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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7945612 | Aggregating user presence across multiple endpoints A presence aggregation system provides a presence server that allows users to publish information regarding their availability with the presence server. The presence server maintains a record of each user's published information. When an endpoint publishes informati... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945571 | Application of weights to online search request A machine-implemented search method comprises inputting a search query from a user, and before the query is executed, inputting from the user a weighting factor that has a specified relationship to the query. The method further includes initiating a search by causin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945354 | Apparatuses and methods for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information Methods and apparatuses for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information are disclosed. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes displaying at least one first indicator to an operator of the aircraft, with a fir... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945130 | Mode scrambling apparatus for multimode fiber Apparatus and methods for scrambling optical modes in multimode fibers to achieve uniform light distribution in guided multi-mode light for various applications. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945105 | Automated target shape detection for vehicle muon tomography Techniques, apparatus and systems for muon tomography vehicle imaging use autonomous processing of 3-dimensional muon tomography vehicle images based on Data Modeling techniques and various applications including analyzing vehicle voxel data such as muon vehicle ima... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944807 | System and method for implementing a single-wire serial protocol Methods and apparatus for a single-wire serial communication system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes defining a predetermined short pulse as data to be transmitted and a predetermined long pulse as a data separator for the data to provide s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944445 | System and method for providing a dynamic expanded timeline Generating a child timeline on a drawing sheet of a diagramming program such that the child timeline is dynamically linked to a parent timeline. An automated method allows for the automatic placing of information on the child timeline that was on the parent timeline... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944191 | Switching regulator with automatic multi mode conversion Methods and apparatus are disclosed for efficient switching regulators that adapt automatically to, and operate with, input voltages that are above, below, or equal to the output voltage. The disclosed switching regulators demonstrate advantages of both buck and boo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944048 | Chip scale package for power devices and method for making the same A chip scale package is disclosed that includes a semiconductor die further comprising an array of power buses electrically coupled to a high power integrated circuit, and a plurality of Under Bump Metallization (UBM) multi-layer power buses disposed parallel to one... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943760 | Non-nucleotide composition for inhibiting platelet aggregation This invention is directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation. The method is also directed to a method of treating thrombosis or related disorders. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharm... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943319 | Utility of RET mutant in diagnosis and treatment of melanoma The invention relates to a method of detecting a RET mutant in a melanoma cell. Also disclosed is a method of modulating the activity of a RET mutant in a melanoma cell with an agent that interferes with the activity of the RET mutant. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943238 | Capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943063 | Thermochromic indicator materials with controlled reversibility A thermal indicator material which comprises a plurality of polythiophenes having a second low temperature color and a high temperature color. The polythiophenes are structured and arranged to exhibit a color change from the second low temperature color to the high ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942804 | Replaceable expandable transmyocardial ventricular assist device A novel ventricular assist device is disclosed comprising a pump unit and a motor unit. The pump unit is made up of an impeller, an impeller housing, and a shaft. The impeller and/or the impeller housing are expandable, allowing for custom fitting and positioning of... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942618 | Cargo cover and net assembly A cargo pallet cover and net assembly includes a cargo cover attached to a cargo net. The cargo net is attached to upper and lower side regions of the cargo cover so that the cargo cover and net assembly may be placed over a cargo load in one step. The cargo net is ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942456 | Fluid conduits with integral end fittings and associated methods of manufacture and use Fluid conduits for plumbing and other uses having integral end fittings are disclosed herein. A fluid conduit configured in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes a tube, such as a copper tube, having an end portion adjacent to a body portion. The ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942328 | Method for data interchange A method for data interchange includes summing up data associated with an electronic document to provide summed up data, representing the summed up data as one or more bar codes, and returning the one or more bar codes for display and data capture via a bar code sca... | 05/17/2011 |
| D599899 | Plug in warmer assembly for waxes and oils | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584382 | Method and system for troubleshooting a misconfiguration of a computer system based on configurations of other computer systems A method and system for identifying a configuration parameter of a “sick” computer system that is at fault for causing an undesired behavior based on analysis of configuration parameters from other computer systems is provided. In one embodiment, a troubleshooti... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584227 | System and method for containerized data storage and tracking The invention provides a method and system for automatically aggregating data items and storage media and placing each in a container, based on a storage preferences. The items in the container are generally of a similar type or classification. The container may be ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584208 | Methods and systems for managing offers and requests in a network Among other disclosure, a knowledge network and semcards enabling intelligent matching of offers and requests, involving all types of information and knowledge, including information such as classified ads, data about products and services, or knowledge, expertise, ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584182 | Determining cardinality of a parameter using hash values A method and system for aggregating configuration information from friend devices is provided. The aggregation system attempts to foil attacks on the privacy of data contributed to a request by aggregating data from a cluster of friend devices in such a way that it ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584112 | Method and apparatus for optimizing a multivariate allocation of resources A method for the allocation of resources. A series of products (refinements) is arranged in a product space plan (PSP) according to connectivities between the products and associated components (resources). An expected value function is derived for the plan, and con... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584100 | Method and system for clustering using generalized sentence patterns A method and system for clustering documents based on generalized sentence patterns of the topics of the documents is provided. A generalized sentence patterns (“GSP”) system identifies a “sentence” that describes the topic of a document. To cluster document... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583842 | Enhanced approach of m-array decoding and error correction A process and apparatus for determining the location of a captured array from a larger image is described. A non-repeating sequence may be folded into a non-repeating array in which the array is unique for every neighboring window of a given size. A portion of the a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583358 | Systems and methods for retrieving residual liquid during immersion lens photolithography Systems and methods for retrieving residual liquid during immersion lens photolithography are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes directing radiation along a radiation path, through a lens and through a liquid volume in contact with the le... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582180 | Systems and methods for processing microfeature workpieces Systems and methods for processing microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system comprises a processing chamber having a workpiece processing site configured to receive a microfeature workpiece and a main inlet through which a processin... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581702 | Wirelessly controlling unmanned aircraft and accessing associated surveillance data Controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may be accomplished by using a wireless device (e.g., cell phone) to send a control message to a receiver at the UAV via a wireless telecommunication network (e.g., an existing cellular network configured primarily for mo... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581700 | Adjustable fittings for attaching support members to fluid conduits, including aircraft fuel conduits, and associated systems and methods Adjustable fittings for attaching support members to fluid conduits, including aircraft fuel conduits, are disclosed herein. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a fluid conduit carried by an aircraft and a housing fixedly a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581553 | Domestic injection type ultrasonic washing apparatus Disclosed herein is a domestic injection-type ultrasonic washing apparatus comprising an oscillator module and an injector module. The oscillator module includes an oscillation circuit unit provided with various elements to generate electric vibration, ultrasonic vi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581511 | Apparatus and methods for manufacturing microfeatures on workpieces using plasma vapor processes A reactor comprising an energy source, a plasma unit positioned relative to the energy source, and a processing vessel connected to the plasma unit. The energy source has a generator that produces a plasma energy and a transmitter to transmit the plasma energy. The ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581241 | Generating an outbound connection security policy based on an inbound connections security policy A security system that allows an outbound security policy for the connection security to be automatically derived from an inbound security policy for connection security is provided. The security system for an inbound security policy has security suites that each sp... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581118 | Disk sanitization using encryption A technique for sanitizing data storage devices, such as magnetic disks, is disclosed. Logical data storage units such as files or portions thereof may be individually deleted and sanitized on a disk. A disk is divided into physical disk regions, each comprising one... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7581035 | Non-disruptive network topology modification A node is removed/added from a network with minimal disruption by actuating a mechanism on an adjacent node that provides an indication to a controller node, which commands a wrap of the adjacent nodes. Once the node is added/removed, the wrap can be removed to resu... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580976 | Identifying an appropriate connection point for connecting to an application layer session A multi-party application layer session, such as, for example, an electronic conference, is configured to make efficient use of resources associated with lower layer connections that connect computer systems participating in the multi-party application layer session... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580945 | Look-ahead document ranking system A method and system is provided for calculating importance of documents based on transition probabilities from a source document to a target document based on looking ahead to information content of target documents of the source document. A look-ahead importance sy... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580931 | Topic distillation via subsite retrieval A method and system for generating a search result for a query of hierarchically organized documents based on retrieval of subtrees that are key resources for topic distillation is provided. The retrieval system may identify documents relevant to a query using conve... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580859 | Intelligent transaction router and process for handling multi-product point of sale transactions A transaction router and corresponding process that enables the point-of-sale activation (POSA) of POSA type devices, such as POSA pre-paid gift cards, debit cards, telephone cards and cellular replenishment cards, while utilizing a standard credit card swipe termin... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580576 | Stroke localization and binding to electronic document A method and apparatus for capturing information encoded within a surface, such as location information or document metadata, and associating the information with a document is described. The captured information may be obtained by a camera associated with a pointin... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580482 | Joint, adaptive control of equalization, synchronization, and gain in a digital communications receiver Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention derive statistics of received signal quality and use these statistics to jointly control operation of timing recovery, carrier recovery, automatic gain control, and equalization functions. ... | 08/25/2009 |
