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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156089 | Real-time or near real-time streaming with compressed playlists Methods and apparatuses provide real-time or near real-time streaming of content using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a request for a playlist file (e.g. an updated playlist) and specifying a com... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8116503 | Bend switch for wired headset This is directed to a bend switch constructed from two substantially co-linear elongated bodies having opposing contact surfaces. In an open switch position, the contact surfaces remain apart, preventing electrical coupling. To close the switch, a user can bend the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112567 | Method and system for controlling power provided to an accessory A method for a portable media player to control power provided an accessory is disclosed. The method includes requesting information about the power capabilities of the accessory by the portable media player. The method further includes providing information about t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8077256 | Scene-aware automatic-exposure control A scene-aware auto-exposure control process stabilizes changes in a camera's auto-exposure settings so as to reduce lighting and color flicker during image capture operations. A metric, referred to as the Modified Adjusted Luminance (MAL) metric, is defined to remai... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8036267 | Rate control for video coder employing adaptive linear regression bits modeling A rate control system is disclosed for video coding applications. The rate controller assigns a quantization parameter for video data in a picture in response to complexity indicators indicative of spatial complexity, motion complexity and/or bits per pel of the pic... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019976 | Memory-hazard detection and avoidance instructions for vector processing A processor that is configured to perform parallel operations in a computer system where one or more memory hazards may be present is described. An instruction fetch unit within the processor is configured to fetch instructions for detecting one or more critical mem... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006019 | Method and system for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory Techniques for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory. In one set of embodiments, one of the media player and the accessory can obtain a unique identifier for a particular file stored in the other of the media player and the accessory. The ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7941555 | Management and prioritization of media item downloading The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the downloading of media items. The media items may include, for example, audio, video, image, or podcast data. In accordance with one embodiment, two or more media items may be concurrently downloaded. In accordance wit... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7873630 | Methods and systems for managing data Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or index databases. In one exemplary method, a notification that an existing file has been modified or that a new file has been created is received by an indexing software component, which then, in response to ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7814432 | Method and system for image rendering including polymorphic image data in a graphical user interface A method and system are provided for developing images for use in a graphical user interface. In one implementation, the method includes displaying a graphical user interface on a display device, and providing an operating system on a computer that is in communicati... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805685 | Method and apparatus for displaying a gain control interface with non-linear gain levels A method for displaying a gain control interface having a gain level display with non-linear gain levels. The gain level display has a first end having an associated first pixel offset value and a second end having an associated second pixel offset value. A range of... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7788604 | Three state icon for operations A three state icon for a computer is disclosed. The icon prevents inadvertent starting of an operation on a computer. The icon has a first state which conceals a second state. Upon selection of the first state with a computer pointing device (i.e., mouse), the icon ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7774746 | Generating a format translator Generating code is disclosed. A specification of one or more translation patterns is received. The one or more translation patterns are used to generate at least a portion of code associated with a translator. Using the one or more translation patterns to generate a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7679625 | Straightening digital images As the user operates the straighten control, the rotational orientation of a selected image is changed. According to one embodiment, a grid is superimposed over the image while the straighten control is being operated, to assist the user in selecting the proper rota... | 03/16/2010 |
| RE41010 | System for data transfer through an I/O device using a memory access controller which receives and stores indication of a data status signal A method and system for transferring units of data between a computer memory and an external system in which a DMA controller stores and uses information from an I/O device interfacing with the external system to transfer data more efficiently. ... | 11/24/2009 |
| D604293 | Portable computer | 11/17/2009 |
| D601884 | Packaging | 10/13/2009 |
| 7519229 | Video coding system providing separate coding chains for dynamically selected small-size or full-size playback Embodiments of the present invention provide a coding system that codes data according to a pair of coding chains. A first coding chain generates coded video data that can be decoded by itself to represent a source video sequence of a small size, such as a size suff... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7483037 | Resampling chroma video using a programmable graphics processing unit to provide improved color rendering A system which utilizes the processing capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) in the graphics controller. Each frame of each video stream is decoded. After decoding the compressed image is separated into an image representing the luminance and an image r... | 01/27/2009 |
| D582405 | Case | 12/09/2008 |
| D582354 | Input mechanism | 12/09/2008 |
| D582267 | Package | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461088 | Superset file browser A superset file browser permits a user to view, in a single display, the superset (i.e., the set union) of file objects from two or more designated file system locations (i.e., directories) on one or more computer systems (local or remote). The uniqueness, or overla... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460376 | Ultra compact computer arrangement A cubical computer housing assembly comprises first and second ends and four sides, which define an interior compartment for housing the various computer components. The first and second ends are rigidly connected to one another and are slidingly detachable from fou... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460362 | Display housing for computing device A personal computing device is disclosed. The personal computing device includes a housing having a translucent portion. The housing encloses internally various components that provide computing operations for the personal computing device. The personal computing de... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460277 | System and method for halftoning using a time-variable halftone pattern Successive frames or images of an input image that are presented to the output device are individually halftoned. A starting location within the input image for tiling one of one or more halftone techniques over the frame or image is determined. The starting locatio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460129 | Manipulating text and graphic appearance A method, device and computer system for creating a smooth, continuous height (scalar or vector) field are described. The described techniques permit arbitrary closed regions to be smoothly shaded without producing unnatural smoothness at the region's edges or bound... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458830 | Connector system An electronic device including a movable hatch with an integrated connector system that moves between an open and closed position. The connector system includes one or more connector receptacles that are hidden within the electronic device when the hatch with integr... | 12/02/2008 |
| D581922 | Electronic device | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458025 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457886 | System and method for input/output scheduling A system and method for Input/Output scheduling are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes installing a plurality of Input/Output (I/O) schedulers to schedule I/O requests for a plurality of I/O devices, wherein each of the I/O schedulers schedules... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457815 | Method and apparatus for automatically providing network services An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for crea... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457302 | Enhancement to loop healing for malconfigured bus prevention A method for safely adding nodes to a network provides safeguards to prevent adding nodes beyond a maximum number of nodes allowed in the network. In one aspect, if the node to be added exceeds the maximum number of nodes allowed, the connection between the node to ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457255 | Method and apparatus for providing link-local IPv4 addressing across multiple interfaces of a network node A system to provide link-local IPv4 addressing across multiple interfaces of a network-node. The network-node broadcasts an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request packet on multiple interfaces which asks for the hardware address of a network node whose link-local... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457111 | Computer component protection A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a shock mount assembly that is configured to provide impact absorption to sensitive components such as a display and an optical disk drive. The computing device also includes an enclosureless optical dis... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457003 | Color management for limited gamut devices Methods and apparatuses for performing color manipulation using virtual gamuts. In one aspect of the invention, a method to perform color manipulation on a digital processing system includes: performing color manipulation using a virtual gamut of a device if a real ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456850 | Intelligent scrolling A method and apparatus for intelligent scrolling. In a computer system that has a user interface which allows for the movement of items from a first open window to a second open window or to a second region, such as a desktop, the present invention allows a user to ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456843 | Method and apparatus for improved color correction Methods and apparatuses for performing gamma corrections to maintain a plurality of colors substantially consistent with a color point. In one aspect of the present invention, a method to generate correction functions for performing color correction for a device for... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456760 | Complexity-aware encoding Techniques for encoding data based at least in part upon an awareness of the decoding complexity of the encoded data and the ability of a target decoder to decode the encoded data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a set of data is encoded based at least in part up... | 11/25/2008 |
| D581399 | Speaker unit | 11/25/2008 |
