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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949853 | Two dimensional addressing of a matrix-vector register array A processor for processing matrix data. The processor includes M independent vector register files which are adapted to collectively store a matrix of L data elements. Each data element has B binary bits. The matrix has N rows and M columns, and L=N*M. Each column h... | 05/24/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7941270 | Navigation system A method and system for providing navigational instructions. A signal is received from a first device. The signal specifies a destination location, a second device, and a request for at least one route leading to the destination location such that the at least one r... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940162 | Method, system and program product for audio tonal monitoring of web events A method, system and program product for audio tonal monitoring of web events is provided. The method includes mapping at least one event to be monitored to a plurality of audible data characteristics, logging data pertaining to the one event monitored, and notifyin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939914 | Dual wired integrated circuit chips A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with fir... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939896 | SOI substrate contact with extended silicide area A low resistance contact structure and method of making the structure. The structure includes a polysilicon contact through an upper silicon layer and buried oxide layer to a lower silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulation substrate. A region of the upper silicon lay... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939823 | Method and structures for accelerated soft-error testing An integrated circuit, method of forming the integrated circuit and a method of testing the integrated circuit for soft-error fails. The integrated circuit includes: a silicon substrate; a dielectric layer formed over the substrate; electrically conductive wires for... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939620 | High density data storage medium, method and device A composition of matter for the recording medium of nanometer scale thermo-mechanical information storage devices and a nanometer scale thermo-mechanical information storage device. The composition includes: one or more polyaryletherketone polymers, each of the one ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939390 | Gap capacitors for monitoring stress in solder balls in flip chip technology A semiconductor structure formation method and operation method. The structure includes (i) a dielectric layer, (ii) a bottom capacitor plate and an electrically conductive line on the dielectric layer, (iii) a top capacitor plate on top of the bottom capacitor plat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7937353 | Method and system for determining whether to alter a firewall configuration A method and system for determining whether to alter a firewall configuration. Message flow data associated with a message packet blocked by a firewall is received. The packet was blocked based on the firewall not having a message flow rule that permitted passage of... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937295 | Product purchasing method, apparatus, and computer program product A method, apparatus, and computer program product for transacting a product purchase by a user. The product purchase is processed by a purchase server that recorded a unique user identification and is connected to an information providing server and a client (connec... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936670 | System, method and program to control access to virtual LAN via a switch System method and program for controlling access to a VLAN via a port of a VLAN switch system. In response to receipt of a message packet at the port, the switch system determines if a MAC address of the packet matches a MAC address for which the port has been progr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935998 | Self-aligned body contact for a semiconductor-on-insulator trench device and method of fabricating same A structure and method of forming a body contact for a semiconductor-on-insulator trench device. The method including: forming set of mandrels on a top surface of a substrate, each mandrel of the set of mandrels arranged on a different corner of a polygon and extend... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935604 | Method of making small geometry features A method of forming a small geometry feature. The method includes forming a source layer on a top surface of a substrate; forming a mandrel on a top surface of the source layer, the mandrel having a sidewall; sputtering material from the source layer onto the sidewa... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935546 | Method and apparatus for measurement and control of photomask to substrate alignment A method, structure, system of aligning a substrate to a photomask. The method includes: directing incident light through a pattern of clear regions transparent to the incident light in an opaque-to-the-incident-light region of a photomask, through a lens and onto a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935408 | Substrate anchor structure and method An electrical structure and method of forming. The electrical structure includes a first substrate, first dielectric layer, an underfill layer, and a second substrate. The first dielectric layer is formed over a top surface of the first substrate. The first dielectr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934205 | Restructuring computer programs A method of restructuring a source computer program to a target computer program. A defined source computer program has source code. A set of tasks is defined for the source computer program to be performed by the source computer program. For each task, a correspond... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933902 | Data repair method and system A data repair method and system. The method includes enabling by a computing system for a user, access to the computing system. The computing system comprises a database. The computing system retrieves from the database, first data associated with the user. The comp... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933795 | Collaborative organization analysis An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency, a method for evaluation service of organization efficiency, an apparatus for generating communication frequencies, a method for generating communication frequencies, and programs and recording media of the same, q... | 04/26/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7933592 | Cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system A cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system. The method includes receiving and storing by a computing system from a first cellular telephone, a first profile associated with a first user of the first cellular telephone and first monitoring data associat... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932642 | Method and system for reading a transponder A transponder, a method for powering the transponder, and a system relating to the method. The transponder includes at least two electrical coils, a dipole antenna, and a chip electrically connected to the dipole antenna and the electrical coils, wherein the electri... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931829 | Low-K interlevel dielectric materials and method of forming low-K interlevel dielectric layers and structures A composition of matter and a structure fabricated using the composition. The composition comprising: a resin; polymeric nano-particles dispersed in the resin, each of the polymeric nano-particle comprising a multi-arm core polymer and pendent polymers attached to t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930720 | Distribution system and method A distribution system and method. The distribution system comprises a computing apparatus and a plurality of projection systems connected to the computing apparatus. The computing apparatus comprises a scheduler software tool and a plurality of audio/video data file... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930415 | Method and system for authentication when certification authority public and private keys expire A system for enabling the use of valid authentication certificates when the public key and private keys of any of the certifying authority have expired. The enabling by the system includes obtaining a server certifying authority chain (SCAC) certificate by the serve... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930395 | System and method for managing system resources in a network environment A method for managing system resources in a network environment. The method begins by reading from a first log both timestamp Ti and actual response Ri for i=1, 2, . . . , I. Each Ti comprising a timestamp corresponding to a request ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930390 | Identification method An identification method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system from a first entity, first data indicating that an electronic device is missing. The computing system receives from a transaction device reader, second data comprising first ide... | 04/19/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7930268 | Workflow method, system, and data structure A method, system, and data structure for implementing a workflow. The workflow divides a general work task of an enterprise into activities and associated relationships with respect to participating roles in the workflow. A checklist file is generated for each parti... | 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 |
| 7927105 | Method and system for creating and delivering prescriptive learning Method for prescriptive learning. The method includes providing a user independent hierarchy of competencies, competency characteristics and assessments with associated rules that identify learning activities and identifying a user specific path through the hierarch... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926065 | Method and system for dynamically specifying a format for data provided by a web service invocation A method and system for dynamically specifying a format for data provided by a web service invocation. A server providing a web service receives a client request for data residing on the server. The server receives an executable template script within the request. T... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925886 | Encryption output data generation method and system A hashing method and system. The method comprises receiving by a computing system first source data. A first hash function is applied to first source data. A first hash output is generated by the first hash function as a result of applying the first hash function to... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925748 | System and method for managing system resources in a network environment A method for managing system resources in a network environment. The method begins by reading from a first log timestamp Ti for i=1, 2, . . . , I, where each Ti comprises a timestamp corresponding to a unique request to utilize system resources... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925670 | Use of agents and control documents to update a database structure A method and system for updating a database structure. The database structure includes a dynamically changing list of control documents. A control document specifies tasks to be performed on the database structure. An agent finds an approved control document on the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924988 | Method and system for managing voice mail acknowledgement A method and system for acknowledging receipt of a voice mail message sent by a first user to a second user and accessed by the second user. The first and second users are respectively connected to a first and second server. Responsive to receiving a request from th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924807 | System and method for synchronizing communicating entities in a decentralized network A method for synchronizing communicating entities in a decentralized network. The method begins with a recipient entity receiving data comprising a first timestamp and a first distance. The first timestamp being the time the first data was broadcast; the first dista... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923786 | Selective silicon-on-insulator isolation structure and method A first aspect of the present invention is a method of forming an isolation structure including: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a buried N-doped region in the substrate; (c) forming a vertical trench in the substrate, the trench extending into ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923202 | Layer patterning using double exposure processes in a single photoresist layer A structure and a method for forming the same. The method includes providing a structure which includes (a) a to-be-patterned layer, (b) a photoresist layer on top of the to-be-patterned layer wherein the photoresist layer includes a first opening, and (c) a cap reg... | 04/12/2011 |
