| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7554080 |
Entanglement processes and system |
June 30, 2009 |
| The states of matter system (110) having only ones basis state that couples to an excited state can be entangled using measurements of photons during transitions from the excited state. High efficiency of entanglement operation can be achieved by repeating the measurements after perf |
| 7554077 |
Encoder |
June 30, 2009 |
| Embodiments of an encoder are disclosed. |
| 7553886 |
Cross-linked latex particulates |
June 30, 2009 |
| The present invention is drawn to cross-linked latex particulates. The latex particulates include a plurality of polymerized monomers and cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agents are of particular structures and include at least one Cl or Br. From about 0.05 wt % to about 15 wt |
| 7553537 |
Position identification pattern |
June 30, 2009 |
| A product 10 has a position identifying pattern 16 on it, the pattern comprising first and second positional components 24, 26 arranged to identify first and second positional coordinates x, y by means of their reflectivity at different respective wavelengths. Each component 24, 26 h |
| 7553395 |
Print media and methods of making print media |
June 30, 2009 |
| Print media and methods of making print media are disclosed. One exemplary print medium, among others, includes a substrate having a fibrous component. In addition, a cationic guanidine polymer compound or salt thereof and a metallic salt are each disposed within the fibrous componen |
| 7552875 |
Print media with attached data storage and method of storing data thereon |
June 30, 2009 |
| A print has a substrate and a plurality of memory tags coupled to the substrate. The print is an index print including a plurality of images and a memory tag is associated with each image for storage of data relating to that image. A print medium suitable for forming such a print has |
| 7552533 |
Method of manufacturing a fluid ejector head |
June 30, 2009 |
| A fluid ejector head is manufactured. Sidewalls of at least one fluid ejection chamber are defined about at least one fluid drop generator disposed over a substrate. At least one bore is created over the at least one fluid ejection chamber. The at least one bore has a first nozzle su |
| 7552475 |
Systems and methods for securing ports |
June 23, 2009 |
| Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with securing ports are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a configuration logic configured to provide a security option for securing one or more selected ports. The example system may also include a sec |
| 7552434 |
Method of performing kernel task upon initial execution of process at user level |
June 23, 2009 |
| An embodiment of a method of performing a kernel level task upon initial execution of a child process at a user level begins with setting an instruction pointer for an initial child process instruction to an instruction to enter a kernel level. The method continues with beginning the |
| 7552433 |
Non-platform-specific unique indentifier generation |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method of generating a unique identifier without requiring platform-specific software, a computer readable medium embodying instructions for implementing the method, and a system therefor are described. In response to an event occurrence on a computer system, execution of the metho |
| 7552387 |
Methods and systems for video content browsing |
June 23, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for browsing video content are described. Video content is accessed. Metadata from a content analysis that is performed on said video content is generated. A portion of said video content based on said generated metadata is presented for display. |
| 7552328 |
Security attributes of nodes in trusted computing systems |
June 23, 2009 |
| A system and method for resolving a rule conflict within a security policy applied to a trusted computing platform, wherein the fileset to which each of the conflicting rules v and s refers (or "scope") is determined (step 10). It is then determined (at step 12) if the scope of one of th |
| 7552250 |
DMA slot allocation |
June 23, 2009 |
| Methods, systems, and devices are provided for a media platform. One method includes receiving DMA requests for connecting media data traffic to DMA slots of a DMA memory module. Available DMA slots are determined from a pool of available DMA slots and allocated for media data traffic. |
| 7552238 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining network device configurations |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method for maintaining the configuration of a network device in a user device of a network includes updating a network management device each time the configuration of any of the network device changes, and notifying a plurality of user devices in the network each time the network |
| 7552211 |
Automatic notification rule definition for a network management system |
June 23, 2009 |
| A network management application provides notification of events on network devices using prepopulated notification rules. The notification rule is prepopulated by the network management application using conditions that represent the present state of the device being monitored. An a |
| 7551912 |
Device management network that facilitates selective billing |
June 23, 2009 |
| Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a device management (DM) network capable of associating billing codes with device management activities that involve transfer of data, upload or download of content, device management activities, reporting diagnostics messages, reporting |
| 7551773 |
Encoding image data using mask lookup table and decoding such encoded image data |
June 23, 2009 |
| In one aspect, an image is quantized by assigning sub-ranges of pixel values in the image to respective quantization levels. The quantized image is encoded based at least in part on a mask lookup table assigning index values to respective masks, wherein each mask corresponds to a res |
| 7551772 |
