[June 09, 2011] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (June 9) Tweet (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 New York. *** Endoscopic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- Endoscopic Technologies, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,820) developed by four co-inventors for a "conduction block verification probe and method of use." The co-inventors are Arthur A. Bertolero, Danville, Calif., Tamer Ibrahim, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Steve Geyster, Milton, Mass., and Mathew Williams, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often be used to ablate epicardial tissue in the vicinity of at least one pulmonary vein, various embodiments may be used to ablate other cardiac tissues in other locations on a heart. Devices generally include at least one tissue contacting member for contacting epicardial tissue and securing the ablation device to the epicardial tissue, and at least one ablation member for ablating the tissue. Various embodiments include features, such as suction apertures, which enable the device to attach to the epicardial surface with sufficient strength to allow the tissue to be stabilized via the device. For example, some embodiments may be used to stabilize a beating heart to enable a beating heart ablation procedure. Many of the devices may be introduced into a patient via minimally invasive introducer devices and the like. Although devices and methods of the invention may be used to ablate epicardial tissue to treat atrial fibrillation, they may also be used in veterinary or research contexts, to treat various heart conditions other than atrial fibrillation and/or to ablate cardiac tissue other than the epicardium." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/323,374). 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=79,57,820&OS=79,57,820&RS=79,57,820 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,826) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for normalizing error in photolithographic processes." The co-inventors are Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lexington, Mass., Richard H. Broberg, Wellesley, Mass., David A. Crow, Maple Grove, Minn., William A. Muth, Lagrangeville, N.Y., and Keith E. Roberts, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for fabricating parts using a photolithography system, includes: performing a search of normalization data for an estimated dose operating point; and using the estimated dose operating point for fabrication of new parts." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2007 (11/842,515). 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=79,57,826&OS=79,57,826&RS=79,57,826 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Population Diagnostics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- Population Diagnostics, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,913) developed by James Chinitz, Dix Hills, N.Y., and Eli Hatchwell, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., for an evaluating genetic disorders. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to genetic analysis and evaluation utilizing copy-number variants or polymorphisms. The methods utilize array comparative genomic hybridization and PCR assays to identify the significance of copy number variations in a subject or subject group." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,561). 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=7,957,913.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,913&RS=PN/7,957,913 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- New York University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,957,908) developed by Gilad Lerman, Minneapolis, Joseph McQuown, New York, and Bud Mishra, Great Neck, N.Y., for a "system, method and software arrangement utilizing a multi-strip procedure that can be applied to gene characterization using DNA-array data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and software arrangement are provided that use a fast adaptive multiscale procedure to characterize a random set of points spanning a high dimensional Euclidean space, and concentrated around special lower dimensional subsets. The procedure can be adapted to analyze gene expression data from microarray experiments, and may be applied generally to existing datasets without regard to whether a particular model exists to otherwise describe the dataset. The procedure accordingly can be used for identifying and mathematically isolating stable sets of data points in a given dataset from those in the same dataset that deviate from a stable model under various conditions." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2004 (10/579,811). 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=7,957,908.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,908&RS=PN/7,957,908 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Teknic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- Teknic, Pittsford, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,832) developed by Francis Joseph Testa, Fairport, N.Y., for a "method and system for vibration avoidance for automated machinery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for vibration avoidance in automated machinery produces actuator space-time contours that meet design objectives of the machinery while suppressing energy content at frequencies in the space-time contour, by concatenating multiple space-time contour segments together in such a way as to be mostly free of energy at the frequencies of interest while meeting other specified design goals. The segments used to construct these frequency-optimized-contours are a series of concatenated polynomial segments, the independent variable t being time. These segments can define the variable to be controlled (e.g. speed or distance) versus time, or define one of the controlled variable's time-derivatives (e.g., the slope of the speed vs. time, etc.). When these frequency-optimized-contours are fed as a command to a machine controller through an actuator or actuators, the energy at the frequencies of interest is low enough to avoid deleterious vibration from occurring while still meeting the machine performance objectives." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,818). 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=79,57,832&OS=79,57,832&RS=79,57,832 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hopstop.