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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184715 | Method for efficiently executing video encoding operations on stream processor architectures Techniques are disclosed for employing a set of stream processors to greatly accelerate common video encoding and transcoding tasks, with the goal of making these tasks run at a reasonable rate on off-the-shelf hardware. Stream processors are most commonly found in ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184190 | Simultaneous global shutter and correlated double sampling read out in multiple photosensor pixels An apparatus controls operation of an array of color multiple sensor pixel image sensors to provide a global shuttering for one half of the color multiple sensor pixel image sensors and a rolling shuttering for all color multiple sensor pixel image sensors of the ar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182326 | Outcome based display of gaming results Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices and gaming systems having an outcome based display of summarized past gaming results and a method of processing and displaying the past gaming results. In one example, a gaming device may record gam... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180883 | Method and system for processing directives included in management events A method and system for processing directives included in management events are disclosed. A method for handling management events includes detecting an event generated upon an occurrence relating to a device, such as a network device. The device related occurrence ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180852 | Apparatus for increasing social interaction over an electronic network In one embodiment, a system includes a server that hosts webpages facilitating user interaction between multiple endpoints. The system monitors for a user input requesting initiation of a happy hour, and when the input is detected, modifies the webpages to alert use... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179993 | Digital branch calibrator for an RF transmitter The present invention provides a digital (computational) branch calibrator which uses a feedback signal sensed from an RF transmit signal path following the combining stage of LINC circuitry of a transmitter to compensate for gain and phase imbalances occurring betw... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175642 | Method and apparatus for disabling the RF functionality of a multi-function wireless communication device while maintaining access to local functionality A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, suc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175574 | Methods and systems for selecting one or more charging profiles for a mobile data service session Methods and systems for selecting one or more charging profiles for a mobile data service session are disclosed. A method includes identifying one or more available sources of charging profiles that each provide a charging profile for a mobile data service user and ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172184 | Aerial transport apparatus The invention provides a cargo hook apparatus for securing cargo external to an aircraft for transportation, the apparatus comprising, pendent sling means, an attachment for securing the pendent sling means to the aircraft, and a cargo hook assembly, where the cargo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170173 | Passive emergency feedwater system A power module assembly includes a reactor vessel containing a reactor core surrounded by a primary coolant. A containment vessel is adapted to be submerged in a containment cooling pool and to prohibit a release of the primary coolant outside of the containment ves... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169903 | Managing traffic within and between virtual private networks when using a session border controller Methods and devices for managing traffic are described. Traffic from a source in a virtual private network (VPN) is received. The traffic is directed to a virtual interface that is designated to receive traffic from the VPN. The virtual interface is configured to as... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166887 | Sound systems for model railroad locomotives On-board model railroad speaker enclosure designs are presented that isolate back and front speaker waves. In one example, a first speaker may be disposed inside of a model steam locomotive tender, and a second speaker disposed inside of the model steam locomotive. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658628 | Radio | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166407 | Apparatus for increasing social interaction over an electronic network In one embodiment, a system includes a server that hosts webpages facilitating user interaction between multiple endpoints. The system monitors for a user input requesting initiation of a happy hour, and when the input is detected, modifies the webpages to alert use... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165057 | Wireless telecommunications method A multiprocessor system used in a car, home, or office environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data m... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164785 | Method and apparatus for selecting printing devices according to resource availability Printing devices are selected from a printing pool at least partially based on what non-resident resources need to be downloaded to the printing devices for printing the print job. The printing device selection can also include other types of printer selection crite... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164665 | Method and apparatus for controlling pixel sensor elements An imaging method and system that flexibly accesses light, sensor elements and processes imaging signals. The imaging system comprises an array of pixel sensor cells, an array controller and a readout control circuit. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160098 | Dynamically allocating channel bandwidth between interfaces In one example, a bandwidth allocation device allocates physical channel bandwidth between local interfaces. Thereafter, at a polling time, the bandwidth allocation device determines whether there is communication activity between each local interface and the physic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160093 | Timing system for modular cable modem termination system A modular Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) includes a packet shelf operating a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) Media Access Control (MAC) framer. One or more downstream Physical Interface (PHY) shelves receive DOCSIS data from the pack... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160070 | Fibre channel proxy A fibre channel proxy proxies storage operations in a fibre channel storage network. A first set of fibre channel proxy ports are configured to receive storage operations from one or more initiators. A second set of fibre channel proxy ports are configured to forwar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156554 | Method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156309 | Translation look-aside buffer with variable page sizes Multiple pipelined Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) units are configured to compare a translation address with associated TLB entries. The TLB units operated in serial order comparing the translation address with associated TLB entries until an identified one of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153911 | Dynamically weighing mail pieces in real time within an automated destination bar code sorter machine by temporarily accelerating the mail piece and capturing resulting closed loop motor torque sample data Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, and for checking that the correct amount of postage has been paid for delivery of the article. An article (900) is received from an intake transpor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151117 | Detection of items stored in a computer system Detection of items stored in a computer system such as computer code, data or information includes obtaining signatures characteristic of programs of interest such as steganographic programs. A signature is obtained by reading code from a program of interest. The co... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150376 | User-initiated communications during multimedia content playback on a mobile communications device A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149833 | Wideband cable downstream protocol A network device has a communications port to provide communication with a data network and a cable port to provide communication with a cable network across multiple channels. The network device also has a processor to receive data from the data network, format the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145184 | Protected data capture In one embodiment, a method includes receiving disposition data from a subscriber. The disposition data indicates a first particular condition predicate for performing a particular action on data associated with the subscriber and archived by a service provider. Aft... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140888 | High availability network processing system A host receives messages from a network processing device. Messages received from a primary port are processed and also forwarded to a standby host over a secondary port. Messages received by the standby host over the secondary port are processed in the same was as ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140634 | Interactive text communication system A communication system quarantines text and then automatically transmits the text across a network at the end of a quarantine time period. This text quarantine period gives a user the chance to edit or delete text for a brief amount of time after the text has been e... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135531 | Predictive vehicle controller Due to time delays, vehicle speed may become difficult to control. A predictive speed controller is configured to receive a desired speed request for a vehicle and simulate vehicle responses according to the desired speed request. A compensation value is derived fro... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135028 | Neighbor discovery in cable networks A network device has a communications link to allow the device to communicate with customer devices and a processor. The processor is to receive neighbor discovery messages from requesting customer devices, examine the neighbor discovery messages to determine if the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135020 | Packet schedule timestamp for a compressed bitstream A packet schedule timestamp is provided. A schedule information packet includes a packet schedule timestamp that represents the relative timing of data packets in a particular bitstream of a multiplexed transport stream. The schedule information packet further provi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134921 | CMTS upstream channel bandwidth scheduler In one embodiment, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) generates a bandwidth grant message corresponding to a time segment. The CMTS identifies a portion of the time segment to be assigned according to received bandwidth request messages originating from downstr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134749 | Multi-bit-depth error diffusion for the reproduction of color or monochrome images An image processing system including a lookup table having multi-bit printer output levels and an imaging input level. The imaging input level may be associated with a range of input pixel densities. The system further includes a processor configured to compare the ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131745 | Associating user identities with different unique identifiers A user correlation system uses aggregated data and matching/comparison in order to assign an association score that determines likelihood that unique identifiers are associated with the same user. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129635 | Weighing a moving object using captured torque data Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed. An article (900) is received from an intake transport (1200), and gripped in a weighing station (1310), in between a capstan roller a... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43225 | Method and apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify the image by generating a reduced-dimensionality image data set from a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127000 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and synchronizing user interface events with network data Network data associated with a network session is captured at a first location. The network data includes, but is not limited to, web page data transmitted over a network between a web server and a user terminal. User interface events associated with the same networ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126814 | Method and system for installing software and hardware feature licenses on devices A method and system for installing software and hardware licenses on electronic devices supporting licensable features. Specifically, a method is disclosed for installing licenses in a node based licensing scheme. The electronic device defining the node receives an ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121197 | Video encoding and decoding using parallel processors A method is disclosed for the decoding and encoding of a block-based video bit-stream such as MPEG2, H.264-AVC, VC1, or VP6 using a system containing one or more high speed sequential processors, a homogenous array of software configurable general purpose parallel p... | 02/21/2012 |
