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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132662 | Managing Delivery of Electronic Messages In certain embodiments, a method for managing delivery of electronic messages includes receiving an electronic message, the electronic message having an intended recipient, and analyzing the electronic message to determine a priority for the electronic message. The meth... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090132343 | System And Method For Product Level Projections Of Pharmacy Prescriptions Within Product Therapy Classes Systems and methods for product level projections of pharmacy prescriptions within product therapy classes are provided. Average wholesale dollar sales amounts are obtained or estimated at channel/outlet/product-therapy levels. All of the average wholesale dollar sales ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129968 | Titanium alloy and automotive exhaust systems thereof An oxidation resistant, high strength titanium alloy, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of automotive exhaust system components and other applications requiring oxidation resistance and strength at elevated temperatures. The alloy comprises, in weight perc... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127703 | Method and System for Providing a Low-Profile Semiconductor Assembly A semiconductor assembly is provided that includes a substrate that has a first surface. A chip is coupled to the substrate. The chip has a second surface that faces the first surface of the substrate. The chip is spaced apart from the substrate forming a gap. At least ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20080305733 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers inst... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080302458 | Adjustable Inner Tube An adjustable inner tube for a pneumatic tire includes a valve and a continuous tube. The continuous tube includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment covers a portion of the second segment and the second segment may slide relative to the fir... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080302266 | Temperature Controlled Railway Car Support Post A railcar system includes a plurality of railcar walls and a plurality of railcar support posts each coupled to at least one of the plurality of walls. Each of the plurality of support posts comprises a web portion comprising a non-metallic material and a plurality of f... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080306863 | System and Method for Managing Trading Using Alert Messages for Outlying Trading Orders According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. In a market for a particular type of instrument, buy orders and sell orders are received from a plurality of traders. Each buy order has an associated bid price and each sell order has an associated ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080306763 | System and Method for Modifying Risk Factors by a Healthcare Individual at a Remote Location A method for modifying risk factors by a healthcare individual at a remote location includes interacting with a participant at a remote location to obtain health-related data, such that the interaction occurs during a live video session. The healthcare individual determ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080306762 | System and Method for Managing Absenteeism in an Employee Environment A system for managing absenteeism includes an absence manager, employees, and healthcare individuals. Absence manager can capture health-related data associated with employee and reason for employee absence. Healthcare individuals can receive a report associated with th... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080303942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TEXT CAPTIONS FROM VIDEO AND GENERATING VIDEO SUMMARIES Caption boxes which are embedded in video content can be located and the text within the caption boxes decoded. Real time processing is enhanced by locating caption box regions in the compressed video domain and performing pixel based processing operations within the re... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080297327 | Coupling of Communications Signals to a Power Line In one embodiment, a system for coupling a communications signal to a medium-voltage power line includes a surge arrester electrically coupled to a medium-voltage power line and a disconnect device electrically coupled to the surge arrester. The disconnect device is ele... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080295924 | Steel Sheet Excellent in Workability and Method for Producing the Same The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in workability, which may be used for components of an automobile or the like, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steel sheet ex... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080295727 | Railcar Support Beam System and Method A railcar system includes a railcar bed and a beam structure positioned on the railcar bed. The beam structure comprises a plurality of support beams spaced apart vertically and positioned on the railcar bed such that a longitudinal axis of each support beam is generall... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080295311 | Multifunctional Unit The invention relates to a multifunctional unit for machining workpieces preferably consisting at least partially of wood, wood materials, plastics or the like, with a plurality of vertical drill spindles, a plurality of horizontal drill spindles, and at least one fixed... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080301429 | Dual Cryptographic Keying A dual cryptographic keying system. In particular implementations, a method includes responsive to an initial session key negotiation, storing security association information for a tunnel in a security association memory; responsive to a session key renegotiation, stor... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080300799 | System And Method For Multiple-Factor Selection The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for multiple-factor selection. The factors can be features or elements that are jointly associated with one or more outcomes by their joint presence or absence. There may be a non-causative correlation between the factors... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080298671 | Method For Increasing The Accuracy Of The Positioning Of A First Object Relative To A Second Object A method is provided for increasing the accuracy of the positioning of a first object relative to a second object. The method overcomes the disadvantageous influence of thermal drift between a first and a second object during a positioning of a first object on a second ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080301063 | System and Method for Managing Trading Using Alert Messages for Outlying Trading Orders According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. In a market for a particular type of instrument, buy orders and sell orders are received from a plurality of traders. Each buy order has an associated bid price and each sell order has an associated ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080301407 | Resolving A Layer 3 Address In A Processor System With A Unified IP Presence Resolving a Layer 3 address includes maintaining an address resolution table at each slave processor of a number of slave processors. The slave processors have a master processor, and the master processor and the slave processors are associated with a unified address. A... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080298391 | Slow-Start Adaptive Mechanisms to Improve Efficiency of Bandwidth Allocation Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to improving the efficiency of bandwidth allocation schemes by adapting to slow-start mechanisms associated with network communications protocols, such as the TCP/IP protocol suite. In one implementation, the present invention s... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080296546 | CABLE FOR USE IN SAFETY BARRIER A cable for use in a safety barrier is provided. A cable for use in a safety barrier may include a plastic core wire and a plurality of metal wires disposed adjacent to and longitudinally to the plastic core wire. The cable may be pre-stretched prior to installation in ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080294387 | MARTINGALE CONTROL OF PRODUCTION FOR OPTIMAL PROFITABILITY OF OIL AND GAS FIELDS A computer-aided lean management (CALM) controller system recommends actions and manages production in an oil and gas reservoir/field as its properties and conditions change with time. The reservoir/field is characterized and represented as an electronic-field (“e-fie... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080293677 | Use of Alternating Amine and Non-Amine Bisphosphonate Combinations For Treating Osteoporosis A method of treating osteoporosis in a human in need thereof by administering alternating amine and non-amine bisphosphonates in a defined dosing schedule. The invention demonstrates an effective response and sustained benefit in the treatment of osteoporosis. Particula... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080292778 | One-step Phosphorylcholine-linked polymer coating and drug loading of stent A one step method for drug coating an interventional device is disclosed by mixing a drug with a phosphorylcholine-linked methacrylate polymer in a liquid and applying the mixture to an interventional device, such as a stent, in a single step.... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080289481 | SCAT GUITAR SIGNAL PROCESSOR The disclosed subject matter includes, in one aspect, a signal processor having circuitry configured to substitute an assortment of pre-recorded sounds in place of the sound of the guitar. The pre-recorded sounds are triggered by a guitar note that is above a certain th... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080292088 | System and Method for Routing Calls Across Call Managers Using a Route Plan A call manager includes a first device process that controls a first telephony device and that receives a call request from the first telephony device. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a second telephony device. The call manager also includes... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080295144 | Network client validation of network management frames Methods and systems for use in a wireless client that includes one or more wireless network interfaces for communicating with at least one access point wherein the method enables the wireless client to validate the authenticity and integrity of received management frame... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294745 | Method and System for Community Data Caching A cache module (26) at a client computer (12) controls a cache portion (28) on a storage device (24). The cache module communicates with other cache modules at other clients to form a cache community (15). The cache modules store World... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294567 | System and Method for Providing an Index Linked to Separately Managed Accounts A system comprises a memory operable to store a master index that is based at least in part on a separately managed account (SMA) index, a market index, a first weight associated with the SMA index, and a second weight associated with the market index. The system furthe... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080285971 | SWITCH FOR OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS The described subject matter concerns efficient routing of data in an optical network. An optical switching element utilizes a noise reduction circuit to eliminate glitches in the optical signal, and thereby enable highly scalable, cascadeable switching networks to be c... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080285470 | Determining An Active/Standby State From Service Readiness Determining an active/standby state of one or more modules of a network element includes provisioning a path through the modules, where the path is for providing a service. A signal is introduced into the path, and the path is monitored. The service is established to be... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080287359 | CADHERIN-11-MEDIATED MODULATION OF HAIR GROWTH The present invention provides for methods of inhibiting hair growth, comprising decreasing the level of CAD1 1 mRNA and/or protein in hair follicle cells of a subject. The present invention further provides for methods of promoting hair growth, comprising increasing th... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080285530 | Wireless Node Location Mechanism Featuring Definition of Search Region to Optimize Location Computation A wireless node location mechanism that defines a search region to optimize the computations associated with estimating the location of a given wireless node. According to one implementation, a coverage map associated with each radio receiver that records signal strengt... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080281745 | System And Method For Requesting A Support Service From An Electronic Trading System A system for providing a support service includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory stores context information associated with a trader of a trading system. The processors provide a button that when selected initiates the communication of a support service... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080280338 | Biofuel Processing System According to one embodiment, a biofuel processing system includes a biomass conversion system, a gasification reactor and/or a pyrolysis reactor, and a synthetic fuel creation system. The biomass conversion system uses a biological process to create a low-molecular-weig... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080280089 | Method for manufacturing lightweight building boards The invention relates to methods for manufacturing lightweight building boards (1) starting from a workpiece (2) which comprises two thin-walled cover layers (4, 6) and at least one core layer (8) which is disposed between the cover layers (<... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080280637 | Method and System for Handling Dynamic Incidents A method for handling dynamic incidents includes initiating a first policy in response to a first incident. The first policy comprises a plurality of actions to be performed in response to the first incident. The method also includes creating at least one virtual talk g... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080280028 | Method and device for coating a surface The invention relates to a method for coating a surface of an article (2), including the following steps: providing an article (2), in particular a workpiece, which is to be coated on one surface, and producing a coating on the surface to be coated of the ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080272422 | Transistor Providing Different Threshold Voltages and Method of Fabrication Thereof A transistor includes a channel region with a first portion and a second portion. A length of the first portion is smaller than a length of the second portion. The first portion has a higher threshold voltage than the second portion. The lower threshold voltage of the s... | 11/06/2008 |
