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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185514 | User-interface feature and technique for providing users of a network site links that have been determined to be of interest to the user A visitor of a network site is provided information about previously viewed content from that site. One or more internal pages of the network site that the user selects to view during one or more visits to the network site is recorded. At least one of the one or mor... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183887 | High speed signaling system with adaptive transmit pre-emphasis A high-speed signaling system with adaptive transmit pre-emphasis. A transmit circuit has a plurality of output drivers to output a first signal onto a signal path. A receive circuit is coupled to receive the first signal via the signal path and configured to genera... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177180 | Mounting assembly for arrays and other surface-mounted equipment A mounting system is provided for supporting equipment such as solar module arrays on a rooftop or other underlying surface. The mounting system includes a pipe, and a grasp section. These couple to a base that is extended into or otherwise integrated with the under... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170163 | Partial response receiver A signaling system is described. The signaling system comprises a transmit device, a receive device including a partial response receive circuit, and a signaling path coupling the transmit device and the receive device. The receive device observes an equalized signa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159959 | Graphic user interface for playing video data A graphic user interface is provided to facilitate a playback of a movie from any desired point. The graphic user interface includes a track bar to reflect how much time data pertaining to the movie title is available for playback. After it is determined that a curr... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158082 | Micro-fluidic device Embodiments described herein provide micro-fluidic systems and devices for use in performing various diagnostic and analytical tests. According to one embodiment, the micro-fluidic device includes a sample chamber for receiving a sample, and a reaction chamber for p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156359 | Low-power idle mode for network transceiver Low-power idle mode for network transceivers. In one aspect, a method for reducing power consumption of a transceiver connected to a communication network includes entering a low-power idle mode, and in this mode, repeatedly turning off a transmitter of the transcei... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151133 | Method for calibrating read operations in a memory system A method of calibrating read operations in a memory system is disclosed. The method involves placing a memory controller in a calibration mode, and performing a series of dummy read operations. Each of the read operations performs a read of pre-specified data stored... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146143 | Fraud detection In some embodiments, techniques for information security include receiving information related to an authentication credential, wherein the information is related to a failed authentication attempt; determining whether the authentication credential is related to a v... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139508 | Self-forming network A connected computer may be operated as node by inspecting communications from other nodes that pass through that node. From the communications, two or more pointers may be determined for the given node. These pointers may include a first pointer identified by a def... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135555 | Strobe-offset control circuit A strobe offset control circuit is disclosed. The control circuit comprises a strobe signal input to receive a strobe signal and a data receiver to receive a data signal in response to a sample signal derived from the strobe signal. A calibration enable input is pro... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135061 | Variable bit rate encoding A system, machine-readable medium and method for processing video comprising a video segmentor configured to receive a source video and to split the source video into segments; a bit rate allocator configured to receive the segments and generate target bit rates cor... | 03/13/2012 |
| D655705 | Housing for a mobile computing device | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123580 | Interface system for segmented surfboard A waterboard includes a head segment having a concave rear edge, a tail segment having a convex front edge, an interface system adapted to removably connect the head and tail segments together. The interface system includes a head interface connecter having a convex... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121237 | Signaling system with adaptive timing calibration An integrated circuit device includes a delay circuit, sampling circuit and delay control circuit that cooperate to carry out adaptive timing calibration. The delay circuit generates a timing signal by delaying an aperiodic input signal for a first interval. The sam... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111533 | System for dynamically managing power consumption in a search engine The power consumption of a search engine such as a CAM device is dynamically adjusted to prevent performance degradation and/or damage resulting from overheating. For some embodiments, the CAM device is continuously sampled to generate sampling signals indicating th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108792 | Automated scrolling of browser content and automated activation of browser links An automatic scrolling mechanism converts an information repository into media that can actively present and “push” information to the users/viewers while retaining existing “pull” and interactivity functions. Automatic scrolling can be controlled by placing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102628 | Disk drive and head assembly having hole sequences Embodiments disclose hole sequences that are formed in the metal layer of a trace to adjust rigidity and crosstalk noise resulting from the hole sequences is thereby suppressed. A suspension according to one aspect of the invention includes a trace adapted to transm... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102627 | Slider suspension assembly having limiter tab passing through load beam hole both within slider silhouette Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a limiter mechanism that permits the gimbal to be designed more freely than before. The head gimbal assembly (HGA) according to one embodiment of the present invention has a limiter mechanism within the si... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102625 | Magnetic head slider Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic head slider capable of reducing thermal protrusion attributable to a heating mechanism for heat-assisted recording. According to one embodiment, a magnetic head slider for heat-assisted recording includes an in... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102621 | Integrated upstream spoiler and particle filter in a hard-disk drive (HDD) Approaches for integrating an upstream spoiler with a particle filter in a hard-disk drive (HDD). According to an approach, a single part may comprise an upstream spoiler and an opening. The single part has a structure which enables an airborne particle filter to be... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102619 | Airborne particle trap within an enclosure containing sensitive equipment A method and apparatus for a filter for filtering airborne particles present within an enclosure containing equipment sensitive is provided. The filter may be used within the enclosure of a hard disk drive. The filter may comprise a magnetic plate enclosed by a prot... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102212 | Signaling system with low-power automatic gain control An integrated circuit receiver includes a first channel comprising an amplifier responsive to a first gain control value in a first mode to receive an input signal and generate a first amplified signal having a transition rate. Detection circuitry in the first chann... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099511 | Instantaneous media-on-demand Various techniques for providing instantaneous media services are disclosed. Some of the techniques provide an instantaneous media-on-demand system, process and method for the same. Such a system offers a dynamic library with a significant number of titles from whic... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099182 | System and method for facilitating analysis of game simulation of spectator sports leagues Embodiments described herein facilitate an analysis of a game simulation of a series of sporting events that occur over a duration of time. A plurality of parameters may be associated with individual players in a series of sporting events. An input may be detected f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098768 | Compensation of ethernet transmit baseline wander Compensation of transmit baseline wander in data transmission on a network. In one aspect, compensating for baseline wander includes receiving a signal to be transmitted by a transmitter, where the transmitter is operable with a higher-speed transmission standard re... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094403 | Correcting errors in position of an HDD write-head A hard-disk drive (HDD) with a current adjustment component is provided. The current adjustment component changes an amount of current to a magnetic-recording head of the HDD to cause a change in the strength of a magnetic write field produced by the magnetic-record... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089824 | Memory controller with staggered request signal output A memory controller having a time-staggered request signal output. A first timing signal is generated while a second timing signal is generated having a first phase difference relative to the first timing signal. An address value is transmitted in response to the fi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089793 | Dynamic random access memory based content addressable storage element with concurrent read and compare A content addressable memory (CAM) cell includes a first storage element for storing a data value, a second storage element for storing the data value, and a compare circuit having first inputs to receive from the first storage element a first complementary data sig... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086641 | Integrated search engine devices that utilize SPM-linked bit maps to reduce handle memory duplication and methods of operating same An integrated search engine device evaluates span prefix masks for keys residing at leaf parent levels of a search tree to identify a longest prefix match to an applied search key. This longest prefix match resides at a leaf node of the search tree that is outside a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085893 | Low jitter clock recovery circuit A clock recovery circuit includes a first phase detector for measuring the phase difference between a first clock signal from a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a data signal. A phase shifter responsive to a control signal based on this phase difference adjus... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085488 | Predicting operational problems in a hard-disk drive (HDD) A method and apparatus for determining the likelihood that a hard-disk drive (HDD) will experience an imminent error in operation is provided. The HDD comprises a differential pressure sensor capable of measuring the difference in the pressure between the interior a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073856 | System and method for efficiently searching a forwarding database that is split into a bounded number of sub-databases having a bounded size A method, apparatus, and storage medium product are provided for forming a forwarding database, and for using the formed database to more efficiently and quickly route packets of data across a computer network. The forwarding database is arranged into multiple sub-d... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068642 | System and method for remotely monitoring and/or viewing images from a camera or video device A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068313 | Microactuator, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive device Embodiments of the present invention relate to approaches to effectively let noise on a head slider bonded to a silicon substrate of a microactuator, escape to the ground. A head gimbal assembly (HGA) according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068306 | Write quality of HDD heads experiencing temporary fly-height problems Approaches for improving the write quality of a hard-disk drive (HDD) head experiencing temporary fly-height problem. When the hard-disk drive is idle and heads are parked on the ramp, fluid, such as a lubricant or the condensation of vapor, may collect between the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059439 | Encoding data for storage in a content addressable memory An encoding scheme is disclosed that allows a CAM device to selectively store, within each cell of a row of the CAM device, either a single bit of a binary value or two bits of an encoded data word encoded from the binary value. By storing two bits of the encoded da... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059365 | Head stack assembly, manufacturing method thereof and multi-disc magnetic storage device Embodiments of the present invention provide a head stack assembly and a manufacturing method thereof in which manufacturing costs as a multi-disc magnetic device are reduced by increasing the yield and reducing inventory of magnetic heads which can be assembled to ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054696 | System and method to improve reliability in memory word line A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving reliability in a memory circuit. The method includes coupling a pull-down element to a word line, the pull-down element coupled distal to a word line driver. The method further includes, when the word line exhibits ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051085 | Determining regular expression match lengths A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining the lengths of one or more substrings of an input string that matches a regular expression (regex) The input string is searched for the regex using an non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA), and upon detecting a... | 11/01/2011 |
