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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7119677 | Personal monitoring system A system for monitoring movement of a person. The system includes a mobile transmitter that is affixed to the person to be monitored. The transmitter transmits radio signals to a receiver that may be used to track the person. The receiver may include an indicator th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6799202 | Federated operating system for a server A server, methods, and software, for implementing a distributed, high capacity, high speed, operating system are disclosed. One embodiment concerns a Web server that is implemented with a plurality of members which are categorized into member classes. Each member cl... | 09/28/2004 |
| 7404250 | Method for fabricating a printed circuit board having a coaxial via A method of fabricating a printed circuit board having a coaxial via, includes. The method includes assembling a plurality of layers configured in a stack so that the plurality of layers has a top signal layer and a bottom signal layer; forming a hollow via through ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393722 | Reprogrammable metal-to-metal antifuse employing carbon-containing antifuse material A reprogrammable metal-to-metal antifuse is disposed between two metal interconnect layers in an integrated circuit. A lower barrier layer is formed from Ti. A lower adhesion-promoting layer is disposed over the lower Ti barrier layer. An antifuse material layer sel... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392407 | Method and apparatus for negotiating power between power sourcing equipment and powerable devices The present invention provides a power negotiation protocol that enables PDs and PSEs to negotiate the amount of inline power that a PD consumes and the corresponding PSE provides. This power negotiation allows the PDs provide fine-grained power consumption level to... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385945 | Eliminating multicast/broadcast collisions in a wireless local area network In an access point operating in a wireless local area network, a method is disclosed for assisting a radio manager to manage a radio environment without location information. By performing radio discovery to receive beacon signals from neighboring access points, an ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383573 | Method for transparently managing outbound traffic from an internal user of a private network destined for a public network Methods and apparatus for transparently managing outbound traffic from an internal user of a private network destined for a public network are disclosed. Embodiments include a firewall device operable between an internal user of a private network and an IP-compliant... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383300 | System and method for language translation within software applications A server application program is disclosed that runs on a server and provides a client with multilingual support, but does not have a multilingual database on the server and does not need to access a remote multilingual database as the application program is running.... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382797 | Mechanism to select the physical media type connector in network devices A network device comprises first and second transceivers configured to aid communication between a plurality of networked devices; first and second communication medium connections in communication with the first and second transceivers, and capable of receiving fir... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380164 | Fail-over support for legacy voice mail systems in New World IP PBXs An Integrated Communication System (ICS) with fail-over serial data connectivity is disclosed. In one aspect, an ICS may comprise a chassis including a System Switch Processor (SSP) for providing connectivity to a plurality of slots. A Serial Alarm Processor (SAP) m... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379979 | Method and apparatus for IP address assignment A method and apparatus for assigning an IP address, in a modular network system, to at least one client premise equipment device coupled by a communications link to a router, wherein the last octet of said IP address may be one of at least three different values. | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380273 | Method for authenticating a user access request A firewall for authenticating a user access request is disclosed. The firewall device may include a proxy process for processing incoming connection requests. The proxy is configured to receive an access request from a user over a first communication medium and prom... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373421 | Method and apparatus of preventing physical layer from establishing unsupported links Methods and apparatus for preventing unsupported links between a host device and a link partner over a network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a link control signal is employed to release the reset of the candidate PHY, place a candidate PHY of the host device in a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372595 | Flexible image rendering system utilizing intermediate device-independent unrendered image data A flexible, user-friendly computer-implemented image processing system is provided. The system includes a process to receive an image rendering request. The image rendering request includes an indication of raw image data and an indication of desired rendering outpu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370362 | Method and apparatus for locating rogue access point switch ports in a wireless network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network management device is configured to detect the presence of a rogue access point on a managed wireless network. Once detected,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368789 | Non-volatile programmable memory cell and array for programmable logic array A non-volatile programmable memory cell suitable for use in a programmable logic array includes a non-volatile MOS transistor of a first conductivity type in series with a volatile MOS transistor of a second conductivity type. The non-volatile MOS transistor may be ... | 05/06/2008 |
| D568522 | Lighting fixture | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365565 | Programmable system on a chip for power-supply voltage and current monitoring and control A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, at least one user non-volatile memory block, and voltage-measuring and control analog and digital circuits on a single semiconductor integrated circuit chip or a flip chip... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366008 | Radiation tolerant SRAM bit In an integrated circuit, a radiation tolerant static random access memory device comprising a first inverter having an input and an output, a second inverter having an input and an output. A first resistor is coupled between the output of the first inverter and the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365567 | Three input field programmable gate array logic circuit configurable as a three input look up table, a D-latch or a D flip-flop A field programmable gate array logic cell includes a logic circuit having three inputs and at least one output and a plurality of multiplexers having inputs and outputs. The logic circuit also includes a plurality of programmable elements coupled between the three ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362131 | Integrated circuit including programmable logic and external-device chip-enable override control An integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, a monitoring input, a condition-sensing circuit coupled to the monitoring input and configured to generate a condition-sensed signal at an output in response to sensing a condition at the monitoring i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362610 | Programming method for non-volatile memory and non-volatile memory-based programmable logic device A method for programming a flash memory cell comprises providing input data to the flash cell and providing a segmented programming pulse to the flash memory cell. The segmented programming pulse includes programming segments, each successive programming segment inc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363278 | Copyright detection and protection system and method A method for detecting against unauthorized transmission of digital works comprises the steps of maintaining a registry of information permitting identification of digital copyrighted works, monitoring a network for transmission of at least one packet-based digital ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358589 | Amorphous carbon metal-to-metal antifuse with adhesion promoting layers A metal-to-metal antifuse having a lower metal electrode, a lower thin adhesion promoting layer disposed over the lower metal electrode, an amorphous carbon antifuse material layer disposed over the thin adhesion promoting layer, an upper thin adhesion promoting lay... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360244 | Method for authenticating a user access request A firewall for authenticating a user access request is disclosed. The firewall device may include a proxy process for processing incoming connection requests. The proxy is configured to receive an access request from a user over a first communication medium and prom... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360195 | Block level routing architecture in a field programmable gate array An FPGA architecture has top, middle and low levels. The top level of the architecture is an array of the B16×16 tiles arranged in a rectangular array and enclosed by I/O blocks on the periphery. On each of the four sides of a B16×16 tile, and also associated with... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358601 | Architecture for face-to-face bonding between substrate and multiple daughter chips An integrated circuit system includes a first integrated circuit die and a family of second integrated circuit dice. The first integrated circuit die have input/output circuits disposed thereon and further have a first array of face-to-face bonding structures dispos... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352206 | Integrated circuit device having state-saving and initialization feature An integrated circuit device has a state-saving feature and includes a programmable logic block, I/O pads, a dedicated register, at least one volatile memory block, a non-volatile memory block, a condition-sensing circuit for detecting at least one condition, A cont... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347756 | Surfboard A surfboard for use by riders on bodies of water is disclosed having first and second apertures extending through the surfboard from the bottom side to the top side, angled such that each aperture has a first opening on the bottom side and extends at an angle toward... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344570 | Method for manufacturing an emulsified fuel A method for manufacturing an emulsifier package is disclosed. The method comprises blending a flow of fuel soluble product, a flow of stabilizer, and a flow of water in a mixing vessel to form a mixture. Mixing the mixture in the mixing vessel and recirculating the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342832 | Bit line pre-settlement circuit and method for flash memory sensing scheme A flash memory array includes a reference bit line on which a reference current is imposed. During read operation, bit lines selected for reading are connected to current-to-voltage converters, each of which generates an output voltage based upon the input current f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342278 | Non-volatile two-transistor programmable logic cell and array layout A two-transistor non-volatile memory cell is formed in a semiconductor body. A memory-transistor well is disposed within the semiconductor body. A switch-transistor well is disposed within the semiconductor body and is electrically isolated from the memory transisto... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342416 | Tileable field-programmable gate array architecture An apparatus includes an FPGA, which includes a first FPGA tile including a plurality of FGs, a first, second, and third set of routing conductors, and a plurality of IGs. The FGs are arranged in rows and columns with each FG being configured to receive tertiary and... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340012 | Single and multiple sinewave modulation and demodulation techniques employing carrier-zero and carrier-peak data-word start and stop A method for detecting encoded digital data from a substantially sinusoidal waveform, the encoded digital data having one of a first value and a second value at selected phase angles θn comprises generating the waveform having an amplitude Y defined by a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337931 | Garment stretcher A garment stretching device comprising: a top T-member defined by a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member having a plurality of notches longitudinally disposed along its surface; a top L-member defined by a horizontal member and a vertical mem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333815 | Power-saving remote locator system and method A server for authenticating subscribers in a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of locator devices in the form of pages viewable by subscribers over a network. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334047 | Method and system for selective link state advertisement blocking over a data network area Method and system for efficiently handling hub and spoke area topologies in a data network under Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol which provides selective blocking of Link State Advertisements (LSAs) includes selectively blocking the broadcast or flo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327752 | Method and apparatus of universal cross connect Methods and apparatus for achieving universal cross connect for Time Domain Modulated (TDM) data between a first and second data streams each having a corresponding time slot assignment are disclosed. Cross connect may be achieved through the use of a time slot assi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321237 | Non-volatile look-up table for an FPGA A non-volatile-memory-transistor based lookup table for an FPGA includes a n:1 multiplexer. A non-volatile memory transistor is coupled to each of the n inputs of the multiplexer. The multiplexer has x address inputs wherein 2x=n as is known in the art. T... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321844 | Method and apparatus for availability measurement of complex networks A method for performing an availability measurement on a networked system comprising: identifying at least one measurement point in the system; defining a measurement model configured to return a pass or fail result corresponding to a threshold sensed at the at leas... | 01/22/2008 |
