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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180708 | Watermarking system that executes received watermarking instructions to embed a watermark A method of managing keys is provided. According to one exemplary method, digital content data encrypted with a first encrypting key is decrypted using a first decrypting key, and re-encrypted using a second encrypting key. A second decrypting key is encrypted using... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171106 | Per file system usage of networks A method, information processing system, and computer program product access data in a system. The system includes a plurality of Network Shared Disk servers and at least one set of Network Shared Disks. Each of the Network Shared Disks are served by at least one of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159028 | Metal high dielectric constant transistor with reverse-T gate A transistor is provided. The transistor includes a silicon layer including a source region and a drain region. A gate stack is disposed on the silicon layer between the source region and the drain region. The gate stack comprises a first layer of a high dielectric ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144775 | Method and device for generating candidate motion vectors from selected spatial and temporal motion vectors A motion estimation method and device are provided for processing images to be inserted, between a preceding original image and a following original image, into a sequence of determined images. Each image is divided into pixel blocks and a motion vector is associate... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141160 | Mitigating and managing privacy risks using planning System and methods are provided for managing and mitigating privacy risks in a system having a network of processing elements. According to one method, there is receive a request for at least one output product from the system. The request includes a set of privacy ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135911 | Managing a region cache A method, system, and computer program product are provided for managing a cache. A region to be stored within the cache is received. The cache includes multiple regions and each of the regions is defined by memory ranges having a starting index and an ending index.... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129256 | 3D integrated circuit device fabrication with precisely controllable substrate removal A method is provided for fabricating a 3D integrated circuit structure. According to the method, a first active circuitry layer wafer is provided. The first active circuitry layer wafer comprises a P+ portion covered by a P− layer, and the P− layer includes acti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126901 | Method and apparatus for generating a dynamic web page A method and apparatus are provided for generating a dynamic web page. A structured data context is generated based on the result of a business logic process performed in response to a request from a browser, and a template associated with the request is loaded. The... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116355 | Method of selecting echoes of a signal for assignment to fingers of a Rake receiver and corresponding Rake receiver A method is provided for processing a signal emanating from a multi-path transmission medium. A number L of echoes of the signal received are detected, with L being greater than the number N of fingers of a “Rake” receiver, and there are selected N echoes from a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113777 | Ultralight airfoils for wind energy conversion A device is described for generating energy. The device includes at least two ultralight airfoils rotating along their own axis, which functionally reproduce the characteristics of a propeller. The ultralight airfoils which characterize such aerodynamic configuratio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110879 | Controlling lateral distribution of air gaps in interconnects Properties of a hard mask liner are used against the diffusion of a removal agent to prevent air cavity formation in specific areas of an interconnect stack. According to one embodiment, there is provided a method in which there is defined a portion on a surface of ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100366 | Automatic kite flight control system A system (10) is described for performing the automatic control of the flight of at least one kite (11) controlled and driven by cables (13) comprising at least one first actuating motor (12) adapted to exert an unwinding-rewinding action... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8063693 | Electronic circuit for generating low voltage and high frequency phases in a charge pump A charge pump latch circuit is provided that includes at least one first and at least one second charge pump stage interconnected by an intermediate circuit node, and a stabilization stage connected to the intermediate circuit node and to control terminals of transi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061514 | Interchangeable closing device for anti-theft case and anti-theft case equipped with such device A closing device (1) for an anti-theft case (100) is described, equipped with a closing/opening system adapted to be actuated by a detaching device or uncoupling device, and further equipped with means for securing to such anti-theft case (100) ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054930 | Clock recovery circuit A circuit is provided for clock recovery. The circuit includes a reference extraction unit for extracting from a datastream time references defining a reference time base, and a digital Phase Locked Loop including a first programmable counter in the guise of a digit... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045653 | Method and system for controlling a receiver in a digital communication system Detection method and device for a receiver in a digital communication system designed to process a frame comprising a periodic sub-set of length n, said method comprising the following steps:—determining a first vector u having a length n;—determining a second s... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037157 | Apparatus and method for generating and using a customized uniform resource locator An apparatus is provided for generating a Customized Uniform Resource Locator (CURL). The apparatus includes a request receiver, an information obtainer, and a CURL register. The request receiver is adapted to receive a request for assigning a CURL applied by a user... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031625 | Automatic configuration of network for monitoring A system, method and computer readable medium are provided for configuring network interfaces grouped into nodes for monitoring functionality. According to the method, a base address and subnet mask for the network interfaces are received, and a monitoring address i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8000386 | Method and device for image interpolation systems based on motion estimation and compensation A motion estimation method and device are provided for processing images to be inserted, between a preceding original image and a following original image, into a sequence of images. Each image is divided into pixel blocks associated with motion vectors. For a curre... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996593 | Interrupt handling using simultaneous multi-threading Disclosed are a method, information processing system, and computer readable medium for managing interrupts. The method includes placing at least one physical processor of an information processing system in a simultaneous multi-threading mode. At least a first logi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996202 | Method of modeling and producing an integrated circuit including at least one transistor and corresponding integrated circuit A system is provided for modeling an integrated circuit including at least one insulated-gate field-effect transistor. The system includes generator means for defining a parameter representing mechanical stresses applied to the active area of the transistor, and pro... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995413 | Memory device that takes leakage currents into account in activating the read amplifiers A memory device is a provided that includes memory cells situated at the intersection of lines and columns, and a dummy path including a first dummy column having two bit lines to which there are connected dummy memory cells, and a circuit adapted to select at least... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991246 | Image deinterlacing Method and devices are provided for processing an image in which a row of pixels with associated light intensity values successively alternates with a row of pixels to which values are to be associated. In each current row of pixels with associated values, pixels ar... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987467 | Scale across in a grid computing environment A method, grid computing environment, and computer readable medium for managing available resources in a grid computing environment are disclosed. The method includes determining, when a new job is submitted, if a first of the computing clusters has sufficient avail... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7960956 | Controller for DC-DC converters with bypass compensation A controller is provided for DC-DC converters of the type associated with a half-bridge driving stage of at least one inductive load, with a pair of power MOS transistors in Highside and Lowside configuration being driven by a corresponding converter. The controller... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956590 | Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller A method is provided for controlling a converter of the multiphase interleaving type. According to the method, there is detected when a change of the load applied to an output terminal of the converter occurs. All the phases of the converter are simultaneously turne... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945438 | Automated glossary creation A method and device for creating a glossary includes a processor operable for executing computer instructions for identifying, in at least one information source, at least one glossary item identifying a part or a component, determining at least one glossary item fo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940835 | Method of eliminating false echoes of a signal and corresponding rake receiver A method is provided for processing a signal emanating from a multi-path transmission medium. Echoes of the signal that is received are detected, and a rejection processing is performed. The rejection processing includes estimating the cross-correlation between temp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930224 | System and method for predicting profit leakage A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage and predict profit leakage. A dynamic deduction space is created that includes a plurality of dimensions associated with historical deduction data and profit leakage information ass... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7906381 | Method for integrating silicon-on-nothing devices with standard CMOS devices A method is provided for fabricating transistors of first and second types in a single substrate. First and second active zones of the substrate are delimited by lateral isolation trench regions, and a portion of the second active zone is removed so that the second ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898780 | Electronic differential switch An electronic differential switch is provided that is connected to a phase cable and a neutral cable of an electric network. The electronic differential switch includes a first winding associated with a second winding, at least one toroid associated with the first w... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890628 | Method for controlling services A method and apparatus are provided for controlling services provided at a first electronic device at a second electronic device. A plurality of electronic devices connected to a network provide services in the form of providing data to the network, or allowing the ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888791 | Device for electrical connection of an integrated circuit chip A device is provided for electrically connecting an integrated circuit chip. The device includes a main board, an intermediate board, and electrical connection balls in a space separating the boards. In the space, a peripheral zone comprises a peripheral matrix of b... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885088 | Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller A method is provided for controlling a converter of the multiphase interleaving type. According to the method, there is detected when a change of the load applied to an output terminal of the converter occurs. All the phases of the converter are simultaneously turne... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871869 | Extremely-thin silicon-on-insulator transistor with raised source/drain An extremely-thin silicon-on-insulator transistor is provided that includes a buried oxide layer above a substrate, a silicon layer above the buried oxide layer, a gate stack on the silicon layer, a nitride liner on the silicon layer and adjacent to the gate stack, ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868392 | Integrated circuit tolerant to the locking phenomenon Integrated circuit comprising doped zones (3 to 8) formed in a substrate (1, 2), forming a parasitic thyristor structure with two parasitic bipolar transistors (T1, T2), the integrated circuit comprising two metallizations ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867429 | Process and device for bending a sheet of synthetic material filled with alumina trihydrate A process is provided for bending a board in synthetic material filled with more than 20% by weight of alumina trihydrate in a methyl methacrylate matrix: a section of the board is heated so that it can be bent; the section to be bent is bent while holding the conve... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7845008 | Virus scanner for journaling file system A method is provided for detecting viruses. According to the method, data is stored in a journal area of memory before changes embodied in the data are written to virtual memory. At least a first portion of the data in the journal area of memory is scanned for virus... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841078 | Method of optimizing land grid array geometry Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program storage product for optimizing land grid array site geometry on an electronic assembly mounting. A first member including at least one convex region is aligned with a first portion of an electronic assembly mountin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7810038 | Method for modifying a GUI for an application A method, system and computer readable medium for providing an editing mode for a graphical user interface (GUI) is described. A toggle widget is provided to a user of a GUI during execution of the application presenting the GUI. When the user presses the toggle wid... | 10/05/2010 |
