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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047567 | ADVERTISEMENT TRANSCODING AND APPROVAL Advertising parameters and associated television advertisements are received from advertisers. The television advertisements can be designated as pending approval. An automated approval process and a television provider approval process can be utilized to approve or dis... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047139 | Business Listing Search A method of operating a voice-enabled business directory search system includes receiving category-business pairs, each category-business pair including a business category and a specific business, and establishing a data structure having nodes based on the category-bus... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047079 | DIGITAL CONTENT PUBLICATION A method and system for receiving digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. In an embodiment, the method and system inputs publication information associated with the digital content, produces protected digital content, stores the protected digit... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046918 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIBRARY OF SPECTRA A method of generating a library from a reference substrate for use in processing product wafers is described. The method includes measuring substrate characteristics at a plurality of well-defined points of a reference substrate, measuring spectra at plurality of measu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046394 | Pharmaceutical Process and Intermediates 714 The invention relates to compounds of formula (X), and salts thereof, and their use as intermediates in improved manufacturing processes for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compound (I): X is ═O, ═N—OH ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046135 | NEW COMPOUNDS I The present application relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, and to the use of the compounds as leptin receptor... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041141 | Virtual Object Indirection in a Hosted Computer Environment A computer-implemented method of managing computer macros is discussed. This method includes identifying a macro stored at a hosted computer system, executing the macro by traversing lines of commands in the macro, and identifying one of a plurality of different service... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041140 | Event-Triggered Server-Side Macros A computer-implemented method of managing computer macros is disclosed. The method includes storing code for a computer macro at an internet-accessible hosted computer system and associating the stored code with a user account on the hosted computer system. The method a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041087 | CONTEXT-AWARE CHARTING Methods, program products, and systems for displaying context-aware charts are described. In context-aware charts, content of a chart can reflect a context of the chart. A charting object can be defined using a data series. The system can dynamically determine what subs... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041009 | MANAGING EXTRINSIC PROCESSES Methods, program products, and systems for monitoring extrinsic processes are described. A monitoring process can monitor one or more target processes. The target processes can be extrinsic, e.g., not spawned by the monitoring process. The monitoring process reads a pro... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041007 | Controller For Reading Data From Non-Volatile Memory The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to solid state drive controllers. In some implementations, a device includes a buffer that holds a block of data corresponding to a command from a host. The command identifies the block of data and a logica... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040996 | PROVIDING A USER WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user with feedback regarding power consumption in a battery-operated electronic device. In one aspect, a method performed by data processing apparatus incl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040990 | Providing A User With Feedback Regarding Power Consumption In Battery-Operated Electronic Devices Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user with feedback regarding power consumption in a battery-operated electronic device. In one aspect, a method is performed by one or more data processing... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040980 | File Management Safe Deposit Box Safe deposit box functionality is disclosed. In one aspect, first input dragging-and-dropping a first file representation onto a safe deposit box icon is received, and a file corresponding to the first file representation is encrypted. Second input selecting the safe de... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040824 | Shared Server-Side Macros A computer-implemented method of managing computer macros is disclosed. The method comprises storing code for a macro at a location in an internet-accessible hosted computer system, and receiving a request, from an application that is running on a client computer remote... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040793 | Administration Groups Methods, program products, and systems for managing database access privileges using administration groups are described. Administrative functions for managing a database server and administrative functions for managing collections of databases can be separated. Groups ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040768 | CONTEXT BASED RESOURCE RELEVANCE A resource context system (“context system”) computes a contextual profile for a resource based on selection data for the resource and contextual profiles of other resources that are identified as relevant to the resource. The contextual profile includes values that... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040747 | REFERENCE FILE FOR FORMATTED VIEWS Methods, program products, and systems for displaying data in formatted views using reference files are described. In some implementations, a database application program can generate a result set using one or more queries. The result set can contain actual data from a ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040745 | QUICK FIND FOR DATA FIELDS Methods, program products, and systems for automatically searching data in multiple data fields are described. A user can view data retrieved from a database and formatted based on a layout. While viewing the data, the user can perform a search using one or more search ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040741 | Methods and Systems for Endorsing Local Search Results Methods and systems for improving user search experience with a search engine by providing a way for associated users to create and share personalized lists of local search results and/or advertisements through endorsements of such local search results and/or ads. Local... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040644 | ANNOTATING CONTENT Content can be annotated with indications that contextually-related content associated with the annotation is available to a user in order to allow a user to more easily locate and access contextually-related content, particularly where hypertext links are unsuitable, s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040617 | MANAGEMENT OF PUBLISHER YIELD Publisher yield can be managed by establishing a revenue model that represents a relationship between ad revenue for a publisher of a web site and a plurality of parameters. The parameters can include, e.g., a minimum price for an advertiser to place an ad on a web page... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040242 | PORTABLE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CARTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS A lightweight, easy-to-assemble, and portable cart for the performance of peritoneal dialysis is disclosed. The cart includes a top shelf, bottom shelf, and at least four adjustable connecting members or legs. The top shelf has a top surface designed to receive a PD cyc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040105 | PROCESSES USEFUL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF (R)-1--2-METHYL-PYRROLIDINE Processes useful for making a pharmaceutically useful compound according to Formula (I), forms of such a compound, and intermediates useful in such processes are described. ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038332 | SDMA Multi-Device Wireless Communications The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to wireless communications. A described system, for example, includes a device configured to transmit signals, in a frequency band, to the wireless communication devices. The signals can include spatially s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037982 | Laser Targeting Mechanism An automated test equipment system includes a peripheral including first mechanical alignment features; a test head including second mechanical alignment features arranged in a pattern corresponding to the first mechanical alignment features and configured to engage the... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036576 | HEATED FLUID INJECTION USING MULTILATERAL WELLS A well system includes a main wellbore extending from a terranean surface toward a subterranean zone. A first lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone. A second lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036575 | PRODUCING RESOURCES USING HEATED FLUID INJECTION A system for treating a subterranean zone (110) includes a downhole fluid heater (120) installed in a wellbore (114). Treatment fluid, oxidant, and fuel conduits (124a, 124b, and 124c) connect fuel, oxidant ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035274 | Determining Impressions for Mobile Devices Methods, systems and apparatus for determining impressions of advertisements placed on rendered web pages displayed in a viewport of a mobile device. An impression is determined to have occurred if a display of an advertisement in the viewport exceeds certain display th... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035166 | DRIVE TECHNIQUES FOR A DIGITAL FLOWMETER Drive techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The drive techniques account for delays caused during digital signal processing of sensor signals that correspond to a motion of a flowtube, as well as drive signals that impart motion to the flowtube. Such delays ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034816 | ECG Rhythm Advisory Method A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG) signals into a frequency domain representation comprising a plurality of dis... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030969 | FLOW CONTROL IN A WELL BORE A system for installation in a well bore includes a flow control device and a control unit coupled to the flow control device. The flow control device is changeable from a first state to a second state. The first state corresponds to a first mode of fluid communication ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030092 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF The present document is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The document further relates ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029725 | Switching Drivers Between Processors Systems, methods, and computer software for operating a device can be used to operate the device in multiple modes. The device can be operated in a first operating mode adapted for processing data, in which a first processor executes a driver for a nonvolatile memory an... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029651 | DYNAMIC SERVER CONSOLIDATION AND RATIONALIZATION MODELING TOOL A method and system for providing efficient and flexible techniques for modeling technical and economic benefits of consolidating information technology (IT) systems, hardware, software, network, and other infrastructure are described. The system includes a data process... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029376 | IMPRESSION FORECASTING AND RESERVATION ANALYSIS Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting forecasted impressions randomly with respect to their impression times. For each randomly selected forecasted impression, a set of matching reservations are ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029373 | MEDIA PLAY OPTIMIZATION USING MAKE GOOD STRATEGIES Systems, methods, and a user interface for automatically scheduling a media play are disclosed. The user can specify, via the user interface, a strategy for how missed plays are made good. A play verifier reports which scheduled advertisements failed to play on a period... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029319 | IMPRESSION FORECASTING AND RESERVATION ANALYSIS Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing sharded reservation queries for corresponding publisher data shards. Each publisher data shard stores a proper subset of impression records corresponding to... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028704 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING INVERTASE PROTEINS Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026517 | Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) An adaptation proxy, a computer system, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program product for enabling presence and remote call control services between client devices served by different SIP servers. In one aspect, the adaptation proxy integrable into a com... | 02/03/2011 |
