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| 8190778 | Method and apparatus for network filtering and firewall protection on a secure partition A management virtual machine on a virtualization technology enabled platform includes a means for providing a firewall and deep packet inspection. An isolated secure partition is provided to host the management application and network packet filtering and firewall f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190707 | System and method for transferring data among computing environments Systems and methods for transferring data among computing environments include a method for transferring data items among a portion of a remote computing environment and a portion of a local computing environment using a presentation layer protocol. Data items are t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185644 | Method and apparatus for using SMS short code messaging to facilitate the transmission of a status update for a security system A notification system for receiving a request for a remote status update from a remote device is disclosed. The notification system comprises a server for relaying the request for the remote status update, an access server for receiving the relayed request for the r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185592 | Method and program product for preventing distribution of an e-mail message A method and program product for preventing distribution of an e-mail message. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients using an e-mail application installed on a sender e-mail client and selecting a non-distribution option provided... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180873 | Detecting fraudulent activity Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for subscribing to data feeds on a network. An user utilizes a transmitting device to transmit data packets that are split between a plurality of data centers for processing. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180922 | Load balancing mechanism using resource availability profiles Resource availability profiles are received, wherein each resource availability profile describes a resource associated with a server. Each resource is assigned a plurality of weights corresponding to a plurality of policies. The weights are determined by, for each ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179039 | Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the same, light emitting device package, and illumination system Disclosed are a light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, a light emitting device package, and an illumination system. The light emitting device includes a transmissive substrate, an ohmic layer on the transmissive substrate, a light emitting struct... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179033 | Display apparatus A display is provided with: a substrate; a plurality of parallel scan wires extending over the substrate in a first direction; a plurality of parallel data wires extending parallel to a surface of the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direct... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174178 | Semiconductor device and light-emitting device The present invention provides a semiconductor device by which a light-emitting device that is unlikely to cause defects such as a short circuit, can be manufactured. One feature of a semiconductor device of the present invention is to include an electrode that serv... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171074 | Web service system, schedule execution apparatus and control method thereof A schedule execution unit accesses a storage unit for storing a call list registered in a database and determines whether or not there is a Web service call to be executed. If the presence of a Web service call to be executed is confirmed, the schedule execution uni... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171536 | Method and apparatus for authenticating users in a network Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for authenticating users of a network are described. Once a user has been authenticated on a first network, authentication information from the first network can be used by the user to gain access to the user's accounts on other ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169134 | Field emission device A field emission device includes: a first substrate on which a gate electrode line, a cathode line, and an electron emission source are formed; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and on which an anode and a phosphor layer are formed; and a side... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171116 | Configuring processing entities according to their roles in a data processing system with a distributed architecture A mechanism is provided for configuring different computers of a network. Each computer plays a specific physic role (defined by an architecture of the network) and/or a specific logic role (defined by the applications running in the network). A reference model and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169135 | Semiconductor lighting device with wavelength conversion on back-transferred light path A semiconductor lighting device includes a semiconductor light emitter packaged on a reflective substrate to emit a first light and a remote wavelength conversion layer on a back-transferred light path to convert the back-transferred first light into a forward secon... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171174 | Out-of-band characterization of server utilization via remote access card virtual media for auto-enterprise scaling A method for characterizing server utilization out-of-band via remote access card virtual media includes sending at least one preselected desired parameter comprising at least one of at least one performance parameter and at least one process parameter, and at least... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164238 | Light emitting diode (LED) lamp A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a standardized connector; an LED module; a heat dissipating module; an angle adjusting ring; and an isolating ring. The LED module is electrically connected to the standardized connector and includes a circuit board and at ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164249 | Display device A display device including a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a fiber layer, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer is provided. The fiber layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and in... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164248 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes a rear plate including electron emitting devices; a face plate including light emitting members, anode electrodes, partition members each disposed between adjacent light emitting members, and strip-shaped resistive members dispose... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161096 | Method of executing service on a network, and flow processing apparatus with document that describes a flow for controlling services on the network A flow processing apparatus generates second and third documents from a first document that describes a flow for executing services, registers the second document in a first apparatus and registers the third document in a second apparatus on the network on which the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159135 | Electrode for high pressure discharge lamp, high pressure discharge lamp, and method for manufacturing electrode for high pressure discharge lamptechnical field Provided is an electrode for a high pressure discharge lamp, which prevents spring-back of an electrode coil, and which has high productivity and high accuracy in positioning the coil. The electrode for the high pressure discharge lamp includes: an electrode core ba... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156202 | Method and system for sharing data between radiology information systems The present invention relates to a method and a system for sharing and exchanging event data between at least two 5 radiology information systems. An event in any of the radiology information systems triggers a send and receive server to convert the event dat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154193 | Organic electroluminescent device An organic electroluminescence device of the present invention adapts a new concept in its configuration to improve its efficiency in addition to obtain a high reliability and good yielding. The organic electroluminescent device having an electroluminescent film con... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147287 | Organic EL element and a method for manufacturing the organic EL element A dense cathode electrode layer having a step coverage is to be formed on an electron injection layer. The electron injection layer in which fine particles of an electron injection material is dispersed in an organic thin film having an electron transport property i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148888 | Electron emitting device, and electron beam device and image display apparatus including the same A device includes a substrate, an insulating member disposed on a surface of the substrate, a gate, and a cathode. The insulating member has an upper surface apart from the surface of the substrate, and a side surface rising from the surface of the substrate between... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145708 | On-line virtual robot (bot) security agent Various embodiments can provide a virtual online robot (bot) or security agent. The agent or guardian can monitor on line conversations and can act to intervene in an event a conversation's content meets certain definable criteria that indicates that the content mig... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145703 | User interface and method in a local search system with related search results The invention provides a user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, interaction with the search identifier causing of a search request from the client com... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145737 | Implementing computer application topologies on virtual machines A method and system for discovering, defining, and implementing an application topology through the user of a graphical user interface is provided. A topology system may analyze the topology of an enterprise and provide a graphical representation of the application ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140679 | Method and system for automated session resource clean-up in a distributed client-server environment Systems and methods for automatically managing session resources in a distributed network of processors are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a system for managing the use of resources in a system where a remote client uses resources at a server for a l... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138675 | Stabilized emissive structures and methods of making An emitter is disclosed. The emitter includes a base layer comprising an array of nanocavities on an emission surface of the base layer, wherein facets of the nanocavities are substantially along equivalent crystallographic planes of one or more families of planes h... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135839 | System and method for locking exclusive access to a divided resource A method of locking exclusive access to a divided computer resource that may be access by more than one different is disclosed. A computer resource that is divided into more than one piece may require exclusive access to all the individual portions before the comput... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135798 | Over-the-air device services and management An over-the-air device services and management system includes a web applications server for providing a software download service, an account management server for providing an account maintenance service, and a synchronization server for providing a data managemen... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129893 | Quick start shielded fluorescent lamp and method for producing the same A quick start energy-saving fluorescent lamp comprising a bulb holder assembly, a light tube, a glass shade, a protruding cold end, a thermal insulation glue, and an amalgam vapor source. The protruding cold end is disposed at the front end of the light tube and con... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129906 | Lumino-shells A display device constructed out of one or more lumino-shells with an organic luminescent substance(s) located in and/or on each shell, the organic luminescent substance emitting light when excited by electric current. Inorganic luminescent substance(s) may be combi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131878 | Selective disruption of data transmission to sub-networks within a processing unit network A network of processing units having at least one switch that allows disruption of the network between a first and a second processing units is provided. Disruption of the network by means of the switch effectively disconnects the first processing unit from the netw... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120238 | Deep ultraviolet semiconductor optical device A large-area and high-luminance deep ultraviolet light source device is provided under circumstances where the scales of existing mercury lamps used as ultraviolet light sources cannot be reduced and light-emitting diodes of 365 nm or less do not reach the practical... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122108 | Database-less leasing One embodiment of the present invention comprises determining a cluster leader and using the cluster leader to set up a lease table at an application server of a cluster of application servers. The lease table can be used to maintain at least one lease for a singlet... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122085 | Email transaction system The present invention provides a method and a system in which, a determination is made in order to determine whether a destination mail server is able to process a number of emails associated with a distribution list. By requesting performance metrics for each desti... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115371 | Spark plug A spark plug having a front end of an insulating member which projects 2 mm or more from a front end face of a metal shell and a volume of the insulating member which lies within a range from a front end of the insulating member to a position lying 1 mm towards a re... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115370 | Bending LED bulb A bending LED bulb has a transparent bending tube and a flexible LED strip. The flexible LED strip has a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of LEDs mounted on the flexible PCB and is inserted and fixed in the transparent bending tube. As the LEDs a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117284 | Unsolicited and unconfirmed computing platform service information An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to receive solicited or unsolicited computing platform service information associated with services offered by a plurality of service points in a range area, store some portion of the received i... | 02/14/2012 |
