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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6479890 | Semiconductor microsystem embedded in flexible foil A microsystem comprises a flexible foil, a plurality of semiconductor elements embedded in said flexible foil, and a connection line arranged substantially on said flexible foil and used for electrically connecting at least two semiconductor elements. For... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6418532 | Host device equipped with means for starting a process in response to detecting insertion of a storage media In accordance with this invention, a remote control for an interactive media can include a printed publication and/or a storage media and/or a data button. One embodiment of a remote control includes a printed publication (such as a book, magazine or a ca... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6405252 | Integrated point of presence server network A network of point of presence servers sharing a hostname includes a first network probe server configured to determine traffic loads of a plurality of customer web servers, and configured to determine latency of web cache servers in the network of point ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403962 | Fibre optic X-ray camera A device for detecting X-radiation comprises a scintillator for converting X-radiation impinging thereon into light, a detecting device for detecting the light produced by the scintillator, and a fibre optic system for feeding the light produced by the sc... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401092 | Name type value storage Name Type Value Storage ("NTV") provides a very flexible technique for storing data for use in the Internet and in World Wide Web based applications. NTV provides a list of values or names, referred to as triplets, that is used to identify a correspondenc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396048 | Device and method for detecting an optical signal An optical detector has at least one image sensor element that generates an image sensor element output signal according to the illumination incident on the element. A readout amplifier for the one or each image sensor element is switchable between a plur... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6385739 | Self-test electronic assembly and test system A self-test electronic assembly performs self-testing, such as diagnostic or run-in testing of components and circuits, based upon internally stored test procedures. The results of self-testing are stored internally to the device, providing valuable infor... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378075 | Trusted agent for electronic commerce A trusted agent server provides a networked application that assists a customer in managing their online commercial affairs. A user contacts the server using a network access device, such as a browser on a personal computer. The trusted agent client compo... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6339885 | Astrolabe having rotating rete and plate In the astrolabe herein, both the rete and the plate rotate, although around different centers. The stars are drawn onto the plate, and the coordinate system is represented by the rete. In contrast to the conventional astrolabe, where the stars and the co... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6327418 | Method and apparatus implementing random access and time-based functions on a continuous stream of formatted digital data A continuous stream of formatted digital data, such as a video segment, audio segment, or information stream, appears to be a fixed length segment under certain circumstances, defining a virtual segment within the continuous stream which moves forward in ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6310886 | Method and apparatus implementing a multimedia digital network A method and apparatus for efficiently managing the allocation of available data capacity on a physically shared digital network among devices connected to that network is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing the ongoing timely... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6233389 | Multimedia time warping system A multimedia time warping system. The invention allows the user to store selected television broadcast programs while the user is simultaneously watching or reviewing another program. A preferred embodiment of the invention accepts television (TV) input s... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6215526 | Analog video tagging and encoding system An analog video tagging and encoding system is disclosed. The invention inserts an analog tag frame into the analog video stream such that the luminance (Y) values are made to approach zero, i.e., black, allowing a potential tag frame to be quickly identi... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6195091 | Apparatus for collaborative computing A collaborative computing system that permits the use of network and platform independent applications, and is easily customized. A conference engine provides a network interface between applications and the network, so that applications can be written in... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189024 | Browsing session recording playback and editing system for generating user defined paths and allowing users to mark the importance of items in the paths A session navigation and recording system for a computer environment automatically records every web page that the user visits, thus preserving the context of the paths and allowing the user to view all of the paths traversed in a session which are placed... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6119229 | Virtual property system A digital object ownership system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of user terminals, where each terminal is accessible by at least one individual user. The system also includes at least one central computer system that is capable of communic... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6108651 | Heuristic co-identification of objects across heterogeneous information sources A method and system for generating a database query language request for performing a join between a plurality of database tables including a first database table and a second database table. The first table includes a first plurality of fields and the se... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6081899 | Time stamp authority hierarchy protocol and associated validating system A time authority is established within a trusted time authority hierarchy which is periodically updated with the current date and time by the time authority. The user trusts the time authority and the associated hierarchy. Servers in the chain of the esta... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6081805 | Pass-through architecture via hash techniques to remove duplicate query results A method and system for removing duplicate query results in a database system comprising a plurality of data sources. The method and system includes issuing a query from a user to a first data source. In response to receiving a first query result from the... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6069633 | Sprite engine A sprite engine or compositor that is well-adapted to a variety ofadaptable to a host platforms and that minimizes the amount of drawing that occurs on a refresh of a framebuffer display area. The invention exploits the host platform's abilities to perfor... | 05/30/2000 |
