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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037449 | Automatic software production system An automated software production system is provided, in which system requirements are captured, converted into a formal specification, and validated for correctness and completeness. In addition, a translator is provided to automatically generate a complete, robust ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7666008 | Conductive elastomeric and mechanical pin and contact system A conductive elastomeric and mechanical pin and contact system for creation of a Elastomechanical Connector (1) that combines Mechanical Pins, an Insulator Array with Conductive Elastomeric Memory Material. One embodiment includes mechanical pins (2), ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7334216 | Method and apparatus for automatic generation of information system user interfaces A method and apparatus for the specification and automatic generation of user interfaces of information system (computer programs) is provided. The method is based in pattern language to specify requirements in an un-ambiguous mode and with precise semantics. The pa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7130305 | Processing of data packets within a network element cluster Processing of data packets within a network element cluster having a plurality of network element nodes is described. The network element cluster has a cluster network address common to said plurality of nodes. Distribution decisions are determined for first data pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7089306 | Apparatus and method to automatically collect data regarding assets of a business entity A system to automatically gather attribute data about elements such as networks, network interface cards, operating systems, device types, installed software, processes in execution, financial data, etc. in an organization or a designated subset of the organization.... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6859488 | Detection of impulse noise using unused codes in CDMA systems An impulse detector which can detect both low and high levels of impulse noise in a CDMA system is comprised of circuitry to calculate the background noise level in unused codes. Another circuit calculates the average noise power in the unused codes of each spreadin... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6715233 | Self-watering modular planter insert reservoir A modular, expandable, self-regulating watering system for burial in planters, which do not have access to water pipes nearby for use in watering plants continuously with on the amount of water the plant needs and which can be refilled by relatively infrequent visit... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6650621 | Load balancing routing algorithm based upon predefined criteria The invention relates to distribution of IP traffic between more than one route between a node and an IP network. The invention is concerned with a new method for distribution of connections between a plurality of possible routes for transmission of IP pa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6614796 | Fibre channel arbitrated loop bufferless switch circuitry to increase bandwidth without significant increase in cost A switch, switched architecture and process for transferring data through an FCAL switch is disclosed. The switch uses multiple switch control circuits each coupled to one FCAL [net]work and all connected to a crossbar switch. The switch control circuits ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6609099 | Apparatus for automatically applying and preparing software, and recording medium for preparing software When data is simply input without being aware of describing a program language (e.g., COBOL or FORTRAN), the data input meaning is detected, and software for this data processing is automatically applied and prepared. Various types of worksheets correspon... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6353604 | Apparatus and method for synchronizing an SCDMA upstream or any other type upstream to an MCNS downstream or any other type downstream with a different clock rate than the upstream A bidirectional digital data communication system which generate phase coherent upstream clock and carrier signals from recovered downstream clock generated from a master clock in a central unit. The preferred species uses any downstream clock rate and ge... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6151391 | Phone with adjustable sidetone A telephone with a selectable level of sidetone for use in noisy environments. The selectable level of sidetone is achieved by forming a switch-controlled feedback path including a gain setting resistor from the output of a transmit amplifier in a hybrid ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6134833 | Self-watering plant container A self-regulating, automatic watering planter comprised of an inner shell and outer shell with a snap-fit engagement to form a reservoir for water between the walls of the inner and outer shells. The inner shell has small holes in the bottom thereof to al... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5805583 | Process for communicating multiple channels of digital data in distributed systems using synchronous code division multiple access A method and apparatus for carrying out synchronous code division multiple access (SCDMA) communication of multiple channels of digital data over a shared transmission media. The system includes modems at remote units and a central unit to receive time di... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5793759 | Apparatus and method for digital data transmission over video cable using orthogonal cyclic codes A method and apparatus for carrying out synchronous co-division multiple access (SCDMA,) communication of multiple channels of digital data over a shared transmission media such as a cable television system coaxial cable, a fiber optic or copper conductor... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5781074 | Low electromagnetic interference clock oscillator module A low noise clock oscillator in modular form to plug into a standard 14 or 8 pin DIP clock oscillator socket on the motherboard of a host device to retrofit the host device without redesign of the host device motherboard so that the host device can reduce... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5762859 | Blow molding method for producing synthetic resin receptacle with integral gap The object of this invention is to provide a receptacle with a closure cap which is molded simultaneously with the receptacle body by using blow mold machine. A synthetic resin material is introduced into a pair of mold halves and a fluid such as air is i... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5751715 | Accelerator fiber channel hub and protocol An apparatus for accelerated Fiber Channel protocol handshaking and data exchange involves dividing a Fiber Channel arbitrated loop architecture up into a plurality of arbitrated subloops, each of which arbitrates locally using the same fundamentals as th... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5745837 | Apparatus and method for digital data transmission over a CATV system using an ATM transport protocol and SCDMA A method and apparatus for carrying an ATM communication protocol on a hybrid fiber coax CATV system. Point to point communication is supported by use of synchronous code division multiplexing on the physical and by assigning on the MAC layer one or more ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5744919 | CW particle accelerator with low particle injection velocity An RF linear accelerator using CW or low amplitude pulsed RF excitation which can efficiently accelerate charged particles from 0.1 C to relativistic velocities in excess of 0.9 C. A charged particle source feeds charged particles having velocities of abo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5732148 | Apparatus and method for electronically acquiring fingerprint images with low cost removable platen and separate imaging device A thin, inexpensive, removable platen for a direct fingerprint reader without a permanently attached platen. A removable platen is formed as a transparent area on a credit card, passport or identification card or as a separate card. The portable platen on... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5701400 | Method and apparatus for applying if-then-else rules to data sets in a relational data base and generating from the results of application of said rules a database of diagnostics linked to said data sets to aid executive analysis of financial data A system for applying artificial intelligence technology to data stored in databases and generates diagnostics that are user definable interpretations of information in the database. The diagnostics are stored in a database which can be queried with downd... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5691724 | Police traffic radar using FFT processing to find fastest target A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5684183 | Method for preparing 4-alkyl-2-hydroxy-3,5-dichlorobenzene sulphonic acids The invention is related to a method for preparing 4-alkyl-2-hydroxy-3,5-dichlorobenzene sulphonic acids by sulphonating 4-chloro-3-alkylphenol and by chlorinating 4-alkyl-2-hydroxy-5-chlorobenzene sulphonic acid present in an acidic reaction mixture... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5671374 | PCMCIA interface card coupling input devices such as barcode scanning engines to personal digital assistants and palmtop computers A variety of PC card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5668495 | BiCMOS reprogrammable logic A high speed switching technology suitable for implementing field programmable gate arrays using current mode logic in the high speed data path, and CMOS steering logic outside the high speed data path to enable the high speed switching logic and to imple... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664231 | PCMCIA interface card for coupling input devices such as barcode scanning engines to personal digital assistants and palmtop computers There is disclosed a variety of PC Card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser b... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5589700 | Semiconductor nonvolatile memory A semiconductor nonvolatile memory comprised of a p-type silicon substrate 3, an n+ drain 5 and an n+ source 9, the source and the drain regions defining an MOS channel region 7. On top of the channel region 7 there are laminated a ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583874 | 10Base-T portable link tester A portable tester for local area networks comprising a AUI circuit coupled to a media specific transceiver, a battery, a push-to-test switch and four light emitting diodes and an RJ45 jack for each of a personal computer and a network hub. When the push-t... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5573656 | Process for converting acid sludge to asphalt A process for significantly decreasing the acid sludge settling time in waste oil recovery processes comprising the steps of heating used oil to a high temperature above 725 degrees Fahrenheit, cooling the heated oil, adding an oxidizing agent to the oil,... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570059 | BiCMOS multiplexers and crossbar switches A high speed switching technology suitable for implementing field programmable gate arrays using current mode logic in the high speed data path, and CMOS steering logic outside the high speed data path to enable the high speed switching logic and to imple... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5570093 | Police traffic radar using absolute signal strength information to improve target signal processing accuracy A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5565871 | Police traffic radar for allowing manual rejection of incorrect patrol speed display A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5559905 | Digital image resizing apparatus In an apparatus for resizing an image, comprising interpolation filter means for receiving a stream of input pixels having a predetermined sampling period P and a first sampling rate of S pixels/lines, and interpolating the stream of input pixels at a pre... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5552899 | Facsimile transmission/reception method and apparatus using a common bus The invention disclosed relates to a facsimile transmission/reception method and apparatus using a common bus in an office automation system, and in detail to a facsimile transmission/reception method and apparatus using a single common bus for transmitti... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5537590 | Apparatus for applying analysis rules to data sets in a relational database to generate a database of diagnostic records linked to the data sets This invention addresses the need to map information from databases and reports to a new dimension of structured, intelligent interpretations or diagnostics of that information, and then querying in a coordinated manner both the original information and t... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5418507 | Yig tuned high performance filters using full loop, nonreciprocal coupling A nonreciprocally coupled ferrimagnetic band reject and bandpass filter having passbands from 2-18 GHz and 6-18 GHz respectively. The band reject filter comprises one or more ferrimagnetic spheres shielded from each other by placement in nonmagnetic, elec... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5413166 | Thermoelectric power module A thermoelectric module (10) which is adapted to selectively heat or cool the inside of a container includes an exterior heat exchanger (51) having a plurality of spaced and generally parallel undulating fins (52). An exterior fan (31) is positioned adjac... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5397943 | Clock distribution method and apparatus for high speed circuits with low skew using counterpropaging true and complement re-generated clock signals with predetermined ramp shapes There is disclosed herein a method and apparatus for distributing high speed clock signals on an integrated circuit while eliminating clock skew. The invention is particularly useful in field programmable gate arrays where the signal paths are defined by ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5366556 | Process and apparatus for production of diamond-like films A process for production of diamond-like films comprising the steps of physically ablating a source of carbon in the vicinity of a substrate such that a carbon film grows on the substrate through bonding of carbon atoms in graphitic form and aliphatic for... | 11/22/1994 |
