Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 07/07

20070174029 - Particle behavior analysis method, particle behavior analysis apparatus, and computer readable storage medium: A particle behavior analysis method uses plural computers connected via a network to analyze particle behavior considering an interaction force with a different substance acting on a particle. The method includes analyzing the particle behavior by using a force decomposition paralleling algorithm using a force matrix considering at least two... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070174030 - Methothology for estimating statistical distribution characteristics of product parameters: Disclosed is method for estimating statistical distribution characteristics of product parameters. The method comprises determining n number of product parameters, which characterize a product, and m number of characteristic parameters dependent on the product parameters, determining m number of correlation functions that represent the characteristic parameters in terms of the... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070174025 - Method for simulating a hydroforming process: A method for simulating a hydroforming process includes modeling a virtual hydroforming die and a virtual tubular workpiece. The virtual workpiece is placed within the die after the die has been expanded. The die is then contracted to a finished size while the workpiece is deformed into a non-circular cross... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070174024 - Methods and systems for managing facility power and cooling: Systems and methods are provided for determining data center cooling and power requirements and for monitoring performance of cooling and power systems in data centers. At least one aspect provides a system and method that enables a data center operator to determine available power and cooling at specific areas and... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070174027 - Synchronized architectural and structural cad models: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an architectural computer aided design (CAD) model. A user input selecting an architectural element in the architectural CAD model is received. A structural element is automatically created in a structural CAD model, the structural element based on the selected architectural element.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174026 - Synchronized physical and analytical representations of a cad model: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing a computer aided design (CAD) model comprising a plurality of physical elements. An analytical representation of the plurality of physical elements is generated. The analytical representation comprising a plurality of analytical elements corresponding to the physical elements. An association between each... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174028 - Object discretization to particles for computer simulation and analysis: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating data representing an object involved in a computer-implemented simulation of a physical experiment. Data describing geometric dimensions and material for the object is received as input. The data may be broken down into data representing distinct components of the object. Data is generated... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070174031 - Method and device for taking an access control policy decision: A method and a device for taking a policy decision are disclosed. The policy decision device (S3) has access to objects being relatable to each other by relations of one or more relation types. The method comprises the steps of receiving (100) a request for the policy decision, the request... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070174032 - Termination assessment of a computer simulation: A method is provided for assessing whether to terminate a computer-implemented simulation of a physical experiment. Computations associated with the computer-implemented simulation that model the physical experiment are executed and to determine if a desired outcome associated with the physical experiment will occur. The results of the computations are evaluated... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070174035 - Open architecture picture transfer protocol interface and related method: The present invention provides a picture transfer protocol (PTP) interface of an open architecture, which can be used on an operation interface of a digital device to enable vendors to develop vendor-defined commands by themselves. The open architecture of the picture transfer protocol includes a command interpreter which is used... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070174033 - Remote control device and method for accessing peripheral device remotely: A remote control device which makes a first computing device capable of accessing a peripheral device connected to a second computing device is disclosed. The remote control device has a network interface circuit, a peripheral device controller and a processor. The network interface circuit is capable of connection to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070174034 - Transparent intellectual network storage device: The invention is an intellectual network storage device that uses a network to store and retrieve data, and that connects to an existing storage controller of a host computer. The device is transparent to the operating system of the host computer, and thus does not require additional software, such as... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20070174036 - Computer-implemented method, system and program product for emulating a topology of web services: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method, system and program product for emulating a topology of web services. Specifically, under the present invention a set (e.g., one or more, preferably a plurality) of general purpose web services are deployed. Each general purpose web service includes a central processing unit emulator... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070174037 - Multiple-microcontroller emulation system, multiple-microcontroller integrated development environment, and method for the same: The present invention discloses a multiple-microcontroller chip emulation system and an integrated development environment for use therewith, in which the statuses of at least two microcontrollers in the multiple-microcontroller chip are displayed on the screen of a computer to facilitate debugging. A programmer may select one or more microcontrollers and... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20070168167 - Traveltime calculation in three dimensional transversely isotropic (3d tti) media by the fast marching method: A technique for calculating traveltime of a seismic wave in three dimensional tilted transversely isotropic (3D TTI) media includes determining a wave vector, defining a unit vector, calculating an angle of the wave vector from an axis and performing a slowness determination. The technique may be practiced as a computer... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20070168166 - Architectural structure design methods, architectural structure design apparatuses, and articles of manufacture: Architectural structure design methods, architectural structure design apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects of the disclosure. In one aspect, an architectural structure design method includes displaying a building plan of an architectural structure, accessing user input with respect to the building plan, modifying the building... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070168165 - Automated dimensional drawing generating apparatus: A dimensioning apparatus for generating a dimensional drawing from a model includes an element database with predetermined element names. A plurality of model elements can be associated with corresponding element names. The apparatus also includes a model sectioning tool operable to section the model to thereby generate at least a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070168164 - Method and apparatus for importing data into program code: The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may be achieved using first program code.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070168168 - System for managing objects of virtual space: A simulator system containing a plurality of individual simulators to simulate behavior of a predetermined simulation target, wherein: individual simulators 3 select the simulation target satisfying a predetermined notification condition among simulation targets to send the information related thereto to an intercommunication control apparatus 2; and an intercommunication control apparatus... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070168169 - Analysis and characterization of fault networks: A method for modeling a geological domain in a computer system, in which the computer system includes data processing and data storage modules, one or more user input devices and a display device, in which the system first receives data relating to faults within the domain. Then there is created... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070168170 - Real time monitoring and control of thermal recovery operations for heavy oil reservoirs: Systems and techniques, including computer programs, for monitoring and controlling thermal recovery involve generating input parameters for use in real time monitoring and controlling of a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir. The input parameters to a thermal generator are generated using a reservoir simulator and an economic model, and... Agent: Joshua A. Griswold Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070168171 - Balanced allocation of multiple resources, or of multiple resources from multiple providers: A system calculates the optimal allocation of two or more resources provided by a resource provider to a task within a computer system from a plurality of possible allocations. In doing so, the system calculates the total volume of an N-dimensional cube, where N is the number of resources provided... Agent: John D. Cowart Ncr Corporation

20070168172 - Method to analyze an analog circuit design with a verification program: Data structures and algorithms are provided to automatically generate an analog stimulus to apply to a simulation of the analog DUT. A constraint solver is provided to determine suitable values to use in the stimulus generation. The suitable values are random values within a range of allowed values. For example,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070168173 - Methods for producing equivalent circuit models of multi-layer circuits and apparatus using the same: A method and an apparatus for obtaining an equivalent circuit model of a multi-layer circuit are disclosed. The method includes simulating the multi-layer circuit using an electromagnetic field analysis to provide a coupling network; and simplifying the coupling network using a circuit model order reduction method to generate the equivalent... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070168174 - Energy system modeling apparatus and methods: A computer-implemented method for modeling and/or improving operational performance of an energy system includes providing a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to manipulate equipment icons into an energy system model representation, using modular, piece-wise linear equipment models to simulate non-linear behavior of equipment represented by the manipulated... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070162263 - Intermediate-band photosensitive device with quantum dots having tunneling barrier embedded in organic matrix: A plurality of quantum dots each have a shell. The quantum dots are embedded in an organic matrix. At least the quantum dots and the organic matrix are photoconductive semiconductors. The shell of each quantum dot is arranged as a tunneling barrier to require a charge carrier (an electron or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070162262 - Multiplexor approximation method for quantum compilers: A quantum compiler is a software program that runs on a classical computer. It can decompose (“compile”) an arbitrary unitary matrix into a sequence of elementary operations (SEO) that a quantum computer can follow. A quantum compiler previously invented by Tucci decomposes an arbitrary unitary matrix Uin into a sequence... Agent: Robert R. Tucci

20070162264 - Compositional modeling and pyrolysis data analysis methods: Methods for processing pyrolytic characterizing data (pcd) from reservoir rock samples obtained from known geographical locations under circumstances that are encountered during the drilling of wells provide information that is important for assessing the relative amounts of various hydrocarbon and organic matter types found in the reservoir and for characterizing... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070162265 - Method and apparatus for automated simulation and design of corneal refractive procedures: A technique for automated design of a corneal surgical procedure includes topographical measurements of a patient's eye to obtain corneal surface topography. Conventional techniques are used to obtain the thickness of the cornea and the intraocular pressure. The topographical information is interpolated and extrapolated to fit the nodes of a... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070162266 - Phase modulating apparatus and phase modulating method: An adder unit reads a desired CGH pattern from a pattern memory unit and a phase distortion correction pattern from a distortion-correction pattern memory unit and adds both patterns together to generate a phase distortion corrected pattern. A control unit controls a phase modulation module in accordance with the phase... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070162267 - Method and apparatus for treating moving boundaries in multi-cell computer models of fluid dynamic systems: Method for treating a moving surface during a transient condition in a computational fluid dynamics system multi-cell computer model, the model having a fixed underlying geometric grid, includes identifying cells in the grid adjacent the moving surface at the beginning of a transient time step and identifying beginning adjacent cell... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070162268 - Algorithmic electronic system level design platform: A computing system and method are provided for algorithmic electronic system level design. An exemplary system comprises a plurality of databases for storing a plurality of functional models, a plurality of computational element models, and a plurality of hardware definition representations. An application design processor is adapted to perform a... Agent: Gamburd Law Group LLC

20070162269 - Method for digital system modeling by using higher software simulator: A digital system design method uses a higher programming language. In order to realize a digital system, an algorithm is verified based on a program written by the higher programming language and a program is programmed considering the higher programming language-hardware characteristics before the program is written in the lower... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070162270 - Concealment of external array accesses in a hardware simulation accelerator: A circuit arrangement and method detect external requests to access a memory array in a hardware simulation accelerator during performance of a simulation on a simulation model and access the memory array without halting the simulation in response to detecting the external request. Such functionality may be provided, for example,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20070162271 - Systems and methods for selecting and printing data files from a backup system: A backup system includes a backup application configured to automatically execute upon connection of the backup system to a data source. The backup application is further configured to selectively back up data files from the data source, either to itself or to another location. The backup application is also configured... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070156374 - Complex process modeling and simulation system and method: A method and apparatus for creating a complex process model for use in a graphical environment, with the process utilizing defined entities including places, transitions, and the arcs. Places represent data types, transitions represent actions, and arcs represent the connection of places and transitions. The places, transitions, and arcs may... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept.

20070156375 - Performance engineering and the application life cycle: A novel approach to performance engineering that leverages expertise to enable a user to design, build and deploy reliable and efficient applications is disclosed. In doing so, the innovation discloses novel techniques and mechanisms that integrate performance into the application development lifecycle and to adapt current software engineering practices and... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070156376 - Method for stimulating the driving behavior of vehicles: The invention relates to a method for simulating the driving behavior of vehicles on a test stand in which the engine of the vehicle is coupled on the test stand to an electronically controllable braking apparatus and a first simulation model calculates simulation values of variables which are representative of... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070156377 - Integrated reservoir optimization: A method of managing a fluid or gas reservoir is disclosed which assimilates diverse data having different acquisition time scales and spatial scales of coverage for iteratively producing a reservoir development plan that is used for optimizing an overall performance of a reservoir. The method includes: (a) generating an initial... Agent: Danita Maseles, Esquire C/o Schlumberger

20070156379 - Methods and systems for utilizing design data in combination with inspection data: Various methods and systems for utilizing design data in combination with inspection data are provided. One computer-implemented method for determining a position of inspection data in design data space includes aligning data acquired by an inspection system for alignment sites on a wafer with data for predetermined alignment sites. The... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070156378 - System and method for verification aware synthesis: A method of synthesis of a model representing a design of an integrated circuit is provided including associating a test environment with a first model representing a design of an integrated circuit; translating the first model of the design to a second model of the design; and automatically generating an... Agent: Michael Mcnamara

