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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7974897 | System and method facilitating tri-party repurchase agreement transactions In accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, a DVP repo and tri-party repo hybrid transaction is provided as well as a process for facilitating and processing such a hybrid transaction, referred to herein as a “tri-party hybrid repo” transaction.... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7734521 | Networked method and system for creating and settling financial instruments A financial instrument is provided that enables investors to invest in depositary receipts based on underlying non-domestic shares of a foreign business entity through a domestic stock exchange even though the underlying non-domestic shares are traded only on a stoc... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7085799 | Analog filter suitable for smoothing a ΔΣ-modulated signal An analog filter includes a first arithmetic operation section 2-1 having a plurality of sets of processing circuit being cascade connected, each processing circuit having an S/H circuit of plural stages for holding a ΔΣ-modulated signal and an a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6886416 | Pedal force sensing apparatus for an electric bicycle A pedal force sensing apparatus includes a pedal force input shaft, a force action sleeve, a torque output shaft, at least one elastomer, a micro optical pickup head module, a diversion sleeve, a linear sliding bush and a displacement sensor. The pedal force input s... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6791482 | Method and apparatus for compression, method and apparatus for decompression, compression/decompression system, record medium On a compression side, from an inputted analog signal 101, points 102a to 102f where a differential absolute value is at a predetermined value or smaller are detected as sample points, and a pair of discrete amplitude data on the s... | 09/14/2004 |
| 7366496 | Method of checking amount of transmitted data During a connection between a network infrastructure and user equipment a first indication of the amount of data transmitted over the connection is maintained in the network infrastructure and a second indication of the amount data transmitted is maintained in the u... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7342926 | Prevention of spoofing in telecommunications systems In a packet radio network a packet data address is activated for a terminal for transmitting data packets between the terminal and an external network. Information on the activated packet data address is stored at least in the edge nodes of the network. To prevent s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339918 | Method for improving the quality of data transmission A method for improving the quality of data transmission in cellular radio systems utilizes time division multiple access, in which the strength of a signal received at a base station is measured and a decoder for soft decision-making is employed. The method includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333450 | Power control of network part transmitter in radio system The invention relates to power control of a network part transmitter in a radio system. The method comprises: establishing a radio connection from the network part transmitter to a user equipment; sending a signal on the radio connection from the network part transm... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318159 | Detecting copied identity of terminal equipment The invention relates to a mobile system and especially to detecting, in the mobile system in question, the use of terminal equipment having a copied mobile equipment identity. In the invention, a database containing records is created, each record containing an int... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313114 | Selecting spreading code in spread spectrum system The invention relates to a base transceiver station in a CDMA mobile telephone system, including a mechanism for maintaining a code tree which determines spreading codes to be used in the system, a mechanisms for selecting a spreading code from the code tree for the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296909 | Flashlight A handheld flashlight includes a head that pivots relative to a body. At least two legs pivotally connect to the body at a fixed location along the body, and open into an extended, open or deployed position to support the head in an elevated position. In the closed ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296071 | Service transmission in a packet data network A method of transmitting a service to several subscribers in a packet data network capable of individual and group transmissions. The method includes collecting requests for the service from the several subscribers, evaluating the popularity of the service, forming ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289630 | Counter initialization, particularly for radio frames A method for protecting traffic in a radio access network connected to at least two core networks. The method includes maintaining a core-network-specific authentication protocol and a radio-bearer-specific ciphering process, and generating, for each ciphering proce... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286612 | Method of transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver, and a radio system The invention relates to a method of transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver in a radio system, and to a radio system. The method includes the following: channel-coding the data using selected channel-coding; dividing the channel-coded non-interleaved dat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283338 | Power supply device for low-voltage electronic residual current circuit breakers A power supply device for low-voltage electronic residual current circuit breakers includes an electronic rectifier stage suitable to receive in input a mains voltage and to generate a first unipolar voltage whose value depends on the value of the mains voltage, and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277535 | Controlling connection processing A method, telecommunication system and a network node for controlling processing of a connection, particularly when information necessary for the controlling is available at an early stage. At least one processing instance is formed for the connection to control eve... | 10/02/2007 |
| D551629 | Electrical circuit breaker | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269251 | Method and system for billing subscribers in a telecommunication network The invention relates to a method of changing a balance of a subscriber (MS1 . . . MS6) belonging to a subscriber group (G1, G2) of a telecommunication network. The invention comprises forming at least one subscriber group (G1, G | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257378 | Testing device and software The invention relates to a testing device and a software. The cellular radio system comprises a testing device which is a fixed part of the cellular radio system and operationally connected to a data network. The testing device has a connection over radio path to on... | 08/14/2007 |
| D547729 | Electrical circuit breaker | 07/31/2007 |
| D547730 | Electrical circuit breaker | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234102 | Data recording method for optical disk drive A data recording method for an optical disk drive is implemented by the following steps. First, one or more data blocks are encoded and recorded sequentially, and it detects if a buffer under run occurs. If a buffer under run occurs, the recording does not stop imme... | 06/19/2007 |
| D544814 | Aerodynamic transporter | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233866 | Device for the management of electrical sockets A device for the management of electrical sockets connected to a branch of an AC electrical network includes a monitor circuit arranged to detect a presence or absence of a load connected to one of the sockets, and a voltage level management circuit connected to the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228613 | Wire harness manufacturing apparatus and method A device and a method for manufacturing of bundles of wires fixed in terminal boards for building wiring allows manufacturing of bundles of wires for individual sections from one to another junction point, so that the length and sheathing of each bundle correspond t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226016 | Method and arrangement for low or non-rotating artillery shells This disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for low or non-rotating artillery shells fired from launch weaponry, and which introduces a portion of the barrel pressure built up in the barrel during the launch phase into a chamber arranged in the low or non... | 06/05/2007 |
| D543489 | Transporter | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224294 | Compressing device and method, decompressing device and method, compressing/decompressing system, program, record medium A compressing device comprises plural stages of delay circuits (1−1 to 4−1) and multiplying/adding circuits (5−1 to 10−1) that performs weighted addition of output data from the delay ci... | 05/29/2007 |
| D542734 | Electrical transformers | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211841 | Integrated circuit with reduced analog coupling noise An integrated circuit includes CMOS circuit blocks and analog control lines arranged outside a layout of the CMOS circuit blocks so that the analog wiring and circuit blocks do not overlap each other. The distance of signal lines within a circuit block and the analo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207072 | Helmet The present invention relates to a helmet and a basic helmet concept with highly flexible construction of use in a number of different situations. The helmet can provide varying degrees of protection and can very easily alternate between the various forms of protect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204190 | Method and device for initiation and ignition of explosive charges through self-destruction of a laser source The present invention relates to a new method, based on laser technology, of initiating explosive charges (6, 10, 17, 30), and a device which is intended for initiating explosives and in accordance with said method functions according to entirely new principl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201103 | Method for initiation and ignition of explosive charges through self-destruction of a laser source A method of initiating explosive charges ignites an explosive charge by the heat and/or explosion of a laser due to self-destruction or overheating of the laser source, and not by the radiation emitted from the laser. The laser source is assembled and/or embedded wi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199329 | Method of soldering semiconductor part and mounted structure of semiconductor part A semiconductor part 1 in which a metal terminal 2 is formed on its back surface and side surface is mounted so that only the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is in contact with a cream solder 3. When the side surface portion ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187769 | Method and apparatus for evaluating the strength of an encryption In the evaluation of the randomness of an S-box, measures of resistance to higher order cryptanalysis, interpolation cryptanalysis, partitioning cryptanalysis and differential-linear cryptanalysis and necessary conditions for those measures to have resistance to eac... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184481 | Audio reproducing apparatus and method A comparator (12) for compensating the pulse width of the drive control signal of a power amplifier (54) by using a sense signal of an offset voltage generated between the nodes (H, I) of the power amplifier (54) is provided to enlarge the time ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178445 | Ballistic protection The present invention relates to ballistic protection for use in personal equipment or in vehicles of various types such as cars, helicopters and boats or for use in permanent or temporary protection of various types in buildings or other fixed or mobile installatio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177080 | Method and a device for bi-monocular image transfer A viewing arrangement includes an image generator having a single, two-sided display screen having a front and a back side which display a front image and a back image, respectively, of a translucent or transparent image generated by the image generator; two eyepiec... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176927 | Method and system for graphics rendering using hardware-event-triggered execution of captured graphics hardware instructions A computer-implemented method and system for performing graphics rendering on demand on a graphics subsystem, with only nominal host system operations being required. High-level specifications of graphics operations in a computer program are captured as I/O hardware... | 02/13/2007 |
