Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for providing codec mode notification (CMN) messages for speech to be signaled from a sender to a receiver. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions for local administration of metabolic inhibitors, methods of locally administering such compositions, and rapid diagnostic methods for identifying mutant allele during the course of a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A method for determining a development plan for an area includes receiving input parameters associated with a plurality of target geographical areas and a reference geographical area; identifying, based on the input parameters, a candidate geographical area matching the reference geographical area from the plurality of target geographical areas; and determining a development activity for the candidate geographical area based on an outcome of said development activity in the reference geographical area.

Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions for local administration of metabolic inhibitors, methods of locally administering such compositions, and rapid diagnostic methods for identifying mutant allele during the course of a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A computer-controlled method of converting documents includes receiving, through a user interface on a computing device, a name of a request document representing a request for proposal stored in a memory, using a processor in the computing device to access the memory and locate a cascading style sheet associated with an application used to produce the request document in the memory, importing the cascading style sheet from the memory and processing information in the cascading style sheet as a text mark-up file, and populating the user interface with the information.

Abstract: A computer-controlled method of converting documents includes receiving, through a user interface on a computing device, a name of a request document representing a request for proposal stored in a memory, using a processor in the computing device to access the memory and locate a cascading style sheet associated with an application used to produce the request document in the memory, importing the cascading style sheet from the memory and processing information in the cascading style sheet as a text mark-up file, and populating the user interface with the information.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for managing legal mandates are provided. In one example, a management system comprises at least one processor and memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive a legal mandate, in response to receiving the legal mandate, generate a review board comprising a list of one or more individual reviewers, send the legal mandate to the review board, and receive one or more comments from the one or more individual reviewers with respect to the legal mandate. The legal mandate may be a legal hold, and the instructions may be further executable to issue the legal mandate to one or more custodian representatives implicated by the legal mandate after receiving the one or more comments.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for managing electronic discovery are provided. In one example, a method for facilitating a cross-team, role-based workflow for task management on a computing device comprises sending a project request to a business coordinator, the project request received from a legal/compliance team member, assigning work required by the project request to a discovery coordinator based on input received from the business coordinator, and performing the work required by the project request by assigning one or more projects to one or more collection/preservation teams based on input received from the discovery coordinator.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying items by receiving a query, identifying query feature values for similarity features associated with the query, identifying items each having item feature values for similarity features thereof, for each of the identified items and for each of the similarity features, determining a feature distance between the query feature value and the item feature value, and presenting the identified items in a two dimensional array of cells. The array defines reference vectors corresponding to the similarity features. The identified items are positioned within the array relative to the origin cell, for any of the cells, by determining difference function values. for the identified items each based on the feature distances of the item, the reference vectors and the coordinates of the cell, and placing one of the items in the cell based upon the determined difference function values.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying items by receiving a query, identifying query feature values for similarity features associated with the query, identifying items each having item feature values for similarity features thereof, for each of the identified items and for each of the similarity features, determining a feature distance between the query feature value and the item feature value, and presenting the identified items in a two dimensional array of cells. The array defines reference vectors corresponding to the similarity features. The identified items are positioned within the array relative to the origin cell, for any of the cells, by determining difference function values. for the identified items each based on the feature distances of the item, the reference vectors and the coordinates of the cell, and placing one of the items in the cell based upon the determined difference function values.

Abstract: A method for improving performance of networking applications which receive network data from a computer network and which are executable on any one of a plurality of data processing means. The proposed method comprises the steps of establishing a data transfer connection between a first data processing means of the plurality of data processing means and the computer network; sending data on said data transfer connection by means of a given networking application of a plurality of networking applications, said given networking application running on a second data processing means of the plurality of data processing means; determining a quality measure of said data transfer connection from the sent data; and moving the given networking application to the first data processing means if the quality measure meets a predefined criterion.

Abstract: A method for forming a self-aligned, recessed channel, MOSFET device that alleviates problems due to short channel and hot carrier effects while reducing inter-electrode capacitance is described. A thin pad oxide layer is grown overlying the substrate and a gate recess, followed by deposition of a thick silicon nitride layer filling the gate recess. The top surface is planarized exposing the pad oxide layer. An additional oxide layer is grown, thickening the pad oxide layer. A portion of the silicon nitride layer is etched away and additional oxide layer is again grown. This forms a tapered oxide layer along the sidewalls of the gate recess. The remaining silicon nitride layer is removed. The oxide layer at the bottom of the gate recess is removed and a gate dielectric layer is grown. Gate polysilicon is deposited filling the gate recess. S/D implantations, metallization, and passivation complete fabrication of the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing data transfer in a computer memory in which during the transfer of data from an application buffer to a network socket, memory usage faults are reduced.

Abstract: A MOSFET includes a dielectric, preferably in the form of a metal thick oxide that extends alongside the MOSFET's drift region. A voltage across this dielectric between its opposing sides exerts an electric field into the drift region to modulate the drift region electric field distribution so as to increase the breakdown voltage of a reverse biased semiconductor junction between the drift region and body region. This allows for higher doping of the drift region, for a given breakdown voltage when compared to conventional MOSFETs.

Abstract: A MOSFET includes a dielectric, preferably in the form of a metal thick oxide that extends alongside the MOSFET's drift region. A voltage across this dielectric between its opposing sides exerts an electric field into the drift region to modulate the drift region electric field distribution so as to increase the breakdown voltage of a reverse biased semiconductor junction between the drift region and body region. This allows for higher doping of the drift region, for a given breakdown voltage when compared to conventional MOSFETs.

Abstract: A method for forming a self-aligned, recessed channel, MOSFET device that alleviates the problems due to short channel and hot carrier effects while reducing inter-electrode capacitance is described. A substrate with an active area encompassed by a shallow trench isolation (STI) region is provided. A mask oxide layer is then patterned and etched to expose the substrate and a portion of the STI region. The surface is etched and the mask oxide layer is eroded away while creating a gate recess in the unmasked area. A thin pad oxide layer is then grown overlying the surface followed by a deposition of a thick silicon nitride layer covering the surface and filling the gate recess. The top surface is planarized exposing the pad oxide layer. An additional oxide layer is grown causing the pad oxide layer to thicken. A portion of the silicon nitride layer is etched away and additional oxide layer is again grown causing the pad oxide layer to further thicken.

Abstract: A method for forming a self-aligned, recessed channel, MOSFET device that alleviates the problems due to short channel and hot carrier effects while reducing inter-electrode capacitance is described. A substrate with an active area encompassed by a shallow trench isolation (STI) region is provided. A mask oxide layer is then patterned and etched to expose the substrate and a portion of the STI region. The surface is etched and the mask oxide layer is eroded away while creating a gate recess in the unmasked area. A thin pad oxide layer is then grown overlying the surface followed by a deposition of a thick silicon nitride layer covering the surface and filling the gate recess. The top surface is planarized exposing the pad oxide layer. An additional oxide layer is grown causing the pad oxide layer to thicken. A portion of the silicon nitride layer is etched away and additional oxide layer is again grown causing the pad oxide layer to further thicken.