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US 2012/0012976 A1
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Fuse structure having crack stop void, method for forming and programming same, and design structure
The disclosure relates generally to fuse structures, methods of forming and programming the same, and more particularly to fuse structures having crack stop voids. The fuse structure includes a semiconductor...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 602 |
US 2012/0015511 A1
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On-chip embedded thermal antenna for chip cooling
An apparatus comprises a first layer within a semiconductor chip having active structures electrically connected to other active structures and having electrically isolated first inactive structures. A second...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 603 |
US 2012/0016653 A1
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Interactive blueprinting for packaged applications
An interactive design of process model for packaged application software installation and configuration generates a process model from a natural language description of software installation or configuration...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 604 |
US 2012/0016851 A1
patent application
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System and Method for Partially Deferred Index Maintenance
Methods and Apparatus, including computer program products, for maintaining indexes in a database management system. The database management system includes a table having table entries and an index data...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 605 |
US 2012/0016875 A1
patent application
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Personalized data search utilizing social activities
Embodiments relate personalized data searches utilizing social activities. In one embodiment, a search query is received from a user. A set of search results that satisfy the search query is received from a...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 606 |
US 2012/0017186 A1
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Specifying circuit level connectivity during circuit design synthesis
Exemplary embodiments include a method for modifying a circuit synthesis flow having automated instructions, the method including receiving circuit design input for a circuit design, receiving custom...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 607 |
US 2012/0017203 A1
patent application
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Path-Sensitive Analysis for Reducing Rollback Overheads
A mechanism is provided for path-sensitive analysis for reducing rollback overheads. The mechanism receives, in a compiler, program code to be compiled to form compiled code. The mechanism divides the code into...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 608 |
US 2012/0012933 A1
patent application
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Formation method and structure for a well-controlled metallic source/Drain semiconductor device
A device and method for forming a semiconductor device include growing a raised semiconductor region on a channel layer adjacent to a gate structure. A space is formed between the raised semiconductor region...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 609 |
US 2012/0012977 A1
patent application
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Secure anti-fuse with low voltage programming through localized diffusion heating
An antifuse is provided having a unitary monocrystalline semiconductor body including first and second semiconductor regions each having the same first conductivity type, and a third semiconductor region...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 610 |
US 2012/0012980 A1
patent application
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Semiconductor capacitor
A semiconductor capacitor and its method of fabrication are disclosed. A non-linear nitride layer is used to increase the surface area of a capacitor plate, resulting in increased capacitance without increase...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 611 |
US 2012/0014014 A1
patent application
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Data recording and reading device and method
Provided is a method for recording data to a tape medium in such a manner as to achieve the easy management of mutually related multiple data pieces. First data and second data continuously received as a file...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 612 |
US 2012/0014520 A1
patent application
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Biometric encryption and key generation
A system, method and program product for generating a private key. A system is disclosed that includes a signal acquisition system for obtaining biometric input from a user and encoding the biometric input into...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 613 |
US 2012/0016618 A1
patent application
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Matched filter testing of data transmission cables
In one embodiment, a method for testing a cable includes receiving a read-signal profile read at a receiving-end of a cable upon an initial test signal being input to a sending end of the cable, calculating a...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 614 |
US 2012/0016885 A1
patent application
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Adaptive and personalized tag recommendation
Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques for personalized tag recommendation for enterprise social bookmarking systems. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises computing at...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 615 |
US 2012/0017204 A1
patent application
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String cache file for optimizing memory usage in a java virtual machine
A method, system and computer program product for optimizing memory usage associated with duplicate string objects in a Java virtual machine. The method comprises scanning a heap of the Java virtual machine at...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 616 |
US 2012/0013353 A1
patent application
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Method And System For Impedance Measurement In An Integrated Circuit
A method for determining a power supply impedance profile (|Z(f)|) at a predetermined load location within an electronic system. A repetitive activity (such as a modulated clock tree signal) is applied in the...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 617 |
US 2012/0014639 A1
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Packaged multicore fiber optical transceiver module
A method and structure for coupling to a plurality of multicore optical fiber strands. A first plurality of optoelectronic devices is provided on a surface of a substrate, the first optoelectronic devices being...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 618 |
US 2012/0016716 A1
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Joint multi-channel configuration optimization for retail industry
A data integration module is operable to integrate a plurality of data sources, a customer preference module builds a model representing preference to different channels in merchandise category for each...
