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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185447 | Method for extending payment system architectures and/or legacy order processing systems to mobile commerce applications via text messaging A text message order processing system includes: means for receiving text messages from consumers purchasing products from one or more merchants, each of the text messages being addressed to an address selected by the consumer and including an identification of the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185252 | DSM enabling of electro mechanically controlled refrigeration systems A system for reducing the peak power consumption in an electromechanically controlled refrigerator is provided. The system comprises a cold control device including a housing and a counter spring having at least one spring tension position corresponding to a tempera... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184995 | Customer part replacement feature utilizing high frequency service interval fault and signature analyses A diagnostic system made part of or for use with a document handling device in which a customer is guided toward performance of at least one comparison means in a diagnostic routine analysis. The comparison means is selected from a group comprising (1) a first compa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181866 | Method and system to improve product recalls A method and system is provided to deter purchases of recalled products. An inventory control system is provided with an identification code corresponding to a recalled product. The identification code of the recalled product is identified when it is scanned or othe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181249 | Malware detection system and method Methods and systems are presented for detection of malware such as worms in which a network switch entices the malware into sending scan packets by allocating one or more ports as bait addresses, sending outgoing bait packets, and identifying compromised hosts that ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181080 | Adaptive HARQ control for EDCH The present invention relates to a method for transmitting of data frames from user equipment to a base station in a wireless telecommunication network. The method comprises an error control step adapted to retransmit the data frame from the user equipment to the ba... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180642 | Factorial hidden Markov model with discrete observations A method for analyzing hidden dynamics, includes acquiring discrete observations, each discrete observation having an observed value selected from two or more allowed discrete values. A factorial hidden Markov model (FHMM) relating the discrete observations with a p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180361 | Methods and systems for base station installation in distributed call processing networks Methods and systems are provided for establishing a logical flow path between a radio network controller (RNC) having multiple call processors that are operable in a distributed manner and a base station, in particular a Node B, being served by the RNC using an inte... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180266 | Method, apparatus and systems for registering the transfer of an image associated with a printing device This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and system for registering the transfer of an image from a belt to a media substrate associated with a printing device. Specifically, the exemplary methods use a ROS master clock and belt location sensor located downstre... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180230 | Toner consumption calculation for printer with multiple interacting separations Systems and methods are described that facilitate calculating toner consumption by a printing device. A multi-dimensional transform is applied to electronic image data to map or correlate toner consumed in a non-interacting color separation to toner consumed in an i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180164 | OCR-guided text tokenization of digital images An image processing method in which OCR is used to guide the text tokenization. More particularly, OCR is first performed on each symbol in the scanned image. For example, a symbol may be a number, letter, or other character. During the tokenization process, the OCR... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179878 | Method for performing synchronisation for multicast broadcast services in a wireless access communication network, corresponding multicast broadcast server and base station The present invention relates to a method for performing data synchronization in a wireless access communication network. The method includes data to be synchronized coming from an access network gateway and being sent to at least two base stations, and the data bei... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179854 | Allocating base stations to location areas in cellular telecommunications networks A method is provided of allocating a location area identifier to a cellular base station for wireless communications. The method comprises the following steps. Information is received of geographic location of a base station. For each of a plurality of location area... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179570 | Generating image embedded with UV fluorescent watermark by combining binary images generated using different halftone strategies Methods are provided for creating a fluorescent watermark within an image on a substrate, such as paper. The method involves creating a halftone image using two different halftone strategies. The halftone method is combined with a binary watermark mask to form two c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179566 | Method for classifying a printer gamut into subgamuts for improved spot color accuracy A method is provided for classifying a color printer gamut into a plurality of gamut subclasses including representing the color printer gamut as a composite of gamut classes wherein each gamut class is comprised of a subset of printer color separations; and, assign... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179556 | Masking of text in document reproduction An apparatus for masking text in a rendered copy of an original document includes a text modification system which is configured to receive a print job from an application and modify the print job in accordance with a print job description, whereby when rendered on ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179048 | High frequency helical amplifier and oscillator Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178038 | Undercut crankshaft hardening coil Improved induction coil apparatus and methods are presented for induction hardening undercut fillets of crankshafts or other workpiece recesses in which an active turn is energized for heating a journal area in the workpiece recess and one or more passive turns are ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178036 | Impeller for dispersing gas into molten metal An impeller for dispersing gas into molten metal includes a rectangular prism body having upper and lower faces and four side walls. The body has an opening extending through the upper and lower faces and defines a hub around the opening on the upper face. The impel... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177076 | Merchandising system A merchandising system includes an elongated mounting member selectively securable to an associated shelf. A cooperating member is received on the mounting member, wherein the cooperating member extends rearwardly over the associated shelf. The cooperating member in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176328 | Authentication of access points in wireless local area networks A method for authenticating an operator of an AP includes: registering the operator's identity with a CA, by providing the operator's identification information and public key; creating a certificate including the foregoing; signing the certificate with the CA's pri... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175376 | Framework for image thumbnailing based on visual similarity An apparatus and method for detecting a region of interest in an image are disclosed. Image representations for a set of images that have been manually annotated with regions of interest are stored, along with positive and negative representations of each image whic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174735 | System and method for printing system process magnification adjustment Document processing systems and duplex printing methods are presented in which side 1 to side 2 process magnification errors are compensated for by selective use of two raster output scanner clocks for latent image generation of images destined for fir... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174197 | Power control circuit and method A light source with substantially constant intensity and power consumption is provided. The light source includes a controllable dc voltage and current source; a non-linear light-emitting load supplied with dc voltage and current from the controllable dc voltage and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173761 | Polycarbonate nanocomposites Nanocomposites comprising a sulfonated telechelic polycarbonate and an organically modified clay are disclosed. The polycarbonate nanocomposites have improved physical and mechanical properties. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173242 | UV resistant multilayered cellular confinement system The present disclosure generally relates to a polymeric cellular confinement system which can be filled with soil, concrete, aggregate, earth materials, and the like. More specifically, the present disclosure concerns a cellular confinement system characterized by i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173241 | Sandwich system A composite system comprises a base layer, a capping layer, and at least one core geocell layer. The base layer and capping layer are staked below and above the core geocell layer, which is infilled with a low quality material. In specific embodiments, the base laye... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171689 | Roofing system A roofing system formed of a plurality of support members secured to a load bearing roof deck. A plurality of roofing panels are positioned on the support members and are oriented to form overlapping joints between the panels. Sealant is positioned within the overla... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171296 | System and method for producing and checking validation certificates A system, method, and computer program product for computing a digest value of a document, one or more schemas, and a validation report. The validation report indicates a validation status of the document based on the schema or schemas. The digest value is encrypted... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171049 | System and method for information seeking in a multimedia collection An apparatus and method facilitate combined query based searching with serendipitous browsing in a multimedia collection. A user selects objects to label from a local map, which may include representations of objects retrieved from the collection as being responsive... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170954 | Secure and efficient payment processing system with account holder defined transaction limitations A method for carrying out commercial transactions includes establishing a transaction processing system on an electronic communications network, and establishing an account within the transaction processing system for a corresponding account holder. One or more desc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170695 | Appliance incorporating load selectivity without employment of smart meters Methods and a system are disclosed for one or more appliances including a controller for managing power consumption within a household. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of one or more energy parameters of an associated energy u... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169657 | Registration method using sensed image marks and digital realignment A method of registering a print between print stages in a printing system is provided. The method comprises: printing a first part of a digital image on a substrate with a first print engine, wherein the first part of the digital image includes a plurality of refere... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169626 | Using buffers to support uncertainties in marking engine execution A printing system includes at least one marking engine and a paper path which carries sheets of print media to the marking engine from an upstream direction and carries sheets of print media which have been marked by the marking engine in a downstream direction. A b... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169302 | Sight-line non contact coupled wireless technology Control systems and methods are disclosed for controlling operation of movable systems in an automated process with a stationary system having a first control system component and at least one movable system having a second control system component, in which optical... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169093 | Method and apparatus for extracting energy from wind and wave motion A method and apparatus for extracting energy from wind and wave motion using a common floating platform comprising a ship hull (10) which is moored in an offshore location and which supports wind turbines (27) for extracting energy from wind and wave e... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168274 | Polyethylene film with improved processability and mechanical properties The present invention relates to a film comprising at least one layer comprising an ethylene homo- or copolymer which has a complex viscosity at 5 kPa shear stress eta5 of 200,000 or less and a shear thinning index SHI(5/300) measured at 190° C. as the ratio betwee... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168121 | Portable gas monitor A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communication wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can includes a heating arrangem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167429 | Ophthalmic examination system wireless interface device An automated ophthalmic system is disclosed that is utilized to examine the eyes of a subject. A refraction system measures the refractive error of each eye and identifies a lens to correct the refractive error detected. A display presents one or more optotypes to t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167151 | Forkable base stand A base stand for transporting a metal storage bin having a main body with a top wall, first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall; a first bracket mounted to the first side wall; a second bracket mounted to the second side wall; whe... | 05/01/2012 |
