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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637890 | Cover plate for in-wall mounted electronic component housing | 05/17/2011 |
| 7529908 | Method and apparatus for unified exception handling with distributed exception identification A system, method and tangible medium for unified exception handling with distributed exception identification includes a packet processing pipeline with at least two processing stages for processing data packets, each of the data packets being processed having an as... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529815 | Methods and apparatus supporting configuration in a network During one mode of operation, a configuration server receives a signal to modify configuration information associated with a given host computer. To prompt reconfiguration of the given host computer, the configuration server generates a reconfiguration command to th... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529087 | Method and apparatus for ventilating a computerized device A chassis panel for a computerized device includes ventilation elements that visually obscure electronic components disposed within an associated chassis and that minimize airflow resistance. Each ventilation element includes a first angled ventilation portion havin... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522328 | Thermally controlled spatial light modulator using phase modulation An apparatus includes a thin-film interference filter structure having a generally wavelength-dependent resonant response to incident optical energy in a predetermined range of wavelengths. The thin-film interference filter structure includes a thermally tunable lay... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520192 | Reduced-friction drive screw assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing reduced friction in drive screw assemblies, including electromechanical actuator (EMA) assemblies. A drive screw assembly is disclosed that includes a drive shaft, a drive screw, and a screw head. A stationary guide ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518521 | Rotating anti-theft tag An anti-theft security tag includes an engagement member and a housing for supporting an electronic article surveillance (EAS) marker. The housing includes a rotating inner core for supporting the engagement member for attachment to the article. The engagement membe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516348 | Selective power management of disk drives during semi-idle time in order to save power and increase drive life span Redundancy in storage arrays is used to extend the life of disk drives and conserve power. In an exemplary storage array, a group of storage devices includes y storage devices. Data and redundant information is distributed across the y devices to provide m levels of... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516240 | Managing a content distribution system using virtual content-distribution trees A technique can be used to obtain content (e.g., a live feed, pre-positioned content, etc.) from a content-originating device (a content source). The technique involves identifying a tree-based location-path having a series of locations which leads from the computer... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516224 | Pseudowire termination directly on a router A method, apparatus and computer program product for routing data within a packet-switched network using a PW wherein the PW is terminated directly on the layer-3 routing device such that certain services and applications can be utilized is presented. The method, ap... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515413 | Fan field replaceable unit A fan device includes a connector, a fan, and an attachment assembly. The fan is configured to provide cooling to circuitry when the fan receives a power signal through the connector. The attachment assembly is configured to control attachment of the fan device to a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513791 | Adjustable power cord retainer and method of use A retainer for use with a conventional cord to stabilize the cord within a plug of an electronic device is provided. The retainer includes a bushing for receiving the cord, and a bail, which engages the bushing at one end, having a pair of legs for engagement with a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512970 | Host credentials authorization protocol A protocol, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing and utilizing a host credential authorization protocol (HCAP) is presented. The protocol is utilized by an AAA server and a posture validation server. The AAA server and the posture validation ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511970 | Method and apparatus for shielding a circuit board of a circuit board chassis A circuit board shielding assembly includes an electrically conductive fabric over foam gasket that forms part of a circuit board card guide in a computer system. As a user inserts a circuit board assembly into the card guide of the computer system, a carrier tray o... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509505 | Method and system for managing power delivery for power over Ethernet systems A method for managing the delivery of power for a plurality of devices includes allocating a power limit for each of the plurality of devices and providing power to at least one of the plurality of devices. The method also includes, in response to the providing of p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509491 | System and method for dynamic secured group communication Conventional mechanisms exist for denoting such a communications group (group) and for establishing point-to-point, or unicast, secure connections between members of the communications group. In a particular arrangement, group members employ a group key operable for... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508941 | Methods and apparatus for use in surveillance systems A control signal is provided to a video data acquisition system that generates video data. In response to receiving the control signal, the video data acquisition system modifies at least a portion of the video data to produce an output signal. Authenticity of the o... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506368 | Methods and apparatus for network communications via a transparent security proxy A data security device for providing a network transport connection via a transparent network proxy that employs different encryption security mediums along a communications session between two endpoints by emulating one of the endpoints at an intermediate node such... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502992 | Method and apparatus for detecting presence of errors in data transmitted between components in a data storage system using an I2C protocol A data storage system includes a storage processor that is configured to perform load and store operations on a storage array on behalf of external devices. The data storage system also includes a controller that isolates communication between the external devices w... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502933 | Identity authentication system and method A method and system for generating an authentication code that depends at least in part on a dynamic value that changes over time, an event state associated with the occurrence of an event, and a secret associated with an authentication device. By generating the aut... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502669 | Apparatus and method for graphically displaying disk drive enclosures and cabling in a data storage system A data storage system is configured to provide a graphical display that shows the user a logical schematic of interconnected disk enclosures of a data storage system along with any erroneous connections among the disk enclosures. The graphical display, therefore, al... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502467 | System and method for authentication seed distribution In one embodiment of a user authentication system and method according to the invention, a device shares a secret, referred to as a master seed, with a server. The device and the server both derive one or more secrets, referred to as verifier seeds, from the master ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500880 | Connector for telecommunication devices A connector that mechanically connects and provides power to two or more telecommunication devices in series, for example a phone and an expansion module or accessory device, from a single or multiple power source is provided. In one embodiment, the connector includ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500264 | Use of packet hashes to prevent TCP retransmit overwrite attacks Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems that detect maliciously formed TCP/IP retransmit packets attempting to pass through an intrusion detection system (IDS) and prevent them from reaching their destination by forcing early flow termination. The IDS m... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495998 | Biomimetic acoustic detection and localization system An acoustic detection and localization system includes a signal acquisition stage, a biomimetic processor, and an acoustic feature processor. The system uses multiple acoustic cues including spectral content, inter-aural time delay (ITD), inter-aural intensity diffe... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7193204 | Multi-track optical encoder employing beam divider An optical encoder includes a sensor head, an encoder scale, and an optical wavefront dividing element. The sensor head includes a substrate, a light source, a first optical detector, and a second optical detector. The light source, the first optical detector, and t... | 03/20/2007 |
