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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185953 | Detecting anomalous network application behavior System and Method for detecting anomalous network application behavior. Network traffic between at least one client and one or more servers may be monitored. The client and the one or more servers may communicate using one or more application protocols. The network ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185840 | Mixed signal analysis system and method of use System and method implementing an integrated interface for multiple instruments for signal analysis, including two or more virtual instruments. The method includes a) receiving user input specifying an operation implementing at least a portion of a signal analysis f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185835 | Collector node for a graphical program A system and method for creating a graphical program that performs a numerical function on at least a subset of a set of data values received over a period of time. The method may utilize a “collector node”, which simplifies these types of common programming tas... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185834 | User-defined events for a graphical programming environment One embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method for enabling a graphical program to dynamically register one or more events during execution of the graphical program. An event registration node may be displayed in the block diagram of the graphical pro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185833 | Graphical deployment of a program to a device which displays the program proximate to the device A system and method for creating and using configuration diagrams for configuring distributed systems. The methods described herein may be used for various types of operations in configuring distributed systems, including creating programs, managing programs in the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185832 | Graphical deployment of a program to a device which displays the program connected to the device A system and method for creating and using configuration diagrams for configuring distributed systems. The methods described herein may be used for various types of operations in configuring distributed systems, including creating programs, managing programs in the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185680 | Method for changing ownership of a bus between master/slave devices A system may comprise multiple master/slave devices coupled to a common bus, where one of the devices may operate as the current master device and the other devices may operate as current slave devices. Current slave devices may embed bus ownership request informati... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180849 | System and method for managing web services A system for managing a plurality of web services of a service oriented architecture (SOA) comprising a registry including a description of each of the plurality of web services registered in the registry, a service filter adapted to filter at least one request of a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176486 | Maintaining a pool of free virtual machines on a server computer Various embodiments of a system and method for managing virtual machines on a server computer are described. According to one embodiment of the method, a pool of free virtual machines may be maintained on the server computer, e.g., where the number of virtual machin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176479 | Case structure replacement in a data flow diagram System and method for generating a data flow diagram. A first case structure may be specified. Each case of the first case structure that includes a respective plurality of input bound data flow nodes may be partitioned into one or more data flow diagram portions. T... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176471 | Static binding of nodes to virtual instruments in a graphical program A system and method for creating a graphical program utilizing one or more nodes which are statically bound to one or more virtual instruments (VIs). The system and method for static binding provides a way to interact individually with controls and indicators of a V... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176351 | Sampling mechanism for data acquisition counters One or more counter units of a data acquisition device used to perform sampling operations. Each of the counter units is configurable to operate in a selected one of a plurality of modes. During operation, at least one of the counter units may receive a measurement ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175725 | Adapting move constraints for position based moves in a trajectory generator Adapting move constraints for position based moves in a trajectory generator. Specification of a trajectory may be received. The specification may include a geometry of the trajectory, where the geometry specifies a desired trajectory length. A plurality of constrai... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175190 | Managing spectra of modulated signals in a communication network Information is modulated onto frequency components of a signal. The resulting modulated signal includes at least some redundancy in frequency enabling a portion of the information modulated onto selected frequency components to be recovered from fewer than all of th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171436 | Converting portions of a software program executing on a processing system to hardware descriptions System and method for developing an ASIC. A software program may be stored which includes program instructions which implement a function. The software program may be executed on a processing system at a desired system speed and may be validated based on the executi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170051 | In-home coexistence network Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of network bandwidth. In some examples, a guaranteed interval period, including a guaranteed interval start time and guaranteed interval end time, can be identified based upon policy. Network stations can then identify firs... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658221 | Camera | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161144 | Defining a switch device route based on required signal characteristics and resource dependencies A system and method for defining a route through one or more switch devices based on signal requirements and/or resource dependencies. The user may interact with a graphical user interface to specify required signal characteristics for the route, such as signal band... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156508 | Method for runtime execution of one or more tasks defined in a workflow process language Runtime execution of one or more tasks defined in a workflow process language. The method may include obtaining a description of the task from a process ontology (PO). The PO may define a hierarchical taxonomy of executable tasks, where each task refers to at least ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156362 | Hardware monitoring and decision making for transitioning in and out of low-power state A power management controller (PMC) that interfaces with a processor comprising one or more cores. The PMC may be configured to communicate with each respective core, such that microcode executed by the respective processor core may recognize when a request is made ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156352 | Single pin port power control A power controller for a peripheral bus interface. A peripheral bus power controller includes a first terminal, a second terminal coupled to receive an power enable input signal from a host controller, and a third terminal coupled to provide an over-current output s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156295 | Four-slot asynchronous communication mechanism with decreased latency System and method for a four-slot asynchronous communication mechanism with decreased latency. The system may include a host system and a client device. The host may comprise a data structure with four (two pairs of) slots. The client may comprise first information ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156274 | Direct slave-to-slave data transfer on a master-slave bus A method and system for transferring data between two slave devices. A system includes a master device and first and second slave devices coupled to the master device by a peripheral bus. The master device is configured to configure the first slave device as a sourc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156177 | Fail-safe system for managing of client-server communication The invention relates to a system for managing of communication between at least one client (10a-d) and at least one server (12a-d) with a primary broker (20) which comprises a first volatile memory (23) and wh... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155769 | Industrial control with integrated machine vision System and method for performing industrial control. A vision engine operable to execute vision functions to control a vision element in response to received asynchronous commands is stored on a vision system. An application programming interface (API) that provides... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155612 | Wireless device using a shared gain stage for simultaneous reception of multiple protocols A wireless device that can process signals according to multiple wireless protocols simultaneously and without signal loss. The wireless device may comprise an antenna and first and second wireless protocol circuitry. The first wireless protocol circuitry comprises ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155140 | Collision avoidance for a network system Determining if a packetized wireless signal is present on a wireless communication medium. A first signal may be received from the wireless communication medium. A correlation of the first signal may be performed using a delayed version of the first signal to produc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154632 | Detection of defective pixels in an image sensor A system and method for detecting defective pixels in a sensor. A plurality of pixel values of the sensor may be detected. The values may include those of a first pixel and each nearest neighboring pixel to the first pixel. A second pixel may have the highest value ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154270 | Power-up control for very low-power systems An input protection circuit (IPC) may prevent an input signal from propagating into a system, such as an integrated circuit (IC), when the voltage level of the input signal exceeds a specified value. The IPC may be configured to compare the input signal voltage, whi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154053 | Programmable metal elements and programmable via elements in an integrated circuit An integrated circuit may include one or more cells, with each cell comprising a first and a second input terminal, a first and a second output terminal, and a number of connection stages configured to couple each input terminal to a corresponding respective output ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152635 | Providing network and game content based on wireless signals Providing content on a web site based on content in a game based. A wireless signal may be detected. Content in a game may be provided based on the detection of the wireless signal. The content may have been unavailable in the game prior to said detecting the wirele... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152633 | Providing game content based on wireless signals Providing content in a game based on wireless signals. A wireless signal may be detected. Content in a game may be provided based on the detection of the wireless signal. The content may have been unavailable in the game prior to said detecting the wireless signal. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151244 | Merging graphical programs based on an ancestor graphical program System and method for merging graphical programs. Information is received regarding first, second, and third graphical programs, where the third graphical program is an ancestor graphical program of the first and second. The information is analyzed to determine diff... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150452 | Providing a connection between a memory medium of a mobile device and an external device System and method for providing a high speed connection to a memory medium of a mobile device. The mobile device may be a mobile phone or other type of portable electronic device. The memory medium may be removable and/or may be flash memory, as desired. The mobile ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149739 | Background call validation A management system may test network paths prior to scheduled calls. Testing network paths may include one endpoint placing a test call to an endpoint on the other end of the path. Various characteristics of the network path may be tested. If the network path fails ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149703 | Powerline network bridging congestion control In a powerline network, a power line node device coupled to a host bridge application detects a “jam packet” in response to an attempt to pass a frame to the host bridge application. The powerline node device uses internal logic to override a conventional ARQ re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149001 | Low cost fingerprint sensor system Low cost fingerprint system having a single chip solution includes a circuit board, a fingerprint sensor array fabricated onto a first surface of the circuit board, and an integrated circuit die for processing information received from the fingerprint sensor array i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149000 | Detecting closure of an electronic device using capacitive sensors System and method for determining closure of an electronic device. The electronic device may include a top portion and a bottom portion, and may be connecting via a hinge or other closing mechanism. The top portion and/or the bottom portion may include one or more c... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146111 | Calling services from a remote client Making a service implementation accessible for a client application in a service oriented architecture. The method may include extracting an interface definition language file from the service implementation, which defines the interface information to be provided by... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146053 | Graphical programming environment with first model of computation that includes a structure supporting second model of computation System and method for creating a graphical program that uses multiple models of computation (MoC). A first plurality of graphical program elements is assembled in a graphical program in response to first input, where the assembled first plurality of graphical progra... | 03/27/2012 |