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20090243853 | FINDING AND PACKING TRAVEL ARTICLES - A system and method for locating one or more travel articles for packing, out of a plurality of travel articles. A transponder having a unique locator tag is disposed on each travel article that can be potentially selected for packing. A user or computer selects one or more travel articles for packing using an article tracking unit. Article tracking unit communicates a ping signal to a transponder that is associated with a selected travel article for packing. Upon receipt of the ping signal, a transponder controller activates an indicator, such as an aural or visual cue. The activated indicator assists a user in locating the travel article that is associated with the activated indicator. Once the selected travel article for packing is located and packed in a travel container, the indicator is deactivated. | 10-01-2009 |
20090248549 | MAINTAINING A RUNNING LIST OF PACKED TRAVEL ARTICLES - A system and method for maintaining a running list of a plurality of travel articles that are packed in one or more travel containers. A transponder having a unique locator tag is disposed on each travel article that is packed. A current packing distribution list is stored in memory and generated by a tracking controller, which utilizes (i) information relating to one or more packed travel articles and (ii) an identification of the travel container(s) in which the travel article(s) is/are packed. Moreover, the current packing distribution list is updated depending on whether the packed travel articles have been added to or removed from a particular travel container. If the current packing distribution list is determined to be optimizable, an optimized packing distribution list is generated and serves as the new current packing distribution list. The current packing distribution list is stored and displayed. | 10-01-2009 |
20100058110 | ISOTROPIC PROCESSOR - The present disclosure is directed toward a method for restoring a computer processor to a previous state. Described is a processor/memory architecture that may store successive instructions/data into a pushdown stack. As instructions are loaded and executed, the loading and executing of new instructions may be suspended. The instruction execution and memory stack then may be restored to a previous processor state in terms of instructions, processor memory state, register values, etc. | 03-04-2010 |
20140025239 | VEHICLE FEEDBACK - A feedback method and system. The method includes identifying by a computing system, a user. A vehicular feedback software application is enabled for the user. A feedback software application in the computing system monitors a group of vehicle operation functions currently being executed by the user with respect to a vehicle. The feedback software application analyzes the group of vehicle operation functions with respect to a profile associated with the user. An analysis report is generated in response to the analysis. The analysis report is presented to the user. The computing system monitors a response to the first analysis report from the user. | 01-23-2014 |
20140136940 | USER FUNCTION FEEDBACK - A feedback method and system. The method includes enabling, for a first user, access to a computing system. The computing system enables a feedback software application. The computing system enables access to a first software application. The computing system retrieves a profile associated with the first software application, the first user, and a first work type being performed by the first user. The feedback software application monitors user functions associated with the first user, the first software application, and the first work type being performed by the first user. The feedback software application analyzes the user functions with respect to the profile. The feedback software application generates an analysis report comprising results of the analyzing. The computing system presents to the first user, the first analysis report. | 05-15-2014 |
20140236633 | BIOMEDICAL FEEDBACK - A feedback method and system. The method includes a computing system identifying a user. A biomedical feedback software application is enabled for the user. The biomedical feedback software application in the computing system monitors a first group of current biomedical characteristics of the user. The feedback software application analyzes the first group of current biomedical characteristics of the user with respect to a profile associated with the user. An analysis report is generated in response to the analysis. The analysis report is presented to the user. The computing system monitors a response to the analysis report from the user. | 08-21-2014 |
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20090019363 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND PRIORITIZING MULTIPLE SEARCH RESULTS - A method for generating and prioritizing multiple search results is disclosed. A database stores search results in an information storage and retrieval system. A search program executes on a computer system coupled to the database. The search program receives a search request from a user input. The search program parses the search request into at least one search term. The search program performs a loop comprising steps associating a priority adjustment value with each search term, generating a search result, calculating a priority adjustment sum of the generated search result, inserting the at least one search term, the generated search result, and the calculated priority adjustment sum in the search result list, and modifying the at least one search term and the priority adjustment value associated with each search term to perform a next iteration of the loop. | 01-15-2009 |
20090105897 | VEHICLE FEEDBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM - A feedback method and system. The method includes identifying by a computing system, a user. A vehicular feedback software application is enabled for the user. A feedback software application in the computing system monitors a group of vehicle operation functions currently being executed by the user with respect to a vehicle. The feedback software application analyzes the group of vehicle operation functions with respect to a profile associated with the user. An analysis report is generated in response to the analysis. The analysis report is presented to the user. The computing system monitors a response to the first analysis report from the user. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106049 | BIOMEDICAL FEEDBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM - A feedback method and system. The method includes a computing system identifying a user. A biomedical feedback software application is enabled for the user. The biomedical feedback software application in the computing system monitors a first group of current biomedical characteristics of the user. The feedback software application analyzes the first group of current biomedical characteristics of the user with respect to a profile associated with the user. An analysis report is generated in response to the analysis. The analysis report is presented to the user. The computing system monitors a response to the analysis report from the user. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106312 | USER FUNCTION FEEDBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM - A feedback method and system. The method includes includes enabling, for a first user, access to a computing system. The computing system enables a feedback software application. The computing system enables access to a first software application. The computing system retrieves a profile associated with the first software application, the first user, and a first work type being performed by the first user. The feedback software application monitors user functions associated with the first user, the first software application, and the first work type being performed by the first user. The feedback software application analyzes the user functions with respect to the profile. The feedback software application generates an analysis report comprising results of the analyzing. The computing system presents to the first user, the first analysis report. | 04-23-2009 |
