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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949745 | Dynamic activity model of network services An activity model is generated at a computer. The activity model may be generated by monitoring incoming and outgoing data in the computer. The collected data is analyzed to form a graph that describes and predicts what output is generated in response to received in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941800 | Transferring data between virtual machines by way of virtual machine bus in pipe mode A computing device has a virtual machine bus (VM bus) operable in a pipe mode where all incoming data written to the VM bus from a source is passed through to be read from the VM bus by a sink, and a plurality of instantiated virtual machines (VMs). Each VM hosts an... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941626 | Method and apparatus for controlling discontinuous transmission and reception A method and apparatus for controlling discontinuous transmission and reception are disclosed. A Node-B schedules an offset for discontinuous transmission (DTX) and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) for a user equipment (UE) and sends the offset to the UE. The UE the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941549 | Protocol exchange and policy enforcement for a terminal server session Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing multiple protocol exchanges over a single socket connection, one preceding another, in order to provide a platform for policy exchange between terminal servers and a gateway. The protoco... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941524 | System and method for collecting and storing event data from distributed transactional applications Event data associated with state data corresponding to an instance of a process is collected by an interceptor associated with a server that performs an operation to modify the state data. The server performs a single transaction with the database to store both the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941167 | Mobile device synchronization based on proximity to a data source A system for data communication is disclosed. The system comprises a detection module that ascertains when a mobile wireless communication device is located within a first range of a data source. The system further comprises a data module that automatically sends in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941046 | Photographic and videographic camera accessory and method of use thereof A photographic and/or videographic camera accessory that effectively attracts, captivates and directs the attention or line-of-sight of an infant substantially toward the camera lens. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940679 | Power outage management and power support restoration for devices in a wireless network Techniques for power outage management and power support restoration for devices in a wireless network are disclosed herein. Such a wireless network may include a number of bi-directional nodes in bi-directional wireless communication with one or more central nodes.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940015 | Thermal protection for lamp ballasts The output current of a ballast is dynamically limited when an over-temperature condition is detected in the ballast according to one of (i) a step function or (ii) a combination of step and continuous functions, so as to reduce the temperature of the ballast while ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938633 | Electric compressor and electric motor with a housing having a circumferential wall with thick and thin portions An electric compressor includes an electric motor, a compression mechanism driven by the electric motor, and a housing for accommodating the electric motor and the compression mechanism. The housing is formed such that the stator is fitted thereto. The housing has a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938320 | Systems and methods for encrypted bar code generation Disclosed herein are systems and methods that provide a temporary payment instrument having a barcode with an encrypted account number and expiration date assigned to a consumer. For example, such systems and methods screen a consumer to determine whether he or she ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937688 | System and method for context-sensitive help in a design environment An intelligent tool for assisting a developer during the creation or maintenance of software generates an icon when triggered by input. Upon selection of the icon, options are displayed for potential selection. Upon selection of an entry, event associated with the e... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937440 | Systems and methods for shared browsing among a plurality of online co-users Systems and methods for establishing and maintaining a shared browsing experience are disclosed. A method for establishing a shared browsing experience includes an inviter computer communicating to an invitee computer, via an online messenger communication path, an ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937340 | Automated satisfaction measurement for web search Context-based user behavior data is collected from a search mechanism. This data includes, for a given query, user feedback (implicit and explicit) on the query and context information on the query. A predictive pattern is applied to the context-based user behavior ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937075 | Mode changing of a mobile communications device and vehicle settings when the mobile communications device is in proximity to a vehicle A driver of a vehicle is identified and a command is sent to a mobile communications device that is associated with the identified driver and that is in proximity of the vehicle to force the mobile communications device to change modes such as to enter a hands-free ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935896 | Matched-impedance connector footprints Disclosed are methodologies for defining matched-impedance footprints on a substrate such as a printed circuit board, for example, that is adapted to receive an electrical component having an arrangement of terminal leads. Such a footprint may include an arrangement... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935710 | Microbicidal pyrimidine or triazine for preventing sexual HIV transmission The present invention concerns the microbicidal activity of certain pyrimidine or triazine containing non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. The compounds of the present invention inhibit the systemic infection of a human being with HIV, in particular, the... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934058 | Predictive caching of assets to improve level load time on a game console A predictive model is used to populate a cache in a videogame system. The predictive model takes as an input a sequence of file sections that have been requested for the associated videogame thus far. The predictive model then returns the names or indicators of one ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933913 | Secondary index and indexed view maintenance for updates to complex types Pursuant to receipt of a data modification command or statement, such as an Update command, it is determined which fields in a data structure, such as a UDT, computed column, indexed view, or index, for example, will be changed as a result of the command. Only those... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933868 | Method and system for partition level cleanup of replication conflict metadata A method of removing metadata from a database in a multimode replication system includes establishing a metadata retention period for nodes in the system as well as associating changes with nodes on the system. The system responds to an expiration of the retention p... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933632 | Tile space user interface for mobile devices Systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices enable data and services available through the mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content availab... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931537 | Voice input in a multimedia console environment Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a microphone module that connects to a headset jack on a game controller. The microphone may include directional or omni-directional microphone element(s) that pick up voice input from people near a peripheral, such as... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931178 | Suspended load ergonomic backpack A suspended-load backpack designed to permit the load to move relative to the wearer during walking and running so that the large movements between the load and the wearer of the backpack reduce the fluctuations of vertical motion of the load with respect to ground.... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636737 | Electrical connector | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930705 | Environment for executing legacy applications on a native operating system An application compatibility module is disclosed that provides compatibility between legacy binary system modules (“legacy binaries”) and a native operating system. The application compatibility module therefore allows legacy applications to execute within the n... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930680 | XML schema design for environment-specific types based on base types XML Schema Designs for environment-specific types based on XML base types are disclosed. The invention provides a series of “base types” in the XML Schema. Each base type is in an environment-specific XML Schema namespace that disambiguates the environment's typ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930432 | Systems and methods for distributing a workplan for data flow execution based on an arbitrary graph describing the desired data flow Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the creation of multiple redundant chains of transforms, each on a separate processing thread, for a data flow execution (DFE) of a data transformation pipeline (DTP). For certain of these embodiments, a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930332 | Weighted entropy pool service A weighted entropy pool service system and methods. Weights are associated with entropy sources and are used to estimate a quantity of entropy contained in data from the entropy sources. An interface is optionally provided to facilitate connecting user entropy sourc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930167 | Videogame localization using language packs A code library, or “language interface pack” library, is provided that can be integrated into a video game to detect new localizations of the video game dynamically, and to locate and load the most appropriate localized resources depending on user preferences an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929982 | Dispatch application utilizing short message service A dispatch communication and management system method is provided, allowing a dispatcher and remote service technicians to exchange messages over a network in a prescribed format to notify the technicians of new dispatch orders, and to update status information for ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929409 | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) method and apparatus for protecting and authenticating wirelessly transmitted digital information A method and apparatus for protecting and authenticating wirelessly transmitted digital information using numerous techniques. The apparatus may be a wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system, a base station, a wireless transmit... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929301 | Splash resistant power adapter An external AC power adapter defines a power conversion chamber that retains power conversion circuitry operable to convert an input power to an output power. The power adapter further include an intake chamber and an outlet chamber, both having an aperture that pla... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928964 | Touch input data handling A system for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and sends their information to an application or operating system. Also, a pen message pathway may also be used to handle touch mes... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927214 | Transfer of content to closed systems Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for the communication between closed computing systems and other computing systems. Gaming consoles, for instance, can use the present mechanisms to communicate with PCs, especially when unsigned content is sent from the PCs to th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925987 | Entry and editing of electronic ink A control and its associated programming interface for allowing entry of electronic ink, editing and other manipulation of the ink, and/or recognition of the ink. Ink may be stored in a data structure such as an ink object that permits later retrieval by application... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925903 | Media device power conservation Power is dynamically conserved in a device by analyzing past processing performance of the device and predicting the amount of power required for future execution. In an example embodiment, a video frame is analyzed to determine what portion of the video frame was n... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925681 | Bypass of the namespace hierarchy to open files A file namespace hierarchy bypass and method to access files are provided. The bypass can be employed, for example, as a computer-readable medium with instructions for generating a unique identifier associated with a file and instructions for accessing the file base... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925591 | Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer, where the payment is to be shared with the licensor in a pre-determined ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925274 | TDOA/GPS hybrid wireless location system A method and system for enhancing the accuracy and robustness of locations determined for a mobile wireless transceiver in a cellular telephone communications system integrating location-related information both from an assisted GPS device embedded in the mobile uni... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925245 | System and methods for wirelessly providing update information of and downloading previously obtained content to a newly activated mobile station A system and method for merchandizing content to wireless subscribers that have upgraded their mobile station or service is disclosed. The wireless carrier maintains a database of identifying data for content downloaded to subscribers' mobile stations. When a subscr... | 04/12/2011 |
