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20090280618 | Method of Planarizing a Semiconductor Device - A process of forming a semiconductor process fabricated device which contains a trench, hole or gap filled with a conformally deposited material is disclosed. A sacrificial planarizing layer is formed on the fill material, and the device is planarized using a selective RIE process which etches the fill material faster than the sacrificial planarizing layer. An overetch step completes the planarization process. | 11-12-2009 |
20110086488 | PLASMA ETCH FOR CHROMIUM ALLOYS - A reactive ion etching (RIE) process comprising a chlorine source gas and an oxygen source gas with an atomic ratio of chlorine to oxygen in the plasma of at least 6 to 1 is used to etch chromium alloy films such as SiCr, SiCrC, SiCrO, SiCrCO, SiCrCN, SiCrON, SiCrCON, CrO, CrN, CrON, and NiCr for example. Additionally, a fluorine source may be added to the etch chemistry. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086518 | POST CHROMIUM ALLOY PLASMA ETCH ASHING PROCESS - A method for ashing hardened resist from a photoresist patterned chromium alloy post etch using a plasma ashing chemistry which contains no gaseous source of hydrogen and contains a gaseous source of oxygen and a gaseous source of nitrogen with an oxygen to nitrogen atomic ratio of at least 5. | 04-14-2011 |
20130065023 | ETCHING HIGH K DIELECTRIC FILMS WITH REDUCED LIKELIHOOD OF DELAMINATION - A high K dielectric such as PZT, PLZT, and/or BST on a metal-containing conductive layer such as iridium is patterned using a fluorine-free, chlorine-based etchant. Despite the lower etch rate of chlorine-based etchants, the undercut at the dielectric-metal interface associated with fluorine-based etching of the high K dielectric material is avoided, and the likelihood of delamination by the dielectric is reduced. For an integrated circuit capacitive structure, an overlying metal layer is patterned with the high K dielectric using a single etch step. | 03-14-2013 |
20150072443 | Method of Etching Ferroelectric Capacitor Stack - A method of etching a ferroelectric capacitor stack structure including conductive upper and lower plates with a ferroelectric material, such as lead-zirconium-titanate (PZT), therebetween, with each of these layers defined by the same hard mask element. The stack etch process involves a plasma etch with a fluorine-bearing species as an active species in the etch of the conductive plates, and a non-fluorine-bearing chemistry for etching the PZT ferroelectric material. An example of the fluorine-bearing species is CF | 03-12-2015 |
20150187632 | METAL THIN FILM RESISTOR AND PROCESS - An integrated circuit with a metal thin film resistor with an overlying etch stop layer. A process for forming a metal thin film resistor in an integrated circuit with the addition of one lithography step. | 07-02-2015 |
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20100235637 | Method of Preventing Web Browser Extensions from Hijacking User Information - The invention relates to a portable authentication token comprising connection means for connecting to a computer, browser communication means for communicating with a browser running on the computer, and user authentication means for authenticating a user of the token to a server. The user authentication means are triggered via the browser communication means when the user connects to the server from the browser of the computer. The user authentication means are set to authenticate the user by communicating with the server through the browser. The token comprises out-of-band token communication means set to validate user authentication by establishing a communication channel between the token and the server, the communication channel bypassing the browser. | 09-16-2010 |
20110083017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO A PORTABLE DEVICE USING INTEGRATED AUTHENTICATION USING ANOTHER PORTABLE DEVICE - A method and system for providing authentication of a user to a first peripheral device connected to a host computer using an authentication of the user on a second peripheral device, thereby allowing the user access to both devices through a single authentication. A security function on the second peripheral device is used to create an authorization phrase. Subsequent accesses to the first peripheral device requires the second peripheral device to re-create the same authorization phrase thereby demonstrating that the same second peripheral device is being used to access the first peripheral device and that a user was successfully authenticated to the second peripheral device. Other systems and methods are disclosed. | 04-07-2011 |
20150127937 | SERVER & METHOD FOR SECURE AND ECONOMICAL SHARING OF DATA - The present invention relates to a web server having a web application using published API of one or more cloud storage providers, said web application being dedicated to secure and economical sharing of encrypted files residing at the cloud storage providers, said files being managed under a virtual folder which is shared by a group of different entities. | 05-07-2015 |
20150372814 | METHOD TO MANAGE MODIFICATION OF ENCRYPTION CREDENTIALS - A method to manage modification of encryption credentials for an encryption server. The encryption server is used to encrypt data uploaded by a user after provision of user encryption credentials associated with an encryption account. The data is encrypted by using a user encryption key stored in a cloud storage server. | 12-24-2015 |