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Hopstop.com, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,957,871) developed by Chinedu Echeruo, New York, for "methods and apparatuses for navigation in urban environments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments disclose methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing maps and directions, including walking and mass transit directions in urban environments where users do not drive cars. Additionally, driving directions can be included. Various criteria, including preferences for amount of walking, for or against particular streets, certain mass transit vehicle types, number of transfers between mass transit vehicles, and other preferences, are considered in the routing calculations, as well as non-individual information such as current conditions and other information. User feedback on various qualitative aspects of the directions is received and stored, and used in subsequent routing decisions. Embodiments disclosed include web services whereby third parties, such as members of the travel industry, can access such services which provide textual and graphical information. Further, clients can access and edit mass transit information through the web services." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2005 (11/238,224). 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=7,957,871.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,871&RS=PN/7,957,871 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Target Computer Processor Unit Determination During Cache Injection Using Input/Output Adapter Resources ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,313) developed by Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, N.Y., and Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for a "target computer processor unit (CPU) determination during cache injection using input/output (I/O) adapter resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer program product for target computer processor unit (CPU) determination during cache injection using input/output (I/O) adapter resources are provided. The method includes storing locations of cache lines for pinned or affinity scheduled processes in a table on an input/output (I/O) adapter. The method also includes setting a cache injection hint in an input/output (I/O) transaction when an address in the I/O transaction is found in the table. The cache injection hint is set for performing direct cache injection. The method further includes entering a central processing unit (CPU) identifier and cache type in the I/O transaction, and updating a cache by injecting data values of the I/O transaction into the cache as determined by the CPU identifier and the cache type associated with the address in the table." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,431). 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=7,958,313&OS=7,958,313&RS=7,958,313 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Heuristic Status Polling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,274) developed by six co-inventors for a heuristic status polling. The co-inventors are Charles J. Archer, Rochester, Minn., Michael A. Blocksome, Rochester, Minn., Philip Heidelberger, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Sameer Kumar, White Plains, N.Y., Jeffrey J. Parker, Rochester, Minn., and Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, compute nodes, and computer program products are provided for heuristic status polling of a component in a computing system. Embodiments include receiving, by a polling module from a requesting application, a status request requesting status of a component; determining, by the polling module, whether an activity history for the component satisfies heuristic polling criteria; polling, by the polling module, the component for status if the activity history for the component satisfies the heuristic polling criteria; and not polling, by the polling module, the component for status if the activity history for the component does not satisfy the heuristic criteria." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2007 (11/764,282). 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=7,958,274&OS=7,958,274&RS=7,958,274 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,327) developed by five co-inventors for "performing an asynchronous memory move (AMM) via execution of AMM store instruction within the instruction set architecture." The co-inventors are Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Robert S. Blackmore, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Chulho Kim, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Hanhong Xue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system with a processor and memory includes an instruction set architecture (ISA) that provides an asynchronous memory move (AMM) store (ST) instruction. When the processor executes the AMM ST instruction, the processor performs a series of functions, which initiates an asynchronous memory move (AMM) operation. The AMM ST instruction moves data from a first memory location having a first real address to a second memory location having a second real address by: (a) performing a move of the data in virtual address space utilizing a source effective address that is memory mapped to the first memory location and a destination effective address that is memory mapped to the second memory location. When the move is completed in the virtual address space, the AMM operation performs the physical move of the data to the second memory location outside the processor core, without processor involvement." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,494). 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=7,958,327&OS=7,958,327&RS=7,958,327 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Cache Line Replacement Techniques Allowing Choice of LFU or MFU Cache Line Replacement ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,311) developed by Richard Edward Matick, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Jaime H. Moreno, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Malcolm Scott Ware, Austin, Texas, for "cache line replacement techniques allowing choice of LFU or MFU cache line replacement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus allowing a choice of Least Frequently Used (LFU) or Most Frequently Used (MFU) cache line replacement are disclosed. The methods and apparatus determine new state information for at least two given cache lines of a number of cache lines in a cache, the new state information based at least in part on prior state information for the at least two given cache lines. Additionally, when an access miss occurs in one of the at least two given lines, the methods and apparatus (1) select either LFU or MFU replacement criteria, and (2) replace one of the at least two given cache lines based on the new state information and the selected replacement criteria. Additionally, a cache for replacing MFU cache lines is disclosed. The cache additionally comprises MFU circuitry (1) adapted to produce new state information for the at least two given cache lines in response to an access to one of the at least two given cache lines, and (2) when a cache miss occurs in one of the at least two given cache lines, adapted to determine, based on the new state information, which of the at least two given cache lines is the most frequently used cache line." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,278). 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=7,958,311&OS=7,958,311&RS=7,958,311 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Target Computer Processor Unit Determination During Cache Injection ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,314) developed by Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, N.Y., and Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for a "target computer processor unit (CPU) determination during cache injection using input/output I/O) hub/chipset resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer program product for target computer processor unit (CPU) determination during cache injection using I/O hub/chipset resources are provided. The method includes creating a cache injection indirection table on the input/output (I/O) hub or chipset. The cache injection indirection table includes fields for address or address range, CPU identifier, and cache type. In response to receiving an input/output (I/O) transaction, the hub/chipset reads the address in an address field of the I/O transaction, looks up the address in the cache injection indirection table, and injects the address and data of the I/O transaction to a target cache associated with a CPU as identified in the CPU identifier field when, in response to the look up, the address is present in the address field of the cache injection indirection table." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,435). 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=7,958,314&OS=7,958,314&RS=7,958,314 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,016) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for specifying product characteristics by combining characteristics of products." The co-inventors are Francois Huaulme, New York, Herbert Scott McFaddin, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, Conn., Marcel-Catalin Rosu, Ossining, N.Y., and Danny Soroker, Larchmont, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method for specifying the characteristics of a desired item includes specifying a plurality of items, each of which possess at least one but not all characteristics of the desired item, selecting a subset of characteristics from each of said plurality of items, combining selected subsets of characteristics into a characterization of the desired item, and validating an availability of the desired item." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,666). 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=7,958,016.PN.&OS=PN/7,958,016&RS=PN/7,958,016 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Toledo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,957,609) developed by Jian-yu Lu, Sylvania, Ohio, and Jiqi Cheng, Selden, N.Y., for a "system for extended high frame rate imaging with limited-diffraction beams." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and a system for producing an image using an imaging system by weighting: i) the signals transmitted from at least one element of a transducer array to form limited diffraction transmitted beams or the transmitted beams are steered with linear time delay over transducer aperture; and, ii) weighting the echo signals received at the separate elements to form limited diffraction receive beams or doing Fourier transformations of the echo signals over the transducer aperture. Fourier transformations of the weighted or Fourier transformed signals form multi-dimensional k-space data sets which are used to interpolate into a rectilinear k-space of the object to be imaged. Inverse Fourier transformation along each dimension of the rectilinear k-space to produce an image." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2006 (11/991,129). 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=79,57,609.PN.&OS=PN/79,57,609&RS=PN/79,57,609 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** True Choice Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- True Choice Solutions, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,006) developed by Sev K.H. Keil, New York, Dick R. Wittink, North Haven, Conn., and Hielke Roelof van der Scheer, New York, for a "system to provide consumer preference information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system to determine preference information in which preference information associated with a consumer is determined, the preference information is validated, and the preference information is mixed with preference information associated with a plurality of consumers based on the validating step. The validating step may includes provision of trade-off questions to the consumer, reception of actual answers to the trade-off questions, prediction of consumer answers to the trade-off questions based on the preference information associated with the consumer and prediction of subgroup answers to the trade-off questions based on the preference information associated with the plurality of consumers. Moreover, the preference information may be mixed with the preference information associated with the plurality of consumers based on the actual answers, the predicted consumer answers and the predicted subgroup answers." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2001 (09/845,051). 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=7,958,006.PN.&OS=PN/7,958,006&RS=PN/7,958,006 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Storing Memory Compressed Data onto Memory Compressed Disks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,289) developed by Caroline Benveniste, New York, Vittorio Castelli, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Peter A. Franaszek, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., for a "method and system for storing memory compressed data onto memory compressed disks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method (and system) of storing information, includes storing main memory compressed information onto a memory compressed disk, where pages are stored and retrieved individually, without decompressing the main memory compressed information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2002 (10/214,171). 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=7,958,289&OS=7,958,289&RS=7,958,289 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Travelocity.