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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185907 | Method and system for assigning logical partitions to multiple shared processor pools A method and system for assigning logical partitions to multiple named processor pools. Sets of physical processors are assigned to predefined processor sets. Named processor pools with unique pool names are defined. The processor sets are assigned to the named proc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185592 | Method and program product for preventing distribution of an e-mail message A method and program product for preventing distribution of an e-mail message. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients using an e-mail application installed on a sender e-mail client and selecting a non-distribution option provided... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171559 | Detecting a phishing entity in a virtual universe An invention for detecting a phishing virtual entity in a virtual universe is disclosed. A virtual entity may be registered as authentic and be identified with multiple physical characteristics thereof. Another virtual entity will be monitored to detect whether it i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171408 | Dynamic location generation within a virtual world An approach is provided for dynamic loading and rendering of avatar's initial login environment. The approach consists of a method and a system for dynamically rendering locations from a preference list of locations most likely to be visited by an avatar. In one emb... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151003 | System and method for routing data by a server The present invention provides a method and system for routing data by a server. Specifically, the present invention provides a table-drive method and system for allowing parties to send and receive data in their own data formats and transfer protocols. In routing d... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148953 | Apparatus and method for recycling and reusing charge in an electronic circuit An apparatus and method for recycling and reusing charge in an electronic circuit. The apparatus includes at least one capacitor coupled to a circuit block in the electronic circuit, the capacitor being configured to collect current charge consumed by the circuit bl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145543 | Method, system and program product for approving item requests Under the present invention, an approver will log into a purchase application or the like. Upon logging in, the approver will be presented with a view of all item requests for which he/she must make an approval determination. The approver can also be presented with ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140609 | Congruency and similarity of information technology (IT) structures and associated applications A method and system for consolidating N elements of an enterprise IT structure that consists of L elements (N≦L). All combinations of M elements of the N elements are generated (M | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140319 | Method and system for predicting system performance and capacity using software module performance statistics A method and system for predicting performance and capacity of an information technology (IT) system before the IT system is built, where the predicting uses a database of performance statistics measured for reusable software modules. A performance simulation modeli... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138563 | Circuit structures and methods with BEOL layers configured to block electromagnetic edge interference Back-end-of-line (BEOL) circuit structures and methods are provided for blocking externally-originating or internally-originating electromagnetic edge interference. One such BEOL circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate supporting one or more integrated ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126817 | Product repair assistance using a virtual universe An approach that provides product repair assistance using a virtual universe is described. In one embodiment, there is a method for providing repair assistance for a real-world product in a virtual universe. The method includes receiving diagnostic information relat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122282 | Starting virtual instances within a cloud computing environment Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that leverages the Operational Support System(s) (OSS) and Business Support system(s) (BSS) of a (e.g., public) computing Cloud with a service to automate virtual instance restarts. For example, under embodiments... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121363 | Thermographic image processing system The system permits sharing both thermographic image processing and visualization across a single universal platform, thus allowing for sharing of processor resources and visualization of thermographic images on a variety of imaging (client) devices without high-perf... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117611 | Method, system, and program product for deploying a platform dependent application in a grid environment Under the present invention, it is determined whether sufficient resources exist for deploying a platform dependent application on its specific “native” platform in a grid environment. If not, a platform dependent portion of the application is identified, and th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103724 | Method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address in an e-mail A method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address is provided. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients on a sender e-mail client and encrypting, using a privacy plug-in installed on the sender e-mail client, an... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096153 | Method and apparatus for securing equipment at a workstation Under the present invention, methods and apparatus for securing equipment at a workstation are provided. Portable security apparatus for preventing unauthorized removal or theft of equipment from a workstation at which such equipment resides are disclosed. The appar... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094706 | Frequency-based, active monitoring of reliability of a digital system Method, system and article of manufacture are provided for continually monitoring reliability, or aging, of a digital system and for issuing a warning signal if digital system operation degrades to or past a specified threshold. The technique includes periodically d... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8055541 | Object transaction method and system A transaction method and system. The system comprises a computing apparatus, a plurality of transceivers connected to the computing apparatus, and a plurality of transponder devices. Each transponder device comprising a customer data segment associated with a differ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037340 | Apparatus and method for micro performance tuning of a clocked digital system An apparatus and method for micro-tuning an effective clock frequency of a core in a microprocessor. The apparatus includes a microprocessor having at least one core with logic configured to transition between states, a clock signal coupled to the microprocessor, th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032799 | System and method for managing server performance degradation in a virtual universe A system and method for managing server performance degradation in a virtual universe environment having avatars has a server load detection unit for detecting server load and a failure notification unit for notifying the avatars of imminent server failure. The serv... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032408 | Contract association method and system A contract association method and system. The method includes receiving, by a computing system from a requester, a command for creating a service request. The computing system places restrictions on accessing contracts associated with suppliers. The computing system... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028334 | Automated generation of configuration elements of an information technology system A firewall rule generation method, a load balancing rule generation method, and a wrapper generation method, for an Information Technology (IT) system, associated computer program products, and an associated processes for integrating computing infrastructure. The fi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028270 | Data dictionary file based source code generation method and system A software generation method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a first data file including first data associated with an entity. The first data file includes a first file format. The first data file is converted to a second data file i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027892 | System and method for automating invoice processing with positive confirmation An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which Re... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024800 | File attachment processing method and system A file attachment processing method and system. The method comprises generating by a first computing system, a configurable list comprising valid computer file types for computer files. The valid computer file types for the computer files comprising a low risk for c... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019872 | Systems, methods and computer program products for performing remote data storage for client devices Remote data storage is performed for client devices that are associated with an enterprise, by performing the following automatically at a given client device in response to authorization from the given client device: obtaining metadata about the given client device... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010395 | Program storage device for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system A program storage device for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implement... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983958 | Method and program storage device for managing a supplier for participation in a plurality of trading networks An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970856 | System and method for managing and distributing assets over a network A system and method of managing assets on a distributed grid enabled network. The system and method includes sending, to a content provider, a conditional request to obtain a requested asset. The system and method further includes receiving, in response to the condi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957995 | Method for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system A method for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953887 | Asynchronous automated routing of user to optimal host A system and method of automatically routing a user to an optimal data center of a host. A method includes transmitting a web page having measurement code and modification code from one of a plurality of data centers to a computing device. The measurement code deter... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953868 | Method and system for preventing web crawling detection A method and system for preventing a detection of web crawling. A randomizing HTTP proxy server receives a first request from a web crawler to scan a website and forwards the first request to a randomly selected first proxy computer. The first proxy computer utilize... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949992 | Development of information technology system A method performed in an Information Technology (IT) development environment and an associated computer system. Business requirements are translated into functional requirements. An abstract IT structure is generated by translating the functional requirements into t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945122 | Method, system, and program product for processing an electronic document The invention provides a method, system, and program product for processing an electronic document. In one embodiment, the invention includes determining a procedure applicable to the electronic document; defining at least one step of the procedure; in the case that... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941523 | Adapting information technology structures to maintain service levels A method and system for adapting an Information Technology (IT) structure to maintain service levels. An IT structure is deployed in an IT delivery environment. A service level associated with the IT structure is specified. At least one operational characteristic of... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937584 | Method and system for key certification A method and system for key certification in a public key infrastructure. The infrastructure has a network formed of a plurality of nodes. Each node has a private and public key pair. The nodes are either or both a certifying node and a certified node. A certifying ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937462 | Verification of correctness of networking aspects of an information technology system Method and system for verifying correctness of networking aspects of an Information Technology (IT) system that includes a host network of hosts. The hosts include servers and firewalls. A firewall connectivity indication of whether the host network includes an isol... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933792 | System for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system surface A system for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930310 | Global resource method and system A method and system for selecting a candidate. The method includes associating by a computing system, groups of suppliers with geographical areas. The computing system receives a selection of a first skill from a requester. The requester is located within a first ge... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930203 | System and method for systems integration A system for providing integrated system solutions includes a set of process descriptions; a set of work product descriptions; and engagement models collecting the process descriptions and work product descriptions into a models for implementing typical projects add... | 04/19/2011 |
