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| High speed memory systems and methods for designing hierarchical memory systems | 20110022791 | 20110127 |
| A system and method for designing and constructing hierarchical memory systems is disclosed. A plurality of different algorithmic memory blocks are disclosed. Each algorithmic memory block includes a memory controller that implements a specific storage algorithm and a set of lower level memory components. Each of those lower level memory components may be constructed with another algorithmic memory block or with a fundamental memory block. By organizing algorithmic memory blocks in various different hierarchical organizations, may different complex memory systems that provide new features may be created.
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| Quality of service (qos) resources within a wireless communications system | 20110021202 | 20110127 |
| In an embodiment, an access terminal sends a request for a level of Quality of Service (QoS) resources to an access network, the QoS resource request associated with a call attempt by the access terminal. The access terminal proceeds with call set-up for the call attempt irrespective of whether the access network grants the QoS resource request. Alternatively, the access terminal waits for an extended period of time before the call attempt is permitted to fail. In a further example, in the event of call failure, the access terminal can refrain from informing a user thereof of the call failure. In another embodiment, the access network can respond to the QoS resource request with an allocation of a lower level QoS resources than requested if the... |
| Increasing reliability of copper-based metallization structures in a microstructure device by using aluminum nitride | 20110018134 | 20110127 |
| By forming an aluminum nitride layer by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level.
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| Vertical small packet dispenser | 20110017768 | 20110127 |
| A dispenser for packets comprising a housing defining a channel, an outlet opening in communication with the channel and a platform movably mounted to the housing through the outlet opening. The channel provides for receiving a vertical stack of packets. The platform comprises lower and upper level portions thereof and is movable between an outward position and an inward position. In the outward position, the lower level portion is positioned outwardly of the housing and the upper level portion is positioned in the channel. In the inward position, the lower and upper level portions are positioned in the channel. When the platform is in the outward position, the vertical stack rests on the upper level portion. When the platform is moved to the inward position, the... |
| Quantum cascade laser | 20110007768 | 20110113 |
| A quantum cascade laser is configured so as to include a semiconductor substrate and an active layer which is provided on the substrate and has a cascade structure including multistage-laminated unit laminate structures 16 each including a quantum well emission layer 17 and an injection layer 18. Moreover, the unit laminate structure 16 has, in its subband level structure, an emission upper level 3, a lower level 2, and an injection level 4 of higher energy than the upper level 3, and light hv is generated by intersubband transition of electrons from the level 3 to the level 2 in the emission layer 17, and electrons after emission transition are injected into the injection level 4 of the subsequent stage via the injection layer 18. In... |
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| Multi path power for cmos imagers | 20110007198 | 20110113 |
| An analog signal chain for a CMOS active pixel sensor imaging system utilizes, for each amplification stage, a plurality of fixed gain amplifiers instead of a single multi-gain amplifier. The fixed gain amplifier corresponding to the desired gain level is selected and powered on and coupled to the input/output signal paths, while the non-selected fixed gain amplifier(s) are powered off and isolated from the input/output signal paths. Each fixed gain amplifier is operated at a gain bandwidth corresponding to the timing requirements of the imaging system and the gain of the amplifier. Thus, each fixed gain amplifier (other than the one corresponding to the maximum gain of a comparable multi-gain amplifier) operates at a lower level of power consumption than the comparable multi-gain amplifier.
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| Transport independent architecture | 20110004886 | 20110106 |
| A system for automating connection management in a manner that may be transparent to any actively communicating applications operating in a Network on Terminal Architecture (NoTA). An application level entity, such as an application node, may access another node by making a request to a high level communication structure via a high level interface. The high level structure may then interact with a lower level structure in order to facilitate a connection to a programmatic element on another device, for example, via a wireless communication transport.
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| Methods for prognosing the status of tumor patients | 20110003335 | 20110106 |
| A method for prognosing the status of a tumor patient is provided, wherein the level of antibodies against Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida sp., especially Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus or Klebsiella pneumoniae is determined in said the patient, and prognosing the status of the patient upon the level of these antibodies determined in the patient by determining a better status for a patient with a lower level of these antibodies compared to the average level or by determining a worse status for a patient with a higher level of these antibodies compared to the average level.
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| Buffer control for multi-transport architectures | 20110002344 | 20110106 |
| A system for automating connection management in a manner that may be transparent to any actively communicating applications operating in a Network on Terminal Architecture (NoTA). An application level entity may access another node by making a request to a high level communication structure via an interface. The high level structure may interact with a lower level structure configured to manage communication by establishing communication with another device via one or more transports. In at least one embodiment, provisions may be made to guard against data being lost when a transport fails, including storing data that is passed from a transport-independent buffer to a transport-specific buffer in case the transport fails. When a failure occurs, the stored data may readily be forwarded for sending using another... |
| Motorhome with onboard touring car, elevator, and crew cabin | 20110000730 | 20110106 |
| The invention relates to a two-level motorhome with, on the lower level: a receptacle for a car, accessed perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the motorhome; and, on the upper level: two independent living areas. One is at the front, with three slide-outs, two of them right above the car receptacle, served by a staircase and an elevator car that goes right down to the ground, and adapted to accommodate four people enjoying a living room that can be converted into a room with twin beds closed off by rigid partitions. One is at the rear, used as a cabin to house a two-person crew, served by an independent staircase. The motorhome according to the invention is adapted for land tours for four individuals who wish... |
| Apparatus, method, and software for analyzing network traffic in a service aware network | 20100333077 | 20101230 |
| The present invention generally relates to a method for describing network events in a service aware network (“SAN”). In addition, the present invention relates to software that performs the method and has a programming model containing protocol libraries, abstract protocol messages declarations, and network events. The method and software enable a user to define basic as well as complex network events in the application, presentation, session, transport and/or network layers of a communication model, which result in internet protocol (“IP”) level triggers or other triggers. Such triggers will result in actions which may be applicable in all layers of a communication model up to the highest layer. As a result, the method and software allow a user to describe a hierarchy of high level network events... |
| Method and apparatus for comprehensive network management system | 20100332638 | 20101230 |
| In a system for managing data, voice, application and video networks and associated systems and services that comprise multiple, interconnected network technologies, a management system suited for a particular networking technology manages each separate technology domain. Multiple management systems thus manage multiple domains with respect to fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security management. The management systems that manage the individual networking technology domains are then themselves managed by a higher-level system, called an inter-domain management system, which performs cross-domain management. The individual management systems of the invention collect data from their respective technology domains and provide it to an intra-domain data collection function. This data is then utilized by an inter-domain data correlation function to determine what instructions should be sent from an intra-domain instruction function... |
| California wind engine | 20100329841 | 20101230 |
| The CWE Concepts are designed to extract the maximum possible wind energy passing through a given square footage area of influencing machine interface at given calculated velocities, to deliver that energy to two power take off shafts for end user's useful work (electrical power generation and other requirements). A multi-bucket “S” rotor, airfoils, baffles and cowling combined, utilize one hundred percent of that moving air volume most efficiently. Our strategies are to use smaller units, yielding more power than existing designs while being installed at much lower levels, urban friendly, less visible, nearly-enclosed rotating machinery, quieter, and safer for indigenous wildlife populations. We plan to market for commercial and residential customers, in turn providing HVAC and electrical power augmentation to utility companies—a reliable and robust addition... |
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| Method and apparatus for producing non linear sound attenuation | 20100329475 | 20101230 |
| Certain embodiments of the present technology provide a sound attenuator for reducing high level sounds within the ear canal while maintaining high audibility for lower level sounds. The sound attenuator comprises a housing with a passageway for passing external sound, a damping member to restore resonance within a plugged ear, and a disc interposed across the passageway. The disc comprises a cavity, at least one hole through said disc and a flexible diaphragm positioned across the cavity. At a sound pressure level less than that of a predetermined value the flexible diaphragm expands upon an increase in the external sound pressure level maintaining a near constant level of attenuation. For sound pressure levels at or greater than that of the predetermined value the diaphragm contacts the... |
| Method and apparatus for managing a user | 20100325701 | 20101223 |
| In the field of communications, a method and an apparatus for managing a user are provided. The method for managing a user includes the following steps. An identity of a user is authenticated. After the identity authentication of the user is successfully performed, a service router (SR) authenticates a management authority of the user. After the management authority authentication is successfully performed, service configuration management is performed according to the management authority of the user. As compared with the conventional art, by moderately authorizing the lower level user, the technical solutions can reduce the costs of operation and maintenance, improve the efficiency and solve the problem in time, thereby improving customer satisfaction.
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| Piezoelectric direct acting fuel injector with hydraulic link | 20100313853 | 20101216 |
| A piezoelectric-actuated fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a piezoelectric actuator movable to expand in a first direction and movable to contract in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a hydraulic link assembly disposed within a nozzle cavity formed in a nozzle housing containing a nozzle valve element. The hydraulic link assembly is positioned close to the injector orifices to minimize needle valve element length and mass, thereby reducing seat impact forces and enhance response time. A refill valve operates to move into an open position to refill a hydraulic link chamber. An actuator power source operates to vary voltage to cause multiple injection pulses and to selectively maintain the voltage above... |
| Diesel fuel compositions containing levulinate ester | 20100313467 | 20101216 |
| A diesel fuel composition is disclosed that requires a reduced amount of petroleum-based diesel and provides lower level of emissions, while maintaining the desired performances of the petroleum-based diesel. The disclosed fuel composition comprises a petroleum-based diesel and at least about 5% by volume of levulinate ester, and may be substantially free of alkanolamides, alcohols, or combinations thereof. When desired, the fuel composition may include biodiesel and other additives. The disclosed fuel composition may be formulated such that its performances are in compliance with the ASTM D975 standard.
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| Folding barrier device | 20100306915 | 20101209 |
| Said device is particularly suitable for enclosing a body of water such as in particular a swimming pool.
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| Data unit reception management method and related system and device | 20100304774 | 20101202 |
| A method of managing reception of data units transmitted from a radiocommunication network to a plurality of user equipments via a plurality of common upper level channels mapped to a same common lower level channel. The method comprises the following steps carried out by any user equipment of said plurality of user equipments: receiving a list of information relating respectively to each common upper level channel of said plurality of common upper level channels in a determined order, said information including no common upper level channel identifier; and setting a common upper level channel identifier for each common upper level channel of said plurality of common upper level channels according to the received list of information.
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| Stairway for an aircraft | 20100301163 | 20101202 |
| A stairway used for gaining access from a theoretically horizontal lower level to a theoretically horizontal higher level, and including a succession of intermediate steps between these two levels. A subassembly of intermediate steps corresponding to the steps closest to the lower level is mobile between a first deployed position at which the lower intermediate steps are in the extension of other intermediate steps, and a raised position at which the lower intermediate steps are in a substantially vertical position.
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| Settler arrangement for liquid-liquid extraction, equipment to be placed in the settler op liquid-liquid extraction and method for installing the equipment | 20100294715 | 20101125 |
| Equipment to be placed in the settler (6) of liquid-liquid extraction. The equipment comprises an overflow chute (10) for receiving a first solution as an overflow from the settler; a first outlet box (15) that is placed on a lower level than the overflow chute and arranged to receive the first solution from the overflow chute; a collecting chute (12) that is positioned adjacently with the overflow chute for receiving the second solution as an underflow from the settler; rising pipes (13) that extend from the collecting chute to the settler for conducting the second solution to the collecting chute; level control valves (14) arranged in the rising pipes for adjusting the level of the second solution; and a second outlet box (15) that is placed... |
| Cache enumeration and indexing | 20100293332 | 20101118 |
| In response to a request including a state object, which can indicate a state of an enumeration of a cache, the enumeration can be continued by using the state object to identify and send cache data. Also, an enumeration of cache units can be performed by traversing a data structure that includes object nodes, which correspond to cache units, and internal nodes. An enumeration state stack can indicate a current state of the enumeration, and can include state nodes that correspond to internal nodes in the data structure. Additionally, a cache index data structure can include a higher level table and a lower level table. The higher level table can have a leaf node pointing to the lower level table, and the lower level table can... |
| Operation method of non-volatile memory | 20100284220 | 20101111 |
| An operation method of a non-volatile memory for reducing the second-bit effect in the non-volatile memory is suitable for an N-level memory cell having a first storage position and a second storage position (wherein N is a positive integer greater than 2). The method includes following steps: determining sets of operation levels for operating the first storage position according to the level of the second storage position; when the level of the second storage position is a lower level, operating the first storage position according to a first set of operation levels; when the level of the second storage position is a higher level, operating the first storage position according to a second set of operation levels. Each of the levels in the second set of... |
| Modular, portable data processing terminal for use in a radio frequency communication | 20100282852 | 20101111 |
| Modular, portable data collection terminals are disclosed for use in mixed wireless and hard-wired RF communication networks, wherein various radio transmitter modules and associated antennas may be selectively added to a base terminal unit to solve networking problems associated with specific types of business environments. Modularity exists in both the hardware (splitting data collection and processing control circuitry from radio transceiver control circuitry) and software (splitting transceiver-specific, lower level communication protocol from generic, higher level communication protocol). The control circuitry, including associated microprocessors devices, interact to selectively activate communication circuits to perform necessary communication or data processing functions and enter and remain in a power-saving dormant state during other times. To support such dormant or “sleeping” states, a series of communication protocols provide for channel access... |
| Image processing system, device operation screen generation method, program, and information processing apparatus | 20100281428 | 20101104 |
| An information processing apparatus registers processing executed by an image processing device as a button, acquires device information of the image processing device from the image processing device, and decides a hierarchy for displaying the registered buttons based on the acquired device information and contents of processing corresponding to the registered buttons. The apparatus groups a plurality of buttons which are decided to be displayed on a lower level into one or more groups, and makes one summary button correspond to each group. The apparatus generates operation screen information for displaying a button that is decided to be displayed on an upper level and the summary button that has been summarized on an operation screen, and sends the operation screen information to the image processing device.... |
| Tree-based electrical stimulator programming | 20100280576 | 20101104 |
| The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter type. Each level includes nodes that are connected to nodes of adjacent levels. A program path is created by moving through nodes of lower levels. The stimulation parameter types are arranged so that coarse adjustments occur at higher levels of the tree and fine adjustments occur at lower levels of the tree. The nodes of the program path define the stimulation parameters of the delivered stimulation therapy. The user may provide information such as efficacy input and/or medication dosage information to the system for identifying the most efficacious program path... |
| Hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager | 20100278190 | 20101104 |
| A hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager includes multiple hierarchical levels to perform hierarchical winner selection and propagation in a pipeline including selecting and propagating winner queues of a lower level to subsequent levels to determine one final winning queue. The winner selection and propagation is performed in parallel between the levels to reduce the time required in selecting the final winning queue. In some embodiments, the hierarchical traffic manager is separated into multiple separate sliced hierarchical traffic managers to distributively process the traffic.
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| High speed airship structure | 20100276546 | 20101104 |
| The second level may comprises, carbon fiber honey comb sandwich composite Multi-envelopes and multi-level soft gas envelopes.
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| Barbecue | 20100275898 | 20101104 |
| The invention relates to a barbecue (1) comprising a carrier element (2), a grilling area (3) being substantial horizontal orientated and being located at the top of the carrier element (2) and a cover (4), wherein the cover (4) can be positioned in a first position (A) in which the grilling area (3) is covered and in a second position (B) in which the grilling area (3) is accessible. To improve the functionality of such a barbecue, the invention suggests that means (5, 6) are provided to allow the cover (4) to move from the first position (A) into the second position (B), wherein the cover (4) is pivoted during the movement from the first position (A) into the second position (B) around a horizontal axis... |
| Specifying an access hint for prefetching partial cache block data in a cache hierarchy | 20100268886 | 20101021 |
| A system and method for specifying an access hint for prefetching only a subsection of cache block data, for more efficient system interconnect usage by the processor core. A processing unit receives a data cache block touch (DCBT) instruction containing an access hint and identifying a specific size portion of data to be prefetched. Both the access hint and a value corresponding to an amount of data to be prefetched are contained in separate subfields of the DCBT instruction. In response to detecting that the code point is set to a specific value, only the specific size of data identified in a sub-field of the DCBT and addressed in the DCBT instruction is prefetched into an entry in the lower level cache.
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| Quantum cascade laser | 20110007768 | 20110113 |
| A quantum cascade laser is configured so as to include a semiconductor substrate and an active layer which is provided on the substrate and has a cascade structure including multistage-laminated unit laminate structures 16 each including a quantum well emission layer 17 and an injection layer 18. Moreover, the unit laminate structure 16 has, in its subband level structure, an emission upper level 3, a lower level 2, and an injection level 4 of higher energy than the upper level 3, and light hv is generated by intersubband transition of electrons from the level 3 to the level 2 in the emission layer 17, and electrons after emission transition are injected into the injection level 4 of the subsequent stage via the injection layer 18. In... |
| Multi path power for cmos imagers | 20110007198 | 20110113 |
| An analog signal chain for a CMOS active pixel sensor imaging system utilizes, for each amplification stage, a plurality of fixed gain amplifiers instead of a single multi-gain amplifier. The fixed gain amplifier corresponding to the desired gain level is selected and powered on and coupled to the input/output signal paths, while the non-selected fixed gain amplifier(s) are powered off and isolated from the input/output signal paths. Each fixed gain amplifier is operated at a gain bandwidth corresponding to the timing requirements of the imaging system and the gain of the amplifier. Thus, each fixed gain amplifier (other than the one corresponding to the maximum gain of a comparable multi-gain amplifier) operates at a lower level of power consumption than the comparable multi-gain amplifier.
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| Transport independent architecture | 20110004886 | 20110106 |
| A system for automating connection management in a manner that may be transparent to any actively communicating applications operating in a Network on Terminal Architecture (NoTA). An application level entity, such as an application node, may access another node by making a request to a high level communication structure via a high level interface. The high level structure may then interact with a lower level structure in order to facilitate a connection to a programmatic element on another device, for example, via a wireless communication transport.
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| Methods for prognosing the status of tumor patients | 20110003335 | 20110106 |
| A method for prognosing the status of a tumor patient is provided, wherein the level of antibodies against Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida sp., especially Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus or Klebsiella pneumoniae is determined in said the patient, and prognosing the status of the patient upon the level of these antibodies determined in the patient by determining a better status for a patient with a lower level of these antibodies compared to the average level or by determining a worse status for a patient with a higher level of these antibodies compared to the average level.
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| Buffer control for multi-transport architectures | 20110002344 | 20110106 |
| A system for automating connection management in a manner that may be transparent to any actively communicating applications operating in a Network on Terminal Architecture (NoTA). An application level entity may access another node by making a request to a high level communication structure via an interface. The high level structure may interact with a lower level structure configured to manage communication by establishing communication with another device via one or more transports. In at least one embodiment, provisions may be made to guard against data being lost when a transport fails, including storing data that is passed from a transport-independent buffer to a transport-specific buffer in case the transport fails. When a failure occurs, the stored data may readily be forwarded for sending using another... |
| Motorhome with onboard touring car, elevator, and crew cabin | 20110000730 | 20110106 |
| The invention relates to a two-level motorhome with, on the lower level: a receptacle for a car, accessed perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the motorhome; and, on the upper level: two independent living areas. One is at the front, with three slide-outs, two of them right above the car receptacle, served by a staircase and an elevator car that goes right down to the ground, and adapted to accommodate four people enjoying a living room that can be converted into a room with twin beds closed off by rigid partitions. One is at the rear, used as a cabin to house a two-person crew, served by an independent staircase. The motorhome according to the invention is adapted for land tours for four individuals who wish... |
| Apparatus, method, and software for analyzing network traffic in a service aware network | 20100333077 | 20101230 |
| The present invention generally relates to a method for describing network events in a service aware network (“SAN”). In addition, the present invention relates to software that performs the method and has a programming model containing protocol libraries, abstract protocol messages declarations, and network events. The method and software enable a user to define basic as well as complex network events in the application, presentation, session, transport and/or network layers of a communication model, which result in internet protocol (“IP”) level triggers or other triggers. Such triggers will result in actions which may be applicable in all layers of a communication model up to the highest layer. As a result, the method and software allow a user to describe a hierarchy of high level network events... |
| Method and apparatus for comprehensive network management system | 20100332638 | 20101230 |
| In a system for managing data, voice, application and video networks and associated systems and services that comprise multiple, interconnected network technologies, a management system suited for a particular networking technology manages each separate technology domain. Multiple management systems thus manage multiple domains with respect to fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security management. The management systems that manage the individual networking technology domains are then themselves managed by a higher-level system, called an inter-domain management system, which performs cross-domain management. The individual management systems of the invention collect data from their respective technology domains and provide it to an intra-domain data collection function. This data is then utilized by an inter-domain data correlation function to determine what instructions should be sent from an intra-domain instruction function... |
| California wind engine | 20100329841 | 20101230 |
| The CWE Concepts are designed to extract the maximum possible wind energy passing through a given square footage area of influencing machine interface at given calculated velocities, to deliver that energy to two power take off shafts for end user's useful work (electrical power generation and other requirements). A multi-bucket “S” rotor, airfoils, baffles and cowling combined, utilize one hundred percent of that moving air volume most efficiently. Our strategies are to use smaller units, yielding more power than existing designs while being installed at much lower levels, urban friendly, less visible, nearly-enclosed rotating machinery, quieter, and safer for indigenous wildlife populations. We plan to market for commercial and residential customers, in turn providing HVAC and electrical power augmentation to utility companies—a reliable and robust addition... |
| Method and apparatus for producing non linear sound attenuation | 20100329475 | 20101230 |
| Certain embodiments of the present technology provide a sound attenuator for reducing high level sounds within the ear canal while maintaining high audibility for lower level sounds. The sound attenuator comprises a housing with a passageway for passing external sound, a damping member to restore resonance within a plugged ear, and a disc interposed across the passageway. The disc comprises a cavity, at least one hole through said disc and a flexible diaphragm positioned across the cavity. At a sound pressure level less than that of a predetermined value the flexible diaphragm expands upon an increase in the external sound pressure level maintaining a near constant level of attenuation. For sound pressure levels at or greater than that of the predetermined value the diaphragm contacts the... |
| Method and apparatus for managing a user | 20100325701 | 20101223 |
| In the field of communications, a method and an apparatus for managing a user are provided. The method for managing a user includes the following steps. An identity of a user is authenticated. After the identity authentication of the user is successfully performed, a service router (SR) authenticates a management authority of the user. After the management authority authentication is successfully performed, service configuration management is performed according to the management authority of the user. As compared with the conventional art, by moderately authorizing the lower level user, the technical solutions can reduce the costs of operation and maintenance, improve the efficiency and solve the problem in time, thereby improving customer satisfaction.
... |
| Piezoelectric direct acting fuel injector with hydraulic link | 20100313853 | 20101216 |
| A piezoelectric-actuated fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a piezoelectric actuator movable to expand in a first direction and movable to contract in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a hydraulic link assembly disposed within a nozzle cavity formed in a nozzle housing containing a nozzle valve element. The hydraulic link assembly is positioned close to the injector orifices to minimize needle valve element length and mass, thereby reducing seat impact forces and enhance response time. A refill valve operates to move into an open position to refill a hydraulic link chamber. An actuator power source operates to vary voltage to cause multiple injection pulses and to selectively maintain the voltage above... |
| Diesel fuel compositions containing levulinate ester | 20100313467 | 20101216 |
| A diesel fuel composition is disclosed that requires a reduced amount of petroleum-based diesel and provides lower level of emissions, while maintaining the desired performances of the petroleum-based diesel. The disclosed fuel composition comprises a petroleum-based diesel and at least about 5% by volume of levulinate ester, and may be substantially free of alkanolamides, alcohols, or combinations thereof. When desired, the fuel composition may include biodiesel and other additives. The disclosed fuel composition may be formulated such that its performances are in compliance with the ASTM D975 standard.
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| Folding barrier device | 20100306915 | 20101209 |
| Said device is particularly suitable for enclosing a body of water such as in particular a swimming pool.
... |
| Data unit reception management method and related system and device | 20100304774 | 20101202 |
| A method of managing reception of data units transmitted from a radiocommunication network to a plurality of user equipments via a plurality of common upper level channels mapped to a same common lower level channel. The method comprises the following steps carried out by any user equipment of said plurality of user equipments: receiving a list of information relating respectively to each common upper level channel of said plurality of common upper level channels in a determined order, said information including no common upper level channel identifier; and setting a common upper level channel identifier for each common upper level channel of said plurality of common upper level channels according to the received list of information.
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| Stairway for an aircraft | 20100301163 | 20101202 |
| A stairway used for gaining access from a theoretically horizontal lower level to a theoretically horizontal higher level, and including a succession of intermediate steps between these two levels. A subassembly of intermediate steps corresponding to the steps closest to the lower level is mobile between a first deployed position at which the lower intermediate steps are in the extension of other intermediate steps, and a raised position at which the lower intermediate steps are in a substantially vertical position.
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| Settler arrangement for liquid-liquid extraction, equipment to be placed in the settler op liquid-liquid extraction and method for installing the equipment | 20100294715 | 20101125 |
| Equipment to be placed in the settler (6) of liquid-liquid extraction. The equipment comprises an overflow chute (10) for receiving a first solution as an overflow from the settler; a first outlet box (15) that is placed on a lower level than the overflow chute and arranged to receive the first solution from the overflow chute; a collecting chute (12) that is positioned adjacently with the overflow chute for receiving the second solution as an underflow from the settler; rising pipes (13) that extend from the collecting chute to the settler for conducting the second solution to the collecting chute; level control valves (14) arranged in the rising pipes for adjusting the level of the second solution; and a second outlet box (15) that is placed... |
| Cache enumeration and indexing | 20100293332 | 20101118 |
| In response to a request including a state object, which can indicate a state of an enumeration of a cache, the enumeration can be continued by using the state object to identify and send cache data. Also, an enumeration of cache units can be performed by traversing a data structure that includes object nodes, which correspond to cache units, and internal nodes. An enumeration state stack can indicate a current state of the enumeration, and can include state nodes that correspond to internal nodes in the data structure. Additionally, a cache index data structure can include a higher level table and a lower level table. The higher level table can have a leaf node pointing to the lower level table, and the lower level table can... |
| Operation method of non-volatile memory | 20100284220 | 20101111 |
| An operation method of a non-volatile memory for reducing the second-bit effect in the non-volatile memory is suitable for an N-level memory cell having a first storage position and a second storage position (wherein N is a positive integer greater than 2). The method includes following steps: determining sets of operation levels for operating the first storage position according to the level of the second storage position; when the level of the second storage position is a lower level, operating the first storage position according to a first set of operation levels; when the level of the second storage position is a higher level, operating the first storage position according to a second set of operation levels. Each of the levels in the second set of... |
| Modular, portable data processing terminal for use in a radio frequency communication | 20100282852 | 20101111 |
| Modular, portable data collection terminals are disclosed for use in mixed wireless and hard-wired RF communication networks, wherein various radio transmitter modules and associated antennas may be selectively added to a base terminal unit to solve networking problems associated with specific types of business environments. Modularity exists in both the hardware (splitting data collection and processing control circuitry from radio transceiver control circuitry) and software (splitting transceiver-specific, lower level communication protocol from generic, higher level communication protocol). The control circuitry, including associated microprocessors devices, interact to selectively activate communication circuits to perform necessary communication or data processing functions and enter and remain in a power-saving dormant state during other times. To support such dormant or “sleeping” states, a series of communication protocols provide for channel access... |
| Image processing system, device operation screen generation method, program, and information processing apparatus | 20100281428 | 20101104 |
| An information processing apparatus registers processing executed by an image processing device as a button, acquires device information of the image processing device from the image processing device, and decides a hierarchy for displaying the registered buttons based on the acquired device information and contents of processing corresponding to the registered buttons. The apparatus groups a plurality of buttons which are decided to be displayed on a lower level into one or more groups, and makes one summary button correspond to each group. The apparatus generates operation screen information for displaying a button that is decided to be displayed on an upper level and the summary button that has been summarized on an operation screen, and sends the operation screen information to the image processing device.... |
| Tree-based electrical stimulator programming | 20100280576 | 20101104 |
| The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter type. Each level includes nodes that are connected to nodes of adjacent levels. A program path is created by moving through nodes of lower levels. The stimulation parameter types are arranged so that coarse adjustments occur at higher levels of the tree and fine adjustments occur at lower levels of the tree. The nodes of the program path define the stimulation parameters of the delivered stimulation therapy. The user may provide information such as efficacy input and/or medication dosage information to the system for identifying the most efficacious program path... |
| Hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager | 20100278190 | 20101104 |
| A hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager includes multiple hierarchical levels to perform hierarchical winner selection and propagation in a pipeline including selecting and propagating winner queues of a lower level to subsequent levels to determine one final winning queue. The winner selection and propagation is performed in parallel between the levels to reduce the time required in selecting the final winning queue. In some embodiments, the hierarchical traffic manager is separated into multiple separate sliced hierarchical traffic managers to distributively process the traffic.
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| High speed airship structure | 20100276546 | 20101104 |
| The second level may comprises, carbon fiber honey comb sandwich composite Multi-envelopes and multi-level soft gas envelopes.
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| Barbecue | 20100275898 | 20101104 |
| The invention relates to a barbecue (1) comprising a carrier element (2), a grilling area (3) being substantial horizontal orientated and being located at the top of the carrier element (2) and a cover (4), wherein the cover (4) can be positioned in a first position (A) in which the grilling area (3) is covered and in a second position (B) in which the grilling area (3) is accessible. To improve the functionality of such a barbecue, the invention suggests that means (5, 6) are provided to allow the cover (4) to move from the first position (A) into the second position (B), wherein the cover (4) is pivoted during the movement from the first position (A) into the second position (B) around a horizontal axis... |
| Specifying an access hint for prefetching partial cache block data in a cache hierarchy | 20100268886 | 20101021 |
| A system and method for specifying an access hint for prefetching only a subsection of cache block data, for more efficient system interconnect usage by the processor core. A processing unit receives a data cache block touch (DCBT) instruction containing an access hint and identifying a specific size portion of data to be prefetched. Both the access hint and a value corresponding to an amount of data to be prefetched are contained in separate subfields of the DCBT instruction. In response to detecting that the code point is set to a specific value, only the specific size of data identified in a sub-field of the DCBT and addressed in the DCBT instruction is prefetched into an entry in the lower level cache.
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| Specifying an access hint for prefetching limited use data in a cache hierarchy | 20100268885 | 20101021 |
| A system and method for specifying an access hint for prefetching limited use data. A processing unit receives a data cache block touch (DCBT) instruction having an access hint indicating to the processing unit that a program executing on the data processing system may soon access a cache block addressed within the DCBT instruction. The access hint is contained in a code point stored in a subfield of the DCBT instruction. In response to detecting that the code point is set to a specific value, the data addressed in the DCBT instruction is prefetched into an entry in the lower level cache. The entry may then be updated as a least recently used entry of a plurality of entries in the lower level cache. In response... |
| Updating partial cache lines in a data processing system | 20100268884 | 20101021 |
| A processing unit for a data processing system includes a processor core having one or more execution units for processing instructions and a register file for storing data accessed in processing of the instructions. The processing unit also includes a multi-level cache hierarchy coupled to and supporting the processor core. The multi-level cache hierarchy includes at least one upper level of cache memory having a lower access latency and at least one lower level of cache memory having a higher access latency. The lower level of cache memory, responsive to receipt of a memory access request that hits only a partial cache line in the lower level cache memory, sources the partial cache line to the at least one upper level cache memory to service the... |
| Enhanced sensitivity solid state radiation detector | 20100264323 | 20101021 |
| A solid state radiation detector comprises a substrate having a sensing element thereon and at least one heavy metal plug formed in at least one insulation layer above the substrate. The at least one heavy metal plug is located directly above the sensing element and is electrically isolated from the sensing element. The at least one heavy metal plug reacts with a plurality of initial radiation particles to produce a plurality of secondary particles, the plurality of secondary particles having a lower level of energy than the plurality of initial radiation particles; wherein the number of secondary particles produced is greater than the number of initial radiation particles with which the at least one heavy metal plug reacts; and wherein the sensing element is operable to... |
| Metal wiring structures for uniform current density in c4 balls | 20100263913 | 20101021 |
| In one embodiment, a sub-pad assembly of metal structures is located directly underneath a metal pad. The sub-pad assembly includes an upper level metal line structure abutting the metal pad, a lower level metal line structure located underneath the upper level metal line structure, and a set of metal vias that provide electrical connection between the lower level metal line structure located underneath the upper level metal line structure. In another embodiment, the reliability of a C4 ball is enhanced by employing a metal pad structure having a set of integrated metal vias that are segmented and distributed to facilitate uniform current density distribution within the C4 ball. The area1 density of the cross-sectional area in the plurality of metal vias is higher at the center... |
| Structured and unstructured data models | 20090327230 | 20091231 |
| Structured and/or unstructured data is processed with the aid of a data model. The data model provides a conceptual description of source content that can be generated or otherwise modified automatically as a function of data, models, and/or structure associated with the data. Both structured and unstructured data can be viewed in terms of high-level content rather than a lower level physical model. Among other things, this view can be employed to aid search as well as data sharing.
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| Query execution plans by compilation-time execution | 20090327214 | 20091231 |
| Described is a query optimizer comprising a query tuner that performs actual execution of query fragments to obtain actual results during compilation time, and uses those actual results to select a query plan. The actual results may be combined with estimates for fragments that were not executed. The tree may be traversed in a top-down traversal, processing every node. Alternatively, the tree may be traversed in a bottom-up traversal, re-deriving data for higher nodes as each lower level is completed. A limit, such as a time limit or level limit, may be used to control how much time is taken to determine the execution plan.
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| Multi-level data encryption and decryption system and method thereof | 20090323937 | 20091231 |
| A multi-level data encryption and decryption system and a method thereof are provided. The method includes dividing a data into a plurality of sub-data blocks corresponding to a plurality of user levels. The method also includes generating an encryption key for each level according to a level generation key and a time key of the level and encrypting the sub-data block of each level by using the encryption key of the level, wherein the level generation key and the time key of a lower level are generated based on the same of an upper level, the time key is generated according to a time generation key and a time seed, and the time seed is periodically updated according to different encryption periods. Thereby, the number of... |
| User interface for navigating large scale hierarchical namespaces | 20090319956 | 20091224 |
| A system and method of displaying user interface information with respect to navigation of a hierarchical namespace is disclosed. The hierarchical namespace includes a first set of items representing a top level portion of the hierarchical namespace and a second set of items representing lower levels of the hierarchical namespace.
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| Data processing control method, information processing apparatus, and data processing control system | 20090319731 | 20091224 |
| In a system which realizes to prevent leakage/loss of secret information by prohibiting a write operation to a secondary storage apparatus and a write operation to an external medium, an automatic collection of secret data to a server is executed, an existing application mode of PC is not damaged, and then an update of OS and an application is executed. The present invention places a secondary storage apparatus write control driver on the lower level than a file system, and redirects a write operation to the secondary storage apparatus, setting up a memory to be a primary cache, and cache data file on a cache server of a network destination to be a secondary cache. Thereby, the write operation to the secondary storage apparatus is not... |
| Method of detecting preeclampsia | 20090317812 | 20091224 |
| The invention provides a method for detecting a propensity toward or risk of developing preeclampsia, comprising detecting in a female subject the presence of a single base pair point mutation, ΔA at position +1754, in the HLA-G mRNA 3′UTR. The mutation is associated with preeclampsic subjects, and with decreased RNA stability in vitro. The presence of this ΔA mutation may provide an explanation for lower levels of HLA-G expression seen in association with preeclampsia.
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| Method and vehicle electric system for a motor vehicle with a pre-emptive temporary load reduction of the vehicle electric system | 20090312910 | 20091217 |
| A method is provided for reducing the energy consumption of a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle electric system, to which at least a first electric consumer is connected. In order to achieve an efficient vehicle electric system, which, in addition, contributes to a reduced energy consumption of a motor vehicle, in a first operating mode of the motor vehicle, the level of the electric load on the vehicle electric system without at least the first consumer is at a first level. In a second operating mode of the motor vehicle, the level of the electric load on the vehicle electric system without at least the first consumer is decreased temporarily to a second level that is lower than the first level. A device, which... |
| Address assignment method and transmission method of mobile of mobile nodes for hierarchical routing in lowpans | 20090310519 | 20091217 |
| An address assignment method of a mobile node, for hierarchical routing in a low-power wireless personal area network (LoWPAN), includes (a) classifying a plurality of fixed nodes in a hierarchical way, (b) designating a management node and a head node of a lower level than the level of the management node in the fixed nodes, (c) determining if the mobile node can communicate with the head node, and (d) assigning an address to the mobile node through a neighboring head node, which can communicate with the mobile node when the mobile node cannot communicate with the head node. Therefore, addresses may be assigned without limitation until the addresses for the mobile nodes are exhausted. Furthermore, even when the mobile node having an assigned address from a... |
| High rate preform feeding device | 20090308714 | 20091217 |
| Centrifugal feeder device comprising an outer enclosure (2) which accommodates both a ring (3) mounted rotatably in the enclosure (2) and lying in an approximately horizontal plane, and a disc (4) mounted rotatably in said ring (3), the axis (5) of rotation of the disc (4) being inclined with respect to the axis (6) of rotation of the ring (3), the disc (4) and the ring (3) being U approximately tangent to each other in a transfer area (10) and being distant from each other in a loading area (8) which is at a lower level than the level of the transfer area (10), the ring (3) being surrounded by a lateral guide (15) which determines, with the inner edge of the ring (3), a useful... |
| Treated bottom ash medium and method of arsenic removal from drinking water | 20090301971 | 20091210 |
| A method for low-cost arsenic removal from drinking water using chemically prepared bottom ash pre-treated with ferrous sulfate and then sodium hydroxide. Deposits on the surface of particles of bottom ash form of activated iron adsorbent with a high affinity for arsenic. In laboratory tests, a miniscule 5 grams of pre-treated bottom ash was sufficient to remove the arsenic from 2 liters of 2400 ppb (parts per billion) arsenic-laden water to a level below 50 ppb (the present United States Environmental Protection Agency limit). By increasing the amount of pre-treated bottom ash, even lower levels of post-treatment arsenic are expected. It is further expected that this invention supplies a very low-cost solution to arsenic poisoning for large population segments.
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| Method and device for purifying wastewater | 20090301966 | 20091210 |
| Wastewater can be purified in a device, which includes a cup-shaped vessel, having a wastewater inlet tube for the water at a certain level and an outlet tube at a lower level than the inlet tube, and a horizontal distribution disc, which vertically divides the vessel, has at least one opening and is provided with a substantially vertical distribution tube for receiving the water from the inlet tube. Water above the distribution disc is pumped through a filter head with a filter. Filtered water is let out through the outlet tube, whereas unfiltered water is transferred back to the distribution tube. Flocculation agent is added to the unfiltered water before reaching the distribution tube.
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| Single switch high efficiency power supply | 20090296431 | 20091203 |
| Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for providing a capacitive voltage divider configured to reduce a relatively high level alternating current (AC) to a lower level direct current (DC). The apparatus provides a series of capacitors and diodes configured for series charging of the capacitors and parallel discharge thereof by way of a single switching element. In operation, the capacitor series is charged during the negative half cycle of the AC source and then discharged during the positive half cycle thereof.
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| Semiconductor device having driving transistors | 20090294821 | 20091203 |
| One embodiment exemplarily described herein can be generally characterized as a semiconductor device that includes a lower level device layer located over a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating film located over the lower level device layer and an upper level device layer located over the interlayer insulating film. The lower level device layer may include a plurality of devices formed in the substrate. The upper level device layer may include a plurality of semiconductor patterns and at least one device formed in each of the plurality of semiconductor patterns. The plurality of semiconductor patterns may be electrically isolated from each other. Each of the plurality of semiconductor patterns may include at least one active portion and at least one body contact portion electrically connected to the... |
| Systems and methods for generating a swimlane timeline for task data visualization | 20090293074 | 20091126 |
| The Swimlane Timeline application for task data visualization utilizes the Microsoft Visio Application Programming Interface (API) to visualize user specified task data. The task data includes one or more of: task name, task outline number, task start date, and/or task finish date. The application solicits, interprets, and visualizes the data by mapping the user selected top-level outline number “n” as the parent task that defines the timeline and title, the “n.n” child tasks to swim lane rows, and the “n.n.n . . . ” lower level tasks to intervals and milestones within the swim lanes. Task analysis and reporting are enhanced with features including task drill-in, task filtering, and other user visualization preferences.
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| Cascading index compression | 20090292947 | 20091126 |
| Techniques for maintaining a cascading index are provided. In one approach, one or more branch node compression techniques are applied to the main index of a cascading index. In an approach, a Bloom filter is generated and associated with, e.g., a branch node in the main index. The Bloom filter is used to determine whether, without accessing any leaf blocks, a particular key value exists, e.g., in leaf blocks associated with the branch node. In an approach, a new redo record is generated in response to a merge operation between two levels of the cascading index. The new redo record comprises (a) one or more addresses of blocks that are affected by the merge operation, (b) data is that being “pushed down” to a lower level... |
| Milling insert | 20090285646 | 20091119 |
| A milling insert, including an upperside, an underside, and a reference plane parallel to the upperside and the underside. A plurality of indexable cutting edges are formed along a peripheral borderline in transitions between at least the upperside and a number of clearance surfaces. Each cutting edge includes a chip-removing main edge and a surface-wiping secondary edge, the secondary edge forming an obtuse angle with the main edge as viewed in planar view from the upperside. The main edge, from a first end of the main edge adjacent to the secondary edge, first declines toward the underside of the milling insert and then, from a lowest part, rises toward an opposite second end of the main edge. The secondary edge is inclined at an angle (ε)... |
| Lighting system with combined directly viewable luminous or transmissive surface and controlled area illumination | 20090284966 | 20091119 |
| An apparatus, system and method for lighting an area, for example, an outdoors pedestrian area or building facade or an auto traffic area, or an indoor large area, which provides indicator/guide light, reference light for structures, and task lighting for a target area. The method uses first lighting sources that are directly viewable by observers and which can be historical, architectural, or aesthetically selected sources, but which produce a relatively low level of light or luminance insufficient to effectively light the area but sufficient to act as an indicator or guide, as well as to provide reference illumination on buildings or structures. Second lighting sources are configured to produce directional light to light the area but hide the light sources from most conventional observer viewing angles... |
| Radio communication device and cqi generation method | 20090279446 | 20091112 |
| It is possible to provide a radio communication device and a CQI generation method capable of reducing the total number of CQI when reporting CQI for each level in a hierarchized RB. In the device and the method, the RB hierarchy is made as follows: a plurality of groups each consisting of the same number of RB are made to be one level, a group consisting of a plenty of RB is made to be a lower level, and a group consisting of a small number of RB is made to be a higher level. UE reports CQI for each level to Node B according to the RB reception quality at a longer cycle for lower level and at a shorter cycle for a higher level.
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| Method of determining priority attributes associated with data containers, for example in a video stream, a coding method, a computer program and associated devices | 20090278956 | 20091112 |
| A coding method, devices and computer program that are associated therewith are also provided.
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| Radio communication device and cqi generation method | 20090279446 | 20091112 |
| It is possible to provide a radio communication device and a CQI generation method capable of reducing the total number of CQI when reporting CQI for each level in a hierarchized RB. In the device and the method, the RB hierarchy is made as follows: a plurality of groups each consisting of the same number of RB are made to be one level, a group consisting of a plenty of RB is made to be a lower level, and a group consisting of a small number of RB is made to be a higher level. UE reports CQI for each level to Node B according to the RB reception quality at a longer cycle for lower level and at a shorter cycle for a higher level.
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| Method of determining priority attributes associated with data containers, for example in a video stream, a coding method, a computer program and associated devices | 20090278956 | 20091112 |
| A coding method, devices and computer program that are associated therewith are also provided.
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| Methods of diagnosis and treatment | 20090275632 | 20091105 |
| A method of diagnosing a disease in which an miRNA is expressed at a lower level comprises, in a test sample obtained from a subject, determining the methylation status of at least one gene encoding the miRNA in the sample, wherein the presence of methylation is indicative of the presence of the disease. Methylation of the gene causes a down regulation in expression which may also be monitored. Related methods and kits are also described based upon methylation of miRNA encoding genes. The primary miRNA of interest is 124a miRNA.
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| Configurable encryption/decryption for multiple services support | 20090274295 | 20091105 |
| A system to transmit a set of programs from a transmitter to a receiver is used to accommodate different levels of security used for each program. When a high level of security is necessary for transmitting or receiving a program the transmitter and/or receiver is operable to accommodate that level of security. Thus, both transmitters and receivers are operable to be reconfigured to encrypt or decrypt, respectively, at different levels. Accordingly, differing amounts of programs can be transmitted or received based on the resource requirements needed at any level of security. Consequently, a high level of encryption/decryption requires more resources and allows the processing of fewer services, while a lower level of encryption/decryption allows more services to be transmitted/received.
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| Multi-level interconnection network | 20090274063 | 20091105 |
| A method and system for providing a multi-level interconnection network is provided. A multi-level interconnection network comprises basic cells that are aggregated into higher level cells at each level of the network. At the first level, the basic cells are aggregated into first level cells. Each first level cell is an aggregation of a number of basic cells that is one more than the number of devices in a basic cell. The basic cells of a first level cell are fully connected; that is, each basic cell has a first level link or connection to each other basic cell. In a first level cell, each device of a basic cell has a first level link to each other basic cell. The multi-level interconnection network has higher... |
| Multi-level interconnection network | 20090274043 | 20091105 |
| A method and system for providing a multi-level interconnection network is provided. A multi-level interconnection network comprises basic cells that are aggregated into higher level cells at each level of the network. At the first level, the basic cells are aggregated into first level cells. Each first level cell is an aggregation of a number of basic cells that is one more than the number of devices in a basic cell. The basic cells of a first level cell are fully connected; that is, each basic cell has a first level link or connection to each other basic cell. In a first level cell, each device of a basic cell has a first level link to each other basic cell. The multi-level interconnection network has higher... |
| Methods of diagnosis and treatment | 20090275632 | 20091105 |
| A method of diagnosing a disease in which an miRNA is expressed at a lower level comprises, in a test sample obtained from a subject, determining the methylation status of at least one gene encoding the miRNA in the sample, wherein the presence of methylation is indicative of the presence of the disease. Methylation of the gene causes a down regulation in expression which may also be monitored. Related methods and kits are also described based upon methylation of miRNA encoding genes. The primary miRNA of interest is 124a miRNA.
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| Configurable encryption/decryption for multiple services support | 20090274295 | 20091105 |
| A system to transmit a set of programs from a transmitter to a receiver is used to accommodate different levels of security used for each program. When a high level of security is necessary for transmitting or receiving a program the transmitter and/or receiver is operable to accommodate that level of security. Thus, both transmitters and receivers are operable to be reconfigured to encrypt or decrypt, respectively, at different levels. Accordingly, differing amounts of programs can be transmitted or received based on the resource requirements needed at any level of security. Consequently, a high level of encryption/decryption requires more resources and allows the processing of fewer services, while a lower level of encryption/decryption allows more services to be transmitted/received.
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| Multi-level interconnection network | 20090274063 | 20091105 |
| A method and system for providing a multi-level interconnection network is provided. A multi-level interconnection network comprises basic cells that are aggregated into higher level cells at each level of the network. At the first level, the basic cells are aggregated into first level cells. Each first level cell is an aggregation of a number of basic cells that is one more than the number of devices in a basic cell. The basic cells of a first level cell are fully connected; that is, each basic cell has a first level link or connection to each other basic cell. In a first level cell, each device of a basic cell has a first level link to each other basic cell. The multi-level interconnection network has higher... |
| Multi-level interconnection network | 20090274043 | 20091105 |
| A method and system for providing a multi-level interconnection network is provided. A multi-level interconnection network comprises basic cells that are aggregated into higher level cells at each level of the network. At the first level, the basic cells are aggregated into first level cells. Each first level cell is an aggregation of a number of basic cells that is one more than the number of devices in a basic cell. The basic cells of a first level cell are fully connected; that is, each basic cell has a first level link or connection to each other basic cell. In a first level cell, each device of a basic cell has a first level link to each other basic cell. The multi-level interconnection network has higher... |
| Unified layer stack architecture | 20090271755 | 20091029 |
| A method for producing a family of digital integrated circuit designs, where the family has a highest level design and at least one lower level design. The highest level design is first produced. Then, in a programmed computing system without user intervention, the highest level design is automatically processed to selectively remove at least one predetermined metal layer. A closest remaining overlying layer to the at least one removed metal layer is automatically mapped to a closest remaining underlying layer to the at least one removed metal layer, thereby producing the at least one lower level design.
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| Transmission line pulse testing with reflection control | 20080315891 | 20081225 |
| A Transmission Line Pulse (TLP) testing system is disclosed that has a negative pulse inverter circuit that prevents large negative reflections which typically occur after the initial TLP pulse is applied to a low impedance device under test (DUT). Avoiding repetitive reflections, which naturally occur in TLP systems, prevents inducing DUT damage and confusing testing results. The pulse inverter circuit reduces reflections to lower levels than prior art TLP configurations, and can also be combined with known techniques to further reduce reflections for different impedance DUTs.
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| Habitation and sleeping module for accommodating at least one member of a flight crew | 20080302911 | 20081211 |
| A habitation and sleeping module, in an aircraft, for accommodating at least one member of a flight crew, with the module having a first sleeping area. Furthermore, an ascent region is provided for ascending from a lower level into the module, wherein the ascent region includes an ascent device that is laterally arranged on the module.
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| Indexable end-milling insert | 20080304924 | 20081211 |
| An indexable end-milling insert including an underside, an upperside and a plurality of cutting edges that are formed between the upperside and a number of clearance sides and that include a chip-removing main edge as well as a surface-wiping wiper edge. The cutting insert has a square basic shape and includes four main edges and four wiper edges that are countersunk to a lower level than the main edges. The wiper edge is included in a lip projecting in relation to a secondary clearance surface and has a tertiary clearance surface, which laterally transforms into a primary clearance surface. The primary clearance surface has a width that decreases from the two opposite ends thereof toward a section having a smallest width therebetween.
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| Weep hole cover | 20080305734 | 20081211 |
| An apparatus for providing ventilation in a lower level of a building and for preventing mold and mildew from building up in an interior portion of such building while also preventing entrance of small unwanted animals. The apparatus comprises a frame member having each of a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size and formed of a first predetermined material. A screen member is engageable with the frame member for attachment thereto, such screen member having each of a second predetermined shape and a second predetermined size and being formed of a second predetermined material. The apparatus is secured to the structure by one of masonry screws or is secured in new construction with bricks and brick mortar.
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| Document management method and apparatus | 20080306900 | 20081211 |
| An electronic file accessible from terminals through a network is stored in folders having a hierarchical structure as a document and managed. When a document or folder in a folder is moved or deleted, the history of moving or deleting the document or folder is held. When one of the terminals opens a folder, the history of operation of a document or lower level folder once stored in the opened folder is displayed on the terminal that has opened the folder, based on the history of moving or deleting. A document processing method and apparatus in a document processing system allows a user to know the movement destination folder or deletion state of a document or folder by only opening a folder once storing the document... |
| Interface controller that has flexible configurability and low cost | 20080300992 | 20081204 |
| In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuits. Each SERDES circuit provides data received from a respective lane to which the SERDES circuit is coupled. A receive pipe is coupled to the SERDES circuits and comprises accumulate buffers, multiplexing levels, accumulate buffer counters, control registers, and control logic. Each accumulate buffer corresponds to a respective port configurable over the plurality of lanes. A first level of the multiplexing levels is coupled to receive data from neighboring lanes on one input and the data from the neighboring lanes connected in reverse order on the other input. Each multiplexor at each other level is coupled to receive outputs of neighboring multiplexors from a next lower level on one input and the outputs connected in reverse order on... |
| Branched olefin compositions | 20080293860 | 20081127 |
| Olefin compositions comprising C5 to C13 branched chain olefins are stabilised by the addition of 5 to less than 50 ppm by weight of antioxidant. These lower than normal amounts of antioxidant enable improved yields in a hydroformylation reaction using the olefin composition as feedstock and in esterification reactions employing the alcohol produced in the hydroformylation reaction. Consistent lower levels of antioxidant can be achieved by use of a liquid antioxidant and a pump driven dosing system.
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| User interface expander and collapser | 20080295014 | 20081127 |
| A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the... |
| Method and apparatus for displaying application program and menu | 20080295026 | 20081127 |
| Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying application program (AP) menu. The method includes creating an AP menu, for selecting at least one AP, by using data for the at least one AP; and displaying the AP menu in a predetermined area of the image display unit. The AP menu includes an initial menu that displays a plurality of icons for the at least one AP in the same predetermined area, and, if one of the plurality of icons is selected a corresponding AP is executed and displayed in the same predetermined area, or a lower level menu is displayed in the same predetermined area.
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| Multistage continuous dryer, especially for plate-shaped products | 20080282575 | 20081120 |
| The invention relates to a method for the drying of water-containing, preferably plate-shaped products in a throughflow dryer in multi-level construction, and such a dryer for carrying out the method. The invention aims to suck away moist air stagnated under the housing (2) in a dyer of the above mentioned type and to transport this moist air into the suction area (12) of the axial blowers (9) arranged in the lower levels, and thereupon to differentially admix moist air into a quantity of drying air and deliver it to the nozzle boxes (5) of the dryer.
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| Lime tolerant brewing system and method | 20080282898 | 20081120 |
| Disclosed is a system and method of dispensing a selected volume of liquid. The system includes an apparatus that has a reservoir having an inlet tube and outlet tube coupled thereto, and a controller for controlling at least a portion of the apparatus. Two level sensors are positioned along the reservoir and are in communication with and controlled by the controller. The method includes steps for measuring a time a liquid level in the reservoir falls from an upper level to a lower level to calculate a flow rate. The calculation flow rate may then be used to determine and compare a dispensed volume versus the selected volume. Dispensing may then continue until the selected volume has been dispensed.
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| Model content provider with reusable components for supporting a plurality of gui api's | 20080288465 | 20081120 |
| A user-friendly query modeling tool for representing creating, modifying and modeling a query language statement for use in retrieving data from a database. In accordance with the present invention, the tool includes a user interface for receiving or building and manipulating a query, a query model definition for use in populating instances of one or more query models, and a model content provider for receiving query elements from the user interface and providing them to the query model, and conversely, for retrieving query elements from the query model and providing them to the user interface. The model content provider has a hierarchical architecture including lower level API specific components for supporting a plurality of GUI API'S, and higher level API-independent, reusable components. This architecture facilitates scalability... |
| Management of protocol information in pnni hierarchical networks | 20080273544 | 20081106 |
| Described is a method for managing flow of protocol information in a node of a hierarchical network in which the protocol information is communicated between network nodes in topology state elements. The method comprises checking topology state elements generated by the node to identify protocol information encapsulated therein, and selectively allowing transmittal of the topology state elements from the node to lower levels of the network based on the protocol information identified.
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| Modular, portable data processing terminal for use in a radio frequency communication network | 20080274731 | 20081106 |
| Modular, portable data collection terminals are disclosed for use in mixed wireless and hard-wired RF communication networks, wherein various radio transmitter modules and associated antennas may be selectively added to a base terminal unit to solve networking problems associated with specific types of business environments. Modularity exists in both the hardware (splitting data collection and processing control circuitry from radio transceiver control circuitry) and software (splitting transceiver-specific, lower level communication protocol from generic, higher level communication protocol). The control circuitry, including associated microprocessors devices, interact to selectively activate communication circuits to perform necessary communication or data processing functions and enter and remain in a power-saving dormant state during other times. To support such dormant or “sleeping” states, a series of communication protocols provide for channel access... |
| Producing special effects to complement displayed video information | 20080276291 | 20081106 |
| A hierarchical publish/subscribe network is employed to produce and distribute special effects to users to complement displayed video information. A top level broker in the network receives a plurality of data streams corresponding to a respective plurality of primary special. A service provider makes a subscription request for one of said primary special effects and receives the corresponding selected data stream. The selected data stream is transformed into at least one further data stream, corresponding to a further special effect. The further data stream is published to a lower level broker associated with the service provider. In response to a user subscription request for the further special effect, the lower level broker publishes the further data stream to a user interface for presentation to the user... |
| Method for preventing the formation of electrical shorts via contact ild voids | 20080265365 | 20081030 |
| Densely spaced gates of field effect transistors usually lead to voids in a contact interlayer dielectric. If such a void is opened by a contact via and filled with conductive material, an electrical short between neighboring contact regions of neighboring transistors may occur. By forming a recess between two neighboring contact regions, the void forms at a lower level. Thus, opening of the void by contact vias is prevented.
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| Dc motor variable kick-start | 20080265811 | 20081030 |
| A method of operating a direct current motor fan assembly is provided in which a motor controller operates to apply full power to kick-start a motor to overcome static forces. As soon as a sensor determines that the motor has begun to rotate, the motor controller changes the motor drive level from full power to a predetermined lower level to maintain a desired rotational speed.
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| Multi-lingual text entry using a dynamically reconfigurable keyboard | 20080266145 | 20081030 |
| The invention is directed to user-friendly multi-lingual text entry using a dynamically reconfigurable keyboard. A method for dynamically reconfiguring a keyboard according to an embodiment of the invention includes: displaying a first set of characters on the keyboard; providing language settings to an upper level system manager of a keyboard driver; communicating reconfiguration information corresponding to the language settings from the upper level system manager of the keyboard driver to a lower level device driver of the keyboard driver; and dynamically reconfiguring the keyboard to display a second set of characters.
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| Single ply tissue products surface treated with a softening agent | 20080257512 | 20081023 |
| Tissue products are described that have been topically treated with a chemical additive, such as a softener. The softener may be, for instance, a polysiloxane. The polysiloxane is topically applied to a tissue sheet, such as a single ply sheet, so as to form a Z-directional gradient in the sheet. Particular, most of the polysiloxane remains on the surface of the tissue product as opposed to migrating to the center of the sheet. In this manner, tissue sheets are formed with improved softness at lower levels of polysiloxane and without the need for applying any surfactants to the sheet. A system for applying chemical additives to tissue sheets is also described. The system includes a chemical additive applicator, such as a meltblown die that emits the... |
| Multiple conductor indicator | 20080258856 | 20081023 |
| One embodiment of the present invention provides a fuse having opened-fuse indication, which places two or more coils or conductors in parallel and in thermal contact with an indicating material. The multiple conductors allow a lower level of current to produce sufficient heat or sufficient electrical resistance to transform the indicating material. The multiple conductors can also be made of a reduced diameter, resulting in surge protection at a lower device temperature. The multiple conductor indicator in an embodiment includes a base material. First and second conductors contact the base material. An indicating material thermally couples to the first and second conductors. The indicating material can be on the inside or outside of the fuse body. If on the outside, the body can define a recess,... |
| Gas sensing method and instrument therefor | 20080258926 | 20081023 |
| A method and instrument capable of accurately detecting the presence of a gas and accurately measuring the concentration of the gas in, for example, the environment. The method and instrument sense the presence of a gas with a sensing element whose output is linear to the concentration of the gas in the environment, and process the output of the sensing element through a nonlinear amplifier having a higher gain at lower levels of the output than at higher levels of the output so that the nonlinear amplifier amplifies the output of the sensing element at the lower levels thereof and avoids signal saturation at the higher levels thereof. The method and instrument then deliver the amplified output of the nonlinear amplifier to an audio circuit that... |
| Liquid crystal display device | 20080259014 | 20081023 |
| A liquid crystal display device prevents the gray level folding in at least one of the vicinities of the highest and lowest gray levels while avoiding the complication of the data line driver circuit. The data line driver circuit generates output voltages whose number is equal to a predetermined gray level number M based on reference voltages, and selects one of the output voltages and outputs the selected one to the display section in response to an inputted image signal, thereby displaying images The applied voltage-brightness characteristic of the display section has a zero brightness change region in which the reference voltage corresponding to the highest gray level is located. The reference voltage corresponding to the next lower level to the highest level is set such... |
| Photocatalytic substrate active under a visible light | 20080261056 | 20081023 |
| The invention relates to a substrate provided with a mechanically resistant, long-lasting coating, and suitable for being handled by a user. Said substrate is characterised in that the coating comprises a first photocatalytic compound which is intimately associated with a second compound containing an energy jump between the upper level of the valence band thereof and the lower level of the conductive band thereof, corresponding to a wavelength in the visible field. The invention also relates to a glazing comprising said substrate, to the applications of the inventive substrate, and to the methods for the production thereof.
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| Various methods and apparatuses for cycle accurate c-models of components | 20080263486 | 20081023 |
| Various methods and apparatuses are described for generating a model of hardware components making up an interconnect that facilitates communications between Intellectual Property blocks in an integrated circuit coded in a software programming language at a high level of abstraction that is cycle accurate to a corresponding lower level of abstraction description of the hardware components making up the interconnect. The sub-components of the model at the high level of abstraction are tested in a simulation environment in parallel with the same sub-components of a model coded in a hardware description language at the low level of abstraction in order to verify the functional accuracy and cycle timing between the two models. After the sub-components are tested, the sub-components of the model at the high level... |
| Rig for drilling or maintaining oil wells | 20080251267 | 20081016 |
| A Rig (1) for drilling or maintaining oil wells includes a base structure (2) which is provided with a support platform (3) on the ground and a raised work platform (5). A deck (6) is co-planar to and integral with the support platform (3) and is suitable for housing a trailer (7). A telescopic antenna (8) is provided with two fixing eyelets (9) which are arranged at the lower end of the telescopic antenna (8) in order to be hinged to the work platform (5). A lifting device (10) is suitable for lifting the telescopic antenna (8) from a transport position, in which it reposes on a transporter (7) with the two fixing eyelets (9) at a lower level than the level of the work platform... |
| Hierarchical playlist generator | 20080256032 | 20081016 |
| A playlist generator partitions the playlist generation process into a multi-stage, hierarchical process. At an example highest hierarchical level, the user's “general” preferences are applied. These general preferences reflect the user's “tastes”, and are relatively constant. At a lower level of the hierarchy, the user's “specific” preferences are applied. These specific preferences reflect the dynamic time-dependent or event dependent aspects of a user's entertainment preferences. The high-level preferences generate a subset of material from the global collection of material, and the lower-level preferences are applied to this subset of material as the user's immediate preferences change. By segregating the playlist generation process hierarchically, efficiency is gained by applying immediate preference changes to a smaller subset of material, and coherency is improved by limiting the subsequent selection... |
| Program product for providing a configuration specification language supporting incompletely specified configuration entities | 20080256135 | 20081016 |
| In a hardware definition language (HDL) file among one or more files, one or more design entities containing a functional portion of a digital system are specified. The one or more design entities logically contain a plurality of latches having a respective plurality of different possible latch values that each corresponds to a different configuration of the functional portion of the digital system. With one or more statements in the one or more files, a multi-level Dial tree is defined that includes a selective control Dial (SCDial) entity at an upper level that is associated with at least one design entity. The SCDial entity has a Dial input, a plurality of Dial outputs coupled to inputs of the plurality of lower level Dials, and a mapping... |
| System and method for automatically managing it-resources in a heterogeneous environment | 20080256241 | 20081016 |
| By using the inventive concept of the resource-reference object conflicts between different levels of hierarchies in the system management are resolved by a conflict resolution method using the priority assigned to the resource reference object by the respective level of hierarchy.
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| Semiconductor device | 20080246141 | 20081009 |
| A frame-shaped sidewall is provided on a metallic base plate surrounding a semiconductor element arranged on the metallic base plate, which is provided with a stepped surface positioned at lower level at a portion of the base plate than a main surface of the base plate. A first dielectric plate is arranged on one side of the semiconductor element and a first circuit pattern is formed on its surface, a second dielectric plate is arranged on another side of the semiconductor element and a second circuit pattern is formed on the first and the second dielectric plate. An insulator is mounted on the stepped surface of the base plate, which forms a part of the sidewall. Power supply portions are provided including a band-shaped conductor. An... |
| Buoyancy vehicle apparatus to create electrical power | 20080246283 | 20081009 |
| A buoyancy vehicle apparatus includes a water or liquid source, such as a water tank, and a buoyant mass in communication with an electrical generator. The buoyant mass is lifted from a lower level to a higher level to store energy. The mass is stored at the predetermined height and released to travel downward when the electricity is needed. After the mass is released and pulled down by gravity, it will drive the generator to produce electricity. The system can store this energy with no loss in power over a long period of time.
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| Method for order transition on a plunge slitter | 20070295181 | 20071227 |
| An order transition in a corrugated is accomplished by creating an overlap of the slits made by the slitting tools associated with the expiring (running) and new orders. However, the slit tool associated with the innermost slit between the upper and lower level outs is maintained in slitting contact with the board to extend the slit line into further overlap with the slits made by the new order tools to create an order change region. A lateral cut is made to connect the innermost slit between the upper and lower level outs on the new order and the slit created by the tool delayed from withdrawal in the running order. Trim cut transitions are handled in the same manner.
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| Method for programming non-volatile memory using variable amplitude programming pulses | 20070297247 | 20071227 |
| Non-volatile storage elements are programmed using a series of voltage waveforms, where each waveform includes different portions with different amplitudes. For example, the amplitudes can vary as a decreasing staircase or ramp. Storage elements which are to be programmed to the highest level are programmed using the entire waveform, while storage elements which are to be programmed to intermediate and lower levels are programmed using different portions of the waveform. For example, the storage elements to be programmed to the intermediate level are programmed using the last two-thirds of each waveform, while the storage elements to be programmed to the lower level are programmed using the last one-third of each waveform. For these storage elements, programming is inhibited for a portion of the waveform by applying... |
| Secure group communication among wireless devices with distributed trust | 20070297613 | 20071227 |
| In one embodiment, a method of forming a secure group from a plurality of nodes for communicating with a user A comprises performing a discover protocol, wherein after performing the discover protocol, all nodes belong to at most one small group and wherein all nodes in each small group share a common key. The method further comprises selecting a leader for each small group. The method further comprises, for each of the leaders, generating a respective common key for the user A and that respective leader. The method further comprises generating a key tree having a plurality of levels, wherein the keys for the lowest level of the key tree are the common keys generated for each leader and wherein the keys for each successive layer... |
| Dendritic polymers with enhanced amplification and interior functionality | 20070298006 | 20071227 |
| Dendritic polymers with enhanced amplification and interior functionality are disclosed. These dendritic polymers are made by use of fast, reactive ring-opening chemistry (or other fast reactions) combined with the use of branch cell reagents in a controlled way to rapidly and precisely build dendritic structures, generation by generation, with cleaner chemistry, often single products, lower excesses of reagents, lower levels of dilution, higher capacity method, more easily scaled to commercial dimensions, new ranges of materials, and lower cost. The dendritic compositions prepared have novel internal functionality, greater stability (e.g., thermal stability and less or no reverse Michael's reaction), and reach encapsulation surface densities at lower generations. Unexpectedly, these reactions of polyfunctional branch cell reagents with polyfunctional cores do not create cross-linked materials. Such dendritic polymers are... |
| Approach for module configuration management for an integrated telecommunication platform | 20070298841 | 20071227 |
| An approach for module configuration management for an integrated telecommunication platform including the following steps: (a) the configuration management module sends the start instruction to the functional module and the digital signal processing module to start them respectively, and make the connection between the successfully started modules and the already started modules related to them; (b) the configuration management module sends the status detecting instruction to the functional module and the digital signal processing module, which will respectively feed back their current status to the configuration management module after they have received such a detection instruction; (c) the configuration management module will send instructions to the modules at upper level and those at lower level of the functional module and/or the digital signal processing module to... |
| Application for testing the availability of software components | 20070299962 | 20071227 |
| An Information Systems (IS) monitoring approach is described that is capable of monitoring and displaying the availability of various software components, including “foundational” operation features of the IS infrastructure. A further capability is that the availability of the individual software components upon which a specific business logic process depends may each be individually and continuously checked, in a combined fashion that is referenced to the specific business logic process, so that the status of the business logic process itself (e.g., operable or non-operable) can be continuously determined. Moreover, operability or non-operability can be established over a wide range of different business logic processes on a process by process basis. In this manner, an IS administrator can keep abreast of the status of the IS infrastructure and... |
| Achieving strong cryptographic correlation between higher level semantic units and lower level components in a secure data storage system | 20070300081 | 20071227 |
| A data storage architecture for networked access by clients includes a file server capable of communication with the clients via the network, physical storage organized as a plurality of logical volumes, and an encryption device in communication with both the file server and the physical storage. The encryption device is operable in response to signaling from the file server, including an indication of a range of blocks of data, to cause encryption of the range of blocks with an encryption key that is unique within the physical storage. The encryption device includes nested tables mapping block ranges to encryption keys. Consequently, undesirable key sharing across files, file systems, and other units can be avoided down to the block level.
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| Methods and apparatus for media independent messaging over the internet | 20070291792 | 20071220 |
| A method and device for performing media independent handover (MIH) in a wireless communication system. The method includes, and the apparatus is configured to, generate a higher layer handover message, send the higher layer handover message encapsulated in a lower level formatted communication, set a higher layer timing device for a timeout period in connection with the sending of the encapsulated higher layer handover message, and resend the higher layer handover message encapsulated in a lower level formatted communication unless a higher layer acknowledgement is received before expiration of the timeout period.
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| Device isolation structure incorporated in semiconductor device and method of forming the same | 20070284692 | 20071213 |
| The structure of the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate and a trench region formed on the semiconductor substrate. The trench region includes an extended funnel portion in the vicinity of the semiconductor substrate surface. A device isolation layer is formed at the trench region. The device isolation layer includes a void formed at a lower level than the funnel portion. The sidewalls of the hard mask pattern and the internal walls of the trench region are etched to form a funnel portion with an extended trench region at the vicinity of the semiconductor substrate surface. Accordingly, the void in the trench region does not extend above a surface of the semiconductor substrate.
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| Magnet for a dynamoelectric machine, dynamoelectric machine and method | 20070284960 | 20071213 |
| Disclosed herein is an apparatus relating to a magnet member for a dynamoelectric machine comprising, a first portion of the magnet member made of a first magnetic material and a second portion of the magnet member made of a second magnetic material. Further disclosed is a method that relates to increasing performance of an electric machine comprising, determining locations of high demagnetization fields at the dynamoelectric machine, and positioning a magnetic member having a first portion having a higher level of coercivity and a second portion having a lower level of coercivity in the machine such that the portion having a higher level of coercivity is more proximate the location of high demagnetization fields than the portion having the lower level of coercivity.
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| Micromachined, piezoelectric vibration-induced energy harvesting device and its fabrication | 20070284969 | 20071213 |
| A micro-sized power source. A piezoelectric power generator, capable of harvesting energy from environmental vibration with lower level frequency, including a dielectric frame loosely containing a piezoelectric panel. The piezoelectric panel includes an electrode and a piezoelectric layer formed over an electrode and dielectric layer and an end mass formed on the piezoelectric layer. The end mass provides weight to cause the piezoelectric panel to move (vibrate) within the frame and causes the generation of electrical power.
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| Target orbit modification via gas-blast | 20070285304 | 20071213 |
| The gas blast from a directed rocket motor transfers an impulse vector to a space target object thereby altering the target's orbit. Preceding the gas blast, a lower level of rocket exhaust may be directed to the target object for profile imaging that may include center of gravity determination using a pulse Doppler radar sighted along the exhaust stream. A deflector may be deployed to redirect a portion of the gas blast. In some cases, a special non-shrapnel nosecone warhead may be substituted for or used in conjunction with the rocket motor as a source of a gas blast.
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| Electronic location code | 20070288160 | 20071213 |
| An electronic location code (eLC) is described that provides location information for an object. The eLC is capable of high levels of accuracy, but uses a relatively low data volume for expressing such high levels of accuracy. Moreover, the eLC may easily be adjusted to represent lower levels of accuracy, when high levels of accuracy are not available or required. The eLC has a standardized format that allows easy transmission, sharing, and storage between a plurality of users. Due to these and other features, the eLC provides many advantages and possibilities for the use of location data, and, for example, allows for individual tracking of locations of a huge number of items.
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| Arrangements, methods, and software for managing objects and resolving different types of events associated with such objects | 20070288925 | 20071213 |
| An arrangement for resolving different types of events includes a central system communicatively coupled to each of a plurality of lower level systems. The central system is configured to receive information associated with a particular event from one of the plurality of lower level systems, to determine an event type associated with the particular event, and to determine whether the central system includes a particular policy associated with resolving the event type associated with the particular event. When the central system includes the particular policy, the central system is further configured to resolve the particular event in accordance with the particular policy. Moreover, when the central system does not include the particular policy the central system is further configured to request information associated with the particular... |
| Structure for use in body of water | 20070277718 | 20071206 |
| A structure can be installed in and removed from a body of water in a seasonal fashion. The structure has a lower level that includes a boat lift and may include an upper level that provides an entertainment area. The structure carries a buoyancy system for selectively floating the structure on the body of water or sinking the structure in the water. A substantially enclosed boathouse may form the structure when the structure has only a lower level. The boathouse is separable into sections each of which could be separately rolled over the ground by wheels attached to each section. This reduces the usual operational width of the boathouse into the smaller towed widths of the individual sections to ease the task of transporting the boathouse... |
| Pivoting, multi-configuration mobile device | 20070279387 | 20071206 |
| A mobile device 500 comprises a display portion 502 including a display screen, a first keypad portion 501, a second keypad portion 502, and at least one input device 508, 510-524, 531-544 associated with at least one of the first keypad portion 501, the second keypad portion 502, and the display portion 504. The first and second keypad portions 501, 502 are independently rotatably coupled to the display portion 502 to provide a plurality of operational configurations for the device 500. The first keypad portion 501 may be positioned on an upper level of the device 500 and the second keypad portion 502 may be positioned on a lower level of the device 500, with the display portion 502 being positioned in the middle of the... |
| Contention-free hierarchical bit line in embedded memory and method thereof | 20070280030 | 20071206 |
| A memory includes a plurality of lower level bit lines, a higher level bit line, and bit line driving circuitry. The bit line driving circuitry includes a plurality of bit line inputs, each bit line input coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of lower level bit lines. The bit line driving circuitry further includes a first select input to receive a first select value, a second select input to receive a second select value, and an output configured to drive a select one of first bit value or a second bit value at the third bit line based on the first select value and the second select value and a bit value of at least one of the plurality of lower level bit lines.
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| Reinforced silica/elastomer composite | 20070272339 | 20071129 |
| This invention is based upon the discovery that elongated silica has superior characteristics for reinforcing rubbery elastomers as compared to conventional silica. More specifically, elongated silica provides a higher level of reinforcement for elastomers at the same level of loading. Accordingly, elongated silica can be employed to attain an equivalent level of reinforcement at a lower level of loading. This results in lower weight compositions and potential cost savings. Rubber compounds that are reinforced with elongated silica offer significant advantages in tires including reduced rolling resistance, increased tread life, and, of course, reduced weight. The subject invention more specifically relates to a tire having a tread wherein said tread is comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition, wherein the silica reinforced rubber composition is comprised of... |
| Radiation therapy and medical imaging using uv emitting nanoparticles | 20070274909 | 20071129 |
| The invention relates to UV emitting nanoparticles for radiation therapy purposes. If the nanoparticles are brought indirectly or directly to the diseased tissue, excitation with high energy radiation leads to VUV or UV-C emission. This UV radiation is absorbed by the surrounding organic matrix, resulting in decomposition of the material. The nanoparticles can also be modified by attaching antibodies to the particles by chemical linking or coating. Preferably these antibodies bind specifically to the cell membrane of cancer cells leading to a localised destruction of diseased tissue with a high efficacy and a lower level of destruction of surrounding healthy tissue. Endoscopic detection of the UV emission can be used as a medical imaging technique to locate and study diseased tissue.
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| Power modelling in circuit designs | 20070276645 | 20071129 |
| A system and method is described for generating a power model of a circuit from a lower level description, such as Gate-level or RTL. In one aspect, simulation data is converted into a series of messages or transactions. Power is then determined on a per message or per transaction basis. In another aspect, an abstract power model is generated using a neural network. The neural network generates a system of weighted equations representing an accurate power model.
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| Processor, method, and data processing system employing a variable store gather window | 20070277026 | 20071129 |
| A processor includes at least one instruction execution unit that executes store instructions to obtain store operations and a store queue coupled to the instruction execution unit. The store queue includes a queue entry in which the store queue gathers multiple store operations during a store gathering window to obtain a data portion of a write transaction directed to lower level memory. In addition, the store queue includes dispatch logic that varies a size of the store gathering window to optimize store performance for different store behaviors and workloads.
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| Conversion of circuit description to an abstract model of the circuit | 20070277144 | 20071129 |
| A system and method is disclosed for converting an existing circuit description from a lower level description, such as RTL, to a higher-level description, such as TLM, while raising the abstraction level. By changing the abstraction level, the conversion is not simply a code conversion from one language to another, but a process of learning the circuit using neural networks and representing the circuit using a system of equations that approximate the circuit behavior, particularly with respect to timing aspects. A higher level of abstraction eliminates much of the particular implementation details, and allows easier and faster design exploration, analysis, and test, before implementation. In one aspect, a model description of the circuit, protocol information relating to the circuit, and simulation data associated with the lower... |
| Aircraft with improved cargo hold | 20070267544 | 20071122 |
| An aircraft according to one embodiment has a fuselage which houses an upper level and a lower level separated by the floor of the upper level, wherein at least one of the cross-sectional shape of the fuselage and the floor of the upper level is configured such that the ceiling height in at least part of both the upper and lower levels is sufficient for a person to stand, and one of the upper and lower levels comprises a passenger cabin and the other level comprises a cargo hold. There is also provided, according to another embodiment a method of operating an aircraft having a fuselage which houses an upper level and a lower level separated by the floor of the upper level. The method may... |
| Conveyor for feeding small objects to a blister-film loader | 20070261368 | 20071115 |
| An apparatus for packaging small identical objects in respective blisters of a package strip has at least two separate but substantially identical plates each formed with an array of pockets. An upper conveyor shifts the plates one behind the other horizontally at an upper level from an upstream loading station where objects are fed to the pockets to a downstream transfer station where the objects are transferred to a package strip. A lower conveyor has a single drive motor for dropping the plates at the transfer station from the upper level to a lower return level, then shifting the lowered plates upstream at the lower level against the travel direction to the loading station, and then shifting the plates back up to the upper level.
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| Tree-based electrical stimulator programming | 20070265664 | 20071115 |
| The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter type. Each level includes nodes that are connected to nodes of adjacent levels. A program path is created by moving through nodes of lower levels. The stimulation parameter types are arranged so that coarse adjustments occur at higher levels of the tree and fine adjustments occur at lower levels of the tree. The nodes of the program path define the stimulation parameters of the delivered stimulation therapy. Performance feedback may be used by the system to evaluate nodes of the therapeutic tree and define the program path. The performance feedback... |
| Tree-based electrical stimulator programming for pain therapy | 20070265681 | 20071115 |
| The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter type. Each level includes nodes that are connected to nodes of adjacent levels. A program path is created by moving through nodes of lower levels. The stimulation parameter types are arranged so that coarse adjustments occur at higher levels of the tree and fine adjustments occur at lower levels of the tree. The nodes of the program path define the stimulation parameters of the delivered stimulation therapy. The user may provide information such as efficacy input and/or medication dosage information to the system for identifying the most efficacious program path... |
| Windshield glass and seats arrangement for vehicle | 20070257514 | 20071108 |
| A rear passenger compartment contains a dashboard (6) in the front of the compartment with integrated personal computer with Internet access, game console, and a place for mount and connection of notebook computer.
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| Multi-purpose convertible play yard | 20070251005 | 20071101 |
| A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table, bassinet or play yard is described. The invention includes a first rigid enclosure that has four walls and a floor with the front wall capable of being positioned at an upper level equal to the remaining walls or at a second lower level. The first enclosure is capable of supporting a second enclosure within it that has four walls, a floor and can support a mattress. The co-sleeper is secured at one side of a parental bed with the co-sleeper mattress positioned a short distance below the level of the mattress of the parental bed. The front wall of the invention is placed in the second, lowered position for use as a co-sleeper or changing table... |
| Tree-based electrical stimulator programming | 20070255346 | 20071101 |
| The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter type. Each level includes nodes that are connected to nodes of adjacent levels. A user, such as a clinician or a patient, creates a program path by moving through nodes of lower levels. The stimulation parameter types are arranged so that coarse adjustments occur at higher levels of the tree and fine adjustments occur at lower levels of the tree. The nodes of the program path define the stimulation parameters of the delivered stimulation therapy. In addition, a sensor may detect a physiological function to allow the system to automatically... |
| Motor vehicle control method of internal combustion engine | 20070255485 | 20071101 |
| In a motor vehicle of the invention, when an intake air temperature Ta is not lower than a preset reference temperature Tref, warm-up drive control selectively uses an evaporated fuel processing acceleration operation curve, which gives a high level of a negative pressure in an intake manifold, to set a target drive point of an engine and controls the operation of the engine. This ensures good emission of the engine. When the intake air temperature Ta is lower than the preset reference temperature Tref and when the setting of a heating demand Hq requires heating, on the other hand, the warm-up drive control increases an EGR quantity from an ordinary level and switches over an operation mode of a cooling system for the engine to a... |
| Utility table | 20060288916 | 20061228 |
| A table includes first and second table sides where each table side has a vertical plane. The table also includes upper and lower horizontal levels. There are at least two seating areas on the first table side, wherein an edge of the lower level at each seating area is substantially recessed from the first table side vertical plane, and at least two non-seating areas on the second table side, wherein the edge of the lower level at each non-seating area extends substantially to the second table side vertical plane. The lower level is movable to add a seating area to one of the first and second table sides and add a non-seating area to the other of the first and second table sides.
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| Vehicle rear body structure | 20060290169 | 20061228 |
| The vehicle rear body structure comprises the roof having the roof base shape in the convex shape, the roof concave portion enclosed by length L extending longitudinally and the width W extending laterally, the concave portion being located at the lower level than the roof base shape, and the rear hatch with the shoulder portions located substantially at the same level as the roof base shape and the concave portion located at the level lower than the shoulder portions and at the same level as the concave portion. The roof concave portion goes down rearward such that its height becomes lower from its front end portion toward the rear end portion. The roof-rear-end air flow passage extending longitudinally from the concave portion to the concave portion... |
| Terrain map summary elements | 20060290706 | 20061228 |
| Method and system for image data analysis, by making use of a Terrain Map Summary Element (TMSE) data structure, in which a Terrain Map data structure provides processed primitive data about each 2×2 kernel of pixels from an original image. The new TMSE is a hierarchical multiple-level or tiered structure of such Terrain Map elements, in which each successive Terrain Map level summarizes, for example, 16 lower level elements or member. By providing such a hierarchical nature of the map elements, richness is enhanced by each higher element because every element of each successively higher level map summarizes the data from elements of the lower level map. For example, in a five-level Terrain Map Summary Element structure according to the disclosure, each element or member of... |
| Method and system for a two level scalable bundling solution | 20060291476 | 20061228 |
| The present invention is a system and a method which enables implementing a scalable, carrier class bundling multiplexed data communication on low rate links. The proposed system and method, which comply with the data transference specifications of both CBR and statistical traffic, offer a data bundling solution with minimal overhead that may operate on different types of connections, using links with diverse capacities. The disclosed bundling mechanism is based on a two level mechanism: the lower level is composed of any number of superlinks, each gathering 8 communication links. The upper level is composed of two bundlers—for CBR data and for statistical traffic—each connected to all the superlinks. The header of each dataframe includes all the required information. This guarantees that the receiving side has full... |
| Method for extracting the distribution of charge stored in a semiconductor device | 20060284082 | 20061221 |
| A method is described for extracting the spatial distribution of charge stored in a charge-trapping layer of a semiconductor device. The method comprises the steps of performing a first charge-pumping measurement on a device under test using a variation of the upper level of the pulse and performing a second charge-pumping measurement on this device using a variation of the lower level of the pulse. The data obtained is combined for extracting the spatial distribution. This is done by establishing a relation between a charge pumping current Icp and a calculated channel length Lcalc of the semiconductor device by reconstructing spatial charge distribution estimates from the charge pumping curves for multiple values of the charge pumping current Icp. From these multiple values of Icp the value... |
| Seasonal, multi-use, multi-level structure transportable both by ground and water for use in a body of water | 20060278153 | 20061214 |
| A multi-use, multi-level structure can be installed in and removed from a body of water in a seasonal fashion. The structure has a lower level that includes a boat lift and an upper level that provides an entertainment area. The structure carries a ballast system for selectively floating the structure on the body of water or sinking the structure in the water. The ballast system includes an array of hydraulically interconnected ballast tanks that are vented to the atmosphere. A valve may be opened to admit water to the ballast tanks to flood the tanks. A pump is used to pump water out of the ballast tanks when desired.
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| Seasonal, multi-use, multi-level structure transportable both by ground and water for use in a body of water | 20060278154 | 20061214 |
| A multi-use, multi-level structure can be installed in and removed from a body of water in a seasonal fashion. The structure has a lower level that includes a boat lift and an upper level that provides an entertainment area. The structure carries a buoyancy system for selectively floating the structure on the body of water or sinking the structure in the water. The buoyancy system preferably comprises a ballast system that includes an array of hydraulically interconnected ballast tanks that are vented to the atmosphere. A valve may be opened to admit water to the ballast tanks to flood the tanks. A pump is used to pump water out of the ballast tanks when desired.
