摘要:
A joint consumption of content invitation management function is described herein. In various embodiments, the invitation management function is adapted to conditionally extends the invitations to a recipient device (150) to join an inviter device (200) to jointly consume content, via IM (110).
摘要:
Methods are provided in which a sterol-depleting agent such as β-cyclodextrin (βCD), is used to modulate signaling by a differentiation signaling protein such as Hedgehog protein or a BMP in vitro. As illustrated herein, the use of βCD in conjunction with Sonic Hedgehog N-terminal peptide (ShhN) causes substantially all of the cells in neural plate explants to differentiate as neurons, such as motor neurons. Also provided are cell therapy methods and screening methods that rely on the modulation of signaling of a differentiation signaling protein such as Hedgehog, by a sterol-depleting agent such as βCD.
摘要:
An automated optical transport system is provided which provides for automatic discovery of system components, automatic inventory of system components, automatic topology detection, automatic provisioning of channels, and automatic characterization and tuning of system components and fiber. The invention provides automation capability through inclusion of management card capabilities at each station which communicates through a reverse propagating service channel. Dynamic and propagation direction independent segments are provided in conjunction with a token-based scheme to repeatedly tune, update and monitor the transport system.
摘要:
An on-screen advertising system that employs paginated on-screen pages that adapt based on display and window size and allow for the anchoring and sizing of advertisements based on a given relative paginated page size. Content is reflowed to fit the advertisements.
摘要:
A method for selling on-screen advertising based on the relative page percentage an advertisement consumes on a paginated page displayed on a user's display. The invention includes a payment model for on-screen advertising based on “eyeball space” and placement. In one embodiment, paginated adaptable pages with advertising panes are authored and adaptable advertisements are created to fit the advertising panes. Advertisements are then sold based in part on a percentage of on-screen display space they occupy.
摘要:
An E-plane filter comprises a housing having a waveguide filter channel and a septum defining a plurality of couplers spaced apart along the length of the filter channel, thereby forming a resonator cavity between each adjacent coupler. The portion of the filter channel which accommodates the couplers and each resonator cavity is curved or otherwise changes direction in a plane transverse to the channel walls.
摘要:
An apparatus in one embodiment handles service requests over a network, wherein the network utilizes a protocol. In this aspect, the apparatus includes: a network subsystem for receiving and transmitting network service requests using the network protocol; and a service subsystem, coupled to the network subsystem, for satisfying the network service requests. At least one of the network subsystem and the service subsystem is hardware-implemented; the other of the network subsystem and the service subsystem may optionally be hardware-accelerated. A variety of related embodiments are also provided, including file servers and web servers.