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19-Jan-2012 |
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US 2012/0017030 A1
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Optimizing a file system interface in a virtualized computing environment
Systems and methods for optimizing write operations to a storage device in a virtualized computing environment comprise monitoring write operations issued by an application running on a virtual machine's (VM)...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 620 |
US 2012/0017074 A1
patent application
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Dynamic system mode switching
A system and method of controlling the system mode of a computer. The method comprises sending an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command to a baseboard management controller (BMC), wherein the...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 621 |
US 2012/0017164 A1
patent application
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Dynamic Personal Airport Advisor With Incorporated Service Call and Collaboration Function
A method and system for optimizing travel and time management during travel. A travel tool is provided to receive travel objectives, which may also be prioritized and set with the tool. In response to detecting...
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19-Jan-2012 |
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US 2012/0017175 A1
patent application
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Management of selected and nonselected items in a list
A method includes, in response to items being selected in a graphical user interface, defining a first state for the items as selected items and a second state for a set of one or more unselected items in the...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 623 |
US 2012/0012979 A1
patent application
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Semiconductor capacitor
An improved semiconductor capacitor and method of fabrication is disclosed. A nitride stack, comprising alternating sublayers of slow-etch and fast-etch nitride is deposited on a substrate. The nitride stack is...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 624 |
US 2012/0013356 A1
patent application
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Method And System For Performing Self-Tests In An Electronic System
A method and system for performing a self-test of power supply quality for an integrated circuit chip within an electronic system. The electronic system is subjected to a well-defined repetitive activity, such...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 625 |
US 2012/0013620 A1
patent application
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Animating Speech Of An Avatar Representing A Participant In A Mobile Communications With Background Media
Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication including preparing the avatar for display for display including: selecting images to represent the participant, selecting a...
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19-Jan-2012 |
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US 2012/0016979 A1
patent application
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Propagating changes in topic subscription status of processes in an overlay network
A method of updating statuses of processes in a network is provided. The method may include the following steps: connecting N processes on a K-connected overlay network of nodes which is in operative...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 627 |
US 2012/0017194 A1
patent application
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Method for fast estimation of lithographic binding patterns in an integrated circuit layout
The present invention provides a lithographic difficulty metric that is a function of an energy ratio factor that includes a ratio of hard-to-print energy to easy-to-print energy of the diffraction orders along...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 628 |
US 2012/0012372 A1
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Method and Structure to Improve the Conductivity of Narrow Copper Filled Vias
Techniques for improving the conductivity of copper (Cu)-filled vias are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating a Cu-filled via is provided. The method includes the following steps. A via is etched in...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 629 |
US 2012/0016660 A1
patent application
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Parsing culturally diverse names
Provided are techniques for parsing a name. A name to be parsed is received. A culture of the name is identified. One or more name phrases from the name are identified. Statistics for the one or more name...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 630 |
US 2012/0016701 A1
patent application
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Intelligent timesheet assistance
A timesheet assistant mines development items in a repository of a computer to form identified development items. Development context information and effort indicators, associated with the identified...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 631 |
US 2012/0016846 A1
patent application
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Data deduplication by separating data from meta data
Provided are techniques for data deduplication. A chunk of data and a mapping of boundaries between file data and meta data in the chunk of data are received. The mapping is used to split the chunk of data into...
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19-Jan-2012 |
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US 2012/0016978 A1
patent application
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Method and Apparatus for Performing Services in a Network Data Processing System
A method, computer, and computer program product for performing a service. A processor unit identifies information about a network data processing system for performing the service. The processor unit...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 633 |
US 2012/0017047 A1
patent application
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Data vaulting in emergency shutdown
A data storage apparatus includes a processor, a write cache in operable communication with the processor, an auxiliary storage device in operable communication with the write cache, and a temporary power...
