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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6144380 | Method of entering and using handwriting to identify locations within an electronic book A method for controlling a screen display of an electronic book. The contents of the book are displayed on a screen of the computer system as pages with which the user interacts by a pointer such as a pen or stylus. The content engine performs various fun... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141253 | Electrically programmable semiconductor device with concurrent program and verification operations An electronically programmable semiconductor memory device that concurrently programs floating gate memory cells in the semiconductor memory device and verifies the programming of the memory cells is disclosed. Source-side voltage monitoring of the memory... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135884 | Gaming machine having secondary display for providing video content A gaming machine includes main and secondary displays. The secondary display is disposed apart from the primary display and is used for presenting primary, secondary, or even tertiary information. The main display is controlled electronically by a gaming ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134705 | Generation of sub-netlists for use in incremental compilation A technique is disclosed for performing an incremental recompile of an electronic design that has been previous compiled and then changed by a designer. This is accomplished by identifying a "sub-netlist" within the larger netlist of the changed design. T... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6119157 | Protocol for exchanging configuration data in a computer network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing a data framework and associated client/server protocol for storing and exchanging data among computers in a network. A data schema having an n-way tree-type structure with a root node layer, intermediate n... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6119129 | Multi-threaded journaling in a configuration database A method and system for creating and maintaining a journal of transactions directed to a configuration database is disclosed. A multi-threaded journaling method logs transactions in a configuration database by first receiving a database transaction, the t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115853 | Toilet bowl When a cleaning button for cleaning the toilet bowl is operated, by a manner as pressing, a switching valve 41 switches the flushing water supply destination to a position for cleaning the bowl part. The flushing water is then jetted out of a spout nozzle... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6108520 | Paging method and apparatus A two-way paging system utilizes four local frequencies for transmissions between pager units (22) and a central control station (20). A first local frequency (f1) carries a local clock; a second local frequency (f2) carries communic... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6107844 | Methods and apparatus for reducing MOSFET body diode conduction in a half-bridge configuration Methods and apparatus for operating first and second switches arranged in a half-bridge configuration are described. First and second gate voltages on the first and second gates, respectively, of the first and second switches are controlled such that the ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6096453 | Polymeric thin-film reversible electrochemical charge storage devices An electrochemical energy storage device is described. The electrochemical energy storage device includes: (1) a polymer electrode having (A) an organic conjugated compound; and (B) an ionically conductive polymer electrolyte, wherein the organic conjugat... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094663 | Method and apparatus for implementing atomic queues Methods and apparatus for implementing queues without disabling interrupts or using locks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a queue structure, which is accessible to a plurality of threads, that is suitable for use in a comp... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094592 | Methods and apparatus for estimating a physiological parameter using transforms A method for use in a system for determining a physiological parameter is described. The system has a sensor for transmitting electromagnetic energy of first and second wavelengths toward a tissue sample and detecting the electromagnetic energy after scat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090717 | High density plasma etching of metallization layer using chlorine and nitrogen A method in a plasma processing chamber for etching through a selected portion of a metallization layer of a wafer's layer stack. The method includes the step of etching at least partially through the metallization layer of the layer stack with an etchant... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087204 | Method of making a multi-layer lead frame A multi-layer lead frame for use in a semiconductor package is described. The described lead frame is particularly well suited for application where fine pitch leads and/or lead multi-routing capability is required. In one embodiment, the multi-layered le... | 07/11/2000 |
