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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185576 | Filter for a distributed network There is disclosed a filter for a distributed network. A method may include receiving index requests from indexing nodes over a network and providing over the network index responses to the indexing nodes in response to the index requests. The index responses may in... | 05/22/2012 |
| D655475 | Pallet | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122190 | Method and system for reconfigurable memory-based permutation implementation Memory-based permutation methods and systems are provided for the permutation of data. The memory-based permutation methods and systems provide flexibility and reconfigurability while reducing size and increasing speed. They provide the ability to program a memory, ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120481 | Emergency services notification station and door unlock device When a person believes that he/she is having a heart attack, a pendant (or other communications device) can be activated to communicate an emergency services request signal to an emergency services notification station (e.g., that houses an AED). Once the emergency ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119936 | Mounting system with measurement of the weight of the occupant for a seat of a motor vehicle Described herein is a mounting system with measurement of the weight of the occupant for a seat of a motor vehicle; the mounting system has a bottom frame rigidly connected to the bodywork of the motor vehicle, a top frame, which supports the seat and is mounted in ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118760 | Joint brace and a movement restraining device therefor A movement restraining device for use in combination with an elastic wrap of a joint brace includes at least one elongated bendable member including a plurality of spaced-apart strips each of which has opposite strip surfaces parallel to the strip surfaces of the re... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118025 | Blow filter device A blow filter device for breathing masks and hoods, comprising a blower which is driven by a motor and at least one filter which is arranged upstream from the blower, in addition to an electronic control system for adjusting a predefined airflow volume. The inventio... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115240 | CMOS integrated process for fabricating monocrystalline silicon micromechanical elements by porous silicon micromachining A process for fabricating a monocrystalline silicon micromechanical element integrated with a CMOS circuit element within the CMOS technology, wherein a domain of second conducting property is formed within a substrate of first conducting property; the second conduc... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111614 | Remote redundant voice server system During normal operation, a user terminal supported by an IP-PBX server establishes a call by resolving the name of the IP-PBX server using a DNS server. When the DNS server provides the address of the IP-PBX server, the IP-PBX server can be contacted. However, if th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103420 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle provided with a servo mechanical gear-change A method and system for controlling a vehicle, according to which it is determined whether the vehicle is on a slope; it is detected whether the internal-combustion engine is turned on; it is detected whether the vehicle is stationary; a parking brake is activated a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099420 | Accessing data in a data processing system Access to data items uses names based on the data in the data items; the name of a data item may be based, at least in part, on a function of some or all of the bits that comprise the data item. A data item may comprise an arbitrary sequence of bits. The function ma... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095500 | Methods and systems for searching content in distributed computing networks The present invention discloses an improved method and system for indexing and searching content in a distributed computing network. The present invention also enables users to search for content on a distributed computing network, as well as on the web, via a unifi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091005 | Wireless broadcast protocol In a keyboard-video-mouse (“KVM”) system in which a target computer may be wirelessly accessed by a plurality of remote stations, a method includes, by the target computer: obtaining a frame of video data; transmitting packets for the frame; transmitting a query... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090757 | Circuit and method for performing multiple modulo mathematic operations A multi-function modulo processor architecture is capable of performing multiple modulo mathematic operations. The modulo processor includes a pipeline processing portion that iteratively computes a running partial modulo product using the operands of a modulo mathe... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086697 | Techniques for displaying impressions in documents delivered over a computer network In one embodiment, an impression to be displayed in a placement of a web page is selected from candidate impressions that may be displayed in the placement. The candidate impression may be chosen based on behavioral data and a placement identifier particularly ident... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083672 | Laryngoscope The present invention is a self-retaining laryngoscope composed of a palate brace or blade, a slider, and a tongue blade. The angulated tongue blade puts less force on the blade, reduces trauma, and is not conducive for mechanical failure. The slider interacts with ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083623 | Shoe tensioner for a synchronous belt drive for use with oil A shoe tensioner for a synchronous belt drive, having a guide member adapted to cooperate with a drive belt and hinged at one end about a first axis; elastic means cooperating with the guide member to tension the belt; and connecting means for connecting the tension... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082262 | Methods, systems, and devices supporting data access in a data processing system A plurality of data items are distributed across a plurality of computers, some of which may form a peer-to-peer network. A first computer receives a request for a data item from a requesting computer. The request includes a True Name of the data item. The first com... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079051 | Wireless streaming media systems, devices and methods A system includes one or more transmitter devices constructed and adapted to transmit wireless streaming media, the transmitter device connected to at least one video source, wherein the transmitter device is further constructed and adapted to automatically detect a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078602 | Search engine for a computer network In one embodiment, client-side programs are employed to observe the navigation of consumers to various websites. Addresses of web pages viewed by consumers may be used to fetch the web pages. A fetched web page may be parsed for one or more keywords. The relevance o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073866 | Method for providing content to an internet user based on the user's demonstrated content preferences A method of providing content from an internet server to an internet user based on the user's internet navigation history. The method begins with the step of installing a profile decoder, including a profile library, on the server. The profile decoder maps server co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068981 | Off-board navigation system for vehicles Described herein is an off-board navigation system for vehicles, comprising at least one operating center and at least one on-board navigation unit installed on board a vehicle, in which the operating center is provided with monitoring means configured for detecting... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061933 | Lay ramp actuating device and method for an underwater-pipeline laying vessel, and relative pipeline laying vessel An actuating device (23) for a lay ramp (6) of a vessel (1) for laying underwater pipelines “(2) has a runner (28), and a carriage (29) connected to the lay ramp (6) and which runs along the runner (28) to li... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061632 | Fuel injector with direct shutter actuation for internal combustion engines A fuel injector for internal combustion engines provided with a fuel feeding channel, the feeding channel having an axis and an injection outlet; an injection valve to control the outlet; an injection valve having a shutter arranged inside the feeding channel to def... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061582 | Pipe-joining method and apparatus for producing underwater pipelines, and underwater-pipeline-laying vessel comprising such an apparatus A method of joining pipes (3) to produce underwater pipelines (2), wherein the facing free ends (15) of two adjacent pipes (3), aligned along an axis (A), are welded to define a cutback (18); a protective sheet (22) of plast... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052035 | Method and mask assembly for forming solder bodies on a substrate A method for forming solder bodies on a substrate includes: positioning a first mask plate, which is formed with at least one first through-hole, on the substrate; filling the first through-hole with a first solder paste so as to form a first solder body on the subs... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049557 | Self oscillating class D amplification device An amplification device, comprising a device input receiving a device input signal, an amplifier unit comprising a zero crossing detector unit, an output filter and a lead-lag compensation network. The zero crossing detector unit compares the device input signal wit... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041147 | Method for realistic stitching image blocks of an electronically recorded multipart image A method for realistic stitching and showing image blocks of an electronically recorded multipart image wherein relative positional offset values of the image blocks recorded with overlap are determined in a co-ordinate system in directions x and y and stored in mat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031033 | Printed multilayer solenoid delay line having at least two sub-sets with different patterns A printed solenoid inductor delay line system comprises discrete delay sections, where the inductor is implemented in the form of a printed, spiraling solenoid, with the solenoid axis in the plane of the multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB). ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028746 | Heat exchanger with finned tube and method of producing the same A heat exchanger for a gas boiler for producing hot water is provided with a casing extending along a first axis and through which combustion fumes flow; a tube along which water flows, and which is housed inside the casing and coils about the first axis to form a h... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018346 | Back bend sensor A trainable back bend monitor system for use by individuals that will monitor and sense bending as it occurs and where a threshold level of bending can be set so that the individual will be warned when that predetermined threshold, unique to that individual, has bee... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016597 | System and method for interjecting bilateral brain activation into routine activity A method and apparatus are disclosed that automatically interject brain activations into video imaging activities or other activities of daily living. During a video game, for example, an interrupt causes a pause in the game and a commencement of an activity involvi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012072 | Abdominal bench An improved abdominal bench having a simplified structure, a more comprehensive weight system, a multi-positional foot assembly and a more streamlined frame and pivoting linkages. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009173 | Rack interface pod with intelligent platform control Rack Interface Pods can be augmented with non-KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) functionality that can enable greater analysis of the state of the computer to which the RIP is attached. A RIP can be augmented to include a non-KVM input connection (e.g., an Intelligent... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008997 | Printed circuit board filter having rows of vias defining a quasi cavity that is below a cutoff frequency A low frequency reject filter element is formed on a printed circuit board that utilizes the fact that power transmission in a waveguide is cut-off below a certain frequency. A quasi waveguide cavity is formed in printed circuit board using the top and bottom ground... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005610 | Method and device for determining the length of a shortest path in a network A computer-implemented method for pre-processing a network, wherein the network comprises nodes and edges, each edge having a length measured according to a given metric, comprises the steps of selecting a source and a target node; determining a transit node for the... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003931 | Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine A transparent-front vending machine includes an optical vend-sensing system with an article sensing subsystem arranged athwart a vend space. The article sensing subsystem has two emitter/detector arrays, each having at least one emitter and a plurality of detectors.... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001096 | Computer file system using content-dependent file identifiers A file system includes a plurality of servers to store file data as segments or chunks; and first data that includes file identifiers for files for which the file data are stored as segments; and second data that maps the file identifiers to the segments to which th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000089 | Modularized device and method for assembling the same A modularized device includes a seat body, a first assembly unit, a cover, and a second assembly unit. The first assembly unit is fixed within the seat body and includes a first engaging portion. The cover removably covers the seat body. The second assembly unit is ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992177 | Point-to-multipoint high definition multimedia transmitter and receiver A high definition video transmitter and receiver are disclosed. The transmitter provides high definition video to a one-point receiver or to multipoint receivers. The transmission network is asynchronous and the receiver re-synchronizes the video. The transmission c... | 08/02/2011 |
