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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7555463 | System and method for selectively changing parameter settings based on lineage analysis of digital information Software lineages arise through purchase and reproduction. Lineages are tracked by storing lineage-relevant information in variable regions of software instances and/or in a central database according to methods disclosed. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| D594879 | Engine cover | 06/23/2009 |
| 7529826 | Sharing of NAS information between PoPs A method for handling access requests at multiple PoPs using the sharing of NAS information between the PoPs, enabling each PoP to maintain its own, independent, database of user records. When an access request is received, it is forwarded to a specific PoP designat... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528728 | Circuits for RFID tags with multiple non-independently driven RF ports A circuit for an RFID tag has at least two RF ports for driving points of the antenna that may correspond to different RF polarizations. The RF ports may be driven by a common modulating signal, or by separate modulating signals. Further, the ports may be coupled an... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7493395 | Virtual private data network session count limitation A data communications network with a plurality of PoPs maintains a local database associated with each PoP and a central database somewhere on the data communications network. The local database contains a group identification such as a domain identification corresp... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7474534 | Methods and apparatuses for thermal dissipation A method and apparatus for providing thermal dissipation from a PC card is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, an extension portion, having a heat sink implemented thereon, is provided for a PC card. The extension portion extends beyond the PC card slot ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470369 | Water treatment by dendrimer enhanced filtration Described herein are compositions and methods useful for the purification of water using dendritic macromolecules. The process involves using dendritic macromolecules (dendrimers) to bind to contaminants, and a filtration step to produce water from which contaminant... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472047 | System and method for constraining a graphical hand from penetrating simulated graphical objects Movement of a graphical hand is constrained when the physical hand controlling the graphical hand does not have a similar physical constraint. An analysis of a revolute-joint-link-spring model in which an uncompressed/unextended spring position represents the corres... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472041 | Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463500 | Monopolar DC to bipolar DC to AC converter An electrical DC-to-AC power conversion apparatus is disclosed that is primarily intended for use with solar photovoltaic sources in electric utility grid-interactive applications. The invention improves the conversion efficiency and lowers the cost of DC-to-AC inve... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460104 | Laparoscopic simulation interface An apparatus which comprises a manipulandum that is configured as a surgical instrument; a closed loop linkage system which includes a first central member fixedly coupled to a first object coupling and a second central member fixedly coupled to a second object coup... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460105 | Interface device for sensing position and orientation and outputting force feedback An interface device for use with a computer that provides locative data to a computer for tracking a user manipulatable physical object and provides feedback to the user through output forces. The physical object is movable in multiple degrees of freedom and is trac... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461396 | System and method for providing a secure environment for performing conditional access functions for a set top box A system and method are provided for decrypting a selected program. The system and method can receive at least one authorization message and at least one control message associated with a selected program. The system and method stores the at least one authorization ... | 12/02/2008 |
| D581945 | Internal-combustion engine | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460014 | RFID system utilizing parametric reflective technology A system and method for encoding and decoding information by use of radio frequency antennas. The system includes one or more interrogator devices and RFID data tags. The RFID data tags include a plurality of antenna elements which are formed on a substrate or direc... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456821 | User interface device A device comprises a manipulandum moveable in at least two degrees of freedom including a first link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis and a second link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis. The first link and the second link are coupled to a ground member. A f... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455670 | System and method for the treatment of heart tissue A device is disclosed for locating and treating an infarct scar in a heart. The device includes a catheter, a collapsible heater and energizing means connected to the collapsible heater for energizing the collapsible heater to raise the temperature of the infarct sc... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456577 | Micro-wave tube with mechanical frequency tuning This invention relates to a microwave tube (3) for generation of an electromagnetic wave with frequency F, the tube comprises mechanical means for varying the frequency F composed of a set of rings (A, B, C, D) defining a periodic structure inside the tube an... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457252 | Current imbalance compensation for magnetics in a wired data telecommunications network In a circuit delivering common mode inline power over a pair of conductors imbalance in the current carried by the first and second conductors of the pair of conductors is detected and compensated with a bias current applied to counter the imbalance. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453672 | Spin valve magnetoresistive device with conductive-magnetic material bridges in a dielectric or semiconducting layer alternatively of magnetic material A magnetoresistive device with a spin valve formed from a stack of layers including at least two magnetic layers for which the relative orientation of their magnetization directions can vary under the influence of a magnetic field, and comprising means of circulatin... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453884 | Apparatus and method for scalable and dynamic traffic engineering in a data communication network A global path identifier is assigned to each explicit route through a data communication network. The global path identifier is inserted into each packet as the packet enters a network and is used in selecting the next hop. When encountering a new selected path, an ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451580 | Rebar chair and supporting plate A polymeric chair having a rebar cradle and legs of a T-shaped cross-section diverging downwardly from the cradle. The outer surface portions of the legs are arcuate and define segments of a cone. Inwardly extending web portions reinforce the legs and provide feet a... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448547 | Decoding with memory in RFID system RFID readers, RFID tags, software, and methods decode a signal received in an RFID system. From received data, a decoder determines a number of possible test series for the output. In one embodiment, the decoder uses a memory of a previous sample to derive a subsequ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450110 | Haptic input devices A haptic feedback touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that provides position information to a computer based on a location of user contact. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphica... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451149 | Extranet access management apparatus and method Managing access to an extranet for an extended service provider (xSP) includes decentralizing the role of access management by using cached access control list (ACL) information, and synchronizing decentralized access management roles using an authentication and aut... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447307 | Unpowered twisted pair loopback circuit for differential mode signaling A method and apparatus provide an IP telephone or similar device with a mechanism to receive and at least briefly loop back discovery signals received from a telecommunications device such as an Ethernet switch while not permitting the loop back of data packet signa... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446752 | Controlling haptic sensations for vibrotactile feedback interface devices Controlling haptic sensations from a vibrotactile feedback device connected to a computer. The vibrotactile device includes an actuator having a rotatable mass, and receives information, which causes a periodic control signal to be produced. The control signal contr... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443865 | Multiple network connections from a single PPP link with network address translation Multiple simultaneous network connections from a single PPP connection may be accomplished by utilizing a gateway in the following manner. A first network connection is established between the gateway and a first network. A first real network address for the user is... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443914 | DFE to FFE equalization coefficient conversion process for DOCSIS 2.0 A method and appartus for converting FFE and FBE coefficients from a DOCSIS compatible cable modem termination system upstream equalizer into FFE only coefficients to be sent down to the cable modem which transmitted the training burst which resulted in convergence ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441284 | Hose reel automatic storage A device for moving the hose of an automatic pool cleaner in and out of a swimming pool using water power. The device includes a rotatable hose reel disposed within a tank spaced from the pool. In one embodiment, the tank communicates with the pool through an under-... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441985 | Method and apparatus for providing a dowell connection to maintain cast-in-place concrete slabs in alignment First and second cast-in-place concrete slabs are maintained in alignment by cutting a semi-circular groove in an edge surface of the first formed slab, positioning a flat rectangular dowel within the groove so that the dowel extends outwardly from the edge surface,... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441265 | Method and system for session based authorization and access control for networked application objects The present invention relates to an ingress-session-based authorization and access control method and system to control access from an initiator-host (IH) to objects (Target 1, Target 2) on a target host (TH) by receiving an access-request, preferably ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439951 | Power management for interface devices applying forces A method and apparatus for providing safe and low-cost force feedback peripherals for consumer applications. A device microprocessor local to an interface device is coupled to the host by a first interface bus. The microprocessor receives host commands from the host... | 10/21/2008 |
