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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (June 29)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,925) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for an improved bulk read socket call." The co-inventors are Herman Dietrich Dierks Jr., Round Rock, Texas, Vinit Jain, Austin, Texas, Agustin Mena III, Austin, Texas, and Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for an improved bulk read socket call are provided. With the apparatus and method, a new field, so_rcvlen, is added to the socket structure that identifies the bulk read size requested by the user. The kernel of the prior art recv( ) function is also modified so that it sets the so_rcvlen to the size requested by the user prior to the recv( ) function going to sleep and waiting for the full data size requested by the user. A new flag, SP_MSGWAITALL, is also provided in the socket structure. In the TCP input processing, when data is received for a particular socket, the current setting of the SP_MSGWAITALL is checked. If the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is set, it is determined whether the amount of data stored in the socket receive buffer is less than the value of so_rcvlen. If not, the TCP input processing does not wake up the recv( ) thread. However, for every alternate segment, the TCP input processing sends back an acknowledgment (ACK). In the TCP output processing, when the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is set and the amount of data in the socket receive buffer is less than so_rcvlen, the full window is advertised. Once the TCP input processing determines that there is at least an amount of data in the socket receive buffer equal to the value of so_rcvlen, the TCP input processing will wake up the recv( ) thread and the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is reset." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/274,031). 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=7970925.PN.&OS=PN/7970925&RS=PN/7970925 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Performance Counters for Virtualized Network Interfaces of Communications Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,952) developed by seven co-inventors for a "performance counters for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks." The co-inventors are Richard L. Arndt, Austin, Texas, Bruce L. Beukema, Hayfield, Minn., David Craddock, New Paltz, N.Y., Ronald E. Fuhs, Rochester, Minn., Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, N.Y., Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, N.Y., and Bruce M. Walk, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Performance counters are provided for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks, while minimizing the use of hardware resources. A virtualized network interface includes physical resources, as well as logical resources. Dedicated performance counters are provided for the physical resources of the virtualized network interface, as well as for logical partitions coupled to that interface, while non-dedicated performance counters are provided for the logical resources. This enables the provision of performance counters for virtualized network interfaces, while minimizing hardware resources consumed by those interfaces." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,648). 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=79,70,952.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,952&RS=PN/79,70,952 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,970,954) developed by Natalie Quach, Austin, Texas, Samer El Haj Mahmoud, Austin, Texas, and Anand P. Joshi, Round Rock, Texas, for a "system and method of providing a user-friendly device path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method can include, during a boot flow at an information handling system, receiving an initial device path related to a device that is integrated with or coupled to the information handling system. The method can also include identifying a system-specific device location table based on a node included in the initial device path and receiving a particular alternate location string associated with the node at the system-specific location table. Further, the method can include adding the particular alternate location string to an alternate device path string related to the device and outputting the alternate device path to a user after the alternate device path includes an alternate location string associated with each node of the initial device path." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2009 (12/535,532). 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=79,70,954.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,954&RS=PN/79,70,954 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for in a World Wide Web Communications Network Simplifying the Uniform Resource Locators ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (7,970,936) developed by Timothy Alan Dietz, Austin, Texas, Walid M. Kobrosly, Round Rock, Texas, and Nadeem Malik, Austin, Texas, for "in a world wide web communications network simplifying the uniform resource locators (URLS) displayed in association with received web documents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Simplifying any cumbersome URLs that are made public. The function of converting to simplify cumbersome URLs is performed by Web service providers for appropriate fees. Accordingly, the converted URL will have a new domain portion, i.e. the Web service provider's domain along with a simplified path portion defining the path with the Web service provider's domain that will point to the original URL, stored within the service provider. Within the service provider, URLs of said accessed Web documents are converted to include a domain section specifying the service provider's domain and a path portion within said service provider's domain that is simpler than the original URL path portion. The path portion in the converted URL is usually shorter than the path portion in the original URL." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2003 (10/607,585). 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=79,70,936.