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| Method for using coupled fea analyses of different levels of organization within an entity to analyze the entity | 20060282240 | 20061214 |
| A method and computer-implemented system for coupling multiple, concurrently-running FEA analyses of an entity that has multiple levels of organization in a way that enables each analysis to inform and be informed by analyses of higher and/or lower levels of organization in the entity. The method and preferred system includes describing an entity at multiple levels of organization (for example, multiple length scales) with FEA models and defining the interplay between the various models. Further, the method and preferred system includes initializing, managing and controlling the interaction between the multiple, concurrently-running FEA analyses. The resulting overall, improved analysis provides more accurate modeling information about each individual level of organization than traditional “single-level FEA”analysis of that level by accounting for the behavior of and interaction between multiple... |
| System and method for optimized distributed file transfer | 20060282405 | 20061214 |
| A system and method for optimized distribution of files from a file server to a high number of client machines. The client machines are interconnected as nodes in a binary tree structure with each level of nodes receiving the files from a higher level and transferring to a lower level. The file server is the root node of the tree. A database is arranged to store the tree structure information, register new client machines requesting file transfer, and determine lowest cost paths for new links within the tree structure. The lowest cost paths are determined based on cost parameters assigned to network switches between nodes of the tree. Each client machine acting as a child node is arranged to receive the files from a parent node... |
| Reciprocating compressor | 20060275148 | 20061207 |
| A reciprocating compressor comprising a cylinder block (3) having formed therein a plurality of cylinders (11), a shaft rotatably passing through the cylinder block and pistons engaged in reciprocating movement inside the cylinders (11) as the shaft rotates, which is installed by fastening mounting leg parts (31) disposed at the cylinder block (3) at mounting positions, is characterized in that the mounting leg parts are each constituted with a connecting portion (31a) extending from the cylinder block 3 and a projected portion (31b) formed continuously to the connecting portion to project on one side or both sides of the connecting portion along the tightening direction and that the projected portion (31b) has a lower level of rigidity compared to the connecting portion (31a). The reciprocating compressor... |
| Optical waveguide, optical transmitter and receiver module, and laminated structure | 20060275615 | 20061207 |
| An optical waveguide in which a groove is formed on the top surface of a substrate used as a lower clad and a core is formed in the groove, characterized in that the core is formed in such a way that the top face of the core within the groove is at a lower level than the top face of the substrate, and an upper clad may also be provided on the core, and the core is preferably formed from an organic-inorganic hybrid material.
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| Spiral conveyor apparatus with automatic flow control | 20060266624 | 20061130 |
| A spiral conveyor with automatic flow control includes a plurality of curved segments connected to form a spiral for the flow by gravity of articles from an upper level to a lower level. Each of the segments includes freely rotating skate wheels forming a conveying surface and a controlled, powered cylindrical roller. A sensor mounted in each segment senses the presence of an article in the segment. A controller receives the signals from the sensors and activates the associated roller for transport mode to assist articles through the conveyor if the path is clear, or if the downstream portion of the conveyor is blocked, to reverse the roller for accumulate mode to hold articles in the segment until the path is cleared.
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| Dyslipoproteinemia associated with venous thrombosis | 20060263796 | 20061123 |
| The present invention provides methods of determining a human subject's risk for venous thrombosis based on the finding that venous thrombosis patients have significantly lower levels of large HDL particles, HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein Al and higher levels of small LDL particles, LDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein B. Genotyping showed that venous thrombosis patients differed significantly from controls in CETP genotype and that the CETP genotypes found in subjects with VTE are linked to elevated CETP mass and activity. Methods for determining the level of lipids or lipoproteins in plasma or serum samples to determine risk for venous thrombosis are provided. Methods for reducing the risk of venous thrombosis are also provided.
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| Storage medium, method of producing transfer file data, and data signal | 20060265378 | 20061123 |
| A transfer file stored in a game cartridge has a transfer file nested structure in which a transfer file in which a game program is converted into a transfer file is further converted into a transfer file. Specifically, the game program is converted into a transfer file at a level “1” (base level) of the nested structure, and a transfer file [n−1] converted at an immediately lower level “n−1” and the game program are converted into a transfer file at a level “n”. Note that n=1, 2, . . . N.
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| Inheritance model between masters, layouts and slides | 20060265659 | 20061123 |
| An N-level inheritance model is provided to develop presentations. A hierarchical inheritance model includes master slides, custom layout slides, and slides including the material for the presentation. The inheritance model allows presentation authors to both define an overall look for the presentation as well as the ability to customize slide layouts individually. An author may create custom layouts that may be applied to a single slide as well as a set of slides. Properties that are defined at any level within the hierarchy may be inherited by the lower levels within the hierarchy. Each level within the presentation may also make an exception to an inherited property.
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| Ferroelectric memory device and method of manufacturing the same | 20060244023 | 20061102 |
| A ferroelectric memory device includes a top electrode, a bottom electrode, a ferroelectric film which is sandwiched between the top and bottom electrodes, includes a first portion having a side surface flushed with a side surface of the top electrode and a second portion having a side surface flushed with a side surface of the bottom electrode, and has a step formed by making the side surface of the second portion project outward from the side surface of the first portion, a top mask which is provided on the top electrode, and a side mask which is provided on part of a side surface of the top mask, the side surfaces of the top electrode and the first portion of the ferroelectric film and has a... |
| System and method for optimizing sequential xor command performance | 20060245106 | 20061102 |
| An RPO algorithm in a HDD coalesces LBA-sequential XOR commands in pipes, and passes the pipes to a lower level execution engine. The execution engine executes XOR reads and write separately to optimize performance using head and/or cylinder skew information to approach the nominal disk data rate.
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| Method and system for operating a financial instrument | 20060247994 | 20061102 |
| A company issues an instrument including a claim upon its assets whose priority in the event of bankruptcy or liquidation varies as a result of one or more specified qualifying events which may be experienced by the company. The claim takes the form of a security which in its initial form is a bond or some other instrument evidencing debt. Following the occurrence of one of the specified events the claim is transformed into a claim upon the company which has a lower level of seniority in the event of bankruptcy or liquidation than the original form of the claim, for example an equity instrument.
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| Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanism | 20060248213 | 20061102 |
| A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection... |
| Personal utility vehicle (puv) | 20060237239 | 20061026 |
| A powered personal utility vehicle having a quick-change body configuration with a mating tray assembly and a universal chassis is disclosed. The upper level of the mating tray houses electronics while the lower level engages with the universal chassis to form the personal utility vehicle. Reconfigurations are simplified with plug and play design electronics. Vehicle traction is increased through a specialized track and drive wheel design that improves contact between the between the surfaces allowing operation in multiple environments. The two-piece wheel design allows assembly of the inflatable drive molded balloon tire. Adjustment of inflation levels of the balloon tires controls track tension. Control is either manually programmed into the on board central processing unit, or via carrier signals. Semi and fully autonomous operation is disclosed.... |
| Method using control structure for versatile content control | 20060242150 | 20061026 |
| A tree structure stored in the storage medium provides control over what an entity can do even after gaining access. Each of the nodes of the tree specifies permissions by an entity who has gained entry through such node of the tree. Some trees have different levels, where the permission or permissions at a node of the tree has a predetermined relationship to permission or permissions at another node at a higher or lower or the same level in the same tree. By requiring entities to comply with the permissions so specified at each of the nodes, the tree feature of this application allows a content owner to control which entities can take action, and which actions each of the entities can take, irrespective of whether... |
| Control structure for versatile content control | 20060242151 | 20061026 |
| A tree structure stored in the storage medium provides control over what an entity can do even after gaining access. Each of the nodes of the tree specifies permissions by an entity who has gained entry through such node of the tree. Some trees have different levels, where the permission or permissions at a node of the tree has a predetermined relationship to permission or permissions at another node at a higher or lower or the same level in the same tree. By requiring entities to comply with the permissions so specified at each of the nodes, the tree feature of this application allows a content owner to control which entities can take action, and which actions each of the entities can take, irrespective of whether... |
| Placing elements in piles | 20060233617 | 20061019 |
| The present application relates to an apparatus and method for placing an element (14), such as a steel column or concrete section, into a pile shaft (1) during top-down construction techniques. The apparatus is provided with an upper and lower positioning means (2, 3) which allow the plan position of the element at upper and lower levels respectively to be adjusted.
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| Efficient point-to-multipoint data reconciliation | 20060235895 | 20061019 |
| Efficient reconciliation of different versions of a target file or dataset can be facilitated using a hash hierarchy of a master version of the dataset. Each level of the hash hierarchy has hashes of blocks of the master version that may be sub-blocks of the hashes in the level above. The top level of the hash hierarchy, having the hashes of the largest blocks of the master, may be transmitted on a first communication channel, possibly a one-way or broadcast communication channel. Streams of encodings of each lower level of the hash hierarchy may be transmitted on respective communication channels. The encodings for a level of the hierarchy may be combinations, such as random linear combinations, of the hashes of that level. A receiver with a... |
| Automatic switch method and appartus for a usb | 20060236141 | 20061019 |
| An automatic switch method and apparatus are used to set the output current of a USB by slowly increasing the output current under monitoring the voltage on the USB. If the USB could normally operate until the output current reaches a threshold value, a higher level is set for the output current, otherwise a lower level is set instead. The process may be performed periodically to dynamically determine the output current for the USB.
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| Method of fabricating strained channel devices | 20060226483 | 20061012 |
| A process for forming both tensile and compressive strained silicon layers to accommodate channel regions of MOSFET or CMOS devices has been developed. After formation of shallow trench isolation structures as well as application of high temperature oxidation and activation procedures, the fabrication sequences used to obtain the strained silicon layers is initiated. A semiconductor alloy layer is deposited followed by an oxidation procedure used to segregate a germanium component from the overlying semiconductor alloy layer into an underlying single crystalline silicon body. The level of germanium segregated into the underlying single crystalline silicon body determines the level of strain, which is in tensile state of a subsequently selectively grown silicon layer. A second embodiment of this invention features the thinning of a portion of the... |
| High-speed, low-power input buffer for integrated circuit devices | 20060220704 | 20061005 |
| A high-speed, low-power input buffer for an integrated circuit device in which the input voltage (VIN) is coupled to both a pull-up and a pull-down transistor. In accordance with a specific embodiment, the input buffer utilizes a reference voltage input (VREF) during a calibration phase of operation but not when in an active operational mode. A maximum level of through current is supplied when VIN=VREF with lower levels of through current at all other VIN voltages. In an integrated circuit device incorporating an input buffer as disclosed, two (or more) input buffers may be utilized per device input pin.
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| Use of data latches in multi-phase programming of non-volatile memories | 20060221697 | 20061005 |
| A non-volatile memory device includes circuitry for governing a multi-phase programming process in a non-volatile memory. The exemplary embodiment uses a quick pass write technique where a single programming pass is used, but the biasing of the selected memory cells is altered to slow programming as the memory cells approach their target values by raising the voltage level of the channels of the selected memory cells. A principle aspect of the present invention introduces a latch associated with the read/write circuitry connectable to each selected memory cell along a corresponding bit line for the storage of the result of the verify at this lower level.
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| Authentication system | 20060223500 | 20061005 |
| In some preferred embodiments, in an authentication system including a plurality of portable devices and a base station, if the portable device is operated by an internal battery, ID data encrypted at a higher level are exchanged (normal mode), and if the portable device is operated by electromagnetic induction coupling with the base station, ID data encrypted at a lower level are exchanged (backup mode). These two communication modes are performed in the same communication device. The portable device transmits a signal showing a state of the battery voltage to the base station, and the portable device and the base station store the battery state in the respective storing portions. At the time of initiating communication, the portable device transmits a signal in the normal mode... |
| Data processing system, cache system and method for issuing a request on an interconnect fabric without reference to a lower level cache based upon a tagged cache state | 20060224833 | 20061005 |
| In response to a master receiving a memory access request indicating a target address, the master accesses a first cache directory of an upper level cache of a cache hierarchy. In response to the target address being associated in the first cache directory with an entry having a valid address tag and a first invalid coherency state, the master issues a request specifying the target address on an interconnect fabric without regard to a coherency state associated with the target address in a second cache directory of a lower level cache of the cache hierarchy. In response to the target address having a second invalid coherency state with respect to the first cache directory, the master issues a request specifying the target address on an interconnect... |
