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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181164 | Method and apparatus for extensibility of user interface binding definitions Embodiments of the present invention create a binding specifications file that is compatible with a user interface application from a grammar rich XML file. The grammar rich XML file uses a complex DTD for transformation. The complex DTD may be prone to error if cre... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174204 | Lighting system with power factor correction control data determined from a phase modulated signal A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a power factor correction (PFC) controller that determines at least one power factor correction control parameter from phase delays of a phase modulated signal. In at least one embodiment, a peak voltage of the p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160914 | Identifying quality user sessions and determining product demand with high resolution capabilities A session quality system collects and evaluates data from multiple user world wide web (“web”) product selection sessions and correlates the collected data with actual product purchases. The system assembles the data into a set of session profiles and assigns a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8126777 | Systems, method, and computer medium for multi-source transaction processing A system and method for multi-source transaction processing receives order requests from a client system operated by a user. The order requests may include order placements and order inquiries. For example, an order request may be a placement for a computer system a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120341 | Switching power converter with switch control pulse width variability at low power demand levels A power control system includes a switch mode controller to control the switching mode of a switching power converter. The switch mode controller generates a switch control signal that controls conductivity of a switch of the switching power converter. Controlling c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8102127 | Hybrid gas discharge lamp-LED lighting system A lighting system and method combine at least one LED and at least one gas discharge lamp within a common housing. The lighting system includes a control system to dependently operate each LED and each gas discharge lamp during overlapping, non-identical periods of ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095421 | Method and apparatus for pricing products in multi-level product and organizational groups The invention organizes various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations based on “who” (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing “what” (i.e. which product). The invention utilizes a denormalized ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8076920 | Switching power converter and control system A switching power converter tracks a time-varying input voltage during each cycle of the input voltage to provide power factor correction. The switching power converter includes a switch with a frequency and duty cycle modulated control signal. The switch controls t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8040703 | Power factor correction controller with feedback reduction A power control system includes a feedback loop having a power factor correction (PFC) and output voltage controller and a switching power converter. The switching power converter includes an inductor to supply charge to an output capacitor and a switch to control i... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8022683 | Powering a power supply integrated circuit with sense current A power control system and method senses input and/or output voltages of a power supply using sense currents in order for an integrated circuit (IC) switch state controller to generate a control signal to control a switch of the power control system. By sensing sens... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018171 | Multi-function duty cycle modifier A system and method modify phase delays of a periodic, phase modulated mains voltage to generate at least two independent items of information during each cycle of the periodic input signal. The independent items of information can be generated by, for example, inde... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8008975 | Gate-boosted, variable voltage supply rail amplifier In at least one embodiment, an electronic system includes an amplifier having an on-chip charge pump to provide a gate boost voltage to boost a gate voltage of at least one on-chip field effect transistor (FET) of an output stage of an amplifier. In at least one emb... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994863 | Electronic system having common mode voltage range enhancement An electronic system generates at least one floating supply voltage, wherein during operation of the circuit the floating supply voltage tracks a common mode voltage of first and second differential input signals. By tracking the common mode voltage, in at least one... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987149 | Configuration mapping using a multi-dimensional rule space and rule consolidation A configuration mapping system and method increase the effectiveness of mapping of information from an established product line to a new product offering. In at least one embodiment, the configuration mapping system herein uses configuration mapping rules to map ind... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983952 | Scoring recommendations and explanations with a probabilistic user model A data processing system generates recommendations for on-line shopping by scoring recommendations matching the customer's cart contents using by assessing and ranking each candidate recommendation by the expected incremental margin associated with the recommendatio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969125 | Programmable power control system A power control system includes a switching power converter and a programmable power factor correction (PFC) and output voltage controller. The programmable PFC and output voltage controller generates a control signal to control power factor correction and voltage r... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958024 | Method and apparatus for processing sales transaction data A system provides a way to manage agreements that institutions such as financial services companies have with distributors who sell their products. Each distributor has a plurality of sales representatives that earn commissions for selling such products. The commiss... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953779 | Configuration representation and modeling using configuration spaces Configuration spaces facilitate the useful presentation of data, particularly configuration data used for representing configured products. Products include features and common features can be grouped by families. For example, an automobile can include a transmissio... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7925513 | Framework for processing sales transaction data A framework that enables financial services companies to manage and track information about a sales force is provided. The framework includes object models for managing distributors information, for validating and tracking licenses and credentials, for creating cust... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921371 | System and method of interactive, multi-objective visualization A system and method of multi-objective visualization utilize a multiple-objective optimizer approach to multi-objective optimization and specifically utilize a method for exploring and visualizing Pareto surfaces for any number of dimensions using an interactive gra... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908304 | Method and system for managing distributor information An embodiment of the invention provides a system that enables financial services companies to manage and track information about a sales force. The system includes components for managing distributors information, for validating and tracking licenses and credentials... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908200 | Method and apparatus for efficiently generating electronic requests for quote A system and method for efficiently responding to electronic requests for quote (“RFQ”). Through use, a user, such as a merchant, can automatically create and deliver an electronic RFQ response, without need for any interaction by the merchant. The merchant may ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904326 | Method and apparatus for performing collective validation of credential information An embodiment of the invention comprises a method and apparatus for performing collective validation of credential information. The invention has applicability in industries that require sales agents or those related to the distribution of a certain product to be cr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895594 | Virtual machine extended capabilities using application contexts in a resource-constrained device Embodiments of the systems and methods utilize application contexts for extending virtual machines in a resource-constrained device to allow virtual machines to at least exercise scheduling control over platform independent applications and platform dependent native... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894216 | Switching power converter with efficient switching control signal period generation A power control system includes a switching power converter and a controller, and the controller responds to a time-varying voltage source signal by generating a switch control signal having a period that varies in accordance with at least one of the following: (i) ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888922 | Power factor correction controller with switch node feedback A power control system includes a switching power converter and a power factor correction (PFC) and output voltage controller. The PFC and output voltage controller provides a control signal to a switch to control power factor correction and regulate output voltage ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882057 | Complex configuration processing using configuration sub-models A configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model inference processing system and procedure addresses the issue of configuration model and query complexity by breaking a configuration problem down into a set of smaller problems, solving them individually an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873872 | System and method for remotely debugging application programs A method, system, and apparatus for debugging an application program from a workstation that is remote from a server on which the application program resides includes invoking the application program from the workstation via a network interface; displaying a user fr... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7863828 | Power supply DC voltage offset detector A power supply output voltage direct current (DC) offset detector determines a DC offset in a power supply output voltage signal, and the output voltage signal has a DC component and an alternating current (AC) “ripple” component. Once during each period of the ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852017 | Ballast for light emitting diode light sources A lighting source ballast utilizes switching and control technology to convert an alternating current (AC) phase modulated dimmer input voltage into an approximately constant drive current to illuminate one or more light emitting diodes (LED(s)). In at least one emb... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844919 | Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems The invention provides the ability to interactively select and configure a product among a set of related products based on availability and compatibility of features and options. It does not impose an order in the selection of products, features or options; only va... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813455 | Decoding MIMO space time code symbol-pairs A MIMO wireless communication system and method reduces the number of recursive operations when decoding received data symbols by decoding the data symbols in pairs rather than on a per symbol basis. Decoding in pairs is facilitated by the determination that errors ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804256 | Power control system for current regulated light sources A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a PFC and output voltage controller and a LED lighting power system. The controller advantageously operates from an auxiliary voltage less than a link voltage generated by the LED lighting power system. The commo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797271 | Custom browse hierarchies for subsets of items in a primary hierarchy An arbitrary number of custom catalogs for an arbitrary number of customers can be published from a single database of seller catalog data. Custom browse hierarchies can be generated for each of the custom catalogs. The custom catalogs are subsets of the catalog dat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786871 | Radio frequency identification devices with separated antennas An RFID apparatus includes at least two antennas that are positioned to increase the maximum effective range of the RFID device. The RFID apparatus includes an RFID device, and the RFID device includes an antenna connected to a circuit having a transmitter. The seco... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7759881 | LED lighting system with a multiple mode current control dimming strategy A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a controller to control current in one or more LEDs in response to a dimming level input. The LED lighting system implements a dimming strategy having two modes of operation that allow the LED lighting system to ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756759 | Method and apparatus for inventory searching A method is disclosed that includes identifying an inventory item corresponding to a product configuration. The product configuration is defined using a feature map. The inventory item is also defined using the feature map. Each entry of the feature map corresponds ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7755525 | Delta sigma modulator with unavailable output values A power control system includes a delta sigma modulator to generate output values for use in controlling a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the delta sigma modulator includes two ranges of available output values and a range of one or more unav... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7746043 | Inductor flyback detection using switch gate change characteristic detection A method and system monitor gate charge characteristics of one or more field effect transistors in a switching power converter to detect an end of an inductor flyback time interval. The switching power converter includes a switch coupled to an inductor to control cu... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739080 | Consolidation of product data models A model consolidation process combines multiple configuration models into a single unified configuration model that contains the union of the allowable combinations (i.e. combinations that are buildable) from each of the original models. An aspect of at least one em... | 06/15/2010 |
