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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161474 | Diagnostic information preservation during installations of over the air update of wireless handset software A method and system for failsafe preservation of diagnostic information that identifies problems encountered during installation of over the air updates of wireless handset software includes logging code stored in an area of the handset that is not updated during ov... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159707 | Method and system for unified batch job processing A more holistic approach to batch job processing simplifies batch job creation, improves user understanding of batch job status and prevents unwanted batch job printing outcomes. In the approach, before printing any print element (e.g. file, document) in a batch job... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154737 | Method and system for estimating color ink usage for a print job element Methods and systems for estimating the amount of color ink that will be used to print a print job element classify individual color drawing objects of the print job element in a pre-raster image process (pre-RIP) format into drawing object classes and apply predeter... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154723 | Method and systems for particle characterization using optical sensor output signal fluctuation Methods and systems for particle characterization using a light fluctuation component of an optical sensor output signal. The use of the light fluctuation component enables particle characterization (e.g. provision of information on particle size, type and confidenc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145931 | Imaging device with adaptive power saving behavior and method for use thereon An imaging device with an adaptive power saving behavior conserves power by establishing reduced power mode entry and/or exit timeout values based on device usage statistics. Such an imaging device in some embodiments comprises at least one interface and a processor... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8122372 | Method and system for rendering web pages on a wireless handset A wireless handset and a method and system for a wireless handset that better enable a user of the wireless handset to identify, select and view objects on a web page. Objects from a web page are rendered on a wireless handset display as selectable panels in perspec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8085145 | Personal environmental monitoring method and system and portable monitor for use therein A personal environmental monitoring method and system and a portable monitor for use therein permit real-time mobile monitoring of environmental conditions in the immediate vicinity to ensure compatibility with the particular environmental sensitivities of a person ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077710 | Method and system for discovering vacant DTV channels using DHCP server location A wireless client device (e.g. a WSD) discovers vacant DTV channels using location information acquired from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. In one aspect of the invention, a wireless client device discovers vacant DTV channels through direct co... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069409 | Customized remote access to imaging node front panels Methods and systems for customized remote access to imaging node front panels offer improvements in the areas of unified access, on-screen viewing and comprehension of front panels delivered by diverse imaging nodes to remote client nodes. The imaging nodes may be d... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060884 | Deterministic task scheduling in a computing device A method and system for scheduling tasks in a computing device ensures substantially seamless processing of an active job while preventing starvation of background tasks. In one aspect, a method comprises the steps of statically allocating processor time to a backgr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8001404 | Remote wakeup web service for imaging device A remote wakeup capability for an imaging device, such as a multifunction printer (MFP) device. When the imaging device enters a power saving mode, a remote wakeup web service remains awake and initiates wakeup of the imaging device in response to a valid wakeup req... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7882244 | Method and system for facilitating group organization using mobile devices Method and system for facilitating group organization using mobile devices and near field communication (NFC). Such a method in one aspect comprises the steps of selecting a first member of a group to create resources for the group, creating the resources by the fir... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881329 | Method and system for maintaining high reliability logical connection A method and system for maintaining a high reliability logical connection between hosts employs adaptive transparent pinging, clone blocking and bandwidth leveling to realize improvements in the areas of connection status verification, security and bandwidth managem... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7809955 | Trustable communities for a computer system A trustable community for a computer system includes multiple software components that have security interdependence. A trustable community attempts to stop malware from compromising one software component within the community by conditioning operation of the softwa... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805485 | Web services interface extension channel A Web Services interface extension channel exposes new operations for a Web Service without requiring changes to the WSDL definitions for the Web Service. In some embodiments, extended operation requests and responses are transmitted over the extension channel using... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801167 | Enhanced power saving methods and systems for powerline network Enhanced power saving methods and systems for a powerline network improve power conservation by adaptively regulating the monitoring of a shared carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) region of a beacon period based on current need. The methods and systems include one... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7735014 | Device-directed default list naming for mobile electronic device Methods and systems for ensuring that a default contact list display name presented on a mobile electronic device is meaningful to a user of the mobile electronic device. Such a mobile electronic device in some embodiments comprises a user interface, a wireless inte... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734209 | Imaging device with click count fragmentation An imaging device utilizes click count fragmentation to provide separate click counts for service and billing purposes. Click count fragmentation maintains uninterrupted service counts and derives from service counts billing counts that more accurately reflect the n... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7712143 | Trusted enclave for a computer system A trusted enclave for a software system of a computer node provides relatively high assurance protection of a section of the software system. The trusted enclave attempts to stop malware from compromising parts of the software system within the trusted enclave. If a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7656438 | Target use video limit enforcement on wireless communication device Method and system for receiving an advance decision from a wireless communication device user to terminate a video sequence captured by the user at a limit length of a target use for the video sequence and enforcing the advance decision upon reaching the limit lengt... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7587297 | Computerized system for targeted horticultural advertising A computerized system for targeted horticultural advertising. In some embodiments, the system comprises a computer. The computer receives environmental data collected at a horticultural site. The computer determines conformance of the environmental data to a plant s... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583951 | Virtual batteries for wireless communication device The present invention provides virtual batteries for a wireless communication device. Generally speaking, a virtual battery is a logical construct on a wireless communication device that powers a defined set of wireless communication device applications and has a de... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571075 | Computerized plant selection system A computerized plant selection system comprises a probe and a computer. The probe is installed at a proposed site for a plant. The probe collects environmental data at the site. The environmental data are uploaded to a computer. The computer identifies one or more c... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7555640 | Mobile electronic device with fragmented device settings A mobile electronic device with fragmented device settings enables preservation of user-defined settings during over-air software updates. Such a device in one aspect comprises a memory adapted to store at least one device setting including a default setting determi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7312703 | Initialization of a sensor for monitoring the structural integrity of a building Initialization of a sensor for monitoring the structural integrity of a building involves the sensor, a gateway and an installer device. An automated initialization brings the sensor online and enables the sensor for remote monitoring without requiring on-site manua... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6909778 | Enhanced IP phone operation An enhanced IP telephone taking advantage of the many call-related functions provided by existing PBX systems. The enhanced IP telephone includes a thin computer telephony integration (CTI) client transmitting to a CTI server a command associated with a particular c... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6874090 | Deterministic user authentication service for communication network A user authentication service for a communication network authenticates local users before granting them access to personalized sets of network resources. Authentication agents on intelligent edge devices present users of associated end systems with log-in challenge... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6859320 | Dispersion compensation using resonant cavities Multi-stage, all-pass optical filters used to make low-loss, multi-channel dispersion compensation modules are disclosed. The all-pass optical filters can be ring resonators in waveguides, Gires-Tournois Interferometers (GTIs) in free space form, and the like. The c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6856443 | Method for using length dispersion in an etalon to approximate target resonant frequencies Methods for using a length dispersion of an etalon to approximate target resonant frequencies. Length dispersion usage in the present invention includes, for example, determining the impact of a length dispersion of an etalon on resonant frequencies of the etalon an... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6757286 | Self-configuring communication network Methods for configuring, maintaining connectivity in and utilizing an ATM network. Neighboring switches share topology information and enable links to neighboring switches for tag switching. Point-to-point tagged virtual connections are established between switches ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6708187 | Method for selective LDAP database synchronization A unified policy management system for an organization including a central policy server and remotely situated policy enforcers. The central policy server includes a central database storing configuration information for the remotely situated policy enforcers. Each ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6678835 | State transition protocol for high availability units A unified policy management system for an organization including a central policy server and remotely situated policy enforcers. A central database and policy enforcer databases storing policy settings are configured as LDAP databases adhering to a hierar... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674756 | Multi-service network switch with multiple virtual routers A physical network switch partitioned into a plurality of virtual routers (VRs) where each VR has allocated to it a set of resources and routing tables. The system resources are not tied to a particular network interface, allowing them to be flexibly part... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6230191 | Method and apparatus for regulating the amount of buffer memory requested by a port in a multi-port switching device with shared buffer memory In a switching device such as a network switch having multiple ports and shared buffer memory, method and apparatus for regulating the amount of buffer memory requested by a port. The method includes determining a limit number of buffers that a port may u... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6094430 | Switching fabric for a digital traffic switch A switching fabric for a high-speed, high-performance digital traffic switch guarantees a high degree of resource availability and is resource efficient. Each input port associated with the switching fabric is assigned a time slot in a repetitive time cyc... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089734 | Table lamp with base-mounted finial receiver A table lamp suitable for displaying a base-mounted finial has an adapter plate for supporting both a finial assembly and a pipe and wiring assembly using a single hole in the base. The adapter plate enables the pipe to be mounted outside the base perimet... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088745 | Logical output queues linking buffers allocated using free lists of pointer groups of multiple contiguous address space A data transfer system efficiently allocates contiguous address spaces in a destination storage area to packets by maintaining a plurality of lists from which different amounts of contiguous address spaces are allocated. List selection is made based on kn... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6041057 | Self-configuring ATM network Methods for configuring, maintaining connectivity in and utilizing an ATM network. Neighboring switches share topology information and enable links to neighboring switches for tag switching. Point-to-point tagged virtual connections are established betwee... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6006306 | Integrated circuit with stage-implemented content-addressable memory cell A CAM integrated circuit has a stage-implemented CAM cell which operationally separates CAM read operations into distinct stages, including look-up, prioritization and encoding, that execute independently. The staged implementation is achieved by placing ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5916124 | Finial-adaptive pull chain A finial-adaptive pull chain has a bead chain disposed between an adaptor and a spring assembly. The adaptor retains the terminal bead of the bead chain, has external threads on the lower portion for receiving a finial and has a gripping surface on the up... | 06/29/1999 |
