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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185551 | Disk-resident streaming dictionary A method, apparatus and computer program product for storing data in a disk storage system is presented. A dictionary data structure is defined and stored on the disk storage system. Key-value pairs can be inserted and deleted into the dictionary data structure, wit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184456 | Adaptive power converter and related circuitry A resonant power converter circuit stage can be configured to: i) receive a rectified voltage derived from an AC input voltage; ii) convert the rectified voltage to an internal voltage based on the application of a duty cycle that varies depending on the input volta... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180493 | Method and apparatus for effecting temperature difference in a respective zone Methods and apparatus provide for a demand limiting controller. The demand limiting controller obtains at least one temperature condition and at least one temperature modification rate associated with at least one respective zone from multiple zones of a confined ar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174407 | Material inspection methods and devices Alerting a user of a material inspection device to a change in thickness of a material being inspected is disclosed. A thickness offset is determined from calibration information. The calibration information identifies a time of flight of a pulse through a reference... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658980 | Countersink groove cover for a beverage can | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167256 | Mounting bracket for classroom board A mounting bracket allows an electronic whiteboard to be positioned in front of a blackboard. The mounting bracket is attached above the blackboard and extends in front of a portion of the blackboard. A lower portion of the mounting bracket abuts the front of the bl... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165963 | License scheme for use with stackable devices A method (300), system (100) and apparatus (200) are provided that enable selected features in a group of two or more devices. A first of the devices (102A) receives a license (306) identifying features to be enabled. The first dev... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149827 | System and method for network transport service relying on call induced targeted media A telecommunication appliance serves a large user base via an interface to a universal registration database having access to a set of transport mediums applicable to each user. A media database operates in conjunction with the appliance for identifying the user and... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149695 | Dynamic queue instantiation A Point to Point Protocol (“PPP”) link running PPP Multilink Protocol with multi-class extensions (“Multilink-Extension”) having both peers on the PPP link support a number of egress priority queues negotiated during the Multilink-Extension negotiation. Each... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146811 | Cart inspection for suspicious items Methods and apparatus provide for a Cart Inspector to create a suspicion level for a transaction when a video image of the transaction portrays an item(s) left in a shopping cart. Specifically, the Cart Inspector obtains video data associated with a time(s) of inter... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144860 | Method and apparatus providing remote end input validation A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing remote end input validation is presented. A communication is sent to an IVR from a remote end device. The IVR responds by sending a Request Voice Data Capsule (request VDC) to the remote end device. The ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144528 | Memory with data control In an embodiment, a memory device comprises memory, a first data link, a first input, a second input, a second data link, a first output and a second output. The first data link is configured to input one or more packets into the memory device. The first input is co... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656401 | Container | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139752 | Voice conference control from an instant messaging session using an automated agent A system and method for using one communication mode, such as instant messaging, to initiate and manage an alternative communication mode conversation. In one exemplary embodiment, an automated agent transfers conversation participants from an instant messaging conv... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139486 | Method and system for generating data frames for asynchronous over TCP/IP protocol Described are a method and system for generating an asynchronous data frame. A character received from an asynchronous device is buffered. Each additional character from the asynchronous device is buffered if the additional character is received before the expiratio... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132725 | Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activity using video analysis A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can b... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130930 | Customized ringback and communications A ring-back tone generator system provides a customized ring-back tone to a calling party (attempting to reach a called party) while the ring-back tone generator system participates in alerting the called party of the call connection request. Upon acceptance of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130776 | Method and apparatus providing network coding based flow control A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing network based flow control is presented. A linear combination of packets to transmit from a transmit queue is determined. The linear combination of packets is transmitted across a network using a sliding... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129624 | Pressure sensor A pressure sensor includes a sense element port, a support ring and a plurality of interference fit slits to provide a flexible interference fit between the sense element port and the support ring to form a substantially flush lap joint. The sensor also includes an ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128241 | Short-throw projector mounting system A short-throw projector and Interactive White Board (IWB) mounting system is presented. The mounting system includes a pair of board mounting brackets, such that a section of the board mounting bracket is positionable a predetermined distance from a mounting surface... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127226 | Method and apparatus for stream based markup language post-processing Systems, methods and apparatus operate to receiving a markup processing program containing a set of markup processing instructions. Each markup processing instruction includes an operation defining a processing operation to be matched to a markup language representa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109205 | Vertical grilling apparatus A vertical grilling apparatus employs food cartridges on rails to slideably insert the food cartridge into the housing of the grilling apparatus between two thermal elements for cooking the food items. The rails correspond to a vertical slot, or opening, in the hous... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108218 | Methods and apparatus for voice recognition for call treatment modification on messaging Methods and systems for analyzing voice information to determine if specific words or phrases are used or if the voice information exhibits a particular pattern of speech. Depending on which words or phrases are determined to have been used, a specific action or act... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108207 | Methods and apparatus for understanding machine vocabulary Configurations herein provide a language processing mechanism operable to define a machine vocabulary and identify a machine language version of the words that preserves context and identifies the proper definition of the words by identifying and preserving context ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107613 | Context recovery for call center agents A call center processes calls in such a way that a caller's matter is first handled by a first agent and is subsequently handled by a second agent. The call center creates a voice recording of at least part of that portion of the caller's matter handled by the first... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107080 | Environmental control of fluid samples, calibration, and detection of concentration levels According to example configurations herein, a system includes an inertial filter, a temperature controller, and analyzer. The inertial filter has multiple ports including a first port, a second port, and a third port. A sample gas flows between the first port and th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106742 | Remotely controlling one or more client devices detected over a wireless network using a mobile device According to one general aspect, a method according to the present application includes remotely controlling wirelessly networked devices via a mobile unit. The method includes receiving, at a mobile unit and from a user, an input, analyzing the input to identify a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104680 | Method and apparatus for auditing transaction activity in retail and other environments using visual recognition A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and by obtaining transaction data concerning at least one transaction that occurs at the transaction area. The system correlates the video data associated with the tran... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104081 | IP security with seamless roaming and load balancing Described are a method and system for seamless roaming of a mobile node during a VPN session. A VPN session between the mobile node and a current VPN server in a network is established and synchronized with at least one fail-over VPN server in the network. An addres... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103509 | Wireless server based text to speech email An email system for mobile devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs, is disclosed which allows email messages to be played back on the mobile device as voice messages on demand by way of a media player, thus eliminating the need for a unified messaging system. Emai... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103282 | Methods and apparatus for allocating resources in a distributed environment based on network assessment Methods and apparatus are provided for allocating resources in a distributed environment, such as a packet network, based on a network assessment. One or more resources are allocated to a request in a distributed environment by identifying one or more potential reso... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102837 | Network coding approach to rapid information dissemination A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing rapid information dissemination using network coding is presented. A coded message including a payload and a code vector, is transmitted from a first node of the network to a second node of the network. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099716 | Service structured application development architecture Systems and methods defining a service oriented object framework for use in providing an open application environment facilitating application function integration are shown. Embodiments provide object life management, platform resources management, and event manage... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094810 | Unidirectional proxy re-encryption A method for performing unidirectional proxy re-encryption includes generating a first key pair comprising a public key (pk) and a secret key (sk) and generating a re-encryption key that changes encryptions under a first public key pka into encryptions un... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086755 | Distributed multicast system and method in a network The invention provides multicast communication using distributed topologies in a network. The control nodes in the network build a distributed topology of processor nodes for providing multicast packet distribution. Multiple processor nodes in the network participat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085727 | Method and apparatus to facilitate the closure of mobility tunnels According to one embodiment, a method involves receiving an incoming media access control (MAC) frame that includes a header, a frame body and an error detection field. Thereafter, an information element within the frame body is analyzed to determine whether to alte... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081641 | Methods and apparatus for network coding One embodiment is directed to transmitting encoded data over a broadcast medium to improve network throughput. A sending node may identify a first packet to be transmitted to a first network node and a second packet to be transmitted to a second network node. The se... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080083 | Method and apparatus for converting oxidized mercury into elemental mercury An oxidized mercury converter utilizes a combination of heat, reduced pressure, and dilution when converting oxidized mercury in a gas sample into elemental mercury. The converter applies heat to a gas sample to thermally convert oxidized mercury within a gas sample... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078245 | Extended focal region measuring apparatus and method A method and apparatus for measuring an apparent depth of a section of an animal body are disclosed. Light is focused concurrently to an extended focal region comprising a plurality or continuum of measurement locations. Light reflected by a refractive index interfa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073881 | Methods and apparatus facilitating access to storage among multiple computers Multiple computers in a cluster maintain respective sets of identifiers of neighbor computers in the cluster for each of multiple named resource. A combination of the respective sets of identifiers define a respective tree formed by the respective sets of identifier... | 12/06/2011 |