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20130058329 | WIRELESS ROUTER SYSTEM - Conventional routers employ a wired backplane that employs “long reach” serializer/deserializer (SerDes) links, but this type of architecture is complicated, costly, and uses a considerable amount of power. To address some of these issues, a new wireless backplane architecture is provided here. This wireless backplane employs direct millimeter wave links between line cards that replaces the convention, wired switching fabric. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058330 | WIRELESS BRIDGE IC - Conventional routers employ a wired backplane that employs “long reach” serializer/deserializer (SerDes) links, but this type of architecture is complicated, costly, and uses a considerable amount of power. To address some of these issues, a new wireless backplane architecture is provided here. This wireless backplane employs direct millimeter wave links between line cards that replaces the convention, wired switching fabric. | 03-07-2013 |
20130265732 | INTERCHIP COMMUNICATION USING A DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus is provided. There is a circuit assembly with a package substrate and an integrated circuit (IC). The package substrate has a microstrip line, and the IC is secured to the package substrate and is electrically coupled to the microstrip line. A circuit board is also secured to the package substrate. A dielectric waveguide is secured to the circuit board. The dielectric waveguide has a dielectric core that extends into a transition region located between the dielectric waveguide and the microstrip line, and the microstrip line is configured to form a communication link with the dielectric waveguide. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265733 | INTERCHIP COMMUNICATION USING AN EMBEDDED DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus is provided. There is a circuit assembly with a package substrate and an integrated circuit (IC). The package substrate has a microstrip line, and the IC is secured to the package substrate and is electrically coupled to the microstrip line. A circuit board is also secured to the package substrate. A dielectric waveguide is secured to the circuit board. The dielectric waveguide has a dielectric core that extends into a transition region located between the dielectric waveguide and the microstrip line, and the microstrip line is configured to form a communication link with the dielectric waveguide. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265734 | INTERCHIP COMMUNICATION USING EMBEDDED DIELECTRIC AND METAL WAVEGUIDES - An apparatus is provided. There is a circuit assembly with a package substrate and an integrated circuit (IC). The package substrate has a microstrip line, and the IC is secured to the package substrate and is electrically coupled to the microstrip line. A circuit board is also secured to the package substrate. A dielectric waveguide is secured to the circuit board. The dielectric waveguide has a dielectric core that extends into a transition region located between the dielectric waveguide and the microstrip line, and the microstrip line is configured to form a communication link with the dielectric waveguide. | 10-10-2013 |
20130300627 | TERMINATIONLESS POWER SPLITTER/COMBINER - An apparatus is provided. First and second hybrid couplers are provided with each having a first port, a second port, a third port, a fourth port and with each being substantially curvilinear. The fourth ports of the first and second hybrid couplers are first and second isolation port that are mutually coupled. The first port of the first hybrid coupler is configured to carry a first portion of a differential signal, and the first port of the second hybrid coupler is configured to carry a second portion of the differential signal. | 11-14-2013 |
20140139297 | BALUN WITH INTEGRATED DECOUPLING AS GROUND SHIELD - An apparatus is provided. Transmission line cells are formed in a first region. A first metallization layer is formed over the transmission line cells within a portion of the first region. At least a portion of the first metallization layer is electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission line cells. A second metallization layer is formed over the first metallization layer with an interconnect portion, and overlay portion, and a first balun. The interconnect portion at least partially extends into the first region, and the overlay portion is within the first region. The first balun winding is electrically coupled to the overlay portion and partially extends into a second region. The first region partially surrounds the second region. A third metallization layer is formed over the second metallization layer having a second balun winding within the second region, where the second winding is generally coaxial with the first balun winding. | 05-22-2014 |
20140198550 | FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER - An apparatus is provided. A differential pair of transistors is configured to receive a first differential signal having a first frequency, and a transformer, having a primary side and a secondary side is provided. The primary side of the transformer is coupled to the differential pair of transistors, and the secondary side of the transformer is configured to output a second differential signal having a second frequency, where the second frequency is greater than the first frequency. A first transistor is coupled to the first supply rail, the primary side of the transformer, and the differential pair of transistors, where the first transistor is of a first conduction type. A second transistor is coupled to the second supply rail, the primary side of the transformer, and the differential pair of transistors, where the second transistor is of a second conduction type. | 07-17-2014 |
