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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184661 | Apparatus, system and method for the transmission of data with different QoS attributes A novel apparatus, system and method for transmitting data flows having different quality of service (QoS) attributes over a network link structured in two or more channels is provided. The method classifies arriving packets to determine their required/assigned QoS ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184209 | Smart slate Techniques used for movie, video, or television production, including: generating production information about recorded data of one of: (1) audio sequence; (2) video sequence; and (3) audio and video sequences; tagging the generated production information with timin... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660069 | Pillowcase | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181262 | Network user authentication system and method In a network user authentication system, a network user is identified for authentication purposes using the unique identifier for a dedicated physical communication line associated with the building in which the network user is located or a digital certificate which... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180622 | Systems and methods for a real-time synchronized electrical power system simulator for “what-if” analysis and prediction over electrical power networks A system for real-time modeling of electrical system performance is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180041 | One number, intelligent call processing system A one number, multi-application, intelligent call processing system provides service benefits to a caller, a servicing location and/or a vanity number advertiser during a call, parallel to the call and/or post call in an integrated common architecture. The system ut... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177693 | Calf exercise machine with rocking user support A calf exercise machine has a floor engaging main frame, a user support pivot, a user support assembly pivotally mounted on the main frame via the user support pivot, and a pivotally mounted user engagement device. A user engaging foot plate assembly is pivotally mo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172732 | Exercise machine with two-directional pivoting user support An exercise machine has a user support movement arm rotatably mounted on a support frame for rotation about a first pivot axis, and a user support assembly pivotally connected to the movement arm for rotation about a second pivot axis so that the user support assemb... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171536 | Method and apparatus for authenticating users in a network Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for authenticating users of a network are described. Once a user has been authenticated on a first network, authentication information from the first network can be used by the user to gain access to the user's accounts on other ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170856 | Systems and methods for real-time advanced visualization for predicting the health, reliability and performance of an electrical power system A system for real-time three-dimensional (3D) visualization of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167712 | Method and apparatus for player replacement in an on-line game Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for replacing players in an online game are described. Replacing players in an online game includes associating a first player with a first online identity and associating a second player with a second online identity. Then repla... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165723 | Real-time system for verification and monitoring of protective device settings within an electrical power distribution network and automatic correction of deviances found A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system model database, a protective device system verification engine. The data ac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165046 | Framing for an adaptive modulation communication system A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the dow... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162807 | Exercise machine with multi-function user engagement device An exercise machine has a main frame and a user support movably mounted relative to the main frame for movement between a start position and an end position during an exercise. At least one multi-function user engagement device is movably mounted relative to the fra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160658 | Cellular phone To aim to provide a mobile telephone capable of reducing a physical space necessary for providing a reflector compared with that in conventional mobile telephones, and reducing the SAR by securing a distance between an antenna and a passive element operating as a re... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160614 | Automated concierge system and method A method and system for providing automated concierge services to end users communicates with users over network devices, such as telephones and wireless devices, and utilizes third party network location-based service (LBS) applications, such as Internet/Web locato... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157411 | Illuminating device An illuminating device includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a plurality of first light-reflecting parts, and a plurality of second light-reflecting parts. Each of the plurality of first light-reflecting parts has a first light reflecting surface surroundin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155943 | Systems and methods for automatically converting CAD drawing files into intelligent objects with database connectivity for the design, analysis, and simulation of electrical power systems A computer system for converting a computer aided design drawing file of an electrical power system into one or more component objects for power analytic analysis and simulation, is disclosed. The computer system can include a processor, a memory, a display device, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155908 | Systems and methods for real-time system monitoring and predictive analysis A system for providing real-time modeling of an electrical system under management is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system modeling engine, and an analytics engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155530 | System and method for increasing spectral efficiency, capacity and/or dispersion-limited reach of modulated signals in communication links A system and method for increasing spectral efficiency, capacity and/or extending dispersion-limited reach in a communication link employs narrow filtering of a baseband signal to reduce the original bandwidth to a substantially smaller bandwidth for transmission ac... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155039 | System and apparatus for cascading and redistributing HDTV signals Redistribution of multimedia signals or the like within a service area is performed by identifying one or more pieces of white space in the VHF/UHF spectrum, selecting a carrier frequency for each piece of white space spectrum, parsing the signal into a like number ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152799 | Radio frequency-based catheter system with improved deflection and steering mechanisms A RF catheter system includes a catheter with a proximal portion, a distal portion having a distal end and a lumen extending from the proximal portion to the distal portion. Inner and outer coaxially aligned conductors extend within the catheter and are coaxial with... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149298 | Imaging device and method An image processing method and apparatus operable for processing images is disclosed. The image processing method allows for drawing any given image in an output image on which various types of image processing have been performed. Such various types of image proces... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145125 | Emergency communications controller and console An emergency communications device contains dispatch consoles for use by user that contains multiple repeaters and multiple communication networks. The multiple repeaters and multiple communication networks are used for redundancy purposes, in case the repeater or c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141614 | Expanding coupling means for powered window covering An actuator to be inserted in a headrail of a window covering, the actuator comprises a damping body configured to reduce vibrations when the actuator is operating, and an expanding mechanism configured to expand the damping body against the headrail. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140627 | Systems and methods for push-to-email communication with location information A push-to-email system comprises a mobile communication device configured to generate a voice message and transmit the voice message to a message authority via, e.g., a single transmit action, such as a push-to-talk transmit action. The system can also comprise a me... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140050 | Portable wireless terminal and wireless communication method It is an aim of the present invention to easily transmit a user's critical state with certainty by an intuitive operation which is not difficult to operate while being able to avoid incorrect activations. A portable wireless terminal (110) of the present inve... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138659 | Piezoelectric component and method for manufacturing same Disclosed is a piezoelectric component (1) comprising a piezoelectric transducer (10) wherein a pair of electrodes (20a, 20b) are formed on both major surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate (11), a pair of frame member... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133222 | Tissue ablation apparatus and method using ultrasonic imaging A coaxial cable apparatus which transmits radio frequency (RF) energy for the ablation of biological tissues has inner and outer coaxial conductors extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion. An RF antenna is disposed at the distal portion of the cable an... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131401 | Real-time stability indexing for intelligent energy monitoring and management of electrical power network system A system and method for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130640 | Frame structure for an adaptive modulation wireless communication system A method of simplifying the encoding of a predetermined number of bits of data into frames including adding error coding bits so that a ratio of the frame length times the baud rate of the frame times he bit packing ratio of the data divided the total bits of data i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127346 | Network security system and method In a security system for network communications with client devices, each client device has a communication module for communicating with at least one server over a network, a data storage module for storing one or more covert data values of one or more operational ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126825 | Method for visualizing feature ranking of a subset of features for classifying data using a learning machine A method for enhancing knowledge discovery from a dataset uses visualization of a subset features within a dataset that provide the best separation of the dataset into classes. One or more classifiers are trained using each subset of features and the success rate of... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126685 | Automatic real-time optimization and intelligent control of electrical power distribution and transmission systems A system for real-time optimization of power resources on an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, an analytics server, a control element and a client terminal. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126457 | Method and system for provisioning services in a telecommunications network The present invention is a telecommunication system, comprising of at least one base station connected to a telecommunication network, a plurality of subscriber stations each cooperating with the base station to establish a connection between a user device operably ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125791 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a case, a circuit board in the case, an electronic component in the case. The electronic component includes a connection terminal and a portion facing a side surface of the circuit board. The portable electronic device also incl... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125537 | Image processing method and imaging apparatus using the same An image processing method includes storing corresponding addresses of original image data in respective addresses of a look-up table, the number of the respective addresses being smaller than the number of addresses that are necessary in output image data; determin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123549 | Multiple layer conductor pin for electrical connector and method of manufacture A multiple layer conductor pin for a harsh environment connector or penetrator has a conductive shaft, an outer layer of non-conductive, insulating material extending along at least part of the length of the shaft, and an intermediate layer of conductive or semi-con... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122689 | Method and apparatus for producing, bagging and dispensing ice An apparatus for producing, bagging and dispensing ice has an ice supply station, an ice collection station, a film supply, a bag forming station, and an ice transport device to transport ice from the collection station to the bag forming station. A controller contr... | 02/28/2012 |
| RE43213 | Toe sock An anatomic dry athletic toe sock includes a sock shaft section with a shaft support section to encircle a lower part of a leg of a wearer and to maintain the sock in proper orientation upon a wearer's leg, and a closed foot section adapted to receive the foot of th... | 02/28/2012 |
