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| 7949666 | Synchronizing distributed work through document logs A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for synchronizing distributed work. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving first and second metadata entries, adding the first and second metadata entries to a set corresponding to a digital object, and providing... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949634 | Synchronization methods and systems Widget synchronization architectures, methods, systems, and computer readable media are described. One exemplary embodiment includes a first software component which is configured to cause retrieval and storage of data for a first data class for one or more widgets ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949420 | Methods and graphical user interfaces for displaying balance and correlation information of signals The present invention relates to a method of displaying balance and correlation information of at least a pair of a first channel signal and a second channel signal. According to the present invention, the method of displaying balance and correlation information of ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949200 | Image processing apparatus, display device, and image processing method According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an obtaining module, a coefficient filter, a large area filter, and a determination module. The obtaining module obtains a feature value indicating an image structure of a pixel block comprising a t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948994 | Method and apparatus for routing and forwarding between virtual routers within a single network element A method and apparatus for routing and forwarding between virtual routers is described. A method in a single network element comprises peering a first virtual router to a second virtual router, wherein the first and second virtual routers have separate address space... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948993 | Address resolution optimization procedure to effect a gradual cutover from a provider bridge network to a VPLS or provider backbone bridging network A method and apparatus that operates two bridging protocols in a hybrid bridging node is described. The operation of the two bridging protocols in the hybrid node allows for an incremental transition of a provider bridging network from operating a legacy bridging pr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948979 | Programmable network interface card A computing system comprises a programmable network interface card and a host comprising a memory and a transport handler. The programmable network interface card may process a frame received over a network, and determine whether packet data included in the frame is... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948961 | Wireless proximity estimation A wireless content protection system includes a coordinator, a source device, and a sink device. The coordinator includes a scheduler. The source and sink devices each have a content protection manager. One of the content protection manager allocates and releases ba... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948953 | System and method for advertising the same service set identifier for different basic service sets According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises advertising services by a first wireless device. The services are provided by different basic service sets, each basic service set having the same service set identifier (SSID). Thereafter, one of the ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948871 | Method and apparatus for mobility agent recovery Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively back... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948010 | Dual seed semiconductor photodetectors Dual seed semiconductor photodetectors and methods to fabricate thereof are described. A dual seed semiconductor photodetector is formed directly on an insulating layer on a substrate. The dual seed semiconductor photodetector includes an optical layer formed on a d... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947971 | Quantum well MOSFET channels having uni-axial strain caused by metal source/drains, and conformal regrowth source/drains Embodiments described include straining transistor quantum well (QW) channel regions with metal source/drains, and conformal regrowth source/drains to impart a uni-axial strain in a MOS channel region. Removed portions of a channel layer may be filled with a junctio... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638203 | Garment | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945946 | Attribute level access control A method and apparatus for applying access control instructions to attributes. A request is received for permission to perform an operation on an attribute associated with an access control instruction. The access control instruction specifies an allowed type of cha... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945796 | System for controlling power supplies to an external apparatus via a connector based on user setting information According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an information processing apparatus main body receiving a supply of power from power supplies disposed at outside or inside; one or a plurality of connection connector(s) constituted to be ab... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945719 | Controller link for manageability engine An embodiment of the present invention is an efficient interconnecting bus. A first clock source generates a first clock signal at a first frequency on a link bus line synchronized with first data to be transmitted to a device. The device has a second clock source t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945708 | Apparatus and method of receiving data from audio/video equipment According to one embodiment, a data receiver apparatus comprises input ports complying with a digital interface standard, wherein each input port comprises a voltage signal terminal receiving a prescribed voltage signal, a detection terminal outputting a connection ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945412 | Methods and apparatuses for calibrating sensors Methods and apparatuses to perform calibration of imprecise sensors for power monitoring in a data-processing system are described. The system includes a load coupled to one or more sensors. An electronic load changes a first input signal through one or more sensors... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945310 | Surgical instrument path computation and display for endoluminal surgery An endoscopic surgical navigation system comprises a path correlation module that can compute the path taken by an endoscope scope or other medical instrument during an endoscopic medical procedure and various related attributes and parameters, and can compute and d... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945050 | Suppressing power supply noise using data scrambling in double data rate memory systems Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for suppressing power supply noise using data scrambling in double data rate memory systems. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a transmit data path to transmit... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945021 | Multi-mode cone beam CT radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine with a flat panel imager A multi-mode cone beam computed tomography radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine is disclosed. The radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine both include a rotatable gantry on which is positioned a cone-beam radiation source and a flat panel imager. The fl... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944960 | Integration of laser sources and detectors for a passive optical network Various methods and apparatuses are described in which an array of optical gain mediums capable of lasing are contained in a single integral unit. The array may contain four or more optical gain mediums capable of lasing. Each optical gain medium capable of lasing s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944764 | Writing to non-volatile memory during a volatile memory refresh cycle Writing to non-volatile memory during a volatile memory refresh cycle is described. In one example, a write command is received and data is received to write into a memory cell. The data is temporarily stored in response to the write command. A refresh command is re... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944447 | Adaptive and dynamic text filtering A device sensor determines an external state of a device. Text to be displayed on a display screen of the device is dynamically filtered based on the external state of the device. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944003 | Asymmetric channel doping for improved memory operation for floating body cell (FBC) memory An improved dynamic memory cell using a semiconductor fin or body is described. Asymmetrical doping is used in the channel region, with more dopant under the back gate to improve retention without significantly increasing read voltage. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943469 | Multi-component strain-inducing semiconductor regions A multi-component strain-inducing semiconductor region is described. In an embodiment, formation of such a strain-inducing semiconductor region laterally adjacent to a crystalline substrate results in a uniaxial strain imparted to the crystalline substrate, providin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7581649 | Reverse flow spin-cleaning liquid filters In a liquid filter of the reverse-flow flush-cleaning type, the present invention provides the improvement of mounting the pack of discs (170) intermediate to an assembly including a seat member (200) and screw-thread split-ring (202). ... | 09/01/2009 |
| D599257 | Front portion of a buggy | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581173 | Methods and apparatuses for formatting web pages Methods and apparatuses for formatting web pages through categorizing properties and values for specifying the appearance of web pages. In one aspect, a method includes: grouping styles into a set of scheme groups, one or more of the styles being capable of specifyi... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581164 | User interface for accessing presentations A user interface and methods for accessing document presentations are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method of the invention allows a user to directly snapback to a previous accessed document presentation without having to select from... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581154 | Method and apparatus to lower operating voltages for memory arrays using error correcting codes A method comprising running an error correction code on data and storing the data and the result of the error correction code in memory, running an error correction code on the data when it is read from the memory, comparing the results of the error correction codes... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581065 | Low locality-of-reference support in a multi-level cache hierachy A processor includes a multi-level cache hierarchy where locality information property such as a Low Locality of Reference (LLR) property is associated with a cache line. The LLR cache line retains the locality information and may move back and forth within the cach... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581027 | JPEG 2000 for efficent imaging in a client/server environment In one embodiment, the system comprises a server and a client. The server stores a compressed codestream corresponding to image data. The client is coupled to the server via a network environment. The client includes a memory having an application and a data structu... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581024 | Method and system for increasing participation in a standby router protocol A method and system is provided for increasing participation in a standby router protocol (SRP) without increasing the amount of network traffic due to SRP messaging. One or more domain master VLANs participate in an SRP on behalf of numerous member VLANs belonging ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580914 | Method and apparatus to improve execution of a stored program In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising determining metadata encoded in instructions of a stored program; and executing the stored program based on the metadata. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580836 | Speaker adaptation using weighted feedback In some embodiments, the invention includes calculating estimated weights for identified errors in recognition of utterances. Sections of the utterances are marked as being misrecognized and the corresponding estimated weights are associated with these sections of t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580701 | Dynamic passing of wireless configuration parameters Methods and apparatuses allow for wireless configuration parameters to be passed to a client to enable the client to configure a wireless network interface to connect to a wireless network. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580680 | Method of reducing imbalance in a quadrature frequency converter, method of measuring imbalance in such a converter, and apparatus for performing such method A method is provided for reducing imbalance in a quadrature frequency converter. A test tone generator controlled by an alignment controller supplies a test signal to the input of the frequency converter. A starting point is selected in a solution space addressed by... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580465 | Low speed access to DRAM Embodiments provide access to a memory over a high speed serial link at slower speeds than the high speed serial links regular operation. An embodiment may comprise a memory apparatus with a differential receiver coupled to a protocol recognition circuit, a low spee... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580454 | Multidimensional decision-directed trained adaptive equalization An embodiment of the invention is a technique to equalize received samples. An equalizer to equalize a multidimensional signal transmitted over a communication channel and having a dimensionality of four or higher. The equalizer is adaptively decision directed train... | 08/25/2009 |
