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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100326864 | CONTAINER WITH COMBINED LOCKING AND INDICATING FASTENER A container with a combined locking and indicating fastener is provided. A slide fastener (16), such as a zipper, used to seal the container continues along a strip (14) projecting from the main body (10) of the container. The strip (14) has ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100324890 | Method and Apparatus For Selecting An Audio Stream An active stream is selected from one of a plurality of audio streams generated in a common acoustic environment by obtaining, for each stream obtaining, at a series of measurement instants tn, where n=1 . . . N, a final performance metric that is representat... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321468 | Method Of Managing The Flow Of Time-Sensitive Data Over Packet Networks A method is disclosed for managing multiple data streams transported over a common communications resource in a packet network, wherein data flowing through the resource travels in both directions, and wherein each stream is subject to data peaks. The round trip delay i... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100303014 | PEER TO PEER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A wireless communication system includes a plurality of headsets, each embodying a wireless transceiver, and wherein communication can be established between the headsets via the wireless transceivers over a network in which the headsets act as nodes.... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100298055 | ENCODING AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAME PLAY THROUGH COMPACT MESSAGE ENCODING AND GRAPHICAL RENDERING A game play encoding and delivery method and means are provided, having encoding elements which create simple messages to represent movements and features of a sports game or other competition. Streams of such game activity messages are delivered to viewers who watch th... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296524 | MULTI INPUT TIMING RECOVERY OVER PACKET NETWORK In a method of recovering timing information over packet networks, a receiver receives a plurality of packet streams over different paths from the same source. The raw delays experienced by the timing packets for each stream are filtered to provide a filtered delay for ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296406 | TIMING RECOVERY OVER PACKET NETWORKS In a method of recovering timing information over packet networks, raw network delays are measured using timing packets sent between a transmitter and receiver. The expected delay is predicted using a minimum statistics adaptive filter to track local minima of measured ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295582 | CLOCK CIRCUIT FOR DIGITAL CIRCUIT A method of saving power in a digital circuit driven by a clock running at a rate R, comprising reducing said rate R to a lower rate R′ during periods when said digital circuit is operating at a capacity less than its maximum capacity, and wherein the change from rate... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100175237 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN ABRASIVE TOOL TO A DRIVE PLATE OF GRINDING AND POLISHING MACHINES Thus, according to one aspect, the invention provides A system for mounting an abrasive tool to a drive plate of a polisher or grinding tool, the system comprising: an intermediate element mounted to a surface of the drive plate via a first securing means; and a second ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100173436 | METHOD OF MAKING BIOMEMS DEVICES A MEMS device is manufactured by first forming a self-aligned monolayer (SAM) on a carrier wafer. Next, a first polymer layer is formed on the self-aligned monolayer. The first polymer layer is patterned form a microchannel cover, which is then bonded to a patterned sec... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166130 | Phase Locked Loop with Optimal State Feedback Controller In a method of recovering timing information over a packet network at a local receiver, timing information is received at intervals timing from a remote source and compared with a locally generated clock signal to generate an input signal y(k) subject to noise represent... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100134159 | SOFT REFERENCE SWITCH FOR PHASE LOCKED LOOP A phase locked loop includes a digital controlled oscillator and a number of phase detectors, each having a first input connected to a reference source and a second input coupled to the output of the digital controlled oscillator, and an output for producing a phase err... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100127544 | LOCKABLE RECLINING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE TO CONTROL THE TILTING OF THE SEAT FRAME OF A MANUAL WHEELCHAIR Disclosed is a reclining adjustment device to control the reclining angle of a tiltable seat frame of a manual wheelchair. The device in accordance with the teachings of this invention includes a guiding mechanism for adjusting the reclining angle of the seat frame to a... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100110443 | PLANAR WAVEGUIDE WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE WAVEGUIDE INPUT APERTURE A spectrometer has a multi-input aperture for admitting an input wavefront and an array of multiple waveguide structures terminating at the multi-input aperture. The input wavefront is incident on each of the waveguide structures, which provide a dispersive function for... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100080212 | IMPAIRMENT REDUCTION FOR TANDEM VOIP CALLS A method and apparatus are provided for allowing IP endpoints to communicate over a PSTN with improved signal quality. Watermarks are used in the handshaking between the end-points when a communication session is being established, the watermarks indicating that the end... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100054283 | METHOD OF TRANSFERRING TIMING INFORMATION OVER PACKET NETWORK Timing information is transmitted over a network by sending time-stamped packets between a transmitter and receiver. The time-stamped packets are used to compute an estimate of the frequency deviation between the transmitter clock and the receiver clock. The local recei... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100035029 | Distortion Resistant, High-Definition Litho Applique A process for creating and applying a soft, high-definition, complex shaped appliqué such that the shape of the appliqué is not distorted when stitched onto a garment and the appliqué can optionally be embroidered without requiring additional alignment processes. The... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100014518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORWARDING PACKETS An internetworking system operating over an ATM backbone. The physical internetworking devices within the system are shared to provide the internetworking functions while servicing two or more distinct and isolated user networks. This is accomplished by logically partit... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100004517 | NON-INVASIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the non-invasive analysis of physiological attributes, such as heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, respiratory response, body composition, and blood chemistry analytes including glucose, lactate, hemog... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090328095 | MANAGING UNDESIRABLE CONTENT IN IP VIDEO BROADCAST TRAFFIC A method and apparatus are provided for suppressing display of advertisements within a video over IP stream provided by a content provider. Metadata is prepended to advertisements within the stream. When the stream is received by an access aggregation point, the access ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090316717 | FEATURE ADAPTABLE NT CARD A network termination card is provided which allows new services to be implemented on the DSLAM on which the network termination card is located without restricting the number of slots used for line termination cards. Software controlled multiplexers are provided on som... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090262790 | METHOD OF RECOVERY FROM ACTIVE PORT TX FAILURE IN Y-CABLE PROTECTED PAIR A method is provided for defect recovery in Y-cable protected pair connections in communication systems. A receiver at a remote end monitors for loss of signal on the single fiber optic cable arriving at the remote end, and transmits an RDI back to the local end where i... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090258669 | IMPULSE ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an impulse ultra-wideband communications system which combines the technique of transmitted reference (TR) with a code-sifted reference scheme that separates the reference and the data pulses with a sequence of codes ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090248938 | SIMPLE NOISE TOLERANT CARD TO CARD SIGNALLING FOR HOT INSERTABLE/REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS A method and apparatus are provided for conveying low level signals from a first circuit card to a second circuit card. The low level signals are encoded using a simple integer value N, and the low level signals are then communicated to the second circuit card as a sequ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090242512 | DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING In a method of performing an anisotropic etch on a substrate in an inductively coupled plasma etch chamber, at least three cycles of a procedure consisting essentially of the four following steps are performed:
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| 20090236544 | UV REACTIVE SPRAY CHAMBER FOR ENHANCED SAMPLE INTRODUCTION EFFICIENCY An analyte for atomic spectrometry detection is prepared by introducing an aerosol of the analyte into a chamber, and irradiating the aerosol with ultraviolet light in the presence of a low molecular weight organic acid or other suitable photoactivatable ligand donor sp... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090226724 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE AND METHOD A functional nanoparticle for use in the ultrasensitive identification of bacteria and gene species has a magnetic core, an insulating first shell surrounding the magnetic core, and a luminescent second shell surrounding the first shell.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090215285 | CIRCUIT CARD CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED CARD INSERTION/REMOVAL DETECTION A circuit card connector arrangement is provided, wherein one of the connectors on the card is recessed relative to the other connectors. Using this arrangement, insertion and extraction detection of the card into another card is optimized without the need for a short p... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090182925 | MEMORY ACCESS ASSIST A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating access from a control system to the memory of a processor across two buses, one of which acts as a bottleneck to communication between the control system and the processor. A bridge between the two buses acts as an in... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090174490 | PHASE LOCKED LOOP WITH ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR DCO SYNCHRONIZATION A digital phase locked loop has a digital controlled oscillator, a feedback loop coupled to the output of said digital controlled oscillator, a phase detector for comparing a feedback signal from said feedback loop with a reference signal to produce a phase error signal... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090164654 | IPTV community based internet radio content proxy facility A method and apparatus are provided for allowing one subscriber of an IPTV service to locate and pre-configure Internet-based IP radio channels of interest to others, and to invite the others to register for viewing the IP radio channels. The first subscriber browses th... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090154484 | SCALEABLE VOIP TELEPHONE LINE CIRCUIT A telephone subscriber line device for providing an interface between a legacy telephone circuit based on circuit-switched technology and a packet network has a legacy interface for connection to telephone circuit; a packet interface for connection to a packet network, ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090112790 | Method And Device For Verifying Integrity Of Data Acquisition Pathways Disclosed is a method of verifying the integrity of data acquired from a device emulating a hard disk to a host computer over a data transfer pathway. A storage medium containing known data is connected to the data transfer pathway, the storage medium capable of emulati... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090103049 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING PATIENT MOTION WHEN OBTAINING RETINA VOLUME USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY A computer-implemented method of correcting for motion of a sample during OCT imaging obtains a series of cross-sectional volume scans through the sample at different positions on a first coordinate axis, obtains at least two cross-sectional alignment scans in planes in... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090098517 | INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE APPARATUS Disclosed is an interactive educational apparatus, ideally suitable for children. A set of symbol pieces, preferably in the form of letter blocks are provided. An interface board is provided for accommodating one or more selected symbol pieces and a sensor on said inter... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090089834 | 3D electronic program guide A method and apparatus are provided for displaying an electronic program guide in a 3D rendered landscape. Program blocks, each having a channel and a program time, are displayed as vertical blocks within the 3D rendered landscape. Channel information blocks are also di... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090089408 | XML Router and method of XML Router Network Overlay Topology Creation A system and method are provided for creating an XML network. As each XML router is added to the XML network, the new XML router registers with a group of existing XML routers in the network, and thereafter regularly exchanges hello messages with other XML routers in or... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090083516 | MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING IN PARALLEL MULTI-CORE COMPUTATION ARCHITECTURES In a media server for processing data packets, media server functions are implemented by a plurality of modules categorized by real-time response requirements.... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090081969 | DIGITAL FM RADIO TRANSMITTER A digital FM transmitter has a digital controlled oscillator for generating a modulated RF carrier. A digital signal processor receives digital input samples and generates a modulating signal for input to the digital controlled oscillator. A bandpass filter for filters ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079994 | METHOD FOR RELIABLE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANS OF VOLUMES OF RETINAL TISSUE A method of building up a three dimensional OCT image of an object having a limited region sensitive to movement of a scanning beam performs an OCT scan in a scanning pattern that results in said limited region, typically the fovea of the eye, being scanned last.... | 03/26/2009 |
