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  • Intelligent self-healing networks and advanced troubleshooting of communication service problems
    Patent number: 8175223
    Abstract: A problem detection and repair system receives a trouble indication indicating a problem with a network. The trouble indication may be the result of automated monitoring of the network, or a user of communication services contacting an operator of the network to report trouble. Communication services may include telephone service, television service, Internet service, and other services delivered via a network. The trouble indication may be paired with the user's account, and one or more status determinations may be made prior to handing the user to a support person. Based on the results of the status determinations, problems may be detected, and repairs automatically attempted. If needed, the user may be forwarded to a support person along with the results of the status determinations and any attempted repairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Shankaran Narayanan, Mounire El Houmaidi, Homayoun Torab
  • Aircraft spillover fuel tank
    Patent number: 8172182
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods described herein provide for a spillover tank to extend the fuel capacity of the main wing tank of an aircraft. The spillover tank is located in the wing of the aircraft adjacent to the main wing tank. At least one aperture exists through the shared barrier between the main wing tank and the spillover tank that allows fuel to flow passively between the tanks. A scavenge pump mechanism driven by motive flow from the main fuel pumps continuously pumps fuel from the spillover tank into the main wing tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard Bruce Tanner
  • Index optimization for ranking using a linear model
    Patent number: 8171031
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing a more efficient approach to ranking search results. An illustrative technology reduces an amount of ranking data analyzed at query time. In the technology, a term is selected, at index time, from a master index. The term corresponds to a number of documents greater than a threshold. A set of documents that includes the term is selected based on the master index. A rank is determined for each document in the set of documents that contains the term. Each document in the set of documents that contains the term is assigned to a top document list or a bottom document list based on the rank. Predefined values of at least part of the rank are stored in the top document list for documents in the top document list and are not stored in the bottom document list for documents in the bottom document list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vladimir Tankovich, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Mihai Petriuc
  • Controllable upper surface blown nozzle
    Patent number: 8167249
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide for a controllable upper surface blown (USB) nozzle aperture. Aspects of the disclosure provide a powered-lift aircraft that utilizes a controllable nozzle aperture to maximize the spreading of the engine exhaust flow over the wing and USB flap surfaces to increase lift when desirable and to minimize exhaust plume contact with the wing and USB flap surfaces when minimizing drag is desirable. The controllable USB nozzle aperture includes movable upper, lower, and side duct surfaces to dynamically vary the geometry of the nozzle exit aperture to minimize the height and maximize the width of the exit aperture for maximum spreading of the exhaust plume or to maximize the height and minimize the width of the exit aperture for minimizing the spreading of the exhaust plume and minimizing the associated drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Neal Harrison, John C. Vassberg
  • Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for communicating via a mobile wireless communication device
    Patent number: 8165139
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for communicating via a mobile wireless communication device (MWCD). According to exemplary embodiments, a message is generated for a customer premises equipment located at a customer premises. The message is provided to the customer premises equipment via a mobile wireless communication device located at the customer premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Amr Elkady, Barbara Helen Stark
  • DataGrid user interface control with row details
    Patent number: 8166387
    Abstract: A DataGrid user interface (UI) control is presented that is configured to display a table that includes columns corresponding to fields in a data source and rows corresponding to records in the data source. The DataGrid UI control is also configured to display a details section associated with each row in the table. One or all of the details sections can be displayed or hidden based upon properties specified by a developer or input made by a user. A property may also be set to cause the details section for a row to be displayed only when a user interface cursor is hovering over the row associated with the details section. A property may also be set to cause a details section for a row to be displayed only when the associated row is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Morrison, Régis Lucien Francis Brid, Yifung Lin
  • Smart routing
    Patent number: 8166200
    Abstract: A router module receives a client request. In response to receiving the request, the router module obtains the network address of a server module to fulfill the request. The router module then determines whether it is executing on the same physical computer as the server module. If the router module determines that the server module is not executing on the same physical computer, the router module forwards the client request to the server module utilizing a standard network transport. If the router module determines that the server module is executing on the same computer, the router module forwards the client request to the server module using an optimized transport, such as an optimized local-machine-only transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Boaz Lev
  • Aerodynamically-assisted landing gear
    Patent number: 8162255
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide for the use of a lift-producing body with a landing gear assembly in order to provide a lifting force during landing gear operations that reduces the load on the landing gear actuator. According to embodiments, the lift-producing body may be configured for attachment to the landing gear assembly. The lift-producing body may be reconfigured while the landing gear assembly is being retracted or deployed in order to maximize the aerodynamic lift created by the lift-producing body or to minimize the drag induced by the lift-producing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas L. Weaver, James J. Sheahan, Jr.
  • Filtering redundant events based on a statistical correlation between events
    Patent number: 8166351
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for filtering redundant fault events from an event stream generated by devices on a network based on a statistical correlation between fault events are provided. Event history data is collected from the fault events generated by devices on the network over a period of time. Statistical correlations are computed between each distinct pair of fault events in the event history data. Based on the statistical correlations, a list of redundant fault events and associated significant events is identified. The list of redundant events and associated significant events is utilized to filter the redundant fault events from the event stream generated by the devices on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lev Slutsman, Moshiur Rahman
  • Imaging frame freeze detection
    Patent number: 8165226
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting faults in a digital video stream include frame freeze detection that can alert an operator of frame freeze in a digital video stream. According to various embodiments, a counter or other code generator is used to place a code into each frame of a video stream. The code counts sequentially, or otherwise changes in a predetermined manner, from one frame to the next and is embedded into one or more pixels of each frame. Verification at the destination, or display, of the changing code within the frames of the video stream can confirm that the video stream is not in a frame freeze fault condition prior to display. If a fault condition is detected by the code verification process, an operator can be made aware of the fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Dexter A. Schnebly
  • Active directional control of airflows over wind turbine blades using plasma actuating cascade arrays
    Patent number: 8162610
    Abstract: Methods of utilizing plasma actuating cascade arrays for actively controlling airflow over wind turbine blades are described herein. These methods may include providing plasma actuating cascade arrays that include dielectrics and electrodes. The electrodes and dielectrics are electrically operated to generate plasma clusters, and to induce directional airflows in response to the plasma clusters. The methods may also include configuring the plasma actuating cascade arrays based, at least in part, on characteristics of the wind turbine blades and characteristics of energy generation regimes and scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Khozikov, Shengyi Liu, George M. Roe
  • Connector hat with extended mounting posts for securing a connector shell to a circuit board
    Patent number: 8157586
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies described herein provide for securing a connector shell to a circuit board using a separate connector hat with elongated mounting posts. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a connector hat includes a one-piece body with a top surface and a pair of mounting posts. The mounting posts extend downwards from opposing side edges of the top surface. The posts are of sufficient length to extend beyond a bottom surface of a connector shell to which the connector hat is configured to attach, and through a bottom surface of an associated circuit board. The two-piece connector assembly design utilizing the connector hat with mounting posts allows the mounting posts to be manufactured at any desirable length to facilitate installation of the connector assembly to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Genesis Technology USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Loyd Mullins
  • Roaming personal information items across multiple computing devices using an IMAP server
    Patent number: 8161107
    Abstract: Technologies for roaming personal information items across multiple computing devices using an IMAP server are provided. When a change is detected to a personal information item maintained by a PIM program one computing device, the data representing the personal information item is uploaded from the computing device to an IMAP server, where it is stored as a message in a user mailbox designated to hold personal information items. A second computing device then downloads the message storing the data representing the personal information item from the IMAP server and makes it available to a PIM program executing on the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Ryan Edward Gregg
  • Active directional control of airflows over rotorcraft blades using plasma actuating cascade arrays
    Patent number: 8157528
    Abstract: Methods of constructing plasma actuating cascade arrays for actively controlling airflow over rotorcraft blades are described herein. These methods may include providing plasma actuating cascade arrays that include dielectrics and electrodes. The electrodes and dielectrics are electrically operated to generate plasma clusters, and to induce directional airflows in response to the plasma clusters. The methods may also include configuring the plasma actuating cascade arrays based, at least in part, on characteristics of the rotorcraft blades and characteristics of flight regimes and scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Khozikov, Shengyi Liu, George M. Roe
  • Index optimization for ranking using a linear model
    Patent number: 8161036
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing a more efficient approach to ranking search results. One method reduces an amount of ranking data analyzed at query time. In the method, a term is selected, at index time, from a master index. The term corresponds to a number of documents greater than a threshold. A set of documents that includes the term is selected based on the master index. A rank is determined for each document in the set of documents that contains the term. Each document in the set of documents that contains the term is assigned to a high ranking index or a low ranking index based on the simple rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vladimir Tankovich, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Mihai Petriuc
  • Power rail system
    Patent number: 8151505
    Abstract: A power supply system for a firearm including a plurality of leads disposed in a rail for providing power to an electric firearm accessory attached thereto and an electric firearm accessory including connectors for electrically connecting to leads disposed in a rail on which the accessory is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wolf Pac Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: John Thompson
  • Managing SSL fixtures over PLC networks
    Patent number: 8148854
    Abstract: Managing solid-state luminary (SSL) fixtures over power line carrier (PLC) networks is described herein. Devices provided in this description include SSL arrays, and converter circuitry coupled to drive the SSL arrays. More specifically, the converter circuitry is adapted to convert input voltage received from a power distribution network into a level suitable for driving the SSL arrays. The devices also include (PLC) modems for coupling to PLC networks, and coupled to the converter circuitry. In particular, the PLC modems interface the converter circuitry to the PLC networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Ashok Deepak Shah, David Diehl Roberts, III
  • Browser on test equipment
    Patent number: 8145447
    Abstract: A portable telecommunication test set, such as a telephone line butt set, with a web browser incorporated therein. A standard HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) or WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser may be incorporated within the portable test set, allowing a network technician to access the Internet as well as other remotely-located sources of information to retrieve data and other useful technical information while in the field for communication network or telephone line maintenance, troubleshooting or repair. The test set may contain memory to locally store certain technical information, e.g., telephone line-specific data or circuit information, that may be retrieved and “read” by the built-in browser module when prompted by the network technician. The web browser may display the content of the requested information on a display provided on the test set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Samuel N. Zellner, Nathan Sargent, Mark J. Enzmann, Robert T. Moton, Jr.
  • Detecting hidden shared dependencies through covert channels
    Patent number: 8145750
    Abstract: According to one method for detecting a hidden shared dependency through covert channels, a pattern of bursts is transmitted to a first application hosted by a first server. The pattern of bursts may be designed to stress a potential hidden dependency shared by the first application and a second application hosted by a second server. Each of the bursts may include one or more concurrent requests. Probe requests are transmitted to the second application. Responses corresponding to the probe requests are received from the second application. Response times are determined by computing a difference between times that the probe requests are transmitted and times that the corresponding responses are received. A determination is made whether the potential hidden dependency exists based on the response times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Kaustubh R. Joshi
  • Declarative data binding and data type propagation in a remote workflow schedule authoring system
    Patent number: 8146017
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided herein for declarative data binding and data type propagation in a remote workflow schedule authoring system. According to one method, a user interface is provided for binding a parameter in a workflow action rule to a data value provided by a data source. The user interface may include a control for specifying a data source and a data field to which the parameter should be bound. The parameter is bound to the data source and data field selected using the user interface. If the data type of the selected data source is identical to the data type of the parameter, an internal lookup may be performed to retrieve the data value. Otherwise, the data type of the parameter may be propagated to the data source during lookup of the data value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Malek, Phillip David Allen, Stuart B. Kolodner