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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180194 | Authored video programs A storage medium is encoded with a video program created using authoring systems and methods. The processor-based authoring system removes an author from consideration of low-level configuration functions during authoring. The authoring system includes an authoring ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165321 | Intelligent clip mixing Various techniques for controlling the playback of secondary audio data on an electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a secondary audio clip mixing profile is selected based upon the type of audio output device, such as a speaker or a headset, coupled to ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8153924 | Plasma cutter having thermal model for component protection A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a monitor and/or control configured to determine a temperature of a component of the torch power unit based on the one or more inputs without a direct temperature measurement of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151566 | Charge air cooling system and method In accordance with one embodiment, the present techniques relate to a ground power unit that supplies electricity to an aircraft. The ground power unit may include a generator coupled to a diesel piston engine. A turbocharger may pre-compress the air consumed by the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149279 | Apparatus and method for compensating for variations in digital cameras A method of manufacturing a digital video camera is provided. The method comprises acquiring video images of colored light, and measuring a light intensity response of the video camera to the colored light. The method further comprises comparing the intensity of the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147936 | Composite membrane for chemical and biological protection A system, in certain embodiments, includes a protective membrane having first and second layers. The first layer is air permeable, vapor breathable, and liquid repellant. The second layer is vapor breathable, liquid repellant, and adsorptive of chemical and/or biolo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146360 | Recovering heat energy Some embodiments of a generator system can be used with the working fluid in a Rankine cycle. For example, the generator system can be used in a Rankine cycle to recover heat from one of a number of commercial applications and to convert that heat energy into electr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146341 | Integrated gas turbine exhaust diffuser and heat recovery steam generation system Systems and methods for integrating heat exchanger elements of HRSG systems with gas turbine exhaust diffusers are provided in the disclosed embodiments. The systems and methods may include integrating heat exchanger elements, such as steam pipes, with various compo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144263 | Projection lens system and method The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for medium wide angle projection system. An exemplary embodiment of the present technique comprises an imaging system configured to create an image, at least one lens configured to produce a medium wide-angle r... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142138 | Turbine engine having cooling pin In one embodiment, a turbine system may include a turbine casing, a shroud block coupled to the turbine casing, a fluid passage in the shroud block; and a pin configured to interface with the fluid passage. The pin may include a hollow shaft; a rod inserted into the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140418 | Cardholder-not-present authorization There is provided a method and system for real-time authorization of cardholder-not-present transactions. An authorization request application may be implemented on an electronic device, such as a cellular phone, a personal media player, or a computer. A cardholder ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131645 | System and method for processing media gifts Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and acceptance of a selected gift file is accomplished between a gifter device and a receiving giftee device u... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129696 | Wastewater treatment system and method using high energy light Embodiments of systems including wastewater treatment systems that utilize high energy light to destruct organics in wastewater are provided. In some embodiments, such systems may include a gas purifier that is configured to purify a gas. The wastewater treatment sy... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127982 | Parental controls Various techniques are provided for establishing financial transaction rules to control one or more subsidiary financial accounts. In one embodiment, a financial account management application stored on a processor-based device may provide an interface for defining ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118910 | Layered filtration membrane and methods of making same A layered filter membrane with improved anti-clogging characteristics is provided. In one embodiment, a filter membrane includes multiple polymer layers, each with different pore diameters formed by stretching the polymer layers. Furthermore, the multiple filter lay... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118269 | Flat panel display including a hinge assembly An apparatus for a flat panel is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flat panel assembly and a hinge mechanism coupled to the flat panel assembly. The hinge mechanism is adaptable to an industry standard mount and a non-industry standard mount. A system and method ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111232 | LCD electrode arrangement Systems, devices, and methods for reducing direct current bias and/or enabling a simplified manner of polarity inversion in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a device may include a processor, a memory device, and a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105411 | Fluid filter system and method A system, in certain embodiments, includes a fluid filter that includes a first set of strips of a first filter material having a first density, and a second set of strips of a second filter material having a second density greater than the first density, wherein th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099528 | Data filtering using central DMA mechanism A method and system is disclosed for passing data processed by a DMA controller through a transmission filter. The method includes the DMA controller accessing data for transfer between an origination location in the system and a destination location in the system. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099252 | Self-test power management unit Systems and methods are disclosed for a self-testing power management unit (PMU) in an electronic device. Self-testing may enable the testing of PMU power supply outputs while reducing the need for test points to conserve circuit board real estate. In one embodiment... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098262 | Arbitrary fractional pixel movement A technique is provided for displaying pixels of an image at arbitrary subpixel positions. In accordance with aspects of this technique, interpolated intensity values for the pixels of the image are derived based on the arbitrary subpixel location and an intensity d... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097324 | Enhanced security of optical article An optical article comprising a mark disposed on the optical article; wherein the mark comprises an optical state change material; wherein the optical state change material undergoes a change in its optical state when exposed to an activation signal selected from on... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8063765 | Consumer abuse detection system and method Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, devices, and methods for detecting the occurrence of consumer abuse events in electronic devices. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more sensors coupled to an abuse detection sub-system for detecting the occurr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060627 | Device-to-device workflows Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing a workflow with two or more electronic devices. Embodiments include an initiator electronic device that may function to control the workflow and send instructions for executing the workflow to a target electr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060170 | Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological data Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to pulse oximetry. Specifically, one embodiment includes an oximeter sensor, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057886 | Optical article having anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same A system for altering a functionality of an optical article from a pre-activated state to an activated state, comprising an optical article comprising an optical data layer for storing data, an external radiation source for generating an external stimulus adapted to... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051441 | Player-readable code on optical media An optical article for playback in a player includes a plurality of optically detectable marks disposed on a surface of the optical article; wherein the plurality of optically detectable marks are in a pre-determined combination of a first state and a second state; ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048679 | Method for employing SEC-FTIR data to predict mechanical properties of polyethylene The present invention provides several methods of determining values of physical or chemical properties of polymers. In these methods, at least two polymer training samples are provided. Characteristics of the polymer microstructures of the training samples are corr... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041848 | Media processing method and device A media processing system and device with improved power usage characteristics, improved audio functionality and improved media security is provided. Embodiments of the media processing system include an audio processing subsystem that operates independently of the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8001211 | Convergence-enabled DVD and web system A system integrates standards-defined multimedia storage system and an Internet browser. In one example, Universal Resource Locator (URL) information corresponding to web sites accessible by the browser is stored in fields within the DVD data. When a user actuates a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996666 | User influenced loading sequence of startup applications There is provided a method for altering a sequence in which programs and content are loaded upon startup of an electronic device. A user may change the loading sequence by selecting a program or content before the loading sequence has finished. In addition, the alte... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984317 | Hardware-based power management of functional blocks A system and method is disclosed for efficiently managing power distribution among the various functional blocks used within portable electronic devices. The method includes allowing each functional block to be independently controlled, containing its own low-level ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7959065 | Custom content gift cards There is provided a customized gift card and methods for customizing the gift card with buyer-selected downloadable content. A buyer may associate pre-purchased downloadable content with a gift card such that the card is “preloaded” for a recipient. The recipien... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948792 | Memory and techniques for using same There are provided methods and devices for providing overdrive voltages to address lines to help prevent leakage current in semiconductor memories, such as configuration memories used with programmable logic devices. Specifically, for example, there is provided a me... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948744 | Multi-purpose flat panel display cover Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multi-purpose flat panel display cover. One embodiment of the present invention may include a cover for a flat panel display, the cover comprising a shield portion configured to protect a flat panel display scre... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946718 | System and method for optical calibration of a picture modulator The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for optical calibration of a picture modulator. More specifically, there is provided a video unit (10) comprising a modulator (18) configured to modulate a projection lens assembly (16) bet... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941758 | Animation of graphical objects A method for animating graphical objects is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of graphical objects and displaying a subset of the objects in a viewport. In this embodiment, the method may also include calculating a virtual destin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7917861 | User interface elements cloning and transitions Systems and methods of displaying a user interface in a portable electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes creating a first clone and a second clone of a user interface element. The method also includes displaying the first clone of the us... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7880591 | Consumer abuse detection system and method A technique is provided for detecting whether consumer abuse has occurred in an electronic device. In accordance with this technique, a system is provided for detecting the occurrence of a consumer abuse event and storing a record thereof. In one embodiment, the sys... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7867310 | Method and apparatus for separating air and oil Methods and devices for separating oil from a mixture of oil and air are provided. In various embodiments, an air/oil separator includes a cylindrical housing that creates a circular flow path of the air and oil. Further, the air/oil separator may include various fl... | 01/11/2011 |