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Travelocity.com, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,988) developed by four co-inventors for "systems, methods, and computer program products for storing and retrieving product availability information from a storage cache." The co-inventors are Joshua Hartmann, New York, DeWitt Clinton, New York, Kishore Pallamreddy, Flower Mound, Texas, and Daniel Shtarkman, Dallas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides methods for efficiently handling product availability queries. The present invention provides a local availability cache that is prepopulated with product availability listings from various product sources. Customer product availability queries are processed using the prepopulated availability cache, as opposed to independently querying each product source. The present invention also uses methods to manage the cache, such as by limiting the length of use data records stored for each start of use day to a maximum length of use and updating of data in the query using a function that updates data for start dates of use that occur sooner in time than for start dates of use that occur later in time. The present invention also uses functions to determine availability for length of use requests that exceed the maximum length of use stored in the cache by piecing together availability information for smaller lengths of use." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2008 (11/970,711). 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=7,957,988.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,988&RS=PN/7,957,988 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Improving Data Transfers in Peer-to-peer Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,195) developed by Mandis S. Beigi, Tarrytown, N.Y., Raymond B. Jennings III, Ossining, N.Y., and Jason D. Lavoie, Mahopac, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for improving data transfers in peer-to-peer networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for improving data transfers in peer-to-peer networks includes receiving a search request message from a requesting node, where the search request message requests specific data. A responding node then sends a response message to the requesting node including a referral message comprising at least one referred node that is expected to have the requested data, based on knowledge of the referred node's previous incoming and outgoing data transfers. The responding node may also indicate that the responding node has the requested data. In addition to increasing the requesting node's view of the peer-to-peer network, this also enables the identification of nodes (e.g., referred nodes) with which the requesting node may wish to establish direct peer-to-peer connections, e.g., to build peer-to-peer communities of nodes having similar interests." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,490). 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=7,958,195&OS=7,958,195&RS=7,958,195 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Project Preparing a Procurement and Accounts Payable System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,995) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system." The co-inventors are Ray F. Barnard, Endicott, N.Y., Carl S. Baumann, Vestal, N.Y., Philip J. Cirulli, Endicott, N.Y., Kerin J. Flannery, Endicott, N.Y., Carl J. Lanuti, Endwell, N.Y., John I. Munson, Binghamton, N.Y., and Karl J. Ritch, Vestal, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using the GP/AP system. The templates are particularized for the customer. A playbook summary view is generated from the playbook database. The playbook summary view displays a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area, a summary task creation button, and a detailed task creation button, which visually appear together in an undivided display area within the playbook summary view. Communication is between team members of a team and the playbook database via a server coupled to the playbook database and an intranet coupled to both the server and the team members. The team members have responsibility for the designing and implementing of the GP/AP system." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/061,112). 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=7,957,995.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,995&RS=PN/7,957,995 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods, Computer Program Products, and Apparatuses for Providing Remote Client Access to Exported File Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,200) developed by Renata Rand McFadden, Clinton Corners, N.Y., and David A. Wise, New Paltz, N.Y., for "methods, computer program products, and apparatuses for providing remote client access to exported file systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Remote clients may access remotely exported file systems using a remote token manager that provides communication among a plurality of caching file servers. In response to a client request for file system access, a program is invoked to determine whether the request relates to a locally exported file system exported by a local caching file server or a remotely exported file system exported by a remote caching file server. If the request relates to a locally exported file system, a local token manager is invoked to obtain a token granting access permission to the locally exported file system. If the request relates to a remotely exported file system, a remote token manager is invoked to communicate with a local access routine in the remote caching file server to obtain a token granting access permission for the remotely exported file system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,311). 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=7,958,200&OS=7,958,200&RS=7,958,200 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus for Implementing Container Managed Uses, Ownerships, and References in an Enterprise Javabean Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,172) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus for implementing container managed uses, ownerships, and references in an enterprise javabean environment." The co-inventors are Geoffrey Martin Hambrick, Round Rock, Texas, Robert Howard High Jr., Round Rock, Texas, Rodney Alan Little, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Sridhar Sudarsan, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for implementing container managed uses, ownerships, and references in an enterprise JavaBean.TM. environment. A user may specify a uses, ownership, reference relationships between entity beans and sessions in a deployment descriptor file. When the file is processed, the present embodiment generates methods on the entity beans and allows the container to recognize the relationships, such that the user may access the session beans based on the specified relationships." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2008 (12/019,444). 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=7,958,172&OS=7,958,172&RS=7,958,172 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Imposed Policies for Handling Instant Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,244) developed by Liam Harpur, Dublin, Ireland, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for "imposed policies for handling instant messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Chat sessions are managed between at least one sending computer and a receiving computer. A first chat session is initiated by a receiving computer in response to a first request from a first sending computer. A second chat session is initiated by the receiving computer in response to a second request from a second sending computer. The first and second chat sessions are prioritized in accordance with priority parameters to identify a higher priority chat session and a lower priority chat session. The lower priority chat session is restricted until the higher priority chat session is downgraded to a priority level that is below the lower priority chat session." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,539). 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=7,958,244&OS=7,958,244&RS=7,958,244 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,251) developed by Andrew J.R. Smith, New York, Deane Thomas, New York, and Randy Cowan, New York, for a "method and system for processing raw financial data streams to produce and distribute structured and validated product offering data to subscribing clients." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system is disclosed for processing information provided from various content providers in the form objects having states subject to periodic updates. Formatted information indicating a current state of the objects are delivered to subscribing clients in substantially real-time. An information manager module is configured to receiving raw data objects from the content providers, format the information, and broadcast current state information on various broadcast data stream. A client manager module supports multiple client communication sessions and connects to at least one broadcast data stream. Current state information received on a broadcast data stream is processed and transmitted to specific clients in accordance with processing rules specified in the client profiles." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2001 (09/871,176). 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=7,958,251&OS=7,958,251&RS=7,958,251 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hertz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Hertz, Park Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,957,989) developed by Brian Kennedy, Water Mill, N.Y., for a "system and method for automatically generating an airplane boarding pass for a traveler returning a rental car." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system and method for integrating rental vehicle return with airline boarding pass generation. The system includes a rental identification tag located on a rental vehicle and a tag reader located at a rental vehicle return facility for reading and identifying the rental vehicle identification tag when the rental vehicle enters a range of the tag reader. The system additionally includes a database containing information linking a traveler to the rental identification tag and to airline reservation information of the traveler and a computing system communicating with the database and the tag reader to locate the airline reservation information of the traveler based on the identification provided by the tag reader. The system also includes a boarding pass generator for generating a boarding pass based on the airline reservation information upon receiving an instruction from the computing system." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/156,251). 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=7,957,989.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,989&RS=PN/7,957,989 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Apparatus, Method and System for Feedforward of Sheet Electrostatic Tacking Parameters to Image Transfer Subsystem ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,957,656) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus, method and system for feedforward of sheet electrostatic tacking parameters to image transfer subsystem in image transfer apparatus." The co-inventors are Steven R. Moore, Pittsford, N.Y., Paul J. DeGruchy, Hilton, N.Y., Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, N.Y., and Gerald M. Fletcher, Pittsford, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A toner image transfer assembly has a tacking assembly, an image transfer assembly, and a media transport assembly. The tacking assembly senses critical properties of media while electrostatically tacking media to a transport device. The tacking assembly forwards data corresponding to the sensed electrical properties to the image transfer assembly so that the image transfer assembly anticipates the electrical properties of an approaching media type." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,080). 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=7,957,656.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,656&RS=PN/7,957,656 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,957,657) developed by five co-inventors for a "universal module for enabling measurements on color printers." The co-inventors are Francisco Zirilli, Penfield, N.Y., Jerry F. Adams, Waterport, N.Y., Augusto E. Barton, Webster, N.Y., Paul S. Bonino, Ontario, N.Y., and Derek A. Bryl, Webster, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A measurement module for a printer generally includes a page diverter mechanism configured to selectively divert a sheet of media from a main media path to a module media path; a rotating drum configured to receive the media from the module media path and to affix the media on an outer surface of the drum; a measuring device spaced adjacent to the drum and configured to measure as aspect of the media affixed to the surface of the drum; and a sheet transport configured to remove the media from the drum. According to one embodiment, the module may include a drum with an electrostatic hold-down mechanism that captures a sheet and an axially translating measuring device that is configured to read the entire surface as the drum rotates. The measurement module also allows the printed media to cool to eliminate problems with color measurements due to thermo chromaticity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/369,852). 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=7,957,657.