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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7391064 | Memory device with a selection element and a control line in a substantially similar layer The invention facilitates manufacture of semiconductor memory components by reducing the number of layers required to implement a semiconductor memory device. The invention provides for a selection element to be formed in the same layer as one of the control lines (... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392472 | Layout analysis A system and method facilitating layout analysis is provided. The invention includes a layout analyzer having a connected component organizer, a connected joiner, a word organizer and a word joiner. The invention provides for the connected component organizer to org... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392527 | Driver-specific context for kernel-mode shimming The kernel is a shared environment. Accordingly, many different kernel-mode drivers utilize services provided by the kernel. Furthermore, when shimming of drivers is necessary, it is desirable to support shim reuse amongst drivers with similar problems or issues, ra... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392263 | File system represented inside a database The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adapting at least two disparate file systems. A file system adapter can provide uniformity and/or seamless integration between a first file system and a second file system. The file system adap... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392278 | Building and using subwebs for focused search A system that facilitates performance of a focused search over a collection of sites comprises a subweb that corresponds to a topic and/or user characteristic(s) that are of interest to the user. The subweb includes a plurality of domains and/or paths (e.g. sites) t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392041 | Mobile access to information using images The subject application relates to a system(s), methodology, and user interface that facilitate improving mobile awareness of information, activities, events, and occasions by way of images. The application involves providing images of a desired application such as ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389498 | Core object-oriented type system for semi-structured data A type system employing structural subtyping is disclosed herein. A core type system supports several structural types, such as stream, choice, intersection and sequence. Also part of the core type system is a new invariant type, which denotes values whose dynamic t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388729 | Magnetic recording device and medium having mask pattern A magnetic recording device includes a composite magnetic head, which includes a recording head and a reproduction head, and a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium includes a data region for recording data using the recording head, a mask pattern... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389351 | System and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and contexts A system and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and capabilities is provided. In one approach, the system attempts to optimize the inferred or directly accessed preferences o... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385501 | System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system A computer implemented method is provided for directing region-specific information. The method receives information relating to location of users, and provides location-specific information to the users. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386801 | System and method that facilitates computer desktop use via scaling of displayed objects with shifts to the periphery The present invention relates to a system that facilitates multi-tasking in a computing environment. A focus area component defines a focus area within a display space—the focus area occupying a subset area of the display space area. A scaling component scales dis... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386864 | Automatic serialization for event driven multi-threaded programs in an object structured system The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automatic interactions between a client component and an object supported by an operating system framework. Various components provide automatic locking, or serialization of code execution durin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384569 | Imprint lithography mask trimming for imprint mask using etch Disclosed are photolithographic systems and methods, and more particularly systems and methodologies that enhance imprint mask feature resolution. An aspect generates feedback information that facilitates control of imprint mask feature size and resolution via emplo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385168 | Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable ch... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386171 | Activity detector A system and method facilitating activity (e.g., dithering/half toning and/or noise) detection is provided. The invention includes an activity detection system having a connected component analyzer and an activity detector. The invention provides for the quantity of... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386162 | Post fabrication CD modification on imprint lithography mask The present invention relates generally to photolithographic systems and methods, and more particularly to systems and methodologies that facilitate compensating for imprint mask critical dimension error(s). An aspect of the invention generates feedback information ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382260 | Hot swap and plug-and-play for RFID devices The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adding a device to an RFID network and associated a process to such device. An interface can receive a new device and/or related identification data that is to be incorporated into an RFID netw... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383531 | Extensible productivity tool for exposing common classes in application building Architecture for developing an application. The architecture provides an entry point to commonly used classes of an application development framework. A developer begins a project which predefines a set of collection classes. An exposer component includes an identif... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383495 | Presentation viewing tool designed for the viewer The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates a viewer's viewing experience of a presentation as shown on the viewer's own machine. The system and method provide the viewer with navigation and annotation control of the viewer's view of t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383274 | Systems and methods for efficiently storing and accessing data storage system paths The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing a compact representation of a file path associated to a file storage system. A path component can provide seamless integration and/or transition between the file path associated to th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383234 | Extensible data mining framework The subject disclosure pertains to extensible data mining systems, means, and methodologies. For example, a data mining system is disclosed that supports plug-in or integration of non-native mining algorithms, perhaps provided by third parties, such that they functi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383497 | Random access editing of media The present invention provides a unique system and method for facilitating browsing, sorting, clustering, and filtering any number of media objects grouped together in a quick and easy manner. In particular, the invention involves annotating the media objects, which... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381278 | Using supercritical fluids to clean lenses and monitor defects Disclosed are immersion lithography methods involving irradiating a first photoresist through a lens and an immersion liquid, the immersion liquid contacting the lens and the first photoresist in a first apparatus; contacting the lens with a supercritical fluid in a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379623 | Method to quickly warp a 2-D image using only integer math Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate rapidly warping a two-dimensional image using integer math. A warping table can contain two-dimensional floating point output pixel offset values that are mapped to respective input pixel locations in a captured imag... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379750 | Communications handoff using an adaptive antenna One implementation provides a novel station-to-station handoff using an adaptive or directional antenna. The directional antenna generates a plurality of directional search beams to search for pilot signals from new base stations. The search beams are scanned one be... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379758 | Satellite communication system constituted with primary and back-up multi-beam satellites A satellite communication system for providing communications between user terminals and gateways constituted with m primary satellites. In one embodiment, n back up satellites are also provided. Further, each satellite, primary or back-up, is equipped to project N/... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379875 | Systems and methods for generating audio thumbnails The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automatic generation of mnemonic audio portions or segments referred to as audio thumbnails. A system is provided for summarizing audio information. The system includes an analysis component to ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379924 | Quantifying and predicting the impact of line edge roughness on device reliability and performance Systems and methods are disclosed for testing semiconductors at the wafer level, specifically, systems and methods are disclosed that quantify line-edge roughness in terms of electrical properties and the impact of the line-edge roughness on device reliability and p... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380166 | Compensation framework for long running transactions An error-handling framework is provided for business process transactions. The error-handling framework facilitates coordination of the invocation of exception and compensation handlers in response to errors. The error-handling framework includes support for custom ... | 05/27/2008 |
| D569710 | Cable management apparatus | 05/27/2008 |
| D569712 | Cable management apparatus | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377439 | Piezoelectric scan system A system for scanning a target is provided. A light source directs a beam of light toward piezoelectric material having an arcuate reflective surface. The reflective surface directs at least a portion of the beam of light to a beam expander, which in turn directs li... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378966 | RFID device groups The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates configuring at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) device. An RFID network can include at least one device associated with a device group, wherein the device group corresponds ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379009 | AD converter and radio receiver Disclosed is an AD converter including: a first conversion stage including a quantizing part to generate m parallel pieces of quantized signals from m pieces of input analog signals representing n-dimensional vectors (n | 05/27/2008 |
| D569711 | Cable management apparatus | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376275 | Clustering Systems and methods for performing clustering of a document image are disclosed. A property of an extracted mark from a document is compared to the properties of the existing clusters. If the property of the mark fails to match any of the properties of the existing ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376972 | Session key exchange key A system and method for employing a key exchange key to facilitate secure communication is provided. The key exchange key can be employed, for example, to encrypt and/or decrypt dialog session key(s) that are used to encrypt and/or decrypt message(s) that form a dia... | 05/20/2008 |
| D569234 | Cable management apparatus | 05/20/2008 |
| D569235 | Cable management apparatus | 05/20/2008 |
| D569236 | Cable management apparatus | 05/20/2008 |
