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The disclosed invention resides in a system and method for managing and maintaining an internet user's privacy directives without the necessity to rely on one or more cookies to be retained by a user's browser.

A system and method for identifying a participant during a conference call include the capability to receive a packet containing data that represents audible sounds spoken by one of a plurality of participants in a conference call and to determine a speaker of the audible sounds using voice profile information of the participants. The system and method further include the capability to provide identification information of the speaker to the other participants in the conference call contemporaneously with providing audible sounds based on the data to those participants.

A system and method profiles different users having a common terminal identifier in communication system. The system comprises a user activity data analyzer for extracting profile data from user terminal activity data, a user identifier for determining whether the profile data corresponds to a profile data history associated with the user terminal, and a user profile generator for generating a profile data history from the profile data for another user to be associated with the terminal in response to the profile data not corresponding to the profile data history associated with the user terminal. The user activity data analyzer extracts site addresses, URLs, click event data, metadata and other user activity from a session log to compile information useful for assessing a user's interests. This extracted profile data may then be compared to a profile history previously generated and associated with the terminal identifier. A low level of correspondence between the extracted profile data and the profile history associated with the terminal identifier indicates that a different user is generating the user activity data. The user profile generator then builds a profile history from the extracted profile data and associates it with the terminal identifier. The profile histories are provided different user identifiers. Upon subsequent detection of the terminal identifier, the profile data extracted from the user activity is compared to both profile histories to determine which user is navigating the site. Once sufficient profile data has been extracted to determine which profile history corresponds to the extracted data, advertising content that corresponds to the identified user may be selected and included in the content requested by the current user.

A method for measuring space width of joint includes: a joint image input step of inputting an image of a joint; a contour detecting step of detecting contours of a pair of bones constituting the joint; a measurement range setting step of setting a measurement range of a space of the joint based on the contours detected in the contour detecting step; a space width calculating step of calculating a space width which is a distance between the pair of bones within the measurement range set in the measurement range setting step; and a display step of displaying the space width calculated in the space width calculating step.

The invention provides a large-scale spatial free curved surface measurement method. According to the method, a lot of reflection signs are arranged on a measured curved surface and a digital photogrammetric system is used to measure a physical dimension of the measured curved surface so that a disadvantage of a spatial digitizer on an aspect of dimension measurement is overcome. Under a coordinate system with high precision which is established by the digital photogrammetric system, data collected by the spatial digitizer is corrected so that accuracy of the curved surface dimension is guaranteed and accuracy of a curved surface outline is not influenced. The method comprises the following steps of measurement preparation, image shooting, coordinate system establishment, three dimension scanning and data generation. By using an independent three-dimensional scanning method in the past, scanning precision is not high and data measurement is not accurate. By using the method of the invention, the above disadvantages are overcome. The outline and the dimension of the measured curved surface can reach a high precision requirement. The method is suitable for large-scale spatial free curved surface measurement.

A method and an apparatus for estimating bone age by at least one acoustic signal in an ossification-actuated skeletal structure. The apparatus includes an acoustic transmitter and an acoustic receiver positioned facing each other so that the structure is positioned between them. The structure has at least two bones. The transmitter is adapted for transmitting a signal to cross the structure transversely. An electronic moveable gantry is provided for adjusting the position of the acoustic transmitter and the acoustic receiver in relation to the structure. A computer system is enabled to perform one or more functions to position the moveable gantry; transmit the signal by the transmitter; control the signal transmitted by the transmitter; receive the transmitted signal by the receiver; and estimate bone age responsive to the received signal by at least one bone age calculation formula.

The present invention relates to a method in a communication system, a communication system and a communication device. In the method, media streams are transmitted from a sending communication device to a receiving communication device at least partly via a wireless communication network. At least one media stream is selected to be transmitted to the receiving communication device, QoS requirements for transmitting the selected at least one media stream are defined, transmission resources are reserved from the wireless communication network for the transmission of the at least one media stream, and a setup procedure is performed between the receiving communication device and the sending communication device for activating the one packet data transmission connection.

A wide-angle projection lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group including four lenses and having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group including a cemented lens and having a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes an aspherical lens and a spherical lens having a positive refractive power. The wide-angle projection lens further includes an iris diaphragm located after the first lens of the second lens group from the object side, and satisfies the following conditional expressions fb / f>3, −2.0<D12 / f1<−1.3, and 0.8<Lr / Lf<1.2 where f denotes the focal length of the projection lens; fb denotes the retrofocal length of the projection lens; f1 denotes the focal length of the first lens group; Lf denotes the thickness of the first lens group; Lr denotes the thickness of the second lens group; and D12 denotes the distance between the first and second lens groups.

A medical kit for analysis of vaginal biological samples includes a sample collector, an extractor, and an assay cartridge. The sample collector is compressible and insertable in a vaginal canal for collecting biological samples, and includes a cup-shaped head configured to cradle a cervical os. The extractor includes a sample receptacle configured to receive the sample collector via an open end. The extractor includes a compression mechanism with a compression element that is movable inwards into the open end of the sample receptacle to apply a compression force in response to activation of a release element. The extractor further includes a reservoir in fluid communication with the sample receptacle, the reservoir receiving the biological samples from the sample collector in response to the compression force being applied within the sample receptacle. The assay cartridge has a docking mechanism configured to fluidly communicate with the reservoir of the extractor.

A flexible automatic broiler and method of use for variable batch cooking for particular use in quick serve and fast food service restaurants. The automatic cooking devices include a conveyorized cooking surface for alignment and discharge of food products, an altering / pulsating infrared energy radiation heat sources, and a control system. The arrangement and method facilitate a combination of batch preparation and made-to-order assembly of fast-food sandwiches.

An electronic animal trainer with temperament learning. The electronic animal trainer with temperament learning learns and remembers the response pattern of the animal to the correction stimulus to provide a customized training profile.

A skate sharpening holder includes an anvil plate surface that is adapted to engage with a skate blade so that the skate blade is securely held with respect to the anvil during skate sharpening or contouring. The anvil plate surface can include pins or openings that would engage with respective openings or pins in a skate blade to hold the skate blade in place.