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IBM patents granted on 31 July 2007
Tuesday July 31st 2007, 11:20 am
Filed under: IBM, Patents

56 US patents granted on 31 July 2007 and assigned to IBM

1 7,251,833 Digital media delivery with local cache and streaming tokens
2 7,251,831 Method and system for architecting a secure solution
3 7,251,815 Multiple virtual machines sharing processor and work queue in memory having program/dispatch functions for assigning and accessing work items while the virtual machine was not idle
4 7,251,814 Yield on multithreaded processors
5 7,251,809 Dynamic generation of program execution trace files in a standard markup language
6 7,251,808 Graphical debugger with loadmap display manager and custom record display manager displaying user selected customized records from bound program objects
7 7,251,794 Simulation testing of digital logic circuit designs
8 7,251,764 Serializer/deserializer circuit for jitter sensitivity characterization
9 7,251,757 Memory testing
10 7,251,756 Method and apparatus for increasing fuse programming yield through preferred use of duplicate data
11 7,251,753 Apparatus, system, and method for identifying a faulty communication module
12 7,251,746 Autonomous fail-over to hot-spare processor using SMI
13 7,251,743 Method, system, and program for transmitting input/output requests from a primary controller to a secondary controller
14 7,251,736 Remote power control in a multi-node, partitioned data processing system via network interface cards
15 7,251,718 Apparatus, system, and method for managing addresses and data storage media within a data storage library
16 7,251,691 Autonomic predictive load balancing of output transfers for two peer computers for data storage applications
17 7,251,689 Managing storage resources in decentralized networks
18 7,251,674 Internationalization of the web services infrastructure
19 7,251,668 Configuration management file rename utility
20 7,251,667 Unicode input method editor
21 7,251,662 System and method for manipulating a registry
22 7,251,654 System and method for ranking nodes in a network
23 7,251,651 Packet classification
24 7,251,650 Method, system, and article of manufacture for processing updates to insert operations
25 7,251,647 Web based resource distribution system
26 7,251,630 Distributed bid processing method for open-cry and descending price auctions
27 7,251,628 Automated purchasing agent system and method
28 7,251,611 Method and system for determining an economically optimal dismantling of machines
29 7,251,603 Audio-only backoff in audio-visual speech recognition system
30 7,251,599 Automatic construction of unique signatures and confusable sets for database access
31 7,251,597 Method for tracking a pitch signal
32 7,251,584 Incremental detection and visualization of problem patterns and symptoms based monitored events
33 7,251,583 Minimizing use of parts that will reach their end of life prior to the products for which those parts are usable
34 7,251,581 Circuit for computing moment pre-products for statistical analysis
35 7,251,494 Telephone system and method for selectively ringing a portable phone based on the self-detected geographical position of the portable phone
36 7,251,367 System and method for recognizing word patterns based on a virtual keyboard layout
37 7,251,364 Image processing method, image processing system and storage medium therefor
38 7,251,277 Efficient means for creating MPEG-4 textual representation from MPEG-4 intermedia format
39 7,251,185 Methods and apparatus for using memory
40 7,251,135 Easy release server cooling fan with integrated spring and method for using same
41 7,251,093 Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle
42 7,250,846 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic user alert
43 7,250,814 Variable gain amplifier
44 7,250,812 Integrated circuit current regulator
45 7,250,778 Wafer test apparatus including optical elements and method of using the test apparatus
46 7,250,675 Method and apparatus for forming stacked die and substrate structures for increased packing density
47 7,250,666 Schottky barrier diode and method of forming a Schottky barrier diode
48 7,250,662 Magnetically lined conductors
49 7,250,658 Hybrid planar and FinFET CMOS devices
50 7,250,656 Hybrid-orientation technology buried n-well design
51 7,250,576 Chip package having chip extension and method
52 7,250,363 Aligned dummy metal fill and hole shapes
53 7,250,351 Enhanced silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors and methods of making enhanced SOI transistors
54 7,250,347 Double-gate FETs (Field Effect Transistors)
55 7,250,330 Method of making an electronic package
56 7,250,311 Wirebond crack sensor for low-k die