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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112548 | Method for providing a clip for viewing at a remote device A method and apparatus is directed to provide a clip of content to a remote device, such as a mobile device. The invention enables an end-user to determine content from a networked device, such as a personal computer. The determined content may include content from ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112501 | Centralized registration for distributed social content services A system and method are directed towards enabling centralized registration for managing a selective display of visitor information to distributed social networking websites. A visitor may enter selective personal information, and determine what information is made a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112425 | Time series search engine Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize, index, search, and present time series data based on searches. Time series data are sequences of time stamped records occurring in one or more usually continuous streams, representi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112393 | Determining related keywords based on lifestream feeds Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112020 | Developing device and image-forming apparatus Embodiments relate to a developing device for use in an image-forming apparatus including a developing roller having a conductive base surface which may be covered with a resin layer containing an ion conductive material and a silicone-modified urethane resin having... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111857 | In-ear headset and in-ear earphone The invention relates to a headset comprising at least one earphone and a headset microphone for registering voice signals of the headset wearer. The headset microphone is fixed to one of the earphones. The earphone comprises at least one electroacoustic transducer,... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111721 | Multiplexing apparatus and method A multiplexing system (10) is provided which includes a plurality of encoders (12-15) which generates elementary streams, respectively, CPU (16), multiplexer (17), instruction memory (18), and a data memory (19) which... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111396 | Spectrometric measurement system and method for compensating for veiling glare The present solution is directed to a measuring system and a method for determining spectrometric measurement results with high accuracy. The spectrometric measuring system, comprises a radiation source, an entrance slit, a dispersion element, and a detector with de... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111334 | Signal switching apparatus and control method of signal switching apparatus A signal switching apparatus includes: a video reference input block; a plurality of synchronous signal generating blocks; a plurality of video signal input blocks; a signal processing block; a video signal output processing block; a switching block; and a control b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110716 | Method for the removal of acetylenes from olefins using ionic liquid-based solution The present invention relates to a process for removing acetylenes from olefins by using an ionic liquid-based solution, and particularly to a process for removing a small amount of acetylenes contained in olefins by using an ionic liquid-based solution where copper... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110529 | Concentrated, water-based dispersions for crop protection Liquid aqueous formulations of water-soluble active crop protectant ingredients which comprise (a) one or more water-soluble active crop protectant ingredients (type (a) ingredients), (b) one or more water-dispersed active crop protectant i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108861 | Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program for scheduling a recording of an event An information management apparatus presents an unexpected event to all users. This apparatus displays time ranges of scheduled events from the start time to the end time along a time axis based on an operation performed to schedule the start time and end tim... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108687 | Method and system for granting access to system and content A method and system for granting access to system and content is provided. A key is provided that allows access by a client computer to content that includes a plurality of resources. A server is accessed and the key is provided to the server. Based on the key, acce... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108554 | Method and system for automatically mapping secure network address translations Disclosed is a system and method for providing persistence in network access, by enhancing the likelihood that a gateway that is employed by a server array controller to send a client's message to a resource in another network outside of a local network behind the s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108515 | Enabling rent/buy redirection in invitation to an online service A system and method are directed towards enabling a user to access a client service such as a client game program that interacts with an online service such as a multiplayer game. A client probe detects execution of the client service on a first client device, and s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108501 | Searching and route mapping based on a social network, location, and time A device, system, and method are directed towards providing location information from a social network. A GPS coordinate and a search criterion are received from a client device associated with a member of a social network. The social network is searched for another... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108323 | Distributed spam filtering utilizing a plurality of global classifiers and a local classifier Embodiments are directed towards using a community of weighted results from local and global message classifiers to determine whether a message is spam. Each local classifier may receive a message that is to be evaluated to determine whether it is spam. A local clas... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108028 | MRI systems having MRI compatible universal delivery cannulas with cooperating MRI antenna probes and related systems and methods In vivio deep brain medical probe systems include: (a) an NMRI compatible cannula comprising a plurality of concentric axially extending tubes with a receiving bore; and (b) an elongate antenna member with a conductor and an insulating layer configured to slidably a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107528 | Picture processing apparatus, picture processing method, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and program A reusable quantization value Qref included in history information or parameter information is obtained in step S21. In step S22, it is judged whether or not the quantization value Qref obtained in step S21 is smaller than a predetermined minimu... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107519 | Equalizer, equalization method, program and receiving device An equalizer includes: a replica generation means for generating a replica of a multipath component by applying an adaptive filter to a received signal; a removal means for generating a multipath-component removed signal from which the multipath component has been r... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107495 | Integrating access to audio messages and instant messaging with VOIP A system, method, and apparatus are directed towards providing integrated access to call information to an end-user using any of a variety of client applications, including an Instant Messaging (IM), a web-browser, and/or a VOIP client. An end-user may employ any of... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107470 | Application interface for global mobile message delivery A device, system, and method are directed towards communicating mobile information over a network. A mobile message (MM) is generated by an Internet Protocol (IP) enabled application interface. The MM may include advertising information. The MM is received at a rout... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107342 | Laser driving device, optical unit, and light device which can change the setting information for a sampling pulse A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a light emission level pattern storing section; and a second storing section. The second storing section stores sampli... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107325 | Near-field light generating element comprising surface plasmon antenna with surface or edge opposed to waveguide Provided is a near-field light generating element in which reduced is the propagation loss of excited surface plasmon that propagates to the near-field light generating end. The element comprises: a waveguide through which light for exciting surface plasmon propagat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106972 | Apparatus and method for noise reduction with 3D LUT A device for noise reduction is provided. The device includes a noise reduction three-dimensional look-up table (LUT) and a noise reduction unit. The noise reduction LUT transforms an input image into a noise reduction factor and noise reduction threshold for each c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106957 | Image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method An image signal generated by a CCD image sensor is processed by the block-generating section 28 provided in an image-signal processing section 25. A class tap and a prediction tap are thereby extracted. The class tap is output to an ADRC process sectio... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106768 | Method of operating a self-powered home automation sensor device for detecting the existence of and/or for measuring the intensity of a physical phenomenon The method of operation applies to a self-powered home automation sensor device for detecting the existence of and/or for measuring the intensity of a first physical phenomenon, comprising a means of converting an effect of a second physical phenomenon into electric... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106639 | Feed forward control of switching regulator The invention relates to a switching regulator with an error amplifier circuit and a feed-forward circuit. The error amplifier circuit provides an error signal by amplifying the difference between a feedback signal and a reference signal. The feed-forward circuit le... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105794 | Rapid nasal assay kit The present invention relates to an assay which can be used on nasal secretions. The assay is used to determine the cause of nasal secretions, for example whether the secretions are due to an allergic reaction or a non-allergic reaction. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105117 | Spring connector and terminal device A spring connector includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor is formed of a conductive material, and has a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion, and a resilient portion axially disposed so as to be integrally and continuousl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105000 | Tool insert A method of producing a tool insert which comprises a central metal portion having edge regions of superabrasive material bonded thereto and presenting cutting edges or points for the tool insert is disclosed. A body (50) having major surfaces on each of oppo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104876 | Liquid transporting apparatus and piezoelectric actuator A liquid transporting apparatus includes a piezoelectric actuator which applies a pressure to liquid in a pressure chamber and which has a vibration plate covering the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric layer formed on a surface, of the vibration plate, not facing th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104854 | Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus and liquid-droplet jetting method In an ink-jet printer, as a liquid-droplet jetting apparatus, when a predetermined condition is satisfied during an printing operation, a non-jetting drive pulse is applied to an actuator to impart vibration to an ink meniscus of an ink in the vicinity of nozzles wi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104062 | Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium The invention provides an information providing apparatus and method by which the amount of data to be transmitted when data of a program table composed of characters and images or the like are to be transmitted is reduced and it is made possible to cope with a chan... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8104060 | Information transmitting method and television broadcast receiver The address information for reading the detailed information of a computer server which provides the detailed information of distribution information displayed on a predetermined display screen together with a single program or plural programs is transmitted with ea... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103770 | System and method for performing application level persistence A method and apparatus for inserting and examining Cookies in the data streams of HTTP connections for the purpose of persistently directing HTTP connections to the same destination. A network device directs subsequent HTTP connections from the same client to the sa... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103746 | Method and system for distributing requests for content A method and system for caching content, such as content requested from a server on the World Wide Web. Requests for dynamic content are forwarded directly to a content server to avoid caching data that might only be used once. Requests for static content are forwar... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103115 | Information processing apparatus, method, and program An information processing apparatus that compares an input image with a model image to identify the subject of the input image with the subject of the model image. The apparatus includes feature value extraction means for setting feature points, each of which is on ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103015 | Wire-free headset, portable media player There are proposed wireless headphones which have at least one electroacoustic transducer for the reproduction of audio signals, a receiver for receiving wirelessly transmitted audio data, an intermediate memory for putting the received audio data into intermediate ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102736 | Near-field light generator comprising waveguide with inclined end surface Provided is a near-field light generator capable of avoiding a noise to the generated near-field light. The generator comprises a waveguide and a plasmon antenna comprising a propagation surface or edge, for propagating surface plasmon, extending to a near-field lig... | 01/24/2012 |