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,657&RS=PN/7,957,657 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Query-independent Entity Importance in Books ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,128) developed by five co-inventors for "query-independent entity importance in books." The co-inventors are David Petrou, Brooklyn, N.Y., Chiu-Ki Chan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Daniel Loreto, New York, Jeffrey C. Reynar, New York, and Nikola Jevtic, Newark, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A corpus contains information including text from books and metadata about the books. The book texts mention entities of various types, such as location, date, event, and person entities. An entity importance engine analyzes the information in the corpus to identify the entities mentioned therein, and ranks the entities using query-independent importance scores. The importance scores can be based in part on the contexts in which the entities are mentioned by the books. A presentation engine enables searching of the corpus to identify books satisfying a search query. The presentation engine presents information about a designated book. Entities mentioned in the book are presented in a style selected to enhance comprehension and utility. For example, location entities can be presented on a map with markers showing the locations of the entities. The number of entities presented are limited and ordered based on the query-independent importance scores." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/837,206). 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=7,958,128&OS=7,958,128&RS=7,958,128 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Application Conversion of Source Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,958,133) developed by David Korn, New York, for an "application conversion of source data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method leverages the file format information used by a target application to convert a source dataset into an encoding usable by the target application without converting the source dataset before migration and without modifying the target application. The source data when on the source system has random portions of various data types that are encoded in a source encoding based on data type. The target application, which typically processes data encoded in a target encoding that is based on data type, is able to process the source data despite the source encoding using file format information and a modified compiler library." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2005 (11/311,423). 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=7,958,133&OS=7,958,133&RS=7,958,133 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,363) developed by Cameron Marlow, New York, Shanmugasundaram Ravikumar, Berkeley, Calif., and Andrew Tomkins, San Jose, Calif., for a toolbar signature. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are provided for a web browser toolbar signature. In one example, the method includes receiving a submission of user content from a source webpage, receiving a producer identity of a producer who submitted the user content, receiving identifying information about the destination webpage, coding signed content using the user content and the producer identity, wherein the signed content includes a signature, and submitting the signed content to a server hosting the destination webpage." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2007 (11/924,945). 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=7958363.PN.&OS=PN/7958363&RS=PN/7958363 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Sound Enhancement System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Thomas N. Packard, Syracuse, N.Y., has developed a patent (7,957,539) for a sound enhancement system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for enhancing sound quality comprising a filter that square roots the instantaneous amplitude of frequencies in an input signal for generating artificial harmonics corresponding to said frequencies. The system can comprise an automatic level control that momentarily boosts the amplitude of a higher frequency portion of the input signal to emphasize attack transients occurring within the input signal." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2007 (11/880,612). 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=7957539.PN.&OS=PN/7957539&RS=PN/7957539 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,957,701) developed by Angeliki Alexiou, Swindon, United Kingdom, Federico Boccardi, Swindon, United Kingdom, and Howard C. Huang, New York, for a "closed-loop multiple-input-multiple-output scheme for wireless communication based on hierarchical feedback." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides methods implemented in a base station having a plurality of antennas and one or more user terminals. One embodiment of the method includes receiving feedback from at least one user in response to transmitting a first frame to said at least one user. The first frame is formed by pre-coding at least one symbol using at least one first code word selected from at least one first code book associated with the at least one user. The method also includes transmitting at least one second frame to the user(s). The second frame(s) are pre-coded using at least one second codeword selected from at least one second codebook. The second codebook(s) determined based on the feedback and the first codeword(s)." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2007 (11/754,624). 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=7,957,701.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,701&RS=PN/7,957,701 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,957,684) developed by five co-inventors for an "intermediate transfer belt and methods for making the same." The co-inventors are David A. DeHollander, Fairport, N.Y., Michael S. Roetker, Webster, N.Y., Scott J. Griffin, Fairport, N.Y., David W. Martin, Walworth, N.Y., and Jonathan Herko, Walworth, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An image forming apparatus having an improved intermediate transfer belt, and processes for making the same. More specifically, there is provided an intermediate transfer belt having one or more steering ribs formed into the belt such that a separate steering rib need not be employed." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2008 (12/146,361). 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=7,957,684.