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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7257635 | System and method for describing and automatically managing resources A system and method for automatically allocating resources is provided. The system includes one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources, based at least in part on data associated with the one or more resources, the data including at lea... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249159 | Notification platform architecture An architecture for a notification platform is disclosed. In one embodiment, the architecture includes a user mechanism, one or more notification sources and sinks, and a notification manager. The user mechanism stores information regarding notification parameters o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234117 | System and method for shared integrated online social interaction A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233286 | Calibration of a device location measurement system that utilizes wireless signal strengths An architecture for minimizing calibration effort in an IEEE 802.11 device location measurement system. The calibration technique is based upon a regression function that produces adequately accurate location information as a function of signal strength regardless o... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219346 | System and method for implementing a client side HTTP stack A software components and methods are provided for implementation of a client side HTTP stack, which provide high performance and scalability. Multithreading and completion ports are employed in the client side HTTP layer in association with sockets and a thread poo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209916 | Expression and flexibility framework for providing notification(s) The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate timely delivery of notifications and performance of automated actions for users in the framework of an ad-hoc rules processing environment. An information agent operates as a distributed applica... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206828 | Location-based scenarios to facilitate selection of system configuration Information is acquired indicative of a location scenario where a plurality of software components are to be installed. The location scenario is employed to configure the software components, such as by setting at least some of the components as default components t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204409 | Reader application markup language schema The subject invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates executing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) process by employing a reader application markup language (RAML) schema that provides a portable format to setup and deploy such RFID process. A ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203909 | System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203696 | Dynamic registry partitioning A system and method of providing access to information stored in a system registry is provided. The system and method can further facilitate a generic (e.g., application and/or operating system independent) manner for dynamic partitioning of the system registry. The... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203635 | Layered models for context awareness The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing layered probabilistic representations for sensing, learning, and inference from multiple sensory streams at multiple levels of temporal granularity and abstraction. The methods facilitate robustness... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203623 | Distributed data gathering and aggregation agent A system and method is provided for gathering and aggregating operational metrics (e.g., performance metrics, process events, health monitor state, server state) for a plurality of members as a single entity and for a plurality of entities as a singular entity. The ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203371 | Tarp filter Systems and methods for performing adaptive filtering are disclosed. The present invention generates probabilities that can be used in an encoder, such as an arithmetic encoder and generates those probabilities in a computationally efficient manner. Probabilities of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202816 | Utilization of the approximate location of a device determined from ambient signals The present invention employs approximate device locations determined from changes in the sensed strength of radio signals at different locations. In one instance of the invention, the approximate device locations are based on inference procedures that are used to p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199416 | Systems and methods for a memory and/or selection element formed within a recess in a metal line The subject invention provides systems and methodologies for fabrication of memory and/or selection (e.g., diodes) elements in a recession in a semiconductor layer. In particular, a trench of varying width is created in the semiconductor layer by employing various e... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199394 | Polymer memory device with variable period of retention time Systems and methodologies are provided for of enabling a polymer memory cell to exhibit variable retention times for stored data therein. Such setting of retention time can depend upon a programming mode and/or type of material employed in the polymer memory cell. S... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200624 | Systems and methods for versioning based triggers A system and/or methodology to track and organize database application data in response to a delete, insert or update procedure. More specifically, a system and/or methodology that employs a version-based retention and linkage approach with respect to triggering imp... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195169 | Mobile terminal with ergonomic housing The subject invention relates to systems and methods for employing a housing as part of a hand held scanner as to increase utility and add ruggedness. The housing comprises an upper top housing and lower bottom housing, with the top housing comprising a set of acces... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195168 | Terminal design with shock isolation assembly Systems and methodologies are disclosed for isolating a portable hand held electronic unit from external mechanical shocks and/or vibrations by dampening them at several levels. The system can absorb an external mechanical shock at three different levels by employin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191135 | Speech recognition system and method for employing the same A speech recognition system that includes a host computer which is operative to communicate at least one graphical user interface (GUI) display file to a mobile terminal of the system. The mobile terminal includes a microphone for receiving speech input; wherein the... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185816 | Bar code and method of forming a bar code having color for encoding supplemental information A barcode symbol having an encoded symbology is provided with color or shades of gray to add additional information at the time of printing. The color or shades of gray provides the current barcode symbology with a third dimension of information. The color or shades... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187796 | Systems and methods that employ exposure compensation to provide uniform CD control on reticle during fabrication The present invention relates to monitoring and controlling a reticle fabrication process (e.g. employed with an electron beam lithography process). A typical fabrication process involves discrete stages including exposure, post-exposure bake and development. After ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185820 | Data acquisition apparatus A scanner device includes a body portion with an optical scanner module at a first forward end and having a keypad and display mounted on an upper surface. The handle portion extends from the body portion near the forward end and is oriented at a selected angle to c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185818 | Rotatable/removeable keyboard A system that facilitates desirable orientation of a display on a machine data reader comprises a keypad that is moveable with respect to a body of the machine data reader, the keypad utilized to relay information to the machine data reader. The system further compr... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188081 | Electronic shopping basket A system which facilitates electronic shopping, which includes a graphical image component residing on a user interface; and a shopping basket component associated with the graphical image component. The shopping basket component provides drag and drop capabilities ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184967 | System and method utilizing a graphical user interface of a business process workflow scheduling program A graphical user interface (GUI) scheduler program is provided for modeling business workflow processes. The GUI scheduler program includes tools to allow a user to create a schedule for business workflow processes based on a set of rules defined by the GUI schedule... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183141 | Reversible field-programmable electric interconnects A programmable interconnect structure and method of operating the same provides a programmable interconnection between electrical contacts. The interconnect includes material that has a reversibly programmable resistance. The material includes a molecular matrix wit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184929 | Exponential priors for maximum entropy models The subject invention provides for systems and methods that facilitate optimizing one or mores sets of training data by utilizing an Exponential distribution as the prior on one or more parameters in connection with a maximum entropy (maxent) model to mitigate overf... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184591 | Systems and methods for adaptive handwriting recognition The present invention utilizes generic and user-specific features of handwriting samples to provide adaptive handwriting recognition with a minimum level of user-specific enrollment data. By allowing generic and user-specific classifiers to facilitate in a recogniti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181419 | Demand aggregation system The demand aggregation system includes buyer sponsored DealRooms, seller sponsored DealRooms, and multiple buyer and multiple seller sponsored DealRooms. Moreover, the demand aggregation system includes a customer relations management (CRM) package. In the CRM packa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178047 | Method to reduce or eliminate audio interference from computer components The present invention provides a system and method that mitigates audio interference before and/or during an audio session, and in particular, when a high quality audio session is desired. The system includes an audio component that determines whether an audio sessi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178023 | System and method to facilitate secure communication of data A system and method facilitate substantially secure communication of messages in an architecture that allows a user-level application or process direct access to hardware, such as may include a storage device. A process directly provides to a storage device a messag... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176655 | Battery pack with built in communication port A system and method for providing a communication port integral with a battery pack assembly is disclosed. The system provides a pathway between an external unit and a host unit via a printed circuit board of the battery pack. The battery pack can include communicat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175094 | Mobile terminal with handle that houses a stylus The disclosure relates to systems and methods for housing a stylus as part of a handle of a mobile terminal to increase utility. By designing a cavity within the handle of a mobile terminal, a compartment is obtained which in turn can be exploited for housing a styl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173648 | System and method for visually monitoring a semiconductor processing system The present invention relates to visually monitoring an interior portion of a processing chamber in a semiconductor processing system. An image collector collects images of the interior of the chamber and provides an image signal indicative of a visual representatio... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167866 | Selective multi level expansion of data base via pivot point data Systems and methodologies are provided for data visualization, retrieval and management of a logically ordered list by a selective multi level expansion of pivot point data. Such pivot points can represent hierarchy expansion designators to a subsequent level, which... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167568 | Microphone array signal enhancement A system and method facilitating signal enhancement utilizing an adaptive filter is provided. The invention includes an adaptive filter that filters an input based upon a plurality of adaptive coefficients and modifies the adaptive coefficients based on a feedback o... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164797 | 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 ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162530 | System and method for encapsulating data within a formatted data protocol A system and method are provided for encoding data in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a first subsystem for encoding a second data protocol within a formatted data protocol without disrupting display operations associated with the first da... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162502 | Systems and methods that synchronize data with representations of the data The present invention provides systems and methods that synchronize modifications between electronic data and one or more associated data representations. Synchronization comprises translating modification made to the data or a representation to the representations ... | 01/09/2007 |
