Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Schmeiser, Olsen and Watts
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Patent number: 8326828Abstract: A method and system for optimizing resource usage in an information retrieval system. Meta information in query results describes data items identified by identifiers. A chunk of the identifiers and a set of meta information are loaded into a first cache and a second cache, respectively. A portion of the set of meta information is being viewed by a user. The portion describes a data item identified by an identifier included in the chunk and in a sub-chunk of identifiers that identifies data items described by the set of meta information. If a position of the identifier in the sub-chunk satisfies a first criterion, then a second set of meta information is preloaded into the second cache. If a position of the identifier in the chunk satisfies a second criterion, then a second chunk of the identifiers is preloaded into the first cache.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nianjun Zhou, Dikran S. Meliksetian, Yang Sun, Chuan Yang
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Patent number: 8327170Abstract: A load management method and system. The method includes detecting and monitoring by a computing system, a frequency signal associated with an input voltage signal used for powering computing apparatuses at a specified location. The computing system compares the frequency signal to a predetermined frequency value. The computing system determines that the frequency signal comprises a first value that is not equal to the predetermined frequency value. The computing system calculates a difference value between the first value and the predetermined frequency value. The computing system compares the difference value to a second value and analyzes a power demand profile. The computing system enables a load adjustment modification process associated with the plurality of power consumption devices based on the difference value and the power demand profile. The computing system generates and stores a report associated with the load adjustment modification process.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory Jensen Boss, Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Julianne Frances Haugh, Anne R. Sand
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Patent number: 8327111Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for batched remapping of virtual memory addresses for garbage collection in a large object area. A mapping from a table having a first set of virtual memory addresses and sizes of non-contiguous, page-aligned large objects in a large object area to a remapping table having a second set of virtual memory addresses is determined. In a single batch, a request is received that includes the second set of virtual addresses and requests a remapping of the large objects to the second set of virtual memory addresses. The second set of virtual memory addresses is validated, and the large objects are remapped to the second set of virtual memory addresses according to the request. The remapping results in a compaction so that the large objects are contiguous in the large object area. The remapping does not require copying data in physical memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Holly Katherine Cummins, Anthony Phillips, Andrew Dean Wharmby
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Patent number: 8323027Abstract: A method and system of teaching success, comprising: instructing student(s) 1) to select at least one Creative Ambition(s) or compelling personal goal (CA?); 2) to identify at least one Thought (T) as in a STARS roadmap for achieving CA?; 3) to ascertain in which thought awareness stage their T for achieving CA? is; and 4) to adjust their pleasure index so that the at least one T that is in a thought awareness stage other than a Willed Action or Willed Inaction is displaced to the Willed Action or Willed Inaction thought awareness stage. CA? may be derived from a Supreme Collective Intelligence (SCI?) or from a collective group of people (SCI). A method and a system, comprising: teaching that a higher Success Ratio may be achieved by de-compartmentalizing success and offsetting intensification of resistance from the Ego by tagging or attaching an intense pleasure or displeasure to achieving the CA?.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Inventor: Kevin W. George
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Patent number: 8326622Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for filling out a form from a dialog between a caller and a call center agent. The caller and the caller center agent can have the dialog in the form of telephone conversation, instant messaging chat or email exchange. The system and method provides a list of named entities specific to the call center operation and uses a translation and transcription minor to filter relevant elements from the dialog between the caller and the call center agent. The relevant elements filtered from the dialog are subsequently displayed on the call center agent's computer screen to fill out application forms automatically or through drag and drop operations by the call center agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Carl Joseph Kraenzel, David M. Lubensky, Baiju Dhirajlal Mandalia
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Patent number: 8325518Abstract: A multi-level cell NOR flash memory device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source regions, a plurality of drain regions, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of bitlines, and a plurality of power lines. The bitlines each have a specific sheet resistance. A specific number of the bitlines are disposed between two adjacent ones of the power lines. Accordingly, the multi-level cell NOR flash memory device is of a high transconductance and uniformity and thereby features an enhanced conforming rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Eon Silicon Solution Inc.Inventors: Sheng-Da Liu, Yider Wu
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Patent number: 8316718Abstract: A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) pressure sensor device (20, 62) includes a substrate structure (22, 64) having a cavity (32, 68) formed therein and a substrate structure (24) having a reference element (36) formed therein. A sense element (44) is interposed between the substrate structures (22, 24) and is spaced apart from the reference element (36). The sense element (44) is exposed to an external environment (48) via one of the cavity (68) and a plurality of openings (38) formed in the reference element (36). The sense element (44) is movable relative to the reference element (36) in response to a pressure stimulus (54) from the environment (48). Fabrication methodology (76) entails forming (78) the substrate structure (22, 64) having the cavity (32, 68), fabricating (84) the substrate structure (24) including the sense element (44), coupling (92) the substrate structures, and subsequently forming (96) the reference element (36) in the substrate structure (24).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Yizhen Lin, Woo Tae Park, Mark E. Schlarmann, Hemant D. Desai
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Patent number: 8321914Abstract: A system and associated method for verifying an attribute in records for a procurement application. The procurement application employs a database having a company profile record, a user profile record, and a requisition object record, among which share a company_code attribute as a target attribute that is desired to be valid. The company profile record has a validity attribute, and the requisition object record has a validity flag, to indicate validities of the value for the target attribute in respective record. A company profile configuration module configures the company profile record. A user profile verification module prohibits a user without a valid user profile from accessing the procurement application. A user profile cleanup program removes invalid user profile records from the database. A requisition object verification module checks out valid values for the company_code attribute from the company profile records and blocks modification to invalid requisition objects.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Macam S. Dattathreya, William Philip Shaouy, Russell Thomas White, Jr.
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Patent number: 8321798Abstract: A container browser or a super browser stores browsers and enables a user to launch any stored web browser and display a designated web page from a preferred browser. This container browser can track and bookmark the browsers such that the browsers could be easily selected and initiated. The container browser could present the content in tabbed form, meaning that a tab that the user can click on will represent every open window. Once the user has designated a particular browser to display particular web page, then this information is stored in the container browser. Further accesses to that web site would be displayed using the designated web browser. Other designated web pages would be displayed on other designated web browsers.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Kelly Aymar
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Patent number: 8313353Abstract: A method of assembling a coaxial cable connector comprising positioning a portion of a post within a body, the post including a flange; positioning a coupler, axially rotatable with respect to the post and the connector body, the coupler having a first end configured for coupling to an interface port and an opposing second end, and an internal lip having a first surface facing the first end of the coupler and a second surface facing the second end of the coupler; positioning a continuity member axially rearward of the second surface of the internal lip of the coupler; and wherein at least a portion of the continuity member is configured to extend about an external surface of the connector body and reside axially rearward of the coupler between the coupler and the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Eric Purdy, Noah Montena, Jeremy Amidon
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Patent number: 8316353Abstract: A method and system for analyzing a problem in a computing environment. Symptom rules that include associated problem information are generated in a symptom catalog. An input file including a stack trace provided in response to detecting the problem is received. Function names included in contiguous lines in the stack trace are identified. In response to a search for the function names in the symptom catalog, the function names found in the search are matched to keywords included in a symptom rule. The computing system retrieves problem information that corresponds to the matched keywords. A report is generated that includes the stack trace and a solution included in the retrieved problem information. The generated report uses a text attribute to emphasize the text of the function names included in the stack trace.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nozomu Aoyama, Toshimichi Arima, Kyoichi Ozaki, Hiroyuki Shingai, Masaaki Suehiro
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Patent number: 8316035Abstract: Methods and arrangements of text entry are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to select segments of text from text files based upon the number of words in phrases of the text files, upon the number of letters in words of the text files, or upon other patterns of the text in the text files. The text files may include web sites and news indexes. Embodiments may also involve indexing the selected segments of text, matching text currently being entered by the user (current text) into an application to a portion of a segment of the indexed text, and entering a remaining portion of the segment of the indexed text into the application based upon the matching. In some embodiments, the matching may be based upon an attribute of text such as a time period, a source, or a recipient.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yen-Fu Chen, Fabian F. Morgan, Brian M. O'Connell, Keith R. Walker, Sarah V. White Eagle
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Patent number: 8314078Abstract: A silver nanocomposite, a formation method for forming the silver nanocomposite, and an application method utilizing the silver nanocomposite. The silver nanocomposite includes a silver nanoparticle conjugated to a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) or glucose. The formation method includes chemically reacting silver nitrate with a reducing agent to form a silver nanoparticle conjugated to the reducing agent of a GAG or glucose. The application method may include topically applying the silver nanocomposite to a wound or burn as an anti-microbial with respect to an antibiotic-resistant genotype in the wound or burn, wherein the silver nanocomposite topically applied includes the silver nanoparticle conjugated to the GAG of 2,6-diaminopyridinyl heparin (DAPHP) or hyaluronan (HA). The application method may include applying the silver nanocomposite as a coating to plastic, a catheter, or a surgical tool, wherein the silver nanocomposite applied as the coating includes the silver nanoparticle conjugated to the GAG of DAPHP.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Vascular Vision Pharmaceutical Co.Inventors: Shaker A. Mousa, Robert J. Linhardt
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Patent number: 8313345Abstract: A coaxial cable continuity connector comprising a connector body, a post engageable with connector body, wherein the post includes a flange having a tapered surface, a nut, wherein the nut includes an internal lip having a tapered surface, wherein the tapered surface of the nut oppositely corresponds to the tapered surface of the post when the nut and post are operably axially located with respect to each other when the coaxial cable continuity connector is assembled, and a continuity member disposed between and contacting the tapered surface of the post and the tapered surface of the nut, so that the continuity member endures a moment resulting from the contact forces of the opposite tapered surfaces, when the continuity connector is assembled, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventor: Eric Purdy
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Patent number: 8316346Abstract: A method and system for selecting a technology to implement a service integration. Functional and non-functional service requirements are received. Technology preference relative weights for a pre-defined set of technologies and requirement relative weights for the requirements are received. Responses are received. The responses are associated with the requirements and with the requirement relative weights in a one-to-one correspondence. The responses are associated with the technology relative weights in a many-to-one correspondence. Each response indicates a characteristic that satisfies a requirement. A technology for implementing the service integration is selected from the pre-defined set of technologies based on the technology preference relative weights and the requirement relative weights.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Vishwanath Ganapathy
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Patent number: D670994Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Sinox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chun-Sheng Wu
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Patent number: D671082Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Inventor: Cheng-Ping Chang
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Patent number: D671100Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignees: Askey Technology (Jiangsu) Ltd., Askey Computer Corp.Inventor: Chih-Hua Huang
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Patent number: D671237Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Lextar Electronics, Corp.Inventors: Chang-Han Chen, Cheng-Chun Liao, Chia-Shen Cheng, Chih-Yun Lu
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Patent number: D671534Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignees: Askey Technology (Jiangsu) Ltd., Askey Computer Corp.Inventor: Chih-Hua Huang