Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 04/08

20080097728 - Method and device for detecting an overstepping of design loads of the tailplane of an aircraft: Detection of the overstepping of design loads of an aircraft tailplane may include determining current bending and twisting moments applied to the aircraft. The determined bending and twisting moments are compared with a safety envelope to determine the risk of developing permanent deformations on the tailplane. A determination is made... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080097729 - Method of manufacturing mask: A method of manufacturing a mask includes designing a second mask data pattern for forming a first mask data pattern, creating a first emulation pattern, which is determined from the second mask data pattern, using a first emulation, creating a second emulation pattern, which is determined from the first emulation... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080097731 - System and method for graphically displaying information concerning geographically dispersed assets: A system and method for graphically displaying information concerning geographically dispersed assets. The system comprises a computer program that associates map and/or geographical data with a physical asset; an icon or other graphical representation of each dispersed asset; and an automatic grouping function that combines at least two of the... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20080097733 - Decision support system for simulating execution of an executable clinical guideline: A system and method are provided for performing a simulation of patient treatment using at least one executable clinical guideline. The method includes the steps of: providing for getting a selected start point associated with a step of a guideline, wherein the start point is selectable regardless of the actual... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080097738 - Redundant micro-loop structure for use in an integrated circuit physical design process and method of forming the same: An integrated circuit including a first wire of a first level of wiring tracks, a second wire of a second level of wiring tracks, a third wire of a third level of wiring tracks, and a fourth wire located a first distance from the second wire in the second level... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20080097740 - Self-service creation and deployment of a pattern solution: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to pattern design and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for self-service creation and deployment of a pattern. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for creating a self-service reusable pattern can... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080097730 - Sparse and efficient block factorization for interaction data: A compression technique compresses interaction data. The interaction data can include a matrix of interaction data used in solving an integral equation. For example, such a matrix of interaction data occurs in the moment method for solving problems in electromagnetics. The interaction data describes the interaction between a source and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080097732 - Computation of sensitivity for resistivity measurements: The present invention provides methods and systems for numerically computing tool response sensitivities of subterranean measurement tools such as resistivity logging tools. The methods and systems enable much faster computation of sensitivities than previously available for resistivity tools. For typical tools that apply dozens or hundreds of parameters, the methods... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20080097734 - System and method for simulating global product development: A global software development model instrument is described. The instrument utilizes a global system dynamics model, as well as one or more site-specific discrete event simulation and system dynamics models to model interactions within and between software development sites. Parameters, equations, and interactions between the model components are editable to... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080097735 - System for predicting changes in a drilling event during wellbore drilling prior to the occurrence of the event: A system for drilling a wellbore includes a prediction unit operable to predict a change in a drilling event while the wellbore is being drilled and prior to the drilling event change occurring. The prediction unit monitors surface and downhole data and well inflows to predict drilling events. The prediction... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080097737 - Apparatus and method for coding genetic information: Provided are an apparatus and a method for coding genetic information. An aligning unit aligns sample genetic information, wild-type probe genetic information, and mutant-type probe genetic information, based on a mutation position. A code storage unit stores first orthogonal codes assigned to each of bases located at left and right... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080097736 - System and method for identifying test kit types: An analysis data interpretation system configured to automatically identify a test kit type used to generate a laboratory system output file. The system includes an analysis data interpretation processor configured to receive a laboratory system output file including a test kit identifier to identify the test kit that was used... Agent: Invitrogen Corporation C/o Intellevate

20080097739 - Method and apparatus for accelerating through-the-pins lbist simulation: The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for applying external clock and data patterns for TTP-LBIST. A simulation model for the logic under test is set up in a simulator. Next, a user sets up an external LBIST block, which comprises pre-verified internal clock... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080091396 - Method and system for modeling and predicting hydraulic fracture performance in hydrocarbon reservoirs: A method and system for generating an unstructured automatic mesh and executing computational algorithms using a finite element numerical approach is disclosed. The method is to model a hydrocarbon reservoir, wells, and completions as a single system, accounting for static information and transient behavior of wells, hydraulic fractures and reservoirs... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080091397 - Error models for location analysis data that robustly handles replicate data: A computer programmed to determine a standard error of a log ratio measurement of an immunoprecipitated sample and a whole cell extract at a particular feature is disclosed herein. A first quantity standing in known relation to the standard error of a signal intensity measurement corresponding to the immunoprecipitated sample... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080091399 - Driverless signal generating apparatus and control method thereof: A driverless signal generating apparatus to be connected to a computer host includes a signal generator and an interface controller, which is connected to the signal generator and has operation firmware stored therein. The operation firmware simulates the signal generating apparatus as a standard device. A driver corresponding to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080091398 - Method and system including time precision and display precision: A method of specifying the coordination of activities and correlation of data in a distributed system is described. A computer readable medium and a system are also described.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080091400 - Indicating circuit for indicating network status: An indicating circuit for indicating network status includes a signal generating unit configured for being set in a kernel board, and an indicator circuit configured for being set in a device board. The signal-generating unit includes a logic circuit with two input terminals and an output terminal, a network IC... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080091401 - Method for simulating a complex system with expansion of instance vectors, corresponding computer program product and storage means: A method for simulating a complex system including a plurality of constituents is provided. The method includes constructing at least one complex system model, each system model including a hierarchised set of modelled constituents. The construction step includes, for each model, obtaining a multiple instance hierarchical model including at least... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080091403 - Large training system simulation using dynamic network entities: A multi-processor synchronized simulation system that incorporates a common control element which generates common start frame messages for the various simulating systems. A start frame message will not be transmitted by the control element until all entity data from a prior frame has been sent to the appropriate simulation system.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080091404 - Generating metrics on data representations: One embodiment of the present disclosure is a method for assessing complexity levels in data representations. Such a method can be broadly summarized by the following: obtaining a first document having information associated with a data representation being used to model a concept and at least a second document having... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080091386 - Method and system for reduction of xor/xnor subexpressions in structural design representations: A method, system and computer program product for reducing XOR/XNOR subexpressions in structural design representations are disclosed. The method includes receiving an initial design, in which the initial design represents an electronic circuit containing an XOR gate. A first simplification mode for the initial design is selected from a set... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080091387 - Network design processing device and method, and program therefor: In a network design processing device, a network drawing creation processing unit inputs the service communication setting information for business execution in a network system to be designed and the maintenance communication setting information for maintenance management of the network system, while differentiating two types of information on a network... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080091391 - Compression and compressed inversion of interaction data: A compression technique compresses interaction data. A fast method processes the matrix. The interaction matrix (such as a moment method impedance matrix) contains interaction data between sources (e.g., basis functions or expansion functions) and testers (e.g., testing functions). The sources are collected into groups of sources according to specified criteria.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080091392 - Compression and compressed inversion of interaction data: A compression technique compresses interaction data. A fast method processes the compressed data without the need to first decompress the data. In one embodiment, the compression technique is used to compress data in an interaction matrix. The interaction matrix (such as a moment method impedance matrix) contains interaction data between... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080091388 - Method for calculation radiation doses from acquired image data: Various embodiments of the present invention provide processes for applying deterministic radiation transport solution methods for calculating doses and predicting scatter in radiotherapy and imaging applications. One method embodiment of the present invention is a process for using deterministic methods to calculate dose distributions resulting from radiotherapy treatments, diagnostic imaging,... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080091390 - Multivariate detection of transient regions in a process control system: Methods and systems to detect transient operations from abnormal operations, and to detect abnormal operations in a coker heater, include collecting on-line process data. The collected on-line process data is generated from a plurality of process variables of the process, or coker heater. A first representation of the operation of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080091389 - Systems and methods for electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis: The present invention describes methods and apparatus for electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of electromagnetic band gap structure synthesis, which includes the step of providing a set of desired characteristics for an electromagnetic band gap structure. Furthermore, the method includes... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080091393 - System and method for simulation of acoustic feedback: The invention describes an apparatus for software or hardware emulation of acoustic feedback effects. The invention comprises an analog to digital interface (200) for the input, whose output is summed (202) with a feedback of this digital signal passing through an amplifier model (204), a room acoustics model (206) and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080091394 - Device and method for simulating a sequence for machining a workpiece on a machine tool: The invention relates to a device and a method for simulating a sequence for machining a workpiece on a machine tool. The invention is characterized by a holistic simulation approach. Particularly, a PLC control means 723 and a PLC sequence simulation means 725 assist in simulating the PLC movement sequences... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080091395 - System and method for rendering flow and volumes: A system and method for rendering flows and volumes includes the steps of generating a preintegrated table, the preintegrated table having a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries having color information and opacity information, generating illustrative effects based on the plurality of entries of the preintegrated table... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080091402 - Methods for estimating power requirements of circuit designs: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for estimating a power requirement of a circuit design that includes: (a) selecting a set of targeted Energy Arcs and/or Power Arcs; (b) creating one or more circuit states using the set of targeted Energy Arcs and/or Power Arcs; (c) back-tracing... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20080086288 - Device and method for a system analysis and diagnosis: A device and a method for the analysis and troubleshooting of a system, based on the use of a model of the system, with application in particular in the area of industrial installations controlled by automatic control systems of the programmed or wired logic type. The method includes a stage... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080086296 - Model checking parameterized threads for safety: A system and method for computing dataflow in concurrent programs of a computer system, like device drivers which control computer hardware like disk drives, audio speakers, etc., includes, given a concurrent program that includes many similar components, initializing a set of reachable control states for interaction between concurrent programs. Based... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080086287 - Integrated anisotropic rock physics model: Method for constructing an integrated rock physics model that simulates both shale anisotropy and stress-induced anisotropy of clastic rocks. In the model, the total pore volume is divided into three parts according to the estimated shale volume and effective stress: (1) clay-related pores, (2) sand-related pores, and (3) microcracks (mainly... Agent: J. Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20080086290 - Method for modeling task and workload: A method for modeling task, activity and workload of various human-implemented processes. The models created by this method may be further evaluated so that improvements can be made to the modeled processes. These improvements in modeled processes may include restructuring the human-implemented aspects of the process to take into account... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.a.

