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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,045) developed by Kevin John McCallion, Charlestown, Mass., Yasuhiro Matsui, Woburn, Mass., and Daniel Mahgerefteh, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "optical transmitter having a widely tunable directly modulated laser and periodic optical spectrum reshaping element." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical transmitter is disclosed including a widely tunable laser coupled to a periodic optical spectrum reshaper (OSR) to convert frequency modulated pulses from the laser into amplitude modulated pulses. The laser is tuned to generate pulses corresponding to passbands of the OSR spanning a wide range of frequencies. The laser includes a gain section having an optical path length substantially shorter than the total optical path length of the laser. The laser may be a Y-branch laser having reverse-biased sampled gratings or ring resonator filters tuned by stripe heaters. The laser may also include a reflective external cavity section tunable by modulating the temperature of ring resonators or etalons. The OSR may be integrally formed with the external cavity of the ECL laser." The patent application was filed on Dec. 26, 2007 (11/964,315). 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=7,962,045.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,045&RS=PN/7,962,045 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Micro Circuits Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Applied Micro Circuits, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,962,043) developed by Keith Conroy, Perkasie, Pa., Omer Acikel, San Diego, and Francesco Caggioni, Winchester, Mass., for a "multichannel optical transport network skew control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for controlling time delay in a multichannel optical transport network transmission device. The method accepts a pair of 2.sup.n-phase shift keying (2.sup.nPSK) modulated signals via Ix and Qx electrical signal paths, where n>1, and a pair of 2.sup.p-PSK modulated signals via Iy and Qy electrical signal paths where p>1. A voltage V1 on the Ix signal path is compared with a voltage V2 on the Qx signal path, and a VOx voltage in generated, which is minimized by adjusting time delay modules in the Ix and Qx signals paths. Likewise, a voltage V3 (Iy) is compared with a voltage V4 (Qy), and a VOy voltage is generated and minimized. Subsequent to minimizing VOx and VOy, the sum of V1 and V2 (V12) is compared with the sum of V3 and V4 (V34), and a VOxy voltage is generated and minimized." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2008 (12/143,541). 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=7,962,043.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,043&RS=PN/7,962,043 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Finisar Assigned Patent for Temperature Stabilizing Packaging for Optoelectronic Components in a Transmitter Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,044) developed by four co-inventors for a "temperature stabilizing packaging for optoelectronic components in a transmitter module." The co-inventors are Kevin McCallion, Charlestown, Mass., Michael Deutsch, Derry, N.H., Parviz Tayebati, Boston, and Saeid Azemati, Auburndale, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical transmitter is disclosed having a temperature stabilization system for an optical filter for maintaining constant the frequency response of the filter. The filter is mounted within a housing having a substantially higher thermal conductivity. The housing may include a copper-tungsten alloy and extend along the optical axis of the filter. The housing is in thermal contact with a thermo-electric cooler (TEC) and a temperature sensor. The TEC and temperature sensor are electrically coupled to a controller which adjusts the temperature of the TEC according to the output of the temperature sensor." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2008 (12/025,573). 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=7,962,044.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,044&RS=PN/7,962,044 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,261) developed by Dariusz Antoni Bushko, Hopkinton, Mass., Upendra V. Ummethala, Northborough, Mass., and Steven N. Brown, Hopkinton, Mass., for a vehicle suspension. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a vehicle suspension. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, there is provided an apparatus including an actuator system having a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wherein the actuator system provides force between the sprung mass and an unsprung mass of a vehicle." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2007 (11/938,663). 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=7,962,261.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,261&RS=PN/7,962,261 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Foster-Miller Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Foster-Miller, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,243) developed by five co-inventors for a "weapon robot with situational awareness." The co-inventors are Daniel R. Deguire, Blackstone, Mass., Kurt Bruck, Providence, R.I., John Young, Sutton, Mass., Alex Kirillov, Littleton, Mass., and James Chung, Brookline, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile, remotely controlled robot includes a turret subsystem, a robot controller subsystem configured to control the robot, control the turret, and fire the weapon, a robot navigation subsystem configured to determine the position of the robot, a turret orientation determination subsystem, and a robot communications subsystem for receiving commands and for transmitting robot position data and turret orientation data. An operator control unit includes a user interface for commanding the robot, the turret, and the weapon. An operator control unit communications subsystem transmits commands to the robot and receives robot position data and turret orientation data from the robot. An operator control unit navigation subsystem is configured to determine the position of the operator control unit. An operator control unit controller subsystem is responsive to the robot position data, the turret orientation data, and the operator control unit position and is configured to determine if the weapon is aimed at the operator control unit within a predetermined fan angle." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (12/004,173). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,962,243.