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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Jan. 30)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Sling Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Sling Media, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,236) developed by six co-inventors for a "personal media broadcasting system with output buffer." The co-inventors are Jason Gary Krikorian, Woodside, Calif., Blake Gary Krikorian, Hillsborough, Calif., Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah, Bonney Lake, Wash., Raghuveer Tarra, Cupertino, Calif., Parimal Bajpai, Bangalore, India, and Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan, Chennai, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., "channel up") from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2011 (13/240,932). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,236&OS=8,365,236&RS=8,365,236 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Zscaler Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Zscaler, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,259) developed by four co-inventors for a security message processing. The co-inventors are Jay Chaudhry, Saratoga, Calif., Jose Raphel, Austin, Texas, Kailash Kailash, San Jose, Calif., and Sivprasad Udupa, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and apparatus for handling security messages in a distributed security system. Requests, replies, and/or updates have varying time constraints. Processing node managers and authority node managers determine the best transmission times and/or the ignoring of such data to maximize information value." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/128,391). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,259&OS=8,365,259&RS=8,365,259 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TVWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- TVWorks, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,365,230) developed by seven co-inventors for an "interactive user interface for television applications." The co-inventors are Lena D. Chane, San Francisco, Matt Marenghi, San Francisco, Ty Ahmad-Taylor, New York, Alex Chung, San Francisco, Prakash Hegde, Mill Valley, Calif., Samuel Moreau, Mill Valley, Calif., and Darrel Haber, Martinez, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An iTV user interface includes a navigable menu area through which a user can select from among a variety of services and a content display area in which formatted data associated with a selected menu service are displayed to the user. The formatted data is displayed in a rotating or ticker fashion having both a passive mode, in which the formatted data is displayed in a sequence independent of any selection operations by a television viewer, and active mode, in which the formatted data is displayed in a sequence that depends on selection operations by the television viewer. Advertisements and/or promotions may be interspersed among the content items. The navigable menu area and the content display area may be displayed to the viewer at the same time as television programming is displayed on the television." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2002 (10/247,901). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,230&OS=8,365,230&RS=8,365,230 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,283) developed by Sourabh Satish, Fremont, Calif., and William E. Sobel, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., for a "detecting mutating malware using fingerprints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plurality of fingerprints are created for a file. Each fingerprint is created in response to an instance of activity involving the file. A malware signature associated with the mutating malware is compared to one or more of the plurality of fingerprints. In response to the malware signature matching one of the plurality of fingerprints, determining that the file is infected with mutating malware. Further, in response to determining that the file is infected with mutating malware, transmitting to a server multiple fingerprints of the plurality of fingerprints. The server analyzes the multiple fingerprints to determine a pattern of mutation by the mutating malware. The determined pattern of mutation is used by the server to create a signature for detecting mutations of the mutating malware." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2008 (12/198,046). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,283&OS=8,365,283&RS=8,365,283 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NETFLIX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- NETFLIX, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,235) developed by four co-inventors for a "trick play of streaming media." The co-inventors are Neil D. Hunt, Mountain View, Calif., Timothy Twerdahl, Los Altos, Calif., Marcelo Traverso M, San Jose, Calif., and Douglas Shannon, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system, comprising a network interface configured to couple to a data network; one or more processors coupled to the network interface; memory coupled to the one or more processors; a video interface coupled to the one or more processors and configured to output video data to a video display device; logic encoded in one or more computer-readable media wherein execution by the one or more processors causes receiving and storing in the memory a plurality of still images from an audiovisual program, wherein each of the still images is associated with a sequentially later time point within the audiovisual program; receiving first user input specifying invocation of a trick play mode of playing the audiovisual program; generating video output to the video interface wherein the video output comprises a first image position comprising one or more of the still images, a linearly second image position comprising one of the still images, and a linearly third image position comprising one or more of the still images; wherein the still images in the video output are arranged in the image positions in sequential order according to time point within the audiovisual program; generating updated video output to the video interface in which the still image of the second image position is shifted into the first image position, one of the still images of the third image position is shifted into the second image position, and one or more new still images are in the third image position." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2008 (12/205,118). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,235&OS=8,365,235&RS=8,365,235 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,311) developed by Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, Tustin, Calif., and H. Kumar Wickaramsinghe, Irvine, Calif., for a "quantitative analysis of MRNA and protein expression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a highly selective and non-destructive method and apparatus for the measurement of one or more target molecules within a target environment. The apparatus comprises of a modified AFM (atomic force microscope) tip to create a tapered nanoscale co-axial cable, and wherein the application of an alternating potential between the inner and outer electrodes of the co-axial cable creates a dielectrophoretic force for attracting molecules toward the tip-end which is pre-treated with one or more specific ligands." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/208,170). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,311&OS=8,365,311&RS=8,365,311 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,294) developed by Alan D. Ross, Shingle Springs, Calif., for a "hardware platform authentication and multi-platform validation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses enable authentication of a hardware platform on a network. The authenticated hardware platform can validate the credentials of virtual machines executing on the hardware platform. The authentication of the hardware platform on the network enables network access to the validated virtual machines. The network access of the virtual machines is managed by the hardware platform, including allowing differentiated access based on, for example, the security posture of each virtual machine." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2006 (11/479,180). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,294&OS=8,365,294&RS=8,365,294 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,291) developed by Minh Thoai Anh Le, Santa Ana, Calif., and Andrew Swerdlow, San Francisco, for a "browser extension control flow graph based taint tracking." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, a system and a computer program product for determining whether a browser extension leaks information over a network, is provided. A control flow graph (CFG) is generated from a source code included in the browser extension. The CFG is particular to the programming language included in the source code. A sensitive path in the CFG is determined. The sensitive path begins at a sensitive source node and ends at a sensitive end node. A set of tainted variables in the CFG are identified, where each tainted variable stores sensitive information. A subset of tainted variables is generated, where each tainted variable in the subset is included in the sensitive path. When a tainted variable in the subset is included in the sensitive end node it is associated with a leak of sensitive information by the browser extension over the network." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2011 (13/298,005). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,291&OS=8,365,291&RS=8,365,291 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,365,247) developed by James Wiese, San Ramon, Calif., James Nisbet, Menlo Park, Calif., and Mark Weng Soon Wah, Raleigh, N.C., for "identifying whether electronic data under test includes particular information from a database." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electronic circuitry includes an input/output (I/O) interface, memory which stores a set of database fingerprints generated from records of a database, and an analyzing circuit coupled to the I/O interface and the memory. The analyzing circuit is constructed and arranged to derive a set of sample tokens from electronic data under test (e.g., an email, an electronic document, etc.), and form a set of sample fingerprints from the set of sample tokens. Each sample fingerprint is based on a sample token of the set of sample tokens. The analyzing circuit is further constructed and arranged to output a result signal based on a comparison between the set of sample fingerprints and the set of database fingerprints. The result signal provides an indication of whether the electronic data under test includes particular information from the database." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,491). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,247&OS=8,365,247&RS=8,365,247 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,308) developed by Stephane Rodgers, San Diego, and Iue-Shuenn Chen, San Diego, for a "method and system for a secure power management scheme." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A security processor integrated within a system may be securely shut down. The security processor may receive shut down requests, and may determine components and/or subsystems that need be shut down during shut down periods. The security processor may determine when each of the relevant components is ready for shut down. Once the relevant components are shut down, the security processor may itself be shut down, wherein the shut down of the security processor may be performed by stopping the clocking of the security processor. A security error monitor may monitor the system during shut down periods, and the security processor may be powered back on when security breaches and/or threats may be detected via the security error monitor. The security error monitor may be enabled to power on the security processor by reactivating the security processor clock, and the security processor may then power on the system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,146). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,308&OS=8,365,308&RS=8,365,308 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** McAfee Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,276) developed by Ahmed Said Sallam, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "system, method and computer program product for sending unwanted activity information to a central system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product are provided for sending, to a central system, information associated with unwanted activity. In use, information associated with unwanted activity is identified utilizing a plurality of different types of security systems. Further, the information is sent to a central system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,693). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,276&OS=8,365,276&RS=8,365,276 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,267) developed by Tak Yin Wang, Los Altos, Calif., and Patrick Wong, Milpitas, Calif., for a "single use web based passwords for network login." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments are directed towards employing a plurality of single use passwords to provide phishing detection and user authentication. A user receives a plurality of single use passwords that expire within a defined time period after having been sent to a registered device. During a login attempt, the user enters a user name and a requested one of the passwords, which once entered expires. If valid, the user then enters a portion of another password to complete a displayed portion of a password, and a specified other one of passwords. If the displayed portion of the other passwords does not match any portion of one of passwords, then the user may detect a phishing attempt and terminate the login. If the user correctly the password data, the user may then access secured data. Each new login request requires a different set of passwords to be used." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2008 (12/270,785). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,267&OS=8,365,267&RS=8,365,267 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,256) developed by Pok Wong, San Jose, Calif., and Thomas Alan Parker, Boulder Creek, Calif., for an "authentication server with link state monitor and credential cache." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example embodiment of the present invention provides processes relating to the authentication, by an authentication server, of a supplicant/user for access to a network. In one particular implementation, an authentication server receives a request for access from a supplicant, which request is forwarded to the authentication server by an authenticator that controls a port to the network. The authentication server scores various authentication methods, based on configured preferences, currently cached credentials, and the availability of a networked credential store as measured by a link-state monitor. The authentication server then negotiates an agreed authentication method with the supplicant, using a preferred order resulting from the scores. The authentication server receives forwarded credentials for the agreed authentication method from the supplicant and instructs the authenticator to give the supplicant access to the port, if the authentication server can verify the credentials against a credential store or a credential cache." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/751,831). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,256&OS=8,365,256&RS=8,365,256 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,365,292) developed by Ramachandra Yalakanti, Roseville, Calif., for "methods and systems for managing a potential security threat to a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems and computer readable mediums storing computer executable programs for managing a potential security threat to a network are disclosed. Network data received at a network system within a network is monitored at a network management system. A determination is made at the network management system regarding whether the network data received at the network system poses a potential security threat to the network. A threat type associated with the potential security threat is identified at the network management system based on the determination. A threat assessment system operable to evaluate the identified threat type is identified at the network management system. A command is issued from the network management system to the network system to mirror network data received at the network system to the identified threat assessment system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2012 (13/352,088). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,292&OS=8,365,292&RS=8,365,292 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Displaying Information Regarding Time-based Events ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,365,278) developed by Hugh S. Njemanze, Los Altos, Calif., and Rajesh P. Bhatt, San Jose, Calif., for "displaying information regarding time-based events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user interface for a network security console associated with multiple network security devices is disclosed. A graphical user interface (GUI) for use with an intrusion detection system, comprises a radar display that is configured to simulate a stream of time-based events chronologically. In addition, one or more playback controls are configured to control the stream during simulation. In further embodiments, the radar display includes a slider configured to allow a user to jump to events that occurred at a user-defined time." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2009 (12/557,229). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,278&OS=8,365,278&RS=8,365,278 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,302) developed by David M. Johnson, Raleigh, N.C., Jamey Wood, Louisville, Colo., and Vijay Ramachandran, Cupertino, Calif., for "apparatus, systems and methods for authenticating widget access and widgets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In some embodiments, a content server receives a request for a widget from a web server, specifying a user identifier and a delegation server. If the delegation server is trusted, the user's identity is ascertained using the user identifier. The widget is delivered having a context of the user's identity. The content server receives a request to access content generated utilizing the widget incorporated into a web page and allows access based on the context of the widget. In other embodiments, a social network server receives a request from a web server for a widget. The widget is delivered having a source indicator. Subsequently, the social network server receives a request to access the social graph generated utilizing the widget incorporated into a web page. If the request includes a change to the social graph, the social network server allows the request if the widget is trusted." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2009 (12/407,577). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,302&OS=8,365,302&RS=8,365,302 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,295) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and/or method for distributing media content." The co-inventors are Ariff Sidi, Studio City, Calif., Skarphedinn Hedinsson, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., David Watson, Valencia, Calif., and Dionysius Mavromatis, Kirkland, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are disclosed for providing one or more protected segments of a media content segment, selectively providing access to at least a portion of said one or more protected segments in response to an access of a gating segment for a duration, and setting said duration in response to a selection to access said media content segment." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2007 (11/742,466). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,295&OS=8,365,295&RS=8,365,295 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lookout Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Lookout, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,365,252) developed by Kevin Patrick Mahaffey, San Francisco, John G. Hering, San Francisco, and James David Burgess, San Francisco, for "providing access levels to services based on mobile device security state." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile device's level of access to services provided by a service provider is based on a current security state assessment of the mobile device. Mobile devices are granted different access levels to services based on the security state of the device. A security component can assess the current security state of the mobile device by processing security data generated by the mobile device. In a specific embodiment, the security component is at the mobile device. In another specific embodiment, the security component is at a server." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2011 (13/314,032). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,252&OS=8,365,252&RS=8,365,252 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,306) developed by Stephane H. Maes, Fremont, Calif., for a "platform and service for management and multi-channel delivery of multi-types of contents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A platform for managing delivery of content originating from one or more content providers to users is provided. The platform includes a portal that is configured to support access through a plurality of access channels configured to receive requests through one or more access channels. A request for content is received from an access device through an access channel. An identity management module is configured to determine a user associated with the message. A content manager is configured to manage content for delivery through the plurality of access channels and configured to determine eligible content for the user. A billing module is configured to process billing for the user and content provider based on the content provided to the user. The content manager is then configured to deliver the requested content to the user's access device through the access channel." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2005 (11/138,844). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,306&OS=8,365,306&RS=8,365,306 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,365,279) developed by Fabrice E. Jogand-Coulomb, San Carlos, Calif., for a "storage device and method for dynamic content tracing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage device and method for dynamic content tracing are provided. In one embodiment, a storage device stores content having a plurality of sequences of data, each sequence of data having original data and at least one variation of the original data. The storage device receives an identifier of a host device and, for each sequence of data, selects either the original data or one of the at least one variation of the original data based on the identifier of the host device. The storage device then assembles a version of the content from the selections and provides the assembled version of the content to the host device. The assembled version of the content is unique to the host device and therefore can be used to trace the assembled version of the content back to the host device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,279&OS=8,365,279&RS=8,365,279 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rovi Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Rovi Solutions, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,307) developed by John O. Ryan, Woodside, Calif., Ronald Quan, Cupertino, Calif., and James H. Salter, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for storing copy protection information separately from protected content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A copy protection apparatus and method enabling storage of copy protection information separately from protected content is disclosed. One embodiment includes a digital data signal receiver to receive a digital data signal, the digital data signal receiver also to receive a copy protection signal produced from a copy protection information file being storable on a copy protection information storage device, a digital to analog converter operatively connected to the digital data signal receiver for converting the digital data signal to an analog signal, and a signal modifier connected to the digital to analog converter and the digital data signal receiver to produce a viewable copy protected analog signal from the analog signal and the copy protection signal, the copy protection signal specifying a modification to the analog signal to change video lines of the analog signal." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2008 (12/187,191). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,307&OS=8,365,307&RS=8,365,307 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Symantec Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Handling Component-object-model Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,206) developed by Ryan McCarten, Redwood City, Calif., Suneet Nandwani, San Jose, Calif., and Yury Mazin, Palo Alto, Calif., for "methods and systems for handling component-object-model communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method for handling component-object-model communications. The method may include identifying a request to instantiate a component-object-model object through a remote-procedure-call process. The component-object-model object may be associated with an out-of-process component-object-model server registered in a first environment. The remote-procedure-call process may be running in a second environment with a different registry than the first environment. The method may also include allowing the remote-procedure-call process to access the first environment. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,033). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,206&OS=8,365,206&RS=8,365,206 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Siebel Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Siebel Systems, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,205) developed by Mingte Chen, Fremont, Calif., Anil K. Annadata, Milpitas, Calif., and Leon Chan, Fremont, Calif., for an "adaptive communication application programming interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for inter-module communication is disclosed. The method includes defining a command definition, wherein the command definition comprises commands for interfacing with a multi-channel, multi-media, communication queuing system. The command definition can include, for example, driver object commands to request media type lists and command event lists, create drivers, request service, and release drivers. The command definition can also include, for example, service object commands to release service objects, notify when handling of an event is complete, invoke commands, release work items, suspend work items, resume work items, handle queued events, and cancel queued events. The command definition can also include, for example, client object commands to start a work item, release work items, save work item contexts, restore work item contexts, serialize work items, free work item storage, begin batch processing, and end batch processing." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,519). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,205&OS=8,365,205&RS=8,365,205 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Harris Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Harris Technology, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,219) developed by Scott C. Harris, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for remote frames. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device that can operate according to a menu. A first aspect describes an array of preview frames were each preview frame can represent a program such as a video program or an intranet site. A selection window within the array allows selecting different preview frames Another aspect describes use of this sliding array system within a GPS device." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2010 (12/723,653). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,219&OS=8,365,219&RS=8,365,219 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Systems and Method for Determining Visual Media Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,365,214) developed by Armstrong Soo, San Ramon, Calif., Bernard Ku, Austin, Texas, and Zhi Li, Martinez, Calif., for "systems and method for determining visual media information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A set top box includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive a digital video stream, calculate a hash of an I-Frame within the digital video stream, and submit the hash to a server. The processor is further configured to receive location information in response to submitting the hash to the server." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2007 (11/940,841). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,214&OS=8,365,214&RS=8,365,214 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Method and System for Guiding Scheduling Decisions in Clusters of Computers Using Dynamic Job Profiling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,365,181) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for guiding scheduling decisions in clusters of computers using dynamic job profiling." The co-inventors are Richard Flower, Palo Alto, Calif., Leonidas Kontothanassis, Arlington, Mass., Rivka Ladin, Newton, Mass., and David Goddeau, Watertown, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for scheduling jobs in a cluster of compute servers using dynamic job profiling improves the overall performance of the computing cluster. Specifically, the method and system monitors the performance of individual compute servers in a cluster, and assigns jobs to particular compute servers based on the most current performance information of the compute servers. As the job profiles of the compute servers change with every job processed, the decision as to which compute server is most appropriate for a particular job will dynamically change. Various scheduling algorithms can be used in connection with the method and system to assign jobs to specific compute servers based on the available information in the job profiles." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2004 (10/889,598). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,181&OS=8,365,181&RS=8,365,181 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Dynamically Monitoring and Rebalancing Resource Allocation of Monitored Processes Based on Execution Rates of Measuring Processes at Multiple Priority Levels ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,177) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamically monitoring and rebalancing resource allocation of monitored processes based on execution rates of measuring processes at multiple priority levels." The co-inventors are Wilson Chan, San Mateo, Calif., Angelo Pruscino, Los Altos, Calif., Ahmed S. Abbas, Tracy, Calif., and Tak Fung Wang, Redwood City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Measuring processes are started at a plurality of priority levels. A different one of the measuring processes is started for each of the priority levels. Subsequently, for each of the measuring processes, it is determined whether each measuring process is scheduled for executing at a respective target rate. In response to determining that a particular measuring process of the measuring processes is not scheduled for executing at a particular target rate, resource allocation to at least one monitored process running at a particular level of the priority levels is adjusted. The at least one monitored process is not any of the measuring processes." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2009 (12/356,382). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,177&OS=8,365,177&RS=8,365,177 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Methods for Managing Authority Designation of Graphical User Interfaces ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,192) developed by Philip J. Holland, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ivan Krsti, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Pierre-Olivier J. Martel, Mountain View, Calif., for "methods for managing authority designation of graphical user interfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one aspect, a graphics management system receives a first message from a first process for granting one or more rights to a second process for accessing a GUI element owned by the first process. In response, the graphics management system transmits a second message to the second process, the second message offering the one or more rights to the second process. The graphics management system receives a third message from the second process indicating an acceptance of the offer. Thereafter, the graphics management system restricts access of the GUI element by the second process based on the one or more rights accepted by the second process." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2011 (13/007,480). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,192&OS=8,365,192&RS=8,365,192 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Animated Station Identifier in Program Guides ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,365,222) developed by James A. Baldwin, Redwood City, Calif., and George K. Nyako, Santa Clara, Calif., for "animated station identifier in program guides." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A television program guide is displayed having a station identifier portion in a first location. A determination is made as to when a user navigates in the television program guide between past programs and future programs. In response to the user navigating in the television program guide between the past programs and the future programs, the station identifier portion is changed to a second location." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2009 (12/359,153). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,222&OS=8,365,222&RS=8,365,222 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Recoverable Asynchronous Message Driven Processing in a Multi-node System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,193) developed by Lakshminarayanan Chidambaran, Sunnyvale, Calif., Debashish Chatterjee, Fremont, Calif., for a "recoverable asynchronous message driven processing in a multi-node system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach provides for recovery of message driven directors responsible for dynamically allocating resources within a multi-node database system. The receipt of a message, the action taken in response to it, and other messages sent in furtherance of the action, are performed within a single transaction. In this way, the messages and other data are left in a state consistent with the message and action taken in response being fully processed or not processed at all. A standby director, stepping in for a crashed director, inherits a state consistent with where a crashed director last successfully completed an action. The approach insulates directors from the special perils of performing high latency actions by delegating the performance of such actions to a job, (i.e. another process)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2004 (10/918,054). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,193&OS=8,365,193&RS=8,365,193 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Debugger for a Declarative Event-driven Programming Model ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,365,149) developed by Joachim H. Frank, Greenwich, Conn., Wilfred C. Jamison, Raleigh, N.C., and Curtis R. Miles, Stouffville, Calif., for a "debugger for a declarative event-driven programming model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compiler generates code providing an execution sequence, from a declarative event-driven model, for execution by a computer. To assist in debugging the declarative event-driven model, the compiler also generates cross-references that relate steps in the generated code to elements of the declarative source code. The cross-references may be used as input to a debugger, along with the declarative source and the generated code, to assist a user who is stepping through the generated code (for example) in understanding which portion of the declarative source gave rise to the current step in the generated execution sequence." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,508). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,149&OS=8,365,149&RS=8,365,149 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Automated Pad Ring Generation for Programmable Logic Device Implementation of Integrated Circuit Design ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,123) developed by Chih-Ang Chen, Saratoga, Calif., for an "automated pad ring generation for programmable logic device implementation of integrated circuit design." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a method to automatically generate a pad ring for a programmable logic device implementation of an integrated circuit is contemplated. The pad ring that will be used in the integrated circuit itself may include pad logic (e.g. to support boundary scan and other forms of testing), custom driver/receiver circuitry, etc. The pad ring in the programmable logic device, on the other hand, may be predetermined as part of the production of the programmable logic device. The generation may include removing the pad logic and other pad-related circuitry from one or more design files that represent the integrated circuit, as well as mapping the input, output, and input/output signals of the integrated circuit to the available programmable logic device pads." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2012 (13/428,058). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,123&OS=8,365,123&RS=8,365,123 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Flow Methodology for Single Pass Parallel Hierarchical Timing Closure of Integrated Circuit Designs ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,113) developed by Vivek Bhardwaj, New Delhi, India, Oleg Levitsky, San Jose, Calif., and Dinesh Gupta, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "flow methodology for single pass parallel hierarchical timing closure of integrated circuit designs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment of the invention, a method includes partitioning an integrated circuit design into a hierarchy of a top level and a plurality of partitions, wherein the top level includes a top level netlist and each partition includes a partition netlist; receiving data path timing budgets and clock path timing budgets for each of the plurality of partitions of the integrated circuit design; and generating a timing budget model of each partition in response to the respective data path timing budgets and clock path timing budgets, wherein each timing budget model includes an intra-partition clock timing constraint for each respective partition for independent implementation of the top level." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (12/708,530). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,113&OS=8,365,113&RS=8,365,113 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,364,887) developed by Wanmo Wong, Menlo Park, Calif., and Karunakaran Muthusamy, Fremont, Calif., for "managing memory data recovery upon power loss." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A single segment data structure and method for storing data objects employing a single segment data object having a header and a data record. The header includes a segment length field describing the length of memory reserved for the data record and the data record contains at least one data instance object. Each of the data instance objects has a data instance header and data field. The header includes a data instance state field and a data instance length field. The data instance length field contains data representing the length of the data instance data field allowing for variable length "in place" updating. The data instance state field contains data representing an object state of the instance data. Only one of the data instance objects of the data record of the single segment data object has a valid object state. The state field facilitates a power loss recovery process." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2010 (12/694,959). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,887.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,887&RS=PN/83,64,887 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,364,883) developed by four co-inventors for "scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems." The co-inventors are Alan David Bennett, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Andrew Tomlin, San Jose, Calif., and Charles Schroter, Los Gatos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A re-programmable non-volatile memory system, such as a flash EEPROM system, having its memory cells grouped into blocks of cells that are simultaneously erasable is operated to perform memory system housekeeping operations in the foreground during execution of a host command, wherein the housekeeping operations are unrelated to execution of the host command. Both one or more such housekeeping operations and execution of the host command are performed within a time budget established for executing that particular command. One such command is to write data being received to the memory. One such housekeeping operation is to level out the wear of the individual blocks that accumulates through repetitive erasing and re-programming." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,500). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,883.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,883&RS=PN/83,64,883 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,364,878) developed by Haw-Jyh Liaw, Fremont, Calif., and David Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., for a "memory module having signal lines configured for sequential arrival of signals at a plurality of memory devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory module includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a clock line and a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of signal lines including first and second signal lines routed alongside one another where, for each of the first and second signal lines, a respective signal, starting at a corresponding first edge finger, traverses in sequence, a respective first segment of a respective signal line, a respective turn portion of the respective signal line, and a respective second segment of the respective signal line. The clock line is to provide a clock signal that traverses in sequence, a second edge finger, the first segment of the clock line, the turn portion of the clock line, and the second segment of the clock line. The respective signals traverse and the clock signal line arrive at the plurality of memory devices in sequence." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/366,191). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,878.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,878&RS=PN/83,64,878 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,365,153) developed by four co-inventors for a server-based code compilation. The co-inventors are Lingjun Chen, San Diego, Guofang Jiao, San Diego, Yun Du, San Diego, and Chun Yu, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A server is disclosed that includes an interface to a data communication network, a compiler library that stores a plurality of different compilers, and compiler selection logic responsive to data received at the interface and including logic. The compiler selection logic is configured to select one of the plurality of different compilers based on an evaluation of the received data. The selected compiler generates compiled output data and the compiled output data is communicated over the data communication network to a client. " The patent application was filed on May 27, 2005 (11/925,476). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,153&OS=8,365,153&RS=8,365,153 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Gramboo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Gramboo, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,364,817) developed by Nitish John, Sunnyvale, Calif., Harriet H. John, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Yu Yin Doo Kin, Monterey Park, Calif., for a "method and system for managing a data item." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for managing a data item includes a hub receiving a first access request from a first engine executing on a computing device operated by a first host and sending the first access request to a second engine executing on a first computing device of a second host. The second host owns the data item. The hub receives, from the second engine, the data item and an access rule set by the second host for the first host, and sends the first access rule and the data item to the first engine for storage. The first engine grants the first host access to the data item according to the first access rule." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2012 (13/370,140). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,817.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,817&RS=PN/83,64,817 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining Availability Based on Percentage Available ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,364,752) developed by Brian D. Goodman, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, for "determining availability based on percentage available." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for displaying the scheduling availability of a user. The system includes an occupancy module for analyzing the schedule of the user to determine the occupancy for a time period in the schedule. The time period includes an available time slot and/or an occupied time slot. A processor connected to the occupancy module determines whether the occupancy for the time period is above a threshold level of occupancy. The threshold level of occupancy includes a maximum number of occupied time slots, a maximum percentage of occupied time slots, a maximum amount of occupied time, and/or a maximum percentage of occupied time. A scheduling module connected to the processor automatically displays the scheduling availability of the user as unavailable for the time slot when the occupancy for the time period is above the threshold level of occupancy." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2011 (13/030,835). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,752.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,752&RS=PN/83,64,752 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wave Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Wave Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,137) developed by Karl Fant, Mountain View, Calif., for "systems and methods using an invocation model of process expression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Invocation language is described that is suitable for controlling a machine to perform a process having concurrent parts. Each concurrent part has an association relationship, a completeness relation, and an invocation expression." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2007 (11/896,075). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,137&OS=8,365,137&RS=8,365,137 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Zooming Out on a Touch-screen Display ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 - Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,090) developed by Bas Ording, San Francisco, for a "device, method, and graphical user interface for zooming out on a touch-screen display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, an electronic document is displayed at a first magnification. A gesture is detected on or near the touch screen display corresponding to a command to zoom out by a user-specified amount. In response to detecting the gesture, the electronic document is displayed at a magnification less than the first magnification. If a document length or a document width is entirely displayed while the gesture is still detected on or near the touch screen display, the electronic document is displayed at a magnification wherein areas beyond opposite edges of the electronic document are displayed. Upon detecting termination of the gesture, the electronic document is displayed at a magnification wherein the areas beyond opposite edges of the electronic document are no longer displayed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2008 (12/270,812). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,365,090&OS=8,365,090&RS=8,365,090 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Gogrid Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Gogrid, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,364,802) developed by John Martin Keagy, San Francisco, Jeffery Carr, San Francisco, and Paul Lappas, San Francisco, for a "system and method for monitoring a grid of hosting resources in order to facilitate management of the hosting resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments provide a method. The method interfaces with several nodes of a hosting system. Each node includes resources for hosting several virtual machines. The method collects statistics for facilitating deployment of the virtual machines across the several resource nodes from the resource nodes. The method determines a particular node from the several nodes with sufficient available resources to host a configuration for a virtual machine based on the collected statistics. The method deploys the configuration for the virtual machine to the particular node for hosting on the particular node." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/421,598). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,802.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,802&RS=PN/83,64,802 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** McAfee Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,364,772) developed by five co-inventors for a "system, device and method for dynamically securing instant messages." The co-inventors are Saroop Mathur, Los Altos, Calif., Rajamadam C. Venkatraman, San Jose, Calif., Charlie Kim, Santa Clara, Calif., Ashish Warty, San Jose, Calif., and Yih-Ming Liao, Saratoga, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An Instant Messaging security system that encrypts Instant Messages sent by a Instant Messaging user to an Instant Messaging server by intercepting the messages, negotiating a preferred security algorithm and forwarding the encrypted messages to the server. The security system intercepts and decrypts encrypted messages sent by the server to the user. The security system is able to determine whether a receiving user is equipped with a similar security system without prior knowledge of network addresses, configuration or capability. The security system is transparent to the Instant Message service provider and may provide one or more indicators to users that messages are encrypted during forwarding." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2012 (13/352,480). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,64,772.PN.&OS=PN/83,64,772&RS=PN/83,64,772 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siebel Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30 -- Siebel Systems, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,365,095) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for assigning and scheduling activities." The co-inventors are Harish Bansal, Fremont, Calif., Olivier Delerm, San Francisco, Atul Purohit, Fremont, Calif., and Chrisopher Scott Nash, Emeryville, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques to facilitate assignment and scheduling of activities. In accordance with a method, a chart showing a calendar of schedule for a number of available resources is provided in a first frame (or window) in a user interface menu, and a number of objects representative of a number of unplanned activities are provided in a second frame. A selection for an unplanned activity in the second frame (or a planned activity in the first frame) is received and, in response, selected ones of a number of objects in the chart are highlighted based on the For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1112548 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |