BACKGROUND 0003. Unwanted e-mail traffic, known as spam, is a major problem in
electronic communication. Spam abuses the pri mary benefit of e-mail—fast communication …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 6,260,068 B1* 7/2001 Zalewski et al............... TO9, 226
6,516,348 B1* 2/2003 MacFarlane et al. TO9, 224 6,691,067 B1* 2/2004 Ding et …

(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/076,131,(Continued) filed on Mar. 9, 2005,
which is a continuation-in-part OTHER PUBLICATIONS of application No. 10/442,669, filed …

A6 IF 2/06(2013.01) 6.254, 627 B1 7/2001 Freidberg A6M 37/00(2006.01) 6,258,125 B1
7/2001 Paul et al. A6 IB 7/68(2006.01) 6,277,084 B1 8, 2001 Abele et al. A61 F …

Therapeutic and drug delivery systems are provided in the form of medical devices with
coatings for capturing and immobilizing target cells such as circulating progenitor or …

0003. When a computing system fails, the end-user has a very limited set of facilities to
diagnose the problem and recover from the failure. In addition to a basic set of diagnos tic …

(57) ABSTRACT A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In
one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material …

Methods and systems are provided for executing a simulation of an operation in a data
processing system. In one imple mentation, the method includes executing an operation …

Methods for generating synthetic data based on time depen dent data with increased
accuracy include decomposing a base dataset into a base dynamic component and at least …

(57) ABSTRACT A flexible body comprises a polymer film having a first sur face and an
opposing second Surface. The polymer film has a plurality of apertures extending from the …