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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185804 | Apparatus and method for error correction in mobile wireless applications incorporating multi-level and adaptive erasure data A receiver (120) is configured to receive data over a communications link. A decapsulator (122) is coupled to the receiver and configured to create datagrams and erasure attributes associated with the datagrams. A decoder (124) is coupled to the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185115 | Tracking cells for cell-reselection in a cellular communications system A user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication system tracks neighbor cells by periodically performing a signal measurement process and periodically performing a signal tracking process. Neighbor cells are ranked according to measured signal level, and the number... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184675 | Residual frequency offset exploitation Respective residual frequency offsets of de-spread correlated signals derived from a received communication signal are determined and used to improve receiver performance in high-velocity situations. The knowledge of the residual frequency offsets of the respective ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184580 | Data packet communication scheduling in a communication system A communication device has a plurality of concurrently operating transceiver systems, each operating in a respectively different one of a plurality of communication systems. Operation of the transceiver systems is coordinated by receiving a plurality of requests fro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181523 | Ultrasound inspection methods for noisy cast materials and related probes Ultrasound inspection methods for noisy materials and related probes are disclosed to inspect a defect in a cast material that use polycarbonate delay layers having a first surface configured to be disposed on a surface of the cast material; and an acoustic crystal ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180672 | Systems and methods for placing advertisements Systems and methods provide techniques for associating advertisements with relevant content on a user interface. A method for placing advertisements on a user interface includes providing a user interface having a plurality of user interface screens, at least some o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179957 | Quadrature pulse-width modulation methods and apparatus Switched-mode amplifiers and devices having such amplifiers include quadrature pulse-width modulation that is based on cartesian (as opposed to polar) coordinates. Two sets of pulses that represent respective in-phase and quadrature components of a conventional cart... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177759 | Medicament delivery device A medicament delivery device includes distal and proximal housings; a medicament container having a slidable stopper partially, slidably arranged within the proximal housing; a plunger rod within the distal housing having a proximal end abutting the stopper; a drive... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176933 | Annular BOP packing unit A packing unit for a blowout preventer includes an elastomeric, annular body configured to be disposed about a longitudinal axis of the blowout preventer and configured to be displaced radially inward towards the longitudinal axis upon actuation of the blowout preve... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172797 | Medical delivery device The present invention relates to an injection device comprising a housing, a container containing medicament to be injected through a needle (34) attachable to said container, drive means (46) operatively acting on said container for injecting said med... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169405 | Methods and systems for enhancing television applications using 3D pointing Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional 3D control device for collection of the basic control primitives of po... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166993 | Method and systems for using a shim plate for increased strength Blowout preventer (BOP) and method for sealing a well. The BOP includes a body having first and second conduits, the first conduit being substantially perpendicular on the second conduit; a piston extending through the first conduit and being configured to reciproca... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166319 | Methods and systems for use-case aware voltage selection Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for optimizing voltage use in digital circuits. This can be obtained by creating situations for digital circuits such that the effective critical path (ECP) can be used such as, for example, the ca... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165299 | Network authentication An existing communications device, such as a WAP-enabled mobile phone or other device, can be used as an authentication token. This has the advantage that WAP-enabled devices include components which are used in public key/private key cryptographic systems as a part... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658196 | User interface for a display screen | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161082 | Metadata brokering server and methods Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for supplying rich multimedia metadata usable to generate, e.g., sophisticated entertainment user interfaces in the home. These methods and systems can be implemented as a server-based softwa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159365 | Distributed databases for a well control drilling system An apparatus to update data in a well control system includes a central control unit in communication with a communications network, the central control unit comprising a first display database, an end device in communication with the communications network, the end... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155651 | Transmission parameter negotiation after packet-switched handover A user equipment (UE) includes a resettable timer that clocks a period after a successful packet-switched handover in a communication system. If a command message for setting packet-data transmission parameters is not received from the network before the period elap... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152766 | Device for delivering medicament encompassing a pressure release mechanism The present invention relates to a device for delivering medicament, comprising a container (12) arranged to contain medicament, which container further comprises an opening arranged to expel medicament from the container, pressure means (16, 18) arran... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149968 | Estimating a signal-to-interference ratio in a receiver of a wireless communications system A Signal-to-Interference Ratio of a radio channel is estimated in a receiver of a wireless communications system, wherein pilots with reference information are modulated on some sub-carriers in some symbols. At least one parameter for signals received from said firs... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149955 | Single ended multiband feedback linearized RF amplifier and mixer with DC-offset and IM2 suppression feedback loop A receiver arrangement includes a single ended multiband feedback amplifier, at least one single ended input, differential output mixer arrangement including a main mixer and a trim mixer, and a mixer feedback loop circuit configured to receive differential output s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149809 | Method apparatus and network node for applying conditional CQI reporting A method for limiting Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) reporting from a User Equipment to a network node is provided where a User Equipment can transmit CQI reports to a network node, such as e.g. a base station, when the User Equipment is operating in low transmissi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149763 | Controlling a power level in a wireless communications system with different scrambling codes A power level of signals transmitted in a wireless communications system under a first or a second scrambling code, is controlled in an inner power control loop, where a quality measure is repetitively estimated and control commands generated from the quality measur... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149133 | MUX BOP database mirroring An apparatus to remotely archive data from a blowout preventer includes a first system controller in communication with the blowout preventer and a communications network, and a second system controller in communication with the blowout preventer and the communicati... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144819 | Synchronization for chirp sequences Methods and apparatus for identifying correct peaks in outputs of matched filters in user equipment for communication systems are provided. A received signal is correlated with a replica of a synchronization signal, thereby producing a correlation output signal. Pea... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144543 | Seismic data processing method for RMO picking The invention relates to a method of processing seismic data, the said seismic data comprising a gather of seismic traces organized according to one or several acquisition parameters, comprising the steps of: a) defining an equatio... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143951 | Broadband transistor bias network An amplifying circuit for use in, for example, broadband transceivers is described. A bias filter is connected between an amplifying transistor and a power supply to block a wide range of frequencies associated with amplified RF input signals from reaching the power... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139441 | Method for bispectral picking of anelliptical NMO correction parameters Method of determining the velocity V and anellipticity η parameters for processing seismic traces in a common midpoint (CMP) gather comprising:—a preliminary step to define a plurality of nodes (dtn, τo), for each node (dtn, τo) defined in... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137195 | Semantic gaming and application transformation A gaming system comprises a handheld user input device, a processor for receiving input data from the handheld user input device and a gaming application for receiving data from the processor based on the received input data from the handheld user input device. The ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136547 | Poppet valve with diverging-converging flow passage and method to reduce total pressure loss A poppet valve is disclosed that include a valve body, a poppet guide disposed inside the valve body so as to form a flow passage from a flow inlet to a flow outlet of the valve, a poppet shutter disposed inside the poppet guide, and a converging-diverging flow pass... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136191 | Scaffold arrangement and method for repairing the edge structure of a concrete bridge A scaffold arrangement for repairing the edge structure of a concrete bridge. A steel-structured bent comprises a vertical beam that can be anchored by support members to the upper surface of the bridge. The vertical beam extends to a distance above the upper surfac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134963 | Method and system for reducing connection set-up time A method of connection setup in mobile wireless data communications systems is disclosed where the connection setup time is decreased for delay-sensitive communications sessions relative to the normal connection setup time for confidence-dependent communications ses... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127852 | Interchangeable subsea wellhead devices and methods A method for connecting a lower marine riser package to a lower blowout preventer stack. The method includes lowering a frame of the lower marine riser package toward a frame of the lower blowout preventer stack such that a first half of a feed-thru component contac... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125074 | Laminated substrate for an integrated circuit BGA package and printed circuit boards A laminated substrate for an integrated circuit package, including a core layer and at least one build-up layer located above only one side of said core layer. An integrated circuit package, including a laminated substrate and including an integrated circuit die pla... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123438 | Ram style tensioner A riser tensioner configured to apply a tension to a riser. The riser tensioner includes a frame configured to be fixedly attached to the riser; plural cylinder assemblies spaced around the riser, each cylinder assembly having a cylinder and a piston configured to s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123306 | Trailer connection selector A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply connections. The circuit includes a first inversion valve with supply from a se... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122964 | Subsea stack alignment method A method to interchangeably connect a plurality of Lower Marine Riser Packages with a lower BOP stack includes engaging a Lower Marine Riser Package connector of the Lower Marine Riser Package, with a Lower Stack mandrel connector of a Lower Stack, thereby aligning ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121231 | Method and device for channel response determination A method and a device for channel response determination for a wireless communication system. The method comprises generating a first vector of channel responses from channel estimations obtained by using a training signal. A second vector of regularized channel res... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117696 | Articulated bed The present invention refers to an articulated bed arrangement having a patient support platform 2 comprising at least a head section 4, a seat section 6 and a foot section 8 connected to each other in an articulated manner so that the be... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113544 | Rotating fluid union A fluid union includes a rotatable member with an axis to rotate about, a non-rotatable member, and an actuating member disposed between the rotatable member and the non-rotatable member. The actuating member is moveable along the axis between an engaged position an... | 02/14/2012 |