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,243&RS=PN/7,962,243 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,223) developed by Kimbolt Young, Newtonville, Mass., Steven Walak, Natick, Mass., and Paul DiCarlo, Middleboro, Mass., for an "ablation probe for drug release in tissue ablation procedures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Tissue ablation probes and methods for treating tissue are provided. The tissue ablation probe comprises an elongated probe shaft, at least one electrode carried by the distal end of the probe shaft, and a pharmaceutical agent carried by the probe shaft. The pharmaceutical agent may be disposed on the electrode(s), the probe shaft, or a releasable portion associated with the electrode or the probe shaft. A method for treating tissue comprises introducing a tissue ablation probe to a tissue site, operating the tissue ablation probe to ablate tissue at the tissue site, and releasing a pharmaceutical agent from the tissue ablation probe at the tissue site." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,714). 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=7,962,223.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,223&RS=PN/7,962,223 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,217) developed by four co-inventors for a vestibular stimulator. The co-inventors are Daniel M. Merfeld, Lincoln, Mass., Wangsong Gong, Revere, Mass., Steven D. Rauch, Watertown, Mass., and Conrad Wall III, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing relief from Meniere's disease, includes reversibly disabling vestibular function following detection of an attack of Meniere's disease following detection of an attack of Meniere's disease." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2006 (11/351,388). 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=7,962,217.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,217&RS=PN/7,962,217 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,962,347) developed by four co-inventors for an advisor referral. The co-inventors are Trudy K. Anthony-Hoppe, Woodinville, Wash., Louis S. Harvey, Cohasset, Mass., Denis Lavoie, Seattle, and John D. Skovron, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for an advisor referral tool for objectively matching professional services between users and advisors in an on-line or computer based environment. The advisor referral tool matches users with professional advisors by executing an advisor matching algorithm to select a subset of advisors from an advisor database based on user selected search criteria. A server computer calculates a percent match value for each advisor in the subset of advisors that corresponds to consumer responses to predetermined psychographic/profile questions. The server computer then creates a best fit advisor list of advisors from the subset of advisors that is based on the calculated percent match value. The best fit advisor list is then transmitted to and displayed on the user's computer." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2010 (12/814,063). 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=7,962,347.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,347&RS=PN/7,962,347 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Orange Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Orange, Paris, has been assigned a patent (7,962,360) developed by Robert Mechaley, Weston, Mass., and Richard A. Miner, Boston, for a "voice responsive telephone assistant having network upgrade capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile telephone system device having an electronic assistant component is disclosed. The device includes a first software module configured to provide a first operating feature to a user of the mobile telephone system and a second software module that includes a first submodule configured to provide a first additional operating feature to the user and a second submodule configured to provide a second additional operating feature to the user of the mobile telephone system. A third module is configured to track the user's use of the first operating feature by storing usage data related to the user's interaction with the first software module. A fourth module analyzes the stored usage data and determines a usage data pattern. Based on the usage data pattern, a fifth module stores one or more rules which select one of the first submodule and the second submodule based on the usage data pattern and the selected one of the first submodule and the second submodule is offered to the user for installation on the mobile telephone system." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2007 (11/749,688). 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=7,962,360.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,360&RS=PN/7,962,360 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Using Detailed Process Information at a Point of Sale ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,365) developed by seven co-inventors for a "using detailed process information at a point of sale." The co-inventors are Russell Patrick Bobbitt, Pleasantville, N.Y., Quanfu Fan, Somerville, Mass., Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, Conn., Frederik Kjeldsen, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti, Darien, Conn., Akira Yanagawa, New York, and Yun Zhai, White Plains, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for using transactional and visual event information to facilitate loss prevention are provided. The techniques include obtaining video of one or more visual events at a point of sale environment and one or more transaction log entries that correspond to the video, wherein the one or more transaction log entries comprise one or more transactional events, categorizing each event as one of one or more model events, using each categorized event to create a revised transaction log, wherein the revised transaction log comprises a sequence of categorized events, wherein each categorized event is a combination of the one or more transactional events and the one or more visual events, examining the revised transaction log to correct one or more mis-categorizations, if any, and revise one or more model event categories with the one or more corrected mis-categorizations, if any, and using the revised transaction log to facilitate loss prevention." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/262,458). 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=7,962,365.