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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7489621 | Adaptive puncturing technique for multicarrier systems Various embodiments are described for adaptive puncturing techniques involving an adaptive bit loading block to select a modulation scheme and a puncturing pattern for each of a plurality of subcarriers or subcarrier bands based on subcarrier channel state informati... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486279 | Integrated input and display device for a mobile computer A device and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the device comprises a primary display unit, a base unit coupled to the primary display unit, and a touch-sensitive secondary display unit, coupled to the base unit, operable to receive input from a user and displ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482857 | Unified bandgap voltage and PTAT current reference circuit A circuit provides a bandgap reference voltage that is substantially insensitive to temperature variations of an operating reference circuit. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480189 | Cross-coupled write circuit A write circuit structure may be used to transfer data between global bit lines and local bit lines of a cache. The write circuit structure located between the hierarchical bit lines may be buffers in parallel with P-channel devices in one embodiment or cross-couple... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477228 | Method and apparatus for characterizing and/or predicting display backlight response latency An approach to controlling an electronic system display includes determining a latency associated with changing a backlight brightness from a first level to a second level, and based on the determined latency, providing the latency predictions to a coordinating enti... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472289 | Audio noise mitigation for power state transitions An audio noise mitigation approach. For one aspect, a first voltage associated with a first power management state is provided. A signal responsive to an indication associated with at least a first type of periodic exit event is received and responsive to the signal... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463202 | Extendable antenna architecture A system and apparatus for an extendable antenna architecture are described. The apparatus may include an antenna body having one or more antenna traces, and an antenna housing to couple to the antenna body. The antenna housing may have an extended position and a re... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463205 | Dipole antenna for a watchband An electronic device such as watch adapted for wireless communication, the electronic device using a dipole antenna, the dipole antenna having two component parts, each of which being disposed in respective parts of a two-part connecting band, such as a watchband of... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463155 | Techniques for radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers A system, apparatus, and method to combine radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers into a single device are described wherein a first selection signal is sent to switch a first switch to a first state to connect a receiver to a f... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460082 | Sectored antenna systems for WLAN An access point may use two omni-directional antennas or one omni-directional antenna and multiple sectored antennas in a communications network. The mobile stations may use sectored antennas. The omni-directional antennas may include two or more sectored antennas. | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461272 | Device, system and method of thermal control Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may provide devices, systems and methods for thermal control. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include modifying an operational parameter of a processor based on a temperature of a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457127 | Common boot environment for a modular server system A method and apparatus to provision a plurality of server blades from a modular server system with operating system software is described. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7450655 | Timing error detection for a digital receiver A method and apparatus are provided for improved timing error detection. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449743 | Control gate profile for flash technology A nonvolatile memory device has a floating gate and a control gate. The floating gate incorporates a substantially vertical profile and provides the charge storage mechanism to set a specific threshold voltage. The control gate incorporates a sloped profile to enhan... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443173 | Systems and techniques for radio frequency noise cancellation Various embodiments for radio frequency (RF) noise cancellation are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise an RF noise cancellation system arranged to sense platform noise observed by a radio subsystem, create an inverse version of the sensed platfo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436290 | Sensor discrimination apparatus, system, and method A first and second node configured to couple to a load. A current source is adapted to drive a first current to the load through at least one of the first and second nodes. A first switch is coupled to the at least one of the first and second nodes. The first switch... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433383 | Techniques to detect radar in a communication signal Techniques to detect radar signals in a communication signal for a wireless system are described. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432808 | Wireless module enabled component carrier for parts inventory and tracking Apparatus, system, and method for wireless module enabled component carrier for parts inventory and tracking are described. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428586 | System and method for discovering undiscovered nodes using a registry bit in a point-to-multipoint network Various embodiments and techniques are described for discovery in a network, and for automatically discovering one or more nodes of the network. In an embodiment a discovery loop may be implemented to detect new nodes that may have been added to the network. The dat... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426403 | Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for discovering the presence of at least one source and target mobile device, automatically displaying a graphical interface to show the dataset from the source mobile device, and initiating the transmission of ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426395 | Techniques to select data rates for a wireless system A system, apparatus, method and article to select data rates for a wireless communication system are described. An apparatus may include a media access control processor to monitor interference levels for a receiver, estimate throughput values for each interference ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423508 | Control of eddy currents in magnetic vias for inductors and transformers in integrated circuits An embodiment is a magnetic via. More specifically, an embodiment is a magnetic via that increases the inductance of, for example, an integrated inductor or transformer while mitigating eddy currents therein that may limit the operation of the inductor or transforme... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418013 | Techniques to synchronize packet rate in voice over packet networks Method and apparatus to synchronize packet rate for audio information are described. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415656 | Techniques to preserve bandwidth in a communication system A method and apparatus to preserve bandwidth in a communication system are described wherein a receiver receives a first frame of transport blocks from a mobile device and an error detection module connected to the receiver detects whether each transport block conta... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411821 | Method and apparatus to protect nonvolatile memory from viruses An apparatus, system, method, and article for protecting nonvolatile memory from viruses are described. The apparatus may include a nonvolatile memory comprising one or more protected storage areas. The nonvolatile memory may be arranged to transform buffered inform... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411995 | Apparatus and related methods to aid in system identification in a heterogeneous communication system environment An apparatus and associated methods to aid in system identification in a heterogeneous communication environment is generally described herein. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406090 | Managing a buffer for media processing A method and apparatus to perform buffer management for media processing are described. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402958 | Display power partitioning According to one embodiment of the present invention, a voltage regulator is disclosed. The voltage regulator includes a step-down portion to step down an input voltage to a desired voltage when the input voltage is provided by a battery power source; and a step-up ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7404148 | Method, system and apparatus using a sensory cue to indicate subsequent action characteristics for data communications A communications device provides a user with a sensory cue that informs the user of certain characteristics of a subsequent action that includes data communications. By informing the user of the data communication characteristics before the user initiates the data c... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403521 | Multicast and broadcast operations in ethernet switches A switch and a process of operating a switch are described where a received data frame is copied one or more times into a memory before being transmitted out of the switch. The switch and method determine how much space in the memory is needed to store all of the co... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397877 | Clock drift compensation method for remote communications A system may include a buffer, a local clock, and a processor. The buffer may store and output received media information. The local clock may control a rate at which the buffer outputs stored media information. The processor may determine a number of mean time diff... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391327 | Magnetic detacher with open access Various embodiments of a magnetic detacher with open access are described. In one embodiment, the magnetic detacher may include magnet assembly to provide open access to a hard tag and a magnetic field sufficient to disengage a clamping mechanism of the hard tag. Ot... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373112 | Trained data transmission for communication systems Various embodiments are described for a trained data transmission for communication systems. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373090 | Modulator driver circuit with selectable on-chip termination A method and apparatus to accommodate differing output loads without sacrificing impedance matching in an optical modulator driver. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372957 | Method and apparatus for implementing call processing in packet telephony networks Various method and apparatus are provided to perform call routing, queuing and other call processing in packet telephony networks. In one embodiment, an automatic call distributor (ACD) system to perform call processing for packet telephony calls may include a call ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369603 | Compensating for spectral attenuation A method and apparatus to compensate for spectral attenuation are described wherein the spectral attenuation for a communications channel is determined, a first filter is created for the attenuation and the first filter compensates for the attenuation. The spectral ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369548 | Communicating information using a configurable protocol A method and apparatus to communicate information using a configurable protocol are described. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366473 | Method and apparatus for diversity switching control A method and apparatus for diversity switching control are generally described herein. According to one embodiment, a diversity control network is introduced which effectively reduces the number of coaxial cables required to interface with N antennas from the conven... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366427 | Line driver with variable bandwidth control A method and apparatus to provide bandwidth control in a high speed line driver circuit is described. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366781 | Network apparatus for switching based on content of application data A network apparatus is provided between a network and a plurality of processing nodes or servers. The network apparatus includes a content based message director (e.g., XML director) to route or direct messages received from the network to one of the processing node... | 04/29/2008 |
