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| 20080250130 | System, Method and Engine for Playing Smil Based Multimedia Contents - A system for playing SMIL based multimedia contents, comprising: a plurality of SMIL engines for analyzing and interpreting SMIL documents, as well as communicating with and controlling SMIL sub engines, remote media proxies, or local media playing devices; a plurality of remote media proxies for receiving instructions from the upper level SMIL engines, starting or stopping providing media objects to the remote media playing devices, sending back events, and providing basic user interaction capabilities, wherein said a plurality of SMIL engines, a plurality of remote media proxies, and local and remote media playing devices construct a tree-link structure, of which the root node is a SMIL engine, the branch nodes are SMIL engines and remote media proxies, and the leaf nodes are local and remote media playing devices. The corresponding SMIL engines and methods are also provided. The present invention enables the playing of SMIL based multimedia contents on a set of PvC devices, which can be dynamically configured as a new multimedia terminal on demand. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20110066785 | Memory Management System and Method Thereof - A memory management system and method include and use a cache buffer (such as a table look-aside buffer, TLB), a memory mapping table, a scratchpad cache, and a memory controller. The cache buffer is configured to store a plurality of data structures. The memory mapping table is configured to store a plurality of addresses of the data structures. The scratchpad cache is configured to store the base address of the data structures. The memory controller is configured to control reading and writing in the cache buffer and the scratchpad cache. The components are operable together under control of the memory controller to facilitate effective searching of the data structures in the memory management system. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110076303 | Methods for Screening for Anti-Graying Agents on the Basis of AFF-4 - An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-graying agent. The present invention provides a method for screening an anti-graying agent whereby a substance that increases expression of AFF-4 in cells is selected by applying a candidate substance to cells in vitro; and, an anti-graying agent containing at least one type of herbal extract selected from the group consisting of | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110166861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING A SPEECH WITH INFORMATION - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for synthesizing a speech, comprises an inputting unit configured to input a text sentence, a text analysis unit configured to analyze the text sentence so as to extract linguistic information, a parameter generation unit configured to generate a speech parameter by using the linguistic information and a pre-trained statistical parameter model, an embedding unit configured to embed information into the speech parameter, and a speech synthesis unit configured to synthesize the speech parameter with the information embedded by the embedding unit into a speech with the information. | 07-07-2011 |
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| 20090287321 | CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USING SECURITY OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT - A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100020810 | Link Services in a Communication Network - In a communication network, links in a transmission path between source and destination terminals are sequentially switched to an operational state in response to a command or a group of commands for transmitting data prior to completion of assembling the data. Each node in the transmission path independently monitors transmission of data. After transmitting the data, the links are selectively switched to pre-determined power saving states. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100115204 | NON-UNIFORM CACHE ARCHITECTURE (NUCA) - In one embodiment, a cache memory includes a cache array including a plurality of entries for caching cache lines of data, where the plurality of entries are distributed between a first region implemented in a first memory technology and a second region implemented in a second memory technology. The cache memory further includes a cache directory of the contents of the cache array and a cache controller that controls operation of the cache memory. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100228373 | VERSION CONTROL FOR OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A version control system helps to keep track of versions of process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant. These module objects may be created from module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant. Version data is stored and associated with a module object. The version data may comprise data indicative of a version of a module class object that was used to create the module object. The version data may also comprise data indicative of a version of the module object. Configuration systems, version control systems, viewing systems, debugging systems, run-time monitoring systems, asset management systems, etc., may examine or permit viewing of the version control data associated with an item. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100332761 | Reconfigurable Cache - A mechanism is provided for providing an improved reconfigurable cache. The mechanism partitions a large cache into inclusive cache regions with equal-ratio size or other coarse size increase. The cache controller includes an address decoder for the large cache with a large routing structure. The cache controller includes an additional address decoder for the small cache with a smaller routing structure. The additional address decoder for the small cache reduces decode, array access, and data return latencies. When only a small cache is actively in use, the rest of the cache can be turned into low-power mode to save power. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110072214 | Read and Write Aware Cache - A mechanism is provided in a cache for providing a read and write aware cache. The mechanism partitions a large cache into a read-often region and a write-often region. The mechanism considers read/write frequency in a non-uniform cache architecture replacement policy. A frequently written cache line is placed in one of the farther banks. A frequently read cache line is placed in one of the closer banks. The size ratio between read-often and write-often regions may be static or dynamic. The boundary between the read-often region and the write-often region may be distinct or fuzzy. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110119322 | On-Chip Networks for Flexible Three-Dimensional Chip Integration - Mechanisms for providing an interconnect layer of a three-dimensional integrated circuit device having multiple independent and cooperative on-chip networks are provided. With regard to an apparatus implementing the interconnect layer, such an apparatus comprises a first integrated circuit layer comprising one or more first functional units and an interconnect layer coupled to the first integrated circuit layer. The first integrated circuit layer and interconnect layer are integrated with one another into a single three-dimensional integrated circuit. The interconnect layer comprises a plurality of independent on-chip communication networks that are independently operable and independently able to be powered on and off, each on-chip communication network comprising a plurality of point-to-point communication links coupled together by a plurality of connection points. The one or more first functional units are coupled to a first independent on-chip communication network of the interconnect layer. | 05-19-2011 |
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| 20080269491 | Organometallic Materials for Optical Emission, Optical Absorption, and Devices Including Organometallic Materials - A near infrared phosphorescent organometallic complex includes a cyclometalating ligand and a transition metal. The cyclometalating ligand includes a fused aromatic ring structure with carbon atoms, and a heteronuclear aromatic ring with a nitrogen atom. The transition metal is bonded to the nitrogen atom in the heteronuclear aromatic ring and one of the carbon atoms in the fused aromatic ring structure. The heteronuclear ring can be part of the fused aromatic ring. The organometallic complex is capable of phosphorescent emission with maximum emission intensity occurring at a wavelength in a range from about 650 nm to about 2000 nm. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110028723 | Tridentate Platinum (II) Complexes - A platinum (II) complex of the general formula (I) or (II), in which Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are each independently aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic. Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 together form a tridentate ligand coordinated to the platinum through atoms X, Y, and Z, respectively, and X, Y, and Z are independently carbon or nitrogen. V is a bridging group or a covalent bond, and W is an anion. In general formula (I) in some cases, Ar1 is an anion and Ar2 and Ar3 are neutral; in other cases, Ar1 and Ar3 are neutral and Ar2 is an anion. In general formula (II), in some cases, Ar3 is an anion and Ar1 and Ar2 are neutral; in other cases, Ar1 and Ar3 are neutral and Ar2 is an anion. The complexes are asymmetric. The complexes emit in the UV to near IR range and are useful as emitters for organic light emitting devices. | 02-03-2011 |
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| 20080277695 | MOSFET Having a JFET Embedded as a Body Diode - A field effect transistor, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a junction field effect transistor (JFET) embedded as a body diode. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080279552 | Methods of placing reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMS) in a network - A distributed network including at least two Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs) may be designed by a method including simulating routing of data traffic in a distributed network. The method may also include identifying a first location for placement of a first ROADM based at least partially on the simulated routing of the data traffic. The method may also include simulating rerouting of data traffic in the distributed network including the first ROADM at the first location. The method may further include identifying a second location for placement of a second ROADM based at least partially on the simulated rerouting of the data traffic. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090028559 | Method and System for Designing a Network - A design of a network is determined to connect a plurality of central offices (COs) to a video hub office (VHO) using a plurality of fiber path pairs, respectively. In the design, each of the fiber path pairs is a lowest-cost, node-disjoint path pair between its respective one of the COs and the VHO independent of a cost of adding new fiber to the network. The design is modified to reduce the cost of adding new fiber to the network by re-routing traffic from at least one of the fiber path pairs to at least one other fiber path pair. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090113039 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT HANDLING - Methods and systems for content handling mapping are described. A client profile may be accessed. The client profile may include a general usage pattern of an access device. A current usage pattern of the access device may be accessed. The current usage pattern may be based on a plurality of interactions between the access device and a network server during a current time period. A determination may be made of whether the current usage pattern is in accordance with the client profile. A throttle instruction may be provided to a networked device to throttle at least one additional interaction of a plurality of additional interactions between the access device and the network server based on the determining. The networked device may be on an access network with the access device and the network server. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090132989 | Method of Determining Minimum Cost Path - A network is represented using a graph. The graph comprises a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. The vertices comprise a source vertex, a destination vertex and a vertex u. The edges link corresponding adjacent pairs of the vertices. A minimum cost path in the graph is determined from the source vertex to the destination vertex, wherein the vertex u is in the minimum cost path. An edge from the vertex u in the minimum cost path introduces an additional capital expenditure cost that is dependent on how the minimum cost path traverses from the source vertex to the vertex u. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090161688 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE SHARED RESOURCES OF A HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS CHANNEL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel in a communication network are disclosed. An example method to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel disclosed herein comprises providing information to a user device describing a plurality of service options for exchanging data over the high speed packet access channel, wherein the information comprises a plurality of costs based on an availability of the shared resources, and allocating at least a portion of the shared resources of the high speed packet access channel to the user device according to a selected service option from the plurality of service options. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100084544 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL PATH DEGRADATION USEFUL FOR DECOUPLED PLASMA NITRIDATION CHAMBERS - Methods for matching semiconductor processing chambers using a calibrated spectrometer are disclosed. In one embodiment, plasma attributes are measured for a process in a reference chamber and a process in an aged chamber. Using a calibrated light source, an optical path equivalent to an optical path in a reference chamber and an optical path in an aged chamber can be compared by determining a correction factor. The correction factor is applied to adjust a measured intensity of plasma radiation through the optical path in the aged chamber. Comparing a measured intensity of plasma radiation in the reference chamber and the adjusted measured intensity in the aged chamber provide an indication of changed chamber conditions. A magnitude of change between the two intensities can be used to adjust the process parameters to yield a processed substrate from the aged chamber which matches that of the reference chamber. | 04-08-2010 |
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| 20080246081 | Self-Aligned Trench MOSFET and Method of Manufacture - A trench metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), in accordance with one embodiment, includes a drain region, a plurality of gate regions disposed above the drain region, a plurality of gate insulator regions each disposed about a periphery of a respective one of the plurality of gate regions, a plurality of source regions disposed in recessed mesas between the plurality of gate insulator regions, a plurality of body regions disposed in recessed mesas between the plurality of gate insulator regions and between the plurality of source regions and the drain region. The MOSFET also includes a plurality of body contact regions disposed in the each body region adjacent the plurality of source regions, a plurality of source/body contact spacers disposed between the plurality of gate insulator regions above the recessed mesas, a source/body contact disposed above the source/body contact spacers, and a plurality of source/body contact plugs disposed between the source/body contact spacers and coupling the source/body contact to the plurality of body contact regions and the plurality of source regions. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090278176 | HIGH CURRENT DENSITY POWER FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An ultra-short channel hybrid power field effect transistor (FET) device lets current flow from bulk silicon without npn parasitic. This device does not have body but still have body diode with low forward voltage at high current rating. The device includes a JFET component, a first accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component, and a second accumulation MOSFET disposed adjacent to the JFET component at the bottom of the trench end, or a MOSFET with an isolated gate connecting the source. | 11-12-2009 |
