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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814290 | Synchronous detection and signaling of memory quota violations for sequential memory allocation in a shared heap One embodiment of the present invention provides a method and a system for synchronous detection and signaling of memory quota violations for sequential memory allocation in a shared heap. The system detects a potential quota violation if a check of approximate memo... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813365 | System and method for router queue and congestion management In a multi-QOS level queuing structure, packet payload pointers are stored in multiple queues and packet payloads in a common memory pool. Algorithms control the drop probability of packets entering the queuing structure. Instantaneous drop probabilities are obtaine... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802720 | Method and system for performing a card-present transaction using image capture on a portable device Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that processes a financial transaction involving a portable device and a transaction server. During operation, the system obtains transaction data associated with the financial transaction that includes a tr... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797262 | Method and apparatus for evaluating the complexity of human-in-the-loop processes One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines the complexity of a transaction between a first entity and a second entity. The system starts by determining a first probability of success for a portion of the transaction which is associated... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7788489 | System and method for permission administration using meta-permissions A system and method for using meta-permissions to manage or administer object permissions within an object-oriented computing environment. A permission allowing a subject (e.g., a user or role) to access an object within the environment, such as a Java FilePermissio... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7721107 | Physical token for supporting verification of human presence in an online environment A physical token operates together with an online server to test whether a user operating a user computer to access a service available at the online server is human. The physical token has two states: inactive and active. When in the inactive state the physical tok... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7698579 | Multiplexed graphics architecture for graphics power management A computer system includes a processor, a memory, first and second graphical processors that have different operating characteristics, a switching mechanism coupled to the graphical processors, and a display coupled to the switching mechanism. The switching mechanis... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7664826 | System and method for caching type information for un-typed web service requests A system and method for caching type information for parts (e.g., parameters) of an operation passed in a web service request. When an untyped request (i.e., a request in which the data types of operation parts are omitted) is received at a web service server from a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664622 | Using interval techniques to solve a parametric multi-objective optimization problem A system that solves a parametric multi-objective optimization problem in a combined design space and parameter space using interval techniques is described. The design space contains design-space variables fixed for a selected design; the parameter space contains v... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664019 | Method and apparatus for facilitating differentiated service qualities in an ethernet passive optical network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for forwarding packets in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) which includes a central node and at least one remote node. During operation, the system associates a logical link identifier (LLID) to a l... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657925 | Method and system for managing security policies for databases in a distributed system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates managing security policies for databases in a distributed system. During operation, the system creates multiple label security policies. The system stores these security policies in a directo... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653807 | Removing a pipeline bubble by blocking clock signal to downstream stage when downstream stage contains invalid data One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that removes a bubble from a pipeline. During operation, the system first detects a stall in the pipeline. The system next determines whether a first register contains invalid data, which is associated with a... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653630 | Method and apparatus for facilitating privileged object stores in a database A system that facilitates implementing a privileged schema in a database, wherein the privileged schema is comprised of a set of database objects. Note that in relational database terminology, sometimes object stores are simply referred to as schema. The system star... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7650052 | Method and apparatus for coupling optical signals onto a semiconductor chip A first optical coupler is configured to direct optical signals from an optical fiber onto one or more first optical channels located on a semiconductor chip, wherein the one or more first optical channels have dimensions that are within a specified tolerance of the... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7620741 | Proxy-based device sharing A method is provided for supporting device sharing between hosts via a bus fabric. A master host owns a device tree and provides IO services to at least one client host. The client host comprises generic device drivers and subscribes to IO services provided by the m... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617478 | Flash-based anti-aliasing techniques for high-accuracy high efficiency mask synthesis One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that converts a non-bandlimited pattern layout into a band-limited pattern image to facilitate simulating an optical lithography process. During operation, the system receives the non-bandlimited pattern layo... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7617294 | Method and apparatus for reducing latency involved in retrieving web page components One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for reducing the latency in retrieving a web page. The system receives a request from a browser to retrieve a target web page, wherein the request is received at a proxy server, which can retrieve the target ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7617273 | Method and apparatus for providing a unified component architecture for client-side and server-side components One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates deploying components on a client. During operation, the system establishes a communication session through a network connection between the client and a server. Next, the system migrates comp... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616926 | Conductive DC biasing for capacitively coupled on-chip drivers An integrated circuit containing a communication channel is described. This communication channel includes: a transmit circuit configured to transmit signals; a link coupled to an output of the transmit circuit; a receive circuit coupled to the link; and a clamping ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7603665 | Method and apparatus for loading relocatable in-place executable files in a virtual machine One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates loading of an in-place executable file into a virtual machine. The system operates by loading the in-place executable file into the virtual machine, where the in-place executable file contain... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7472311 | Method and apparatus for testing an interface between a TCP offload engine and an operating system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that can test an interface between a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Offload Engine (TOE) and an OS (Operating System) that has a TCP software stack. Note that the TOE is a specialized integrated circuit ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 6662293 | Instruction dependency scoreboard with a hierarchical structure One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that selects instructions to be executed in a computer system that supports out-of-order execution of program instructions. The system receives dependency information for a first instruction. This ... | 12/09/2003 |
