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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110033153 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN OPTICAL PATH SPANNING A DISCONTINUITY IN AN OPTICAL CHANNEL An apparatus for establishing an optical circuit path spanning a discontinuity in an optical channel supported by a first cable oriented about a first axis on a first side of the discontinuity and supported by a second cable section oriented about a second axis on a sec... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025446 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING INDUCTIVE COUPLING AMONG A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS An apparatus for effecting inductive coupling among a plurality of electrical elements includes: (a) an electrically non-conductive core member oriented about an axis; (b) at least one first electrical element of the plurality of electrical elements substantially nestin... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110013539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERNETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF NETWORKS A system for managing internetwork communications among a plurality of networks includes: (a) a plurality of edge network nodes; each respective edge network node being coupled to manage internetwork communications between a respective own network and other networks of ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100332429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A SEQUENTIAL ARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS A system optimizing a sequence according to an algorithm includes: an initiator; a tracker; a generator; a measurer; a regulator; and an output. The initiator provides initial sequences to the tracker. The tracker stores and effects a statistical treatment of the initia... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100274898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG DEVICES IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS EMPLOYING DIFFERENT OPERATING PROTOCOLS A system for effecting communications among a plurality of devices situated in a plurality of domains employing differing operating protocols; the system including: (a) at least one topology agent situated in a source domain of the domains and configured for effecting o... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100241408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING COMPLIANCE OF A DEFINED DOMAIN WITH A MODEL Method for testing compliance of a defined domain with reference model criteria includes: (a) providing an architecture file describing the domain; (b) specifying formatted files relating to the architecture file; (c) parsing the formatted files to ascertain model data ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100184417 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING DATA COMMUNICATIONS WITH A WIRELESS DEVICE A method for effecting data communications with a wireless communication device includes: (a) configuring the wireless communication device for responding to at least one predetermined alert for initiating the data communications with at least one predetermined communic... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100174838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING A SECOND BUS CONTROLLER ON A DATA BUS HAVING A FIRST BUS CONTROLLER A method for employing a second bus controller on a data bus having a first bus controller including: (a) recording appearances of predetermined character groups on the data bus; (b) noting patterns of the appearances preceding a qualifying quiet period on the data bus;... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100131926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOFTWARE ASSET FOR INCLUSION IN A SOFTWARE LIBRARY A system for managing a software asset including asset files for inclusion in a library includes: (a) a receiving manager configured for receiving the asset, verifying source of the asset and reading an installer package into the asset to establish a received asset; (b)... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100106525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE HEALTH MANAGEMENT A system for remote health management includes: (a) a communicating management unit; (b) a decision support unit; (c) at least one communication network coupled with at least one of the communicating management unit and the decision support unit; (d) at least one care r... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100094624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-BASED DETERMINATION OF SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY IN AN AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS A method for effecting a machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations includes: (a) in no particular order: (1) providing a representation of a machine-based speech evaluating signal; and (2) providing a representation of... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100091650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING PRIORITY ASSOCIATED WITH A COMMUNICATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF NETWORKS A system for conveying priority associated with a communication conveyed among networks includes: (a) a first network originating the communication in packets; each respective packet including two segments; a first segment containing a portion of the communication in in... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100091108 | SYSTEM FOR CHECKING SECURITY OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF AN AREA A system for checking security of video surveillance of an area by a plurality of video units includes: (a) a respective signaling unit coupled with each of a respective signaling-equipped video unit among the plurality of video units; and (b) a control unit coupled wit... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100073092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A RECEIVED SIGNAL TO PRESENT A RESULTING SIGNALWITH IMPROVED SIGNAL ACCURACY A signal treating apparatus for presenting an output signal representing an input signal over a signal range includes: (a) an input section receiving the input signal and presenting a first filtered signal limited to a first bandwidth at a first circuit locus; the input... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100050075 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system; the display apparatus including: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of firs... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100021184 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL An apparatus for handling an optical signal includes: an optical transmitting unit transmitting the optical signal from an input locus to an output locus. The optical transmitting unit includes a plurality of optical transmitting sections. Each respective optical transm... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100002476 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHAPING AN INPUT SIGNAL TO EFFECT A DESIRED OUTPUT SIGNAL An apparatus for shaping a varying input voltage signal received at an input locus to effect a desired varying output voltage signal at an output locus includes: (a) at least one energy transferring unit coupled with the input locus and with the output locus; and (b) at... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090321098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEARING A TOOL AGAINST A WORKPIECE An apparatus for bearing a tool against a workpiece includes: (a) a pneumatically driven motor unit rotating a drive shaft substantially about a longitudinal drive axis; (b) a process shaft coupled with the drive shaft for rotating the tool substantially about a longitu... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090274316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING NOISE WHEN OPERATING AN ADDRESS SYSTEM IN A PASSENGER TRANSPORT A system for countering ambient noise when operating an address system in at least one compartment of a passenger transport unit includes: (a) a noise control unit; and (b) at least one memory unit coupled with the noise control unit. The at least one memory unit stores... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090249812 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRAINING CONDENSATE An apparatus for draining condensate accumulated by an air handling unit element, the element presenting a footprint area, includes: a substantially unitary plurality of surfaces oriented between a first level and a second level and bounded by a peripheral wall. The fir... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090234785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXERCISING A REPRESENTATION TO INDICATE SOLUTIONS A system for exercising a representation employing relationships among a plurality of input values to indicate solutions includes: an output controller unit coupled with the representation and presenting output values in response to receiving selected solutions from the... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090224106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING PAYLOADS WITH A LAUNCH VEHICLE A system for deploying a plurality of independent payloads with a launch vehicle, the launch vehicle being longitudinally oriented about an axis, includes a plurality of launch modules. Each respective launch module of the plurality of launch modules includes a pluralit... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090189484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AFFECTING PHYSICAL PARAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH A SHAFT An apparatus for affecting at least one physical parameter associated with a shaft oriented about a longitudinal axis includes: a piezoelectric tubular member in a substantially osculatory coaxial relation with at least a portion of the shaft; and at least one electrica... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090145060 | FRAME FOR RECEIVING A FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A frame for receiving a filter element includes: a pair of first members and a pair of second members. The first members may be arranged alternately with the second members in the assembled orientation to establish a plurality of joining structures between adjoining mem... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090127346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MODULATING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM A method for effecting cooperation between a modulating air conditioning system and a two-stage thermostat for satisfying an air conditioning load demand in a conditioned space includes: (a) operating the thermostat in a plurality of succeeding operating cycles to issue... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ICING CONDITIONS FOR AN AIRCRAFT A method for detecting icing conditions for an airborne aircraft operating within a zone defined using one or more aircraft-related parameter and one or more environment parameter includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) measuring the aircraft-related parameter(s) to o... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090123076 | METHOD FOR COMPARING COMPUTER-GENERATED DRAWINGS A method for comparing a first drawing and a second drawing generated by a shape-based computer system includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) identifying shapes present in the first drawing; and (2) identifying shapes present in the second drawing. (b) In no particul... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120205 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VORTEXES IN FLUID FLOW ADJACENT TO A SURFACE An apparatus for generating vortexes in fluid flow generally adjacent to a surface includes: (a) at least one vortex generating element; and (b) a piezoelectric motor element coupled with the at least one vortex generating element. The piezoelectric motor element respon... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090112829 | CACHING OF WEB FORM POST-QUERY REQUESTS A method for obtaining a result for a post-query may include: (a) Algorithmically treating the query to create a signature. (b) Composing a pseudo-get web identifier including a web address identifying a responding station and the signature. (c) Sending the query via a ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090099790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER FOR ALGORITHMICALLY EVALUATING DAMAGE IN A STRUCTURE A method for creating at least one input parameter for an algorithmic system to evaluate damage in a structure may include: (a) Determining a plurality of damage index factors using first signal information relating to a first signal transmitted through the structure be... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090093999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING DAMAGE IN A STRUCTURE A method for quantifying damage in a test structure having a plurality of transducer units coupled to at least one portion of the test structure includes: (a) training an evaluating algorithmic system coupled with the transducer units to establish a trained algorithmic ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090088901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING NETWORK A method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive units, each respective space interactive unit presenting a conditioned output ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090070226 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COUPONS IN COOPERATION WITH OPERATION OF A FUEL VENDING DEVICE An apparatus for use in cooperation with operation of a fuel vending device; the fuel vending device delivering at least one fuel product; the delivering being effected by exercising an actuator element; includes: (a) a control unit for controlling the apparatus in disp... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090054046 | Method and apparatus for voice and internet programming of wireless device features A system and method for use in remotely adjusting, activating, or reprogramming features of a wireless device by utilizing a web interface or portal, such as a computer connected by a network to a server, or by telephone access to an IVR menu on the server, is described... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080313143 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ACTIVITIES OF A HOSTILE FORCE An apparatus for evaluating hostile force activities includes: (a) a data storage device configured for identifying associative memory relations among information aspects stored in the data storage device; (b) a query device coupled with the data storage device; the que... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080308213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPLICING AN ELONGATE MULTI-LAYERED WORKPIECE An apparatus for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece includes: (a) drives and guides cooperating to drive the workpiece along a working path; (b) a cutter for severing the workpiece; (c) a layer manipulator for separating layers; (d) an applicator for applying ... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080289207 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A BLIND HOLE An apparatus for locating at least one site on a first side of a workpiece in a predetermined relation with at least one aperture located on a second side of the workpiece includes: (a) at least one first locus-fixing structure; each respective first locus-fixing struct... | 11/27/2008 |