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,936&RS=PN/79,70,936 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,943) developed by David Cheng-Fang Lin, Palo Alto, Calif., and Mark Edward Wilcox, Little Elm, Texas, for "providing interoperability in software identifier standards" The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system manages information exchanges between components of the system so that information is provided in a format expected by each particular component. In a specific implementation, a translation service provider intercepts information exchanges between client and data sources or data services and translates of converts software identifiers (e.g., UUIDs or GUIDs) as needed so that the client or data source can properly process the data. For example, a client may use GUIDs in a first format, and when information is requested is presented using a GUID in a second format, different from the first, the translation service provider translates a GUID to the first format. The translation service provider may be transparent to the other components of the system." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,537). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,70,943.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,943&RS=PN/79,70,943 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controlling Resource Access Based on User Gesturing in a 3D Captured Image Stream of the User ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,156) developed by five co-inventors for a "controlling resource access based on user gesturing in a 3D captured image stream of the user." The co-inventors are Jacob C. Albertson, Newton, Mass., Kenneth C. Arnold, Ellicott City, Md., Steven D. Goldman, Chesterfield, Mo., Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Texas, and Anthony J. Sessa, Quogue, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a gesture processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one stereoscopic image device aimed at the user to identify and track at least one particular three-dimensional movement of the user. The gesture processing system predicts at least one defined movement within the captured three-dimensional movement matching at least one gesture definition of at least one gesture type from among a plurality of gesture definitions. A resource control system receives a request to access a resource based on the predicted at least one gesture type. The resource control system only allows user access to the resource by matching the predicted at least one gesture type with at least one required gesture type." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,687). 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=79,71,156&OS=79,71,156&RS=79,71,156 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,151) developed by six co-inventors for a "graphic display configuration framework for unified process control system interface." The co-inventors are Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, Texas, Stephen G. Hammack, Austin, Texas, Bruce Campney, Pflugerville, Texas, Ken J. Beoughter, Round Rock, Texas, J. Michael Lucas, Leicester, United Kingdom, and Stephen Gilbert, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting various specializations for each user type. Operator consoles are dedicated to each section of the plant and include additional functions such as maintenance, configuration, simulation and supervisory information. The unified for common graphical interface replaces control room displays filled with single case analog controllers, meters, and digital indicators. The common interface addresses the functions that previously were provided by the panel motor start/stop buttons and status indications, chart recorders, annunciator panels and subsystem interfaces. From a console, operators manage alarms, adjust the process by entering new setpoints or other parameters, "zoom in" on particular portions of the process for details, and utilize other specialized applications to work with their batch, advanced control, or business applications. The interface will run in both dedicated and non-dedicated modes, will run as a rich client or as part of a browser style interface utilizing web services and will run on workstations, laptops, tablet PC's, handhelds, and smart phones." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2005 (10/575,173). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,71,151&OS=79,71,151&RS=79,71,151 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,137) developed by Deepak Jindal, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Anurag Agarwal, Austin, Texas, for "detecting and rejecting annoying documents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for evaluating documents for approval or rejection and/or rating. The method comprises comparing the document to one or more criteria determining whether the document contains an element that is substantially identical to one or more of a visual element, an audio element or a textual element that is determined to be displeasing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2005 (11/302,495). 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=79,71,137&OS=79,71,137&RS=79,71,137 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dunti Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dunti, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,970,929) developed by Rupaka Mahalingaiah, Austin, Texas, for an "apparatus, system, and method for routing data to and from a host that is moved from one location on a communication system to another location on the communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An architecture, system, and method are provided for transparently mapping a network identification number of a host to an access point of an internet. The host can be moved from a first point to a second point on the internet without having to reconfigure routing tables or to update routing protocols. The network identification number of the host does not change as it is moved from the first point to the second point. Thus, the network identification number of the host does not perform routing. Instead, routing occurs by targeting the exit end module onto which the host is connected, i.e., at the second point. The exit end module thereby contains configuration registers which store mapping tables that note the new destination address of any data being sent to the new host location, and properties such as security and priority codes." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2002 (10/100,980). 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=79,70,929.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,929&RS=PN/79,70,929 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,101) developed by William A. Black, Austin, Texas, Nafisa Muzaffar, Austin, Texas, and Manuel Rivera Jr., Pflugerville, Texas, for "systems and methods for management and capturing of optical drive failure errors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The systems and methods herein may be used for management and capturing of optical drive failure errors. One implementation of a method for capturing a failure error of an optical storage drive may include detecting the failure error of the optical storage drive. The failure error may be characterized by an error identifier, which may be stored in a drive memory. In certain embodiments, methods herein may also include storing media information available on optical storage media to the extent that such media information may be available. Among other advantages, storage of error identifiers and/or media information may aid manufacturers in diagnosing problems with returned optical storage drives." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2006 (11/346,122). 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=79,71,101&OS=79,71,101&RS=79,71,101 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,971,250) developed by Edward A. Walter, Boerne, Texas, for a "system and method for providing data content analysis in a local area network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing data content analysis is disclosed. The system includes an intelligent switch in a local area network, where the intelligent switch has content analysis applications stored therein and is configured to apply one or more content analysis applications on a port-by-port basis. The method includes remotely updating one or more content analysis applications at intelligent switches of subscriber networks." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2003 (10/682,366). 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=7,971,250.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,250&RS=PN/7,971,250 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Implementing Speculative Clock Gating of Digital Logic Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,161) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits." The co-inventors are Bartholomew Blaner, Underhill Center, Vt., Mary D. Brown, Austin, Texas, William E. Burky, Austin, Texas, and Todd A. Venton, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits in a multiple stage pipeline design includes generating, in a first pipeline stage n, a valid control signal that is input to a first register in a second pipeline stage n+1, the valid control signal indicative of when an operation is qualified to be performed by the second pipeline stage n+1; and generating, in the first pipeline stage, a speculative valid control signal that is used to gate a clock signal to a plurality of additional registers in the second pipeline stage, wherein the speculative valid control signal is generated using only a subset of a total number of control inputs used in generating the valid control signal, and wherein the clock signal is sent directly, without gating, to the first register in the second pipeline stage." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/019,718). 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=79,71,161&OS=79,71,161&RS=79,71,161 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Globalfoundries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Globalfoundries, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,098) developed by Andelon X. Tra, Austin, Texas, David M. Lynch, Austin, Texas, and Oswin Housty, Austin, Texas, for a "bootstrap device and methods thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of booting a multi-processor data processing device includes establishing a link between a first processor and a memory. The link is monitored to determine if, in response to a request from the processor, expected initialization data is communicated between the memory and the first processor. If unexpected data is detected on the link, the link is severed and a new link established between a second processor and the memory to allow the second processor to initiate the boot process. This ensures that, in the event of an error in the boot process at the first processor, the device can complete the boot process, thereby reducing device downtime." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,022). 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=79,71,098&OS=79,71,098&RS=79,71,098 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Advanced Management of Software Distribution Tasks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,202) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for advanced management of software distribution tasks." The co-inventors are Denise Ann Bell, Austin, Texas, Arnaud Airy Mathieu, Austin, Texas, Andrei Oprea, Ajax, Canada, and Cristina L. Tecsa, Richmond Hill, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a software installation. A graphical user interface is displayed for receiving user input to manage a software installation having multiple software installation tasks. A particular software installation task is initiated in response to the particular software installation task being selected from the multiple software installation tasks. The performance of the particular task is customized based on the selection of the option in response to a selection of an option during execution of the particular software installation task is received. At least one of the multiple software installation tasks may be scheduled and initiated independently from others of the multiple software installation tasks." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2006 (11/375,505). 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=7,971,202.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,202&RS=PN/7,971,202 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Extracting Information from Software ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,196) developed by Viktors Berstis, Austin, Texas, for an "extracting information from software." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and implementing computer system are provided in which selected information is embedded within computer program structures without requiring separate bit strings. In an exemplary embodiment, the embedded selected information includes an identification of a licensed user together with a serial number of the associated licensed program. That information is converted into a binary representation, and a transfer function is used to embed the binary representation into the structure of the licensed program. In the example, when a licensed program is compiled, linked and downloaded over an interconnection network, the order or sequence of the modules of the licensed program is arranged in a manner to correspond to the embedded selected information. The embedded information can then be extracted from the program by analysis of the organization of the modules comprising the program." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2007 (12/002,409). 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=7,971,196.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,196&RS=PN/7,971,196 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,238) developed by Weimin Pan, Austin, Texas, and Gang Liu, Round Rock, Texas, for a "two-factor authentication of a remote administrator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information handling system includes a processor, system memory, and a remote access resource that includes a virtual card reader enabled to establish a communication channel between the remote access resource and a remote card reader to communicate smart card reader access requests and response between them. The system may include an authentication module requiring two factor authentication including userid/password authentication and a physical card authentication. The communication channel enables remote physical card authentication. The resource further supports redirection of system console traffic enabling remote userid/password authentication. The virtual card reader is preferably operable to download a virtual card reader client to a remote management station to which the smart card reader is attached. The remote access resource may be operable to direct console traffic of the system to the remote management station to display a system login screen on the remote management station." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2006 (11/465,945). 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=7,971,238.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,238&RS=PN/7,971,238 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Evaluating Multi-dimensional Project Plans ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,180) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for evaluating multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications." The co-inventors are Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, Calif., Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, N.Y., Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, Texas, Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, N.Y., and Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for scoring and ranking multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the method includes: determining one or more dimensions for a project plan; assigning one or more attributes to each of the one or more dimensions; assigning one or more utility functions to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more weights to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more ordering factors to one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; calculating a series of scores for the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; ranking the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions based on the calculated series of scores; and wherein each of the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions represents a different individual multi-dimensional project plan." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/762,129). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,971,180.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,180&RS=PN/7,971,180 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mott's Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Mott's, Rye Brook, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D640,555) developed by six co-inventors for an ornamental design for a spout. The co-inventors are Justin Williams, Dallas, Stephen Doerr, Frisco, Texas, Kendall L. Yorn, Allen, Texas, Greg McMurray, Des Plaines, Ill., Daniel Rudolph, Chicago, and Michael Illenberger, Downers Grove, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a spout, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 20, 2010 (D/362,169). 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=D640,555.PN.&OS=PN/D640,555&RS=PN/D640,555 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chatsworth Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Chatsworth Products, Westlake Village, Calif., has been assigned a patent (D640,528) developed by William Krietzman, Denver, Joshua James Young, Austin, Texas, and D. Brian Donowho, Austin, Texas, for an ornamental design for a "cable guide projection with boss." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a cable guide projection with boss, as shown." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (D/364,835). 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=D640,528.PN.&OS=PN/D640,528&RS=PN/D640,528 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (RE42,493) developed by Leonty Abraham Tabarovsky, Cypress, Texas, and Albert Alexy, Katy, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for wellbore resistivity measurements in oil-based muds using capacitive coupling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A resistivity device for downhole use with a nonconducting mud injects a current at a frequency sufficiently high to pass capacitively through the mud and a mud cake into the formation. The frequency is further selected so that the impedance due to the dielectric constant of the formation is small compared to the formation resistivity. Dual frequency measurements may be used to further minimize the effects of the mud and mud cake resistivity. When multiple frequency measurements are used, frequency focusing may be used to get an estimate of formation resistivity that is independent of near borehole effects." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/275,398). 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=RE42,493&OS=RE42,493&RS=RE42,493 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (RE42,494) developed by Ross E. Teggatz, McKinney, Texas, for a "preventing drain to body forward bias in a MOS transistor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A voltage level shifting circuit (FIG. 4) has a plurality of PMOS transistors M.sub.1, M.sub.2, M.sub.3 connected in parallel for respectively driving a capacitive load C.sub.L with a selected different voltage level V.sub.1, V.sub.2 or V.sub.3. Transistors M.sub.1, M.sub.2, M.sub.3 are controlled so that one of them is placed in the ON condition, with the others in the OFF condition, to connect one of the voltages V.sub.1, V.sub.2 or V.sub.3 to charge the load CL. The largest voltage transistor M.sub.3 has its body connected to its source. The lower voltage transistors M.sub.1, M.sub.2 have their bodies respectively connected to switches S.sub.1, S.sub.2, which connect the bodies to the sources when the transistors are placed in the ON condition and connect the bodies to the highest voltage V.sub.3 when the transistors are placed in the OFF condition." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2007 (11/800,071). 