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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7447780 | Technique for communicating information over a broadband communications network The invention is directed to a technique for enabling communications to be transmitted between at least two associated counterpart devices at different locations, e.g., at work and home. One or more communications devices having a first identification code (e.g., te... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7433827 | System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429175 | Dental implant surgical guide A prefabricated dental implant surgical guide. The implant surgical guide comprises a tooth shaped contour which simulates a natural tooth and the final prosthesis. The tooth shaped contours can be shaped to match any tooth found in the mouth. The system further com... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423575 | Method and apparatus for protecting personnel and material from RF-based threats using ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission An ultra wideband (UWB) jamming system comprises a processor, a memory, a pulse generator, one or more UWB transmitters, and one or more UWB antennas. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the RF signals of a threat transmission or an RF-triggered exp... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423583 | Method for refining state estimates of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver based upon sequential GPS carrier phase measurements Sequential GPS Doppler carrier phase count measurements are used for precision sequential determination of position and velocity of a GPS receiver, such as for orbit determination and geolocation, with minimum throughput time. Real-time orbit determination and geolo... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424335 | Identification of terrestrial foliage location, type and height for scaled physical models A method for identifying modeling characteristics of items of foliage on a piece of real property so that the property's foliage can be accurately modeled on a site model portion of an architectural model. The characteristics determined for each item of foliage is i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403902 | System and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398988 | Three-wheeled stroller having kickstand A three-wheeled stroller has a kickstand movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. When deployed, the kickstand has a pair of downwardly extending legs on either side of the front wheel to help prevent a tipping condition when an occupant enters ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395216 | Using predictive models to continuously update a treatment plan for a patient in a health care location A system for determining a treatment plan for a patient comprises a database of patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with a patient. A predictive model is applied to patient assessment data and used to prepare a treatment plan. A rules ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394388 | System and method for providing visual and physiological cues in a matching system A system and method for displaying a match alert. First and second user monitors are configured to communicate with an interrogator to establish the presence of the user monitors in a defined space. An information server is configured to determine whether profiles o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391331 | System and method for providing visual and physiological cues in a security matching system A system and method for displaying a security alert. First and second user monitors are configured to communicate with an interrogator to establish the presence of the user monitors in a defined space. An information server is configured to determine a degree to whi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383473 | System and method for identifying and isolating faults in a video on demand provisioning system A system and method for identifying and isolating faults in a video on demand (VOD) provisioning system. Transaction errors statistics are used to determine whether a fault has occurred in the VOD provisioning system. A high transaction error rate is associated with... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376718 | System and method for managing provisioning parameters in a cable network A system and method for managing provisioning parameters in a cable network. A dynamic TFTP (DTFTP) server and a CMTS manage the provisioning of devices in a cable network. The DTFTP server and the CMTS share common provisioning parameters. A provisioning parameter ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375638 | Electronic tether for portable objects A system and method for issuing an alarm when the separation distance between a monitoring module associated with an object (animate or inanimate) and an alert module exceeds a preset threshold distance thereby forming a leadless electronic tether between the object... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372809 | Thwarting denial of service attacks originating in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network Methods and systems for thwarting denial of service attacks originating in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network (DCN) are described. A DCN comprises one or more sub-networks each comprising an access network, one or more cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) and one o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366102 | Fault isolation system and method A fault isolation system and method. A hierarchical numbering system is applied to devices within a cable network. Each subscriber is associated with a “last active device” or “LAD” providing service to that subscriber. The numbering system provides “genea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366714 | Method and system for providing electronic discovery on computer databases and archives using statement analysis to detect false statements and recover relevant data Electronic discovery on computer systems and archives is provided by using statement analysis of to identify false statements so as to retrieve relevant impeachment data and other evidence related to recorded statements. The recorded statement is analyzed for possib... | 04/29/2008 |
| D567142 | Base tape of a garment fastener | 04/22/2008 |
| D566612 | Base tape of a garment fastener | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343216 | Applying foliage and terrain features to architectural scaled physical models The method for assembling an architectural site model facilitates repeated placement and removal of foliage to the model. The site model is constructed as an upper shell portion and a lower base portion. Model foliage is attached to the shell portion. The upper shel... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7310816 | System and method for email screening A system and method for e-mail screening to prevent the spread of viruses and to compensate users for viewing unsolicited e-mails. Users have all incoming e-mails redirected to a e-mail screening site. When the user registers with the server of the present invention... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293282 | Method to block unauthorized access to TFTP server configuration files The present invention teaches methods and systems for blocking unauthorized access to cable modem configuration files stored on trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) servers. Filenames are modified by the DHCP to incorporate an authentication key (and optional cloak... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289636 | Electronic earplug for monitoring and reducing wideband noise at the tympanic membrane An electronic earplug for wideband control of pressures at the tympanic membrane is presented. A unique methodology of determining effective component placement inside an earplug that provides acoustic isolation between the ambient noise and tympanic membrane is exp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283927 | Activity recording module The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves record... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279078 | Thin-film coating for wheel rims A process for coating a non-uniform, thin-film, dichroic pattern to a wheel rim or motorcycle part. The thin-film coating adds a colored or iridescent pattern to the wheel rim or motorcycle part, while maintaining other characteristics, such as brilliance, shine, du... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272846 | System and method for detecting and reporting cable modems with duplicate media access control addresses The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network. A cable modem (CM) having a MAC address is connected by the cable network to a cable modem termination system (CMTS) having a gateway interface address. A centralized... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266085 | Access and routing protocol for ad hoc network using synchronous collision resolution and node state dissemination An ad hoc network organizes itself to provide communications without need for an a priori designated central control mechanism or base stations. Such self-organization is challenging in a multihop ad hoc network having member nodes that are highly mobile and widely ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256708 | Telecommunications network for remote patient monitoring A communications network for providing continuous patient monitoring to provide critical care services from a remote location. A plurality of patient monitoring stations with associated patient monitoring instrumentation is connected over a communications network to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254709 | Managed information transmission of electronic items in a network environment A method for transmitting electronic information items over a network includes registering a first user via a first client machine and a second user via a second client machine with a discovery machine wherein the first client machine, the second client machine and ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249067 | System and method for creating customized catalogues A system and method for creating customized publications. Publication content is selected based on rules that associate particular content with customer profiles of individual recipients. In an exemplary embodiment, the customized publication is a product catalogue,... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248708 | Noise canceling microphone An improved noise canceling microphone is provided including robust design features and advanced noise control and speech discrimination convergence characteristics. Two adaptive controllers are used to ensure robust performance in quickly changing acoustic environm... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233668 | System and method for a commercial multimedia rental and distribution system A system and method for securing intellectual property rights in distributed intellectual property. The present invention grants and polices rights in electronically distributed intellectual property. Use limitations are established by agreement by the content provi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231390 | Apparatus and method for providing sequence database comparison A method and system of comparing a query and a subject database using a distributed computing platform is disclosed. The databases are divided into data elements having a size within a specified range. All data elements and task definitions are sent to a master CPU ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228716 | Ornamental ring kit A jewelry ring and an associated assembly method involves the ring being assembled with a set of easily fabricated components that allow for mass production, easy custom fabrication, and use in hobby kits. The ring employs a U-shaped shank formed of sheet material a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224311 | System and method for visualization of attitude and attitude/position dependent data A system and method for visualization of attitude dependent data is disclosed. An attitude sphere is defined around an object of interest located at the center. Grid points are defined on the surface of the attitude sphere to represent directions. An attitude depend... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219630 | Internal combustion engine with regenerator, hot air ignition, and naturally aspirated engine control An internal combustion engine and method is disclosed wherein separate compression and power cylinders are used and a regenerator or pair of regenerators is mounted between them to provide heat for hot-air ignition. The single regenerator embodiment operates as a tw... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7203537 | System and method for breaking reentry circuits by cooling cardiac tissue Systems and methods to inhibit the conduction of certain spurious electrical impulses in the heart. Inhibition of spurious electrical impulses in the heart is accomplished by cooling one or more targeted portions of the heart. Optionally, inhibition of spurious elec... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193515 | System and method for centralized security screening A system and method for centralized security screening of packages including baggage. The system creates images and data concerning baggage to be reviewed, packetizes the data long with additional identification information, and conveys the data packets to a central... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192636 | Multilayer shrink film with polystyrene and polyethylene layers A multilayer shrink film and methods of making same comprising one or more polyethylenic layers, one or more polystyrenic layer and polystyrene compatibilizing layers situate between each polyethylenic layer and polystyrenic layer wherein the polystyrene compatibili... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191392 | System and method for the creation of virtual information packages A system and method for creation of virtual electronic containers for documents in electronic form. The system permits scanning and or electronic creation of documents together with a machine readable graphical code. The graphical code contains informational bout th... | 03/13/2007 |
