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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7743067 | Mixed-model recommender for leisure activities One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for recommending leisure activities to a user. During operation, the system receives at least one query for leisure activities. The system then determines a collaborative filtering score of a candidate activi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7716737 | Connection based detection of scanning attacks A system for detecting network intrusions and other conditions in a network is described. The system includes a plurality of collector devices that are disposed to collect data and statistical information on packets that are sent between nodes on a network. An aggre... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716339 | System and method for discretization of client-server interactions A system and method for converting continuous data streams received over a persistent communication connection (e.g., for Telnet) into discrete requests that may be issued over non-persistent connections (e.g., via HTTP). An application is served from a J2EE-complia... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7694154 | Method and apparatus for securely executing a background process One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that enables a background process to access encrypted data. During operation, the system executes the background process. Next, the system obtains a set of unencrypted keys by decrypting a set of encrypted ke... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692205 | Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device, the device includes a substrate, a semiconductor stacked layer, a lead electrode and a lead, wherein the semiconductor stacked layer at least includes a N-type layer and a P-type layer, at least one of the N-type layer and the ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7660926 | Apparatus and method for a core for implementing a communications port There is described an apparatus and method for implementing a communications port. The apparatus comprises a core, which is operable to divide the port into a plurality of sub-ports by dividing a data transfer capacity of the port among the plurality of sub-ports us... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7610323 | Method and apparatus for initializing interval computations through subdomain sampling One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a computer to evaluate a function within a domain using an interval computing technique. During operation, the system receives the function and the domain over which the function is to be evaluated.... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7398355 | Avoiding locks by transactionally executing critical sections One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that avoids locks by transactionally executing critical sections. During operation, the system receives a program which includes one or more critical sections which are protected by locks. Next, the system mo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7363244 | Methods, apparatus, and program products for inferring service usage Given the recent changes in the policy governing Internet content distribution, such as the institution of per listener royalties for Internet radio broadcasters, content distributors now have an incentive to under-report the size of their audience. Previous audienc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7313776 | Method and apparatus for routing an integrated circuit A system that routes nets within an integrated circuit. During operation, the system receives a representation for the integrated circuit, which includes block boundaries for physical partitions of the IC generated from a hierarchical design placement of the integra... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7260802 | Method and apparatus for partitioning an integrated circuit chip A system that partitions an integrated circuit. First, the system receives a placement for an integrated circuit. The system then calculates a joint-utilization ratio for pairs of logic modules in the placement. Next, the system sorts the pairs of logic modules base... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7130998 | Using a portable security token to facilitate cross-certification between certification authorities One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a portable security token (PST) to facilitate cross-certification between a first certification authority (CA) and a second CA, wherein the first CA and associated subscriber devices constitute a fi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6813267 | Tunable broadcast/point-to-point packet arbitration One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates packet communication between a device within a computing system and one or more additional devices of the computing system. The system receives either a point-to-point packet or a broadcast p... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6700825 | Implementation of a multi-dimensional, low latency, first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer A novel FIFO data structure in the form of a multi-dimensional FIFO. For a rectangular multi-dimensional FIFO, data items are received at an input of an N-row-by-M-column FIFO array of cells and transferred to an output, via a predetermined protocol of ce... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6701412 | Method and apparatus for performing software sampling on a microprocessor cache One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates sampling a cache in a computer system, wherein the computer system has multiple central processing units (CPUs), including a measured CPU containing the cache to be sampled, and a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6686854 | Method and apparatus for latching data based on a predetermined number of signal line transitions One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that keeps track of transitions on signal lines in order to latch a dataword in a stream of datawords. This stream of datawords is generated so that each transition between successive datawords inv... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6605481 | Facilitating an adjustable level of phase shifting during an optical lithography process for manufacturing an integrated circuit One embodiment of the invention provides a method that facilitates selectively varying how much of a layout of an integrated circuit is defined by phase shifters during an optical lithography process used in manufacturing the integrated circuit. During op... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6477659 | Measuring timing margins in digital systems by varying a programmable clock skew A system that measures timing margins within a digital system by varying a clock skew between components in the digital system. The system receives a reference clock signal as an input. This reference clock signal is used to generate a first clock signal ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470344 | Buffering a hierarchical index of multi-dimensional data Methods are provided for buffering nodes of a hierarchical index (e.g., R-tree, bang file, hB-tree) during operations on multi-dimensional data represented by the index. The methods are particularly suited for query operations, and a different method may ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6385680 | Method for flexibly allocating request/grant pins between multiple bus controllers One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for flexibly allocating I/O pins used for bus grant signals between bus controllers located on a semiconductor chip. The method operates by receiving a first set of grant lines from a first bus arb... | 05/07/2002 |
