Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 12/08

20080319716 - Ceiling-only dry sprinkler systems and methods for addressing a storage occupancy fire: A ceiling-only dry sprinkler system configured to address a storage occupancy fire event with a sprinkler operational area sufficient in size to surround and drown the fire. The system and method preferably provide for the surround and effect by activating one or more initial sprinklers, delaying fluid flow to the... Agent: For: Tyco Fire & Building Products Proskauer Rose LLP

20080319717 - Efficient method and computer program for modeling and improving static memory performance across process variations and environmental conditions: An efficient method and computer program for modeling and improving stating memory performance across process variations and environmental conditions provides a mechanism for raising the performance of memory arrays beyond present levels/yields. Statistical (Monte-Carlo) analyses of subsets of circuit parameters are performed for each of several memory performance variables and... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20080319715 - Light guide plate, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display device including the same: A light guide plate includes a light incident surface to which light is incident as incident light, an opposite surface formed opposite to the light incident surface, a light emitting surface through which the incident light is emitted, a rear surface formed opposite to the light emitting surface and including... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080319720 - Connection fatigue index analysis for threaded connection: A method for characterizing a threaded coupling such as between two tubular members is disclosed. In one embodiment, a threaded connection between a first tubular and a second tubular is considered, where the first tubular has a internally-threaded box structure and the second tubular has outer threads defining a pin... Agent: Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P.

20080319724 - Electric power distribution interruption risk assessment calculator: m

20080319723 - Exemplar/pde-based technique to fill null regions and corresponding accuracy assessment: A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial data storage device for selectively inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model data using a partial differential equation (PDE) algorithm and an exemplar algorithm.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080319718 - Method and system for identifying proximity areas between several digitally simulated geometrical objects: (a) first memory (111) for storing data describing the geometry of the objects, (b) an initialization module (120) for creating a population of pions, and (c) a central processor unit (140) comprising at least: (c1) a unit (141) for selecting a percentage of the population of pions to be subjected... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080319721 - Method for building mos transistor model and method for verifying mos transistor model: The present invention discloses a method for building an MOS transistor model enclosing statistical variation of noise, including: measuring noise in MOS transistors from different dies; creating a noise distribution diagram in accordance with the obtained noise data of the MOS transistors; adding a variation of noise parameter in at... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080319719 - Methods and systems for displaying network information: Methods and systems for displaying a network structure using force-directed layout are provided. The network includes a plurality of nodes, each node including an associated slack parameter having a value. The method including selecting a central time-directed axis, positioning each network node along the axis using the associated slack parameter... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080319722 - Water particle manipulation: Realistic sprays for simulated fluids are created by adding a set of spray particles to a boundary region just below the fluid surface. The fluid surface is determined by solving a level set equation for a zero level corresponding to the fluid surface. Additionally, the boundary region is determined by... Agent: Jonathan M. Hollander Pixar - Hollander

20080319725 - Method of estimating the instantaneous engine speed produced by each cylinder of an internal-combustion engine: The invention is a method for real-time estimation of the instantaneous engine speed produced by each cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, from an instantaneous engine speed measurement at the end of the engine transmission system. A physical model, representing in real time the dynamics of the transmission system according to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080319726 - System and method for performing oilfield simulation operations: The invention relates to a method of performing a gas operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation with at least one reservoir positioned therein. The method steps include modeling the gas operation of the oilfield using a multi-domain simulator by coupling a static model of the subterranean formation, a... Agent: Osha . Liang L.L.P. / Slb

20080319727 - Selective sampling of user state based on expected utility: Model enhancement architecture that provides selective sampling of data to enhance model performance where model testing is deemed to be poor. Sampling can include direct interaction with the user while the user is logged-in to the computing system. The system can be used to infer a computer user's current interruptability... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080319728 - System for testing at least one electronic control unit and method: The present invention relates to a test device (2) for testing and an associated method for operating the test device of at least one electronic control system (1). The test device exhibits an addressable physical memory. Moreover, the test device (2) is suitable and configured to be connected to the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080319729 - Device, system and method of generating a hardware-verification test case: Some demonstrative embodiments of this invention may include, for example, devices, systems and methods of performing functional verification of a hardware design. In some demonstrative embodiments, a test generator may include a transaction generator to automatically generate a plurality of manipulated transactions by manipulating one or more test case transactions... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080319730 - Method and apparatus for modifying a virtual processor model for hardware/software simulation: A method of transforming a provided virtual processor model to a user virtual processor model. Also a tool, e.g., provided as instructions for operating in a host computer system for converting a provided virtual processor model to a user virtual processor model. Also a method of specifying one or more... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080319731 - System and method for managing the performance of a computer system based on operational characteristics of the system components: A performance manager and method for managing the performance of a computer system based on a system model that includes measured entities representing the operational characteristics of the system components and relationships among the measured entities. The performance manager includes data producers for interacting with the interface agents of the... Agent: Gregory Smith

20080319732 - Serial channel emulator: A serial channel emulator adapted to react and respond to an electronic device in such a way that the electronic device will allow a third party power adapter containing the serial channel emulator to power the electronic device is presented. The serial channel emulator utilizes a processing unit to emulate... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080312881 - Circuit design data conversion apparatus, circuit design data conversion method, and computer product: A single module includes a shared combinational circuit, a multiplexed sequential circuit, and a common I/F and is substituted for a multiplexed module formed of plural modules of an identical category and type and including plural CPUs. Specifically, the shared combinational circuit is substituted for n combinational circuits, the multiplexed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080312880 - Simulation environment: A simulation environment for simulating a physical system or sub-system. The environment comprises a plurality of elements arrangeable to form any of a plurality of component objects or sub-component objects. The component or sub-component objects are assemblable to form at least one assembly object comprising at least part of said... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080312882 - Structural analysis apparatus and structural analysis method: A structural analysis apparatus, including: a state value calculation unit that calculates a state value of each of multiple elements constituting a model with which breakage of a structure is stimulated; a breakage determination unit that determines that an element among the multiple elements is broken when the state value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080312887 - Adaptive refinement tools for tetrahedral unstructured grids: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes software which is robust, efficient, and has a very fast run time for user directed grid enrichment and flow solution adaptive grid refinement. All user selectable options (e.g., the choice of functions, the choice of thresholds, etc.), other than a pre-marked... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20080312885 - Hybrid method for simulation optimization: A computer-implemented method of solving a system optimization problem having a plurality of parameters of unknown value is comprised of randomly generating sets of values for unknown parameters within an the optimization problem. A population of original candidate solutions is generated by applying an algorithm for deterministic optimization to each... Agent: Jones Day

20080312883 - Method and apparatus for determining a unique system condition: A method and apparatus of determining a unique condition in a cyclic system. A set of system variables and a sample time are defined. The variables varying between a first and second state. The system is operated for more than one cycle, and a data array based on system variables... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080312888 - Method for determining cooling requirements of a computer system enclosure: A computer-implemented method is used for determining cooling requirements of a computer system enclosure, where the enclosure includes a number of installed modules, the modules including fan modules. The method includes the steps of determining an individual impedance curve of each installed module; determining fan curves for the installed fan... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080312884 - Process and system for simulation or digital synthesis of sonographic images: The invention relates to a method for the simulation or digital synthesis of echographic images, characterised by the direct transformation in real time, or quasi real time, of the information contained in a 3D scanographic (or tomodensitometric) medical or veterinary image, without delimitation or segmentation of the bodies or structures... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080312886 - System and method for estimating substance concentrations in bodily fluids: A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for estimating the optical response of a subject comprising blood, the method comprising forming a model whereby the spectral response of a subject to incident light can be estimated, the model including a plurality of parameters, each parameter corresponding to... Agent: Modern Times Legal

20080312889 - System and method for testing a control unit system: In a system for testing a control unit system having at least one control unit and at least one sensor, the control unit and sensor and possible other bus users being connected to one another via a data bus, and a test signal being fed into one of the bus... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080312890 - Specification verification program, computer-readable storage medium storing specification verification program, specification verification apparatus, and specification verification method: Conditions necessary to be satisfied for execution of each use case from a use case description indicative of a requirements specification of the design object are acquired. Then a state satisfying the conditions, from among a set of states represented in a finite state machine model indicative of a design... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080312891 - Design method, design support apparatus, and computer product for feedback control system: A control system is designed in which a controlled plant is controlled based on output feedback from the controlled plant. An all-pass filter is modeled that is formed of a synthesis of a notch filter compensating for a resonance mode in the control system and the resonance mode. A design... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080312892 - Computer-assisted method for the setting of particle-specific parameters in a thermal spray process: A method is disclosed that sets at least one particle-specific parameter in a thermal spray process in which particles are transported by means of a fluid flow from a thermal spray apparatus to a substrate. A first step includes predetermining a target value for the particle-specific parameter, followed by a... Agent: Robert S. Green

20080312894 - Binding affinity scoring function including factor for environs of ring or bulky rigid group: Scoring functions can be markedly improved by taking into account the status environs of ligand rings (or indeed other bulky rigid ligand structures) on the ligand when the ligand is complexed with the receptor. In its most general form, the invention features, quantifying a particular component of binding affinity between... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080312893 - Clinical diagnostic analyzer performance estimator: The disclosed methods and devices relate to tools for on-site and customizable evaluation of the performance of clinical diagnostic analyzers or automation systems by executing a portable simulation program utilizing actual data from a site of interest. The portable simulation program consists of an Intelligent LIS pre-processor, implementation of a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080312895 - Quantum chemistry simulations using optimization methods: Embodiments of the present invention provide, among other things, methods, apparatus, and systems for tuning a semiempirical process for predicting energy for different molecular configurations. In an example method, an energy value and an energy gradient are determined for each of a plurality of molecular configurations using an accurate method.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080312896 - Optimal bus operation performance in a logic simulation environment: Sample-count feedback from bus functional models and a binary convergence algorithm are to generate optimal sampling values for an accelerator, or hardware assisted simulator. The simulator includes a bus functional model and a driver program. A software readable register maintains a count of a number of samples provided the simulator... Agent: Shelley M Beckstrand

20080312897 - Programmable device and method of previewing user-programmed events of programmable devices: A programmable device (1) comprises at least one timer (8) and a memory (7) for storing a user-programmable timer list with events (EV1, EV2) triggered by the elapsing of the at least one timer (8). The programmable device (1) is adapted to be operated in a simulation mode that can... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080312898 - Method and a system for network management information representation: The present invention relates to a system for representation of network management information, comprising a network management system represented through a machine-readable basic network information model comprising a number of network elements with a number of managed objects with instances, and an external network management interface (10). It comprises first... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080312899 - Software feature modeling and recognition: Described is a technology by which software program feature usage is located within a sequence of commands collected during program usage sessions. For example, feature generally corresponds to a series of commands, such as copy and paste. A visual modeling component is controlled via drag-and-drop operations to describe a feature... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080312900 - Simulation apparatus and simulation method: According to the present invention, there is provided a simulation apparatus having, a hardware emulator which includes a first CPU core as a simulation target, and a debug control unit; a software simulator which includes a second CPU core as a simulation target, and a clock generation unit which generates... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080306714 - Method for digitalizing three-dimensional components: A three-dimensional component (1) with an external geometry and an internal geometry is digitized in a destructive method. Three-dimensional marking bodies (30) are applied to the outer surface of the body (1). The external geometry of the component (1) with the marking bodies (30) is then digitized using a suitable... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20080306715 - Detecting method over network intrusion: A detecting method over network intrusion comprises: selecting a plurality of features contained within plural statistical data by a data-transforming module; normalizing a plurality of feature values of the selected features into the same scale to obtain a plurality of normalized feature data; creating at least one feature model by... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080306716 - Method, apparatus and computer program providing broadband preconditioning based on a reduced coupling for numerical solvers: This invention relates to computing numerical solutions of linear systems of equations, specifically to implementing preconditioning of the coefficient matrix of such a system. The preconditioning applies to any coefficient matrix, dense or sparse, based on the solutions of a physical problem of unknown functions, commonly referred to as basis... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080306717 - Cooperative simulation system: A program cooperative system (cooperative simulation system), including a number of application programs, can easily modify the combination of application programs to be used according to purpose and realizes excellent throughput by comprising a database memory server memorizing and relaying data; a plurality of simulation tools each of which includes... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080306718 - Method for determining the behavior of shafts of a multi-shaft machine which are jointly movable to move a tool or a tool receptacle: Disclosed is a method for determining the behavior of jointly movable shafts of a multi-shaft machine. According to said method, a simulation model is created individually for each shaft. The shafts are then impinged upon individually by a movement pattern, and measurable variables are detected in order to be able... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080306720 - Hrtf individualization by finite element modeling coupled with a corrective model: The invention relates to modelling individual head related transfer functions (HRTFs) with respect to an individual audition in a three-dimensional space. The inventive method consists in picking up morphological parameters of several individuals for roughly estimating the HRTFs by finite elements and building the database thereof roughly estimated by comparing/training... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080306719 - Method and apparatus for simulation of optical systems: Computer-implemented methods of simulating optical systems such as backlights, and machine-readable media for carrying out such methods, are disclosed. The optical systems include optical elements. In some cases, different first and second probability functions can be acquired for first and second elements (respectively) of the optical system. A combined probability... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080306721 - Dynamic-verification-based verification apparatus achieving high verification performance and verification efficiency and the verification methodology using the same: The present invention relates to a simulation-based verification apparatus and a verification method, which enhance the simulation performance and efficiency greatly, for verifying a digital system containing at least million gates. Also, the present invention relates to a simulation-based verification apparatus and a verification method used together with formal verification,... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080306722 - Logic verification system: There is provided a logic verification system having improved development time and design quality, in which all pins of an FPGA module are wired in direct between the FPGA module and a bridge circuit used in the verification processes of a logic simulator accelerator and a logic emulator, a cutting... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080306723 - Emulated combination memory device: An integrated circuit memory device and a method of providing access to multiple memory types within a single integrated circuit memory device are described. In various embodiments, the integrated circuit memory device includes a non-volatile memory array having a first emulated memory region and a second emulated memory region, and... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080300832 - Information processing apparatus, simulation method, and program thereof recorded on computer-readable storage medium: A design/analysis linkage system performs the processing of recording, in a conversion information file, a conversion process in which design data is converted into a design information file suitable to making a model; of linking the aforementioned design information file with an analysis information file generated from the design information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080300831 - System and method for finite element based on topology optimization: A method is disclosed for providing an optimal topology for a structure based on a set of design criteria including at least one support point and at least one force to be applied to the structure. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of nodes within a structure... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080300833 - Combiner training and evaluation with random data partition: Available training data is randomly data partitioned to generate a training data set for training base modules of a pattern recognition system and a distinct tune data set for training the combiner of the system. The process can be repeated with randomly generated data sets each time. After the combiner... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080300834 - Graph-based modeling apparatus and techniques: Graph-based modeling apparatus and techniques are disclosed. Based on a model including model nodes that represent components of a modeled system, operational dependencies between model nodes, and model edges that interconnect the nodes and represent relationships between the components in the modeled system, subset computations are performed to compute subsets... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.

20080300835 - Method and system for the efficient calculation of unsteady processes on arbitrary space-time domains: The Space-Time Mapping Analysis (STMA) method and system provides an engineering method and/or system for modeling and/or analyzing and/or designing and/or building and/or operating complex physical processes, components, devices, and phenomena. STMA can be used in a way for modifying and/or improving the design of many different products, components, processes,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080300837 - Methods, computer program products and apparatus providing improved selection of agreements between entities: The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide methods, computer program products and apparatus that describe techniques for improved selection of agreements between entities, such as between a service provider and another entity (e.g., a supplier or customer of the service provider). In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: providing... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20080300839 - Reduced message count for interaction decomposition of n-body simulations: Disclosed are a method of and system for creating a load balanced spatial partitioning of a structured, diffusing system of particles with pairwise interactions that is scalable to a very large number of nodes and has favorable communications characteristics including well defined bounds on the number of hops and the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080300836 - Self-perpetuation of a stochastically varying resource pool: A computer-readable medium has encoded thereon software for maintaining a steady-state worth of an inhomogenous renewable resource pool. The software includes instructions for causing a data-processing system to evaluate an indicator of a historical worth of the resource pool, to determine a draw amount at least in part on the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080300838 - System and method of automatic interoperability checking for bpel: In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of determining whether computer processes can interact without deadlocks. The computer processes may be modeled in a process modeling language. The method includes (optionally) generating state diagrams from the processes as modeled by process modeling language, generating step actions from the... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group PC

20080300840 - Tire design method: An initial layout of one pitch unit of a tire tread pattern is decided. A finite element model of a tire is created by developing the one pitch unit of the initial layout into a plurality of pitches in the circumferential direction of the tire to carry out a structural... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080300842 - Design, synthesis and assembly of synthetic nucleic acids: Methods of synthesizing oligonucleotides with high coupling efficiency (>99.5%) are provided. Methods for purification of synthetic oligonucleotides are also provided. Instrumentation configurations for oligonucleotide synthesis are also provided. Methods of designing and synthesizing polynucleotides are also provided. Polynucleotide design is optimized for subsequent assembly from shorter oligonucleotides. Modifications of phosphoramidite... Agent: Jones Day

20080300841 - Method for inclusion of psychological temperament in an electronic emulation of the human brain: A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080300843 - Recombinant meso-active thermostable proteins and processes of design and biosynthesis thereof: The present invention deals with examination of the alterability of part, or whole, of the surfaces of beta sheet-based protein structures, focusing especially on enzymes. The alteration is done by supplanting/transplanting a part, or whole, of the surface of one protein onto the surface of a homologous protein of superimposable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080300844 - Method and system for estimating performance of resource-based service delivery operation by simulating interactions of multiple events: Method and system for estimating performance of resource-based service delivery operation by simulating interactions of multiple events are provided. Method and system, in one aspect, simulate a plurality of events associated with a resource-based service delivery operation and allow the plurality of events to interact through a resource availability outlook.... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080300845 - Monitoring software simulations of hardware systems: System and methods for monitoring software simulations of hardware devices optimize the monitoring of a hardware system by comparing a current software state to previously stored patterns of software states in order to disable portions of the simulation.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080300848 - Efficient simulation of dominantly linear circuits: A method of simulating a circuit parameter such as voltage or current for a dominantly linear circuit by constructing a circuit equation matrix whose elements correspond to nodes of the circuit, decoupling linear and nonlinear contributions to the circuit parameter based on a partition of an inverse matrix of the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20080300846 - Methods and apparatus for hardware simulation and design verification: A scripting approach to managing the test bench complexity issue is provided. Partitioning the functionality of a test bench between Verilog and a scripting language allows for a significant reduction in compile times during ASIC verification. If done correctly, partitioning also offers great potential for re-use of test bench components.... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080300847 - On-the-fly improvement of certainty of statistical estimates in statistical design, with corresponding visual feedback: A system and method to analyze analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits. The system and method displays to a user characteristic values of a circuit and statistical uncertainty values of the characteristic values early in a sampling or characterization run of the circuit. The characteristic values and their statistical uncertainties... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080300849 - Design structure for improved logic simulation using a negative unknown boolean state: A system and method for simulating a circuit design using both an unknown Boolean state and a negative unknown Boolean state is provided. When the circuit is simulated, one or more initial simulated logic elements are initialized to the unknown Boolean state. The initialized unknown Boolean states are then fed... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080300850 - Method and apparatus for processing xml for display on a mobile device: A method and apparatus are set forth for creating a Document Object Model of an XML document of predetermined type, comprising a first process for receiving and opening a compressed input file containing the XML document; a second process for opening and parsing the contents of a relationships file to... Agent: Perry + Currier Inc.

20080300851 - System and method for application migration in a grid computing environment: A system and method for assessing performance of a software application migrated to a grid infrastructure is provided. The system comprises a grid code analyzer for generating a directed acyclic graph (DAG) corresponding to the software application by performing static and dynamic analysis; a grid task generator for reducing the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik