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HELIC S.A.

HELIC S.A. Patent applications
Patent application number	Title	Published
20120123917	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE TIME-BASED LICENSING - A system and method for variable time-based licensing is provided, which includes a chips cache which stores activated chips and a chips pool which stores inactive chips. In this context “chips” can be considered a currency which can be traded to use software tools for a period of time associated with each chip. The system further includes a chips accounting manager, operable to receive license requests for software tools and to determine whether to grant the license request; and a license manager which tracks active chips and manages activated chip check-in and checkout. When the chips accounting manager receives a license request for a software tool the chips accounting manager determines whether the chips cache includes sufficient chips to access the software tool. If there are insufficient chips, the chips accounting manager checks whether inactive chips in the chip pool can be activated and added to the chips cache. If there are sufficient chips, the chips accounting manager notifies the license manager to check out the sufficient chips from the chips cache and grant access to the software tool.	05-17-2012
20100088657	EXPERT SYSTEM-BASED INTEGRATED INDUCTOR SYNTHESIS AND OPTIMIZATION - Apparatus and method for designing an electrical component in an integrated circuit, the apparatus comprising a processor, a user interface, and memory for storing data, the interface enabling a user to input a desired characteristic of the electrical component, such as inductance L or quality factor Q at an operating frequency f for an integrated spiral inductor, and the processor being adapted to determine sufficient optimal characteristics of the electrical component to define the electrical component for fabrication in the integrated circuit, the processor being adapted to combine the user desired characteristic with other preset characteristics of the electrical component or the integrated circuit, to define a first model of the electrical component, to simulate the model having the combined characteristics to determine performance, and to draw on a rule-set of expert knowledge relating to the general dependency of at least one design criterion, such as a physical, geometrical or performance characteristic, with another design criterion in order to enable modification of the model, thereby iteratively to determine a design solution for the electrical component through one or more simulations and modifications using the rule-set.	04-08-2010