SCHUBERT OSTERRIEDER & NICKELSON PLLC - US Patent Attorneys and Agents

Attorney: SCHUBERT OSTERRIEDER & NICKELSON PLLC

Number of patents: 71
Last date: August 24, 2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7782825	Methods and arrangements for link rate adaptation in multi-radio co-existence platforms Methods and arrangements for link rate adaptation in multi-radio co-existence platforms (MRPs) are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to determine an overlap between receiving by a wireless device of the MRP and tr...	08/24/2010
7772819	Systems and methods for improved coupled inductor topology efficiency utilizing a light load signal Embodiments include systems and methods for voltage regulation in a coupled inductor topology. Embodiments comprise a switching voltage regulator that is responsive to a light load signal from the device to which power is supplied. When the light load signal indicat...	08/10/2010
7772708	Stacking integrated circuit dies A stackable die mounting system with an efficient interconnect is disclosed that can have a base chip carrier to interconnect a base integrated circuit die to a circuit board on a first side and to a second stacked integrated circuit on a second side. The second sid...	08/10/2010
7765438	Controlling temperature in a computer system Systems and media for controlling temperature of a system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware, software and/or firmware for controlling the temperature of a computer system are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving component temperatures for a group of...	07/27/2010
7756471	Systems and methods for multi-element antenna arrays with aperture control shutters Embodiments include systems and methods for controlling beam direction of an array of antenna elements in a wireless communications system. In one embodiment, aperture control shutters substantially cover each radiating antenna element. Each aperture control shutter...	07/13/2010
7752396	Promoting a line from shared to exclusive in a cache Embodiments include a cache controller adapted to determine whether a memory line for which the processor is to issue an address-only kill request resides in a fill buffer for the cache line in a shared state. If so, the cache controller may mark the fill buffer as ...	07/06/2010
7751312	System and method for packet switch cards re-synchronization The disclosed invention relates to a re-synchronization system that operates in a switching arrangement receiving a plurality of incoming data packets. The switching arrangement is made of an active switch card that transmits the incoming data packets and a backup s...	07/06/2010
7749816	Systems and arrangements to interconnect components of a semiconductor device Systems and arrangements to interconnect cells and structures within cells of an integrated circuit to enhance cell density are disclosed. Embodiments comprise an adjusted polysilicon gate pitch to metal wire pitch relationship to improve area scalars while increasi...	07/06/2010
7746827	Methods and arrangements for selection of a wireless transmission method based upon signal to noise ratios Methods and arrangements for wireless communications are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to determine the signal to noise ratios (SNRs) of multiple stations associated with an access point in a wireless network....	06/29/2010
7746822	Dynamic multi-access relaying for wireless networks Methods, apparatuses and systems for communicating in a wireless network are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method for communication in a wireless network that comprises determining a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for channels between a base station, one or more...	06/29/2010
7743129	Methods and arrangements to detect a failure in a communication network Methods and arrangements to monitor communication components such as a network adapters for activity, and identify components that have lower than normal levels of activity are provided. An identified communication component can become suspect component and a candid...	06/22/2010
7742909	Reconstruction of data from simulation models Systems and media for reconstructing data from simulation models are disclosed. Embodiments may include a media containing instructions for accessing an alias from an alias file. The media may include instructions for searching for a net name and, if the net name is...	06/22/2010
7739197	Guest limited authorization for electronic financial transaction cards Generally speaking, methods and media for authorizing a guest to use an electronic financial transaction card, such as a credit card or debit card, are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving information about a desired guest transaction (which may be limited i...	06/15/2010
7734444	Systems and arrangements to assess thermal performance Systems and arrangements to assess the thermal performance of a thermal solution based upon the ability of a device under test (DUT) to operate in accordance with electrical performance criteria are contemplated. Embodiments may include a tester to couple with the D...	06/08/2010
7730266	Adaptive range snoop filtering methods and apparatuses Snoop filtering methods and apparatuses for systems utilizing memory are contemplated. Method embodiments comprise receiving a request for contents of a memory line by a home agent, comparing an address of the memory line to a range in a set of adaptive ranges, and ...	06/01/2010
7728362	Creating integrated circuit capacitance from gate array structures Using gate arrays to create capacitive structures within an integrated circuit are disclosed. Embodiments comprise having a gate array of P-type field effect transistors (P-fets) and N-type field effect transistors (N-fets) in an integrated circuit design, coupling ...	06/01/2010
7724683	Arrangements for controlling multiple MAC interfaces Arrangements for controlling multiple media access control interfaces are disclosed. In one embodiment a method for controlling the interfaces can include setting up a transmission configuration for a first and a second media access control (MAC) interface, sending ...	05/25/2010
7711992	Generating a regression suite database Systems and media for generating an improved regression suite by applying harvesting models and/or regression algorithms to tests utilized in verification of a system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a regression manager responsive to user input may be coupled to a...	05/04/2010
7711960	Mechanisms to control access to cryptographic keys and to attest to the approved configurations of computer platforms Methods and arrangements to control access to cryptographic keys and to attest to the approved configurations of computer platforms able to access these keys, which include trusted platform modules (TPMs) are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, ...	05/04/2010
7710874	System and method for automatic management of many computer data processing system pipes A process control method and system including partitioning transmit decisions and certain measurements into one logical entity (Data Plane) and partitioning algorithm computation to update transmit probabilities into a second logical entity (Control Plane), the two ...	05/04/2010
7707956	Wake control mechanism The present invention is a wake control mechanism for watercrafts comprising flat or upwardly curved wake control plate(s) which is/are connected to the stern in a variety of ways, either fixed or adjustable, such that the water passing beneath and/or beside the tra...	05/04/2010
7696764	Systems and arrangements for sensing current with a low loss sense element In some embodiments, the arrangement includes a sense element to convey a current from a source to a load and a compensation element located proximate to the sense element. The compensation element has a resistance that changes proportional to a change in temperatur...	04/13/2010
7696594	Attachment of a QFN to a PCB Methods and arrangements to attach a QFN to a PCB, systems which include a QFN attached to a PCB, and apparatuses for controlling the deposit of solder upon a PCB are disclosed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to calculate a ...	04/13/2010
7694026	Methods and arrangements to handle non-queued commands for data storage devices Methods and arrangements to handle non-queued commands for data storage devices, such as Parallel and Serial ATA hard drives, are disclosed. Embodiments may comprise a host and/or a data storage device. The host and data storage device may form, e.g., a handheld dev...	04/06/2010
7693678	Integrated circuit temperature measurement methods and apparatuses Methods and apparatuses to measure temperatures of integrated circuits are disclosed. New circuit arrangements for measuring temperature using various types of integrated circuit sensor elements are discussed. Embodiments comprise methods and apparatuses arranged to...	04/06/2010
7689400	Reconstruction of data from simulation models Systems, method, and media for reconstructing data from simulation models are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for accessing an alias from an alias file. The method may generally include searching for a net name and, if the net name is not found, searchin...	03/30/2010
7684517	Reducing power consumption in signal detection Embodiments include a time-sharing detector that is designed to enable comparison of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage against the serial data transmission in a specified pattern. In many embodiments, the pattern is pre-defined and, in some em...	03/23/2010
7683670	High-speed low-power integrated circuit interconnects Embodiments that decrease power consumption of interconnecting devices in integrated circuits are disclosed. Embodiments reduce power consumption in integrated circuits by generating full and reduced swing signals at an output of a driver module in response to a con...	03/23/2010
7674076	Feeder apparatus for controlled supply of feedstock A feeder apparatus supplies a powder feedstock to a high or low pressure processing operation. The apparatus includes a metering plate defining an annular channel having a channel width. A measuring mechanism dispenses a measured volume of the feedstock into the ann...	03/09/2010
7669204	Autonomic SMT System tuning Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for autonomic system tuning of simultaneous multithreading (“SMT”). In one embodiment, the method for autonomic tuning of at least one SMT setting for an optimized processing, such as via throughput, latency, and power c...	02/23/2010
7669026	Systems and methods for memory migration Systems, methods and media for performing auto-migration of data among a plurality of memory devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, memory access of application program data is monitored for each of one or more application programs. The data may be stored in one ...	02/23/2010
7657945	Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes are contemplated. Embodiments may include a supervisor instance such as an operating system that is adapted to select one or more supervisor keys from a set of supervisor keys available...	02/02/2010
7657401	Systems and methods for predicting load test resource requirements Systems, methods and media for collecting and using machine usage data and machine configuration data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a workbench computer collects historical machine usage data for at least one load test machine emulating a plurality of users to p...	02/02/2010
7657131	Systems and methods for integrated optical circuitry for high data rate optical transmission and reception Embodiments include systems and methods for integrated circuitry optical modulation. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises an optical waveguide enabling multi-level modulation. The embodiment comprises an optical waveguide with integrated circuit modula...	02/02/2010
7656707	Systems and methods for discrete channel decoding of LDPC codes for flash memory Embodiments include systems and methods for soft encoding and decoding of data for flash memories using Log-Likelihood Ratios (LLRs). The LLRs are computed from statistics determined by observation of flash memory over time. In some embodiments, the write, retention...	02/02/2010
7656294	Disablement of camera functionality for a portable device Systems, methods, media, and apparatuses for disabling camera functionality in a portable device are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include establishing a connection with a camera-enabled portable device and transmitting to the portable device a request fo...	02/02/2010
7654839	Attenuation of an electrostatic charge on a cable prior to coupling the cable with an electronic system Embodiments may include connectors with discharge elements integrated into the connectors to interconnect conductors of a cable to attenuate or discharge an electrostatic charge built up on the conductors. In some embodiments, the conductors are momentarily connecte...	02/02/2010
7650633	Automated organizational role modeling for role based access controls Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for automatically generating a role based access control model (RBAC) for an organizational environment with a role based access control system such as a hierarchical RBAC (HRBAC) system are disclosed. Embodiments may i...	01/19/2010
7644118	Methods, systems, and media to enhance persistence of a message Methods, systems, and media for enhancing persistence of a message are disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for storing of a message in an inbound queue, copying the message to a working queue prior to removing the message from the inbound queue, ...	01/05/2010
7634561	Application usage metering management system Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for managing an application usage metering system are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include initiating discovery agents for one or more server resources and interrogating by the discovery agents the one or mo...	12/15/2009

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