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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (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 Oregon. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,050) developed by Yevgeniy Shustef, Macedon, N.Y., Steven C. Carey, Tigard, Ore., and Alan J. Aufderheide, Fairport, N.Y., for a "system and method for controlling ordering of printing supplies based on a service contract." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least one printer indicative of consumption of at least one consumable supply and calculating for each printer device based on the received print usage data associated with the printer device an allowed amount of at least one consumable supply that can be ordered for the printer device by a customer based on a contract. The method further includes receiving a customer order request for ordering an amount of a consumable supply for a printer device under the contract; determining whether the requested amount exceeds the allowed amount calculated for the consumable supply for the printer device, and limiting the amount of the requested consumable supply which can be ordered when the determination is positive." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,393). 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=7,962,050.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,050&RS=PN/7,962,050 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Method and System for Characterizing Supraventricular Rhythm During Cardiac Pacing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,209) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for characterizing supraventricular rhythm during cardiac pacing." The co-inventors are Joseph Bocek, Seattle, Jaeho Kim, Redmond, Wash., Anthony Harrington, Woodinville, Wash., Harley White, Carnation, Wash., Dave Perschbacher, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Rebecca Davis, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for generating a characterization of one beat of a patient's supraventricular rhythm (SVR) involves performing such characterization while the heart is being paced. During SVR characterization, various pacing parameters are modified and the patient's supraventricular rhythm is characterized while the pacing parameters are modified. The SVR characterization process is effective in single and multiple chamber pacing modes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2008 (12/283,220). 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=7,962,209.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,209&RS=PN/7,962,209 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,961,960) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for reducing storage size." The co-inventors are Murali Bashyam, Fremont, Calif., Goutham Rao, San Jose, Calif., Carter George, Portland, Ore., and Eric Brueggemann, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Prediction-based compression engines are spoon-fed with sequentially efficiently compressible (SEC) streams of input data that make it possible for the compression engines to more efficiently compress or otherwise compact the incoming data than would be possible with streams of input data accepted on a TV-raster scan basis. Various techniques are disclosed for intentionally forming SEC input data streams. Among these are the tight packing of alike files or fragments into concatenation suitcases and the decomposition of files into substantially predictably consistent (SPC) fragments or segments that are routed to different suitcases according to their type. In a graphics-directed embodiment, image frames are partitioned into segment areas that are internally SPC and multidirectional walks (i.e., U-turning walks) are defined in the segment areas where these defined walks are traced during compression and also during decompression. A variety of pre-compression data transformation methods are disclosed for causing apparently random data sequences to appear more compressibly alike to each other. The methods are usable in systems that permit substantially longer times for data compaction operations than for data decompaction operations." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2007 (11/774,272). 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=79,61,960.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,960&RS=PN/79,61,960 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Reducing Storage Size ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,961,959) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for reducing storage size." The co-inventors are Murali Bashyam, Fremont, Calif., Goutham Rao, San Jose, Calif., Carter George, Portland, Ore., and Eric Brueggemann, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Prediction-based compression engines are spoon-fed with sequentially efficiently compressible (SEC) streams of input data that make it possible for the compression engines to more efficiently compress or otherwise compact the incoming data than would be possible with streams of input data accepted on a TV-raster scan basis. Various techniques are disclosed for intentionally forming SEC input data streams. Among these are the tight packing of alike files or fragments into concatenation suitcases and the decomposition of files into substantially predictably consistent (SPC) fragments or segments that are routed to different suitcases according to their type. In a graphics-directed embodiment, image frames are partitioned into segment areas that are internally SPC and multidirectional walks (i.e., U-turning walks) are defined in the segment areas where these defined walks are traced during compression and also during decompression. A variety of pre-compression data transformation methods are disclosed for causing apparently random data sequences to appear more compressibly alike to each other. The methods are usable in systems that permit substantially longer times for data compaction operations than for data decompaction operations." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2007 (11/774,267). 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=79,61,959.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,959&RS=PN/79,61,959 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Hewlett Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,201) developed by Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, Colo., Daniel Robert Blakley, Philomath, Ore., and Tong Zhang, San Jose, Calif., for "methods of generating a virtual lead associated with a physiological recording." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of creating a virtual lead associated with a physiological recording is provided. The method can include obtaining a first physiological signal from a first lead having a first angle and a second physiological signal from a second lead having a second angle, the first lead and the second lead being associated with a subject. The method can also include transforming the first and second physiological signals into a vector representation of the first and second physiological signals and transforming the vector representation to a virtual physiological signal representing a virtual lead having a virtual lead angle." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2005 (11/221,562). 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=7,962,201.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,201&RS=PN/7,962,201 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,961,949) developed by four co-inventors for an "extracting multiple identifiers from audio and video content." The co-inventors are Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Wash., Brett T. Hannigan, Philadelphia, Brett A. Bradley, Portland, Ore., and Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure concerns content identification, such as extracting identifying information from content itself. One combination described in the disclosure is a method including: extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of an audio signal, the act of extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of the audio signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of a video signal that is associated with the audio signal, the act of extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of the video signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; and utilizing the first identifying information or the second identifying information in a synchronization process, the synchronization process controls content synchronization during rendering of the audio signal or the video signal. Of course, other combinations are provided as well." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,487). 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=7961949.PN.&OS=PN/7961949&RS=PN/7961949 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Strands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Strands, Corvallis, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,962,505) developed by Marc Torrens, Corvallis, Ore., and Pere Ferrera, Barcelona, Spain, for a "user to user recommender." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods for recommending relevant users to other users in a user community. In one implementation of such a method, two different sets of data are considered: a) music (or other items) that users have been listening to (or otherwise engaging), and b) music (or other items) recommendations that users have been given. In some embodiments, pre-computation methods allow the system to efficiently compare item sets and recommended item sets among the users in the community. Such comparisons may also comprise metrics that the system can use to figure out which users should be recommended for a given target user." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/641,619). 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=7962505.PN.&OS=PN/7962505&RS=PN/7962505 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oregon Inventor Develops Patent for Remote Witness Testing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Paul Tiegs, Beaverton, Ore., has developed a patent (7,962,305) for a "remote witness testing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A master testing control system includes at least one remote computer with one or more communications lines for communicating over a communications network and a plurality of remote sensors, a two way real-time digital video system, a two-way real-time digital audio system. A set of instructions is on each remote computer for sending and receiving data over one or more data lines and for remote display. A set of instructions is on each remote computer for displaying data. At least one local computer is located geographically distant from the remote computer and able to monitor and control the display, storage, and transmission of data acquired by to the remote computer. The remote computer collects data from the plurality of sensors and transmits this data to the local computer, under the control of the local computer, for permanent recording." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/214,990). 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=7,962,305.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,305&RS=PN/7,962,305 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,962,102) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for adaptive ray launching." The co-inventors are Celestino A. Corral, Lake Worth, Fla., Shahriar Emami, Hillsboro, Ore., Salvador Sibecas, Lake Worth, Fla., and Glafkos Stratis, Lake Worth, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (170) and method (300) for ray launching is provided. The system can include a transmitter (110) for successively launching a plurality of rays, and a receiver (120) for receiving transmission rays and reflection rays. A controller (141) can be included for selectively adjusting an angular spacing and eliminating rays in successive launches to focus an energy on the receiver. A method (430) of terminating rays for reducing computational complexity is provided. A method (340) for ray weighting for increasing a computational speed of ray propagation is provided. In one aspect, a quality of service (108) can be determined at the receiver based on ray propagation." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/749,054). 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=7,962,102.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,102&RS=PN/7,962,102 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,694) developed by five co-inventors for a "partial way hint line replacement algorithm for a snoop filter." The co-inventors are Meenakshisundaram R. Chinthamani, Hillsboro, Ore., Kai Cheng, Portland, Ore., Malcolm Mandviwalla, Hillsboro, Ore., Bahaa Fahim, San Jose, Calif., and Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides receiving a request for data from a processor of a plurality of processors, determining a cache entry location based, at least in part, on the request, storing the data in a cache corresponding to the processor at the cache entry location, and storing a coherency record corresponding to the data in a snoop filter in accordance with one of the following, if there is a cache miss: at the cache entry location of a corresponding affinity in the snoop filter if the cache entry location is found in the corresponding affinity, or at a derived cache entry location of the corresponding affinity if the cache entry location is not found in the corresponding affinity." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2006 (11/639,118). 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=7,962,694&OS=7,962,694&RS=7,962,694 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Marvell International Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Marvell International Technology, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,962,673) developed by Charles E. Evans, Corvallis, Ore., and Douglas G. Keithley, Boise, Idaho, for a "method and apparatus for accessing a data bus to transfer data over the data bus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for intervaled memory transfer access provides periodic authorization signals to a memory access controller. The method cycles between: 1) inhibiting the memory access controller from writing data to a memory until the memory access controller receives a periodic authorization signal to cause the memory access controller to remove the inhibition and write a predetermined amount of data to the memory through a data bus, and 2) releasing the data bus following writing of the predetermined amount of data to the memory by inhibiting the memory access controller from writing further data." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2008 (12/132,471). 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=7,962,673&OS=7,962,673&RS=7,962,673 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Interrupt Balancing for Multi-core and Power ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,679) developed by Adriaan van de Ven, Portland, Ore., for an "interrupt balancing for multi-core and power." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for balancing power savings and performance in handling interrupts is herein described. When an amount of interrupt activity is above a threshold, a performance mode of interrupt handling is selected. During the performance mode, interrupts and/or interrupt sources are distributed among multiple physical sockets, i.e. multiple physical processors. However, if the interrupt activity is below a threshold for a number of periods, which denotes low interrupt activity, then a power save mode is selected. Here, interrupts and/or sources are primarily assigned to a single processor to allow other physical processors to save power. Furthermore, after interrupts are assigned to a physical processor, the interrupts may be further distributed among cache domains of the processor. In addition, high activity classes, interrupt sources, interrupts, or categories may be further assigned to specific processing elements for servicing." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/863,715). 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=7,962,679&OS=7,962,679&RS=7,962,679 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Data Stream Filters and Plug-ins for Storage Managers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,638) developed by Kevin J. Cherkauer, Portland, Ore., and Jonathan Leffler, Palo Alto, Calif., for "data stream filters and plug-ins for storage managers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage manager and related method and computer program product manages client data on a data storage resource and includes the ability to utilize many different types of data stream filters that are neither built into the storage manager nor require a custom programming effort. A storage manager user may readily implement filtering by simply identifying a data stream filter the user wishes the storage manager to use for filtering the user's data. The filter can be an off-the-shelf program that is not part of the storage manager and which does not require client application or storage manager domain knowledge (e.g., knowledge of protocols or data types or formats used by the application or storage manager). The storage manager invokes the identified filter as part of a requested data stream operation and receives a data stream from a data stream source. The data stream is provided to the filter, which filters the data stream. Following filtering, the storage manager receives the data stream from the filter and sends it to a data stream destination." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2007 (11/690,943). 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=7,962,638&OS=7,962,638&RS=7,962,638 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Dynamic Service Registry for Virtual Machines ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,545) developed by Robert C. Knauerhase, Portland, Ore., and Scott H. Robinson, Portland, Ore., for a "dynamic service registry for virtual machines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A traditional registry, such as a global UDDI server, is not designed to accommodate transitory devices, e.g., devices that may frequently attach and detach from a network, often-times without warning, such as virtual machines offering or desiring services that are periodically instantiated and then suspended or destroyed. To accommodate such transitory devices, a dynamic resource/service registry may be implemented that leverages lower-level protocols or state to determine appropriate registry updates to keep the registry state consistent with currently-active virtual machines. For example, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) may track creation and suspension or deletion of a virtual machine (VM), and resources advertised by the VM, where the VMM appropriately adds or removes registry entries for the VM as the state of the VM changes or provides hooks (e.g. notifications) or other instrumentation based on said state or protocols to enable other associated modules or agents (e.g. management modules or the registry) to take appropriate actions." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2003 (10/393,810). 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=7,962,545&OS=7,962,545&RS=7,962,545 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Updating Machines While Disconnected from an Update Source ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,586) developed by four co-inventors for "updating machines while disconnected from an update source." The co-inventors are Scott P. Dubal, Hillsboro, Ore., Douglas D. Boom, Portland, Ore., Elizabeth M. Kappler, Hillsboro, Ore., and Mark V. Montecalvo, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention. When the machine enters an active state, such as a power on or non-sleep mode, or other active state, the machine may validate integrity of an applicable update if not done while the machine was dormant, and optionally choose to install it." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2009 (12/547,344). 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=7,962,586&OS=7,962,586&RS=7,962,586 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Grape Technology Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Grape Technology Group, Bethlehem, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,575) developed by Darin C. Glatt, Beaverton, Ore., and Steven W. Richardson, Tigard, Ore., for a "system and method for data synchronization between devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In configuring data synchronization between two devices, the first device generates a user configuration interface to be presented on the second device. The user interface elicits information from a user regarding a personal information manager (PIM) that is installed on the second device. This information is transmitted to the first device, which downloads to the second device a synchronization application package based on the PIM. The user interface installs the synchronization application on the second device, obtains information regarding data to be synchronized, and transmits that information to the synchronization application. This information may include names and locations of folders to be synchronized and synchronization preferences such as synchronization direction and schedule. The devices may include servers, PCs, PDAs, handheld computers, and wireless phones. The server may be network-based, accessible via the Internet, a LAN, or the PSTN. Alternatively, the connection between the devices may be local or dedicated, and wired or wireless." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2003 (10/700,083). 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=7,962,575&OS=7,962,575&RS=7,962,575 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1051329 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |