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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Oct. 19)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,990) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for error correction and detection in a memory system." The co-inventors are James A. O'Connor, Ulster Park, N.Y., Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Luis C. Alves, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., William J. Clarke, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Timothy J. Dell, Colchester, Vt., Thomas J. Dewkett, Staatsburg, N.Y., and Kevin C. Gower, LaGrangeville, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for error correction and detection in a memory system. The system includes a memory controller, a plurality of memory modules and a mechanism. The memory modules are in communication with the memory controller and with a plurality of memory devices. The mechanism detects that one of the memory modules has failed possibly coincident with a memory device failure on an other of the memory modules. The mechanism allows the memory system to continue to run unimpaired in the presence of the memory module failure and the memory device failure."
The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/769,929). 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=8,041,990.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,990&RS=PN/8,041,990
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing a High Fault Tolerant Memory System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,989) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for providing a high fault tolerant memory system." The co-inventors are Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., James A. O'Connor, Ulster Park, N.Y., Luiz C. Alves, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., William J. Clarke, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Timothy J. Dell, Colchester, Vt., Thomas J. Dewkett, Staatsburg, N.Y., and Kevin C. Gower, LaGrangeville, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing a high fault tolerant memory system. The system includes a memory system having a memory controller, a plurality of memory modules and a mechanism. The plurality of memory modules are in communication with the memory controller and with a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices include at least one spare memory device for providing memory device sparing capability. The mechanism is for detecting that one of the memory modules has failed possibly coincident with a memory device failure on an other of the memory modules. The mechanism allows the memory system to continue to run unimpaired in the presence of the memory module failure and the possible memory device failure."
The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/769,936). 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=8,041,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,989&RS=PN/8,041,989
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Alternatively Activating a Replaceable Hardware Unit
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,938) developed by Charles H. Milligan, Wingdale, N.Y., and Juergen Probst, Wildberg, Germany, for an "alternatively activating a replaceable hardware unit."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system having a plurality of hardware units providing a predetermined set of functional capabilities. The data processing system is configurable to allow selectively electronically enabling at least a subset of the functional capabilities. The system includes a portion for receiving a replaceable hardware unit. The system also includes a control unit for determining a type of the replaceable hardware unit. The control unit is configured to determine the subset of functional capabilities to be electronically enabled and electronically enabling the determined subset of functional capabilities if the replaceable hardware unit is of a first type. The control unit is also configured to enable entire functional capabilities of the replaceable hardware unit if the replaceable hardware unit is of a second type."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2008 (12/254,181). 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=8,041,938.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,938&RS=PN/8,041,938
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Harris Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,041,947) developed by four co-inventors for a "computer architecture for an electronic device providing SLS access to MLS file system with trusted loading and protection of program execution memory." The co-inventors are Terence W. O'Brien, Webster, N.Y., Richard Schmalbach, Timonium, Md., John Blessing, Eldersburg, Md., and Jeffrey Murray, Penfield, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System for providing a secure file service includes an MLS file service module (300) comprised of a cryptographic processor (302). The MLS file service module also includes an MLS file system (301) hosted by the cryptographic processor. A secure user processor (402) includes programming and communications hardware for requesting at least one classified file from the MLS file service module. The cryptographic processor includes cryptographic hardware and software to decrypt the classified file. The cryptographic processor is also performs an integrity check on the classified file. Once the file is decrypted and its integrity checked by the cryptographic processor, the MLS file service module serves the classified file to the secure user processor in decrypted form. If the classified file is an executable file, the method also includes selectively enabling a write function for program memory of the secure user processor. This write function is disabled immediately after the classified executable file has been loaded into the program memory to guard against self modifying programs."
