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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185540 | Visual structuring of multivariable data Providing visual structuring of multivariable data sets in records includes: defining a key field for sorting the records; sorting the records by the key field to find patterns; grouping equivalent field values of the key field in an equivalent field value group; fo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181169 | Measuring execution time for program optimization Devices, compilers and methods to reduce energy consumption associated with execution of a program by adjusting a computational capability of a CPU with higher accuracy than before. A device sets an appropriate computational capability to the CPU. It includes: chang... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170903 | System and method for weighting configuration item relationships supporting business critical impact analysis A system and method for generating a business critical impact analysis report includes steps of: inserting a rank value field in each configuration item relationship type definition; inserting a rank value field in each single relationship between configuration item... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168045 | Apparatus for an enhanced magnetic plating method An apparatus for plating a magnetic film on a substrate includes: a track including a plurality of stopping points along the track; a permanent magnet placed on the track such that the permanent magnet can be moved along the track towards and away from the stopping ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160910 | Visualization for aggregation of change tracking information A method within a system wherein a first user of the system provides information on social patterns to a second user includes: receiving a request for social pattern information from the second user, the request comprising a query; assigning authorization level to t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155969 | Subtitle generation and retrieval combining document processing with voice processing An apparatus for retrieving a character string includes: storage for storing text data obtained by recognizing a voice in a presentation, second text data extracted from document data used in the presentation, and associated information of the first text data and th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139769 | Processing multi-key content Multi-key content processing systems and methods, for processing content with at least one distribution target position. Each of the distribution target positions corresponds to an authorization key. An example method includes the steps of: encrypting said content w... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139767 | Fine-grained forward-secure signature scheme The presented methods form the basis of a forward-secure signature scheme that is provably secure. Moreover, the presented methods form also the basis of a fine-grained forward-secure signature scheme that is secure and efficient. The scheme allows to react immediat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129250 | Resistor with improved switchable resistance and non-volatile memory device A resistor with improved switchable resistance and a non-volatile memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode and a resistance structure between the first electrode and the second electrode. The resistance structure includ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126581 | Improving design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing through analysis of defect data A system for optimizing at least one of a design, production, or testing process of a product in a mass manufacturing process includes: a central processing unit; a network interface operatively connected to the central processing unit; a storage device; a memory in... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125986 | Method for enabling secure usage of computers using a mechanism lockdown A computer-implemented method for selectively enabling and disabling at least one of a plurality of functions of a host operating system and for selectively enabling and disabling at least one of a plurality of host components includes the following steps: activatin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122245 | Anonymity revocation Methods and systems for anonymity revocation, enabling a trusted entity to identify a user computer within an anonymous system. A system comprises an attester computer providing attestation value cert from a security module public key and an identifying value. The u... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110415 | Silicon based microchannel cooling and electrical package A chip package includes: a substrate; a plurality of conductive connections in contact with the silicon carrier; a silicon carrier in a prefabricated shape disposed above the substrate, the silicon carrier including: a plurality of through silicon vias for providing... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110410 | Nanofludic field effect transistor based on surface charge modulated nanochannel A field effect transistor device includes: a reservoir bifurcated by a membrane of three layers: two electrically insulating layers; and an electrically conductive gate between the two insulating layers. The gate has a surface charge polarity different from at least... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108940 | Method for protecting data from unauthorised access The present invention relates to a method for protecting user data from unauthorized access, the method comprising the steps of, on a data processing system: maintaining said user data in encrypted form stored on a second storage, | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108877 | Affinity dispatching load balancer with precise CPU consumption data A system for distributing a plurality of tasks over a plurality of nodes in a network includes: a plurality of processors for executing tasks; a plurality of nodes comprising processors; a task dispatcher; and a load balancer. The task dispatcher receives as input t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108875 | Affinity dispatching load balancer with precise CPU consumption data A computer-implemented method for distributing a plurality of tasks over a plurality of processing nodes in a processor network includes the following steps: calculating a task process consumption value for the tasks; calculating a measured node processor consumptio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108841 | Minimizing interaction costs among components of computer programs A method for minimizing total cost of interaction among components of a computer program, each of the components being characterized by at least one implementation property includes steps of: a) carrying out at least a partial run of the program; b) monitoring the a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108201 | Method for emulating a native device on a host computer system A native device includes a memory storing a personal computing environment; an interface configured for coupling with a host information processing system; a native function system for performing a native function; and a native function emulator for emulating the na... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105499 | Transmission electron microscopy sample etching fixture A mask fixture for etching an item includes: a top fixture disposed over the item, including a reservoir centered within the top fixture for containing an etchant; a bottom fixture underneath the item to be etched including a recessed surface area centered within th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104067 | Apparatus for receiving and playing back data An apparatus to reduce effects on playback of moving picture data caused by variations in data transmission rate that occur on a communication line, a receiving and playing back apparatus includes a receiver for receiving moving picture data transmitted over a commu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102939 | Link adaptation The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for adapting a transmission parameter in a transmitting node of a data communication system to the current link quality of a data communication channel. The adapted transmission parameter is selected by the tra... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098968 | Silicide thermal heaters for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic devices A thermally switched Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) photo electronic device includes a silicon layer including an optical waveguide and a silicide heating element horizontally adjacent to the waveguide. The waveguide has a refractive index that changes with heat applied... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095146 | Method and system for directing a wireless user to a location for improved communication An information handling system for improving reception comprises logic for determining a target location for improved communication for a wireless telecommunication unit based in part on information representing a recent position of the wireless telecommunication un... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8065608 | System for validating a document conforming to a first schema with respect to a second schema An improved system for determining compliance between a source document structure in accordance with a source schema and a target schema includes: data storage; and a processor for executing software code. The software code causes the processor to: create a source s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065317 | User-centric service providing device and service providing method Provides a service providing device and method enabling a user to accept the service by utilizing the capabilities of several various devices. At least one physical device is selected for the user based on the service requirement. The user accepts the service via th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065235 | Portable intelligent shopping device A portable intelligent shopping device which can be worn as a wristwatch or carried on a belt. It makes paying for purchases more secure. The device stores the wearer's private key and digital certificate. It can also store the public keys of various stores. When th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065176 | Workflow system and method Provides workflow systems and methods. A workflow system having a matchmaking unit for receiving a task query from a workflow, and a plurality of task definer units, each providing a definition of a task. The matchmaking unit communicates with the task definer units... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065090 | Pairwise fragment interaction computation A method for creating a load balanced spatial partitioning of a structured, diffusing system of particles with pairwise interactions includes steps of: assigning a weight corresponding to a computational cost for a pair interaction of particles to a simulation space... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055505 | Audio content digital watermark detection Digital watermark detection apparatus including detection units which calculate detected values of watermark signals by use of keys for PCM data of channels of audio content, a plurality of units which add the detected values corresponding to each of the channels an... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054736 | Storage device having flexible architecture and free scalability A storage device according to the invention has flexible architecture and free scalability. It includes an address input and a data input. It also includes an address and data evaluation unit, which is formed in such a way that it controls a controllable switching m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041663 | Method for predicting problematic configurations and recommending safe configurations A system and method for method for assessing configurations includes steps or acts of: receiving configuration data related to configuration items and problem data related to problem tickets; classifying the configuration data into configuration classes; computing a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037025 | Method and approach to hosting versioned web services A method for hosting versioned web services includes steps of: receiving a request from a service requestor, the request comprising version metadata; parsing the request; extracting the version metadata from the parsing step; and locating a target implementation ver... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032814 | Writing and reading of data in probe-based data storage devices Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method p... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028218 | Writing and reading of data in probe-based data storage devices Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method p... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027961 | System and method for composite record keys ordered in a flat key space for a distributed database An improved system and method for composite record keys ordered in a flat key space for a distributed database is provided. A data schema may be created that defines a composite record key for data records in a canonical form. Composite record keys may then be const... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024771 | Policy-based method for configuring an access control service A system and method for processing a request by a first control service using a first control specification language, and a second control service using a second control specification language includes steps of: receiving the request from a requestor; providing the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024214 | System and method of visualization for aggregation of change tracking information A system for identifying one or more social patterns in a status history of one or more change requests includes: a processor for executing instructions and memory comprising logic for: receiving as input change request data history; detecting social patterns in the... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020120 | Layout quality gauge for integrated circuit design A method for layout design includes steps or acts of: receiving a layout for design of an integrated circuit chip; designing mask shapes for the layout; transmitting the mask shapes to a litho simulator for generating wafer shapes; receiving the wafer shapes; calcul... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009702 | Method and arrangement for local sychronization in master-slave distributed communication systems A communication system which consists of several modules—operating in parallel on segments of a packet—to increase speed and handling capacity. One module acts as master, the others are slave modules controlled by control signals derived by the master module. It... | 08/30/2011 |
