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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Arizona (June 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Digital Image Decoder with Integrated Concurrent Image Prescaler ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,603) developed by Steven Tu, Phoenix, Joseph G. Warner, Tempe, Ariz., and Dmitrii Loukianov, Chandler, Ariz., for a "digital image decoder with integrated concurrent image prescaler." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to some embodiments, encoded information associated with an image is received at a decoder. The encoded information may be decoded at the decoder to generate full-sized first image pixels representing a full-sized version of the image. Moreover, the full-sized pixels may be scaled at the decoder to generate scaled image pixels representing a scaled version of the image." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/648,714). 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=79,57,603.PN.&OS=PN/79,57,603&RS=PN/79,57,603 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,605) developed by Walid S. Ibrahim Ali, Chandler, Ariz., for a "selective local transient improvement and peaking for video sharpness enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of selectively sharpening an image may include, for at least some pixels in the image, determining a frequency content associated with a pixel value in the image. The pixel may be linearly sharpened if the frequency content exceeds a threshold. The pixel may be non-linearly sharpened if the frequency content does not exceed the threshold. In some implementations, the non-linear sharpening may include wavelet decomposition of the image and enhancement of decomposed components." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,130). 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=79,57,605.PN.&OS=PN/79,57,605&RS=PN/79,57,605 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus, System, and Method for Selecting a Space Efficient Repository ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,310) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for selecting a space efficient repository." The co-inventors are Michael Thomas Benhase, Tucson, Ariz., Shachar Fienblit, Ein Ayala, Israel, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Tucson, Ariz., and Matthew Joseph Kalos, Tucson, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for selecting a space efficient repository. A cache receives write data. A destage module destages the data sequentially to a coarse grained repository such as a stride level repository and destages a directory entry for the data to a coarse grained directory such as a stride level directory if the data satisfies a repository policy. In addition, the destage module destages the data to a fine grained repository such as a track level repository overwriting an existing data instance and destages the directory entry to a fine grained directory such as a track level directory if the data does not satisfy the repository policy." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2008 (12/038,557). 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=7,958,310&OS=7,958,310&RS=7,958,310 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Address Reduction for Data Storage Enclosures ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,263) developed by John Charles Elliott, Tucson, Ariz., Robert Akira Kubo, Tucson, Ariz., and Gregg Steven Lucas, Tucson, Ariz., for an "address reduction for data storage enclosures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage enclosure management system of a plurality of service processors is configured to communicate externally via a pair of FC-AL loops. Lead and subsidiary service processors are defined and lead service processors connect to ones of the FC-AL loops with an FC-AL address, and the lead and subsidiary service processors are connected by a secondary communication link. The lead service processor(s) employ an identifier unassociated with the FC-AL address to differentiate communications of the lead service processor from communications of an associated subsidiary service processor, the lead service processor serving as a proxy for the associated subsidiary service processor with respect to the FC-AL address and communicating with the associated subsidiary service processor via the secondary communication link." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2007 (11/676,695). 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=7,958,263&OS=7,958,263&RS=7,958,263 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Observing an Internal Link Via a Second Link ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,283) developed by Syed Islam, Chandler, Ariz., and James Mitchell, Chandler, Ariz., for an "observing an internal link via a second link." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for selecting first data received in a first die of a multi-chip package (MCP) from a second die of the MCP via an intra-package link for output from a selector during a first clock period of a first clock signal, selecting second data transmitted from the second die to the first die for output from the selector during a second clock period, and transmitting the first and second data from the MCP via an external link. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2008 (12/228,493). 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=7,958,283&OS=7,958,283&RS=7,958,283 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Associations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Associations, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,958,011) developed by William Robert Cretney, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Mark Labarr Lewis, Tucson, Ariz., for an "obtaining community association data in a direct, efficient manner." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product and system for obtaining property owner or community association data. An order for a selection of products is directly received from a requestor. The order is built using a master questionnaire, which is stored on a database from which all sub-questionnaires (products) are created. As all "products" are created at the moment the order is placed, the information (community association data) in the master questionnaire is the information which will be incorporated into each sub-questionnaire. By receiving an order directly with the requestor and building the order using a master questionnaire which includes questions and answers that may be incorporated into the sub-questionnaires (products), the association data may be obtained by requestors in a direct, efficient manner without the use of a third party service provider." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2006 (11/499,501). 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=7,958,011.PN.&OS=PN/7,958,011&RS=PN/7,958,011 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,957,999) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic acquisition system and method." The co-inventors are Paul Stoxen, Phoenix, Christina Chow, Phoenix, Can Demirkaya, Peoria, Ariz., and Manoj K. Kejriwal, Pune, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method providing a centralized acquisition utility for facilitating event requests for multiple client products and/or services, where a dispatcher forwards event requests to one or more handlers to apply client business logic to process and fulfill said request. The handlers further employ task-specific workers for facilitating the individual steps required to complete the process." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2002 (10/071,615). 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=7,957,999.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,999&RS=PN/7,957,999 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,223) developed by seven co-inventors for a "content management application for an interactive environment." The co-inventors are Andrea Bimson, Scottsdale, Ariz., Jin Chyung, Hamburg, Germany, Meena Gopakumar, Glendale, Ariz., Lorraine Miranda, Phoenix, Biswajit Sarkar, Phoenix, Shashikant Rao, Phoenix, and Kaustubh Kunte, Phoenix. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The content management application is an intranet application which provides a process for implementing changes to an internet website of a company by providing the company the ability to define and enforce a common style of page layout. The application can be accessed via a desktop browser and multiple users may access the application for multiple reasons at the same time. The application also dynamically generates new page designs and new component design with various people assigned to groups or teams enabling the continuous creation and processing of content. Once the content is created and reviewed, it is then launched onto the company's internet site for viewing by the internet users accessing the company's web page." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/885,307). 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=7,958,223&OS=7,958,223&RS=7,958,223 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** McKesson Specialty Arizona Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- McKesson Specialty Arizona, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,957,983) developed by Steve Hoffman, Scottsdale, Ariz., Steve Mink, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Philip Villavicencio, Sparta, N.J., for a "healthcare provider, administrator and method for effectuating a medication therapy management, adherence and pharmacosurveillance program." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided that includes initiating adjudication of a primary claim in response to a purchase transaction at a primary payer for a client at a point of sale of a healthcare provider, and adjudicating one or more services of a program of the administrator to which the client is enrolled and/or one or more secondary benefits following the adjudication of the primary claim. The purchase transaction is applicable to the respective program and the respective secondary benefit, and the program includes one or more services. The method also includes providing the one or more services and/or secondary benefits to the client in response to adjudicating the one or more services and/or secondary benefits." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/693,170). 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=7,957,983.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,983&RS=PN/7,957,983 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massively Parallel Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Massively Parallel Technologies, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,958,194) developed by Kevin D. Howard, Tempe, Ariz., for a "system and method for parallel processing using a Type I Howard Cascade." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method using for performing a scatter-type data distribution among a cluster of computational devices. A number of nodes (equal to a value Cg, the number of tree generator channels) are initially generated, each connected to an initial generator, to create respective initial root nodes of an initial tree structure. Data is transmitted from the initial generator to each of the initial root nodes. Cg root nodes, each connected to a respective new generator, are generated to create respective roots of Cg newly generated tree structures. Each of the tree structures is expanded by generating Ct (the number of communication channels per node in each tree structure) new nodes connected to each node generated in each previous step. Data is then transmitted to each of the new nodes from an immediately preceding one of the nodes, and from each new generator to an associated root node." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,593). 