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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8078958 | Scalable computing system for managing annotations A scalable computing system for managing annotations is capable of handling requests for annotations to millions of documents a day. The computing system consists of multiple tiers of servers. A tier I server indicates whether there are annotations associated with a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7916940 | Processing of mosaic digital images A full color output image is estimated from a mosaic digital image, the output image is transformed from an original color space into a luminance/chrominance color space, chrominance components of the transformed output image are smoothed, the image is re-transforme... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916854 | Methods and apparatus for controlling processing entities, such as distributed signalling gateways A method of controlling a local process that forms part of a first processing entity, where the first processing entity maintains a plurality of associations with a plurality of remote processes in a second processing entity, comprises receiving a failure message fr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7797468 | Method and system for achieving fair command processing in storage systems that implement command-associated priority queuing In certain, currently available data-storage systems, incoming commands from remote host computers are subject to several levels of command-queue-depth-fairness-related throttles to ensure that all host computers accessing the data-storage systems receive a reasonab... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778715 | Methods and systems for a prediction model In at least some embodiments, a method comprises obtaining a state description associated with a system having a component. The method further comprises automatically obtaining a substantially optimal parameterization for the component based on one or more operant c... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7741647 | Utilizing nanowire for different applications One embodiment in accordance with the invention is an apparatus that can include a non-single crystal substrate and a nanowire grown from a surface of the non-single crystal substrate. Furthermore, the apparatus can also include an electrode coupled to the nanowire.... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7647631 | Automated user interaction in application assessment Various embodiments of systems, methods, software tools, etc. for performing an assessment of an application are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for performing an assessment of a web application. One such method comprises: recording user interactions wit... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7621646 | Curved band-pass filter An apparatus includes an electromagnetic radiation source, a reflector about the source having an aperture and a curved band pass filter at least partially across the aperture. ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7546600 | Method of assigning virtual process identifier to process within process domain An embodiment of a method of virtualizing a process identifier begins with creation of a child process from a parent process. The parent process creates the child process by making a system call. If the parent process executes before the child process begins to exec... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546013 | Nanoparticle coupled to waveguide A nanoparticle is able to emit single photons. A waveguide is coupled to the nanoparticle and able to receive the single photons. A backreflector is optically coupled to the waveguide and configured to reflect the single photons toward the waveguide. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539769 | Automated deployment and management of network devices An automated provisioning and management system for network devices includes a library of commands that are generic to all devices of interest, and device-specific plug-ins for implementing those commands in each of the different devices. A user can select any one o... | 05/26/2009 |