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=RE42,494&OS=RE42,494&RS=RE42,494 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Cannon-shaped, Low-light Video Camera for Marine Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Scott Satine, Flower Mound, Texas, has been issued a patent (D640,721) for an ornamental design for a "cannon-shaped, low-light video camera for marine use." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2010 (D/370,595). 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=D640,721&OS=D640,721&RS=D640,721 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,078) developed by Sriram Govindan, State College, Pa., Karthick Rajamani, Austin, Texas, and Freeman Leigh Rawson III, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for measurement-based power and energy accounting for virtual machines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for measurement-based power and energy accounting for virtual machines distributed among at least one hosting device is disclosed. The method comprising determining an energy for the hosting device during a first time interval and a second time interval, partitioning a difference in the determined energy among virtual machines within a plurality of regions of the hosting device, determining a level of activity of each of the resources in each virtual machine within a corresponding one of the regions, determining an energy of each resource in each corresponding virtual machine wherein energy associated with resources shared among an plurality of virtual machines are allocated to a corresponding one of the virtual machines based on a number of requests made to the shared resource by the corresponding virtual machine, determining a total energy for each of the virtual machines in corresponding regions based on a level of activity of the virtual machine and the energy associated with the corresponding shared resources, and determining a power for each of the virtual machines by dividing the determined total energy by a length of the time interval." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/172,151). 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=7,971,078.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,078&RS=PN/7,971,078 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Communicated Enforcement Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Communicated Enforcement, Miami, has been assigned a patent (RE42,495) developed by Stephen Whitten, Harrisonburg, Va., and Richard Stockstill, San Antonio, for an "intruder detection and warning system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An intruder detection and warning system has a plurality of infrared sensors for receiving infrared radiation from respective contiguous areas of premises in need of security. A central illumination unit including a rotatable light is operated to project a beam illuminating a selected one of the contiguous areas of the premises in response to the received infrared radiation by the infrared sensor in the selected area indicating presence of a person in the selected area. Initially a polite message randomly selected from a group of different polite messages is broadcast to request the intruder to leave the premises. When continued presence of the intruder is detected, the light beam is moved away from and then back to the selected area and a further message randomly selected from a group of different more demanding messages is broadcast to demand the intruder to leave the premises. Thus computerized control of the central illumination unit to selectively illuminate areas monitored by respective infrared sensors to detect intruders mimics manual monitoring and security enforcement to more effectively deter intruders. Control of the illumination unit with an associated video camera is passed to a remote monitoring station upon continued failure of the intruder to vacate the premises." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2010 (12/700,241). 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=RE42,495&OS=RE42,495&RS=RE42,495 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Quest Productions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Quest Productions, New Braunfels, Texas, has been assigned a patent (No. D640,723) developed by Quest C. Couch, III., New Braunfels, Texas, for an ornamental design for a gel holder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a gel holder, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2009 (D/342,826). 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=D640,723&OS=D640,723&RS=D640,723 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,050) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of using bios information when booting information handling systems and machine-executable code for carrying out the methods." The co-inventors are Anand Joshi, Round Rock, Texas, Elie Jreij, Pflugerville, Texas, Charles Perusse Jr., Pflugerville, Texas, and Juan Diaz, Round Rock, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of using BIOS information can include exporting first BIOS information from a first information handling system. The method can further include initiating a boot sequence for the second information handling system and importing second BIOS information into a second information handling system after initiating the boot sequence and before initiating an operating system, wherein the second BIOS information is associated with the first BIOS information. The method can further include initiating an operating system of the second information handling system after importing the second BIOS information. The first and second BIOS information may be the same, or the second BIOS information may be derived from the first BIOS information. The first and second information handling systems may be the same or different. In one embodiment, the first BIOS information can be translated into a text file for editing before using the second BIOS information during a boot sequence." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/955,462). 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=7,971,050.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,050&RS=PN/7,971,050 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Protecting Electronic Contracts ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,068) developed by five co-inventors for a "method, system and program product for protecting electronic contracts created within a secure computer infrastructure." The co-inventors are Aston G. Farquharson, Carmel, N.Y., Robert T. Alexander, Dallas, Michael J. Cammarota, New Fairfield, Conn., Thao N. Nguyen, Katonah, N.Y., and Michael A. Penn, Grandview, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Under the present invention, contract information corresponding to a first contract between a first contract partner and a customer, and contract information corresponding to a second contract between a second contract partner and the customer is received within a secure computer infrastructure. Based on the contract information, the first and second contracts are created. To provide desired isolation and security, the second contract is secured to prevent access thereof by the first contract partner. Then, approval and execution for both contracts is requested from the appropriate parties." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2004 (10/834,620). 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=7,971,068.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,068&RS=PN/7,971,068 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,052) developed by nine co-inventors for a "configuration system using security objects in a process plant." The co-inventors are John Michael Lucas, Leicester, United Kingdom, Arthur Webb, Manila, Philippines, Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, Texas, Larry Oscar Jundt, Round Rock, Texas, Jian Li, Austin, Texas, Dennis L. Stevenson, Round Rock, Texas, Michael George Ott, Austin, Texas, Herschel O. Koska, San Marcos, Texas, and Robert Burke Havekost, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/423,670). 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=7,971,052.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,052&RS=PN/7,971,052 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Security System for Replicated Storage Devices on Computer Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,069) developed by Krishna Kishore Yellepeddy, Austin, Texas, for a "security system for replicated storage devices on computer networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A replicated networked storage domain of an original data partition and one or more replica data partitions in which each partition is stored on a storage device having a network address, is secured by associating with each partition a secret key; sharing the secret keys between the storage devices and a file manager; requesting access to a specific partition by a client; and accessing the specific partition by the client using a credential encrypted by the key associated with the specific partition and including a network address of a storage device which stores the partition." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2006 (11/548,573). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,971,069.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,069&RS=PN/7,971,069 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,971,012) developed by Kenneth R. Vaughn, Cypress, Texas, for a "mail processing computer automatic recovery system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved method and system to return a mail processing control computer back into operation after a hard drive failure. A first phase is a back-up process for the primary drive of the mail processing computer. A second phase is the recovery process when a primary hard drive failure occurs. The back-up process includes copying the primary drive to be protected to a spare backup drive. The data copied to the backup drive reflects data of the primary drive at a particular point in time. Once the backup drive is installed, the machine returns to normal operation. In the course of normal operation, incremental changes to the primary hard drive are recorded to a backup computer. When there is a failure of the primary drive, a new primary drive is installed in its place. An image of the backup drive is then copied to the new primary drive, thereby causing the new primary drive to reflect the original primary drive at the particular point in time. Next, the incremental changes recorded in the backup computer are updated to the primary drive from the backup computer." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/803,423). 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=7,971,012.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,012&RS=PN/7,971,012 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Crossroads Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Crossroads Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,019) developed by John F. Tyndall, Austin, Texas, and William H. Moody II, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for controlling access to multiple physical media libraries." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a media library controller that can communicate with multiple physical libraries that are physically separate from each other (i.e., that cannot pass media back and forth). The media library controller can maintain a virtualized aggregate media library representing the physical media libraries with which it is in communication. From the physical media libraries, the media library controller can establish a virtual media library and associate a host with the virtual media library. The virtual media library can represent the portions of a physical media library to which the host is allowed access." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/391,034). 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=7,971,019.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,019&RS=PN/7,971,019 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Crossroads Systems Assigned Patent for System and Method for Handling Status Commands Directed to Partitioned Media Library ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Crossroads Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,006) developed by Steven A. Justiss, Lakeway, Texas, and Linlin Gao, Cedar Park, Texas, for a "system and method for handling status commands directed to partitioned media library." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for handling status commands directed to a partitioned media library. A controller (e.g., storage router or other device) that controls access to the physical media library can receive a status command and determine whether it should respond to the status command without passing the command to the media changer of the physical media library. If the controller should respond, the controller can construct a response and send it to the issuing host application. Otherwise the controller can pass the command to the media changer of the physical media library." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2005 (11/046,019). 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=7,971,006.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,006&RS=PN/7,971,006 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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