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US20060022963 Calibrating digital pens  
A method of calibrating a digital pen ( 100 ) comprises the steps of: i) acquiring calibration data indicative of parameters indicative of an offset between a nib ( 108 ) of the pen ( 100 )...
US20060020691 Load balancing based on front-end utilization  
A method of load balancing comprises actions of measuring utilization on an input/output interface, detecting a condition of utilization deficiency based on the measured utilization, and allocating...
US20060020682 System and method for connecting unix utilities to the internet  
A technique to link a computer system using a Unix operating system with a remote computer via the Internet to access data residing on the remote computer and to manipulate the accessed data on the...
US20060020394 Network  
A method of optimising a storage network comprising the steps of: defining a plurality F of flows through a set N of fabric nodes; investigating the cost of establishing some routes through the...
US20060018556 Method, apparatus and system for data block rearrangement for LZ data compression  
A technique for rearranging an input data stream for LZ data compression system to achieve a higher data compression. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by receiving an input data stream...
US20060018483 Delegation protocol  
A key-management method for delegating authority in a computer environment, suitable for essentially all UDP and TCP based applications. The method includes performing mutual authentication between...
US20060017788 Fluid delivery component  
A fluid delivery component includes a shell with a bladder. The bladder bag may have at least one dimension greater than a corresponding dimension of the shell. The bladder may include a plurality...
US20060011817 Method and apparatus for equalizing pressure between rollers in a printing press  
Apparatus for equalizing pressure along a nip between a photosensitive imaging cylinder (PIC) and an intermediate transfer member (ITM) in a printing press comprising: first and second optical...
US20060008627 Laser enhanced plating  
A method of plating a substrate including coating a substrate surface, laser-treating a region of the coated surface, and plating the region.
US20050286915 Media identification  
A media includes a set of adjacent edges of material and a segment along only a portion of the set of edges. The segment has a first identifiable end and a second identifiable end.
US20050286064 Consumable resource option control  
An image-printing device includes a connection bay that accepts an insertable consumable resource. The consumable resource includes an option key that identifies at least one mode of operation...
US20050280200 Paper rotation method and apparatus  
Apparatus for rotating a sheet moving in a first direction, the rotator comprising: at least one first roller that rotates against a sheet first side, the at least one first roller having a first...
US20050278385 Systems and methods for staggered data replication and recovery  
A system for replicating data is provided that includes a production replication database instance configured to communicate with a delayed replication database instance. The production replication...
US20050275925 Light modulator  
A method for forming a light modulator includes supporting a plurality of optical devices on a substrate, and attaching a sheet of glass over the optical devices. The method also includes slicing...
US20050273511 Equitable resource sharing in grid-based computing environments  
The invention relates to a method of allocating grid-based computer resources which is based on an exchange model that is predicated exclusively on a system of returned favours. A favour is defined...
US20050268189 Device testing using multiple test kernels  
In a device testing arrangement, a data set is selected from a set of multiple data sets, and a test kernel is selected from a set of multiple test kernels. The test kernel includes one or more...
US20050268124 Apparatus and method for voltage switching  
A voltage switching apparatus and method are disclosed. At least one disclosed method includes providing, when a mode selection signal is in a first state, a first power rail voltage on a first...
US20050268073 Critical section availability  
Availability of a critical section is determined according to a state associated with an address table entry and a speculative instruction.
US20050268036 Storage configuration  
In at least some embodiments, a storage unit, and associated system and method, comprises a plurality of storage devices, a user input device and a storage controller. The storage controller...
US20050265351 Network administration  
A method of managing access by a transient computing entity to a computing network via a virtual private network (‘VPN’) gateway, the method comprising the steps of: authenticating, at the VPN...
US20050264600 Emission of fluid droplet from printhead with coherent irradiation  
A fluid ejection device is irradiated with an effective amount of coherent radiation to cause emission of a fluid droplet from the fluid ejection device.
US20050261920 Establishing services  
Methods associated with a service are identified. Select ones of the methods are matched to generic methods of a conversation. A new service is established from the conversation that includes the...
US20050261881 Task-based design evaluation  
A proposed feature vector for a first deign is received and an existing feature vector for an existing design is retrieved for a given task. The proposed design is evaluated against the existing...
US20050260891 Interconnect  
A method comprising facilitating a signal path from a board through an interconnect to a cable; and substantially electrically shielding the signal path with the interconnect.
US20050259665 Packet routing as a function of direction  
A direction of travel of a packet at a switch in an interconnection fabric that has multiple switches with ports is determined. A next turn pointer in the packet is used to identify turn bits in a...
US20050259114 Method and device for rendering an image for a staggered color graphics display  
A method for rendering an image for a staggered color graphics display comprises calculating first and second color values for each pixel or dot. The first color value is based on a portion of the...
US20050257010 Method and system for migrating memory segments  
A system comprises a plurality of nodes coupled together via a switching device. Each node comprises a processor coupled to a memory. Migration logic in the switching device is configured to...
US20050256972 Mirroring storage interface  
A mirroring device includes an interface capable of coupling a primary storage array and a secondary storage array to a network. The interface further includes a logic that monitors traffic for a...
US20050251563 Method and apparatus for providing a specialized resource function in a telephone network  
To provide a specialized resource function within the telephone network, server apparatus is described having a first interface for communication with a signalling network of a telephone network...
US20050251537 File locking  
An information file is inspected for an identity of a locking service associated with a desired file. The locking service is contacted, and the locking service grants access if the desired file is...
US20050246764 Authorization method  
An authorization method includes establishing a password for a user, wherein the password includes password characters in a defined order. The method further includes assigning a code character to...
US20050246728 Controlling actuator movement  
A method for interacting with a disc includes sensing movement of a disc interaction device on a data side of the disc to obtain a sensed value and controlling movement of the disc interaction...
US20050246581 Error handling system in a redundant processor  
In a redundant-processor computing device, an error handling method comprises detecting equivalent disparity among processor elements of the computing device operating and responding to the...
US20050244280 Liquid loop with multiple pump assembly  
A pump assembly includes inlet and outlet interfaces capable of coupling to a liquid cooling loop tubing, a plurality of pump connectors coupled to the inlet and outlet interfaces enabling...
US20050244126 Light guides and method of forming same  
Guides, such as light guides, optical devices including such guides and methods of forming the guides are disclosed. The guide includes a plurality of plates positioned to form a tunnel. Each of...
US20050243730 Network administration  
A method of administering a network comprises the steps of: detecting the occurrence of a triggering event alerting an administrator to the presence of a user entity on the network, the triggering...
US20050243533 Printed circuit board engagement apparatus using four-bar linkage  
A printed circuit board connector engagement apparatus includes a four-bar linkage capable of coupling to an electronics system housing and is configured to accept and enable a printed circuit...
US20050243514 Heat exchanger including flow straightening fins  
A heat exchanger includes a tube, and a plurality of fins coupled to the tube having a curved fan-stator shape that facilitates straightening of airflow from a fan.
US20050243141 Fluid ejection device and manufacturing method  
A method for manufacturing a fluid ejection device includes providing a sacrificial structure substantially overlying a semiconductor substrate. The structure has a shape configured to define an...
US20050243067 Method and system providing for keyboard navigation of a displayable representation of connectable objects  
A method and system are described of providing for keyboard navigation of a displayable representation of connectable objects. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of providing for...
US20050241810 Controllable flow resistance in a cooling apparatus  
An airflow control apparatus includes a controllable airflow resistance aligned with an airflow path of a plurality of airflow paths, a sensor capable of detecting an airflow condition in at least...
US20050241803 Liquid cooling loop using tubing and bellows for stress isolation and tolerance variation  
A liquid loop cooling apparatus includes rigid or semi-rigid tubing enclosing an interior bore or lumen within which a cooling fluid can circulate among at least one heat-generating component in a...
US20050241802 Liquid loop with flexible fan assembly  
An assembly includes a heat exchanger with a tube and a plurality of fins coupled to the tube, and a mount coupled to the heat exchanger capable of attaching a variable number and configuration of...
US20050241001 Consumable resource access control  
A consumable resource access control unit includes a consumable resource and an authorization interface coupled to the consumable resource. The interface is configured to limit use of the resource.
US20050240934 Task management based on system utilization  
A method of managing task execution comprises measuring a parameter indicative of workload and assigning priority of tasks executable on the system based on the measured parameter.
US20050240806 Diagnostic memory dump method in a redundant processor  
A plurality of redundant, loosely-coupled processor elements are operational as a logical processor. A logic detects a halt condition of the logical processor and, in response to the halt...
US20050240762 Cryptographic method and apparatus  
A method, apparatus and program are provided by which an entity signs and encrypts an input string using particular instances of a private signature-generation function of a signature trapdoor...
US20050240649 Resource management system  
A method of managing critical resource usage comprises monitoring queue depth in at least one critical resource queue for a high level of resource consumption and preventing subsequent commands of...
US20050240584 Data protection using data distributed into snapshots  
A method of protecting data includes distributing data across a plurality of snapshots of a parent logical unit (LUN) when data of the parent LUN diverges from the snapshots.
US20050240394 Method, system or memory storing a computer program for document processing  
Terms (e.g., words) used in an expert domain that correspond to terms in a naive domain are detected when there are no vocabulary pairs or document pairs available for the expert and naive domains....