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19-Jan-2012 |
| 634 |
US 8096462 B2
patent document
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Method of reworking electrical short in ultra sonic bonder
A modified ultrasonic bonding machine and process uses a sharpened bonding wedge to perform cutting of short material. The sharpened wedge is controlled by the same position control device control used to...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097474 B2
patent document
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Integrated circuit chip design flow methodology including insertion of on-chip or scribe line wireless process monitoring and feedback circuitry
Disclosed are embodiments of a design and manufacturing system and an associated method that allow for design analysis and for insertion, during wafer manufacture, of intra-process monitoring circuitry. These...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 636 |
US 8097515 B2
patent document
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Self-aligned contacts for nanowire field effect transistors
A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes forming a nanowire over a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate structure around a portion of the nanowire, forming a capping...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099388 B2
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Efficient handling of mostly read data in a computer server
An apparatus and method is described for improving access to mostly read data on network servers. The preferred embodiments more efficiently utilize replicated data servers to minimize server response time for...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099410 B2
patent document
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Optimizing execution of database queries containing user-defined functions
A query engine (or optimizer) which supports database queries having user-defined functions maintains historical execution data with respect to each of multiple user-defined functions. The historical execution...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099454 B2
patent document
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Staging a file within a distributed computing system
Methods, apparatus, and products for staging a file within a distributed computing system are disclosed that include defining a topology of the network; mapping each computer to a network location in the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099465 B2
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Method and system for preparing and replying to multi-party e-mails
A method for preparing and replying to multi-party e-mails is provided. The method includes opening an e-mail composition window in an e-mail application for generating an e-mail, specifying one or more...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099630 B2
patent document
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Hardware diagnostics determination during initial program loading
Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for determining hardware diagnostics during initial program loading (IPL). A space is allocated for a diagnostics hardware table storing hardware...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097516 B2
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Dual trench isolation for CMOS with hybrid orientations
The present invention provides a semiconductor structure in which different types of devices are located upon a specific crystal orientation of a hybrid substrate that enhances the performance of each type of...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097525 B2
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Vertical through-silicon via for a semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes at least one silicon substrate having first and second planar surfaces, and at least one through silicon via filled with a conductive material and extending vertically through...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097932 B2
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Ultra low κ plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes using a single bifunctional precursor containing both a SiCOH matrix functionality and organic porogen functionality
A method for fabricating a SiCOH dielectric material comprising Si, C, O and H atoms from a single organosilicon precursor with a built-in organic porogen is provided. The single organosilicon precursor with a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8098784 B2
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Systems, methods and computer program products for high speed data transfer using a plurality of external clock signals
A method for capturing data includes receiving a plurality of external clock signals including a first external clock signal and a second external clock signal. Each external clock signal has a first frequency,...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099532 B2
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Intelligent dynamic multi-zone single expander connecting dual ported drives
A single fibre channel switch or serial attached SCSI expander applies zoning on the initiator ports to each of the two ports of one or more drives. The fibre channel switch or serial attached SCSI expander...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099628 B2
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Software problem identification tool
A method for identifying a problem in a software application is presented. The method may include enabling a user to define at least one usage scenario for a software application. The software application may...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099684 B2
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Methodology of placing printing assist feature for random mask layout
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of placing printing assist features in a mask layout. The method includes providing a design layout having one or more designed features; generating a set...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097520 B2
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Integration of passive device structures with metal gate layers
A passive device structure includes an unpatterned metal gate layer formed in a passive device region of a semiconductor device; an insulator layer formed upon the unpatterned metal gate layer; a semiconductor...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 650 |
US 8098536 B2
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Self-repair integrated circuit and repair method
A method for repairing degraded field effect transistors includes forward biasing PN junctions of one of a source and a drain of a field effect transistor (FET), and a body of the FET. Charge is injected from a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099397 B2
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Apparatus, system, and method for improved portable document format (“PDF”) document archiving
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improved Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document archiving. The method includes scanning a source PDF document for a shared resource. The source PDF document...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099430 B2
patent document
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Computer method and apparatus of information management and navigation
Computer method and apparatus manages and navigates computer implemented information. A first source information and second source information are related as parent-child information. Keywords are extracted...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 653 |
US 8099562 B2
patent document
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Scalable interface for a memory array
A technique for accessing a memory array includes receiving, from multiple requesters, memory access requests directed to a single port of the memory array. The memory access requests associated with each of...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099588 B2
patent document
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Method, system and computer program for configuring firewalls
A solution is proposed for distributing a software product to a set of data processing entities (such as endpoints) in a data processing system; the system includes a set of security applications (such as...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 655 |
US 8099728 B2
patent document
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System for managing configuration changes in a data processing system
A method of managing configuration changes in a data processing system, particularly a network wherein software products (250) must be distributed to client workstations. The method provides the definition of...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8096627 B2
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Latch apparatus to an enclosure for an electronic device
A latch apparatus for a cover and a housing is mounted on at least one side in a front of the housing. The latch apparatus includes a bracket rotatably attached to at least one outer side in a front of the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099338 B2
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Management of virtual universe item returns
The present invention relates to relates to the management of virtual universe item returns. A method for in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: initiating a return of a item by a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099440 B2
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Method for laying out fields in a database in a hybrid of row-wise and column-wise ordering
A method, system, and article are provided for employment of a hybrid layout of representation of data objects in computer memory. Columns of the database are separated based upon a classification of the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099451 B2
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Systems and methods for implementing logic in a processor
Systems, methods and media for implementing logic in the arithmetic/logic unit of a processor are disclosed. More particularly, hardware is disclosed for computing logical operations with minimal hardware by...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099600 B2
patent document
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Content distribution site spoofing detection and prevention
A method, system and apparatus for detecting and preventing content distribution site impersonation. In this regard, a method for detecting and preventing content distribution site spoofing can include the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099767 B2
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Secure agent-less enterprise infrastructure discovery
Mechanisms for securing dynamic discovery of an enterprise computing infrastructure is provided. One implementation involves maintaining enterprise credential information in a secured trust store, receiving an...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8096705 B2
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Method and system for real-time estimation and prediction of the thermal state of a microprocessor unit
A method of estimating temperature of a transient nature of a thermal system, including, without a temperature measurement being made available, determining a drive current and thermal parameters of the thermal...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097401 B2
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Self-forming top anti-reflective coating compositions and, photoresist mixtures and method of imaging using same
A composition of matter. The composition of matter includes a polymer having an ethylenic backbone and comprising a first monomer having an aromatic moiety, a second monomer having a base soluble moiety or an...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097492 B2
patent document
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Method and manufacture of silicon based package and devices manufactured thereby
A Silicon Based Package (SBP) is formed starting with a thick wafer, which serves as the base for the SBP, composed of silicon which has a first surface and a reverse surface which are planar. Then form an...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8097500 B2
patent document
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Method and apparatus for fabricating a high-performance band-edge complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor device
In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for fabricating a high-performance band-edge complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor device. One embodiment of a method for fabricating a complementary...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 666 |
US 8098248 B2
patent document
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Method for semantic modeling of stream processing components to enable automatic application composition
A method for modeling components of a stream processing application, includes: defining an input message pattern of a processing element, wherein the input message pattern includes variables representing data...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 667 |
US 8098729 B2
patent document
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Implementing B-picture scene changes
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing B-picture scene changes. A prediction stage predicts a B-picture scene change based upon a sequence of statistical information in an encoder order and a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 668 |
US 8099274 B2
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Facilitating input/output processing of one or more guest processing systems
An article of manufacture, method and system are provided for facilitating input/output (I/O) processing of at least one guest processing system. The article of manufacture includes at least one computer-usable...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 669 |
US 8099524 B2
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Automated method to configure a data storage system
An automated, computer-implemented method to configure a data storage system comprising a host computer, a storage controller in communication with said host computer, and a plurality of data storage media in...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 670 |
US 8099579 B2
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System and method for cache-locking mechanism using segment table attributes for replacement class ID determination
A system, method, and program product are provided that identifies a cache set using Segment LookAside Buffer attributes. When an effective address is requested, an attempt is made to load the received...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 671 |
US 8099582 B2
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Tracking deallocated load instructions using a dependence matrix
A mechanism is provided for tracking deallocated load instructions. A processor detects whether a load instruction in a set of instructions in an issue queue has missed. Responsive to a miss of the load...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099634 B2
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Autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component
A mechanism is provided for autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component. The mechanism determines whether independent functions within a multiple function service boundary can...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 673 |
US 8099670 B2
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Systems and media for updating an instant messaging system
Systems and media for updating an instant messaging system on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for updating status indicators such as ‘away’ messages of an instant messaging...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 674 |
US 8099711 B2
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System and method for multi-level security filtering of model representations
A system and method for multi-level security filtering of model representations. Elements of an architecture and systems engineering model have associated security characteristics identifying the required level...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 675 |
US 8098137 B2
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Media passport system
A media passport system including a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder attached to a removable medium a plurality of RFID readers installed in rooms, wherein each RFID reader has a unique...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099385 B2
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System and article of manufacture for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment for processing transaction requests
Provided are a system and article of manufacture for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment. Data is stored at a primary storage site. A data structure is processed indicating an association of...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 677 |
US 8099446 B2
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Digital content searching tool
Embodiments of the invention may include a method for searching digital content in a data processing system. The method may include providing a set of sample digital resources. Each sample digital resource may...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 678 |
US 8099514 B2
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Network file system
A method in one embodiment is performed at least in part at a server in a network file system that includes said server and a plurality of clients connected by a network, the method comprising: receiving a data...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099525 B2
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Method and apparatus for controlling access to logical units
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling access to logical units, a logical unit being an addressable entity that accept commands. A plurality of logical units are accessible by one or more ports, a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 680 |
US 8099570 B2
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Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic selective memory mirroring
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamic selective memory mirroring in solid state devices. An amount of memory is reserved. Sections of the memory to select for mirroring in the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099668 B2
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Predator and abuse identification and prevention in a virtual environment
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for protecting a child user from inappropriate interactions within an immersive virtual environment. The inappropriate interactions may be detected by examining...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099688 B2
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Circuit design
A design process includes inputting a design file representing a circuit design embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and using a computer to translate the circuit design into a netlist. The...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099723 B2
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Referencing a constant pool in a java virtual machine
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for referencing a constant pool. A determination is made as to whether a bytecode references the constant pool. A relative offset to the constant pool is...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 684 |
US 8099781 B2
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Method of managing and mitigating security risks through planning
An exemplary method is provided for managing and mitigating security risks through planning. A first security-related information of a requested product is received. A second security-related information of...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 685 |
US 8098330 B2
patent document
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Mapping of presentation material
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a video output by combining a first video input and a second video input. A first input image is accessed from the first video input and...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 686 |
US 8098808 B2
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Automated calling system for conference calls
In a method for calling participants in a conference call, a computer system receives a conference date, a call time for the conference call, names of the participants, and telephone numbers for the...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099382 B2
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Method and system for mapping multi-dimensional model to data warehouse schema
A system maps a multidimensional model to data warehouse schema. The system includes a multidimensional model editor for defining a multidimensional model based on a conceptual model; a mapping reasoner for...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 688 |
US 8099522 B2
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Arrangements for I/O control in a virtualized system
A method for controlling input and output of a virtualized computing platform is disclosed. The method can include creating a device interface definition, assigning an identifier to a paging device and...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099559 B2
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System and method for generating fast instruction and data interrupts for processor design verification and validation
A system and method for intentionally invaliding translation entry valid bits in order to provoke storage interrupts when executing a test case is presented. Prior to executing the test case, an interrupt...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 690 |
US 8099683 B2
patent document
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Movement-based dynamic filtering of search results in a graphical user interface
A movement-based filtering mechanism in a graphical user interface allows a user to filter search results by simply moving a pointer, such as a mouse. One or more attributes are displayed to the user in a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 691 |
US 8096153 B2
patent document
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Method and apparatus for securing equipment at a workstation
Under the present invention, methods and apparatus for securing equipment at a workstation are provided. Portable security apparatus for preventing unauthorized removal or theft of equipment from a workstation...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 692 |
US 8097978 B2
patent document
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Extending backup times of uninterruptible power supplies
A system for extending backup times using networks of direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) is provided. A first DC UPS has a first input and a first output. A second DC UPS has a second...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 693 |
US 8098968 B2
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Silicide thermal heaters for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic devices
A thermally switched Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) photo electronic device includes a silicon layer including an optical waveguide and a silicide heating element horizontally adjacent to the waveguide. The...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099387 B2
patent document
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Managing consistency groups using heterogeneous replication engines
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing consistency groups using heterogeneous replication engines replicating data. A common linkage manager issues a prepare to create...
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17-Jan-2012 |
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US 8099518 B2
patent document
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Method and system for providing asynchronous portal pages
The present invention provides a method and system for implementing asynchronous portal pages, comprising a portlet monitor resident on a web browser and implemented with a script. When a user interacts with a...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 696 |
US 8099714 B2
patent document
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Method and apparatus for applying business rules in an object model driven context
A means is provided for specifying, applying, and managing sets of temporary or permanent additions or modifications to the behavior of object-oriented programs without having to change the code of the program,...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 697 |
US 8099725 B2
patent document
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Method and apparatus for generating code for an extract, transform, and load (ETL) data flow
Methods, computer program products, and system for generating code for an extract, transform, and load (ETL) data flow are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving an ETL data flow...
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17-Jan-2012 |
| 698 |
US 2012/0006318 A1
patent application
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Method of concetrating solar energy
A method of concentrating solar energy includes receiving solar energy through a surface of an optically clear shell, guiding the solar energy through a liquid contained in the optically clear shell, folding...
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12-Jan-2012 |
| 699 |
US 2012/0010803 A1
patent application
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Vehicle arrival prediction using multiple data sources including passenger bus arrival prediction
A system, method and computer program product for estimating a vehicle arrival time. The system receives information representing prior travel times of vehicles between pre-determined vehicle stops along a...
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12-Jan-2012 |
| 700 |
US 2012/0010869 A1
patent application
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Visualizing automatic speech recognition and machine
An automated speech processing method, system and computer program product are disclosed. In one embodiment, a speech-to-text (STT) engine is used for converting an audio input to text data in a source...
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12-Jan-2012 |