Quotables
"The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
Samuel Clemens
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536687 | System and method for automatic installation of embedded software packages The system and method facilitates transition from one software packaging model to a new model. New software packages include a capability package and an enabler package. The capability package provides new or enhanced functionality, and the enabler package serves to... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7383330 | Method for mapping a network fabric In accordance with a method and system described herein, in order to map the physical location and connections between all of the components of a network from the perspective of a particular host, i.e., discover the fabric of the network, and the hierarchical relati... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7287046 | Method and system of compacting sparse directories in a file system A method and system are described for reducing search for data in a directory scheme employing hash tables. The method involves compacting directory entries in a manner in which the directory entries will gradually migrate and concentrate at the highest level hash t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7226625 | Identification of compositions, compositions, and methods of treatment of obesity and overweight conditions A method for the identification of a composition useful in the treatment of an overweight or obese person to reduce the person's body mass index is provided which comprises obtaining an extract of an ethnobotanical plant, and evaluating the activity of the extract i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7200641 | Method and system for encoding SCSI requests for transmission using TCP/IP A system and method provides for establishing a direct TCP/IP connection between a workstation and a storage system independent of a server to which the storage system is connected. A SCSI request is encoded with tags identifying the request as a SCSI request, and t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7174844 | Simulator and method for performing underwater submarine escape training The simulator of the present invention comprises a submersible structure to be used in a body of water, for instance a pool. This structure comprises a bell defining a main chamber. An escape tower is provided over the bell. This escape tower defines an escape chamb... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159085 | Method of allowing point-in-time view of data on a disk A method allows point-in-time viewing of session data for multiple sessions being stored on a disk. Session bits are set for the session data in memory which points to the data at any particular point in time, and this can be done for multiple sessions. In order to ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155586 | Method of allowing point-in-time view of data on a disk using a map on cache disk A method of creating point-in-time views of data on a disk involves initiating from a host at least one session of writing data to a disk. For each session, an entry is created and stored on an array on the disk. The sessions are assigned unique IDs to each, and pro... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152178 | Method and system for detecting path failure and performing input/output recovery in a multi-path input/output system The method and system provides for continuing issuance of input/output requests on a fabric having a plurality of paths connected to adapters on a computer managing the input/output requests. If a change in a path within the fabric occurs, a registered state change ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7117282 | Method and apparatus for active isolation of communications ports A method and apparatus for isolating communications ports that allows access to a communications system for status and/or maintenance purposes via one communications port while preventing access to same system via the other remaining communications ports are disclos... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080102 | Method and system for migrating data while maintaining hard links Data is migrated from an original host storage system to another replacement host storage system. An original host storage system is connected directly to the replacement host storage system. Data migration occurs, and when data is transferred, hard links between fi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069449 | Method and system for encrypting and storing content to a user Systems and methods are provided for encrypting content sent to a user. The user terminal is assigned a serial number. When content is received by the user terminal, it is encrypted and the serial number is embedded into the encrypted content. The content is decrypt... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051108 | Method and system of interprocess communications A method and system of interprocess communication bypasses the connection oriented protocol associated with an interprocess communication facility when the client and server are local, and thus the communication oriented protocol is unnecessary. The system determine... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6990493 | File access system Methods and systems of searching a file access system for a requested file. One embodiment includes allocating memory for directory cache and buffer cache. The directory cache stores a directory file layout. The directory cache is searched for a requested file, and ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6952699 | Method and system for migrating data while maintaining access to data with use of the same pathname Data is migrated from an original host storage system to another replacement host storage system. An original host storage system is connected to the replacement host storage system. Data migration occurs and original pathnames to the data are maintained. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| D510342 | Network communications system transmitter enclosure | 10/04/2005 |
| 6928466 | Method and system for identifying memory component identifiers associated with data This invention provides a negative cache management system and method for controlling valid and invalid memory component identifiers, and, thereby, accelerates performance of relatively high speed memory components, including hardware and software systems, that oper... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922761 | Method and system for migrating data Data is migrated from an original host storage system to another replacement host storage system with minimal client impact on a network. An original host storage system is connected directly to the replacement host storage system which is in turn connected to the n... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915516 | Apparatus and method for process dispatching between individual processors of a multi-processor system A method and system allocate resources in a plurality of processors system. When a processor is idle, the system determines when another processor is not idle. The time the non-idle processor remains non-idle is timed, and once a predetermined amount of time elapses... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6862690 | Hierarchical recovery method for fibre-channel devices A method and system for recovering nodes in a hierarchical computer network is disclosed. The operating system of the network detects and exception condition, recovers only the nodes within the scope of the exception condition, and issues I/O requests to nodes durin... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862697 | Method and system for pseudo-random testing a fault tolerant network A method and system for pseudo-random testing a fault tolerant network for determining the network's response to failure includes generating an image of the network on a host. At least one path of the network is selected to be physically failed through the use of a ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6826582 | Method and system for using file systems for content management A file system and method serves to create and manage content. The file system includes at least one directory having at least one file containing data, but about which at least one file has no information. A repository of metadata provides information about the data... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6708297 | Method and system for monitoring errors on field replaceable units A method and system of monitoring errors occurring on field replaceable units is described. At predetermined intervals, storage processors connected to a host system are identified and for each connected storage processor previous information about the storage proce... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6496914 | Method and system for administering storage devices on a network A host system, such as a server, controls a plurality of different class storage devices on a network. The operating system on the host assigns a unique identification to each storage device using a standard protocol and maintains the identification in th... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492012 | Polymer penetrated porous substrates A polymer coated porous product includes a first porous substrate and a polymer coating penetrating the porous substrate. The polymer coated porous product may optionally include a second porous substrate, and the polymer coating penetrates both the first... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6481013 | Entertainment and computer coaxial network and method of distributing signals therethrough Apparatus for distributing radio frequency (RF) modulated broadcast television signals from a broadcast signal source to networked appliances connected to the source through a plurality of single conductor coaxial cables, simultaneously with distributing ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6458071 | Method for electromagnetically restructuring water for organismic consumption A method for beneficially restructuring water and its contents for consumptions by organisms. The method involves subjecting water for a period of time to an electromagnetic field of a specific flux density varying from 10-5 to 10-21... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6387852 | Method of applying high temperature compatible insulation to superconductors There is described a method of applying insulative coating on high temperature superconductors and low temperature superconductors from sol-gel solutions prepared from Zr, or Zr with one of Mg, Y, Ce, In and Sn based precursor materials. The solution is p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6389588 | Method and system of business rule extraction from existing applications for integration into new applications A method of extracting and transforming a business rule which is a self contained section of legacy code focused on the computation of specific business policy includes identifying the business rule. Thereafter, the business rule code is located in the ex... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6387525 | Self insulating substrate tape A process for manufacturing superconducting magnets is described. Two conducting tapes are assembled with an insulating ceramic layer deposited between facing sides of the tapes. The tapes and the insulative refractory material are bonded together by, for... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6346953 | Method and system for recreating a user interface of an existing application text based user interface into a graphical user interface A method for recreating a user interface of an existing application screen into a graphical user interface having the same functionality of the original interface includes matching the structure data in a user interface of an existing application to a pat... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6344287 | High temperature compatible insulation for superconductors and method of applying insulation to superconductors There is described a method of applying insulative coating on high temperature superconductors and low temperature superconductors from sol-gel solutions prepared from Zr or Zr with one of, Mg, Y, Ce, In and Sn based precursor materials. The solution is p... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6295703 | Device for attaching objects to fabric The present invention provides an apparatus which facilitates attachment of objects to fabrics of various thicknesses while minimizing damage to the underlying fabric. A device is provided which includes a backing member formed from a flexible, resilient ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6258869 | Process for production of polyols, and polyols for polyurethane Polyols useful for preparing foamed polyurethane systems are produced by reacting a feed stock of agricultural origin with a multifunctional hydroxyl component in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst suitable to polymerize the ag... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6099459 | Magnetic field generating device and method of generating and applying a magnetic field for treatment of specified conditions A magnetic field generator device includes a signal generator capable of operating within predetermined parameters, an attenuator is connected to the signal generator and to helmholtz coils to transmit and attenuate the signal from the generator to the co... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5830235 | Pacifier system and method of therapeutically treating infant sucking response A pacifier system and method of therapeutically treating premature infants to reinforce non-nutritive sucking is disclosed. A pacifier is connected to a pressure transducer. The pressure tranducer serves to detect sucking intensity and time of sucking. Th... | 11/03/1998 |
