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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090234845 | LAWFUL ACCESS; STORED DATA HANDOVER ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE The present invention relates to methods in a telecommunication system to provide access to data received to a centralized storage medium from interfacing traffic nodes in the system. The centralized storage medium is part of a Mediation and Delivery Function which is a... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234846 | SYSTEM TO GENERATE AN AGGREGATE INTEREST INDICATION WITH RESPECT TO AN INFORMATION ITEM A system is provided to establish a ranking for published data. The system may include ranking and monitoring components. A number of registrations of user interest in an instance of published data may be determined. A ranking for the instance of published data may be g... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234856 | AGGREGATED OPPORTUNISTIC LOCK AND AGGREGATED IMPLICIT LOCK MANAGEMENT FOR LOCKING AGGREGATED FILES IN A SWITCHED FILE SYSTEM A switched file system, also termed a file switch, is logically positioned between client computers and file servers in a computer network. The file switch distributes user files among multiple file servers using aggregated file, transaction and directory mechanisms. Th... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234858 | Use Of A Single Service Application Instance For Multiple Data Center Subscribers This disclosure describes techniques of using a single instance of a network service application to provide a network service on behalf of multiple subscribers of a data center. As described herein, a data center may execute an instance of a service application that pro... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234814 | Configuring a search engine results page with environment-specific information Information regarding a mobile user's context including but not limited to current mobile activity, social relations and associations history, and past mobile, search and browsing history is identified and converted to metadata. Metadata is also applied to content sourc... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234823 | Remote Access of Heterogeneous Data A method and system for providing remote access to heterogeneous information sources from computing devices including but not limited to personal computers, laptop computers, PDAs, cellular telephones is presented. A middle-tier server is provided in a multi-tier enviro... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234812 | Using web-mining to enrich directory service databases and soliciting service subscriptions A system and method are provided for augmenting information on business directory databases and communicating with businesses is disclosed. Using the enriched business directory database and Web mining technology, customized email message are sent inviting businesses to... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234797 | DEVICE AND FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM A device is connectable to a computer using a data string based on the SCSI standard. The device includes a mode switching section configured to switch the device to one of a first mode and a second mode in which an access to the storage device with a standard SCSI comm... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234807 | SIMULTANEOUS SEARCHING USING MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINES A method for facilitating the simultaneous initiation of a search on a plurality of search engines available over a network can be provided. The method can include receiving from a client a request for a web page and sending to the client a first program logic configure... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234840 | Information Processing Method, Information Processing System, And Server A community establishing site is connected to an information terminal via a network. When the user enters a search keyword into the information terminal, an entered-information acquiring unit acquires the search keyword through a web server, and registers it together wi... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090234859 | SWARM CREATION IN A VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE NETWORK In vehicle-to-vehicle networks, the “owner” of the given ad hoc vehicle-to-vehicle network may not be interested in a considerable amount of the data provided by other network participants. The owner may define a subset or swarm of data sources that are to be active... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090228719 | SECURE BACKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK The secure backup system is in a mobile telecommunication network and has at least one mobile station with data, a backup entity for storing a backup file of the data, and cryptographic means for encrypting and decrypting the data. The cryptographic means contains a dec... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228779 | USE OF REMOTE SERVICES BY A LOCAL WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE The present disclosure generally relates to enabling web applications to use application programming interfaces (APIs) to display content on a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the APIs can include services to enable web applications to simulate a native app... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION OF ACCESS TO DIGITAL FILES The invention enables a user to create a saved Version of a file which gives (besides the usual content access and format specifications) information in a Wrapper which permits it to be transferred while maintaining a provenance relationship with other files and cryptog... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228488 | DATA SAFETY APPLIANCE AND METHOD An illustrative system includes a FileEngine data safety appliance and FileSafe service provides a low-cost and service rich server environment for small businesses, including shared data storage, data security and privacy, and data protection. The system can be provide... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228549 | METHOD OF TRACKING USAGE OF CLIENT COMPUTER AND SYSTEM FOR SAME Some embodiments disclose a method of tracking usage of a client computer. The method can include: (a) receiving a first request for a first file from the client computer; (b) assigning first identifying information to the client computer, the first identifying informat... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228460 | Virtual Message Persistence Service Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a distributed data repository system including a plurality of symmetric data repository nodes. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the distributed data repository system is message-centric operative to store mess... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228319 | Breed-Specific Haplotypes for Polled Phenotypes in Cattle The presence of horns within commercial cattle populations increases the chances of injuries. The Polled (hornless) condition in cattle has existed since domestication, and it has been selected by breeders because of its economic importance and ease of management. A dom... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228304 | CARE ENGINE The present invention offers a comprehensive solution to care management which aggregates, integrates and stores clinical information from disparate sources. The system finds at-risk individuals before they experience preventable, high-cost medical events and stratifies... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228303 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM UTILIZING DISPARATE RECORD SOURCES A system for facilitating patient ownership of his or her medical data through the use of third-party health repositories that preserves the maximum information content of the medical records by displaying information relevant to the authority of the medical data as ref... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090227289 | WIRELESS DATA EXCHANGE A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller's contact information into a user's phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other smar... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228386 | COLLECTION AGENCY DATA ACCESS METHOD An account data access method allowing access to an agency account database, such as that of a collection or other debt recovery agency, from public sites over a network by agency affiliates and clients of the agency. The invention provides for secure access to a client... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224033 | M-COMMERCE VIRTUAL CASH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS A virtual cash system, method, and apparatus has an account record containing a record of money amounts associated with a wireless device and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting to the wireless device predetermined information from the account record. Cash amounts... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090226874 | INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN TOOL An instructional design tool is provided for designing learning based applications. More specifically, the instructional design tool is configured to use captured expert knowledge for translating such knowledge into an environment used for instructional purposes. The in... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228448 | METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA Data storage method for storing a subblock of a block of data. The block of data is distributed, in a number of subblocks of data, over a set of devices. The set of devices comprises at least two devices, and the method comprises the steps of: collecting a subblock of d... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228459 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF COMPUTERS IN A NETWORK A system for automatic configuration of computers on a network is disclosed. In a first aspect a storage area network is disclosed. The network comprises at least one controller; and a plurality of clients coupled to the at least one controller. The network includes a s... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228490 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL DATA ACCESS BY LOCATION BASED SYSTEMS A method of operating a location based system includes storing first web service definitions for first location data sources in the location based system, and storing second web service definitions for second location data sources in a server communicatively coupled to ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING MULTI-USER ACCESS IN A SINGLE-USER BASED CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT WITH DISTRIBUTED REPOSITORIES The present invention relates to a system and a method performed in a client-server computing environment for managing the access requested by user applications (10) to a central, non-standard database type data repository (22) having proprietary access an... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228492 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TAGGING MEDIA CONTENT An approach for tagging media content (e.g., audio/video content) such that the tag call be used to access or manipulate the media content associated with the tag at a later time. A command is received from a user to request marking of the media content. A tag is automa... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228493 | Fulfillment of an audio performance recorded across a network based on a media selection A media selection is delivered in discreet segments from a server computer over a distributed network to a client device. A user can annotate each media segment and record a reading of any text of the media and any additional commentary in segments. The voice data is ei... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228495 | FILE SYSTEM CLONING BETWEEN A TARGET DEVICE AND A HOST DEVICE Systems and methods of configuring electronic devices can include installing a first operating configuration on a first target device, running at least a first operational iteration of the first target device, saving at least a portion of a first file system resulting f... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228491 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR RULE-BASED RELEASE OF DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC CONTENT Rule-based release of distributed electronic content in accordance with at least one content release rule is provided. A first subcontent, a second subcontent, and a content release rule specifying a first condition for enabling access to the first subcontent and a seco... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228496 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM In order to access a distributed file system (DFS) of the present invention using a conventional protocol such as the one for an NFS or a CIFS without making a modification on a client side, a gateway unit for receiving a conventional protocol and performing processing ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090219132 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND TRACKING An authentication system enabling a customer to verify the authenticity of a product in a foolproof, secure and simple manner. plurality of secret sets of numbers (10) is generated, each set comprising a challenge portion and a response portion These sets are sto... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222329 | SYNDICATION OF A BEHAVIORAL PROFILE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AVAILABILITY CONDITION USING A MONETIZATION PLATFORM The present application discloses improved capabilities for aggregating user behavioral data across multiple wireless operators and delivering content to a mobile communication facility based on that aggregation, among other factors.... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222391 | MANAGING AN ENCODER MALFUNCTION IN AN ELEVATOR DRIVE SYSTEM A knowledge base of information is generated to facilitate servicing of equipment from multiple manufacturers. A network (10) receives and publishes equipment servicing questions and answers from network users. Each equipment servicing question and associated ans... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222422 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON DLNA NETWORK The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for data transmission based on a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) network that classifies contents files which are stored in a DMS according to a support of the DLNA network to make a contents list. ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222552 | HUMAN-COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD The invention is a human-computer productivity management system with both processes and data systems designed to monitor the interactions between humans and computer systems, log the interactions, securely transmit the data to a centralized server, archive the data, pr... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222546 | NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD When a management operation for changing an IP address of a device is applied to a plurality of devices, and the devices as operation targets include a network device management apparatus, the self apparatus is put to the end of operations, and the IP address change ope... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222459 | System for allowing multiple relationship/membership identifiers to be consolidated to a single identifying device The invention involves a method, system, apparatus, and computer code to consolidate one or more pieces of information onto an electronic device for later conveyance via wireless transmission, display in human readable form, and/or display in computer readable form. The... | 09/03/2009 |
