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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353274 | Method, apparatus, and system for determining whether a computer is within a particular location Some embodiments provide a method of determining whether a lottery player or the player's computer is within a particular location. The player's computer is connected to a computer network. The method transmits, through the computer network, a pass code and a teleph... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317331 | Reconfigurable IC that has sections running at different reconfiguration rates Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable IC that includes several sections. Each section includes several configurable circuits, each of which configurably performs a set of operations. Each section stores multiple configuration data sets for each configurable circ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312630 | Configurable integrated circuit with built-in turns Some embodiments provide a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”) with a configurable node array. A configurable node array may include configurable nodes arranged in rows and columns. It may also include direct offset connections, with each direct offset connec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301242 | Programmable system in package Some embodiments of the invention provide a programmable system in package (“PSiP”). The PSiP includes a single IC housing, a substrate and several IC's that are arranged within the single IC housing. At least one of the IC's is a configurable IC. In some embodi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301368 | Embedding memory within tile arrangement of a configurable IC Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable IC that includes several configurable computational tiles and several memory tiles. Each computational tile has a set of configurable logic circuits for configurably performing a plurality of computations and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298169 | Hybrid logic/interconnect circuit in a configurable IC Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”). This IC includes several configurable circuits for receiving configuration data and configurably performing a set of operations based on the configuration data. It also includes ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7272803 | Methods and apparatus for defining manhattan power grid structures having a reduced number of vias A method for defining and producing a power grid structure (having stripe, rail, and via components) of an IC. The method reduces the number of vias in the power grid structure and the diagonal wiring blockage caused by the vias while still meeting design specificat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262633 | Via programmable gate array with offset bit lines Some embodiments provide a via programmable gate array (“VPGA”) with several configurable circuits arranged in a configurable circuit arrangement. At least some of the configurable circuits are via programmable (“VP”) configured circuits. In some embodiments... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260504 | Method, apparatus, and system for monitoring amount of liquid poured from liquid containers Some embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring liquid consumption at one or more establishments. At each establishment, the system includes one or more spouts and a local computer. Each spout is mounted on a liquid container. Also, each spout gene... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254798 | Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts A method for modifying an upper layout for an upper layer of an IC using information of a lower layout for a lower layer of the IC, the method including 1) receiving the upper layout containing features and modifications to features, 2) producing a density map of th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249168 | Method and apparatus for automated remote volume mounting using a plug-in installed on a client A method and apparatus for remotely and automatically mounting volumes over a network. The invention uses an interface, such as a web browser, to authenticate a client on a server. The server supplies volume mounting parameters specific to the authenticated client v... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246338 | Method and apparatus for computing cost of a path expansion to a surface Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for costing an expansion to a two-dimensional state in a path search that searches for a path between two sets of states in a space. The method identifies a cost function that is defined over the two-dimensional sta... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245916 | Radio resources messaging in an unlicensed wireless communication system An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243328 | Method and apparatus for representing items in a design layout Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for representing items in a design layout. For instance, they use a method that identifies several half-planes, that when intersected, define the shape of the item. Some embodiments use a method that (1) identi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242411 | Adjustment of color values for optimized image processing A method for processing an image of a given file type is disclosed. The method involves converting the image into data formatted for a new pixel type, the new pixel type is closely correlated with and has all the components of pixels for the given file type. In addi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242216 | Embedding memory between tile arrangement of a configurable IC Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable IC that includes several configurable computational tiles and several memory tiles. These tiles are arranged in a particular tile arrangement. Each computational tile has a set of configurable logic circuits f... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239721 | Adaptive motion estimation Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of performing motion estimation for an array of image values obtained from a current image. The method starts with an initial estimate of the motion of the current image. The method then determines whether the initi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236009 | Operational time extension Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable integrated circuit (“IC”). This IC has several reconfigurable circuits, each having several configurations for several configuration cycles. The reconfigurable circuits include several time-extending reconfigurable circu... | 06/26/2007 |
