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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6653954 | System and method for efficient data compression A system and method that efficiently compresses data sets that contain one or more repetitive data values. Substitute symbols represent repeated data sequences in the compressed data output. Data sequences that terminate with one or more of a particular v... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6650153 | Generator circuit for voltage ramps and corresponding voltage generation method A generator circuit for voltage ramps is provided that includes a differential stage with positive feedback coupled between a first and a second voltage reference and having a first output connected to a control terminal of a first output transistor. The ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650147 | Sense amplifier with extended supply voltage range A sense amplifier for a memory includes a comparator and a bit line polarization circuit. The comparator receives a first signal representative of a current flowing through a memory cell and a second signal representative of a reference current. Additiona... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647527 | Method of communication with improved acknowledgment of reception A method for communicating between a transmitting unit and a receiving unit over a synchronous serial link. A messages formed by elementary messages is transmitted from the transmitting unit to the receiving unit, with each of the elementary messages incl... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646489 | Device for switching radio frequency signals A device for switching radio frequency signals that includes at least a first MOS transistor for selectively interrupting or transmitting the signals between at least first and second terminals as a function of a control signal. The gate of the first MOS ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6642582 | Circuit structure with a parasitic transistor having high threshold voltage A circuit structure integrated in a semiconductor substrate comprises at least one pair of transistors each being formed each in a respective active area region and having a source region and a drain region, as well as a channel region intervening between... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636290 | Methods of forming liquid display panels and the like wherein using two-component epoxy sealant Liquid crystal display (LCD ) panels can be formed rapidly by this method, which involves depositing liquid crystal (LC) in a central region of one substrate, depositing a fillet of epoxy material in a continuous loop along the periphery of one substrate ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633874 | Method for improving the performance of a web service by caching the most popular (real-time) information A method to serve web pages from a server linked to a network of a plurality of clients, the server coupled to a plurality of data pages and to an access log. The method begins with reading an access log to collect data identifying pages that are most fre... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631848 | Method of controlling an electronic circuit A method of controlling an electronic circuit is provided. A command is received from a control unit. The command is interpreted in either a first manner if the command is followed by a predetermined dead time, or a second manner if a new command is trans... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629793 | Emoticon keyboard A keyboard system for generating emoticons and abbreviations, the system includes a keyboard including keys representing emoticons and keys representing abbreviations. The system further includes a keyboard processor in the keyboard, wherein the keyboard ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6625773 | System for multicast communications in packet switched networks A multicast communication system for small groups using a protocol to indicate to routers receiving a packet according to the protocol to perform the following process: (1) determining a next hop for each of the destination nodes listed in the packet rece... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623993 | Method of determining the time for polishing the surface of an integrated circuit wafer A method of determining the time for polishing the surface of an integrated circuit wafer on a polishing machine. A sample wafer is fabricated to include at least one high plateau and at least one low plateau joined by a sudden transition. At least one in... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6622259 | Non-disruptive migration of coordinator services in a distributed computer system This invention allows a related set of coordinator services to migrate from one node to another without disrupting applications on any of the nodes in the system. Unlike other methods, this invention allows a set of interdependent services to be brought t... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618815 | Accurate distributed system time of day Apparatus for synchronizing time-of-day events across a plurality of neighboring processing nodes organized in a distributed parallel processing system with each processing node including a time-of-day (TOD) incrementor. The TOD incrementor of each proces... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618752 | Software and method for multicasting on a network A system for multicasting a data stream transmits portable child hosts to client computers requesting to receive the multicast. The child hosts are capable of receiving the multicast data stream and also transmitting the data stream to other clients which... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618040 | Apparatus and method for indexing into an electronic document to locate a page or a graphical image A pen-based tablet computer system that locates objects in a collection of stored images by using partial tracing of a graphical data object. The system uses data generated from the partial tracing of the graphical object to control a search of the input ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6611812 | Secure electronic content distribution on CDS and DVDs A method to delivery encrypted digital content to a end user system for playing the content comprising the steps of: reading from a computer readable medium metadata which has previously associated with the content. A user selects from the metadata associ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611778 | Apparatus for monitoring a system in which a fluid flows Apparatus and method for monitoring a system in which a fluid flows and which is characterized by a change in the system with time in space. A preselected place in the system is monitored to collect data at two or more time points correlated to a system e... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609142 | Method of performing multiplication with accumulation in a Galois body A method is provided for performing multiplication with accumulation in a Galois Field on a first data, a second data, and a third data, with each of the data being coded on 2 n bits. A first multiplication, in the sense of the arithmetic of a Galois Fiel... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608364 | Semiconductor device comprising windings constituting inductors Semiconductor device comprising a metal circuit with two parts wound into spirals which are formed such that the branches of one of the parts and the corresponding branches of the other part lie on either side of a median longitudinal region and are symme... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600371 | Low noise amplifier It is shown a low noise amplifier comprising a first circuit block suitable for converting a first amplifier input voltage signal into current, a second circuit block adapted to divide the current coming from said first block, said second block being cont... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6597020 | Process for packaging a chip with sensors and semiconductor package containing such a chip A method is provided for packaging an integrated circuit chip that has a front face with sensors located in a central region and electrical connection areas located in a region that lies between at least one edge of the chip and the central region. Accord... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6590414 | Circuit architecture for performing a trimming operation on integrated circuits A circuit architecture and a method for performing a trimming operation directly on an application board, or after the operation of packaging integrated electronic devices. The circuit architecture includes at least one non-volatile memory unit (3) having... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6590353 | Device for the control of a circuit for the vertical deflection of a spot scanning a screen Disclosed is a device to control a circuit for the vertical deflection of a spot scanning a screen, and more particularly a control device whose output amplifier stage works in class D mode at the rate of a switching signal called a first switching signal... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587932 | Processor and system for controlling shared access to a memory Several peripheral entities, each of which is clocked by its own internal clock signal, can access a memory that is a single-access memory. A priority entity is defined from among the peripheral entities, and the other entities are defined as auxiliary en... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6587837 | Method for delivering electronic content from an online store A method for permitting the electronic delivery of digital content. Metadata is acquired which has been previously associated with content. Promotional metadata is extracted for use with a electronic store. At least one of the metadata is altered to creat... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581084 | Circuit for multiplication in a Galois field A multiplication circuit with an accumulator is provided. The multiplication circuit includes first latch circuits, second latch circuits, and elementary adders that are cascade-coupled to one another in series through the first latch circuits. Each of th... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6580282 | Machine for testing electronic chips A machine for testing electronic components or chips formed in a wafer (3) and each comprising a multiplicity of electrical connection pads formed on the surface of the wafer, which machine includes a test head (5) having a multiplicity of electrical conn... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6573778 | Electrostatic discharge protection device for an integrated transistor A protection device includes a switching transistor (M11), connected between the gate of the output transistor (TS1) and ground, and a control circuit (CM), connected to the gate of the switching transistor (M11), which are capable of ensuring that the sw... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571261 | Defragmentation utility for a shared disk parallel file system across a storage area network This invention provides a defragmentation utility that works on-line in parallel with other file system activities. Thus, it avoids making the file system unavailable for periods of time which would, if not for this invention, slow down data communication... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568706 | Air bag device, production method of an air bag device, activation method of an air bag device and vehicle with an air bag device This invention relates to an air bag system for accommodation behind a vehicle covering. The air bag system contains an air bag, which advances in a main inflating direction when the air bag system is triggered, and a gas generator for supplying the air b... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565502 | Needle holder assembly A needle holder for use in a seed handling assembly that is made as a box-like open-sided metal frame having a bottom, a top and opposed side frame members with a pair of steel shielding plates enclosing the sides of the frame. The top frame member define... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6564108 | Method and system of auxiliary illumination for enhancing a scene during a multimedia presentation A method to present auxiliary lighting for enhancing a scene during a multimedia presentation. The method in photonic enclosure comprising the steps of: coupling one or more illumination sources over a network, so that at least one illumination source of ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6560648 | Method and apparatus for network latency performance measurement A communication system (100) includes a network, a first application running on a first Host computer system (First Host) (102) coupled to the network, and a second application running on a second Host computer system (Second Host) (122) coupled to the ne... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6560333 | MOS transistors substitute circuit having a transformer/data interface function, particularly for ISDN networks and corresponding control and driving switch configuration The invention relates to a MOS transistors substitutive circuit having a transformer/data interface function, in particular for ISDN networks, comprising first (11a) and second (11b) power supply/transmitter blocks, the first power supply/transmitter bloc... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556903 | Safety system for school buses A safety system and method for school buses in which sensors are associated with each seat to sense if a person is occupying the seat and if the seat belt is buckled. A display, within the vision of the bus driver, shows the condition of each seat. Sensor... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553380 | Encapsulating form and function in user data in a relational database in order to eliminate database schema changes A method for encapsulating the form and function of user data in a relational database that eliminates database schema changes whenever the presentation of the user data changes is described. The method comprises receiving source data, associated source d... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6551891 | Process for fabricating a self-aligned vertical bipolar transistor The fabrication process comprises a phase of producing a base region having an extrinsic base and an intrinsic base, and a phase of producing an emitter region comprising an emitter block having a narrower lower part located in an emitter window provided ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6549945 | Multi-purpose WAN driver for DSP resource adapter A communication system (100) includes at least one digital signal processor (DSP) and a WAN driver (80) operating on a processor that is electrically coupled to a memory. The WAN driver (80) receives task allocation requests from a host to open/close comm... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546388 | Metadata search results ranking system A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search te... | 04/08/2003 |
