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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7747877 | Tamper-resistant trusted Java virtual machine and method of using the same A trusted Java virtual machine provides a method for supporting tamper-resistant applications, ensuring the integrity of an application and its secrets such as keys. The trusted Java virtual machine verifies the integrity of the Java application, prevents debugging ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7720837 | System and method for multi-dimensional aggregation over large text corpora Systems and methods for multi-dimensional aggregation. Exemplary embodiments include a method for retrieving data from an inverted list index within a computer system, wherein the index comprises annotated postings, the method including receiving a query in a system... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7701944 | System and method for crawl policy management utilizing IP address and IP address range The present invention relates to a method for configuring a policy management protocol for a web crawler, the method further comprising the steps of determining a web space that is to be crawled by a web crawler, wherein the web space is comprised of an IP address a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7673657 | Method for operating and managing a re-fueling business Disclosed is a method for operating and managing a re-fueling business. The method includes contracting with a customer to fuel a fuel consuming vehicle for the customer, providing a locking device with a fuel tank of the vehicle, the locking device being unlockable... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661446 | Method for operating and managing a re-fueling business Disclosed is a method for operating and managing a re-fueling business. The method includes contracting with a customer to fuel a fuel consuming vehicle for the customer, providing a locking device with a fuel tank of the vehicle, the locking device being unlockable... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653702 | Method for automatically associating contextual input data with available multimedia resources A method for automatically associating contextual input data with available multimedia resources includes capturing the contextual input data and processing the contextual input data and formulating a query based on processed contextual input data. The processed con... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634728 | System and method for providing a runtime environment for active web based document resources A computer program product provides an active interactive document resource with an active shell surrounding its data. The shell operates in a runtime environment, a nest, and can operate with a helper process for the coordination and distribution of tasks. The acti... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7610365 | Automatic relevance-based preloading of relevant information in portable devices A system for automatic proximity-based preloading of relevant information in portable devices pre-loads a portable device such as a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or portable computer before the occurrence of a trip or event, with information r... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7552114 | System, and method for interactive browsing A method for achieving interactive browsing includes steps performed by a computer coupled to a knowledge base and a document database. The knowledge base stores a plurality of terms and information relating to each term, and the document database stores a plurality... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7539307 | System, method, and service for delivering enhanced multimedia content on physical media Enhanced multimedia content on physical media interacts with the user through a media player and the Internet. Enhanced multimedia utilizes IDs for pieces of content on the media and a media key block. On the enhanced media is a file with a list of URLs. As the enha... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7516331 | Tamper-resistant trusted java virtual machine and method of using the same A trusted Java virtual machine provides a method for supporting tamper-resistant applications, ensuring the integrity of an application and its secrets such as keys. The trusted Java virtual machine verifies the integrity of the Java application, prevents debugging ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499550 | System and method for protecting a title key in a secure distribution system for recordable media content A title key protection system includes a title key with recordable media content; storage in a repository is not required. The title key is decrypted when needed by a clearinghouse, and then re-encrypted. The title key confers rights from the content owners to the u... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7483910 | Automated access to web content based on log analysis The present invention provides a manner for providing Web crawlers capable of efficiently accessing Web content not accessible via static hyperlinks. Log files are maintained of communications between a Web browser and a Web server resulting from real user accesses ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7439957 | Compact universal keyboard A keyboard type input device has multiple key positions provided as character entry keys. Each key corresponds to one key in the selected row of the conventional QWERTY keyboard. A second set of control buttons provide for the selection of which row of a conventiona... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7389310 | Supercomputing environment for duplicate detection on web-scale data A scale-out supercomputing environment includes a plurality of interconnected nodes arranged in a three-dimensional cubic grid and configured to perform a method of duplicate detection. The method includes at least computing a fingerprint of at least one document in... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7337125 | System and method for enhancing sales for service providers utilizing an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in schedule of services Sales associated with service providers is increased using an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in a schedule or services (time, location). Windows of opportunity (time, physical location) are automatically identified, and once such a window of op... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6978246 | System and method for matching entities utilizing an electronic calendaring system The present invention provides for an integrated matching service and calendaring system. Calendar events are utilized as a bridge between an electronic calendaring system and a matching service. A calendar event represents an activity, e.g., job opening, tennis mat... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6920630 | Graphical user interface for managing resource bundles for internationalization An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) based system is described for the development, creation, and management of Java resource bundles. Furthermore, the GUI provides an application that works across platforms to eliminate repetitive tasks and errors that oft... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6774811 | Designation and opportunistic tracking of valuables An item of value to one or more individuals in a group is tracked wherein each valuable object is tagged, and one or more members of the group carry a personal information management (PIM) device equipped with a sensor which constantly scans for the presence of a kn... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6738767 | System and method for discovering schematic structure in hypertext documents An underlying schema is discovered for an HTML document or a set of HTML documents, authored in various styles. Prior domain knowledge regarding punctuation, keywords, synonyms and HTML tags is used to 1) break a document up into separate objects, 2) identify the ob... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6727922 | GUI for representing entity matches utilizing graphical transitions performed directly on the matching object Graphical user interface (GUI) is used to represent entity matches via graphical transition of a matching object based on type of entity and match rating. First, a user requests a match determination, and this request can be queried via various means including a sea... | 04/27/2004 |
