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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185475 | System and method for obtaining and sharing media content A device initialization method includes generating a license request for a personal media device. A timeout indicator may be obtained for a subscription associated with the personal media device. The license request and the timeout indicator may be combined to form ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179997 | Real-time digital quadrature demodulation method and device for ultrasonic imaging system A real-time digital quadrature demodulation method and device for the ultrasonic imaging system are disclosed in this invention. In addition to a multiplying step and a filtering step, the method further comprises a sine and cosine table generating step for generati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176162 | Email server system and method An email system comprises a plurality of email servers connected by a data communications network. The email system avoids single points of failure by employing multiple email servers which self configure, without requiring dedicated servers, through self addressing... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175395 | System and method for dynamically switching quality settings of a codec to maintain a target data rate A video compression system includes a compression module to compress each of a plurality of segments of an input signal using an initial quality setting. A rate calculation module calculates, for each compressed segment, a data rate for an output signal that would r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170979 | Systems and methods for calibrating user ratings A website may allow users to rate content items displayed thereon. The user ratings associated with the content items may be weighted according to user rating weight. The rating weight of a particular user may be based, in whole or part, upon whether the user consis... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163559 | White blood cell differentiation reagent and method A reagent for four-part differentiation of white blood cells is provided. In one embodiment the reagent has an osmolality below 50 mOsm/kg H2O. A method for differentiating white blood cells using the reagent is also provided. The disclosure provides for ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163470 | Simulated 5-part differential leukocyte granules, the method for preparing the same and control products and calibrators comprising the same A method for preparing five-part differential leukocyte analogs from red blood cells includes selecting appropriate red blood cells; treating the red blood cells with a multi-functional reagent system for maintenance of a structural integrity of the membranes of the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162838 | Doppler signal spectrum calculating method and apparatus A method and apparatus is disclosed for calculating a Doppler signal spectrum. The method includes a step of estimating parameters of a Doppler signal, and a step of resolving a predefined spectrum function using the parameters, the spectrum function being at least ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162537 | Thermometer quick linkage apparatus and method A thermometer quick linkage apparatus comprises an elastic member, a button, a probe, and a chamber having one end provided with an opening for receiving the end portion of the probe, and the other end also provided with an opening for receiving the button. Within t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160970 | Method for using collaborative point-of-view management within an electronic forum A method for conducting online discussion and collecting point-of-view information on a topic of discussion that includes displaying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a position statement representing a consensus point of view of one or more support... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160160 | Bit-rate reduction for multimedia data streams Systems and methods for reducing a bit-rate in a multimedia data stream while maintaining high image quality. Two consecutive frames of the multimedia data stream are spatially filtered, temporally filtered, and combined into a pre-processed frame. In one embodiment... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157737 | Method and apparatus for real time spatial compound imaging The present invention provides a method and device for spatial compound imaging. The method comprises steps of receiving a component image C(i, j), where i denotes a steering scan cycle, and j a steering angle of the component image; computing a differential image b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156139 | Media playing on a portable media player including shop and play remote media A software and/or hardware facility enables shop and play remote media using a portable media player. Shopping may include, but is not limited to, allowing a user to identify media and acquire (via download or stream) the media to a portable media player for free or... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152733 | Method for improving recognition rate of respiratory wave The present invention discloses a method for improving recognition rate of respiratory wave, which is used for a data processing module of a respiratory rate measuring or monitoring device, specifically, said method comprises the steps of: receiving, via a data proc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152722 | Method and apparatus for quickly determining an imaging region in an ultrasonic imaging system A method and apparatus for quickly determining an imaging region associated with the current transmission in an ultrasonic imaging system includes determining a profile of the imaging region to be processed and, in turn, boundaries of that imaging region according t... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657470 | Portrait-oriented ultrasound device | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150002 | Method and apparatus for controlling unsolicited messaging in real time messaging networks A Voice over IP (VoIP) or Real Time Messaging (RTM) firewall device is claimed that protects VoIP or RTM network traffic by identifying and controlling the delivery of such network traffic that is unsolicited and undesired by the recipient (i.e. VoIP or RTM spam). T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147412 | Ultrasound doppler dealiasing without zero insertion The present application provides a method for generating dealiased Doppler signals in a spectral Doppler system. The method comprises the steps of: filtering each of two quadrature components of obtained quadrature Doppler signals by using at least four filters in a... | 04/03/2012 |
| D657061 | Portable ultrasound device | 04/03/2012 |
| D656946 | Anesthesia machine with user interface | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145783 | Systems and methods for selecting buffering time for media data The invention is related to methods and apparatus for tailoring an amount of Pre-Data that can be used in media clip streaming applications. A variable-bit-rate encoded media clip can be encoded at an average playback bit rate. When the actual transmission bit rate ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145479 | Improving the quality of output audio signal,transferred as coded speech to subscriber's terminal over a network, by speech coder and decoder tandem pre-processing A method of pre-processing an audio signal transmitted to a user terminal via a communication network and an apparatus using the method are provided. The method of pre-processing the audio signal may prevent deterioration of a sound quality of the audio signal trans... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143064 | Reagents and methods for classifying leukocytes A reagent for classification of leukocytes includes (a) at least two cationic surfactants; (b) at least one organic compound bearing a hydrophobic group and an anionic group; (c) a buffer for adjusting pH into a range of approximately 2-8. Also disclosed is a method... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137281 | Structure for attaching needle guide to ultrasound probe A structure for attaching a needle guide to an ultrasound probe is provided, which includes a probe casing and a needle guide. The probe casing includes a head part provided at a front side of the probe casing and a grasping part provided at a back side of the probe... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135761 | System and method for automatically creating a media archive from content on a recording medium A media player for creating a media archive may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include an archival component to store the media content in a storage medium. In one embodi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135191 | Method and device for automatically detecting collimation edges A method for automatically detecting a collimation edge or region includes reading an image captured by an X-ray imaging system, detecting intersection points between a foreground and a background and between a foreground and a tissue on the X-ray image, and perform... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134559 | Apparatus and method for adjusting for input latency in an electronic device Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with adjusting for input latency within an electronic are disclosed. An electronic device may receive a user input, such as a user actuation of a device key. A latency adjusted time of the input may... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131869 | Audio-on-demand communication system An audio-on-demand communication system provides real-time playback of audio data transferred via telephone lines or other communication links. One or more audio servers include memory banks which store compressed audio data. At the request of a user at a subscriber... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121906 | Method for selling content over a network A method to generate revenue from supplied content is provided. Content is provided to a consumer via a network by providing a content service that allows the consumer to select and retrieve content as a package together with a clearing of the selectable content to ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112147 | Method and apparatus for generating determination indexes for identifying ECG interfering signals A method for generating determination indexes for identifying ECG interfering signals includes acquiring ECG signals to obtain a sequence of data values representing original ECG signals; dividing the sequence of data values acquired during a period of time into gro... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095626 | System and method for configuring a client electronic device A method and computer program product for obtaining a main configuration file from a client electronic device upon the client electronic device being coupled to at least a portion of a media distribution system. The main configuration file defines one or more enhanc... | 01/10/2012 |
| D652052 | Patient monitor with portrait-oriented user interface | 01/10/2012 |
| D652051 | Patient monitor with portrait-oriented user interface | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090865 | Systems and methods for selecting buffering time for media data The invention is related to methods and apparatus for tailoring an amount of Pre-Data that can be used in media clip streaming applications. A variable-bit-rate encoded media clip can be encoded at an average playback bit rate. When the actual transmission bit rate ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090165 | Ultrasonic imaging system and a method for optimizing the gray level of ultrasonic images The invention relates to an ultrasonic system and a method for optimizing gray level value of ultrasonic images used in the ultrasonic system, the method comprises: an acquiring step for acquiring the ultrasonic image; a searching step for searching non-evenly divid... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088068 | Multiple ultrasound beams transmitting and receiving method and apparatus This present application describes a multiple ultrasound beams transmitting and receiving method, comprising: transmitting a first fat beam along a first transmit line with a first transmit aperture; receiving echo of the first fat beam with a first receive aperture... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087817 | Apparatus and method for automatically diluting and rinsing Disclosed is an auto-diluting and rinsing apparatus, comprising: a concentrated detergent container for holding concentrated detergent to be diluted; a diluter container for holding diluter, which is used to dilute the concentrated detergent; and a diluted detergent... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084923 | Diagnostic ultrasound transducer An ultrasound transducer includes an array of PZT elements mounted on a non-recessed distal surface of a backing block. Between each element and the backing block is a conductive region formed as a portion of a metallic layer sputtered onto the distal surface. Trace... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079846 | Rotatable electrical connector Various embodiments of a rotatable electrical connector are disclosed herein that may be disposed between a patient sensor and a patient monitor. Various embodiments of rotatable electrical connectors disclosed herein may be utilized to ameliorate some of the proble... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070683 | Scan conversion for ultrasonic imaging and apparatus using the same A scan conversion method for ultrasonic imaging is disclosed. The method comprises a storage step for storing sample data derived from ultrasonic echo signals into a memory; a conversion step for performing conversion between target coordinate points in a display co... | 12/06/2011 |