Blur estimation in a digital image |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises computing an auto-correlation of sharp channel information of a digital image, computing a cross-correlation between the sharp channel information and blurred channel information of the digital image, and est |
| 7551628 |
Wireless dongle with computing capability for equipment control and method of operation thereof |
June 23, 2009 |
| The present invention includes a dongle, with embedded computing capability, placed in a communication path and capable of passing information from a control device through a smart gateway to a machine, the dongle comprising a network interface configured to receive instructions and |
| 7551614 |
Aggregation over multiple processing nodes of network resources each providing offloaded connect |
June 23, 2009 |
| A computer system aggregates a plurality of network resources of a computer system. The computer system has a plurality of processing nodes. Each of the processing nodes includes one or more of the plurality of network resources. The one or more resources of each processing node make |
| 7551524 |
Methods and apparatus to compensate for power output variations over time |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method of compensating for output variations in laser power output over time in a system using a laser to record visible marks on an optical disc, the method comprising (a) applying a test light beam from the laser to the optical disc to determine a test value of an optical parameter, |
| 7551440 |
System and method for cooling an electronic component |
June 23, 2009 |
| A cooling system has at least one heat conducting element in thermal contact with an electronic component. A heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the heat conducting element. The heat exchanger is configured to provide a working fluid to the at least one heat conducting elem |
| 7551428 |
Automatic power control |
June 23, 2009 |
| In certain embodiments, a system comprises a computer housing, a device removably mounted to the computer housing, a removable component coupled to the computer housing under the device, and a power switch coupled to the removable component and responsive to separation of the device from |
| 7551321 |
Printing with custom colorant materials |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method for printing with a custom colorant material stored in a container having a memory storage element is disclosed. The memory storage element includes information related to the custom colorant material. In the method, the information is received from the memory storage elemen |
| 7551316 |
Presentation print job profiling |
June 23, 2009 |
| The described subject matter provides a convenient way to organize and automate a presentation printing process by defining a presentation print job profile. To accomplish this, a user adds a plurality of files to a presentation profile. The user specifies packaging and printing char |
| 7551189 |
Method of and apparatus for digital image processing |
June 23, 2009 |
| An image incident on a pixel array having a Bayer pattern is compressed by grouping only some of the pixels in the Bayer pattern into sets including a triad of pixels of the Bayer pattern. The triad of pixels of each set includes the three primary colors and are next to each other in the |
| 7551154 |
Image display system and method |
June 23, 2009 |
| Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for processing an image. An image processing unit includes a processor unit and a control unit. The processor unit receives an incoming video signal. The control unit defines image frames from the video signal. The image frames have bit |
| 7551039 |
Phase adjustment in phase-locked loops using multiple oscillator signals |
June 23, 2009 |
| Phase-locked loop (PLL) logic comprises an oscillator that produces a first oscillator signal and phase detect logic that determines a phase difference between the first oscillator signal and a second oscillator signal. After the second oscillator signal is replaced by a third oscill |
| 7550859 |
System and method for hermetically sealing a package |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method for hermetically sealing a package includes applying a light or energy active resist to a fill port to act as a temporary hermetic seal, patterning the resist, and applying a solder to the fill port, wherein the solder is configured to serve as a hermetic seal. |
| 7550365 |
Bonding structure and method of making |
June 23, 2009 |
| An electrical device includes an interconnect and a pair substrates at least one of which includes an integrated circuit, the pair of substrates being bonded together by a bond that includes a structure having multiple widths and a composition that is selected from the group consisting o |
| 7549892 |
Electronic device connector system |
June 23, 2009 |
| An electronic device connector system, comprising a connector member having a plurality of spaced-apart conductive inserts, at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart inserts comprising a plurality of separate conductor portions. |
| 7549636 |
System and method for ejecting print media from a moveable shuttle |
June 23, 2009 |
| In one embodiment a media ejection system is disclosed for a printer having a stationary print head and a moveable shuttle configured to hold print media via vacuum pressure while moving the print media past the print head. The media ejection system includes a vacuum release valve, a |
| 7549622 |
Document feeder and method of preventing skew in a document feeder |
June 23, 2009 |
| A document feeder includes a tray for holding one or more document sheets and a first flag disposed adjacent to the tray so as to engage a document sheet in the tray. A second flag is disposed adjacent to the tray to engage the document sheet so that the first and second flags produce |
| 7549298 |
Spray cooling with spray deflection |
June 23, 2009 |
| A component cooling system including a sprayer configured to eject a stream of cooling fluid and a stream deflector to control deflection of the stream. The sprayer may be continuous or incremental. Excess spray may be deflected into a gutter configured to obstruct cooling fluid from |
| 7549225 |
Method of forming a printhead |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method of bonding two semiconductor substrates to form a printhead includes aligning a top surface of a first substrate with a second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a fluid channel in the top surface, heating the first and second substrates to a first temperature in a p |
| 7549224 |
Methods of making slotted substrates |
June 23, 2009 |
| The described embodiments relate to slotted substrates and methods of making the slotted substrates. One exemplary method patterns a first set of dummy features in a first layer positioned over a first surface of a substrate and patterns a second set of dummy features in a second layer |
| 7549085 |
Method and apparatus to insert special instruction |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus to insert special instruction. At least one of the illustrative embodiments is a method comprising converting a first representation of a computer program to a second representation, and inserting into the second representation a special instruction not needed |
| 7549082 |
Method and system of bringing processors to the same computational point |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method and system of bringing processors to the same computational point. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are computer systems comprising a first processor executing a program, a second processor executing a duplicate copy of the program (but at different computational |
| 7549064 |
Secure circuit assembly |
June 16, 2009 |
| A secure circuit assembly includes a printed circuit board including first and second surfaces and a secure boundary area in the first surface. A circuit to be protected is located in the secure boundary area. A first inner enclosure is attached to the first surface of the printed circui |
| 7549039 |
Generating an interrupt in a system having plural partitions that share a resource |
June 16, 2009 |
| A system includes a plurality of partitions having respective operating systems, and a resource shared by the partitions. The resource has plural segments, where a first one of the segments is accessed to invoke a first interrupt. An operating system of a first one of the plurality of |
| 7548986 |
Electronic device network providing streaming updates |
June 16, 2009 |
| Discloses herein is wireless electronic device network employing a stream processing generator to generate updates in electronic devices capable of updating firmware and/or software contained therein. The stream processing generator may only use a small buffer of content for buffering |
| 7548985 |
System for managing user profile data |
June 16, 2009 |
| In a communications environment, a system for managing user profile data comprises a network interface layer operatively associated with a communications network and a storage layer operative to store user profile data relating to the communications network. the system further compri |
| 7548982 |
Predictive branching and caching method and apparatus for applications |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method and system of identifying usage patterns for web pages in a website, includes receiving a website map identifying one or more web pages in the website, tracking the web pages accessed by a user during a session, determining a branch of one or more web pages accessible by the |
| 7548971 |
System and method for managing the operating frequency of blades in a bladed-system |
June 16, 2009 |
| In a system and method for managing the performance of a bladed computer system, a management blade identifies one or more individual blades in a chassis. The management blade then automatically determines an optimal performance configuration for each of the individual blades and provide |
| 7548969 |
Computer system polling with adjustable intervals based on rules and server states |
June 16, 2009 |
| Polling is disclosed. A client rule set, associated with a service level, is provided. Based upon the client rule set, a polling interval for a request type is determined. A message associated with the request type is provided, and a server is polled with the message in accordance with t |
| 7548754 |
Authentication and non-interfering SMS-messaging in GSM telephone communication |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method for transmitting SMS messages to a subscriber GSM telephone after a call is ended and authenticating the source of the delivered text message with a logo or other graphic not forwardable by mobile phone subscribers is provided. In the present invention, audio advertisements |
| 7548689 |
Image processing method |
June 16, 2009 |
| In a method for processing an image, a scene to be captured is divided into multiple zones and statistical values for a plurality of the multiple zones are obtained. In addition, a short-exposure time and a long-exposure time from the statistical values of the plurality of zones are |
| 7548671 |
Optical device including waveguide grating structure |
June 16, 2009 |
| Optical devices including waveguide grating structures are described. In accordance with one embodiment, an optical device is provided comprising a horizontal waveguide grating structure having at least one waveguiding layer and at least one subwavelength periodic grating layer. The opti |
| 7548647 |
Method and apparatus for digital-image red-eye correction that facilitates undo operation |
June 16, 2009 |
| A device that performs automatic red-eye correction on a digital image saves the original image data and a location indicator from each portion of the digital image on which red-eye correction is performed to facilitate the subsequent undoing of red-eye correction. Red-eye correction |
| 7548540 |
Dynamic discovery of ISO layer-2 topology |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method is provided of determining a layer-2 topology of an IT infrastructure which includes layer-2 interconnect devices having ports. A list of layer-2 interconnect devices available in the IT infrastructure is obtained. Uplink and non-uplink ports of layer-2 interconnect devices |