20140285289 | Horn Antenna for Launching Electromagnetic Signal from Microstrip to Dielectric Waveguide - A horn antenna is formed within a multilayer substrate and has a generally trapezoidal shaped top plate and bottom plate formed in different layers of the multilayer substrate. A set of densely spaced vias form two sidewalls of the horn antenna by coupling adjacent edges of the top plate and the bottom plate. The horn antenna has a narrow input end and a wider flare end. A microstrip line is coupled to the top plate and a ground plane element is coupled to the bottom plate at the input end of the horn antenna. | 09-25-2014 |
20150091642 | METHOD AND CIRCUITRY FOR MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFICATION - In an amplifier, a first stage receives a differential input voltage, which is formed by first and second input voltages, and outputs a first differential current in response thereto on first and second lines having respective first and second line voltages. A second stage receives the first and second line voltages and outputs a second differential current in response thereto on third and fourth lines having respective third and fourth line voltages. A transformer includes first and second coils. A first terminal of the first coil is coupled through a first resistor to the first line. A second terminal of the first coil is coupled through a second resistor to the second line. A first terminal of the second coil is coupled through a third resistor to the third line. A second terminal of the second coil is coupled through a fourth resistor to the fourth line. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090274200 | System and Method for Time Domain Interpolation of Signals for Channel Estimation - A system and method for time domain interpolation of signals for channel estimation. A method for computing channel estimates comprises storing symbols in a buffer, using time domain interpolation (TDI) for a first time to compute channel estimates for a set of sub-carriers of a symbol. The channel estimates are computed from the symbol and a first number of required symbols in the buffer. The method also comprises using TDI for a second time to compute channel estimates for the set of sub-carriers of a symbol. The channel estimates are computed from the symbol, a second number of required symbols in the buffer, and a buffered symbol used as a missing required symbol if the missing required symbol is not in the buffer. | 11-05-2009 |
20100004542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING - Systems and methods for color Doppler imaging in an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed herein. An ultrasound imaging system includes color Doppler imaging circuitry. The color Doppler imaging circuitry is configured to estimate flow parameters. The imaging circuitry includes a radio frequency (“RF”) demodulator configured to produce in-phase and quadrature components of an ultra-sound data vector. The RF demodulator includes a table in memory that stores interleaved sine and cosine values. The RF demodulator maintains an index value for the table having higher precision than is used to index the table. The RF demodulator rounds the index value for each access of the table. Each table access retrieves a sine value and a cosine value. | 01-07-2010 |
20100246714 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREST FACTOR REDUCTION - An apparatus and system are provided for crest factor reduction (CFR). Preferably, a peak from the wideband signal is detected. A gain from the magnitude of the peak and a threshold can then be calculated. Based on this information, each carrier's contribution to the peak can be approximated, and a cancellation pulse coefficient for each carrier from its contribution to the peak can be calculated. A base cancellation pulse can be calculated from the cancellation pulse coefficients for each carrier, and a cancellation pulse can be calculated from the base cancellation pulse and the gain, which can then be applied to the wideband signal. | 09-30-2010 |
20120183196 | Patent Fluoroscopy System with Spatio-Temporal Filtering - A system for processing real-time fluoroscopy image sequences. A first image frame is loaded into an upper level memory of a hierarchical memory system that is coupled to at least one processing core. The first image frame is processed with an object detection filter to form a likelihood image frame. The first image frame and the likelihood image frame is spatially filtered using a spatial filter look up table (LUT) stored in an L1 level memory of the processing core. The likelihood image frame is temporally filtering using a temporal filter LUT stored in the L1 level memory. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184855 | Method for Ultrasound Color Doppler Imaging - Methods for color Doppler imaging in an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed herein. Ultrasound radio frequency RF data is demodulated using a nested processing loop including an inner loop and an outer loop. A plurality of Wall filter coefficients are fetched from ultrasound imaging system memory in a single memory access cycle. The plurality Wall filter coefficients are applied to a plurality of complex ultrasound data values in a single execution cycle. The Wall filtered ultrasound data are provided to a flow estimator. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184856 | System for Ultrasound Color Doppler Imaging - Systems for color Doppler imaging in an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed herein. An ultrasound imaging system includes color Doppler imaging circuitry. The color Doppler imaging circuitry is configured to estimate flow parameters. The imaging circuitry includes a radio frequency (“RF”) demodulator configured to produce in-phase and quadrature components of an ultra-sound data vector. The RF demodulator includes a table in memory that stores interleaved sine and cosine values. The RF demodulator maintains an index value for the table having higher precision than is used to index the table. The RF demodulator rounds the index value for each access of the table. Each table access retrieves a sine value and a cosine value. | 07-19-2012 |
