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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181716 | Breaking machine shock absorbing system A breaking apparatus (1) which includes; a housing (3); a striker pin (4) having a driven end and an impact end, locatable in said housing (3) in at least one retaining location to protrude said impact end through the housing (3); ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180771 | Search activity eraser A system and method of data processing receives a query at a server computer system. The system and method utilizes the query to extract a search result from a data source. The system and method receives at least one search activity record and a user preference from... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160943 | Systems and methods to process transactions based on social networking Systems and methods to verify and process requests received via social networking websites. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store data associated with a first phone number; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility. The in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145703 | User interface and method in a local search system with related search results The invention provides a user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, interaction with the search identifier causing of a search request from the client com... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131258 | Systems and methods to process transaction requests Systems and methods are provided to facilitate on-site processing of transaction requests. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store an account identifier of a user and a phone number of the user and an interchange coupled with the data stora... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122042 | Method and system for determining a relevant content identifier for a search In a method for a direct answer for search, a search query is received over a network, one or more answer entities are determined from one or more answer candidate snippets, with an answer candidate snippet having at least a portion of content available over the net... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118618 | Apparatus for testing electronic devices An apparatus is described for burn-in and/or functional testing of microelectronic circuits of unsingulated wafers. A large number of power, ground, and signal connections can be made to a large number of contacts on a wafer. The apparatus has a cartridge that allow... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117124 | Transferring funds electronically Apparatuses and methods to transfer funds electronically via premium messages. In one aspect, an apparatus to electronically transfer funds from a customer to a supplier includes: a server component connected to a network; and a database component coupled to the ser... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116747 | Funds transfer electronically Apparatuses and methods to facilitate customer to supplier funds transfer via premium messages. In one aspect, an apparatus to electronically transfer funds from a customer to a supplier includes: a server component connected to a network; and a database coupled to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116730 | Systems and methods to control online transactions Systems and methods are provided to control online transactions via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store data associating a first telephone number with a second telephone number; and an interchange coupled with the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8097132 | Process and device to obtain metal in powder, sheet or cathode from any metal containing material A metal-containing material is introduced in the container with an anode inserted therein, the container is introduced in a tank filled with an electrolyte, with a cathode opposed to it, and direct current is passed through ((+) anode and (−) cathode) to recover t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090714 | User interface and method in a local search system with location identification in a request A user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier and a location identifier. Selection of the search identifier causing transmission of a search request from ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8065299 | Methods and systems for providing a response to a query Methods and systems for providing a response to a query. Multiple users' search engine activity in regard to a query is correlated. A response is provided based upon this correlated search engine activity information. For one embodiment of the invention, in the cont... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046357 | Sampling internet user traffic to improve search results Methods, systems and apparatus for improving Internet search results include monitoring network activity on a communications network, generating a near real-time map of the network activity, and integrating the near real-time map with a search engine. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030957 | System for testing an integrated circuit of a device and its method of use A method of testing an integrated circuit of a device is described. Air is allowed through a fluid line to modify a size of a volume defined between the first and second components of an actuator to move a contactor support structure relative to the apparatus and ur... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7984048 | Methods and systems for providing a response to a query Methods and systems for providing a response to a query. Multiple users' search engine activity in regard to a query is correlated. A response is provided based upon this correlated search engine activity information. For one embodiment of the invention, in the cont... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980240 | Breaking machine A breaking apparatus (1) including a movable mass (3) for impacting on a striker pin (4), a housing (2) and a striker pin (4) configured to partially protrude through the housing (2), the apparatus (1) characterized i... | 07/19/2011 |
| D641667 | Bicycle | 07/19/2011 |
| 7925571 | System and method for interacting with a plurality of content receivers A system and method are described that allow TV viewers to play a game wherein a bidder submitting a lowest unique bid wins an auction article or its cash equivalent. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921108 | User interface and method in a local search system with automatic expansion The invention also provides a method of interfacing with a client computer system, wherein search results include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the s... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920963 | Map interface with a movable marker A map user interface is described, including a view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the view including a map and a location marker at an initial location on the map, the location marker being movable from the initial location t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917497 | Natural language query processing An enhanced natural language information retrieval technique tokenizes an incoming query, comparing the tokenized representation against a collection of query templates. Query templates include a first portion having one or more query patterns representative of a qu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914296 | Interconnecting assembly with conductive lever portions on a support film The invention provides an interconnecting assembly including a main structure having first and second portions, an inner terminal on the main structure, a support film having first and second portions, an inner contact and outer terminal formed on opposing sides of ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912634 | Map interface with placeable marker A map user interlace is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a map, and a location marker placed at the selected location on the map upon receiving a placement request ind... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911362 | Map interface with removable path locations A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a first map and the initial path displayed on the first map, the initial path being from a starting location v... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909845 | Epistaxis apparatus and method An epistaxis apparatus for use with a sphygmomanometer having an arm cuff comprising: i) an air filled compressible rubber reservoir bulb sized to be received within the arm cuff for compression therein; ii) a flexible hose having one end connected to an end portion... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904511 | Personal contact network A method of forming unique, private, personal, virtual social networks on a social network system that includes a database storing data relating to corresponding user entities. The method includes: a first user entity sending an invitation to a second user entity, r... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902846 | Electronics tester with a signal distribution board and a wafer chuck having different coefficients of thermal expansion The invention relates to a tester apparatus of the kind including a portable supporting structure for removably holding and testing a substrate carrying a microelectronic circuit. An interface on the stationary structure is connected to the first interface when the ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894372 | Topology-centric resource management for large scale service clusters Topology-centric resource management for large scale service clusters is described herein. According to certain embodiments of the invention, techniques include 1) creating optimized topology with network switches to connect service modules based on application flow... | 02/22/2011 |
| D631882 | Computer interface device | 02/01/2011 |
| D630166 | Connector | 01/04/2011 |
| D629760 | Interface on an electronics connector | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826995 | Apparatus for testing electronic devices The invention provides an apparatus for testing an integrated circuits on devices including a plurality of electrical subassemblies including a plurality of pattern generator, driver, and power boards divided into physical zones with each physical zone including one... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817788 | Content distribution system and method A content distribution system is described. The content distribution system includes a show account database and a plurality of credit cards stored in the show account database. The content distribution system also has a linking module associating a viewer entering ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809721 | Ranking of objects using semantic and nonsemantic features in a system and method for conducting a search The invention provides for a system for ranking data including a first calculation component that calculates a qualitative semantic similarity score of at least one data entry from at least one data source, a second calculation component that calculates a general qu... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801893 | Similarity detection and clustering of images A system and method for determining if a set of images in a large collection of images are near duplicates allows for improved management and retrieval of images. Images are processed, image signatures are generated for each image in the set of images, and the gener... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800382 | System for testing an integrated circuit of a device and its method of use A cartridge, including a cartridge frame, formations on the cartridge frame for mounting the cartridge frame in a fixed position to an apparatus frame, a contactor support structure, a contactor interface on the contactor support structure, a plurality of terminals,... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788151 | Systems and methods for accessing a secure electronic environment with a mobile device The invention provides a system and methods for multifactor authentication of a mobile device for access to an electronic account. The mobile device may serve as one factor of a multifactor authentication process. A time based activation code may be generated in ord... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7781987 | Method and system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp of a vehicle A system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp (101) of a vehicle, the system comprising: a detection module (20) to detect whether the vehicle is stationary or non-stationary; a controller (102) to receive a signal (25) ha... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7762822 | Apparatus for testing electronic devices An apparatus is described for burn-in and/or functional testing of microelectronic circuits of unsingulated wafers. A large number of power, ground, and signal connections can be made to a large number of contacts on a wafer. The apparatus has a cartridge that allow... | 07/27/2010 |
