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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185915 | Meta-architecture for multi-tiered enterprise software application and system A method for dynamic manipulation of a multi-tiered enterprise software application comprises providing a meta-architecture in a presentation tier of a multi-tiered enterprise software application. The meta-architecture comprises at least screen content associated w... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185558 | Automatically generating nodes and edges in an integrated social graph In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining a data store of nodes and edges and for each of one or more users: scanning items of content associated with the corresponding user node; identifying a candidate item of content; searching for matches between the cand... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185016 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; an image forming unit including a plurality of photosensitive drums on which electrostatic latent images are formed, respectively; a sheet storing unit detachably attached to the main body and configured to store a r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183983 | Method for the at least temporary activation of bidirectional communication and transponder A method for the at least temporary activation of bidirectional communication between a transponder having a nonvolatile memory area and a base station, whereby the transponder in an at least partial mute state receives messages, but no information-related data from... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182565 | Compressor incorporated with oil separator A compressor incorporated with an oil separator having a separation chamber and communication holes. The separation chamber is placed adjacent to a discharge chamber, has a space formed in the entire inside of the separation chamber, separates oil-containing gas, wh... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182077 | Ink cartridge assemblies having adapter for easily removing ink cartridge from a mounting portion An ink cartridge includes an ink tank defining an ink chamber therein, in which the ink chamber is configured to store ink therein, and an adapter configured to be coupled to the ink tank. The adapter and the ink tank are separate members, and the adapter includes a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182060 | Ink supply devices An ink supply device includes an ink cartridge and a cartridge mounting portion including a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. The ink cartridge includes a first detectable portion, a second detectable portion, and a third detectable portion. The d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182059 | Image printing device an image printing device comprises a transfer roller configured to transfer a printing medium in a transfer direction, a first sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of the transfer roller, a carriage mounted with a printhead. The image printing device furthe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181132 | Validating one or more circuits using one or more grids In one embodiment, a method includes simulating by one or more computer systems a larger circuit to assign one or more values to one or more latch variables associated with the larger circuit, generating by the one or more computer systems one or more reduced circui... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180920 | System and method for processing content A system for routing media content files having different format characteristics to a plurality of clients over a communication network includes a content translation router. The content translation router is capable of retrieving the content files. In addition, the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180876 | Device manager and device management program A device manager and a computer readable medium storing a device management program are provided. The device manager includes a transmission unit that transmits, to devices connected to a network, a broadcast command which requests management information that is sto... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180804 | Dynamically generating recommendations based on social graph information In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining access to information comprising nodes and edges; receiving a request from a first user corresponding to a first user node for a structured document corresponding to a first concept node; determining a first data set ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180339 | Method and apparatus for transferring network management information to wireless nodes Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing network management information to wireless access points in a wireless network. In one implementation, a wireless client interrogates a wireless access point for its MAC address, for service set identifier (SSID... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180334 | System and method for leveraging a caller ID to provide a reverse signaling pathway in a network environment A method for providing signaling in a network environment is provided that includes receiving, at a mobile station, a new call from a mobility application, the new call including a caller ID segment associated with an existing call for the mobile station. The method... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180223 | System and method for extending reach in a passive optical network In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for extending reach in a passive optical network (PON) is provided. In a particular embodiment, a method for extending reach in a PON includes transmitting traffic at a first wavelength f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180219 | Providing signal reachability information to a network In particular embodiments, providing signal reachability information to a network includes establishing signal reachability information at a network node of the network. The signal reachability information describes attributes that affect reachability of an optical ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179917 | System and method for repeater in a power line network System and method for repeater in a power line network. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for power line communication network. The method includes providing a virtual local area network (VLAN), which VLAN includes at least a repeat... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179907 | Routing data packets in a communication network Routing data packets includes receiving data packets from a network element at a routing gateway. The data packets are determined to be destined for a mobile node. A location of the mobile node is obtained. The data packets are forwarded to the mobile node according... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179831 | Communication systems A transmission method for use in a multi-hop wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a source apparatus, a destination apparatus and two or more intermediate apparatuses. The system has access to a time-frequency format for use in assigning av... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179422 | System and method for video conferencing In one embodiment, an apparatus includes two modules. A first module receives a request from a first endpoint to subscribe to a voice activated multicast group and causes the first endpoint to receive a current speaker's video stream if the first endpoint is not the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179405 | Compact flat panel color calibration system A compact flat panel color calibration system includes a lens prism optic able to pass a narrow, perpendicular, and uniform cone angle of incoming light to a spectrally non-selective photodetector. The calibration system also includes a microprocessor operable to de... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177337 | Flow path unit, inspection apparatus, and inspection method A flow path unit of one aspect of the invention includes: a plurality of plates, each of the plurality of plates having a hole, the plurality of plates being laminated in a lamination direction with a predetermined positional relationship such that a flow path is fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177326 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a carriage which carries a recording head and moves reciprocally in a main scanning direction; and a first support member and a second support member arranged on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, in a sub-sca... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177317 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including a recording head, a feeding mechanism feeding a recording medium such that a second surface is opposed to the head, a first-area determining portion determining a first area, a second-area determining portion determining a seco... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177221 | Sheet separation device, sheet feed tray including the sheet separation device, and sheet feed apparatus including the sheet separation device A sheet separation device includes a separation member having a plurality of first separation portions that separate fed sheets one by one, and a turning member having an inclined surface, holes formed therethrough, and a plurality of second separation portions. The... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176501 | Enabling efficient input/output (I/O) virtualization A method for virtualizing input/output whereby a back-end driver component running back-end in a privileged operating system address space configures an input/output adapter through a setup/control path is disclosed. The back-end driver component is used to register... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176037 | System and method for SQL query load balancing Systems and methods for SQL query load balancing are disclosed. A method may include establishing a ranking scheme, assigning a rank to an SQL query from the ranking scheme based on a plurality of rank assignment parameters, determining a threshold rank based on a p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175952 | System and method for managing a group insurance policy According to one embodiment, a method for managing a group life insurance policy with a plurality of certificates is provided. The group life insurance policy is at least partially funded by a financial account comprising one or more payments paid by a sponsor. The ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175415 | Image processing device and computer-accessible recording medium containing program therefor An image processing device changes a size of original image represented by an original image data to create size-changed image data representing a size-changed image and outputs the size-changed image data to an output device. The image processing device has an imag... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175277 | Intercepting a communication session in a telecommunication network Intercepting a secure communication session includes distributing a key from a key distribution point to establish a secure communication session between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. A secure channel is established between the key distribution point and a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175257 | Method and apparatus for scheduling automatic call distribution system callers A system and method are provided for reducing the wait time for a caller waiting to speak with an agent in an automatic call distribution system. The system and method receive a call from a caller, and receive an indication that the caller is to speak with one of a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175242 | Voice conference historical monitor A method includes determining information regarding a conference among a plurality of participants. The information may include a respective cumulative talk time of each of the plurality of participants. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present inve... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175078 | Redundant pseudowires between Ethernet access domains A computer network includes first and second Ethernet access domain networks, each of Ethernet access domain networks including a user-facing provider edge (u-PE) device, and a stack group of network-facing provider edge (n-PE) devices coupled with the u-PE device, ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174993 | System, method and device for tuning a switched transmission line for ethernet local area network-on-motherboard (LOM) A method, system and device are disclosed for compensating or tuning one or more communication pathways between an external network and an information handling system. In one aspect, one or more inductive devices may be coupled to one or more transmission lines coup... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174983 | Method and apparatus for flexible application-aware monitoring in high bandwidth networks There is provided apparatus including at least one pre-capture filter, operative to receive at least some of a plurality of packets transmitted in a network, and to identify an application type of each of the received packets and a plurality of application-type spec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174737 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a read unit that reads a document so as to generate image data representing a read image of the document, a partial prescanning unit, which conveys the read unit in a partial area of a readable area of the docume... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174719 | Systems and methods for testing a printer A method for testing skew in a printer includes receiving at a printer a request to print a test page, and in response to the request, printing a test page. The test page includes (a) a first symbol defining a first symbol boundary and (b) a second symbol sized smal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174717 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives reception data transmitted from an external apparatus; an acquiring unit which acquires identification information for identifying the external apparatus which transmits the reception data; and a ta... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173901 | Multifilament superconductor, as well as method for its production A multifilament superconductor (1) has a core area (2), several superconductor filaments (7) and reinforcement filaments (6). The superconductor filaments (7) and the reinforcement filaments (6) are arranged, so that they ha... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173627 | Neuroprotective effect of solubilized UDCA in focal ischemic model The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating, or relieving at least one symptom associated with loss of blood flow to the brain including, without limitation, ischemic stroke. Compositions of the disclosure may comprise a bile ... | 05/08/2012 |
