layer (12H) that comprises a nonwoven fabric and faces one surface of the first sheet layer (12S); and a plurality of long, narrow elastic expanding / contracting members (19) that are provided between the first sheet layer (12S) and the second sheet layer (12H), along an expanding / contracting direction and with gaps between one another, wherein the first sheet layer (12S) and the second sheet layer (12H) have sheet bonding sections (70) that are bonded via a hot melt adhesive that is arranged intermittently in a lengthwise direction of the elastic expanding / contracting members (19), in a pattern of long, narrow stripes extending in a direction that intersects the elastic expanding / contracting members (19), one of the first sheet layer (12S) and the second sheet layer (12H) comprises a spunbond nonwoven fabric and the other comprises an air-through nonwoven fabric, and the air-through nonwoven fabric has a raised nap on a surface that is on the spunbond nonwoven fabric side thereof.

This invention relates to NAP-like and SAL-like peptide mimetics, polypeptides, or small molecules derived from them, and their use in the treatment of neuronal dysfunction, neurodegenerative disorders cognitive deficits, neuropsychiatric disorders, and autoimmune disease.

The invention relates to a high toughness self-cooling refrigerating gel pad and an application of the high toughness self-cooling refrigerating gel pad. The gel pad consists of inside gel and an outside gasket. The inside gel is formed by injecting a polymerizable functional monomer, biomacromolecules, a chemical cross-linking agent, a physical cross-linking agent, a filler, a preservative and a water-retaining agent dissolved in water into a mould under an oxidative-reductive initiating system. The outside gasket is a PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) film or an aluminum foil film. The high toughness self-cooling refrigerating gel pad is characterized in that a physical and chemical compound cross-linking system is adopted so that the high toughness self-cooling refrigerating gel pad has the functions of cooling, refreshing and radiating. The gel pad provided by the invention can partially replace air conditioners, water-pillows, ice crystal gaskets, jade pads, bamboo and grass summer sleeping mats and the like. The gel pad can be applied to the fields of cooling mats for bed, afternoon nap pillows in office, cushions of automobiles, sofa or the like, mattresses, cup pads, radiating pads for notebook computers, cooling pads for pets and the like.

The invention discloses a gesture-based alarm clock control method and an intelligent terminal. The method comprises the following steps: after a preset alarm clock moment is reached, starting an alarm clock function; detecting touch control signals acting on a touch screen of the intelligent terminal; if a long-time screen pressing touch control signal is detected, closing the alarm clock function; if a screen swiping touch control signal is detected, starting a nap function. After a user presses the touch screen for a long time, the alarm clock function can be closed; after the user swipes the touch screen, the nap function can be started; the user can control an alarm clock with no need for viewing an alarm clock menu of a user interface of the touch screen; according to the technical scheme, the alarm clock can be more conveniently controlled, the gesture motion is simple, the experience of the user is good, and electric energy can be saved.

The invention relates to a water-soluble sulfonate polymer oil-displacing agent and a preparation method thereof. According to the technical scheme, monomers are as follows in percentage by weight: 57.0-59.8% of acrylamide AM, 39.3-40.0% of sodium acrylate NaAA, 0.1-0.2% of N-phenyl acrylamide NAP, and 0.1-3.5% of 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid AMPS. The preparation method comprises the steps of firstly adding NAP into a reactor to finally prepare an aqueous solution with total monomer mass percentage concentration of 15-25wt%; then adding OP-10 and water, entirely emulsifying and then adding AM, NaAA and NaOH to prepare a solution with total monomer mass percentage concentration of 10-25%, regulating the pH to be 7-9, leading in N2 for 20min; then adding an initiator, continuing leading in N2 for 20min, and reacting for 4-12h at 40-55 DEG C; washing with absolute ethyl alcohol, grinding and drying to obtain an AM / NaAA / NAP / AMPS quadripolymer. The quadripolymer has water solubility, has better temperature resistance and salt resistance as well as shearing resistance, and the enhanced oil recovery rate simulated by the quadripolymer can achieve 13%.

A method for simulating nap defect on plate surface of automobile includes using single driving inverted presser as testing presser, using hollow based and cone shaped box mould as punching concave model, producing edge pressing plate and convex model cavity simultaneously to ensure their concentricity and to ensure they are in the same size, setting mould gap between convex model and concave model to be 1.5®L ,embedding drawing concave rib and convex rib on pressing plate and operation surface of convex mode to ensure absolute smooth of embedded binding site then carrying out nap-testing .