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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7779161 | Method and apparatus for general virtual application enabling of websites A novel method of virtual application enabling of a web site at least includes: a) via a end-user device, connecting to a website targeted for application enabling; b) generating end-user device compliant code for rendering of a web page on the end-user device; c) r... | 08/17/2010 |
| 6938058 | Apparatus and method for transferring information between platforms A method and apparatus for relocating application programs, settings, menus, files and documents from a source computer to a target computer. The method and apparatus function properly regardless of whether the source and target computers have the same hardware or o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6892041 | Passive dirt shield for image reproduction devices A system for shielding sensors from airborne particulate matter in the environment of an electrostatic image reproduction device at least includes: a moving surface; at least one sensor; and a shield having at least one shield window, the shield adapted to be placed... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6697462 | System and method for discouraging communications considered undesirable by recipients A system and methods for discouraging unwanted electronic communications requires a communication sender who is not recognized by the intended recipient, or who is not approved by the intended recipient, to a post a bond to accompany the communication. Ad... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6625622 | Apparatus and method for transfering information between platforms A method and apparatus for relocating application programs, settings, menus, files and documents from a source computer to a target computer. The method and apparatus function properly regardless of whether the source and target computers have the same ha... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6359975 | Intelligent-networked telecommunication system which strategically creates and employs service-dependent pseudo calling line identities to eliminate redundant billing errors An intelligent-networked telecommunication system avoids redundant billing for telephone transactions in which there is a billing conflict between the Intelligent Network (IN) and another component of the system by its Service Control Point (SCP) creating... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356630 | Telephone calling card service system integrating virtual destination numbers A telephone calling card (prepaid or postpaid) service system with an intelligent network (IN) for automated call processing novelly associates a Virtual Destination Number (VDN) with each calling card account to significantly broaden service options to c... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6246757 | Telephone calling card system with abbreviated code destination number capability An abbreviated dialing code capability is introduced to a telephone calling card (prepaid or postpaid) system. A calling card account customer can, via an intelligent network (IN) dial a recognized abbreviated dialing code in place of a full-length destin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6105042 | Multi-user information management system adapted for efficient, remote, on-demand document management, storage and retrieval An improved information management system permits remote, on-demand storage and retrieval of documents including multimedia content, over low-speed communication links, while requiring only "thin" computing capability and a "thin wire" communication link.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5666545 | Direct access video bus computer system and method for transferring video information using a dedicated video bus In a computer system, a direct access, independently arbitrated video bus (connected to a personal computer (PC) -compatible video subsystem) is directly coupled to one or more dual-ported processors to eliminate video cycle traffic over the system bus or... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5638113 | Transaction based interactive television system An interactive television system where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received and decoded by a settop device which sends the decoder si... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5228045 | Test driver for connecting a standard test port integrated circuit chip to a controlling computer A test driver for connecting a controlling computer to an IC chip having a standard test access port (TAP) is both hardware and software efficient. The last stage of a wrap-around or circulating control register feeds a test mode select (TMS) pin of the T... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5215468 | Method and apparatus for introducing subliminal changes to audio stimuli A method and apparatus for introducing gradual changes to an audio signal so that the changes are subliminal. The changes can involve tempo and volume, for example, and can take the form of a gentle gradient having ever increasing/decreasing ramp-like cha... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5179299 | CMOS low output voltage bus driver In a high speed digital computer data transfer system, a data bus driver reduces data bus voltage swings between logic high and logic low levels by defining minimum and maximum bus voltages which lie between said logic levels, thus lowering bus transition... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5163132 | Integrated controller using alternately filled and emptied buffers for controlling bi-directional data transfer between a processor and a data storage device The present invention couples a disk drive to a small computer system interface bus by means of two buffers connected between a buffer-in bus and a buffer-out bus to allow data to be read out from a first filled buffer onto the buffer-out bus, while simul... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5163052 | High reliability computer diagnostics system In a multiple-board computer system, diagnostics are primarily performed by highly reliable microcontroller units (MCUs) on each processor (and memory) board. Operated separately from the board central processing units so that board failure will not prohi... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5128557 | Clamping circuit for data transfer bus A high speed computer data transfer system includes a transistor diode clamping circuit for limiting pre-charge voltages in the case where multiple pre-charge cycles occur before a pull-down operation. Data bus voltage swings between logic high and logic ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123457 | Mass pin alignment tool A simple, manual tool for re-aligning lead pins on a pin grid array (PGA) integrated circuit (IC) chip or the like. The tool has a series of removable, parallel bending plates mounted between a top and a base. The bending plates fit between the lead pins ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5109394 | All digital phase locked loop An all-digital phase-locked loop (PLL) for synchronizing an output clock signal with a reference clock signal. The PLL has a multiple-tap, digital delay chain in its forward path for delaying the output clock signal, which delay chain is controlled by a d... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4908860 | System for the secret transmission of audio signals and television receiver for receiving such signals Encoding is realized by means of a first low-pass input filter (21), a first modulator (20), a second low-pass filter (19), a second modulator (18) whose modulating signal has a frequency which is pseudo-random modified in the course of time, which signal... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4866838 | Integrated circuit chip insertion and removal tool A tool for inserting and removing a component, such as a programmable gate array integrated circuit (PGA IC) chip. At least two blocks are mounted on a threaded rotatable shaft, the shaft for causing relative movement between the blocks when rotated. Resi... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4866601 | Digital data bus architecture for computer disk drive controller A disk drive controller bus architecture for interfacing disk drives having widely varying data format requirements with small computer systems is comprised of a disk drive parameter storage section, a disk drive parameter compartor/interface section and ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4831336 | Zero to one hundred and eight-degree active phase shifter for microwave frequencies A zero to one hundred and eight-degree active phase shifter for microwave frequencies contains a differential input amplifier having an inverting output (ଲV) and a non-inverting output (V) and a first (T11, T12) and a se... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4825288 | Method and apparatus for processing video signals A video signal processing method for use in a video signal converter includes the following operations: (a) a vertical filtering operation by calculating, at each point of a current line to be generated, a value resulting from weighting the values assigne... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4822295 | Small outline SMT test connector An electrical test connector for a small outline surface mount technology (SO SMT) package or the like comprises an insulative body which holds the test conductors in an arrangement at one end to connect to the leads of the SO SMT package under test witho... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4823324 | Page mode operation of main system memory in a medium scale computer A memory device is disclosed which is comprised of a plurality of memory boards each having at least one memory bank associated therewith with each memory bank including a plurality of memory elements addressable by rows and columns. In page-mode operatio... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4812785 | Gyrator circuit simulating an inductance and use thereof as a filter or oscillator A gyrator circuit usable in a resonant filter circuit comprises a first and a second transconductance amplifier circuit, A and B, respectively, having opposite conductances, which amplifiers are arranged in parallel between a first terminal a and a second... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4807053 | Method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing video information in/for a record carrier, and record carrier obtained by means of the method In a method of recording video information in a record carrier, each picture of N×M picture elements being divided into subpictures of n×m picture elements, the video information of each subpicture is encoded in accordance with a transform coding and re... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4805021 | Control circuit for calibrating a delay line Control circuit for calibrating a delay line for a television receiver. The delay line contains series-connected all-pass sections of at least 2nd-order, the inductances of which are replaced by gyrators to which capacitances are connected. During at leas... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4800428 | Circuit arrangement for a television receiver comprising a video text decoder A circuit arrangement for a television receiver including a video text decoder (30), producing signals from the video text data from which control signals for a picture display device can be derived. The circuit arrangement further including a television ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4800436 | Television system with improved temporal resolution on display of a television signal A optical relay which includes a target plate which is made of an electrically insulating material and allows light to pass in a manner depending on the electric field parallel to the direction of propagation of this light, wherein a first side of this ta... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4797883 | Encoding or decoding circuit for time division multiplex and simultaneous signals A circuit includes shift registers (SR1, SR2, SR3) having different write and read rates under the control of clock pulses of different frequencies so that they form part of a signal compression or signal expansion circuit for encoding from simultaneous s... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797919 | Receiver having an interface with a sub-system A receiver having an interface arrangement for connection between a television circuit and a conditional access sub-system conveys data via a bus having a four frame bus cycle period with a bit rate corresponding to the line rate. During a first part of t... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797845 | Phase-locked loop coefficient generator for a filter arrangement having a non-rational ratio between input and output sampling frequencies In a sample rate converter having a non-rational conversion factor the input samples coincide with low-rate clock pulses and the output samples coincide with high-rate clock pulses, or inversely. It comprises a filter coefficient generator which, based on... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4794456 | High-definition television transmission system A method and apparatus for transmitting a high-definition television signal containing picture information which, on display, forms first picture frames at a rate of 2n frames per second, where n is a standard number of picture frames per second formed by... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4789811 | Line deflection circuit in a picture display device A line deflection circuit in a picture display device in which a bidirectional supply switch controlled at the line frequency, as inductance and a bidirectional deflection switch likewise controlled at the line frequency are arranged in series between the... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4785348 | System for the transmission and reception of high-definition television pictures in narrow-band channels A system for the transmission of high-definition television pictures in narrow-band channels, and a transmitter and a receiver appropriate to the system. The system includes a transmitting section (10) and a receiving section (20). To transmit the picture... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4779128 | Digital low-pass filter with improved frequency reduction characteristics The invention relates to a digital low-pass filter which effects a frequency reduction by a factor which is equal to the ratio w/2 between the frequency of the input signal and the frequency of the output signal, wherein w is an odd integer. The input sig... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4779030 | Television line output circuit A television line output circuit includes a first sawtooth network with a diode (D), a trace capacitor (Ct), a retrace capacitor (Cr) and a line deflection coil (Ly), and a second sawtooth network with a diode (D'), a trace capacitor (C't), a retrace capa... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4775986 | DPCM decoding circuit for digital samples A decoding circuit for digital samples defining N points of an initial digital signal coded into p bits transmitted by a transmitter by means of differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) into r bits for application in picture display and picture fading de... | 10/04/1988 |
