| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7616440 |
Fan unit and methods of forming same |
November 10, 2009 |
| The described embodiments relate to fans units. One exemplary fan unit includes a housing supporting a motor. The fan unit also includes an impeller coupled to the motor and configured to be rotated by the motor. The impeller comprises at least a first structure configured to move air |
| 7615857 |
Modular three-dimensional chip multiprocessor |
November 10, 2009 |
| A chip multiprocessor die supports optional stacking of additional dies. The chip multiprocessor includes a plurality of processor cores, a memory controller, and stacked cache interface circuitry. The stacked cache interface circuitry is configured to attempt to retrieve data from a |
| 7615111 |
Metallic inkjet ink and method for forming the same |
November 10, 2009 |
| A metallic inkjet ink includes a silver metallic colorant, another colorant and at least one ink vehicle. The other colorant is selected from a pigment, a dye, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming the metallic inkjet ink including providing an ink ve |
| 7614808 |
Print media feed system and control method for the same |
November 10, 2009 |
| A print media feed system comprises: a drive unit configured to move a feed roller; a sensing unit configured to sense movement of a feed roller; a detection unit configured to detect movement of a pinch roller; and a controller arranged to control the drive unit using a gain paramet |
| 7614753 |
Determining an adjustment |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method of compensating in a projection system includes measuring a characteristic of ambient light incident on a screen; determining a gradient of the characteristic; and determining an adjustment to be applied to light to be projected using the gradient. |
| 7614750 |
Light interaction states |
November 10, 2009 |
| Various embodiments of moving between light interaction states are disclosed. |
| 7614733 |
Filter for printhead assembly |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method of supplying liquid ink to a printhead assembly including a carrier, a printhead die mounted on the carrier, and a fluid delivery assembly communicated with the carrier includes communicating a fluid manifold of the carrier with the printhead die, communicating the fluid del |
| 7614710 |
Vent seal |
November 10, 2009 |
| One embodiment of a vent seal includes a vent that defines a vent channel and a seal positioned within the channel in both a closed vent condition and in an open vent condition. |
| 7614672 |
Low profile mechanical assist hood latch |
November 10, 2009 |
| A mechanical assist apparatus is provided for biasing an access cover relative to a housing. The mechanical assist apparatus comprises a user-engageable lever, an arm rotatably coupled to the user-engageable lever at a first joint, and a sled rotatably coupled to the arm at a second |
| 7613975 |
Predictive diagnosis of a data read system |
November 3, 2009 |
| A data read system comprising a read channel for processing a signal, and a diagnostic controller in communication with the read channel. The diagnostic controller is configured to measure at least one metric of the read channel during processing of a signal containing unknown data. The |
| 7613961 |
CPU register diagnostic testing |
November 3, 2009 |
| One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of compiling a program to be executed on a target central processing unit (CPU). The method includes opportunistically scheduling diagnostic testing of CPU registers. The method may include use of a predetermined level of aggressiveness for th |
| 7613958 |
Error detection in a system having coupled channels |
November 3, 2009 |
| A data communications architecture employing serializers and deserializers that reduces data communications latency. In an illustrative implementation, the data communications architecture communicates data across communications links. The architecture maintains various mechanisms to |
| 7613950 |
Detecting floating point hardware failures |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method for testing floating point hardware in a processor while executing a computer program is disclosed. The method includes executing a first set of code of the computer program without employing the floating point hardware. The first set of code has a first floating point opera |
| 7613937 |
Method and apparatus for utilizing a microcontroller to provide an automatic order and timing po |
November 3, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for utilizing a microcontroller to provide an automatic order and timing power and reset sequencer. A first inter-integrated circuit (I2C) register table containing a modifiable system power-up sequence is accessed. An au |
| 7613935 |
Power monitoring for processor module |
November 3, 2009 |
| A processor module includes an execution unit and a power monitor for monitoring power consumption by processor components including said execution unit. |
| 7613847 |
Partially virtualizing an I/O device for use by virtual machines |
November 3, 2009 |
| A computer system comprises a physical computer and a virtual machine monitor executable on the physical computer and configured to create an emulation of at least one guest operating system adapted to control the physical computer. The computer system further comprises a host execut |
| 7613818 |
Segment-based model of file accesses for streaming files |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system and method for modeling accesses of a streaming file are provided. In certain embodiments, the method comprises identifying, for a time interval of interest, at least one request received at a server for accessing a streaming file, and for each of the at least one request, d |
| 7613807 |
System, method, and apparatus for discovering a new server connected within an automated data ce |
November 3, 2009 |