The patent application was filed on March 23, 2006 (11/387,744). 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=8,041,947.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,947&RS=PN/8,041,947
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Information handling System with Real and Virtual Load/Store Instruction Issue Queue
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,928) developed by five co-inventors for an "information handling system with real and virtual load/store instruction issue queue." The co-inventors are William E. Burky, Austin, Texas, Kurt A. Feiste, Austin, Texas, Dung Quoc Nguyen, Austin, Texas, Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Albert Thomas Williams, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information handling system includes a processor that may perform issue queue virtual load/store instruction operations. The issue queue maintains load and store instructions with a real/virtual dependency flag. The issue queue provides storage resources for real and virtual load/store instructions. Real load/store instructions execute in a load store unit LSU. Virtual load/store instructions are pending execution in the LSU. The LSU may keep track of each virtual load/store instruction within the issue queue by thread, type, and pointer data. Provided that all dependencies are clear for a pending virtual load/store instruction, the LSU marks the pending virtual load/store instruction as real. The pending virtual load/store instruction may then issue to the LSU as a real load/store instruction."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2008 (12/341,930). 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=8,041,928.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,928&RS=PN/8,041,928
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enhanced Dynamic Address Translation with Load Real Address Function
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,922) developed by six co-inventors for an "enhanced dynamic address translation with load real address function." The co-inventors are Dan F. Greiner, San Jose, Calif., Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, N.Y., Damian L. Osisek, Vestal, N.Y., Erwin Pfeffer, Bavaria, Germany, Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, N.Y., and Gustav E. Sittmann, Webster Groves, Mo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "What is provided is a load real address function defined for a machine architecture of a computer system. In one embodiment, a machine instruction containing an opcode is obtained indicating that a load real address is to be performed. The instruction further identifies a first general register. Based on the contents of the machine instruction, a virtual address to be translated is obtained. Dynamic address translation is performed on the virtual address to obtain a segment-frame absolute address of a large block of data in memory. If an extended DAT facility and a format control field in the segment table entry are enabled, the address of the block of data is saved in the first general register. A page index portion and a byte index portion of the virtual address may also be saved in the first general register."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (11/972,705). 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=8,041,922.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,922&RS=PN/8,041,922
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Load Page Table Entry Address Instruction Execution Based on an Address Translation Format Control Field
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,923) developed by six co-inventors for a "load page table entry address instruction execution based on an address translation format control field." The co-inventors are Dan F. Greiner, San Jose, Calif., Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, N.Y., Damian L. Osisek, Vestal, N.Y., Erwin Pfeffer, Bavaria, Germany, Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, N.Y., and Gustav E. Sittmann, Webster Groves, Mo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "What is provided is a load page table entry address function defined for a machine architecture of a computer system. In one embodiment, a machine instruction is obtained which contains an opcode indicating that a load page table entry address function is to be performed. The machine instruction contains an M field, a first field identifying a first general register, and a second field identifying a second general register. Based on the contents of the M field, an initial origin address of a hierarchy of address translation tables having at least one segment table is obtained. Based on the obtained initial origin address, dynamic address translation is performed until a page table entry is obtained. The page table entry address is saved in the identified first general register."
The patent application was filed on Jan, 11, 2008 (11/972,700). 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=8,041,923.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,923&RS=PN/8,041,923
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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General Electric Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,467) developed by Jason Wayne Black, Clifton Park, N.Y., Ronald Ray Larson, Palm Bay, Fla., and Rajesh Tyagi, Niskayuna, N.Y., for an "optimal dispatch of demand side electricity resources."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of load dispatch generates a load dispatch curve in response to both the opportunity cost of dispatching resources with a contractually limited number of dispatches in a given time period and estimated rebound effect data. The method identifies a best time period for dispatch based on the load dispatch curve and also supply curve data and generates a resultant load dispatch schedule. The resultant load dispatch schedule is transmitted to one or more smart home meters to dispatch loads in a manner that provides the greatest economic benefit."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/290,623). 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=8041467.PN.&OS=PN/8041467&RS=PN/8041467
Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand.
