Abstract:
The present invention, known as The Collaboration Portal (COPO), relates generally to the field of automated entity, data processing, system control, and data communications, and more specifically to an integrated method, system, and apparatus for providing computer-accessible benefits for communities of users. It provides a framework for provisioning computer-accessible benefits for communities of users, and can efficiently and robustly distribute the processing in behalf of those users over a decentralized network of computers. The field of the invention generally encompasses enabling appropriate and desired communication among communities of users and organizations, and providing information, goods, services, a works, opportunities, and connections among users and organizations.
Abstract:
There is provided a dock without a power source for a portable digital device with at least one integrated speaker driver. The dock may include a platform for placement of the portable digital device; a protrusion located at the platform for connection of the portable digital device with the dock with the protrusion including a slot for egress of air from at least one hole in a casing of the portable digital device to the dock; and at least one primary chamber to receive air from the portable digital device with the at least one primary chamber having a vented port for the egress of air. Advantageously, sound from the at least one integrated speaker driver is amplified when the portable digital device is connected to the dock. The connection of the portable digital device with the dock may be securable. A horn may be included in an exterior facing opening of the vented port, as the horn advantageously improves aspects of sound such as, for example, sound directivity, radiation efficiency or both of the aforementioned.
Abstract:
A terminal random access method for a cellular radio communications system and a method for generating a group identifier are provided. The terminal random access method for a cellular radio communications system includes steps of: transmitting random access preamble message by a terminal to a base station in a random access time slot in a radio frame; combining location information of the random access time slot in the radio frame and that in the frequency domain to generate a group identifier and sending a random access response message to the terminal after adding the group identifier and an individual identifier that corresponds to the random access preamble message to the random access response message by the base station; judging whether the random access response message that corresponds to the sent random access preamble message is received, by judging whether the group identifier and the individual identifier within the received random access response message are all expected values. This invention provides fast and accurate access to the cellular radio communications system for the terminal and allows simple and easy operations to set a group identifier in the same way regardless of whether or not the configuration of the random access time slot changes.
Abstract:
A method for growth of an alloy for use in a nanostructure, to provide a resulting nanostructure compound including at least one of GexTey, InxSby, InxSey, SbxTey, GaxSby, GexSby,Tez, InxSbyTez, GaxSeyTez, SnxSbyTez, InxSbyGez, GewSnxSbyTez, GewSbxSeyTez, and TewGexSbySz, where w, x, y and z are numbers consistent with oxidization states (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of the corresponding elements. The melt temperatures for some of the resulting compounds are in a range 330-420° C., or even lower with some compounds.
Abstract:
A real-time method employing a portable peptide-containing potentiometric biosensor, can directly detect and/or quantify bacterial spores. Two peptides for specific recognition of B. subtilis and B. anthracis Sterne may be immobilized by a polysiloxane monolayer immobilization (PMI) technique. The sensors translate the biological recognition event into a potential change by detecting, for example, B. subtilis spores in a concentration range of 0.08-7.3×104 CFU/ml. The sensing method exhibited highly selective recognition properties towards Bacillus subtilis spores over other kinds of spores. The selectivity coefficients of the sensors for other kinds of spores are in the range of 0-1.0×10−5. The biosensor method not only has the specificity to distinguish Bacillus subtilis spores in a mixture of B. subtilis and B. thuringiensis (thur.) Kurstaki spores, but also can discriminate between live and dead B. subtilis spores. Furthermore, the sensing method can distinguish a Bacillus subtilis 1A700 from other B. subtilis strain. Assay time may be as low as about 5 minutes for a single test. Rapid identification of B. anthracis Sterne and B. anthracis ΔAmes was also provided.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a substrate and an insulating layer formed on the substrate. A fin may be formed on the insulating layer. The fin may include a side surface and a top surface, and the side surface may have a orientation. A first gate may be formed on the insulating layer proximate to the side surface of the fin.
Abstract:
A computer network-based distributed presentation system and process is presented that controls the display of one or more video streams output by multiple video cameras located across multiple presentation sites on display screens located at each presentation site. The distributed presentation system and process provides the ability for a user at a site to customize the screen configuration (i.e., what video streams are display at any one time and in what format) for that site via a two-layer display director module. In the design layer of the module, a user interface is provided for a user to specify display priorities dictating what video streams are to be displayed on the screen over time. These display priorities are then provided to the execution layer of the module which translates them into probabilistic timed automata and uses the automata to control what is displayed on the display screen.
Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a fin, an oxide layer, spacers and one or more control gates. The insulating layer is formed on the substrate and the fin is formed on the insulating layer. The oxide layer is formed on the fin and acts as a tunnel oxide for the memory device. The spacers are formed adjacent the side surfaces of the fin and the control gates are formed adjacent the spacers. The spacers act as floating gate electrodes for the non-volatile memory device.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises forming a gate electrode over a substrate and forming deep amorphous regions within the substrate. And implanting dopants to form deep source/drain regions at a depth less than that of the deep amorphous regions, partially re-crystallizing portions of the deep amorphous regions to reduce their depth, and re-crystallizing the reduced amorphous regions to form activated final source/drain regions.
Abstract:
A method of reducing buried oxide undercut during FinFET formation includes forming a fin on a buried oxide layer and forming a source region adjacent a first end of the fin and a drain region adjacent a second end of the fin. The method further includes forming a sacrificial oxide layer over the fin and source and drain regions and forming a gate over the fin, wherein the sacrificial oxide layer reduces undercutting of the buried oxide layer during gate formation.