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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181033 | Data leakage prevention system, method, and computer program product for preventing a predefined type of operation on predetermined data A data leakage prevention system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing a predefined type of operation on predetermined data. In use, an attempt to perform an operation on predetermined data that is protected using a data leakage preventio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175636 | Desktop phone with interchangeable wireless handset Systems, methods, and devices for providing an external wireless interface for use with a desktop telephone are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a telephone is provided which may include a universal connector operable to r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171498 | Adaptive service for handling notifications and synchronizing directories of a file system Adaptive techniques for handling notifications and updating a directory of a file system in a graphical user interface of a computing environment are disclosed. The adaptive techniques include receiving a notification that at least something has been potentially cha... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171253 | Virtual disk mapping A storage area network can include a storage virtualization entity—intelligent storage application resource (iSAR)—either as a separate device in the fabric, or as an integrated module in one or more switches within the fabric. All I/O operations can be re-direc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168457 | Shaped articles comprising semiconductor nanocrystals and methods of making and using same A shaped article comprising a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals. Devices incorporating shaped articles are also provided. Methods of manufacturing shaped articles by various molding processes are also provided. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144159 | Partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit Techniques to generate partial display updates in a buffered window system in which arbitrary visual effects are permitted to any one or more windows (e.g., application-specific window buffers) are described. Once a display output region is identified for updating, ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135598 | Systems and methods for providing a deferred annuity with a target date retirement benefit Systems and methods for guaranteeing a Target Value of an account on any given Target Value Date. The investment profile of the account may be automatically adjusted to be more or less conservative based on the evolution of the contract with respect to its accumulat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134561 | System for optimizing graphics operations Disclosed is a system for producing images including techniques for reducing the memory and processing power required for such operations. The system provides techniques for programmatically representing a graphics problem. The system further provides techniques for... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130224 | User-interface design Graphical user interface objects are specified by a collection of attribute-value pairs, the collection of which comprise a complete description of the object and may be used by a rendering element to create a visual representation of the object. In practice, each o... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122498 | Combined multiple-application alert system and method A system, method and computer program product are provided for combined alerting. Initially, an event is identified. First information relating to a first response to the event associated with a first application is received. Further received is second information r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121698 | Outer hair cell stimulation model for the use by an intra-cochlear implant Contrast between various frequency components of sound is enhanced through a lateral suppression strategy to provide increased speech perception in the electrically stimulated cochlea. A received audio signal is divided into a plurality of input signals, wherein eac... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8087065 | Method and system for implementing mandatory file access control in native discretionary access control environments A method is provided for implementing a mandatory access control model in operating systems which natively use a discretionary access control scheme. A method for implementing mandatory access control in a system comprising a plurality of computers, the system compr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081642 | Method and apparatus for routing between fibre channel fabrics An interfabric link between two separate Fibre Channel fabrics so that devices in one fabric can communicate with devices in another fabric without requiring the merger of the two fabrics. The interfabric switch performs a conversion or a translation of device addre... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074282 | System, method, and computer program product for conveying a status of a plurality of security applications A system, method and computer program product are provided for displaying a status of a security application. A status of at least one security application is initially identified. An index is calculated that is representative of a degree of risk associated with the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8055794 | Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networks An isolation switch blade Fiber Channel switch presents F_ports to form a first Fiber Channel fabric and N_ports to a second Fiber Channel fabric to appear as node devices. The isolation switch blade may be used to connect a plurality of blade servers to a Fiber Cha... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050261 | Method and apparatus for frame redirection in a storage area network environment Embodiments according to the invention relate to frame redirection, which includes methods to intercept and re-route traffic between an initiator and a target. When a frame is redirected, an initiator issues a frame to the target, but the frame is received by a virt... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8027733 | Optimizing pitch allocation in a cochlear stimulation system Optimizing pitch allocation in a cochlear stimulation system may include implanting an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes into the cochlea of a patient, where the electrode array has an associated implant fitting characteristic that defines a relations... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024462 | System, method, and computer program product for preventing communication of unwanted network traffic by holding only a last portion of the network traffic A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing communication of unwanted network traffic by holding only a last portion of the network traffic. In use, network traffic associated with a file transfer is received. Additionally, only a last... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024046 | Systems for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient Systems for fitting an implantable cochlear stimulator to a patient include an interface unit configured to display a graphical representation of an implant fitting line as part of a graphical user interface. The implant fitting line has a slope and a horizontal pos... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023458 | Method and apparatus for wideband conferencing A method and apparatus for wideband voice and optional data conferencing over a telecommunications network channel between at least two wideband communications devices. An exemplary method comprises establishing an audio link, verifying wideband capability between t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019806 | Method and apparatus for displaying network fabric data The invention relates to graphical user interfaces for managing electronic networks, such computer networks, storage area networks (SANs), and the like. Specifically, the invention provides a simplified means of managing large numbers of parameters associated with d... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018936 | Inter-fabric routing A method and apparatus is shown for communicating Fibre Channel frames between distinct fabrics. A proxy zone is established in each fabric with a physically present local device and a remote fabric device. A router creates a proxy device in each fabric for every de... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010513 | Use of server instances and processing elements to define a server A server instance, which is a collection of LUNs, containing an operating system, any applications and data storage. A processing element is the physical hardware. The combination is a server as normally understood. Templates are used to define server instances and ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995771 | Beamforming microphone system A system and method for generating a beamforming signal is disclosed. A beam forming signal is generated by disposing a first microphone and a second microphone in horizontal coplanar alignment. The first and second microphones are used to detect a known signal to g... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984503 | System, method and computer program product for accelerating malware/spyware scanning A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning files. A plurality of file names in a registry of a computer is identified. By this identification, files associated with the file names are scanned. Another system, method and computer program ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975073 | Middleware server for interfacing communications, multimedia, and management systems Disclosed herein is a middleware server for interfacing a Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) with a communication system and/or a management system within the context of an organization. The middleware server uses modular architecture, making the middleware server h... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974850 | Method of early case assessment in law suits A tool which provides counsel with a data collection mechanism to guide them through various steps in the litigation process and directs counsel and/or legal assistants to determine what information is required. The tool provides a “Discovery Generator” that is ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970574 | Scalable sensor localization for wireless sensor networks Adaptive rule-based methods to solve localization problems for ad hoc wireless sensor networks are disclosed. A large problem may be solved as a sequence of very small subproblems, each of which is solved by semidefinite programming relaxation of a geometric optimiz... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969461 | System and method for exchanging connection information for videoconferencing units using instant messaging A videoconferencing system includes a first videoconferencing unit coupled to a network and associated with a first instant messaging identity. The first videoconferencing unit obtains a second instant messaging identity and automatically sends a request instant mes... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969453 | Partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit Techniques to generate partial display updates in a buffered window system in which arbitrary visual effects are permitted to any one or more windows (e.g., application-specific window buffers) are described. Once a display output region is identified for updating, ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7946313 | Flexible pipe A flexible pipe for fluid transport especially in offshore application has a first extruded tube having nylon and a first layer having aromatic polyamide disposed about the first tube. A plurality of rings composed of stainless steel are disposed about the first lay... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7494343 | Multiple degrees of freedom connectors and adapters Connector devices that provide multiple degrees of freedom of motion between a first connector head and additional connector heads and/or electronic devices are described. The multiple degrees of freedom of motion permit motion in one or both of two planes and, perh... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7377317 | Apparatus and methods for logging a well borehole with controllable rotating instrumentation Disclosed herein is a borehole conveyance system that is conveyed within the borehole by a tubular such as a drill string. The conveyance system integrates wireline type downhole instrumentation into drilling and drill string tripping operations that are typically p... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7327592 | Self-identifying stacked die semiconductor components A semiconductor die having a functional circuit (e.g., a memory array) and a decode circuit suitable for use in a stacked die semiconductor component (e.g., a random access memory component) is described. The decode circuit permits individual die in a stacked die st... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7231632 | System for reducing the number of programs necessary to render an image A system for reducing memory and computational requirements of graphics operations. The system provides techniques for combining otherwise individual operations to apply filters to images. A combined filter emerging from the combination spares the processor time and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227551 | Manipulating text and graphic appearance A method, device and computer system for creating a smooth, continuous height (scalar or vector) field are described. The described techniques permit arbitrary closed regions to be smoothly shaded without producing unnatural smoothness at the region's edges or bound... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7189134 | Interactive beverage bottle top Beverage bottle tops having interactive elements or performing interactive actions are disclosed. The beverage bottle tops are capable of conveying liquid from the bottle to a person. The beverage bottle tops include interactive elements, structures, or acts, which ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162227 | Signal routing for reduced power consumption in a conferencing system A technique is provided for reducing power consumption of an internally powered console in an audio system through frequency based signal routing. A system employing the technique includes a base unit having an interface for receiving a signal representative of acou... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7096522 | Bath overflow alarm suitable for different installation arrangements Alarms adaptable to common American bathtub cover plate configurations. Two different embodiments are illustrated. In a first embodiment, the alarm unit is designed to allow use with the three different mounting styles of cover plates used in the United States. The ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089245 | Service desk data transfer interface A system, method and computer program product for importing data in a network-based customer relationship application is provided. First, data to be imported to a customer relationship application utilizing a network is identified. A set of predetermined rules assoc... | 08/08/2006 |
