Electrical stimulation leads
US Patent 8,774,939
July 8, 2014
An implantable lead has an inner core, a plurality of coiled conductor guides, and a plurality of conductors. The inner core defines a plurality of lumens. Each coiled conductor guide defines a plurality of helical lumens. Each coiled conductor guide is disposed in a coiled arrangement over a portion of the inner core. Each of the conductors electrically couples at least one electrode to at least one terminal. At least one of the conductors includes a plurality of units. Each unit includes a first conductor segment extending along the inner core from a beginning point to a first position, a coiled conductor segment disposed at least partially in one of the lumens of the coiled conductor guides and extending from the first position to the second position, and a second conductor segment extending along the inner core from the second position to an endpoint.
Treatment of head lice infestations
US Patent 8,770,208
July 8, 2014
Techniques and apparatus for treating head lice infestations are described. Some embodiments include a nit (louse egg) detection plate that provides a surface against which irregularities of a hair of a person are more apparent to a viewer than without the detection plate. The detection plate may also include a serrated edge that is operable to separate hairs of the person for viewing over the detection plate. Other embodiments provide a method for using the detection plate to detect and remove nits from hairs of a person. The method may include placing a thin layer of hair of a person over the detection plate, detecting nits by viewing the hairs against a backdrop provided by the detection plate, and removing any detected nits.
Transmitter with adaptive back-off
US Patent 8,774,298
July 8, 2014
A transmitter for transmitting data symbols using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, the transmitter comprising: a modulator for generating a plurality of mutually orthogonal sub-carriers, each of the plurality of sub-carriers being modulated with a stream of data symbols to be transmitted; an amplifier for amplifying a signal containing the plurality of modulated sub-carriers for transmission of the signal; and a symbol processor for processing the data symbols of the plurality of sub-carriers, the symbol processor being configured to compute a plurality of EVM values for each data symbol to be transmitted, each of the plurality of EVM values being computed based on a different one of a plurality of candidate back-off values for the amplifier, and to select one of the plurality of candidate back-off values to apply to the transmitter for the data symbol based on the computed EVM values.
LGJ Attorneys Selected for 2014 Washington Super Lawyer Listing
July 1, 2014
| Firm News
Lowe Graham Jones attorneys David Lowe, Larry Graham, Mark Lorbiecki, and Mark Walters have again been included in the Washington Super Lawyers list, while attorney Ben Dugan is listed among the Rising Stars list. Larry has been included in the listing every year since 2006, while David has been named to either the Super Lawyers listing or the Rising Stars listing each year since 2007. LGJ is pleased to have its attorneys recognized by this important publication which carefully evaluates each candidate for listing and is limited to no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state.
Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating social networking via a media device
US Patent 8,769,422
July 1, 2014
Techniques for facilitating social networking via a media device are described. Some embodiments provide a social networking facilitator (“SNF”) as part of a media device, such as a set-top box that is configured to receive media content events from a broadcast system, such as a satellite broadcast system. As the media device presents a media content event, a user can share, via the SNF, information about the presented media content event with members of his social network. In particular, the SNF prepares a message that includes information about or from the presented media content event, such as a title, a channel, a summary, rating, video clip, or the like. This message can then be edited by the user, such as by adding a comment or rating, before being transmitted by the SNF a social networking system, to be forwarded as a notification to members of the user’s social network.
Method and system for providing persistence in a secure network access
US Patent 8,769,265
July 1, 2014
A system and method for providing persistence in a secure network access by using a client certificate sent by a client device to maintain the identity of a target. A security handshake is performed with a client device to establish a secure session. A target is determined. A client certificate is associated with the target. During subsequent secure sessions, the client certificate is used to maintain persistent communications between the client and a target. A session ID can be used in combination with the client certificate, by identifying the target based on the session ID or the client certificate, depending on which one is available in a client message.
Operational-related data computation engine
US Patent ,768,976
July 1, 2014
A computation system includes a receiver, a schema generator, and a table generator. The receiver receives operational related data relating to an IT environment of an organization from remote systems. The schema generator organizes the operational related data into at least one class of IT metric-oriented data based on at least one intrinsic characteristic of the operational related data to generate a schema. The operational related data includes data tables corresponding to IT assets of the organization. The table generator processes an input table based on the schema to generate an output table. The input table includes a starting table having one or more columns. The output table identifies a subset of interrelated data included in the starting table.
Electrically stimulating patient tissue on or around one or more bony structures
US Patent 8,768,488
July 1, 2014
An implantable lead assembly for providing electrical stimulation to a patient includes a lead body; a terminal disposed along a proximal end of the lead body; and an orthopedic implant coupled to a distal end of the lead body. The orthopedic implant is configured and arranged for anchoring to a bony structure. At least one mounting region is disposed along the orthopedic implant. The at least one mounting region is configured and arranged for anchoring the orthopedic implant to the at least one bony structure. An electrode is disposed along a stimulation region of the orthopedic implant. A conductor electrically couples the terminal to the electrode.
Schedule management interface
US Patent 8,768,737
July 1, 2014
Embodiments are directed towards generating schedules for managing team members that may be responsible to be on-call for responding to incidents. Schedules may be configured to schedule team members and manage the rotation of one or more team members assigned to one or more schedule layers. Also, schedules may be employed to determine which team member may be responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. If a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, a notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Further, the notification engine may monitor whether the responsible team has received the notification. The notification engine may employ one or more other notification methods to ensure that the responsible team member may be notified.
System and method for visualizing trace of costs across a graph of financial allocation rules
US Patent 8,766,981
July 1, 2014
Embodiments are directed towards budgeting and forecasting of information technology and services. In at least one of the various embodiments, financial allocation models may include multiple cost objects and one or more allocation rules. In at least one of the various embodiments, allocation rules may determine how costs associated with cost objects may be allocated to other cost objects. In at least one of the various embodiments, costs corresponding to one or more selected cost objects may be traced within a financial allocation model. Also, costs associated with multiple cost line items from different cost objects may simultaneously traced for efficient cross-referencing of disparate cost line items. Further, in at least one of the various embodiments, a display of the cost traces may be rendered and displayed to provide a visualization of the traced costs.