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,365&RS=PN/7,962,365 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** STC. UNM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- STC. UNM, Albuquerque, N.M., has been assigned a patent (7,961,975) developed by Ousseini Lankoande, Westfield, Mass., Majeed Hayat, Albuquerque, N.M., and Balu Santhanam, Albuquerque, N.M., for a "system and method for reduction of speckle noise in an image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention includes methods for the reduction of speckle noise in an image and methods for segmenting an image. Each of the methods disclosed herein includes steps for analyzing the uniformity of a pixel within a plurality of pixels forming a portion of the image and, based on the uniformity of the intensity of the plurality of pixels, adjusting and/or replacing the pixel in order to produce a speckle-noise reduced image, a segmented image, or a segmented and speckle-noise reduced image. The methods of the present invention can employ for example conditional probability density functions, nonlinear estimator functions, convex energy functions and simulated annealing algorithms in the performance of their respective steps." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,353). 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=79,61,975.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,975&RS=PN/79,61,975 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Machine Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Invention Machine, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,326) developed by four co-inventors for a "semantic answering system and method." The co-inventors are Valery Tsourikov, Boston, Leonid Batchilo, Belmont, Mass., Igor Sovpel, Minsk, Belarus, and Alexander Korzun, Winchester, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Answering System enables a user to input a query and responds with answers. Server stores an indexed database of a plurality of S-A-O's (subject-action-object). User generates the query that includes query elements (A-O), (S-A), or (S-X-O), or element (S). The server identifies the database element S, O, or A, or elements (A-O) associated with a respective knowledge base S-A-O that includes the query element(s) in response to the server receiving the query and generates a natural language answer S-A-O that includes the identified and the query elements(s) and transmits the answer to the user apparatus that provides an audio or visual response. The server can conduct WWW searches for documents with S-A-O elements that match query element(s) and adds them to the database, thus treating the WWW as an available knowledge base." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2001 (09/991,079). 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=7,962,326.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,326&RS=PN/7,962,326 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,961,967) developed by four co-inventors for an "adaptive density mapping in computed tomographic images." The co-inventors are Hiroyuki Yoshida, Watertown, Mass., Janne Nappi, Boston, Michael E. Zalis, Newtonville, Mass., and Wenli Cai, Dorchester, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An adaptive density mapping (ADM) method and system automatically identify interface regions between air and material tagged with contrast agents in computed tomographic (CT) image data, then map CT attenuations of voxels outside the identified interface regions, such that voxels that represent tagged material are made to represent air or another gas." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/607,195). 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=79,61,967.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,967&RS=PN/79,61,967 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apriva Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Apriva, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (7,962,137) developed by Paul D. Coppinger, Chandler, Ariz., Michael S. Klingen, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Rinaldo Anthony Spinella, Medford, Mass., for a "system and method for developing an application program for wireless devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with communication with at least one wireless device of the plurality; and a mobile sector comprising the plurality of wireless devices, each device for receiving the application program deployed by the service sector, executing the application program in response to the business sector, and communicating with the service sector to support provision of the application data to the business sector. The business sector or service sector may monitor or limit utilization of the auxiliary device. Deployment of application programs may be controlled by the business sector or the development sector by rendering an application program or auxiliary device available for use only after a particular time or after receipt of a message." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (11/834,537). 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=79,62,137.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,137&RS=PN/79,62,137 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tufts University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Tufts University, Medford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,187) developed by Sergio Fantini, Winchester, Mass., for an "optical imaging and oximetry of tissue." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting at least one region of a sample having an absorption level different from a background level of absorption in the sample by obtaining thicknesses of the sample and intensities of light transmitted through the sample at a plurality of locations. The system includes glass plates (10) for compressing the tissue, distance sensors (20, 30), illuminations fibers (40) connected to a light source (70), and collection fibers (50) connected to spectrograph (110). Spatial second derivatives are calculated from products of the thicknesses of the sample and the intensities of the transmitted light for the locations. The data points are compared to detect the region of the sample having an absorption level different from the background level of absorption within the sample. The new systems and method can be used to optically image, detect, and characterize tissue, lesions, such as cancer." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2003 (10/507,336). 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=7,962,187.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,187&RS=PN/7,962,187 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- 3M Innovative Properties, Saint Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,961,954) developed by Janos Rohaly, Acton, Mass., for a "sub-pixel accuracy and valid correlation signal detection by forward and reverse correlation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Improved correlation techniques employ data from forward (template-to-reference) and reverse (reference-to-template) correlation to identify valid correlation peaks, enforce symmetry in correlation peaks, and/or combine forward and reverse correlation data. In embodiments, these techniques eliminate or reduce rms noise in a recovered signal peak location by enforcing correlation peak symmetry. The forward and reverse correlation methods described herein may be used for validation of correlation peaks, detection of outlier data points and improved interpolation, such as for higher accuracy localization of a peak center with sub-pixel resolution." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2009 (12/543,694). 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=7961954.PN.&OS=PN/7961954&RS=PN/7961954 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,200) developed by Vasilis Ntziachristos, Charlestown, Mass., and Jorge Ripoll, Crete, Greece, for a "method and system for free space optical tomography of diffuse media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and a system for free space optical tomography provides one or more light source and one or more light sensors spaced, which in one embodiment are spaced apart from and object to be imaged. A surface capture system coupled to a variety of optical models provides the method and system with the ability to render accurate tomographic images though the light has propagated both through a diffuse medium and, in on embodiment, also through free space to the one or more light sensors." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/632,150). 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=7,962,200.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,200&RS=PN/7,962,200 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,197) developed by Robert F. Rioux, Ashland, Mass., and Paul DiCarlo, Middleboro, Mass., for a "radiation ablation tracking system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for treating a target tissue region (e.g., malignant tissue) is provided. A hyperthermic probe is placed into contact with the target tissue region, and the target tissue region is exposed to a therapeutic x-ray radiation beam. The probe is operated to increase the temperature of the target tissue region, thereby facilitating a therapeutic effect of the radiation beam. Image data of the probe containing a fiducial datum is acquired while in contact with the target tissue region, a position of the target tissue region within a treatment coordinate system is determined based on the fiducial datum, and the radiation beam is spatially adjusted relative to the target tissue region based on the determined position of the target tissue region." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/818,086). 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=7,962,197.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,197&RS=PN/7,962,197 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Math Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Math Works, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,317) developed by Joseph Daniel Kanapka, Cambridge, Mass., for an "analytic linearization for system design." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus may linearize a model representing a dynamic system without using perturbation techniques. The model may include a differential-algebraic system of equations to represent the dynamic system. The mass matrix of the model may be singular. The linear model of the system may be generated in a state-space representation using the analytic Jacobians of the model." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2007 (11/879,351). 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=7,962,317.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,317&RS=PN/7,962,317 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Polyvalor, Val-Chum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Polyvalor, Montreal, and Val-Chum, Montreal, have been assigned a patent (7,962,194) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for propelling and controlling displacement of a microrobot in a blood vessel." The co-inventors are Sylvain Martel, Newton, Mass., Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Montreal, L'Hocine Yahia, Pointe-Claire, Canada, Gilles Soulez, Outremont, Canada, and Gilles Beaudoin, St-Lambert, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic resonance imager (MRI) controllably propels at least one magnetic field responsive body within a subject. The MRI comprises a bore magnet producing an intense magnetic field sufficient to magnetically saturate the magnetic field responsive body. A magnetic field gradient generator is configured to apply variable magnetic gradients to at least a portion of the subject containing the magnetically-saturated body. A controller instructs the magnetic field gradient generator to acquire image data of the magnetically-saturated body within the subject and to apply a calculated magnetic gradient that will propel the magnetically-saturated body towards a target location in the subject. A tracking unit of the MRI provides position feedback information of the magnetically-saturated body within the subject." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2003 (10/417,475). 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=7,962,194.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,194&RS=PN/7,962,194 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GLOBAL FOUNDRIES Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- GLOBAL FOUNDRIES, Grand Cayman, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,962,314) developed by Anton Chernoff, Littleton, Mass., for a "mechanism for profiling program software running on a processor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processor having one or more processor cores includes execution logic that may execute instructions including one or more processes. Each process may include one or more execution threads. The processor also includes a profiling mechanism that includes monitor logic and a monitor process. The monitor logic may monitor the one or more processes and provide access to performance data associated with the one or more processes without interrupting a flow of control of the one or more processes being monitored. The monitor process may gather the performance data. In addition, the monitor process may include program instructions executable by the one more processor cores while operating in user mode." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,764). 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=7,962,314.