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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949685 | Modeling and implementing complex data access operations based on lower level traditional operations A system, method and article of manufacture for data processing and, more particularly, for managing execution of complex data access operations in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a method of managing execution of query operations in a data process... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944297 | Class D amplifier A class D amplifier including a PWM circuit, a buffer amplifying circuit, a low-pass filter, and two current sources is provided. The PWM circuit transfers an analog signal into a PWM signal. The buffer amplifying circuit amplifies the PWM signal and generates an am... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942408 | Image forming apparatus and method for transporting sheet thereof Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a first sensor which is provided on a transportation path of a sheet and detects a first passage time of the sheet; a second sensor which is provided at a position different from the position of the first sensor in a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941444 | Universal annotation configuration and deployment Systems and articles of manufacture for managing annotations made for a variety of different type data objects manipulated (e.g., created, edited, and viewed) by a variety of different type applications are provided. Some embodiments allow users collaborating on a p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941426 | Optimizing database queries Techniques for optimizing database queries for energy efficiency. A query optimizer is configured to compare energy requirements of query plans, and to select a query plan requiring minimal energy to execute. The query optimizer may also compare time performance of ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940787 | Low-power ethernet device In accordance with the teachings of this disclosure, an Ethernet device is provided that draws current below a predetermined voltage, and as the voltage across the device exceeds the threshold, the device transforms into a high-impedance state, appearing as a high i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940704 | Mobile instant messaging conferencing method and system A server-based architecture for instant messaging conferencing is presented. Session-based instant messaging conferencing is established by transmitting necessary server network address information through page-mode based messaging services to establish connections ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940289 | Printer and pulse motor control method In a portable printer that uses a pulse motor for feeding a recording medium and includes a printing head that prints the recording medium, a printer controller that controls the printing head, and a pulse motor controller that controls the pulse motor, rest level s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940266 | Dynamic reallocation of processing cores for balanced ray tracing graphics workload A ray tracing image processing system may use a plurality of processing elements to render a two dimensional image from a three dimensional scene. A first portion of the processing elements may function as workload managers responsible for performing operations rela... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938927 | Method of making a filter assembly Embodiments of the invention generally include a filter assembly having a media pack having a single web of pleated media having at least two mini-pleated regions arranged in non-linear orientation. In one embodiment, a filter assembly includes a media pack defined ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938201 | Deep water drilling with casing Methods and apparatus are provided to place a conductor pipe and a casing in a subsea environment. In one embodiment, a conductor pipe is jetted or drilled into the subsea floor. Thereafter, a casing drilling assembly comprising a drill casing and a drilling assembl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938102 | Method and system for conserving fuel in a diesel engine A diesel engine coupled to a transmission and having a fuel injector control system which among other things monitors the load on the engine by measuring the transmission line pressure, a higher pressure being indicative of a greater load. When the pressure is below... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637552 | Battery pack | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937710 | Context switch signaling method and system A context switch request is made from a host unit to a processing engine separately from the method stream to that processing engine and does not require the host unit to know what context the processing engine is currently working on. Upon receiving the request, th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937703 | Stateless server-side automation of web service requests using dynamically generated web service interfaces Methods, computer programs, and systems for processing a request through a web service on a server are provided. The method includes receiving a batch request from a client. The batch request includes a plurality of sub-requests that each specifies an operation to b... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937631 | Method for self-test and self-repair in a multi-chip package environment A method and apparatus for operating a component including a memory device. The method includes receiving a plurality of commands and determining if a set of the plurality of commands matches a predefined pattern of commands configured to place the memory device int... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937587 | Communication terminal apparatus and information communication method An information communication method performed by a communication terminal apparatus, the method including: sharing a first encryption key with a first server; receiving a request for sending identification information of the communication terminal apparatus; authent... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937533 | Structure for handling data requests A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is provided. The design structure generally includes a computer system that includes a CPU, a memory controller, memory, a bus connecting the CPU, ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937359 | Method of operation for parallel LCP solver A method of operating a Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP) solver is disclosed, where the LCP solver is characterized by multiple execution units operating in parallel to implement a competent computational method adapted to resolve physics-based LCPs in real-time... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936355 | Methods for simulating and visually representing objects using particles A method for visually representing an object by simulating the object as a particle with fewer degrees of freedom than those visually represented comprises simulating an object as a particle having linear motion. The method also comprises deriving an angular compone... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936353 | Restricting smoothing operations on a three-dimensional geometric primitive according to a surface normal Smoothing operations on a three-dimensional geometrical primitive, such as a mesh, are restricted by filtering the set of smoothing vectors to apply a user-selected restriction to the set of vectors. The user-selected restriction limits the set of smoothing vectors ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935634 | Integrated circuits, micromechanical devices, and method of making same A method of making an integrated circuit comprises providing a substrate and forming a structure on the substrate comprising a first enclosed portion of a carbon material and a second portion of the carbon material, wherein an intersection of the first and second po... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935608 | Storage cell having a T-shaped gate electrode and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit including at least one storage cell is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a first and second side, and a plurality of parallel trenches so that a dividing wall is formed between adjacent trench... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935240 | Electroplating apparatus and method based on an array of anodes The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for plating conductive materials on a substrate. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for plating a conductive material on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a fluid basin co... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934826 | Recording medium processing apparatus The apparatus has a carriage that holds a head, a carriage-driving mechanism having a motor, and a holding mechanism configured to press a recording medium to a medium-holding base. The holding mechanism has a pair of arm members and a pushing member secured to the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637005 | Cosmetic applicator | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933873 | Handling transfer of bad data to database partitions in restartable environments Method, computer program product, and system for transferring data to database partitions are provided. A transaction is initiated to insert one or more records into a partition of a database. At least one of the one or more records is then saved in binary form to a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933802 | System, method, and computer program product for storing internet advertisements at a user computer A method for storing Internet advertisements at a user computer includes receiving plural Internet advertisements at the user computer. Some of the advertisements are tagged using a hypertext markup language (html) tag. An Internet browser within the computer determ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933165 | Connector for seismic cable A method and apparatus for a seismic cable is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of cable segments comprising at least a first cable segment and a second cable segment coupled by a connector. The connector comprises a cylindrical body having a first diame... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932914 | Storing high dynamic range data in a low dynamic range format Systems and methods for storing high dynamic range image data in a low dynamic range format may be used to store the high dynamic range image data in less memory. The memory bandwidth needed to access the high dynamic range data is reduced and processing performance... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932569 | Micromechanical device with microfluidic lubricant channel A micromechanical device assembly includes a micromechanical device enclosed within a processing region and a lubricant channel formed through an interior wall of the processing region and in fluid communication with the processing region. Lubricant is injected into... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931726 | Box-V filter and method of fabricating the same Embodiments of the invention generally include a filter assembly having a media pack having a single web of pleated media having at least two mini-seated regions arranged in non-linear orientation. In one embodiment, a filter assembly includes a media pack defined b... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931259 | Sheet presser unit for folding unit A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet supporting member which has an inclined surface to support a stack of sheets, a sheet position adjuster which adjusts a position of the stack of sheets along the inclined surface, a sheet pressing unit which presses the sta... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931076 | Small footprint drilling rig A method and apparatus for a moving a floor structure relative to a base structure is provided. The apparatus includes a base structure having an opening for a well head, a floor structure coupled to the base structure by a plurality of support members, and a drive ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930072 | System for managing the navigational usability of an interactive map A graphical user interface for graphically managing the navigational usability of an interactive map is described. In one embodiment, the graphical user interface includes a layer hierarchy having a first layer and a second layer. The graphical user interface also i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929003 | Thermal printer unit A thermal printer unit according to the invention includes a thermal head, a platen roller which is disposed while facing the thermal head, a support member which fixes the thermal head while thermal transfer ribbon and receptor paper are pressurized and nipped betw... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928997 | Digital image compositing using a programmable graphics processor Digital Image compositing using a programmable graphics processor is described. The programmable graphics processor supports high-precision data formats and can be programmed to complete a plurality of compositing operations in a single pass through a fragment proce... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928989 | Feedback and record of transformed vertices in a graphics library One embodiment of the invention is a method for storing transformed vertex attributes that includes the steps of allocating memory space for a transform feedback buffer, selecting one or more transformed vertex attributes to store in the transform feedback buffer in... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928590 | Integrated circuit package with a heat dissipation device Integrated circuit assembly including a die stack assembly having a heat dissipation device thermally coupled to a lateral of surface the die stack assembly. The die stack assembly includes a plurality integrated circuits placed on each other. In another embodiment ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928411 | Linear electron source, evaporator using linear electron source, and applications of electron sources A method of charging a web or foil is described. The method includes guiding a web or foil having a thickness of 10 μm or larger with at least on roller; providing a linear electron source having a housing acting as an anode, the housing having side walls; a slit o... | 04/19/2011 |
