Author: claimsbot

1. A method of a registry module, comprising:
determining an item boundary surrounding a current location of a pointer based on at least one of a merchant site mapping table and a markup language characteristic of a merchant site;
extracting an item information from within the item boundary; and
communicating the item information to a registry of a central database.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein no modification is required to the merchant site, and wherein the registry module is a client-side application that works across a plurality of different ones of the merchant site.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising automatically determining at least one of a price, a description, a picture, and an offer period through the item information.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
determining that a link to a details data associated with an item defined through the item information is adjacent to the pointer in an area defined by the item boundary;
automatically extracting the details data from the link; and
communicating the details data and the item information to the registry of the central database.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
creating a bookmark of a page associated with the link; and
associating the bookmark with the registry such that the details data is accessible through the bookmark embedded in the registry.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:
processing a donation provided by a patron of a user associated with the item information; and
applying the donation toward consideration required to transact the item associated with the item information.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising enabling the user to redeem a cash donation when the cash donation does not meet the consideration required to transact the item associated with the item information.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising
applying a manual update data generated through a separate window having extracted item information; and
communicating the manual update data to the registry of the central database.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
referencing a coupon module having a plurality of coupon data with the extracted item information and the manual update data; and
placing at least one coupon in an area adjacent to the item information in the registry.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising periodically updating the merchant site mapping table to deliver more relevant results by heuristically adapting the item boundary of a specific merchant site by observing an error log and manual override patterns of at least one user of the registry module.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising applying a time marker to the item information in the registry such that the time marker indicates how long an item associated with the item information adheres to a set of terms associated with the item.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein the registry module is embedded as an indicator in a browser, and wherein the user activates the extracting of the item information when the user drags and drops the pointer to the indicator.
13. The method of claim 10 further comprising embedding the registry module in a widget that can be placed across a plurality of social media environments.
14. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.
15. A system comprising:
a plurality of ecommerce portals each offering a set of items being marketed to consumers through a network;
a plurality of client devices having a registry module to place at least certain ones of the set of items in a registry associated with a user; and
a central server having a central database to store data captured by the plurality of client devices through the registry module, and to optimize accuracy of capture of the registry modules by monitoring behaviors of a user rectifying issues in individual ones of the set of items represented in the registry.
16. The system of claim 15 further comprising an error correction module of the central server to apply a set of algorithms to optimize performance of the registry module and to periodically provide updates to the registry module such that the periodic updates refresh an item information of the registry module.
17. The system of claim 16 further comprising an area locator module to capture an area adjacent to a pointer associated with a user in each of the plurality of client devices, and to automatically determine the item information associated each item in the registry.
18. A method comprising:
accessing a central server to determine a set of boundaries associated with an area adjacent to pointer on an external commerce page;
capturing a set of product information from the determined set of boundaries; and
modifying the captured product information based on a user request;
placing the captured product information in a registry of the central server; and
processing a consideration toward acquisition of an item associated with the product information provided by a third party to the user through the registry.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein a payment is a partial payment applicable to an aggregate payment required to purchase an item associated with the product information for the user.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
periodically refreshing a set of rules associated with the external commerce page by observing a behavior pattern of the user in modifying the captured product information in relation to locations of the external ecommerce page; and
automatically converting a standard link to the captured product information to a commissionable link offered by a merchant affiliate program; and
informing a merchant of the merchant affiliate program when the set of product information is modified in the registry and when the consideration toward acquisition is provided by the third party to the user.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A thermal resecting instrument comprising:
a thermal element comprising:
a conductor loop defining a void for receiving tissue and
a ferromagnetic layer covering at least a portion of the conductor loop, the ferromagnetic layer forming a ferromagnetic region disposed along the conductor loop, the conductor loop extending from a position prior to the ferromagnetic layer, through the ferromagnetic region and to a position beyond the ferromagnetic layer;

wherein passage of electrical energy from a conductor loop location prior to the ferromagnetic region to a conductor loop location beyond the ferromagnetic region causes the ferromagnetic layer to heat.
2. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic region extends along the conductor loop so as to form a generally semi-circular ferromagnetic region.
3. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic region extends along substantially the entire length of the conductor loop.
4. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, wherein the conductor loop comprises a material having a Young\u2032 Modulus of at least 118 GPa.
5. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, wherein the conductor loop comprises a material having a Young’s Modulus of at least about 400 GPa.
6. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, wherein the conductor loop further comprises a support extending substantially the full length of the conductor loop.
7. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 6, wherein the conductor loop further comprises at least one intervening layer disposed between the support and the ferromagnetic layer.
8. The thermal resecting instrument of claim 1, further comprising a body, wherein the thermal element is connected to the body and disposed at angle such that the thermal element is oriented in a non-parallel position with respect to the body.
9. A method of treating tissue comprising:
selecting a surgical tip having a continuous conductor having a first end and a second end and a ferromagnetic material disposed along an elongate section of the continuous conductor to form a ferromagnetic region between the first end and the second end;
providing oscillating electrical energy to the first end or the second end of the continuous conductor such that passage of electrical energy from a conductor location prior to the ferromagnetic region to a conductor location beyond the ferromagnetic region causes the ferromagnetic material to heat; and
contacting tissue with the heated ferromagnetic region to thereby treat the tissue.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the continuous conductor forms a loop defining a void, wherein the method further comprises surrounding tissue such that the tissue is located within the void and drawing the heated ferromagnetic region through the tissue to resect the tissue and thereby leave a three dimensional void.
11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising contacting tissue with an outer surface of the heated ferromagnetic region to incise tissue.
12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising resecting the tissue in one continuous motion.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the continuous conductor comprises a material having a Young\u2032 Modulus of about 400 GPa so that the continuous conductor resists bending when used to treat tissue.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the continuous conductor comprises tungsten.
15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the continuous conductor has at least one intervening layer disposed between the continuous conductor and the ferromagnetic material.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the ferromagnetic material is disposed circumferentially around the conductor.
17. The method according to 9, wherein contacting tissue with the heated ferromagnetic region to treat the tissue includes simultaneously resecting tissue while causing hemostasis.
18. A thermal resecting system comprising:
a handpiece, further comprising:
a continuous conductor having a first end and a second end and defining a void through which tissue can pass;
a ferromagnetic layer covering at least a portion of the continuous conductor between the first end and the second end; and
electrical leads attached to the first end and the second end of the continuous conductor for supplying electrical energy to the continuous conductor;

a power supply in communication with the electrical leads for providing electrical energy to the continuous conductor.
19. The thermal resecting system of claim 18, wherein passage of electrical energy at a predetermined frequency through the continuous conductor and the ferromagnetic layer causes direct heating of the ferromagnetic layer sufficient to treat tissue.
20. The thermal resecting system of claim 19, wherein the continuous conductor has a generally loop-shaped portion and wherein the ferromagnetic layer covers about half of the loop-shaped portion.
21. The thermal resecting system claim 19, wherein the continuous conductor has a generally loop-shaped portion and wherein the ferromagnetic layer covers substantially the entire loop-shaped portion.
22. The thermal resecting system of claim 19, wherein heating of the ferromagnetic layer is substantially uniform.

1. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of physical blocks that each include a number of memory elements programmable between at least two different impedance states, the memory elements being subject to degradation in performance; and
bias circuits configured to applying healing electrical conditions to at least one spare physical block that does not contain valid data; wherein
the healing electrical conditions are different from write operation electrical conditions, and reverse degradation of the memory elements of the at least one spare physical block.
2. The memory device of claim 1, wherein:
the memory elements comprise a programmable resistance material formed between two electrodes.
3. The memory device of claim 2, wherein:
the memory elements each comprise a solid state electrolyte in which conductive regions can be formed and dissolved.
4. The memory device of claim 1, further including:
a wear circuit configured to generate a heal indication for a physical block in response to predetermined wear conditions; and
the bias circuits apply the healing electrical conditions to the physical block in response to at least the heal indication.
5. The memory device of claim 4, wherein:
the wear circuit is coupled to receive write request data, and includes a wear level store circuit to store wear level data for each physical block; wherein
the heal indication is generated in response to the wear level data for the physical blocks.
6. The memory device of claim 4, wherein:
the wear circuit includes a characterization circuit that applies characterization conditions to at least one element of the physical block to generate state data; and
the heal indication is generated in response to the state data.
7. The memory device of claim 1, wherein:
each physical block comprises a plurality of memory cells, each cell include
an access device coupled to a bit line common to a column of memory cells, and a word line common to a row of memory cells, and
at least one of the memory elements.
