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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (June 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Memory Compression Implementation in a Multi-node Server System with Directly Attached Processor Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,455) developed by John M. Borkenhagen, Rochester, Minn., for a "memory compression implementation in a multi-node server system with directly attached processor memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and program product enable scalable bandwidth and memory for a system having processor with directly attached memory. Multiple memory expander microchips provide the additional bandwidth and memory while in communication with the processor. Lower latency data may be stored in a memory expander microchip node in the most direct communication with the processor. Memory and bandwidth allocation between may be dynamically adjusted." The patent application was filed on March 4, 20058 (12/041,911). 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=7,966,455&OS=7,966,455&RS=7,966,455 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Minnesota Medical Physics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Minnesota Medical Physics, Edina, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,965,818) developed by Ali Jaafar, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Victor I. Chornenky, Minnetonka, Minn., for a "field emission X-ray apparatus, methods, and systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is an x-ray field emission apparatus, system and method, the apparatus having a hollow probe held at vacuum; a cathode enclosed within the probe, the cathode producing an electron stream when connected to a high negative potential; an anode enclosed within the probe and separated from the cathode by a gap, said the providing a target for the electron stream; and a shield assembly comprising a hollow shield electrode positioned within the probe and about the cathode." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,290). 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=7965818.PN.&OS=PN/7965818&RS=PN/7965818 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,444) developed by Terry R. Lee, Boise, Idaho, and Joseph M. Jeddeloh, Shoreview, Minn., for a "reconfigurable memory module and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub and a plurality of memory devices divided into a plurality of ranks. The memory hub is operable to configure the memory module to simultaneously address any number of ranks to operate in a high bandwidth mode, a high memory depth mode, or any combination of such modes." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2010 (12/905,741). 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=7,966,444&OS=7,966,444&RS=7,966,444 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,966,438) developed by Arthur J. Punyko, St. Paul, Minn., and John T. Adams, Redmond, Wash. for "two-wire communications bus system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A low-cost, two-wire, half-duplex high speed powered communications bus having a master/controller and one or more slave/sensor/interface units. The master/controller may have a current-limited power supply, and receive/transmit circuitry. Each slave/sensor/interface may have polarity protection and also have receive/transmit circuitry. The power supply may provide high/low voltage levels on the bus and over-current protection, and have one or more diodes for mis-wire protection. Each transmit circuit may have a tunable R-C network for limiting RF emissions. Each slave/sensor/interface may receive data and power over the two-wire bus." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/862,618). 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=7,966,438&OS=7,966,438&RS=7,966,438 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Moving Records Between Partitions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,349) developed by Jinmei Shen, Rochester, Minn., and Hao Wang, Rochester, Minn., for "moving records between partitions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, data is partitioned into partitions, which are divided into levels. The levels are ordered by creation times of the levels. A request is received at a current partition, which includes a key that identifies a field in a record and a value for the key. A determination is made whether the value exists in the field in the current partition. If the determination is false, a message is sent from the current partition to a next-older partition, and the message instructs the next-older partition to move the record with the value from the next-older partition to the current partition. If the determination is true, the record with the value in the field is moved from the current partition to a next-newer partition if the next-newer partition sent the request, and the record is deleted from the current partition." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/228,686). 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=7,966,349&OS=7,966,349&RS=7,966,349 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qwest Communications International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Qwest Communications International, Denver, has been assigned a patent (7,966,388) developed by four co-inventors for a "network management system and graphical user interface." The co-inventors are John T. Pugaczewski, White Bear Lake, Minn., Jeffrey T. Kays, Andover, Minn., Nicholas P. Chantiloupe, St. Louis Park, Minn., and Fred M. Hendricks, Maple Grove, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network management system and graphical user interface for configuring a network connection between first and second service access points utilizes a configuration manager and information manager to provide a generic set of models so that different manufacturer's nodal processors and other network hardware can be inserted into the network with minimal changes to the software which controls the device. The system comprises an information manager including routing information for the network. The configuration manager operates to establish a connection across each subnet on the route by sending requests to element managers to program the subnet elements." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 1999 (09/469,206). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,388&OS=7,966,388&RS=7,966,388 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Performance Profiling for Improved Data Throughput ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,403) developed by Ayman Mohammad Ghanem, Bloomington, Minn., and Mark A. Bakke, Maple Grove, Minn., for a "performance profiling for improved data throughput." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented system and method for performance profiling on a target device. The computer-implemented method includes configuring the target device to operate in a first mode or a second mode, and receiving a write command from a host device. When the target device is configured to operate in the first mode, the method includes sending an authorization to send write data to the host device, and receiving write data from the host device. When the target device is configured to operate in the second mode, the method includes allocating a reserved write buffer on the target device, and receiving write data from the host device using the write buffer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2007 (11/852,862). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,403&OS=7,966,403&RS=7,966,403 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,430) developed by Joseph M. Jeddeloh, Shoreview, Minn., for an "apparatus and method for direct memory access in a hub-based memory system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one of the memory devices of the system memory, and further including a memory device interface for coupling to the memory devices, the memory device interface coupling memory requests to the memory devices for access to at least one of the memory devices. A switch for selectively coupling the link interface and the memory device interface is further included in the memory hub. Additionally, a direct memory access (DMA) engine is coupled through the switch to the memory device interface to generate memory requests for access to at least one of the memory devices to perform DMA operations." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/112,812). 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=7,966,430&OS=7,966,430&RS=7,966,430 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,172) developed by Jon Ruiz, Eagan, Minn., Carl Seglem, San Francisco, and Ju-Kay Kwek, San Francisco, for a "natural language tool for specifying a subset of dynamic inter-related data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A natural language tool is provided for specifying a subset of data. The data may be dynamic and have elements which are inter-related. The natural language tool enables a user to construct a natural language expression having embedded fields to specify the subset of data. A user may configure, add and remove fields within the expression. The natural language expression contains at least two configurable fields having a tiered relationship. The fields may be associated with type-ahead functionality and menu culling, field manipulation indicators to configure the number of fields in an expression, and matching data count information for a field or the entire expression." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2006 (11/327,039). 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=7,966,172.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,172&RS=PN/7,966,172 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,149) developed by Nikola Samardzija, Minnetonka, Minn., and Ahmad A. Hamad, Eden Prairie, Minn., for a "multivariate detection of transient regions in a process control system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems to detect transient operations from abnormal operations, and to detect abnormal operations in a coker heater, include collecting on-line process data. The collected on-line process data is generated from a plurality of process variables of the process, or coker heater. A first representation of the operation of the process, or coker heater, is generated based on a first set of the collected on-line process data generated from a first set of the process variables. The first representation is adapted to be executed to generate a first result. A second representation of the operation of the process, or coker heater, is generated based on the first result and based on a second set of the collected on-line process data generated from a second set of the process variables. The second representation is adapted to be executed to generate a prediction of data generated from the second set of the process variables. The prediction is analyzed to detect an abnormal operation or to detect whether one or more abnormal operations comprises a transient operation of the process." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/863,588). 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=7,966,149.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,149&RS=PN/7,966,149 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ecowater Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Ecowater Systems, Woodbury, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,966,097) developed by Jeffrey A. Zimmerman, Forest Lake, Minn., for a "method for regeneration of a water softener." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A demand initiated method for regenerating a water softener which operates the softener ion exchange bed over a capacity range in which the resin is most efficiently restored by exposure to brine. The reserve capacity of the softener is adjusted in response to the amount of softening capacity used since the last regeneration, as is the quantity of saturated brine to be used for the next regeneration, which is scheduled when the reserve capacity is exceeded, or the remaining available capacity will not be adequate for expected usage on the next day of the week. The method schedules a regeneration when the amount of exchange capacity of the resin bed used since the last regeneration plus the variation of exchange capacity used on the next day plus the average exchange capacity of the resin bed used on the next day is greater than the selected design exchange capacity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/363,909). 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=7,966,097.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,097&RS=PN/7,966,097 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,966,070) developed by five co-inventors for a "feedthrough apparatus with noble metal-coated leads." The co-inventors are William J. Taylor, Anoka, Minn., Lynn M. Seifried, Minneapolis, William D. Wolf, St. Louis Park, Minn., Andrew J. Ries, Lino Lakes, Minn., and John E. Kast, Hugo, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses are provided for an electrical device that employs a feedthrough including a hermetic seal that seals an interior region of the electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical contact disposed within the interior region of the electrical device, and a wire terminal that includes an encircled portion that is encircled by the feedthrough, and a first end that electrically connects with said electrical contact. When the electrical device is constructed, the first end of the wire terminal is coated with a conductive metal that is more resistant to oxidation than the wire terminal. The first end of the wire terminal is secured to the electrical contact using a mechanical device such as a crimping connector or a spring connector." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2003 (10/661,919). 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=7,966,070.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,070&RS=PN/7,966,070 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,966,076) developed by Randy W. Westlund, River Falls, Wis., and Anthony V. Caparso, St. Louis Park, Minn., for a "lead and apparatus for stimulation of the cardiac plexus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical electrical lead adapted to stimulate a patient's cardiac plexus includes a flexible distal portion having a surface adapted to conform to an outer surface of an aortic region generally associated with the cardiac plexus. The distal portion can have one or more elongate members. Alternatively, the distal portion can have a generally planar portion. The distal portion is flexible such that it can be furled or otherwise compacted such that it can be delivered to a target stimulation site using a guide catheter or other delivery tool, such as a cannula." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2007 (11/685,511). 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=7,966,076.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,076&RS=PN/7,966,076 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Medical Device Interface System with Automatic Rate Threshold Adjustment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,966,069) developed by eight co-inventors for a "medical device interface system with automatic rate threshold adjustment." The co-inventors are Les Norman Peterson, Woodbury, Minn., Paula Dieterle, Champlin, Minn., Par Lindh, Maple Grove, Minn., James Kalgren, Lino Lakes, Minn., James O. Gilkerson, Stillwater, Minn., Allan T. Koshiol, Lino Lakes, Minn., Tala L. Bynum, Rogers, Minn., and David Callahan, Bainbridge Island, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An external programming system and method for implantable medical devices (IMDs) is disclosed. The external programming system includes a communication circuit, a display device, an input device, and a processor. The communication circuit is configured to link to an IMD to transmit or monitor IMD timing parameter settings. The display device is configured to display a textual representation of an IMD timing parameter setting and a specified IMD timing parameter limit, a graphical slide control comprising a movable feature indicating the IMD timing parameter setting, a graphical slide-control limit corresponding to the specified IMD timing parameter limit, and a graphical representation of physiologic information including a portion of said graphical representation aligned with the slide control movable feature. The input device is configured to adjust the movable feature in response to user input. The processor is configured to monitor or store an IMD timing parameter setting." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2007 (11/856,558). 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=7,966,069.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,069&RS=PN/7,966,069 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Optimizing Atrioventricular Delay ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,966,066) developed by Yinghong Yu, Shoreview, Minn., Jiang Ding, Maplewood, Minn., and Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, Minn., for an "apparatus and method for optimizing atrioventricular delay." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods to optimize atrioventricular delay during sensing or pacing of the atrium and for a plurality of sensed rates or pacing rates. In one example, a paced atrioventricular delay is calculated using a sensed atrioventricular interval and a paced atrioventricular interval. In another example, a plurality of paced atrioventricular delays for different pacing rates can be calculated. In another example embodiment, a plurality of sensed atrioventricular delays for different sensing rates can be calculated. Combinations of the various systems and methods are also possible." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2005 (11/126,490). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,066.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,066&RS=PN/7,966,066 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,075) developed by nine co-inventors for a "switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead in a high power electromagnetic field environment." The co-inventors are Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Christopher Michael Williams, Lancaster, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, Minn., Daniel Robert Kaiser, Plymouth, Minn., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., and Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An energy management system that facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy induced on an implanted lead or a leadwire includes an energy dissipating surface associated with the implanted lead or the leadwire, a diversion or diverter circuit associated with the energy dissipating surface, and at least one switch for diverting energy in the implanted lead or the leadwire through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. In alternate configurations, the switch may be disposed between the implanted lead or the leadwire and the diversion circuit, or disposed so that it electrically opens the implanted lead or the leadwire when diverting energy through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. The switch may comprise a single or multi-pole double or single throw switch. The diversion circuit may be either a high pass filter or a low pass filter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2010 (12/938,926). 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=7,966,075.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,075&RS=PN/7,966,075 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Providing Relevance-ordered Categories of Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,309) developed by four co-inventors for "providing relevance-ordered categories of information." The co-inventors are Yael Shacham, San Francisco, Leland Rechis, Brooklyn, N.Y., Scott Jenson, Edina, Minn., and Gabriel Wolosin, San Mateo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a remote device a search query, generating a plurality of different category-directed result sets for the search query, determining an order for the plurality of category-directed result sets based on the search query, and transmitting the plurality of category-directed result sets to the remote device, in a manner that the result sets are to be displayed in the remote device in the determined order." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/624,175). 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=7966309.PN.&OS=PN/7966309&RS=PN/7966309 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Unisys Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Unisys, Blue Bell, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,966,298) developed by Kelsey L. Bruso, Minneapolis, and James M. Plasek, Shoreview, Minn., for a "record-level locking and page-level recovery in a database management system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosure of approaches for processing database transactions against a database. In one approach, a first transaction is received that specifies an operation for changing state of a first record stored in a first database page. In processing the operation, the state of the record is changed, and information is stored in a companion page. The information includes a transaction identifier, data describing the specified operation, a page identifier of the first page, a before look and an after look of the first record for an update operation, and an after look of the first record for an insert operation. In response to a commit of the first transaction, a process determines whether a second transaction, that specifies a change in state for a second stored in the first page, is in-process. In response to determining that the second transaction is in process, the companion page is stored in an audit trail. In response to determining that no such second transaction is in process, a transaction identifier of the first transaction and associated data of the first page are stored in the audit trail." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/150,646). 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=7966298.PN.&OS=PN/7966298&RS=PN/7966298 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1052035 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |