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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190414 | Modeling of hydrocarbon reservoirs containing subsurface features A method for modeling a reservoir response in a subsurface system is provided. The subsurface system has at least one subsurface feature. Preferably, the subsurface system comprises a hydrocarbon reservoir. The method includes defining physical boundaries for the su... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190400 | Thin client graphical presentation and manipulation application A distributed graphical presentation and manipulation application executes as a thin client application in a network. The networked graphical presentation and manipulation application can generally be used without requiring a user to install any specific software pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190415 | Method for the construction of vertical power transistors with differing powers by combination of pre-defined part pieces A method for designing a first vertical MOS power transistor having a specified design power level. The method comprises the steps of composing a layout of the vertical MOS power transistor as a combination of at least partly differing layout part pieces, each of th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190399 | Hardware and software usage and capacity integration in architecture blueprint tool and process A computer implemented method for creating architectural blueprints is provided. The method includes selecting a project, defining the project requirements, and selecting one or more parameters to be used to analyze the project. The method further includes importing... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190402 | Method of modeling flexural characteristics of a bar subjected to local heating The method of modeling flexural characteristics of a bar subjected to local heating utilizes thermal diffusion equations and the finite element method to model vibrational frequency and amplitude variation in a substrate material subjected to local heating. Both hea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180604 | Optimizing a prediction of resource usage of multiple applications in a virtual environment Predicting resource usage of applications running in a virtual environment may include executing benchmarks in a native system and collecting first traces of resource utilization metrics; executing the same benchmarks in a virtual environment and collecting second t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180614 | Modeling vibration effects introduced by mud motor Torsional, axial and lateral vibrations introduced when a mud motor is used with a drilling tool to drill a borehole are calculated using a model. The model includes different computational modules for each of three distinct motor sections: power, transmission and b... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180618 | Method and system for inductor power loss analysis Described herein are embodiments of a method and system for determining power loss in an inductor. In accordance with one aspect, a method is provided of determining power loss in an inductor. The method comprises modeling an inductor's windings and core using elect... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180596 | Methods and apparatus for assembling rotatable machines A processor-implemented method of assembling a rotatable machine is provided. The machine includes a plurality of blades that extend radially outwardly from a rotor. The method includes determining a geometric parameter for each blade in a row of blades that is rela... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170858 | Characterization and modeling of ferroelectric capacitors Simulation of an electronic circuit including a model of a ferroelectric capacitor. The model of the ferroelectric capacitor includes a multi-domain ferroelectric capacitor, in which each of the domains is associated with a positive and a negative coercive voltage. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8165860 | Thermodynamic process control based on pseudo-density root for equation of state A system for thermodynamic modeling is provided. The system comprises a computer having a processor, a thermodynamic process simulation application, and a thermodynamic equation of state application. When executed by the processor, the thermodynamic equation of stat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160860 | Method and apparatus for event-based simulation of a digital design having a power shut-off feature Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for simulating a logic design having power domains are described. In some examples, a switchable power domain of the power domains is identified, the switchable power domain having primary inputs and having a power sta... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160857 | Selective compilation of a simulation model in view of unavailable higher level signals In response to receiving HDL file(s) that specify a plurality of hierarchically arranged design entities defining a design to be simulated and that specify an instrumentation entity for monitoring simulated operation of the design, an instrumented simulation executa... | 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 |
| 8155941 | Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit 20 that models a controlled plant and simulates the operation of the modeled controlled plant, and an interface unit 30 that inputs and outputs a signal between the arithmetic process unit 2... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150668 | Thermal fluid-structure interaction simulation in finite element analysis Simulation of thermal fluid-structure interaction using bulk flow fluid elements (BFFEs) is described. Each BFFE is configured to include the following characteristics: 1) at least one surrounding layer of solid elements representing either the surrounding structure... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145465 | Methods and systems to predict rotary drill bit walk and to design rotary drill bits and other downhole tools Methods and systems may be provided to simulate forming a wide variety of directional wellbores including wellbores with variable tilt rates, relatively constant tilt rates, wellbores with uniform generally circular cross-sections and wellbores with non-circular cro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145455 | Predicting resource usage of an application in a virtual environment Described herein is a system for predicting resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hard... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140319 | Method and system for predicting system performance and capacity using software module performance statistics A method and system for predicting performance and capacity of an information technology (IT) system before the IT system is built, where the predicting uses a database of performance statistics measured for reusable software modules. A performance simulation modeli... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140317 | Device simulation method and system A simulation method and system. The method includes receiving by a simulation engine in a device driver, input simulation parameters data associated with a simulation process. The simulation engine calculates a simulated scaled down process time period for a device ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140308 | Method of selecting an arrangement of sectors for a turbomachine nozzle A method of selecting an arrangement of sectors for a turbomachine nozzle is disclosed. The method includes: A) creating a database of three-dimensional numerical models of the sectors by digitizing; B) setting a criterion for selecting an arrangement of sectors and... | 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 |
| 8140310 | Reservoir fracture simulation Reservoir fracture simulation relates to a method of evaluating a reservoir. Data associated with properties of the reservoir as well as properties of a fracture in the reservoir, is collected. This data is then used in conjunction with a correlation matrix to deter... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131519 | Accuracy in a prediction of resource usage of an application in a virtual environment Described herein is a system for improving accuracy in a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126692 | Method and system for modeling, validating and automatically resolving goals and dependencies between elements within a topology Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for configuring a computing system. A determination is made whether there are any errors in the model, and responsive to determining that there is at least one error in the model, a determination i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126688 | Method and apparatus for identifying gaps between parts A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying gaps. A grid of points is generated on a first surface. The grid of points is associated with a point for a first part associated with a second part in a model. A line segment is formed from the first... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126696 | Modifying length of synchronization quanta of simulation time in which execution of nodes is simulated Nodes interconnected by a network have their substantially parallel execution simulated. Substantially parallel execution of the nodes during a current quantum of simulation time having a quantum length is simulated. Simulation of execution can result in simulation ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126693 | Method and system for modeling, validating and automatically resolving goals and dependencies between elements within a topology Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for configuring a computing system. A system for configuring a computing system includes a mechanism for creating a model of a computing system, a validator for determining whether there are any er... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117017 | Engine performance model A method of constructing a piecewise linear engine performance model, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a non-linear engine performance model which iteratively calculates engine performance variables y from a plurality of sub-m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108193 | Collaboration framework for modeling A modeling solution, which enables various users to create, use, and evaluate models, such as scientific models, in various scenarios is provided. To this extent, the modeling solution can define a model using one or more model components, each of which is configure... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095353 | Power index computing apparatus, method of computing power index, and computer product A power index computing apparatus that computes a power index for a circuit having one or more modules includes an obtaining unit that obtains estimated power consumption for a module in the circuit and a first computing unit that computes entropy based on a transit... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086431 | Method and system for interpreting swabbing tests using nonlinear regression A method for increasing production in a reservoir, comprising performing a swabbing test at a depth in a pipe, wherein the pipe is located in a wellbore and wherein a portion of the wellbore is located inside the reservoir, periodically measuring, during the swabbin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082135 | Method and system for modeling bone structure The present invention relates to scanning confocal microscopy used to systematically quantify characteristic collagen fibril orientations by position within the lamellar thickness of secondary osteons along the osteon radial direction. Fully calcified lamellar speci... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078443 | Method and system for generating configuration constraints for computer models A bill of material and a design layout are aligned to generate a configuration for a virtual vehicle. The bill of material includes a part number and usage associated with a part. The design layout includes a CAD model of the part. CAD models in vehicle position are... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078446 | Linear time-invariant system modeling apparatus and method of generating a passive model A linear time-invariant system modeling apparatus comprises a processing resource arranged to receive, when in use, model data constituting to a model of a linear time-invariant system. The model data includes residual value data and scattering data. The processing ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069023 | Hardware support for instruction set emulation A method for emulating a nexthop instruction in microcode with the assistance of dedicated hardware to extract read and write addressing from the nexthop instruction instead of performing this operation in microcode. A method for emulating a nexthop instruction in m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069021 | Distributed simulation and synchronization System(s) and method(s) facilitate a distributed simulation of an industrial control system. A model of the industrial control system is generated and computing resources are scheduled for simulating portions of a simulation according to the model. Computing resourc... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069024 | Replicant simulation In one embodiment, a method comprises partitioning a circuit description into simulateable partitions; sorting the simulateable partitions into classes wherein each simulateable partition included in a given class is equivalent to each other partition in the given c... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065123 | Systems and methods for performing quantity takeoff computations from computer aided design drawings One or more embodiments of the invention set forth methods for performing quantity takeoff computations from computer aided design (CAD) drawings. The user initiates the quantity takeoff of an instance of a drawing object by manually selecting one or more geometries... | 11/22/2011 |
