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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949712 | High availability presence engine for instant messaging Systems for a high availability presence engine for instant messaging service comprise a plurality of presence engines for receiving presence information on users and a global table engine accessible to the plurality of presence engines. The global table engine incl... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948479 | Method and system for distinguishing multiple touch points The invention provides a system for distinguishing multiple touch points. The system comprises a panel, a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit, at least one third image capturing unit, and a processing unit. N touch points are indicated on the p... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948273 | Soft-start device A soft-start device including a current source, a first transistor, and a second transistor is described. The first transistor is coupled to the current source, and an amount of current conducted by the first transistor is determined according to a voltage. The seco... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940775 | Priority-based data message publishing method and system according to a data message chain A priority-based data message publishing method according to a data message chain can be implemented by receiving a data message, wherein the data message has an original priority. Then, judge whether there is a corresponding data message chain corresponding to the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940387 | Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) systems for the detection of viruses and methods of use thereof Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting and differentiating biomolecules of interest, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are provided. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940352 | Light diffusion module and a back light module using the same A light diffusion module and a back light module using the same. The light diffusion module is disposed corresponding to the light source module of the back light module. The light diffusion module includes a first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer. The... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940267 | Systems and methods for graphical rendering A method of rendering a graphical scene includes determining a plurality of functions that contribute to a light transport model of a scene, factoring the plurality of functions into a set of fixed functions and one varying function, determining a first radiance tra... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940246 | Screen control system The invention discloses a screen control system including a panel, a magnetic member, at least three magnetic inductive (MI) sensors, and a processing unit. The magnetic member is used for indicating a specific position on the panel. Each of the MI sensors is locate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940136 | Oscillator An oscillator is provided. The oscillator comprises a flip-flop module, a first and a second setting module. The first setting module comprises: a first switch device to generates a first switch signal according to a first oscillating signal, an NMOS and an inverter... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939649 | Polynucleotide encoding luciferase Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include polynucleotides that encode mutant Cnidarian luciferases that exhibit modulated properties as compared to the corresponding wild-type luciferases, and the modulated properties include at least one of: modulat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939165 | Protective sheet and method for manufacturing the same A protective film comprises a substrate and a semi-cured protective layer over the substrate. The semi-cured protective layer is formed by curing a liquid mixture consisting of a thermosetting resin and a radiation curing resin. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938936 | Organic electro-luminescence device A method of fabricating an organic electro-luminescence device comprising the steps of providing a substrate, an organic chamber, and a sputtering chamber, forming a hole injection layer on the substrate, forming a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938643 | Use of integrating sphere technology to provide uniform, high-intensity light, and wavelength mixing from light emitting diodes An illumination device including an integrating sphere and at least one light source. The integrating sphere is hollow and houses the at least one light source in it. The light source can be manipulated between a first configuration and a second configuration. The i... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637436 | Neck pad | 05/10/2011 |
| D637435 | Back pad | 05/10/2011 |
| D637434 | Arm pad | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937662 | System and method for implementing remote control functions in a mouse in a video playback system A method for implementing remote control functionality with a mouse in a video playback system includes the steps of identifying all selectable buttons within the page, depressing a key on a mouse device while the mouse is positioned over a first button currently se... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937598 | Method for operating TV tuner card A TV tuner card operation method is described. A TV tuner module is provided to a computer, wherein the TV tuner module is electrically connected to the computer via a PCI-E interface. A remote controller is used to turn on an operation system of the computer via a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937514 | CWUSB host management system Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a Master/Salve or Host/Device system in which there is only one host and one or more devices connected by cables to the host. To connect a USB device to a different host controller (say another PC), the user unplugs the USB cable and es... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937444 | Systems and methods for forwarding text, voice, and data in a telecommunications network A method for sending a message from a telecommunications device to a receiving device. The method includes recording the message as an audio file, receiving an address of the receiving device, and sending the audio file as an attachment to an electronic mail message... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937430 | System and method for collecting and transmitting data in a computer network Systems and methods are presented for collecting and transmitting data. In one embodiment, a computer program (or code) is implemented on a computer-readable medium. In this embodiment, computer code is adapted to establish a connection between a workstation and a c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937414 | Fiber splice assignment and management system Fiber splice assignment and management systems are provided that include a database, assignment logic, and completion logic. The database can typically store a fiber splice record associated with a wirecenter. The assignment logic assigns a fiber splice record assoc... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936785 | Apparatus for generating and interpreting a data stream modified in accordance with the importance of the data An apparatus for generating a data stream having a series of segments using data organized in subsequent data frames, a data frame having more important and less important data. It comprises a packetiser for packetising data from a data frame into the series of segm... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936689 | System and method for the measurement of service quality in a communication network A system and method for the measurement of communication network performance over a secondary communication channel sends an inquiry signal containing information pertaining to network performance from a near end communication device to a far end communication devic... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936439 | Method and apparatus for stacking sheets, and method and apparatus for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel A broad crystal display panel having a color filter substrate is supported by supporting nails and the middle portion of a supporting span is pressed by a loading bar. From this state, the supporting nails are removed to release the supporting, and subsequently the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936416 | Display device, a front frame used therein, and a method of manufacture thereof A display device, a front frame used therein, and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel and the front frame. The display panel has a display surface which is partially covered by the front frame. The front frame in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936344 | Pixel structure with improved viewing angle The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a c... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637258 | Hunting sight | 05/03/2011 |
| D637045 | Insulated container | 05/03/2011 |
| D637044 | Insulated container | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934044 | Method for expediting data access of universal serial bus storage device A method for expediting data access of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a data transmission procedure without the need of sending command block wrappers (CBW) is executed if a read command for reading data of a large m... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934024 | Method for reading and writing non-standard register of serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) device A method for reading non-standard register of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) devices discloses an unused input parameter of standard command setting up as an executive parameter. While receiving the standard command, a SATA host controller converts the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933467 | Apparatus and method for categorizing image and related apparatus and method for de-interlacing The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for de-interlacing. The apparatus includes an edge detection module, a statistics module, and an interpolation circuit. The edge detection module performs an edge detection operation on a plurality of pixels o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933394 | Method and apparatus for routing calls based on the identification of the calling party or calling line A method and apparatus for routing calls for a subscriber based on the identification of the calling party or the originating line. Generally, the present invention operates to identify a calling party or originating line and then select a routing list based on this... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933390 | Region-wide messaging system and methods including validation of transactions Methods and systems are disclosed that allow for the exchange of voice mail messages between different VMSs of different service providers and/or in different networks by the transmission of such messages through a data network using a standard protocol of the data ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933384 | Evaluating performance of a voice mail system in an inter-messaging network One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for evaluating the performance of an inter-messaging network of voice mail systems. This preferred embodiment includes an evaluation test unit that connects to the inter-messaging network... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933360 | Method for evaluating signal transmission quality A method to assess signal transmission quality and the adjust method thereof are proposed. First, different time points of a control signal at a receiving end are acquired and the number of signal transitions in a predetermined time interval is counted. Next, the nu... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933196 | Method and apparatus for canceling channel interference An apparatus for channel interference cancellation includes a first interference-cancellation module and a first cancellation-signal generating circuit. The first interference-cancellation module comprises a first processing circuit including a grouping circuit and ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933130 | Embedded seat slot structure An embedded seat slot structure is disposed at a device having an opening. The embedded seat slot structure includes a cover, an interlocking portion, and a base. The cover covers the opening. The interlocking portion is pivotally connected with the device via a fir... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933112 | Micro-electromechanical voltage tunable capacitor and and filter devices Disclosed are one-port and two-port voltage-tunable micro-electromechanical capacitors, switches, and filter devices. High aspect-ratio metal micromachining is used to implement very high quality factor (Q) tunable and fixed capacitors, fixed inductors, and low inse... | 04/26/2011 |
