65 results about "Support person" patented technology

A social network for affecting personal behavior is provided. The psychological and behavioral progress of a registered user of the social network is maintained. The social network provides the registered user with friends who can track the user's progress and encourage the user by communications with the user. The friends of the user can be anybody, including people who are not registered with the social network. A dynamic mechanism for grouping different users into support groups is also provided. The grouping is based on the user's progress, satisfaction with the user's supporters, and the user's traits and preferences. User-customized profiles are used to elucidate user traits instead of standard direct forms to avoid incorrect or misleading responses to the forms. In addition, a wireless portable device in communication with the social network of friends and supporters is provided for constant access to sources of motivation.

A submergible activity platform for attachment to an associated structure on a body of water is disclosed. The activity platform for supporting persons engaged in water activities includes a platform area extending outwardly from and alongside the associated structure. A support structure is carried by the activity platform for mounting the activity platform to the associated structure so that the activity platform is located at a desired depth in the water when mounted to the associated structure. A walkway is included in for providing access between the associated structure and the activity platform when submerged. The activity platform includes a water activity section free of the walkway where water activities may take place. The activity platform also includes a plurality of water flow passages for allowing water to flow through the activity platform when submerged to reduce the force of water currents against the activity platform.

An apparatus and methods for enabling a support person to receive and review information relating to multiple remote nodes and multiple applications running on each node. The apparatus comprises a presentation component accessed by the support person or administrator, and engine installed on each remote node. The engine comprises a manager component, a multiplicity of plug-ins for retrieving information about the server or about the application, and a plug-in manager for each plug-in.

Provided is an ankle supporter capable of returning the wearer's ankle to a normal position by moving the connective tissue and muscles below the skin following sprain or Achilles tendonitis. The ankle supporter includes a first elastic panel knitted in a belt-like shape on the medial side of the wearer's foot extending from the sole to an area corresponding to the Achilles tendon and having a stretch resistance greater than that of the base fabric and a second elastic panel knitted in a belt-like shape on the medial side of the wearer's foot extending from the heel to the base of the foot top of the wearer to intersect the first elastic panel below the center of the medial ankle and having a stretch resistance greater than that of the base fabric.

A wrist protective supporter has a wrist section curved to cover from a wearer's arm to a wrist, a hand-back pivoting section hinge-connected to the wrist section and pivoting vertically, a hand-back supporting member engaged to the hand-back pivoting section to pivot from side to side, a rail provided to the wrist section to face the hand-back pivoting section, a slider moving along the rail and pushing and pivoting the hand-back pivoting section downward by interfering with the hand-back pivoting section, an engaging section provided to the slider and engaged or disengaged with the rail, and a knob releasably engaged to the hand-back supporting member by passing through the hand-back pivoting section. The wrist protective supporter for bowling supports a wrist to correctly throw a ball while preventing an injury which may happen due to a shock to the wrist during the bowling.