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US08539055B2	Device abstraction in autonomous wireless local area networks According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a managed network device assigns to itself an IP address, in absence of a DHCP service, in a link local address space within a wireless network. The system further responds to a network frame received from another device based on the assigned IP address in the link local address space. The network frame can be a network traffic frame, a control path frame, and/or a management frame. The control path frame comprises a source IP address and a destination IP address that correspond to internal IP addresses in the link local address space that are self-assigned by managed network devices. The management frame comprises the self-assigned internal IP address for the managed network device, and provides for management of managed network devices in the wireless network through a single IP address when a virtual controller is configured for the wireless network.
US08539051B2	Method for the transmission of program updates for program-controlled devices in a communication network The invention is characterized in that a user profile for a program-controlled device is updated on a regular basis. The program is updated in accordance with said user profile. One advantage of the invention lies in the fact that peak loads of communication networks caused by the simultaneous transmission of program updates are avoided.
US08539047B2	Apparatus, method and system for a tunneling client access point The disclosure details the implementation of a tunneling client access point (TCAP) that is a highly secure, portable, power efficient storage and data processing device. The TCAP “tunnels” data through an access terminal's (AT) input/output facilities. In one embodiment, the TCAP connects to an AT and a user employs the AT's user input peripherals for input, and views the TCAP's activities on the AT's display. This enables the user to observe data stored on the TCAP without it being resident on the AT, which can be useful to maintain higher levels of data security. Also, the TCAP may tunnel data through an AT across a communications network to access remote servers. The disclosure also teaches a plug-n-play virtual private network (VPN).
US08539044B2	On-line schedule system with personalization features An on-line scheduling application allows users to personalize how television-related, entertainment-related, and social event related information is provided. Users may select one or more sources from which the information is obtained. Users may set up a date book that is also uses as a source. Users may select one or more delivery schemes that the application uses to provide the information. One or more of the personalization features of the scheduling application may be incorporated into an on-line television programming guide.
US08539043B2	System and method for adding targeted content in a web page A network (20) includes a first processor (22) for maintaining a Web page (34) having an embedded first code module (36) and accessible through a Web address (38). A second processor (24) supports a Web browser (52) for receiving transmission of the Web page (34) and executing the first code module (36). When executed, the first code module (36) issues a first command (93) to retrieve a second code module (90) from a server system (26). The server system (26) includes a database (68) having a service response (162, 176, 186) associated with the Web address (38). A processor (62) assembles the second code module (90) having the service response (162, 176, 186). When the second code module is retrieved, the first code module (36) issues a second command (106) to initiate execution of the second code module (90) to provide added function to the Web page (34).
US08539040B2	Mobile network background traffic data management with optimized polling intervals Systems and methods for aligning data transfer to optimize connections established for transmission over a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for aligning data transfer to a mobile device to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a cellular network. The method includes batching data received in multiple transactions directed to a mobile device for transmission to the mobile device over the cellular network such that a wireless connection need not be established with the mobile device every time each of the multiple transactions occurs. For example, the data received in the multiple transactions for the mobile device can be sent to the mobile device, in a single transaction over a single instantiation of wireless network connectivity at the mobile device.
US08539039B2	Remote server environment A system in which computer content is encoded at low latency and distributed to one or more client devices and in which user gestures on the client device are translated into a digital representation of the computer's native input format, thereby allowing the client device to control the computer. A method of capturing screen data on a desktop system, packaging the captured content, streaming the content to one or more client device, decoding the content on the client-side, displaying the decoded content on the client device, accepting user input, transmitting the user input to the desktop system, translating the input into a native format, and controlling the desktop system using the translated user input.
US08539028B2	Network-based quick connect meeting service A network-accessible service enables participating end users to collaborate with one another over a network. End users have computing devices that include hardware and software to enable the device to access a network. The service provides a publicly-available site or a local software application from which a first participating user initiates a “meeting,” e.g., by selecting a “share” button. In response, the site or software application provides an HTTP link that includes a “meeting” code, which may be a one-time unique code. The first participating user then shares the link with whomever he or she desires to collaborate. Upon receiving the link, a second participating user joins the meeting “on-the-fly” by simply selecting the link or navigating to the site and entering the “meeting” code. The service connects the second participating user to the meeting immediately and without requiring any registration, software download, or the like.
US08539027B1	System and method for suggesting additional participants for a collaboration session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a collaboration session with a plurality of current participants; detect a subject matter of the collaboration session; and search for an additional participant based on the subject matter.
US08539021B2	Method of delivering information over a communications network A technique and apparatus for delivering information to the subscribers (terminals) on a communications network. The information is simultaneously displayed in a web browser without interfering with the display of subscriber's selected data in the web browser.
US08539016B1	QR decomposition in an integrated circuit device Circuitry speeds up the QR decomposition of a matrix. The circuitry can be provided in a fixed logic device, or can be configured into a programmable integrated circuit device such as a programmable logic device. This implementation performs Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization with no dependencies between iterations. QR decomposition of a matrix can be performed by processing entire columns at once as a vector operation. Data dependencies within and between matrix columns are removed, as later functions dependent on an earlier result may be generated from partial results somewhere in the datapath, rather than from an earlier completed result. Different passes through the matrix are timed so that different computations requiring the same functional units arrive at different time slots. After the Q matrix has been calculated, the R matrix may be calculated from the Q matrix by taking its transpose and multiplying the transpose by the original input matrix.
US08539013B2	Efficient decision method for real non-linear arithmetic constraints A system and method for solving a decision problem having Boolean combinations of linear and non-linear operations includes translating the non-linear real operations using a COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer (CORDIC) method programmed on a computer device into linear operations maintaining a given accuracy. Linear and translated linear operations are combined into a formula. Satisfiability of the formula is solved using a decision procedure for Boolean combinations of linear operations over integers and reals.
US08539010B2	Virtual machine, virtual machine monitor and computer control method A virtual machine monitor for a virtual machine. The virtual machine monitor makes the processor in the virtual machine: receive a timer setting from the guest OS in place of the timer, the timer setting being for making the timer generate a timer interrupt after a lapse of a setting period; change, when the guest OS inputs or outputs data from or to the I/O device via the virtual machine monitor, the setting period set in the timer so that a relation between I/O wait time recognized by the guest OS and I/O process time other than the I/O wait time becomes approximate to a relation between the I/O wait time recognized by the virtual machine monitor and the I/O process time; set the timer setting with the changed setting period in the timer; and notify, when receiving the timer interrupt, the guest OS of occurrence of the timer interrupt.
US08539009B2	Parallel true random number generator architecture A system having an entropy module, a memory module and a main module is disclosed. The entropy module may be configured to generate a plurality of first random numbers. The memory module may be configured to buffer (i) the first random numbers and (ii) a plurality of second random numbers. The main module is generally configured to (i) control a first transfer of the first random numbers from the entropy module to the memory module, (ii) control a second transfer of the first random numbers from the memory module to the main module, (iii) generate the second random numbers by encrypting the first random numbers and (iv) control a third transfer of the second random numbers from the main module to the memory module. The generation of the first random numbers and the generation of the second random numbers may be performed in parallel.
US08539008B2	Extent-based storage architecture An extent-based storage architecture is implemented by a storage server receiving a read request for an extent from a client, wherein the extent includes a group of contiguous blocks and the read request includes a file block number. The storage server retrieves an extent identifier from a first sorted data structure, wherein the storage server uses the received file block number to traverse the first sorted data structure to the extent identifier. The storage server retrieves a reference to the extent from a second sorted data structure, wherein the storage server uses the retrieved extent identifier to traverse the second sorted data structure to the reference, and wherein the second sorted data structure is global across a plurality of volumes. The storage server retrieves the extent from a storage device using the reference and returns the extent to the client.
US08539007B2	Efficient garbage collection in a compressed journal file Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for efficient garbage collection in a compressed journal file system are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a map corresponding to data blocks with overwritten compressed journal entries is configured. Weighted conditions for each of the overwritten compressed journal entries are calculated. The weighted conditions are arranged in the map from lowest to highest. One of the weighted conditions includes a biasing variable towards selecting data blocks having free space at an end of at least one associated record. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.
US08539005B2	Method and system for configuring and visualizing an extruder An extruder configuration system is disclosed. The system includes an extruder information database including details of extruders, extruder elements and extruder barrels, a user interface configured to receive user inputs including user choices of extruders, extruder elements or extruder barrels from the extruder information database, the user interface further configured to receive extruders, extruder elements or extruder barrels for addition to the extruder information database, an element positioning engine including a database of incompatible elements and configured to review user choices and prevent positioning of incompatible extruder elements adjacent to each other on an extruder, a processor configured to create an extruder configuration based on user inputs and a display module configured to display the extruder configuration.
US08539004B2	Automatic document exchange with document searching capability The exchange of documents for execution can be performed efficiently using an automated system that routes and stores documents based on routing information. Routing may be accomplished with reminders for individuals of deadline for responding. After execution is confirmed, an executed copy may be forwarded to all parties and desired non-parties. If execution or approval is desired from a plurality of individuals, documents received from each of the plurality of individuals can be merged into a single, fully executed document if the approval/signatures are obtained simultaneously. Search capability for identifying data regarding the document, text within the document, or both may also be provided.
US08539001B1	Determining the value of an association between ontologies An approach is presented for determining a value of a bridge of a first ontology schema (S1) with a second ontology schema (S2). A bridge of S1 with S2 is generated. A sub-schema S is extracted from the bridge of S1 with S2. A schema S′ is created from S by removing common concepts and relationships to the common concepts, and for each common concept to which first and second concepts have immediate links in S, by creating a new immediate link in S′ between the first and second concepts. An intrinsic value of S′ and a strength of a bridge of S1 with S are determined. Based on the intrinsic value of S′ and the strength of the bridge of S1 with S, the value of the bridge of S1 with S2 is determined.
US08538997B2	Methods and systems for managing data Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or indexes for index databases. In one exemplary method, different processing priorities are assigned to different indexing tasks based upon the origin of the task. In another exemplary method, indexing tasks are processed in a first mode when a data processing system is in a first power state and indexing tasks are processed in a second mode when the data processing system is in a second power state.
US08538996B2	System and method for providing an intelligent configuration rationalization solution A system and method is disclosed for rationalizing configurations associated with one or more products. The system includes a database associated with one or more customers. The system further includes an order analysis system coupled with the database. The order analysis system is capable of rationalizing the differences between configurations of various combinations of options that are stored in the database.
US08538993B2	Outsourced options management A computer-implemented method for processing options requests includes: storing, in a first system, static information regarding subscriptions by customers, the static information including at least customer names and product identifiers; storing, in a second system separate from the first system, flexible information regarding the subscriptions including at least activated options; and processing requests from the customers regarding options in the second system, wherein the first system and the static information are not used in processing the requests.
US08538989B1	Assigning weights to parts of a document Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for assigning weights to parts of a document. In one aspect, document object is generated for a collection of documents. Weights for the respective portions of the document object model are generated, and a document is ranked in a search engine index, the ranking being based at least in part on the generated weights.
US08538984B1	Synonym identification based on co-occurring terms Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a particular query term of an original search query, identifying a candidate synonym for the particular query term in context with an other non-adjacent query term of the original search query that is not adjacent to the particular query term in the original search query, accessing stored data that specifies, for a pair of terms that includes the particular query term and the candidate synonym of the particular query term, a respective confidence value for the other non-adjacent query term, determining that, in the stored data, the confidence value for the other non-adjacent query term satisfies a threshold, and determining to revise the original search query to include the candidate synonym of the particular query term, based on determining that the confidence value the other non-adjacent query term satisfies the threshold.
US08538982B2	Framework for selecting and presenting answer boxes relevant to user input as query suggestions Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying answer boxes for presentation to a user. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of, while receiving an input entered in a search engine query input field by a first user, and before the first user has submitted the input as a search request, obtaining content for an answer box for the input and presenting the answer box to the first user. The answer box can be an answer box associated with a dominant query for the input, or can be an answer box identified from historical answer box data for the input.
US08538981B2	Stream sharing for event data within an enterprise network Merging of query elements in an enterprise system is described. The enterprise system receives queries, which may each be broken down into query components. The enterprise system identifies query components that are related to identical event information from a data source of the enterprise. The enterprise system sends a single query to the data source for the event information, receives the response, and sends the response to the query sources.
US08538980B1	Accessing forms using a metadata registry A method, an apparatus and a system perform accessing of electronic forms using a metadata registry. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request for an electronic form from a user. The method also includes accessing metadata for the electronic form from a metadata registry. The method includes accessing the electronic form based on the metadata for the electronic form from a content repository.
US08538979B1	Generating phrase candidates from text string entries Aspects directed to phrase generation are provided. A method is provided that includes identifying a plurality of phrase candidates from a plurality of text string entries in a corpus. For each phrase candidate: identifying a plurality of left contexts and a plurality of right contexts for the phrase candidate, each left context of the plurality of left contexts being a nearest unique feature to the right of the phrase candidate in a text string entry and each right context of the plurality of right contexts being the nearest unique feature to the right of the phrase candidate, and calculating a left context vector including a score for each left context feature and a right context vector including a score for each right context feature of the phrase candidate. A similarity is determined between pairs of phrase candidates using the respective left and right context vectors for each phrase candidate.
US08538972B1	Context-dependent similarity measurements Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining similarity measures for objects in a dataset that include contextual associations of the objects with contexts. In one aspect, a method includes calculating a similarity measure for any two objects that include a common feature f based, in part, on the likelihood that the two object representations in the dataset that both include f will we associated with distinct contexts, and the likelihood that the two objects in the dataset that both include f will be associated with the same context.
US08538968B2	Saving device for image sharing, image sharing system, and image sharing method The saving device for image sharing saves images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing and accessibly shares in an album form among at least one share. The device includes a sharee layout storing means configured to store first layout information of a sharee's album, a shared area determining means configured to determine a shared area to be shared in the sharee's album from a sharer's album, and a layout changing means configured to automatically change a layout of the shared area based on the first layout information of the at least one sharee. An image sharing system includes the device, and an image sharing method uses the device.
US08538967B1	Optimizing recategorization of financial transactions using collaborative filtering A method to optimize recategorization of financial transactions using collaborative filtering involves obtaining a set of financial transactions of a set of users with a merchant. The method also involves determining, using a processor, a first portion of the set of financial transactions assigned to each recategorization value of a set of recategorization values; determining, using the processor, a second portion of the set of financial transactions where the each recategorization value is different from an initial category; generating, using the processor, a recategorization index for each recategorization value using the first portion of each recategorization value and the second portion; and determining, using the processor, an alternative categorization candidate based on the recategorization index of the each recategorization value.
US08538965B1	Determining a relevance score of an item in a hierarchy of sub collections of items A hierarchical collection of items including one or more sub collections of items ordered in a hierarchy is received. A statistical measure of frequency of an item in a sub collection of items is determined. Further, statistical measures of weightages of the item are determined defining a number of sub collections in the hierarchical collection of items in which the item appears and a number of sub collections in which the item appears. A statistical measure of variability defining a number of occurrences of the item in the hierarchical collection of items across different sub collections is calculated. Furthermore, a relevance score of the item is determined based on the statistical measure of frequency, the one or more statistical measures of weightages of the item and the statistical measure of variability. Based on the relevance score, the item is presented on a computer generated graphical user interface.
US08538964B2	Using an ID domain to improve searching Methods which use an ID domain to improve searching are described. An embodiment describes an index phase in which an image of a document is converted into the ID domain. This is achieved by dividing the text in the image into elements and mapping each element to an identifier. Similar elements are mapped to the same identifier. Each element in the text is then replaced by the appropriate identifier to create a version of the document in the ID domain. This version may be indexed and searched. Another embodiment describes a query phase in which a query is converted into the ID domain and then used to search an index of identifiers which has been created from collections of documents which have been converted into the ID domain. The conversion of the query may use mappings which were created during the index phase or alternatively may use pre-existing mappings.
US08538955B2	Ranking expert responses and finding experts based on rank In a computerized social network, expert and user chat sessions are stored and rated probabilistically. Later user requests for information are met with an expert ranking, based on a balance of similarities between expert profile and questions; similarity between expert profile and prior chat sessions, and dynamically updated chat session ratings. New sessions can be rated automatically with reference to keywords distilled from past sessions responsive to user ratings—and based on session length.
US08538953B2	Two phase method for processing multi-way join query over data streams Provided is a method for processing a multi-way join query comprising: filling matrix-based synopses according to input source stream and generating a result vector evaluating a query equation defined by the matrix multiplication operation of the matrix-based synopses corresponding to nodes of a query walk; and generating a result tuple for the multi-way join query from the matrix-based synopses based on the result vector.
US08538952B2	Apparatus and method to search content in multimedia device An apparatus and method to search content in a multimedia device, and more particularly, an apparatus and method to efficiently search content in a multimedia device using various metadata of the content, the apparatus including: a content storage unit to store content; a metadata storage unit to store metadata of the stored content; a user input unit to receive an input of a current arrangement standard, from one or more arrangement standards corresponding to the metadata, from a user; a content arrangement unit to arrange the stored content according to the current arrangement standard; and a user interface provision unit to provide a user interface that displays the arranged content.
US08538951B2	Search server interconnection method, search server and system for mobile search A search server interconnection method, a search server, and a system for mobile search are disclosed The method includes: sending an information list of a first group of member engines to a search server; receiving an information list of a second group of member engines, where the information list of the second group of member engines is returned by the search server; and sending meta-index information of member engines in the information list of the second group of member engines to the search server. In the present invention, an effective mobile search service across search servers is realized.
US08538947B2	Method of providing instructional material while a software application is in use An ambient help application selects and displays learning resources to an end-user of a software application that are relevant to the current activities of the end-user in the software application. The ambient help application selects the learning resources based on computed relevance scores of each learning resource and displays the learning resources in a dedicated help space. The learning resources may include video- and text-based instructional information, and may be sized and positioned in the help space according to relevance score.
US08538943B1	Providing images of named resources in response to a search query Systems, computer program products, apparatus, and methods are described that perform operations including receiving a search query that includes a name, receiving multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as best satisfying the search query, wherein the identified multiple resources include a resource including a plurality of images. The operations include identifying an image of the plurality of images displaying a face of the person. The image is identified based on a description associated with the image. The description is based at least in part on one or more resources included in the search results. The operations further include providing the identified image with the search results. The search results are provided as a plurality of links. Each link identifies a corresponding resource of the identified plurality of resources.
US08538939B2	Parsing optional block data A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for initially verifying a presence of parameters passed to a parameter database and that a selected group of the parameters are greater than or equal to zero, parsing optional block data to validate the optional block data, determine a length thereof and a number of optional blocks contained therein and proceeding with one of a secondary info-parsing and a secondary data-parsing operation with respect to the optional block data in accordance with content of the parameters passed to the parameter database.
US08538938B2	Interactive proof to validate outsourced data stream processing A method for validating outsourced processing of a data stream arriving at a streaming data warehouse of a data service provider includes a proof protocol. A verifier acting on behalf of a data owner of the data stream may interact with a prover acting on behalf of the data service provider. The verifier may calculate a first root hash value of a binary tree during single-pass processing of the original data stream with limited computational effort. A second root hash value may be calculated using the proof protocol between the verifier and the prover. The prover is requested to provide certain queried values before receiving random numbers used to generate subsequent responses dependent on the provided values. The proof protocol may be used to validate the data processing performed by the data service provider.
US08538937B2	Method for searching a database or data sharing system for the presence of data A database search system ensures the privacy of a search request and the security of a database with high processing efficiency. The system comprises a database server residing on a network that stores predetermined data, and a client terminal issuing to the database server a search request for inquiring for desired data while keeping the desired data secret. The database server further comprises: a database storing predetermined data; and a search response message generation unit for receiving through a network the data search request in which data to be searched for is kept secret, searching the database by a predetermined computation based on the search request and a list of the data stored in the database while a data item involved with the search request is kept secret, and generating a response to the search request.
US08538935B2	One-to-one and one-to-many relationships in databases Methods, systems, and apparatuses describing one-to-one and one-to-many relationships in databases. A form configured to receive form data for storage in a database is received. The form includes multiple instructions to split the form data into a main fragment and data fragments, each of which is storable in the database. The form data is split the main fragment and the data fragments based on the instructions. The main fragment and the data fragments are linked to track the form data, and the fragments are stored in the database.
US08538933B1	Deduplicating range of data blocks A method is used in deduplicating ranges of data blocks. A collection of data is selected from a set of storage extents. The collection of data is selected based on evaluation of digest information for a subset of the collection of data. A deduplicating technique is applied to the collection of data.
US08538931B2	Protecting the integrity of dependent multi-tiered transactions A computer-implementable method for protecting the integrity of dependent multi-tiered transactions is disclosed. The method includes a first application calling a transaction coordinator for the multi-tiered transaction, requesting initialization of a universal transaction context and the transaction coordinator starting a universal transaction composed of at least two component transactions by initializing the universal transaction context and returning a universal transaction identifier to the first application. The first application sending the universal transaction identifier to a second application, the second application committing a first transaction and a third application committing a second transaction depending on the first transaction. The integrity of the dependent transaction is protected by, in response to a failure of the second transaction, rolling back the second transaction and performing an atomic coordinated rollback of the first transaction.
US08538922B2	Nondisruptive overflow avoidance of tuple validity timestamps in temporal database systems A first epoch column pair includes a first global identification (ID) having first maximum value. A second epoch column pair includes a second global identification having second maximum value. The first epoch column pair receives first snapshots, and the first global ID increases with each of the first snapshots. When first global ID reaches first maximum value minus 1, switch to the second epoch column pair. The second epoch column pair receives second snapshots, and second global ID increases with each of the second snapshots. First global ID and first epoch column pair are reset, based on conditions. When second global ID reaches first maximum value minus 1, switch back to first epoch column pair. The first epoch column pair again receives first snapshots, and the first global ID increases with each of the second snapshots. Second global ID and second epoch column pair are reset, based on conditions.
US08538915B2	Unified numerical and semantic analytics system for decision support A system and method for responding to a query. An original query is received. A first semantic query and a second semantic query are extracted from the information of the original query. The first semantic query is transformed, based upon semantic analysis, into a numeric model query. The second semantic query is submitted to a semantic analyzer and the numeric model query is submitted to a numeric model analyzer. A response for the second semantic query and a response for the numeric model query are integrated into an answer for the original query.
US08538914B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.
US08538912B2	Apparatus and method for an automatic information integration flow optimizer An apparatus and method provides automatic information integration flow optimization. The apparatus may include an input/output port connecting the information integration flow optimizer to extract-transform-load tools. The information integration flow optimizer includes a parser unit to create a tool-agnostic input file containing rich semantics, a converter to transform the tool-agnostic input file into an input DAG, and a QoX-driven optimizer applying one or more heuristic algorithms to the input DAG to develop an optimum information integration flow design based on the rich semantics. The method may include receiving a tool-specific input file representing a physical information integration flow, parsing and converting the tool-specific input file into an input DAG containing tool-agnostic rich semantics, and applying heuristic algorithms to the input DAG to develop an optimum information integration flow design based on the rich semantics.
US08538907B2	Autonomous intelligent content items One embodiment of the disclosure provides a storage unit of digitally encoded information stored on a non-transitory storage medium. The storage unit can be referred to as an intelligent content item. The intelligent content item can include an intelligent wrapper, content data, and intelligent functions. The intelligent wrapper can enable the intelligent content item to function as a self-managing unit of storage. The content data can be contained within the intelligent wrapper. The intelligent functions can be contained within the intelligent wrapper. The intelligent functions can represent abilities of the intelligent wrapper to autonomously and dynamically manage a state of the intelligent content item and manage specifics for content consumers to access and utilize the content data.
US08538904B2	Scalable ontology extraction A system and computer program product for facilitating learning of one or more ontological rules of a resource description framework database include obtaining ontology vocabulary from a resource description framework database, generating a rule hypothesis by incrementally building upon a previously learnt rule from the database by adding one or more predicates to the previously learnt rule, performing a constraint check on the generated rule hypothesis by determining compatibility with each previously learnt rule to ensure that a complete rule set including each previously learnt rule and the generated rule hypothesis is consistent, validating the rule hypothesis as a rule using one or more association rule mining techniques to determine validity of the rule hypothesis against the database, and applying the rule to the database to infer one or more facts from the database to facilitate learning of one or more additional ontological rules.
US08538903B2	Data based truth maintenance method and system A truth maintenance method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor, health event data associated with heath care records for patients. The computer processor associates portions of the health event data with associated patients and related records in a truth maintenance system database. The computer processor derives first health related assumption data and retrieves previous health related assumption data derived from and associated with previous portions of previous health event data. The computer processor executes non monotonic logic with respect to the first health related assumption data and the previous health related assumption data. In response, the computer processor generates and stores updated first updated health related assumption data associated with the first health related assumption data and the previous health related assumption data.
US08538902B2	Behavior predicting device that predicts the behavior of an object based on characteristic values of the object A characteristic value temporary setting section temporarily sets a characteristic value of an object depending on the type of the object judged by a type judging section. A characteristic value correcting section corrects the temporarily set characteristic value of the object according to the behavior of the object detected by a behavior detecting section. A type setting section sets the type of object as one of a motorcycle, a bicycle, and a pedestrian according to the corrected characteristic value of the object. A behavior predicting section predicts the behavior of the object on the basis of the corrected characteristic value and the set type of the object. Therefore, the behavior is predicted on the basis of the characteristic value corrected according to the actual behavior and the type of the object, and consequently, the accuracy of the behavior prediction is improved.
US08538900B2	Integrating interval constraint propagation with nonlinear real arithmetic A system and method for deciding the satisfiability of a non-linear real decision problem is disclosed. Linear and non-linear constraints associated with the problem are separated. The feasibility of the linear constraints is determined using a linear solver. The feasibility of the non-linear constraints is determined using a non-linear solver which employs interval constraint propagation. The interval solutions obtained from the non-linear solver are validated using the linear solver. If the solutions cannot be validated, linear constraints are learned to refine a search space associated with the problem. The learned constraints and the non-linear constraints are iteratively solved using the non-linear solver until either a feasible solution is obtained or no solution is possible.
US08538898B2	Interactive framework for name disambiguation A “Name Disambiguator” provides various techniques for implementing an interactive framework for resolving or disambiguating entity names (associated with objects such as publications) for entity searches where two or more same or similar names may refer to different entities. More specifically, the Name Disambiguator uses a combination of user input and automatic models to address the disambiguation problem. In various embodiments, the Name Disambiguator uses a two part process, including: 1) a global SVM trained from large sets of documents or objects in a simulated interactive mode, and 2) further personalization of local SVM models (associated with individual names or groups of names such as, for example, a group of coauthors) derived from the global SVM model. The result of this process is that large sets of documents or objects are rapidly and accurately condensed or clustered into ordered sets by that are organized by entity names.
US08538897B2	Cross-trace scalable issue detection and clustering Techniques and systems for cross-trace scalable issue detection and clustering that scale-up trace analysis for issue detection and root-cause clustering using a machine learning based approach are described herein. These techniques enable a scalable performance analysis framework for computing devices addressing issue detection, which is designed as a multiple scale feature for learning based on issue detection, and root cause clustering. In various embodiments the techniques employ a cross-trace similarity model, which is defined to hierarchically cluster problems detected in the learning based issue detection via butterflies of trigram stacks. The performance analysis framework is scalable to manage millions of traces, which include high problem complexity.
US08538894B2	Source- and venue-specific inventory data processing and identification system A system processes product data including values for a product data record corresponding to a product style. A network interface receives a product data record over a network from a source. A memory has stored thereon computer readable instruction code, including, a rule set having rules associated with the product data record, and a processing manager to apply the rules to the product data record and determine availability of values to a venue. The processing manager includes a style identification manager to determine from among the available values a product style associated with the available values, and to make the product style available to the venue based on the rules.
US08538893B1	Apparatus and method for electronic transaction evidence archival and retrieval An electronic transaction evidence archive apparatus and method archives electronic transaction evidence, such as public key based electronic transaction evidence on behalf of a first party. The apparatus and method determines redundant electronic transaction evidence and removes the redundant electronic transaction evidence prior to archival. In one embodiment, the electronic transaction evidence archive apparatus and method indexes received electronic transaction evidence and archives the indexed data elements thereof. When a subsequent archival request is made, the apparatus and method evaluates the index data to determine redundant electronic transaction evidence and discards redundant information to save memory resources. The first party provides the electronic transaction evidence in, for example, an archive evidence bundle, which includes data elements related to a single transaction.
US08538892B2	Method and system for electronic purchases using an intelligent data carrier medium, electronic coupon system, and interactive TV infrastructure A method and a system for electronically transacting a purchase between a purchaser and a merchant are disclosed. The method includes storing accrued incentives on an intelligent data carrier medium via interactive television (DTV/STB) equipment and redeeming a discount or a value corresponding to the accrued incentives present on the data carrier medium when a purchase is made. The electronic purchase system using an electronic network contains a purchaser interactive television (DTV/STB) equipment connected to the electronic network, a fixed intelligent data carrier medium connected to the interactive television (DTV/STB) equipment for service authentication and decryption and a detachable intelligent data carrier medium connected to the interactive television (DTV/STB) equipment.
US08538890B2	Encrypting a unique cryptographic entity A method of encrypting a unique cryptographic entity (UCE), where a client device receives a global-key (GK-) encrypted UKD comprising a GK-encrypted UCE and a GK-encrypted unit key number (UKN). The client device verifies that the GK-encrypted UKN is the same as a pre-provisioned value and then decrypts the GK-encrypted UKD using a global key (GK). The client device then re-encrypts the decrypted UKD using a device user key (DUK) to determine a DUK-encrypted UCE and a DUK-encrypted UKN. The DUK-encrypted UKN is verified as not equal to the GK-encrypted UKN. The DUK-encrypted UKN is then appended to the DUK-encrypted UCE to form a DUK-encrypted UKD and stored in a memory.
US08538888B2	Method for generating a secure copy of media data A system for transferring verified media data. The system comprising: an item of content storing the media data, and having an associated serial number; a computing device including a first storage device and a network interface; a secure copying application program; a secure copy of the media data generated by the secure copying application program and stored on the first storage device; a verification server including a serial number database and having a network connection to the computing device through the network interface, wherein the secure copying application program generates the secure copy after verifying the serial number is valid and active by communicating with the verification server; and a portable copy of the media data, including license information, generated from the secure copy by the secure copying application program.
US08538883B2	Method and system for digital document management on a mobile device A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state. The middleware then provisions an electronic wallet data for the requested payment account product to the portable device.
US08538880B1	Method and system for debt recovery According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of debt recovery is provided. The method includes providing a device to a consumer owing a debt to a creditor. The device has a utility that becomes available to the consumer after being activated by the creditor. The method also includes indicating to the consumer that the utility of the device will be activated if the consumer contacts the creditor.
US08538876B2	System and method for providing borrowing schemes A system and method providing a borrowing scheme. The method comprises the steps of: establishing an interest-free revolving amount or account using the computer processor; establishing a periodic payment for maintaining the interest-free revolving amount or account using the computer processor; and automatically revising the interest-free revolving amount or account or the periodic payment using the computer processor based upon at least one user performance metric over a predetermined period of time; wherein the interest-free revolving amount or account or the periodic payment for maintaining the interest-free revolving amount is determined by the user via the network.
US08538871B2	Method for facilitating payment of a computerized transaction A method for facilitating the transfer of a payment for a computerized transaction between a buyer and a seller for the purchase of an item using a computer network, such as the Internet. The method includes the steps of communicating, from a seller's computing station to an agent computing system, data regarding the transaction between the buyer and the seller, wherein the data identifies the buyer, the seller, and the amount of the transaction. The agent computing system communicates transaction information displayable to the buyer, such as a confirmation number created by the agent computing system for identifying the transaction, an order number corresponding to a merchant order number provided by the merchant for identifying the transaction, an exchange rate between a first local currency usable to the buyer and a second currency usable by the seller, and a total price of the transaction expressed in the first local currency usable by the buyer. Receiving an actual payment from the buyer at a plurality of agent locations is provided for, the agent locations being in communication with the agent computing system. Upon receiving the actual payment from the buyer at one of the agent locations, a message is communicated to the seller that the actual payment for the transaction was received at the agent location, thereby permitting the seller to begin shipment of the item to the buyer. Funds are transferred to the seller preferably paid in the second currency usable by the seller.
US08538870B2	Electronic purchasing and funds transfer systems and methods An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other.
US08538869B1	Systems and methods for identifying financial relationships Improved systems and methods are provided for identifying financial relationships. In particular, financial relationships may be identified by associating tradelines with one or more people who sign or co-sign on the tradeline. In various embodiments a method is provided comprising, receiving, at a computer-based system for credit data analysis comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, credit reporting data relating to a tradeline, parsing, by the computer-based system, the credit reporting data to yield primary debtor data and secondary debtor data, and linking, by the computer-based system, the tradeline with the primary debtor data and the secondary debtor data.
