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IBM patents granted on 29 July 2008
Tuesday July 29th 2008, 8:41 am
Filed under: IBM, Patents

77 US patents granted on 29 July 2008 and assigned to IBM

1 RE40,444 Four-party credit/debit payment protocol
2 7,406,691 Minimizing complex decisions to allocate additional resources to a job submitted to a grid environment
3 7,406,690 Flow lookahead in an ordered semaphore management subsystem
4 7,406,689 Jobstream planner considering network contention & resource availability
5 7,406,684 Compiler, dynamic compiler, and replay compiler
6 7,406,679 Testing environment for database server side logic
7 7,406,658 Deriving menu-based voice markup from visual markup
8 7,406,657 Audible presentation and verbal interaction of HTML-like form constructs
9 7,406,656 Method, apparatus, and program for creating bookmark symlinks
10 7,406,653 Anomaly detection based on directional data
11 7,406,640 Method and apparatus for testing a ring of non-scan latches with logic built-in self-test
12 7,406,625 Protecting a code range in a program from breakpoints
13 7,406,606 Method and system for distinguishing relevant network security threats using comparison of refined intrusion detection audits and intelligent security analysis
14 7,406,597 Methods for efficiently authenticating multiple objects based on access patterns
15 7,406,589 Processor having efficient function estimate instructions
16 7,406,580 Method for utilizing tape media segmentation
17 7,406,579 Selectively changeable line width memory
18 7,406,571 Memory system and method for controlling the same, and method for maintaining data coherency
19 7,406,540 Method and apparatus for content-aware web switching
20 7,406,511 System and method for processing transactions in a multisystem database environment
21 7,406,505 Managing on-demand email storage
22 7,406,500 Techniques for providing a virtual workspace comprised of a multiplicity of electronic devices
23 7,406,495 Adder structure with midcycle latch for power reduction
24 7,406,485 Shared scans utilizing query monitor during query execution to improve buffer cache utilization across multi-stream query environments
25 7,406,483 Provisioning of software components via workflow management systems
26 7,406,474 Discovering object definition information in an integrated application environment
27 7,406,463 Advanced scrolling for relational database applications
28 7,406,462 Prediction of query difficulty for a generic search engine
29 7,406,455 Automatic recognition and flagging of anomalous items within sets of automatically classified items
30 7,406,439 Inventory controls with radio frequency identification
31 7,406,430 Method and system for assessing information technology service delivery
32 7,406,423 Remotely enforcing operational protocols
33 7,406,414 Providing translations encoded within embedded digital information
34 7,406,397 Self heating monitor for SiGe and SOI CMOS devices
35 7,406,322 Determining approximate locations of network devices that are inaccessible to GPS signals
36 7,406,313 Systems, methods and computer program products for connecting ad hoc piconets to wide area networks
37 7,406,259 Automatically powering on an electronic device such as a camcorder or camera by determining the real-time state of the enclosure for the device
38 7,406,226 Circular grating resonator structure with integrated electro-optical modulation
39 7,406,201 Correcting segmentation errors in OCR
40 7,406,200 Method and system for finding structures in multi-dimensional spaces using image-guided clustering
41 7,406,183 System and method of sorting document images based on image quality
42 7,406,168 Connection manager for integrating legacy telephony environments and IP networks
43 7,406,142 Data recovery circuits using oversampling for best data sample selection
44 7,406,135 Reducing power consumption in signal detection
45 7,406,083 Method for preserving the order of data packets processed along different processing paths
46 7,406,080 Method and structure for enqueuing data packets for processing
47 7,406,049 Management of protocol information in PNNI hierarchical networks
48 7,405,990 Method and apparatus for in-system redundant array repair on integrated circuits
49 7,405,982 Methods to improve the operation of SOI devices
50 7,405,940 Piston reset apparatus for a multichip module and method for resetting pistons in the same
51 7,405,936 Hybrid cooling system for a multi-component electronics system
52 7,405,898 System and method for generating a position error signal (PES) reference curve in a data storage device
53 7,405,679 Techniques for 9B10B and 7B8B coding and decoding
54 7,405,678 Method of retrieving data from a storage device using a recovered read-back parameter
55 7,405,677 Apparatus, system, and method for incremental encoding conversion of XML data using Java
56 7,405,620 Differential amplifier and method
57 7,405,583 Functional and stress testing of LGA devices
58 7,405,556 Magnetic Encoder System wherein a first substrate is provided with a second substrate which rotatably engages the magnetic medium
59 7,405,458 Asymmetric field transistors (FETs)
60 7,405,436 Stressed field effect transistors on hybrid orientation substrate
61 7,405,422 Epitaxial and polycrystalline growth of Si.sub.1-x-yGe.sub.xC.sub.y and Si.sub.1-yC.sub.y alloy layers on Si by UHV-CVD
62 7,405,247 Conductive adhesive composition
63 7,405,154 Structure and method of forming electrodeposited contacts
64 7,405,153 Method for direct electroplating of copper onto a non-copper plateable layer
65 7,405,152 Reducing wire erosion during damascene processing
66 7,405,147 Device and methodology for reducing effective dielectric constant in semiconductor devices
67 7,405,139 Prevention of backside cracks in semiconductor chips or wafers using backside film or backside wet etch
68 7,405,131 Method and structure to prevent silicide strapping of source/drain to body in semiconductor devices with source/drain stressor
69 7,405,129 Device comprising doped nano-component and method of forming the device
70 7,405,108 Methods for forming co-planar wafer-scale chip packages
71 7,405,106 Quad flat no-lead chip carrier with stand-off
72 7,404,914 Polycrystalline conducting polymers having adjustable morphology and properties
73 7,404,874 Method and apparatus for treating wafer edge region with toroidal plasma
74 7,404,734 Jumper installation feedback
75 7,404,726 Apparatus and method for floating connector capture
76 7,404,252 Method for fastening two coplanar edges without a weld
77 7,404,251 Manufacture of printed circuit boards with stubless plated through-holes