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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7515068 | Vehicle axle sensor A roadway vehicle sensor includes a coextrusion having a linear conductive section and a linear non-conductive section forming a vehicle deformable closed housing. The linear conductive section has an inwardly projecting conductive plunger along the length thereof w... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7368667 | Using rows/columns of micro-vias to create PCB routing channels in BGA interconnect grid (micro-via channels) A printed circuit board having micro-vias used to connect a portion of the contacts in a selected row or column to the first internal layer of the board, thereby creating routing channels on the second and subsequent internal layers of the board between selected row... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369504 | Bandwidth management of resilient packet ring network Techniques for bandwidth management and flow control on a resilient packet ring (RPR) network is described. The RPR requires allocation and guarantee of a bandwidth for each channel between two nodes on the ring. The bandwidth is managed by shaping traffic on a chan... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365435 | Alternating micro-vias and throughboard vias to create PCB routing channels in BGA interconnect grid A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly having a plurality of circuit layers including outer layers and intervening layers with through-vias and micro-vias used to translate a portion of the signal connections of the grid, thereby creating a set of diagonal routing c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366184 | SVC/SPVC with L3 IP forwarding In a multi-service network, layer 2 traffic such as IP traffic according to the invention is carried over ATM SVCs or SPVCs. Methods of setting up such connections using the PNNI protocol are also discussed. Using enhancements to the standard ATM SPVC/SVC signaling ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359939 | Fast service restoration for lost IGMP leave requests Whenever a DSLAM or a network node receives a Group Join message, it compares the MAC address of the originating STB to that of previous Join messages with their existing connections. If a match is found, then the DSLAM will initiate a GSQ for the group of the match... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353640 | Fresh masonry wall protection device and method for rapidly protecting a newly laid masonry wall A fresh masonry wall protection device and method for rapidly protecting a newly laid block or brick wall from inclement weather. A thin plastic channel element has a top panel member and a pair of parallel side panel members. The top panel member has a smooth, flat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350787 | Vehicles and methods using center of gravity and mass shift control system A center of gravity (C/G) control system for a vehicle includes sensors to measure the center of gravity shift and mass shift of the human body in relation to the vehicle, a controller to determine outputs, a dynamically adjustable vehicle system, and a power supply... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346706 | Equivalent multiple path traffic distribution in communications networks A method and associated device for selecting one of a number of equivalent paths in forwarding a network message from a node of a communication network. A source and destination address is provided for the network message. The addresses are formed of individual bit ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342881 | Backpressure history mechanism in flow control The backpressure flow control mechanism is widely used in telecommunications network. Actions of the flow control scheme are not instantaneous in that latency always exists between action and reaction, resulting in a flow control round trip time. This flow control r... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343577 | Area array routing masks for improved escape of devices on PCB A method for optimizing area array device pin utilization and reducing the number of layers on a multilayered PCB comprising: preparing a package of BGA pin-out maps which anticipate the effect of existing fixed pins and derives the resulting optimum pin location as... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331032 | Computer-aided design system to automate scan synthesis at register-transfer level A method and system to automate scan synthesis at register-transfer level (RTL). The method and system will produce scan HDL code modeled at RTL for an integrated circuit modeled at RTL. The method and system comprise computer-implemented steps of performing RTL tes... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327725 | Method and apparatus capable of transferring very high data rates across a midplane or backplane A method and apparatus of communicating data packets across the midplane of an electronic system in which the packets are partitioned into segments of a predetermined size and then serialized to a predetermined width. The serialized packets are transmitted, in phase... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323787 | Off-grid decoupling of ball grid array (BGA) devices and method A multilayered printed wiring board having a ball grid array (BGA) land pattern in which each land in the pattern is connected to a respective via by a link connector, a method of adapting spacing between selected adjacent via and respective link pairs to receive de... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324451 | Aggregated early message discard for segmented message traffic in a communications network A method and device for message discard of segmented message traffic in an aggregated message traffic stream of a communications network. The aggregated traffic stream has constituent traffic streams and each constituent traffic stream has segmented message traffic ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7307602 | Plasma display addressing There is disclosed the priming or conditioning of an AC gas discharge plasma display panel for improved selective write and selective erase which comprises addressing n number of rows in an order or sequence that is changed from frame to frame such that later rows t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293722 | Method and apparatus for generation of low impact sprays In many applications where it is desired to distribute a liquid onto a surface at a very small angle of incidence, it will be necessary to reduce the momentum of the droplets to prevent ricochet off the surface. Obvious methods such as using a restrictor, reducing t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284182 | Error correction on M-bit encoded links Error correction on high speed interconnection links—backplane or extended wires (cable, optical fiber)—is exhaustively considered by many telecommunication vendors, especially those who offer “scalable router” products. Since the 64b/66b encoding scheme is ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284175 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing failures in an integrated circuit using design-for-debug (DFD) techniques A method and apparatus for inserting design-for-debug (DFD) circuitries in an integrated circuit to debug or diagnose DFT modules, including scan cores, memory BIST (built-in self-test) cores, logic BIST cores, and functional cores. The invention further comprises u... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269813 | Off-width pitch for improved circuit card routing Enlarged spacing is provided between rows of vias in a ball grid array (BGA) multilayered printed wiring board land pattern in which the lands in the pattern are connected to the vias by a link connector by rotating, elongating, and/or truncating selected consecutiv... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263553 | Network manager SNMP trap suppression Methods and apparatus for controllably suppressing, at a network management system, SNMP event trap messages received from network nodes in a communications network are presented. The rate at which the traps are received from the network nodes is monitored and if th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260756 | Multiple-capture DFT system for detecting or locating crossing clock-domain faults during scan-test A method and apparatus for providing ordered capture clocks to detect or locate faults within N clock domains and faults crossing any two clock domains in an integrated circuit or circuit assembly in self-test or scan-test mode, where N>1 and each domain has a plura... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254713 | DOS attack mitigation using upstream router suggested remedies Systems and methods of mitigating DOS attacks on a victim node in a computer based communication system are presented. According to the methods a node such as a router upstream from the victim analyzes traffic flow directed to the victim node and if a pattern indica... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249189 | Network management programmable configuration management framework A programmable configuration management infrastructure is provided. The programmable configuration management infrastructure employs Programmable Configuration Requests (PCRs) to perform configuration management over a definable target list of field-installed manage... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231570 | Method and apparatus for multi-level scan compression A multi-level scan compression method and apparatus for reducing test data volume and test application time in a scan-based integrated circuit without reducing the speed of the scan chain operation in scan-test mode or self-test mode. The scan-based integrated circu... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228356 | IGMP expedited leave triggered by MAC address Method and apparatus for improving channel changing or channel surfing functionality in IGMP supported services. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228479 | IEEE Std. 1149.4 compatible analog BIST methodology An analog built-in self-test (BIST) methodology based on the IEEE 1149.4 mixed signal test bus standard. The on-chip generated triangular stimuli are transmitted to the analog circuit under test (CUT) through the analog test buses, and their test responses are quant... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210082 | Method for performing ATPG and fault simulation in a scan-based integrated circuit A method for performing ATPG (automatic test pattern generation) and fault simulation in a scan-based integrated circuit, based on a selected clock order in a selected capture operation, in a selected scan-test mode or a selected self-test mode. The method comprises... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209530 | Multi-shelf system clock synchronization A method and apparatus for conveying to a control shelf of a multi-shelf network node any master clock signal received via a plurality of interface cards associated with a plurality of peripheral shelves of the multi-shelf network node is presented. The apparatus op... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206972 | Path commissioning analysis and diagnostic tool A method for identifying service critical faults in a communications network and a network management system employing the method are provided. A service provisioning tool associated with the network management system and operating in accordance with the method, per... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191373 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing failures in an integrated circuit using design-for-debug (DFD) techniques A method and apparatus for inserting design-for-debug (DFD) circuitries in an integrated circuit to debug or diagnose DFT modules, including scan cores, memory BIST (built-in self-test) cores, logic BIST cores, and functional cores. The invention further comprises u... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172557 | Spirometer, display and method A spirometer coupled to a manual resuscitator. An air tube in the spirometer has a converging section, a laminar flow section and a pressure recovery section. A microcontroller and a display of expiratory flow parameters is provided. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173908 | Flexible policing technique for telecommunications traffic A policing technique for a telecommunications traffic of variable length packets is described. The technique uses a plurality of police engines, grouped in pairs. A selection module selects a police engine pair to process a packet. Each police engine contains a conf... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174276 | System and method for tracking engineering changes relating to a circuit card The invention provides a system and a method of electronically tracking a history of engineering change orders (ECOs) associated with a manufactured device. The device has at least one electronic component thereon. The method comprises, generally, storing in an elec... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157854 | Tubular PDP There is disclosed a gas discharge plasma display device comprising one or more ionizable gas filled elongated tubes. In one embodiment, the device is operated as a positive column gas discharge display. In another embodiment, the display is a monolithic or single s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134609 | Fluidic oscillator and method An oscillating spray device comprising an oscillation chamber. A power nozzle for projecting a jet of liquid under pressure into the oscillation chamber in a given direction. A reversing member in the chamber has a reversing wall for reversing the direction of flow ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124342 | Smart capture for ATPG (automatic test pattern generation) and fault simulation of scan-based integrated circuits A method for generating stimuli and test responses for testing faults in a scan-based integrated circuit in a selected scan-test mode or a selected self-test mode, the scan-based integrated circuit containing a plurality of scan chains, N clock domains, and C cross-... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120979 | Light bulb socket burnishing tool The light bulb socket burnishing tool is a device used to remove surface corrosion from the interior of common light bulb sockets without their removal from a base, restoring to operation and extending the life of the socket. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110653 | Optical network unit An optical network unit having an environmentally sealed printed circuit board arrangement within a first compartment and a signal in/out arrangement in a second compartment. The compartments are provided by two housings. Instead of replacing individual circuit boar... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7070129 | Spa tub fluidic nozzles A therapeutic spa tub having a waterline and one or more fluidic nozzles for issuing therapeutic jets of water into the tub. The one or more water nozzles each comprises a housing having an inlet for receiving a flow of water under pressure, a fluidic oscillator hav... | 07/04/2006 |