20080086289 - Method of designing a matched light guide for a stereoscopic 3d liquid crystal display: A method of designing a backlight light guide for an autostereoscopic 3D display includes specifying a backlight having a light guide thickness and extractor angle and a light transmission surface having a predetermined width value and a predetermined length value. Then, the method includes selecting a plurality of design parameter... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080086291 - Spatial profiling of proteins using hydrophobic moments: Generally, the present invention provides a number of procedures to spatially profile proteins by using hydrophobic moments. In all procedures, a hydrophobicity distribution of a protein is shifted and normalized. In one procedure, a shape or profile of a curve of a second-order moment of hydrophobicity is determined. A second... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080086292 - System and method for augmenting a humoral immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080086293 - System and method for augmenting a humoral immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080086294 - System and method for augmenting a humoral immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080086295 - Monitoring simulating device, method, and program: A design data storage unit stores design data on constituent element constituting a computer system to be monitored. A monitoring condition storage unit stores a monitoring a monitoring condition of abnormal detection of the object to be monitored and error information to be outputted when the object meets the monitoring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080082300 - Design structure for a metal fill region of a semiconductor chip: A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes a metal fill region of a semiconductor chip including a plurality of layer sets of the semiconductor chip, each set including a first metal fill layer, a second metal fill layer, and an insulation layer... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080082301 - Method for designing and fabricating a robot: A method for designing and fabricating a robot utilizes 3D modeling tools and techniques. The method begins with creating a digital three-dimensional model of the robot. A 3D mechanical structure for the robot is designed based on the digital model. Aesthetic (typically external) and mechanical (typically internal) components based on... Agent: Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP

20080082304 - Abnormal situation prevention in a heat exchanger: A system and method to facilitate the monitoring and diagnosis of a process control system and any elements thereof is disclosed with a specific premise of abnormal situation prevention in a heat exchanger. Monitoring and diagnosis of faults in a heat exchanger includes statistical analysis techniques, such as regression and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082306 - Computational systems for biomedical data: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an input providing innate determinant data from at least one sample, accessing a dataset to identify, based on the innate determinant data, at least one innate allergy determinant in the at least one sample; accessing an... Agent: Searete LLC

20080082307 - Computational systems for biomedical data: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an input identifying at least one allergy, accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080082305 - Fast method for predicting structure of membrane proteins: The invention relates to a fast method for predicting one or more transmembrane (TM) regions of a membrane protein (MP). The invention also relates to a fast method for predicting 3D structure of MP.... Agent: John G. Chupa Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20080082308 - Method and system for detecting abnormal operation in a hydrocracker: A system and method for detecting abnormal operation of a hydrocracker includes a model to model the hydrocracker. The model may be configurable to include one or more regression models corresponding to different operating regions of the portion of the hydrocracker. The system and method may also determine if a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082311 - Transformations for virtual guest representation: Systems and methods that provide for a virtual reality entertainment system that supplies immersive entertainment and creates a sensation for a user similar to having guests in a remote location to be physically present as virtual guests. Such virtual reality entertainment system can supply a graphic and/or audio; wherein interconnected... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080082312 - Apparatus and method for controller performance monitoring in a process control system: An apparatus, method, and computer program are provided for controller performance monitoring in a process control system. A level of disturbance associated with the process system is determined, and at least one value identifying a stability measure of a controller in the process system is determined using the determined level... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080082302 - Multivariate detection of abnormal conditions in a process plant: Methods and systems to detect abnormal operations in a process of a process plant include collecting on-line process data. The collected on-line process data is generated from a plurality of dependent and independent process variables of the process, such as a coker heater. A plurality of multivariate statistical models of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082303 - Numerical techniques for dynamics simulation: A method for dynamics simulation involves maintaining quantities according to a floating point binary format quantized to a first precision lower than the precision supported by the floating point format. For example, although an IEEE floating point number can represent numbers with a precision of one part in 2ˆ24, the... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080082309 - Constraint stabilization: An improved constraint approach reduces the energy drift rate to acceptable levels. In an embodiment of this approach, massively parallel constrained velocity Verlet NVE (constant particle number, constant volume, constant energy) MD simulations can be run using single precision arithmetic with very low energy drift (e.g., ˜1 Kelvin per microsecond... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080082310 - Emulated storage system: A back-up storage system that emulates a sequential storage medium such as a tape and stores data on a randomly accessible storage medium, such as disk. The back-up storage system includes a randomly accessible storage medium, a front-end interface to emulate the sequential storage medium, to communicate with external devices... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080082313 - Internet scsi communication via undi services: A method and system for emulating a hardware Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) without risking an interruption of communication between a computer and a remote secondary storage device is presented. During normal operations, a (hardware emulating) software iSCSI HBA drives a Network Interface Card (NIC)... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080082314 - Internet scsi communication via undi services: A method and system for emulating a hardware Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) without risking an interruption of communication between a computer and a remote secondary storage device is presented. During normal operations, a (hardware emulating) software iSCSI HBA drives a Network Interface Card (NIC)... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP