Hobson, GB
Andrew Hobson, Cambridge GB
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20120040955 | FLUORO SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AS JAK3 INHIBITORS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) | 02-16-2012 |
20120172385 | ORTHO SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AS JAK INHIBITORS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) | 07-05-2012 |
20130131043 | PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS JAK INHIBITORS - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) | 05-23-2013 |
Chris Hobson, Swindon GB
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20120047382 | Script engine for control of power management controllers - A power management IC (PMIC) and methods thereof have been achieved wherein the PMIC invented supports multiple applications while having a high degree of flexibility and allowing a small built and a low power consumption. An embedded script engine on an internal communication bus of the PMIC replaces hard-wired sequencers and control interfaces or using processors as utilized in prior art. The script engine reads instructions from a non-volatile memory as e.g. a one-time programmable (OTP) memory. Furthermore a RAM can be provided to store executable instructions loaded from a host. Moreover a FIFO process is provided if instructions or TAGs are received while a previous script is being exercised. Any type of power supplies, output GPIO or other function could be controlled also by the Script Engine. The invention is also applicable to any other kind of power management circuits. | 02-23-2012 |
David Hobson, Wirksworth GB
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20080207473 | Emulsion Composition - The present invention provides an emulsion composition containing (a) a first phase with (i) an oil soluble inert medium; and (ii) an emulsifier capable of forming a water-in-oil emulsion; and (b) a second phase with (i) a metal base; (ii) an aqueous medium; and (iii) optionally a compound containing two or more hydroxyl groups, wherein a base in the form of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate; or combinations thereof; and wherein the emulsion composition has a flow rate through a 45 μm filter of more than 8 ml/min in a filterability test carried out at ambient temperature and 45 kPa applied vacuum; wherein the filter has diameter of 5 cm and a mesh size of about 45 μm; and wherein the oil soluble inert medium in the filtration test is an oil of lubricating viscosity of a SAE 50 base oil. The invention further provides a method of preparing the emulsion composition and its use in a marine engine. | 08-28-2008 |
David Hobson, Belper GB
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20080312340 | Process for Preparing Dispersions - The invention provides a process for preparing a dispersion of particles, by reducing in particle size at least one component by agitating the component in the presence of (i) a plurality of beads; (ii) a powder; (iii) a surfactant; and (iv) a liquid medium to form a dispersion, wherein the particles are uniformly dispersed in the liquid medium. The invention further provides for the use of the dispersion of particles. | 12-18-2008 |
20110152142 | Method of Lubricating an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention provides a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to said engine a dispersion, the dispersion comprises: (a) a metal base; (b) a surfactant; and (c) an organic medium in which the metal base is uniformly dispersed by physical processes, wherein the metal base has a mean average particle size of at least 10 nanometres to less than 1 μm; and the dispersion has a solids content of greater than 15 wt %. The invention further provides a lubricant composition containing said dispersion. | 06-23-2011 |
David Hobson, Derbyshire GB
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20080229655 | High Solids Content Dispersions - The present invention provides a dispersion composition containing (a) a metal base selected from the group consisting of: (i) a metal hydroxide with a solids content of greater than about 51 wt % of the composition; (ii) a metal base other than a metal hydroxide with a solids content of greater than about 15 wt % of the composition; and (iii) mixtures thereof; (b) a surfactant; and (c) an organic medium containing less than about 2 wt % of water. The invention further provides a process for preparing the composition and a method for its use. | 09-25-2008 |
20080269087 | Method of Lubricating an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention provides a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to said engine a dispersion, the dispersion comprises: (a) a metal base; (b) a surfactant; and (c) an organic medium in which the metal base is uniformly dispersed by physical processes, wherein the metal base has a mean average particle size of at least 10 nanometres to less than 1 μm; and the dispersion has a solids content of greater than 15 wt %. The invention further provides a lubricant composition containing said dispersion. | 10-30-2008 |
20090203563 | Method of Preparing an Overbased or Neutral Detergent - The invention provides a process for preparing a neutral or an overbased detergent, the process by: reacting (a) a pre-prepared suspension comprising (i) a metal base with a mean particle size of 10 micrometres or less; (ii) a surfactant; and (iii) an organic medium in which the metal base is suspended typically by a physical process. An overbased detergent may be formed with a further reaction with acidifying overbasing agent. The invention further provides a lubricant composition containing said neutral and overbased detergent. | 08-13-2009 |
20090217570 | Method of Controlling By-Products or Pollutants from Fuel Combustion - The invention provides a method of controlling by-products or pollutants from fuel combustion, comprising corn-busting a fuel containing a dispersion, the dispersion comprises: (a) a mixture of at least two metal bases, wherein each metal of the metal bases has an average oxidation state of (+2) or higher, (b) at least one surfactant; and (c) at least one organic medium, wherein the metal bases are uniformly dispersed in the organic medium. | 09-03-2009 |
20120103290 | Synergistic Combination of a Hindered Phenol and Nitrogen Containing Detergent for Biodiesel Fuel to Improve Oxidative Stability - The present invention provides a fuel composition comprising a C1-4 alkyl fatty acid ester, a nitrogen containing detergent, and a phenolic antioxidant. Additionally, the present invention provides for a method of supplying to an internal combustion engine (i) a C1-4 alkyl fatty acid ester; (ii) a fuel which is a liquid at room temperature other than (i); (iii) a nitrogen containing detergent; (iv) and a phenolic antioxidant. | 05-03-2012 |
David M. Hobson, Staffordshire GB
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20160060562 | 2-STROKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CYLINDER LINER LUBRICATING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a lubricating composition comprising: an oil of lubricating viscosity; 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an alkaline earth or alkali metal sulphonate detergent; and an oil-soluble polyalkylene glycol having a distribution of molecular weight such that the molecules thereof have a weight of 2500 to less than 10,000 Daltons and comprise 0.05 wt % to 3 wt % of the lubricating composition. The invention further provides a method of lubricating a 2-stroke internal combustion engine cylinder liner (and piston) with the lubricating composition. | 03-03-2016 |
David M. Hobson, Derbyshire GB
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20100276165 | Method of Improving Fuel Tank Safety - The invention relates to a method for improving the safety of a fuel tank by (1) supplying to the fuel tank a fuel and a flame suppressant, wherein the fuel tank contains two or more compartments, at least one compartment containing fuel, and at least one compartment containing flame suppressant, and wherein the compartment containing flame suppressant is either: (i) located to the exterior of the fuel tank, (ii) located within the interior of the fuel tank, or (iii) mixtures thereof; (2) rupturing the fuel tank and the compartment containing flame suppressant; and (3) mixing or otherwise contacting the flame suppressant with fuel from the fuel tank. | 11-04-2010 |
Ian Hobson, Warwickshire GB
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20110219862 | Test Device for the Fan of an Aircraft Engine - The fundamental idea of the invention consists of the construction of the test device from a stationary inner basic structure ( | 09-15-2011 |
Ian Timothy Hobson, London GB
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20140239883 | Secure Device Charging - One embodiment of the invention is an apparatus for determining the initiation of a charging process for a secure charging apparatus. The apparatus has circuitry for authorising a user, circuitry for confirming connection of a device, and circuitry for confirming charging of the device. | 08-28-2014 |
Lois Hobson, Teesside GB
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20120022225 | Olefin Metathesis Polymerisation - A ring-opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP) reaction is disclosed in which a cyclic alkene compound is subjected to ROMP using a ruthenium ROMP catalyst having heterocyclic ligands in the presence of a compound from which such ligans may be derived. The process includes the step of adding sufficient of an acyclic alkene having a carbon-carbon double bond capable of reacting with the catalytic metal moieties attached to the living end of each of the polymer chains generated in the ROMP reaction to end cap the polymer chains and to generate a olefin metathesis catalyst. The process includes reiterating the polymerisation steps by adding further amounts of a cyclic alkene compound. The catalyst may be generated in situ from a precursor compound by the addition of a compound from which heterocyclic ligands may be derived by interaction with the precursor compound. | 01-26-2012 |
Lois Hobson, Teeside GB
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20100119785 | FILM FORMATION AND EVALUATION - Methods and apparatus for forming films from liquid samples for evaluation are disclosed. The liquid samples are dispensed into a channel formed by a die and a substrate on which the films are generated whilst moving the die and the substrate relatively to one another. Once formed, the liquid films may then be further processed, for example by curing or polymerization, to generate solid films for subsequent evaluation. | 05-13-2010 |
Michael Hobson, Cambridge GB
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20090092333 | Digital signal processing with improved mapping - A method of performing a signal enhancement operation on a digital input signal is described. The method produces a best estimate of a true signal which the digital input signal is assumed to represent. The method involves deriving a plurality of candidate mappings, each defining a mapping between the signal domain of the digital input signal and an alternative optimisation domain, each signal in the signal domain corresponding to a set of optimisation parameters in the optimisation domain. For each candidate mapping, an indicator of the quality of the candidate mapping is calculated an a set of optimisation parameters in the optimisation domain of the candidate mapping is generated, the set of optimisation parameters re resenting an enhanced signal in that domain. The highest-quality mapping is then selected in dependence on the calculated indicators, and the set of optimisation parameters generated for the selected mapping is selected. The selected mapping is applied to the selected set of optimisation parameters to produce an enhanced digital signal. The method finds application in a variety of signal processing fields including image processing, and is applicable for exmple, to image processing tasks such as image enhancement or image reconstruction. | 04-09-2009 |
Michael Eric Hobson, Longwick Bucks GB
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20110063753 | MULTI-LAYER SHEET PRODUCT - A magnetically-activatable sheet product is provided comprising a pair of laminated outer sheets at least one of which is provided with a pigment/binder primer coat on its inward facing surface, between which is a magnetic layer comprising magnetically-activatable particles in a binder matrix, the outer sheets having sufficient opacity to mask the appearance of the magnetic layer. | 03-17-2011 |
Michael Eric Hobson, Bucks GB
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20080233290 | Thermal Paper - A method of preparing a thermally printable sheet which comprises providing a substrate comprising a base sheet having at least one surface coated with a layer containing a pigment in solid porous particulate form, and, using a printer, printing onto the coated surface of said substrate, a thermal ink which comprises a colour former, a colour developer and a sensitizer, characterised in that the sensitizer comprises dimethyl terephthalate, and that the ink also comprises at least one pigment. A novel thermally printable sheet suitable for use in such method is also provided. | 09-25-2008 |
20090031921 | thermal ink - A thermal ink which comprises a colour former, a colour developer and a sensitizer, characterised in that the colour former comprises | 02-05-2009 |
20120057256 | Multi-Layer Sheet Product - A magnetically-activatable sheet product is provided comprising a pair of laminated outer sheets at least one of which is provided with a pigment/binder primer coat on its inward facing surface, between which is a magnetic layer comprising magnetically-activatable particles in a binder matrix, the outer sheets having sufficient opacity to mask the appearance of the magnetic layer. | 03-08-2012 |
Paola M. Hobson, Alton GB
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20090094642 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A USER ON A DISPLAY OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device ( | 04-09-2009 |
20090222430 | Apparatus and Method for Content Recommendation - A content recommender executes a method wherein a set of attributes are provided for a plurality of content items. A number of recommendation parameters are defined as a function of attribute values for a subset of attributes and for each content item, recommendation values are determined based on the definitions. A multi-dimensional clustering is applied to the recommendation values for the content items to generate a plurality of content clusters. Each dimension of the clustering corresponds to a recommendation parameter. The content recommender then selects a set of content clusters from the content clusters and a recommendation set of content items is generated by selecting at least one content item from each selected content cluster. The invention may allow improved recommendations to be generated and may in particular allow recommendations to be generated which reflect a number of different and possibly conflicting considerations. | 09-03-2009 |
20110167066 | CONTENT ITEM REVIEW MANAGEMENT - A content item review management apparatus ( | 07-07-2011 |
Paola M. Hobson, Hants GB
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20090106208 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ITEM ANNOTATION - An apparatus for content item annotation comprises an ontology processor ( | 04-23-2009 |
Peter Allen Hobson, Hampshire GB
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20110186771 | Composite Material - A composite materil comprises magnetic particles dispersed in electrically insulating material. The magnetic particles have an aspect ratio greater than 1 (preferably greater than 10) and a concentration sufficiently high to produce negative permeability. The magnetic particles may be magnetic flakes of reduced carbonyl iron of average diameter 50 μm, average thickness 1 μm and aspect ratio 50, the magnetic flakes being at least 25% by volume of the composite material. The magnetic flakes may be aligned to produce enhanced permeability. The electrically insulating material may be paraffin wax, particulate PTFE, or another polymer. To control permittivity, the composite material may include an electrically conducting component such as graphite or conductive coatings upon the magnetic flakes. | 08-04-2011 |
Peter Allen Hobson, Malvern GB
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20140240159 | Electromagnetic Radiation Absorber - A radiation absorber comprising multiple layers has a conducting base layer, and at least first and second further layers, each separated by a dielectric material, the first and second layers having patches thereon of highly conducting material, and defining resonant cavities in cooperation with the dielectric material, wherein the resonant cavities formed on adjacent layers differ in frequency. Characteristics of the patch, such as size or shape may vary on each layer to provide different resonant frequencies, and/or dielectric or magnetic properties of the dielectric material, and/or separation distance of the patches may be varied. In some embodiments, complex dielectrics may have their loss factors adapted to tune a resonant frequency, or to adapt its resonant bandwidth. | 08-28-2014 |
Philip William Hobson, Bishops Stortford GB
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20080288427 | FORMING A SIGNATURE OF PARAMETERS EXTRACTED FROM INFORMATION - A method of storing information relating to the transmission of messages by an entity over a given time period comprises the step of | 11-20-2008 |
Russell Hobson, Glasgow GB
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20080276035 | Wear Leveling - A reference memory location can be designated in a memory device. A memory location can be designated in response to storing data in the memory device. If the identified memory location is associated with the reference memory location then an allocated memory location can be designated relative to the reference memory location, and the allocated memory location can be leveled. | 11-06-2008 |
20090043836 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LARGE NUMBER MULTIPLICATION - Methods, apparatus and systems for large number multiplication. A multiplication circuit is provided to compute the product of two operands (A and B), at least one of which is wider than a width associated with the multiplication circuit. Each of the operands includes contiguous ordered word-wide operand segments (A | 02-12-2009 |
Ryan Hobson, Rochdale GB
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20090178990 | CONNECTING MEMBER FOR A CLOTHES AIRER - A connecting member for connecting a plurality of frame elements. The connecting member has a core section having a width and two supporting members for supporting frame elements extending in different directions from the connecting member. The connecting member has at least one additional member for supporting a further frame element. The or each additional supporting member is pivotally connected to the core section and moveable between a first position in which the additional supporting member lies within the width of the core section and a second position in which a frame element supported by the additional support will extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a frame element supported by a supporting element of the core section. | 07-16-2009 |
Stephen J. Hobson, Hursley Park GB
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20110055628 | Method for Determining a State Associated with a Transaction - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining a state associated with a transaction for use with a transactional processing system comprising a transaction coordinator and a plurality of grouped and inter-connected resource managers, the method comprising the steps of: in response to a communications failure between the transaction coordinator and a first resource manager causing a transaction to have an in doubt state, connecting to a second resource manager; in response to the connecting step, sending by the transaction coordinator to the second resource manager, a query requesting data associated with the in doubt transaction; obtaining at the first resource manager, by the second resource manager, a shared lock to data associated with the in doubt transaction; and in response to the obtaining step, collating, by the second resource manager, data associated with the in doubt transaction associated with the first resource manager. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055835 | AIDING RESOLUTION OF A TRANSACTION - A method for aiding resolution of a transaction for use with a transactional processing system comprising a transaction coordinator and a plurality of grouped and inter-connected resource managers, the method comprising the steps of: in response to a communications failure between the transaction coordinator and a first resource manager causing a transaction to have an in-doubt state, connecting, by the transaction coordinator, to a second resource manager; in response to the connecting step, sending by the transaction coordinator to the second resource manager, a resolve request comprising a resolution for the in-doubt transaction; in response to the resolve request, obtaining at the first resource manager, by the second resource manager, a lock to data associated with the in-doubt transaction; and in response to the obtaining step, determining, by the second resource manager, whether the transaction is associated with the first resource manager. | 03-03-2011 |
Stephen J. Hobson, Winchester GB
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20140108492 | REQUEST-RESPONSE OPERATION FOR ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING - Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer programs for facilitating communication between a client application and a server application. A client application initiates an asynchronous communication with the server application by sending a request via a communication manager. The communication manager sends the request synchronously to the server application. Responsive to the communication manager not having received a final response from the server application, the communication manager responds to the client application that the sending the request was unsuccessful. Responsive to the communication manager having received a final response from the server application, the communication manager retains the response from the server application and responds to the client application that the sending a request was successful. The client application requests a final response from the communication manager and the communication manager provides the previously retained response. | 04-17-2014 |
Stephen J. Hobson, Hampton GB
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20090190594 | PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE LOOPING DETECTION AND CORRECTION - This system detects and corrects looping problems in a publish-subscribe messaging network. This system requires a token which uniquely identifies a node in this network or universally unique in this messaging network. This system maintains a list of Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) as a metadata attached to each publish-subscribe message (“publication”). As a node forwards a publication to another node, it is required to append its own UUID to this list or discard the message if its UUID already is in the attached list. Several nodes could form a broker cooperative aggregate node and have a unique identifier for all the nodes in the cooperative if they have an internal mechanism for preventing publication looping. | 07-30-2009 |
20140040401 | MESSAGE DELIVERY IN MESSAGING NETWORKS - In response to receipt of a request message from a requester, a reply message is created. The reply message includes a message identifier of the request message copied from the received request message. The reply message is published to each of a group of replicated message queues. The reply message is identifiable by the requester using the copied message identifier of the request message on any one of the group of replicated message queues prior to being consumed by the requester. | 02-06-2014 |
20140372800 | Message Reconciliation During Disaster Recovery - A mechanism is provided for message reconciliation during disaster recovery in an asynchronous replication system. A message is intercepted at a gateway remote from a primary data centre to which the message is being sent. A copy of the message request is stored in a request message history remotely from the primary data centre. The message is forwarded to the primary data centre. A transaction history of the message request is stored at the primary data centre which is mirrored to a disaster recovery site with other data from the primary data centre. In response to determining that the primary data centre has failed, messages in the request message history are compared with messages in the transaction history as retrieved from the disaster recovery site. | 12-18-2014 |
20150180813 | MESSAGE DELIVERY IN MESSAGING NETWORKS - In response to receipt of a request message from a requester, a reply message is created. The reply message includes a message identifier of the request message copied from the received request message. The reply message is published to each of a group of replicated message queues. The reply message is identifiable by the requester using the copied message identifier of the request message on any one of the group of replicated message queues prior to being consumed by the requester. | 06-25-2015 |
Stephen J. Hobson, Middlesex GB
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20120005680 | PROCESSING A BATCHED UNIT OF WORK - A batched unit of work is associated with a plurality of messages for use with a data store. A backout count, associated with a number of instances that work in association with the batched unit of work, is backed out. A backout threshold is associated with the backout count. A commit count is associated with committing the batched unit of work in response to successful commits for a predefined number of the plurality of messages. A checker checks whether the backout count is greater than zero and less than the backout threshold. An override component, responsive to the backout count being greater than zero and less than the backout threshold, overrides the commit count and commits the batched unit of work for a subset of the plurality of messages. | 01-05-2012 |
20120174109 | PROCESSING A BATCHED UNIT OF WORK - A batched unit of work is associated with a plurality of messages for use with a data store. A backout count, associated with a number of instances that work in association with the batched unit of work, is backed out. A backout threshold is associated with the backout count. A commit count is associated with committing the batched unit of work in response to successful commits for a predefined number of the plurality of messages. A checker checks whether the backout count is greater than zero and less than the backout threshold. An override component, responsive to the backout count being greater than zero and less than the backout threshold, overrides the commit count and commits the batched unit of work for a subset of the plurality of messages. | 07-05-2012 |
20140173259 | COMPUTER PROCESSOR WITH INSTRUCTION FOR EXECUTION BASED ON AVAILABLE INSTRUCTION SETS - A system and method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set. The system includes a computer processor configured to receive an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implement the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. The Method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set, the method including, receiving an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implementing the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173260 | COMPUTER PROCESSOR WITH INSTRUCTION FOR EXECUTION BASED ON AVAILABLE INSTRUCTION SETS - A system and method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set. The system includes a computer processor configured to receive an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implement the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. The Method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set, the method including, receiving an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implementing the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173261 | COMPUTER PROCESSOR WITH INSTRUCTION FOR EXECUTION BASED ON AVAILABLE INSTRUCTION SETS - A system and method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set. The system includes a computer processor configured to receive an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implement the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. The Method for testing whether a computer processor is capable of executing a requested instruction set, the method including, receiving an encoded conditional branch instruction in a form of machine code executable directly by the computer processor, and implementing the encoded conditional branch instruction unconditionally, based on underlying hardware architecture of the computer processor. | 06-19-2014 |