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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7797207 | Method and apparatus for analyzing financial data A system analyzes multiple financial accounts having a common account holder and identifies a particular attribute, such as interest rate, associated with each of the multiple financial accounts. The system then makes a determination regarding whether an adjustment ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786738 | Cancelling low frequency errors in MEMS systems Systems and methods are described below for cancelling low frequency errors in electronic systems including MEMS systems. The systems include a first circuit coupled to one or more switches. One or more bond wires are coupled to the switches and a second circuit. Co... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786555 | Semiconductor devices with multiple heat sinks A semiconductor device that includes multiple heat sinks is provided along with methods for forming a semiconductor device having multiple heat sinks. The semiconductor device includes a first heat sink that is configured as a conductive lead frame. The conductive l... | 08/31/2010 |
| D622631 | All terrain vehicle | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779055 | Device memory management during electronic file updating In performing memory management, an upgrade client of a host device identifies and reserves memory blocks large enough to accommodate new software components by performing sequential searches of first and second memory areas. The new software components are updated ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778976 | Multi-dimensional surrogates for data management Multi-dimensional surrogation systems and methods are provided that generate at least one data surrogate using information of data and numerous data changes received from at least one data source. The multi-dimensional surrogation transforms data of each data surrog... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772480 | Interactive music training and entertainment system and multimedia role playing game platform A music training and entertainment system allows a user to input a selection of source music in a native format, and isolates a desired vocal or instrument component within the source music. The user selects the component of the source music against which to be comp... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766559 | Fiber orientation for optical transceiver A compact optical transceiver is provided in which a substrate provides for an alignment surface for optical fibers and a lens assembly provides the necessary optical paths for coupling to photodiode and photodetector structures. Appropriate electrical connections o... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752476 | Fast transition from low-speed mode to high-speed mode in high-speed interfaces Embodiments directed to a memory device and a memory controller that continue to operate in a low-power mode during the period required for analog timing circuitry to initialize and become usable, are described. During a low-speed to high-speed transition mode of op... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752346 | Universal routing in PCI-Express fabrics A universal routing identifier (URID) is provided to extend the function space in PCI-Express fabrics. Methods and systems based on the URID are provided for configuring URID capable devices and upgrading PCI-Express bridges and switches having lookup tables with ac... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750758 | Multi-ring resonator system and method A system and method are provided which includes ring resonator structures coupled together with beam structure(s). The ring resonators are configured to operate in the contour or breathe mode. The center of the coupling beam structure is used as a nodal anchor point... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7740700 | Cementitious veneer and laminate material A cementitious veneer and laminate composition is provided. The cementitious laminate composition includes a substrate, a primer layer applied to the substrate, the primer layer comprising a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol catalyst, Portland cement, and sand; and a cem... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7714996 | Automatic inspection system for flat panel substrate Automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems are described comprising optical modules that include an illumination component and a lens array configured to direct illumination of the illumination component at a portion of a substrate. The lens array includes a Fresnel... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712358 | Testing components of drive trains A drive line (A) for testing a component (D) of a drive train of a vehicle comprises a torque sensor. The torque sensor measures AC variations in torque due to the operation of the component (D). The component (D) is coupled to the drive line by an adapter having a ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711055 | System and method for signal alignment when communicating signals A method and system are provided for aligning signals in a communication system. The method and system include alignment logic or functionality configured to compensate for signal propagation discrepancies when communicating signals between one or more other devices... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689748 | Event handler for context-switchable and non-context-switchable processing tasks Embodiments of a system and method for handling interrupts are described herein. In an embodiment interrupts from various client components in a system (also referred to as clients) are processed by an interrupt handler component uniformly. The various clients signa... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7688925 | Bit-deskewing IO method and system An IO method and system for bit-deskewing are described. Embodiment includes a computer system with multiple components that transfer data among them. In one embodiment, a system component receives a forward strobe signal and multiple data bit signals from a transmi... | 03/30/2010 |
| D612162 | Chair | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676506 | Differential file compression of software image versions Embodiments include systems and methods for pre-processing and post-processing original and new versions of files as part of difference file generation between the original and new file versions. The systems and methods of an embodiment include a set of algorithms t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671515 | Microelectromechanical devices and fabrication methods There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a MEMS device, and technique of fabricating or manufacturing a MEMS device, having mechanical structures encapsulated in a chamber prior to final packagin... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669742 | Systems for safe carriage and deployment of hand-held non-lethal/lethal deployable devices A tactical device holster (TDH) system is described that is a complete carry and deployment solution allowing for split-second deployment of hand-held non-lethal/lethal deployable devices (HNLDD) by tactical personnel. The TDH system allows tactical personnel to dep... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663635 | Multiple video processor unit (VPU) memory mapping A system and method for memory mapping in a multiple video processor (multi VPU) system is described. In various embodiments, rendering tasks are shared among multiple VPUs in parallel to provide improved performance and capability with minimal increased cost. In va... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657761 | Multiple trust modes for handling data A user is presented with multiple modes of operation, such that the multiple modes of operation define different trust options for handling data (such as login credentials or other sensitive data) associated with the user. A selection of one of the multiple modes of... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657594 | Directed media based on user preferences A system for determining directed media for a user is provided. The exemplary system comprises a media selection optimizer which is configured to determine a directed media component based on a user profile associated, via a device identifier, with a network access ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649537 | Dynamic load balancing in multiple video processing unit (VPU) systems Systems and methods are provided for processing data. The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. An interlink module is... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7648287 | Optical receiver for computing applications A compact optical transceiver is provided in which a substrate provides for an alignment surface for optical fibers and a lens assembly provides the necessary optical paths for coupling to photodiode and photodetector structures. Appropriate electrical connections o... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646316 | Compound portable computing device with dual portion keyboards coupled over a transmission link A compound portable computing device comprising two or more separate portable devices coupled over a wireless link is described. A first portable computing device contains a keypad with keys dedicated to use with a function of the devices. A circuit of the first por... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7639545 | Memory word line driver featuring reduced power consumption Embodiments of a random access memory word line driver circuit that reduces consumption of standby power are described. The word line driver is based on NOR-gate logic in which, for memory array consisting of a plurality of memory cells and word line drivers, given ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630981 | Method and system for learning ontological relations from documents Embodiments of an ontological determination method for use in natural language processing applications are described. In one embodiment, shallow lexico-syntactic patterns are applied to identify relations by extracting term features to distinguish relation terms fro... | 12/08/2009 |
| D605556 | Automobile | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620597 | Online loan application system using borrower profile information Embodiments of an online credit application system are described. The online credit application system displays a solicitation page requesting user credit score information and a selection of desired loan products. The user credit score information comprises a user'... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619686 | Apparatus for a combination camcorder-handset device A combination camcorder handset device in a clam-shell form factor that has at least two operational modes-one of which is a phone mode wherein the device is used by holding the device to the ear and talking, and another of which is a camera mode wherein the device ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613346 | Compositing in multiple video processing unit (VPU) systems Systems and methods are provided for processing data. The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. Additionally, an inter... | 11/03/2009 |
| D603296 | Small automobile | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610409 | Method for transporting data through universal serial bus and universal serial bus device A Universal Serial Bus data transport method and its device is disclosed. Data transport is performed through a high-speed transport technique based on a Universal Serial Bus, which consists of Universal Serial Bus protocol for communication between the device and t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603139 | Methods and apparatus for a flexible wireless communication and cellular telephone system A wireless communication system including flexible wireless handsets with modular electronic components selected for operation within multiple systems. The units may be configured for removable connection to a variety of cartridges to provide a versatile communicati... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598942 | System and method for gesture based control system The system provides a gestural interface to various visually presented elements, presented on a display screen or screens. A gestural vocabulary includes ‘instantaneous’ commands, in which forming one or both hands into the appropriate ‘pose’ results in an i... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7582514 | Microelectromechanical systems encapsulation process with anti-stiction coating An encapsulated MEMS process including a high-temperature anti-stiction coating that is stable under processing steps at temperatures over 450° C. is described. The coating is applied after device release but before sealing vents in the encapsulation layer. Alterna... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580682 | Method and apparatus for comprehensive link assessment and frequency monitoring in wireless sensor networks Embodiments of a link assessment and frequency monitoring system for use in wireless sensor networks are described. In one embodiment, each frequency utilized by links coupling two or more nodes in the network is sampled to determine a noise measure for each frequen... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7564737 | Memory data transfer In one aspect, there is provided a method for controlling data output by a memory device. The method may include receiving a first clock signal having a first frequency. Moreover, a second and third clock signals may be produced from the first clock signal. The seco... | 07/21/2009 |
