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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (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 New Jersey. *** Integrated Power Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Integrated Power Technology, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,251) developed by Andrew Roman Gizara, Lake Forest, Calif., and Michael Dominic Cicali, Galloway, N.J., for a "supervisory control and data acquisition system for energy extracting vessel navigation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system guides navigation of a vessel enabled to extract energy from wind and/or water currents primarily in offshore marine environments. An exemplary SCADA system could embody server and client software applications running on microprocessor systems at a remote control central service logging and energy distribution facility, and the vessel itself. The remote control service facility runs Human Machine Interface (HMI) software in the form of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) allowing choices to maximize system performance. The central server accesses information to control vessel position based on transmitted Global Position Satellite (GPS) data from the vessel, and weather information from the Geographic Information System (GIS) provided by multiple spatial temporal data sources. A server-side optimization algorithm fed the parameters delivered from vessel aerodynamic/hydrodynamic performance simulation software models, the vessel onboard sensor data, and integrated real-time weather and environmental data determines an optimal navigation through weather systems and presents choices to the HMI." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,733). 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=7,962,251.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,251&RS=PN/7,962,251 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Toro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Toro, Bloomington, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,245) developed by Thomas H. Runge, Manasquan, N.J., and Bruce M. Downie, Hopewell, N.J., for an "intelligent environmental sensor for irrigation systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a regulator system for regulating the operation of an irrigation system which is responsive to user programmed information. It has a control element for issuing watering control signals to an irrigation system, having at least one of (i) a duration programming device for programming a minimum amount of time and a maximum amount of time for the suspension of watering by the irrigation system, and (ii) a user adjustable temperature programming device for programming a minimum allowed temperature for initiating a watering period by the irrigation system. It further has an irrigation system interface for connecting said control element with the irrigation system. It also has a switch for conveying the control signals from the control element to the irrigation system via the irrigation system interface, for either permitting or prohibiting watering by the irrigation system, responsive to the control signals generated by and received from the control element." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2010 (12/855,615). 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=7,962,245.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,245&RS=PN/7,962,245 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,709) developed by Vijay H. Agrawal, Eatontown, N.J., for "network redirector systems and methods for performing data replication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Performing data management operations on replicated data in a computer network. Log entries are generated for data management operations of an application executing on a source system. Consistency point entries are used to indicate a time of a known good, or recoverable, state of the application. A destination system is configured to process a copy of the log and consistency point entries to replicate data in a replication volume, the replicated data being a copy of the application data on the source system. When the replicated data represents a known good state of the application, as determined by the consistency point entries, the destination system(s) may perform a storage operation (e.g., snapshot, backup) to copy the replicated data and to logically associate the copied data with a time information (e.g., time stamp) indicative of the source system time when the application was in the known good state." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/640,835). 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=7,962,709&OS=7,962,709&RS=7,962,709 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NASDAQ OMX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NASDAQ OMX, Rockville, Md., has been assigned a patent (7,962,399) developed by Peter Martyn, Ridgewood, N.J., and Daniel F. Moore, New Haven, Conn., for a "refreshing displayed quotes for automated market system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for managing display of quotes for securities in an electronic market includes entering a quote into a system for trading securities, a portion of the entered quote being displayable and another portion of the entered quote being held as reserved quote interest, executing a portion of the displayable quote portion against interest in the market, aggregating an unexecuted displayable quote portion, with a portion of the reserved quote, if the unexecuted displayable quote portion is less than a round lot, and displaying the aggregate." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2002 (10/302,769). 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=7,962,399.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,399&RS=PN/7,962,399 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Panasonic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Panasonic, Osaka, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,962,001) developed by Satoshi Hashimoto, New Jersey, and Germano Leichsenring, Osaka, Japan, for a content reproduction apparatus. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In conventional technology, when a program which operates in synchronization with reproduction of video and audio instructs a trick play of video and audio such as fast-forward and rewind, the trick play of the video and audio continues even after the program is terminated. This makes it impossible to cancel a redundant trick play which continues for an interval of time which is not expected by the program. In the present invention, a program which instructs a trick play of video and audio is retained, and when the program is terminated, it is determined whether or not the program has instructed the trick play, and if that program has instructed the trick play, the trick play of the video and audio is cancelled. As a result, it is possible to cancel such a redundant trick play which would otherwise continue for some interval of time which is not expected by the program." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2006 (11/383,816). 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=79,62,001.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,001&RS=PN/79,62,001 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,961,958) developed by Klaus D. Engel, West Windsor, N.J., for a "system and method for rendering a binary volume in a graphics processing unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for rendering a binary volume in a GPU are provided. The method for rendering a binary volume comprises: storing eight bits of the binary volume along an x-axis in a byte of memory to form a compact representation of the binary volume; generating a two-dimensional decoding table of the compact representation of the binary volume; extracting a byte including a bit of interest from the compact representation of the binary volume; determining a bit coordinate for the bit of interest and extracting a decoded value of the bit of interest from the two-dimensional decoding table; obtaining a gray value of the decoded value of the bit of interest and classifying the gray value; and multiplying the decoded value of the bit of interest by the gray value to form a resultant value." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2005 (11/235,407). 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=79,61,958.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,958&RS=PN/79,61,958 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,962,329) developed by Robert E. Coyne, Montclair, N.J., and Richard W. Sproat, Berkeley Heights, N.J., for a text-to-scene conversion. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for generating a scene description from a set of words includes modules that perform the following functions: performing a linguistic analysis on a set of words to generate a structure representation of semantic relationships between words within the set of words, converting the structure to a set of description elements representative of objects to be depicted in a scene and relationships between objects, depicting a spatial relationship by using at least one spatial tag of an associated one or more of the object, and assigning a set of depictors to each of the description elements. Each depictor in the set of depictors may include a reference to an object to be modified, parameters used in modifying the object and a procedure for modifying the object. The system may also include a module that generates the same description by execution of the procedure for the modification of the objects." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2008 (12/100,714). 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=7,962,329.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,329&RS=PN/7,962,329 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SpeechCycle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- SpeechCycle, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,339) developed by Roberto Pieraccini, New York, and Krishna Dayanidhi, Jersey City, N.J., for a "method for variable resolution and error control in spoken language understanding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for variable resolution and error control in spoken language understanding (SLU) allows arranging the categories of the SLU into a hierarchy of different levels of specificity. The pre-determined hierarchy is used to identify different types of errors such as high-cost errors and low-cost errors and trade, if necessary, high cost errors for low cost errors." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2008 (12/075,566). 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=7,962,339.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,339&RS=PN/7,962,339 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for the Utilization of Core Based Nodes for State Transfer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,962,142) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for the utilization of core based nodes for state transfer." The co-inventors are Alan O'Neill, Henley Beach, Australia, M. Scott Corson, Chatham, N.J., George Tsirtsis, London, and Vincent Park, Budd Lake, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the transfer of state from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation thereby eliminating any need for state transfer messages to be transmitted between the second access node and the first access node during handoff. Other features of the invention are directed to the use of a core network node to store state information. State information stored in the core node can be accessed and used by access nodes in cases where a mobile node does not send a state transfer message during a handoff, e.g., because communication with the first access node is lost or because such messages are not supported." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2008 (12/107,027). 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=79,62,142.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,142&RS=PN/79,62,142 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Audiologische Technik Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Siemens Audiologische Technik, Erlangen, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,961,944) developed by Gregory G. Slabaugh, Princeton, N.J., Gozde Unal, West Windsor, N.J., and Tong Fang, Morganville, N.J., for a "system and method for variational ball skinning for geometric modeling of ordered balls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for modeling a 2-dimensional tubular structure in a digitized image includes providing a digitized image of a tubular structure containing a plurality of 2D balls of differing radii, initializing a plurality of connected spline segments that form an envelope surrounding the plurality of 2D balls, each the spline segment S.sub.i being parameterized by positions of the i.sup.th and i+1.sup.th balls and contact angles .alpha..sub.i, .alpha..sub.i+1 from the center of each respective ball to a point on the perimeter of each the ball contacting the spline segment S.sub.i, each the .alpha..sub.i affecting spline segment S.sub.i and S.sub.i-1, and updating the angles by minimizing an energy that is a functional of the angles, where the updating is repeated until the energy is minimized subject to a constraint that the envelope is tangent to each ball at each point of contact, where the envelope is represented by the contact angles." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2007 (11/933,516). 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=7961944.PN.&OS=PN/7961944&RS=PN/7961944 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,714) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for performing auxiliary storage operations." The co-inventors are Arun Prasad Amarendran, Bangalore, India, Manoj Kumar Vijayan Retnamma, Marlboro, N.J., Anand Prahlad, East Brunswick, N.J., Parag Gokhale, Ocean, N.J., and Jun Lu, Ocean, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for protecting data in a tiered storage system are provided. The storage system comprises a management server, a media management component connected to the management server, a plurality of storage media connected to the media management component, and a data source connected to the media management component. Source data is copied from a source to a buffer to produce intermediate data. The intermediate data is copied to both a first and second medium to produce a primary and auxiliary copy, respectively. An auxiliary copy may be made from another auxiliary copy. An auxiliary copy may also be made from a primary copy right before the primary copy is pruned." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,365). 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=7962714.PN.&OS=PN/7962714&RS=PN/7962714 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Andrew Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Andrew, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,962,174) developed by Joseph T. Lipowski, Chester, N.J., and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Morristown, N.J., for a "transceiver architecture and method for wireless base-stations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for wireless communications includes a tower structure supporting at least one transmit antenna at an elevated position on the tower structure and base electronics positioned proximate a base of the tower structure. The base electronics are coupled with the transmit antenna and include an initial stage amplifier for amplifying an input signal to provide a low power transmission signal that is provided to the transmit antenna at the elevated position. A final stage amplifier is positioned proximate the transmit antenna. The final stage amplifier is a high efficiency amplifier for efficiently amplifying the low power transmission signal from the base electronics to provide a high power transmission signal to be transmitted from the transmit antenna." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2006 (11/456,948). 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=7,962,174.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,174&RS=PN/7,962,174 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Allocating an Amount between Transaction Accounts ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,407) developed by Fred A. Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Bansi L. Sharma, New York, and Tracey R. Thomas, Boonton, N.J., for "systems and methods for allocating an amount between transaction accounts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also enables the allocation of a portion or all of a charge or loyalty points to different transaction accounts issued by different issuers, or to sub-accounts." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,495). 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=7962407.PN.&OS=PN/7962407&RS=PN/7962407 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Facilitating Transactions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,406) developed by Fred Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Bansi L. Sharma, New York, and Tracey R. Thomas, Boonton, N.J., for a "systems and methods for facilitating transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,759). 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=7962406.PN.&OS=PN/7962406&RS=PN/7962406 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,409) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for processing internet payments using the electronic funds transfer network." The co-inventors are Denis O'Leary, New York, Vincent D'Agostino, New York, S. Richard Re, Westfield, N.J., Jessica Burney, New York, and Adam Hoffman, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for effectuating Electronic Funds Transfer credit messages. The main structural components of the system include a Payment Portal Processor (PPP), an Internet Pay Anyone (IPA) Account, a Virtual Private Lockbox (VPL) and an associated Account. Reporter, the existing EFT networks, and a cash card for accessing a VPL or IP account. The PPP is a software application that provides a secure portal for accessing (linking to) either the user's Demand Deposit Account (DDA) or an IPA account and can be combined with the functionality of a traditional digital Wallet. Consumers use a PPP enhanced Wallet to fund their account, shop on the web, pay bills, pay anyone, store electronic receipts and transaction history, and check their recent PPP enhanced Wallet activity. The IPA account is a special purpose account with limited functionality for making electronic payments in the form of EFT credit messages. The VPL is a limited function receive only account for receiving electronic payments through the EFT. The Account Reporter is a portal to view transaction history and balance of IPA and VPL accounts, provide online, real-time transaction reports, and to reconciles accounts receivable/purchase records against incoming EFT payment records. A physical card can be associated with either an IPA or VPL account in order to provide PIN debit capability." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2009 (12/576,463). 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=7962409.PN.&OS=PN/7962409&RS=PN/7962409 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Panasonic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Panasonic, Osaka, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,962,435) developed by Juan Yu, Cranbury, N.J., Hasan Timucin Ozdemir, Plainsboro, N.J., and Kuo Chu Lee, Princeton Junction, N.J., for a "system architecture and process for seamless adaptation to context aware behavior models." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surveillance system implements an architecture and process to support real-time abnormal behavior assessment operations in a distributed scalable sensor network. An automated behavior model builder generates behavior models from sensor data. A plurality of abnormal behavior scoring engines operating concurrently to generate abnormal behavior assessment models by scoring the behavior models. An execution performance manager performs fast switching of behavior models for the abnormal behavior scoring engines. The execution performance manager performs detection of abnormal behavior score distribution characteristic deviation by comparing a current abnormal behavior assessment model to a pre-recorded abnormal behavior assessment model. The execution performance manager selects a pre-recorded behavior model for the abnormal behavior scoring engines when the deviation exceeds a predetermined threshold." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,164). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7962435.PN.&OS=PN/7962435&RS=PN/7962435 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,455) developed by Andrei Erofeev, Marlboro, N.J., for a "pathname translation in a data replication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Performing data management operations on replicated data in a computer network. Log entries are generated for data management operations of an application executing on a source system. Consistency point entries are used to indicate a time of a known good, or recoverable, state of the application. A destination system is configured to process a copy of the log and consistency point entries to replicate data in a replication volume, the replicated data being a copy of the application data on the source system. When the replicated data represents a known good state of the application, as determined by the consistency point entries, the destination system(s) may perform a storage operation (e.g., snapshot, backup) to copy the replicated data and to logically associate the copied data with a time information (e.g., time stamp) indicative of the source system time when the application was in the known good state." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,933). 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=7962455.PN.&OS=PN/7962455&RS=PN/7962455 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,457) developed by Tad Alan Deffler, Boonton, N.J., for a "system and method for conflict resolution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for conflict resolution includes converting a first plurality of transactions into a first plurality of derivative objects in a first derivative model wherein each of the first plurality of derivative objects comprises a corresponding first type indicator and converting a second plurality of transactions into a second plurality of derivative objects in a second derivative model wherein each of the second plurality of derivative objects comprises a corresponding second type indicator. The first plurality of derivative objects is compared with the second plurality of derivative objects, and it is determined whether one or more conflicts exist between one or more of the first plurality of derivative objects and one or more of the second plurality of derivative objects." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2008 (12/029,989). 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=7962457.PN.&OS=PN/7962457&RS=PN/7962457 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,408) developed by Fred A. Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Bansi L. Sharma, New York, and Tracey R. Thomas, Boonton, N.J., for "systems and methods for establishing an allocation of an amount between transaction accounts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also enables the allocation of a portion or all of a charge or loyalty points to different transaction accounts issued by different issuers, or to sub-accounts." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,536). 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=7962408.PN.&OS=PN/7962408&RS=PN/7962408 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Gravic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Gravic, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,458) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for replicating explicit locks in a data replication engine." The co-inventors are Bruce D. Holenstein, Media, Pa., Paul J. Holenstein, Downingtown, Pa., John R. Hoffmann, Kennett Square, Pa., Wilbur H. Highleyman, Blairstown, N.J., and Gary E. Strickler, Pottstown, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated method is provided of replicating a locking protocol in a database environment for performing I/O operations wherein the database environment includes a plurality of databases. A locking protocol is performed that includes one or more explicit locking operations on objects in a first database of the database environment. The one or more explicit locking operations are replicated in one or more other databases in the database environment. At least some of the explicit locking operations are performed asynchronously with respect to the explicit locking operations performed in the first database. I/O operations are performed at the first database of the database environment that are associated with the one or more explicit locking operations implemented in the first database." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,322). 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=7962458.PN.&OS=PN/7962458&RS=PN/7962458 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SunGard AvantGard Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- SunGard AvantGard, Wayne, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,403) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for a model assessing debtor behavior." The co-inventors are Michael J. Banasiak, Brielle, N.J., Daniel T. Tantum, Manalapan, N.J., Albert Fensterstock, Glen Cove, N.Y., and Theodore R. Shalack, New Brunswick, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method for assessing different expected payment behavior of a debtor with respect to different creditors." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/687,626). 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=7962403.PN.&OS=PN/7962403&RS=PN/7962403 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,642) developed by Paul Ignatius, Ocean, N.J., Anand Prahlad, Ocean, N.J., and Mahesh Tyagarajan, San Jose, Calif., for "pipeline systems and method for transferring data in a network environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system having a data transfer pipeline apparatus for transferring data in a sequence of N stages from an origination device to a destination device. The apparatus comprises dedicated memory having buffers dedicated for carrying data and a master control for registering and controlling processes associated with the apparatus for participation in the N stage data transfer sequence. The processes include a first stage process for initiating the data transfer and a last Nth stage process for completing data transfer. The first stage process allocates a buffer from a predetermined number of buffers available within the memory for collection, processing, and sending of the data from the origination device to a next stage process. The Nth stage process receives a buffer allocated to the first stage process from the (N-1)th stage and to free the buffer upon processing completion to permit reallocation of the buffer." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2008 (12/147,066). 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=7,962,642&OS=7,962,642&RS=7,962,642 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,962,648) developed by six co-inventors for a "method for service processor discrimination and precedence in a Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) network." The co-inventors are Neela R. Alturi, Marlboro, N.J., Frederick Murray Burg, West Long Branch, N.J., Saul Daniel Fishman, Highland Park, N.J., James A. Ibezim, Wayside, N.J., Barbara Joanne Kittredge, Brunswick, Maine, and Lauraine M. Schalk-Pizza, Freehold, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for identifying and prioritizing applications and application servers in a Voice over IP network is disclosed. In a first embodiment, elements of signaling information are extracted from a call and are mapped to parameters associated with the call. These mapped parameters are then used by a service broker in a VoIP network to identify one or more application servers adapted to process the values of the respective parameter. The service broker may illustratively identify the application servers by a pointer to permit flexible reassignment of processing of a given parameter. The matched pointer/parameter combinations are then mapped to a precedence index. Then, according to this precedence index, the aforementioned pointers are mapped to specific addresses of application servers and the elements of signaling information are forwarded to those addresses for processing of applications." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,540). 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=7,962,648&OS=7,962,648&RS=7,962,648 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Kubisys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Kubisys, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,620) developed by Tigran Safari, Fort Lee, N.J., Soubir Acharya, Pleasantville, N.Y., and Shinichi Urano, River Edge, N.J., for "processing requests in virtual computing environments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing read and write requests received from a cloned instance of a server application, the cloned instance of the server application having a corresponding instance that is hosted in a production portion of a computing environment." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/138,589). 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=7,962,620&OS=7,962,620&RS=7,962,620 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,635) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for single session management in load balanced application server clusters." The co-inventors are Aditya Naidu, Edison, N.J., Rajesh Talpade, Madison, N.J., Harshad Tanna, Plainsboro, N.J., and Sabine Winchell, Hillsborough, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the invention pertain to user session management in load balanced clusters. Multiple application servers communicate with a central data server to ensure there is a single session per user ID. The central data server maintains a user session index and a parameter table. Each time a network access is attempted using a given user ID, a load balancer assigns the session to one of the application servers. The assigned application server queries the central data server to determine whether a session status for the user's login ID is inactive or active. If inactive, a new, unique value is assigned as the session number. If active, the session number is evaluated to determine whether multiple sessions exist. In this case, one of the sessions is terminated to ensure a single session per user ID. Preferably, the terminated session is the earlier session." The patent application was filed on Dec.7, 2009 (12/631,881). 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=7,962,635&OS=7,962,635&RS=7,962,635 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent Simulcasting OFDM System Having Mobile Station Location Identification ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,962,162) developed by Bruce E. McNair, Holmdel, N.J., for a "simulcasting OFDM system having mobile station location identification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless simulcast system, such as an OFDM network, includes the ability to determine the location of a mobile user. Location-based services can be provided to the mobile user." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2001 (09/924,022). 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=79,62,162.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,162&RS=PN/79,62,162 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,962,613) developed by Anestis Karasaridis, Oceanport, N.J., David Hoeflin, Middletown, N.J., and Yonatan A. Levy, Manalapan, N.J., for a "system and method for modifying an allocation scheme based on a resource utilization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a monitoring module, a request allocation module, and a request distribution module. The monitoring module is configured to determine a resource utilization of a preferred server and a non-preferred server. The request allocation module is configured to modify an allocation scheme in response to the resource utilization of the preferred server and the non-preferred server. The request distribution module is configured to distribute a plurality of requests from a plurality of users according to the allocation scheme." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,256). 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=7,962,613&OS=7,962,613&RS=7,962,613 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Music Choice Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Music Choice, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,572) developed by nine co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing an on-demand entertainment service." The co-inventors are Stuart H. Farber, Horsham, Pa., Ronald M. Yurman, Short Hills, N.J., Jeremy C. Rosenberg, Havre de Grace, Md., Robert M. Steinberg, Horsham, Pa., John J. Feras Jr., North Wales, Pa., Daniel L. McGonigal, Lexington, Pa., Donna M. O'Neill, Ambler, Pa., and Christina B. Tancredi, Ambler, Pa., and David J. Del Beccaro, Jenkintown, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand service." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/605,580). 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=7,962,572&OS=7,962,572&RS=7,962,572 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New Jersey Inventor Develops Patent for Flexible, Dynamic Menu-based Web-page Architecture ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Forbes Holten Norris III, Princeton, N.J., has developed a patent (7,962,522) for a "flexible, dynamic menu-based web-page architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of displaying and navigating information using a hierarchical, spring loaded DHTML menu system that adjusts to fit the boundaries of a resizable, container (FIG. 1). A set of standard HTML table row elements, having a hierachical dependency (11), is consistently displayed as a web-page, under reasonable resizing. This is done using a strut row that produces the largest width requirement when the table structure is resizing to occupy a small width. Only the current row elements and the strut element are required in calculating table resizing to ensure that whichever data elements are displayed when a web-page resizing occurs, the browser auto-layout algorithm calculations will result in a resize attributes that enables all other row elements of that menu to be accommodated by the newly determined table width. As the row elements may themselves be table structures, nested menus of information may be displayed and navigated (12)." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2004 (10/558,773). 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=7,962,522&OS=7,962,522&RS=7,962,522 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Packeteer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Packeteer, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,600) developed by four co-inventors for a "WAFS disconnected-mode read-write access." The co-inventors are Hrishikesh A. Vidwans, Edison, N.J., Suresh Gopalakrishnan, East Windsor, N.J., Shirish H. Phatak, Somerset, N.J., and Murali Rangarajan, South Plainfield, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention, in particular embodiments, provides methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing a Wide Area File System that is robust against network connectivity issues. In particular implementations, the present invention provides a WAFS disconnected-mode read-write access that provides for a more seamless user experience against WAN or other network connectivity failures. Specific embodiments provide for management, at a network device such as an EFG node, of file objects previously opened during a connected state with a remote file server appliance, creation of new file objects during a disconnected state and re-synchronization of those file objects (data and meta-data) when a connection becomes available." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2010 (12/703,295). 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=7,962,600&OS=7,962,600&RS=7,962,600 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** LG Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- LG Electronics, Seoul, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (7,962,939) developed by Mark T. Corl, Princeton Junction, N.J. , for a "differentiated PSIP table update interval technology ." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,063). 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=79,62,939.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,939&RS=PN/79,62,939 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1051324 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |