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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941814 | Device driver processing for automated system restores In one embodiment, a computer accessible medium comprises a plurality of instructions which, when executed and if a computer system comprises at least one virtual hardware device, identify the virtual hardware device and a corresponding physical hardware device. The... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941785 | System and method for managing information objects A system and method for managing information on a network using an identity index may include a software program stored on a computer-readable medium which is operable to associate one or more users with the information objects that define the user. The software pro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941697 | Failure handling using overlay objects on a file system using object based storage devices A system and method for data storage in an array. A system includes a client coupled to a storage subsystem including data storage locations addressable as rows and columns in an array. Each column comprises a separate storage device. Each row includes redundant dat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941684 | Synchronization of processor time stamp counters to master counter In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and a controller coupled to the processors. Each processor comprises at least one processor time stamp counter (TSC) and a first control unit configured to maintain the processor TSC. The controller co... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941642 | Method for selecting between divide instructions associated with respective threads in a multi-threaded processor In one embodiment, a multithreaded processor includes a multithreaded instruction source that may provide a plurality of instructions each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of threads. The multithreaded processor also includes a pick unit coupled to t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941621 | Automatically mounting and unmounting a volume during a backup or restore operation A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for sharing non-distributed, random-access storage resources among a plurality of computer systems. A first backup or restore operation may be initiated. In response to initiation of the first back... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941619 | Space-optimized backup set conversion A system for space-optimized backup set conversion may include a backup converter and a first sequence of backup images of a data source. Each backup image may be of a particular backup image type, such as a full image, a differential image, or an incremental image.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941490 | Method and apparatus for detecting spam in email messages and email attachments A method and system for a character-based document comparison are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an email message and determining a level of noise present in the message. The level of noise present in the email message is then utilized t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941484 | User interfaces for collaborative multi-locale context-aware systems management problem analysis A method to provide user interfaces for multi-locale context-aware systems management problem analysis comprises receiving a request for information associated with a systems management event, dynamically identifying a first locale designation associated with a firs... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941459 | Selectable use of single-instance store backup methodology in combination with other methods System and method for exporting single-instance data. A computer system includes a host configured to select a dataset having a first attribute and convey a request to a catalog to export the dataset. The first attribute is a data selection identifying a source of t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941405 | Password protection for file backups Various embodiments of a system and method for performing file backup operations are described. The method may operate to enable a user of a computer system to provide a password or other authentication information to associate with files on the computer system, e.g... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941394 | User interface providing summary information or a status pane in a web analytics tool A system and method provide a summary comparison of data. The summary may compare filtered and unfiltered data or one set of filtered data to another. The system presents a status pane or window to a user in conjunction with filtered data that is dynamically updated... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941244 | Stow and sortation system System and method for sortation of picked inventory into individual orders in an order fulfillment process, for example order fulfillment processes in materials handling facilities. Collections of items picked from inventory for multiple orders are stowed to locatio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940756 | Dynamic tagging of network data based on service level objectives A system for dynamic tagging of network data based on service level objectives comprises one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors. The memory comprises program instructions executable by the processors to identify a service level objective associa... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940110 | Cascode switching circuit A switch circuit is disclosed. The switch circuit may include one or more arrangements of transistors coupled in a cascode configuration. The transistors used to implement the switch circuit may be configured for operation within a first range of voltages. The appli... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937700 | System, processor, and method for incremental state save/restore on world switch in a virtual machine environment In one embodiment, a processor comprises a plurality of registers configured to store processor state and an execution core coupled to the registers. The execution core is configured, during a switch between processor execution of a guest and processor execution of ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937574 | Precise counter hardware for microcode loops In an embodiment, a microcode unit for a processor is contemplated. The microcode unit comprises a microcode memory storing a plurality of microcode routines executable by the processor, wherein each microcode routine comprises two or more microcode operations. Coup... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937556 | Minimizing TLB comparison size In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more registers configured to store a plurality of values that identify a virtual address space (collectively a tag), a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), and a control unit coupled to the TLB and the one or more register... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937545 | Method and apparatus for file-level restore from raw partition backups Method and apparatus for file-level restore from raw partition backups. A backup mechanism may be provided that is configured to perform raw partition backups to a media server and to support file-level restores from the raw partition backups through, for example, F... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937491 | On-demand initialization of services in an application server Various embodiments of a system and method for initializing application server services on demand are disclosed. In one embodiment, an application server may provide clients with a variety of services, where the clients may be applications and/or other services. Dur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937482 | Scalable consensus protocol In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of nodes coupled to a network. At least a subset of the nodes are configured to maintain a replica of a state machine. The nodes are classified into a plurality of non-overlapping classes. A first class comprises at ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936922 | Method and apparatus for segmenting images Method and apparatus for extending regions in two-dimensional (2-D) image space or volumes in three-dimensional (3-D) image space that are generated by a test area-based region growing mechanism. Embodiments of a dilation mechanism may perform post-processing of a r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935134 | Systems and methods for stabilization of bone structures A dynamic bone stabilization system is provided. The system may be placed through small incisions and tubes. The system provides systems and methods of treating the spine, which eliminate pain and enable spinal motion, which effectively mimics that of a normally fun... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934124 | Self-contained densely packed solid-state storage subsystem A rack mountable solid-state storage subsystem includes a plurality of interface units and a plurality of data storage modules to implement a mass storage device. Each of the interface units may be coupled to a plurality of communication ports for connection to a ho... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930751 | Method and apparatus for detecting malicious code in an information handling system A method for detecting malicious code on an information handling system includes executing malicious code detection code (MCDC) on the information handling system. The malicious code detection code includes detection routines. The detection routines are applied to e... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930738 | Method and apparatus for secure execution of code One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates secure execution of code. During operation, the system executes a section of code. Upon executing an instruction that raises a privilege of the section of code, the system checks if the secti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930684 | System and method for logging and replaying asynchronous events A system, method, and computer-accessible medium for logging and replaying asynchronous events are disclosed. One or more asynchronous events occurring during execution of a first instance of a computer program are logged. In logging the asynchronous events, a respe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930602 | Method and system for performing a double pass NTH fail bitmap of a device memory A method for performing a double pass nth fail bitmap of a memory array of a device under test includes a memory built-in test (MBIST) unit reading previously written data from each location of the memory array during a first pass, and detecting a failure... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930519 | Processor with coprocessor interfacing functional unit for forwarding result from coprocessor to retirement unit A processor unit and a coprocessor unit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the processor unit includes a functional unit that receives a set of instructions in an instruction stream and provides the set of instructions to the coprocessor unit. The coprocessor execute... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930485 | Speculative memory prefetch A system and method for pre-fetching data from system memory. A multi-core processor accesses a cache hit predictor concurrently with sending a memory request to a cache subsystem. The predictor has two tables. The first table is indexed by a portion of a memory add... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930481 | Controlling cached write operations to storage arrays An application may issue write operations intended for a SAN via a server cache. Monitoring of the SAN (e.g., the autonomous persistent cache of the storage arrays of the SAN), allows caching performance to be controlled by a write caching policy. The server cache m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930462 | Interface controller that has flexible configurability and low cost In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuits. Each SERDES circuit provides data received from a respective lane to which the SERDES circuit is coupled. A receive pipe is coupled to the SERDES circuits and comprises accumulate b... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930335 | Generic implementations of elliptic curve cryptography using partial reduction A reduction operation is utilized in an arithmetic operation on two binary polynomials X(t) and Y(t) over GF(2), where an irreducible polynomial Mm(t)=tm+am−1tm−1+am−2tm−2+ . . . +a1 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930313 | Controlling presentation of refinement options in online searches A method is provided that includes specifying enabling relationships, which map enabling sets of one or more enabling attribute-value pairs to respective enableable attributes. Responsively to the search query, a current state is designated that comprises current-st... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930236 | Direct tracking of keywords to ads/text The present invention overcomes the deficiencies and limitations of the prior art by providing a direct tracking module for keywords. In one embodiment, the system comprises a direct tracking module, a bid management system, a web analytics tool and a search engine.... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929549 | Method and apparatus for scrambling data for control of high-speed bidirectional signaling A memory subsystem includes a master controller that includes a pseudo random bit sequence (PRBS) generator having a plurality of output taps and an exclusive-OR (XOR) unit. The memory subsystem also includes a memory device that is coupled to the master controller ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928984 | Efficient data packaging for rendering bézier curves on a GPU A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering Bézier curves using a graphics processing unit (GPU). In one embodiment, a triangle representing a quadratic Bézier curve is sent to the GPU, wherein the triangle comprises only one... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928747 | Operating an integrated circuit at a minimum supply voltage In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises at least one measurement unit configured to generate an output indicative of a supply voltage at which the integrated circuit is operable for a given operating frequency and a control unit coupled to receive the out... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927449 | Sandwiched article for enhancement of a vehicle A cured sandwiched article may be used to enhance a portion of a vehicle. In some embodiments, a cured sandwiched article may include a core sandwiched between one or more backing layers and one or more top layers cured to conform to a surface of a vehicle. A cured ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926160 | Method of forming a lined tubular member A corrugated conduit and method of expanding to form a lined tubular member are described. In some embodiments, a corrugated conduit may be expandable. The corrugated conduit may be inserted into a tubular member and hydraulically or otherwise expanded against walls... | 04/19/2011 |
