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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185327 | Monitoring of composite materials In a particular system for monitoring of a composite workpiece, at least one ultrasonic testing transducer is mounted to a surface of the composite workpiece and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy to and from the composite workpiece during mechanic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180780 | Collaborative program development method and system A method, apparatus and program product facilitate the collaborative development of an algorithm by, in part, displaying an algorithm associated with a performance attribute, and receiving user input relating to the algorithm from a plurality of networked users. The... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176160 | Network management system accelerated event channel This invention relates to a network management system accelerated event channel. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an accelerated event channel in a network management system. The network management system comprisin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172140 | Doped implant monitoring for microchip tamper detection A method and apparatus include conductive material doped within a microchip that accumulates a detectable charge in the presence of ions. Such ions may result from a focused ion beam or other unwelcome technology exploitation effort. Circuitry sensing the charge bui... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171337 | Computer architectures using shared storage Shared storage systems and methods are provided. A particular shared storage system is a system including multiple instances of shared storage. Each of the instances of shared storage includes data and file system metadata separated from the data. The file system me... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166188 | Protocol conversion using facilities and utilities A protocol converter includes a computer-readable storage medium that includes operational instructions that, when executed by a processor, allows communications between a first node and a second node which use different communications protocols. In a particular emb... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164283 | System and method for energy capture and distribution Systems and methods are provided for capturing and using power generated by the application of an external force or by an inertial force on a vehicle control device that back-drive or forward-drive an actuator coupled to the control device. An actuator is coupled to... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161047 | Managing configuration items A computer system is disclosed that includes a repository, a discovery section, a determining section, and a data creating section. The repository holds, for each configuration item, data indicating at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158448 | Resonator and methods of making resonators A resonator and method of making a resonator are provided. A particular method includes etching a silicon substrate to form a resonator structure. The resonator structure includes at least one resonator beam. The method also includes converting at least a portion of... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151330 | System and method of using personal data A particular method includes receiving a request for a portion of user data from a data repository. The user data is associated with a user. The method includes determining a source of the request. The method includes determining whether the portion of user data can... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144721 | Ring overlay network dedicated to carry broadcast traffic to DSLAMs A system includes a broadcast overlay network including a ring topology. The ring topology includes a first network ring and a second network ring that is coupled to the first network ring via at least one cross-connect element. The ring topology is adapted to carry... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135037 | Method and apparatus to encode and synchronize a serial interface The present disclosure is generally directed to a method and apparatus to communicate data between two or more semiconductor devices. In an embodiment, a method includes synchronizing a master device with a slave device, where the master device includes a semiconduc... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132048 | Systems and methods to efficiently schedule commands at a memory controller Systems and methods to respond to schedule commands at a memory controller are disclosed. A transmission error between a first memory controller port and a first redrive device may be detected. A first corrective action may be initiated at the first memory controlle... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131872 | Affinity-based transaction processing A transaction message is received at a router. A determination is made whether the transaction message includes an affinity. The affinity indicates an administrator-specified preference regarding processing of the transaction message. When the transaction message in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130871 | Integrated circuit having radio receiver and methods for use therewith An integrated circuit includes a radio receiver for receiving a received radio signal having a plurality of channel signals, each of the plurality of channel signals being modulated at one of a corresponding plurality of carrier frequencies. The radio receiver conve... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112473 | Method for the server side processing of user interactions with a web-browser The present invention relates to a method and system for client-side interacting with a server-side web application in a web-based client-server environment, in which a client-side web browser is used as a user interface for displaying web pages sent by the web appl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111564 | Setting controller termination in a memory controller and memory device interface in a communication bus A DRAM and memory controller are coupled during driver training to reduce mismatches. The impedances of the system are controlled through a termination at the controller to yield improvements in timing margins. The coupling of the components on a shared electrical b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108823 | User selected grid for logically representing an electronic circuit A computer implemented method employs software on a system for generating a logical representation of an electronic circuit undergoing a design. A predetermined grid for the circuit being designed is selected through interaction with the user through a graphical use... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108820 | Enhanced conductivity in an airgapped integrated circuit A method, program product and apparatus include extending lengths that project from a microchip trace into dielectric material. The extending lengths may not connect to another trace. Placement of the extending lengths may be optimized to increase the dissipation of... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103661 | Searching for a business name in a database A method includes receiving a search query that includes the input search string. The input search string includes a plurality of terms. The method includes performing a first comparison task to compare each of the plurality of terms to a list of category terms. The... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102959 | Digital audio processing system and method A digital audio processing system includes an input to receive a phase component of a signal. The digital audio processing system includes symbol recognition logic to adjust a sample of the phase component using an offset value. The symbol recognition logic maps the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102724 | Setting controller VREF in a memory controller and memory device interface in a communication bus A memory device is connected through an interface to a memory controller. The controller's reference voltage is set based on a driver's impendence of the memory device during driver training. The voltage is applied to a reference resistor pair at the controller and ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098665 | Method and system for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network Methods for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network are presented. A particular method includes establishing a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel and Targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) signaling channel between a first Pro... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090086 | VoiceXML and rule engine based switchboard for interactive voice response (IVR) services Call routing systems and methods are provided. A particular routing method comprises decoding a message based on an incoming call to determine whether a live agent is required. When a live agent is not required, a destination interactive voice response (IVR) applica... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086611 | Parametric analysis of media metadata A method is disclosed that includes receiving a request to transmit a first multimedia file. The first multimedia file is associated with a first file descriptor. The method includes automatically generating a first generated content descriptor by analyzing the firs... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086261 | System and method for providing digital network access and digital broadcast services using combined channels on a single physical medium to the customer premises The disclosure is directed to customer premises equipment including a network access port configured to receive broadband digital network data from broadband wireless network access equipment, a broadcast access port configured to receive digital satellite broadcast... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085757 | Caller-controlled routing to non-SIP/non-TEL URI destinations for an IMS-based ENUM query A telephone number of the callee is received from a caller device. An Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based telephone number mapping (ENUM) query is constructed based on the telephone number of the callee. An ENUM database is queried based on the ENUM q... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081747 | System and method of managing telephone calls within a voice over internet protocol telephone system A voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone server is disclosed and includes a computer readable medium that is accessible to a processor. A centralized address book is embedded within the computer readable medium. Further, a computer program is embedded within ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079053 | System and method of deferring multimedia content delivery Systems and methods of deferred multimedia content delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a request from a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device to receive multimedia content. The method also includes selecti... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8079048 | System and method of scheduling an event related to an advertisement A method of scheduling an event related to an advertisement includes transmitting media content to a set-top box. The media content includes an advertisement having a selectable reminder indicator related to the advertisement. The method further includes receiving a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078606 | Rank-based estimate of relevance values A method includes submitting a query to multiple search engines. The method also includes receiving a ranked list of search results from each search engine based on the query. The method includes determining a search engine weighting value for each search engine, wh... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073819 | System and method for storing element information A system and method are disclosed for storing element information. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, creating a structured text object that includes information representing a collection of metrics for a tracked net... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073119 | Shared usage telecommunications billing system and method A telecommunications billing system includes a customer database, a usage database and a billing module. The customer database is configured to store subscription data identifying a pricing plan including an allotment of shared telecommunication units in connection ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069380 | Method, system and computer-readable code to test flash memory A flash memory device includes a flash memory residing on at least one flash memory die. The flash memory device also includes a flash controller residing on a flash controller die that is separate from the at least one flash memory die. The flash memory and the fla... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069298 | Method of storing and accessing header data from memory Methods of storing and accessing data using a header portion of a file are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of storing content in a non-volatile memory is disclosed. The method includes reading a content file including media content and including a trailer, sto... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069255 | Apparatus and method for aggregating disparate storage on consumer electronics devices A media management module maintains and uses device profile data stored on a computer-readable medium. The device profile data includes, for each of at least one device in a user premise, a respective first data element to indicate whether a device is to remain in o... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068596 | Call center system for multiple transaction selections A method includes displaying a transaction menu that includes multiple selectable call center agent transactions. A plurality of selected transactions are ordered into a list of selected transactions based on a first business rule. The list of selected transactions ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068416 | System and method of communicating a media stream In an embodiment, a method of allocating media streams includes measuring real-time port usage data related to each of a plurality of physical ports associated with a link aggregation group. The method further includes selecting at least one, but not all, of the plu... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065710 | Apparatuses and methods for interactive communication concerning multimedia content An apparatus for use with an output device coupled to one or more sources of multimedia content comprises an operator interface, a record generator and a network interface. The operator interface receives information responsive to a user's observation of a segment o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065413 | Method and system for remotely detecting parasite software An IP usage pattern of a first computer system is monitored by a second computer system that is remotely located from the first computer system. The second computer system is associated with an ISP. First parasite software may be identified based on an abnormal chan... | 11/22/2011 |
