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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271754 | Digital pulse-width modulator A digital pulse-width modulator is provided that receives a digital command input signal and a secondary control input signal and provides a pulse-width-modulated output signal. The pulse-width-modulated output signal comprises a pulse-width that corresponds to an i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7251221 | Automated installation of network service in a telecommunications network A communication line is installed in a network by automating a design phase and a configuration phase for the service and by automating failure recovery in either of the phases. In the design phase, an optimal route for the communication line is found, and the netwo... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245478 | Enhanced breakdown voltage electrode Particles of active electrode material are made by blending and fibrillizing (i.e., fibrillating) a mixture of activated carbon, conductive carbon, and fibrillizable binder. In selected embodiments, chloride level in the activated carbon is relatively low, a small a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239331 | Method and apparatus for correction of perspective distortion Perspective distortion in an imaged scene is corrected by identifying a group of points in the imaged scene such that the group of points define a shape. Two vanishing points are determined based on the group of points in the imaged scene. The process determines a f... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227841 | Packet input thresholding for resource distribution in a network switch A system and method for input thresholding packets in a network switch. A network switch may include multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a shared random access memory coupled to the input ports and output ports by data transport logic. Packets entering ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227737 | Electrode design Electrodes of a double-layer capacitor are designed so that sub-capacitors formed at each electrode are stressed substantially equally at the rated voltage of the double-layer capacitor. In an exemplary embodiment, each electrode includes a current collector and an ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219300 | Method and system for generating a network monitoring display with animated utilization information A method for displaying storage network information in a user interface. The method includes identifying a topology map for a storage network and gathering operating information, which is processed to determine a performance parameter, such as utilization. A perform... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215680 | Method and apparatus for scheduling packet flow on a fibre channel arbitrated loop A system and method for enabling a network switch to transmit queued packets to a device when opened by the device, and thus to utilize the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) in full-duplex mode when possible. The switch may include a plurality of queues each ass... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207129 | Golf cart mounted display panel A display panel for use on a golf cart is composed of layered transparent panels and frame members adhered together. Two transparent panels are separated by a set of spacer members to form a cavity between the transparent panels. The cavity is accessible via an open... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203056 | Thermal interconnection for capacitor systems Thermal protection is provided in systems utilizing high-current double-layer capacitors. For example, in one implementation, an interconnection coupled to at least one double-layer capacitor that carries capacitor current to or from the at least one double-layer ca... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197545 | Techniques for dynamically loading modules for devices discovered in a storage network Techniques for dynamically loading or changing code modules in applications for monitoring and/or managing SANs without having to restart the applications or power down the SANs. The code modules loaded by an application, while the application is executing, may be u... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197047 | Method and apparatus for transferring data between IP network devices and SCSI and fibre channel devices over an IP network A method and apparatus for transferring data between IP devices (including, but not limited to, Gigabit Ethernet devices) and SCSI or Fibre Channel devices. The device interfaces may be either SCSI, Fibre Channel or IP interfaces such as Gigabit Ethernet. Data is sw... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194550 | Providing a single hop communication path between a storage device and a network switch A unified networking device communicates directly with storage devices and servers in the data center and communicates directly with switches and routers outside of the data center environment. The unified networking device manages data transfers between storage dev... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191516 | Method for shielding integrated circuit devices A high reliability radiation shielding integrated circuit device comprising a plurality of package layers; a radiation shielding lid or base coupled to the plurality of package layers; wherein the circuit die are shielded from receiving an amount of radiation greate... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180726 | Self-supporting capacitor structure A plurality of high capacitance capacitors are coupled to supply or accept large currents. Bus bars are welded to the capacitors to provide improved thermal performance as well as self-supporting rigidity to the geometrical structure formed by the capacitors and the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180277 | Capacitor start-up apparatus and method with fail safe short circuit protection Electronic circuits couple energy storage devices, such as double layer capacitors or rechargeable battery cells, to a power supply output, thereby improving noise suppression and extending ride-through capability of the power supply. In a typical circuit, an energy... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170260 | Rapid charger for ultracapacitors A rapid charging circuit for charging a power module is disclosed. The power module includes one or more ultracapacitors. The power module is charged using an energy source connected to the power module. The charging circuit includes a control circuit adapted to mai... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7133416 | Converting data signals in a multiple communication protocol system area network Converting data signals includes determining whether a coupled interface converter paddle coupled to a serdes is a first interface converter paddle or a second interface converter paddle. The first interface converter paddle is associated with a first communication ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110394 | Packet switching apparatus including cascade ports and method for switching packets A switching device comprises at least two base racks, each base rack including a switch card in communication with a line card across a backplane, the line card having at least an external port. The at least two base racks are coupled such that the switch cards of e... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102877 | Electrode impregnation and bonding A method for making an electrode including a particle based film is disclosed in which the film is coated and/or impregnated with veins of conductive material. A support backing is placed adjacent to one side of the film to provide support and prevent damaging the f... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088735 | Processing data packets in a multiple protocol system area network Processing a data packet in a multiple protocol system area network is disclosed. A paddle card comprising a first paddle card that supports a first communication protocol or a second paddle card that supports a second communication protocol is received. The communi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7054312 | Multi-rate shared memory architecture for frame storage and switching Shared memory provides buffering and switching for all frames that flow through a fiber channel switch. Received frames are written to shared memory by the receiving port then read from shared memory by the transmitting port. Shared memory provides for data to be wr... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050651 | Moiré correction in images Image defects in a digital image are reduced by a process comprising providing a digital image data set in the form of a matrix of pixels; selecting a sub-matrix comprising at least a 5×5 matrix of pixels; identifying a pixel within the sub-matrix to be treated as ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045793 | Multi-grid ion beam source for generating a highly collimated ion beam A multi-grid ion beam source has an extraction grid, an acceleration grid, a focus grid, and a shield grid to produce a highly collimated ion beam. A five grid ion beam source is also disclosed having two shield grids. The extraction grid has a high positive potenti... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042891 | Dynamic selection of lowest latency path in a network switch A system and method for low latency switching of data packets in a network switch. A network switch may include multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a shared random access memory coupled to the input ports and output ports by data transport logic. Under ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038864 | Slim profile indicating instruments The present invention concerns the structure of and methods of constructing indicating instruments with slim profiles. The indicating instrument comprises a meter movement and a circuit board. The main body of the meter movement is situated in an aperture in the cir... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028991 | Lockable protective cap for posts A lockable protective cap for a post is disclosed. The protective cap comprises a sidewall having a first end and an open second end. The sidewall forms a post receiving opening for receiving a post through the open second end. The cap further comprises a cover at l... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7009733 | Manual correction of an image color A color correction device for correcting colors in a color image comprises: coordinates for registering points in a first color space of at least one standard point, the first color space having axes for specifying colors; ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003174 | Removal of block encoding artifacts A method of reducing artifacts in an image previously processed by block transform encoding may comprise the steps of: determining block boundaries; determining an approximate metric of artifact visibility; ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980691 | Correction of “red-eye” effects in images After identification of an image or image area where correction is to be effected for red-eye defects, and identification of eye regions within the image or the image area, color data from the area is provided, collected or analyzed according to color channel inform... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6952208 | Method for displaying supersets of node groups in a network A method of displaying nodes within a network topology. Using a processor coupled to a display screen, the method involves forming a first layer of a multi-layer representation wherein at least two nodes are represented separately; and grouping the nodes of the firs... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941252 | Striping data frames across parallel fibre channel links A method and system for aggregating a plurality of links to simulate a unitary connection among one or more nodes in a fibre channel system includes means for striping data frames across the links. One or more programmable hardware mechanisms, operatively connectabl... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6901380 | Merchandising system method, and program product utilizing an intermittent network connection A business application integrates a company's internal business systems with an e-commerce web site, so that company personnel can manage their business with a business application that seamlessly exports relevant, up-to-date data to a web site designed to interact ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6880127 | Method for routing connections in the display of a network topology The present invention provides a systematic automated procedure for routing connections in display applications such as a network topology interface. In one embodiment, the invention first creates an “ideal routing” between two given nodes. The ideal routing inc... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868179 | Automatic saturation adjustment A method of correcting image saturation is performed by defining saturated colors in a chromaticity color space; and deriving an overall correction of the saturation of colors in the image using the defined saturation of these colors in conjunction with a table of c... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6850651 | Moiré correction in images Image defects in a digital image are reduced by a process comprising: providing a digital image data set in the form of a matrix of pixels; selecting a sub-matrix comprising at least a 5×5 matrix of pixels; ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6836275 | Method for distinguishing between single and multiple connections in a network topology A computer user interface to display connections in a network topology display. Different visual representations are used for a single and multiple connection types. If there is only a single connection between nodes then a simple line is used. If there are multiple... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833850 | Method for simplifying display of complex network connections through partial overlap of connections in displayed segments A method for simplifying display of complex network connections in a user interface. The method includes displaying a network topology display having multiple interconnected nodes. The nodes, such as network hubs or switches, are connected to one or more of the othe... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826310 | Automatic contrast enhancement A method of automatic contrast correction comprises providing digital image data, representing the data in the form of a brightness histogram, determining a measure of central tendency for said histogram, adding a shift value to the measure of central tendency to pr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6794951 | Solid state RF power switching network An RF matching network includes a switching element that quickly switching between a first matching sub-network and a second matching sub-network, such that the impedance of neither sub-network is coupled to the other when selected by the switch. In one embodiment, ... | 09/21/2004 |
