Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 05/09

20090138243 - Interference checking method, computer-aided design device, and interference checking program: An interference checking method, a computer-aided design device, and an interference checking program determining whether an interference has occurred between components of a product. The interference checking method includes loading geometric form data of components acquired from a second storage section and checking whether an interference has occurred and evaluating... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138242 - Minimizing stick-slip while drilling: According to the invention, a method for designing a rotary drill bit for drilling a cavity in a medium is disclosed. The method may include determining a characteristic of a drillstring with which the rotary drill bit is coupled. The method may also include determining an initial number of groups... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20090138245 - Method and apparatus for estimating the physical state of a physical system: A computer-implemented method is provided of estimating the physical state of a physical system with known physical characteristics and subject to specified boundary conditions. The system is represented as a plurality of nodes arranged in N-dimensional space, where N is an integer greater than 1, each node being associated with... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090138244 - Method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring: A method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring. The method may include storing (320), in a memory, personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information, obtaining (330) context related information including an activity, a location, and a time of day, and retrieving (340) environmental... Agent: Prass LLP

20090138246 - Simulation techniques: wherein defining the computational domain comprises defining the perimeter of the intermediate grid to be wider than the perimeter of the second grid on at least one side of the second grid by a distance equal to at least two times the size of one of the first-grid cells in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

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20090138249 - Defining operational elements in a business process model: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a process model through a configuration of a unitary operational element in the process modeling data processing system. The method can include parsing semantic elements in a semantic process model and identifying different types for the... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090138248 - Linked decision nodes in a business process model: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to decision node processing in a business process model and provide a method, system and computer program product for linked decision nodes in business process models. In an embodiment of the invention, a business process model simulation method... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090138250 - Method to accurately position finite element dummies in finite element simulations: The present invention uses spring models to position a finite element occupant model within a pre-simulation. Initially, a starting position and a final position for the finite element occupant model are determined. A first end of each of a plurality of spring models are attached at a first end to... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20090138251 - Bioinformatics research and analysis system and methods associated therewith: A system and method for performing a research and analysis in the bioinformatics field which associates data from a variety of experimental platforms with preclinical and/or clinical samples and subjects. The system and method allows for the analysis of data stored therein received from a variety of experimental platforms, as... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090138252 - Method and system of evaluating disease severity: A method of evaluating disease severity is disclosed. The method uses physiological parameters and a historical database of diseases to determine a disease presented by the physiological parameters, to evaluate the disease severity and developing tendency, and to determine a suggested handling order when multiple diseases occur at the same... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090138253 - Harness design apparatus: First, the position and the length of a harness are set. Next, a shape setting function having an unknown variable that minimizes potential energy as a binding position is generated, and a position of the minimum potential energy at a bending position is calculated in the Lagrange Multiplier Method. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138254 - Tactical cognitive-based simulation methods and systems for communication failure management in ad-hoc wireless networks: Techniques are provided for simulating battlefield scenarios in an ad-hoc communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between the nodes.... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090132209 - Method for analyzing damage to a physical plant: Analyzing data relating to physical-plant damage within a geographical region involves mapping data points to depict the density of incidents producing the damage. Mapping the data points produces a density surface corresponding to incidents of damage occurring within the particular geographical region under consideration. That density surface is preferably depicted... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Wk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132210 - Methods, devices and programs for transmitting roof and building structure of a 3d representation of a building roof based on said structure: A technique is provided for transmitting a roof structure for constructing a three-dimensional representation of a building, via a communication network. The technique is based on the transmission of an ordered list of at least two roof models, each including at least: one type of roof; one maximum height parameter... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090132208 - Multi-variable model analysis system, method and program, and program medium: A multi-variable model analysis system comprises a model creation unit for creating a plurality of models individually having a plurality of variables, a characteristic value calculation unit for calculating the characteristic values of the models on the basis of the variables of the models given and for writing the variables... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090132215 - Analytical model generation apparatus and analytical model generating method: A screw fastened position can be correctly defined in n analytical model generating method. It is determined whether or not a screw fastened portion exists in 3-dimensional design data. When the screw fastened portion exists, a hole of a member matching in the shape of a fixture (screw, bolt, rivet,... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090132216 - Asymmetric random scatter process for probabilistic modeling system for product design: A method is provided for designing a product. The method may include obtaining data records relating to one or more input variables and one or more output parameters associated with the product and selecting one or more input parameters from the one or more input variables. The method may also... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090132211 - Automated solution for generating architectural design models for service-oriented architecture (soa) information services: The present invention discloses a system that automates the creation of architectural design models for information services. Such a system can include a data model written in a formal modeling language, a set of non-functional requirements about the information service, and an information service architecture generation tool. The information service... Agent: Patents On Demand - Lockheed Martin