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=7,958,194&OS=7,958,194&RS=7,958,194 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Performing Logical Compare Operations ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,181) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for performing logical compare operations." The co-inventors are Rajiv Kapoor, University Place, Wash., Ronen Zohar, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mark Buxton, Chandler, Ariz., Zeev Sperber, Zichron Yaakov, Israel, and Koby Gottlieb, Kiryat Tivon, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for including in a processor instructions for performing logical-comparison and branch support operations on packed or unpacked data. In one embodiment, a processor is coupled to a memory. The memory has stored therein a first data and a second data. The processor performs logical comparisons on the first and second data. The logical comparisons may be performed on each bit of the first and second data, or may be performed only on certain bits. For at least one embodiment, at least the first data includes packed data elements, and the logical comparisons are performed on the most significant bits of the packed data elements. The logical comparisons may include comparison of the same respective bits of the first and second data, and also includes logical comparisons of bits of the first data with the complement of the corresponding bits of the second data. Based on these comparisons, branch support actions are taken. Such branch support actions may include setting one or more flags, which in turn may be utilized by a branching unit. Alternatively, the branch support actions may include branching to an indicated target code location." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2006 (11/525,706). 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=7,958,181&OS=7,958,181&RS=7,958,181 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Method to Assist User in Creation of Highly Inter-related Models in Complex Databases ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,958,137) developed by Jeff Vanderzweep, Peoria, Ariz., Tim Felke, Glendale, Ariz., and Kang Zhang, Phoenix, for a "method to assist user in creation of highly inter-related models in complex databases." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method is provided to facilitate creation of linked inter-related models in a database. The method comprises obtaining a search text and match criteria from a user, and determining whether a prequery exists. If not, a list of all destination items is obtained. If yes, a determination is made whether the prequery is enabled. If not, a list of all destination items is obtained. If enabled, a list of all destination items limited by the prequery is obtained. A determination is then made whether all match criteria is selected. If yes, all items in the destination list are returned to the user. If not, a word list is generated by parsing all words from the search text. All valid synonyms are added for each word in the word list. The items in the destination list are reduced to items that match at least one word in the word list. A determination is made whether one or more additional filters exist. If not, a reduced list filtered by the match criteria is returned to the user. If the additional filters exist, the filters are presented to the user. The matched item list is then reduced based on criteria of the filters. The reduced matched item list is then returned to the user." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2009 (12/365,085). 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=7,958,137&OS=7,958,137&RS=7,958,137 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Elimination of Redundant Objects in Storage Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,152) developed by David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, Ariz., Colin Scott Dawson, Tucson, Ariz., and Robert Clair Edwards Jr., Susquehanna, Pa., for an "elimination of redundant objects in storage systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a data structure corresponding to a set of client nodes selected from a plurality of client nodes is generated. Objects from the selected set of client nodes are stored in the data structure. A determination is made that an object corresponding to a client node of the selected set of client nodes has to be stored. An additional determination is made as to whether the object has already been stored in the data structure by any client node of the selected set of client nodes. The object is stored in the data structure, in response to determining that the object has not already been stored in the data structure by any client node of the selected set of client nodes." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2008 (12/140,931). 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=7,958,152&OS=7,958,152&RS=7,958,152 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Baseband Filters for Use in Wireless Communication Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,716) developed by four co-inventors for a "baseband filters for use in wireless communication devices." The co-inventors are Jeff Ganger, Chandler, Ariz., Niall Duncan, Grange, Ireland, Michael L. Gomez, Tempe, Ariz., and Christian J. Rotchford, Phoenix. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of a baseband filter in a transmitter subsystem of a wireless device comprises an operational amplifier (op-amp), a pole circuit, a feedback capacitor, and an active device. The op-amp is adapted to produce an amplified signal that includes noise gain produced by the op-amp. The pole circuit is electrically coupled with an output terminal of the op-amp, and is adapted to receive the amplified signal and to attenuate the noise gain to produce a filtered, amplified signal. The feedback capacitor is electrically coupled between the first pole circuit and an input terminal of the op-amp, and is adapted to compensate for a phase shift produced by the pole circuit. The active device is electrically coupled with the pole circuit, and is adapted to amplify the filtered, amplified signal and to produce a baseband filtered output signal." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/180,936). 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=7,957,716.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,716&RS=PN/7,957,716 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,707) developed by Joseph Staudinger, Gilbert, Ariz., and George B. Norris, Gilbert, Ariz., for "systems, apparatus and method for performing digital pre-distortion based on lookup table gain values." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (100, FIG. 1) performs digital pre-distortion using gain values stored in a lookup table (150). A method for performing digital pre-distortion includes identifying (310, FIG. 3) a lookup table entry, based on input data, and updating the lookup table entry by writing an updated gain value into the lookup table entry. In an embodiment, update tracking information corresponding to the lookup table entry may be updated (324) to indicate that the lookup table entry has been updated. Another embodiment includes identifying (412, FIG. 4) consecutive lookup table entries based on input data, determining (413) whether the consecutive lookup table entries have been previously updated, and performing (414) a weighted interpolation process to produce an output gain value. A previous gain value (158, FIG. 1) is used in the weighted interpolation process when at least one of the consecutive lookup table entries has not been updated." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/693,897). 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=7,957,707.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,707&RS=PN/7,957,707 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,949) developed by Pero Subasic, Phoenix, and Enis Aykut Dengi, Tempe, Ariz., for a hierarchical system design. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of system design, and more particularly a method of designing systems that achieve a set of performance goals using a hierarchically partitioned system representation wherein performance simulations are performed at multiple levels within the hierarchy and are combined to simulate a system level result in order to reduce the aggregate time required for performance simulation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2010 (12/685,605). 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=7,957,949.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,949&RS=PN/7,957,949 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,958,098) developed by Lee P. Noehring, Peoria, Ariz., Chad W. Mercer, Chandler, Ariz., and Steve J. Brown, Phoenix, for an "apparatus and method for resolving security association database update coherency in high-speed systems having multiple security channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for updating security association database entries in a system having multiple security channels by selectively granting access to the entries by a plurality of the multiple security channels that may need to update the same entry using a first-come, first-served scheme. The apparatus includes a controller circuit that functions to carry out the method which, for each of the multiple security channels, includes determining whether another of the security channels has a higher priority to access a particular security association database entry. If no other channel has a higher priority, then the channel requesting access to the entry retrieves it from its address location, modifies it, and writes the modified entry back to its address location. The controller prevents other channels from simultaneously, or substantially simultaneously, retrieving and modifying the same entry." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2009 (12/558,188). 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=7958098.PN.&OS=PN/7958098&RS=PN/7958098 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Arizona Inventor Develops Patent for Data Analysis Systems and Related Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- John Antanies, Phoenix, has developed a patent (7,957,932) for a "data analysis systems and related methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Data analysis systems and related methods. An implementation of a first method of generating one or more bar plots for evaluating the performance of a process may include generating a plurality of breakpoints using historical data values from a process and generating one or more bar plots for an independent or a dependent variable and distributing the plurality of breakpoints along the one or more bar plots. The method may also include retrieving one or more current data values from the process, plotting at least one indicator at a position along the one or more bar plots using the one or more current data values, and indicating the desirability of the position of the at least one indicator relative to the plurality of breakpoints." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,285). 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=7,957,932.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,932&RS=PN/7,957,932 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Early Warning Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Early Warning Services, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,958,050) developed by Paul Finch, Scottsdale, Ariz., for a "payment account monitoring system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network includes an account status system for checking the status of checking accounts used to make payments, and a payment account monitoring system that includes linking files that store, for individual credit card accounts, the account numbers for checking accounts used to pay the credit card accounts. The monitoring system periodically retrieves checking account numbers from the linking files and checks the account numbers at the status system. If a negative status is indicated at the status system, an alert is provided to the credit card company." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2007 (11/772,604). 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=7958050.PN.&OS=PN/7958050&RS=PN/7958050 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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. -1050480 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |