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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180933 | Dynamic call handling from multiple attached devices wherein devices advertize its capabililes before facilitating call through appropriate device Multiple peripheral devices are used for various modes of communication in a unified communication application. Employing standard or custom protocols, connected peripheral devices can be configured automatically and different modes of communication such as audio, v... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174367 | Causing RFID tags to backscatter more codes RFID reader systems, readers, components, software and methods for causing RFID tags to backscatter a combination made from at least portions of a first code and a second code stored in tag memory, without transmitting any commands in the interim. In a number of emb... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171346 | Client session based debugging Debugging operations on individual client sessions for a remotely executed shared application are enabled to be performed as the client requests are processed on the executing server without disrupting execution of other client sessions. A remote debugging client ma... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161379 | Fit and fill techniques for pictures Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for fitting and filling pictures in documents. A selection is received from a user to perform a fill or fit to placeholder operation to insert a picture into a placeholder. A visible image area is calculated which de... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155899 | Efficiency meter for photovoltaic power generation systems A portable instrument for displaying an efficiency metric for a photovoltaic power generation system based on an estimate of the source power available from the photovoltaic modules. The source power is a value scaled from the rated DC source power computed with dat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154385 | Local processing of received RFID tag responses Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags selected for inventorying using combination of preselect and/or post select criteria. The selection commands can be for selecting according to a tag memory content, by invoking the mask address or by comparing other tag cha... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134451 | RFID tag chips and tags capable of backscattering more codes and methods RFID tags and chips for RFID tags store a first code and a second code in memory. They are capable of backscattering a combination made from at least portions of the first code and the second code, without receiving any commands in the interim. In a number of embodi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8120494 | RFID readers and systems with antenna switching upon detecting too few tags and methods RFID readers, reader systems, and methods are provided that utilize smart antenna switching. A first signal is transmitted from a first antenna estimating presence of tags within the antennas field of view. If fewer than a predefined number of tags are estimated, th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117201 | Pre-populated and administrator defined groups in contacts lists A contacts list for a subscriber is pre-populated based on information received from various data stores, data mining of applications associated with the subscriber, and administrator defined contacts. The list may be further maintained dynamically based on changes ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115632 | RFID tag capable of modifying internal operations for a sensed environment A semiconductor chip for an RFID tag is described. The semiconductor chip including wireless transceiver and processing block circuitry to receive and put into effect a wirelessly received instruction encoded in a TUNE command. The instruction commanding the semicon... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115597 | RFID tags with synchronous power rectifier The present disclosure provides a power rectifier for a Radio Frequency Identification tag circuit. The rectifier is constructed from a pair of complementary MOS transistors. Gates of the transistors have predetermined voltages applied to them. The applied voltages ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115590 | RFID readers limiting theft of confidential information RFID reader and methods of operating an RFID reader are provided to limit or prevent the issuing of confidential information such as encryption keys, passwords, shared secrets, and the like to RFID tags if a reader is not authorized. The reader may determine its aut... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099664 | Dynamic help user interface control with secured customization A method and system is disclosed for generating a help interface to present static help content and customized help content for an application. Help content data is accessed to define the static help content and a control command to support incorporation of the cust... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095561 | Extensible framework for data import and export A modular framework for data import/export in an application that allows modules/components to be independently developed for importing and exporting data related to specific entities, including the handling of dependencies between entities. The framework is metadat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095118 | Address book remote access and extensibility Address book data available to a user such as contact information, group information, resource information, and similar data, are retrieved from a plurality of sources by a third party service. The retrieved data is customized for consistent presentation and provide... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086455 | Model development authoring, generation and execution based on data and processor dependencies A recognition (e.g., speech, handwriting, etc.) model build process that is declarative and data-dependence-based. Process steps are defined in a declarative language as individual processors having input/output data relationships and data dependencies of predecesso... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082556 | Extending an RFID reader API The present disclosure provides a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader software structure and method. A functionality of a reader engine is extended, enabling it to communicate via an extended standard Application Programming Interface (API) with an applicat... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077013 | RFID reader Q-parameter aided by RF power measurement RFID tag responses are detected by an RFID reader system. The tag response may be detected based on a reference measurement during a tag silent period and another one during the tag response. This helps determine whether a slot is empty or occupied, in a slotted alo... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074204 | Test automation for business applications A test framework suited for use with distributed business applications allows developers to specify a test, or suite of tests, to be easily selected and executed. Execution of a test suite instantiates objects such as a test runner and a test result object that set ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072329 | Voltage regulators using a resistive chain to bias a native transistor The present disclosure provides examples of a voltage regulator for a Radio Frequency Identification tag circuit. The voltage regulator includes a pair of native transistors. A first native transistor is coupled to a reference voltage and biased to saturation. A res... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072327 | Causing RFID tags to reply using changed reply timing RFID reader systems, readers, components, software and methods cause RFID tags to reply using changed reply timing. In a number of embodiments, this timing change is achieved by causing a custom timing command to be transmitted to a tag. In some embodiments, the cha... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063740 | Interfacing to RFID reader utility that causes RFID tags to reply using changed reply timing Interfacing is provided, to a utility of an RFID reader. The utility causes the RFID reader to instruct tags to reply using changed reply timing. The interfacing enables an agent to control the utility, for installing it, configuring it, enabling it, disabling it, o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8044801 | RFID tag with double-switch rectifier The present disclosure provides a power rectifier for a Radio Frequency Identification tag circuit. The power rectifier is constructed from a pair of complementary MOS transistors. Gates of the transistors have predetermined voltages applied to them. The applied vol... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044774 | RFID tag chips and tags able to be partially killed and methods RFID tag circuits, tags, and methods are provided for receiving a partial-kill command. In response to receiving such a command, the tag circuit or tag becomes partially killed. This means that one or more but not all of its memory functions become disabled. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8005895 | Distributed routing of conferences using conference identifier Users attempting to join a conference facilitated by an enhanced communication system employing a network communication protocol such as SIP and having a distributed architecture are enabled to request the conference through a numeric conference identifier. The conf... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999675 | RFID tags replying using changed reply timing RFID tags and chips for RFID tags are capable of replying using changed reply timing. In a number of embodiments, this timing change is achieved when a tag receives a custom timing command from an RFID reader. In some embodiments, the changed reply timing affects an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990249 | RFID tag circuits tags and methods for backscattering with controllable admittance RFID tag circuits, tags, and methods are provided for backscattering a received RF wave using a controllable admittance difference between the ON state and the OFF state. The admittance difference is controlled responsive to a control signal. In some embodiments, th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987392 | Differentiating connectivity issues from server failures A status of connectivity between servers of different sites (locations) is used to infer whether a network or a server failure has occurred such that data between the servers can be routed more efficiently reducing unnecessary network traffic due to duplicate messag... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983222 | Wireless channel selection techniques and devices Techniques for locating wireless channels usable for transmitting media signals from personal media players that are adequately separated from wireless channels used for other purposes. One technique involves identifying a target channel and at least two additional ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982611 | Dealing with rogue RFID readers using reader attributes Rogue RFID readers are detected by listening to communication between rogue reader and a tag, capturing a time stamp and/or a channel associated with the communication, and checking the captured time stamp/channel to determine whether it is a result of a command fro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979888 | Privacy markup on entity models A method of identifying an entry in an entity model as being at least one of potentially private and potentially sensitive is disclosed. The method may include creating an indication related to a specific entry that indicates whether the specific entry is one of pot... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978005 | Reference current generator with low temperature coefficient dependence Embodiments of the invention describe a core circuit for a reference current generator circuit that biases a first transistor to source a first current and a second transistor parallel to the first transistor, biased to source a second current controlled by the firs... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974194 | Optimizing data traffic and power consumption in mobile unified communication applications Data traffic, latency, and power consumption in a mobile unified communication environment are reduced by optimizing communication between a mobile client application and a mobile data server through determining optimum delay between exchanged messages and/or filter... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973645 | RFID reader devices and methods thereof Radio frequency identification (RFID) reader devices are disclosed. An RFID reader device of one aspect may include a radio frequency (RF) output port operable to allow a plurality of RFID antenna modules to be coupled with the RFID reader device. An RF signal gener... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973643 | RFID readers transmitting preambles denoting data rate and methods RFID readers transmit data to query tags at one or more data rates. Before transmitting data, the RFID readers also transmit special preambles that inform of the data rate that will be used for transmitting the data. The preambles have a call aspect and a rate aspec... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969236 | Reference current generator with low temperature coefficient dependence Embodiments of the invention describe a core circuit for a reference current generator circuit that biases a first transistor to source a first current and a second transistor parallel to the first transistor, biased to source a second current controlled by the firs... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961726 | Framework for optimizing and simplifying network communication in close proximity networks A framework capable of providing transparent handling of network traffic in close proximity networks such as home networks is provided. A single virtual network interface is exposed to users/applications on connected devices. A virtual network interface manager dete... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958360 | Method and system for performing an electronic signature approval process The present invention includes a computer-implemented method and an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). The method and system allows a user to enable an electronic signature approval process for modification of data in a transaction. The method includes acces... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941551 | Tunneling of remote desktop sessions through firewalls Endpoints are enabled to facilitate desktop and/or application sharing in enhanced communication systems using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) protocols by tunneling RDP packets through an Interactive Connection Establishment (ICE... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920046 | RFID readers and systems initializing after antenna switch and methods RFID readers, reader systems, and methods are provided for processing RFID tags through interruptions for antenna change or other reasons. If the reason for the interruption is an antenna change, the reader restarts processing the tags initializing any operational p... | 04/05/2011 |