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General Electric Assigned Patent for Voltage Control at Windfarms
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,465) developed by Einar V. Larsen, Charlton, N.Y., Reigh A. Walling, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Kara Clark, Glenville, N.Y., for a "voltage control at windfarms."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A voltage control arrangement for a system of multiple windfarms with transmission lines. Voltage is regulated at a point of regulation on the system, such as a high voltage substation or other system bus. Regulation is achieved at the point of regulation by sensing the voltage, comparing to a reference voltage, and adjusting the reactive power output of the wind turbines and other equipment in the system. The regulation point may be shifted to another point if needed to respect voltage limits at that points of the system after attempting to shift reactive load to restore voltage within limits at the other points in the system. The reference voltage may be adjusted to minimize losses for the system of multiple windfarms and transmission lines. A loss optimizing algorithm is applied to the combined multiple windfarm and transmission line to shift reactive load among local windfarms to minimize losses and to shift reactive load among individual wind turbines within an individual windfarm."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,862). 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=8041465.PN.&OS=PN/8041465&RS=PN/8041465
Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,772) developed by four co-inventors for an "autonomic sensor network ecosystem." The co-inventors are Riz S. Amanuddin, Laguna Beach, Calif., Jonghae Kim, Fishkill, N.Y., Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Eric C. Yee, Los Angeles.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method, system and program product for deploying and allocating resources, and addressing threats in an autonomic sensor network ecosystem. Specifically, under the present invention, the autonomic sensor network ecosystem includes a set (e.g., one or more) of sensor networks each having a set of sensor peers and at least one super peer; a set of micro grid gateways; and a set of enterprise gateways. Each micro grid gateway is typically adapted to receive requests from a sensor network, an enterprise gateway, and/or another micro grid gateway. Moreover, each micro grid gateway includes a request broker for receiving the requests; a request queue manager for queuing the requests; a scheduler for scheduling the requests; and a resource manager for monitoring the set of sensor networks."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2005 (11/220,961). 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=8,041,772.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,772&RS=PN/8,041,772
Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Medox Exchange Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Medox Exchange, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,041,749) developed by Michael E. Beck, New York, for "systems and methods of managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information access or use."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information use. In general, data characterizing a request to modify access rights to health information is received and the access rights are modified in accordance with the request, where the modifying includes modifying a property characterizing access rights of a relationship between a first user and second users, or an organization of the second users. The access rights may be independent of the health information and modification of access rights may be independent of a security of the health information."
The patent application was filed on April 11, 2007 (11/786,482). 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=8,041,749.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,749&RS=PN/8,041,749
Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Volt Information Sciences Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Volt Information Sciences, Orange, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,041,616) developed by Andrew A. Cullen III, Succasunna, N.J., and Steven A. Shaw, New York, for an "outsourced service level agreement provisioning management system and method."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An outsourced service level agreement (SLA) deliverable management method includes configuring SLA client and secondary SLA provider master data, procuring a secondary SLA provider provision services network, administering a secondary SLA provider human resource network, processing an SLA client provisioning requirement, processing an SLA provisioning service voucher, and processing payment of an SLA provisioning work order."
The patent application was filed on July 31, 2006 (11/885,090). 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=80,41,616.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,616&RS=PN/80,41,616
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,614) developed by four co-inventors for an "inventory item expiration and renewal in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Anne R. Sand, Peyton, Colo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to inventory item expiration and renewal in a virtual universe. A method for in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention provides at least one item in the inventory of an avatar with metadata specifying whether the item must be renewed and how often. Instructions are obtained regarding a renewal of the item and the item is renewed based on the instructions."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2008 (12/203,952). 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=80,41,614.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,614&RS=PN/80,41,614
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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LG Electronics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- LG Electronics, Seoul, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,041,612) developed by G. Victor Treyz, Larchmont, N.Y., and Susan M. Treyz, Larchmont, N.Y., for an "on-line video and image system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided that allows a photographer to take images for a customer and provide those images to order servicing equipment with which the images are placed on-line for the customer to view. The customer may place orders for the images and products and services related to the images. The order servicing equipment may credit the photographer when the customer orders images, products, or services. Images may be manipulated before images, products, or services are ordered. Images may be taken using film-based cameras or digital image acquisition equipment. Image presentation options may be selected. Content may be appended to the images. Web sites and digital albums may be created using the images. The photographer may check the status of assignments that have been submitted to the order servicing equipment and may check on account status. Different rights levels may be established for different parties. Loyalty rewards may be awarded for frequent use of the system."
The patent application was filed on July 13, 2007 (11/827,748). 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=80,41,612.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,612&RS=PN/80,41,612
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Xerox Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,042,177) developed by David L. Salgado, Victor, N.Y., for a "method and system for requiring authorization for a job prior to processing."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer readable medium, and for requiring external authorization for a job prior to processing includes determining for a job if external authorization for at least one is item is approved and processing the job if the determining if external authorization is approved determines that the external authorization for the at least one item is approved."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2007 (11/868,110). 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=8,042,177&OS=8,042,177&RS=8,042,177
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Yahoo! Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Identifying Premium Content Items in a Result Set
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,041,723) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for identifying premium content items in a result set." The co-inventors are Ramesh R. Sarukkai, Union City, Calif., David Duane Hall, New York, Wei Dai, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ulf Sigurd Carlin, Jakobsli, Norway.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for identifying premium content items (such as video content items) that are responsive to a query. According to one embodiment, a method for identifying one or more items of video content responsive to a given query comprises receiving a query comprising one or more terms from a given user, identifying one or more items of video content responsive to the received query and generating a result set comprising one or more links to the one or more items of video content responsive to the received query. The one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content are identified and the one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content are filtered on the basis of information associated with the user from which the query was received."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2010 (12/970,164). 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=8,041,723.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,723&RS=PN/8,041,723
Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.
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New York Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Collecting, Processing, and Storing Discrete Data Records Based Upon a Single Data Input
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jules T. Mitchel, New York, and Joyce B. Hays, New York, have developed a patent (8,041,581) for a "system and method for collecting, processing, and storing discrete data records based upon a single data input."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for the collection, capture, processing, storage, and tracking of data for both electronic clinical trial and electronic source health records for purposes, based upon a single data collection instance. Upon the collection of data at a clinical trial site, the data are transmitted to a central server where it is captured as an electronic source document(s) in human readable format. The system then transmits the captured electronic source document to a trusted third-party's electronic document repository. Then, the system uses the same captured data to populate the clinical trial's electronic data capture database. The system incorporates security and encryption features to ensure that privacy information requirements are not violated. In the preferred embodiment, the electronic data capture provider for a clinical trial has no control over the server of the trusted third-party vendor, complying with regulatory requirements. Additionally, the collected data can be pushed into a clinical site's electronic health record system or any equivalent system which houses electronic data. Throughout the operation of the system, an audit trail is maintained which records information relating to all data recording, modifying, and accessing events."
The patent application was filed on July 17, 2009 (12/505,206). 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=80,41,581.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,581&RS=PN/80,41,581
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System for Importing Calendar Data From a Computer Screen Into a Calendar Application
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,594) developed by Tijs Y. Wilbrink, Voorburg, The Netherlands, and Edward E. Kelley, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for a "system for importing calendar data from a computer screen into a calendar application."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for performing calendaring and reminder activities for a computer user. The method includes analyzing text displayed on a computer screen, identifying calendar parameters resulting from the analysis, creating a calendar entry record that includes a source of the calendar parameters, pasting the calendar parameters into the calendar entry record, and automatically storing the calendar entry record in a calendar application without opening the calendar application. Calendar parameters include at least one of a date, a time, a meeting type, and a subject."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,685). 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=80,41,594.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,594&RS=PN/80,41,594
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for Multi-channel Codebook Dependent Compensation
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,041,561) developed by Sabine Deligne, White Plains, N.Y., and Ramesh A. Gopinath, Millwood, N.Y., for a "multi-channel codebook dependent compensation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus, in the context of speech recognition, for compensating in the cepstral domain for the effect of an interfering signal by using a reference signal."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/930,822). 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=80,41,561.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,561&RS=PN/80,41,561
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Application of Speech and Speaker Recognition Tools to Fault Detection in Electrical Circuits
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,571) developed by four co-inventors for an "application of speech and speaker recognition tools to fault detection in electrical circuits." The co-inventors are Sarah C. McAllister, Ossining, N.Y., Tomasz J. Nowicki, Fort Montgomery, N.Y., Jason W. Pelecanos, Ossining, N.Y., and Grzegorz M. Swirszcz, Ossining, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus detect and localize electric faults in electrical power grids and circuit. High impedance faults are detected by analyzing data from remote sensor units deployed over the network using the algorithms of speech and speaker analysis software. This is accomplished by converting the voltage and/or current waveform readouts from the sensors into a digital form which is then transmitted to a computer located either near the sensors or at an operations center. The digitized data is converted by a dedicated software or software/hardware interface to a format accepted by a reliable and stable software solution, such as speech or speaker recognition software. The speech or speaker recognition software must be "trained" to recognize various signal patterns that either indicate or not the occurrence of a fault. The readout of the speech or speaker recognition software, if indicating a fault, is transmitted to a central processor and displayed to provide information on the most likely type of fault. Automatic or human decision is then implemented based on the generated information."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/620,173). 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=80,41,571.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,571&RS=PN/80,41,571
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Infinity Systems Software Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Infinity Systems Software, Brookville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,042,107) developed by Thomas Amodio, Brookville, N.Y., Michael Wojtukiewicz, Brookville, N.Y., and Robert Malitz, Brookville, N.Y., for a "system and method for expediting and automating mainframe computer setup."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention preferably automates mainframe computer operating system upgrades by automatically installing a base operating system on the mainframe system, performing information-gathering of an existing mainframe computer system, using the information to recreate the environment settings of the existing system, and providing a series of directives typically required of a skilled mainframe computer systems programmer for an IPL. By preparing a mainframe computer system to automatically perform an IPL, and, thereafter, automating a series of configuration process to install optional products, the present invention decreases the amount of time and operator skill-level requirements for prior art mainframe computer operating system upgrades."
The patent application was filed on July 18, 2005 (11/183,386). 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=8,042,107&OS=8,042,107&RS=8,042,107
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Language Translation Based on a Location of a Wireless Device
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,555) developed by Christopher J. Buccella, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "language translation based on a location of a wireless device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, information processing system, and wireless communication device that translate text within an image captured by a wireless device. At least one image (114) is received image from a wireless device (104). A location where the image (114) was captured by the wireless device (104) is determined. A set of text characters is identified (414) within the image (114). A language associated with the set of text characters is determined (416) based on at least the location that has been determined. The set of text characters is translated (418) into a language that is different than language that has been determined."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/839,075). 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=80,41,555.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,555&RS=PN/80,41,555
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Boeing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,041,527) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for translating variation information between computer 3D variation models and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing callouts." The co-inventors are James A. Day, Bellevue, Wash., Zuozhi Zhao, Schenectady, N.Y., Yanyan Wu, Schenectady, N.Y., and Dean M. Robinson, Schenectady, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for consistently translating or converting between geometric dimensioning and tolerancing information and variation parameters for a three dimensional variation analysis tool. The methods and systems may receive geometric dimensioning and tolerancing information; translate, with a computer, the received geometric dimensioning and tolerancing information into variation parameters for a three dimensional variation analysis tool; and output the variation parameters."
The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/757,167). 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=80,41,527.PN.&OS=PN/80,41,527&RS=PN/80,41,527
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Standard Microsystems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Standard Microsystems, Hauppauge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,874) developed by John F. Sisto, Hauppauge, N.Y., and Charles Forni, Setauket, N.Y., for a "USB and ethernet controller combination device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A USB-to-Ethernet controller with a USB hub may be integrated into a single integrated circuit (IC) USB-Ethernet Combination (UEC) device. The UEC may provide the end user with an Ethernet port, multiple downstream USB ports, and an upstream USB port for connecting to a USB host controller. One or more of the USB hub ports may be brought off the IC, enabling an end user to connect them to any arbitrary USB device(s). The third hub port may be an internal downstream port without a physical layer, and may be configured to connect to an Ethernet controller, which may comprise a USB device controller. The Ethernet controller may connect to the internal downstream port via a digital interface such as UTMI. The UEC device may appear to the host computer as two separate devices, an Ethernet controller and a USB hub. The Ethernet controller may appear as a permanently attached device on the internal downstream port."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2009 (12/369,571). 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=80,41,874&OS=80,41,874&RS=80,41,874
Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand.
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DG FastChannel Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- DG FastChannel, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,041,701) developed by four co-inventors for "enhanced graphical interfaces for displaying visual data." The co-inventors are Jerry S. Amato, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nicolas Brun, Brooklyn, N.Y., Ales Holecek, Kirkland, Wash., and Costa Bassem Touma, Santa Clara, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques and implementations for providing enhanced functionality for handling data in Internet browsers or other applications used for accessing data over a network, including providing thumbnail image displays of the current appearance of webpages referenced by URLs returned in a set of search results, providing thumbnail image displays of the webpages referenced by a list of favorite or bookmarked websites, providing thumbnail image displays of webpages which have been blocked from appearing on a user's screen, and providing thumbnail image displays of images which have been extracted from webpages and stored for potential future use."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2006 (11/329,923). 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=8,041,701.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,701&RS=PN/8,041,701
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Predicting Problematic Configurations and Recommending Safe Configurations
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,663) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for predicting problematic configurations and recommending safe configurations." The co-inventors are Kirk A. Beaty, Goldens Bridge, N.Y., Andrzej Kochut, Elmsford, N.Y., Ruchi Mahindru, Yonkers, N.Y., and Anca Sailer, Scarsdale, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for method for assessing configurations includes steps or acts of: receiving configuration data related to configuration items and problem data related to problem tickets; classifying the configuration data into configuration classes; computing a class probability of the configuration classes; associating each configuration class with the problem tickets related to said configuration class; computing a ticket probability distribution of the problem tickets based on number of incidents; evaluating problem ticket characteristics per configuration class to determine a coefficient of trouble value for each configuration class; ranking the configuration classes according to their coefficient of trouble; wherein a highest ranking has the least coefficient of trouble; determining potentially optimal configurations based on the rankings; and providing to a user migration paths corresponding to the potentially optimal configurations."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2008 (12/038,684). 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=8,041,663.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,663&RS=PN/8,041,663
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Domain Name Geometrical Classification Using Character-based n-grams
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,041,662) developed by Ilia Reznik, Bay Shore, N.Y., and Roger N. Simonson, St. James, N.Y., for a "domain name geometrical classification using character-based n-grams."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Character-based n-grams are derived from a domain name in order to classify such domain name in pre-established categories. Domain name character-based n-grams are mapped to vector points in a multidimensional space, where the number of dimensions is the number of different n-grams that can exist for an n-character combination. The relationship between the domain name vector point and the vector points of the various other domain names is used to classify the domain name vector point. The classification system can use statistical methods using relative frequencies of character-based n-grams in various classifications as indicators. A dictionary set of character-based n-grams can be derived from one or more domain names and associated with probability indicating the likelihood that the character-based n-gram is found in a domain name of a given classification. Such probability can be an estimator of a classification of a new domain name having such character-based n-gram."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2007 (11/837,482). 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=8,041,662.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,662&RS=PN/8,041,662
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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FalconStor Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- FalconStor, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,892) developed by Wai T. Lam, Jericho, N.Y., for a "system and method to protect data stored in a storage system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an example of an embodiment of the invention, a system for recording data generated by a client server and transmitted to a storage system is provided. The system comprises a storage system and a processor located remotely from the storage system and linked to the storage system via a network. The processor determines that a selected data processing operation is to be performed with respect to data stored in the storage system, and determines that a record of at least some of the data stored in the storage system is required prior to performing the selected data processing operation. The processor also generates a command comprising a request to generate a record of the at least some of the stored data, and transmits the command to the storage system to generate the record, via the network in accordance with Internet Protocol (IP). Examples of other systems and methods are also disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2008 (12/316,352). 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=8,041,892&OS=8,041,892&RS=8,041,892
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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BGC Partners Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- BGC Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,041,626) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing a trading interface." The co-inventors are Glenn D. Kirwin, Scarsdale, N.Y., Matthew Claus, Summit, N.J., Joseph Noviello, New York, and Andrew C. Gilbert, Califon, N.J.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for configurable trading interfaces that allow a trader to quickly and easily submit trading commands to a trading system are provided. Using these systems and methods, a trader can using various trading interfaces to initiate trading commands, configure various display features and default command settings, and control a level of command entry verification that is provided to protect against inadvertent entry of incorrect trading commands."
The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,964). 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=8,041,626.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,626&RS=PN/8,041,626
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for a Multi-level Virtual/Real Cache System with Synonym Resolution
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,894) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for a multi-level virtual/real cache system with synonym resolution." The co-inventors are Barry W. Krumm, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Christian Jacobi, Schoenaich, Germany, Chung-Lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Hans-Werner Tast, Boeblingen, Germany, Aaron Tsai, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Ching-Farn E. Wu, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and system for a multi-level virtual/real cache system with synonym resolution. An exemplary embodiment includes a multi-level cache hierarchy, including a set of L1 caches associated with one or more processor cores and a set of L2 caches, wherein the set of L1 caches are a subset of the set of L2 caches, wherein the set of L1 caches underneath a given L2 cache are associated with one or more of the processor cores."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,357). 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=8,041,894&OS=8,041,894&RS=8,041,894
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Pipeline Financial Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Pipeline Financial Group, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,041,628) developed by Henri Waelbroeck, Scardsale, N.Y., Fred J. Federspiel, Larchmont, N.Y., and James J. Angel, Arlington, Va., for a "method for directing and executing certified trading interests."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Preferred embodiments of the subject invention comprise: (a) electronically receiving securities order-related data regarding a set of securities market participants; (b) electronically storing the received order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants; (c) electronically receiving a securities order-related query (or order parameters) from a first securities market participant; (d) based on the order-related query (or order parameters) received from the first securities market participant and on the securities order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants, computing a dissemination list of securities market participants based on ranking likely contras by probability of execution; and (e) transmitting that dissemination list to an entity who has been granted the privilege of receiving such lists in exchange for being contractually bound to respect confidentiality of the dissemination list and to use the list only for the purpose of sending securities-related information to members of the list."
The patent application was filed on July 17, 2008 (12/219,161). 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=8,041,628.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,628&RS=PN/8,041,628
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Citibank Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Citibank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,041,632) developed by Ronald Coleman, Hyde Park, N.Y., for a "method and system for using a Bayesian belief network to ensure data integrity."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a method and system for assessing the risks and/or exposures associated with financial transactions using various statistical and probabilistic techniques. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for identifying plausible sources of error in data used as input to financial risk assessment systems using Bayesian belief networks as a normative diagnostic tool to model relationships between and among inputs/outputs of the risk assessment system and other external factors."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2000 (09/697,497). 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=8,041,632.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,632&RS=PN/8,041,632
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,041,630) developed by Charles Lee Mauro Jr., New York, and Robert A. West, Chicago, for a "system and method for selectively displaying market information related to a plurality of tradeable objects."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphical interface and method are provided for selectively displaying market information corresponding to a plurality of tradeable objects. According to one example method, a scanning feature is provided in relation to a number of tradeable object indicators. Upon detecting a predefined movement of a user input device in relation to the plurality of indicators, a graphical interface dynamically displays market information corresponding to the tradeable objects as a predefined movement of the user input device is detected in relation to the tradeable object indicators."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2010 (12/875,790). 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=8,041,630.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,630&RS=PN/8,041,630
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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RedZone Robotics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- RedZone Robotics, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,041,517) developed by five co-inventors for a "spatio-temporal and context-based indexing and representation of subterranean networks and means for doing the same." The co-inventors are Scott M. Thayer, Pittsburgh, Carlos Felipe Reverte, Miami, Eric C. Close, Sewickley, Pa., Prasanna Kumar Velagapudi, Suffern, N.Y., and William Ommert, Swissvale, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and devices for indexing, archiving, analyzing and reporting pipe and other void network data. Specifically, multi-dimensional indexing and correlation of spatial, temporal, feature, environmental, uncertainty and/or context-based data is synchronized, indexed and analyzed across a wide variety of pipe networks at various times. The present invention preferably includes data represented at several different levels of reference including: referenced to the sensor with which it was collected; referenced to the robot or platform upon which the sensor is attached; and the world. The structure and functionality of the system provides for extensive querying, trouble-shooting and predictive analysis for pipe networks."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/627,334). 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=8,041,517.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,517&RS=PN/8,041,517
Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods and System for Analysis and Management of Parametric Yield
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,042,070) developed by six co-inventors for "methods and system for analysis and management of parametric yield." The co-inventors are James A. Culp, Newburgh, N.Y., Paul Chang, Mahopac, N.Y., Dureseti Chidambarrao, Weston, Conn., Praveen Elakkumanan, White Plains, N.Y., Jason Hibbeler, Williston, Vt., and Anda C. Mocuta, Lagrangeville, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Impact on parametric performance of physical design choices for transistors is scored for on-current and off-current of the transistors. The impact of the design parameters are incorporated into parameters that measure predicted shift in mean on-current and mean off-current and parameters that measure predicted increase in deviations in the distribution of on-current and the off-current. Statistics may be taken at a cell level, a block level, or a chip level to optimize a chip design in a design phase, or to predict changes in parametric yield during manufacturing or after a depressed parametric yield is observed. Further, parametric yield and current level may be predicted region by region and compared with observed thermal emission to pinpoint any anomaly region in a chip to facilitate detection and correction in any mistakes in chip design."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2007 (11/876,853). 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=8042070&OS=8042070&RS=8042070
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enhancing Formal Design Verification by Reusing Previous Results
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,042,078) developed by Viresh Paruthi, Austin, Texas, Travis W. Pouarz, Austin, Texas, and Mark A. Williams, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., for an "enhancing formal design verification by reusing previous results."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, a system and a computer program product for re-using verification results associated with a circuit design to eliminate a formal verification re-run associated with a subsequent verification of the circuit design. A Verification Data Re-use (VDR) utility initiates the creation of a first netlist data structure and a first set of target signatures for the circuit design. The VDR utility initiates an initial functional verification run of the circuit design and stores the results of the verification run. When a subsequent verification of the initial design is initiated, the VDR utility compares the first set of target signatures with a second set of target signatures for the subsequent verification run. A match of target signatures indicates that corresponding design targets have an identical functionality and the VDR utility re-uses verification results from the initial verification run to eliminate an extensive formal verification re-run for the circuit design."
The patent application was filed on April 1, 2009 (12/416,232). 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=8,042,078&OS=8,042,078&RS=8,042,078
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,042,004) developed by Albert Ing, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Gregory F. Pfister, Austin, Texas, and Patrick Sugrue, Georgetown, Texas, for "diagnosing communications between computer systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Diagnosing communications between computer systems includes sending a message from a sending node to a receiving node. The receiving node detects an error in the receiving node receiving the message and captures the data regarding the error on the receiving. A diagnostic log request is sent from the receiving node to the sending node, the diagnostic log request including a request for the sending node to log information. The sending node diagnoses the communications error in response to the diagnostic log response."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,800). 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=8042004.PN.&OS=PN/8042004&RS=PN/8042004
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Reconstructing a Data Stream
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,042,024) developed by Rakesh K. Parimi, Beacon, N.Y., for a "method, system, and computer program product for reconstructing a data stream."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer program product for reconstructing a data stream are provided. The method includes listening to an original data stream, and extracting messages from the original data stream. The method further includes determining statistical data from the extracted messages, and creating a reconstructed data stream using the statistical data."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2007 (11/619,745). 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=8,042,024&OS=8,042,024&RS=8,042,024
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Enabling a Wireless Sensor Network by Mote Communication
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,834) developed by Richard Ferri, Ulster Park, N.Y., Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Eric T.C. Yee, Los Angeles, for a "system and method for enabling a wireless sensor network by mote communication."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for implementing a wireless sensor network. The system comprises a plurality of motes, each mote having a sensor and a wireless communication system for communicating with neighboring motes; a distributed routing table distributed amongst each of the plurality of motes; and an update system for periodically updating the distributed routing table."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2008 (12/204,981). 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=8,041,834&OS=8,041,834&RS=8,041,834
Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Verizon Services Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,041,832) developed by George Louis Hughes Jr., Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Craig Reding, Midland Park, N.Y., for a "network data distribution system and method."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a system and method for distributing network data to multiple nodes in a data communications network is described. Two data communication channels are provided for each node in the network. While one of the communication channels carries routing and flow control protocol messages, as well as data, in both directions between network nodes, the other communication channel is configured to transmit data traffic--and only data traffic--in a single direction from the network data server toward all of the other nodes in the network. By using 100% of the available bandwidth for data traffic only, the speed at which data may be distributed throughout the network is maximized and the performance degradation caused by the congestion, collisions or packet loss that typically occurs in two-way data communication channels is avoided."
The patent application was filed on May 5, 2005 (11/122,602). 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=8,041,832&OS=8,041,832&RS=8,041,832
Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,041,477) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for providing access to vehicle electronic systems." The co-inventors are Kenneth B. Donovan, Apalachin, N.Y., Michael C. Dapp, Endwell, N.Y., Jeremy Impson, Vestal, N.Y., and John Moody, Vestal, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment is directed to providing access between external systems and embedded vehicle electronic systems. That is, an interface module may receive information from a system external to the vehicle, determine an embedded system of the vehicle to which to provide the information, and provide the information to the embedded system. Similarly, the interface module may receive information a embedded electronic systems of a vehicle, determine a system external the vehicle to which to provide the information, and provide the information to the external system."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2006 (11/603,327). 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=8,041,477.PN.&OS=PN/8,041,477&RS=PN/8,041,477
Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand.
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