Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 06/08

20080154554 - Apparatus for slurry and operation design in cuttings re-injection: A system for simulating a wellbore used for cuttings re-injection, that includes functionality to obtain as input to the system at least one wellbore design parameter for the wellbore, at least one operating parameter for the cuttings re-injection, and a slurry design for a slurry to be injected into the... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20080154552 - Computer aided design of rock drilling bit: A steady-state mixed thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic computer model is used to design earth boring drill bits, and in particular, to optimize the design of the journal and thrust bearings within the earth boring drill bit. The model incorporates the texture of the bearing surfaces, asperity contact, surface thermoelastic deformation, the temperature-pressure-viscosity relationship... Agent: Travis Higgins

20080154550 - Method and apparatus for obtaining a polar projection for a flight deck window or the like: A computer aided design (CAD) system ascertains the clear view area of a transparency in light of head orientation and refractive properties of the transparency. Obstructions that limit the clear view are also taken into account. The CAD system is particularly useful in assessing the field of view provided to... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, Llc - (boeing)

20080154553 - System and method for designing elevator cab and lobby interiors: A system and method of interior design is provided having an interface for displaying a design report; providing a selection of predetermined architectural designs which can be selected from the design report; wherein each of the predetermined architectural designs includes a plurality of design elements selected from the group of... Agent: Wyatt, Gerber & O'rourke

20080154551 - Virtual cabling router: A solution for enhancing the identification and selection of cabling for a system, such as a computer system, is provided, which includes provisions for a virtual cabling router. As aspect of the invention provides a method of identifying cabling for a system, wherein the method comprises: identifying a placement of... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080154556 - Disambiguation with respect to multi-grained dimension coordinates: Each of a plurality of dimension coordinates corresponding to a report query has a finer grain and a coarser grain. A subset of the dimension coordinates are dimension coordinates for which there is ambiguity as to what coarser grain value should be associated with the finer grain value. For every... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080154558 - Estimating and controlling states of a fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes at least one sensor and a controller. The sensor(s) provide data that is indicative of at least one directly measurable state of the fuel cell system. The controller is coupled to the sensor(s) to provide a mathematical model that is indicative of system dynamics of... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080154555 - Method and apparatus to disambiguate state information for multiple items tracking: Automatic use (102) of a disjoint probabilistic analysis of captured temporally parsed data (101) regarding at least a first and a second item serves to facilitate disambiguating state information as pertains to the first item from information as pertains to the second item. This can also comprise, for example, using... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080154557 - Simulating cavitation damage: Methods and systems provide a simulation of cavitation damage. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method simulates a potential for cavitation damage. According to the method, data defining a modeled component is imported to a flow solver tool. The flow solver tool simulates a liquid that flows through the modeled component.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080154559 - Method and system for variable scale time management for simulation environments: A system for variable scale time management in a simulation environment may include a simulation orchestrator to receive a job plan including a group of jobs and to execute a simulation of the group of jobs. The system may also include a scale time management (VSTM) component to factor an... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, Pllc For Ibm

20080154561 - Method for modeling a tire model and simulation method: A method for modeling a tire model used for a computer simulation of a pneumatic tire with a toroidal main body and a circumferentially extending tread pattern formed thereon, comprises a step for setting a three-dimensional main body model by dividing the main body by N (N is an integer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080154560 - Method for the targeted stimulation of wheel electronics systems of tire groups: A method for stimulating wheel electronics systems of single tires of at least one tire group in a motor vehicle. The wheel electronics systems are stimulated with a low frequency trigger signal, as follows: a trigger signal is emitted from an LF trigger to the wheel electronics systems of the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080154562 - High resolution numerical simulations of resuspending gravity currents: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to determine effects of resuspending gravity currents in a computer system. A slope of a geophysical terrain is determined. A stream function-vorticity description of a fluid motion of a gravity current travelling adjacent to the geophysical terrain is determined. An... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20080154564 - Method for optimal lift gas allocation: A method is disclosed for optimal lift gas allocation, comprising: optimally allocating lift gas under a total lift gas constraint or a total produced gas constraint, the allocating step including distributing lift gas among all gas lifted wells in a network so as to maximize a liquid or oil rate... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20080154563 - Method, system and program storage device for reservoir simulation utilizing heavy oil solution gas drive: A method, a system and a program storage device for predicting a property of a fluid, such as fluid production from a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas is described. The method includes developing a baseline correlation of gas relative permeability krg versus gas saturation Sg. A capillary... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080154565 - Automatic organ detection using machine learning and classification algorithms: A method and apparatus of visually depicting an organ, having the steps of choosing a predefined set features for analysis, the predefined set of features having distinguishing weak learners for an algorithm, wherein the predefined set of features and the weak learners chosen distinguish features of the organ desired to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080154566 - Method and system for displaying genetic and genealogical data: A method and system for displaying genetic and genealogical data includes displaying indicators of related individuals. At least one genetically related individual is identified from a database in response to a genetic input of an inquiring individual. Indicators of the inquiring individual and each of the at least one genetically... Agent: Trask Britt

20080154568 - System and method for optimizing animal production based on dynamic nutrient information: A system for generating an animal feed formulation based on utilization of nutrients received by an animal. The system includes a simulator engine configured to generate a set of animal requirements based on characteristics of an animal and to generate animal feed formulation input based at least in part on... Agent: Cargill, Incorporated

20080154569 - System and method for optimizing animal production based on environmental nutrient inputs: A system for generating an animal feed formulation based on environmental nutrient inputs. The system comprises a simulator engine configured to generate a set of animal requirements in view of environmental nutrients received by an animal based on characteristics of the animal and a formulator engine configured to receive the... Agent: Cargill, Incorporated

20080154567 - Viral genotyping method: The present invention relates to a method for developing algorithms that are capable of discriminating among different genotypes and subtypes of a virus of interest. The method includes aligning a set of viral nucleotide sequences having known genotypes and analyzing the aligned sequences to identify nucleotide positions at which the... Agent: Schering-plough Corporation Patent Department (k-6-1, 1990)

20080154570 - Integration of a discrete event simulation with a configurable software application: In general terms, the invention can be described as a computer system for enhancing the performance of underlying policies and execution-rules of real-world activities. The computer system includes a demand input section for providing demand information to drive the system. A real-time software application has a series of discrete steps... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080154571 - Timing analysis method and apparatus for enhancing accuracy of timing analysis and improving work efficiency thereof: A timing analysis apparatus has a block simulation information storing section, a SPICE deck generating section, and a feedback-based static timing analyzing section. The block simulation information storing section stores simulation information for each block when performing circuit analysis by partitioning a circuit into blocks, the SPICE deck generating section... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080154572 - Drawing validation tool: Methods and systems of validating the application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (“GD&T”) in a drawing. In one embodiment, a method of validating the application of GD&T in a drawing includes creating a drawing having at least one drawing element. Next, a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing rule is applied to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080154573 - Simulating new input devices using old input devices: First input device data is captured from a first input device coupled to a computing device. At least a portion the first input device data is mapped to an action of a second input device, wherein the second input device is not coupled to the computing device. Second input device... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080154574 - Application emulation on a non-production computer system: A method, system and computer-readable medium for emulating an application in a non-production computer system are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of: receiving a first input that selects an application from all applications on a production computer system; receiving a second input that selects specific... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080154575 - Hiding an xml source in metadata to solve refference problems normally requiring multiple xml sources: The present invention provides a solution that unifies independent data sources into a single data source by hiding one of the data sources in metadata. The non-hidden source, which can reference the hidden source, can be processed by a primary XML processing agent. This agent can initially ignore syntax and... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080147359 - Apparatus and methods for importing hardware design and generating circuit interfaces: A system for designing a circuit, which includes a module, uses a computer. A user may program or adapt the computer to perform computer-aided design functions. The computer obtains a description of the module from the user. The computer parses the description of the module to identify a port of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080147361 - Methods and apparatus to monitor system health: A method of monitoring a system includes identifying a plurality of subsystems associated with the system. Each of the plurality of subsystems is configured to receive at least one input signal and at least one output signal and has at least one predetermined limit. The method also includes generating a... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080147360 - System and method for simulating the time-dependent behaviour of atomic and/or molecular systems subject to static or dynamic fields: A method and system are disclosed for simulating the behavior of atomic and molecular scale systems. The method makes use of two (or more) embedded or mixed molecular systems, or collections of particles, that interact with each other through a mediated process, allowing the effects of the forces from one... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080147362 - Capacitive sensing device tuning: In one embodiment, the present invention receives sensitivity data corresponding to a plurality of first sensor channels of a respective plurality of capacitive sensing devices and utilizes the sensitivity data to determine a range of expected variation pertaining to the plurality of first sensor channels. The range of expected variation... Agent: Synaptics C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080147363 - Detection of airflow anomalies in electronic equipment: Thermal diagnostic systems and methods are provided for improved detection of airflow anomalies in a computer system. In particular, processor load is selectively increased to amplify the effects caused by any airflow anomaly that may be present in the computer system. Workload migration may be used to shift processor load... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080147364 - Method and apparatus for generating harel statecharts using forms specifications: A method and apparatus for generating an extended Harel Statechart for an automated interaction from a declarative interaction specification. The declarative interaction specification includes a model of interaction data and a set of controls. A set of states are generated in the extended Harel Statechart corresponding to the set of... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080147365 - Method and system for assessing the performance of crude oils: A methodology and system is disclosed which addresses outstanding needs of refiners to process cheaper crudes or blends of crudes. This method and system comprises a number of steps, including characterizing the impact of various constituents in the crude which result in fouling of heat exchangers; estimating model parameters; monitoring... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080147366 - System and method for displaying simulation data and visualization data: Methods and systems for converting simulation data from a first format into a second format thereby allowing the converted data to be overlaid onto imagery data. A simulator, such as OneSAF, generates the simulation data in a first format. An adapter converts the simulation data from the first format into... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (saic Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20080147367 - Methods for using high-yielding non-newtonian fluids for severe lost circulation prevention: A system and method to model and analyze the mixing energies of high-yielding non-Newtonian fluids to prevent chemical lost circulation is disclosed. Laboratory tests are preformed under varying conditions from which data on the mixing energies needed to optimize the use of high-yielding non-Newtonian fluids to prevent lost circulation is... Agent: John W. Wustenberg

20080147368 - Biological state-evaluating apparatus, biological state-evaluating method, biological state-evaluating system, biological state-evaluating program, evaluation function-generating apparatus, evaluation function-generating method, evaluation function-genera: A biological state-evaluating apparatus evaluates the biological state to be evaluated, based on generated evaluation function and the previously acquired metabolite concentration data to be evaluated. In the apparatus, a candidate evaluation function-generating unit generates a candidate evaluation function that is a candidate of the evaluation function from the biological... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080147369 - Methods, systems, and software for identifying functional biomolecules: The present invention generally relates to methods of rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the invention includes methods of identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The invention also provides methods... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080147370 - Method and system of retransmission: The present invention relates to uplink testing of a base station of a mobile communications system. Message blocks are sent each with a predefined maximum number of retransmissions from a mobile station emulator or simulator for each message block of the test without requiring one or more retransmission requests from... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080147372 - Automatic method and system for identifying and recording transaction data generated from a computer simulation of an integrated circuit: An automated method and system for managing simulation results of a virtual circuit. Data related to the virtual circuit is accessed. The virtual circuit is subject to a simulation. An initiation of each of one or more transactions occurred during the simulation is identified, and data related to the one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080147373 - Method for analyzing the design of an integrated circuit: According to one aspect, a method for analyzing the design of an integrated circuit comprises performing a simulation of the integrated circuit design to obtain simulation results and automatically associating the obtained simulation results to layout elements of the integrated circuit.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Gero Mcclellan / Qimonda

20080147374 - Modeling and cross correlation of design predicted criticalities for optimization of semiconductor manufacturing: A method and apparatus for modeling and cross correlation of design predicted criticalities include a feedback loop where information from the manufacturing process is provided to cross correlation engine for optimization of semiconductor manufacturing. The information may include parametric information, functional information, and hot spots determination. The sharing of information... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080147371 - User defined virtual instruments in a simulation environment: A system and method for developing a virtual instrument for a simulation environment. First user input may be received to a graphical user interface (GUI) specifying functionality of the virtual instrument. The GUI may include a graphical programming development environment and the virtual instrument may include a graphical program. Second... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080147375 - System, method, device, and computer program product for providing a portable device having drive emulation capabilities: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products provide a portable electronic device configured to be communicatively coupled to a host device and configured to emulate one or more data storage medium drives, such as disk drives, of the host device. More particularly, a user interface of the portable electronic device... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080147376 - Efficient use of a co-processor in a platform independent instruction machine: A data processing method for processing a sequence of platform independent instructions on a data processing apparatus comprising a CPU and at least one further processor is disclosed. The data processing method comprises the steps of: (i) within said CPU translating an instruction from said sequence of instructions into code... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080140359 - Method for designing a flight vehicle: A method for designing a flight vehicle includes determining a preferred aerodynamic shape of a structure of the vehicle; modifying the preferred aerodynamic shape based upon constraints; and determining, using aerodynamic computational fluid dynamics, limit loading conditions for the modified aerodynamic shape. A computer-implemented system for designing a flight vehicle... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, Pllc

20080140358 - System and method for identifying target node graphs from predetermined seed node subsets: A system and method to identify target node graphs from predetermined seed node subsets are described. A one-sided constrained spectral embedding of a graph using a predetermined set of seed nodes within the graph is computed. Next, a threshold boundary is identified to define a target area for a target... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20080140357 - Virtual components for cad models: One embodiment of the invention is a method for composing a computer-aided design (CAD) drawing that includes modeled components and non-modeled components. The method includes receiving a selection of properties for a non-modeled component to include in the CAD drawing, where the non-modeled component defines an element of an object... Agent: John C. Carey Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080140366 - Automated intelligent system for lubricant manufacture optimization: A method to blend components to form a lubricant having a predetermined characteristic comprising determining the characteristic from a model that relates that characteristic as a function of the amount of its components and properties of the components.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080140364 - Computer program product & computer with program to execute a well-posed mathematical method: A computer determines whether a proposed mathematical model and computational requests made upon the model are well posed. The computer includes a program that determines whether the model is consistent and suggests at least one alternative consistent model if the proposed model is inconsistent. The program also determines whether a... Agent: Connors Associates

20080140362 - Method and apparatus for predicting remaining useful life for a computer system: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for predicting a remaining useful life (RUL) for a computer system. The system starts by collecting values for at least one telemetry metric from the computer system while the computer system is operating. The system then uses the collected values to... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080140365 - Simulation method, simulation system, and method of modifying mask pattern: A simulation system includes an input acceptance unit that accepts a measured dimension of a transfer pattern; a calculation unit including a light intensity calculation unit that calculates a light intensity at each position, and a modified light intensity calculation unit that adds a modified value including the product of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080140360 - System and method for damage propagation estimation: A method to estimate damage propagation is disclosed. The method includes making available a set of input parameters to a computational model, executing the computational model with defined changes within a range of an input parameter of the set of input parameters to define a range of at least one... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080140361 - System and method for equipment remaining life estimation: A method to predict remaining life of a target is disclosed. The method includes receiving information regarding a behavior of the target, and identifying from a database at least one piece of equipment having similarities to the target. The method further includes retrieving from the database data prior to an... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080140363 - Unified model for process variations in integrated circuits: A method of developing a statistical model for integrated circuits includes providing a set of test patterns; collecting a set of intra-die data from the set of test patterns; collecting a set of inter-die data from the set of test patterns; generating a total variation sigma (sigma_total) from the set... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20080140368 - Method and system for predictive modeling of articles, such as tampons: A modeling method for predictive modeling of a product, which may be but one example of a family of such modeling methods, includes receiving one of a processing condition of a process used to make a fibrous material into the product or a measurement of a property of the fibrous... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080140367 - Method and system to model materials for use in articles, such as tampons: A modeling method for a fibrous material to be made into a product, which may be but one example of a family of such modeling methods, includes analyzing processes and conditions under which the fibrous material is made into the product, determining that moisture, temperature and rate conditions should be... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080140369 - Method for performing oilfield production operations: A method is disclosed for optimal lift resource allocation, which includes optimally allocating lift resource under a total lift resource constraint or a total production constraint, the allocating step including distributing lift resource among all lifted wells in a network so as to maximize a liquid/oil rate at a sink.... Agent: Osha . Liang L.l.p. / Slb

