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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180999 | Vertically tiered horizontally expandable micro grid system with bridge docking bay contoured by radial arms extending from central hub for coupling processor or power hubs A micro grid apparatus and associated method of formation. At least one tier in a printed circuit board is formed. Each tier includes complex shapes interconnected by bridge modules. Each complex shape includes a central area and at least three radial arms external ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180494 | System and method for dynamically managing blowers and vents A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to perform a thermal analysis of a data center and overlay the thermal analysis on a map of the data center to provide an... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176129 | System and method of sending compressed html messages over telephony protocol A system and method for sending compressed html messages and, more particularly, a system and method for sending compressed html messages over a telephony protocol, the method comprises compressing an html message and sending the compressed html message via a teleph... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175094 | Method and system for personalizing a multimedia program broadcasted through IP network A method and a system. A Medium Access Control (MAC) frame includes an embedded Internet Protocol (IP) frame and a MAC address. The IP frame includes content of a second multimedia program and a second multicast address of the second multimedia program, the MAC addr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171487 | Method for processing work items of a workflow system A method for processing work items of a workflow system is done in the following manner. Information identifying work items from a server responsible for handling work items is retrieved based at least on a set of configuration rules. The information is stored in a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161445 | Logic transformation and gate placement to avoid routing congestion A novel logic design method for avoiding wiring congestion. According to the novel logic design method, an original gate having multiple inputs coming from different directions and having multiple outputs coming to different directions can be transformed to a logic ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159350 | Method and system for localizing objects using passive RFID tags which identifies the RFID with an LED Method and system for localizing an object in a stack of objects. A passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is attached to each object. Each RFID tag includes a unique identifier of the object to which the RFID tag is attached. A RFID reader has multiple a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144709 | Method, system and computer processing an IP packet, routing a structured data carrier, preventing broadcast storms, load-balancing and converting a full broadcast IP packet Method for processing content of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet and method for processing a full broadcast IP packet. Processing content of an IP packet includes: extracting IP source and destination addresses and payload from the IP packet; and generating an IP f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140360 | System for processing insurance coverage requests A system for processing insurance coverage requests. An insurance data processing system (IDPS) implements a method that processes the requests. The IDPS receives at least one request from a customer relating to insurance coverage for the customer. Each request inde... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135013 | Internet protocol switch and use of the switch for switching a frame Internet Protocol (IP) switch and method for switching an IP frame to an IP destination address. The IP switch includes access ports, interswitch ports, and a switching table. Each access port is connected to a corresponding host in a LAN. The interswitch ports are ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122511 | Attribute information providing method A method for providing attribute data. A request is received from a user device for a virtual ID token relating to attribute information pertaining to a subscriber associated with the user device. Responsive to the request for the virtual ID token, a data record is ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121753 | System and method for gathering and submitting data to a third party in response to a vehicle being involved in an accident A system and associated method for gathering and submitting data to a third party in response to a vehicle being involved in an accident. First an information manager stores data regardless of the vehicle being involved in an accident. Next the event detection manag... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116438 | System for providing telephonic voice response information related to items marked on physical documents A system to telephonically access information related with items printed on a physical document. Items marked on the physical document or on any other physical surface is touched with a finger. The system includes a touch foil placed over (or under) the document, fo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115596 | Method and system for controlling distant equipment A method and system for controlling distant equipment. A passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag within a Programmable Secure Remote Controller (PSRC) receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from a transmitter integrated in the distant equipment. The distan... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112518 | Redundant systems management frameworks for network environments A redundant systems management framework and method for managing a target system includes an active agent configured to receive instructions from an active central server to perform management tasks on the target system and a plurality of meta-agents provided on the... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112363 | Selecting, ordering and accessing copyrighted information from physical documents A method and associated computer program product for processing edited objects associated with a physical document. The method is for use in a user workstation by a user. The method includes: determining a position of a point pressed on a touch foil to select an ite... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103511 | Multiple audio file processing method and system An audio file generation method and system. A computing system receives a first audio file comprising first speech data associated with a first party. The computing system receives a second audio file comprising second speech data associated with a second party. The... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103454 | Spatially heterogeneous stochastic petri-net modeling Modeling of biochemical reactions of a system is accomplished using spatially heterogeneous stochastic Petri-net modeling. The biochemical reactions of the system to be modeled are defined. A spatial decomposition of the system is defined by defining regions of a sp... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103257 | Data transmission method and system A data transmission method and system. The method includes transmitting by a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device, first voice data associated with a first user. The first wireless communication device receives from the secon... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102273 | Guidance system by detecting tapped location A method for guiding a user to connect a peripheral component to a unit of electronic equipment includes the user tapping upon one of a plurality of connector interfaces comprising the unit of electronic equipment. In response to the tapping, the one tapped connecto... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095599 | Mail-based web application and document delivery A method and system for synchronously transferring information across the Internet. A user transmits a first message to a MAILS client. The MAILS client synchronously transmits the first message across the Internet by electronic mail to a MAILS server. The MAILS ser... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095552 | Data tag descriptor A data tag descriptor method and system. The method includes generating by a device, a request for media data. The device generates a globally unique data tag specifying hardware and software capabilities of the device and a transmission package comprising the reque... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095519 | Multifactor authentication with changing unique values A method of authentication includes the steps of providing a transaction service provider having a secure server; providing a user; requesting access authorization to the server of the service provider by the user, the server storing a set of use parameters obtained... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094887 | Method and system for analyzing image identifications to identify an entity A method for analyzing image identifications to determine whether image identifications identify an entity (e.g., license plate of a vehicle). Identification sets are received from at least one optical character recognition (OCR) engine. Each identification set incl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090750 | Prompting of an end user with commands A method and an associated computer program product, computing system, and process for supporting computer infrastructure for prompting an end user with a preferred sequence of commands which performs an activity in a least number of inputs. The method begins by mon... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090476 | System and method to control data center air handling systems A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to determine at least one data center condition and determine or estimate a current energy cost. Additionally, the method... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089967 | Modification of a switching table of an internet protocol switch Methods for modifying a switching table of an Internet Protocol (IP) switch. The methods include: receiving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) option 43 request from a host of a LAN at an access port of the IP switch; transmitting the request to a DHCP ser... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087071 | Authentication method and system An authentication method and system. A computing system generates an authentication table associated with a user. The computing system receives first authentication data and second authentication data differing from the first authentication data. The first authentic... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086413 | Disulphide bond connectivity in protein A method, computer system, and computer program product for determining N disulphide bond connections in a protein having 2N bonded sulphur atoms. Each sulphur atom is available for forming the N disulphide bond connections through use of an undirected graph having ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073112 | Method and system to manage multiple IVRs A method includes storing a profile associated with a user of a telephone and, based upon the profile, presenting the user with an option to search, browse, subscribe to, or bookmark content provided by a plurality of IVR content providers. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068010 | Chipless RFID tag and method for communicating with the RFID tag A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a method and system for communicating with the RFID tag. The RFID tag includes a first and second structure respectively holding first data and second data that is complementary to the first data. The RFID tag does not... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065200 | Virtual web store with product images A three dimensional web store having product images is created. Three dimensional product images are rendered from manufacturing information instead of the products themselves. The location of all products, advertisements, aisles, signs, and displays is determined f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060464 | Data-centric distributed computing A distributed computing system provides a data management system in communication with a software management system and enables the software applications to move to the data to be processed in a distributed computing environment. The software management system store... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046406 | System for data logging A data logging system that utilizes a schedule of data transfer periods for transferring data from devices to a server. A communication of an actual data transfer size of stored data in a first device of the devices is obtained by the server from the first device. A... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041753 | Method and systems for hyperlinking files A method and apparatus for hyperlinking a main file with N target files stored in a computer readable medium (N≧1). A primary filename of the main file, which is hyperlinked with N target file addresses to form a composite filename, has a form of F.E. The composit... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036946 | System and method for making an inference based on cumulative data A method for making an inference based on cumulative data. The method utilizes video, audio, and biometric devices to observe a retail environment for the presence of a customer. Once a customer is present, the method identifies every cohort to which the customer co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035337 | Micro grid sensor and actuator apparatus A power hub apparatus and an associated method of formation, and a system. The power hub apparatus includes a central power hub that encompasses M+1 tiers sequenced in a vertical direction (M>1). The central power hub includes a central area to which N radial arms a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032747 | Comparison of documents possessed by two parties A method of zero-knowledge document comparison between two parties. Each party performs: exchanging a set of random data and a shared hash function, applying the hash function to concatenations of the document and the sets of random data, and comparing the hashes. | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032484 | Creation of generic hierarchies A method and system are disclosed for modeling a relational database. The method comprises the steps of defining a set of data tables to accommodate any number of levels of a business hierarchy and using these tables as a generic data model to handle various levels ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032392 | Business enablement system A business enablement method and system. The method includes identifying and retrieving business management data associated with the business. The business management data is mapped to a structure comprised by a business management model. The business management dat... | 10/04/2011 |
