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  • Audio-visual data collection system
    Publication number: 20020120643
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for obtaining visual data in connection with speech recognition. An image capture device captures visible images, a text-supplying device supplies text, and a substantially fully frontal image of a human face is captured during the reading of text from the text-supplying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Giridharan Iyengar, Chalapathy Neti, Michael A. Picheny, Gerasimos Potamianos
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM TO DYNAMICALLY MANAGE LOGICAL PATH RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20090193145
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method dynamically manages logical path resources by adding, removing, and establishing logic paths based on specified priority schemes associated with the logical path resources. Information associated with the logical path resources is updated in a logical path resource table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Juan A. Coronado, Roger G. Hathorn, Bret W. Holley
  • INJECTION MOLDED SOLDER BALL METHOD
    Publication number: 20090309219
    Abstract: Methods for making solder balls, which can be used to bump semiconductor wafers are disclosed. Methods for bumping semiconductor wafers with the solder balls are also disclosed. The solder balls can be made using an injection molded soldering (IMS) process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Peter A. Gruber, Barry A. Hochlowski, David T. Naugle
  • Attenuating phase shift mask blank and photomask
    Patent number: 7029803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attenuating phase shift mask blanks for use in lithography, a method of fabricating such a mask blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: Schott AG, IBM
    Inventors: Hans Becker, Ute Buttgereit, Gunter Hess, Oliver Goetzberger, Frank Schmidt, Frank Sobel, Markus Renno, S. Jay Chey
  • Context-aware code provisioning for mobile devices
    Publication number: 20080045172
    Abstract: A simplification of the process of deploying public services for mobile users Particular refinements in this vein involve the dynamic configuration of client software using available context information and the optimization of software provisioning based on historical usage information, which includes services accessed together with the location and time of access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Mandayam T. Raghunath, Marcel C. Rosu
  • Adjusting apparatus of gap width and method thereof
    Publication number: 20020069961
    Abstract: Provided is an adjusting method of a gap width of a laminated body composed of a color filter substrate and a TFT array substrate. A decompression chamber acting as a closed space communicating with a vacuum pump is decompressed, while a pressurization chamber that includes a decompression chamber is pressurized by driving a compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: IBM
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Fumiaki Kunimoto, Nobuo Shimizu
  • Tool for displaying JMX monitoring information
    Publication number: 20050125719
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided to allow the status of components obtained through JMX queries to be loaded asynchronously in web content such that the status value of each component is displayed as soon as it becomes available, without having to wait for the completion of any other query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Daniel, Michael Etgen, Christopher Mitchell, David Brauneis
  • Virtual Electronic Fuse Apparatus and Methodology
    Publication number: 20080191781
    Abstract: A virtual electronic fuse apparatus and methodology are disclosed that permit the state of an electronic fuse to change from an un-blown state to a blown state and then back to a virtual un-blown state. In one embodiment, the electronic fuse may change from the virtual un-blown state back to a virtual blown state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Christopher Dixon, Michael Wayne Harper
  • Method and apparatus for enhancement of web searches
    Publication number: 20040205558
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing a Web page. A search query is sent from a browser to a search engine in which the search query includes a search term. The Web page is received in response to sending the query including a search term. Each instance of the search term present in the Web page is highlighted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Lane Thomas Holloway, Nadeem Malik, Marques Benjamin Quiller
  • Methods and arrangements for establishing a group collaboration session utilizing multiple multicast distribution trees
    Publication number: 20030012215
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for establishing group collaboration between different distributed networks. At least two publisher nodes are prompted to generate individual distribution trees associated with each publisher node, wherein each individual distribution tree includes at least one subscriber node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventor: Marcos N. Novaes
  • EM algorithm for convolutive independent component analysis (CICA)
    Publication number: 20030046038
    Abstract: In connection with blind source separation, proposed herein, inter alia, are: expectation-maximization equations to iteratively estimate unmixing filters and source density parameters in the context of convolutive independent component analysis where the sources are modeled with mixtures of Gaussians; a scheme to estimate the length of unmixing filters; and two alternative initialization schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Sabine Deligne, Ramesh A. Gopinath
  • Space-efficient object models for object-oriented programming languages
    Publication number: 20040111703
    Abstract: A method for implementing an object model for an object-oriented programming language. Also contemplated is a method whereby some object state is materialized directly in those objects deemed likely to use such a state, but is externalized for those objects deemed unlikely to use the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: David F. Bacon, Stephen J. Fink, David P. Grove
  • Method and Apparatus for Measuring the Relative Duty Cycle of a Clock Signal
    Publication number: 20070271068
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosed methodology and apparatus measure relative duty cycle information of a clock signal with respect to an input node as the clock signal travels to selected nodes of a clock distribution network on an electronic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: David William Boerstler, Eskinder Hailu, Jieming Qi, Bin Wan
  • Non-linear example ordering with cached lexicon and optional detail-on-demand in digital annotation
    Publication number: 20050246625
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for annotating digital input. Digital media input is accepted, with the input being arranged in frames, while in annotating at least one of the following are performed: the presentation of frames for annotation in non-linear fashion; and the employment of a cached annotation lexicon for applying labels to frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Giridharan Iyengar, Chalapathy Neti, Harriet Nock
  • Object oriented based methodology for modeling business functionality for enabling implementation in a web based environment
    Publication number: 20050060684
    Abstract: A computer method and apparatus defining Business Classes for modeling business activities comprising the steps of representing business activities as the interaction between one or more Business Classes, and entering into a computer and storing in an electronic format the Business Classes and the relationships existing between the Business Classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Gupta, Rajiv Uppal, Devang Parikh
  • Trench etch process for dielectric isolation
    Patent number: 4534826
    Abstract: A process for etching deep trenches to achieve dielectric isolation for integrated circuit devices; the process insures obtaining substantially perfectly vertical trench walls by precluding significant variation in etch bias during the trench formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: George R. Goth, Thomas A. Hansen, Robert T. Villetto, Jr.
  • Driver safety manager
    Publication number: 20050192730
    Abstract: A unified approach that permits the consideration of different issues and problems that affect driving safety. Particularly, there is proposed herein the creation of a driver safety manager (DSM). The driver safety manager embraces numerous different factors, multimodal data, processes, internal and external systems and the like associated with driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara Churchill, Alexander Faisman, Dimitri Kanevsky, David Nahamoo, Roberto Sicconi
  • Object oriented based, business class methodology for performing data metric analysis
    Publication number: 20050102273
    Abstract: A method for extracting desired data from a digital database comprising the steps of specifying desired data elements to be extracted from an operational database, generating executable code from the identified data elements for extracting the identified data elements from the database, and executing the executable code thereby extracting the identified data elements from the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventor: Arun Gupta
  • Data transfer device and method thereof
    Publication number: 20020038396
    Abstract: When data is transferred from a controller of a liquid crystal display device to each driver through a predetermined number of signal lines, the Transferring Data are divided into a plurality of groups by forming the signal lines into groups beforehand. For each group, the combination of inversion/non-inversion of the data to be transmitted is examined, a well-balanced combination is selected so as to reduce EMI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: IBM
    Inventors: Eisuke Kanzaki, Hiroshi Yamashita, Shohhei Fujio
  • Notepad for web browser
    Publication number: 20040205460
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of saving selected portions of a Web page to a client local storage. A user will select a portion of a Web page. The selected text data, image data, and site link data will be stored to the client local storage. The relevant date information will be determined from the Web browser. This date information will be linked to the stored portion of the Web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventor: Prabhakar Gopalan
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