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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185521 | System and method for presentation of local and remote message search results There is disclosed a system and method for presenting message search results at a wireless handheld device. In an embodiment, the method comprises conducting a search of local messages stored in the wireless handheld device using at least one search term to obtain a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184590 | Method and system for handoff between wireless networks A method and system for operating a standalone client in a dual-mode mobile communications device to hand off a call between first and second wireless networks operating under different communications protocols, using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and ISDN User ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180362 | Multi-carrier load balancing scheme for voice and data A method for preventing the occurrence of overload conditions in a multi-carrier communication system such as, but not limited to, enhancements to 1xEV-DV by controlling the amount of voice and data users having access to the communication system in order to provide... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179376 | Touch-sensitive display with capacitive and resistive touch sensors and method of control A method includes detecting a touch via a capacitive touch-sensor of a touch-sensitive display, detecting the touch via a resistive touch-sensor of the touch-sensitive display, determining characteristics of the touch from the capacitive touch sensor and the resisti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171419 | Method and system for remote media management on a touch screen device The method of managing media files remotely on a portable electronic device having the touch screen display includes storing a composite media file index that lists all media files, and their attributes, whether stored on the portable electronic device or accessible... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165576 | Method and system for extending services to cellular devices A system is provide for extending services to cellular devices. The system includes a wireless gateway having a client side with an intelligent client agent and a server side with an intelligent server agent, a wireless device having a first mode operable in a cellu... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164968 | Voltage down converter for high speed memory A voltage down converter (VDC) applicable to high-speed memory devices. The VDC includes a steady driver and active driver along with at least one additional transistor. The steady driver and active driver are coupled by a transistor switch during device start-up to... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163181 | Apparatus and method for treating FGD blowdown or similar liquids A process has steps of one or more of aerobic treatment to remove COD and nitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to denitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to remove selenium and anaerobic treatment to remove heavy metals and sulphur. The process may be used to... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160453 | Protection switching with transmitter compensation function A method of protection switching between first and second transceivers where dispersion compensation is effected electrically in the transmitters. The method includes detecting, at the second transceiver, a signal failure of a signal transmitted from the first trans... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657892 | Shingle | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149634 | Low power memory architecture A memory architecture and circuits for minimizing current leakage in the memory array. Subdivisions of the memory array each have local power grids that can be selectively connected to power supplies, such that only an accessed subdivision will receive power to exec... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143377 | Muscle lamin A/C interacting protein, gene encoding same, and uses therefor Peptide sequences of human and murine muscle lamin A/C interacting protein and nucleotide sequences encoding same and are provided. Uses of the muscle lamin A/C interacting protein are also provided herein. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142925 | Expandable battery compartment for handheld electronic devices In a portable electronic device having a battery compartment and a removeable cover therefor, the battery compartment and cover are configured to accommodate batteries of at least two different sizes. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139414 | Source side asymmetrical precharge programming scheme A method for programming NAND flash cells to minimize program stress while allowing for random page programming operations. The method includes asymmetrically precharging a NAND string from a positively biased source line while the bitline is decoupled from the NAND... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136035 | Handheld electronic device including appointment and meeting conflict notification, and associated method A method of checking a new entry in a calendar application having a cache that includes a first subset of existing entries falling within a first date range. Also, an electronic device implementing the method. The method includes determining whether the date of the ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134852 | Bridge device architecture for connecting discrete memory devices to a system A bridge device architecture for connecting discrete memory devices. The bridge device is used in conjunction with a composite memory device including at least one discrete memory device. The bridge device includes a local control interface for connecting to the at ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131913 | Selective broadcasting of data in series connected devices A method and system for the selective broadcasting of commands to a subset of a plurality of devices connected in series to a memory controller, where each of the plurality of devices has a unique identification number (ID). The memory controller designates the subs... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130532 | High speed OTP sensing scheme A high speed sensing scheme for a non-volatile memory array is disclosed. The memory array includes non volatile memory cells arranged in a complementary bitline configuration includes precharge circuits for precharging the bitlines to a first voltage level such as ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129688 | Method and apparatus for a radiation detector The invention is directed at a radiation detector which includes a grid electrode located within the detector to assist in the charge collection process. The grid electrode is preferably embedded within a semiconductor layer between two electrode layers, one of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127059 | Apparatus for interconnecting hosts with storage devices A system and method for providing redundant access paths to a storage device make use of a processor to analyze instructions received from hosts to allow for command queuing, host switching, and command replacement where necessary. The system allows for either Seria... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124958 | Method of fabricating semiconductor devices on a group IV substrate with controlled interface properties and diffusion tails Electronic and opto-electronic devices having epitaxially-deposited III/V compounds on vicinal group IV substrates and method for making same. The devices include an AlAs nucleating layer on a Ge substrate. The group IV substrate contains a p-n junction whose change... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124026 | Lateral flow diagnostic devices with instrument controlled fluidics Devices with lateral flow elements and integral fluidics are disclosed. The integral fluidics consist of injector pumps comprised of fluidic elements under instrument control. The fluidic element of an injector pump is fluidically connected to lateral flow elements ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122110 | Active configuration templating There is provided a configuration management system for a network device, said network device including one or more sub-systems for implementing network services, said system comprising a configuration management interface in communication with an external configura... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121652 | Portable electronic device including touchscreen and method of controlling the portable electronic device A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touch screen display includes rendering a graphical user interface including a plurality of user-selectable features on the touch screen display and, in response to detecting a touch event on the touch sc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121637 | Method and system for maintaining a wireless data connection A system and method for establishing and maintaining an “always-on” data connection to a wireless network through the use of a back off timer and a service check timer is disclosed. The back off timer is initialized to a determined value when a connection is not... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120990 | Flexible memory operations in NAND flash devices A flash memory device having at least two bank, where the each bank has an independently configurable page size and core controller. The core controller is local to each bank, and governs memory access operations for the bank that include read, program and erase ope... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116262 | Methods and systems for enabling feedback in wireless communication networks Aspects of the present invention provide additional MAC functionality to support the PHY features of a wireless communication system framework. The additional MAC functionality aids in enabling feedback from wireless terminals to base stations. In some aspects of th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116226 | Method and apparatus for broadcast primitive filtering in SAS Broadcast primitive filtering in a SAS expander using virtual domains. The virtual domains can be non-overlapping or overlapping logical subsets of the physical topology, or a logical construct based on the membership of a device within a group. Broadcast event prop... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114660 | Calibration procedures and devices for investigation biological systems Use of calibrant in extraction phase is described for quantification of components of interest in samples in laboratory application as well as in on-site monitoring. This approach is particularly useful for in-vivo investigation of living system. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114293 | Method of operating a water treatment plant with immersed membranes A liquid treatment plant has sets of membrane trains and processing trains with flow between them through channels. Steps of withdrawing permeate and sludge from the trains are described. Cyclic aeration is provided to the membrane trains. Methods of foam control, b... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102708 | Flash multi-level threshold distribution scheme A threshold voltage distribution scheme for multi-level Flash cells where an erase threshold voltage and at least one programmed threshold voltage lie in an erase voltage domain. Having at least one programmed threshold voltage in the erase voltage domain reduces th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101551 | Production and use of endophytes as novel inoculants for promoting enhanced plant vigor, health, growth, yield reducing environmental stress and for reducing dependency on chemical pesticides for pest control A process and method for the production of endophytes as plant inoculant products, specifically Clonostachys rosea strain 88-710, for the promotion of plant vigor, health, growth and yield are disclosed. The endophyte, Clonostachys rosea strain 88-710 ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099655 | Galois field multiplier system and method A Galois Field multiplier circuit for multiplying two polynomials (multiplicands). The multiplier circuit can use any arbitrary primitive polynomial to preserve the Galois Field. The multiplier circuit includes at least one logic unit that receives as a first input ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097151 | Water harvesting device The device disclosed is an improved water harvesting device providing the capability of diverting debris away from a water entry area and reducing potential for clogging of the water entry area. The water harvesting device comprises a tank portion for containment of... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095722 | Connection management in serial attached SCSI (SAS) expanders A method and apparatus are provided for implementing connection management in SAS expander devices. SAS expanders are commonly used within a SAS network topology to allow multiple disk drives to connect to multiple host devices. The method and apparatus provides arb... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094130 | Portable electronic device and method of controlling same A portable electronic device that has a housing, a moveable touchscreen display constrained by the housing, the touchscreen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, a single mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093567 | Method and system for counting secondary particles An apparatus for visualizing an ion beam editing operation of a sample. The apparatus comprises a charged particle beam column for producing an charged particle beam and for directing the charged particle beam onto the sample and beam rastering electronics (BRE) for... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092845 | Anti-inflammatory extract and agent and method for the production thereof The invention relates to the pharmaceutical industry, in particular to producing herbal remedy for integrally treating various inflammatory diseases. The inventive remedy comprises a dry Boswellia extract dissolved in the oil extract of Siberian stone pine se... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090046 | Interactive compression with multiple units of compression state information There is provided a method of interactive compression using multiple compression state information entries. The method comprises receiving a request for data from a communicating party; retrieving the data; identifying, for use in compressing the data, at least two ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089017 | Sealed dome switch for mobile electronic device A mobile electronic device has a dome switch assembly secured to the housing of the device, over a recess formed in the housing of device. The dome switch assembly has a substrate with a vent hole communicating between the recess of the housing and the space compris... | 01/03/2012 |
