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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536586 | System and method for the management of failure recovery in multiple-node shared-storage environments A storage architecture and method for managing the operation of a network in a RAID environment is provided in which a storage management agent is included in each server node of the network. The storage management agents monitor the status of the drives of the stor... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536452 | System and method for implementing traffic management based on network resources A method for implementing traffic management is provided that includes communicating a copy of one or more incoming packets and identifying a volume associated with the incoming packets in order to communicate feedback information to a main central processing unit (... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536187 | Supporting communication sessions at a mobile node Supporting communication sessions at a mobile node includes determining at a mobile node an address for one or more interior network elements of a network system. A interior network element is distinct from an edge network element of the network system, and is opera... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535884 | Battery-efficient generic advertising service for wireless mobile devices In one embodiment, a method for acquiring service provider information includes querying a wireless network for service provider information, receiving an advertisement response containing advertising service scheduling information, and configuring a power conservat... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535146 | Brushless synchronous machine with embedded permanent magnets and trapezoidal electromagnetic force A brushless synchronous machine is energized by permanent magnets with a stator and a rotor. The rotor is supported within the stator to allow rotation. The rotor has a plurality of cutouts into which permanent magnets are embedded. An air gap is provided between th... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534614 | Isolation of proteins involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing and methods of use The present invention discloses transgenic plant cells transformed with a nucleic acid encoding a SrMV P1/HC-Pro protein, wherein expression of the protein suppresses post-transcriptional gene silencing in the cell. The transgenic plant cell may be located in an emb... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533959 | Medium position determining devices and image recording devices A medium position determining device includes a sensor, and a scanning carriage that is configured to move in a reciprocating manner in a scanning direction, in which the sensor is mounted to the scanning carriage. The device also includes a controller that is confi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533837 | Comminuting device A comminuting device includes a comminuting chamber which has a bottom wall and a circumferential wall which extends upwards from the bottom wall. The device also includes a rotatably driven drive shaft which extends essentially orthogonal to the bottom wall, and at... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7499465 | Heuristic assignment of light-trails in an optical network A method for assigning a light-trail in an optical network includes identifying unassigned traffic flows in the network that require assignment to a light-trail, where each traffic flow is communicated from an associated source node to an associated destination node... | 03/03/2009 |
| D586182 | Mug | 02/10/2009 |
