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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047447 | Hyperlinking Web Content In one embodiment, access a first one of one or more network resources, the first network resource comprising one or more keywords. For each of the keywords of the first network resource: request a search engine to conduct a search on the keyword; obtain one or more sec... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047198 | Method for Equitable Resource Sharing Between Local and Network Filesystems Computing resources shared by local and network filesystems may be used to maximum capacity by a single application, or equitably shared by multiple applications under heavy load. A portion of the resources are set aside for local filesystem use and a small number is re... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047036 | ALL-IN-ONE PROXIMITY PAYMENT DEVICE WITH LOCAL AUTHENTICATION A personal powered proximity payment device that can be owned by or issued to an individual user is provided. The device is a non-ISO card device that includes an internal dual-mode (contact and contactless) chip card coupled to a display and a robust PIN entry or biome... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045507 | FSTL-1 AS A BIOMAKER OF INFLAMMATION The invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing severity of particular types of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatic diseases, by assessing protein levels of follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL-1). The level of FSTL-1 protein present in the serum or synovial flu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045164 | PATTERNED MOLD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE An apparatus and method for imprinting a pattern on a medical device to provide a surface with greater surface area and improved adhesion properties.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044698 | Free-Space DQPSK Demodulator A demodulator comprises an input splitter, optical device sets, and couplers. The input splitter splits an input signal comprising symbols to yield a number of signals. A first optical device set directs a signal of along a first path. A second optical device set direct... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROSS-PHASE-MODULATION NOISE REDUCED TRANSMISSION IN HYBRID NETWORKS A system for cross-phase-modulation-noise reduced transmission in hybrid networks includes a first, second, and third set of optical transmitters. The first set of optical transmitters transmits a set of ten gigabit per second signals. The second set of optical transmit... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044354 | Adaptive Packaging of Network Resources In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a data store comprising a log of requests transmitted by a plurality of remote hosts, each request corresponding to one or more resources maintained by a web site; analyzing the requests and one or more attributes of the re... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043897 | Optical Amplifier Card with Pluggable Pump Laser Modules A system for optical communication including an optical amplifier card configured to receive a plurality of pump laser modules. The optical amplifier card includes a receptacle configured to receive the pump laser module, a connector configured to couple the pump laser ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042851 | Molding Apparatus and Method of Forming Undercuts A molding apparatus can include a primary mold, a stripper, and a swinging member. The swinging member can comprise a molding surface defining an undercut portion of a molded item. The swinging member can directly contact or attached to the stripper and the primary mold... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING A PROXIMITY-BASED TRANSACTION DEVICE Reference equipment including a reference card and a reference reader is provided for testing electronic payment devices such as cards and card readers. The reference equipment includes reference cards and reference readers that respectively can be used to verify compli... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042201 | In situ Plating And Soldering Of Materials Covered With A Surface Film The disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for etching and/or metal plating of substrate materials. An exemplary method in accordance with the disclosed subject matter for metal-plating or etching a substrate includes submerging portions of the substrate ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042134 | System And Method For Protection Against Skimming Of Information From Contactless Cards Contactless payment cards with on-card microchips are transported in mailers with RF shielding. The RF shielding is designed to prevent communication with and skimming of information from the contactless cards enclosed in the mailers while in transit.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040797 | GEOGRAPHY BRICKS FOR DE-IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTHCARE DATA Techniques of the described subject matter employ a break down algorithm in which a population of individuals is broken down into segments that have a greater number of individuals than a threshold minimum. Information on aggregated individuals may then be used to accom... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040769 | Query-URL N-Gram Features in Web Ranking In one embodiment, access one or more pairs of search query and clicked Uniform Resource Locator (URL). For each of the pairs of search query and clicked URL, segment the search query into one or more query segments and the clicked URL into one or more URL segments; con... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040756 | System and Method for Providing Recommendations Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing recommendations for an activity to a user are provided. In one method, the method tracks status information of a plurality of users, and detects a trigger for providing recommendations for an activity. In res... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040736 | Personal Data Platform Receive a plurality of data management policies from a user. Store in a memory the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user. Receive personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040608 | Methods and Systems for an Improved Rewards Program Systems and methods encourage customer loyalty by providing an enhanced rewards program. A customer with an account with an account provider may receive a reward (e.g., cash back) for activity with respect to the account. To encourage loyalty, the customer may be asked ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038682 | System and Method for Restraining a Vehicle Using Straps A vehicle restraint system includes a strap assembly configured to be positioned on a portion of a tire of a vehicle to secure the vehicle to a configurable track assembly, such that the strap assembly is configured to be coupled to the configurable track assembly on in... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038681 | System and Method for Restraining a Vehicle Using a Remote Winch A vehicle restraint system includes a strap assembly configured to be positioned on a portion of a tire of a vehicle to secure the vehicle to a track, a first chock assembly configured to be coupled to the track on inboard side of the tire and coupled to a first end of ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038294 | Timing Adjustment in Multi-Hop Communication System A timing adjustment method for use in a multi-hop communication system is provided. The system includes a source apparatus, a destination apparatus and one or more intermediate apparatuses, said source apparatus being operable to transmit information along a series of l... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038293 | Timing Adjustment in Multi-Hop Communication System A timing adjustment method for use in a multi-hop communication system is provided. The system includes a source apparatus, a destination apparatus and one or more intermediate apparatuses, said source apparatus being operable to transmit information along a series of l... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038267 | System and Method for Monitoring the Connectivity of a Path Between Nodes in a Network A method and system for determining a path between nodes in a network are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for determining a path between nodes in a network comprises a destination node and a link aggregation group (LAG) th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033138 | PACKAGE CLOSURE FOR WITHSTANDING INTERNAL FORCES A reclosable package comprises a first panel having first and second side sections and a second panel having first and second side sections. The first panel opposes the second panel and is joined to the second panel along the first and second side sections. A bottom ext... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032844 | Method and System for Configuring Wireless Routers and Networks A method and system for configuring a wireless router and a wireless communications network includes establishing connectivity between a wireless router and at least one wireline router. Connectivity between the wireless router and a plurality of neighboring wireless ro... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031153 | Multi-Compartment Container System A food container system that comprises a tray member that is the primary storage container, a first lid member that is molded to comprise a plurality of recesses of either similar or varying sizes to house various foodstuffs, and optionally a third lid member. When asse... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031152 | CONTAINER WITH STACKING FEATURE Container including a bottom and sidewalls with undulating pattern of peaks and valley. At least one stacking feature is provided to allow a plurality of containers to be stacked. In one embodiment, the stacking feature is disposed proximate a bottom edge of the sidewal... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030041 | Session Ticket Authentication Scheme A method of propagating a user's authentication/session information between different requests to Web services in a network includes a web server receiving a request for access to a first web service. The request is intercepted with an agent and authentication credentia... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025710 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE ARCHEOLOGY Systems and methods are described for determining manipulation history among a plurality of images. The described techniques include selecting a pair of images from the plurality of images, detecting one or more manipulations operable to transform one of the images to t... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023933 | Interconnection Schemes for Photovoltaic Cells In particular embodiments, a method is described for fabricating a photovoltaic cell and includes providing a substrate; depositing a bottom contact layer over the substrate; masking one or more portions of the bottom contact layer; depositing one or more photovoltaic a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022964 | RECORDING A HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) SESSION FOR PLAYBACK In one embodiment, a method includes recording a sequence of online activities of a first user. The online activities include online consumption of online content by the first user. The method includes constructing a path based on the sequence of online activities of th... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022775 | ASSIGNING A PHYSICAL ADDRESS TO A DATA STORAGE DEVICE A method of assigning a physical address to a tape-based data storage device is provided. The method includes receiving a first initialization signal from a system controller at an input port associated with a first tape-based data storage device and prohibiting communi... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022760 | SATISFYING A REQUEST FOR A PHYSICAL IMPORT/EXPORT SLOT WITH A SLOT THAT IS NOT A PHYSICAL IMPORT/EXPORT SLOT A request for a physical import/export (I/E) slot is satisfied using a tape library slot that is not a physical I/E slot. According to one embodiment, the request for the physical I/E slot, that is associated with the tape library, is received. A different slot, which i... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022549 | Presenting Search Results Based on User-Customizable Criteria In one embodiment, ranking search results generated in response to search queries comprises: receiving, a search query from a user; identifying a plurality of network contents in response to the search query; determining one or more ranking criteria for the search query... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022537 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BASED ON COMMENTS COLLECTED FROM WEB PAGE USERS USING SOFTWARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESSED WEB PAGES According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for measuring and reporting business intelligence based on comments collected from web page users using software associated with accessed web pages includes: using a computer system, accessing a plurality of use... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022521 | Authentication arrangement and method for use with financial transaction A system and method for generating an authentication token which is used by an issuer associated with a integrated circuit card to authenticate a transaction. A personal card reader receives data, including an authentication cryptogram, from the integrated circuit card.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022359 | System and Method for Measuring Greenness of an Information Technology Environment A computer-implemented method for measuring the “greenness” of an IT environment is provided. The method comprises extracting asset data from a plurality of IT assets located on a network and extracting one or more greenness attributes from each of the plurality of ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022150 | NON-COMPLIANT MULTILAYERED BALLOON FOR A CATHETER A balloon catheter having a multi-layered balloon which has a first layer and at least a second layer, and which has noncompliant limited radial expansion beyond the nominal diameter of the balloon. By selecting the polymeric materials forming the balloon layers, and ar... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PANORAMIC IMAGING Systems and methods for panoramic imaging are disclosed herein. An exemplary system of the disclosed subject matter for panoramic imaging includes a fisheye lens, a mirror optically coupled to the fisheye lens, and a detector for capturing light incident on the fisheye ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018227 | SHOCK ABSORBER There is described a shock absorber strut for a bicycle, comprising a piston (12), a cylinder (13) and a resilient element (20) positioned within the cylinder. The piston extends out of one end of the cylinder, and the other end of the cylinder is c... | 01/27/2011 |