US08538862B2	System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and includes a plurality of fixed size bars that display traded volume at different price levels. In such an embodiment, the length of each bar may correspond to a predefined maximum value, and each bar may be progressively color-coded using a first graphical format to represent traded volume that is lower than the maximum value. If the traded volume exceeds the maximum value, the overflow value may be represented by progressively color-coding the bar using a second graphical format that may be used in relation to the first graphical format color-coding.
US08538860B1	System and method for the creation and rebalancing of beneficial interests in index tracking and other investment vehicles over multiple market periods using fixed or regularly resetting prices to calibrate outstanding interest counts with liquidation entitlements A method and system are disclosed which creates, modifies and manipulates the units of a collective investment vehicle, and which accurately tracks a linked index or specific investment strategy through the execution of steps including: creating units at a fixed price and fixed par value at the opening of any market period; modifying of the par value of units which are traded between investors to a fixed initial par value; creating of the intra-period price values which links unit par value to returns for the applicable partial period to produce a system generated intra-day transacting price; and at the close of each market period, a manipulation of the number of units outstanding, such that the units reflect an equivalent value based on a reset to the initial fixed price, and further such that the par value is adjusted in a counterbalancing direction.
US08538856B2	Computer-based right distribution system An automated ticket auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. Each bid information record corresponds to at least one bid for one or more desired seats at a venue. Each bid information record may also include a plurality of additional bids identified for different seats in the venue. The separate bids in each bid information record are prioritized. The automated ticket auctioning system includes a central controlling computer operable to receive the bid information records and determine, in order of priority, whether any of the bids in a bid information record is accepted. If one bid in a bid information record is accepted, all lower priority bids in that bid information record are dismissed.
US08538855B2	Fractional pay-up tick for use in relation to trading strategies A system and associated methods are provided for use of fractional pay-up ticks in relation to offset orders being sent for a trading strategy that involves trading a first tradeable object and at least a second tradeable object. According to one example method, when an indication is received that a quantity at a first price for the first tradeable object is filled, a plurality of offset orders for the second tradeable object is sent to an electronic order book of the second tradeable object. The plurality of offset orders is placed at a plurality of price levels determined based on at least one fractional pay-up tick value, the first price, and the desired spread price. A quantity for each order is determined based on a quantity divider rule that is applied to an offset quantity to offset the fill.
US08538853B2	System and method for settling trades A method of settling trades includes the steps of obtaining an authenticated delivery instrument, wherein the authenticated delivery instrument is authenticated by a first exchange and may be used to settle a trade undertaken on the first exchange. An electronic proxy is issued for the delivery instrument, wherein the electronic proxy may be exchanged for the authenticated delivery instrument and where the electronic proxy is used to settle a trade undertaken on a second exchange.
US08538848B1	Revenue allocation for bundled intellectual property transactions Methods, systems, and business processes for the fair allocation and sharing of future revenues from the licensing of IP assets associated with to a plurality of heterogeneous entities are provided. Example embodiments provide a bundled and tiered revenue allocation scheme “BTRAS,” which can be used to dynamically determine allocations to beneficiaries based upon attributes of the licensing transaction and the contribution of each asset to the transaction. Transaction sensitivity weighting factors can be used to measure the contribution of each asset. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08538846B2	Method and system for providing online promotions through a social network-based platform Systems and methods for providing online promotions integrated with social network-based platforms are disclosed. Promotion details such as rules, offered prizes, incentives and descriptions, survey questions, display banners, terms and conditions, privacy policy, and social networks to integrate the promotion with, are provided by the sponsoring organization to a server. The server generates a custom promotion application and/or widget for integrating with the organization's social network webpage and/or webpages external to social networks. A participant enters the promotion through these webpages or other links and lists friends in the social network to receive an invitation to enter the promotion. Viral features such as friend invite features, newsfeeds, minifeeds, other features that display online activities of users and people in the users' social network, notifications, requests, and other social network-based platform features to deliver messages to members of the one or more social network-based platforms further spread the word about the organization's promotion.
US08538845B2	Monetary transaction system Embodiments are directed to monetary transaction system for conducting monetary transactions between transaction system subscribers and other entities. In one scenario, the monetary transaction system includes a mobile device that runs a monetary transaction system application. The monetary transaction system also includes a subscriber that has a profile with the system. The subscriber indicates a transaction that is to be performed with the monetary transaction system. The system further includes a monetary transaction system processor that performs the transactions specified by the subscriber including communicating with a monetary transaction database to determine whether the transaction is permissible based on data indicated in the subscriber's profile. The monetary transaction system also includes at least one entity that is to be involved in the specified transaction, where the entity has a profile with the monetary transaction system. This entity may be a person, a retail store, an agent or other entity.
US08538843B2	Method and system for operating an E-commerce service provider A method for operating a commissioned e-commerce service provider provides services to businesses on a computerized network such as the Internet in exchange for a small commission on the commercial transactions generated using those services. Unlike most ISPs that provide services to individuals and businesses, the e-commerce service provider preferably provides Internet services for businesses operating web sites based on the amount of service utilized by the individual or business. Instead of paying a monthly fee for the Internet services required to host a web site or operate and e-commerce site, the business contracts with the e-commerce service provider to provide these services based on usage of these services. Preferably, the usage rate is tiered in accordance with the amount of traffic at the site to provide a nominal level of service at a lower rate, yet allow for an exceptional volume of traffic to be accommodated by the site at a higher rate without having the site fail or the service become overwhelmed.
US08538842B2	System and method for financial analysis and brand index in brand valuation A brand name is used to generate a domain name portfolio comprising at least one brand domain name comprising the brand name and a top-level domain name, and at least one qualified brand domain name comprising the brand name, at least one qualifying term, and a top level domain name. Network traffic is tracked for each of the domain names in the domain name portfolio over an analysis period. A role of brand index is determined, wherein the role of brand index is determined using the ratio of network traffic for the brand domain name to a total of the network traffic for all domain names in the domain name portfolio. Additionally, revenue generated by websites linked to each of the domain names in the domain name portfolio is tracked over the analysis period. Brand earnings are then calculated the revenue generated by websites.
US08538834B2	Cancelling a purchasing request In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A server system receives, as sent by a computing device, a request to purchase a product. The request is initiated by user selection of an element provided for display by a third-party application program. The server system sends, for receipt by a transaction processing system, a charge request to charge an account of a user of the computing device for purchase of the product. The server system determines, after the charge request has been sent for receipt by the transaction processing system, to cancel the charge request. The server system sends, for receipt by the transaction processing system, a request to cancel the charge request. The server system sends, for receipt by the computing device, an indication that purchase of the product has been cancelled.
US08538830B1	Method, server and computer-readable recording medium for providing user-customized information using e-book service A method includes the steps of: (a) setting a relationship between users by referring to at least one piece of information on direction between the user who gives an e-book as a gift and the other user who receives it, information on the number of times the gift has been provided, and information on a price of the gift; (b) judging a first user and a second user whose degree of friendliness exceeds a preset value; and (c) acquiring information on a degree of involvement in reading that shows to which level the second user has read the gift, if the gift is provided from the first user to the second user; and (d) providing a service by referring to information on the gift, if the information on the degree of involvement in reading is judged to exceed a prefixed value.
US08538826B1	Applying restrictions to items Disclosed are various embodiments for applying restrictions to items. Multiple rejection rules are applied to each item in a catalog of items. Each of the rejection rules is associated with one or more conditions in a geographic area. The respective item is designated as restricted for the geographic area when the conditions are met.
US08538824B1	Methods systems and computer program products for notifying consumers of recurring purchases Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying recurring purchases of the same good or service based upon item-level electronic transaction data. Item-level electronic transaction data is analyzed to determine a purchase interval of a good or service. A consumer is reminded to purchase the good or service based on the determined purchase interval by receiving an electronic message at a consumer computer or mobile communication device, e.g., in the form of an electronic shopping list. Purchase intervals of different items may be determined such that a list generated at one time may include certain goods and services but a list generated at another time may include other goods and services due to the variable time between purchasing different goods and services.
US08538823B2	Merging image data based on prospective shopping basket selection An image data processing method involves on-line viewing of a first article through a linking node for virtual merging on another structure. A particular application of the invention is directed to on-line apparel shopping involving a shopping basket. For example, on-line viewing of one article, such as clothing, on another structure, includes creating an item from image-data corresponding to an article selected by an on-line viewer and tagged as a prospective selection via a shopping basket designation with an image of a structure selected by the on-line viewer.
US08538822B1	Method and system to establish a communicative connection between a supplier and a consumer over the internet A method and system for the establishment of a communicative connection between a supplier of goods or services and a potential consumer of such goods or services over the Internet via a Web site or Web sites specially engineered so that conventional Internet search engines consider the Web site(s) to be (a) highly relevant Web site(s).
US08538819B2	Method and system for dynamic funding An identifier of a mobile device may be accessed. The identifier may be associated with a payment account. A single use authentication code relating to the identifier may be generated. The single use authentication code may be capable of being used to authenticate the mobile device at a point of sale (POS) device and enable a funds adjustment to the payment account. The single use authentication code may be provided to the mobile device through a communications network.
US08538818B2	Integrated computer and store transaction system (ICASTS) A store transaction system that can determine what a store should be making each day if all the customer transactions were entered into the stores point of sale computer. The store transaction system combines various sensor outputs activated by customer activity in a logical manner to develop an independent store monitor that can operate 24/7 to reduce employee theft. A preferred embodiment compares the store transaction system revenue with the store point of sale computer system operated by the employees so an owner can determine a shift or the employees that are involved with theft without having to manually view video surveillance information or hire extra managers to watch the store operations. The invention also allows remote reviewing of those that are having exceptional positive impact on store sales. Another preferred embodiment allows an owner to remotely operate their integrated computer and store transaction system from any Internet access device with the proper browser.
US08538815B2	System and method for mobile device replacement This disclosure describes a system and method for providing relevant offers for a user to replace a mobile communication device in the event that the device is lost, stolen, or otherwise in need of replacement, such as when a device has its SIM card removed or replaced, is inactive for a period of time, is unresponsive to a server monitoring the device, or when other customizable events occur. The disclosed system can determine if and when a mobile communication device may need replacement, and can generate relevant offers to replace the device based upon the user's current device and other factors. The system may also optimize offers to increase the likelihood of acceptance based upon previously accepted offers. In order to provide a comprehensive set of replacement options for a user, the system can aggregate offers from third parties.
US08538813B2	Method and system for providing an SMS-based interactive electronic marketing offer search and distribution system A method and system for providing an SMS-based interactive electronic marketing offer search and distribution system whereby a series of linked, refined, and evolving electronic marketing offer searches are performed in association with a thread of SMS text messages and automated SMS text message responses including search parameters and highlighted keywords to provide the user/consumer with a fully interactive electronic marketing offer search and distribution system using an SMS communication channel, and within the constraints of the SMS protocols.
US08538811B2	Method and apparatus for social network marketing with advocate referral A service provider facilitates consumption of goods, brands, or services on an interactive network using characterizations of consumers, behavior, brands, consumable goods, advertisers, and advocates to determine a three-way match between a consumable good, a consumer, and an advocate. The matching method determines one or more advocates by maximizing the estimated contextual value of personalized advocacy. Further, the service provider captures the value of the personalized advocacy in each match, and distributes that value in the form of various marketing incentive.
US08538808B2	Creative audit system A method for testing a candidate creative by inspecting a technical attribute of the candidate creative; determining that the candidate creative is a fixed creative; classifying the candidate creative according to a content attribute thereof; and queuing the candidate creative for re-inspection of the technical attribute.
US08538806B2	Systems and methods for establishing transactions utilizing a data store of billing information Described herein are systems, methods and articles of manufacture that facilitate establishment of transactions via a data store, such as a data store, located in a network environment, such as a cloud computing environment. The data store can store information about an entity, including information about one or more bank accounts and associated identifying information, and a third party can search the data store to find the entity. The entity can implement various access controls to restrict the amount of identifying information displayed as a result of the search. The third party can add the entity to a private data store based on access controls and verification procedures established by the entity. The third party can also establish transactions, such as electronic funds transfers, with the entity.
US08538802B2	System and method for building a communication link This invention discloses a method to build a communication link between a client and a customer service of the dispatching company. The dispatching company has a plurality of dispatch lists, each dispatch list records a code of a client and a code of a customer service that provides service to the client. The method comprises: gathering a telephone number of a client; gathering a code of the client based on the telephone number; searching a dispatch list from the plurality of dispatch lists based on the code of the client; gathering a code of a customer service recorded in the dispatch list; gathering a telephone number of the customer service based on the code of the customer service; and dialing the telephone number of the customer service to build a communication link between the client and the customer service.
US08538798B2	System of managing change process A system for managing changes to obviate inefficiencies in business processes involves identifying business activities (36) being performed and categorizing (34) the activities. Using the category designations (34) to reveal non-contributory activities, drivers of the causes of inefficiencies are identified. A second set of activities (46) incorporates outcomes of proposed improvements. Linking (38, 40, 42, 44) between existing (36) and improved (46) activity sets ensures necessary activities are incorporated to achieve the desired outcome. Linkages between the activities within the activity set and the business function that performs them also enables accountability and measures to be assigned.
US08538797B2	Systems and methods for integrating business processes A system can create and manage a framework for integrating a plurality of business processes. The system can include a first tier module adapted for managing at least one internal function and at least one service of the plurality of business processes, wherein the business processes include respective predefined goals and objectives. The system can further include a second tier module adapted for managing business initiative solutions and establishing a capability to deploy and manage infrastructure based on the at least one function and at least one service of the plurality of business processes. Furthermore, the system can include a third tier module adapted for establishing an architecture according to the predefined goals and objectives of the plurality of business processes and an integration module adapted for linking the first tier module, the second tier module, the third tier module, or combinations thereof for creating and managing the framework.
US08538795B2	System and method of determining a retail commodity price within a geographic boundary Disclosed are a method and system for determining a retail price for a commodity within a geographic boundary. Retail prices for the commodity may be obtained from various sources, such as observers, third-party reporting, transactional data, and self-reporting. The retail price for each source may be analyzed to determine a risk factor. The retail prices from all sources associated with a location may be compared to determine a composite retail price for the location. The retail prices for all the locations within the geographic boundary may be analyzed to generate an aggregate composite price for the commodity within the geographic boundary. The analysis may include using a weighted formula. The analysis may include a volume proxy.
US08538791B2	Capacity based process job layout distribution Production flows/processes are presented through a layout distribution of kanban job symbols (cards, representing production tasks/jobs) in a sequence of execution inside several planning periods. A smart layout distribution algorithm displays a schedule consistent of planning periods and kanban job symbols planned in the planning periods. In addition to a variety of color, textual, graphic, and shading schemes, as well as, icons for providing visual information on the tasks/jobs, the algorithm fits the kanban job symbols within the user interface without scroll bars with a resizable control, and maintains kanban job symbol size proportional to capacity consumed, consistent across planning periods even if the planning periods have different total capacity or are overloaded.
US08538787B2	Implementing key performance indicators in a service model A service model of resources is created and the resources are mapped to a plurality of templates. The service model represents real-time characteristics of resources for an enterprise. Rule-based Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are then configured on the templates and thereby applied to the depicted resources, and the overall health of the system that utilizes the depicted resources depicted is determined. These KPI's can be chained in a way that allows the user a large amount of flexibility to report the metrics most relevant to the health of the business.
US08538785B2	System and method for computing and scoring the complexity of a vehicle trip using geo-spatial information Systems and methods are disclosed herein for pricing an insurance premium based on route complexity. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle. The telematics data includes at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to compute a complexity score of the trip based on the telematics data. The processor is also configured to determine a price for automobile insurance for the driver based on the complexity score of the at least one trip.
US08538784B2	Workers compensation system for determining a cost of insurance based on collecting selected data having a pre-selected relationship to a risk's business operations A system is disclosed for determining a cost of workers compensation insurance for a selected time period based upon monitoring, collecting and communicating data representative of the risk's business characteristics, whereby the cost is adjustable by relating the business characteristics to predetermined standards. The system predetermines a risk profile and a base cost of workers compensation insurance based on said risk profile, monitors a plurality of data elements representative of an operating state of the risk or a payroll modification during the selected time period, collects selected data elements out of the plurality of data elements when said ones are determined to have a pre-selected relationship to the risk's business operations, consolidates the selected ones for identifying a surcharge or discount to be applied to the base cost, and produces a final cost for the selected time period from the base cost and the surcharge or discount.
US08538779B1	Method and system for online secure patient referral system The present invention provides a system and method, relating to the transfer of patient files over a secure, HIPAA compliant, patient file transfer and outpatient order system and a computer site therefore. The method includes obtaining and compiling a patient record pertaining to a patient; electronically inputting the patient record obtained into a secure computer database containing other patient records, allowing physician access to the patient record wherein the access includes allowing the physician to order outpatient services and send part of the patient information, including certain defined fields for a complete record and to send and receive referrals including certain defined fields for a complete record.
US08538778B2	Methods and systems for integrated health systems Methods, business methods, and systems are provided herein for integrated healthcare. As the amount of medical information increases rapidly, including information from multiple biomarkers, analysis and management of that information becomes more and more important to extract meaningful conclusions from the information. Statistical and computational methods are described herein that have been created for the methods and systems for integrated healthcare. For example, a computer system is described extracts significance over time of PSA and fPSA biomarker tests for prostate health.
US08538777B1	Systems and methods for providing patient medication history Systems and methods may be provided for obtaining and providing patient medication history. The systems and methods may include receiving a request for medication history information of a patient, the request including identification information for the patient. At least one memory may be accessed utilizing at least a portion of the identification information, the at least one memory including information associated with pharmacy claims transactions stored in the at least one memory in near real time as the pharmacy claims transactions are processed. Information associated with the medication history of the patient is obtained from the at least one memory and communicated in response to the received request.
US08538775B2	Mobile wireless medication management system The specification and drawing figures describe and show a system for medication management is disclosed, illustrated, and claimed that includes a mobile wireless communication instrument. A data processing system (100) housed in the portable wireless communications instrument is included to receive, store, and transmit images and data. A programmable medication management protocol is stored in memory (104) of the data processing system (100) to image-identify and image-authenticate components of the medication management protocol. A notification subsystem is included to either confirm or reject use of the medication.
US08538774B2	Methods and systems for assessing clinical outcomes Described herein are methods and systems useful for characterizing clinical outcomes of a subject. Provided herein includes computer-assessed methods, medical information systems, and computer-readable instructions that can aid an end-user in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a clinical outcome.
US08538773B2	Healthcare quality measurement A method of determining a quality of care provided by a healthcare provider to individuals in a population is provided. A data processing apparatus that has one or more processors is disclosed. Data representing biomarkers for individuals in a population is received. Baseline and present risks are determined. Risk reduction values are determined. Based on the current risk reduction, a quality score is determined. A scale is created, and the quality score is mapped to the scale. The global quality score of the disclosure provides numerous benefits over past performance measures.
US08538769B2	Contact center data visualization system and method A data visualization system is disclosed that includes an interaction database, a retrieval component, a display component, and a contour generator. The interaction database is maintained in a computer memory of interaction data representing interactions between customers and at least one merchant. The retrieval component is configured to retrieve from the interaction database data representing interactions between customers and the merchant, and to construct a finite set of data values from the retrieved data. The display component is configured to display a graphical representation of a merchant and a graphical representation of each of the set of data values centered on respective data points disposed on a representation of a bell-shaped curve. The contour generator configured to generate and display one or more contour lines at least partly around each data point to form a bell-shaped curve, in which the areas of representation around each data point are shown in a series of contour lines, and the nature of the contour lines for each data point are preferably represented to gradually drop off or fan away from each data point, wherein each data point is displayed as a local maximum at an apex of the bell-shaped curve.
US08538767B1	Method for discovering functional and system requirements in an integrated development process A method for developing a response to a business need that has been initially reduced to a concept and approved for additional development after an initial estimate. The method can consist of capturing functional requirements to implement the defined concept through interaction with end users of the potentially impacted business processes. After the functional requirements have been captured, system requirements, including requirements for potential automation and software systems supporting the impacted business processes, can be captured. System requirements can be captured through interaction with systems analysts for the potentially impacted automation and software systems supporting the impacted business processes. A set of business requirements can be identified with respect to the approved concept and every captured functional requirement can be mapped to one or more identified business requirements. Every captured system requirement can be mapped to one or more captured functional requirements.
US08538762B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding stereo audio Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding stereo audio. In the method for encoding stereo audio, stereo audio is encoded based on at least one of the phase difference between first and second channel audios and information on an angle made by a vector on the intensity of mono-audio and a vector on the intensity of the first channel audio or a vector on the intensity of the second channel audio. Thus, the number of encoded parameters is minimized so that a compression ratio in the encoding of the stereo audio is improved.
US08538758B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a communication module, a storage module, a manipulation module, voice output control module, and a control module. The communication module receives book data delivered externally. The storage module stores the received book data. The manipulation module converts a manipulation of a user into an electrical signal. The voice output control module reproduces, as a voice, the book data based on the manipulation while controlling the reproduction speed of the voice. The control module determines a part that is important to the user, stores, in the storage module, a position of voice reproduction of the book data, and synchronizes the position of the voice reproduction with a reproduction position in the book data.
US08538756B2	In-vehicle device and method for modifying display mode of icon indicated on the same A storage unit stores a correspondence between a voice command and a display mode modification operation. When a control unit determines that a vehicle is traveling according to a traveling state of the vehicle obtained by a traveling state acquisition unit, when a voice recognition unit recognizes a voice, which is uttered by a user and received by a voice input unit, and when the control unit determines that the recognized voice corresponds to a voice command stored in the storage unit, the control unit performs a display mode change operation corresponding to the voice command and modifies a display mode of an icon indicated on an indication screen of an indication unit.
US08538755B2	Customizable method and system for emotional recognition An automated emotional recognition system is adapted to determine emotional states of a speaker based on the analysis of a speech signal. The emotional recognition system includes at least one server function and at least one client function in communication with the at least one server function for receiving assistance in determining the emotional states of the speaker. The at least one client function includes an emotional features calculator adapted to receive the speech signal and to extract therefrom a set of speech features indicative of the emotional state of the speaker. The emotional state recognition system further includes at least one emotional state decider adapted to determine the emotional state of the speaker exploiting the set of speech features based on a decision model. The server function includes at least a decision model trainer adapted to update the selected decision model according to the speech signal. The decision model to be used by the emotional state decider for determining the emotional state of the speaker is selectable based on a context of use of the recognition system.
US08538754B2	Interactive text editing A method for providing suggestions includes capturing audio that includes speech and receiving textual content from a speech recognition engine. The speech recognition engine performs speech recognition on the audio signal to obtain the textual content, which includes one or more passages. The method also includes receiving a selection of a portion of a first word in a passage in the textual content, wherein the passage includes multiple words, and retrieving a set of suggestions that can potentially replace the first word. At least one suggestion from the set of suggestions provides a multi-word suggestion for potentially replacing the first word. The method further includes displaying, on a display device, the set of suggestions, and highlighting a portion of the textual content, as displayed on the display device, for potentially changing to one of the suggestions from the set of suggestions.
US08538746B2	Apparatus and method of providing a quality measure for an output voice signal generated to reproduce an input voice signal A method of providing a quality measure for an output voice signal generated to reproduce an input voice signal, the method comprising: partitioning the input and output signals into frames; for each frame of the input signal, determining a disturbance relative to each of a plurality of frames of the output signal; determining a subset of the determined disturbances comprising one disturbance for each input frame such that a sum of the disturbances in the subset set is a minimum; and using the set of disturbances to provide the measure of quality.
US08538745B2	Creating a terms dictionary with named entities or terminologies included in text data A computer system of an embodiment of the disclosure can be used to automatically create or populate a terms dictionary using a set of computing units. A morphological analysis unit can acquire token sequence data by performing morphological analysis for the text data. A category distinguishing unit can distinguish tokens of the token sequence data by using a category dictionary to extract uncategorized words. An uncategorized-word comparing unit can compare each of the extracted uncategorized words with an uncategorized-word comparison rule to extract an uncategorized word matching the uncategorized-word comparison rule as a registration candidate word. A token-sequence comparing unit can compare a token sequence of the token sequence data with a token-sequence comparison rule to extract a token sequence matching the token-sequence comparison rule as registration candidate words. A permission unit can permit a user to select whether to register the registration candidate words in the category dictionary.
US08538744B2	Computer system for automatically answering natural language questions A computer system is provided for automatically answering natural language questions. The system has an input to receive natural language questions and a data store to record linked pairs of questions and corresponding answers. A matcher is configured to compare a received natural language question with the linked question and answer pairs, and an output transfers the received natural language question to a researcher if no matches are found. The system links pairs of questions and corresponding answers into groups, to enable the generation of a prototypical answer for each group of pairs of questions and answers.
US08538742B2	Feed translation for a social network A system and method for translating a social feed is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a decoding engine and a re-encoding engine. The communication module receives social feed data and a request from a social network application. The social feed data is configured to cause a client to display a social feed in a first language. The request includes data indicating that the social feed should be displayed in a second language. The decoding engine decodes the social feed data to generate decoded social feed data. The re-encoding engine re-encodes the decoded social feed data to cause the client to display the social feed in the second language based at least in part on the request. The communication module sends the translated social feed data to the client.
US08538740B2	Real-time performance modeling of software systems with multi-class workload Methods and systems for determining a real-time performance model of systems that process multi-class workloads. The methods can include collecting measurement data, selecting a series of prior time windows, processing the measurement data to compute a set of constraints based on the measurement data from the series of prior time windows, augmenting the set of constraints to a measurement model to obtain an augmented measurement model and running a modified extended Kalman filter with the augmented measurement model to obtain a state estimate.
US08538739B2	Adjusting model output events in a simulation In an embodiment, input data is received from a user and reference data is calculated based on an original simulation state. An adjustment amount is determined based on the difference between the input data and the reference data. An event value is generated via a probability function, and the event value is adjusted by the adjustment amount into an adjusted event value. A next simulation state is then determined based on the adjusted event value, and the next simulation state is presented to a user. In an embodiment, the adjustment amount is proportional to the difference. In this way, direct and realistic feedback to the user is provided via the simulation state, which positively reinforces correct behavior and negatively reinforces incorrect behavior, more so than does an unadjusted simulation.
US08538738B2	Predicting transition from laminar to turbulent flow over a surface A prediction of whether a point on a computer-generated surface is adjacent to laminar or turbulent flow is made using a transition prediction technique. A plurality of boundary-layer properties at the point are obtained from a steady-state solution of a fluid flow in a region adjacent to the point. A plurality of instability modes are obtained, each defined by one or more mode parameters. A vector of regressor weights is obtained for the known instability growth rates in a training dataset. For each instability mode in the plurality of instability modes, a covariance vector is determined, which is the covariance of a predicted local growth rate with the known instability growth rates. Each covariance vector is used with the vector of regressor weights to determine a predicted local growth rate at the point. Based on the predicted local growth rates, an n-factor envelope at the point is determined.
US08538733B2	Methods for the analysis of dissociation melt curve data Methods are provided that operate on raw dissociation data and dissociation curves to generate calibrations of the detected data and to further improve analysis of the data. The data can be taken from each support region of a multi-region platform, for example, from each well of a multi-well plate. Each support region can be loaded with portions of the same sample. In some embodiments, a dissociation curve correction can be calibrated for the sample, prior to a run of an experiment using such sample. In some embodiments, a method is provided for generating a melting transition region of dissociation curves that show the melting characteristics of the sample. In some embodiments, dye temperature dependence correction can be performed on the dissociation curve data to further improve analysis. In some embodiments, a feature vector can be derived from the melt data, and the feature vector can be used to further improve genotyping analysis of the dissociation curves.
US08538731B2	Analog sensors bus An architecture for the connection and communication of a plurality of passive sensors to a measurement and control system employs an analog communication bus made of two physical wires only. A method for reading the same sensors is also provided.
US08538728B2	Radio-nuclide mixture identification using medium energy resolution detectors According to one embodiment, a method for identifying radio-nuclides includes receiving spectral data, extracting a feature set from the spectral data comparable to a plurality of templates in a template library, and using a branch and bound method to determine a probable template match based on the feature set and templates in the template library. In another embodiment, a device for identifying unknown radio-nuclides includes a processor, a multi-channel analyzer, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory having computer readable code stored thereon. The computer readable code is configured, when executed by the processor, to receive spectral data, to extract a feature set from the spectral data comparable to a plurality of templates in a template library, and to use a branch and bound method to determine a probable template match based on the feature set and templates in the template library.
US08538727B2	Method and apparatus for calibration and testing of scientific measurement equipment Discussed herein are methods and apparatuses to produce profiles for scientific measurement equipment, and to use those profiles for various purposes in using, designing, calibrating and managing such equipment, such as to carry out critical laboratory testing. In this approach, either the analyzers' quality control data or serial patient data are numerically reduced to generate graphical precision profiles. Precision profiles for serial patient data show increased (im)precision vs time implying increased patient variation over increased time. Precision profiles for quality control data, according to one implementation, can demonstrate three different zones: 1) increased imprecision for quality control determinations that are close spaced (implies the discovery of an error condition and rapid reanalysis, 2) the usual imprecision and 3) a zone of increased imprecision which indicates either a need for a quality control analysis or re-calibration.
US08538725B2	Absolute diameter measurement arm A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room.
US08538721B2	Method for diagnosing a catalytic device of an engine exhaust gas after-treatment system A method is provided for estimating an aging index of the catalytic device. There estimation of the aging index includes, but is not limited to determining the catalytic device operating temperature, determining an aging factor as a function of at least the determined operating temperature, determining the time period spent by the catalytic device at the determined operating temperature, calculating a contributing aging coefficient as a function of the aging factor and the time period, and increasing a cumulative aging parameter by adding the contributing aging coefficient.
US08538715B2	Design-dependent integrated circuit disposition A method of integrated circuit (IC) disposition includes the steps of determining one or more disposition criteria based at least in part on statistical timing of a given IC design; and determining whether a given IC according to the given IC design satisfies the one or more disposition criteria based at least in part on one or more measurements of at least one test structure.
US08538713B2	Method and arrangement for sampling rate conversion Re-sampling of a signal represented by a plurality of input samples is described. An output sample value is calculated for a desired time instant, tD, between any two time instants of the input samples by performing a procedure that comprises selecting a current set of values from the input sample values. A new set of values is calculated by up-sampling the current set of values. A subset of values is selected from the calculated new set of values and the current set of values surrounding the desired time instant of the output sample value, whereupon the output sample value is calculated using at least one value of the selected subset of values. The calculation of a new set of values and the selection of a subset of values from the new set and the current set is iterated a specific number of times, wherein during the iteration the current set of values is set to the selected subset of values.
US08538712B2	Aggregating mobile device battery life data Battery life data may be collected from a number of mobile devices. The battery life data for each of the mobile devices may be correlated with one or more characteristics of each of the mobile devices. The battery life data for the mobile devices may be aggregated based on at least one of the one or more characteristics. In some examples, a report of the aggregated battery life data for the mobile devices including at least one common characteristic is generated.
US08538710B2	Methods and systems for monitoring lift usage Methods and systems for lift monitoring are described. In one embodiment, a first operation signal may be received from a first relay coupled to an electro-mechanical patient lift when the electro-mechanical patient lift is being operated in a first position. A second operation signal may be received from a second relay coupled to the electro-mechanical patient lift when the electro-mechanical patient lift is being operated in a second position. A determination of whether a lift qualification threshold is met may be based on the receiving of the first operation signal and the second operation signal. An occurrence of a lift may be recorded when a determination is made that the lift qualification threshold is met. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US08538704B2	Computerized method and system for inferring genetic findings for a patient A method and system in a computing environment for inferring genetic findings for a patient is provided. The method includes receiving a request for genetic findings for a person from another application or a user. The method further includes inquiring as to whether the person has the genetic findings. If not, the method automatically provides inferred genetic findings for the person. The inferred genetic findings are calculated using genetic findings for family members of the patient, linkage analysis, haplotype analysis, semantic test results for the person and/or population genetics information.
US08538703B2	Method, system, and computer program product for the processing of self-monitoring blood glucose(SMBG)data to enhance diabetic self-management A method, system, and computer program product related to the maintenance of optimal control of diabetes, and is directed to predicting the long-term exposure to hyperglycemia, and the long-term and short-term risks of severe or moderate hypoglycemia in diabetics, based on blood blucose readings collected by a self-monitoring blood glucose device. The method, system, and computer program product pertain directly to the enhancement of existing home blood glucose monitoring devices, by introducing an intelligent data interpretation component capable of predicting both HbA1c and periods of increased risk of hypoglycemia, and to the enhancement of emerging continuous monitoring devices by the same features. With these predictions the diabetic can take steps to prevent the adverse consequences associated with hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
US08538692B2	System and method for generating a path for a mobile drive unit A method of transporting inventory items includes receiving a route request from a mobile drive unit. The route request identifies a destination location within a workspace. The workspace includes at least one cell associated with a first cell attribute and at least one cell that is not associated with the first cell attribute. The method includes determining a state of the mobile drive unit. The method also includes generating a path to the destination location for the mobile drive unit that traverses cells associated with the first cell attribute, in response to determining that the mobile drive unit is associated with a first state. The method includes generating a path to the destination location for the mobile drive unit that does not traverse cells associated with the first cell attribute, in response to determining the mobile drive unit is not associated with the first state. The method further includes transmitting the path to the mobile drive unit.
US08538691B2	Data transfer A portable electronic device comprises a controller and a display. The controller receives vector data on a position of a user of the portable device from a satellite positioning sensor associated with the user, and scalar data on movement of the user from at least one motion sensor associated with the user. The controller stores data based on the vector data and feeds a scalar parameter proportional to the scalar data to the display. The display displays the scalar parameter.
US08538690B2	Vehicle tracking detection and alarm method and navigation device using the method A tracking detection and alarm method which is applied to a navigation device use a number of positioning data points retrieved from a navigation module of the navigation device. A number of deflections and a number of average speeds that correspond to the position data points are calculated and generated. A number of maximum deflections are calculated and generated according to the average speeds. When a deflection of a positioning data point is greater than a maximum safe deflection thereof, one is added to a frequency of unsafe driving instances. When the frequency of unsafe driving instances is greater than a preset threshold value, an unsafe driving alarm is activated.
US08538686B2	Transport-dependent prediction of destinations A destination analysis module is described which estimates at least one destination of a user given a partial path taken by the user within a geographic area. The destination analysis module operates by detecting a mode of transportation that a user uses to traverse the path (e.g., automobile, public transportation, walking, etc.). The destination analysis module then loads a model associated with the mode of transportation into a destination prediction module and estimates at least one destination based on the path and the model. The model has various components that depend on the mode of transportation, such as routing network information and prior probability information.
US08538685B2	System and method for internet connected service providing heterogeneous mobile systems with situational location relevant content Situational location dependent information is transmitted from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content when appropriate. A candidate delivery event associated with a current positional attribute of the receiving data processing system is recognized and a situational location of the remote data processing system is determined. The candidate delivery event may be a location and/or direction change, device state change, or movement exceeding a movement tolerance. The situational location of the remote data processing system may be its location, direction, location and direction, proximity to a location, state change, or location and/or direction relative to a previous location and/or direction, or combinations thereof. A set of delivery content from a deliverable content database is transmitted from the server data processing system to the receiving data processing system according to the situational location of the receiving data processing system, and according to delivery constraints. The delivery content is configurable by authorized administrators on an instant activation basis for proactive delivery.
US08538682B1	Systems and methods for satellite navigation using locally generated ephemeris data This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for locally generating calculated ephemerides that may be used by a navigation device to calculate position information before a broadcast ephemeris from a given navigation satellite has been completely received or when the broadcast ephemeris from the satellite is not available. Generally, the invention includes the steps of calibrating the initial satellite velocity from the last available broadcast ephemeris, correcting the clock for a prediction time period, predicting the satellite position during the time period and formatting the predictions into a calculated ephemeris to be used by the receiver to determine position information.
US08538679B1	Enhanced geocoding An enhanced geocoding module may be used to determine various physical addresses located on the same street. The enhanced geocoding module may create a grid around a predetermined location and request the physical addresses of various coordinate points located on the grid. Additional features of the module may include a display that displays the grid with physical addresses located on the same street, various statistics related to a user of the enhanced geocoding module, and a color-coded scheme that indicates the status of individuals/groups located at the physical addresses.
US08538677B2	Navigation system with constrained resource route planning mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; and generating a travel route to the destination through a sufficient number of one or more replenishment locations required for reaching the destination for displaying on a device.
US08538676B2	Mobile geographic information system and method The present invention includes a mobile geographic information system and method. The method includes the steps of inputting data representing a user position, defining a first circularly spatially extended point (CSEP) about the user in response to the user position data, defining a first waypoint associated with a geographic feature, defining a second CSEP about the first waypoint, and providing a qualitative user position relative to the geographic feature in response to a predetermined topological relationship between the first CSEP and the second CSEP. The mobile geographic information system includes a database containing geographic information including information related to a geographic feature and information relating to a first waypoint associated with the geographic feature and a mobile device in communication with the database, wherein the mobile device includes a controller and a position sensor for determining a user position associated with the mobile device.
US08538674B2	Vehicle collision avoidance apparatus and method The present invention relates to a device for avoiding collision or for minimizing the collision severity in case of a collision, for vehicles, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising an input unit for inputting criteria related to traffic conditions, and for determining threshold values related to traffic conditions, a detection unit for detecting objects in the environment of the vehicle, a measurement unit for determining the motion condition of the vehicle, a controller for processing the information obtained from the input unit, the detection unit, and the measuring unit, and for generating control signals for controlling the components related to the motion state of the vehicle, and an output unit for outputting the generated control signals. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and a computer program.
US08538669B2	Ground based system and methods for identifying incursions along the flight path of an in-flight aircraft Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting incursion alerts to a plurality of in-flight aircraft in accordance with preconfigured pilot preferences. The apparatus comprises a data store module containing data sets against which the pilot preferences are evaluated during flight, including weather, airspace and flight restrictions, ground delay programs, and air traffic information. The apparatus further includes a flight path module containing route and position information for each aircraft. An incursion alert processing module evaluates the flight path, data store, and pilot preferences and generates incursion alerts which are transmitted to each aircraft during flight, either directly or via ground based dispatchers or flight operations personnel.
US08538667B2	Evaluating road conditions using a mobile vehicle A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product evaluates a real-time condition of a construct of a roadway. A processor receives a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor that is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle as it travels along a roadway. This set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and a tire on the terrestrial vehicle. The processor also receives a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle. This transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway. The set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data are input into an analysis algorithm to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, such that the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns.
US08538664B2	Controller for diesel engine and method of controlling diesel engine An electronic controller for a diesel engine (1) performs primary injection control in which primary injection of fuel is controlled based on an operational status of the diesel engine and additional injection control in which additional injection of the fuel is controlled for estimation of a cetane number of the fuel. The electronic controller includes a control means that, as the additional injection control, causes a plurality of fuel injections to be performed at different injection timings as the additional injection, calculates the amount of increase in torque of a crankshaft (14) due to each of the fuel injections, estimates injection timing at which misfiring starts to occur based on a trend of variation in the calculated torque increase amount as the injection timing of the fuel injections is shifted in one direction, and estimates the cetane number of the fuel based on the estimated injection timing.
US08538661B2	Exhaust treatment methods and systems A method of evaluating a particulate filter of an exhaust treatment system is provided. The method includes: selectively enabling at least one of data collection and resistance evaluation based on a particulate matter level in the particulate filter; when data collection is enabled, computing a particulate filter resistance based on a linear regression model; and when resistance evaluation is enabled, evaluating an efficiency of the particulate filter based on the particulate filter resistance.
US08538658B2	Control of gas turbine engine Systems, devices, and methods for controlling a fuel supply for a turbine or other engine using direct and/or indirect indications of power output and optionally one or more secondary control parameters.
US08538656B2	Tracking running control apparatus A tracking running control apparatus determines a failure-predicted segment where distance measurement using a laser radar is predicted to undergo a failure. Upon reaching the failure-predicted segment, a distance measurement device used in tracking running control is changed from the distance measurement device using the laser radar to a distance measurement device using a GPS receiver. Before the change of the distance measurement devices, a target inter-vehicle distance is gradually changed to a GPS-utilized target inter-vehicle distance through changing a vehicle speed with an acceleration equal to or less than a predetermined value. Under the configuration, it is possible to suppress annoyance for a driver of the vehicle because of the change of the target inter-vehicle distances accompanying the change of the distance measurement devices.
US08538650B2	Driving force distribution control device and four-wheel-drive vehicle A driving force distribution control device mounted on a vehicle including an engine, a transmission device, a clutch engaging an output shaft of the engine with an input shaft of the transmission device, and a driving force transmission system capable of transmitting output of the transmission device to main and auxiliary drive wheels, includes: a control device obtaining a torque value to be transmitted to the auxiliary drive wheels, the control device reducing the torque value for a predetermined time when the vehicle is in a stopped state or in a state where a vehicle speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined value, and an increasing speed of engaging force of the clutch is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and a driving force transmitting device transmitting torque depending on the obtained torque value to the auxiliary drive wheels.
US08538648B2	Capturing actuator position A method for operating a drive device for adjusting an automated clutch in a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a control device by which at least one control of the drive device and one capture of measurement data of a clutch travel sensor takes place for determining the setting of the automated clutch. The drive device has a drive motor with a drive connection to a displaceable element to be positioned. A travel range of the displaceable element is monitored and a referencing procedure is performed cyclically after a prescribed time and is followed by a plausibility check if referencing is permitted at the point in time.
US08538647B2	Control apparatus for automatic transmission and control method thereof In an operation of controlling an automatic transmission, an engagement pressure for each hydraulic servo in a normal operation is determined so that none of friction engagement elements slips at each shift speed in the normal operation, and so that in case of a failure in which the friction engagement element that is supposed to be disengaged in the normal operation is engaged, one of the friction engagement elements slips, and thus one of the shift speeds is established. In the control operation, upon detection of a failure state in which a gear ratio after a shift operation is a gear ratio of a shift speed different from a shift speed to be established, the slipping friction engagement element is disengaged, and the shift speed that is different from the shift speed to be established is temporarily retained.
US08538645B2	Control system having load-adjusted economy mode A control system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The control system may have an engine configured to propel the mobile machine, at least one operator input device configured to indicate a desired engine speed and a desired mode of operation, and a controller in communication with the engine and the at least one operator input device. The controller may be configured to make a comparison of a current torque of the engine to an available torque, and to selectively adjust a speed of the engine from the desired engine speed based on the desired mode of operation and based on the comparison.
US08538643B1	Active damping during clutch engagement for engine start An active damping system provides a torque adjustment command that is combined with the raw motor torque command of a vehicle to compensate for oscillations and vibrations in the driveline of a hybrid vehicle. Active damping may be provided by a derivative controller or by a lead-lag compensation between initiation of clutch engagement and full clutch engagement. Active damping is terminated upon full clutch engagement.
US08538640B2	Travel damper control device for wheel loader A travel damper control device includes a proximity detecting part and a valve switching part. The proximity detecting part is configured to detect that the bell crank is in proximity to the cross tube. The valve switching part is configured to switch the open/close valve into a closed position when the proximity detecting part detects that the bell crank is in proximity to the cross tube.
US08538636B2	System and method for controlling vehicle headlights Control system and method for automatically controlling headlights of a vehicle includes an optical system for imaging external sources of light within a predetermined field of view and an image processing system for processing images from the optical system and providing a control signal for controlling the headlights as a function of the processed images. Processing the images may entail identifying a source of radiation in the images, the control signal being provided to dim the headlights when a source of radiation in the images is identified as a headlight or taillight of another vehicle. To this end, the image processing system may include a trained pattern recognition system for processing the images to identify the source of radiation, e.g., a pattern recognition algorithm generated from data of possible sources of radiation including headlights and taillights of vehicles and patterns of received radiation from the possible sources.
US08538634B2	Body velocity estimating device, and collision safety protecting system Body velocity estimating device 10A is constituted by acceleration measurement unit 11, acceleration separation unit 12, filter processing operation unit 13, acceleration addition unit 14, integration processing operation unit 15, and estimated body velocity output unit 16. The unit 12 compares an acceleration measured by the unit 11 with set acceleration upper and lower limit reference values to separate the measured acceleration into reference value range-in and range-out accelerations. The unit 13 performs filtering on the separated reference value range-out acceleration to calculate filtered accelerations of the reference value range-out acceleration. The unit 14 adds the filtered accelerations to the previously separated range-in acceleration. The unit 15 multiplies the added acceleration by an operation period, and adds the resultant to the estimated body velocity calculated in the preceding one operation period to update the value of the estimated body velocity. The unit 16 outputs the updated estimated body velocity.
US08538630B2	A/D conversion device and vibration damping apparatus for automobile using the A/D conversion device An A/D conversion device includes a first A/D converter that receives an analog vibration signal corresponding to a vibration detected by a vibration detecting sensor and converts the analog vibration signal to a first digital value, an analog amplifier that amplifies the analog vibration signal and outputs an amplified signal, a second A/D converter that converts the amplified signal to a second digital value, a determiner that determines whether an amplitude of the amplified signal input to the second A/D converter exceeds a range of amplitude that is convertible by the second A/D converter, and a selector that receives the first digital value and the second digital value and output one of the first and second digital values based on the determination of the determiner.
US08538629B2	Bottleneck light and method of assisting a driver in steering a vehicle A device for assisting a driver in steering a vehicle along a bottleneck. The device has a bottleneck detection unit which is configured to detect bottleneck information for characterizing a bottleneck in which the vehicle is located. A bottleneck information processing unit is configured to process the detected bottleneck information in order to derive therefrom assistance information for assisting the driver in steering the vehicle along the bottleneck. An actuation unit is provided and is configured to actuate a light source of the vehicle in such a way that the light source generates a light pattern, which can be seen by the driver, outside the vehicle, which light pattern displays the assistance information to the driver.
US08538627B2	Vehicular communication system, vehicular information collecting system, and vehicular communication program According to a vehicular communication system (10) of the present invention, a probe information can be sent to a server (20) from a second vehicle (Q2) out of an arbitrary number of second vehicles (Q2) whose present position is located in a designated area whose information is included in a multicast received by the second vehicle (Q2), in other words, a designated area with high necessity from the viewpoint of leading smoothly a first vehicle (Q1) to a desired position (P2). Also, the probe information can be collected in real time from the second vehicle (Q2) which was present in the designated area in the past and is beyond the designated area at the present time in consideration of the high capability that it holds useful information in estimating the present state thereof in the designated area.
US08538622B2	Redundant device positioning sensing system for a vehicle A redundant position sensing system includes a device having a position between minimum and maximum positions. First and second sensor modules include first and second sensor resistances. A value of one of the first or second sensor resistances increases and a value of the other of the first or second resistances decreases when the device moves from the minimum position to the maximum position. A maximum value of the first sensor resistance ranges between a first maximum value and a second maximum value that is greater than the first maximum value due to a first manufacturing tolerance. A maximum value of the second sensor resistance ranges between a third maximum value and a fourth maximum value that is greater than the third maximum value due to a second manufacturing tolerance. The second maximum value is less than the third maximum value.
US08538619B2	Adaptive real-time driver advisory control for a hybrid electric vehicle to achieve fuel economy improvement A vehicle powertrain controller includes a fuzzy logic-based adaptive algorithm with a learning capability that estimates a driver's long term driving preferences. An adaptive algorithm arbitrates competing requirements for good fuel economy, avoidance of intrusiveness and vehicle drivability. A driver's acceptance or rejection of advisory information may be used to adapt subsequent advisory information to the driving style. Vehicle performance is maintained in accordance with a driver's driving style.
US08538618B2	Clutch control device of hybrid vehicle A clutch control device of a hybrid vehicle includes a clutch driven by a motor and connected with a drive shaft. A hydraulic unit controls the clutch by oil pressure. An oil temperature detecting unit detects temperature of the oil and a unit which detects vehicle velocity. A control unit which operates through the hydraulic unit switches between an engine driving mode in which the motor shaft and the engine shaft are engaged with each other and a motor driving mode in which the motor shaft and the engine shaft are released and the hybrid vehicle is driven by the motor.
US08538614B1	Rechargeable battery systems and methods Rechargeable battery systems and methods having a plurality of power modules and a battery management system. The power modules each plug into the battery management system and each include cell state sensing and communication capabilities as well as individual cell charging capabilities. The battery management system monitors the state of the power modules and enables the chargers in the power modules as necessary and as allowed by the limits of the source of charging power. In a vehicle, the battery management system also may override or limit the vehicle capabilities based on state of charge of the batteries. Various other features are disclosed.
US08538611B2	Multi-level railway operations optimization system and method A multi-level system for management of a railway system and its operational components in which the railway system has a first level configured to optimize an operation within the first level that includes first level operational parameters which define operational characteristics and data of the first level, and a second level configured to optimize an operation within the second level that includes second level operational parameters which define the operational characteristic and data of the second level. The first level provides the second level with the first level operational parameters, and the second level provides the first level with the second level operational parameters, such that optimizing the operation within the first level and optimizing the operation within the second level are each a function of optimizing a system optimization parameter. The levels can include a railroad infrastructure level, a track network level, a train level, a consist level and a locomotive level.
US08538599B2	Method and apparatus for setting or modifying programmable parameter in power driven wheelchair A method and apparatus for setting or modifying a programmable operating parameter associated with a power driven wheelchair is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) operating a user interface device associated with a power driven wheelchair in a programming mode, b) selecting a programmable operating parameter associated with operation of the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device, c) selecting a value for the programmable operating parameter using the user interface device, and d) saving the selected value for the programmable operating parameter in a portion of a storage device associated with the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device. A method and apparatus for selecting one or more programmable parameter sets from a portable storage medium and saving the selected sets to a local storage device associated with a power driven wheelchair and vice versa is also provided.
US08538597B2	System and method for regulating temperature in a hot water heater A hot water heater, and method of regulating the same, which includes a PID control. The PID control is responsive to inputs such as water temperature in the hot water heater and the flow rate of water such as through inlets and outlets coupled to the hot water heater. In one embodiment, the PID control generates an output that modifies the operating parameters of a heating device to accommodate changes in the temperature of the fluid in the hot water heater. The output results from one or more modules of a three-term control structure, wherein the modules comprise one or more of a proportional control module, an integral control module, and a derivative control module. Each of the modules is assigned at least one term, wherein the term is defined in accordance with gain parameters such as a proportional gain, an integral gain, and a derivative gain.
US08538595B2	Home appliance that can operate in a time range A home appliance can operate in a future time frame. Information is obtained from a power distributor in order to determine a time when to operate the home appliance in this future time frame. The home appliance then operates at the time determined with information from the power distributor.
US08538592B2	Landscape irrigation management with automated water budget and seasonal adjust, and automated implementation of watering restrictions Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for water conservation with landscape irrigation controllers, plug-in and add-on devices, and centralized systems. In embodiments of the invention, a water budget percentage is determined by comparing current local geo-environmental data with stored local geo-environmental data, and the preliminary irrigation schedule or station run times are automatically modified based upon that water budget percentage. Embodiments of the present invention also provide for automation of mandated landscape watering restrictions alone, or in various combinations with water budgeting methods and apparatus.
US08538590B2	Active vibration suppression via power minimization A vibration suppressor system includes a control system operable to control power from a power system to an actuator system in response to a minimal actuation power algorithm. The minimal actuation power algorithm employs a real electric power consumption of the actuator system as a single control objective function to suppress a vibration of the structure.
US08538586B2	HVAC control with utility time of day pricing support The present disclosure provides a method for operating a utility-powered HVAC system for conditioning inside air of a building. In an illustrative but non-limiting example, a nominal schedule is maintained by a local HVAC controller, where the nominal schedule has a number of days and one or more time periods for each of at least some of the days. The nominal schedule also has at least one setpoint associated with each of the time periods. The local HVAC controller is configured to accept manual input from a user via a user interface. The manual input may include accepting entry of a utility pricing schedule that corresponds to scheduled price changes of a utility. The utility pricing schedule may include at least one enhanced pricing time period. Entry of at least one utility price level setpoint may also be accepted to correspond to each of the enhanced pricing time periods. The nominal schedule may then be modified or overridden to include the utility pricing schedule, resulting in a utility pricing operating schedule. One or more HVAC units may then be controlled by the local HVAC controller in accordance with the utility pricing operating schedule.
US08538585B2	Control of pull-down in refrigeration systems A method for operating a refrigeration system for a container to pull down the temperature of cargo from ambient to a predetermined set-point temperature, and a system employing the method. The method includes operating a compressor at a first power to compress a refrigerant and direct the refrigerant through a condenser and an evaporator of the refrigeration system, initially operating an evaporator fan at a first speed to supply refrigerated supply air from the evaporator to the cargo within the container, sensing the temperature of the supply air, comparing the temperature of the supply air with a predetermined set-point temperature, and increasing the speed of the evaporator fan to a second speed faster than the first when the temperature of the supply air is lower than the predetermined set-point temperature to maintain the temperature of the supply air at the predetermined set-point temperature.
US08538578B2	Method and apparatus for non-linear unit-level sortation in order fulfillment processes A flexible, non-linear, unit-level sortation system for sorting mixed collections of items into orders. Collections of unsorted items for fulfilling requests are delivered to one or more singulation stations. At a singulation station, individual units of items are selected from a collection, associated with particular conveyance receptacles, and placed into the receptacles, with one and only one unit per receptacle. The receptacles may be inducted into a conveyance mechanism under the direction of a control system. The receptacles are not fixed to the conveyance mechanism. The control system may direct the conveyance mechanism to route the receptacles to a particular one of one or more sorting stations. At a sorting station, the units may retrieved from receptacles and placed into locations corresponding to particular orders under control or direction of the control system. The conveyance mechanism may, but does not necessarily, return empty conveyance receptacle to a singulation station.
US08538564B2	Remote user interface for media player A portable media player communicates with a host computer for enabling a user of the player to manage media distribution using the control software of the host computer. The host computer can send a GUI that is displayed on the otherwise “dumb” player, and the user can view the GUI and press a single button to command the control software to download a media title to the player. The host computer can periodically poll the player to determine its status.
US08538563B1	Systems and methods for providing fantasy sports contests with wagering opportunities Systems and methods for providing to a user the ability to use a fantasy sports contest application to access fantasy sports contests and wagering opportunities are presented. In some embodiments of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest application may provide to the user the ability to place a wager based on the user's performance in a fantasy sports contest. In some embodiments of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest may provide to the user the ability to place a wager based on a real-life sporting event that is related to a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates. The fantasy sports contest application may provide to the user the ability to place a wager for money, fantasy sports contest points, non-cash prizes and points redeemable for prizes.
US08538562B2	Camera based interactive exercise Methods and apparatus for interactively and dynamically undertaking exercise are disclosed which utilize camera means to provide 2D or 3D data relating to locations or movements of exercise undertaken by a person. This data is analyzed by a computer and in a typical example an instructor's image is displayed and both visual and audio assistance to the person is provided via a computer program either resident locally or remotely located. Applications to exercise involving treadmills, bicycles, dance, weight lifting and other exercises are disclosed.
US08538561B2	Method and system to estimate variables in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant System and method to estimate variables in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant are provided. The system includes a sensor suite to measure respective plant input and output variables. An extended Kalman filter (EKF) receives sensed plant input variables and includes a dynamic model to generate a plurality of plant state estimates and a covariance matrix for the state estimates. A preemptive-constraining processor is configured to preemptively constrain the state estimates and covariance matrix to be free of constraint violations. A measurement-correction processor may be configured to correct constrained state estimates and a constrained covariance matrix based on processing of sensed plant output variables. The measurement-correction processor is coupled to update the dynamic model with corrected state estimates and a corrected covariance matrix. The updated dynamic model may be configured to estimate values for at least one plant variable not originally sensed by the sensor suite.
US08538559B2	Fieldbus system function block enhancements using transducer block A process control system for a fieldbus network includes field devices having function blocks. Some distributed control systems access the standard parameters of the function blocks but cannot access manufacturers' non-standard parameters. Such parameters are placed in shared transducer blocks in the field devices where they are accessed by an alternate system for configuration and for collecting and monitoring data. This enables use by the function blocks of both standard and manufacturers' specific parameters and enables function blocks with only standard parameters to facilitate non-standard inter-function block communication connections using the shared transducer block parameters.
US08538557B2	Gobo virtual machine Producing complicated effects based on image processing operations. The image processing operations are defined for a processor which may be different than the processor which is actually used. The processor that is actually used runs an interpreter that interprets the information into its own language, and then runs the image processing. The actual information is formed according to a plurality of layers which are combined in some way so that each layer can effect the layers below it. Layers may add to, subtract from, or form transparency to the layer below it or make color filtering the layer below it. This enables many different effects computed and precompiled for a hypothetical processor, and a different processor can be used to combine and render those effects.
US08538556B2	Enhanced implantable antenna method As described herein vascular anchoring systems are used to position an implant in a vascular area such as a bifurcated vasculature with relatively high fluid flow, for instance, in an area of a pulmonary artery with associated left and right pulmonary arteries. Implementations include an anchoring trunk member having a first anchoring trunk section and a second anchoring trunk section. Further implementations include a first anchoring branch member extending from the anchoring trunk member. Still further implementations include a second anchoring branch member extending from the anchoring trunk member.
US08538555B1	Cardiac access methods and apparatus A chamber or vasculature of a heart may be accessed via the pericardial space of the heart. Initially, the pericardial space may be accessed via a transmyocardial approach or a subxiphoid approach. A lead or other implantable apparatus may thus be routed into the pericardial space, through myocardial tissue and into the chamber or vasculature. The lead or other apparatus may be used to sense activity in or provide therapy to the heart.
US08538554B2	Implantable electrode, insertion tool for use therewith, and insertion method An electrode system includes an implantable electrode having at least one electrode contact, an insertion tool, and a technique or method that allows the electrode contact to be positioned within soft tissue at a selected target stimulation site.
US08538550B2	Implantable device failsafe mode for MRI An implantable device, such as a pacer, defibrillator, or other cardiac rhythm management device, can include a failsafe backup, such as a separate and independent safety core that can assume control over operation of the implantable device from a primary controller. In an example, the safety core can include a normal first safety core operating mode and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) second safety core operating mode that can provide different functionality from the normal first safety core operating mode.
US08538549B2	Programming interface for stimulation therapy The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The disclosure also contemplates guided programming to select electrode combinations and parameter values to support efficacy. The techniques may be applied to a programming interface associated with a clinician programmer, a patient programmer, or both. A user interface permits a user to view electrodes from different perspectives relative to the lead. For example, the user interface provides a side view of a lead and a cross-sectional view of the lead. The user interface may include an axial control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different axial positions along the length of a lead, and a rotational control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different angular positions around a circumference of the lead.
US08538546B2	Device for generating a signal The present invention relates to a device for generating a signal and method for controlling operation of the same. The present invention provides a device for generating a signal, which includes an electrode, if connected to an external power source, supplied with a voltage from the external power source, a signal generating unit having a plurality of terminals, the signal generating unit deciding whether to operate the device according to a size of a voltage applied to a first terminal among a plurality of the terminals, the signal generating unit outputting a prescribed signal according to the decision, and a control circuit, if the electrode is connected to a plurality of the terminals, controlling a voltage applied to a plurality of the terminals. Accordingly, the present invention is able to control whether to operate a signal generating device using an external power source.
US08538540B2	Retinal prosthesis with side mounted inductive coil A retinal prosthesis with an inductive coil mounted to the side of the eye by using a strap around the eye. This allows for close coupling to an external coil and movement of the entire implanted portion with movement of the eye ball.
US08538537B2	Systems and methods for providing targeted neural stimulation therapy to address neurological disorders, including neuropyschiatric and neuropyschological disorders Systems and methods for providing targeted neural stimulation therapy to address neurological disorders, including neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological disorders are disclosed. A method for treating a patient's neurological disorder in accordance with a particular embodiment includes, in a patient identified as having at least one of a neuropsychological disorder and a neuropsychiatric disorder, implanting at least one stimulation electrode within the patient's skull cavity, and outside a cortical surface of the patient's brain. The electrode is implanted at a location in a range of about 15 mm to about 35 mm anterior to a precentral sulcus reference point that is positioned at the precentral sulcus and at the patient's middle frontal gyrus. The method can further include treating the patient's disorder by applying electrical stimulation to the patient via the at least one stimulation electrode.
US08538532B2	Electrical stimulation therapy to promote gastric distention for obesity management In some examples, electrical stimulation therapy is delivered to support obesity management. The electrical stimulation therapy is configured to cause at least partial gastric distention. Gastric distention tends to induce a sensation of fullness and thereby discourages excessive food intake by the patient. The electrical stimulation therapy may be delivered to the gastrointestinal tract of the patient by electrodes deployed by one or more implantable leads coupled to an electrical stimulator. The electrical stimulator delivers stimulation pulses having a pulse width in a range found to be effective in causing gastric distention.
US08538528B2	Methods and apparatuses for implantable medical device telemetry power management A method comprises connecting at least one portion of a far-field radio-frequency (RF) first telemetry circuit in an implantable medical device to an energy source through a power connection module, detecting information included in a first predetermined wireless signal, changing a conductivity state of the power connection module when the information in the first predetermined wireless signal is detected to couple power to the at least one portion of the first telemetry circuit, detecting a second predetermined wireless signal, and changing a conductivity state of the power connection module to decouple power to the at least one portion of the first telemetry circuit when the second predetermined wireless signal is detected and the first telemetry circuit enters an idle state.
US08538527B2	Human-implantable-neurostimulator user interface having multiple levels of abstraction A programming-device user interface may include multiple levels of abstraction for programming treatment settings. A stimulation zone-programming interface may be at a highest level of abstraction and may include idealized stimulation zones. A field strength-programming interface may be at a middle level of abstraction and may include electromagnetic field-strength patterns generated by the stimulation zones, and/or electrode settings, and a depiction of how the electromagnetic fields interact with each other. An electrode-programming interface may be at a lowest level of abstraction and may depict treatment settings at an electrodes-view level. These interfaces may include a display of a stimulatable area of the patient's body. The display may include a depiction of leads and/or the underlying physiology, such as a depiction of a portion of a spine. Algorithms map treatment settings from one level of abstraction to settings at one or more other levels of abstraction.
US08538525B2	Cardiopulmonary functional status assessment via metabolic response detection by implantable cardiac device An implantable cardiac device is configured and programmed to assess a patient's cardiopulmonary function by evaluating the patient's minute ventilation response. Such evaluation may be performed by computing a minute ventilation response slope, defined as the ratio of an incremental change in minute ventilation to an incremental change in measured activity level. The minute ventilation response slope may then be compared with a normal range to assess the patient's functional status.
US08538521B2	Systems, devices and methods for monitoring efficiency of pacing Various systems, methods, devices and arrangements are implemented for use in pacing of the heart. One implementation is directed to methods and systems for determining a pacing location in the right ventricle of a heart and near the His bundle. A pacing signal is delivered to the location in the right ventricle. The pacing signal produces a capture of a left ventricle. Properties of the capture are monitored. Results of the monitored capture are used to assess the effectiveness of the delivered pacing signal as a function of heart function. The heart function can be, for example, at least one of a QRS width, fractionation and a timing of electrical stimulation of a late activation site of a left ventricle relative to the QRS.
US08538518B2	Cardiac stimulator for delivery of cardiac contractility modulation therapy A combination cardiac stimulator for CRT stimulation and CCM stimulation, which is connected to a rhythm evaluation unit which can either detect a sinus rhythm that is present, or classify an atrial arrhythmia, and which comprises an additional therapy selection unit, wherein the therapy selection unit selects the delivery of either CRT therapy or CCM therapy on the basis of the classification of the atrial rhythm such that CRT therapy is preferred in the case of sinus rhythm, and CCM therapy is delivered in the case of atrial arrhythmia.
US08538516B2	Method and system to address multiple electrodes for sensing and stimulation in brain and heart A device for conveying information related to address, control, stimulation and measurement to and from a large number of electrodes selected from a larger set of available electrodes.
US08538514B2	Devices and methods for monitoring physiological information relating to sleep with an implantable device Described here are implantable devices and methods for monitoring physiological information relating to sleep. The implantable devices are generally designed to include at least one sensor for sensing physiological information, a processor for processing the physiological information using low computational power to detect a sleep stage, and a battery. The detected sleep stage information may then be used to indicate sleep quality, identify or monitor a medical condition, or guide treatment thereof.
US08538513B2	Stimulation electrode selection Bioelectrical signals may be sensed within a brain of a patient with a plurality of sense electrode combinations. A stimulation electrode combination for delivering stimulation to the patient to manage a patient condition can be selected based on a frequency domain characteristic of the sensed bioelectrical signals. In some examples, a stimulation electrode combination is selected based on a determination of which of the sense electrodes are located closest to a target tissue site, as indicated by the one or more sense electrodes that sensed a bioelectrical brain signal with a relatively highest value of the frequency domain characteristic. In some examples, determining which of the sense electrodes are located closest to the target tissue site may include executing an algorithm using relative values of the frequency domain characteristic.
US08538508B2	Method and apparatus for ECG-synchronized optically-based image acquisition and transformation In a method and apparatus for optically-based acquisition of slice images from a vessel of a subject, and for combining the slice images to provide an intuitively recognizable visualization of a pathology in the vessel, slice images of the vessel are acquired during pullback of an optical probe of the optically-based slice imaging system, while simultaneously acquiring an ECG signal from the subject. The slice images and the ECG signal are registered, and slice images acquired at a selected cardiac phase are combined into a scene. The slice images in the scene are subjected to a first data transformation to shift the vessel midpoint in each slice image to the image center of each slice image. After the first data transformation, the slice images in the scene are subjected to a second data transformation to produce the visualization. The second transformation, for example, can be a curved planar reformation to allow the vessel to be shown in longitudinal section.
US08538504B2	Method for merging medical images A method for the merged display of first image information captured using a first imaging device with second image information captured using a second imaging device is provided. The first imaging device records fluorescence images of the area under examination. A second 3D image data record of the area under examination is recorded using an examination procedure based on electromagnetic radiation, such as computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The 3D fluorescence image data record and the second 3D image data record are registered with one another, and one or more fluorescence-optically marked, relevant areas of the examination volume, on the basis of the mapping rules determined by the registration process, are displayed on a monitor.
US08538501B2	Mapping and ablation catheter system A mapping and ablation catheter system including a radio frequency ablation source having an output, a mapping device, a catheter, and two or more capacitive components. The catheter may include two or more catheter electrodes, wherein two of the two or more catheter electrodes may be electrically coupled to the mapping device. Each of the two or more catheter electrodes may be electrically coupled to a capacitive component, wherein each capacitive component may be electrically coupled to the output of the radio frequency ablation source such that energy delivered to each catheter electrode of the two or more catheter electrodes passes through the capacitive component.
US08538496B2	Handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device including a first body, a second body, a fixing frame, a first sliding frame, and a second sliding frame is provided. Through the designs of the first sliding frame, the second sliding frame, and the fixing frame, the handheld electronic device has two sliding routes and accordingly can achieve two expanded states, wherein the two expanded states respectively expose two portions of the second body.
US08538494B2	Mobile phone and method for transferring battery power of the mobile phone In a method for transferring battery power of a mobile phone, the mobile phone includes a discharge circuit, a charge circuit, a switch circuit and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The switch circuit includes an exclusive-OR (XOR) chip and a switch chip. The USB interface connects to the discharge circuit when an input terminal and an enabling terminal of the switch chip are set at high level. The discharge circuit controls a battery of the mobile phone to be discharged for charging a mobile device via a USB cable and the USB interface. The USB interface connects to the charge circuit when the input terminal and the enabling terminal of the switch chip are set at low level. The charge circuit controls the battery to be charged using the mobile device via the USB cable and the USB interface.
US08538488B2	Systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing information related to virtual environments to wireless devices Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing information related to virtual environments. One such method includes receiving user input identifying an event related to the virtual environment for which a notification is to be provided to a mobile wireless communication device. User input is also received identifying an output to be provided by the mobile wireless communication device in response to receipt of the notification. A determination is then made that the event related to the virtual environment has occurred. In response to determining that the event occurred, the mobile wireless communication device is provided with the notification, and the output identified by the user input is provided by the mobile wireless communication device.
US08538479B2	Sheath type router sheatheable to mobile terminal device The present invention is to provide a sheath type router, which comprises a sheath, a printed circuit board, a battery and at least one antenna. The sheath is foldable and sheathable to a mobile terminal device. The printed circuit board and battery are enclosed in the sheath and electrically coupled together, wherein the printed circuit board includes a central processing unit, a wireless module, a communication module, a subscriber identity module port, at least one input/output port and a power switch, and the central processing unit is electrically coupled to the wireless module, communication module, ports and power switch respectively. When the power switch is turned ON, the printed circuit board is able to receive electric power from the battery, and the mobile terminal device fixed onto the sheath can connect to the wireless module through the antenna as well as connecting to a corresponding network through the communication module.
US08538478B2	Integrated personal digital assistant device An integrated device provides functionality of both a PDA and cellular telephone. Features include a power button offering control of both the computing and telephony functions of the device; a lid that turns the device on and off and controls additional telephony functions; a jog rocker that activates the device and is used to select from a variety of menu options; application buttons that offer direct access to applications stored on the device, and which can be configured to operate in conjunction with secondary keys to offer added functionality; a keyboard that enables data input into the device; an automatic word completion function that verifies and corrects a user's typing in real time; and a simplified keyboard navigation system that allows the navigation of menus using keyboard shortcuts.
US08538475B1	Apparatus and method for a web programmable telephone A web programmable telephone and a method for operating a web programmable telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a voice module of a wireless household telephone is controlled by an internal web module that can retrieve and execute data operations from a remote portal or server thus adding data functionality to the conventional functions of a telephone. The programmable web module controls all functionality of the web programmable telephone so that every function of the telephone can be programmed and customized by a user.
US08538474B2	Method and apparatus of adjusting transmission power A method and an apparatus of adjusting transmission power are provided. Transmission power configuration information is acquired, where the transmission power configuration information includes a transmission power lower limit and a transmission power upper limit; modulation mode configuration information is acquired, where the modulation mode configuration information includes a lower limit modulation mode and an upper limit modulation mode; current channel information is acquired; calculation is performed according to the current channel information, the transmission power configuration information and the modulation mode configuration information to obtain first transmission power and a first modulation mode; and signal transmission is controlled according to the first transmission power and the first modulation mode.
US08538464B2	Code word assignment methods for quick paging in telecommunication systems Code words are assigned to subscriber stations or groups of subscriber stations in a communication network for a quick paging mechanism in which the assigned code words are transmitted as quick paging signals over unused frequency resources to signal the subscriber stations. Subsets of multiple code words from a set of code words can be assigned to respective paging groups, and overlapping subsets can be assigned to multiple paging groups. This enables a single code word to be used to address either a single paging group or multiple paging groups.
US08538463B2	Apparatus and method for providing communication quality information A communication quality visualization information providing system acquires a communication quality, generates communication quality visualization information by mapping the acquired communication quality information to geographic information, and provides corresponding communication quality visualization information according to a user request.
US08538461B2	Sentient environment An embodiment of the invention provides a sentient environment that adapts itself to a person present in the environment responsive to active and/or passive expressions of preferences by the person.
US08538458B2	Location sharing and tracking using mobile phones or other wireless devices A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
US08538457B2	Continuous data optimization of moved access points in positioning systems Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point has moved relative to its previously recorded location. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device so that observed WiFi access points identify themselves; A reference database is accessed to obtain information specifying a recorded location for each observed WiFi access point in the target area. The recorded location information is used for each of the observed WiFi access points in conjunction with predefined rules to infer whether an observed WiFi access point has moved relative to its recorded location. The reference database is informed of the identity of any observed WiFi access point that is inferred to have moved.
US08538456B2	Surveying wireless device users by location The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.
US08538450B2	User equipment and base station behavior in response to an overload indicator Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate responding to overload indicators in a wireless communication environment. A non-serving base station can send an over-the-air (OTA) overload indicator (OI) and a backhaul OI. A UE can receive the OTA OI from the non-serving base station, generate a report based upon the OTA OI, and send the report to a serving base station. The serving base station can receive the report from the UE, and generate a power control command for the UE based at least in part upon the report. Moreover, the serving base station can generate the power control command for the UE further based upon the backhaul OI received from the non-serving base station. For example, the UE can be configured to ignore the OTA OI. By way of another example, the serving base station can cause the non-serving base station to inhibit sending the backhaul OI.
US08538449B2	Method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth for a network A method and apparatus for performing traffic engineering, e.g., allocating bandwidth, on a wireless access network are disclosed. For example, the method determines a number of subscriber stations (SSs) that a Base Station (BS) is capable of supporting in accordance with at least one performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the at least one performance objective for voice traffic comprises a type of codec. The method then allocates bandwidth by the base station in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting.
US08538445B2	Method and system for transmitting an uplink channel sounding pilot and base station and user equipment A method for transmitting an uplink channel sounding pilot is used in the Long Term Evolution Project. The method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment, an uplink channel sounding pilot scheduling signaling; and transmitting, by the User Equipment, an uplink channel sounding pilot according to an indication in the uplink channel sounding pilot scheduling signaling. The uplink channel sounding pilot scheduling signaling includes one of or a combination of indication information including transmission starting time, a transmission period, duration, a subcarrier index, a subframe index, a long block index and a frequency band of the uplink channel sounding pilot. A system for transmitting an uplink channel sounding pilot, a base station and a User Equipment are also disclosed. With the use of the invention, a User Equipment may be dynamically scheduled to transmit an uplink channel sounding pilot, a solution for carrying the uplink channel sounding pilot scheduling signaling is provided, and a solution for determining the position of the uplink channel sounding pilot in the subframe is also be provided, thereby the position of the uplink channel sounding pilot in the subframe can more accurately reflect the conditions of the channel on which uplink and/or downlink processing is performed according to the uplink channel sounding pilot.
US08538443B2	Method and system for adjusting communication mode by adjusting the power level for a fractional frequency reuse in a wireless communication network A method and system for fractional frequency reuse in a communication network. A plurality of fractional frequency reuse modes for wireless communication are defined in which each of the modes are associated with a corresponding group of wireless communication tones assigned to one of a plurality of power levels. Communication with at least one mobile terminal in a first region is established using a fractional frequency reuse mode from the plurality of fractional frequency reuse modes. A coverage problem with communication with at least one of the mobile terminal in the first sector is detected. A base station associated with a second region is notified to change communication within the second region to a different fractional frequency reuse mode from the plurality of fractional frequency reuse modes.
US08538442B1	Indoor localization of mobile device using labels To localize a mobile device in an indoor area, labels are positioned at locations throughout the indoor area and signal strength is recorded at the label positions from different wireless network access points that are available in the indoor area. As a user traverses the indoor area with the mobile device, individual label identifiers are entered into the mobile device and the strength of the wireless network signals is recorded at each label position. The sampled wireless network signal strength and the corresponding label identifiers and positions are recorded to generate a mapping that identifies wireless network signal strength at each of the different label positions in the indoor area. The mapping may then be accessed to identify the locations of other mobile device users that subsequently enter the indoor area based on the wireless network signal strength from the different access points detected by the other mobile devices.
US08538439B2	Communications system configured to correct an association mismatch and related methods A communications system includes a service provider device, a mobile wireless communications device, and a plurality of communication infrastructure nodes. The plurality of communication infrastructure nodes are configured to generate an association mismatch communications path between the service provider device and the mobile wireless communications device, the association mismatch communications path including at least two communication infrastructure nodes in series. The plurality of communications infrastructure nodes are also configured to generate a corrected association communications path between the service provider device and the mobile wireless communications device from the mismatch communications path, the corrected association communications path including just a single communication infrastructure node from the at least two communication infrastructure nodes.
US08538437B2	Method and devices for duplicated packets identification during handover A method and devices for performing a handover of a data unit based communication that involves a sequence of data units from a first connection (51) between a first sender (10) and a receiver (4) to a second connection (52) between a second sender (20) and said receiver (4), which comprises indicating to the receiver (4) a reference data unit among data units provided to both the first sender (10) and the second sender as a part of the handover, and where the receiver, based on the reference data unit, keeps a record for identifying such data units among those data units provided to both the first sender (10) and the second sender (20) that were sent over the first connection (51) and successfully received by the receiver (4), prior to the communication having been passed to the second communication (52).
US08538436B2	Method and apparatus for mobility management, and user equipment A method for mobility management, an apparatus and a User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining cell set information sent by a cell set in an access network; selecting a target cell set to which a UE may hand over according to the cell set information, and sending information about selection of the target cell set to the target cell set; and receiving information about at least one target cell decided by the target cell set, and providing the information about the target cell to the UE for handover. The method for mobility management between cell sets simplifies mobility management in multi-cell communication and improves performance of the communication system.
US08538432B2	Method of executing handover in a mobile communication system Disclosed are methods of executing a handover related operation in a power saving mode in accordance with handover triggering information. One of the methods of executing handover of a mobile station in a mobile communication system comprises determining an enabled status of at least one handover related operation in a specific operation mode between the mobile station (MS) and a network, receiving control information related to the at least one handover related operation from the network, entering the specific operation mode, changing the enabled status of the at least one handover related operation in the specific operation mode, and performing the enabled handover related operation in accordance with the changed enabled status and the control information.
US08538431B2	Radio channel controller and radio channel controlling method Even when a general user's mobile station in communication enters a use-prohibited cell, the use of the use-prohibited cell is prevented while the communication is being maintained. Regarding a mobile station 100 that enters an area of a cell C12 under handover restriction, the connection utilizing the use-prohibited cell is prohibited and handover of the mobile station is performed to an effectively-operating cell C22 covering an area including the current position of the mobile station within the use-prohibited cell and having another frequency. Alternatively, the handover is performed to a base station of an effectively-operating cell C32 belonging to another mobile communication system.
US08538430B1	System and method for handoff of mobile terminals between different wireless access network technologies A system and method of facilitating handoff of communications with a mobile terminal between a first wireless access network and a second wireless access network having different air interfaces. The system and method including pre-registering the mobile terminal in the second access network prior to handoff, while the mobile terminal is conducting a communication session using the first access network. Upon a determination that a handoff is needed, communication is transparently tunneled to the secondary access network through the primary access network. During tunneling, the air link of the first wireless access network is employed to communicate with the secondary access network to facilitate the handoff.
US08538426B2	Controlling and enhancing handoff between wireless access points A wireless device includes at least one processor operable to transmit authentication information to one of a plurality of access devices associated with a first wireless hotspot; and establish an access session with the one of the plurality of access devices. Information related to the access session is saved in memory accessible by a plurality of wireless access providers. When the wireless device moves from a coverage area of the first wireless hotspot to a coverage area of the one of the plurality of wireless access providers, the saved information facilitates access to the one of the plurality of wireless access providers by the wireless device.
US08538421B2	Management of network technology selection and display in multi-technology wireless environments System(s) and method(s) are provided to manage utilization of radio network technology and display thereof when multiple services and radio network technologies are available to a multi-technology mobile device. Management relies at least in part on a subscriber profile that comprises a network selection profile constructed through market policy, subscriber policy, and application policy for radio technology utilization. Network preference(s) profile is generated on per subscriber, or per subscriber type, basis and is conveyed to a subscriber station over the air. Initial subscriber profile can be delivered at a time of provisioning a multi-technology mobile device, and updated based at least upon subscriber demand, a schedule established by a network operator or service provider, or an event related to coverage area relocation or contracted services. Radio technology preferences and display of associated technologies available to a multi-technology mobile device can be dynamically controlled on a per-call and/or per-application basis.
US08538417B2	Performing diagnostics in a wireless system In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus for permitting diagnostic testing of a wireless device. The apparatus may include a first switch to route diagnostic information or acoustic information received from a processor of the device, a codec coupled to the first switch to code the routed diagnostic information or acoustic information, and a second switch coupled to the codec to route the coded diagnostic information to a first port of the wireless device and to route the coded acoustic information to the first port or a second port of the wireless device.
US08538416B2	Remote initiation of collecting diagnostic information for network communications A method for collecting communication information, a test method and a network device are disclosed. The method for collecting communication information includes: presetting a command for collecting diagnostic information about voice quality, and obtaining Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals; and judging whether the DTMF signals match a preset command for collecting diagnostic information about voice quality, and collecting information according to the preset command if determining that the DTMF signals match the preset command. A test method is also provided, and, accordingly, a network device is provided. Through the technical solution under the present invention, diagnostic information is collected quickly after a voice quality problem occurs.
US08538414B1	Mobile interaction with software test cases A method of managing a software test case includes receiving a message about a test case from a test case management system, associating the message with a mobile device, and translating the message and transmitting the translated message to the mobile device.
US08538409B2	Home appliance remote control method and wireless network card The present invention provides a method for remotely controlling household appliances comprising: storing corresponding relation between household appliance identification information, operation action instructing information and control signal encoding format in a wireless network card integrated with a remote control circuit; a terminal sending a remote control command to a specified wireless network card, the remote control command carrying at least identification information of a controlled household appliance and operation action instructing information; and after receiving the remote control command, the wireless network card analyzing the remote control command and sending a control signal in a corresponding encoding format to the controlled household appliance using the remote control circuit according to the carried identification information of the controlled household appliance, the operation action instructing information and the locally stored corresponding relation. The present invention further provides a wireless network card.
US08538404B2	Centrally managing user-specified configuration data for a configurable device A central configuration server is provided for managing user-specified configuration data for a configurable device. The central configuration server, which is separate from a configurable device to be configured, and which services a plurality of users, obtains a user identification and device information from the configurable device. Responsive to this, the central configuration server accesses an account database and uses the user identification and device information to retrieve, for the identified user, user-specified configuration data for the configurable device. The central configuration server then forwards the user-specified configuration data from the account database to the configurable device for use in automatically configuring the configurable device pursuant to the user-specified configuration data.
US08538403B2	Method and apparatus for disambiguating an emergency call attempt during password entry for unlocking a mobile device A method and apparatus for unlocking a mobile communication device are provided, the mobile communication device comprising an input device, and a display device, the mobile communication device enabled to initiate emergency calls in a locked state. Password input data is received via the input device, when the mobile communication device is in the locked state, the password input data for unlocking the mobile communication device, the password input data comprising at least a sequence of characters for initiating an emergency call. In response to receiving the sequence of characters for initiating the emergency call, the display device is controlled to provide a representation of instructions to initiate the emergency call upon receipt of emergency call initiate data from the input device.
US08538401B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen configured to display information and receive touch inputs; a sensor unit configured to detect a gravity characteristic of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to output a user-settable gravity sensitivity threshold option for setting a gravity detected sensitivity of the sensor unit, to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of a first gravity sensitivity threshold, to determine the mobile terminal is in a state of falling when the detected gravity characteristic of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to the selected first gravity sensitivity threshold, and to automatically execute a predetermined function mapped to the determined falling state.
US08538398B2	Method and system for customizing a user interface of a mobile device A method and system for coordinating a specific subscribed service on a mobile communication device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, this is provided a method for coordinating a specific subscribed service on a mobile communication device, comprising: registering the mobile communication device with a node; transmitting identification information to the node, the identification information including an identifier of a device, an identifier of a vendor, an identifier of a user, and an identifier of a subscribed service; receiving information from the node in response to the transmitting; and enabling the specific subscribed service in accordance with the received information.
US08538394B2	System and method for activating services on a wireless device A system and method for activating services on a wireless device are provided that improve a user's experience and ease of activation/provisioning of services for the wireless device by providing a new provisioning channel for service activations. A user is simply required to input a short activation code(s) into the wireless device which is combined into an activation message along with other device-related information that is automatically retrieved from the wireless device. The generated activation message is then transmitted over the messaging provisioning channel accessible by inactive and/or unprovisioned wireless devices for delivery to a remote site for use in activating services on the wireless device. The services to be activated may include at least one of the following: out of the box activation, device upgrades, device reactivations, wireless number changes, wireless number porting, and the addition or purchasing of services including airtime, enrollments or content.
US08538393B1	Method to provide ad hoc and password protected digital and voice networks A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit. The system therefore defines the method of accomplishing the ad hoc network by providing all responding personnel that need to communicate with PC's or PDA's which are interconnected to the IP Server using cellular or other communications. Additional communications can be established between users that have RFID tags.
US08538391B2	Portable GPS navigation device A portable GPS navigation device displays map information and navigation instructions; the device (a) includes a two-way wireless transceiver operable to connect to a mobile telephone; (b) is operable to enable a user to control one or more functions of the mobile telephone and (c) includes an audio output and a microphone to enable a voice call to be made using the mobile telephone.
US08538384B2	Method for setting or maintaining a preferential condition for a mobile terminal A method and device for setting or maintaining a preferential condition for a mobile terminal. The method includes determining if the base station associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an inter cell interference coordination procedure, setting the preferential condition for the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a communication through a base station not associated with the mobile terminal, if the base station associated with the mobile terminal is involved in an ICIC procedure, and not setting the preferential condition for the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a communication with the remote telecommunication device through a base station not associated with the mobile terminal if the base station associated with the mobile terminal is not involved in an ICIC procedure.
US08538377B2	Method and system for determining road traffic jams based on information derived from a PLMN A method of estimating traffic jams on a roads network includes receiving information from at least one cellular PLMN covering a geographic region wherein at least one road of the roads network to be monitored is located. The information includes data related to call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in an at least one area of the geographic region, and an indication related to a mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area. The method may further include providing an indication of traffic jam in the at least one road in case the call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in the at least one area exceeds a first threshold and the indication related to the mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area trespasses a second threshold.
US08538372B2	Universal messaging A communicating device may determine a lack of wireless network coverage. The communicating device may repeatedly send a message via a narrow-band communication medium. One or more other communicating devices may receive the message via the narrow-band communication medium. Later, when a communicating device that received the message has the wireless network coverage, the message may be transmitted to an originally intended recipient via the wireless network. The intended recipient may send a reply message to one or more communicating devices via the wireless network. When a communicating device that received the reply message no longer has the wireless network coverage, the communicating device may send the reply message via the narrow-band communication medium to one or more other communicating devices. The communicating device, that originally sent the message, may receive the reply message and may present information from the reply message to a user.
US08538371B2	Resuscitation team mobilization system, device and method A resuscitation team mobilization system, device and method are disclosed that minimize the delays frequently associated with responding to a resuscitation emergency. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a control station [50]; a to plurality of responder mobilization devices [30]; and a plurality of responder communication devices [70]. In one preferred embodiment, the responder mobilization device [30] comprises a communications unit [32]; a video camera [48] coupled to the communications unit [32]; and a mobilization activation means [34] coupled to the communications unit [32]. During a resuscitation event, the user actuates the mobilization activation means [34]. In response to the actuation of the mobilization activation means [34], the communications unit [32] contacts the control station [50] to mobilize the resuscitation team. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of detecting a mobilization activation event within the responder mobilization device [30]; and the step of contacting a control station [50] in response to the mobilization activation event.
US08538369B2	Multi-wideband communications over power lines Systems and methods for communicating over a power line are configured to substantially simultaneously communicate over a plurality of wideband frequency ranges. Signals may be communicated two or from a communication node at two different frequencies simultaneously. These signals may be exchanged with different nodes and/or include independent data. In some embodiments, some of the wideband frequency ranges are above 30 MHz.
US08538357B2	Switchable VRAMP limiter Systems and devices for radio frequency (RF) power amplification are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power amplification device includes a power amplification circuit operable to amplify an RF transmission signal and a voltage regulation circuit operable to generate a regulated voltage. The regulated voltage level of the regulated voltage sets an amplification gain of the power amplification circuit. The voltage regulation circuit allows the regulated voltage level closer to the saturation voltage level when a band-select signal indicates that the RF transmission signal is being transmitted within a low transmission frequency band and is further away from the saturation voltage level when the band-select signal indicates that the RF transmission signal is being transmitted within a high transmission frequency band. This provides greater power efficiency when the RF transmission signal is being transmitted with the low transmission frequency band.
US08538355B2	Quadrature power amplifier architecture The present disclosure relates to a quadrature RF power amplifier (PA) architecture that uses a single-ended interface to couple a non-quadrature PA path to a quadrature PA path, which may be coupled to an antenna via an antenna port. The quadrature nature of the quadrature PA path provides tolerance for changes in antenna loading conditions. An RF splitter in the quadrature PA path presents a relatively stable input impedance, which is predominantly resistive, to the non-quadrature PA path over a wide frequency range, thereby substantially isolating the non-quadrature PA path from changes in the antenna loading conditions. Further, the input impedance substantially establishes a load line slope of a feeder PA stage in the non-quadrature PA path, thereby simplifying the quadrature RF PA architecture. One embodiment of the quadrature RF PA architecture uses two separate PA paths, either of which may incorporate a combined non-quadrature and quadrature PA architecture.
US08538354B2	Method and system for controlling signal transmission of a wireless communication device In accordance with the present disclosure, disadvantages and problems associated with controlling signal transmission of a wireless communication device may be reduced. In accordance with an example embodiment of the present disclosure a method for controlling transmission of a wireless communication signal comprises sensing one or more signals indicative of a power level of a wireless communication signal. The power level of the wireless communication signal is amplified by a power amplifier according to an amplifier control signal. The method further comprises determining a change in the power level based on the one or more signals indicative of the power level. The change is associated with one or more perturbations of the amplifier control signal. The method also comprises adjusting transmission of the wireless communication signal according to the change in the power level.
US08538352B2	Radio base transceiver station and power supplying method A radio base station includes a radio equipment to which a power is supplied from a power source which supplies the power from a battery and a power source unit, and a radio control device which controls the radio equipment, and wherein the radio base transceiver station performs control for changing an operating band of the radio equipment according to switching of a power supply source to and from the power source unit and the battery in the radio equipment.
US08538349B2	Method and device for pre-distorting an exciter and predistortion exciter A method for pre-distorting an exciter includes obtaining a characteristic curve of a radio frequency (RF) amplifier, obtaining a first relationship between a gain amplitude correction value and an input power and a second relationship between a gain phase correction value and the input power based on the characteristic curve, obtaining a transmission gain for use in a scan from a magnetic resonance pre-scan, and obtaining the gain amplitude correction value and the gain phase correction value of an input of the exciter based on the input of the exciter, the transmission gain, the first relationship, and the second relationship. An input of the exciter is pre-distorted using the gain amplitude correction value and the gain phase correction value.
US08538347B1	Low power multi-band, multi-mode transmitter A transmitter includes a power amplifier driver connected with a first transformer and a second transformer. The first transformer is configured for a high-band mode and the second transformer is configured for a low-band mode. The power amplifier driver drives both the first transformer and the second transformer.
US08538346B2	Phase noise correction circuit, transmitter, receiver, radio device, radio communication system, and phase noise correction method An object of the present invention is to sufficiently exhibit carrier reproduction performance in a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver and performing radio communication. A phase noise correction circuit provided in the transmitter in the radio device includes: a phase error information acquisition unit that acquires phase error information detected by a receiver of the radio device; and a phase noise correction unit that performs correction of phase noise generated by a local oscillator shared between the receiver and transmitter for a baseband signal upon radio transmission by using the phase error information acquired by the phase error information acquisition unit.
US08538342B2	Radio station apparatus, radio resource control method, recording medium storing radio station control program, and radio communication system To provide good communication quality inside a building while suppressing interference exerted on communication of other radio stations by radio waves leaked outside the building. A femto base station 1 performs radio communication with mobile stations 6-1 and 6-2. The femto base station 1 includes a radio resource control unit 15. The radio resource control unit 15 obtains a measured value of a reception quality level that is obtained by the femto base station 1 and the mobile stations 6-1 and 6-2 by measuring the reception quality level of an external radio signal S1. Further, the radio resource control unit 15 determines a radio parameter relating to radio communication between the femto base station 1 and the mobile stations 6-1 and 6-2 based on a relative comparison between a plurality of reception quality levels. The external radio signal S1 is a radio signal transmitted from an external radio station 9 that is different from any of the femto base station 1 and the mobile stations 6-1 and 6-2.
US08538340B2	Wireless interference mitigation Mitigating interference in a mobile wireless communication device by using an estimation of the performance impact of interfering signals generated by a wireless cellular transmitter and received by a co-located Bluetooth receiver. Bluetooth frequency channels are marked suitable or unsuitable for transmission based on the performance impact estimation and the state of the wireless cellular and Bluetooth connections. The estimation accounts for properties of the wireless cellular transmitter and Bluetooth receiver as well as operational characteristics of the wireless cellular and Bluetooth connections.
US08538335B2	Physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission for reliable detection of antenna configuration Reliable detection of the configuration of transmit antennas includes obtaining a data for transmission, encoding the data, and modulating the data. During the modulating of the data, the data may be configured in such a way as to convey the configuration of the antennas through the modulation of the data. An antenna configuration is obtained by obtaining a representation of the antenna configuration, and masking the data with an error correcting code, where the mask corresponds to the antenna configuration.
US08538334B2	Communication system and communication method The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method for simply and quickly starting communication. A cellular phone is loaded with a non-contact IC card that communicates with a reader/writer of a personal computer using an electromagnetic wave. When the non-contact IC card receives the electromagnetic wave emitted from the reader/writer with the cellular phone placed close to the personal computer, the cellular phone notifies the personal computer of a card ID set in the non-contact IC card. When the personal computer acquires Bluetooth device names of the cellular phone and PDA with intra-piconet synchronization established between the cellular phone and the PDA, the personal computer identifies the cellular phone as a communication partner based on the Bluetooth device names already notified of as the card ID. The present invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and a cellular phone.
US08538327B2	User equipment adjustment of uplink satellite communications User equipment of a communication system in one aspect obtains data indicative of the position of a satellite, and obtains data indicative of the position of the user equipment. The user equipment computes a delay measure based on the data indicative of the position of the satellite and the data indicative of the position of the user equipment, and adjusts the timing of a communication transmitted from the user equipment to the satellite based on the delay measure. In an illustrative embodiment, the user equipment receives data indicative of position and velocity of the satellite, and adjusts both timing and frequency of the communication based on the position and velocity data. The timing and frequency adjusted communication may then be transmitted to the satellite over a unicast uplink channel.
US08538325B2	Monitoring cellular radio access node performance The technology described in this application provides a way for an O&M node or system to configure, monitor, and manage relay nodes efficiently. A base station serves a relay node in a cellular communications system that also includes the O&M node. A relay node O&M data context for the relay node is established in a memory associated with the base station. O&M data pertaining to the relay node is stored in the relay node O&M data context. The information in the relay node O&M data context is different than O&M data pertaining to the base station. The base station performs, on behalf of the relay node, O&M-related communications using the O&M data in the relay node O&M data context.
US08538323B2	Satellite architecture A method is presented for transmitting data in a satellite system having multiple spot beams comprising (1) sending a broadband signal in a forward direction from a gateway terminal to a communications satellite for relay to at least one subscriber terminal, (2) receiving the broadband signal at the communications satellite, wherein the communications satellite comprises a bent pipe repeater having a plurality of satellite-based transmission amplifiers, (3) using one of the plurality of satellite-based transmission amplifiers to amplify the broadband signal and no other broadband signal from the gateway terminal, to produce an amplified broadband signal, (4) sending the amplified broadband signal as one of a plurality of service spot beams to the at least one subscriber terminal, and (5) receiving and retrieving data from the amplified broadband signal at the at least one subscriber terminal.
US08538320B2	Learning method and system using detached sensor One embodiment includes a computer-implemented method using a window environment of a display, with a detached imaging sensor, to enable a user to learn. Another embodiment includes a computer-implemented system helping a user learn using a detached imaging sensor. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented system monitors automatically more than once a user's behavior while the user is working on materials. Through monitoring the user's volitional or involuntary behavior, the system determines whether to change what is to be presented by the display. The change could include providing rewards, punishments, and stimulation; or changing the materials. The system can also react by asking the user a question. Based on the user's response, the system may change to more appropriate materials, or different presentation styles.
US08538319B2	System and method for real time tracking of student performance based on state educational standards A system for providing feedback on educational standards within schools includes an interface providing access to a plurality of established educational standards which may be downloaded into a database of the system. A plurality of control modules enables a user to establish educational programs specifically associated with at least one of the downloaded established educational standards and receive feedback on student performance. Real time reports on student performance are provided responsive to the received feedback on student performance.
US08538310B2	Image transfer apparatus, image fixing apparatus, and registration apparatus which prevent a load torque variation upon entry or exit of a sheet into a nipping portion A load torque variation upon entry or exit of a sheet into a nipping portion is reduced while a nipping force necessary for image formation is provided. An image transfer apparatus, an image fixing apparatus, or a registration apparatus comprises an opposite roller, a transfer roller, and a compression spring for pressing the opposite roller onto the transfer roller. A sheet of transfer material is transported into a nipping portion between the opposite roller and the transfer roller, where an image on the opposite roller is transferred to the transfer material. The apparatus includes a retaining unit configured to retain a certain distance between the first rotating body and the second rotating body as long as the thickness of the transfer material that passes through the nipping portion remains the same.
US08538297B2	Charging apparatus using charging tube and image forming apparatus having the same A charging apparatus including a charging tube which has an outer surface contacting a photoconductive medium and electrically charges a surface of the photoconductive medium, a shaft which is disposed in the charging tube and to which a charging voltage is applied, and a conductive member which is connected to the shaft and contacts an inner surface of the charging tube. A friction coefficient between the conductive member and the inner surface of the charging tube may be less than a friction coefficient between the photoconductive medium and the outer surface of the charging tube, so that a slip phenomenon of the charging tube is prevented.
US08538295B2	Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and three prongs extending longitudinally outward from the end surface.
US08538294B2	Charge-removing device In the charge-removing device, the light guide portion extends in a first direction. The light guide portion guides light from the light source toward the surface of the image-bearing member. A charge on the surface of the image-bearing member is removed by the light emitted from the light guide portion. The first surface of the light guide portion opposes the light source. The rear surface is an opposite surface of the confronting surface and has a rough surface part that reflects, toward the confronting surface, the light from the first surface. The closer a position of the increasing portion is to the second surface, the larger the length of the increasing portion becomes. The closer a position of the decreasing portion is to the second surface, the smaller the length of the decreasing portion becomes.
US08538291B2	Developing cartridge A developing cartridge includes: a housing; a developing roller; a supply roller including a supply roller shaft; a bearing member, which rotatably holds the supply roller shaft, and which allows the supply roller shaft to move in an axial direction thereof; a supply electrode, which is disposed opposite to an end face of the supply roller shaft at a first end side of the supply roller shaft, and which is electrically connected to the supply roller shaft; a supply gear, which is attached to the supply roller shaft so as to not be rotatable relative to the supply roller shaft, and which is arranged at an outer side of the sidewall of the housing at a second end side of the supply roller shaft; and a gear cover which covers the supply gear. The supply roller shaft is axially restrained by the supply electrode and the gear cover.
US08538290B2	Image forming apparatus with detachable constituent component and holding part An image forming apparatus includes a holding part that holds a detachable constituent component so that the detachable component is displaced to a detachment operating position and primary and secondary mounting completed positions as a result of link with opening/closing operations of an opening/closing part, and a connection part that is provided on the opening/closing part and in which a guide groove is formed which guides a projecting portion provided on the holding part. The guide groove of the connection part includes a narrow portion through which the projecting portion is caused to pass while the detachable constituent component is being displaced from the detachment operating position to the primary or secondary mounting completed position. The narrow portion has a groove width which is narrower than an outer dimension of the projecting portion.
US08538289B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a developer transport body that transports developer to develop an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier, a housing that holds the developer transport body and defines an exposed portion and an unexposed portion, the housing including a storage portion storing the developer, and a layer-thickness regulation member that regulates a layer thickness of the developer transported to the exposed portion and includes one side close to a surface of the developer transport body, a first portion, and a second portion. The housing includes first faces that define both ends of the storage portion in the rotation axis direction of the developer transport body, a second face, and a third face. The developing device further includes a closing member that closes a gap between the layer-thickness regulation member and the second and third faces, and a magnet provided between the second and third faces.
US08538288B2	Toner box and developing device for image forming device A toner box for being detachably mounted in a developing unit of an image-forming device, includes: a main body; a shutter; a shutter cover; and a toner seal. The main body is configured to accommodate toner therein and has a main-body-side communication through-hole, through which an interior and an exterior of the main body communicate. The shutter is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an open position in which the shutter opens the main-body-side communication through-hole, and a closed position in which the shutter closes the main-body-side communication through-hole. The shutter cover is configured to cover part of the shutter. The shutter cover has a cover-side communication through-hole at a position corresponding to the main-body-side communication through-hole to allow communication of toner through the main-body-side communication through-hole. The toner seal is configured to be disposed between the main body and the shutter and surround a perimeter of the main-body-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position. A leading edge of the shutter defined in a closing direction, in which the shutter is moved from the open position to the closed position, is positioned on an upstream side of the main-body-side communication through-hole in the closing direction when the shutter is in the open position. Part of the shutter is covered by a portion of the shutter cover surrounding the cover-side communication through-hole when the shutter is in the closed position.
US08538287B2	Cleaning member for image forming apparatus, charging device, unit for image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer that is formed by a strip-shaped elastic member helically wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core. The cleaning member satisfies the following formula (1): 0.7
US08538285B2	Printer and fusing system A system and printer are provided for fusing toner on a receiver medium having a toner pile that extends at least about 50 μm above a receiver. In one aspect, a system has a first energy source to apply a first energy to raise a temperature of a first portion of the toner pile to a range of elevated temperature levels below a glass transition temperature of the toner and a second energy source to apply a second energy to raise a temperature of a second portion of the toner pile above the glass transition temperature and to allow the second portion to transfer energy to the first portion. The second energy is provided at a level that allows the transferred energy to raise the temperature of the first portion from the range of elevated levels to a range of temperatures above the glass transition temperature for the toner.
US08538283B2	Image forming apparatus having control unit An image forming apparatus for printing an image on a continuous print medium includes an image processing unit for converting print data received to image data printable; a developer image forming unit for forming a developer image using specific developer according to the image data; a transfer unit for transporting the continuous print medium and transferring the developer image to the continuous print medium; and a control unit for instructing timings of the developer image forming unit to form the developer image and the transfer unit to transport the continuous print medium when the control unit receives a conversion process completion notice from the image processing unit. Further, it is arranged so that an initialization operation of the developer image forming unit is performed before the developer image forming unit forms the developer image.
US08538278B2	Superimposed training and digital filtering coherent optical receivers In a polarization-multiplexing optical communications system, a method and system for coherent reception of polarization-multiplexed optical communications. Training and data sequences are recovered from a plurality of orthogonally polarized signals, such that training and data sequences may be used on a single channel without loss of spectral efficiency. This is accomplished by estimating a channel response for each orthogonally polarized signal based on the mean of the signal and distinguishing between a data sequence and a training sequence in each orthogonally polarized signal. Such distinguishing is accomplished according to an iterative linear minimum mean-square equalization based on the respective channel response estimate.
US08538277B2	Coherent optical receiver A coherent optical receiver circuit is disclosed in which various components of the optical receiver may be provided or integrated, in one example, on a common substrate. Further integration is achieved by incorporating various optical demultiplexer designs that are relatively compact and conserve space on the surface of the substrate. The optical receiver circuit may be used to demultiplex quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) optical signals.
US08538273B2	System-on-chip having optical interconnections A system for exchanging information in an on-chip communication network using optical flow information for communication between Intellectual Property cores. The information is exchanged between a plurality of initiators and targets in the Intellectual Property cores. The system includes a router for propagating optical flow information from the initiators to the targets. Each initiator includes an interface to convert the traffic generated by the initiator and transmit it in the form of an optical flow within the on-chip communication network, and each target includes an interface to convert information from the optical form into the electrical form. The system is organized as a parametric system and includes programming module to define a first set of high level parameters, a second set of initiator network interface parameters and a third set of target network interface parameters.
US08538272B1	Data security in optical communications systems A method of encrypting an optical communications signal involves determining an encryption function, filtering an electrical input signal using the encryption function to generate an encrypted electrical signal, and modulating an optical source using the encrypted electrical signal to generate a corresponding encrypted optical signal. This is then transmitted through an optical communications system. The encryption is selected such as to substantially remove symbol definition from the optical signal. This method provides digital signal processing of an electrical input signal in order to derive a signal for controlling an optical modulator in such a way that the optical signal transmitted over the link is a continuous analogue signal rather than a series of discrete symbols which alternate between well-defined signal values. This makes it difficult for a third party to derive the binary bit sequence encoded by the optical signal.
US08538268B2	Optical signal demultiplexing device and optical signal demultiplexing method An optical signal demultiplexing device includes a demultiplexing unit that receives an optical signal multiplexed by an optical time-division system and a synchronization pattern, and demultiplexes the optical signal based on the synchronization pattern. The optical signal demultiplexing device also includes a pulse-width increasing unit that makes optical signals demultiplexed by the demultiplexing unit generate chirp, and increases the pulse widths of the optical signals generating the chirp by passing the optical signals through a wavelength dispersion medium.
US08538266B2	Optical fiber hub An optical fiber hub includes an upstream port for receiving a light signal from a upstream host, a light splitting element, N downstream ports, and a light converging element. The light splitting element is configured for splitting the light signal into N light beams. The N downstream ports are optically communicated with the light splitting element, and each of the downstream ports is used for receiving a corresponding one of the light beams and transmitting the corresponding light beam to a corresponding downstream peripheral, and receiving a light signal from the corresponding downstream peripheral, wherein N is an integer which is equal to or greater than 2. The light converging element is used for converging light signals from the N downstream ports and transmitting the converged light signals to the upstream port.
US08538262B2	Color free WDM PON based on broadband optical transmitters A Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) includes a plurality of broadband light sources, each broadband light source being connected to receive a respective data signal and generating a corresponding modulated broadband optical signal. An Array Waveguide Grating (AWG) is connected for receiving each modulated broadband optical signal through a respective branch port and for generating a filtered broadband signal. The AWG implements a filter function comprising a respective pass-band associated with each branch port such that the filtered broadband signal exhibits a respective intensity peak associated with each pass-band. Each intensity peak is modulated with data from a respective one of the broadband light sources. A bandwidth of the respective modulated broadband optical signal generated by each broadband light source is at least equal to the width of a channel-band of the AWG.
US08538261B2	Immediate protection scheme for passive optical network The present invention relates to a method, device and system for fast protection of an optical network system, in particular for a Passive Optical Network (PON), such as a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON). In the method, communication failure between a first optical network device and a first optical line termination device is detected. Switching of functionality from the first optical line termination device to a second optical line termination device is initiated, and a control message is sent from the second optical line termination device to the first optical network device such that the first optical network device is prevented from moving into initial state. Furthermore, the method comprises determining and setting timing settings for the first optical network device.
US08538256B2	Fast protection scheme for passive optical network The present invention relates to a method and devices for fast protection of an optical network system, in particular for a Passive Optical Network (PON), such as a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON). In the method, it is detected that the communication from a first optical network device is lost. Switching of functionality is initiated from a first optical line termination device to a second optical line termination device, and a control message is sent from the second optical line termination device to the first optical network device such that the first optical network device is prevented from moving into initial state. Furthermore, the method comprises determining and setting timing settings for the first optical network device.
US08538251B2	Focus detecting apparatus and driving method therefor A focus detecting apparatus, comprising a first pair of sensor blocks each including a sensor unit and a detection unit, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the detection unit, wherein when one of the first pair of sensor blocks operates in a first mode, the other operates in a second mode, the detection unit of the sensor block operating in the first mode detects an output of the sensor unit, the sensor unit of the sensor block operating in the second mode accumulates charges and terminates the charge accumulation operation in response to the detection operation, and the power supply unit shuts off power supply to the detection unit of the sensor block operating in the second mode for at least part of the period of time during the operation in the second mode.
US08538247B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method A CPU divides a moving image file at a divided frame position, thereby generating a first divided moving image file including a first frame and another divided moving image file. The CPU detects a frame position where an object appears for the first time in the reproduction order from the other divided moving image file, and generates a file that describes the detected position as a new face information management file. The CPU controls a recording/reproduction control circuit to store the generated new face information management file in a recording medium in association with the other divided moving image file.
US08538245B2	Recording control apparatus and recording system A recording control apparatus includes the following elements. A receiving unit is configured to receive, from each of a plurality of recording apparatuses, recording schedule information set on a recording apparatus and available-recording-capacity information of the recording apparatus. A determination unit is configured to determine a program to be recorded. A control unit is configured to perform control to select one of the recording apparatuses on the basis of the recording schedule information and the available-recording-capacity information received from the plurality of recording apparatuses and to transmit, to the selected recording apparatus, information for scheduling the recording of the determined program.
US08538244B2	Recording/reproduction apparatus and recording/reproduction method An apparatus for recording and reproducing image data to which audio data is attached includes an extracting unit adapted to extract a specific audio or voice signal from audio data, a recording unit adapted to record the specific audio or voice signal in relation to image data, and a reproducing unit adapted to reproduce the specific audio or voice signal when a reduced image of the image data is selected.
US08538233B2	Automatic camera identification from a multi-camera video stream An apparatus and method for receiving a current video frame of a program video having a plurality of scene cuts switching between video segments originating from respective cameras of a plurality of cameras and automatically identifying the camera from which the current video frame originated. The apparatus having a feature database storing predetermined features for a plurality of cameras filming a program video originating from the plurality of cameras, a recognition unit receiving a current video frame of the program video, extracting features from the current video frame, and comparing the features to the previously stored features and a camera model estimator computing an estimated camera model based on corresponding feature pairs and previously stored features, wherein if the estimated camera model is within a predetermined threshold of a stored camera model for one of the plurality of cameras, that camera is identified as originating the current video frame.
US08538225B2	Communications ducting system and method of laying same A communications ducting system, and method of laying a communications duct assembly below a surface, usually in a carriageway or footpath, using an open slot which is subsequently backfilled. The width of the slot is preferably not substantially greater than the narrowest outer cross sectional width of the duct assembly. In at least one direction, the duct assembly has a dimension of less than 20 mm and thus the slot need be no more than 20 mm wide. The duct assembly can be laid along the bottom of the slot, preferably on a layer of sand or other bedding material. Access chambers may provide fiber blowing points along the slot for installing optical fiber in the duct assembly after the assembly is in place, either for the original installation of the fibers or for repair purposes. The access chambers can also be used to accommodate changes in direction of the slot and for repairs in the duct assembly.
US08538222B2	Planar lightwave circuit, design method for wave propagation circuit, and computer program A planar lightwave circuit is provided which can be easily fabricated by an existing planar-lightwave-circuit fabrication process, which can lower the propagation loss of signal light and which can convert inputted signal light so as to derive desired signal light. A planar lightwave circuit having a core and a clad which are formed on a substrate, has input optical waveguide(s) (111) which inputs signal light, mode coupling part (112) for coupling a fundamental mode of the inputted signal light to a higher-order mode and/or a radiation mode, or mode re-coupling part (113) for re-coupling the higher-order mode and/or the radiation mode to the fundamental mode, and output optical waveguide(s) (114) which outputs signal light. The mode coupling part or the mode re-coupling part is an optical waveguide which has core width and/or height varied continuously.
US08538208B2	Apparatus for coupling light between input and output waveguides An apparatus for coupling light between input and output waveguides includes a substrate, an input waveguide disposed on the substrate and comprising a first optical axis, and an output waveguide disposed on the substrate and comprising a second optical axis vertically offset from the first optical axis. A superlens is disposed on the substrate between the input waveguide and the output waveguide. The superlens has a middle optical axis and comprises a vertically graded refractive index film having a refractive index distribution n(y), where y is a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the middle optical axis.
US08538206B1	Hybrid silicon electro-optic modulator An electro-optic modulator comprising a first region of silicon material and a second region of non-silicon material. The second region may at least partially overlap the first region to create a lateral overlap region. An optical waveguide of the modulator may be included in the lateral overlap region and comprise of both the silicon and the non-silicon material. The refractive index of at least one of the silicon material and the non-silicon material within the optical waveguide may change based on an electrical difference applied between electrical contacts of the modulator.
US08538204B1	Systems and methods for estimating pixel intensity A method for estimating pixel intensity includes generating a plurality of bidirectional paths extending between a light source and a measurement point, whereby the measurement point represents a pixel within the image. Each bidirectional path includes a light subpath portion extending from the light source and an eye subpath portion extending from the view point and coupled to the light subpath. Each light subpath is characterized by a number of vertices included therein, and similarly, each eye subpath is characterized by a number of vertices included therein. The plurality of bidirectional paths are sorted into separation populations, whereby each population includes bidirectional paths constructed from eye subpaths having a common number of vertices, and light subpaths having a common number of vertices. An intensity contribution is computed for each of the individual populations, and the intensity contributions are summed over all populations to estimate the intensity of the pixel.
US08538201B2	Image resolution enhancement The invention relates to upscaling of images such as upscaling of video images from standard definition to high definition. An input image is upscaled to a resolution enhanced image (207) by weighting pixel values in the input image depending on a match metric combining two match metrics. A first image generator (103) generates a blurred version of the input image and a second image generator (103) generates an upscaled interpolated version. The first metric is generated by comparing pixel sets of the blurred image and the upscaled interpolated image. A second metric is generated by comparing pixel sets of the input image and already synthesized pixel values of the resolution enhanced image (207). For each location in a search area, a resolution enhancement processor (107) generates the combined match metric and uses this to weigh the pixel value of that location when generating the unknown pixel value of the resolution enhanced image (207).
US08538200B2	Systems and methods for resolution-invariant image representation Systems and methods are disclosed for generating super resolution images by building a set of multi-resolution bases from one or more training images; estimating a sparse resolution-invariant representation of an image, and reconstructing one or more missing patches at any resolution level.
US08538195B2	Hyperspectral image dimension reduction system and method Provided is a method of hyperspectral image dimension reduction. The method includes receiving a hyperspectral image having a plurality of pixels. A set of basis vectors is established at least in part with respect to the spectral vectors of the initial hyperspectral image. For each pixel of the hyperspectral image, the spectral vector is read and decomposed, i.e. unmixed, with the basis vector set to provide at least a reduced dimension vector for each pixel. Collectively the reduced dimension vectors for each pixel represent the dimensionally reduced image. A system operable to perform the method is also provided.
US08538191B2	Image correction apparatus and method for eliminating lighting component An image correction apparatus and method for eliminating a lighting component are provided. A photographed original image is divided into a plurality of block units to calculate a representative brightness value of each of the divided block units. A background image having the size of the original image is generated using the calculated brightness value and interpolation. A lighting component is extracted from the background image and a lighting component included in the original image is eliminated using the extracted lighting component.
US08538190B2	Apparatus, method, and recording medium for reduced noise image processing Provided are an image processing method and apparatus for effectively reducing noise in an image, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method. The image processing apparatus includes a noise reduction unit configured to apply a noise reduction filter to first image data to obtain second image data; a first edge data obtaining unit configured to calculate edge data lost in the second image data compared with the first image data to obtain the first edge data; and a first synthesis unit configured to tune the first edge data and calculate third image data from the second image data and the tuned first edge data.
US08538189B2	Image noise filter and method An image noise filter includes a wavelet transform module and an edge based adaptive filter module. The dual tree wavelet transform module provides low frequency wavelet information and high frequency wavelet information in response to image information. The edge based adaptive filter module provides filtered high frequency wavelet information in response to the high frequency wavelet information and edge information that is based on the low frequency wavelet information.
US08538184B2	Systems and methods for handling and distinguishing binarized, background artifacts in the vicinity of document text and image features indicative of a document category A method of enhancing electronic documents received from a plurality of users by a document analysis system for improving automatic recognition and classification of the received electronic documents, is provided. For each page of a received electronic document, the method filters the page to infer binarized-background artifacts resulting from the binarization of the original grayscale or color image source document and which reside in the vicinity of binarized text and binarized image features in the page, so that the binarized text and binarized images may be distinguished from the binarized-background artifacts and extracted from the document. The method then uses the extracted features from the filtered document to automatically recognized and classify a document into a document category.
US08538183B1	System and method for approximating a diffusion profile utilizing gathered lighting information associated with an occluded portion of an object A system and method are provided for approximating a diffusion profile utilizing gathered lighting information associated with an occluded portion of an object. In use, the present technique gathers information associated with an occluded portion of an object that is illuminated with a two-dimensional pattern of light including an edge which defines an illuminated portion and the occluded portion of the object. To this end, a diffusion profile of the object is approximated, utilizing such information.
US08538180B2	Method and apparatus for generating JPEG files suitable for parallel decoding A method and apparatus for generating a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JEPG) file achieves fast decoding speed by enabling efficient locating of restart markers at a decoder. The method and apparatus determining a location to insert at least one restart marker by analyzing an image, performing entropy-encoding, by dividing the image into a plurality of segments based on the determined location in order to insert the restart marker, and inserting the restart marker to the determined location in order to insert the reset maker with respect to each of the plurality of entropy-encoded segments. The method performed by the apparatus includes calculating an offset value of the at least one restart marker with respect to each of the plurality of segments, based on a data size of each of the plurality of segments and a data size of the restart marker, calculating an offset value by scan number from a start of image (SOI) marker based on the calculated offset value of the restart marker, in response to the calculated offset value of the restart marker corresponding to a last segment that is entropy-encoded. The method and apparatus further store the calculated offset value by scan number, as additional application data.
US08538174B2	Image processing device A simple compression and decompression method provides excellent effects by reducing the storage capacity of an image memory, while adapting to the properties of image.On the basis of luminance information extracted by a luminance extraction block 110, a compression conversion rule setting block 120 sets a compression conversion rule to a compression conversion table 130. In accordance with this compression conversion rule, an image compression block 140 compresses original image data and holds the compressed image data in an image memory 150 along with a type of the compression conversion rule. This type of the compression conversion rule held in the image memory 150 is extracted by a decompression conversion rule setting block 160. In accordance with this type, a decompression conversion rule is set to a decompression conversion table 170. In accordance with the decompression conversion rule set to the decompression conversion table 170, an image decompression block 180 decompresses the compressed image data held in the image memory 150.
US08538172B2	Image recognition apparatus with a plurality of classifiers In an apparatus, an applying unit applies selected classifiers in sequence to an object image. A score calculating unit calculates, each time a classifier is applied to the object image, a summation of an output of an at least one classifier already applied to the object image to thereby obtain an acquisition score as the summation. The output of the at least one already applied classifier is weighed by a corresponding weight. A distribution calculating unit calculates, each time a classifier is applied to the object image, a predicted distribution of the acquisition score that would be obtained if at least one unapplied classifier in the classifiers, which has not yet been applied to the object image, were applied to the object image. A judging unit judges, based on the predicted distribution, whether to terminate an application of the at least one unapplied classifier to the object image.
US08538171B2	Method and system for object detection in images utilizing adaptive scanning An object detection method and system for detecting an object in an image utilizing an adaptive image scanning strategy is disclosed herein. An initial rough shift can be determined based on the size of a scanning window and the image can be scanned continuously for several detections of similar sizes using the rough shift. The scanning window can be classified with respect to a cascade of homogenous classification functions covering one or more features of the object. The size and scanning direction of the scanning window can be adaptively changed depending on the probability of the object occurrence in accordance with scan acceleration. The object can be detected by an object detector and can be localized with higher precision and accuracy.
US08538163B2	Method and system for detecting edges within an image A method for detecting edges within an image. An edge strength indicator for each pixel within the image is determined and the edge strength indicator is classified into at least three classes to generate a map having one value associated to each class. The classified map is then separated into individual maps depending on the classification. A dilation process is applied to at least a part of the individual maps. The processed and/or individual maps are finally combined by logical operation to obtain a final map indicating edges without nearby texture.
US08538160B2	Electronic device and method for sorting pictures A system and method for sorting pictures stored in an electronic device receives sorting features of the pictures and a sorting priority sequence of the sorting features set by a user. The pictures are sorted in each of the sorting features according to the sorting priority sequence. If pictures have no sorting features, the pictures are stored in a file of a storage system of the electronic device. The pictures having the same sorting sub-feature of the sorting feature are stored in a picture file.
US08538157B2	Device, method and computer program for detecting characters in an image A device for detecting characters in an image includes a Hough transformer implemented to identify, as identified elements of writing, circular arcs or elliptical arcs in the image or in a preprocessed version of the image. The device further includes a character description generator implemented to obtain, on the basis of the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs, a character description which describes locations of the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs. In addition, the device includes a database comparator implemented to compare the character description with a plurality of comparative character descriptions which have character codes associated with them, so as to provide, as a result of the comparison, a character code of a detected character.
US08538155B2	Card shuffling apparatus and card handling device A device for forming a random set of playing cards comprises a card in-feed area, a shuffling system, a card removal area, and a card reading system located within the device, the card reading system employing a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor and a hardware component, the hardware component capable of converting signals from the CMOS sensor into vector sets and comparing the vector sets to known vectors to determine rank and suit.
US08538153B2	System and method for enabling meaningful interaction with video based characters and objects The present disclosure provides a system and method for enabling meaningful body-to-body interaction with virtual video-based characters or objects in an interactive imaging environment including: capturing a corpus of video-based interaction data, processing the captured video using a segmentation process that corresponds to the capture setup in order to generate binary video data, labeling the corpus by assigning a description to clips of silhouette video, processing the labeled corpus of silhouette motion data to extract horizontal and vertical projection histograms for each frame of silhouette data, and estimating the motion state automatically from each frame of segmentation data using the processed model. Virtual characters or objects are represented using video captured from video-based motion, thereby creating the illusion of real characters or objects in an interactive imaging experience.
US08538148B2	Brightness enhancement method, system and apparatus for low power architectures Embodiments are described for a brightness enhancement method, system and apparatus for low power architecture. A histogram of a contrast image may be generated. One or more parameters may be set based on the histogram. A tone mapping for the contrast image may be determined based on the one or more parameters. An output pixel may be determined based on the tone mapping.
US08538147B2	Methods and appartuses for restoring color and enhancing electronic images Methods and apparatuses for color image restoration and enhancement. In at least one embodiment, color signals for individual channels of an image (e.g., red, green, or blue) are adjusted based on a weighted set of averages (e.g., of the entire image, the center portion, the surrounding portion, or other portions). In one example, pixels with extreme values of color signals (e.g., pure black or white pixels) are ignored for the purposes of restoring color; and, the different averages are weighted according to the pixel location (e.g., the distance from the pixel to a center point). In one example, after color restoration for individual channels, the luminance of each pixel is adjusted back to their original levels; and the range of luminance of the image is further adjusted to provide improved brightness and contrast, where in determining the luminance the red, green and blue color channels are given an equal weight.
US08538146B2	Method and device for color correction The present invention discloses a method and a device for color correction for solving a problem of low color correction processing speed for images input into a computer in the prior art. A main technical solution includes: an input image is divided into no less than one image blocks; various color component values of all pixels in each image block are compared with each other, an image block with the same color component values of all pixels being regarded as a simple block, and an image block with different color component values being regarded as a complex block; and a process of color correction is performed on one pixel of the simple block, then the color correction processing result is copied to other pixels of the simple block. With the technical solution, an object of increasing processing speed can be achieved by performing simplified processing directly toward certain image parts with special features, and the color correction processing speed can be increased without general influence on the present color correction effect.
US08538143B2	Compression and decoding of single sensor color image data A method is described to greatly improve the efficiency of and reduce the complexity of image compression when using single-sensor color imagers for video acquisition. The method in addition allows for this new image compression type to be compatible with existing video processing tools, improving the workflow for film and television production.
US08538128B2	Method for determining the location of an additive in an article A method for determining the location of an additive, especially an additive that is not visible to a consumer, in an article with respect to a surface feature of the article is provided.
US08538126B2	Method and apparatus for the automatic grading of condition of livestock A method of and apparatus for grading a characteristic of an animal is described. The animal is guided to a detection area whereupon an image of the back of the animal is captured. Analysis of the image identifies anatomical points and determines angles at these points. The angles are then used to calculate a grading for a characteristic of the animal. An embodiment is presented for automating the determination of body score condition in dairy cows using seven angles determined at three anatomical points from an image over the back of the cow.
US08538125B2	Method for recognizing a structure to be applied to a substrate, with the aid of several cameras and device therefore A method and apparatus are provided for automatic application and monitoring of a structure to be applied onto substrate. A plurality of cameras positioned around an application facility are utilized to monitor the automatic application of a structure on a substrate by means of a stereometry procedure. Three-dimensional recognition of a reference contour position results in the overlapping area to be used for gross adjustment of the application facility prior to applying the structure.
US08538124B1	Systems and methods for real-time validation of check image quality Systems and methods for real-time validation of check image quality and readability of MICR line data are provided. A check image received by a financial institution can be assessed during a customer on-line session, so that the customer is informed in real-time whether the image is acceptable. Received check images are used to produce images in another format, which are then analyzed for specified requirements.
US08538121B2	Method of dynamic cell tracking in a sample This invention provides a method of dynamic cell tracking in a sample comprising the steps of, generating a correspondence measure between cells in two consecutive time-elapsed images of a sample, evaluating said correspondence measure to generate events linking individual cells in the two images, the events being selected from the group: unchanged, cell removal, cell migration, cell collision and cell division, and providing a tracking output of events linking individual cells in the two images. In the invention, the step of establishing linking events involves verifying the correctness of generated cell collision and cell division events, by calculating an adaptive threshold value for each such event and comparing the threshold value with an event parameter. There is further provided a system for dynamic cell tracking in a sample.
US08538113B2	Image processing device and method for processing image to detect lesion candidate region A medical image processing device is configured to set a parameter to be used for detecting a lesion candidate region. For example, the medical image processing device is configured to input a first parameter P1 estimating a dimension of the lesion, calculate a second parameter P2 based on the first parameter P1, calculate a feature amount indicating a shape of an organ surface by using the second parameter in the medical image, and extract the lesion candidate region based on the calculated feature amount.
US08538111B2	Method and apparatus for pulmonary ventilation imaging using local volume changes The invention provides a novel method of high-resolution quantifiable pulmonary regional ventilation imaging using a package of computer programs, including deformable image registration and local volume change calculation on 4-D or breath-hold CT images. High resolution 3D ventilation images have been generated using this technique with superior quality. The deformation matrices between different respiration phases are calculated using deformable image registration and applied to calculate local volume change ΔV between respiration phases. The invention provides less image-noise and mismatch sensitivity than other techniques based on CT images, and is less expensive than nuclear medicine imaging. Implemented clinically, the method can derive a patient's pulmonary ventilation information from the same set of 4-D CT images, providing a cheaper but more accurate method to generate clinical lung ventilation image. Such information can be utilized in treatment planning sparing functional lung volumes without additional procedure and cost for lung functional imaging.
US08538105B2	Medical image processing apparatus, method, and program A medical image processing apparatus in which an index value calculation unit calculates an index value representing a characteristic of a tubular structure extracted from a three-dimensional medical image in each direction of radial visual lines orthogonal to a core line of the tubular structure at each of a plurality of points on the core line with each point as each viewpoint and a map image generation unit generates a characteristic map image representing the characteristic inside of the tubular structure by mapping the index value calculated in each direction of the radial visual lines at each point on the core line to a coordinate plane defined by a first coordinate component representing a position in a direction of the core line and a second coordinate component representing a direction of each visual line.
US08538103B2	Medical image processing device, medical image processing method, medical image diagnostic apparatus, operation method of medical image diagnostic apparatus, and medical image display method A medical image processing device of the invention includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional image data including a moving organ; an image display unit that displays the three-dimensional image data as a three-dimensional image; an object-to-be-measured setting unit that sets a desired object to be measured on the three-dimensional image displayed on the image display unit; a diagnostic index calculating unit that calculates the amount of displacement of the three-dimensional image data in each time phase for the desired object to be measured and calculates a diagnostic index on the basis of the amount of displacement calculated in each time phase; and a control unit that performs control to display the diagnostic index on the image display unit.
US08538091B2	Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium An image-processing apparatus for executing accurate facial expression recognition even for a subject hard to recognize a facial expression is provided. A person's face region is extracted from an image input from an image input unit. A predetermined partial region that changes between when the facial expression is in the first and second states is extracted from the extracted face region. A facial expression evaluation value is calculated using an evaluation value calculation formula. When the calculated facial expression evaluation value exceeds a threshold value, it is determined that the facial expression is in the second state. If the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the calculated facial expression evaluation value within a predetermined time is smaller than a predetermined value, the evaluation value calculation formula or its parameter is changed to increase the difference.
US08538083B1	Tracking multiple moving targets in digital video Tracking multiple targets can include making different observations based on multiple different frames of one or more digital video feeds, determining an initial cover based on the observations, performing one or more modifications to the initial cover to generate a final cover, and using the final cover to track multiple targets in the one or more digital video feeds. Performing one or more modifications to generate a final cover can include selecting one or more adjustments from a group that includes temporal cover adjustments and spatial cover adjustments, and can include using likelihood information indicative of similarities in motion and appearance to distinguish different targets in the frames.
US08538082B2	System and method for detecting and tracking an object of interest in spatio-temporal space The present invention provides a system and method for detecting and tracking a moving object. First, robust change detection is applied to find initial candidate regions in consecutive frames. These initial detections in consecutive frames are stacked to produce space-time bands which are extracted by Hough transform and entropy minimization based band detection algorithm.
US08538080B2	Flame identification method and device using image analyses in HSI color space In a flame identification method and device for identifying any flame image in a plurality of frames captured consecutively from a monitored area, for each image frame, intensity foreground pixels are obtained based on intensity values of pixels, a fire-like image region containing the intensity foreground pixels is defined when an intensity foreground area corresponding to the intensity foreground pixels is greater than a predetermined intensity foreground area threshold, and saturation foreground pixels are obtained from all pixels in the fire-like image region based on saturation values thereof to obtain a saturation foreground area corresponding to the saturation foreground pixels. Linear regression analyses are performed on two-dimensional coordinates each formed by the intensity and saturation pixel areas associated with a corresponding image frame to generate a determination coefficient. Whether a flame image exists in the image frames is determined based on the determination coefficient and a predetermined identification threshold.
US08538074B2	Image processing apparatus and method, image capturing apparatus, and program The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, an image capturing apparatus, and a program which make it possible to crop an image with an optimal composition even for a subject other than a person.A composition pattern setting section 33 sets a composition pattern corresponding to an input image, on the basis of the number of salient regions to which attention is directed in the input image, and the scene of the input image. On the basis of the composition pattern set by the composition pattern setting section 33, a composition analyzing section 34 determines a crop region in the input image which is optimal for an image to be cropped in the composition pattern from the input image. The present invention is applicable to, for example, an image processing apparatus that adjusts the composition of a captured image.
US08538073B2	Image processing apparatus and method for tracking a location of a target subject A digital image processing apparatus has a tracking function for tracking a location variation of a set tracking area on a plurality of frame images. The digital image processing apparatus includes a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity by varying a location of a template on one frame image. The similarity calculation unit calculates a second direction similarity by fixing a first direction location of the template in a first direction on the one frame image and by varying a second direction location of the template in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, and then calculates a first direction similarity by fixing the second direction location of the template at a location where the second direction similarity is the highest and by varying the first direction location of the template in the first direction on the one frame image.
US08538068B2	Embedding and detecting hidden information A novel method is disclosed for detecting hidden information in a document comprising characters, including: determining layout transformation for each character in the document for detection compared with the original document; obtaining a code sequence embedded in the document for detection based on the layout transformation of each character in the document for detection and the predetermined embedding rule; decoding the code sequence to get the hidden information embedded in the document for detection.
US08538067B2	Process to secure a personal portable object The invention relates to a process to make secure a personal portable object comprising a body of the personal portable object, a microchip, a printed image and a device to enable said personal portable object to communicate with an entity external to the device. The process includes using an image file and an insertion algorithm to generate an image feature vector Vsi(num), storing the image feature vector Vsi(num) in the microchip, using the printed image obtained by a scanning device to generate an image feature vector Vsi(dig), and using a read-back algorithm to match the image feature vector Vsi(num) and the image feature vector Vsi(dig).
US08538066B2	Asymmetric watermark embedding/extraction Methods and devices are provided to embed imperceptible watermarks into a host content and to subsequently extract embedded watermarks in a manner so as to achieve desired levels of robustness, transparency and security. For a particular host content, a first number of embedding opportunities are used to insert watermarks, which is less than a number of all embedding opportunities within the host content. Watermarks are extracted from a first number of watermark extraction opportunities, which is less than a number of all watermark extraction opportunities associated with the host content. The relationship between the first number of embedding opportunities, the first number of watermark extraction opportunities and the number of all watermark extraction opportunities is such that a circumvention attempt that overwrites watermarks at all extraction opportunities degrades perceptual quality of the host content below a desired perceptual quality level.
US08538065B2	Systems for verifying person's identity through person's social circle using person's photograph One embodiment of a system of present invention includes means for obtaining an image from a requester, means for obtaining contact information for vouching people, whom requester identifies as having personal knowledge of the requester, and means for sending an electronic message to the vouching people, with a link to an image lineup. The image lineup contains the image obtained from the requester and other images. The system further includes means for receiving a selection choice from the vouching people, identifying whether the image in the image lineup depicts the requester, and means for calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that the image obtained from the requester depicts him/her.
US08538063B2	System and method for ensuring the performance of a video-based fire detection system A video-based fire detection system receives video data comprised of a plurality of individual frames, and determines based on the video data the ability of the system to detect the presence of fire. The system includes a video recognition system connectable to receive the video data and to calculate one or more background features associated with the video data. Based on the calculated background features, the video recognitions system assesses the ability of the video-based fire detection system to detect the presence of fire. The system includes one or more outputs operably connectable to communicate the results of the assessment made by the video recognitions system.
US08538061B2	Earphone driver and method of manufacture A balanced armature motor assembly has a circuit board mounted to a bobbin. A first end of a wire coil is secured to a first terminal on the circuit board and passes through a first cutout of the bobbin. A second end of the wire coil is secured to a second terminal on the circuit board and passes through a second cutout of the bobbin. The first end of the wire coil is oriented along a first line tangent to a center post of the bobbin, and the second end of the wire coil is oriented along a second line tangent to the center post of the bobbin. In another embodiment, a compressed polymer material is interposed between a first magnet and a post located on the bobbin and between a second magnet and the post on the bobbin. The polymer material forces the first and second magnets into contact with the pole piece such that the magnets can be welded to the pole piece.
US08538058B2	Headset A headset has first and second connectors and first and second earphones. A first electrical pathway extends from a first contact point associated with the first connector to a first contact point associated with said second connector, a second electrical pathway extends from a second contact point associated with the first connector to a second contact point associated with the second connector, and a third electrical pathway extends from a third contact point associated with the first connector to a third contact point associated with the second connector. One or both earphones are connected between the first pathway and the third pathway and neither the first earphone nor the second earphone is connected between the first pathway and the second pathway. The first and second earphones may be mounted at fixed angles such that the earphones project rearwardly and outwardly over, in spaced relation to, and approximately parallel to, ears of a user.
US08538057B2	Highly directional microphone A highly directional microphone includes an acoustic tube and a microphone unit that is disposed inside the base end of the acoustic tube. The acoustic tube is composed of an elastic material. An adjustable member elongates and contracts the distance between the microphone unit and the front end of the acoustic tube. The acoustic tube is held by an acoustic-tube protector having openings on a peripheral wall thereof. The base end of the acoustic tube is integrated to the acoustic-tube protector, and the front end of the acoustic tube is connected to a sliding cylinder that is slidably fitted in the axis direction of the acoustic tube along the acoustic-tube protector.
US08538054B2	Phantom power controlled switch A switching operation is performed in response to an externally applied DC control signal from an external load. An input connector receives an input audio signal from an external audio source, and an output connector that provides an audio output signal. A DC isolator couples the input audio signal from the input connector as the audio output signal on the output connector while isolating the externally applied DC control signal from the input connector. A switch is responsive to the externally applied DC control signal applied to the output connector so as to perform the switch operation.
US08538051B2	Mobile wireless communications device with slidable configuration providing hearing aid compatibility features and related methods A mobile wireless communications device is for a user wearing an electronic hearing aid adjacent an ear of the user and may include an upper housing and a lower housing being slidably connected together for sliding between a retracted position and an extended use position. An audio output transducer may be carried by the upper housing and accessible to the hearing aid of the user adjacent a top end of the upper housing, and an audio input transducer may be carried by the lower housing and accessible to a mouth of the user adjacent a bottom end of the lower housing. An antenna may be carried by the lower housing adjacent the bottom end thereof so that the hearing aid is further separated from the antenna when the upper and lower housings are in the extended use position to reduce undesired coupling from the antenna to the hearing aid.
US08538045B2	Device and method for compensating supply voltage from power supply and electronic apparatus A device is used for compensating a supply voltage from a power supply, the supply voltage powers an audio device. The device includes a detecting circuit and a storing circuit. The detecting circuit is used for detecting an audio signal from the audio device, generating a first level signal when detecting that the audio signal has a first characteristic, and generating a second level signal when detecting that the audio signal has a second characteristic. The storing circuit is used for storing energy according to the first level signal, and releasing energy to increase the supply voltage according to the second level signal. A related method and electronic apparatus are also provided.
US08538044B2	Line-of-sight direction determination device and line-of-sight direction determination method Provided are a line-of-sight direction determination device and a line-of-sight direction determination method capable of highly precisely and accurately determining a line-of-sight direction from immediately after start of measurement without indication of an object to be carefully observed and adjustment work done in advance. The line-of-sight direction determination device (100) comprises: a line-symmetric position determination unit (150) for determining that the corneal reflection image of a left eye or a right eye is located at a line-symmetric position with respect to the center line of the pupils of the right and left eyes; and a line-of-sight direction determination unit (170) for determining, from the line-symmetric position determination result, a line-of-sight direction at a specific position including the installation position of an imaging unit (111) or an irradiation unit (112) at the substantially same position as the imaging unit (111). The line-of-sight direction determination device (100) determines that the corneal reflection image is line symmetric and, from this line symmetry property, determines a specific line-of-sight direction.
US08538043B2	Apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an input signal; receiving user gain input; generating a linear gain factor and a non-linear gain factor using the user gain input; modifying the non-linear gain factor using absolute threshold of hearing and power of the input signal to generate a modified non-linear gain factor; and, applying the linear gain factor and the modified non-linear gain factor to the audio signal.
US08538042B2	System for increasing perceived loudness of speakers A system can be provided for increasing loudness of an audio signal to present a perceived loudness to a listener that is greater than a loudness provided natively by a loudspeaker. The system can include one or more of the following: a frequency suppressor, a loudness adjuster, an equalizer, and a distortion control module. The frequency suppressor can increase headroom in the audio signal by filtering out low and/or high frequencies. The loudness adjuster can calculate a loudness of the audio signal and apply a gain to the audio signal to increase the loudness. The equalizer can further increase headroom by attenuating portions of a passband of the loudspeaker's frequency response. The distortion control module can induce partial harmonic distortion in the audio signal to further increase loudness.
US08538040B2	Drivers and methods for driving a load Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for controlling a command signal applied to a load. In embodiments of the invention, current through and voltage across a load are determined and the values of both are used to generate a hybrid control signal. For example, in some embodiments the hybrid control signal is generated by taking a weighted summation of the current and voltage control signals. In other embodiments, a percentage of the difference between the current and voltage control signals is added to one of the current or voltage control signals to generate the hybrid control signal. In one embodiment, a potentiometer is used to generate the hybrid control signal.
US08538039B2	System for predicting the behavior of a transducer A system for compensating and driving a loudspeaker includes an open loop loudspeaker controller that receives and processes an audio input signal and provides an audio output signal. A dynamic model of the loudspeaker receives the audio output signal, and models the behavior of the loudspeaker and provides predictive loudspeaker behavior data indicative thereof. The open loop loudspeaker controller receives the predictive loudspeaker behavior data and the audio input signal, and provides the audio output signal as a function of the audio input signal and the predictive loudspeaker behavior data.
US08538036B2	Directed acoustic sound system An acoustic sound system usable in electronic entertainment systems that generates highly directional sound. The directed acoustic sound system includes a parametric audio sound system having a modulator for modulating an ultrasonic carrier signal with a processed audio signal, a driver amplifier for amplifying the modulated signal, and a parametric loudspeaker for projecting the modulated and amplified signal through the air for subsequent regeneration of the audio signal along a pre-selected path. The acoustic sound system allows a user to select the parametric loudspeaker, a connectable non-directional loudspeaker, or both loudspeakers for producing audible sound. The acoustic sound system may be employed in the home, in the workplace, or in any other environment where audio leakage is undesirable.
US08538032B2	Electrical load detection apparatus A load detection technique for a load comprising multiple frequency-dependant sub-loads comprises measuring a representation of the impedance characteristic of the load; providing stored representations of a multiplicity of impedance characteristics of the load; each one of the stored representations represents the impedance of the load when at least a particular one of the sub-loads is in a fault condition; and comparing the measured representation of the current impedance characteristic of the load with each one of the stored representations and in case that the measured representation matches a stored representation, identifying the sub-load or sub-loads being in a fault condition by the corresponding stored representation.
US08538030B1	Use of graphics processors as parallel math co-processors for password recovery In a computer system having a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), a system, method and computer program product for recovering a password used to encrypt a plaintext, including (a) generating N passwords on the CPU; (b) providing the N passwords to the GPU; (c) for each of the N passwords, calculating a transformed value from the password on the GPU, wherein the calculating is performed in parallel for all the N passwords provided to the GPU; (d) providing the N transformed values to the CPU; (e) at the CPU, testing the N transformed values for correctness; and (f) if none of the N transformed values are correct, repeating steps (a)-(e) for the next set of N passwords; (g) informing the user of a correct password.
US08538027B2	Storage of keyID in customer data area A key identifier for an encryption key repository is stored with customer data on a logical device. When the customer data is compressible, the key identifier is stored in space freed by compressing the customer data. When the customer data is not compressible, a portion of the customer data is copied to a key record in the key repository identified by the key identifier, and the key identifier overwrites the copied customer data.
US08538026B2	Key distribution Methods and systems are provided for trusted key distribution. A key distribution or an identity service acts as an intermediary between participants to a secure network. The service provisions and manages the distribution of keys. The keys are used for encrypting communications occurring within the secure network.
US08538025B2	Security performance negotiation method and a TEK management method The present invention relates to methods for sending and receiving security related information during handover on a wireless access system and methods for managing a traffic encoding key (TEK). In one example of the present invention, a security performance negotiation method for supporting the hand-over of mobile handsets comprises the steps of: carrying out, in advance, a security performance negotiation procedure with a first base station (T-ABS), prior to registration on the first base station; generating a traffic encoding key (TEK) by using security related information acquired by means of the security performance negotiation procedure; and carrying out a general performance exchange procedure encoded by means of the TEK and a zone switch with the first base station.
US08538024B2	Method and apparatus for initializing a new stream cipher during handoff A method and apparatus for re-synchronizing a stream cipher during soft handoff. Transmitted quasi-secret keying information is used with a secret key to reinitialize a stream cipher generator located in a base station and a stream cipher generator located in a travelling mobile station. Since the quasi-secret keying information is uniquely determined according to each base station in the wireless telephone system, a base station's quasi-secret keying information and a shared secret key can also be used to create a new key. Thus, as the mobile station travels from one base station to another base station, a unique new key is generated for each base station.
US08538023B2	Methods and apparatuses for administrator-driven profile update Apparatuses and methods for security profile update are presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the version of a security profile associated with a wireless client and determining whether a new security profile exists. The method includes calculating a one-time password based at least on a random character table and some image areas within an image. The method further includes generating an encrypted version of the new security profile by using a first part of the one-time password as an encryption key and sending to the wireless client a profile update request.
US08538022B2	System and method of cross-component message processing Often, for reasons of wireless bandwidth conservation, incomplete messages are provided to wireless messaging devices. Employing cryptography, for secrecy or authentication purposes, when including a received message that has been incompletely received can lead to lack of context on the receiver's end. By automatically obtaining the entirety of the message to be included, an outgoing message that includes the received message can be processed in a manner that securely and accurately represents the intended outgoing message.
US08538014B2	Fast computation of one-way hash sequences Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that computes a target secret St in a sequence of secrets S0 . . . Sn. During operation, the system obtains k hash functions h1, . . . , hk, where h1 is known as the “lowest order hash function”, and hk is known as the “highest order hash function.” Associated with each hash function hi is a seed value seed comprising a pair (seedindexi, seedvaluei). Hash function hi operates on a pair (indexi, valuei) to produce a pair (newindexi, newvaluei), where newindexi>indexi. To compute target secret St, the hash functions are applied successively, starting with the highest order hash function whose associated seed's index value is largest without being greater than t, applying that hash function as many times as possible without having that hash function's output's index value become greater than t, and then applying each successive hash function in turn as many times as possible, until St has been computed. To delete the earliest computable secret in the chain, S1, the new seed for each of the hash functions is computed as follows. Let x=1+index1, (the index of the seed associated with the lowest order hash function). For each hash function hi, if x>indexi, then hi is applied to seedi. If the resulting indexi is greater than indexi+1, then (indexi+1, valuei+1) associated with hashi+1 is copied into the (index, value) associated with hashi. Otherwise, seed is replaced by hi(seedi).
US08538009B2	Donned and doffed headset state detection An apparatus and method are provided for determining the donned or doffed state of a headset. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer, and a detector operably coupled to the processor, the detector providing an output charge pattern corresponding to a state selected from the group consisting of the headset being donned and doffed. Advantageously, the present disclosure provides for reliably determining a donned or doffed state of a headset for efficiently routing calls, text messages, and/or otherwise being used for notifications and requests in a system.
US08538007B2	Telecommunications interface In order to provide unbalanced ringing when an exchange line card provides a balanced ringing output the interface provides a ringing detector in circuit with a customer pair. On detecting balanced ringing signals from the line card, the interface takes over the customer line pair and provides unbalanced ringing signals to the customer and monitors for customer answer. By inserting the interface in circuit at the main distribution frame of an exchange, legacy customer premises equipment which is unable to respond to balanced signalling can be provided with an appropriate ringing signal without the necessity to provide differing line cards at the exchange.
US08538005B2	Method and apparatus for providing user access via multiple partner carriers for international calls A method and apparatus for providing subscribers of a VoIP service provider to take advantage of wholesale arrangements made by the VoIP service provider with one or more international partner carrier network providers to one or more international countries are disclosed. Specifically, the present method enables a VoIP service provider to display a web page to their subscribers, for each destination country, with one or more international partner network providers and their corresponding calling rates and/or call completion success rates to each particular destination country.
US08538004B2	Method and apparatus for relaying calls A dual mode user terminal for a calling party can make calls over both a conventional cellular network and a packet data network using VoIP protocols. If the called party is not available to receive a VoIP call over the packet data network, the user terminal for the calling party can request a third party user terminal available on the packet data network to relay the call between the calling party and the called party.
US08538002B2	Telephone system A telephone system comprising switching circuitry configured for coupling a call to a telephone extension coupled to the system, voice processing circuitry configured for automatically interacting with the call, a microprocessor, a first data bus connected between the microprocessor and the switching circuitry, and a second data bus connected between the microprocessor and the voice processing circuitry.
US08538001B2	Telecommunication redirect system and method Provided is a method that includes receiving a redirect request from one or more switches of a telecommunications network, receiving, from one or more switches of the telecommunications network, a connect request that requests connection of a transmitter device to a receiver device associated with the normal subscriber number, and configuring the telecommunication network to connect the transmitter device to a receiver device associated with the modified subscriber number, independently of the switch serving the normal receiver device being operable or inoperable. The redirect request comprises a normal subscriber number and a modified subscriber number.
US08537998B1	Systems and methods for using caller data to add a phone number to an outbound-call list Systems and methods for using caller data to add a phone number to an outbound-call list. In one aspect, a method involves (i) a record manager receiving caller data corresponding to a phone-call; (ii) responsive to the record manager receiving the caller data, the record manager retrieving from a data storage, a first school-record corresponding to the received caller data, wherein the first school-record is associated with a second school-record; (iii) the record manager retrieving the second school-record; (iv) the record manager making a determination that the first school-record is associated with a closed operational-status; and (vi) responsive to the record manager making the determination that the first school-record is associated with the closed operational-status, the record manager causing an administrator phone-number corresponding to the second school-record to be added to an outbound-call list associated with a workstation terminal.
US08537997B2	RFID for available resources not connected to the network Disclosed are apparatus and techniques for providing presence and location information from available media resources to participants in a media conference so that the participants can use then use such available resources in the conferencing interaction. When participating in such rich media conferences with presence and location capabilities, apparatus and techniques are provided for determining the device(s) being used and their capabilities and determining available resources presently connected to a network that is available to the participants and presenting such presence information to the conference participants. Additionally, apparatus and techniques are provided for obtaining presence and location knowledge of potential resources that are accessible but not connected to the network or shutdown and presenting such information to the participants. Thus, the participants can obtain presence and location information regarding accessible resources, including off-line or shutdown resources, and then use such information to enhance the conference in a number of ways.
US08537996B2	Selective response unit In a telephone network, an incoming call is once received using an automatic voice response. A ring tone is not played immediately after the incoming. In the automatic response, an authorization sound that is necessary every time connection to the caller is made is generated each time by superimposing a background sound on a random number generated through random number generation processing. The caller is notified of the authorization sound. A ring tone is played in response to only incoming calls that return a valid response value, and not played in response to incoming calls that return an invalid response value.
US08537993B2	Telephone number mapping A method may include receiving a telephone number mapping query associated with a call from a calling party to a called party. The method may also include identifying, based on the query, first routing information that identifies a call session control component to process the call, and second routing information that identifies a border control component. The method may further include forwarding the first routing information to the querying device, and forwarding the second routing information to the querying device when the query originated from outside a network servicing the called party.
US08537990B2	Communications device and method and method of use The present disclosure relates to devices and methodologies for assisting caregivers or other interested parties in remotely monitoring elderly individuals living in their homes (i.e. in the elderly individual's homes). The monitoring system includes a communications device comprising a unit largely in the form of a traditional corded desk telephone accessible via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) using Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) but enhanced with a built-in HTTP/HTTPS web server. The web-server-enhanced telephone resides in the home of the elderly monitored individual and can passively collect various ongoing activity details, or lack thereof, from that individual, such as when calls are made or answered, or not answered, or when loud noises are detected at odd times, such as in the middle of the night. Interested and authorized parties (e.g. caregivers) can subsequently access this information remotely using any standard HTTP/HTTPS-based browser client by connecting to the elderly monitored individual's in-home enhanced telephone's built-in web server. The web-server part of the telephone can then generate and transmit any and all relevant collected activity or other requested information in the form of HTML web pages or other HTTP/HTTPS-compatible media that detail or summarize information relating to collected reports of activities from the elderly monitored individual.
US08537988B2	Message relay system with message relay server A message relay server includes a call state control section that acquires call state data containing data identifying telephones from a line switching server which controls speech communication calls; a call state storage section storing the call state data for each of the calls; a message relay section receiving a message, which includes the identification data of a first telephone, from a first client terminal, and specifying a second telephone; and a message storage section configured to store the message and identification data of the second telephone. The message relay section receives a message inquiry, to acquire a message which includes the identification data of the second telephone, from a second client terminal, and transmits the stored message for the identifier data.
US08537984B2	Voice over IP telephone recording architecture A method and system is disclosed for on-demand recording of a voice session by a telephone recording device in a telecommunication network. After establishing a voice session between the telephone recording device and at least one communication device, a user of the telephone recording device may instruct it to store voice data during the voice session so long as the voice session has not been terminated. During the voice session, the telephone recording device processes and transmits the voice data to and saved at a storage server without going through a centrally located exchange device, wherein the saved voice data is available for on-demand replay.
US08537982B2	System for synchronizing telephones and electronic displays A content server delivers video segments to various on-site modules for display at the respective on-site modules according to respective schedules. The on-site modules may, for example, be located in coffee shops, convenience stores, sandwich grottos, and other establishments where customers are known to wait in line. The on-site modules also display call-in instructions, including a telephone number and a code. When a user places a call to a designated number and enters the code, an audio server determines the state of progression of the video, and begins synchronized audio playback over the caller's telephone.
US08537980B2	Conversation support A method may include receiving, at a first device associated with a first party, communications from a second device. The communications may be associated with a communication session that includes an audio conversation, a text-based conversation or a multimedia conversation. The method may also include identifying a word or phrase from the communication session and retrieving, from a memory included in the first device, information associated with the word or phrase. The method may further include outputting, to a display associated with the first device, the retrieved information.
US08537979B1	Voice response system with live agent assisted information selection and machine playback In accordance with one embodiment, a method for operating a telephonic voice content system is provided. The method, comprises in a non-live agent mode, interacting with a caller by receiving an utterance from the caller, performing a machine selection of voice content to play to the caller based on the utterance, and playing the machine-selected voice content to the caller; and upon receiving a request to speak to a live agent from the caller, switching to a live agent mode wherein a live agent holds a conversation with the caller, and selects voice content to play to the caller based on the conversation; and switching to the non-live agent mode and playing the live agent-selected voice content to the caller.
US08537978B2	Method and system for using conversational biometrics and speaker identification/verification to filter voice streams A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code having programming instructions tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The programming instructions are operable to receive an audio stream of a communication between a plurality of participants. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to filter the audio stream of the communication into separate audio streams, one for each of the plurality of participants, wherein each of the separate audio streams contains portions of the communication attributable to a respective participant of the plurality of participants. Furthermore, the programming instructions are operable to output the separate audio streams to a storage system.
US08537976B2	System and method for handling telephone interruptions A system and method for handling telephone call interruptions from a common telephone number or common user that provides the user with intelligent options to efficiently manage the interruption. The system is particularly efficient in handling interruptions that involve voicemail messages. The system identifies matches of outgoing calls to and incoming calls from common numbers and/or users and presents various options to the user to handle the call. These options include allowing the user to cancel or delete voicemail messages that are in progress while simultaneously accepting the incoming call.
US08537974B2	System and method for facilitating emergency calling from a remote terminal A system and method to expedite special number calls from a remote terminal that employs call control system comprising a control module and a translations database and is connected to the trunk group between the remote terminal and the local switching office. The translations database maintains translations for its associated remote terminal special number calls, including, but not limited to, 9-1-1 calls. When the call control system recognizes a special number call, it performs a look up in its translation database using the line ID as a key and substitutes a destination number for the special number and a calling line telephone number for the line ID. The call control system forwards the call to the local switching office, which treats the call as a trunk-to-trunk call. Advantageously, one (or more) trunk of the trunk group may be reserved solely for special number calls.
US08537973B2	Estimating pair symmetry status for a communication line An apparatus for estimating pair symmetry status for a communication line (Ci). The apparatus is configured to: obtain a value set indicative of a signal to noise ratio for the communication line (Ci) and at a receive band frequency (f); determine a crosstalk coupling length (Li) for the communication line (Ci); and estimate the pair symmetry status, based on the obtained value set indicative of the signal to noise ratio (SNRi(f)), the crosstalk coupling length (Li) and a predetermined symmetry indicator-value (qmax; ki,max). Related method and computer readable medium are also described.
US08537969B2	Apparatus for specifying the quantity of a contrast medium in the context of medical imaging The apparatus of at least one embodiment includes an input unit, a storage unit, an output unit, and an interface to the imaging device, via which configuration parameters of the imaging device can be read out or transferred. A calculating unit either reads out the configuration parameters from the imaging device or sends the configuration parameters to the imaging device if they have been entered at the input unit by an operator, the configuration parameters being required for the purpose of specifying the quantity of a contrast medium. The calculating unit is so designed as to calculate, on the basis of the parameters that have been entered and/or read out and calculation formulas which are stored in the storage unit, the quantity of a contrast medium that is required for these parameters, and to display the quantity via the output unit.
US08537959B2	Drain sump of nuclear reactor containment vessel A drain sump of a reactor containment vessel having a containment vessel floor down below a reactor pressure vessel, and includes a heat-proof sump cover and two or more drain flow paths. The drain sump is arranged inside the containment vessel floor. The heat-proof sump cover has a thickness, and covers an upper part of the drain sump. The thickness allows a top surface of the sump cover to lie in the same surface as a top surface of the containment vessel floor. The drain flow paths pass through the sump cover in a thickness direction to flow water therethrough and solidify a molten corium therein. The molten corium is produced in the unlikely event of a severe accident.
US08537940B2	Wireless communication system and method of processing a wireless signal A wireless communication system includes: a frequency down-converting circuit for receiving a wireless signal and for performing frequency down-conversion on the wireless signal to output a frequency down-converted signal; a first training circuit for performing frequency comparison between the frequency down-converted signal and a plurality of candidate carrier signals having different frequencies so as to determine a plurality of selected carrier signals from the candidate carrier signals; a second training circuit for performing phase comparison between the frequency down-converted signal and phases of a pseudo-noise sequence at each of the selected carrier signals so as to determine a matching phase and a matching carrier; and a demodulator for demodulating the frequency down-converted signal according to the matching carrier and the matching phase so as to generate a demodulated signal.
US08537938B2	Method and apparatus for demultiplexer design for multi-edge type LDPC coded modulation A method involves receiving an LDPC coded bitstream and demultiplexing the received LDPC coded bitstream using an optimized demultiplexer, the optimized demultiplexer being designed by: substituting Q levels of a constellation mapper by Q parallel binary erasure channels; optimizing a density evolution of erasure probability over said binary erasure channels for a plurality of demultiplexer offsets; and identifying from the plurality of demultiplexer offsets those with a minimum number of check node decoder collisions.
US08537937B2	Detecting circuit and related detecting method A detecting circuit includes: a first offset generating circuit arranged to apply a first offset to an input signal pair comprising a positive input signal and a negative input signal and accordingly generate a first output signal pair comprising a first positive output signal and a first negative output signal; and a first sampling circuit coupled to the first offset generating circuit, the first sampling circuit arranged to sample a difference in voltage between the first positive output signal and the first negative output signal to generate a first sampling signal, wherein the first sampling signal is utilized to identify a data signal on the input signal pair.
US08537936B2	Channel quality estimation from raw bit error rate Channel quality metrics (such as SINR, BLER, and the like) are derived from a raw bit error rate (RBER), defined as the error rate of raw bits output by a demodulator. These initial raw bits are decoded and error-checked (or error-corrected). The error-free decoded bits are re-encoded, and the regenerated raw bits are compared to the initial raw bits to determine the RBER. The RBER is then converted to SINR, BLER, or other channel quality metric. The RBER-based metrics are derived from a data channel rather than reference signals, and hence more accurately reflect deviations from nominal transmission power level, and include receiver demodulator impairments.
US08537932B2	Wireless communication device, equalizer, computer-readable medium storing program for obtaining weight coefficients in the equalizer, and process for obtaining weight coefficients in the equalizer In an equalizer arranged in a wireless communication device: information on correlation in one or more first wireless signals is generated; a channel vector is generated on the basis of the one or more first wireless signals; an extended correlation matrix which contains a correlation matrix indicating the information on correlation and is extended so as to become a circulant matrix is generated; an extended channel vector is generated by extending the channel vector so that the extended channel vector contains elements of the channel vector and has rows the number of which is identical to the number of rows of the extended correlation matrix; and weight coefficients are calculated as a solution, in the frequency domain, of an equation expressed by the extended correlation matrix and the extended channel vector, where the solution is obtained by solving the equation.
US08537931B2	Methods and apparatus for synchronization and detection in wireless communication systems A synchronization and detection method in a wireless device may include performing coarse detection and synchronization with respect to a received signal. The synchronization and detection method may also include performing fine detection and synchronization for acquisition of the received signal. Results of the coarse detection and synchronization may be used for the fine detection and synchronization. The synchronization and detection method may also include performing tracking mode processing when the acquisition of the received signal has been achieved.
US08537929B2	Multicast coding methods and systems Methods and systems for coding multicast information signals are disclosed. Signal transformations imposed by communication links with a plurality of receivers that are grouped into subsets of receivers can be determined. In addition, a coding design can be generated by employing dimension parameters that are related to achievable capacity rates of the subsets of receivers and are determined by constraining a sum of the dimension parameters to be less than or equal to a dimension of a union of subspaces of signal values that are receivable by the receivers. Output signals can be generated by applying the coding design to multicast information to compensate for the signal transformations. Further, the output signals can be transmitted to the plurality of receivers.
US08537928B2	Channel estimation methods and systems based on power measurement at receivers Methods and systems that enable the determination of accurate channel estimates by measuring only power values of pilot signal transmissions at a receiver are described. Various measurement procedures that are based on average power measurements or short term, per-symbol measurements can be employed. Furthermore, procedures utilizing adaptive pilots generated with receiver feedback and deterministic pilots generated without receiver feedback are also described.
US08537919B2	Encoding and decoding using constrained interleaving Serially-concatenated codes are formed in accordance with the present invention using a constrained interleaver. The constrained interleaver cause the minimum distance of the serial concatenated code to increase above the minimum distance of the inner code alone by adding a constraint that forces some or all of the distance of the outer code onto the serially-concatenated code. This allows the serially-concatenated code to be jointly optimized in terms of both minimum distance and error coefficient to provide significant performance advantages. These performance advantages allow a noise margin target to be achieved using simpler component codes and a much shorter interleaver than was needed when using prior art codes such as Turbo codes. Decoders are also provided. Both encoding and decoding complexity can be lowered, and interleavers can be made much shorter, thereby shortening the block lengths needed in receiver elements such as equalizers and other decision-directed loops. Also, other advantages are provided such as the elimination of a error floor present in prior art serially-concatenated codes. That allows the present invention to achieve much higher performance at lower error rates such as are needed in optical communication systems.
US08537918B2	Digital broadcast transmitter/receiver having an improved receiving performance and signal processing method thereof A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system, and a signal processing method thereof, includes a randomizer for randomizing a transport stream into a specified position of which stuff bytes are inserted, a stuff-byte exchanger for replacing the stuff bytes included in data output from the randomizer with specified known data, an RS encoder for performing an RS-encoding of data output from the stuff-byte exchanger, an interleaver for interleaving data output from the RS encoder, a trellis encoder for performing a trellis encoding of data output from the interleaver, an RS parity generator for generating a parity by performing an RS encoding of data output from the RS encoder, and outputting the generated parity to the trellis encoder, and a modulator/RF converter for modulating data output from the trellis encoder and performing an RF up-converting of the modulated data. The digital broadcast receiving performance can be improved even in an inferior multi-path channel by detecting the known data from the received signal and using the known data for synchronization and equalization in a digital broadcast receiver.
US08537917B2	Apparatus and method for mapping symbol In a symbol mapping method, transmission data is encoded to generate information bits and redundancy bits. An average LLR value of bits on which the information bits are mapped is different from an average LLR value of bits on which the redundancy bits are mapped.
US08537915B2	Pilot design for wireless system The description herein relates to pilot designs for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system. In the preferred embodiment, the communication system is one operating according to the IEEE 802.16m, or WiMax, standard. In general, an OFDM transmitter operates to insert pilot symbols into a resource of a transmit frame according to a predetermined staggered pilot symbol pattern defining pilot symbol locations within the resource of the transmit frame. The predetermined pilot symbol pattern is defined such that pilot symbols are located at or near time boundaries of the resource, at or near frequency boundaries of the resource, or both. By doing so, when generating a channel estimate for the communication channel between the OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver based on the pilot symbols, extrapolations needed to estimate the channel near the boundaries of the resource are optimized, thereby improving overall channel estimation accuracy.
US08537908B2	Pilot transmission and channel estimation for an OFDM system with excess delay spread Pilot transmission and channel estimation techniques for an OFDM system with excess delay spread are described. To mitigate the deleterious effects of excess delay spread, the number of pilot subbands is greater than the cyclic prefix length. This “oversampling” may be achieved by using more pilot subbands in each symbol period or different sets of pilot subbands in different symbol periods. In one example, a first set of pilot subbands may be received in a first symbol period, and a second set of pilot subbands may be received in a second symbol period. The first set of pilot subbands and the second set of pilot subbands may be staggered in frequency.
US08537907B2	Receiving system for use in near field communication and mode detection method therefore A method of detecting a communication mode is provided to rapidly detect which one of near field communication (NFC) protocols includes a communication frame pattern of data provided to a receiving device. The method includes receiving a communication frame pattern of data transmitted from an NFC initiator after synchronizing the communication frame pattern with a predetermined sampling clock. The detection of the communication mode may be done by analyzing a start pattern out of the communication frame pattern. Since a communication mode is rapidly detected and data is automatically received without performing an additional operation to set the communication mode, operation performance of a receiving device is improved.
US08537906B2	Method and apparatus for acknowledgment detection during preamble transmission A method for wireless communication is disclosed, the method including transmitting a plurality of preambles; and detecting an acknowledgement to one of the preambles during the transmission of another one of the preambles. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.
US08537905B2	Method and system for adjusting interconnect voltage levels in low power high-speed differential interfaces The present invention relates to adjustment of interconnect power levels in high-speed differential serial links. In an example embodiment, a digital signal received at a digital input port is converted in a driver into a corresponding differential signal and provided to output ports connected to a differential transmission line for provision to a receiver. For adjusting the interconnect power levels between the driver and the receiver a voltage regulator is interposed between a voltage source and the driver. The voltage regulator provides regulated supply voltage to the driver. In operation, the voltage regulator receives from control circuitry a control signal indicative of a predetermined regulated voltage for provision to the driver for a pre-selected type of data transmission. In dependence upon the received control signal the voltage regulator selects the corresponding reference voltage and provides it to the driver. The adjustment of interconnect power levels is highly beneficial by enabling a substantial reduction of power consumption.
US08537902B2	Encoding device and method, decoding device and method, edition device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to an encoding device and a method, a decoding device and a method, an editing device and a method, a storage medium, and a program which can perform encoding and decoding so that buffer failure does not occur. Information, such as a minimum bit rate, a minimum buffer size, and a minimum initial delay time, is contained in a random access point header contained in an accessible point in a bitstream. A bitstream analyzing unit 72 analyzes an input bitstream, sets the above-mentioned information, and outputs the resulting information to a buffer-information adding unit 73. The buffer-information adding unit 73 adds the input information to the input bitstream and outputs the resulting bitstream. The present invention is applicable to an encoding device and a decoding device which process bitstreams.
US08537901B2	Apparatus and method for exotic cadence detection Aspects of the invention are directed towards an apparatus and method for detecting conventional and exotic cadences in video sequences. The cadence detector includes a motion auto-correlation unit using the inter-frame/field motion information to detect the cadence and a motion cross-correlation unit using the inter-frame/field motion information and the detected cadence to determine the cadence phase. The cadence detector also may include a reset signal generator to generate a reset signal to control the motion auto-correlation unit and the motion cross-correlation unit. The exotic cadence detector is robust and may support many cadences with reduced cadence detection latency as compared to the prior art.
US08537896B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An apparatus and method provide logic for processing an image. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided to process an image. The method receives information associated with pixels of the image disposed in pixel blocks, and selects one of the pixel blocks as a target block. A motion vector associated with a translation of pixels of a portion of the target block from reference positions in a previously-encoded image is computed at less than integer precision. The method computes predicted image data for the pixels of the target block based on at least the received information and the motion vector, and filters the predicted image data according to a predetermined process. The predetermined process is applied to predicted image data associated with pixels adjacent to a boundary pixel of the target block.
US08537895B2	Method and apparatus for parallel processing of in-loop deblocking filter for H.264 video compression standard A parallel deblocking filtering method, and deblocking filter processor performing such deblocking, for removing edge artifacts created during video compression. The method includes loading luma samples for a macroblock. Filtering is performed on a set of vertical edges of the macroblock using information in the luma samples, with vertical edge filtering occurring concurrently with the loading of the luma samples. The method also includes filtering a set of horizontal edges of the macroblock using information in the luma samples. The horizontal edge filtering occurs in parallel with vertical edge sampling and with loading operations. The use of parallel and concurrent operations significantly enhances the efficiency of the deblocking method. Storing of filtered samples is also performed in the method, and this storing is performed concurrently with some loading operations as well as filtering operations. Edge filtering includes performing filtering to the H.264 standard and its deblocking filtering algorithm.
US08537894B2	Methods and apparatus for inter-layer residue prediction for scalable video There are provided methods and apparatus for inter-layer residue prediction for scalable video. An apparatus is described for an encoder for encoding a block of a picture, or a decoder for decoding a block of a picture, by applying inverse tone mapping to an inter-layer residue prediction process for the block, wherein the inverse tone mapping is performed in the pixel domain. Methods for encoding or decoding a block of a picture are also described; and performed by applying inverse tone mapping to an inter-layer residue prediction process for the block, wherein the inverse tone mapping is performed in the pixel domain.
US08537893B2	High dynamic range codecs A method for encoding high dynamic ränge (HDR) images involves providing a lower dynamic ränge (LDR) image, generating a prediction function for estimating the values for pixels in the HDR image based on the values of corresponding pixels in the LDR image, and obtaining a residual frame based on differences between the pixel values of the HDR image and estimated pixel values. The LDR image, prediction function and residual frame can all be encoded in data from which either the LDR image of HDR image can be recreated.
US08537888B2	Method, device, and computer-readable medium for video coding and decoding A method, device, and computer-readable medium for video coding or decoding wherein a number of blocks of residual picture data respectively stored in a number of first data arrays in a memory of a computer device represent at least a part of a video picture to be coded or decoded. The method includes calculating DC coefficients respectively associated with the blocks and inserting the DC coefficients in a second data array in a block associative order, classifying each of the blocks as skipped in response to an associated DC coefficient being lower than a predefined threshold, and non-skipped in response to the associated DC coefficient being higher than a predefined threshold, generating a bit mask containing 1-bits in positions corresponding to positions in the second data array having DC coefficients higher than the predefined threshold, and 0-bits in positions corresponding to positions in the second data array having DC coefficients lower than the predefined threshold.
US08537884B2	Single path detection and equalizer optimization An algorithm to detect single path channel conditions and reduce the span (number of taps) of the equalizer in order to mitigate the performance degradation caused by noisy equalizer taps is disclosed. The algorithm provides two novel components comprising single path scenario detection and single path scenario processing or (equalizer shortening). A single path scenario is detected when the energy concentrated in a single channel impulse response tap divided by the total energy of the taps exceeds a predetermined threshold. When a single path scenario is detected, only the equalizer taps within a variable window around the equalizer tap having concentrated energy are used to filter the received signal.
US08537880B2	Apparatus and method for frame synchronization in satellite communication system Provided is a frame synchronization apparatus capable of reducing the amount of total computation and computation delays when a receiver of a satellite communication system calculates correlation between an input signal for frame synchronization and a signal sequence of the receiver, since the receiver uses no multiplier. The frame synchronization apparatus includes a correlator to obtain a correlation value of a unique word of a receiver with respect to a symbol data stream of a frame received from a transmitter of the satellite communication system, a comparator to compare the correlation value to a predetermined threshold value, and a determiner to determine whether the frame has been synchronized, based on the result of the comparison by the comparator.
US08537879B2	MIMO design with codebook restrictions A method of wireless communication includes utilizing a first outer loop for single-stream transmissions when a requested PCI by a UE is within a first set. The utilizing the first outer loop includes utilizing a first outer loop margin to adjust a size of a transport block by a first backoff margin when the UE requests a PCI within the first set. The method further includes utilizing a second outer loop for single-stream transmissions when the requested PCI by the UE is within a second set different from the first set. The utilizing the second outer loop includes utilizing a second outer loop margin to adjust the size of the transport block by a second backoff margin when the UE requests a PCI within the second set.
US08537875B2	Methods and apparatus for adjusting forward link signal to interference and noise ratio estimates Methods and systems for adjusting a forward link (FL) signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) are provided. In an example, a FL SINR is estimated for each user in a plurality of users, on at least one of each user's respective data rate control (DRC) message or each user's respective prior FL SINR value. The respective estimated FL SINR for a user in the plurality of users is increased, if, based on a reverse link acknowledge message, the user has decoded a packet before all symbols in the packet have been transmitted. Remaining control channel power is determined. The estimated FL SINR for all users in the plurality of users is increased if remaining control channel power is less than a low threshold. The estimated FL SINR for all users in the plurality of users is increased if the remaining control channel power is greater than a high threshold.
US08537873B2	High power surface mount technology package for side emitting laser diode The present invention relates to the packaging of high power laser(s) in a surface mount technology (SMT) configuration at low-cost using wafer-scale processing. A reflective sidewall is used to redirect the output emission from edge-emitting lasers through an optical element (e.g., a diffuser, lens, etc.). A common electrical pad centered inside the package provides p-side connection to multiple laser diodes (i.e. for power scalability). Thick plating (e.g. 75 um to 125 um) with a heat and electrically conductive material, e.g. copper, on a raised bonding area of a substrate provides good heat dissipation and spreading to the substrate layer during operation. The composite CTE of the substrate layer, e.g. AlN, and the heat/electrical conductive plating, e.g. Cu, substantially matches well with the laser substrates, e.g. GaAs-based, without the requirement for an additional submount.
US08537869B2	Broad area diode laser with high efficiency and small far-field divergence A broad area laser, with high efficiency and small far-field divergence, has an active layer, a first contact and a second contact, each having a width larger than 10 μm. An anti-wave guiding layer, which is positioned laterally with respect to the active region, is enclosed between the first and second contacts, wherein a refractive index of the anti-wave guiding layer is larger than a minimum refractive index of cladding layers. A minimum distance between the anti-wave guiding layer and a projection of one of the contacts on the plane of the anti-wave guiding layer is between 0 and 100 μm.
US08537867B2	Method for fabricating optical device A method for fabricating an optical device including: a first step of preparing a carrier having a first area and a second area, both edges of the second area having a wall of a step, one edge of the second area being adjacent to the first area, the first area having a first thickness, the second area having a second thickness larger than the first thickness, a second step of mounting the carrier on a temperature control device after the first step, and a third step of mounting a first optical component on the first area of the carrier after the second step.
US08537864B2	High power short pulse fiber laser A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs.
US08537860B2	Apparatus for switching traffic between virtual machines Systems for switching traffic include a physical machine running source and destination virtual machines (VMs). The source VM issues a data unit addressed to the destination VM. The physical machine has a physical network interface in communication with the VMs. The physical network interface transmits a sub-packet, which includes a partial portion of the data unit, over a network while a majority portion of the data unit remains at the physical machine. A network switch on the network receives the sub-packet transmitted by the physical network interface. The network switch performs one or more OSI Layer 2 through Layer 7 switching functions on the sub-packet and returns that sub-packet to the physical network interface. The physical network interface identifies the data unit stored in the memory in response to the sub-packet returned from the network switch and forwards the identified data unit to the destination VM.
US08537857B2	Method and apparatus for efficient operation of an enhanced dedicated channel A method for processing enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) data in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes sending two messages. A first message is sent from a physical layer to a medium access control (MAC) layer, and triggers MAC layer processing of E-DCH data. A second message is sent from the MAC layer to the physical layer, and enables the physical layer to compute control parameters for physical layer processing of the E-DCH data before the MAC layer processing of the E-DCH data is completed.
US08537852B2	Configuration and operation of inverse multiplexing communication system An inverse multiplexing communication path is established in at least one direction between nodes connected by a plurality of lower bandwidth bearing channels between the nodes, on which the content of a higher bandwidth signal is distributed and from which the original high bandwidth signal is recovered at the receiving node. During preliminary configuration, for example when selecting a subset of bearer channels from among a number of potential bearer channels, the bearer channels are chosen or are altered by signal processing to make the members of the subset perform similarly, thereby improving operations as compared to having the bearer channels bound to perform according to the performance of the least-performing member of the subset.
US08537851B1	Dynamic spectrum allocation and access for user device Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which access allocations to a spectrum band and transmit rights to the access allocations are defined. Real-time auction bids for the transmit rights to the access allocations to the spectrum band are sent from a participating device, and the participating device iteratively increments the bids until a maximum bid is reached or a transmit right is awarded to the participating device.
US08537850B2	Method and system for directional virtual sensing random access for wireless networks A method and system for wireless communication in a wireless network is provided. One implementation involves a requesting wireless station directionally transmitting a request to a coordinator for access to a communication channel; the request packet includes a field indicating the length of the desired reservation period; and upon successfully receiving the request from the wireless station, the coordinator reserving a channel time period for data transmission by the requesting wireless station, and at least pseudo-omni-directionally broadcasting a packet to all wireless stations in the network indicating the reservation. All other stations refrain from contending the channel during the reserved channel time period.
US08537847B2	Digital clock with internet connectivity and multiple resting orientations A wedge-shaped digital clock wirelessly receives weather, traffic, and other information over the Internet for display along with the time of day. The clock is wedge-shaped so that it can rest in two orientations, one with the display tilted back slightly from vertical and one with the display substantially horizontal. An accelerometer can signal the orientation to an internal processor, which can flip the text on the display as appropriate for the user flipping or turning the housing upside down, for example.
US08537845B2	Real time configuration and provisioning for a carrier ethernet exchange An Ethernet switch platform is configured to receive and process a provisioning order to establish a logical virtual circuit interconnecting a physical port associated with a buying carrier and a physical port associated with a selling carrier to set up a private network to private network connection between the buying and selling carriers. The virtual circuit is established with parameters called for in a request for quote (RFQ) initiated by the buying carrier and in a response to the RFQ submitted by the selling carrier. Information from the RFQ and from the response together with information previously stored in a relational database is extracted and used to fill out the provisioning order. The information extracted from the database include profile information and network service information associated with the buying and selling carriers.
US08537844B2	Ethernet to serial gateway apparatus and method thereof Provided is an Ethernet-to-serial gateway apparatus including: a buffer manager to verify a characteristic of a data packet received via an Ethernet interface, and to thereby select a buffer for storing the data packet, and to store the data packet in the selected buffer; a packet scheduler to extract a data packet from the buffer according to a predetermined policy; a packet distributor to verify a destination address of the extracted data packet, and to thereby obtain serial interface information associated with at least one target apparatus to which the extracted data packet is transmitted; and a serial communication unit to transmit the extracted data packet to the at least one target apparatus via a corresponding serial interface based on the serial interface information.
US08537840B1	Angular distance calculation for BGP best path selection In one embodiment, an angular distance calculation technique may enable an intermediate node, such as a route reflector, to render customized best path selection decisions to destination address prefixes and advertise those decisions to its intermediate peering nodes, i.e., route reflector clients, in an autonomous system of a computer network. That is, the route reflector may execute a routing protocol, such as BGP, to select and advertise a next hop (e.g., an address prefix of an egress point of the autonomous system) associated with a customized best path to a route reflector client based on an angular distance between the route reflector client and the egress point. In this manner, the route reflector client may route data traffic destined to a destination address prefix utilizing the egress point associated with the customized best path to that prefix.
US08537835B2	Methods and apparatus for self-organized caching in a content delivery network Methods and apparatus are provided for self-organized caching in a content delivery network. One or more requested content items are cached at a node in a content delivery network. The disclosed method determines if the content item is stored in a local cache; and, if the content item is not stored in a local cache, the following steps are performed: requesting the content item from another node; and storing the content item in the local cache it one or more predefined capacity criteria are satisfied. The content delivery network can be a hierarchical network or a non-hierarchical network. The predefined capacity criteria can evaluate a popularity index of the content item relative to other items stored in the local cache.
US08537830B2	Automated voice over IP device VLAN-association setup A system and method are disclosed for automatically registering various system attributes with a VoIP device such as an VoIP phone. The system attributes are provided by a network, preferably an adjacent switching device made aware of the system attributes through one of a number of learning mechanisms. The system attributes may include one or more of the following: the VLAN identification used for VoIP communications in the subnet in which the VoIP phone is connected; the switching device identification, switching device slot, and switching device port number to which the VoIP phone is connected. The switch, slot, and port are used in some embodiments by an IP PBX system to construct a relational database that associates the geographic location of the connection with the IP phone for purposes of reporting the physical location of the VoIP user to emergency response personnel. The system and method for automatically registering various system attributes enables the relational database to be updated prompt and accurate.
US08537828B2	Scalable interface for connecting multiple computer systems which performs parallel MPI header matching An interface device for a compute node in a computer cluster which performs Message Passing Interface (MPI) header matching using parallel matching units. The interface device comprises a memory that stores posted receive queues and unexpected queues. The posted receive queues store receive requests from a process executing on the compute node. The unexpected queues store headers of send requests (e.g., from other compute nodes) that do not have a matching receive request in the posted receive queues. The interface device also comprises a plurality of hardware pipelined matcher units. The matcher units perform header matching to determine if a header in the send request matches any headers in any of the plurality of posted receive queues. Matcher units perform the header matching in parallel. In other words, the plural matching units are configured to search the memory concurrently to perform header matching.
US08537824B2	Method, system and devices for processing messages in multimedia messaging service A method for processing messages in MMS, which includes: after receiving a message from a user side, an MMSC notifying a home Value Added Service Applications Server corresponding to receivers of the message to process the message according to each identifier, which is carried in the message, of the receiver that belongs to the Value Added Service Applications Server and that is carried in the message. A system for processing messages in the MMS is further disclosed. By adopting the technique solution provided in the invention, it could successfully implement the message service of a terminal sending messages to multiple receivers that belong to the same Value Added Service Applications Server. Moreover, it could further reduce the message flux between the MMSC and the Value Added Service Applications server so as to reduce the occupancy of the communication resources, increase the efficiency and save the cost.
US08537819B2	Power line communication apparatus, power line communication method and communication apparatus PLC modems and a PLC communication system that includes the PLC modems receive a multicast packet from a video server of a multicast group. When a MAC address table is set therein, the PLC modems and the PLC communication system convert the multicast packet into a unicast packet and transmit the converted packet to a power line. When no MAC address is set, the PLC modems and the PLC communication system transmit the multicast packet to the power line.
US08537818B1	Packet structure for mirrored traffic flow Network traffic associated with a user is lawfully intercepted by mirroring data packets flowing to and from the user for which interception has been designated. A unique packet structure enables analysis of mirrored data packets of any network type. In one implementation, a packet structure comprises routable packets that encapsulate the mirrored packet stream. The routable packet structure may be formed by prepending a correlation header to each mirrored packet. The correlation header includes a routing header to allow the mirrored packets to be transportable across the public Internet. In addition, an intercept header may be embedded within the correlation header to easily support various analyzer-specific implementations. The intercept header may include a version field that is extensible for the various analyzer implementations.
US08537815B2	Accelerating data routing Systems, devices and methods for improving network performance are disclosed. In particular, in one embodiment, a method of processing data packets in an electronic network is provided. The method includes receiving data packets at a receive stack of an electronic network device and creating a first packet from at least a portion of each of the set of data packets. The first packet includes an indicator that the first packet is a first packet type. The creation of the first packet includes saving a first header of the plurality of data packets, modifying the first header with information from each of the set of data packets, and concatenating the set of data packets.
US08537814B2	Configurable network interface device and systems and methods for its use Embodiments of the invention provide network interface devices and systems and methods for using them. For instance, a system in accordance with certain embodiments of the invention comprises a network interface device adapted to receive a plurality of sets of telecommunication information (telecommunication can include, inter alia, voice signals, Internet Protocol data, audio signals, data representing encoded audio signals, video signals and data representing encoded video signals) and distribute at least one of the plurality to a customer premises. The system can further include a control point operable to transmit configuration information to the network interface device. The configuration information can be operable to configure the behavior of the network interface device with respect to one or more of the information sets.
US08537811B1	Speaker-buffer management for voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) triggered by microphone-buffer arrival A Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) system has improved audio-buffer control. Voice captured by a microphone (mic) is loaded into mic buffers by the sound card and sent to a VoIP application. When a mic buffer arrives from the sound card, a speaker buffer manager is activated. Voice data extracted from incoming VoIP packets is loaded into a speaker buffer and sent to a speaker queue on the sound card for playback. A speaker-buffer count is kept and increased as each speaker buffer is sent to the sound card, and decreased as each empty speaker buffer is recycled from the sound card back to the VoIP application. As each mic buffer arrives, the speaker buffer manager compares the speaker-buffer count to upper and lower limits and sends zero, one, or two speaker buffers when the speaker-buffer count is above, between, or below the limits. Speaker-buffer latency and playback timing irregularities are reduced.
US08537809B2	Separation device and method for transmitting voice signal A separation device and a method for transmitting voice signal are disclosed. The separation device includes a line interface adapted to provide an interface for connecting to a telecommunication access system which provides public switched telephone network (PSTN) and data services; a data interface adapted to provide an interface connected with customer premises equipment (CPE) and connected with the line interface; a first communication interface adapted to provide an interface connected with a PSTN communication terminal; a second communication interface adapted to provide an interface connected with a foreign exchange station (FXS) interface of the CPE; and a connection switching unit adapted to connect the first communication interface with the line interface or connect the first communication interface with the second communication interface, and to perform switching between the two connections to implement PSTN communication or VoIP communication respectively. The solution in the embodiment may help perform switching with a PSTN communication terminal connection line according to different call types so that the PSTN communication terminal may implement the PSTN communication and the VoIP communication respectively.
US08537808B2	SIP telephone set, and file transfer system, file transfer method and file transfer program thereof Provided is service for transmitting and receiving a file between a calling device and a call receiving device without depending on a capacity of a proxy server.An SIP telephone set (calling device 11) which makes a call through a proxy server 13 to establish a session for a voice path with a call receiving device 12 conformed to SIP, comprising a request issuing unit 111 which requests the call receiving device 12 to establish a session for a data path by the pressing of a specific extension at the time of establishment of a session for a voice path, a session establishing unit 112 which obtains an access authentication result by the pressing of the specific extension to establish a session for a data path with the call receiving device 12, and a file obtaining unit 113 which obtains a file managed by the call receiving device 12 from the call receiving device 12 independently of the proxy server 13 after a session for a data path is established.
US08537807B2	Method and system for a gigabit ethernet IP telephone chip with integrated security module A method for processing Ethernet data and may include receiving Ethernet data via at least one Ethernet physical interface transceiver (PHY) integrated within a single Ethernet IP telephone chip. At least one secure application key may be received from a secure server by an on-chip security module (OSM) integrated within the Ethernet IP telephone chip for processing the received Ethernet data. The Ethernet IP telephone chip may be authenticated prior to the processing of the received Ethernet data using a security processor integrated within the OSM. The received Ethernet data may be processed by the Ethernet IP telephone chip based on the received at least one secure application key. The at least one secure application key may be communicated only from the secure server to the Ethernet IP telephone chip. The received Ethernet data may include one or both of video data and/or voice data.
US08537805B2	Emergency assistance calling for voice over IP communications systems In accordance with one aspect of the invention there is provided a process for handling emergency calls from a caller in a voice over IP system. The process involves receiving a routing request message including a caller identifier and a callee identifier. The process also involves setting an emergency call flag active in response to the callee identifier matching an emergency call identifier pre-associated with the caller. The process further involves producing an emergency response center identifier in response to the emergency call identifier. The process also involves determining whether the caller identifier is associated with a pre-associated direct inward dialing (DID) identifier. The process further involves producing a direct inward dialing (DID) identifier for the caller by associating a temporary DID identifier with the caller identifier when the emergency call flag is active and it is determined that the caller has no pre-associated DID. The process also involves producing a routing message including the emergency response center identifier and the temporary DID identifier for receipt by a routing controller operable to cause a route to be established between the caller and the emergency response center.
US08537802B2	Channel measurements in aggregated-spectrum wireless systems A communication terminal includes a receiver, a transmitter and control circuitry. The receiver is configured to receive an aggregated-spectrum downlink signal including two or more component carriers in respective spectral bands. The transmitter is configured to transmit an uplink signal to a serving base station that serves the communication terminal. The control circuitry is configured to evaluate respective channel measures of the two or more component carriers of the aggregated-spectrum downlink signal and to transmit to the serving base station a report, which is based on the channel measures and includes a respective channel quality metric for each of at least two of the component carriers.
US08537801B2	Multi-access telecommunications system with adapted strategy for packet retransmission A wireless OFDMA telecommunications system comprising a transmitter adapted to transmit, by means of an OFDM modulator, a plurality of data packets destined for receivers of a plurality of users, via the same plurality of transmission channels, the transmission channel of a user being associated with a group of sub-carriers of the OFDM multiplex and a set of OFDM symbol times of a transmission interval, each receiver being adapted to signal to the transmitter the loss of a packet transmitted over the transmission channel of the corresponding user, said transmitter further comprising a packet scheduler adapted to control retransmission of each packet lost by means of said modulator. Each receiver comprises detection means of an outage situation of the transmission channel of the corresponding user and signals this to said transmitter by means of an outage information (OUTAGE/NOUTAGE). In the event of outage, said scheduler prohibits any retransmission of a packet lost over said channel during a predetermined time (Tout) greater than or equal to the coherence time of said channel.
US08537800B2	Network server billing reconciliation method for a wireless mobile router network A method of operating a network server for a network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile routers comprises: selectively coupling the server to a plurality of mobile routers via a cellular network; operating the server to access billing data from a predetermined carrier providing the cellular network for each of the mobile routers; receiving from each of the mobile routers corresponding usage statistical data; comparing the usage statistical data for each mobile router to corresponding billing data for each mobile router to determine if there is a billing discrepancy.
US08537796B2	Identification of packet traffic transmitted by various devices operated in multiple overlapped frequency bands in packet-based OFDM systems Techniques for header encoding include encoding a plurality of bits using a forward error correction code, generating an FEC codeword comprising a plurality of encoded bits, and concatenating a first copy of the FEC codeword with a second copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the concatenating comprises cyclically shifting by two bits the second concatenated copy of the FEC codeword relative to the first concatenated copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the encoded bits of the first and second copies of the FEC codewords are modulated on at least one OFDM symbol. techniques for header decoding include receiving a plurality of encoded bits comprising at least two concatenated copies of an FEC codeword, decoding a first copy of the FEC codeword to generate a first plurality of decoded bits, and decoding a second copy of the FEC codeword to generate a second plurality of decoded bits.
US08537794B2	Pseudo-response frame communication system, pseudo-response frame communication method, and pseudo-response frame transmitting device A great delay in communication and deterioration in quality are avoided from occurring.A pseudo acknowledgement frame communication system includes: at least one communication device that transmits a frame; a second communication device that receives the frame; and a pseudo acknowledgement frame transmission device that monitors link-by-link communication between the first and second communication devices, in which the first communication device has a frame transmission means for transmitting a transmission frame to the second communication device, and an acknowledgement frame reception means for receiving an acknowledgement frame transmitted by the second communication device, the second communication device has an acknowledgement frame transmission means for transmitting the acknowledgement frame upon receiving the transmission frame from the first communication device, and the pseudo acknowledgement frame transmission device has a monitor means for monitoring the transmission frame transmitted by the first communication device, and a pseudo acknowledgement frame transmission means for generating a pseudo acknowledgement frame from a monitor result of the monitor means, based on a pseudo acknowledgement frame transmission condition, and transmitting the pseudo acknowledgement frame to the first communication device.
US08537791B2	Method and apparatus for channel access in contention-based communication system and station A method for accessing a channel by a station in a contention-based communication system, includes: starting a backoff timer to perform contention-based channel accessing; when the backoff timer expires, a delay timer starts; and when the delay timer expires, channel accessing is attempted. Coexistence of a station using a directional antenna and a station using a non-directional antenna is guaranteed in a contention-based communication system.
US08537790B2	Hierarchical pilot structure in wireless communication systems A method for communicating control channel information in a wireless communication system, including transmitting a super-frame having a time-frequency resource region containing an allocation control channel and multiple pilot elements, at least some of which are associated with the allocation control channel, and indicating, in a configuration information control channel of the super-frame, a characteristic of the pilots elements associated with the allocation control channel.
US08537784B1	Increasing the rescan timer in a wireless communication device Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for increasing the rescan timer for a wireless communication device. In a particular embodiment, a method comprises determining locations of the wireless communication device and detecting performance conditions when the wireless communication device transitions between communicating with a home wireless network and a visited wireless network. The method further comprises correlating the performance conditions to the corresponding locations of the wireless communication device and processing the correlated performance conditions and corresponding locations to determine a geographic area having performance issues when transitioning between communicating with the home wireless network and the visited wireless network. If the wireless communication device communicates with the visited wireless network when in the geographic area, then the method provides increasing the home wireless network rescan timer.
US08537783B2	Wireless communication terminal and communication method Provided is a wireless communication terminal (100) that includes a handoff determination unit (150a) for determining whether or not to perform handoff based on a measuring result of quality of a signal transmitted from a base station (200) and a handoff threshold, a QoS rate readjustment unit (150b) for readjusting a QoS rate for a base station to which handoff is performed when handoff is performed while a QoS is being set, and a handoff threshold setting unit (150c) for setting a handoff threshold which facilitates handoff when a QoS rate is lowered before and after handoff as a result of readjustment by the QoS rate readjustment unit (150b) and for setting a handoff threshold which impedes handoff when the QoS rate is raised.
US08537781B2	Low latency handover between wireless communication networks using different radio access technologies A communications system for providing a user's mobile station (MS) with an Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, has an IP network gateway for allocating an IP address to the MS to enable it to access an IP network. First and second base stations are respectively configured to support communications of the MS over first and second radio access networks using different radio access technologies. A first access gateway provides an interface between the IP network gateway and the first radio access network, whereas a second access gateway provides an interface between the IP network gateway and the second radio access network. A handover interface is provided between the first access gateway and the second access gateway for enabling the MS to switch between the first and second radio access networks with minimum latency.
US08537772B2	Transmitter quieting during spectrum sensing In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for quieting data transmission functionality during spectrum sensing operations. In one aspect, a method for spectrum sensing comprises detecting, during at least one time interval, whether any channel of a spectrum is available for use, and refraining, during the at least one time interval, from transmitting any data from a communication device.
US08537770B2	System and method for enabling VPN-less session setup for connecting mobile data devices to an enterprise data network A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN.
US08537769B2	Method and apparatus for efficient bandwidth utilization for subscriber unit initialization and synchronization in a time-synchronized communication system A bandwidth efficient subscriber unit initialization and synchronization method and apparatus is described. The inventive subscriber unit initialization and synchronization method and apparatus uses a combination of an access burst format and a data transportation technique to efficiently use bandwidth when initializing and synchronizing subscriber units in a time-synchronized communication system. Advantageously, the present invention provides a mechanism for a base station to receive multiple access bursts from multiple subscriber units in a single contiguous time period. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, bandwidth is efficiently utilized by searching for multiple initial access bursts from multiple mobile stations during a single time period known as a new access opportunity. The preferred embodiment of the present invention initializes and synchronizes subscriber units in a “contention-based” manner.
US08537767B2	Method for performing power headroom reporting procedure and PHR MAC control element This invention relates to a method for performing Power Headroom reporting procedure, adapted for a user equipment, wherein the user equipment is operated in a plurality of activated serving cells, the method includes the steps of: providing a prohibitPHR-Timer; obtaining a plurality of downlink path loss values respectively corresponding to the activated serving cells; triggering a power headroom report when the prohibitPHR-Timer expires or has expired and at least one of the downlink path loss values has changed more than a PathlossChange threshold since the last transmission of a PHR; and reporting the power headroom report.
US08537763B2	Frame allocation to support legacy wireless communication protocols on uplink transmission A frame (200) and a method for allocating resources that is used in a wireless communication network is provided. The frame includes a first subframe (202) concatenated to a second subframe (204). A first portion (206) of the first subframe allocated for a control channel of a first protocol. A second portion (208) of the first subframe and the second subframe are allocated for a data channel for the first protocol. In an embodiment second portion of the first subframe and the second subframe are allocated for a data channel of the second protocol that are multiplexed with the data channel of the first protocol using frequency division multiplexing (FDM).
US08537760B2	Method and system for dynamic hybrid multiple access in an OFDM-based wireless network A method of dynamic hybrid multiple access in a wireless network that comprises a plurality of subscriber stations is provided. The method includes selecting a sub-carrier status for each of the subscriber stations based on at least one predetermined condition for the subscriber station. The sub-carrier status is either hopping or scheduled. The predetermined condition is monitored for each subscriber station to determine whether to switch the sub-carrier status for the subscriber station based on a change in the predetermined condition.
US08537758B1	System and method for providing selective Voiceover4G call blocking A method for selectively blocking Voiceover4G services within a wireless communications network is provided. A request for access to Voiceover4G services is received from a device connected to a wireless communications network. A location of the device is determined from information contained within the request. A determination is made of whether Voiceover4G services are provided at the location by the wireless communications network at the location of the device indicated within the request. The device is configured to communicate over the wireless network using Voiceover4G services responsive to a determination that the Voiceover4G services are provided at the location of the device or is configured to communicate over the wireless network using circuit switched services responsive to a determination that the Voiceover4G services are not provided at the location of the device.
US08537756B2	Radio base station and mobile communication method A radio base station (eNB) according to the present invention includes: a Back-off Indicator transmission unit (14) configured to transmit a Back-off Indicator notifying a Back-off value when a usage situation of an RA preamble satisfies a predetermined condition, in a random access procedure, wherein the Back-off value is a value relating to a timing of transmitting the RA preamble in a mobile station (UE).
US08537748B2	Technique for performing GSM/WCDMA circuit switched services over a long term evolution radio access A method of performing CS (Circuit Switched) services over a LTE (Long Term Evolution) access comprises: performing CM (Connection Management) procedures via an AGW (Access Gateway); and performing MM (Mobility Management) procedures via a MME (Mobility Management Entity).
US08537747B2	Packet data origination for vehicle communication with a call center A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of a number of different call connection processes depending on the call type. For voice channel cellular connections, an in-band modem cellular connection is preferably established in most instances using a connection retry strategy that includes primary, secondary, and possibly tertiary connection attempts each of which utilize at least one of a number of different voice and data call origination processes. The system and method can be carried out in connection with various cellular system technologies, but is especially suited for use with GSM systems.
US08537741B2	Method of header compression over channels with out-of-order delivery For use in packet-switched networks, a method is provided for using external information regarding the degree of misordering of packets, to make header compression more robust against such misordering.
US08537736B2	Methods and systems for wireless multicast and broadcast services A method for data communication may include transmitting, by a data communication device, a data group comprising a first group of data items having a first number of data items, and receiving, by the data communication device, a feedback message indicating a transmission error relating at least a portion of the first group of data items transmitted from the data communication device. The method may also include processing the first group of data items, by a data processing device, to provide a second group of data items having a second number of data items, and generating, by a data coding device, a correction data packet based on the second group of data items and information included in the feedback message, for correcting the transmission error. The method may further include transmitting, by the data communication device, the correction data packet.
US08537735B2	Multiple density configurations and algorithms for intelligent power savings infrastructure in wireless LANS Described in example embodiments herein are techniques for implementing power savings in a wireless local area network (WLAN). In accordance with an example embodiment, a centralized controller can be employed to gather data about network activity and select access points to switch to power save mode. Optionally, the controller may designate certain access points to remain active so as to monitor for clients attempting to access the WLAN. An aspect of an example embodiment is that it allows the controller to configure and manage power consumption based on demands on the overall system. In an example embodiment, techniques for implementing power savings within individual hardware components, such as access points, are disclosed. An aspect of a technique described in an example embodiment is that it provides flexibility to balance power savings and performance.
US08537729B2	Method for sending a sounding reference signal of uplink channel in a time division duplex system A method for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) of uplink channel in a time division duplex system is provided, a terminal calculates the parameters of the resource for sending an SRS in an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) according to the configuration information related to the sounding reference signal (SRS) of the uplink channel, the parameters include the frequency domain start position of the resource, and then the SRS is sent over the resource; wherein when the frequency domain start position of the resource is calculated, it is necessary to determine the index of the first sub-carrier in the maximum SRS bandwidth; the terminal determines the index according to the frequency domain position of one PRACH or that of more PRACHs in the uplink pilot time slots, when the PRACH includes the sub-carrier at the lower boundary of the system bandwidth, the upper boundary of the system bandwidth is used as the end position of the maximum SRS bandwidth and the start position of the maximum SRS bandwidth is calculated; and when the PRACH includes the sub-carrier at the upper boundary of the system bandwidth, the lower boundary of the system bandwidth is used as the start position of the maximum SRS bandwidth, and then the index is determined through the start position of the maximum SRS bandwidth plus the offset parameter configured for the terminal. With the sending position of the maximum SRS bandwidth in the UpPTS, which is obtained by the method of the present invention, the interference between the SRS signal and the PARCH can be avoided, and it is possible to implement the channel sounding for more bandwidth.
US08537724B2	Relay operation in a wireless communication system A method in a relay node operating in a time division duplex system wherein the relay node transmits downlink pilot timeslot information to a user terminal in a first temporal region of a special sub-frame, communicates with a base station during a second temporal region of the special sub-frame, and configures a third temporal region of the special sub-frame, wherein the second temporal region is configured as a guard period for communications between the relay node and the user terminal.
US08537722B2	Detection of data received by a master device in a single-wire communication protocol A method of determining, by a first device capable of transmitting a two-state signal over a single-wire connection to a second device, the binary state of data transmitted by the second device over said connection, the state being determined according to the slope of a rising edge of the two-state signal.
US08537721B2	Method for scheduling transmissions of global beacons in body area networks A method (400) for scheduling transmissions of global beacons in a body area network (BAN). The BAN includes master nodes and slave nodes where master nodes are arranged in a tree topology. The method comprises propagating ascending global beacons (AGBs) from leaf nodes to a root node of the tree during an ascending period (S420), wherein an AGB includes at least reservations of time slots during a time round; processing AGBs by the root node to determine time slot occupancy information (S430); propagating descending global beacons (DGBs) from the root node to leaf nodes during a descending period (S440), wherein a DGB includes at least reservations of time slots during the time round; and processing DGBs by master nodes other than the root node to update at least the slot occupancy information included in the DGBs (S450).
US08537718B2	Configuring component carriers in carrier aggregation Technology for configuring, activating and deactivating component carriers in carrier aggregation is disclosed. One method comprises configuring a Primary Component Carrier (PCC) as a primary component carrier pair comprising a downlink primary component carrier (DL PCC) and an uplink primary component carrier (UL PCC). At least one Secondary Component Carrier is configured at the eNode B as a secondary component carrier pair comprising a downlink secondary component carrier (DL SCC) and an uplink component carrier (UL SCC) based on a carrier aggregation capability of a selected UE. An activation and deactivation of each SCC is communicated from the eNode B to the UE with a bitmap carried by a media access control (MAC) control element. A bit set to “1” denotes activation of a corresponding SCC at the UE. A bit set to “0” denotes deactivation of a corresponding SCC at the UE.
US08537717B2	System and method for resource discovery In distributed networks of cooperating nodes, it is useful to perform resource discovery in a manner that is efficient but that also minimizes communication complexity. A system and method in which nodes in a network efficiently are provided with information about the presence of, and other information about, other nodes in the network provides tangible benefits. In general, in one aspect, a system and method according to the invention features a distributed method for communicating information among a plurality of nodes. The method includes communicating from the first node to the second node information about the first node and nodes that the first node is aware of. The method further includes adding or merging, by the second node, the information about the first node and nodes that the first node is aware of with information about nodes that the second node is aware of.
US08537716B2	Method and system for synchronizing access points in a wireless network According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for synchronizing access points in a wireless network includes determining a service set identifier of a selected access point in the wireless network. The service set identifier identifies a name of a wireless connection. The method also includes determining an virtual local area network corresponding to the determined service set identifier. The virtual local area network is located in an extended service set. The extended service set includes a group of basic service sets. The method further includes identifying one or more access points located in the virtual local area network. The method further includes configuring the identified one or more access points to match a plurality of service parameters of the selected access point.
US08537714B2	Method for determining a route in a wireless mesh network using a metric based on radio and traffic load A method and apparatus for calculating a routing metric for a wireless network including retrieving configured system parameters, selecting a form of a first weight factor based on channel load/utilization and parameters of the first weight factor, selecting a form of a second weight factor based on frame/packet error rate and parameters of the second weight factor, retrieving estimated link bit rate, measuring a channel/link busy time, estimating a channel/link load, estimating a packet/frame error rate of the link and calculating the metric are described. A method and system for determining a route/path between two nodes of a wireless network including calculating a weighted radio and load aware metric by each node in the wireless network, storing the metric and using the metric to select the route/path for communication between two nodes of the wireless network based on a sum of the metrics calculated by each node of the wireless network are also described.
US08537712B2	Power level settings for transmission lines A method, wherein the following steps are iteratively repeated: providing each of a plurality of signals at a respective one of a plurality of transmission links; transmitting each of the plurality of signals over the respective one of the plurality of transmission links; and measuring signal-to-noise ratios of the plurality of signals transmitted over the plurality of transmission links, wherein an input power level of each of the plurality of signals is set such that the signal-to-noise ratios of the plurality of signals converge when measured after their transmission over the plurality of transmission links.
US08537709B2	Network device, and multi-wide area network interface selection module and method A network device includes a plurality of wide area network (WAN) interfaces, and a multi-WAN interface selection module. The WAN interfaces transmit session requests. The multi-WAN interface selection module communicates with the WAN interfaces and includes a monitoring unit, a quality table management unit and a network selection unit. The monitoring unit monitors and records network QoS corresponding to each WAN interface to obtain corresponding QoS information. The quality table management unit establishes a QoS information table according to the QoS information from the monitoring unit and updates the QoS information table in real time, and the network selection unit queries the QoS information table to select and distribute a WAN interface to send a new session request.
US08537705B2	Transmit power control A method for communicating among nodes in a network includes determining, by a transmitter, a first frequency band and at least a second frequency band to be used for communicating data packets, wherein a maximum allowable power spectral density in the first frequency band is greater than a maximum allowable power spectral density in the second frequency band. The method also includes adjusting power spectral density for a first group of frequencies in the first frequency band such that the adjusted power spectral density of the first group does not exceed the maximum allowable power spectral density of the first frequency band and a quantization noise introduced by the transmitter is less than a threshold value for a signal transmitted in the second frequency band. The method further includes modulating at least a portion of a data packet transmitted by the transmitter to at least a first receiver in accordance with the adjusted power spectral density.
US08537704B2	Data processing system, central management unit thereof, and data processing method A plurality of data communication terminals having a data display function is individually provided in each of a plurality of locations of use where general users individually check in. A user storage unit stores the user ID data and the location ID data with respect to each general user who has checked in, and a situation storage unit stores user situation data of the general user who has checked in, together with the user ID data. A group identification unit identifies the plurality of general users who have checked in as a group, and a listing display unit causes each of the data communication terminals in the plurality of locations of use where the general users of the group have checked in, to display a listing of at least the user ID data, the location ID data, and the user situation data of another member of the group. Thus, a data processing system is provided that allows the general users of the group, who have individually checked in for the plurality of locations of use, to confirm the situation of another member at a glance.
US08537700B1	Identifying and selectively controlling reverse-noise contribution on a per-access-terminal basis Methods and apparatuses are provided for identifying and selectively controlling reverse-noise contribution on a per-access terminal basis. In an embodiment, an access node provides wireless service to access terminals, and measures reverse noise rise (RNR) during at least one turn of a round-robin process involving access terminals taking turns transmitting data or taking turns not transmitting data. The access node thereby determines a respective RNR contribution of at least one access terminal based at least on the measurement of RNR taken during the access terminals' turns. A high-contributor set of one or more access terminals is identified and then instructed to reduce reverse-link transmission power.
US08537695B2	System and method for establishing a call being received by a trunk on a packet network A method for establishing a call over a packet network may include receiving a call request via an originating trunk on a packet network from an originating call device. Status of an originating trunk and terminating segment may be determined. If the status of the originating trunk and terminating segment are within a first range, the call between the originating and terminating call device over the determined transmission path at a first data rate may be established. Otherwise, if the status of the originating trunk or terminating segment is within a second range, a determination as to whether the originating trunk and terminating segment can operate at a second, lower data rate may be made, and, if so, the call may be established over the transmission path between the originating call device and terminating call device at the second, lower data rate.
US08537691B2	Path-continuity check method and transmission device Disclosed is a path-continuity check method for checking continuity of a path. The method includes transmitting a check frame by a node device on an upstream side and receiving the check frame by a node device on a downstream side; registering, by the node device on the upstream side, path information of the check frame and a transmission port in a transmission learning table together with a downstream learning number as a table number of a reception learning table of the node device on the downstream side in which the path information is registered; and setting, by the node device on the upstream side, plural of the downstream learning numbers registered in the transmission learning table in one aggregation check frame as table number ON information items and transmitting, by the node device on the upstream side, the one aggregation check frame to the node device on the downstream side.
US08537690B2	Director device arrangement with visual display arrangement and methods thereof An apparatus for enabling a plurality of monitoring functions to be performed on network data is provided. The apparatus includes a power module and a processor module. The apparatus also includes a set of network ports that includes a set of input network ports for receiving the data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting the data traffic from the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a switchboard arrangement that includes at least two chips that are configured to interact with one another to perform the plurality of monitoring functions on the data traffic received by the switchboard arrangement. The apparatus yet also includes logic module for analyzing the data traffic and for displaying the statistical data pertaining to the data traffic. The apparatus yet further includes a visual display arrangement that is configured for displaying the statistical data.
US08537687B2	Least cost routing A system includes a communications device configured to selectively allow communications in a plurality of communications protocols, and a router configured to receive a communications request from a user. The router may determine a preferred communications protocol from the plurality of communications protocols, based on at least a portion of the received communications request.
US08537683B2	Method for estimating the quality of experience of a user in respect of audio and/or video contents distributed through telecommunications networks A method for estimating a quality of experience of a user receiving an information content stream distributed through a telecommunications network, includes: collecting a plurality of measures of at least one characteristic parameter of the information content stream during the distribution thereof through a telecommunications network; deriving from the collected measures an abstract representation in terms of gaps in the information content stream, wherein a gap corresponds to a value of a collected measure below a predetermined threshold; determining a temporal distribution of the gaps in the information content stream; and calculating an index of perceived quality of experience based on the temporal distribution of the gaps in the information content stream, wherein the index of perceived quality is related in a non-linear way to the temporal distribution of the gaps.
US08537676B1	Rate limiting for DTCP message transport A network device may limit the rate at which control messages are forwarded to a destination device when forwarding traffic pursuant to dynamic flow capture (DFC). In one implementation, a system may receive filtering criteria associated with DFC of network traffic and passively filter incoming traffic based on the filtering criteria to obtain traffic that matches the filtering criteria. The system may transmit a rate limited version of control messages associated with the filtered traffic to a control device.
US08537669B2	Priority queue level optimization for a network flow Optimizing priority queue levels for a flow in a network includes determining a path for the flow, determining an optimized priority queue level of the flow at each of a plurality of switches based on a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement of the flow and priority queue levels of one or more existing flows in the network. Information of the optimized priority queue level of the flow is sent to at each of the switches.
US08537667B2	Packet transfer device, packet transfer method, packet transfer program and communication device A packet transfer device includes: an address conversion unit that allocates a global address to a plurality of private addresses of the plurality of private networks and converts address information and a port number included in a header of a received packet; a transfer unit that transfers a packet having the address information and the port number which are converted by the address conversion unit; and a session restriction unit that manages a number of sessions between a user terminal in the plurality of private networks and a device in the global network for each predetermined group and, when the number of sessions is greater than a number of available sessions which is set to each group, restricts the session of the user terminal which belongs to the group having the excess number of sessions.
US08537663B2	Systems and methods for seamless communications recovery and backup A recovery network may provide communication recovery and backup services to a carrier having a service area. The recovery network may be configured to communicatively couple the carrier to the public communication network (PCN) using one or more alternative communication paths, such as a satellite network. The alternative communication paths may couple the recovery network to the carrier independently of the PCN. When the carrier detects a failure in its uplink to the PCN, it may failover to the recovery network, which may service the communication requests using the alternative communication path(s). Similarly, the recovery network may be used to service inbound communication requests directed to the carrier or other organization, such as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). When used with a PSAP, the recovery network may be configured to access and/or provide metadata related to inbound communication requests.
US08537661B2	Network connection apparatus and a method thereof A network connection apparatus includes, a pair of line interface circuits which accommodates each transmission line provided to interface with the circuit-switched network, composes an active line and a standby line of the redundant configuration, and mutually converts data used in the circuit-switched network and a packet used in the packet-switched network; and a packet processing unit which interfaces with the packet-switched network and performs a sending and receiving process of the packet between the line interface circuit and the packet-switched network. The packet processing unit transmits the packet received only from the line interface circuit of the active line to the packet-switched network, and transmits the packet received from the packet-switched network to both of the line interface circuits of the active line and the standby line. The line interface circuit acquires the packet transmitted from the packet processing unit when a destination MAC address included in the packet coincides with a first MAC address which is given to own line interface circuit or a second MAC address which is given to the other line interface circuit of pair for the redundant configuration.
US08537658B2	Method of codebook design and precoder feedback in wireless communication systems A method for two component feedback in wireless communication systems wherein a wireless communication device sends a first representation of a first matrix chosen from a first codebook, the first matrix is a N-by-N diagonal matrix with the k-th diagonal elements being σ1exp(jπ(k−1)m/N), for k from 1 to N/2 and being σ2exp(jπ(k−N/2−1)m/N) for k from N/2+1 to N, N is a number of antennas, m is an integer between 0 and N−1, and σ1, σ2 are complex valued scalars. The device also sends a second representation of a second N-by-R matrix chosen from a second codebook, with R being a number of spatial layers wherein the first and second representations together convey a precoder matrix as the matrix product of the first and second matrices.
US08537656B2	Method for compensating for multi-path of a CDMA reverse link utilizing an orthogonal channel structure A base station receives a reverse link signal from a given field unit that includes a common code (i.e., shared by other field units) and a unique orthogonal code (i.e., distinguishing the given field unit from other field units). The reverse link signal travels in a multi-path environment along a primary path and at least one secondary path. The base station makes a diversity decision based on the unique orthogonal code seen at two different phases. The base station determines a gross timing offset to align the common code of the given field unit with the common code from other field units using unique orthogonal codes. The given field unit makes a corresponding coarse adjustment of the phase of its common code.
US08537648B1	Position control method of optical pickup head of optical disc drive and system thereof A position control method of an optical pickup head of an optical disc drive is provided. The optical disc drive has an optical pickup head for reading data from an optical disc and a step index for controlling the movement of the optical pickup head. The position control method includes: calculating a first position information of the optical pickup head according to the step index; reading an address information from the optical disc, calculating a second position information of the optical pickup head according to the address information; determining whether a difference between the first position information and the second position information is greater than a predetermined value; updating the step index when the difference is not greater than the predetermined value; moving the optical pickup head to an initial position when the difference is greater than the predetermined value, and setting the step index as zero.
US08537646B2	Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having photoelectric wiring lines integrally formed on waveguide An information recording and reproduction apparatus has a magnetic recording medium, a light source that outputs a light beam to heat the medium, and a near-field light head confronting a surface of the medium. An optical waveguide introduces a light beam from the light source into the head to generate near-field light. A control section supplies a current to a recording element of the head for generating a recording magnetic field in a direction of the medium. A photoelectric composite wiring line has the optical waveguide and electric wiring lines integral with the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is arranged between the electric wiring lines. The optical waveguide and the electric wiring line branch off from a distal side of the photoelectric composite wiring line so that the optical waveguide is routed to a base end surface of the near-field light head in a state extending approximately linearly.
US08537645B1	Near field light generating element, thermally assisted magnetic head, thermally assisted magnetic head device and thermally assisted magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus A near-field light generating element includes a plasmon generator, and the plasmon generator has a base plate and a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes from one side of the base plate, wherein when H represents a height direction of the protrusion from the one side and W represents a width direction perpendicular to the height direction (H), a section taken along a W-H plane is of a rectangular shape whose opposite corners in the height direction (H) are rounded.
US08537643B2	Light source chip and a thermally assisted head with the same, and manufacturing methods thereof A manufacturing method of a light source chip for a thermally assisted head comprises steps of (a) providing a light source bar with a surface coating formed thereon; (b) forming several blind holes on the predetermined positions of the light source bar by etching, the blind hole having a top hollowed on the surface coating and a bottom hollowed on the light source bar, and the blind hole having a first biggest width at its top; (c) cutting the light source bar along every two adjacent blind holes by a cutting machine. The cutting machine has a cutting means with a second biggest width that is smaller than the first biggest width of the blind hole, thereby cutting down an individual light source chip without contacting the side edges of the blind hole.
US08537640B2	Active sonar system An active sonar system includes at least one transmitter to transmit an acoustic signal, at least one receiver to receive a reflected acoustic signal, and an electronic cabinet to control the at least one transmitter to transmit the acoustic signal and the receiver to receive the reflected acoustic signal. At least one transmitter includes at least one carbon nanotube transmitting transducer. At least one carbon nanotube transmitting transducer includes at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, and an acoustic element. The acoustic element includes a carbon nanotube structure that is electrically connected to at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode.
US08537636B2	Protective socket for a sensor node The present invention relates to a seismic cable (3) comprising at least two sensor nodes (4), the cable being adapted to lie permanently on a seabed (5). By covering each sensor node (4) and a length of the cable (3) connecting the sensor nodes (4) with a flexible protective socket (7), there is obtained a leak-tight connection, whereby penetration of water and/or moisture into the components of the sensor node (4) is not permitted.
US08537631B2	Semiconductor device having control bitline to prevent floating body effect A vertical semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a cell array including a control bit line connected to cells and electrically isolated from a bit line, and a floating body control circuit for applying a floating control voltage to the control bit line in a predetermined period.
US08537630B2	Memory program discharge circuit of bit lines with multiple discharge paths A memory integrated circuit has an array of nonvolatile memory cells, bit lines accessing the array of nonvolatile memory cells, and bit line discharge circuitry. The bit lines have multiple discharge paths for a bit line at a same time, during a program operation.
US08537626B2	Semiconductor device and method of controlling the same A semiconductor device includes a data input/output circuit connected to the memory cell array via a sense circuit, and an access control circuit that controls access to the memory cell array. The access control circuit includes: a first signal unit outputting a first signal for activating or inactivating a word line; a second signal unit outputting a second signal for activating or inactivating a bit line and the sense circuit; a third signal unit outputting a third signal for starting or stopping a supply of an overdrive voltage to the sense circuit; and a fourth signal unit outputting a fourth signal for inactivating the word line. The period during which the third signal remains activated is determined in accordance with the magnitude of an external voltage. In the fourth signal unit, the timing to generate the fourth signal is determined independently of the magnitude of the external voltage.
US08537623B2	Devices and methods of programming memory cells Devices and methods of programming memory cells, both SLC and MLC, such as to reduce charge-storage structure to charge-storage structure coupling, are shown and described. Programming of memory cells can include comparing a first page of data to a second page of data, and further programming cells corresponding to the first page of data that will not likely be affected by coupling from programming the second page of data.
US08537619B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device and method of controlling and manufacturing the same A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device is disclosed. The device includes a cell group having a first memory cell and a second memory cell located first directionally adjacent to the first memory cell, and a programming circuit. The first memory cell is used for data retention and the second memory cell is used for adjustment of a threshold voltage of the first memory cell. The programming circuit is configured to program the first memory cell by applying voltage to the second memory cell to control the threshold voltage of the first memory cell to be higher than a first threshold voltage.
US08537616B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method for operating the same A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks and a high voltage application unit configured to apply a high voltage to a word line of a memory block unselected from among the plurality of memory blocks and float the word line, during the erase operation.
US08537614B2	Erase block data splitting A Flash memory device, system, and data handling routine is detailed with a distributed erase block sector user/overhead data scheme that splits the user data and overhead data and stores them in differing associated erase blocks. The erase blocks of the Flash memory are arranged into associated erase block pairs in “super blocks” such that when user data is written to/read from the user data area of a sector of an erase block of the super block pair, the overhead data is written to/read from the overhead data area of a sector of the other associated erase block. This data splitting enhances fault tolerance and reliability of the Flash memory device.
US08537613B2	Multi-layer memory system A multi-later memory and method for operation is disclosed. The memory includes three or more layers, where each layer is made up of flash memory cells having a greater bit per cell storage capacity than then prior layer. The method may include the steps of directing host data directly into a first or second layer of the multi-layer memory upon receipt depending on a condition of the data. The method may also include copying data within a respective layer in a data relocation operation to generate more free blocks of memory so that data preferably stays within each layer, as well as transferring data from one layer to the next higher bit per cell layer when layer transfer criteria are met.
US08537610B2	Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus including a first region and a second region. The apparatus may also include a body region disposed between the first region and the second region and capacitively coupled to a plurality of word lines, wherein each of the plurality of word lines is capacitively coupled to different portions of the body region.
US08537609B2	Memory device and method of operating the same A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory array; a first circuit electrically connected to the memory array, and causing the memory array to be operated in a first mode; and a second circuit electrically connected to the memory array, and causing the memory array to be operated in a second mode.
US08537608B2	Data cells with drivers and methods of making and operating the same Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a device that includes a first semiconductor fin having a first gate, a second semiconductor fin adjacent the first semiconductor fin and having a second gate, and a third gate extending between the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. In some embodiments, the third gate may not be electrically connected to the first gate or the second gate.
US08537606B2	Read sensing circuit and method with equalization timing A Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) includes read sensing circuitry having an equalizer device configured between a bit cell output node and a reference node of the bit cell. The equalizer is turned on to couple the output node to the reference node during an initial portion of a read operation and to decouple the output node from the reference node after an equalization delay period. A sense amplifier is enabled to provide a data output from the bit cell only after the delay period and decoupling of the output node from the reference node to provide balanced sensing speed of data represented by parallel and antiparallel state magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs).
US08537604B2	Magnetoresistance element, MRAM, and initialization method for magnetoresistance element A magnetoresistance element is provided with: a magnetization recording layer that is a ferromagnetic layer. The magnetization recording layer includes: a magnetization reversal region having a reversible magnetization; a first magnetization fixed region connected to a first boundary of the magnetization reversal region and having a magnetization direction fixed in a first direction; and a second magnetization fixed region connected to a second boundary of the magnetization reversal region and having a magnetization direction fixed in a second direction. At least one magnetization reversal facilitation structure which is a structure in which a magnetization is reversed more easily than the remaining portion is provided for a portion of the second magnetization fixed region.
US08537595B2	Resistance change memory device A resistance change memory device includes: a cell array having multiple layers of mats laminated thereon, each of the mats having word lines and bit lines intersecting each other as well as resistance change type memory cells arranged at intersections thereof, each of the mats further having therein a reference cell and a reference bit line connected to the reference cell, the reference cell set to a state of a certain resistance value; a selection circuit configured to select a word line in each mat of the cell array, and select a bit line intersecting a selected word line and the reference bit line at the same time; and a sense amplifier configured to sense data by comparing respective cell currents of a selected memory cell on the selected bit line and the reference cell on the reference bit line.
US08537589B2	Nonvolatile logic circuit and a method for operating the same A nonvolatile logic circuit includes logic configuration electrodes and input electrodes. The nonvolatile logic circuit is programmable to any one of the logics between the input signals selected from logical conjunction (AND), logical disjunction (OR), logical non-conjunction (NAND), logical non-disjunction (NOR), and logical exclusive disjunction (XOR) by changing applied voltages to the logic configuration electrodes.
US08537588B2	Magnetic shift register memory device In one embodiment, the invention is a magnetic shift register memory device. One embodiment of a memory cell includes a magnetic column including a plurality of magnetic domains, a reader coupled to the magnetic column, for reading data from the magnetic domains, a temporary memory for storing data read from the magnetic domains, and a writer coupled to the magnetic column, for writing data in the temporary memory to the magnetic domains.
US08537586B2	Memory array and storage method A memory arrangement comprises a first memory transistor (11) for non-volatile storage of a first bit, a second memory transistor (17) for non-volatile storage of the first bit in inverted form, and a word line (29) that is connected to a control terminal (12) of the first memory transistor (11) and a control terminal (18) of the second memory transistor (17). The memory arrangement further comprises a read amplifier (23) with a first input (24) that is coupled to the first memory transistor (11) for supplying a first bit line signal (BL1), a second input (25) that is coupled to the second memory transistor (17) for supplying a second bit line signal (BL2), and an output (26) for provision of an output signal (SOUT) as a function of the first bit line signal (BL1) and the second bit line signal (BL2).
US08537585B2	DC-AC converter Disclosed is a DC-AC converter including a switch circuit for converting the DC power to output an AC voltage between a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The switch circuit includes a first switch branch having a first switch element and a second switch element; a second switch branch having a third switch element, a fourth switch element, and a fifth switch element; and a sixth switch element having one end connected between the third switch element and the fourth switch element and the other end connected between the first switch element and the second switch element. The first switch element, the second switch element, the third switch element, the fourth switch element, the fifth switch element, and the sixth switch element are configured to turn on/off to enhance the conversion efficiency of the DC-AC converter and subdue the occurrence of leak current in the DC-AC converter.
US08537581B2	Power converter system and methods of operating a power converter system A power converter system includes a converter configured to be coupled to a power generation unit for receiving power from the power generation unit, and a bus coupled to the converter, wherein a voltage is generated across the bus when electricity is conducted through the power converter system. The power converter system also includes an inverter coupled to the bus and configured to supply power to an electrical distribution network, and a control system coupled to the converter and to the inverter. The control system is configured to gradually adjust the voltage across the bus during at least one of a shutdown sequence and a startup sequence of the power converter system.
US08537579B2	Voltage conversion method in a continuously variable switched capacitor DC-DC voltage converter In a voltage converter, a mode configuration is selected in response to a mode control signal using a switch matrix having two or more mode configurations. Each mode configuration corresponds to one of two or more output signal voltages. The output signal is compared with a reference signal to produce a direction comparison signal. The direction comparison signal is used to produce the mode control signal.
US08537570B2	Method and apparatus to reduce audio frequencies in a switching power supply An example controller for use in a power supply regulator includes a switch signal generator, a modulation circuit, and a multi-cycle modulator circuit. The modulation circuit modulates the period of a modulation switching signal when an equivalent switching frequency is greater than a reference frequency and fixes the switching period when the equivalent switching frequency is less than the reference frequency. The multi-cycle modulator circuit enables the switch signal generator to provide a switch signal uninterrupted if the equivalent switching frequency is greater than the reference frequency and disables the switch signal generator for a first time period and then enables the switch signal generator for a second time period when the equivalent frequency is less than the reference frequency. The multi-cycle modulator circuit varies the first time period to regulate the output.
US08537565B2	Electronic control unit-mounting electric junction box An electronic control unit-mounting electric junction box having a versatile structure configured to accommodate both external and built-in electronic control units. The junction box includes an external upper case that forms the mounting space of an electronic control unit by means of a recessed containing section opening to the outer surface of a case, and a built-in upper case that internally forms the mounting space of an electronic control unit by raising outward the bottom wall of the recessed containing section in the external upper case are standardized in a basic section with the position of the bottom wall excluded, and a lower case and a conducting path that are combined with the external upper case and the built-in upper case are standardized.
US08537564B2	Systems and methods for grounding a movable component An electronic device can include different components providing different functionality. Some electronic devices can include a proximity sensor for determining when a user's face is near the device. The sensor can include an emitter and a detector that are separated by a foam block to limit cross-talk between the emitter and detector. A sheet can be placed over the foam block to define openings for each of the emitter and detector. Some electronic devices can also include a camera. A glass cover secured to the device enclosure can protect the camera. To improve an adhesive bond between the glass cover and a metal enclosure, an ink layer can be placed between an adhesive and the glass. In addition, the camera or another component may need to be grounded to ensure proper operation. During assembly, however, the position of the camera can shift due to closing an enclosure. A grounding assembly that maintains contact with the camera in its initial and final positions can be provided.
US08537561B1	Display device mountable on an automotive vehicle, and method A display device mountable on an automotive wiper arm positioned on the rear of an automotive vehicle, comprising a display panel having a front side for presentation of text or graphics and a back side for mounting a connector; arm-connector for affixing said display device to said automotive wiper arm; shaft for linking said arm-connector to said display panel; a shaft-connector for affixing said shaft to said display panel, said shaft-connector comprising part of said shaft; display-connector affixing said shaft to said display panel, said display-connector comprising said connector positioned on said display panel backside; wherein said shaft-connector and said display-connector are configured to lock together, substantially preventing separation of said display panel from said shaft during motion of said wiper arm during operation, wherein said arm-connector is configured to clasp said wiper arm and maintain sufficient pressure to avoid substantial rotation of said shaft around said wiper arm.
US08537560B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a chassis, a receiving tray received in the chassis, a drive bracket slidably received in the receiving tray, and a connecting assembly. The receiving tray includes a first clasping portion, and a first circuit board is located in the receiving tray. A storage device is received in the drive bracket. The storage device is electronically connected to the circuit board. The connecting assembly includes a flexible cable electronically connected to the first circuit board and a mounting member. A first extending piece is located on the mounting member. The first extending piece is clipped to the first clasping portion, and the mounting member is attached to the flexible cable.

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