"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7961605 | System and method for enabling management of a plurality of messages in a communication network A method and system for enabling management of a plurality of messages in a communication network is provided. The method includes measuring an in-load and an out-service corresponding to a plurality of switching-nodes in the communication network. The method furthe... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7686886 | Controlled shape semiconductor layer by selective epitaxy under seed structure A method for forming a structure of a desired cross-section on a substrate is provided. The method provides a seed structure comprising at least one support layer on the substrate. The support layer has a geometric shape related to the desired cross-section of the s... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7629202 | Method and apparatus for electrostatic discharge protection using a temporary conductive coating A method and apparatus for providing ESD protection of an integrated circuit using a temporary conductive coating. The method deposits a temporary conductive coating upon a chip die between contacts to be protected such that a conductive path is created between cont... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7547582 | Method of fabricating a surface adapting cap with integral adapting material for single and multi chip assemblies A surface adapting cap with an integrated adapting thermally conductive material on single and multi chip module provides reduced gap tolerance and hence better thermal performance of the semiconductor device which enhances the reliability of the semiconductor devic... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7454698 | Digital document browsing system and method thereof A digital document browsing system includes: a layout engine for determining the layout of a digital document based on previously obtained historical data for a display form of the digital document, a summarization engine for preparing a summary for the sentences of... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7386611 | Apparatus and methods for co-location and offloading of web site traffic based on traffic pattern recognition Apparatus and methods for identifying traffic patterns to web sites based on templates that characterize the arrival of traffic to the web sites are provided. Based on these templates, determinations are made as to which web sites should be co-located so as to optim... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386520 | Cost-based method for dynamically pricing and prioritizing an e-mail Method for dynamically allocating a cost to an e-mail that a first user of a transmission network such as the Internet network or an Intranet network who is a member of a group, wants to forward to a second user of the transmission network who is also a member of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7315964 | Digital signal measuring apparatus and traffic observing method A digital signal measuring apparatus comprises a bus probe unit for extracting a bus event occurring on a bus based on a digital bus signal on the bus of the system to be measured, a traffic measuring unit for counting the number of occurrences of bus event based on... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315768 | Remote monitoring and servicing of computer data centers A method of controlling an environmental condition within a building space having a plurality of devices sensitive to an environmental condition. The method includes the steps of: (a) sensing an environmental condition with plurality of monitors, each monitor having... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278322 | Semiconductor based pressure sensor The present invention provides a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a substrate with several support structures attached to the substrate. The pressure sensor further includes a strut structure integrated with a heating element. The strut structure is en... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7216343 | Method and apparatus for automatic updating and testing of software A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for updating a software component. A determination is made as to whether to update the software component. The software component is updated to form an updated software component in response to a determination to update... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203662 | Apparatus, system and method for automatically making operational selling decisions An apparatus, system and method for automatically making operation selling decisions are provided. The apparatus, system and method make use of selling policy rules established by human operators associated with a firm to guide the making of decisions to sell produc... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7109861 | System and method for alarm generation based on the detection of the presence of a person An automatic monitoring and sensing apparatus is provided for detecting an intruder or a person whose presence is undesired for one reason or another. According to one aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus are provided for automatically monitoring an envir... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103913 | Method and apparatus for determination of the non-replicative behavior of a malicious program Disclosed is a method, a computer system and a computer readable media product that contains a set of computer executable software instructions for directing the computer system to execute a process for determining a non-replicative behavior of a program that is sus... | 09/05/2006 |