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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6775131 | Convoluted EMC seal for subsystem CRU's in advanced controller based subsystems A sealing mechanism for a customer replaceable unit (CRU) within a computer system is provided. The sealing mechanism comprises a faceplate for the CRU, wherein insertion and extraction latches are recessed into a trench within that faceplate. The backside of the fa... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6748413 | Method and apparatus for load balancing of parallel servers in a network environment A method and apparatus in a distributed data processing system for handling requests. The processing of each request received at a server system is monitored, wherein the server system includes a plurality of servers. An average work load size is estimated for the p... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6728756 | Information processing method, collaboration server, collaboration system, and storage medium for storing an information processing program To display contents desired by a user in one information terminal onto another information terminal having no special software for collaboration when collaboration is performed through internets. If a customer clicks on a “call button” with a browser, an agent w... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721845 | Algorithm for maintaining maximum streaming performance of mirrored disks A reading algorithm for a set of mirrored disks sends groups of reads to one disk, then sends the next group to the other disk. This provides a more optimal use of disks for sequential reads than previous algorithms. An enhanced version uses snooping of the read req... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715030 | Apparatus and method for storing track layout information for performing quick write operations An apparatus and method for storing track layout information for performing update write operations is provided. In particular, the present invention provides an apparatus and method for storing track layout information based on cylinders which is then used to verif... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6647027 | Method and apparatus for multi-channel data delay equalization A method and apparatus for managing transmission of data signals in a plurality of data lines. Data signals are received on the data lines and a reference signal. On each of the data lines, a delay between the data signal and the reference signal is measu... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6643565 | Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus A calibration apparatus for use with a storage system for storing a plurality of objects in an array of object storage locations. In a preferred embodiment, the calibration apparatus includes a target affixed in a predetermined location to the storage sys... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641635 | Liquid based air filtration system An air filtration system uses a liquid to remove impurities from the air. A specialized chamber allows the air and liquid to contact each other in close proximity, so that the liquid can pick up not only particulate matter, but fumes and toxic gasses as w... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6615265 | Enabling planned outages of application servers A polite manner is used to discontinue availability of an application-server connected to at least one application-client. The connected-application-server determines what if any connected-application-clients have an open connection to the said conne... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6570853 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data to a node in a distributed data processing system A method and apparatus in a source node for transmitting data to a target node. Responsive to a request to transmit data to the target node, a determination is made as to whether a selected period of time has passed without data transmitted from the sourc... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6560716 | System for measuring delay of digital signal using clock generator and delay unit wherein a set of digital elements of clock generator identical to a set of digital elements of delay unit A method and apparatus for a propagation delay and time calibration. The apparatus includes a ring oscillator having a first set of elements. The apparatus also includes delay units. The ring oscillator is used to generate a clock signal used to measure t... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6527867 | Method for enhancing anti-reflective coatings used in photolithography of electronic devices A method of fabricating an integrated circuit using photolithography and an antireflective coating. An antireflective coating is formed on a substrate wherein the antireflective coating is electrically polarizable. A photoresist coating is formed on the a... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6513223 | Method for installing a centralizer retaining collar and outer sleeve A tubing centralizer for borehole drilling disclosed. The centralizer includes a retaining collar and an outer sleeve. In a method for installing the centralizer onto a joint of tubing, the retaining collar is mounted onto the joint of tubing and the oute... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6513079 | Automatic nexus restore When a specific pair of devices are selected or reselected for communications across a SCSI bus, a hardware state machine in each device restores the communication parameters that have been previously negotiated for this pair of devices. This prevents the... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6498758 | Twisted bitlines to reduce coupling effects (dual port memories) A method for reducing electrical coupling within a computer multi-port memory cell array is provided. The method comprises twisting complementary wires of a first, inner bit line pair in a first memory cell column, wherein the twisting reverses the comple... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6459313 | IO power management: synchronously regulated output skew An integrated circuit device with reduced noise is described. In traditional simultaneous output switching integrated circuits the noise is proportional to the number of concurrently switching outputs. This excessive supply noise can cause the integrated ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6446096 | Method and system for providing device-specific key control using role-based HTML element tags Content developers author Web content that is both appropriate for a desktop machine having a mouse and a keyboard and for client devices having alternative user input hardware. This content is capable of being received by the client browser and interpret... | 09/03/2002 |
