| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7540746 |
Electrical encoding of cable types and configurations |
June 2, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors, a first circuit assembly having a plurality of circuit traces, a second circuit assembly having a plurality of circuit traces, a cable assembly connecting the plurality of circuit traces on the first circuit assembly to th |
| 7540593 |
Fluid ejection assembly |
June 2, 2009 |
| A fluid ejection assembly includes a first layer, and a second layer positioned on a side of the first layer. The second layer has a side adjacent the side of the first layer and includes a drop ejecting element formed on the side and a fluid pathway communicated with the drop ejecti |
| 7540583 |
Wiper |
June 2, 2009 |
| A printer includes an arcuate arrangement of printheads and a retractable arcuate arrangement of wipers. |
| 7540491 |
Automatic, lockable, engageable and disengageable media tray |
June 2, 2009 |
| A media handling system, comprising: a media pick means; a media holder that interacts with the media pick means; and a selectable, lockable, automatically movable media tray located substantially adjacent to the media holder, wherein the movable media tray is engageable/disengageable |
| 7540182 |
Microfluidic test systems with gas bubble reduction |
June 2, 2009 |
| A reservoir for use in testing a liquid as part of a microfluidic testing system, includes a testing chamber configured to receive the liquid to be tested. A liquid inlet is fluidly coupled to the testing chamber to allow ingress of the liquid into the testing chamber. A gas outlet is fl |
| 7539931 |
Storage element for mitigating soft errors in logic |
May 26, 2009 |
| In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a method for reducing soft errors in logic. After obtaining two delayed clock signals, the delayed clock signals, the clock signal, and an output from a logic circuit are applied to a triple redundant memory element. The delay of the |
| 7539881 |
System and method for dynamically adjusting power caps for electronic components based on power |
May 26, 2009 |
| A system has a plurality of electronic components that are powered by a power source, and each of the components is associated with a respective power cap. The system further has logic configured to monitor power consumption of the electronic components over a duration and dynamically |
| 7539832 |
Option ROM code acquisition |
May 26, 2009 |
| Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with acquiring processor executable instructions from an option ROM are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes discovering input/output devices operably connected to a processor and updating a data structure |
| 7539829 |
Methods and apparatuses for controlling access to at least one storage device in a tape library |
May 26, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in controlling access to at least one data storage device. One method includes obtaining data describing at least one data access relationship, the data access relationship specifying whether access to a data storage device by a data proce |
| 7539690 |
Data mining method and system using regression clustering |
May 26, 2009 |
| A method and a system are provided which regressively cluster datapoints from a plurality of data sources without transferring data between the plurality of data sources. In addition, a method and a system are provided which mine data from a dataset by iteratively applying a regressi |
| 7539349 |
Clear image using pixel voting |
May 26, 2009 |
| A user provides a plurality of digital images of a single subject all taken from a single location and with common camera settings. This set of digital images is parsed one pixel location at a time. For each pixel location, a set of pixel colors is extracted from each of the plurality |
| 7539343 |
Classifying regions defined within a digital image |
May 26, 2009 |
| A method for classifying regions defined within a digital image includes defining a tessellated set of regions from a plurality of regions identified by a plurality of segmented versions of the digital image and then classifying each tessellated region according to a likelihood that |
| 7539329 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing the usability of an electronic device having an integrated fi |
May 26, 2009 |
| The usability of an electronic device that includes an integrated fingerprint sensor is enhanced by mounting the fingerprint sensor rotatably and pivotably. The fingerprint sensor is prevented from moving during normal use, but the fingerprint sensor may be repositioned to accommodat |
| 7539027 |
Force distributing spring element |
May 26, 2009 |
| A force distributor is configured for disposition between a printed circuit board and a stiffening plate, which is spaced from the printed circuit board. The force distributor is configured to distribute a compressive force between the printed circuit board, an interposer and a land |
| 7538889 |
Calibration feedback-control circuit for diffraction light devices |
May 26, 2009 |
| A feedback-control circuit for color calibration of a diffraction light device includes at least one diffractive light device (DLD) having a gap distance defined by opposing plates, at least one sensor configured to convert light modulated by the DLD device into a light signal indicative |
| 7538794 |
Method and apparatus for motion estimation in a digital imaging device |
May 26, 2009 |
| A digital imaging device having a CCD sensor array with one or more fields captures both short and long exposures of a particular field during the capture of a single image frame. The short-exposure image data and the long-exposure image data from the particular field may be correlated t |
| 7538788 |
Label writing |
May 26, 2009 |
| Various embodiments and methods relating to the writing of a label on a disc at the same time that data is written upon the disk are disclosed. |
| 7538295 |
Laser welding system |
May 26, 2009 |
| A laser welding system includes a free-spacing beam delivery laser head having a linear array of at least two laser diodes. Each of the diodes generates a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength and spectral width, the laser beams adapted to weld a workpiece having a first component and |
| 7537799 |
Methods of forming electrically conductive pathways using palladium aliphatic amine complexes |
May 26, 2009 |
| An ink-jettable composition including a palladium aliphatic amine complex solvated in a liquid vehicle can be used in formation of electronic devices. The ink-jettable composition containing a palladium aliphatic amine complex can be jetted onto a substrate in a predetermined pattern. |
| 7537334 |
Media linefeed error compensation method |
May 26, 2009 |
| In a method for compensating for media linefeed errors in a media feed apparatus, a first correction parameter is applied during a first length of a media feed operation and a second correction parameter, which differs from the first correction parameter, is applied during a second l |
| 7537304 |
Apparatus and methods for color sensor calibration in a multi-die printer |
May 26, 2009 |
| Apparatus and methods for color calibrating low cost sensors in a printing system are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments include printing targets from multiple printhead die; making multiple readings of each target; fitting a curve to the acquired data; and generating calibration coefficie |
| 7536781 |
Method of assembling an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) assembly with attach hard |
May 26, 2009 |
| A method of assembling an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) assembly with attach hardware includes selecting a thickness of a load washer based on a target load to be applied by said attach hardware. |
| 7536684 |
Software documentation generation using differential upgrade documentation |
May 19, 2009 |
| A software application includes a document generator. A user can download from an upgrade website documentation (e.g., release notes) describing the differences in operation between a post-upgrade version of the application that would result if a target upgrade is implemented and a p |
| 7536585 |
Method of estimating storage system availability |
May 19, 2009 |
| An embodiment of a method of estimating storage system availability begins with a first step of modeling a storage system design in operation under a workload to determine location of retrieval points. The retrieval points provide sources for primary storage recovery for a plurality of |
| 7536573 |
Power budgeting for computers |
May 19, 2009 |
| A computer system uses power-consumption monitors for each of plural sets of devices. A power budget arbiter determines whether a collective power-consumption criterion is met at least in part as a function of said power-consumption data. |
| 7536567 |
BIOS-based systems and methods of processor power management |
May 19, 2009 |
| The present disclosure describes exemplary embodiments of BIOS-based systems and methods of processor power management. Such systems include a computer system, comprising: a processor operable at a plurality of power levels (the processor comprises a register capable of storing a process |
| 7536471 |
Use of nodes to monitor or manage peer to peer networks |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method for controlling a computer entity to participate in a peer to peer network of a plurality of computer entities comprises, for each computer entity, operating a peer to peer protocol for enabling the computer entity to utilise resources of at least one other computer entity o |
| 7536338 |
Method and system for automated bid advice for auctions |
May 19, 2009 |
| The present invention provides an automated estimation and optimization solution for selecting the optimal bid for an item in an auction. The characteristics of the auction are selected (e.g., auction format, reserve price). A relevant bidding model, based on the characteristics of t |
| 7536268 |
Collecting information to identify defective locations of a display monitor |
May 19, 2009 |
| Indications of user inputs with respect to a diagnostic image displayed on a display monitor are received to identify defective locations of the display monitor. Information is collected based on the received user inputs that identify defective locations of the display monitor. |
| 7535702 |
Computer device with universal cover |
May 19, 2009 |
| A computer device comprises at least one housing configured with a peripheral opening to enable access to a plurality of components disposed therein, and a cover couplable to the at least one housing over the peripheral opening to cooperatively enclose the plurality of components. |
| 7535697 |
Flexible docking bay |
May 19, 2009 |
| A flexible docking bay is disclosed. The flexible docking bay comprises a body having a cartridge-receiving portion defining a front region that defines an opening and a rear region that defines a rear bounding wall. A cartridge-encasing wall extends from the opening to the rear bounding |
| 7535638 |
Fractional coverage louver device for a light guide screen |
May 19, 2009 |
| In a particular embodiment, the fractional coverage louver device includes a transparent layer of material having a first surface and a second surface parallel thereto. A plurality of louver members disposed within the transparent layer of material provide fractional reflective coverage |
| 7535619 |
Discharge of MEM devices having charge induced via focused beam to enter different states |
May 19, 2009 |
| An apparatus includes micro-electromechanical (MEM) devices, a charge source, and a discharge mechanism. Each MEM device has different states based on a charged induced thereon. The charge source is to induce the charge thereon such that the MEM devices each enter one of the different |
| 7535583 |
Printer-based pre-ripping and caching of network documents |
May 19, 2009 |
| Printer-based pre-ripping and caching of network documents allows an indication of a network document to be forwarded to a printer prior to a request to print the network document being received. This allows the network document to be converted to a print-ready format, and the conver |
| 7535359 |
Method of annotating an item with electronic data and apparatus therefor |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method of annotating an item with electronic data is described which comprises securing a memory tag to the item, the memory tag having a memory and a transponder to enable wireless communication with the memory tag, and having an external dimension D. The memory tag is adapted for |
| 7534662 |
Methods for hermetic sealing of post media-filled MEMS package |
May 19, 2009 |
| This invention provides a system and method for hermetically sealing a post media-filled package with a metal cap. The method can include the operation of filling a MEMS package through a fill port with at least one medium. A further operation can be plugging the fill port in the MEMS |
| 7534618 |
Systems and methods for measuring glycated hemoglobin |
May 19, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for fractionating components of a sample are disclosed herein. A method of fractionating components of a sample includes establishing a solution density gradient in a capillary channel, applying the sample to the capillary channel, and centrifuging the sample in the |
| 7533980 |
Ink set and media for ink-jet printing |
May 19, 2009 |
| An ink set for ink-jet printing includes a medium cyan ink-jet ink, a magenta ink-jet ink, and a gray ink-jet ink. Each of the medium cyan ink-jet ink, the magenta ink-jet ink, and the gray ink-jet ink are configured to have a lightness at a predetermined/given number of drops per un |
| 7533976 |
Sealing component defining first, second, and third seals |
May 19, 2009 |
| A sealing component includes an elastomeric material. An exterior side surface of the elastomeric material is to define at least a first seal with a first external mating member into which the sealing component is insertable. An interior surface of the elastomeric material is to define |
| 7533905 |
Anti-counterfeiting system and method |
May 19, 2009 |
| Disclosed is an anti-counterfeiting system. In a particular embodiment, the anti-counterfeiting system has a first structure having a plurality of three-dimensional nanostructures, each having a height dimension less than a wavelength of visible light. In addition, there is a second |
| 7533303 |
Method and system for performing system-level correction of memory errors |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method and system for correcting errors in a memory subsystem in a computer system. Occurrence of correctable memory errors are monitored and a determination is made whether the risk of an occurrence of an uncorrectable memory error is less than a tolerable risk. If the risk of an |
| 7533293 |
Systems and methods for CPU repair |
May 12, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a CPU cache management system is provided. The CPU management system includes, for example, a CPU chip and cache management logic. The CPU chip include cache elements that are initially in use and spare cache elements that not initially in use. The cache management |
| 7533285 |
Synchronizing link delay measurement over serial links |
May 12, 2009 |
| Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with synchronizing link delay is provided. In one example system, a system for synchronizing signal communication between a first electronic component and a second electronic component connected by one or more serial communication links |
| 7533233 |
Accommodating multiple operating systems and memory sizes on IA-32 platforms |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method of configuring IA-32 computer resources accommodates multiple operating systems and memory sizes automatically. If total available physical memory does not exceed 4 GB, then the minimum required memory-mapped IO size is rounded up to the next multiple of 128 M. Otherwise, it |
| 7533194 |
Multi-mode port in a network device for serial and network communication |
May 12, 2009 |
| In one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a multi-mode port in a network device, includes: setting a first mode on the port, wherein the network device can perform serial communication on the port; and setting a second mode on the port, wherein the network device can |
| 7533109 |
Item queue management |
May 12, 2009 |
| Network devices, systems, and methods are provided involving item routing management. One embodiment includes a computing device item routing management having a number of queues and a logic component. The number of queues can hold a number of items to be routed, via a routing path withi |
| 7532801 |
Imaging device illumination system |
May 12, 2009 |
| An imaging device illumination system comprises first and second elongate light guides configured to emit light toward an object to be imaged, each of the first and second light guides having an input window at one end thereof for receiving light from a light source and an end face at an |
| 7532785 |
Photonic interconnects for computer system devices |
May 12, 2009 |
| Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonic interconnects that can be used for on-chip as well as off-chip communications between computer system components. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic interconnect comprises a plurality of on-chip |
| 7532759 |
Method, system and computer software product for selecting elements of a digital image |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method and system for selecting image elements, such as image pixels or vectors, of a digital image provide a set of lexical classifiers, such as a set of color names, which characterize a visual attribute of the image elements such as color. A lexical classifier is assigned to each im |
| 7532605 |
MAC-PHY interfacing for wireless devices |
May 12, 2009 |
| Methods, devices and systems for a wireless device interface are provided. A media access controller (MAC) is provided on a printed circuit board (PCB). A physical layer device (PHY) is interfaced to the MAC using one or more high speed serial input/output channels. |
