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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 |
| 8176188 | Billing adjustment for power on demand An apparatus, program product and method for determining a cost for using a standby resource that accounts for the cause for the resource=s usage. A standby resource, such as a processor, is activated in response to a resource requirement. The cause of the resource ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166077 | Mapping a class, method, package, and/or pattern to a component A program product, apparatuses, and methods provide for the collection of profile information for a component of a software program by generating a data structure that maps at least one method to a component. The method includes a name, and the data structure maps t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161000 | Generic bijection with graphs A method, apparatus and program product is provided for accessing data in an abstract data store. In response to receiving a key value, an object is created by converting the key value into a key tuple. A value tuple is requested from the abstract data store corresp... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141098 | Context switch data prefetching in multithreaded computer An apparatus initiates, in connection with a context switch operation, a prefetch of data likely to be used by a thread prior to resuming execution of that thread. As a result, once it is known that a context switch will be performed to a particular thread, data may... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141091 | Resource allocation in a NUMA architecture based on application specified resource and strength preferences for processor and memory resources An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140876 | Reducing power consumption of components based on criticality of running tasks independent of scheduling priority in multitask computer A method, apparatus, and program product are provided for managing power consumption in a computer system based on the degree with which performance of tasks can be degraded in order to save power. A criticality value controls the degree with which performance of a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140830 | Structural power reduction in multithreaded processor A circuit arrangement and method utilize a plurality of execution units having different power and performance characteristics and capabilities within a multithreaded processor core, and selectively route instructions having different performance requirements to dif... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140822 | System and method for maintaining page tables used during a logical partition migration Maintaining data integrity for a logical partition by enabling nonintrusive switching of page tables used during a migration of the logical partition from a source computer system to a target computer system. A first page table stores a plurality of page entries mad... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140568 | Estimation and use of access plan statistics In processing a query including a selection criterion on one or more attributes of a relation, a prior statistic generated for a prior different selection criterion on the same one or more attributes of the relation, may be revalidated for use in processing the quer... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140520 | Embedding densities in a data structure A method, apparatus and program product that determine a density for each key value of a plurality of key values in a table over at least one range of rows in the database table, and store the determined densities in a data structure for use in optimizing a query th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140517 | Database query optimization using weight mapping to qualify an index A method, apparatus, and program product is provided to, in response to receiving a first database query for which usage of shared weight indices is prohibited, determine whether a shared weight index associated with a column of a database table referenced by the fi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140479 | Logical classification of objects on a computer system A method, apparatus and program product for classifying objects on a computer system. An audit journal of interactions with objects is evaluated to identify a plurality of logical groups of objects. A graphical construct, such as a hierarchical tree, is created from... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139061 | Floating point execution unit for calculating a one minus dot product value in a single pass A floating point execution unit calculates a one minus dot product value in a single pass. As such, the dependency that otherwise would be required to perform the calculations is eliminated, resulting in a substantially faster performance of such calculations. The f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132092 | Automated management of internet and/or web site content An apparatus, program product, and method manage content from a content-controlled database (e.g., web pages or other files maintained in a web site) using a content management record linked to each content-controlled content item in the database. Each content manag... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132031 | Power adjustment based on completion times in a parallel computing system A method, apparatus, and program product optimize power consumption in a parallel computing system that includes a plurality of computing nodes by selectively throttling performance of selected nodes to effectively slow down the completion of quicker executing parts... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127267 | Self-healing cross development environment An apparatus, computer system program product and method implement self-healing functionality in a cross development environment to maximize the availability and minimize interoperability problems between disparate software development environments that are coupled ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126873 | Portable and iterative re-usable suboptimization of database queries A method, apparatus and program product to optimize a database query. A query plan is generated for the database query where the query plan includes first and second subplans. Cached optimization data associated with the first subplan and generated during evaluation... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118224 | Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and/or usage tracking capabilities. Users may create “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and h... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112658 | Row fault detection system An apparatus, program product and method check for nodal faults in a row of nodes by causing each node in the row to concurrently communicate with its adjacent neighbor nodes in the row. The communications are analyzed to determine a presence of a faulty node or con... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108662 | Checkpointing a hybrid architecture computing system A method, apparatus, and program product checkpoint an application in a parallel computing system of the type that includes a plurality of hybrid nodes. Each hybrid node includes a host element and a plurality of accelerator elements. Each host element may include a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102391 | Hybrid rendering of image data utilizing streaming geometry frontend interconnected to physical rendering backend through dynamic accelerated data structure generator A circuit arrangement and method provide a hybrid rendering architecture capable of interfacing a streaming geometry frontend with a physical rendering backend using a dynamic accelerated data structure (ADS) generator. The dynamic ADS generator effectively parallel... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8074467 | Apparatus and method for dispensing discrete amounts of viscous material Apparatus and methods for dispensing small amounts of a viscous material onto a workpiece. The narrow-profile dispensing apparatus includes a fluid chamber, a nozzle, and a valve seat disk representing individual components that are removable from a main body of the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7989302 | Methods of forming a hyper-abrupt P-N junction and design structures for an integrated circuit Methods of forming hyper-abrupt p-n junctions and design structures for an integrated circuit containing devices structures with hyper-abrupt p-n junctions. The hyper-abrupt p-n junction is defined in a SOI substrate by implanting a portion of a device layer to have... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7977766 | Trench anti-fuse structures for a programmable integrated circuit Trench anti-fuse structures, design structures embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a programmable integrated circuit. The anti-fuse structure includes a trench having a plurality of sidewalls that extend into a substrate, a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7934766 | Lethal threat protection system for a vehicle and method A field configurable vehicle armoring system and associated method allow a user to retrofit and reconfigure a combination of armor components in response to a perceived threat change and using original equipment manufacture fasteners and holes. The system includes p... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934299 | Casket incorporating image display device A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, a casket lid closable on the casket shell, and a digital image display device mounted to an exterior of at least one of the shell and the lid for displaying digital images. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926217 | Self-supporting composite material firearm stock Shown is a firearm stock having a self-supporting structural shell made substantially of composite material. The shell includes an exterior wall and an interior wall, at least some portion of which is spaced from the exterior wall. A cavity in the shell is sized and... | 04/19/2011 |
| D635735 | Casket shell corner | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917241 | Method and system for increasing throughput during location specific processing of a plurality of substrates A method and system of location specific processing on a plurality of substrates is described. The method comprises measuring metrology data for the plurality of substrates. Thereafter, the method comprises computing correction data for a first substrate using the m... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913066 | Early exit processing of iterative refinement algorithm using register dependency disable and programmable early exit condition A programmable “early exit” of an iterative refinement algorithm is implemented by effectively disabling read after write dependency stalls of newer instructions, as well as disabling the register write enable of these instructions, for the remainder of the algo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908720 | Casket and memorialization accessory A casket and memorialization accessory combination comprises a casket comprising a casket shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and a casket lid closable on the casket shell, a decorative ornament, and a keepsake box adapted to receive keepsake i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908599 | Dynamic granting of permissions in an object-oriented code base An apparatus, program product and method are capable of dynamically assigning different code base identifiers to different classes defined in the same code base during class load operations to enable different code base-correlated policies to be assigned to such cla... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904699 | Processing unit incorporating instruction-based persistent vector multiplexer control Persistent vector multiplexer control is used in a vector-based execution unit to control the shuffling of words in operand vectors processed by the execution unit. In addition, a persistent swizzle instruction is defined in an instruction set for the vector-based e... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895039 | Methods and systems for optimizing model adaptation for a speech recognition system A method for efficient use of resources of a speech recognition system includes determining a recognition rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words among a set of words, and determining an accuracy ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890708 | Prioritization of out-of-order data transfers on shared data bus Uncontested priority is provided to out-of-order data transfers over in-order data transfers on a data bus shared by a plurality of memory requesters. By always granting priority to out-of-order transfers such as deferred read data transfers over in-order transfers ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877734 | Selective profiling of program code executing in a runtime environment An apparatus, program product and method associate a unique key with routines in an application to enable a profiler to ascertain whether to collect profile information for a routine during its execution. A key may be generated, for example, during deployment or ins... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873926 | Methods for practical worst test definition and debug during block based statistical static timing analysis Methods for analyzing timing of an integrated circuit using block-based static statistical timing analysis and for practical worst test definition and debug. The method includes building a timing graph, determining a slack for each of the nodes in the timing graph, ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861314 | Interactive key control system and method of managing access to secured locations A security system associated with places physically protected by corresponding security mechanisms used to gain physical entry to the places by security mechanism users is managed using a searchable database that stores information on a plurality of places, a plural... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844823 | Interactive security control system with conflict checking An interactive system for managing access via a communications network by one or more Device-Users and Database-Users with regard to at least one secured Location and an entry control Device assignable for use in gaining access to the Location by the one or more Dev... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840010 | Interactive security control system with conflict checking An interactive system for managing access via a communications network by one or more users to multiple secured Locations. The system comprises a plurality of entry control Devices assigned for use in gaining access to the Locations by multiple users with multiple k... | 11/23/2010 |