| A technique for automatically discovering a new server connected within an automated data center. In one example embodiment, this is performed by connecting and powering a new server to one or more data center resources of the automated data center. The new server is then booted-up by lo |
| 7613768 |
Method and system for managing a streaming media service |
November 3, 2009 |
| One embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing a streaming media service. The method includes receiving a request for a streaming media service from a client and the streaming media service includes a media service component. A service location manager is selected to whic |
| 7613746 |
System and method for file size management |
November 3, 2009 |
| The present disclosure relates to a system and method for managing the size of software files that are to be transmitted. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to referring to a default transmission setting to determine whether a media file to be created will be too large |
| 7613705 |
Initial filter criteria (IFC) database with class of service (COS) |
November 3, 2009 |
| Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with provisioning an internet protocol (IP) multimedia sub-system (IMS) are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes logic for provisioning an IMS initial filter criteria (IFC) database with IFC data and logic |
| 7613704 |
Enterprise digital asset management system and method |
November 3, 2009 |
| According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of providing digital content includes receiving a request from a user for digital content at a remote site. A first digital library at the remote site is searched for the digital content. If the digital content is unavailable at |
| 7613623 |
Enterprise management using an enterprise program office (EPO) |
November 3, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a system for establishing an enterprise-specific enterprise program office (EPO) and an associated enterprise-specific EPO web site includes a server system operable to communicate with a plurality of client systems each associated with a corresponding enterprise. |
| 7613538 |
Compensation for distortion in contact lithography |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method of contact lithography includes predicting distortions likely to occur in transferring a pattern from a mold to a substrate during a contact lithography process; and modifying the mold to compensate for the distortions. A contact lithography system includes a design subsystem |
| 7613313 |
System and method for control of audio field based on position of user |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system and method for control of an audio field based on the position of the user. In one embodiment, a system and a method for audio reproduction are provided. One or more audio signals are obtained that are representative of sounds occurring at a first location. The audio signals |
| 7612990 |
LCD panel for a server system |
November 3, 2009 |
| An LCD panel configured to be attached to a server system and coupled to a management card of the server system includes an LCD display. The panel includes a plurality of alphanumeric keys for entering alphanumeric strings that are displayed on the LCD display, and a plurality of nav |
| 7612926 |
Representations of spot colors |
November 3, 2009 |
| A portable document format (PDF) file includes a graphical object and a corresponding spot color space. The spot color space is represented by at least one spot color name and an alternate representation of the spot color with device-independent data. |
| 7612915 |
Determining composite grays |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system and method for determining composite grays using device values. Device values are received from image data on which color separation was performed. Gray component replacement are determined on black point device values by using target lightness values, target chromaticity va |
| 7612898 |
Hard imaging systems, articles of manufacture, and hard imaging methods |
November 3, 2009 |
| Hard imaging systems, articles of manufacture, and hard imaging methods are described. According to one aspect, a hard imaging system includes an image engine configured to form a hard image upon media, processing circuitry configured to access image data corresponding to the hard im |
| 7612882 |
Optical gratings, lithography tools including such optical gratings and methods for using same f |
November 3, 2009 |
| Lithography tools and substrates are aligned by generating geometric interference patterns using optical gratings associated with the lithography tools and substrates. In some embodiments, the relative position between a substrate and lithography tool is adjusted to cause at least on |
| 7612859 |
Ultra-violet radiation absorbing grid |
November 3, 2009 |
| Various embodiments and methods relating to an ultra-violet radiation absorbing grid for attenuating transmission of near UV-light are disclosed. |
| 7612536 |
Pre-set discharging of batteries |
November 3, 2009 |
| One embodiment relates to a method of pre-set discharging of a battery in a portable device which is connected to external power. The battery is charged until a fully-charged level is reached, and the time at the fully-charged level is tracked. The charging of the battery is halted a |
| 7612369 |
Memory device having a semiconducting polymer film |
November 3, 2009 |
| A memory device includes a semiconducting polymer film, which includes an organic dopant. The semiconducting polymer film has a first side and a second side. The memory device also includes a first plurality of electrical conductors substantially parallel to each other coupled to the |
| 7611919 |
Bonding interface for micro-device packaging |
November 3, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a method for making a cover for a micro-device package includes forming a layer of silicon on a transparent substrate and selectively removing parts of the silicon layer to form a bonding ring and an alignment target. |
| 7611222 |
Nozzle shield assembly |
November 3, 2009 |
| A nozzle shield assembly includes a band of material having a tag end, a standing end, a first side, and a second side; wherein the second side is at least partially folded against itself, and the standing end is configured to cover a nozzle of a print cartridge. |
| 7610680 |
Methods for creating channels |
November 3, 2009 |
| Methods of creating an internal channel of a fluid-ejection device are provided. One method includes encapsulating a channel core in an element of the fluid-ejection device that corresponds to the internal channel and dissolving at least a portion of the channel core. |
| 7610589 |
Using helper drivers to build a stack of device objects |
October 27, 2009 |
| A method, used while building in processor memory a stack of device objects (DOs) representing a device, there being a multi-role driver for a plurality of roles at least one of which corresponds to the device, may include: registering a plurality of helper drivers so as to uniquely |
| 7610587 |
System and method for creating a best-match object at run time |
October 27, 2009 |
| An object generator includes an object factory and a pool of object proxies. The object factory forwards indicia of a desired object responsive to a system need. The object factory polls a plurality of object proxies for a respective confidence level responsive to the indicia and the |
| 7610526 |
On-chip circuitry for bus validation |
October 27, 2009 |
| Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with validating a bus are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an integrated circuit operably connectable to a bus, the bus being connectable to an external device configured to drive one or more electrica |
| 7610512 |
System and method for automated and assisted resolution of it incidents |
October 27, 2009 |
| A computer implemented method for assisted and automated resolving of Information Technology (IT) incidents is provided. The method facilitates one or more users to define repair workflows to resolve the IT incidents. The defined repair workflows are stored in a flow repository. The stor |
| 7610468 |
Modified buddy system memory allocation |
October 27, 2009 |
| A modified buddy system memory allocator of an apparatus in an example receives a request for a size of memory. The modified buddy system memory allocator identifies a plurality of contiguous, differently-sized memory blocks that are each smaller than the size of memory from the request. |
| 7610429 |
Method and system for determining device criticality in a computer configuration |
October 27, 2009 |
| A method for determining the criticality of a device in a multi-path computer configuration comprising the steps of: traversing a directed acyclic graph representing a platform hierarchy; and determining paths within the directed acyclic graph affected by the removal of the device. A |
| 7610412 |
Throttling communication between software processes |
October 27, 2009 |
| A throttling process for throttling communications between software processes, where data streams are sent between a source and one or more destinations. The method first determines if any of the destinations are busy. If one or more of the destinations are busy, the process performs a |
| 7610407 |
Method for exchanging information between at least two participants via at least one intermediar |
October 27, 2009 |
| The disclosed embodiments relate to a method of exchanging information between at least one party and a plurality of intermediaries, the plurality of intermediaries including a selected intermediary. The method may comprise providing correct information to the selected intermediary, |
| 7610383 |
Data-object-related-request routing in a dynamic, distributed data-storage system |
October 27, 2009 |
| One embodiment of the present invention provides an efficient data-object-related-request-routing method and component used within a dynamic, distributed data-storage system for efficiently routing data objects to component data-storage systems when component data-storage systems fre |
| 7610381 |
System and method for evaluating a capacity of a streaming media server for supporting a workloa |
October 27, 2009 |
| A method comprises receiving, into a capacity planning tool, configuration information for at least one streaming media server. The method further comprises receiving, into the capacity planning tool, workload information for a workload of client accesses of streaming media files fro |
| 7610295 |
Method and apparatus for generating persistent path identifiers |
October 27, 2009 |
| The method and apparatus is utilized in order to generate a persistent path to a SCSI device for a host. In an embodiment, a SCSI device is queried for path information related thereto, and if path information is returned, a SCSI command requesting identifier data is issued to the SCSI |
| 7610211 |
Investigating business processes |
October 27, 2009 |
| Systems and methods of investigating business processes are described. These systems and methods support real-time monitoring, analysis, management, and optimization of business processes. A graphical user interface enables users to apply data warehousing and data mining techniques t |
| 7610177 |
Manufacturing execution system, equipment interface and method of operating a manufacturing exec |
October 27, 2009 |
| A manufacturing execution system for manufacturing a product is provided. The manufacturing execution system includes a manufacturing execution plan having a set of manufacturing steps to be executed for manufacturing the product, a planning component for determining a data collection pl |
| 7609999 |
Apparatus for charging an image transfer surface |
October 27, 2009 |
| An apparatus for charging an image transfer surface in an image transfer device includes a support member and a conductive polymer material surrounding an outer periphery of the support member. An inner portion of the conductive polymer material is loaded with a supplemental conducting |