20070156380 - Logic event simulation: A parallel processor for a logic event simulation (APPLES) including a main processor and an associative memory mechanism including a response resolver. Further, the associative memory mechanism includes a plurality of separate associative sub-registers each for storing in word form of a history of gate input signals for a specified... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070156383 - Calculated values in system configuration: Methods and apparatuses provide a configuration machine to manage dynamic values within a configuration setting to be resolved at a runtime implementation of a configuration. The dynamic information can be referenced within the configuration setting by a calculated value that provides an expression to be evaluated to resolve the configuration... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070156381 - Device for simulation of the real world by asynchronous and chaotic processing: A computer to permit programming by active objects in multi-task mode, representative of systems for simulation, includes a device for real world simulation. The device includes an object simulation program for combined evolution of at least some of the active objects, including i) objects of state each containing at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070156382 - Systems and methods for designing experiments: Methods and systems for designing an experiment using a computer to determine whether the experiment is a true experiment are described. These approaches allow a user who is unsophisticated in the complexities of true experimental design to design and deploy an experiment that produces substantially confound-free results and can be... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070156384 - Browser session control system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling a web browser session. A system for controlling a web browser session comprises an emulating engine for automatic control of a web browser session by processing a script. The system further comprises a controlling engine for receiving a plurality of... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070156385 - Runtime selection of code variants in a multiprogram computer hardware emulation system: As fast and powerful commodity processors have been developed, it has become practical to emulate the proprietary hardware systems of powerful older computers on platforms built using commodity processors. The systems being emulated are often large mainframe computers with large numbers of disks, communications systems and other attached hardware. Because... Agent: Dr. Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems Inc.

20070156386 - Linearization of page based memory for increased performance in a software emulated central processing unit: As fast and powerful commodity processors have been developed, it has become practical to emulate on platforms built using commodity processors the proprietary legacy hardware systems of powerful older computers. High performance is often a key requirement for a system even when built using emulation software. Within the hardware of... Agent: Dr. Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems Inc. - Ms B55

20070156387 - Reliability improvement using signal handler for fault recovery in software emulator: As fast and powerful commodity processors have been developed, it has become practical to emulate on platforms built using commodity processors the proprietary hardware systems of powerful older computers that have been developed and honed over many years. The reliability and robustness of the legacy system and its emulated replacement... Agent: Dr. Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems Inc. - Ms B55

20070156389 - Dynamic adaptation of a configuration to a system environment: A method and apparatus for dynamic adaptation of a configuration to a system environment. An embodiment of a method includes obtaining system information for a system. The system information is stored in a memory. A setting of an abstract configuration for the system is resolved, with the resolution of the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070156391 - Host computer system emulating target system lagacy software and providing for incorporating more powerful application program elements into the flow of the legacy software: As manufacturers of very fast and powerful commodity processors continue to improve the capabilities of their products, it has become practical to emulate the proprietary hardware and operating systems of powerful older computers on platforms built using commodity processors such that the manufacturers of the older computers can provide new... Agent: Dr. Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems Inc. - Ms B55

20070156390 - Performance improvement for software emulation of central processor unit utilizing signal handler: As fast and powerful commodity processors have been developed, it has become practical to emulate on platforms built using commodity processors the proprietary hardware systems of powerful older computers. High performance is typically a key requirement for a system even when built using emulation software. In a hardware design many... Agent: Dr. Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems Inc. - Ms B55

20070156388 - Virtualized and adaptive configuration of a system: A method and apparatus for virtualized and adaptive configuration. An embodiment of a method includes generating a system configuration. The configuration includes a setting, with the setting having an abstract value to be resolved based at least in part on a characteristic of a system. The configuration is installed in... Agent: Sap/blakely