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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148240 | Method and apparatus for performing an open-loop current shaping for seeking acoustics reduction in a disk drive Methods and apparatus for reducing overall seeking acoustics in a head-disk apparatus are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method for reducing overall seeking acoustics in a disk drive includes sending at least one curr... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6101064 | Methods and apparatus for efficiently controlling a read/write head in a computer disk drive Methods and apparatus for ascertaining a position of a read/write head relative to a reference position on a rotatable disk in a computer disk drive are disclosed. In one aspect of the present invention, a method for determining the position of a read/wri... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6060370 | Method for shallow trench isolations with chemical-mechanical polishing A process for fabricating a trench filled with an insulating material in a surface of an integrated circuit substrate is described. One step of the process includes defining a masking layer on a composite layered stack above a region to be protected on th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6044218 | System, method and article of manufacture for creating a live application or applet development environment A system for a live applet or application development environment includes software that cooperatively promotes and permits immediate socialization of new components with existing components as the new components are instantiated or dropped onto the devel... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6037233 | Metal-encapsulated polysilicon gate and interconnect Provided are methods of forming a metal layer on the horizontal and vertical surfaces of a polysilicon gate electrode/interconnect in a MOS transistor, and devices having metal-encapsulated gates and interconnects. The metal encapsulation method of the pr... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6029110 | Method and apparatus for providing passenger access to a vehicle navigation system A method and apparatus provide access to an interactive product to a passenger of a vehicle while limiting access to the interactive product to the driver of the vehicle. At least one control device is provided for allowing user interaction with the inter... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6009266 | Methods, apparatus and data structures for managing objects A variety of methods, apparatus, and data structures for managing transient and persistent distributed objects are disclosed. Objects for use as object references are described, both for transient and persistent objects. In one aspect of the invention, a ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5940827 | Methods and apparatus for managing a database in a distributed operating environment A variety of methods and apparatus for managing a database in a object oriented environment are disclosed. According to the present invention, a database is provided which includes a database cache and a persistent database portion. Clients of the databas... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5913065 | System, method and article of manufacture for creating hierarchical folder components for use in a java application or applet Method, system and article of manufacture for creating hierarchical folder components for use with in holding other object oriented based components, including other folder components, and component assemblies. Each hierarchical folder is provided with an... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5907675 | Methods and apparatus for managing deactivation and shutdown of a server A number of methods and apparatus for managing clients of a computer server. In particular, the usher implements an orderly and predictable server deactivation and/or shut down strategy in generally the following manner. The usher continuously maintains a... | 05/25/1999 |
