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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942223 | Vehicular radiator supporting apparatus A vehicular radiator supporting apparatus 10 has a pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18 connected to a radiator support upper 12 to be pivoted about a predetermined pivot axis O. To the pair of radiator support sides 16 and ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941836 | Secure authentication systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for authentication by combining a Reverse Turing Test (RTT) with password-based user authentication protocols to provide improved resistance to brute force attacks. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is prov... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941463 | Methods of transforming application layer structure as objects Embodiments consistent with the invention transform business application logic entities or structures into OOP structures that represent the data, relationships, and operations of the business application structures. The business application structures are transform... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941366 | Systems and methods for providing a mortgage with a sliding credit line Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the meth... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941365 | Systems and methods for providing a mortgage with a sliding credit line Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the meth... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940928 | Systems and methods for protecting data secrecy and integrity A technique for integrating message authentication with encryption and decryption is disclosed. Intermediate internal states of the decryption operation are used to generate a validation code that can be used to detect manipulation of the encrypted data. The techniq... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940678 | Method for triggering failure detection in bidirectional forwarding detection A method for failure detection on a bidirectional forwarding link mainly includes: sending, by one side of a BFD session, a BFD packet to the opposite side of the BFD session, and detecting a BFD packet sent by the opposite side, and starting, by the local side of t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938819 | Endovascular devices and methods Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938670 | Method of mounting a connector assembly A connector for electrical or optical conduits that provides a field configurable keying of the insulator plugs relative to each other and relative to the connector casings. A separate relative keying means is included that is separate from the case keying or locati... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938490 | Seat A seat may be obtained with improved operability of plural adjustable units. A vehicle seat 10 is provided with: a seat lifter 22 provided to a seat body for sitting on, adjustable by transmitted operation force; a reclining mechanism 20 ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938441 | Air bag device for knee protection, deployment method for air bag device for knee protection, and vehicle In a vehicle front structure 12, when there is a frontal collision of a vehicle, an air bag 32 is inflated and deployed to the outside of a column cover 22, and thereby, the knees of a driver are restrained and protected by the air bag 32... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938264 | Structure of air-packing device An air-packing device inflatable by compressed air for protecting a product, where the air-packing device is used in a pair to securely hold the product for protection. The air-packing device is configured by an inflated portion that has a plurality of air container... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938099 | Intake port structure of internal combustion engine An intake port structure of an internal combustion engine includes an intake port, a valve shaft provided in proximity to an inner wall of the intake port, and an airflow control valve having a proximal end which is pivotally supported on the valve shaft and a dista... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937922 | Method for harvesting a grape cluster The present invention is directed to a method for harvesting a grape cluster. The method includes providing a grape cluster hanger clip and passing a stem of the grape cluster through a portion of the grape cluster hanger clip. The method further includes conveying ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937486 | Information processing system, information providing apparatus, information providing method, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Systems and methods are disclosed for determining the preferences of a user of an information processing apparatus. This may be achieved, for example, by an information providing apparatus sending sample content data representing the contents database to the informa... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937469 | Data management server, data management system, data management method, and program There is provided a data management server that is connectable to a plurality of content servers that store content data and metadata that includes content data attribute information and to a client device that acquires the content data based on the metadata. The da... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937422 | Digital asset hosting and distribution A first collection of content that includes digital assets is maintained on a host computer. Based on a determination that a portable media device becomes connected to a client computer that is separate from the host computer and that interacts with the host compute... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937304 | Information technology value strategy The present invention provides a system and related method for automatically examining a technology expenditure by evaluating a company's financial data and evaluating factors affecting the company's shareholder return. Specifically, the present invention evaluates ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937281 | Accelerated process improvement framework The present invention relates to a method and related system for assisting and expediting an organization production of a more mature product. The method and system may include implementation of processes using a combination of both electronic hardware and software ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937228 | Information notification sample processing system and methods of biological slide processing A sample processing system that may be automated and methods are disclosed where samples are arranged on a carrier element and a process operation control system automatically processes the samples perhaps robotically with an operationally-influential exteriorly-con... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936337 | Handheld electronic device and associated method enabling the output of non-alphabetic characters in a disambiguation environment A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with text disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihoo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936065 | Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing them A semiconductor device is provided with a silicon substrate, with a surface for soldering the silicon substrate to a ceramic substrate, and an electrode making contact with the surface of the silicon substrate. The electrode comprises a first conductor layer, a seco... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935917 | Photo detector device having multiple photosensitive transistors A photo detector device includes a photosensitive transistor capable of detecting an optical signal including an image component and a background component and converting the optical signal into a current including an image current corresponding to the image compone... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935072 | Method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member and flow arresting system, for an extracorporeal fluid circuit A description is given of a method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member for an extracorporeal fluid circuit. Also described is a system for arresting the flow of blood that implements this monitoring method. The system has a flow cut-off member ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934771 | Side impact responsive vehicle armrest An armrest frame (5A) bends at a hinge groove (5A2), which serves as a weak portion, when an impact load is applied to the armrest frame (5A) in an armrest (5) following a side impact with another vehicle. As a result, the armrest ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934763 | Vehicle seat apparatus A vehicle seat apparatus includes a vehicle seat; a swiveling drive unit that swivels the vehicle seat between a frontward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat faces the front of a vehicle and at least one of an outward-oriented position in which the vehicle ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934748 | Pillar garnish mounting structure for a vehicle equipped with a head-protecting air bag apparatus A metal bracket (50) is mounted on the outside surface that faces outside of the passenger compartment in the lateral direction of the vehicle of an upper end (46C) of a center pillar garnish (36). When an air bag (20) is deployed, bent p... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637110 | Automobile and/or toy replica thereof | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934257 | On-box active reconnaissance A method of monitoring events in a network associated with a node. An agent collects event information associated with the monitored activities, based on a set of collection rules. A determination is made whether a portion of the collected event information complies... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934012 | Automatic translation code generation The present invention provides methods and systems for automatic translation code generation. The client transmits a data object message comprising the current data model of the client to the server. The server automatically generates a new translation code based on... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933869 | Method and system for cloning a tenant database in a multi-tenant system Exemplary methods and systems may clone a tenant database and send updates to the clone. By doing so, methods and systems may determine a difference between the clone and the tenant, making it possible to test upgrades for a tenant based on the difference. With this... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933785 | Real-time benefits service marketplace A method for managing employee benefits in real-time includes receiving, from an employer, requirements for benefits; transmitting the requirements to one or more benefits providers; receiving bids from the one or more benefits providers to satisfy the requirements ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933588 | Communication system and method A method for communicating between an operator at an operator device and a user recipient includes enabling an operator of the operator device to enter a device-independent unique identifier for a user recipient by requiring interaction between the operator and the ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933079 | Optical assembly for medical imaging devices Optical assemblies for use in medical or other devices so as to image an object under examination onto an image sensor include a plurality of lens elements that can be retained in lens barrel. The lens elements and the lens barrel can be sealed with a compressible g... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932415 | Process for manufacturing entacapone New processes for manufacturing entacapone are provided. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931697 | Composition comprising 2,3-diamino-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrazolo[1,2-A]pyrazol-1-one and 4,5-diamino-1-(β-hydroxyethyl)pyrazole, kits containing said composition, and process for dyeing therewith The present disclosure relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising, in a suitable medium, at least one first oxidation base chosen from 2,3-diamino-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazol-1-one and the addition salts thereof; and at least one sec... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931318 | Bumper attachment portion structure The present invention provides a bumper attachment portion structure that can ensure the deformation stroke of a side member when a vehicle impacts such that the vehicle is offset to one side in a vehicle width direction of a bumper. When a load that is equal to or ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931316 | Vehicle bumper structure In a vehicle bumper structure, an optical fiber sensor (32) is provided on the upper portion of the front surface of a front wall portion (30A) of a front-bumper reinforcement (30). A front-bumper absorber (28) is provided before the opti... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930409 | Configuring output on a communication device In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characte... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930404 | Cross-system log in a distributed system environment Embodiments consistent with the invention provide a computer-implemented method for providing a cross-system log in a distributed computer system environment having multiple computer systems. The method comprises electronically receiving data in a first system, the ... | 04/19/2011 |
