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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT TURNING OF KALMAN FILTERS FOR INS/GPS NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS Disclosed is a reinforcement learning technique for online tuning of integration filters of navigation systems needing a priori tuning parameters, such as Kalman Filters and the like. The method includes receiving GNSS measurements from the GNSS unit of the navigation s... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090060475 | Portable Media Player The present invention provides a portable media player, such as a portable DVD player. The portable media player has a clamshell type design, including a base portion and an openable cover portion. The openable cover portion includes a display screen, such as an LCD dis... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080301578 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Navigating a Sequence of Illustrative Scenes within a Digital Production Methods, systems, and computer program products which enhance the use of digitized content by users are described. The methods, systems, and computer program products include causing portions of the content to be adjusted in size according to dimensions which would best... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080301189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REAL-TIME CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK A system and method for providing a real-time content distribution network. The system includes a player device at a host location. The player device includes a network interface for communicating with a content provider server device via a network, one or more speakers... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080288353 | Interactive marketing network and process using electronic certificates A data processing system issuing electronic certificates through “online” networks of personal computers, televisions, or other devices with video monitors or telephones. Each electronic certificate includes transaction data and identification data, and can be print... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080276985 | Sensitizing Complexes, Process For The Preparation Thereof, Semiconductive Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Material Comprising Them, And Photovoltaic Cell Comprising Said Material Complex of formula (I) in which:
| 11/13/2008 |
| 20080276302 | System and Method for Providing Data and Device Security Between External and Host Devices A secure data exchange system comprising a security device including a first external device plug, and a security engine operative to enforce a security policy on data transfer requests received from the host; an external device including a second external device plug; ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080275727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ECONOMICAL REPRESENTATION OF PRODUCTS USING INTELLIGENCE CLUSTERING A system includes a recommendation engine, product database and interface. The recommendation engine determines one or more recommended product clusters from the product database based on a request for a healthcare product recommendation based on a symptom. The interfac... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080275879 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS The invention relates to an efficient system for user rights in a semantic digital network, whereby users are arranged in the same semantic network as the information objects. The rights are thus derived from the semantic relations between users and information objects ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080270282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIDDING ON CONTINGENCY-BASED MATTERS A system comprises a web server for posting matters of clients for bidding by contingency professionals, e.g., contingency lawyers and/or judgment collectors; a client matter engine for enabling a particular client to post a particular matter and to select a particular ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080266130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER ACQUISITION/COMMUNICATION A kiosk comprises: a motion sensor; electronics; and a speaker. The motion sensor senses a customer adjacent to the kiosk. The electronics, which are communicatively coupled to the sensor, determine if the customer has lingered by the kiosk for a period of time. The spe... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080264311 | Process for the Complete Combustion and Oxidation of the Mineral Fraction of Waste Treated in Direct Incineration-Vitrification Apparatus The invention concerns a process enabling the complete combustion and oxidation of the mineral fraction of combustible waste contained in an apparatus intended to treat waste by direct incineration-vitrification, said process comprising the following steps:
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| 20080261517 | Communication Framework and Method and System for Providing a Real-Time Audio and/or Video Signal A method for providing a remote real-time audio and/or video (AV) signal includes: displaying an AV terminal list that records a plurality of AV terminals, and requesting a user terminal to select one of the AV terminals in the AV terminal list; determining whether a co... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263555 | Task Processing Scheduling Method and Device for Applying the Method The invention relates to a method for scheduling the processing of tasks and to the associated device, the processing of a task comprising a step for configuring resources required for executing the task and a step for executing the task on the thereby configured resour... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080260953 | Plugging of Cracks on Metal Devices Intended to Contain Radioactive Acid Materials The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a chlorinated polyester resin in which the polyester satisfies formula (I) below: together with a crosslinking catalyst and a crosslinking accelera... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263613 | Communication Framework and Connection Method for Providing a Remote Real-Time Audio and/or Video (AV) Signal A connection method for providing a remote real-time audio and/or video (AV) signal includes: when a connection request that corresponds to a selected AV terminal is received from a user terminal, determining whether the selected AV terminal belongs to an AV terminal gr... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080257866 | Circuit breaker with a double acting circuit-breaking chamber and an inverted structure This invention relates to a circuit breaker (1) for high or medium voltages, of the type having a drive bar (70) coupled to a drive member, and a circuit-breaking chamber (2) facing it and having two contacts (3, 4), each contact (3, 4... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080253495 | Storage Device For Storing and Transporting Nuclear Fuel Assemblies The invention relates to a storage device (1) for storing and transporting nuclear fuel assemblies, the device comprising a plurality of adjacent compartments, each having a lateral wall and being capable of receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, the lateral walls be... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080253775 | Electrically Programmable Pulse Generator, in Particular a Pulse Generator of Very High Resolution Phase and Intensity Profiles The invention concerns a pulse generator of very high resolution phase and/or intensity profiles. An active mode-locking laser source (1) emits a first train of optical pulses according to a determined period (To), which is intensity-modulated pulse-by-pulse by a... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080251375 | Method and Devices for Sonicating Liquids with Low-Frequency High Energy Ultrasound The invention relates to a method and devices for sonicating liquids with low frequency high energy ultrasound comprises a low frequency high energy ultrasound system having at least one sonotrode which projects into a reactor vessel through which the liquid passes via ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080253498 | Electronic sensor with optimised counting capacity Electronic sensor comprising at least:
| 10/16/2008 |
| 20080256620 | Default Internet Traffic and Transparent Passthrough A method for routing packets sent from a user to the internet is provided for systems in which the user is connected to a private network. The method includes: extracting a source network address from the packet; using said source network address to retrieve a user prof... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080252543 | Full-wave di-patch antenna A full-wave di-patch antenna having two half-wave patch antennas located such that the feed points are facing one another and are brought out to a balanced transmission line having two conductors of microstrip feed lines. The phase of the current and the voltage is inve... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080254596 | Method for Transferring Wafers The invention concerns a method for preparing a thin layer (28) or a chip to be transferred onto another substrate, this method including the realization, above the surface of said thin layer or said chip, of at least one layer, called adhesive layer (25),... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080247312 | Configurable Multislot Class for Wireless Devices A solution is provided wherein the mobile device selects a multislot class based on the profile of the traffic to be utilized by the mobile device. This may be performed manually by a user, or may be performed automatically where an application or driver software automa... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080246737 | Method and Devices of Transmitting Tactile Information Description Method of transmitting tactile information to a tactile display with a touch plate containing pads, the touch plate being controlled by a server, in which,
| 10/09/2008 |
| 20080246251 | WHEELCHAIR ATTACHMENTS Attachments for a manual wheelchair are provided for navigating a wheelchair over obstacles and uneven terrain, such as a typical curb on a street. The attachments provide for regulating the movement of the wheelchair as the wheelchair descends the curb and to prevent t... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080249537 | Skin Resurfacing Device A skin resurfacing device for peeling the outermost layer of the skin for renewing the skin surface and repairing skin damage including a housing, a skin sensor, and a skin treater. The skin treater consists of an abrasive tip, a first end, a transparent portion, a firs... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080243661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING INSTANT CREDIT A computer-implemented system and method of providing for a credit card offer to a customer during a transaction for the customer to acquire an asset offered by a dealer is provided. The computer-implemented method may include acquiring, via a computer operated by the d... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080240049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THROUGHPUT OF ACCESS CLASSES IN A WLAN A system comprises a monitoring module operative to monitor traffic on a wireless medium, the traffic belonging to one or more of two different access classes (ACs), one access class (AC) being a higher-priority AC and the other being a lower-priority AC; a throughput a... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080237437 | Support For Part To Be Coated By Electrolytic Deposition The invention concerns mechanical retaining contacts (10) applied on a workpiece (4) placed on a substrate (1) by a double actuating mechanism (11, 42) which closes the circle of contacts (10) before lowering them onto the surface of t... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080244095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING NETWORK ACCESS TECHNOLOGY Disclosed is an algorithm for selecting optimum network access technology. The algorithm includes collecting network quality measurement data for one or more available network access technologies. Then, calculating based on the collected network quality measurement data... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243944 | Synchronous peer-to-peer multipoint database synchronization A method of synchronizing databases between multiple users in a peer-to-peer network is disclosed. The method comprises extracting changes from a source database of one of the users. Next, the changes are compressed and sent to the other users in the peer-to-peer networ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243662 | System and method for electronic contracting A system and method for generating, executing and maintaining electronic contracts in connection with indirect financing transactions involving an acquisition by a customer of an asset offered by a vendor with financing provided by an independent finance source. In one ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231747 | DEINTERLACING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL MOTION PICTURE A deinterlacing method for a digital motion picture is provided. The method includes determining if a predicted pixel lies in an artificial horizontal line or not according to the relationship among a first pixel value, a second pixel value, a first threshold value and ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235070 | Method and System For Processing and/or Managing Typesetting Orders For Advertisements in Print and/or Online Media and Corresponding Computer Program and Corresponding Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Data Management Method For Distributed Object-Oriented Workflow Systems The invention is directed to a method and a system for processing and/or managing typesetting orders for advertisements in print and/or online media, as well as a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which can be used, in ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080232455 | Maximum likelihood decoder for pulse and amplitude position modulation multi-source system The present invention concerns a sphere decoder for maximum likelihood receiver intended to receive M-PPM-M′-PAM symbols at M modulation positions and at M′ amplitude levels from a plurality P of sources. The sphere decoder uses a Schnorr-Euchner type enumeration ad... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080223197 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLAYBACK DEVICES FOR DIGITAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY MUSIC INFORMATION The invention relates to a playback control unit which is connected with a playback device for CDs or records, wherein these provide coded information by means of which the playback device can be controlled. In this way, in addition to the playback speed, further functi... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080226510 | Extensional Flow Layer Separating Reactor The invention relates to a extensional flow layer-separating reactor comprising a channel, in which at least two educt products and at least one separation fluid for spatially separating said two products are introduced, an extension area which is adjacent to the channe... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080224995 | Input Device, Input Method, Corresponding Computer Program, and Corresponding Computer-Readable Storage Medium The invention related to an input device and an input method as well as a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which can be used, in particular, to very precisely change parameters in data processing programs or electric d... | 09/18/2008 |
