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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7734029 | Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation A method for automated call initiation includes initiating a call to a destination using a first communication line. The method also includes initiating a call status determination that determines when a person answers the call at the destination. Furthermore, the m... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722759 | Apparatus, system, and method for separating minerals from mineral feedstock An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for separating minerals from mineral feedstock—for example bitumen from tar sand. The apparatus includes residence chambers for contacting solvent and tar sand. The solvent-tar sand contact occurs in at least two stag... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7707158 | Method and computer program product for enabling dynamic and adaptive business processes through an ontological data model A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for selecting services of a business process for execution is provided. Ontological data is read from a data store, and an ontological model representative of the ontological data is then generated. Th... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702864 | Apparatus, system, and method for writing stripes in parallel to unique persistent storage devices An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for copying data from a volatile memory device to a plurality of persistent storage devices in response to a loss of primary power. The apparatus includes a section module, a stripe module, and a write module. The secti... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702789 | Apparatus, system, and method for reassigning a client An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reassigning a client. A selection module selects a second computation module that is hardware compatible with a first computation module. A suspension module suspends a software process for a client executing on the... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702786 | Taking a resource offline in a storage network Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and computer program product to reduce the detrimental effects of taking resources offline. A resource is taken offline in a storage network by quiescing activity to the resource providing notification that the resource will become... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698592 | Apparatus and method for controlling raid array rebuild An apparatus and method are disclosed for rebuilding a data storage array having plural communication paths. A first error detecting component detects an error at a data storage device of a data storage array. The data storage device has a plurality of ports and is ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698428 | Apparatus, system, and method for grid based data storage An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for backing up data across a plurality of clients on a grid computing system. A sequence management apparatus includes a client request module, a sequence module, and packet storage module. The sequence module is config... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698095 | Apparatus, system, and method for detecting fan rotation direction in electronic devices An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining fan rotation direction. A first temperature detection module detects a first temperature at a first location between a fan and a heat generating device. The fan provides cooling for the heat generating d... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697404 | Medium, system, and method for a common optical data storage medium depression depth A medium, system, and method are disclosed for a common data storage medium depression depth. An optical data storage medium comprises a plurality of spacer layers and data surfaces. A wavelength for a radiation beam such as the emission of a laser diode is identifi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697228 | Apparatus, system, and method for interchange testing An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for interchanging testing. A test module moves a first tape from a tape pool to a first reserved slot of plurality of reserved slots using an accessor. In an embodiment, there is one (1) reserved slot corresponding to e... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694096 | Apparatus, system, and method for implementing protected partitions in storage media An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for implementing protected partitions in storage media. The apparatus includes a control module configured to communicate with a host and receive read/write commands for a storage device, and a protection module operati... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693878 | Hierarchical storage management using dynamic tables of contents and sets of tables of contents A system, apparatus, and process creates a table of contents (TOC), including one or more table of contents (TOC) entries, to manage data in a hierarchical storage management system. Each TOC entry contains metadata describing the contents and attributes of a data o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689756 | Apparatus and system for an address translation device An apparatus, system and method to facilitate I2C communication between a host device and a slave device where the slave device shares a common physical address with another slave device on the I2C bus. The apparatus includes a detection module to detect an incoming... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689743 | Data copy system apparatus and method An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for copying data. The present invention includes a data storage subsystem that supports fast replication and a host system that communicates a fast replication request to the data storage subsystem, estimates an expecte... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686619 | Apparatus, system, and method for a configurable blade card An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a configurable blade card. A base card is in physical and electrical communication with a blade connector. The blade connector is in physical and electrical communication with a blade enclosure connector. A secondar... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685389 | Apparatus, system, and method for setting protection states of protected partitions in storage media An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for setting protection states of protected partitions in storage media. The apparatus includes a control module configured to receive protection state transition commands from a host for a target partition, a check modu... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685325 | Synchronous bus controller system A system for generating bus signals for a plurality of remote stations. Bus data packets are comprised of a plurality of data blocks. Each data block is directed to a remote station. The position of each data block in the data packet identifies the remote station to... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684143 | Apparatus, system, and method for limiting frame spacing error during timing-based servo pattern fabrication An apparatus, system and method to limit frame spacing error during timing-based servo pattern fabrication. An apparatus in accordance with the invention may include a first servo write head to simultaneously write servo stripes onto a first servo frame of a magneti... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681082 | Method and apparatus for improved error avoidance in a redundant data path system A logic arrangement, method and computer program for reducing incidence of errors in a redundant path system during a process of attachment of a device to a running subsystem, comprises a control component for encapsulating the process of attachment of a device to a... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680933 | Apparatus, system, and method for on-demand control of grid system resources An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for on-demand control of a grid system resource on a grid computing system. An on-demand management apparatus includes a user input module, a parameter module, and a reservation module. The user input module is configur... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680926 | Apparatus, system, and method for dynamically determining a set of storage area network components for performance monitoring An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dynamically determining a set of Storage Area Network (SAN) components for performance monitoring. The computer program product monitors SAN components of a predefined set of SAN components according to a monitor da... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680771 | Apparatus, system, and method for database provisioning An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for provisioning database resource within a grid database system. The apparatus comprises an analysis module and a provision module. The analysis module analyzes a data query stream from an application to a database ins... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679217 | Apparatus, system, and method for a high efficiency redundant power system An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a high efficiency redundant power system. First and second power supplies are connected in parallel to power a load. Each power supply includes a primary stage and a regulator stage. Each primary stage regulates vol... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676445 | Apparatus, system and method for developing failure prediction software An apparatus, system, and method are provided for developing failure prediction software for a storage system. The present invention allows a user to edit and revise a failure prediction algorithm that includes fuzzy logic rules. The failure prediction algorithm is ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673071 | Apparatus, system, and method for generating a name for a system of devices An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating a name for a system of devices. An identifier identifies each component in the system. Once each component is identified, information such as the World Wide Name (WWN) of each component is stored in a dat... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669870 | Retrofit adjustable eccentric front motorcycle axle An adjustable axle assembly for the front fork of a motorcycle. In the preferred embodiment, the axle is received within an eccentric axle carrier which in turn is received within mounting holes in the front fork. The mounting holes utilize a pinch bolts as a clampi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668952 | Apparatus, system, and method for controlling a processing system An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling a processing system. The apparatus to control a processing system is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of controlling a processing system. These ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668805 | System and method for managing query access to information A system, computer usable medium and computer-based method for supporting named memory variables in an information retrieval system including a relational database. PUBLIC and PRIVATE named memory variables can be created, referenced, modified or deleted using SQL s... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668096 | Apparatus for modeling queueing systems with highly variable traffic arrival rates An apparatus is provided for modeling queuing systems with highly variable traffic arrival rates. The apparatus includes means to associate a value with a pattern of highly variable arrival rates that is simple and intuitive, and a means to accurately model queuing ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661135 | Apparatus, system, and method for gathering trace data indicative of resource activity An apparatus, system, and method are provided for gathering trace data indicative of resource activity on a computer system. The present invention includes a monitoring module that initiates one or more activity monitors on a target computer system to detect differe... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7661103 | Apparatus, system, and method for decentralized data conversion An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for decentralized data conversion. The present invention includes providing a server configured to be accessible over the Internet and receiving a payment from a user through a payment gateway module, the gateway module... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660884 | Apparatus, system, and method for generating a resource utilization description for a parallel data processing system An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating a resource utilization description for a parallel data processing system. The method comprises developing a system model using the data flow graph for a target data processing job. The system model is the... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657870 | Method and apparatus for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing system A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing system. An extensible framework is provided, which provides function groups to amalgamate extended sets of functionality by either vendor or ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657595 | Method and system for generating auxiliary-server cache identifiers A method, system, and computer program product, by which portions of the session information that page-content is dependent upon are “pushed” to the client from the origin server in a way such that auxiliary servers, e.g. other application servers and edge-serve... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657364 | Apparatus, system, and method for thermal management of an engine comprising a continuously variable transmission A method is disclosed for thermal management of an engine comprising a continuously variable transmission. The method includes an engine capability module storing a torque-speed map comprising a first region where the engine inefficiently regenerates an aftertreatme... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656656 | Storage device enclosure An enclosure for storage devices having at least one mounting surface and a viscoelastic layer disposed between a first layer and a second layer of the mounting surface. A receiver secured to the mounting surface within the enclosure receives a storage device carrie... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654949 | Apparatus, system, and method for creating an individually balanceable environment of sound and light A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for therapeutic light and sound, comprising the steps of exposing a user to spectral light and laterally directed sound and adjusting the manner of exposure sufficient to elicit a desired autonomic nervous response. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654260 | Protective helmet for air extraction from snow An apparatus and system are disclosed to extract breathable air from snow via a protective helmet. The apparatus includes a protective structure, at least one air intake cavity, and a mouthpiece. The protective structure defines an inner cavity and an outer surface.... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653650 | Apparatus, system, and method for synchronizing change histories in enterprise applications An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for synchronizing change histories in enterprise applications. An access module accesses a source data object container provided by a source EIS and a destination data object container provided by a destination EIS. The... | 01/26/2010 |