20130077879 | PROGRAMMABLE WAVELET TREE - An apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, a demultiplexer is configured to receive an input signal, and each of a plurality of sample buffers are coupled to the demultiplexer. A first multiplexer is coupled to each of the sample buffers. A filter is coupled to the first multiplexer. A bypass delay circuit is coupled to the first multiplexer, and a second multiplexer is coupled to the filter and the bypass delay circuit. | 03-28-2013 |
20150219754 | PROGRAMMABLE WAVELET TREE - An apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, a demultiplexer is configured to receive an input signal, and each of a plurality of sample buffers are coupled to the demultiplexer. A first multiplexer is coupled to each of the sample buffers. A filter is coupled to the first multiplexer. A bypass delay circuit is coupled to the first multiplexer, and a second multiplexer is coupled to the filter and the bypass delay circuit. | 08-06-2015 |
20160054438 | VIBRATION PARAMETERS MONITORING USING FMCW RADAR - A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system that includes a transceiver coupled to an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the ADC. The transceiver is configured to transmit a plurality of FMCW chirps, receive a plurality of reflected FMCW chirps, and mix the plurality of reflected FMCW chirps with at least one of the FMCW chirps to generate a plurality of beat signals. The reflected FMCW chirps are the FMCW chirps after being reflected off of a target object. The ADC is configured to convert the beat signals into a plurality of digital chirps. The DSP is configured to receive the digital chirps and quantify a plurality of vibration parameters for the target object based on a comparison of phase information in a frequency domain between one of the plurality of FMCW chirps and one of the plurality of digital chirps. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066890 | Method for Ultrasound Color Doppler Imaging - Methods for color Doppler imaging in an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed herein. Ultrasound radio frequency RF data is demodulated using a nested processing loop including an inner loop and an outer loop. A plurality of Wall filter coefficients are fetched from ultrasound imaging system memory in a single memory access cycle. The plurality Wall filter coefficients are applied to a plurality of complex ultrasound data values in a single execution cycle. The Wall filtered ultrasound data are provided to a flow estimator. | 03-10-2016 |
20160103213 | Three Dimensional (3D) Tracking of Objects in a Radar System - A method for tracking objects in three dimensions in a radar system is provided that includes receiving spherical coordinates of an estimated location of each object of a plurality of detected objects, a range rate of each object, and variances for the spherical coordinates and the range rate of each object, determining whether or not each object is currently being tracked, updating a tracking vector for an object based on the object spherical coordinates, range rate, and variances when the object is currently being tracked, and initializing a tracking vector for an object when the object is not currently being tracked, wherein a tracking vector for an object is a process state vector for an extended Kalman filter designed to track an object, elements of the tracking vector including Cartesian coordinates of the object location, the object velocity in three directions, and the object acceleration in three directions. | 04-14-2016 |
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20090282155 | PROVIDING PEER-TO-PEER MEDIA - This disclosure provides a system and method for providing peer-to-peer multimedia. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying media devices based, at least in part, on a call session between communication devices. Peer-to-peer multimedia is provided between the identified media devices. | 11-12-2009 |
20110061068 | TAGGING MEDIA WITH CATEGORIES - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for tagging media. In some implementations a method includes receiving information identifying media requested by a user devices. a plurality of different tags assigned to the requested media are identified. The plurality of tags are transmitted to the user device for presenting the plurality of tags in connection with presenting the media. Each of the plurality of tags are associated with an element in the media and configured to retrieve secondary information in response to at least the user selecting the tag. | 03-10-2011 |
20130283298 | MANAGING MOBILE EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS - In some implementations, a method includes receiving, by a mobile device, a request to switch from a first mobile execution environment to a second mobile execution environment. The first mobile execution environment runs on a same operating system, and the second execution environment runs on the same operating system. In response to the request, the mobile device switches from the first mobile execution environment to the second execution environment, wherein the second mobile execution environment has at least one of a different control policy or a different application framework than the first mobile execution environment. | 10-24-2013 |
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20140162549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO A PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH ACCESS CREDENTIALS AND ROTATING PIN USING AN NFC REMOTE CONTROL - A system and method for connecting to a peripheral device utilizes a near field communication (“NFC”) enabled remote control to acquire a rotating access pin that is transmitted to an NFC enabled computing device in order to establish a connection between the computing device and the peripheral device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140184385 | Pairing Remote Controller to Display Device - A remote control device is authorized to command the presentation of information from an information presenting device by communicating with the information presenting device by a first mode of communications while the remote control device and the information presenting device are proximate. In response to the authorizing, the information presenting device is unlocked to permit the presentation of information in response to commands from the remote control device. After the unlocking, the information presenting device presents information in response to commands from the remote control device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140215039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PEER-TO-PEER INFORMATION EXCHANGES - In one embodiment, a method includes, on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network entity, acquiring dynamic context information for a proposed P2P information exchange. The method further includes performing, by the P2P network entity, a rules-engine check to determine an allowability of the proposed P2P information exchange given the dynamic context information. The rules-engine check yields at least one specified action relative to the proposed P2P information exchange. The method also includes taking, by the P2P network entity, the at least one specified action. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING PEER-TO-PEER TRANSFER EVENTS - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a recordable transfer event on a source device. The recordable transfer event comprises a transfer of data between the source device and one or more destination devices in a peer-to-peer network. The method further includes generating, on the source device, a log of the recordable transfer event. In addition, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the source device lacks an infrastructure network connection, transmitting the log to at least one destination device so that the at least one destination device can report the log to a reporting node. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for wireless connection from a supplicant device via a service path. The service path includes a peer-to-peer communication path. The method further includes, based on an indication received from the supplicant device, adapting an authentication method to the supplicant device. The adapting includes selecting at least one authentication factor from a plurality of supported authentication factors. Each of the plurality of supported authentication factors comprises an authentication path that is distinct from the service path. In addition, the method includes authenticating the supplicant device via each of the at least one authentication factor. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONNECTION CREDENTIALS - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a connection with an access-point (AP) device via a first communication path. The method further includes establishing a connection with a proxy device for the AP device via a second communication path that is distinct from the first communication path. In addition, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the AP device. Furthermore, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the proxy device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a correct set of connection credentials. The correct set includes at least one of the first set and the second set. The method also includes synchronizing the first set and the second set according to the correct set. | 07-31-2014 |
20140242947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC GEO-FENCING - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a geo-fencing environment for the information handling system. The method further includes monitoring a stream of context information. In addition, the method includes determining whether the geo-fencing environment should be dynamically modified responsive to new context information in the stream. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically modifying the geo-fencing environment responsive to the determining so indicating. | 08-28-2014 |
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20140294264 | Quantitatively Characterizing Disease Morphology With Co-Occurring Gland Tensors In Localized Subgraphs - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with objectively predicting biochemical recurrence with co-occurring gland tensors in localized subgraphs are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that associate directional disorder with a risk of failure in a material. A first logic detects a fundamental unit of composition in the material, segments boundaries of the fundamental unit, and calculates a directional tensor for the fundamental unit. A second logic constructs a localized sparsified subgraph whose nodes represent centroids of the fundamental units, defines pairwise spatial relationships between the fundamental units, and constructs a directional co-occurrence matrix based on the spatial relationships. A third logic derives second order statistical features from the co-occurrence matrix, and produces a risk failure score as a function of the second order statistical features. The second order statistical features include the entropy of the directional organization of the fundamental units. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294279 | Quantitatively Characterizing Disease Morphology With Cell Orientation Entropy - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with objectively predicting biochemical recurrence (BCR) with cell orientation entropy (COrE) are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that associate directional disorder with a risk of biochemical recurrence in a tissue. A first logic detects a cell in the tissue, segments boundaries of the cell, and calculates a cell direction for the cell. A second logic constructs a localized sparsified subgraph whose nodes represent centroids of the cells, defines pairwise spatial relationships between the cells, and constructs a directional co-occurrence matrix based on the spatial relationships. A third logic derives second order statistical features from the co-occurrence matrix, and produces a BCR risk score as a function of the second order statistical features. The second order statistical features include the entropy of the directional organization of the cells. | 10-02-2014 |
20150254493 | Tumor Plus Adjacent Benign Signature (TABS) For Quantitative Histomorphometry - Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with predicting prostate cancer (CaP) progression using tumor cell morphology features and benign region graph features are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that acquires an image of a region of tissue, detects and segments cells in the image, extracts a set of morphological features from cells in a first region in the image, constructs a graph of a localized cellular network in a second region of the image, extracts a set of graph features from the graph, generates a set of tumor plus adjacent features signature (TABS) features from the sets of graph features and the set of morphological features, and calculates the probability that the image is a progressor or non-progressor based, at least in part, on the set of TABS features. The first region may concern cancerous cells and the second region may concern benign cells. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254494 | Histogram of Hosoya Index (HoH) Features For Quantitative Histomorphometry - Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with classifying a region of cancerous tissue using a Histogram of Hosoya are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that acquires an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, constructs a cell graph of the region of tissue, decomposes the cell graph into a set of subgraphs, computes a Hosoya Index for a subgraph, constructs a Histogram of Hosoya for the image based on the distribution of the subgraphs, and classifies the image based on the Histogram of Hosoya. Embodiments of example apparatus may generate and display the Histogram of Hosoya for the image. A prognosis for the patient may be provided based on the distribution of the histogram. | 09-10-2015 |
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20140250294 | Router And A Virtual Trusted Runtime BIOS - An implementation may include a virtual trusted runtime BIOS managed by the virtual machine monitor. A replacement portion of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS may be included. A router can replace an address to a resource of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS with the address to the resource of the replacement portion of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS. | 09-04-2014 |
20160042186 | Computing Entities, Platforms And Methods Operable To Perform Operations Selectively Using Different Cryptographic Algorithms - Described herein is a computing platform incorporating a trusted entity, which is controllable to perform cryptographic operations using selected ones of a plurality of cryptographic algorithms and associated parameters, the entity being programmed to record mode of operation information, which is characterised by the algorithms and associated parameters that are selected to perform an operation. | 02-11-2016 |
20160055069 | Repairing Compromised System Data in a Non-Volatile Memory - A first non-volatile memory stores a redundant copy of system data that relates to a configuration of at least one physical component of a system, where the first non-volatile memory is accessible by a controller in the system and inaccessible to a processor in the system. It is determined whether system data in a second non-volatile memory accessible by the processor is compromised. In response to determining that the system data in the second non-volatile memory is compromised, the compromised system data in the second non-volatile memory is repaired. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055332 | Verifying Controller Code and System Boot Code - A controller that is separate from a processor of the system verifies controller code for execution on the controller. In response to verifying the controller code, the controller verifies a system boot code. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063255 | Event Data Structure to Store Event Data - An event data structure is stored in a non-volatile memory that is electrically isolated from a bus accessible by a processor. In response to an event relating to operation of a controller that is separate from the processor, the controller adds event data for the event into an entry of the event data structure. | 03-03-2016 |