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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135205 | Rapid matching of noisy spectra or other signal patterns A method for use in an object scanning process includes obtaining a reference spectrum that includes a plurality of reference peaks, and comparing the reference spectrum with an input spectrum that has a plurality of input peaks, wherein a number of the reference pe... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122392 | Robust design using manufacturability models The present invention allows for a robust design using manufacturability models. A method, system and/or computer usable medium may be provided in an integrated circuit design to track sensitivity to a variation of process from wafer to wafer and/or fab to fab in or... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121252 | Use of planning atlas in radiation therapy A method for determining a radiation treatment plan for a patient includes determining a reference plan, the reference plan including information regarding a reference region that has a different configuration from that of a region in the patient, and using the refe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8078646 | Representing and manipulating RDF data in a relational database management system Techniques for generating hash values for instances of distinct data values. In the techniques, each distinct data value is mapped to hash value generation information which describes how to generate a unique hash value for instances of the distinct data value. The ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055471 | Method of discriminating particle groups and particle analyzer A method for discriminating particle groups comprises generating, by a particle analyzer, a particle characteristic distribution histogram in which the abscissa indicates respective channels for representing the characteristics of the particles, and the ordinate ind... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8017076 | Solid-solid direct-heating reaction disc arrangement The present invention discloses a solid-solid direct-heating reaction disc arrangement comprising a reaction disc body, clampers, a heater and a driving plate. Holding slots for receiving reaction cups are formed axially through the reaction disc body at constant in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015161 | Method and mechanism for determining life intervals for a key in an index Disclosed is a mechanism, system, interface, and process to determine one or more life intervals when given a key. In addition, one or more life intervals can be determined for each key within a range of keys. This type of process is useful for auditing purposes or ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014549 | Dynamic range compression using digital frequency warping A dynamic range compression system is provided, using either a sample-by-sample or a block processing system. Such a system can be used, for example, in a hearing aid. The system, using a frequency-warped processing system, is comprised of a cascade of all-pass filt... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007740 | Reaction cuvette wash unit The invention discloses a reaction cuvette wash unit comprising a cleaning needle assembly, a straight guide pair, a slide screw pair, a motor, a trigger component associated with a cleaning needle of the cleaning needle assembly in a manner to move with that cleani... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005792 | System and method for managing versions of metadata Versioned metadata allows multiple versions of metadata for a given object to exist concurrently on a system thereby supporting the parallel execution of operations which would otherwise be mutually exclusive. Metadata updates are permitted while other objects maint... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995780 | Hearing aid with feedback cancellation A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing enclosing a microphone for converting sound into an audio signal, first feedback compensation means for providing a first feedback compensation signal of signals picked up by the microphone by modeling an internal mechani... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987053 | Monitor units calculation method for proton fields A method for determining a monitor unit that is associated with a process using ions, includes obtaining a depth dose curve, determining a characteristic parameter based on the depth dose curve, and using the characteristic parameter to determine a first monitor uni... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983380 | Radiation systems A radiation system includes a first ring, a radiation source capable of providing radiation suitable for treating a patient, the radiation source secured to the first ring, a second ring located behind the first ring, and an imager secured to the second ring. A radi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966595 | Method and system for approximate placement in electronic designs Disclosed are method, system, and computer program product for a method and system for a fast and stable placement/floorplanning method that gives consistent and good quality results. Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for appro... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965851 | Modular wireless auditory test instrument with intelligent transducers A method and apparatus for performing various auditory tests utilizing a hand-held, portable, wireless testing device is provided. Within the device is a diagnostic subsystem used to implement and analyze selected tests. Attached to the device, either directly or vi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962630 | Method and mechanism for implementing tagged session pools An improved method, mechanism, and system for implementing, generating, and maintaining for implementing session pools is disclosed. A session in a session pool can be customized to with a specific set of affinities and attributes. Tags can be associated with the cu... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962484 | LDAP bulk append Systems and methods for performing a bulk append into an LDAP Server Directory Store. A conversion tool may receive an input file in LDIF format. The conversion tool performs a schema check on each entry in the input file, and creates a plurality of output files in ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961838 | Computerized tomography image reconstruction Systems and methods include coordinated (KV) and megaelectronvolt (MV) computerized tomography (CT) imaging. KV and MV data are combined using a normalization process in order to generate CT images. The resulting CT images can include an improved signal to noise rat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950011 | Leveraging advanced queues to implement event based job scheduling A job scheduling technique that allows jobs to be launched as a result of messages which are not targeted specifically at the job, and for jobs to be interrelated in complex ways. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941408 | System, structure, interface, and semantics for implementing row versions: accessing past versions of a data item Disclosed is a mechanism, system, interface, and process to allow specification of a new table decoration clause to obtain one or more past version of one or more data items. The version query provides for a direct interface to get multiple versions of the row(s). I... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937368 | Method and mechanism for identifying transaction on a row of data A method and mechanism for identifying one or more transactions that have modified or created an object in a database system. Also disclosed is a method and mechanism to compensate for the effects of a transaction in a database system is disclosed. The disclosed app... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937364 | Method and system for reliable access of messages by multiple consumers Systems and methods for managing the processing of the same pieces of information, e.g., messages, by multiple consumers, in a prescribed order, without causing the degradation of any consumer's performance because of other consumers' access to the same information.... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937117 | Portable speakerphone with pivoting microphone boom A wireless speakerphone with a pivoting microphone boom is provided. The speakerphone communicates via a wireless network to a cellular telephone, cellular telephone adaptor, land-line telephone, land-line telephone adaptor, computer, personal digital assistant, or ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933380 | Radiation systems and methods using deformable image registration A method includes obtaining a first image, obtaining a second image, determining a deformation field using the first and second images, and determining a transformation matrix using the deformation field. A computer product having a set of instruction, an execution ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921419 | Method and mechanism for managing incompatible changes in a distributed system A method and mechanism for managing data to resolve incompatibilities between different versions of data is disclosed. According to one approach, incompatibilities to private data is managed using group/member dependent key(s)/link(s), static shared data is managed ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921090 | Cluster delta push Methods and apparatuses for providing access to data in a cluster database are described. Embodiments of the invention include identifying situations in which many nodes require relatively equal access to a data block, and taking appropriate measures to improve the ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920700 | System and method for data encryption A method of processing data from a file includes obtaining a first portion of the file, encrypting the first portion of the file to create a first encrypted portion, obtaining a second portion of the file, encrypting the second portion of the file to create a second... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916882 | Hearing aid with automatic switching between modes of operation The present application relates to a hearing aid, especially a hearing aid with multiple modes of operation and efficient switching between these modes of operation. The hearing aid comprises means for performing a first mode of operation, means for performing a sec... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635263 | Hearing aid | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912835 | Compile time opcodes for efficient runtime interpretation of variables for database queries and DML statements A method system and program for performing a query in which context and information including opcodes accompanies an execution plan for the query. The opcodes determine operations to retrieve a set of bind variables. The execution plan and context information shared... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894183 | Shielded and insulated heat removing system Various embodiments disclose a shielded or isolated heat dissipating system comprising a case, a heat sink base, and a circuit board comprising at least one electronic device for which heat dissipation is desired. The heat sink base is attached to the case and toget... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890466 | Techniques for increasing the usefulness of transaction logs Techniques for making light-weight checkpoints in logs of streams of transactions and for extending the logs from the checkpoints. The state saved in the light weight checkpoint need only include the state of all transactions that are active at a prior point in the ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889748 | Mapping a port on a packet switch appliance A packet switch appliance includes a plurality of ports. One of the plurality of ports is configured to operate as a network port connected to a packet-switching network. To map the network port of the packet switch appliance, a port map is created. The port map inc... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885939 | Longest query duration for auto tuning undo retention Methods and systems for automatically tuning the undo retention in a database system are disclosed. The undo tablespace may be of a fixed size or may be set to be automatically extended. If the undo tablespace is of a fixed size, the undo retention is set to a “be... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882079 | Database system configured for automatic failover with user-limited data loss Techniques used in an automatic failover configuration having a primary database system, a standby database system, and an observer. In the automatic failover configuration, the primary database system remains available even in the absence of both the standby and th... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848488 | Radiation systems having tiltable gantry A radiation system includes a gantry having an opening and a first axis associated with the opening, a radiation source coupled to the gantry, a first bearing located adjacent a left side of the gantry, and a second bearing located adjacent a right side of the gantr... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848326 | Packet switch appliance with a packet switching and packet processing daughter board A packet switch appliance for connection to a packet switching network, the packet switch appliance has a motherboard that includes a processor, a network switch chip, and a connector. The packet switch appliance also includes a daughter board configured to be remov... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7876436 | Irradiation unit for a flow-cytometry-based analytical instrument and analytical instrument including the same Disclosed is an irradiation unit for a flow-cytometry-based analytical instrument and analytical instrument including the same. The irradiation unit includes a light source, a light beam focusing module for focusing the illuminating light beam on an irradiated area,... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873645 | Method and mechanism for handling arbitrarily-sized XML in SQL operator tree Disclosed is a method and mechanism for processing expressions and operator trees. An approach is particularly useful to optimize processing of XML statements with respect to SQL operators. A top-down processing approach can be taken to directly output data from ope... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869862 | Systems and methods for functional imaging using contrast-enhanced multiple-energy computed tomography A method of generating images of a portion of a body includes introducing a contrast agent into the body, generating a first set of image data using radiation at a first energy level after the contrast agent is introduced into the body, generating a second set of im... | 01/11/2011 |