20100208383 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data storage apparatus and method. The apparatus comprises a mounting structure, a motor mechanically attached to mounting structure, and a data storage platter mechanically attached to the motor. The apparatus additionally comprises a single actuator arm comprising a first and second read/write data head or multiple radial movement mechanisms each comprising a read/write data head. The single actuator arm is configured to move axially along an arc and across a top surface of the data storage platter such that the first read/write data head has access to a first section and a second section of the data storage platter and the second read/write data head only has access to the second section of data storage platter. Each radial movement mechanism moves a different read/write data head radially all along a radius of the data storage platter and over and across different sections of the data storage platter. | 08-19-2010 |
20100211730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING DATA ON A HARD DISK DRIVE - A method for caching data on a hard disk drive. The method begins by identifying at least one track residing on the hard disk drive to devote to caching. The method continues with determining an average for each data value both residing on the hard disk drive and not residing in random access memory. The average value being the average number of times a given data value was read into memory before being the given data value was overwritten. Next the method detects a period of hard disk activity and in response to detecting, the method concludes by copying to each cache track each data value not residing in random access memory and having an average which exceeds a first threshold. | 08-19-2010 |
20120182848 | DATA STORAGE - A data storage apparatus and method. The apparatus comprises a mounting structure, a motor mechanically attached to mounting structure, and a data storage platter mechanically attached to the motor. The apparatus additionally comprises a single actuator arm comprising a first and second read/write data head or multiple radial movement mechanisms each comprising a read/write data head. The single actuator arm is configured to move axially along an arc and across a top surface of the data storage platter such that the first read/write data head has access to a first section and a second section of the data storage platter and the second read/write data head only has access to the second section of data storage platter. Each radial movement mechanism moves a different read/write data head radially all along a radius of the data storage platter and over and across different sections of the data storage platter. | 07-19-2012 |
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20100008233 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEPLOY AND MONITOR NETWORK LAYER FUNCTIONALITIES - Example methods and apparatus to deploy and monitor network layer functionalities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) packet at an input of a server, the IP packet being received from a communicatively coupled router, identifying the IP packet as a production IP packet or a non-production IP packets, when the IP packet is the non-production IP packet, manipulating data within the IP packet to monitor network layer functionality, forwarding the manipulated non-production IP packet to the router, and when the IP packet is the production IP packet, forwarding the production IP packet to the router without manipulating data within the IP packet. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008240 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR NETWORK LAYER FUNCTIONALITIES - Example methods and apparatus to monitor network layer functionalities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a first probe packet at an input of a first server, the first probe packet being received from a router, the first probe packet being generated and transmitted from a second server that is one-hop away from the first server in a network, determining if the first server is a final destination of the first probe packet, and if the first server is not the final destination of the first probe packet, generating a second probe packet and transmitting the second probe packet to the router for transmission toward the final destination. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008363 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISTRIBUTE NETWORK IP TRAFFIC - Example methods and apparatus to distribute network IP traffic are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a first IP control packet at an input of a first server, the first IP control packet being received from a first router, selecting a second router within a router array associated with the first router to send the first IP control packet, the first server selecting the second router by matching a destination IP address of the first IP control packet to a first IP address subspace associated with the second router, transmitting the first IP control packet to the second router, and updating a forwarding table in the first router by associating the destination IP address of the first IP control packet with a first control path from the first router to the second router. | 01-14-2010 |
20100157809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY CONSISTENT SAMPLING OF FLOW RECORDS AT CONSTRAINED, CONTENT-DEPENDENT RATES - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for sampling network traffic. The method includes receiving a desired quantity of flow record to sample, receiving a plurality of network flow record each summarizing a network flow of packets, calculating a hash for each flow record of based on one or more invariant part of a respective flow, generating a quasi-random number from the calculated hash for each respective flow record, generating a priority from the calculated hash for each respective flow record, and sampling exactly the desired quantity of flow records, selecting flow records having a highest priority first. In one aspect, the method further partitions the plurality of flow records into groups based on flow origin and destination, generates an individual priority for each partitioned group, and separately samples exactly the desired quantity of flow records from each partitioned group, selecting flows having a highest individual priority first. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING NETWORK TRAFFIC - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for sampling network traffic. The method includes receiving a plurality of flow records, calculating a hash for each flow record based on one or more invariant part of a respective flow, generating a quasi-random number from the calculated hash for each respective flow record, and sampling flow records having a quasi-random number below a probability P. Invariant parts of flow records include destination IP address, source IP address, TCP/UDP port numbers, TCP flags, and network protocol. A plurality of routers can uniformly calculate hashes for flow records. Each router in a plurality of routers can generate a same quasi-random number for each respective flow record and uses different values for probability P. The probability P can depend on a flow size. The method can divide the quasi-random number by a maximum possible hash value. | 06-24-2010 |
20110286342 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ROUTE PACKETS IN A NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to route packets in a network are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a packet in a packet aggregator, accessing a forwarding table to determine a router within a router array to which the packet is to be forwarded, transmitting the packet to the determined router via a first interface of the packet aggregator, identifying a second interface within the router to which the packet is to be forwarded, forwarding the packet from the router via the second interface to a virtual interface within the packet aggregator, and statically forwarding the packet from the packet aggregator to a destination based on the virtual interface that received the packet. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286457 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ROUTE CONTROL PACKETS BASED ON ADDRESS PARTITIONING - Methods and apparatus to route control packets based on address partitioning. A disclosed example method includes receiving a packet in a server, determining the packet is a control packet, forwarding the packet to a processor, identifying via the processor an address prefix of the packet, accessing a forwarding table and determining via the processor at least one of a router or an outgoing interface that corresponds to the identified address prefix, transmitting the packet from the processor to the server via the outgoing interface, and statically forwarding the packet from the server to the router based on an interface that received the packet from the processor. | 11-24-2011 |