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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4881179 | Method for providing information security protocols to an electronic calendar A method of controlling the unauthorized disclosure of classified data that is used to describe an event that has been calendared in an electronic calendaring application of an interactive information handling system in which the calendar owner assigns a ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4866611 | Method for automatically reconciling entries on two copies of independently maintained electronic calendars An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system in which calendar entries that have been made for the same time span independently on two different copies of the calendar can be automatically and interactively reconciled. The method p... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4656602 | Method of control placement of image of document to be printed on paper in an interactive text processing system A method controls the printing of documents created by interactive text processing systems so that the document image is positioned on the paper in the same location when the document is printed by two different printers with different paper positioning p... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4556954 | Method for displaying selected text processing task options corresponding to the contents of the combined program diskette A method is disclosed for assisting the operator of an interactive text processing system in the interactive selection of text processing tasks from a combined program/work diskette. The method involves displaying to the operator a "special" menu which is... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4458349 | Method for storing data words in fault tolerant memory to recover uncorrectable errors A method of operating a large fault tolerant semiconductor memory is described which increases the probability that data words read from memory will not contain uncorrectable errors. The method involves storing a data word at a location in memory that may... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4453248 | Fault alignment exclusion method to prevent realignment of previously paired memory defects A method is disclosed for insuring that two semiconductor chips which have a 1-bit defect at the same chip address are not paired at any memory address by a fault alignment exclusion mechanism (FAEM) which functions to position chips having defects at dif... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4450559 | Memory system with selective assignment of spare locations A memory system is provided with a simple flexible control arrangement for assigning locations in an alternate memory as replacements for previously identified defective fault areas in main memory. The assignment of the replacement locations in the altern... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4450493 | Magnetic head slider and actuator assembly A magnetic head slider and actuator assembly has an air bearing magnetic head slider that is coupled to an electrical coil. Permanent magnets are positioned in a stationary frame to provide a magnetic field adjacent to the coil. When current is supplied t... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4441114 | CMOS Subsurface breakdown zener diode This zener diode is fabricated by a conventional CMOS device fabricating process whereby an entire electronic circuit can be laid down in one overall process. A semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type has an elongated deposit of semiconductor mat... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4434475 | Method of entering criteria for selecting records of spatially related data stored in an interactive text processing system An improved method is disclosed for assisting the operator of an interactive text processing system. The method assists the operator in entering interactively selection criteria to be used in selecting records from the existing file. The improved method i... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4432025 | System and method for formatting pairs of concentric magnetic tracks of different capacity to a plurality of equal capacity logical tracks A method and system are disclosed for storing data on a magnetic disk file to increase the overall storage capacity of the file without complicating the data management functions and aspects of the connected data processing system. The system involves a m... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4359772 | Dual function error correcting system A dual function cyclic code error correcting method and system are disclosed for correcting from a single syndrome byte a random single-bit error which occurs in a multi-byte data word or, alternatively, correcting a multi-bit error in one byte of the dat... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358848 | Dual function ECC system with block check byte An improved ECC method and system are disclosed for correcting either a random single-bit error, or alternately, a multi-bit error in one byte of a data word from a single syndrome byte. The improvement involves determining the location of the multi-bit e... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4350309 | Tape reel hub including a cantilever beam section to reduce tape tenting A reel for web material such as magnetic recording tape is disclosed. The reel may be advantageously employed in a reel-to-reel magnetic tape transport where magnetic tape is wound under tension that is converted to radial forces which subject layers of t... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4348721 | System for selectively addressing nested link return addresses in a microcontroller An improved arrangement is disclosed for storing link address data which is generated by a microcontroller during the execution of a program which involves a series of nested link type instructions and for returning the stored link address data under prog... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4346411 | Amplitude sensitive three-level detector for derivative read back channel of magnetic storage device A system for reading information stored on a flexible magnetic disk is disclosed. The system involves an amplitude detector for detecting at predetermined times whether the amplitude of the read signal is positive, zero or negative. This system includes a... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4343441 | Magnetic tape reel clamp with extended center pole An apparatus for driving a replaceable reel of magnetic tape is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a magnetic clamp for holding the reel to a cup-shaped driving member. The cup-shaped driving member carries a doughnut-shaped magnet and is provided with an... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4339797 | Microcontroller with auxiliary register for duplicating storage of data in one memory location A microcontroller is disclosed which executes all instructions in a fixed period machine cycle. A storage device is provided for storing data which is involved in the execution of instructions that are stored in a different memory device, such as a read o... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4339796 | System for generating a plurality of different addresses for a working memory of a microcontroller during execution of certain instructions A system is disclosed for a microcontroller which permits the interruption of a sequence of instructions, each of which are executable in a fixed machine cycle in response to one of a plurality of interrupt/trap signals. The microcontroller is interrupted... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4339795 | Microcontroller for controlling byte transfers between two external interfaces A microcontroller is disclosed for controlling the bidirectional transfer of data between two external units. The external units supply data to the microcontroller selectively on a plurality of input byte busses and receive data from the microcontroller o... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4335858 | Apparatus for threading tape over a tape path including a channel conforming to said path An automatic threading apparatus for a magnetic tape transport is disclosed in which a flexible sprocketed guide tape loop is disposed in a continuous guide channel which is shaped to conform to the shape of the complex tape path extending from the supply... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4334656 | Automatic tape threading apparatus for magnetic tape transports A method and apparatus for automatically threading web material, e.g., magnetic tape, from a replaceable supply reel to a non-replaceable take-up reel of a web transport device, in which the web path is nonlinear and relatively complex as a result of vari... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4285018 | Disk file A disk file for storing data is disclosed which comprises two major separable assemblies, an HDA assembly and a disk drive assembly. The HDA assembly is characterized by two separate carriage units each of which function to position a plurality of magneti... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4214279 | Clocking system for servo signal having two or more harmonically related frequencies This invention is directed to a system for generating clock signals from a source signal having two harmonically related and phase coherent frequencies such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,534,344 (Santana) and U.S. Pat. No. 3,879,753 (Dunn). The clock system... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4117737 | Drive belt loading system A drive belt loading system for automatically loading and unloading a drive belt onto a pulley of a removable device employs a conical transfer means for automatically transferring the drive belt to the pulley upon tensioning of the belt. The transfer mea... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4054931 | Gas filtering arrangement for magnetic disk information storage apparatus A gas filtering arrangement is described for a magnetic disk file consisting of a closed housing surrounding the magnetic disks. A bearing mounted in a wall of the housing carries a drive shaft upon which the disk (or disks) and a gas impeller are mounted... | 10/18/1977 |