20090132217 - Body dynamics calculation method, body dynamics model and model data thereof, and body-model generation method: A forward/reverse mechanics calculation of an accurate model of a human body having bone geometrical data and muscle/cord/band data is carried out at high speed. When a new skeleton geometrical model is given, a mapping between the new skeleton geometrical model and a pre-defined normal body model representing a normal... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090132214 - Element grouping method for finite element method analysis, and computer-readable storage medium: An element grouping method for Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis is implemented in a computer to group elements forming an analyzing mode. The method automatically obtains nodes of specific elements having a common parameter from the elements forming the analyzing model which is an analyzing target, and automatically groups nodes... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090132213 - Method for modeling data structures using local contexts: A method for modeling data affinities and data structures. In one implementation, a contextual distance may be calculated between a selected data point in a data sample and a data point in a contextual set of the selected data point. The contextual set may include the selected data point and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132212 - Method for simulating deviations in surface appearance of plastics parts: A method for simulating deviations in surface appearance of plastics parts caused by a forming process of plastics parts is shown, comprising the steps of a) Simulating the forming process of the plastics part, b) Detecting position and time of plastics particles which exceed at least one defined critical limit,... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090132218 - Discrete element modeling of rock destruction under high pressure conditions: Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) of rock subject to high confining pressures, such as in a subterranean drilling environment, may be used to predict performance of cutting structures used in drill bits and other drilling tools, as well as of the tools themselves. DEM may also be used to create “virtual”... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20090132219 - Apparatus and method for validating a computer model: An apparatus and method for validating a computer model is described. In one embodiment, a computer-readable medium comprises instructions to associate a set of configurations of a computer model with a stimulus-response test, each configuration of the set of configurations representing a different model scenario, the stimulus-response test defining a... Agent: Entelos, Inc. C/o Law Offices Of Karen E. Flick

20090132220 - Method for creating a telecommunications application: Techniques for using a proxy model to encapsulate one or more telecommunications (telecom) functionalities are provided. The techniques include generating a proxy model, wherein the proxy model comprises at least one of a representation module, an implementation module, a metadata module, one or more utility snippet modules, one or more... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090132221 - Verification of highly optimized synchronous pipelines via random simulation driven by critical resource scheduling system and program product: Testing a model of a logic circuit model. The testing includes generating valid random input stimulus sequences for a logic circuit model. Enumerating critical resource requirements, enumerating critical resource availabilities does this, and selecting of stimulus sequences and determining legal times for execution of said stimulus sequences based on resource... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20090132222 - State testing device and methods thereof: A test method for a data processing device includes determining both a current state of the device and a desired state of the device. A set of instructions to transition the data processing device from the current state to the target state is obtained by initially selecting a first source... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090132224 - Co-simulation system using a slow operation mode that allows detailed interaction with hardware and a fast operation mode: The invention relates to a hardware/software co-simulation system comprising a simulator and a hardware block coupled thereto with an I/O manager and at least one DUT (“Device under Test”), the co-simulation system comprising a first operating mode (Mode 1), wherein the I/O manager can forward a request from the simulator... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090132223 - System and method for generation of synthetic parallel application kernels using tracing information: A method and apparatus may automatically generate a synthetic kernel application for use in optimizing applications on a parallel computing system using protocols such as MPI. The method and system may collect trace communication data from nodes within the parallel computing system running a given application. This trace communication data,... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090132227 - Counter example analysis support apparatus: A counter example analysis support apparatus includes a counter example storage storing the counter example being a transition sequence of state and event that has not satisfied a verification condition as a result of the model checking; comprising: a related item list storage storing a related item list being a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090132226 - Mimicking of functionality exposed through an abstraction: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for mimicking functionality of an application platform. At runtime, an analysis is performed of an application platform to identify how a desired functionality is implemented by the application platform. When the analysis reveals that the application platform is using a known function that can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132225 - Technique for creating simulated servicing applications from data captured by a configurable software probe: The present invention discloses a system for creating a simulated service application from data captured by a configurable software probe. Such a system can include a servicing application, a configurable software probe, and a simulator generation engine. The servicing application can be configured to provide at least one function to... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090132228 - Tape management method and tape management system: A tape management method capable of easily using a file on a virtual tape from a plurality of programs in a system virtually emulating a magnetic tape apparatus by a disk apparatus. When a use request is generated from other program to a volume of a virtual tape used by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090125283 - Method and apparatus for automatically determining compliance with building regulations: A protocol and software program are provided to create tagged representations of model building construction codes that have a tagging schema that reflects the logic and requirements of the codes from the text of the codes. The protocol and software can also be used to create “smart” versions of Federal,... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20090125280 - Methods for geomechanical fracture modeling: The present invention relates generally to methods for designing and optimizing the number, placement, and size of fractures in a subterranean formation and more particularly to methods that account for stress interference from other fractures when designing and optimizing the number, placement, and size of fractures in the subterranean formation.... Agent: Robert A. Kent

20090125282 - Numerical structural analysis system based on the load-transfer-path method: The parameters are set in the condition that the supporting point B in the objective structure is fixed and the load is applied to the specific loading point A. The FEM calculation means 2 calculates the deformation of the objective structure according to the structural stiffness matrix in the stiffness... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090125281 - System and methods for determining size, and method for producing a size-determining system: e

20090125284 - Unmoldable portion detection system, computer readable medium, and unmoldable portion detection method: An unmoldable portion detection system includes: a normal line arithmetic unit; a backward component determination unit; and an unmoldable portion determination unit, wherein the system further includes one of the following (A) units and (B) units: (A) a concave connection determination unit; and an adjacent unmoldable portion determination unit, and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090125285 - Decomposition of nonlinear dynamics using multiple model approach and gap metric analysis: Multiple models for various stages of a non-linear process control are developed by clustering perturbation data obtained from the nonlinear process so as to permit multiple local data regions to be identified as a function of substantial similarity between the data, wherein the data of first data set represent the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090125286 - Algorithm to determine wheel and brake cooling: A system and device for estimating an amount of time needed for a vehicle brake assembly to cool to a predetermined temperature includes a first input for receiving data indicative of a temperature of the brake assembly, a second input for receiving data indicative of at least one environmental condition... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090125287 - Multimedia train simulator: A train simulator, including a microprocessor, a display and an input device for the microprocessor. A program drives the display with the track data during simulation, determines if an exception has occurred during the simulation; and provides a multimedia message if an exception has occurred.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090125288 - Hydrocarbon recovery from a hydrocarbon reservoir: A computer system for modelling and controlling a hydrocarbon reservoir through management of fluid flow at individual wells. The computer system has program instructions which operate a computer model which uses oilfield production data to provide a model of future production. The model comprises an optimal regression model which represents... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090125289 - Crystallization and structure determination of glycosylated human beta secretase, an enzyme implicated in alzheimer's disease: An inhibitor bound form of human beta secretase, also known as memapsin 2 and BACE, particularly in a glycosylated form as expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), HEK293 cells, or in insect cells as part of a Baculovirus expression system has been crystallized, and the three-dimensional x-ray crystal structure has... Agent: Pfizer Inc Steve T. Zelson

20090125290 - Automatic verification of device models: An efficient and cost effective mechanism for generating test files for automatic verification of a device model is disclosed. Uncompleted coverage goals determined based upon simulating processing of a test file by a design model may be expressed as negative assertions for input to a test data generator, where output... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20090125291 - Image complexity computation in packet based video broadcast systems: A method to determine real time image complexity in video streaming, IPTV and broadcast applications using a statistical model representing channel bandwidth variation and image complexity that considers scene content changes. Available channel bandwidth is distributed unevenly among multiple video streams in proportion to bandwidth variation and image complexity of... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090125292 - Method and system for testing functionality of a chip checker: A method for testing functionality of a chip checker is disclosed. The checker is arranged for generating a predetermined verification signal when the chip, upon receiving a predetermined input signal, generates a corresponding response signal. The method comprises the steps of developing a model of the chip, the model at... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090125293 - Method and system for real-time prediction of power usage for a change to another performance state: A method and system for real-time prediction of power usage for a change to another performance state provides input data for power management decision-making processes or for display to system operators. The unit(s) for which power usage is predicted may be a single processor in a uni-processor system or may... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20090125294 - System and method for tunneling and slicing based bmc decomposition: A system and method for bounded model checking of computer programs includes providing a program having at least one reachable property node. The program is decomposed for bounded model checking (BMC) into subproblems by creating a tunnel based on disjunctive control paths through the program. A reduced BMC sub-problem obtained... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20090119072 - Electromagnetic modeling of switch fets: There is disclosed a method for modeling a switch FET. A three-dimensional model representing the structure of the switch FET may be created. The three-dimensional model may be analyzed using an electromagnetic field analysis tool.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP - Raytheon Company

20090119073 - Heat trace system design: Heat trace system design is disclosed. In some embodiments, pipe system data including data associated with pipe system components is received, and in response to receiving a selection of a pipe system component, data associated with a set of one or more pipe system components including the selected pipe system... Agent: Tyco International

20090119071 - Interconnected objects slope modification tool: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to update a slope of a run in a system in a computer drawing application. A system run (i.e., an interconnected series of objects) is selected in a computer drawing application. The objects in the interconnected series are part of... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20090119074 - Method and apparatus for importing data into program code: The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may be achieved using first program code.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090119070 - Method and apparatus for investigation of how a technical system can be broken down: A method, a computer program product and to a data processing installation are provided for investigation of how a technical system which is composed of components can be broken down. Design models of this system and of its components are predetermined. Rays which originate from selected foot points on the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090119075 - Method and system for automated custom design of a storage assembly: A custom storage assembly design module automates design of a storage assembly by automatically generating a recommended layout based on a user defined storage location. The design module, which can be communicatively coupled to a remote communications device including a monitor, provides custom design options in view of the recommended... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20090119076 - Method for generating a 3d earth model: A method is provided for generating an invertible 3D hydrodynamic earth model suitable for defining target characteristics of a subsurface area formed by a plurality of formations and comprising drilling positions of potential and real wells. The method comprises constructing an initial 3D earth model by combining solutions for a... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090119078 - Blasting method: Methods for evaluating drill pattern parameters such as burden, spacing, borehole diameter, etc., at a blast site are disclosed. One method involves accumulating the burden contributed by successive layers of rock and matching the accumulated rock burden to a target value for a borehole having a length related to the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090119077 - Use of simulation to generate predictions pertaining to a manufacturing facility: In one embodiment, a method for using simulation to predict the future of a manufacturing facility includes obtaining data pertaining to the current state of the manufacturing facility, and building a simulation model based on the obtained data. The method may further include identifying a time horizon defining a point... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090119079 - Golf ball and mechanical analysis of the same: The accuracy or computation speed of mechanical analysis of a golf ball using the finite element method is increased. In the mechanical analysis, a model representing the golf ball is prepared on a computer, and computation is made by the finite element method using elements and nodes. At this time,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090119080 - Computational simulation systems and methods using boundary integral equations: A system, method, and computer-readable medium including instructions for predicting a characteristic of an object is described. The system includes an object model comprising a thin crack geometry representation of at least a portion of the object; a boundary condition model of a predetermined process applicable to the object (FIG.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090119081 - Stability performance of the coupled algorithms for viscoelastic ink jet simulations: A system and method for simulating the flow of a viscoelastic fluid through a channel. The simulation including a interface between a first fluid and a second fluid. The simulation including the formation of a droplet. The simulation includes solving equations governing the viscoelastic flow of the first fluid through... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090119082 - Reservoir fracture simulation: Reservoir fracture simulation relates to a method of evaluating a reservoir. Data associated with properties of the reservoir as well as properties of a fracture in the reservoir, is collected. This data is then used in conjunction with a correlation matrix to determine modification parameters of a reservoir model of... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20090119083 - Family inheritance: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090119085 - Method and system for modeling dynamic behavior of a transistor: Method and system are disclosed for modeling dynamic behavior of a transistor. The method includes representing static behavior of a transistor using a lookup table, selecting an instance of the transistor from the lookup table for modeling dynamic behavior of the transistor, computing a previous state of the instance using... Agent: Wheelock Chan LLP

20090119084 - System, method, and program product for simulating test equipment: A simulation system includes a Response database for storing Response Data in which an output result of a device-under-test (DUT) model for a predetermined test item is set, and a framework for causing the test plan program to operate. The framework determines an output result of a DUT or a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090119086 - System and method for clock modeling in discrete-event simulation: Local clock modeling for a discrete event simulator is described. A local clock generator provides realistic clock characteristics in terms of clock precision and clock drift and clock mapping utilities provide API for other modules and/or protocols in the discrete event simulator to schedule events on local clocks instead of... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20090119088 - Method of designing, modelling or fabricating a communications baseband stack: The present invention contemplates applying a form of emulation to the domain of communications baseband stack design, in which baseband stack resource requirements, capabilities and behaviour are modelled and described. and the resultant description input to software comprising a virtual machine layer optimised for a communications DSP in order to... Agent: Saul Ewing LLP (philadelphia)

20090119089 - Method, apparatus and full-system simulator for speeding mmu simulation: A method, apparatus, and full-system simulator for speeding memory management unit simulation with direct address mapping on a host system, the host system supporting a full-system simulator, on which a guest system is simulated, the method comprising the following steps: setting a border in the logical space assigned for the... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20090119087 - Pass-through and emulation in a virtual machine environment: A virtual device emulated in software and included in a virtual machine is provided in a virtualized computer system. The virtual device includes an emulation mode and a pass through mode. The emulation mode is used for a first plurality of device operations. The pass through mode is used for... Agent: Vmware, Inc.