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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949611 | Controlling access to profile information in a social network Systems and methods for controlling access to relationship information in a social network are described. One described method comprises receiving a request from an observer for relationship information indicating at least a first relationship between a target in a ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949572 | Distributed electronic commerce system with independent third party virtual shopping carts An electric commerce system includes a broker that enables third parties to create their own independent shopping carts including items from multiple different merchants. An agent creates and stores a shopping cart containing a plurality items from one or more merch... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949430 | Determination of foot placement for humanoid push recovery A legged robot subjected to a force is controlled by determining an instantaneous capture point where the robot will step with a swing leg to reach a balanced home position, the balanced home position being a state in which the Center of Mass remains substantially o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948550 | Electro-optic imaging system with aberrated triplet lens compensated by digital image processing An electro-optic imaging system includes an aberrated triplet lens, a detector subsystem and a digital image processing subsystem. The triplet lens is not fully corrected for all aberrations (typically suffering from significant spherical aberration), with the digit... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947659 | iRNA agents targeting VEGF The features of the present invention relate to compounds, compositions and methods useful for modulating the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), such as by the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi). The compounds and compositions include iRNA ag... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7532875 | Scaleable communications management network A communications management network for managing subscribers' communication sessions. The management network includes multiple sets of session management modules or servers (e.g., Intelligent Service Control Points), a services hub and a data warehouse. The network ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532872 | Wireless peripheral interface with universal serial bus port A wireless peripheral interface is used for coupling with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for connecting a wireless peripheral with a host computer or controller. Wireless peripheral devices (e.g., keyboard, mouse, trackball, touch pad, joysticks, and game control... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531315 | Method for detecting a host receptor for pathogenic bacteria A polypeptide, called Tir (for translocated intimin receptor, which is secreted by attaching and effacing pathogens, such as the enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) E. coli. These bacterial pathogens inserts their own receptors into mammalian... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592225 | Display panel with a computer-generated icon | 05/12/2009 |
| D592224 | Display panel with a computer-generated icon | 05/12/2009 |
| D592218 | Display panel with a computer-generated icon | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530026 | User interface element with auxiliary function A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widget... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529856 | Delivering multimedia services Disclosed is a scalable, hierarchical, distributed network architecture and processes for the delivery of high-performance, end-to-end online multimedia services, including Internet services such as World Wide Web access. The network architecture connects a high-spe... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529357 | Inmate management and call processing systems and methods Disclosed are systems and methods that provide centralized or nodal inmate management and telephone call processing capabilities to controlled environment facilities. An inmate management and call processing system serves a plurality of facilities and includes an in... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528977 | Printer with hardware and software interfaces for peripheral devices A printing system enables the printing of multimedia received from a device that is docked on the printer. Based on received multimedia data, the printing system produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed a... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528976 | Stand alone printer with hardware/software interfaces for sharing multimedia processing A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shar... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528118 | RNAi modulation of ApoB and uses thereof The invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the expression of apolipoprotein B, and more particularly to the downregulation of apolipoprotein B by chemically modified oligonucleotides. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526475 | Library citation integration An online search system generates an index of documents using index information received from a library. Some documents have restricted access; some documents may not be available online. The search system provides links to documents in the library as well as other ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526342 | Apparatus for endoscopic cardiac mapping and lead placement Apparatus and surgical methods establish temporary suction attachment to a target site on the surface of a beating heart for analyzing electrical signals or hemodynamic responses to applied signals at the target sites for enhancing the accuracy of placement of cardi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526138 | Context based adaptive image resampling A resampling process uses a predictive model to capture the spatial correlation among pixels in an input image, thus enabling adaptation of resampling schemes to the specific contents of the signal and noise contained in the image. The process combines automatic adj... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525902 | Fault tolerant symmetric multi-computing system A system enabled for fault-tolerant symmetric multi-computing using a group of nodes is described hereon. A symmetrical group of nodes networked using a reliable, ordered, and atomic group-to-group TCP communication system is used in providing fault-tolerance and si... | 04/28/2009 |
| RE40704 | System for terminating multicast channel and data broadcast when at least two second endpoints do not transmit positive acknowledgement message to first endpoint A method and apparatus for optimizing transmission of data to a plurality of second endpoints in a system wherein a first endpoint is providing data to the plurality of second endpoints each connected by a point-to-point communication channels. This may be useful in... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523502 | Distributed anti-malware A technique for protecting a computer system against malware involves distributing anti-malware data across multiple computing resources. When a local machine detects a malware instance, the local machine may then query a network resource for anti-malware data neede... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7523500 | Filtered antivirus scanning An antivirus client module (114) includes a virus definitions module (312) holding information describing characteristics of files that can potentially be infected by viruses and information enabling a determination of whether a file is actually infect... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7523385 | System and method for enterprise event marketing and management automation The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing enterprise event marketing and management automation. A website is provided that includes online tools for event marketing and management. A user in communication with the website is allowed to create and... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7523186 | Active management for small office/home office networking According to one embodiment of the present invention, an active management system for a SOHO network includes an active management agent module operating in a SOHO network device that maintains ongoing real-time communications with an active management console modul... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519806 | Virtual partition for recording and restoring computer data files Some computer operating systems do not permit application programs to perform certain tasks. If there is a desire to perform a forbidden task, a virtual partition (228) is created (610) in a storage device (108), such as a hard disk drive, assoc... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519201 | Detecting humans via their pose A method and system efficiently and accurately detects humans in a test image and classifies their pose. In a training stage, a probabilistic model is derived in an unsupervised or semi-supervised manner such that at least some poses are not manually labeled. The mo... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518611 | Extensible library for storing objects of different types A library can store different types of multimedia objects, including effects (for example, behaviors, filters, fonts, and particle effects) and content (for example, audio clips, video clips, and still images). The library can store both pre-defined objects and obje... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517865 | RNAi modulation of RSV and therapeutic uses thereof The present invention is based on the in vivo demonstration that RSV can be inhibited through intranasal administration of iRNA agents as well as by parenteral administration of such agents. Further, it is shown that effective viral reduction can be achieved with mo... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516488 | Preventing data from being submitted to a remote system in response to a malicious e-mail An electronic message manager (100) examines (210) incoming electronic messages and determines (220) whether an incoming electronic message comprises at least one suspect link associated with a remote system. In response to the determination ( | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516148 | Assigning and managing patron reservations for distributed services using wireless personal communication devices A system and method for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions receive reservation requests at personal communication devices (PCDs). Reservation requests are transmitted to a computer associated with the selected att... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516136 | Transcoding media files in a host computing device for use in a portable computing device Media data files stored in a first computing device are transcoded for transferring to a second, portable computing device. The device parameters of the second computing device are determined by determining the type of the second computing device, and selecting one ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516074 | Extraction and matching of characteristic fingerprints from audio signals An audio fingerprint is extracted from an audio sample, where the fingerprint contains information that is characteristic of the content in the sample. The fingerprint may be generated by computing an energy spectrum for the audio sample, resampling the energy spect... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514913 | Parallel current mode control using a direct duty cycle algorithm with low computational requirements to perform power factor correction A method and apparatus to implement parallel current mode control that is suitable for digital and analog implementation. A duty cycle algorithm is composed of a voltage term and a parallel current term which depends on the inductor current change between the induct... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514677 | Hybrid ion guide Disclosed is a hybrid ion guide which combines the advantages of the conventional electrostatic ion guide and the RF ion guide, comprising an electrostatic ion guide for transmitting the injected ions and applying a voltage for the ions to be focused upon the center... | 04/07/2009 |
| D589967 | Display panel with a computer-generated icon | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512487 | Adaptive and personalized navigation system Adaptive navigation techniques are disclosed that allow navigation systems to learn from a user's personal driving history. As a user drives, models are developed and maintained to learn or otherwise capture the driver's personal driving habits and preferences. Exam... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511973 | Constant current mode ripple attenuation method in flyback power supply A modification of a control loop of a primary side sensing power control system that uses a different and unique relationship to accomplish the constant current control while attenuating the affects of a ripple voltage. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511846 | Printer having embedded functionality for printing time-based media A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media. Based on received time-based media data, the printer produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed and electronic outputs provide a representat... | 03/31/2009 |