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,314&RS=PN/7,962,314 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,508) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for searching and retrieving related messages." The co-inventors are Paul B. Moody, Hyde Park, Vt., Daniel M. Gruen, Newton, Mass., Steven L. Rohall, Winchester, Mass., and Bernard J. Kerr, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided which utilizes a threading service to offer enhanced features for a document management system including an email system. Various enhanced email features may be provided through one or more of the following components: a delete module, a reply module, a profile module, and a search module. The delete module enables a user to delete a selected message, a set of related messages, or the whole set except for the selected message. The reply module enables a user to send a reply message to all addresses associated and involved with an entire set of related messages. The profile module enables a dynamic interest profile to contain all relevant information from an outgoing message and a set of messages related to the outgoing message. The search module enables search results to include documents which match the user's query as well as documents related to the documents which match the user's query." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2008 (12/122,554). 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=7962508.PN.&OS=PN/7962508&RS=PN/7962508 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** L-1 Secure Credentialing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- L-1 Secure Credentialing, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,467) developed by James V. Howard, Saugus, Mass., and Francis Frazier, Belmont, Mass., for "systems and methods for recognition of individuals using multiple biometric searches." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The search results of a first iteration of a biometric search are used to form a probe for subsequent iterations searches in a biometric database. his enables the search methodology to "drill down" into the database to find matching biometric templates. In addition, the results of a search using a template of first biometric type are used to limit the search applied using a template of a second biometric type to improve the effectiveness of a one to many search for matching data in a biometric database. These search methods are used in various combinations with different types of biometric templates and demographic information of an individual who is subject of the one to many search." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2007 (11/866,315). 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=7962467.PN.&OS=PN/7962467&RS=PN/7962467 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Timmins Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Timmins Software, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,432) developed by Paul J. Timmins, Natick, Mass., and Mark Kincaid, Cumberland, R.I., for "analyzing information technology systems using collaborative intelligence data anonimity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information technology (IT) system of interest is analyzed using collaborative, community-based sharing of expert knowledge, analysis and advice through user-submitted analysis rules and/or user-submitted report templates. Users may submit rules that have been found to be useful in analyzing or managing IT systems. A rule may analyze a particular item of configuration data or performance data according to a predetermined criterion. Other users may apply these rules to their own systems' data and, thereby, utilize the collective expertise of the people who submitted the rules. Performance and configuration data from IT systems or components of the systems in various enterprises is collected and then sanitized by removing or masking identifying information before storing the sanitized data in a data warehouse. An IT manager may compare data from his/her IT system to historical data from the system or to data from IT systems having similar workloads, configurations, problems or according to other matching criteria, without obtaining confidential information about the comparison systems. Such comparisons may use the user-submitted rules. Reports are generated from these analyses and comparisons according to predefined and/or user-submitted report templates and report component templates for items such as text blocks, tables, graphs, charts and block diagrams." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2008 (11/971,684). 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=7962432.PN.&OS=PN/7962432&RS=PN/7962432 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent for Customizable Software Agents in an Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,410) developed by Andrew R. Tosswill, Florence, Mass., for a "customizable software agents in an electronic bill presentment and payment system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A customizable electronic bill payment and presentment system whereby the base logic for software agents need not be changed in order to provide customization to different billers. Rather, customization features are stored in data repositories, preferably in XML format. An administrator can select which agents to activate based upon a customized list of available agents. Then the customized parameters for activating and running the jobs with the agent is further loaded from customized repository files at the appropriate time. Accordingly, customization for a particular biller is achieved by changing data stored in a repository, rather than reprogramming core logic." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2002 (10/184,159). 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=7962410.PN.&OS=PN/7962410&RS=PN/7962410 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,655) developed by four co-inventors for an "using an identity-based communication layer for computing device communication." The co-inventors are Chet Birger, Lexington, Mass., David C. Douglas, Concord, Mass., Steven Rosenthal, Lexington, Mass., and Kenneth R. Traub, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. The identity-based communications layer is situated between a network layer and an application layer and transmits a message between two devices identified by a global address. The global address specifies a protocol, a network, and an address meaningful for the combination of the protocol and the network." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2003 (10/372,399). 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=7,962,655&OS=7,962,655&RS=7,962,655 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Component Placement in an Event-driven Component-oriented Network Data Processing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,650) developed by Geetika Tewari Lakshmanan, Cambridge, Mass., Chitra Dorai, Chappaqua, N.Y., and Robert Evan Strom, Ridgefield, Conn., for a "dynamic component placement in an event-driven component-oriented network data processing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method, system and computer usable program code for dynamic component placement in an event processing system having producers, consumers, a plurality of nodes between the producers and the consumers, and a flow graph representing computational components to be executed between the producers and the consumers. A description of a change to the system is received. At each node, next-hop neighbor nodes for each consumer are identified. A routing value is assigned to each next-hop neighbor node for each consumer. Using the routing values in a context of the change, a performance cost of the system is estimated based on hypothetical changed placements of the computational components at nodes along paths from a producer to a consumer through the next-hop neighbor nodes for each consumer, and a changed placement of the computational components that minimizes performance cost of the system relative to the hypothetical changed placements is selected." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2008 (12/100,915). 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=7,962,650&OS=7,962,650&RS=7,962,650 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Managing Distributed Functional Modules Using Standard Management Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,625) developed by Salimah Addetia, Cambridge, Mass., Rajesh Rajaraman, Waltham, Mass., and Vitaly Revsin, Andover, Mass., for "managing distributed functional modules using standard management applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed storage server includes a network module, data module and a management module. The management module receives a data user command for execution on the data module. The data user command is forwarded to the data module and any execution output sent back to the management module. Similarly, the data module receives a management user command for execution on the management module. The management user command is forwarded to the management module and any execution output sent back to the data module." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/113,165). 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=7,962,625&OS=7,962,625&RS=7,962,625 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Selection of a Data Path Based on Operation Type ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,657) developed by Eyal Zimran, Hendon, United Kingdom, Sorin Faibish, Newton, Mass., and Jason Glasgow, Newton, Mass., for a "selection of a data path based on operation type." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for selecting a data path over which to exchange information between a client device and a storage system by making a selection between a file system server (NAS) data path type (a first data path type) and a direct (SAN) data path type (a second data path type) based on one or more adjustable path selection factors and/or information regarding components of the computer system. For example, a data path may be selected based on a type of an input/output operation to be executed (i.e., whether the operation is a read operation or write operation) and/or any other suitable path selection factor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28 2007 (11/966,615). 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=7,962,657&OS=7,962,657&RS=7,962,657 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sorteo Games Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Sorteo Games, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,962,624) developed by Robert Betros, San Diego, and Mansour Raad, Winchester, Mass., for a "system and method for collaborative processing of distributed applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for maintaining direct, two-way asynchronous communication between a client and a web server. An HTTP-compliant request is communicated from a client to a web server. The HTTP request is configured to initialize a CGI that operates within or in conjunction with the web server. A task, associated with the CGI, is executed in accordance with the HTTP request. The task is configured to perform the two-way asynchronous communication with the client until terminated by the client or the CGI. The task includes an operation in which client request data is listened for and read by the CGI through the web server. The task further includes an operation in which data is created and sent by the CGI to the client through the web server." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2006 (11/485,229). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,962,624&OS=7,962,624&RS=7,962,624 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,689) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for performing transactional processing in a striped volume set." The co-inventors are Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, Richard P. Jernigan IV, Ambridge, Pa., Robert Wyckoff Hyer Jr., Mars, Pa., and Peter F. Corbett, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage system architecture ensures transactional processing of operations directed to one or more data containers stored on a plurality of volumes distributed across a plurality of nodes interconnected as a cluster. The volumes are organized as a striped volume set (SVS) comprising one meta-data volume configured to store a canonical copy of certain meta-data associated with all data containers stored on the SVS, and one or more data volumes configured to store, at least, data content of those containers. In addition, for each data container stored on the SVS, one volume is designated a container attribute volume and, as such, is configured to store a canonical copy of certain, rapidly-changing attribute meta-data associated with that container. Notably, the invention provides a plurality of SVS operations that enables transactional performance in the cluster using persistent storage and/or systematic accesses to the data/meta-data stored on the SVS volumes." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2005 (11/119,326). 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=7,962,689&OS=7,962,689&RS=7,962,689 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,692) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for managing performance data." The co-inventors are Robert E. Puishys Jr., Oxford, Mass., Daniel E. Butterworth, Peyton, Colo., Paul N. Williams, Littleton, Colo., and Wayne C. Sauer, Golden, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a method and system for managing performance data. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, cache metrics are received. At least one of the cache metrics may be compared with a threshold value. A determination may be made as to whether one or more parameter adjustments are required based upon the comparison." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2006 (11/538,871). 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=7,962,692&OS=7,962,692&RS=7,962,692 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Modem Prioritization and Registration ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,649) developed by Patrick S. King, Stow, Mass., and Cong Shen, Northborough, Mass., for a "modem prioritization and registration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a flow control logic facilitates controlling modem prioritization and registration. The flow control logic controls an order in which stored DHCP requests are provided to a DHCP server. The DHCP requests may be stored in a plurality of groups in a data store. DHCP requests may be distinguishable based, at least in part, on priorities associated with cable modems from which DHCP requests are received. The priority may be determined by a value in the DHCP request. The flow control logic may control the rate and order at which stored DHCP requests are provided to the DHCP server." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2007 (11/973,268). 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=7,962,649&OS=7,962,649&RS=7,962,649 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Updating Owner Predictors ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,696) developed by Simon C. Steely Jr., Hudson, N.H., and Gregory Edward Tierney, Chelmsford, Mass., for a "system and method for updating owner predictors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for updating owner predictor structures. In one embodiment, a multi-processor system includes an owner predictor control that provides an ownership update message corresponding to a block of data to at least one of a plurality of owner predictors in response to a change in an ownership state of the block of data. The update message comprises an address tag associated with the block of data and an identification associated with an owner node of the block of data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2004 (10/758,368). 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=7,962,696&OS=7,962,696&RS=7,962,696 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,698) developed by Rishi Yadav, Hudson, N.H., and Alan Refalo, Gloucester, Mass., for a deterministic collision detection. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method of deterministic collision detection involving at least two ports. The method includes receiving a read/write operation at a first data rate at a first port of a multi-port device, receiving a read/write operation at a second data rate at a second port of the multi-port device, detecting a collision between the first port and the second port if a same address space is accessed by the first port and the second port coincidentally, asserting a busy signal at least one of said first port and said second port a number of clock cycles after detecting said collision, storing an address location of said address space in a memory register, and deterministically report the collision using the address location and the number of clock cycles." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2006 (11/523,503). 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=7,962,698&OS=7,962,698&RS=7,962,698 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,672) developed by six co-inventors for "techniques for data storage configuration." The co-inventors are Kevin Martin, Dracut, Mass., Michael J. Scharland, Franklin, Mass., Patrick Brian Riordan, Newton, Mass., Arieh Don, Newton, Mass., Violet S. Beckett, Sutton, Mass., and John F. Madden Jr., Holden, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are techniques for storage configuration. Defined are one or more initiator groups each including one or more initiator ports, one or more target groups each including one or more target ports, and one or more storage groups each including one or more devices. A masking view is created where the masking view includes a first of the initiator groups, a first of the target groups, and a first of the storage groups. The masking view indicates which devices of the first storage group are accessible using one or more paths. Each of the one or more paths is specified using an initiator port from the first initiator group and a target port from the first target group." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/586,765). 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=7,962,672&OS=7,962,672&RS=7,962,672 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Translator for System-generated Prefixes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,557) developed by Fang Lu, Billerica, Mass., and Weisong Wang, Westford, Mass., for an "automated translator for system-generated prefixes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for localizing a prefix in a subject header field of an incoming electronic message. The method comprises receiving a value string of a subject header in an electronic message; identifying a system-generated prefix in the value string by parsing the value string and accessing a database storing a plurality of system-generated prefixes and a corresponding comparable local prefix for each of the plurality of system-generated prefixes; and converting the system-generated prefix to its corresponding comparable local prefix in the database." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2007 (11/951,714). 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=7,962,557&OS=7,962,557&RS=7,962,557 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,962,515) developed by Stephen J. McWhirter, Hamilton, Mass., for a "logon access management and cross-reference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for logon access management that includes capturing a logon id and associated user data, the logon id allowing access to at least one of an application or data outside of a entity, automatically searching for a match of at least a portion of the user data with id data inside the entity, and transforming the logon id into a network id when a match is found. The entity may be a company, business, organization, system, or network." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,426). 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=7,962,515&OS=7,962,515&RS=7,962,515 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Disabling an Array Port for an Enterprise ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,567) developed by Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, Mass., Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, Colo., for "systems and methods for disabling an array port for an enterprise." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for disabling an array port in an enterprise storage system. In one embodiment, a system comprises a storage area network (SAN), a plurality of hosts, an array controller comprising a plurality of array ports, and a management server. The management server receives a request to disable an identified one of the plurality of array ports and identifies, from a configuration table stored in the management system server, one or more of the plurality of hosts having at least one path to the identified array port. The management server transmits an instruction to the one or more of the plurality of hosts to disable paths to the identified array port." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2006 (11/475,060). 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=7,962,567&OS=7,962,567&RS=7,962,567 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Program Product and System for Performing Multiple Hierarchical Tests to Verify Identity of Sender of an E-mail Message and Assigning the Highest Confidence Value ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,558) developed by Mathew A. Nelson, South Boston, Mass., and Matthew N. Roy, Boston, for a "program product and system for performing multiple hierarchical tests to verify identity of sender of an e-mail message and assigning the highest confidence value." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The identity of the sender of an e-mail message is verified by performing a plurality of tests on DNS information. The DNS information is based on a client IP address or a sender address. Each test performed has a corresponding intrinsic confidence value representing the degree of confidence the test provides of the sender identity relationship. If multiple tests are successful the test result with the highest confidence value of the hierarchy of confidence values is used. The confidence value is optionally used in subsequent identity tests as specified by the subsequent test." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2009 (12/396,694). 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=7,962,558&OS=7,962,558&RS=7,962,558 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Centralized Management of Quality of Service (QoS) Information for Data Flows ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,602) developed by Eric L. Peterson, Westford, Mass., Brian M. Sullivan, Lexington, Mass., and Cristina M. Radulescu-Banu, Lexington, Mass., for a "centralized management of quality of service (QoS) information for data flows." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for centralized management of quality of service (QoS) characteristics of network data flows. A service management system maintains a database that associates access information, such as a username and password, with QoS information. A router or other network device associates a data flow with access information, and queries the service management system with the access information to obtain the QoS information. The router forwards data of the data flow in accordance with the QoS information obtained from the service management system. As the access information may be a username and password, an existing system, such as a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) system, may easily be adapted for use as the service management system. As a result, QoS information may easily be centrally managed for numerous routers or other network devices." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/825,590). 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=7,962,602&OS=7,962,602&RS=7,962,602 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Advanced Discussion Thread Management Using a Tag-based Categorization System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,555) developed by Nishanth R. Sastry, Concord, Mass., and Alexander Kordun, Arlington, Mass., for an "advanced discussion thread management using a tag-based categorization system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for discussion thread management using tag-based categorization, in which three types of tags are provided together to enable effective categorization of discussion threads, based on both automated and manual tagging. The three tag types are 1) user-defined tags, 2) moderator-promoted tags, and 3) system-generated tags. User-defined tags are arbitrarily defined by individual users and associated by users with posts to meet specific user needs. System-generated tags are automatically generated for each sub-thread to summarize a post and all the replies beneath it. System-generated tags can be promoted to a moderator-promoted tags when a moderator user verifies the correctness of a system-generated tag. The disclosed system detects topic changes in discussion threads based on the tags associated with each post in the thread. A moderator can manually examine sub-threads that have been determined to be off topic, and take appropriate actions. For example, a moderator may delete an off topic post or sub-thread, or fork a new thread of discussion for an off-topic sub-thread. Such processing of off-topic sub-threads can alternatively be made by the disclosed system automatically, without moderator intervention. Moderators can also define policies to control discussion moderation based on the disclosed tags and off-topic determinations." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (11/537,074). 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=7,962,555&OS=7,962,555&RS=7,962,555 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Information Processing and Display for Network Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,599) developed by seven co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for information processing and display for network management." The co-inventors are Gordon Andrew Booman, Berlin, John Oliver Boutotte, Sterling, Mass., Robert Alan Lindberg, Stow, Mass., Florent Mali, Framingham, Mass., Patricia Anne Mulligan, Boylston, Mass., Jaimin D. Patel, Sudbury, Mass., and Mark W. Sylor, Nashua, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for automatically processing and displaying information for managing equipment or services in a network. The information is automatically inserted into a hierarchical data structure, which can then presented in a ticker display for viewing by a user. The information concerning the network equipment or services may also be used to determine the users affected by particular network failures." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,370). The full-t 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. -1051315 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |