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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7453879 | Method and apparatus for determining the landing zone of a TCP packet A method and apparatus for determining whether a TCP packet lands in-zone or out-of-zone of a TCP sequence space. An anchor representing the TCP sequence number of the last TCP data byte, plus one, is updated each time a TCP data packet is received. When a new TCP p... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7383339 | Local proxy server for establishing device controls A local proxy that is located between a client device and a host system may be used to identify, or provide information about, a client device or identity using a client device that accesses a host system. The local proxy may append parental control information (suc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376737 | Optimised receiver-initiated sending rate increment A method of incrementing a receiver-initiated sending rate of data packets transmitted from a sender over a network receiver using Transport Control Protocol (TCP) comprising the step of sending an acknowledgement for received data packets from the receiver to the s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7366784 | System and method for providing and using a VLAN-aware storage device The present invention provides secure IP protocol capable storage devices using Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) techniques. Specific embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for securing VLAN aware storage devices, and the like. In specific embodime... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363388 | Method and system for direct server synchronization with a computing device A method and system for direct server synchronization with a computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises synchronizing directly a handheld device and an enterprise server, which comprises retrieving a record extraction sequence from the se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352749 | Device for checking numbers and method for checking numbers A device for checking numbers consists of a multiplexer (101) with a controller module (106) linked to it. An output of the multiplexer is connected to a first input of a register (102), which is an element of memory, while a first output of the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7326367 | Thick film conductor paste compositions for LTCC tape in microwave applications This invention is related to thick film conductor compositions comprising electrically conductive gold powder, one or more glass frit or ceramic oxide compositions and an organic vehicle. It is further directed to the composition's uses for LTCC (low temperature co-... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308484 | Apparatus and methods for providing an audibly controlled user interface for audio-based communication devices The invention is directed to techniques for providing an audibly controlled interface for a user of a limited audio-based communication device, for example, a telephony device such as a desktop telephone or a cellular telephone. The communication device has an inter... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7244374 | Composite and method of manufacturing the same Provided are: a composite formed by mixing a carbon nanotube structure and a metal-containing material, the carbon nanotube structure having a network structure constructed by mutually cross-linking functional groups bonded to plural carbon nanotubes through chemica... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243125 | Method and apparatus for presenting e-mail threads as semi-connected text by removing redundant material The method and apparatus of the present invention identifies the logical components of a message, determines the conversational relationships among messages and then structures and formats the core components into a single document to facilitate efficient assimilati... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238305 | Thermally resistant adhesive A sol-gel material with metal particles which can be used as a conductive adhesive for systems that have a high operating temperature is disclosed. The material is especially suitable for appliances equipped with a flat heating element, such as steam irons. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228360 | Web address converter for dynamic web pages Herein is described an implementation of a Web address converter, which helps dynamic Web sites get the attention of spiders of Internet search engines. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7200677 | Web address converter for dynamic web pages A Web address converter helps dynamic Web sites get the attention of spiders of Internet search engines. With the Web address converter, requests from Web browsers using static addresses access corresponding dynamic Web pages and requests from search engines generat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7177214 | Methods and systems for dynamically selecting word line off times and/or bit line equalization start times in memory devices Methods for controlling the timing of a pre-charge operation in a memory device are provided. In embodiments of the present invention, the timing may be controlled by dynamically selecting a word line off time based on information about a number of column cycles. Th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177125 | Arc fault detection for SSPC based electrical power distribution systems An apparatus and a method detect arc faults in an electrical power distribution system of a vehicle. In one implementation, the apparatus (320) includes: a load current input (340) arranged to obtain a measurement of current being supplied to a load ( | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173800 | Time-optimum reception of protection commands in a remote tripping device In a method and a detector (7) for time-optimum reception of protection commands in a remote tripping device, at least two detector elements (1, 2) are operated, which are all designed for a signal at the same frequency but for different transmission t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173798 | DCDC voltage converter overload detector, and corresponding component and device The invention concerns a detector of overloads for DCDC converters, the said converter supplying a load current with an output voltage (Vout) that may be different from a supply voltage (Vbat), by means of an inductance (L) and a first transistor (TP0), made ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170727 | Low capacitance differential input pad with common mode rejection, selectable input impedance, and ESD protection An input pad for a differential current input to an integrated circuit contains a switchable and tunable input impedance. The input pad also contains ESD protection and common mode rejection while maintaining low capacitance. The common mode rejection comprises two ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170770 | Nonvolatile ferroelectric perpendicular electrode cell, FeRAM having the cell and method for manufacturing the cell A nonvolatile ferroelectric perpendicular electrode cell comprises a ferroelectric capacitor and a serial PN diode switch. The ferroelectric capacitor includes a word line perpendicular electrode as a first electrode and a storage perpendicular electrode as a second... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170733 | Electric pole for low-voltage power circuit breaker An electric pole (1) for a low-voltage automatic power circuit breaker, comprising: a fixed contact (2) and a movable contact (3) that can be coupled/uncoupled with respect to each other, said fixed contact being electrically connected to a phas... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170726 | Uniform turn-on design on multiple-finger MOSFET for ESD protection application An electrostatic discharge protection circuit. The electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit utilizes inductors and resistors added to sources of multiple fingers of the NMOS transistor, which is triggered by some feedback circuit uniformly. When under an ESD zapping, a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170806 | Data path having grounded precharge operation and test compression capability A data path for coupling data between a memory cell and an input/output (IO) line sense amplifier. An IO line coupling circuit is coupled to a pair of global data lines and a pair of local data lines to couple and decouple each of the global data lines to and from a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170800 | Low-power delay buffer circuit A low-power delay buffer circuit is provided, which utilizes a ring counter as address decoder and a latch array for memory. To reduce power consumption, a gated-clock driver tree is applied to the ring-counter addressing architecture. Moreover, a similar gated-driv... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170818 | Semiconductor memory device and module for high frequency operation The present invention relates to a synchronous semiconductor memory device with double data rate, and more particularly, to a synchronous semiconductor memory device for inputting and outputting data using a free-running clock and inserting a preamble indicative of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170734 | Air ionization device The invention relates to an air ionization device comprising a high voltage line which can be connected to an AC voltage power source and point electrodes which are coupled capacitively to the high voltage line for generating a corona discharge. In order to develop ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167348 | Miniaturized motor overload protector A Digital Programmable Motor Overload Protector includes a base module and a detachable, removable user interface module interfaced through a serial communications link. The base module provides motor overload analysis through a programmable Digital Signal Processor... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167409 | Semiconductor memory device A cell array in the semiconductor memory device is divided into two blocks. Each of control signal lines for transmission of control signals are also divided into a first portion and a second portion correspondingly to the blocks. A repeater circuit that relays a co... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164608 | NVRAM memory cell architecture that integrates conventional SRAM and flash cells A nonvolatile SRAM array has an array of integrated nonvolatile SRAM circuits arranged in rows and columns on a substrate. Each of the integrated nonvolatile SRAM circuits includes an SRAM cell, a first and second nonvolatile memory element. The SRAM cell has a latc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164567 | Device for ESD protection of an integrated circuit A device for ESD protection of a high frequency circuit (1) of a semiconductor device comprises first (3) and second (4) p-type and first (6) and second (5) n-type JFET's, wherein the first p-type JFET (3) is connected with ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164565 | ESD protection circuit An ESD protection circuit for an integrated circuit includes an ESD clamping circuit, an ESD triggering circuit, and an ESD disabling circuit. The ESD clamping circuit is operably coupled to a first power pin of the integrated circuit and a second power pin of the i... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161781 | Signal driving system A signal driving system generates an output swinging between a first power supply (e.g., about 1.2 Volts), powering first and second drivers, and a second power supply (e.g., about 3.3 Volts), powering a first current mirror. The second power supply is generated ext... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161848 | Data write circuit and data write method for semiconductor storage device A data write circuit of a semiconductor storage device is provided in which a multi-bit write method can be employed even if data input takes a long time. The data write circuit includes a multi-bit decoder and data latch circuit for sequentially latching a pluralit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161834 | Memory card and data processing system A memory card and a microcomputer with nonvolatile memory wherein operation under two different types of power supply specifications achieved are provided. A MultiMediacard includes a flash memory and with the flash memory. When the controller judges the level of su... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161846 | Dual-edge triggered multiplexer flip-flop and method A dual edge multiplexing flip-flop comprises a first circuit block having a first data input, a first clock signal input, a supply voltage input, and a ground connection; a second circuit block having a second data input, a second clock signal input, a supply voltag... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158359 | Circuit configuration having a semiconductor switch and a protection circuit A circuit configuration has a first semiconductor switch and a first protection circuit. The protection circuit has a second semiconductor switch whose load path is connected between a control terminal and a load path terminal of the first semiconductor switch. The ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158428 | Semiconductor memory device having hierarchical bit line structure A semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory array including a plurality of memory cells; a plurality of word lines corresponding to the respective memory cells; a pair of local bit lines corresponding to the memory array; a pair of global bit lines correspond... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154767 | Method for manufacture of semiconductor device A method for the manufacture of a ferroelectric memory. The ferroelectric memory includes a plurality of memory cells for storing binary data as polarization states of a ferroelectric. The method includes a data writing step of writing those binary data which will b... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151710 | Semiconductor memory device with data input/output organization in multiples of nine bits The invention is directed to data input/output organization system and method in a semiconductor memory device. The memory device has a plurality of memory arrays, in one embodiment, an odd number of memory arrays. The arrays are divided into blocks, and the blocks ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151657 | Transport and storage container for liquids A transport and storage container for liquids has a pallet-shaped support frame made of metal or an electrically conducting plastic material and an exchangeable inner container made of plastic material, supported on the support frame and being of a multi-layer or si... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148585 | Power grid backfeed protection apparatus A circuit breaker that functions like a double pole double throw (DPDT) switch is used to isolate the commercial power grid from an external power source. When in the “on” position the circuit breaker serves as a main power input circuit breaker allowing power f... | 12/12/2006 |