8. A system, comprising:
a plurality of memory blocks, each including a plurality of memory cells having at least one element programmable between impedance states, the memory blocks including active blocks and at least one spare block;
an address translation circuit configured to substitute accesses to one memory block for accesses to another memory block; and
a bias circuit configured to applying healing electrical conditions to the spare block; wherein
the healing electrical conditions are different from write conditions that write data to the memory cells and different from read conditions that read data from the memory cells, and reverse wear conditions of memory elements in the spare block.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein:
the memory elements are two terminal elements programmable to form and dissolve a conductive path though at least one memory layer.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein:
the memory blocks and address translation circuit are formed in a same integrated circuit (IC), and the address translation circuit translates address values received a source external to the IC into physical addresses that access the memory blocks.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein:
the memory blocks are formed in one integrated circuit (IC); and
the address translation circuit is formed in another IC.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein:
a control circuit configured to transfer data from one memory block to the spare block and designated the one memory block as the new spare block.
13. The system of claim 8, further including:
the memory blocks and bias circuit are formed in a same integrated circuit (IC);
a control circuit formed in the IC configured to generate heal control signals; and
the bias circuit is configured to apply the healing electrical conditions in response to the heal control signals.
14. The system of claim 8, wherein:
the memory blocks and bias circuit are formed in a same integrated circuit (IC); and
the bias circuit is configured to apply the healing electrical conditions in response to commands received by the IC.
15. A method, comprising:
determining a wear status each of a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of memory cells having at least one element programmable between impedance states;
if a block is determined to be worn, transferring data from the one block to a spare block; and
applying healing electrical conditions to the one block that reverse degradation of the memory elements of the worn block.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining the wear status includes storing a wear value for each block that corresponding to the number of times the block has been subject to at least one type of access operation.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein:
the healing electrical conditions are different from write conditions that write data into the cells.
18. The method of claim 15, further including:
designating the one block as a new spare block for receiving data from a next block determined to be worn.
19. The method of claim 15, further including:
after transferring data from the one block to the spare block, accessing the spare block with logical addresses previously used to access the one block.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein:
translating received logical addresses into physical addresses to access less than all of the blocks.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of forming encapsulated bichromal balls, said method comprising:
providing electrophoretic particles;
blending said particles with (i) a dielectric fluid, and (ii) an effective amount of a gelating agent;
providing a shell material;
forming capsules by encapsulating said particles, dielectric fluid, and gelating agent within a shell of said shell material;
heating said capsules to an elevated temperature;
applying a field to said capsules to separate the particles;
cooling said capsules to thereby cause gelling within said capsule while said field is maintained;
removing said field.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein said dielectric fluid is selected from the group consisting of partially fluorinated hydrocarbons, isoparaffins, polydimethyl siloxane oils, vegetable oils, and combinations thereof.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein said gelating agent is selected from the group consisting of materials capable of gelling hydrophobic organic liquids.
4. The process of claim 3, wherein said gelating agent includes trans-4-t-butyl-1-phenyl-cyclohexanol and derivatives.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said heating is performed to a temperature of from about 35\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein said heating is performed to a temperature of from about 35\xb0 C. to about 70\xb0 C.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein said electrophoretic particles are pigments selected from the group consisting of titania, carbon black, and combinations thereof.
8. The process of claim 1, wherein said electrophoretic particles are composite particles of a pigment and a resin, wherein said pigment is selected from the group consisting of rutile titania, anatase titania, barium sulfate, zinc oxide, carbon black, Sudan blue, Hostaperm pink, and combinations thereof.
9. The process of claim 1, wherein said shell material is selected from the group consisting of polyphosphates, polycarboxylates, and combinations thereof.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein said particles exhibit two colors.
11. The process of claim 7, wherein said resin is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, copolymers of polyethylene and polypropylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, and combinations thereof.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said electrophoretic particles include fine powdered magnetic materials selected from the group consisting of ferrite, nickel, cobalt, iron, oxides thereof, and combinations thereof.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein said capsules have a size of from about 2 microns to about 750 microns.
14. The process of claim 12, wherein said capsules have a size of from about 5 to about 200 microns.
15. The process of claim 13, wherein said capsules have a size of from about 10 microns to about 120 microns.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein said gelating agent is present in a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of said dielectric fluid.
17. The process of claim 1, wherein said effective amount of said gelating agent is from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of said dielectric fluid.
18. The process of claim 1, wherein said field applied to the capsules is a field selected from the group consisting of electronic, magnetic, and gravitational fields.
19. The encapsulated bichromal balls produced by the process of claim 1.
20. A display device produced with the encapsulated bichromal balls of claim 18.