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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941694 | Asymmetric data mirroring An asymmetric data mirroring method with a local storage device and a remote storage device being separated by large distances is disclosed. A server determines a predetermined time period associated with a round trip latency between the server and a remote storage ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941110 | RF circuit with control unit to reduce signal power under appropriate conditions A disclosed RF circuit includes a power amplifier that produces an RF output signal, a detector to generate a detector signal indicative of a power of the RF output signal, and an offset unit to produce an offset signal that indicates low supply voltage conditions. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936354 | Virtual trace-multiple view modeling system and method A system for generating two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional model is provided. The system includes an active building model system generating one or more user-selected two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional building model. A floor plan view location s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7920833 | Radio front end with resonant transmit/receive switch A device having a radio front end is provided. The radio front end includes an inductor having a first end and a second end. A capacitor having a first end and a second end is connected to the second end of the inductor. An antenna is connected to the second end of ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919024 | Processes for producing monolithic porous carbon disks from aromatic organic precursors Disclosed are processes for producing monolithic and metal doped monolithic porous carbon disks from prepolymer organic precursors in the powder form composed of either or both polyimide and polybenzimidazole. The powders are consolidated (compressed) into disks and... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915960 | Multi-primary distributed active transformer amplifier power supply and control An integrated power combiner is disclosed. The power combiner includes a first circular geometry primary winding having one or more inductive elements, such as an active winding with one or more driver stages. A circular geometry secondary winding is disposed adjace... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912201 | Directory assistance dialog with configuration switches to switch from automated speech recognition to operator-assisted dialog A method of providing a caller with a directory assistance dialog. The dialog is configurable, at any level of the dialog, from an automated speech recognition (ASR) dialog to an operator-assisted (OP) dialog. The dialog is handed off to an operator if any level of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912155 | Demodulator circuit The invention relates to a demodulator circuit in a communication system using a multi-carrier modulation scheme. The demodulator uses channel state information for respective carriers in the multi-carrier modulation to de-map the received data. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911608 | Spectroscopic determination of enantiomeric purity A new method and strategy for the quantitative determination of enantiomeric purity that combines polarimetry, spectroscopy, and chemometric modeling. Spectral data is collected after a light beam is passed through a first polarimeter, a sample of a chiral compound,... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910991 | Dual gate lateral diffused MOS transistor A disclosed power transistor, suitable for use in a switch mode converter that is operable with a switching frequency exceeding, for example, 5 MHz or more, includes a gate dielectric layer overlying an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate and first and second... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907715 | System and method for blocking a telephone call A system and method are provided for blocking a telephone call from a calling party to a called party, the calling party associated with a calling party directory number, including a local-designated trunk group over which the incoming telephone call from the callin... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906561 | Cross-linked polyolefin foam The invention pertains to a process for producing a cross-linked polyolefin foam in a continuous process using standard processing equipment without using a moisture cross-linking step after processing. In this method, a vinyl functional silane compound is melt graf... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903790 | System and method for completing incomplete records in a database of twisted cable pair information A system and method for imputing data into a database includes an imputing system operable to impute data based on outside plant construction principles. The imputing system includes an inventory database, a data engine, a search engine, and a loop engine. The inven... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900249 | Method, system and software for maintaining network access and security A system, method and apparatus for securing communications between a trusted network and an untrusted network are disclosed. A perimeter client is deployed within the trusted network and communicates over a session multiplexing enabled protocol with a perimeter serv... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7900153 | Supply chain visualization and management system with dynamic zooming Supply chain visualization and management are achieved using supply entity icons and inventory parameters overlaid on a zoomable map image. A user zooms in and zooms out to display multiple geographical areas and variably receives greater or less detail regarding su... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899786 | Method and system for distributed user profiling A data processing method and network for collecting, storing, and providing user profile data. The network comprises a number of persona agents, interconnected to a hub. The persona agents and the hub are stored within the data communications network. Each persona a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897736 | Fluorescent quenching detecting reagents and methods Oligonucleotide probes containing two labels are provided and are useful in hybridization assays. The probes can also contain a minor groove binding group. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895942 | Barbecue firebox and method of operation A barbecue cooking apparatus is provided. The barbecue cooking apparatus includes a firebox comprising a housing having solid walls. A charcoal tray is disposed within the housing, and one or more vents are disposed in the housing above the charcoal tray. One or mor... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894682 | Multi-point predictive foveation for bandwidth reduction of moving images A scene of an image sequence is transmitted that has been compressed using a number of foveation zones, each foveation zone being weighted based on a probability of a viewer looking at a corresponding portion of the first scene. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893261 | Serotonin reuptake inhibitors A serotonin reuptake inhibitor which can be used in the treatment of depression and which has a decreased occurrence of unwanted side effects. The serotonin reuptake inhibitors are bi-functional organic molecules which combine serotonin transporter reuptake inhibiti... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891416 | Apparatus for treating fluid streams cross-reference to related applications An apparatus and method for increasing and regulating temperature, pressure and fluid viscosities of fluid streams found in oil and gas production. The apparatus may heat fluids flowing from the reservoir to the surface, or heat fluids injected from the surface into... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889516 | Cable management system with inspection window A cable management system with an inspection window allows a technician to see available ports in a telecommunications module. The cable management systems inspection window is substantially transparent to permit visual access to underlying ports and associated elec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884861 | Image resolution multiplier A system for generating high resolution image data using a low resolution image sensor is provided. The system includes an image sensor array and an image size system determining a pixel resolution area. An image target system determines a desired pixel resolution a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884099 | Quinolone carboxylic acid-substituted rifamycin derivatives The compounds include substituted rifamycin derivatives in which a quinolone carboxylic acid pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a benzoxazinorifamycin or a spiropiperidinorifamycin. The rifamycin derivatives are useful as antimicrobial agents and are effective ag... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881461 | Method and apparatus for conveying bidirectional data, power and timing signals using a single transformer Transformer driven by data modulated signal provides isolated power. Outbound data is extracted from the data modulated signal received from the transformer. Inbound data received in isolated circuitry modulates the load presented to transformer. Inbound data percei... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881455 | Apparatus and method for finding a called party over a telecommunication network The present disclosure provides a system and method for establishing telephone communication between a calling party and called party wherein the calling party may store a plurality of numbers or identifiers of a called party and initiating a number or identifier of... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7846815 | Eutectic flow containment in a semiconductor fabrication process A disclosed semiconductor fabrication process includes forming a first bonding structure on a first surface of a cap wafer, forming a second bonding structure on a first surface of a device wafer, and forming a device structure on the device wafer. One or more eutec... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845134 | Structure and a method for constructing the structure A structure and a method for producing the structure wherein the structure comprises a framework of purlins supported by clips and plates and upright cylindrical members to form a structure of a fence, wall or a structure and the method comprises supporting the purl... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877437 | Method and apparatus for a distributable globe graphical object A method and system for an interactive globe, which is use to view web content and which adds a geographic context to such content. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877434 | Method, system and apparatus for presenting forms and publishing form data A method for presenting forms and publishing form data are provided. A software component determines if a request for a network resource containing a form has been received. The software component then determines whether a previously compiled class file should be ut... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877265 | System and method for automated customer feedback A system and method for automated customer feedback allows for automatically collecting and analyzing customer feedback data regarding customer satisfaction and customer task completion with respect to self-service applications and live agents. When contacting a cus... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869021 | Multiple surface inspection system and method A system for on-the-fly inspection of components is provided. The system includes a prism structure disposed below an inspection item transit path. An image data system is disposed below the prism structure. A lighting assembly provides a first lighting source to il... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868067 | Composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine One aspect of the current invention is a halogen containing epoxy composition and a method of producing the same. A functional halogen group, fluorine in one case, is incorporated into an epoxy coating by using a functionalized amine curing agent in small amounts. F... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857619 | LED curing light having fresnel lenses Disclosed is a LED curing light device for curing of photo-polymerization materials. The device has a plurality of LED sources and a plurality of Fresnel lenses. The LED source is powered and controlled by a drive board and batteries providing high power curing ligh... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853502 | System and method for processing retrieval requests A system for processing transaction data is provided. The system includes a substitute draft system that receives a retrieval request and generates a substitute draft in response to the retrieval request. The system also includes a merchant interface that is connect... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853005 | Web-based network monitoring tool A monitoring tool for use with one or more automatic call distributors (ACD) which automatically and continuously polls or queries the ACDs to monitor not only alarm conditions but other conditions, such as agent staffing levels, call answering time, call routing an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852868 | Method and apparatus for establishing circuit connections over local area networks with frequency selective impairments A method for establishing a circuit connection over a network. Determining a channel quality profile of a medium connecting a source node and a destination node. Determining a throughput required to support a data rate requirement of an application that sources data... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851606 | Negatively charged minor groove binders The present invention provides a negatively charged minor groove binding compound, oligonucleotide conjugates comprising the same, and methods for using the same. The negatively charged minor groove binding compounds of the present invention comprises an acidic moie... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842587 | III-V MOSFET fabrication and device A semiconductor fabrication process includes forming a gate dielectric layer (120) overlying a substrate (101) that includes a III-V semiconductor compound. The gate dielectric layer is patterned to produce a gate dielectric structure (121) that... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842264 | Process and apparatus for carbon capture and elimination of multi-pollutants in flue gas from hydrocarbon fuel sources and recovery of multiple by-products A multiple stage apparatus and process using aerodynamic reactors and aero-coalescers in sequence for the selective capture and removal of purified carbon dioxide gas, the sequential capture and removal of mercury, metal and particulate aerosols by a recycling chemi... | 11/30/2010 |