20080140373 - Apparatus and method for predicting gene modules using gene expression and transcription factor binding information: Provided is an apparatus and method for predicting gene modules controlled by the same set of transcription factors and performing the same function in a cell, using gene expression data and transcription factor binding information. The apparatus includes: a gene expression similarity matrix generator for generating gene expression similarity matrix... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080140374 - Methods and systems for applying genetic operators to determine system conditions: Disclosed are methods, systems, and/or processor program products that include generating a population of genotypes, the genotypes based on at least one stimulus to a system, measuring at least one response of the system upon providing the population of genotypes to at least one model of the system, and, based... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080140370 - Multiple method identification of reaction product candidates: A method of determining a candidate for a product generated by a physical system administered with an educt, the method including determining the candidate for the product based on a combination of a plurality of different procedures for determining the product.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080140371 - System and method for treating a patient: A patient treatment method is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes inputting physiological data of a patient into a computer model that is configured to simulate a physiological activity of the patient. The method may also include operating the computer model for each of a plurality of potential treatment... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, Pc

20080140372 - Utilizing time-to-positivity to generate treatment recommendations: Computerized methods and systems, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for utilizing a time-to-positivity associated with a blood culture to generate at least one treatment recommendation are provided. Methods according to embodiments of the present invention may include receiving an indication that a blood culture is positive for... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. Intellectual Property Department

20080140375 - Multi-component medicine evaluation method: According to the present invention, because the waveform processing of HPLC peaks is unnecessary, dispersion among data are small, thereby bringing highly reliable results; because the amount of information (the number of data points) is not limited to the number of peaks of a specific component, the amount of information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080140376 - Optimizing a chemical reaction in a plate-type open reactor: c

20080140379 - Approximations for simulations of systems: Approximations for previewer-based decomposition are disclosed. In one embodiment, the previewer uses only resistors, capacitors, and controlled sources. Thus, at least some circuit elements that are not resistors or capacitors may be replaced with some combination of resistors, capacitors, or controlled sources. For example, inductors can be modeled as short... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080140377 - Cell modeling for integrated circuit design with characterization of upstream driver strength: A cell is modeled for use in an integrated circuit design by characterizing the cell based on an input of the cell being driven by a characterization driver having a specified drive strength. A model of the cell is generated which stores an identifier of the characterization driver in association... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080140378 - Method for simulating an electrical circuit by synthesis of a physical model, device for simulating an electrical circuit, in particular a musical instrument obtained with that method: Method for simulation of an electrical circuit by synthesis of a physical model, using digital wave structures including the following steps: within the framework of digital wave structure, consider a serial and parallel adapter block with at least three ports of which one adapted; represent said electrical circuit connecting the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080140380 - Unified mobile display emulator: The conversion of Mobile Display information used in a wide variety of Mobile Devices into Unified Image Formats is disclosed to enable viewing on a desktop computer system in addition to manual and automated testing of Mobile Content. In order to support the variety of Mobile Displays available, and to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080140381 - Program providing device, storage medium, and vehicle-mounted information system: A program providing device include an emulation means for emulating a hardware environment and a software environment of a vehicle-mounted information system, a program receiving means for receiving a program which is developed for the vehicle-mounted information system, a constraints holding means 21 for holding, as constraints, resource states and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080133185 - Modeling method and apparatus, and computer readable storage medium: A modeling method creates a three-dimensional analysis model of a target object for extracting parameters that are used to analyze a high-frequency transmission, by selecting, from an art work data of the target object, an extraction target region that becomes a target for extracting the parameters that are used to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080133188 - Method of and system for simulating a light-emitting device: A system for simulating a characteristic of a light-emitting device includes a transport calculating module for calculating a concentration of carriers in the light-emitting device. The system includes an optical calculating module for calculating data sets including a total emission power factor of excitons set and a light extraction efficiency... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080133187 - Method of isomorphism rejection: Generating a graph invariant may be accomplished by initializing each card of an initial message deck to an identity matrix, propagating messages to form a first iteration message deck using a message propagation rule, generating a first iteration codebook using the first iteration message deck, recoding the first iteration message... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080133186 - Method, system and apparatus for simulating fluid flow in a fractured reservoir utilizing a combination of discrete fracture networks and homogenization of small fractures: The present invention includes a method, system and apparatus for simulating fluid flow in a fractured subterranean reservoir. A three-dimensional hybrid reservoir model representative of a fractured subterranean reservoir is created. The model includes porous matrix blocks and a network of long fractures overlying the matrix blocks. The networks of... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080133190 - method and a system for planning a security array of sensor units: The present invention discloses a computerized method for providing a user with at least one scenario in a modeled theater. The computerized method may include the following steps: a) selecting a plurality of threat-sites in the modeled theater, wherein the threat-site comprises at least one of the following: at least... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080133189 - Simulation object connections: Representing a connection between objects in a simulation includes identifying, on a source object to be used in a simulation process, a source point that is available for creating a connection to another object. On a target object, a target point is identified for use in creating the connection. At... Agent: Fish & Richardson, Pc

20080133191 - Ripple and foam creation apparatus and method using fluid particle data: A ripple and foam creation apparatus and method using water particle data is provided to create ripples and foam, and detect positions of the created ripples and foam for a water simulation used to create visual special effects in animations or movies. The apparatus includes a water particle grouping module... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080133192 - Method and apparatus for geomodel uplayering: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for geomodel uplayering. The method may include calculating one or more vertical cell property means for cells within a three-dimensional geomodel, generating at least one vertical mean trend sum utilizing the vertical cell property means, grouping cells utilizing at least... Agent: Conocophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20080133193 - Methods for estimating properties of a subterranean formation and/or a fracture therein: Methods that include a method of determining one or more approximate properties of a subterranean formation and/or a fracture therein comprising: obtaining fluid identity data for a plurality of flowback fluid samples; and using a reservoir model, with the fluid identity data and one or more subterranean formation properties as... Agent: Robert A. Kent

20080133194 - System and method for performing oilfield simulation operations: The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one process facilities and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from or injecting fluid to an underground reservoir therein.... Agent: Osha . Liang L.l.p. / Slb

20080133199 - Apparatus and method for detecting ligand by using automatic specific site extraction: Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a ligand through automatic specific site extraction and allow a convenient and speedy protein structure-based drug design by detecting sequences and structures of protein binding sites or detecting structures of protein binding sites, and then automatically extracting a specific site to detect... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080133196 - Compositions and methods for modeling human metabolism: The present invention provides Homo sapiens Recon 1, a manually assembled, functionally validated, bottom-up reconstruction of human metabolism. Recon 1's 1496 genes, 2004 proteins, 2766 metabolites, and 3311 biochemical and transport reactions were extracted from more than 50 years of legacy biochemical knowledge and Build 35 of the human genome... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080133195 - Geospatial modeling system providing simulated tree trunks for groups of tree crown vegitation points and related methods: A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database containing geospatial model data, a display, and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model database and the display for determining a respective group of tree crown vegetation points from the geospatial model data for each tree of... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080133197 - Layout method for protein-protein interaction networks based on seed protein: Provided is a layout method for protein-protein interaction networks based on a seed protein, which is for performing multiple stages of nesting centered on a node having a high degree of physical relationship, and performing multiple stages of extension and force directed placement (FDP) with respect to a final nest... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080133198 - Quantitative method employing adjustment of pre-defined master calibration curves: Methods and kits for preparing and adjusting pre-defined master calibration curves of the type used for quantifying analyte polynucleotides by real-time nucleic acid amplification. Particularly disclosed are methods of preparing one or more master calibration curves on one instrument, and then using those master calibration curves on a different instrument.... Agent: Gen Probe Incorporated

