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| 8176452 | Method and apparatus for circuit partitioning and trace assignment in circuit design Methods and apparatuses for incremental circuit partitioning and incremental trace assignment. In one embodiment of the present invention, a cost function based on both the partitioning solution and the trace assignment solution is used for the partitioning of a cir... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171441 | Integrated circuit devices and methods and apparatuses for designing integrated circuit devices Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166434 | Integrated circuit devices and methods and apparatuses for designing integrated circuit devices Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161442 | Integrated circuit devices and methods and apparatuses for designing integrated circuit devices Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161437 | Method and apparatus for automated synthesis of multi-channel circuits Methods and apparatuses to automatically generate time multiplexed multi-channel circuits from single-channel circuits. At least one embodiment of the present invention automatically and efficiently synthesize multi-channel hardware for time-multiplexed resource sha... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161434 | Statistical formal activity analysis with consideration of temporal and spatial correlations Techniques for statistical formal activity analysis with consideration of temporal and/or spatial correlations are described herein. According to one embodiment, a sequential circuit having a feedback loop is unrolled into multiple unrolled circuits, where the seque... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151228 | Method and apparatus for automated circuit design Methods and apparatuses to automatically modify a circuit design (e.g., a synthesis solution) according to the sensitivity in design parameters with respect to the possible deviation in the subsequent implementation (e.g., placement and routing) of the circuit. In o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146120 | Multi-criteria rating and searching system A method and apparatus to provide a multi-criteria rating and search system is described. Users can provide ratings along multiple axes, which can then be used for searching. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141024 | Temporally-assisted resource sharing in electronic systems Methods and apparatuses to optimize integrated circuits by identifying functional modules in the circuit having similar functionality that can share circuit resources and producing a modified description of the circuit where the similar functional modules are folded... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140115 | Application interface A method and apparatus for detecting a shake by a user to invoke an invoked application, identifying whether there is a conflicting application. When a conflicting application is detected, storing state information for the conflicting application and halting the con... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136077 | Timing-optimal placement, pin assignment, and routing for integrated circuits Techniques for timing-optimal placement, pin assignment, and routing for integrated circuits are described herein. According to one embodiment, a list of paths providing implementation possibilities is constructed. A means is provided for removing paths from the lis... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136063 | Unfolding algorithm in multirate system folding Methods and apparatuses to optimize a circuit representation using unfolding as a preprocessing of the multirate folding. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a portion of a data flow graph representation of a circuit is optimized using circuit opera... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122412 | Shelding mesh design for an integrated circuit device Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108250 | Method and apparatus for providing a business tool A method and apparatus for business consulting are described. An input interface enables designated personnel to enter data in pseudo-real-time into the system. An analysis logic calculates key values for the business based on the pseudo-real-time data entered and e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099605 | Intelligent storage device for backup system A data storage and data backup device that offers automatic reduction of duplicate data storage, and that easily can be connected to computing devices, computing systems and networks of computing devices. The device offers high protection against destruction or modi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099502 | System and method for dynamic uploading and execution of applications and drivers between devices A methodology for dynamic (i.e., run-time) uploading and execution of applications and drivers between devices (e.g., between “client” device and one or more (host) devices), in a fully automated manner, is described. The device which is to be hosted (e.g., the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099271 | Design instrumentation circuitry Techniques and systems for analysis, diagnosis and debugging fabricated hardware designs at a Hardware Description Language (HDL) level are described. In particular, the techniques and systems relate to design instrumentation circuitry that facilitates the analysis,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091145 | Nursing cover Examples of a nursing cover are described, including a sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein a strap is coupled to the top edge of the sheet and a plurality of D-rings are coupled using another strap to the top... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082138 | Automated bottom-up and top-down partitioned design synthesis An embodiment of the present invention includes a partitioner, a synthesizer, and an optimizer. The partitioner partitions a design into a hierarchy of partitions having a top-level partition and lower partitions. The lower partitions include a bottom-level partitio... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074197 | Shielding mesh design for an integrated circuit device Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065650 | Techniques for use with automated circuit design and simulations An apparatus having two or more parallel carry chain structures, each of the carry chain structures comprising a series of logical structures, where at least one of the logical structures within each of the carry chain structures has an associated input node, output... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065129 | Methods and apparatuses for circuit simulation Methods and apparatuses for transient simulation of circuits. One embodiment of the present invention eliminates the inductive branch current variables in terms of node voltage variables to generate a linear equation system with a sparse, symmetric and positive defi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064759 | Method and apparatus for motion-state based image acquisition A method comprising receiving an indication from a user that the user wishes to take a picture. The method further comprising receiving motion data for a camera device and analyzing the motion data to determine a motion state of the camera. The method further compri... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049614 | Method and apparatus to utilize location-related data A method and apparatus to collect user location data over time, correlating user location data with outbreak data. The method and apparatus further comprising an alert mechanism to indicate to a user if there was a potential exposure. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046009 | Method and apparatus for integrating multi-media messaging and image serving abilities A method and apparatus for providing a user inbox on an multi-media service center (MMSC), the user inbox using a central repository for storing multimedia content on the MMSC. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040382 | Method and apparatus for improving photo image quality A method and apparatus for receiving motion data and determining acceleration vectors based on biomechanical data and the received motion data. The method further comprises creating an improved image based on the acceleration vectors. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8024686 | Retiming of multirate system Methods and apparatuses for retiming of multirate system for clock period minimization with a polynomial time without sub-optimality. In an embodiment, a normalized factor vector for the nodes of multirate graph is introduced, allowing the formulation of the multira... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023971 | Method and system to deliver multimedia alerts to a mobile phone A method and system for transferring content to a communication device or other destination are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a subscription service to create and store subscriptions to a channel; a channel queue to obtain a multimedia message a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015520 | Methods and apparatuses for automated circuit optimization and verification Methods and apparatuses to automatically determine conditions at hierarchical boundaries of a hierarchical circuit design and to use the determined conditions in hierarchical optimization and verification. In one embodiment, a hierarchical block is optimized and tra... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7987373 | Apparatus and method for licensing programmable hardware sub-designs using a host-identifier Methods and apparatuses for enforcing terms of a licensing agreement between a plurality of parties involved in a particular hardware design through the use of hardware technologies. According to one embodiment, a hardware sub-design includes a license verification ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987070 | Eyewear having human activity monitoring device A method for monitoring human activity using an inertial sensor includes obtaining acceleration measurement data from an inertial sensor disposed in eyewear. The acceleration measurement data is processed to determine a user activity statistic. The user activity sta... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984400 | Techniques for use with automated circuit design and simulations Various techniques involving snapshots of the contents of registers are described and claimed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving descriptions of design circuitry including design registers to receive register input signals. The method also includes ge... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982770 | Method and apparatus to provide improved image quality in a camera A method and apparatus for providing improved images utilizing acceleration data is described. In one embodiment, the method utilizes the accelerometer data to time the taking of the image to minimize motion effects. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974988 | System and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery A system and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery. According to an embodiment, a content delivery platform receives an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, identifies a wireless carrier associated with the mobile com... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970586 | Method and apparatus for a virtual accelerometer system A method and apparatus for a virtual accelerometer is described. The virtual accelerometer includes an active process identifier engine to identify any active application that may use accelerometer data. The virtual accelerometer also includes an intelligent signal ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952611 | Method and apparatus to provide improved image quality in a camera A method and apparatus for providing improved images utilizing acceleration data is described. In one embodiment, the method utilizes the accelerometer data to time the taking of the image to minimize motion effects. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945149 | Method and apparatus for motion-state based image acquisition A method comprising receiving an indication from a user that the user wishes to take a picture. The method further comprising receiving motion data for a camera device and analyzing the motion data to determine a motion state of the camera. The method further compri... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941779 | Methods and apparatuses for thermal analysis based circuit design Methods and apparatuses for circuit design to reduce power usage, such as reducing temperature dependent power usage, and/or to improve timing, such as reducing temperature dependent delay or transition time. At least one embodiment of the present invention reduces ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7917768 | System control via characteristic gait signature A device includes an access control element to compare new acceleration data from an accelerometer with registered gait signature associated with an authorized user of a mobile device to determine the identity of the user of the mobile device. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908574 | Techniques for use with automated circuit design and simulations Various techniques related to clocking for use with automated circuit design and simulations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving descriptions of design circuitry including logic to receive input signals. The method further includes genera... | 03/15/2011 |
