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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132717 | SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL-BASED INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION Video on demand (VoD) and other video streaming and delivery mechanisms are provided using a messaging protocol (e.g., a session initiation protocol (SIP))-based approach that builds upon existing service delivery platforms. In one example, SIP functionality is extended... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090132479 | BOOK OF BUSINESS MECHANISM A “Book of Business” (or Book) is a set of business domain data of one or more book types. This set of data is identified by a “driving condition” or quality. A driving condition typically arises from a business practice, and may be further qualified by local co... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125595 | INTELLIGENT MESSAGE PROCESSING Intelligent message processing is provided for person to person (P2P) messaging by intercepting the message and processing the message before directing the message to the recipient. The messaging system then acts as a person to application (P2A) and application to perso... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125486 | Multi-Tier Employment Model for Human Capital Management A three-tier employment model provides flexibility when modeling even moderately complex relationships, such as where an employee has multiple job tasks or assignments for an employer. In such an example, a top level can store information for each employee defining the ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090123660 | Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium Embodiments of the present invention provide a manufacturing method that can form a track guide separation area of a magnetic disk substrate constituting a patterned medium represented by a discrete track medium or bit patterned medium suitable for high recording densit... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120584 | COUNTER-BALANCED SUBSTRATE SUPPORT A semiconductor processing system is described. The system includes a processing chamber having an interior capable of holding an internal chamber pressure below ambient atmospheric pressure. The system also includes a pumping system coupled to the chamber and adapted t... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120464 | MULTI-PORT PUMPING SYSTEM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING CHAMBERS An exhaust foreline for purging fluids from a semiconductor fabrication chamber is described. The foreline may include a first, second and third ports independently coupled to the chamber. A semiconductor fabrication system is also described that includes a substrate ch... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120368 | ROTATING TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUBSTRATE PEDESTAL FOR FILM UNIFORMITY Substrate processing systems are described. The systems may include a processing chamber, and a substrate support assembly at least partially disposed within the chamber. The substrate support assembly is rotatable by a motor yet still allows electricity, cooling fluids... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120364 | GAS MIXING SWIRL INSERT ASSEMBLY A gas mixing system for a semiconductor wafer processing chamber is described. The mixing system may include a gas mixing chamber concentrically aligned with a gas transport tube that extends to a blocker plate. The gas mixing chamber and the transport tube are separate... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090118856 | Status indication method and status indication system Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for solving a location designation problem to give specific instructions to workers as to where the device that has completed processing is in the production site, and a setup starting time designation pro... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118850 | Transportation control method and transportation control system Embodiments of the present invention provide a workpiece transportation control method and system that automatically processes a plurality of steps in a successive manner, thereby enhancing production efficiency. According to one embodiment, a transportation control met... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117491 | RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES COMBINING INTERFERENCE-ASSISTED LITHOGRAPHY WITH OTHER PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES Methods and systems are disclosed that provide multiple lithography exposures on a wafer, for example, using interference lithography and optical photolithography. Various embodiments may balance the dosage and exposure rates between the multiple lithography exposures t... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116138 | Disk drive and controlling method thereof Embodiments of the present invention provide a disk drive capable of appropriately measuring non-linearity in a head position control system, and a control method therefor. According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive inputs a reference signal SR into a... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116137 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus using the same Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recoding medium capable of decreasing exchange coupling between crystal grains while suppressing increase in the crystal grain size of the magnetic recording layer. According to one embodiment, a perp... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113684 | Uniformly Compressed Process Chamber Gate Seal for Semiconductor Processing Chamber Techniques for a door system for sealing an opening between two chambers in a semiconductor processing system are described. The opening has at least one angled corner. The door system includes a door, actuator, and sealing member. The door is moveable in the plane and ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113411 | UPGRADE TRACKING SYSTEM An upgrade tracking system for tracking aspects of an application upgrade. In various embodiments, the update tracking system includes a statistics collection component configured to collect statistics related an execution of the application upgrade, where the applicati... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090113410 | TECHNIQUES FOR UPGRADE DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for managing dependencies between data upgrade files included in an application upgrade. According to one set of embodiments, the data upgrade files are grouped into functional upgrade groups. A dependency hierarch... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090113287 | Method and system for automated web page accessibility coding standards analysis A method and system for automated accessibility checking of Web pages. The method includes the step of accessing a Web page using a parser to generate data corresponding to the components of the Web page. The data is analyzed using an analysis engine to determine compli... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112895 | DATABASE SIZE TRACKING AND REPORTING FOR APPLICATION UPGRADES Techniques for determining the growth of database objects. In one set of embodiments, baseline sizes for a plurality of database objects are recorded, where the baseline sizes are recorded prior to the execution of an application upgrade. Further, upgraded sizes for the... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112875 | SHARED VIEW OF CUSTOMERS ACROSS BUSINESS SUPPORT SYSTEMS (BSS) AND A SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM (SDP) An identity management tool provides identity management across multiple domains, providing a single access point not only for information for runtime, network, and service layer information, but also for systems such as business support systems (BSS), operational suppo... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112772 | Method and system for implementing catalog inventory auctions in an electronic exchange An auction method for specifying catalog contents for packaging and pushing to an electronic auction. The auction method is implemented in an electronic commerce exchange. The auction method includes the steps of specifying catalog contents for packaging for an auction ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112726 | Method and system for implementing automatic auction extensions and adjustable bid increments in an electronic exchange A method for automatic auction extension and user controlled standardized bid increment/decrement. The method is implemented in an electronic commerce exchange. The auction method implements automatic extension of an auction in response to bidding activity from auction ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090111157 | Protein and peptide fragments from mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase This invention provides for murine telomerase reverse transcriptase (mTERT) enzyme proteins and nucleic acids, including methods for isolating and expressing these nucleic acids and proteins, which have application to the control of cell proliferation and aging, includi... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090111126 | MAMMALIAN CELL-BASED IMMUNOGLOBULIN DISPLAY LIBRARIES Disclosed are mammalian cell surface display vectors for isolating and/or characterizing immunoglobulins and various uses thereof.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090111056 | RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES COMBINING FOUR BEAM INTERFERENCE-ASSISTED LITHOGRAPHY WITH OTHER PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES Methods and systems are disclosed that provide multiple lithography exposures on a wafer, for example, using interference lithography and optical photolithography. Various embodiments may balance the dosage and exposure rates between the multiple lithography exposures t... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109573 | DISK DRIVE AND HEAD SLIDER Embodiments of the present invention provide a head slider that suppresses accumulation of lubricant droplets on an air-bearing surface due to a backflow, and thus improves reliability of a disk drive. According to one embodiment, a lubricant droplet being adhered to a ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090106808 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRESENTATION SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING BUSINESS DATA OVER A DIGITAL TELEVISION NETWORK The method includes steps for creating and updating an interactive television application, which includes business data and other interactive and dynamic data which changes frequently over time. The interactive television application and data is transmitted over a telev... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106756 | Automatic Workload Repository Performance Baselines Techniques that improve manageability of systems. Techniques are provided for creating different types of baselines that are more flexible and dynamic in nature. A future-based baseline may be created defining a period of time, wherein at least a portion of the period o... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106605 | HEALTH MONITOR Techniques for proactively and reactively running diagnostic functions. These diagnostic functions help to improve diagnostics of conditions detected in a monitored system and to limit/quarantine the damages caused by the detected conditions. In one embodiment, a health... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106601 | DIAGNOSTIC DATA REPOSITORY Techniques for systematically gathering, organizing, and storing diagnostic data related to multiple monitored systems (e.g., multiple instances of a product or multiple products). A centralized repository is provided that is organized in a hierarchical manner to facili... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106596 | USER-TRIGGERED DIAGNOSTIC DATA GATHERING An infrastructure is provided for gathering diagnostic data that is relevant to an error or other conditions detected in a monitored system. A diagnosability framework is provided that automates the gathering of relevant diagnostic data upon occurrence of the condition ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106595 | GATHERING INFORMATION FOR USE IN DIAGNOSTIC DATA DUMPING UPON FAILURE OCCURRENCE Techniques for gathering information during runtime of a monitored system such that the information is available for facilitating diagnostics for the monitored system. In one embodiment, upon detection of a condition (such as an error condition) in the monitored system,... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106589 | GATHERING CONTEXT INFORMATION USED FOR ACTIVATION OF CONTEXTUAL DUMPING An infrastructure is provided for gathering diagnostic data that is relevant to an error or other conditions detected in a monitored system. A diagnosability framework is provided that automates the gathering of relevant diagnostic data upon occurrence of the condition ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106433 | ACCESS SYSTEM INTERFACE An access system provides identity management and/or access management services for a network. An application program interface for the access system enables an application without a web agent front end to read and use contents of an existing encrypted cookie to bypass ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106363 | INTELLIGENT COLLECTION OF DIAGNOSTIC DATA FOR COMMUNICATION TO DIAGNOSIS SITE Techniques for intelligently identifying diagnostic data to be communicated from a product or system site (e.g., a customer site) to a diagnosis site (e.g., a vendor site). An appropriate amount of diagnostic data is identified to facilitate efficient and quick diagnosi... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106278 | DIAGNOSABILITY SYSTEM A diagnosability system for automatically collecting, storing, communicating, and analyzing diagnostic data for one or more monitored systems. The diagnosability system comprises several components configured for the collection, storage, communication, and analysis of d... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106262 | SCRUBBING AND EDITING OF DIAGNOSTIC DATA Techniques that enable a user or customer at a system site to review and, if desired, modify data identified at the system site for transmission to a diagnosis site prior to the transmission. The identified diagnostic data may be modified such that data that the user do... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106180 | HEALTH METER Techniques for indicating the status or health of a software system in a simple and summarized manner. In one embodiment, a health meter is displayed that displays a status value indicating the status or health of the software system. The status or health of the system ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090106146 | Systems and Methods for the Provision of Postage Systems and methods for providing postal services which allow customers to flexibly obtain postal services while also allowing customers to defer the payment of postage until the time of mailing or later. Information provided by a postal service is used to identify item... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090105991 | RULE-BASED ENGINE FOR GATHERING DIAGNOSTIC DATA An infrastructure is provided for gathering diagnostic data that is relevant to an error or other conditions detected in a monitored system. A diagnosability framework is provided that automates the gathering of relevant diagnostic data upon occurrence of the condition ... | 04/23/2009 |
