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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 |
| 7856599 | Method and system for IP link management An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for network management that allows the configuration of IP links in one step, via a GUI form, even though the management protocols available at the two end links (routers) may differ. According to one embodime... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7802190 | Application display apparatus and application display system Apparatus and method for displaying menu lists and activating applications in conjunction with electronic devices that respectively load contents and an information device that reproduces the contents stored in the electronic devices. Connection to the electronic de... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7437676 | Methods and apparatus for managing network resources via use of a relationship view A processing device generates a relationship view of managed entities in a storage area network based on objects stored in a relational database. Each managed entity (e.g., file system, database, volume, storage device, etc.) in the storage area network has a corres... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428705 | Web map tool A method of mapping at least a part of one or more web sites having web objects and web links is provided, whereby web objects and links are mapped as nodes and edges, respectively, in one or more web maps, each object being mapped to at least one corresponding node... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428584 | Method for managing a network including a storage system A SAN manager acquires information which each unit manages from a management agent of each unit connected to a SAN, detects virtual volume mapping and real volume mapping in the SAN based upon the acquired information and manages them. A SAN management server holds ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424679 | Patient data information system The patient data information system of the present invention integrates patient image data and patient textual data and provides a method for patient data creation, maintenance and retrieval. The patient data information system comprises a display unit coupled to a ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415671 | Interactive hierarchical status display The invention features a method and apparatus for displaying the status of networked resources, including rendering in a fishbone layout a hierarchy that includes a plurality of resource profiles and a plurality of dependency relationships among resource profiles in... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392482 | Selection accelerator in topology views A selection accelerator in topology views is presented. A user uses a topology view to manage a computer network whereby the topology view includes a plurality of nodes and their relationships that correspond to computer network components. When a user selects a pri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392539 | Visualization of firewall rules in an auto provisioning environment Various aspects of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and software for selecting interconnectivity rules for a computer network environment and visualization on a display of a data processing system interconnectivity rules in an auto provisioning environment... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379965 | System and method for searching data partially displayed on a user interface The present invention includes systems and methods for customization of internet applications. Multiple levels of customization are applied to both static and functional aspects of user interface elements including, for example, tab-order, tab-over, immediate access... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7350150 | Methods and apparatus for accessing information from multiple remote sources In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for interfacing a legacy application and internet-based application and for displaying information from each application in a frame of a multi-frame browser on a client workstation. Further, the interfac... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340680 | SAP archivlink load test for content server Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for certifying a performance of a content server using a content server interface. The method includes requesting, by a test program, an address of the content server and a security key from the content ser... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325201 | System and method for manipulating content in a hierarchical data-driven search and navigation system A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. A rules engine provides for manipulation of the content displayed to the u... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318199 | Algorithm for automatic layout of objects in a database Systems and methods that automatically arrange, or re-arrange, object nodes in a diagram such that the total length of all associations between nodes and the number of overlapping associations is reduced or minimized. In mathematical terms, the process simplifies th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305622 | Graphical user interface and web site evaluation tool for customizing web sites An invention for displaying patterns of utilization of a resource wherein the resource includes a plurality of correlated or uncorrelated objects. The method consists of providing a number of graphical formats from which a format is selected for display of patterns ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299422 | System and method for transferring personalization information among computer systems A system and method transfers personalization information to a portable storage device from a first computer system, and then adds personalization information to a second computer system from the portable storage device. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296062 | Method for generating a presentation for re-locating an information page that has already been called In a method for generating a presentation for re-locating an information page that was already called proceeding from a home page of an information vendor, and which has been exited in the meantime, the home page being able to be called via the Internet, and an intr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293239 | Controlling access to protected data and assessment functions via browser redirection Enabling an organization to control user assignments and assessment results while enabling a proprietary provider to maintain control over both network distribution of proprietary content comprising the assignments and use of proprietary assessment functions that ev... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284046 | Coordination of communication with devices A system and method is provided for coordinating network communication between multiple communication devices of a user. A communication session is established with an application. A message is received from the application and sent to one of a plurality of communic... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272799 | Virtual machine system and virtual machine control method A user interface function for a virtual machine system based on a server or a PC is provided only by applying software without using SVP or the like. A control virtual machine is provided for controlling a virtual machine control screen which is displayed for defini... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246318 | Application programming interface for utilizing multimedia data A computing system, which is in communication with a multimedia source and that includes at least one application for processing multimedia content from the multimedia source, includes an Application Programming Interface (API) for obtaining basic multimedia informa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246319 | Information system supporting customizable user interfaces and process flows An information system engages in a communications session with a client to process a workflow. A context object stores information describing the session. Transfer objects store data utilized to process the workflow. A client action causes the information system to ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227529 | System and method for accessing ubiquitous resources in an intelligent environment A system and method for enabling a wireless terminal to access and operate ubiquitous devices (“UDs”), such as televisions, DVD players, etc. The system comprises a server coupled to access points and UDs via a LAN or a WLAN. Each access point is associated with... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225406 | Problem-solution resource system for medical diagnostic equipment A technique is disclosed for providing problem and solution information, such as that relating to a particular application or protocol, to medical diagnostic institutions and systems. The information is created and stored on machine readable media. A user may enter ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222302 | Method and apparatus for generating it level executable solution artifacts from the operational specification of a business A system and method that implements top-down and bottom-up model-driven transformations between platform-independent (business view) modeling approaches and platform-specific (IT architectural) models. On the business level, business view models may be expressed in,... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7165226 | Multiple coupled browsers for an industrial workbench Multiple Views of an Industrial Plant are graphically displayed and viewed. A graphical user interface displays the views in corresponding panes or windows of the graphical user interface. The views, being graphical representations of systems of the Industrial Plant... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159186 | User interface for transferring data with a communications terminal An aspect of the present invention provides methods and apparatus for supporting a user interface of a terminal. The user interface enables the user to manipulate display objects on a display of the user interface in order to download software objects of other users... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7096426 | Clustered presentation of objects with group and individual identity in, and virtual layered composition of, electronically recorded, computer presented media A method and apparatus for clustered, collaged, and artistically integrated, presentation of digitally stored objects and their images. The clusters are each embedded with each of its own link-tokens and connected to a different set of related information and object... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096429 | Device search apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for searching a device on a network. A device search client links a search condition for searching the device with an icon to store the search condition. When a user designates the icon, the search condition linked with the icon and s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079711 | Method and device for validating parameters defining an image The present invention describes a method of validating parameters defining an image, each parameter being represented by one of the tops of a polygon and being able to be associated with one or more functionalities. A point, being able to move in the polygon, makes ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7010294 | Wireless control of a field device in an industrial process A mobile terminal is arranged to communicate over a cellular communication system with a control system connected to a plurality of field devices in an industrial process, in order to remote control, configure or monitor the field devices. The mobile terminal access... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995759 | Virtual environment navigation aid A virtual environment browser (64) holds a number of clip-in files (70, 72, 74) defining guide characters—locally generated visual aids to navigation that appear within a generated image of a virtual environment and follow a user's input (80) ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980175 | Personal smart pointing device A personal smart pointer device comprises a conventional computer mouse or like pointing device equipped with additional hardware and software for increased functionality. The personal smart pointer device readily connects with any computer and is provisioned with h... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981221 | Method and data network for automatically configuring a parameterizing surface of machine tools or production machines A method and a data network for automatically configuring a parameterizing surface of at least one controller of machine tools or production machines. An actual machine topology is determined via a data network when the machine starts up and compared with stored des... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977672 | Information control system using camera It is an object to provide an information control system capable of executing a desired action in accordance with the angle position of a camera. This system includes an action storage unit for storing the image sensing range of the camera and the contents of action... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976229 | Method and apparatus for storytelling with digital photographs A display showing an imported story track, an authored story track, and a story-in-progress track. Each story contains one or more objects. The display also shows a large photo corresponding to a selected object in a story. Furthermore, the display also provides vis... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965803 | Apparatus and method for commissioning and diagnosing control systems The engineering of automation systems is configured more simply where the functionality of a control system is implemented via an object model. The object model permits the functional interconnection of technological objects. For this purpose, a project browser ensu... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6941359 | Method and system for visually representing network configurations A visualization method for a hub network configuration allows exploration of a chosen network by way of a graphical display interface (GUI), wherein multiple distinct network segments such as lines or rings are shown attached to a common node or centralized hub. The... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931593 | Automatic channel generation for home network systems An automatic channel generator and a method for generating a channel based upon the utilization of a device and activities occurring on the device. A device is connected to a local network hub, which may be integral to an information appliance. The information appli... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927779 | Web-based well plate information retrieval and display system A graphical user interfaces (GUI) depicts multiple wells of a well plate that represents biological samples stored in an actual well-plate. Each well includes visual representations of data that corresponds to results of analyses of the corresponding biological samp... | 08/09/2005 |
