Whitham, Curtis, Christofferson & Cook, P.C. - US Patent Attorneys and Agents

Attorney: Whitham, Curtis, Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

Number of patents: 173
Last date: May 01, 2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8170192	Personalized conference call system and method An enhancement for an electronic calendar provides a single call-in number and, preferably a pass code established for a user/participant in any and all conference call(s) in which use of the invention is authorized by an owner/caller initiating a conference call. T...	05/01/2012
8169900	Increasing link capacity via traffic distribution over multiple Wi-Fi access points A method and system for combining the bandwidth available to a user communications device from multiple access points by switching output requests and corresponding replies to such requests among a plurality of such access points. In the simplest implementation the ...	05/01/2012
8165992	System and method for tracking notifications in a publish subscribe system A system and method are provided for tracking notification messages from a message publisher to a message subscriber. The system includes a plurality of entities that are operatively coupled to one another via an electronic network, and each entity includes at least...	04/24/2012
8162586	Parking stand A loader parking stand includes a support leg pivoted to a loader arm which is movable between an extended and a retracted position. A retaining latch can releasably secure or lock the stand in the extended position and the retaining latch can be unlocked or release...	04/24/2012
8143900	Communication system fault location using signal ingress detection Detecting ingress of a transmitted signal into a cable communication system due to a radio frequency signal transmitted from a moving vehicle and interrogation of transmitter location over a separate wireless link provides monitoring of shielding integrity or flaws ...	03/27/2012
8139635	Method for efficient encoding and decoding quantized sequence in Wyner-Ziv coding of video A computer-based method for encoding and decoding quantized sequences in Wyner-Ziv coding of video, bi-partite graph is used in an iterative process. The method takes as input to an encoder a sequence of quantized data from a finite alphabet, the sequence comprising...	03/20/2012
8131938	Adaptive mechanisms and methods for supplying volatile data copies in multiprocessor systems In a computer system with a memory hierarchy, when a high-level cache supplies a data copy to a low-level cache, the shared copy can be either volatile or non-volatile. When the data copy is later replaced from the low-level cache, if the data copy is non-volatile, ...	03/06/2012
8130101	Embedded power cable sensor array Semiconductor sensor chips are assembled with semiconductor communication chips to form sensor nodes which are wired together and placed in a tube preform which is sealed to form a tube containing an array of sensor nodes. The tube, resembling a wire in appearance, ...	03/06/2012
8126762	Method for managing and controlling stability in business activity monitoring and management systems A stabilization methodology and system component in Business Activity Monitoring and Management systems. This enables firms to use Business Activity Management (BAM) systems to manage business activity by only responding to monitored data when the overall business p...	02/28/2012
8124549	Non-woven fabric This invention provides a composition for forming a fabric by spraying onto a supporting surface, the composition comprising fibers, a binder and a diluent. Further aspects of the invention include the fabric formed by spraying the composition and an article compris...	02/28/2012
8121877	Dynamic evolution of business performance management solutions using declarative evolution policies A policy-driven approach to Business Performance Management (BPM) evolution is to capture the mechanism of BPM solution evolutions. These policies are executed by the runtime infrastructure which transforms and interprets evolution policies and allows fine granulari...	02/21/2012
8115275	Electrical antifuse An antifuse having a link including a region of unsilicided semiconductor material may be programmed at reduced voltage and current and with reduced generation of heat by electromigration of metal or silicide from a cathode into the region of unsilicided semiconduct...	02/14/2012
8112669	Wireless diagnostic system Results of field testing of portions of a distributed system such as a Broadband Communications System from a testing device to a controller which downloads programmed test protocols and sequences thereof to the separate testing device over a wired or wireless link ...	02/07/2012
8111755	Method and system for low-complexity Slepian-Wolf rate estimation in Wyner-Ziv video encoding A method and system for low-complexity Slepian-Wolf rate estimator in a hybrid Wyner-Ziv video encoder determines the minimum Slepian-Wolf code rate required to allow correct decoding. The Slepian-Wolf estimator does not assume ideality of source and side-informatio...	02/07/2012
8093013	Claudins as markers for early detection, diagnosis, prognosis and as targets of therapy for breast and metastatic brain or bone cancer Methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of breast cancer, and of metastatic brain cancer, are provided The diagnostic and prognostic methods involve the immunohistochemical detection of the level of expression of the proteins claudin 1, 3, 4, and 7 in tissue ...	01/10/2012
8090671	Dynamic performance modeling of computer application services using a serial parallel queueing network (SPQN) modeler A generic queueing network model of a Web services environment is introduced. The behavior of a service is abstracted in three phases: serial, parallel and dormant, thus yielding a Serial Parallel Queueing Network (SPQN) model with a small number of parameters. A me...	01/03/2012
8090223	Method and apparatus for alignment, comparison and identification of characteristic tool marks, including ballistic signatures Systematic use of infrared imaging characterizes marks made on items and identifies the particular marking tool with better accuracy than use of visual imaging. Infrared imaging performed in total darkness eliminates shadows, glint, and other lighting variations and...	01/03/2012
8041571	Application of speech and speaker recognition tools to fault detection in electrical circuits A method and apparatus detect and localize electric faults in electrical power grids and circuit. High impedance faults are detected by analyzing data from remote sensor units deployed over the network using the algorithms of speech and speaker analysis software. Th...	10/18/2011
8032403	Method and system for assigning staff as a service in a service network within a component business model architecture A method and system using a component business model (CBM) architecture provides a staff assignment service to an enterprise. A staff assignment scenario is described in terms of business components in a CBM architecture of the enterprise, the applicable business co...	10/04/2011
8024278	System for dynamic performance modeling of computer application services using a serial parallel queueing network (SPQN) modeler A generic queueing network model of a Web services environment is introduced. The behavior of a service is abstracted in three phases: serial, parallel and dormant, thus yielding a Serial Parallel Queueing Network (SPQN) model with a small number of parameters. A me...	09/20/2011
8024156	Using statistics to locate signals in noise Computation of variance or variance of the autocorrelation over a moving window of various sizes of a signal containing noise and possibly a small digital signal provides a sensitive, frequency independent indication of the likelihood of the presence of a small puls...	09/20/2011
8019635	Adaptive product configuration model The adaptive product conditioning is a computer-implemented method for identifying product configurations that can be provided to customers in reaction to supply imbalances. The methodology uses data mining techniques to collect and analyze business level meta data ...	09/13/2011
8010833	Software application cluster layout pattern In forming a cluster of processors and applications among a plurality of processors connected in a network the embodiment of a pair of cluster nodes, as applications, in each server/system and arranging for communication between them in a ring or tiered ring configu...	08/30/2011
8008724	Structure and method to enhance both nFET and pFET performance using different kinds of stressed layers In producing complementary sets of metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors, including nMOS and pMOS transistors), carrier mobility is enhanced or otherwise regulated through the use of layering various stressed films over either the nMOS or pMOS tr...	08/30/2011
8006157	Resource-light method and apparatus for outlier detection Outlier detection methods and apparatus have light computational resources requirement, especially on the storage requirement, and yet achieve a state-of-the-art predictive performance. The outlier detection problem is first reduced to that of a classification learn...	08/23/2011
8005711	Method and system for simultaneous data collection and analysis of multiple attribute ratings A display system and method for collecting respondent ratings of a concept on multiple attributes simultaneously, and using the same display mechanism for analysis of collected multi-attribute data. A graphical user interface presents concepts and instructions of a ...	08/23/2011
8005141	Method for efficient encoding and decoding quantized sequence in Wyner-Ziv coding of video A computer-based method for encoding and decoding quantized sequences in Wyner-Ziv coding of video, bi-partite graph is used in an iterative process. The method takes as input to an encoder a sequence of quantized data from a finite alphabet, the sequence comprising...	08/23/2011
8001018	System and method for automated part-number mapping Automated mapping of part numbers associated with parts in a bill of materials (BOM) submitted by a BOM originator to internal part numbers assigned to those parts by a BOM receiver is performed by one or more computers connected to one or more networks through one ...	08/16/2011
7994060	Dual exposure track only pitch split process An integrated circuit is formed with structures spaced more closely together than a transverse dimension of such structures, such as for making contacts to electronic elements formed at minimum lithographically resolvable dimensions by dark field split pitch techniq...	08/09/2011
7987180	Classification-based method and apparatus for string selectivity estimation Histogram construction and selectivity estimation for string and substring match queries in databases of data having strings associated with attributes. The histogram construction counts string-attribute pairs in the documents, and outputs string-attribute-count tri...	07/26/2011
7979298	Method and apparatus for operational risk assessment and mitigation Risk in business management is analyzed based on a probabilistic network approach which quantifies the impact of operational risk on financial metrics such as Value-at-Risk (VAR) and/or Potential Losses (PL). This approach provides further capability to determine th...	07/12/2011
7955270	Method and apparatus for respiratory audio-visual biofeedback for imaging and radiotherapy An improved method and apparatus for respiratory audio-visual biofeedback are disclosed. A guide patterned after a breathing cycle comfortable to the patient serves as a target. The target is displayed as a bar moving vertically upward during inhale and vertically d...	06/07/2011
7953786	Method and system for preferences-based mail distribution and digital postal services A system and method for collecting and storing communications preferences of recipients and delivering communications to a recipient in accordance with the recipient's preferences is disclosed herein. Preferably, the communications preferences consist of at least on...	05/31/2011
7952363	System and method for sorting detection of signal egress from a wired communication system Issuance of work orders in response to monitoring signal egress from shielding integrity flaws in a cable communication system by detecting received signal strength from a mobile receiver only during rising trends in received signal strength when the mobile receiver...	05/31/2011
7947262	Use of fullerenes for the treatment of mast cell and basophil-mediated disease Mast cell (MC) and peripheral blood basophil (PBB)-associated diseases are treated or prevented, or their symptoms are alleviated by the administration of water soluble fullerenes (buckeyballs) to the individual under conditions sufficient to inhibit MC and PBB resp...	05/24/2011
7941461	System and method for developing and enabling model-driven XML transformation framework for e-business A system and method for developing and enabling model-driven extensible Markup Language (XML) transformation to XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) format incorporate a strong built-in validation capability. A platform independent framework applies multiple passes of tra...	05/10/2011
7936814	Cascaded output for an encoder system using multiple encoders Plural encoders operating in parallel to achieve a desired data rate have their respective outputs combined by an autonomously operating arrangement for transfer of data to a direct memory access arrangement from respective encoders in order in response to a signal ...	05/03/2011
7928907	Method for mapping machine rooms and locating machines within machine rooms A system and method automatically maps computer center rooms and locates data center components within computer centers. Radio triangulation is used to determine the locations and, optionally, orientation, of machines within a computer center. ...	04/19/2011
7923782	Hybrid SOI/bulk semiconductor transistors Channel depth in a field effect transistor is limited by an intra-layer structure including a discontinuous film or layer formed within a layer or substrate of semiconductor material. Channel depth can thus be controlled much in the manner of SOI or UT-SOI technolog...	04/12/2011
7917380	System and method for strategic budgeting of initial response for managing wildfires The present invention provides a system and method for strategic budgeting of initial response for managing wildfires. According to the present invention, stochastic-integer-programming-based constrained optimization techniques are employed to develop a strategic bu...	03/29/2011

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