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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6599600 | Pressure sensitive releasable latex dipped felt underlay A dimensionally stable carpet underlay manufactured from needle-punched fibers arranged to form a non-woven felt fabric, to which an acrylic latex pressure sensitive adhesive is applied by a dipping process that coats the surfaces of the fibers and fills ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6567539 | Method for producing an image using a portable object The invention relates to a method for producing a predetermined image by means of a device (40) and a portable object (8), the device including data processing means, data memorizing means, and image processing means, and the portable object including dat... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6536034 | Method for modifying code sequences and related device The present invention relates to a process and a device for modifying code sequences written into a first memory (2) of a medium. A central processing unit (1) executes code sequences and the first memory contains a main program comprising at least one co... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6526411 | System and method for creating dynamic playlists Method and system provided for creating a dynamic playlist including meta-data having potential association with a respective content item configured to be played on a content player, and having dynamic addition of subtraction of playlist items. The syste... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6516040 | Interconnection process and interface using parallelized high-speed serial links A process and interface for interconnection of multiprocessor modules by point-to-point serial-to-parallel links. Data processing or data communication modules (A and B) are interconnected by means of high-speed point-to-point serial links conveying multi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6505144 | Portable object reader terminal, portable object, and process for self-diagnosis and supervision of same Terminal equipped with an application program, with at least one output constituted either by a display, or by a printer, or by a communications network, or by a portable object, and cooperating with a portable object equipped with a non-volatile memory a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484160 | Process for optimizing accesses to a database The invention relates to a process for optimizing accesses to a database. This process allows client applications to request a CMIS-DB server, via an online configuration, to customize the generic representation for the object classes for which the access... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6483920 | Key recovery process used for strong encryption of messages The present invention relates to a key recovery process used for strong encryption of a message sent by an entity, which message is either to be stored locally or transmitted to another entity, the reading of a message requiring a decryption key which can... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480900 | Communication method in a set of distributed systems via an internet type network The invention relates to a communication process via an internet network that comprises distributed systems (S1). Each system (S1) is connected to the network (SRX) via a standard interface module (10), standard software l... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477597 | Lock architecture for large scale system The lock architecture for a computer system comprises several processors (10, 11, 12, 13) such that each processor (10) requesting a resource of the system takes control of said resource if a first lock state indicates that said resource is free. The requ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473848 | Method for controlling memory access on a machine with non-uniform memory access and machine for implementing such a method On a machine with non-uniform memory access distributed over several modules, each module includes one or more processors for executing tasks on a virtual or physical addressing space by effective addresses generating logical page numbers to which it is p... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6434679 | Architecture for vital data management in a multi-module machine and process for implementing an architecture of this type The invention relates to an architecture for management of vital data in a multi-module digital data processing machine (1) and the process for its implementation. Each module (M1 through Mn) comprises a physical nonvolatile memory (... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430686 | Disk subsystem with multiple configurable interfaces The present invention relates to a disk storage subsystem with multiple configurable interfaces, characterized in that it comprises at least one interface adapter board (1a, 1b), at least one drawer (4), each comprising a plurality of disks (20), each dra... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430613 | Process and system for network and system management The present invention relates to a process and a system for network and system management. The process for network management comprises at least one submanager (COACH) located in a containing tree between a main manager (AD) and the equipment units of a l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422470 | Process for secure processing of a sensitive logical element in a storage register, and security module implementing this process The invention relates to a process for the secure processing of a sensitive logical element (S2) in a storage register (30) containing several words (31-38), each formed of several logical elements (L1-L8, S1-S8). The process comprises: defining a first a... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6404888 | Confusion data generator A confusion data generator for the generation of non-linear confusion data utilizes a plurality of arrays acting as non-linear state machines to generate a stream of confusion data of a certain width. Each non-linear state machine contributes equally to t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401184 | Process for locating physical addresses in a nonuniform access memory and computer system for implementing the process A computer system comprises a nonuniform access memory distributed in several places of residence. The memory accesses a physical resource of the memory at a physical address constituted by a field of i bits and a field of j bits. The memory comprises a t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393125 | Initializer for a confusion data generator A method and apparatus for the initialization of a class of non-linear confusion data generators is especially useful to enhance the security of non-linear confusion data generators that are restricted to short size secret keys or seeds. The initializer u... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6373850 | Stand alone routing switch and videoconferencing system using the stand alone routing switch A videoconferencing center (31, 33) for data communications and teleprocessing is provided which comprises first routing switches having a plurality of sending ports (51, 53, 55, 57) and a plurality of receiving ports (50, 52, 54, 56), each sending port a... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370674 | Process for evaluating the performance of very high scale integrated circuits The components of performance analysis considered within the scope of the invention are, in particular, the determination of the speed at which a circuit or a circuit component can generate output signals from input signals, and the noise immunity of the ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362960 | Case for containing fan-cooled electronic equipment A case (1) for housing at least one unit of electronic equipment (2) includes at least one fan (3) and an opening (15) for extracting the fan (3). A moving element (18, 28, 4, 33) is provided which, when the fan (3) is inside the case (1), is maintained i... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6340043 | Device for sealing a system for conditioning products on a palette A series of flexible sheets are used around a pallet with products thereon, the pallet being disposed in a tunnel. The flexible sheets fill with air pressure supplied at one end of the tunnel such that air leakage around the periphery of the pallet and pr... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6338080 | Device and process for handling the execution of a job in a data processing system The present invention relates to a process and a device for handling the execution of a job in an open data processing system as a function of the resources. The process comprises the following steps: determining the resources available in virtual memory, real... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6338072 | Device and process for dynamically controlling the allocation of resources in a data processing system A system and process for dynamically controlling the allocation of resources in a "UNIX" open data processing system that includes a local resource manager, wherein the system is configured to sort jobs by dimension, which is defined as a set of currently... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321686 | Multi-purpose, species-discriminating bird feeder for controlling ingress and egress of birds into interior of bird feeder A multi-purpose, species-discriminating bird feeder includes a base, a top, and a plurality of sides extending between the base and the top. At least two of the sides include an upper side member and a lower side member. The upper and lower side members a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321361 | Process for detecting errors in a serial link of an integrated circuit and device for implementing the process The present invention relates to a process for detecting errors in an integrated circuit constituting a high-speed serial-parallel communication port and which allows a restart in case of an error, the port (100) comprising, in a sending part (... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6305074 | Support for integrated circuit and process for mounting an integrated circuit on a support The process for mounting an integrated circuit (11) on a support (10) comprising a structure (13) of conductors (14) comprises connecting the conductors to respective terminals (12) of the integrated circuit without interposing a part of the support for i... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305015 | Information processing system architecture An information processing system architecture comprising a set of software products subdivided into domains (21-23), each of which comprises at least one software product. Each domain (21-23) contains specific information comprising an identifier of the d... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295609 | Protection against electrical faults in a mass memory data storage system A multidisk storage system (SD) equipped with a redundancy mechanism comprises at least two disk units (UND1-UND3), at least one redundancy control unit (UNC1-UNC2), a power distribution point (P), and a control unit (EG1-EG5), located in proximity to the... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282112 | Network storage system A network recognition system for identifying a storage unit of a plurality of network storage subsystems of a machine (1) including at least one local coupler (11) for exchanging data with the storage subsystems (5, 6, 7) of the network recognition system... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6281498 | Infrared measuring gauges An infrared gauge for, and a method of, measuring a parameter of a sample, e.g. moisture content or sample thickness, the gauge comprising: a source of infrared radiation directed at the sample, a detector for detecting the amount of infrared radiation transmitted,... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6272613 | Method and system for accessing storage area of a digital data processing machine in both the physical and virtual addressing modes The invention relates to a process for accessing a storage area of a digital data processing machine (19) in a physical addressing mode the storage arena also being accessible in a virtual addressing mode by means of virtual addresses, each constituted by... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6272612 | Process for allocating memory in a multiprocessor data processing system The invention relates to a process for allocating physical memory locations in a multiprocessor data processing system comprising a non-uniform access memory unit distributed among a plurality of modules. Software applications are linked to a set of prede... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271844 | Protected application launchers with graphical interface The invention relates to a protected application launcher (LAP) with a graphical interface (OGI) for a data processing platform (PL) on which a set of applications (A1 through An), can be run and which includes a protected application launching means (MLA... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6256748 | Method and device for connecting a data processing system central unit to a redundancy data storage subsystem The system comprises a central processing unit (CPU) associated with one or more input-output controllers (Ctl1 -Ctl4) and a subsystem of redundant disks (MD) divided into logic units and under the control of two redundant disk contr... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253163 | Portable object reader terminal and process for self-diagnosis and supervision of same A terminal includes a memory in which is stored an application program and further includes at least one output constituted either by a display, or by a printer, or by a communications network, or by a portable object. The terminal cooperates with a porta... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6243848 | Process for analyzing complex structures and system for implementing a process of this type In order to ensure the conformance of a structure to its original specification, to regenerate a structure in accordance with technological developments, or to compare a structure to another known structure, a process for analyzing an entire physical stru... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240491 | Process and system for switching between an update and invalidate mode for each cache block A Process for coherent management of exchanges between memories in an information system having at least two levels of memories. The information system in one embodiment is constituted by a central subsystem which can communicate with one or more peripher... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6213436 | Leveling platform A lightweight, collapsible compact platform for use by hikers and backpackers includes a supporting surface having horizontal adjustability. The platform can be conveniently folded into a compact carrying unit less than 6 ounces in weight and having a fol... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203330 | Method for communicating with a portable data medium The invention relates to a card reading device for communicating with a portable data medium (2) such as a credit card or smart card. The reader included at least one first electrical contact (44) that cooperates with at least one second electrical contac... | 03/20/2001 |