20080133200 - Guided wave pipeline inspection system with enhanced focusing capability: A system for inspecting a pipeline having at least two transducers divided into segments, the segments each containing a number of sensors, wherein a maximum number of segments is equal to a number of transducers, an arrangement configured to send, receive and store signals, wherein the arrangement has a number... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080133203 - Modeling circuit of a field-effect transistor reflecting electrostatic-discharge characteristic: A modeling circuit includes a field-effect transistor, a first current source, a first bipolar transistor, a second current source and a second bipolar transistor. The first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor are parasitic bipolar transistors that are arranged symmetrically to each other. Therefore, the modeling circuit can be... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080133204 - Nonlinear behavior models and methods for use thereof in wireless radio systems: Disclosed is a behavioral model for wide-band radio frequency transmitters. Also disclosed are various implementation of the behavioral model for purpose of baseband predistortion of dynamic nonlinear systems, such as wideband wireless transmitters and power amplifiers. In one example embodiment, a LBG behavioral model comprises two non-linear cascading modules: a... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080133201 - Printed circuit analysis method and device: s

20080133202 - Systems and methods of efficient library characterization for integrated circuit cell libraries: A method of efficient library characterization of a circuit of a logic gate having a plurality of transistors and a plurality of nodes defining interconnection points in the circuit is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of vectors for a plurality of arcs. Each of the plurality of vectors... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080133206 - Method of switching external models in an automated system-on-chip integrated circuit design verification system: A system and method for verifying an integrated circuit design is provided. The system comprising: an I/O controller connected to one or more I/O cores, the I/O cores part of the integrated circuit design; an external memory mapped test device having a switch for selectively connecting one or more of... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080133205 - Testing the compliance of a design with the synchronization requirements of a memory model: A method for compliance testing of a circuit design that includes at least one processor and a memory includes defining a memory model. The memory model includes synchronization mechanisms for synchronizing access to the memory by software instructions in different program threads running on the at least one processor. Synchronization-related... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080133207 - Power restoraton system for electrical power network: A method for simulating the configuration of an electrical power network for robust power restoration method is described. The method involves analyzing an electrical network topology in respect of electrical power sources, electrical bridges and other associated data, such as safety data, loss data, etc. The method determining a set... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20080133208 - Running a virtual machine directly from a physical machine using snapshots: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the running of a virtual machine directly from a physical machine using snapshots of the physical machine. In one example, a computer system performs a method for running a virtual machine directly from a physical machine using snapshots of the physical machine.... Agent: Workman Nydegger A Professional Corporation

20080133209 - System and method for implementing a unified model for integration systems: A system and method for implementing a unified model for integration systems is presented. A user provides inputs to an integrated language engine for placing operator components and arc components onto a dataflow diagram. Operator components include data ports for expressing data flow, and also include meta-ports for expressing control... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080133210 - Method and implementation for automating processes using data driven pre-recorded transactions: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automating processes using data driven pre-recorded transactions. A process server comprising process modeling tools creates workflows comprising activities linked together based on a set of rules. A test script server connected to one or more activities in a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080133213 - Method and system for personal information extraction and modeling with fully generalized extraction contexts: Systems and methods for modeling information from a set of documents are disclosed. A tool allows a user to model concepts of interest and extract information from a set of documents in an editable format. The extracted information includes a list of instances of a document from the set of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080133211 - Method for recommending upgrade components for a computer system: Method and computer program product for recommending cost effective upgrades for a computer system. At least one performance parameter is determined for an existing computer system. Up to date performance specifications for available upgrade components are obtained. A variety of potential systems are modeled utilizing at least one upgrade component,... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080133212 - Performance evaluation of j2ee applications: Simulation techniques for measuring the performance of J2EE applications are described. Simulation models for J2EE systems are generated which utilize one or more simulation components comprising queuing centers. The queuing centers employ logic to emulate J2EE thread models by locking on threads when messages are received by simulation components and... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080133214 - Method and system for child-parent mechanism emulation via a general interface: A method for emulating a system call includes making the system call by a first process in a first operating system (OS) for interacting with a second process, wherein the first OS is emulated in a second OS, spawning an agent process, wherein the agent process is a child process... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p./sun