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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941818 | System and method for utilizing EPG database for modifying advertisements A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941582 | Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications In a device that can execute multiple media applications, but only one at a time, a media server coordinates among applications, but neither the media server nor the individual applications maintain rules regarding all of the different applications. Each connection ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941001 | Multi-purpose scaler A multi-purpose scaler utilizes a vertical scaler module and a moveable horizontal scaler module to resample a video signal either vertically or horizontally according to a selected scaling ratio. The moveable horizontal scaler module resides in one of two slots wit... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940877 | Signal edge detection circuitry and methods Double data rate (“DDR”) circuitry or the like is modified or enhanced to include edge detection capability. During edge detection mode the circuitry is supplied with serial training data that includes successive pairs of equal-valued bits. Several, differently-... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940814 | Heterogeneous transceiver architecture for wide range programmability of programmable logic devices High-speed serial data transceiver circuitry on a programmable logic device (“PLD”) includes some channels that are able to operate at data rates up to a first, relatively low maximum data rate, and other channels that are able to operate at data rates up to a s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940365 | Compact display flex and driver sub-assemblies Compact sub-assemblies of flexible circuits and drivers are provided. The sub-assemblies can occupy less space in an electronic device than conventional sub-assemblies. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the flexible circuits can be attached to or ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939071 | Artery- and vein-specific proteins and uses therefor Arterial and venous endothelial cells are molecularly distinct from the earliest stages of angiogenesis. This distinction is revealed by expression on arterial cells of a transmembrane ligand, called EphrinB2 whose receptor EphB4 is expressed on venous cells. Target... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937727 | Apparatus and method for constrained selection of favorite channels An interactive program guide system is provided in which an interactive program guide offers a user access to content from multiple available media types. The program guide system provides for designating a preferred media type which reflects the user's interests. T... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937510 | Lempel Ziv compression architecture A data compression architecture comprises a shift register structure comprising first and second parallel paths, each comprising several shift register elements for storing previously received data characters. Each shift register element in the first path is paired ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932372 | Antibodies to MAdCAM The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to MAdCAM, preferably human MAdCAM and that function to inhibit MAdCAM. The invention also relates to human anti-MAdCAM antibodies and ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930719 | Interactive television program guide with selectable languages An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired lang... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930336 | Large multiplier for programmable logic device A plurality of specialized processing blocks in a programmable logic device, including multipliers and circuitry for adding results of those multipliers, can be configured as a larger multiplier by adding to the specialized processing blocks selectable circuitry for... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930194 | Method and apparatus for deterring frivolous professional liability claims A plan of countersuit insurance provided to professionals, possibly as part of or along with their professional liability insurance, deters frivolous professional malpractice claims. The plan of insurance pays legal costs of countersuits for improper prosecution whe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929551 | Methods and apparatus for transferring media across a network using a network interface device A network bridge connects a host device, such as digital media player, cell phone or camera, to content sources over a network to permit the host device to transmit or receive digital media. The network bridge includes a network interface module that identifies at l... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928770 | I/O block for high performance memory interfaces I/O blocks include input, output, and output enable circuits for interfacing with memory devices. The input circuit includes registers for capturing a double data rate signal, converting it into single data rate signals, and resynchronizing the single data rate sign... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927817 | Hybrid antibodies Hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments and methods of making them are provided. In one embodiment the hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments contain heavy and/or light variable regions that contain two or more framework regions derived from a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927654 | Methods and apparatus for spatial light modulation The invention relates to methods of manufacturing display devices which include the steps of depositing a layer of a dielectric material directly on a substantially transparent substrate, depositing a layer of metal directly on top of the dielectric material, formin... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926749 | Apparatus for treating organic waste material The apparatus for treating waste (50, W), in particular organic waste, comprises from the above to below: a loading section (2, 101), a grinding section (3, 102) and a section (4, 107) for storing the waste. A possible succession of steps... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636493 | Therapy table | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925913 | CDR control architecture for robust low-latency exit from the power-saving mode of an embedded CDR in a programmable integrated circuit device Clock data recovery (CDR) circuitry of a high-speed serial interface on a programmable integrated circuit device toggles, during the electrical idle period of the receiver of the interface, between its “lock-to-reference” (“LTR”) state and its normal “lock... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925835 | Content network global replacement policy This invention is related to content delivery systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a content provider controls a replacement process operating at an edge server. The edge server services content providers and has a data store for storing content asso... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925003 | Call center management systems A call center management system employs out-of-band signaling, such as provided by ISDN telecommunications technology, to manage outbound calls from a call center. By communicating with a central office of the PSTN in this way, it is possible to exercise a great deg... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924938 | Context-sensitive overhead processor An overhead processor for data transmission in digital communications, where a state machine, including a logic element and a flip-flop, is able to process a “previous” data state and a “next” data state simultaneously by storing the previous state in an ext... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924728 | Systems and methods for energy-conscious communication in wireless ad-hoc networks The invention relates to a transport protocol and associated methods and stack architectures for improving the energy efficiency of transmitting packets through an ad hoc network. The protocol controls transmissions by taking into account per-packet energy limits, p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924184 | High-speed serial interface circuitry for programmable integrated circuit devices An integrated circuit (e.g., a programmable integrated circuit such as a programmable microcontroller, a programmable logic device, etc.) includes programmable circuitry and a channel of high-speed serial data signal interface (e.g., transceiver) circuitry. To facil... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924046 | Configurable emphasis for high-speed transmitter driver circuitry Pre-emphasis may be able to operate in either of two modes. In a first mode, when one bit has a same value as the bit that immediately preceded it, an output signal for said one bit is based on a first electrical current reduced by a second electrical current. Other... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921441 | Detection and indication of premium channel availability The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide which includes a detector for determining whether a previously scrambled program is unscrambled. If a previously scrambled program is momentarily unscrambled due to promotional efforts by the program p... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921259 | Content network global replacement policy This invention is related to content delivery systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a content provider controls a replacement process operating at an edge server. The edge server services content providers and has a data store for storing content asso... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920736 | Methods and systems for imaging cells The invention generally provides methods and systems for determining characteristics of cellular structures. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods and may be applied to the examination of cells such as stem cells, em... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920642 | Very high data rate conversion in FPGAs Methods, circuits, and apparatus for providing an RF up-converter using digital circuits. One exemplary'embodiment provides an up-converter that uses multiple channels of parallel digital processing, then serializes individual bits from these channels to achieve hig... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920621 | Digital adaptation circuitry and methods for programmable logic devices Equalization of an incoming data signal can be controlled by sampling that signal at times when data values in that signal should be stable (“data samples”) and when that signal should be in transition between successive data values that are different (“transi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920317 | Display with controlled formation of bubbles The invention relates to a display apparatus including a first substrate supporting an array of light modulators, a second substrate separated from the first substrate by a gap, a fluid substantially filling the gap, sealing material joining the first substrate to t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919763 | Electron beam emitter An exit window for an electron beam emitter through which electrons pass in an electron beam includes a structural foil for metal to metal bonding with the electron beam emitter. The structural foil has a central opening formed therethrough. A window layer of high t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919523 | Inhibitors of aspartyl protease The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. T... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919079 | Cancer immunotherapy compositions and methods of use Cellular compositions and methods for inducing an immune response to tumor cells are described. The cellular compositions include a tumor antigen and cells that have been modified to express a cytokine and one or more of a tumor antigen, anti-CTLA4 antibody and an a... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918809 | Orthopaedic brace having a range of motion hinge with an adjustable-length strut An orthopaedic brace includes a strut length adjustment assembly to change the operable length of the strut for sizing the brace on a patient without the need for special tools or cutting of the strut. The adjustment assembly includes a biased adjustment mechanism t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917933 | Systems and methods for relocating media A system and method may be provided that allows users to store, retrieve, and manipulate on-demand media content and data stored on a remote server network in an on-demand media delivery system. More particularly, the system may allow a user to access his or her on-... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917883 | Method for incorporating pattern dependent effects in circuit simulations Methods, software, and apparatus for providing a netlist for simulation that includes one or more parameters that are determined by one or more pattern dependent effects. One particular embodiment of the present invention receives a layout of a circuit including one... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917706 | SDRAM controller A SDRAM controller prioritizes memory access requests to maximize efficient use of the bandwidth of the memory data bus, and also gives different priorities to access requests received on its different inputs. The SDRAM controller has multiple inputs, at least one o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917416 | Systems and methods for safeguarding employee stock options from stock price fluctuations Systems and methods for hedging against stock price fluctuations are provided. These systems and methods are preferably directed towards providing executives holding company stock options with opportunities to limit their exposure to fluctuations in the price of sto... | 03/29/2011 |
