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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934032 | Interface for establishing operability between a processor module and input/output (I/O) modules Described are electronics systems and methods for distributing a limited number of lanes of a PCI Express-based processor (CPU) module among a plurality of PCI Express-based I/O modules with which the CPU module is in communication. The CPU module receives a code fr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926112 | System for protecting a computing system from harmful active content in documents A system protects a computing device from potentially harmful code in a document by receiving a data structure representation of the document and adding dynamically one or more definitions of potentially harmful active content to an editable configuration file. Each... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913108 | System and method for improving disk drive performance during high frequency vibration conditions Described are a system and method for improving the performance of a disk drive in a data storage system by enabling the disk drive to “ride through” events that can induce disk drive errors. In response to an error message received from a disk drive, a disk dir... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913056 | Method to perform parallel data migration in a clustered storage environment A clustered storage array consists of multiple nodes coupled to one or more storage systems. The nodes provide a LUN-device for access by a client. The LUN-device maps to a source logical unit corresponding to areas of storage on the one or more storage systems. A t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7897917 | Methods and apparatus for performing chromatography and mass spectroscopy with supercritical fluid samples Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices and methods for receiving NSC Fluids having at least one analyte from a chromatograph and directing analyte ions into the vacuum regions of a mass spectrometer. The device has a housing having at least one... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890710 | System and method for managing an electronic storage volume A system and method for managing an electronic storage volume is described. The method includes assigning a threshold to a constrained storage space to define a first state in which an amount of data stored in the constrained storage space exceeds the threshold and ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890507 | System and method of joining data obtained from horizontally and vertically partitioned heterogeneous data stores using string-based location transparent search expressions Described are a system and method for accepting a string-based search expression, parsing the search expression into an expression tree, distributing the tree (or portion thereof) across heterogeneous repositories, and merging the results. The system is data-locatio... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882373 | System and method of reducing power consumption in a storage system through shortening of seek distances Described is a storage system and method for reducing power consumption in a storage system by shortening seek distances associated with input/output (I/O) requests to a physical disk drive. A sweep direction is set. An offset of a new I/O request is evaluated to de... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7856621 | Method for synchronization of concurrently modified interdependent semi-derived artifacts Described is a method for synchronizing concurrently modified interdependent semi-derived artifacts. For example, one artifact can be a software model file and the other artifact can be a code file. A temporary artifact is generated and includes all the elements of ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853574 | Method of generating a context-inferenced search query and of sorting a result of the query A method of generating a context-inferenced search query and of sorting a result of the query is described. The method includes analyzing an event associated with the user to determine a contextual setting, dynamically generating a search query based on the contextu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844006 | Method of non-uniform doppler compensation for wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals Described is a method for compensation of an OFDM signal propagating through Doppler-distorted, time-varying multipath channels. The method is based on low-complexity post-FFT signal processing. Minimum mean square error combining of signals is performed for signals... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843191 | System and method for measuring rotational movement of a component from regions magnetized in a magnetically hard layer of the component A position-sensing system magnetically senses the position of a piston rod moving with respect to a cylinder. A magnetically hard layer on the piston rod provides a recording medium. A track comprised of a plurality of magnetized regions is magnetized in the magneti... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840992 | System and method for environmentally aware data protection Described are a system and method for providing data protection. A storage management system in communication with first and second storage arrays is configured to implement a data protection procedure for protecting data stored in the first storage array using the ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7822895 | Scalable CPU (central processing unit) modules for enabling in-place upgrades of electronics systems Described is an electronics enclosure having a midplane, a first field-replaceable CPU (central processing unit) module, and a second field-replaceable CPU module. Each CPU module is independently pluggable into and removable from the midplane. Each CPU module is co... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822798 | Dead reckoning for coordinate conversion Novel methods for converting coordinates for a position from a first coordinate system into coordinates in a second coordinate system are provided. Linear approximations of trigonometric functions are used to calculate values for the trigonometric functions when a p... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821949 | Forwarding plane data communications channel for ethernet transport networks Described is a process and system for providing an extensible forwarding plane data communications channel adapted to selectively support operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) activity within one or more different domains of an Ethernet transport network.... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813409 | Secure network using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing spread spectrum communications Described are a method and system for secure transmission of data through a network. A subcarrier sequence for data transmission is generated. The subcarrier sequence designates at least one subcarrier from a number of orthogonal subcarriers for each of a plurality ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804793 | SAS diplex communications A relatively low frequency signal—e.g. RS-232—is coupled to and extracted from a communication link that carries both a high frequency continuous signal and burst mode signal having bursts occurring at one or more frequencies—e.g. SAS with OOB signaling. The c... | 09/28/2010 |
| RE41749 | Electrical connector and circuit card assembly Described is an electrical connector assembly with an electrical connector having a connector body that includes a receptacle connector portion at a first end and a plug connector portion at a second end opposite the first end. The receptacle connector portion has e... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783715 | Scheduled electronic mail deletions A method of managing electronic mail messages in an email account includes displaying an open email message to a user on a display screen of a device. While the open email message is displayed to the user, intent of the user to perform an action that will result in ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7757059 | Virtual array non-disruptive management data migration Described are systems and methods of migrating data from a source virtual array to a destination virtual array transparently with respect to a management application program executing on a host and using management information to send management messages to the virt... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756259 | Enhanced caller identification using caller readable devices Described are a method and system for providing enhanced caller information to a communications recipient. Enhanced caller information is determined from a caller information storage device associated with a caller attempting to establish a communications session wi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752271 | Method of retracting an instant message Described is a method for retracting an instant message from a receiver in an instant messaging session. A request is made to retract the instant message from the receiver. If the receiver is present in the session, the instant message is removed from the user inter... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751063 | Multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system Described is a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. The projector includes two or more interferometer channels. Each channe... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7737685 | Compositions for a magnetically hard layer on a piston rod Described is a piston rod position-sensing system having a cylinder and piston rod arranged in the cylinder for movement with respect thereto. A magnetically hard layer is formed on the piston rod to provide a recording medium. The magnetically hard layer is made of... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7725476 | System and method for automated data retrieval based on data placed in clipboard memory A data retrieval system and method of the invention provide automatic retrieval of information based on data placed into, for example, a Windows™ clipboard. A user highlights and cuts (or pastes) data into the clipboard during execution of an application program. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716315 | Enclosure configurable to perform in-band or out-of-band enclosure management Described is an enclosure that is configurable to perform either in-band or out-of-band enclosure management. The enclosure includes a midplane, a processor blade, and a management module. The processor blade has program code for collecting management information fr... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706639 | Integrated optical waveform modulator A method of modulating an optical carrier. A target carrier modulation is computed based on an input data signal. An effective length of an optical modulator is then controlled based on the target carrier modulation. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697554 | On-line data migration of a logical/virtual storage array by replacing virtual names Data is transparently migrated between groups of logical units of storage presented as virtual arrays. A source virtual array has at least one source virtual port coupled to a fabric. Each source virtual port having a source virtual port name and a source virtual po... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697515 | On-line data migration of a logical/virtual storage array Data is transparently migrated between groups of logical units of storage presented as virtual arrays. A source virtual array has at least one source virtual port coupled to a fabric. Each source virtual port having a source virtual port name and a source virtual po... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694097 | System and method for managing an electronic storage volume A system and method for managing an electronic storage volume is described. The method includes assigning a threshold to a constrained storage space to define a first state in which an amount of data stored in the constrained storage space exceeds the threshold and ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685395 | Spanning virtual arrays across multiple physical storage arrays Described are a storage network and method of presenting a virtual array in the storage network. The storage network includes a first storage array and a second storage array. At least one of the first and second storage arrays has one or more logical units of stora... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684961 | Light path diagnostics Described is an electronics system having an individually replaceable electronics module installed therein. The individually replaceable electronics module includes a component, a light-emitting device (LED) disposed near the component, a processor module for perfor... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7609968 | Secure analog communication system using time and wavelength scrambling Described are a secure communications system and method for transmitting analog signals. The secure communications system includes an analog multiplexer, an analog demultiplexer, a plurality of analog communications channels each at a different wavelength, and a pai... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607172 | Method of protecting a computing system from harmful active content in documents Described are a system and method for protecting a computing device from potentially harmful code in a document. One or more definitions of potentially harmful active content are provided in an editable text file. The document is compared with each definition of pot... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605842 | Vehicular optical communications system Described are a vehicle optical communications system and network to exchange high bandwidth optical data between vehicles or between a vehicle and a stationary host. The vehicle optical communications system includes a communications module and a sensor having pixe... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604422 | Large-aperture focal plane shutter Described is a compact focal plane shutter system adapted for large-format exposure shutters. The focal plane shutter includes at least one multi-segmented screen having multiple rigid blades. Each blade can be moved at a different velocity. By using multiple blades... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603515 | Midplane-independent implementations of data storage system enclosures Described is a midplane-less storage system comprising an enclosure including a control board having an electrical connector attached thereto and a processing unit. The enclosure also includes a disk drive module with a disk drive for storing data and an adapter boa... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599071 | Determining positional error of an optical component using structured light patterns Described is an interferometric surface contour measurement system for projecting structured light patterns onto an object. The measurement system includes an interferometric projector, an imager, and a processor. The imager is rigidly coupled to the projector to ma... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595892 | Multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system Described are a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system and methods of determining surface contour data for the same. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. Fringe pa... | 09/29/2009 |
