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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171553 | Heuristic based capture with replay to virtual machine A suspicious activity capture system can comprise a tap configured to copy network data from a communication network, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the tap and is configured to receive the copy of the network data from the tap, analyze the copy of t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7891597 | Tension control system for a continuous winding machine A continuous winding machine uses embedded controllers to monitor and control the winding settings in maximum speed applications. Power is supplied to the embedded controllers from a main power source through a rotary transformer. The control system can be operated ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7436631 | Heated gimbal for magnetic head to disk clearance adjustment A head gimbal assembly having a suspension and a read/write head is provided. The read write head is attached to a flexure tongue of the suspension. Heating elements on arms of the suspension, set on either side of the suspension tongue, are used to alter flight cha... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7238292 | Method of fabricating a write element with a reduced yoke length A head including a write element for writing data to a magnetic media, and methods for its production are provided. A write element of the invention includes one or more of a recessed first pole, a heat sink layer, and a shortened yoke length. A method of the invent... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7124654 | Method for determining a microactuator range of movement A spin stand testing system is used to determine a positioning range of a microactuator disposed on a head gimbal assembly. The microactuator is configured to laterally translate a read sensor of a head of the head gimbal assembly through the positioning range. The ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7027242 | Method and apparatus for measuring write-induced pole tip protrusion Methods of measuring position error due to pole tip protrusion are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a head having a write element is aligned to a track, and then pole tip protrusion is induced in the write element by writing to the track. The position error is me... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6947258 | UV curable and electrically conductive adhesive for bonding magnetic disk drive components An electrically conductive adhesive includes a resin component, a photoinitiator, and metal-coated polymer beads. The beads have an average diameter and a very narrow size distribution around the average diameter. The adhesive is applied between a read/write head an... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6507608 | Multi-line ADSL modulation A system and method are disclosed for transmitting data over multiple twisted pairs and receiving the data at a single receiver. In one embodiment, data is transmitted over an additional channel existing as the difference between the average voltages of t... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6490630 | System and method for avoiding deadlock in multi-node network A computer architecture for avoiding a deadlock condition in an interconnection network comprises a messaging buffer having a size pre-calculated to temporarily store outgoing messages from a node. Messages are classified according to their service requir... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6317165 | System and method for selective capture of video frames A video deinterlacing system receives interlaced video data at a non-deterministic rate and generates non-interlaced data as a function of the interlaced video data. The system includes processing units, some of which require clocking rates that differ fr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6293798 | System and method for an RC controller and software The present invention provides a system and method for a computer to perform a vehicle operation proficiency test and based upon the results, to transfer performance features upgrade data to a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller combines the functi... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282710 | Apparatus and method for externally initiating automatic execution of media placed in basic removable disc drives A computer readable memory to direct a computer to enable AutoRun functionality for basic removable disc drives. The computer readable memory stores a first, second and third set of instructions. The first set of instructions directs the computer to deter... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6275926 | System and method for writing back multiple results over a single-result bus and processor employing the same For use in a processor having a result bus of insufficient width to convey all results of a given multiple-result instruction concurrently, a system for, and method of, writing back the results of the multiple-result instruction. In one embodiment, the sy... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6249782 | System and method for reducing file name length and for retrieving the reduced file name entitled files A system and method are disclosed for reducing file names and for retrieving files having reduced file names. In response to a request to access file names that are not supportable by an applications programming interface (API), a file manager program ret... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6246040 | Solid state RF generator for dielectric heating of food products A solid state radio frequency (RF) generator for dielectric heating of food products. In the preferred embodiment, a distributed oscillator comprising an array of solid state devices (e.g., MOSFETs) and a high voltage inductor drives a capacitor to produc... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243090 | FAQ-linker A system for retrieving information which is relevant to a user's input. The system has an input interface through which a user can enter an input. A questions source is coupled to the input interface and contains questions which are comparable to the inp... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241570 | Hydrodynamic throwing disc A gliding or flying hydrodynamic disc designed for recreational use under water. The disc is circular and about 12 inches or 300 mm in diameter, and about 1/2 inch or 1.198 centimeters high. Circular grooves on the surface of the disc provide a grip surfa... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6239968 | Detachable case for an electronic organizer The present invention provides a personal information system unit detachable case. This case has a top cover assembly, a bottom cover assembly, both of which are pivotable around a longitudinal axis forming a hinge assembly. The top and bottom cover assem... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6233719 | System and method for analyzing semiconductor production data A software system and method is disclosed for extending classification attributes in the analysis of production data. The software operates in an object-oriented Windows.RTM. environment with increased flexibility because it permits the user to add classi... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6178464 | System and method for canceling a computer request A program routine generates Requests for a target system, such as a physical device or program code, to perform a service. Each Request includes identification information, and passes through intermediate layers, including a family program interface and a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6178397 | System and method for using a correspondence table to compress a pronunciation guide Parsing routines extract from a conventional pronunciation dictionary an entry, which includes a dictionary word and dictionary phonemes representing the pronunciation of the dictionary word. A correspondence table is used to compress the pronunciation di... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5894480 | Method and apparatus for operating a multicast system on an unreliable network A multicast network system comprises a data network which provides a medium for data transfer. A media source having a control packet and media packets coupled to the data network broadcasts the control packet and the media packets to the data network and... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5886274 | System and method for generating, distributing, storing and performing musical work files A composition and playback system includes a sound bank containing at least one instrument sound, an input device for receiving music control signals, a sequencer coupled to the input device for storing the music control signals, and a work manager couple... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5872931 | Management agent automatically executes corrective scripts in accordance with occurrences of specified events regardless of conditions of management interface and management engine A management system for event management in a computer network includes management interfaces residing on an administrative computers, management engines residing on server computers, and management agents residing on managed computers within the network.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5864789 | System and method for creating pattern-recognizing computer structures from example text A system comprises a structure editor, a structure library, an extractor and a user interface, which are stored in computer memory and create structures for recognizing patterns in computer text. The structure editor via the user interface enables a user ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5796916 | Method and apparatus for prosody for synthetic speech prosody determination In a synthetic speech system intonation of a natural utterance is automatically applied to a synthesized utterance. The present invention applies the desired intonation of the natural utterance to the synthesized utterance by aligning voicing sections of ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5757964 | System and method for automatic subcharacter unit and lexicon generation for handwriting recognition A system for automatic subcharacter unit and lexicon generation for handwriting recognition comprises a processing unit, a handwriting input device, and a memory wherein a segmentation unit, a subcharacter generation unit, a lexicon unit, and a modeling u... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5745097 | Apparatus and method for automatic image display alignment The present invention is situated in the presence of an image source having an image and a display device having an image alignment register, a pixel address, and a pixel signal, the display device coupled to the image source. The apparatus of the present... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5731843 | Apparatus and method for automatically adjusting frequency and phase of pixel sampling in a video display An apparatus and method are provided for automatically adjusting a pixel sampling clock frequency and phase of a video display to match the frequency and phase of a pixel clock used to generate an incoming video signal being received by the video display.... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5708817 | Programmable delay of an interrupt A programmable interrupt delay in a communication circuit enables accurate timing of an interrupt delay without tying up processor CPU cycles in the execution of a delay loop. The interrupt delay comprises a memory containing the program delay value. A co... | 01/13/1998 |
