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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110045896 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING A gaming system including: a plurality of credit meters arranged to store different types of credits including a first credit meter for storing first credits; a currency converter arranged to convert from currency to first credits and from first credits to currency at a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041691 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING WET PAINT OVERSPRAY In order to provide a device for separating wet paint overspray from a stream of crude gas containing overspray particles which comprises at least two filter devices each of which has an inlet opening through which a partial stream of crude gas enters the respective fil... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040837 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CLASSIFY TEXT COMMUNICATIONS Methods and apparatus to classify text communications are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first conditional probability of a first feature occurring in a text given that the text belongs to a classification mode, wherein the first feature is included... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING MARKET-SHARE FOR AN ENTIRE TELECOMMUNICATION MARKET A method for collecting data to measure market-share for a defined telecommunication market. A market of interest is defined and a random panel of numbers is created. A call set-up is initiated to the created random panels by generating signaling messages wherein the si... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038348 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION Methods and apparatus for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX) in mobile devices are disclosed. An example method for controlling discontinuous reception includes entering a packet transfer mode, receiving a network message that indicates that the mobile station is... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035211 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RELATIVE FREQUENCY BASED PHRASE MINING Example systems, methods, processes, and apparatus identify phrases in electronic information. One or more phrase dictionaries are created from content in one or more electronic documents. A relative frequency value is generated for each phrase in each of the one or mor... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030057 | MATCHING WITH A LARGE VULNERABILITY SIGNATURE RULESET FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK DEFENSE Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for vulnerability signature based Network Intrusion Detection and/or Prevention which achieves high throughput comparable to that of the state-of-the-art regex-based systems while offering improved accuracy. A candidate selec... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029470 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF 3-D OBJECT MORPHOLOGY, POSITION, ORIENTATION AND TEXTURE USING AN ARRAY OF TACTILE SENSORS Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided using signals from a set of tactile sensors mounted on a surface to determine the three-dimensional morphology (e.g., size, shape, orientation, and/or position) and texture of objects of arbitrary shape. Analytical, numerical... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029379 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE METADATA TO DETERMINE MEDIA CREATION PRODUCT USAGE Methods and apparatus to collect publicly available metadata to determine media creation product usage are disclosed. Some example methods include collecting metadata from a plurality of digital media files, identifying product types used to generate the digital media f... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029326 | INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MEDIA DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Interactive healthcare media devices and systems are disclosed herein. An example method for use with a healthcare information system includes synchronizing a physician record library with a repository to include findings of an analysis performed by a reviewing practiti... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029325 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION ANALYSES Methods and apparatus to enhance healthcare information analyses are disclosed herein. An example method for use with a healthcare information system includes automatically detecting a scheduled analysis of healthcare information associated with a patient based on a det... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029111 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR EQUALIZATION PREFERENCE LEARNING Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for equalization preference learning for digital audio modification. A method for listener calibration of an audio signal includes modifying a reference sound using at least one equalization curve; playing the modified refere... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028079 | VAPOUR EXTRACTION DEVICE AND ACCOMMODATING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST ONE FOOD PREPARATION UNIT INCORPORATING SUCH A VAPOUR EXTRACTION DEVICE In order to provide a vapour extraction device comprising at least one air curtain producing device and at least one vapour suction device incorporating at least one vapour suction opening, it is proposed that, by means of the air curtain producing device, there can be ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110016231 | Methods and Apparatus for Transcoding Metadata Methods and apparatus for transcoding metadata are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to meter media content presented by a media consumption device comprises detecting at a metering device first metadata accompanying the media content presented by the media ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015937 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM A medical support system and method for performing at least one medical support process relating to diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition and that includes or employs medical records relating to patients and medical support databases including medical guideline... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012850 | SELECTION OF A SELECTION ITEM ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY A focused selection item is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device. An actuation of a physical key is detected. At least one function associated with the focused selection item is performed in response to the actuation.... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012046 | SEAL ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH FLUID VALVES Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. An example valve trim assembly for use with fluid valves includes a cage and a seal assembly to be positioned in at least one of the cage, a cage retainer or a plug. The seal assembly includes a first seal and a f... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010138 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COMPENSATE FIRST PRINCIPLE-BASED SIMULATION MODELS Methods and apparatus to compensate first principle-based simulation models are disclosed. An example method to compensate a first-principle based simulation model includes applying one or more first test inputs to a process system to generate first output data, applyin... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008098 | LOCKING ACTUATOR STEM AND ROD END BEARING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH FLUID VALVES Actuator stem and rod end bearings having locking mechanisms are described. An example apparatus for use with a control valve actuator includes a rod end bearing having a bearing retainer and a shaft portion extending from the bearing retainer. The apparatus also includ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006242 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LOAD A VALVE PACKING Methods and apparatus to load a valve packing are described. An example apparatus to load a valve packing includes a load assembly having a biasing element disposed between a valve packing flange and a stop flange to provide a load to a seal assembly. The packing flange... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006234 | SHAFT RETAINING ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH FLUID VALVES Shaft retaining assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. In a described example, a bonnet assembly for use with a fluid valve includes a bonnet defining a passage to receive at least a portion of a shaft of the fluid valve. The bonnet is to be removably coupl... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002327 | VOICE SERVICE IN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM Methods and apparatus to manage voice service in evolved packet systems are disclosed. An example method in a user equipment (UE) with a first indicator related to voice services in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) comprises receiving a Non Access Stratum (NAS) protocol r... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002268 | VOICE SERVICE IN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM Methods and apparatus to manage voice service in evolved packet systems are disclosed. An example in a UE with a first indicator related to voice services in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) includes receiving a first Non Access Stratum (NAS) protocol response message wit... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002267 | VOICE SERVICE IN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM Methods and apparatus to manage voice service in evolved packet systems are disclosed. An example method in a User Equipment (UE) with a first indicator related to voice services in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) comprises receiving a Non Access Stratum (NAS) protocol r... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000626 | VERTICALLY MOVABLE DOOR WITH SAFETY BARRIER A vertically moving door of a truck loading dock includes a disconnectable horizontal joint that provides the door with a barrier position, wherein an upper section of the door can be separated from a lower section to create a ventilation area between the two. The venti... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100333126 | SOURCE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT A system identifies which of first and second signal sources is supplying a program signal to a monitored receiver. The first and second signal sources and the monitored receiver are located in a household. The system extracts a reference program signature representativ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327207 | BIASING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH ACTUATORS Biasing apparatus for use with actuators are described. A biasing apparatus for use with a piston actuator includes a first sleeve at least partially surrounded by and movably coupled to a second sleeve. Additionally, the biasing apparatus includes a stop to limit an am... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326207 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE BELT CONDITION IN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Systems, methods and machine readable media related to determining a condition of an exercise machine belt are disclosed. An example system includes a sensor to detect an event related to the exercise machine belt. The example system also includes a counter to selective... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326063 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARGE ACCUMULATOR APPARATUS Methods and apparatus to charge accumulators are described. An example system to charge an accumulator apparatus includes a piston disposed within a housing to define a first chamber adjacent a first side of the piston and a second chamber adjacent a second side of the ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325647 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT ILLUMINATION IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA RATING SYSTEMS Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off of a room surface to indirectly illuminate a first portion of the room, re... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325531 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MAINTAIN ORDERED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SERVER AND CLIENT INFORMATION Example methods and apparatus to maintain ordered relationships between server and client information are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves defining, via an extensible markup language (XML) schema for an XML document that is managed by an XML management doc... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325225 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FORWARD DOCUMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Methods and apparatus to forward documents in a communication network are disclosed. An example method to forward a resource in an extensible markup language (XML) document management (XDM) system disclosed herein comprises receiving an XML document command protocol (XD... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325208 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FORWARD DOCUMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Methods and apparatus to forward documents in a communication network are disclosed. An example method to share converged address book (CAB) contact information disclosed herein comprises receiving a contact share request identifying the CAB contact information to be sh... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100319799 | FLUID PRESSURE REDUCTION DEVICES An example fluid pressure reduction device includes a plurality of nested cylinders forming a hollow structure comprising an inner surface and an outer surface. The device also includes a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces through th... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318934 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PREDICT PROCESS QUALITY IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM Example methods and apparatus to predict process quality in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving process control information relating to a process at a first time including a first value associated with a first measured v... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318699 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INTERFACE CONNECTIVITY Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318600 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE CLIENT CONTROLLED SESSIONLESS ADAPTATION A disclosed example method for managing media content includes accessing metadata information for an available media and retrieving, from the accessed metadata, at least a uniform resource locator (URL) and one or more byte range, where one or more portions of the avail... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317426 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM A method of gaming in a gaming system includes conducting a plurality of game rounds, determining as part of each game round whether a designated game event has occurred, each designated game event conferring a benefit on the player in at least one game round, increasin... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317346 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MOBILE HANDOVER Methods and apparatus to manage mobile handover are disclosed. An example mobile station includes hardware and software stored on a tangible computer readable medium that, during operation, cause the mobile station to receive from a network controller a response to a ne... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313020 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN FACILITATING THE COMMUNICATION OF NEIGHBORING NETWORK INFORMATION TO A MOBILE TERMINAL WITH USE OF A RADIUS COMPATIBLE PROTOCOL A disclosed example method for requesting neighboring network information from a device involves encoding a request for neighboring network information and sending the request to an authentication server to obtain the neighboring network information. The example method ... | 12/09/2010 |
