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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110040331 | POSTERIOR STABILIZER A dynamic hybrid stabilization system having a plurality of affixation elements coupled to a spinal segment having at least two intervertebral spaces, each affixation element having a medially extending connector element. A plurality of dynamic stabilization devices hav... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038318 | UBIQUITOUS ACCESS TO FEMTO-CONNECTED NETWORK A system and method of enabling a mobile device to communicate with a local IP network host and an external IP network host using a femto cellular access point on a femto cellular access network. A local gateway is coupled to the femto cellular access network for receiv... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS RELAY FRAME STRUCTURE, PROTOCOL, AND OPERATION A relay station is provided for use in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled to a backhaul network and at least one mobile station. The relay station is shared by at least a first... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANDIDATE LIST GENERATION FOR UPLINK V-MIMO A method selects mobile station candidates for use with virtual multiple-input multiple-output (“V-MIMO”) in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one base station and a plurality of mobile stations. At least one downlink metric is deter... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034184 | LOCATION BASED DATA ACQUISITION A method, apparatus, and system for providing information related to a geographic location of a user of a mobile device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a location of the mobile device is determined. Information related to the location is also determined. The related... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032120 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFRACTION DETECTION BASED ON VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW DATA Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for vehicle speed acquisition and citation. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, multiple different imaging systems can be placed individually at different l... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029048 | COMPLIANT BALLOON A cryogenic medical device is provided, including a catheter body defining a proximal portion and a distal portion; a expandable treatment element on the distal portion of the catheter body; a plurality of granules disposed within the expandable treatment element; an en... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028966 | MONO-PHASIC ACTION POTENTIAL ELECTROGRAM RECORDING CATHETER, AND METHOD Catheters and methods for obtaining monophasic action potential (“MAP”) electrograms include a flexible catheter body defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal assembly affixed to the catheter body distal end defining a distal tip. The distal assembly has at least ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028962 | ADJUSTABLE PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION CATHETER A medical device is provided, including an elongate body defining a lumen therethrough; a shaft extending through the lumen; and an electrode array coupled to the elongate body at a first end and coupled to the shaft at a second end, where linear manipulation of the sha... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028820 | MONO-PHASIC ACTION POTENTIAL ELECTROGRAM RECORDING CATHETER, AND METHOD Catheters and methods for obtaining monophasic action potential (“MAP”) electrograms include a flexible catheter body defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal assembly affixed to the catheter body distal end defining a distal tip. The distal assembly has at least ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025498 | INTERFERENCE DETECTOR RESULTING IN THRESHOLD ADJUSTMENT A method and system are provided for adjusting a threshold value of an alarm for a metal detecting system, based on a detected interference with other systems that operate at adjacent frequencies. The method and system include receiving a plurality of sample values and ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110019768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECTRALLY EFFICIENT LINK ADAPTATION USING HARQ IN OFDMA SYSTEMS A method increases spectral efficiency in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one mobile station and is capable of transmitting messages encoded according to a plurality of available modulation coding schemes (“MCSs”). Each available M... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTO DETECTION OF AAL5 TYPE FRAMES FOR VCC AND VPC SWITCHES In Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) communications networks, certain congestion control features, such as Partial Packet Discard (PPD) and Early Packet Discard (EPD), operate on ATM cells that have been segmented from ATM Adaptation Layer #5 (AAL5) frames (packets). AAL... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016519 | DEVICE PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK BASED PACKET FILTER A method is provided for filtering unwanted packets in a communication system. The communication system includes a first network, a wireless network and at least one wireless communication device. An instruction to add an entry to a blocked list is received from a speci... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110016378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AND MARKING HYPERIMAGES WHEN DISPLAYED A method and apparatus for processing a digital image are disclosed. Information, materials and metadata may be associated with the image, thereby forming a HyperImage™. A method includes evaluating metadata associated with an image, determining that the image is a Hy... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIVERSITY USING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY/DIVISION MULTIPLEXING A method and system for achieving a link budget improvement in a diverse OFDM radio system by addressing the timing misalignment issue that can occur due to the differences in propagation time in signals between mobile stations and Radio Access Nodes. Timing misalignmen... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING AND RETRIEVING ASSOCIATED INFORMATION WITH A DIGITAL IMAGE A method and apparatus for processing metadata of an image are disclosed. The metadata is associated with the image and an applet views the metadata in response to selection of the image. The metadata may include links to websites, audio files, video files, and text fil... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCED SYSTEM-TIME OVERHEAD PARAMETER LENGTH REPRESENTATION FOR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION A wireless access terminal, system and method for the wireless access terminal to synchronize to system times in a wireless communication system. A first timing hierarchy in a first wireless communication network is used to operate the wireless access terminal. The firs... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003597 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE IN FEMTO CELL DEPLOYMENTS A method and system provide a plurality of femto cells that are deployed within a macro cell of cellular network. The femto cells improve cellular service inside structures, such as residential and commercial structures. Femto base stations convert signals between an ai... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001620 | COMBINATION EAS AND RFID SECURITY TAG HAVING STRUCTURE FOR ORIENTING A HYBRID ANTENNA RFID ELEMENT A security tag including independent EAS and RFID components disposed in a housing configured for geometric placement of the RFID and EAS components for optimum RFID performance. The EAS component is situated in a first compartment and the RFID component is situated in ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000314 | DEVICE MEASURING THE WIND SPEED AND THE WIND DIRECTION A device measuring the speed or the direction of the wind, characterized in that it consists of the main body (1), which is hollow and can be divided into two parts and an electronic circuit (9) can be placed into the inside part thereof, and of the rotor ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100324662 | STENT HAVING HELICAL ELEMENTS An expandable stent comprised of a plurality of helical segments is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stent is generally cylindrical in shape having a cylindrical axis, and comprises a first and second set of helical segments. The helical segments in the first set are s... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100324661 | STENT HAVING HELICAL ELEMENTS An expandable stent comprised of a plurality of helical segments is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stent is generally cylindrical in shape having a cylindrical axis, and comprises a first and second set of helical segments. The helical segments in the first set are s... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100308998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A BREACH OF AN ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE TAG An EAS tag is provided having improved anti-defeat devices and methods. A pin assembly is coupled to a lanyard and includes a reduced cross-sectional profile that may be passed through a monitored article to produce no damage or minimal damage to the monitored article. ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308956 | WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY FOR SENSORS A wireless access point communicates messages in an electronic article surveillance (EAS) network. The EAS network includes at least one EAS sensor hard-wired to at least one wireless device node. The wireless access point includes a wired communication interface, a wir... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100300400 | ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Internal Combustion Engine, Rotary Engine Type, with Distinct Conception, Durability and Performance, Applied to all Types of Vehicle or Industrial Equipment, represented by an inventive solution of a rotary engine, which aggregates value by promoting a distinct concept... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100287998 | PINLESS SECURITY DEVICE A security device is removably affixable to an article. The security device includes a housing having a securing pad, a locking element and a strap. The locking element is disposed within the housing. The strap includes a first end having a latching region that is inser... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100286677 | CRYOSURGICAL CATHETER A cryogenic catheter includes an outer flexible member having at least one cryogenic fluid path through the flexible member. The at least one fluid path is defined by a plurality of flexible members disposed within the outer flexible member.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286676 | CRYOSURGICAL CATHETER A cryogenic catheter includes an outer flexible member having at least one cryogenic fluid path through the flexible member. The at least one fluid path is defined by a plurality of flexible members disposed within the outer flexible member.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL QUALITY MEASUREMENTS A method and apparatus are provided for measuring channel quality over which has been transmitted a sequence of symbols produced by encoding and constellation mapping a source data element sequence. The method includes receiving a sequence of received symbols over the c... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279830 | EXERCISE BELT An exercise apparatus for performing a variety of different exercises. An exercise belt sized to encircle and be secured around a user's waist includes a belt portion having one or more apertures. One or more movable members are adapted to move along the belt portion an... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100278540 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CUT-THROUGH PATHS IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A system, device, and method for supporting cut-through pats in an optical communication system involves obtaining hop count and quality of service information by an initiating device and using the hop count and quality of service information by the initiating device to... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100278288 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTER-CARRIER INTERFERENCE-LIMITED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A method and system for wireless communication channel estimation. A frequency offset hypothesis is determined. An interchannel interference (“ICI”) matrix based on the frequency offset hypothesis is generated. Pilot channel estimates based on the ICI matrix are obt... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100268817 | HIERARCHICAL TREE-BASED PROTECTION SCHEME FOR MESH NETWORKS In a hierarchical tree-based protection scheme, a node in a mesh network is designated as a root node of a spanning hierarchical protection tree and subsequently invites each adjacent node to become its child within the tree. If the inviting node provides a more capacio... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100261990 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD A catheter assembly for use in an anatomy can include an elongated body, which can have a proximal end and a distal end. The body can also define a lumen from the proximal end to the distal end. The assembly can include at least one electrode, which can be coupled to th... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100261989 | CATHETER A catheter includes an outer jacket, a shaft member, a transition member and a core member. The outer jacket has a first interior passage at a proximal end and a second interior passage at a distal end. The shaft member is arranged within the outer jacket. The transitio... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100260197 | IN-BAND SIGNALING FOR POINT-MULTIPOINT PACKET PROTECTION SWITCHING A method and system provide in-band protection switch signaling in a communication system arranged as a point-to-multipoint tree. The point-to-multipoint tree includes a root node communicatively coupled to a plurality of leaf nodes through both a working link and a pro... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100247302 | WIND ENERGY SYSTEM A method and system for harvesting wind energy. The system may include a wind turbine disposed subjacent to a roof assembly of building. A plurality of conduits are adjacent to and extending below the wind turbine, wherein each of the plurality of conduits defines a fir... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT FOR ETHERNET MULTISERVICE INTERWORKING OVER MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING A method and system for maintaining quality of service parameters for transmissions as a native Ethernet service between a first network having a first communication protocol and a second network having a second communication protocol that is different from the first co... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100241058 | OCT GUIDED TISSUE ABLATION A method and system of ablating tissue under optical coherence tomography guidance including inserting an optical coherence tomography catheter into a patient's vasculature; navigating the catheter to a target site; imaging and mapping target tissue at the target site u... | 09/23/2010 |
