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Ctc Global Corporation

Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

Sterling Drug Inc.

Time Warner Cable Inc.

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

William Webb

Christopher Wong

Ian Pilling

David Bell

Andrew Charles Danforth

Jay Thomas

Michael Dillon

Christopher Marsh

Wells A Webb

Xiaoyuan Dong

Howard Pfeffer

Herman Margulies

Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum

Douglas A Pilling

Garland E Simpson

Eric Bosze

PhuDuc Nguyen

Ian M Pilling

A termination arrangement for securing an overhead electrical cable and a method for securing an overhead electrical cable. The termination arrangement includes a longitudinally-extending sheath having a high tensile modulus that is configured to receive a strength member of the overhead electrical cable therein.

Termination arrangement for an overhead electrical cable including a tensile strain sheath

Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of fiber-reinforced composite strength members to assess the structural integrity of the strength members. The systems and methods utilize the transmission of light through optical fibers that are embedded along the length of the strength members. The inability to detect light through one or more of the optical fibers may be an indication that the structural integrity of the strength member is compromised. The systems and methods may be implemented without great difficulty and may be implemented at any time in the life cycle of the strength member, from production through installation. The systems and methods have particular applicability to bare overhead electrical cables that include a fiber-reinforced strength member.

Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of composite strength members

Systems, methods and tools for the interrogation of fiber-reinforced composite strength members to assess the structural integrity of the strength members. The systems and methods utilize the transmission of light through optical fibers that are embedded along the length of the strength members. The inability to detect light through one or more of the optical fibers may be an indication that the structural integrity of the A strength member is compromised. The systems and methods may be implemented without great difficulty and may be implemented at any time in the life cycle of the strength member, from production through installation. The systems and methods have particular applicability to bare overhead electrical cables that include a fiber-reinforced strength member.

A termination arrangement for securing an overhead electrical cable to a dead-end structure such as a dead-end tower. The termination arrangement includes a compression sheath that is configured to be disposed between a strength member and the conductive strands of the overhead electrical cable. The compression sheath mitigates damage to the strength member that may occur when an outer metallic sleeve is compressed around the conductive strands and the conductive strands are compressed against the strength member. The arrangement is particularly useful for securing overhead electrical cables having a composite strength member to a dead-end structure.

Termination arrangement for an overhead electrical cable

A system stores a first permission parameter associated with a first user of a set of digital video recorders (DVRs) and at least a second permission parameter associated with a second user of the set. The second permission parameter defines a different level of permission for controlling the set than the first permission parameter. At least one server receives a first request to control the set from the first user and a second request to control the set from the second user. The set is controlled in accordance with: (i) the first request, based on the first permission parameter, and (ii) the second request, based on the second permission parameter. The controlling includes at least communicating with the set over a network. Techniques are also provided for directly obtaining information on a DVR in real time over a content network.

Apparatus and method for remote control of digital video recorders and the like

At least one server is queried to obtain program data. DVR data is obtained from a digital video recorder, substantially in real time, over a content-based network. The program data and/or the DVR data are displayed on a separate remote device, in communication with the content-based network. A request to record a given program on the at least one digital video recorder is received at the separate remote device. A conflict associated with the request to record the given program is detected, and the conflict is resolved based at least on a user input received at the separate remote device.

Apparatus and method for conflict resolution in remote control of digital video recorders and the like

Methods and apparatus for enhanced advertising selection and delivery in a communications network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable television network, and the methods and apparatus enable a viewer to individually select and view advertisements during real-time broadcast program settings, as well as during 'trick mode' operation in recorded program settings. Guess-work associated with skipping commercials via manual fast-forwarding through recorded content is eliminated, and a viewer is presented with several options regarding which advertisements to view and when to view them. In one variant, decoupling of advertising or promotions from a previously recorded program is provided, thus affording the network operator flexibility to insert various advertising content options, or selectively replace dated or expired advertisements, or those having less correlation to a current program content stream. In another variant, advertising or commercial skipping is substantially frustrated by presenting a viewer with several viewing options.

Methods and apparatus for enhanced advertising and promotional delivery in a network

A subscriber access control system (SACS) configures a network device connected to cable network to affect the behavior of that device. The SACS comprises a rules engine and a datastore that stores the current state of subscribers known to the SACS and historical request information. When the SACS receives a request to quarantine a device, it assigns attributes to a subscriber record accessed by a DHCP server to affect the configuration and behavior of that device. The actual behavior of the quarantined device is determined by the presence of the attribute and the value of the attribute.

System and method for affecting the behavior of a network device in a cable network

PVC panels for a bulkhead are characterized by an elongated S-shaped cross section and an axial passage extending from top to bottom. The panels are joined by tenon in mortise joints, preferably via a spade shaped tenon. The assembly is capped with a channel to position and strengthen the upper ends of the panels. A stake positioned through the passage and into the earth also secures the panels. The panels are positioned by water flow through the passage during the sinking process. Soil stabilization chemicals can also be introduced through the passage. A nozzle for the lower end of the passage is also disclosed.

Bulkhead

Bowling pin handling device

A hypodermic syringe of the automatic, or self-aspirating, type for use in combination with cartridge ampoules closed at the lower end by a rubber diaphragm pierceable by a double-ended hypodermic needle and closed at the upper end by a slidable rubber piston comprises a combination of a syringe holder unit and a self-aspirating assembly so-adapted to generate aspirating conditions in the ampoule by the slight backward displacement of the rubber piston.

Self-aspirating hypodermic syringe and self-aspirating assembly therefor

A hypodermic syringe of the automatic, or self-aspirating, type for use in combination with cartridge ampoules closed at one end by a diaphragm pierceable by a double-ended hypodermic needle and closed at the other end by a slidable piston consists of a syringe holder adapted to generate aspirating conditions within the cartridge ampoule by the slight backward displacement of the slidable piston by means of a double plunger, one slidable within, and biased against, the other, the inner plunger being positively interengaged with the slidable piston of the cartridge ampoule, and axial movement of the outer plunger being positively restricted by means for locking the other plunger with a collet in the end of the syringe holder.

Self-aspirating syringe with positively engaged locking collet

A water treating or aeration device for transferring gases to a liquid such as used for waste water treatment. The aeration device is comprised of an elongate hollow tube supported in an upright position having a bell-shaped member attached to one end forming a chamber between the inside of the tube and the outside of the bell-shaped member. The chamber is enclosed by a ring attached to the bell-shaped member and flaring outwardly into abutment with the inside of the tube. A gas, such as air, is supplied to the chamber and discharged into the interior of the tube through a plurality of apertures in the ring closing said chamber. A cone mounted on a base plate is positioned beneath the entrance of the bell-shaped member and secured to the aeration device or tube by a plurality of adjustable legs. Air introduced into the chamber is discharged through the apertures drawing fluid in a swirling motion through said bell-shaped member up and out through the upper end of the hollow tube.

Water treating device

A method and apparatus for evaporating and condensing moisture from a procession of prepared fruit and vegetable particles at subatmospheric pressures, to manufacture puffed, low-moisture food products. A series of stations of decreasing pressure and increasing temperature is established within the dehydrating apparatus, and the procession of food particles is led and guided by the apparatus to pass systematically from station to station of the series for dehydration treatment. As the particles advance through the series of stations of successively lower pressure, they encounter an oil temperature in each succeeding station which is higher, and a vapor head pressure which is lower, than in the preceding station. By the time leading particles have traversed all stations of the series, they have become puffed and dehydrated. Then they are cooled by contact with cool oil to fix the puffed condition, the oil is then removed from contact with the particles in a centrifuge, and the finished food particles are then removed from the centrifuge and restored to atmospheric condition, without disturbing the regular progress of entry and dehydration of the following particles of the procession.

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Laguna Niguel, CA, United States of America

William Webb