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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183649 | Buried aperture nitride light-emitting device A buried aperture in a nitride light emitting device is described. The aperture is formed in an aperture layer, typically an amorphous or polycrystalline material over an active layer that includes a nitride material. The aperture layer material typically also inclu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181336 | Micro-assembler A xerographic micro-assembler system, method and apparatus that includes a sorting unit that is adapted to receive a plurality of micro-objects. The micro-objects can also be sorted and oriented on the sorting unit and then transferred to a substrate. The system, me... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177323 | Variable data imaging According to some embodiments, a method for printing an image on a substrate includes applying a clear liftoff material to a surface of the substrate to form a sacrificial pattern, the clear liftoff material being substantially optically clear, and applying a first ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176030 | System and method for providing full-text search integration in XQuery A system and method for providing full-text search integration in XQuery is presented. A built-in search function defined in an XQuery language is implemented, and a full-text search is initiated. The search function includes one or more search terms and a relation ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174078 | Flat-panel display semiconductor process for efficient manufacturing An embodiment is a method and apparatus to fabricate a flat panel display. A poly-last structure is formed for a display panel using an amorphous silicon or amorphous silicon compatible process. The poly-last structure has a channel silicon precursor. The display pa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171105 | Modification of information utility based upon context A method of disseminating information in system having data sources and data recipients includes receiving a generic utility function at a data source for information to be delivered to a data recipient based upon an application for which the information is to be us... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166056 | System and method for searching annotated document collections Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed sharing and searching annotated document collections. In one embodiment, the method may be performed by: transforming a plurality of document identifiers and their associated set of tags into a s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165985 | System and method for performing discovery of digital information in a subject area A system and method for performing discovery of digital information in a subject area is provided. Each of topics in a subject area, training material for the topics, and a corpus comprising digital information are designated. Topic models for each of the topics are... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165705 | Methods and systems for continuously estimating persistent and intermittent failure probabilities for production resources Production control systems and methods are presented for estimation of production resource failure probabilities in which a set of four count values are maintained and updated for each resource including a first count value m11 indicating a number of plan... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165129 | Method and apparatus for facilitating re-transmitting unacknowledged packets One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating re-transmitting packets in a communication network. During operation, the system transmits one or more acknowledgments to a neighbor in a designated time slot. Next, the system receives one o... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165118 | Voice over content centric networks A system for facilitating voice calls over a content centric network (CCN) receives from a CCN user an expressed interest in receiving voice calls directed to the CCN user, wherein information in the CCN can be addressed, located, and disseminated by its content ide... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164122 | Thin film field effect transistor with dual semiconductor layers A thin film field effect transistor is disclosed which provides improved time-based channel stability. The field effect transistor includes first and second disordered semiconductor layers separated by an insulator. In an embodiment a carrier injection terminal is p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161534 | Authenticating users with memorable personal questions One embodiment provides a system that verifies a user's identity. The system generates a list including a plurality of items and formulates a substantially large set of security questions base on the plurality of items. The number of questions in the set is signific... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160069 | System for forwarding a packet with a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier One embodiment provides a system that receives a packet with a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier (HSVLI). An HSVLI indicates a piece or collection of content and may be hierarchically structured, comprising contiguous components ordered from a mos... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158973 | Organic memory array with ferroelectric field-effect transistor pixels An organic non-volatile memory array including multiple pixels and associated signal lines that are disposed on and between a substrate, a single ferroelectric dielectric layer, and a single organic dielectric layer, where each pixel includes a ferroelectric field-e... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158465 | Vertical coffee-stain method for forming self-organized line structures A “vertical” coffee-stain method for producing self-organized line structures and other very fine features that involves disposing a target structure in a solution made up of a fine particle solute dispersed in a liquid solvent such that a “waterline” is for... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156725 | COcapture during compressed air energy storage A compressed air energy storage system and method of capturing CO2 during compressed air energy storage the system and method including a gas inlet pipe, at least one air compressor stage attached to the gas inlet pipe and adapted for compression of a gas... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156430 | System and method for clustering nodes of a tree structure A system and method for clustering nodes of a tree structure is provided. A plurality of messages is maintained. Each message is represented as a node in a tree structure. A word vector is assigned to each message. Pairs of the nodes are identified based on relation... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156337 | Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium Pre-authentication information of devices is used to securely authenticate arbitrary peer-to-peer ad-hoc interactions. In one embodiment, public key cryptography is used in the main wireless link with location-limited channels being initially used to pre-authenticat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154009 | Light emitting structure including high-al content MQWH A GaN/AlN superlattice is formed over a GaN/sapphire template structure, serving in part as a strain relief layer for growth of subsequent layers (e.g., deep UV light emitting diodes). The GaN/AlN superlattice mitigates the strain between a GaN/sapphire template and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153950 | Obtaining sensing results and/or data in response to object detection An encoder/sensor can obtain sensing results from objects in an encoding/sensing region; a trigger detector can respond to objects in a trigger detection region, providing respective trigger signals; and a relative motion component can cause relative motion of objec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153949 | Obtaining sensing results indicating time variation In response to objects having relative motion within an encoding/sensing region relative to an encoder/sensor that, e.g., photosenses emanating light or performs impedance-based sensing, sensing results can indicate sensed time-varying waveforms with information abo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152290 | Customization of curable ink prints by molding A system has a print head to dispense ink onto a print surface to form a printed image, a molding surface to contact the ink to form an informational image in at least the surface of the ink, and a radiation source to solidify the ink into the printed and informatio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145335 | Exception handling A system that re-plans jobs based at least in part on user preferences in response to system component errors includes an exception handler that receives an exception from one of a plurality of components executing a plan to process a job. The system further include... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145334 | Methods and systems for active diagnosis through logic-based planning A control systems and methods are presented for controlling a production system, in which a model-based planner includes a formulation, such as a SAT formulation representing possible actions in the production, with a solver being used to provide a solution to the f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144947 | System and method for finding a picture image in an image collection using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints An image management method and system provides for storing, indexing, searching and/or retrieving image data. The content of an image collection is pre-processed to identify stable and repeatable keypoints for each image in the collection. Fingerprint information is... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143791 | Control system for light-emitting device A control system for a light-emitting device may include test circuitry, photodetectors, and process circuitry. The test circuitry is configured to sequentially drive individual groups of light-emitting elements in a light-emitting device during a test sequence. Eac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143647 | Relaxed InGaN/AlGaN templates A relaxed InGaN template employs a GaN or InGaN nucleation layer grown at low temperatures on a conventional base layer (e.g., sapphire). The nucleation layer is typically very rough and multi-crystalline. A single-crystal InGaN buffer layer is then grown at normal ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143154 | Relaxed InGaN/AlGaN templates A relaxed InGaN template is formed by growing a GaN or InGaN nucleation layer at low temperatures on a conventional base layer (e.g., sapphire). The nucleation layer is typically very rough and multi-crystalline. A single-crystal InGaN buffer layer is then grown at ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139865 | Computer-implemented system and method for recognizing patterns in a digital image through document image decomposition A computer-implemented system and method for retrieving a digital image through document image decomposition is provided. A stored digital image is retrieved. Generic visual features are extracted. The features are grouped into a primitive layer including word-graph... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136901 | Method for decimation of images In the case of printing at high addressability, where the cell size is smaller than the spot size, an image can be decimated in a manner that will limit the large accumulation of printed material. The proper decimation of the image will depend on the spot size, the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135956 | Systems and methods for lightweight authentication Techniques are provided for the lightweight authentication of a user to an application, a computer or other device. An interaction element such as a stylus, a pen or marker is uniquely identified. The interactive element is associated with a user. The interaction el... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135325 | Image-drivable flash lamp A flash lamp including an integrated plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a transparent first electrode; a cell including a gas coupled to the transparent first electrode; and a second electrode having a non-uniform surface coupled to the cell. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131850 | Apparatus and methods for managing network resources Apparatus and methods are provided for managing network resources. A central unified services and device management framework is operated to simultaneously manage various types of resources on behalf of multiple organizations. Within the framework, a common manageme... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131762 | Method and system for metadata-driven document management and access control A system is provided to facilitate tag-based organization of documents. During operation, the system receives an original user query. The system extends the query to include documents with an IN-tag and exclude documents with an OUT-tag. The system then performs a s... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130795 | In-band time synchronization technique A communication system includes devices configured to communicate with each other via wireless communication by exchanging information in a sequence of time slots in frames. These time slots may be synchronized across the devices using distributed mutual synchroniza... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130657 | Network routing using a retransmission-time-based link metric A system computes link costs for a multi-hop wireless network. During operation, the system receives topological information for the multi-hop wireless network which includes a set of nodes, a set of links, and a success probability for a respective link. The system... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130654 | Context-aware packet switching Embodiments of a communication system, a method, and a device for use with the communication system are described. Communication between the devices in the communication system may be enabled by the method. In particular, nodes or devices (henceforth referred to as ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130072 | Vanadium oxide thermal microprobes A temperature probe includes a substrate, a cantilever body portion formed on the substrate, having an anchor portion held in contact to the substrate and a free end portion extending out of the surface of the substrate, and a sputter-deposited thermistor sensor por... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126705 | System and method for automatically adjusting floor controls for a conversation A system and method for automatically adjusting floor controls for a conversation is provided. Audio streams are received, which each originate from an audio source. Floor controls for a current configuration including at least a portion of the audio streams are mai... | 02/28/2012 |
