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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190409 | Method for simulating communication networks, related simulator, communication network, and computer program product A communication network is simulated with a simulator with object based architecture in which each object represents the model of a network device. The simulated network is capable of corresponding to a plurality of different systems, such as, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, WLAN,... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190412 | Method of simulating deformable object using geometrically motivated model A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190411 | Method and system for par optimization Methods and systems for optimizing a product supply chain, including managing and maintaining an optimum product inventory with respect to stock levels, frequency of use, and replenishment intervals for products in a clinical setting. Actual or historical par data a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190410 | System and method for evaluation decision sciences of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185364 | Process and device for simulating a product printed by a press A process and device for simulating a product printed by a virtual press. The process implemented by the device includes creation of a three-dimensional object page, selection of at least one fold among a set of predetermined folds, with the selected folds correspon... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185363 | System and methods for determining size, and method for producing a size-determining system The invention concerns a size-determining system and method of size grading type, used in particular to determine sizes, and a method to produce the system for a product to be worn on parts of the body. The method to produce the system includes selecting principal m... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180612 | Electromagnetic field simulator and electromagnetic field simulating program product An electromagnetic field simulator for repeatedly calculating a space distribution of an electromagnetic field at a next point in time using a distribution of an electromagnetic field in a 3-dimensional space includes: a unit for calculating a distribution of an ele... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180613 | Wrinkles on fabric software The present invention introduces a simulation software for displaying a human being comprising an arm. When the arm joint angle value, which indicates the angle created by the upper arm and the lower arm at the arm joint, indicates the first angle value, the fabric ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180611 | System and method for determining resource allocation among simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175857 | System and method for analysis and maintenance of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170849 | Spray nozzle configuration and modeling system A spray injection analysis and nozzle configuration system is described having a user input unit that collects spray system input parameters and relays the collected parameters to a fluid performance matching unit and/or problem geometry unit for subsequent processi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170850 | Graphical functions A method, system and computer program product to define and utilize functions graphically is provided which may be used in the simulation of finite state machines. The functions may combine mathematical, logical, non-linear and comparative operations. The graphical ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170847 | System and method for evaluating simulation model penetration A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170848 | System and method for providing simulation model penetration presentation A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165857 | System and method for evaluating human resource allocation for simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165858 | System and method for providing a model usage report for simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160849 | System, method and computer readable medium for visualizing metadata dependencies of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160851 | Spray nozzle configuration and modeling system A spray injection analysis and nozzle configuration system is described having a user input unit that collects spray system input parameters and relays the collected parameters to a fluid performance matching unit and/or problem geometry unit for subsequent processi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160852 | Selection-based criteria for computation of multiple body interactions Distributed computation of multiple body interactions in a region uses multiple processing modules, where each of the processing modules is associated with a respective corresponding portion of the region. In some examples, the approach includes establishing multipl... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160850 | System and method for evaluating simulation model performance A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155940 | Methods and systems for predicting very high cycle fatigue properties in metal alloys A system and method for predicting fatigue life in metal alloys for very high cycle fatigue applications. The system and method are especially useful for cast metal alloys, such as cast aluminum alloys, where a fatigue endurance limit is either non-existent or hard ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155936 | System and method for managing simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155938 | Method and apparatus for sampling and predicting rare events in complex electronic devices, circuits and systems The invention provides methods for enhancing circuit reliability under statistical process variation. For highly replicated circuits such as SRAMs and flip flops, a rare statistical event for one circuit may induce a not-so-rare system failure. To combat this, the i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155937 | System and method for summarizing analysis of models in a modeling environment A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155939 | Particle-surface interaction model and method of determining particle-surface interactions A method and model of predicting particle-surface interactions with a surface, such as the surface of a spacecraft. The method includes the steps of: determining a trajectory path of a plurality of moving particles; predicting whether any of the moving particles wil... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150664 | Container-based architecture for simulation of entities in time domain The present invention relates generally to a software architecture for simulation of physical entities. The invention provides an object-oriented container based framework architecture for simulator software implementations, methods, and objects in a time domain on ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150663 | Partitioning algorithm for building a stratigraphic grid Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for partitioning data for modelling a geological structure including laterally partitioning the data into multiple columns, where each column may be substantially laterally centered about a dual fiber and vert... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150662 | Method and computer readable medium for visualizing dependencies of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150665 | Requirements management and modeling in complex systems integration A method and product for modeling and managing requirements in a complex integrated system, which comprises creating a set of requirements which can be implemented within all the components of the complex integrated system. Each requirement may be characterized as a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140304 | Method of cloth simulation using linear stretch/shear model Deformations occurring in cloth can be decomposed into two components: the in-plane and the out-of-plane deformations. Stretch and shear are in-plane deformation, and bending is out-of-plane deformation. In the method, the numerical simulation can be done in real-ti... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140305 | Conversion of an application program A model for an application program is displayed. The model includes an input interface, an output interface, and a plurality of variables. Addition of a new variable and placement of an annotation on the display unit for the new variable is detected. The annotation ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135566 | Determining a node path through a node graph Determining a node path through a node graph includes modifying the node graph in accordance with a predetermined platform performance, performing a path finding process through the node graph to obtain the node path, determining if the platform performance has chan... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135565 | Method and system for transferring data between a discrete event environment and an external environment In one embodiment, a model of a system includes one or more event-driven blocks and one or more time-driven blocks. The model is executed in part by receiving an entity from a event-driven block, and in response to receiving the entity, generating a time-varying dat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131524 | Method and system for automating the creation of customer-centric interfaces An interface is provided by creating prompts for the interface. The prompts represent tasks to be accomplished by a user and are obtained based on user input. The prompts are grouped according to relationships, obtained from the user input, among the tasks. The inte... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126687 | Method of identifying an antinode of a primary vibration mode of a golf club head This invention provides a method of identifying an antinode of a primary vibration mode of the golf club head having a hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. A viscoelastic body is to be mounted in at least ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117016 | System and method for oilfield production operations The invention relates to a method of performing production operations. The method includes identifying a plurality of simulators from a group consisting of a wellsite simulator for modeling at least a portion of the wellsite of the oilfield and a non-wellsite simula... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117015 | Analytical model creation system An analytical model creation system can create a desired analytical model by adding a given shape change to an existing analytical model. The system includes an adjacent partial analytical model interlocking section for performing an interlocking change process. The... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112257 | Semantic extensions of business process modeling tools A method and a system directed to semantically annotating business process modeling components of a business process model are described. For example, a definition of a business process modeling component and an association of a domain element with the business proc... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108188 | Enumerated linear programming for optimal strategies One embodiment is directed to an approach to solving a leader-follower problem in which a leader has a set of leader actions and a follower has a set of follower actions. The approach includes receiving an expression of the leader-follower problem as a normal form S... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108187 | Method and system for surface analysis and envelope generation A method and system of surface analysis or product design comprising using a plurality of input scans, commonly orienting the scans, establishing a common origin, creating a ray mesh having a plurality of rays extending from the origin, calculating intersections of ... | 01/31/2012 |