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,684&RS=PN/7,957,684 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,958,085) developed by James Alexander, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and Mark Richards, San Jose, Calif., for "managing media-content licenses, including option formation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for managing content are disclosed. Briefly, in accordance with one particular embodiment, managing content includes presenting one or more references to one or more digital media assets. A request to reserve one or more of the referenced digital media assets is received, and the references to one or more digital media assets are updated such that the references include data indicating that one or more of the referenced digital media assets have been reserved." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2005 (11/075,051). 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=7958085.PN.&OS=PN/7958085&RS=PN/7958085 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (7,958,062) developed by Weizhong Yan, Clifton Park, N.Y., Anil Varma, Clifton Park, N.Y., and Piero Patrone Bonissone, Schenectady, N.Y., for a "method and system of creating health operating envelope for dynamic systems by unsupervised learning of a sequence of discrete event codes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for creating healthy operating envelope from only data samples obtained during normal operation/behavior of dynamic systems is provided. This method determines healthy operating envelope by clustering a stream of discrete event code sequences from the underlying system under normal operation condition only. The method is unsupervised, that is, requiring no prior knowledge of event code patterns corresponding to different operation conditions. Such created envelope can be used for fault detection and health monitoring of dynamic systems." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/755,898). 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=7958062.PN.&OS=PN/7958062&RS=PN/7958062 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,113) developed by seven co-inventors for an "automatically and adaptively determining execution plans for queries with parameter markers." The co-inventors are Wei Fan, New York, Guy Maring Lohman, San Jose, Calif., Volker Gerhard Markl, San Jose, Calif., Nimrod Megiddo, Palo Alto, Calif., Jun Rao, Palo Alto, Calif., David Everett Simmen, San Jose, Calif., and Julia Stoyanovich, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for automatically and adaptively determining query execution plans for parametric queries. A first classifier trained by an initial set of training points is generated. A query workload and/or database statistics are dynamically updated. A new set of training points is collected off-line. Using the new set of training points, the first classifier is modified into a second classifier. A database query is received at a runtime subsequent to the off-line phase. The query includes predicates having parameter markers bound to actual values. The predicates are associated with selectivities. A mapping of the selectivities into a plan determines the query execution plan. The determined query execution plan is included in an augmented set of training points, where the augmented set includes the initial set and the new set." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/125,221). 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=7958113.PN.&OS=PN/7958113&RS=PN/7958113 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,958,075) developed by six co-inventors for "compressing rectilinear pictures and minimizing access control lists." The co-inventors are David L. Applegate, Maplewood, N.J., Gruia Calinescu, Wilmette, Ill., David S. Johnson, Madison, N.J., Howard Karloff, New York, Katrina Ligett, Pittsburgh, and Jia Wang, Randolph, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A geometric model is considered for the problem of minimizing access control lists (ACLs) in network routers. A colored rectilinear pattern is created within an initially white rectangular canvas, and the basic operation is to choose a subrectangle and paint it a single color, overwriting all previous colors in the rectangle. The method operates on rectangular rule lists (RRLs) and access control lists (ACLs) in which all rectangles are strips that extend either the full length or the full height of the canvas. A polynomial-time algorithm optimally constructs such patterns when, as in the ACL application, the only colors are black and white (permit or deny). That algorithm is complemented by a significantly faster approximation algorithm that is guaranteed to be no worse than 3/2 optimal." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/824,073). 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=7958075.PN.&OS=PN/7958075&RS=PN/7958075 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,063) developed by Xi Long, Seattle, W. Louis Cleveland, New York, and Y. Lawrence Yao, New York, for "methods and systems for identifying and localizing objects based on features of the objects that are mapped to a vector." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of identifying and localizing objects belonging to one of three or more classes, includes deriving vectors, each being mapped to one of the objects, where each of the vectors is an element of an N-dimensional space. The method includes training an ensemble of binary classifiers with a CISS technique, using an ECOC technique. For each object corresponding to a class, the method includes calculating a probability that the associated vector belongs to a particular class, using an ECOC probability estimation technique. In another embodiment, increased detection accuracy is achieved by using images obtained with different contrast methods. A nonlinear dimensional reduction technique, Kernel PCA, was employed to extract features from the multi-contrast composite image. The Kernel PCA preprocessing shows improvements over traditional linear PCA preprocessing possibly due to its ability to capture high-order, nonlinear correlations in the high dimensional image space." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2007 (11/789,571). 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=7958063.PN.&OS=PN/7958063&RS=PN/7958063 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hunch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Hunch, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,066) developed by Thomas Pinckney, Brighton, Mass., Chris Dixon, New York, and Matthew Ryan Gattis, New York, for an "interactive machine learning advice facility." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for helping a user make a decision through the use of a machine learning facility. The process may begin with an initial question being received by the machine learning facility from the user. The user may then be provided with a dialog consisting of questions from the machine learning facility and answers provided by the user. The machine learning facility may then provide a decision to the user based on the dialog and pertaining to the initial question, such as a recommendation, a diagnosis, a conclusion, advice, and the like. In embodiments, future questions and decisions provided by the machine learning facility may be improved through feedback provided by the user." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/262,862). 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=7958066.PN.&OS=PN/7958066&RS=PN/7958066 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Filtering Database Results using Dynamic Composite Queries ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,105) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for filtering database results using dynamic composite queries." The co-inventors are Avraham Leff, Spring Valley, N.Y., James T. Rayfield, Ridgefield, Conn., Timo J. Salo, Cary, N.C., and Brandon J.W. Smith, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for retrieving data records to a client computer. An identifier of a base query is received from the client computer. The base query is configured to select a set of data records from a database that the client computer has permission to access. A modifying clause is also received from the client computer. The modifying clause comprises a directive restricting the set of data records to a subset of data records. The modifying clause may optionally comprise an expression for sorting. A combined query is generated from the base query and the modifying clause. The query is configured to return the subset of data records. The combined query is further configured to sort the subset of data records based on the value of the expression if the expression is present. The combined query is executed at the database." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,395). 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=7958105.PN.&OS=PN/7958105&RS=PN/7958105 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LeCroy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- LeCroy, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,938) developed by Francois LaMarche, New Milford, N.J., Laxmikant Joshi, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anirudh Kailash Sureka, Mamaroneck, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for a high bandwidth oscilloscope utilizing multiple channel digital bandwidth interleaving." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of digitizing an analog signal is provided, comprising the steps of separating the analog signal spanning a frequency range into a plurality of frequency bands, and then translating at least one of the signals to a lower frequency band in accordance with a local oscillator and digitizing the at least one translated signal with digitizing elements having a frequency range less than the analog signal frequency range. A fixed relationship of the phase of the local oscillator and a repetitive signal generated in accordance with a writing to a circular buffer of the digitized representation of the at least one of the plurality of frequency bands is then defined. Signals corresponding to the other of the plurality of frequency bands are digitized and written to corresponding circular buffers. Finally, a digital representation of the analog signal is formed from the digitized signals." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/112,218). 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=7,957,938.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,938&RS=PN/7,957,938 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimizing a Storage System to Support Short Data Lifetimes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,093) developed by nine co-inventors for an "optimizing a storage system to support short data lifetimes." The co-inventors are Kay Schwendimann Anderson, Washington, Frederick Douglis, Basking Ridge, N.J., Nagui Halim, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., John Davis Palmer, San Jose, Calif., Elizabeth Suzanne Richards, Columbia, Md., David Tao, Glen Burnie, Md., William Harold Tetzlaff, Emeryville, Calif., John Michael Tracey, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Joel Leonard Wolf, Katonah, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for optimizing a storage system to support short data object lifetimes and highly utilized storage space are provided. With the system and method, data objects are clustered based on when they are anticipated to be deleted. When an application stores data, the application provides an indicator of the expected lifetime of the data, which may be a retention value, a relative priority of the data object, or the like. Data objects having similar expected lifetimes are clustered together in common data structures so that clusters of objects may be deleted efficiently in a single operation. Expected lifetimes may be changed by applications automatically. The system automatically determines how to handle these changes in expected lifetime using one or more of copying the data object, reclassifying the container in which the data object is held, and ignoring the change in expected lifetime for a time to investigate further changes in expected lifetime of other data objects." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2004 (10/944,597). 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=7958093.PN.&OS=PN/7958093&RS=PN/7958093 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Resilient Classifier For Rule-based System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,065) developed by four co-inventors for a "resilient classifier for rule-based system." The co-inventors are Youssef Drissi, Ossining, N.Y., Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Daby M. Sow, Croton on Hudson, N.Y., and Eric T.C. Yee, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A resilient classifier for using with a rule-based system is provided. A system for classifying data for a rule-based system, may include: a system(s) for generating two training data sets, one data set is generated from input data while the second data set is generated from disturbed data; a system for merging the two training data sets; and a system for training a data classifier with the merged training data sets. As a result, the classification of data becomes more accurate, including when disturbed data is encountered." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,372). 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=7958065.PN.&OS=PN/7958065&RS=PN/7958065 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business 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. -1050504 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]