[June 29, 2011] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 29) Tweet (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 California. *** Citrix Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Citrix Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,970,923) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for accelerating delivery of a computing environment to a remote user." The co-inventors are Brad J. Pedersen, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Rajiv Sinha, San Jose, Calif., Prabakar Sundarrajan, San Jose, Calif., and Terry Treder, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed towards a method and system for accelerating delivery of a computing environment to a remote client. The computing environment may include a plurality of files comprising an application program and may be streamed to a remote client from a server. Responsive to a determination of whether transmission of the application may be accelerated, an appliance, intercepting the plurality of files, may accelerate transmission of the application program by applying one or more transport layer transmission acceleration techniques to the plurality of files." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/568,410). 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=7970923.PN.&OS=PN/7970923&RS=PN/7970923 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Apparatus and System for Object-based Storage Solid-state Drive and Method for Configuring Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Paul A. Duran, San Diego, has developed a patent (7,970,919) for an "apparatus and system for object-based storage solid-state drive and method for configuring same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An object-based storage system comprising a host system capable of executing applications for and with an object-based storage device (OSD). Exemplary configurations include a call interface, a physical layer interface, an object-based storage solid-state device (OSD-SSD), and are further characterized by the presence of a storage processor capable of processing object-based storage device algorithms interleaved with processing of physical storage device management. Embodiments include a storage controller capable of executing recognition, classification and tagging of application files, especially including image, music, and other media. Also disclosed are methods for initializing and configuring an OSD-SSD device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/319,096). 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=7970919.PN.&OS=PN/7970919&RS=PN/7970919 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,914) developed by five co-inventors for a "methods and systems for provisioning network services." The co-inventors are Donald J. Bowen, Madison, N.J., Richard H. Erving, Encinitas, Calif., Robert R. Miller, Convent Station, N.J., John F. Murray, Denville, N.J., and Christopher W. Rice, Parsippany, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent; automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user-selectable service options relating to a service provider's network and relating to at least one capability of the communications device, the at least one capability detected by the agent; in response to a selection of at least one service option from the plurality of service options, providing via the agent a user connection address." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2009 (12/624,716). 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=7970914.PN.&OS=PN/7970914&RS=PN/7970914 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,916) developed by Saravanan Shanmugham, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "register clustering in a sip-based network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method can include: receiving a request for service in a first edge proxy; applying a hash function to a source address of an endpoint; and forwarding the request to a second edge proxy in response to a first result of the hash function, or servicing the request in the first edge proxy in response to a second result of the hash function." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2007 (11/828,046). 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=7970916.PN.&OS=PN/7970916&RS=PN/7970916 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Aten Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Aten Technology, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,967) developed by Joseph Zhang, Chino Hills, Calif., Victor C. Wang, Chino Hills, Calif., and Sampson Shih Shien Yang, Irvine, Calif., for a "television with integrated asynchronous/synchronous KVMP signal switch for console and peripheral devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A television with integrated signal switch (100) for sharing a television screen (14), a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard (16, 18) and at least one peripheral devices (20) with any computer system in a plurality of computer systems (12), is provided comprising a CPU (30); a hub switch module (32) connected to the CPU (30) and configured to communicate with any of the plurality of computer systems (12), and the at least one peripheral devices (20); a device control module (38) for emulating, according to the industry standard, the plurality of console devices, connected to the CPU (30) and the hub switch (32); a host control module (44) connected to the CPU (30) and configured to communicate with the plurality of console devices (16, 18); and a video control module (50) connected to the CPU (30) and configured to communicate with the television screen (14)." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2009 (12/398,943). 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=79,70,967.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,967&RS=PN/79,70,967 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,963) developed by Shimon Muller, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "efficient buffer management in a multi-threaded network interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system for receiving packets on a multi-threaded computing device which uses a memory-buffer-usage scorecard (MBUS) to enable multiple hardware threads to share a common pool of memory buffers. During operation, the system can identify a memory-descriptor location for posting a memory descriptor for a memory buffer. Next, the system can post the memory descriptor for the memory buffer at the memory-descriptor location. The system can then update the MBUS to indicate that the memory buffer is in use. Next, the system can store a packet in the memory buffer, and post a completion descriptor in a completion-descriptor location to indicate that the packet is ready to be processed. If the completion-descriptor indicates that the memory buffer is ready to be reclaimed, the system can reclaim the memory buffer, and update the MBUS to indicate that the memory buffer has been reclaimed." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,570). 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=79,70,963.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,963&RS=PN/79,70,963 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G&H Nevada--Tek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- G&H Nevada--Tek, Los Altos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,950) developed by Michael Gough, Ben Lomond, Calif., for a "high-speed data transfer in a networked server environment via laser communication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for accelerating data transfer between networked databases. First provided are a plurality of databases coupled by a network. At least one laser unit is coupled to each database. In operation, such laser units are capable of communicating data between the databases via free space by way of a laser beam. This allows data communication at a rate faster than that which the network is capable." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2007 (11/784,776). 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=79,70,950.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,950&RS=PN/79,70,950 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent for System and Method for Platform and Language-independent Development and Delivery of Page-based Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Sony, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,970,944) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for platform and language-independent development and delivery of page-based content." The co-inventors are Armando Pena, Los Angeles, Leslie Spring, Los Angeles, Andreas Hjelming, Los Angeles, Galvin Hsui, Los Angeles, Todd Hollenback, Los Angeles, and Omar Hamoui, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for platform and language-independent delivery of page-based content. Content defined in a relatively abstract format is rendered into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. The relatively abstract format is a subset of XML and is used to define user interface elements to be displayed on a page. A Model-View-Controller architecture is implemented comprising a plurality of servlet filters, a servlet pipeline and a plurality of rendering processors for client detection, client tracking, relatively abstract format preprocessing, relatively abstract format processing and validating, and transforming and rendering of the relatively abstract format into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. A creation, modification and management tool is also disclosed for creating, modifying and managing platform and language-independent page-based content." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,815). 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=79,70,944.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,944&RS=PN/79,70,944 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,908) developed by Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., and James D. Bennett, Hroznetin, Czech Republic, for a "media search engine for a personal media network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system providing search functionality supporting the exchange and consumption of media is disclosed. The searching of media on storage belonging to any of a pre-defined group of users of a personal media network is provided. In addition, media stored on designated servers may also be included in a search. The media stored may include audio, still images, video, and data. A user may search the stored media using a number of criteria including the time period of the media, the type of device, and the type of media. The system also provides support for the search of one or more media peripherals, which may be searched when the media peripherals are communicatively coupled to the system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2009 (12/360,452). 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=7970908.PN.&OS=PN/7970908&RS=PN/7970908 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sekai Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Sekai Electronics, La Mirada, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,975) developed by five co-inventors for a "secure module recorder system and method." The co-inventors are Toshimitsu Yamaguchi, Irvine, Calif., Lawrence J. Klementowski, Placentia, Calif., Timothy A. Dye, New Milfort, Conn., Mattias E. Nilsson, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Masakazu Sekine, La Habra Heights, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a secure module recorder system and method for securing recording and storing of information is provided. The system may include at least one secure module and a docking station having at least one receptacle for holding one of the secure modules. The secure module may include a tamper-resistant case, an input port for receiving an analog signal, a recording circuit for converting the analog signal into digitally formatted data, a memory device for storing the digitally formatted data, a playback circuit for reading the digitally formatted data from the memory device and converting the digitally formatted data into an analog playback signal, and an output port for transmitting the analog playback signal. The docking station may further include a first interface for receiving the analog signal from an external device and a second interface disposed within the receptacle for interfacing with the input port of the secure module." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2007 (11/828,306). 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=79,70,975.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,975&RS=PN/79,70,975 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nevada, California Inventors Develop Patent for Method and System for Redirecting a Request to a Server-selected Domain ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Brian Shuster, Stateline, Nev., Johnson Leong, Stateline, Calif., Matthew Price, Santa Clara, Calif., Brian Lam, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Desmond Ford Johnson, Monte Sereno, Calif., have developed a patent (7,970,937) for a "method and system for redirecting a request to a server-selected domain." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a domain management system, apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names. Embodiments of the domain management system comprise a name assignment system and a hosting system, wherein the hosting system comprises a domain retrieval system and a data storage apparatus. The name assignment system verifies availability and assigns domain names to requesting clients. The name assignment system comprises an input component, a confirmation mechanism and a name storage means. Preferred embodiments of the domain retrieval system comprise a scheduler, a parsing member having a plurality of redirectors and a plurality of servers. The domain retrieval system locates the domain referenced by the domain name by parsing header information and utilizing a wildcard DNS. Once the domain is located, the domain retrieval system forwards the domain to the user computer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2005 (11/285,371). 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=79,70,937.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,937&RS=PN/79,70,937 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,946) developed by Gueorgui N. Djabarov, Tucson, Ariz., Yevgeniy Gutnik, Cupertino, Calif., and Omer Shakil, Mountain View, Calif., for "recording and serializing events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Event information with respect to events that occur at a client is recorded. A current client real time clock (RTC) timestamp at the occurrence of each event is also recorded. Each event is assigned a unique sequence identification. Event data including the event information and the associated RTC timestamp and sequence identification information are transmitted to a server. The server reconstructs at least one of: a chronological order of the events on the client and the time when each event occurred at the client." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/324,049). 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=79,70,946.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,946&RS=PN/79,70,946 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,939) developed by Sourabh Satish, Fremont, Calif., and Basil Gabriel, Downey, Calif., for "methods and systems for addressing DNS rebinding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method comprising detecting a resolution of an internet address to a first computing-device address, the internet address being associated with a first domain. The method may also comprise storing a domain-name record, the domain-name record associating the internet address with the first computing-device address. The method may comprise using the domain-name record to bind the first domain to the first computing-device address and preventing, until a request to leave the first domain is detected, the first domain from being rebound to a second computing-device address. Systems and computer-readable media for addressing DNS rebinding are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,954). 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=79,70,939.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,939&RS=PN/79,70,939 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,971) developed by Travis N. Ferguson, San Jose, Calif., for "tapping systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may include a link configured to transmit signals. The signals may provide at least one network topology, such as a bus. A tapping structure may be connected to the device using, for example, at least one of a snap fit, a friction fit or an interference fit. The tapping structure may be configured to tap in-band signals, out-of-band signals, or both in-band signals and out-of-band signals." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2007 (11/668,795). 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=79,70,971.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,971&RS=PN/79,70,971 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,974) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for adding or removing a logical unit of a USB mass storage device." The co-inventors are Wei Chen, Shanghai, China, Xian Dong Meng, Shanghai, China, Long Wen Lan, Shanghai, China, and Jian Xu, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for adding or removing a logical unit of a mass storage device connected to a host computer through a universal serial bus (USB) interface are provided. The method may comprise: dynamically managing a logical unit table associated with the logical unit; generating a corresponding hot plug and play (PnP) event in the mass storage device; and informing the host computer of the hot PnP event. The mass storage device may comprise: a logical unit managing apparatus; a hot PnP event generating apparatus; and an informing apparatus for informing a host computer of the hot PnP event through a USB." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2008 (12/270,335). 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=79,70,974.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,974&RS=PN/79,70,974 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,961) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for distributed direct memory access for systems on chip." The co-inventors are Kumar Ganapathy, Mountain View, Calif., Ruban Kanapathippillai, Dublin, Calif., Saurin Shah, Sunnyvale, Calif., George Moussa, Sunnyvale, Calif., Earle F. Philhower III, Union City, Calif., and Ruchir Shah, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed direct memory access (DMA) method, apparatus, and system is provided within a system on chip (SOC). DMA controller units are distributed to various functional modules desiring direct memory access. The functional modules interface to a systems bus over which the direct memory access occurs. A global buffer memory, to which the direct memory access is desired, is coupled to the system bus. Bus arbitrators are utilized to arbitrate which functional modules have access to the system bus to perform the direct memory access. Once a functional module is selected by the bus arbitrator to have access to the system bus, it can establish a DMA routine with the global buffer memory." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2008 (12/268,604). 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=79,70,961.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,961&RS=PN/79,70,961 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,948) developed by nine co-inventors for a "packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains." The co-inventors are Kenneth A. Moberg, Boulder Creek, Calif., Claude A. Cartee, Los Altos, Calif., Gregory D. Stovall, San Mateo, Calif., David R. Hampton, Mill Valley, Calif., Kirk Stewart Lougheed, Atherton, Calif., Pedro Marques, San Jose, Calif., Timothy D. Kolar, Campbell, Calif., Andrew J. Valencia, Vashon, Wash., and William B. May Jr., Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a network router includes plural interfaces and a chain walker which, upon receipt of a first protocol packet in a first interface, processes the packet by walking the packet through a decapsulation chain associated with the interface and the first protocol and an encapsulation chain associated with an identified second interface and identified second protocol. The walker passes the packet to elements of the decapsulation chain to produce a decapsulated packet. The walker passes the decapsulated packet to elements of an encapsulation chain to produce an encapsulated packet. Each chain includes at least one packet-processing element. An element receives the packet from the walker as processed by a previous element, the packet being further processed as appropriate. The walker, upon receipt of the first protocol packet, passes the packet to elements of a demultiplexer chain associated with the first interface to produce a demultiplexed packet." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2005 (11/115,758). 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=79,70,948.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,948&RS=PN/79,70,948 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Method and System for Media-based Data Transfer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,951) developed by Sunay Tripathi, San Jose, Calif., and Nicolas G. Droux, Rio Rancho, N.M., for a "method and system for media-based data transfer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for media-based data transfer involves obtaining data, by a first virtual network interface card (VNIC) selected from multiple VNICs, where the multiple VNICs are associated with multiple virtual machines, where each of the multiple virtual machines is located in one of multiple computers communicatively coupled with each other via a chassis interconnect, and where the multiple computers share a physical network interface. The method further involves determining a media type connecting the first VNIC with a second VNIC selected from the multiple VNICs, where the first VNIC and the second VNIC are nodes of a virtual network path, where the first VNIC is located in a first computer selected from the multiple computers, and where the second VNIC is located in a second computer selected from the multiple computers. The method further involves choosing a transfer protocol based on the media type, and transferring the data from the first VNIC to the second VNIC using the transfer protocol." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,105). 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=79,70,951.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,951&RS=PN/79,70,951 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VMware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- VMware, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,938) developed by Walter Andrew Lambeth, San Meteo, Calif., and Jyothir Ramanan, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "IP subnet discovery with ranked results." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method of determining a probable IP subnet of a network. The method includes maintaining a table of possible networks. The entries of the table include respective network addresses, respective subnet masks, and respective scores. The method also includes observing a packet, determining an IP address of the packet, and comparing the IP address of the packet with the respective network addresses of the entries of the table of possible networks. If the IP address of the packet falls under the respective network address of a particular entry, the respective score of the particular entry is adjusted. Otherwise, a new entry is created in the table of possible networks corresponding to the IP address of the packet. The method also includes ranking the entries of the table of possible networks based on their respective scores." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2006 (11/505,600). 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=79,70,938.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,938&RS=PN/79,70,938 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Assigning or Creating Resource ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,907) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for assigning or creating a resource." The co-inventors are David W. Groves, San Jose, Calif., Michael L. Lamb, San Jose, Calif., Raymond M. Swank, San Jose, Calif., and Kevin J. Webster, Tigard, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example of a method for assigning a resource (for example, storage) includes receiving a request for a resource, wherein the request includes a list of paths. This example also includes retrieving a HardwareAccount, Controller, and an AccessAuthorization object for a first path in the list of paths. This example further includes making an attach device request to a CIMOM for a first available resource, using the Controller and the AccessAuthorization object. This example also includes determining if the first available resource was successfully attached, and if so, recording the assignment as successful, and if not, rolling back all assignments for the first available resource that were previously recorded as successful. Another aspect of the invention is a method for creating at least one LUN." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2009 (12/357,343). 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=7970907.PN.&OS=PN/7970907&RS=PN/7970907 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,962) developed by Ngok Ying Chu, San Jose, Calif., and John M. Chiang, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus utilizing a tail bus to solve back-to-back data burst problems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network device includes a port and a bus transmission calculation module. The port is connected to the network device to receive a data burst. The bus transmission calculation module connects to the port for calculating a first number of bytes to be transmitted from a first bus and a second number of bytes to be transmitted from a second bus. The first and second bus connect to the network device and transfer data from the network device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2002 (10/269,989). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,70,962.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,962&RS=PN/79,70,962 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Peripheral Interface Alert Message for Downstream Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (7,970,958) developed by Ajai K. Singh, Folsom, Calif., and David Puffer, Tempe, Ariz., for a "peripheral interface alert message for downstream device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to some embodiments, a message generated by a downstream device is received at upstream device. The message may, for example, be received via a peripheral interface and may not require a response. It may then be determined that an error is associated with the message, and an alert message may be sent from the upstream device to the downstream device via the peripheral interface." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2005 (11/156,838). 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=79,70,958.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,958&RS=PN/79,70,958 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,970) developed by five co-inventors for a "non-blocking address switch with shallow per agent queues." The co-inventors are Sridhar P. Subramanian, Cupertino, Calif., James B. Keller, Redwood City, Calif., Ruchi Wadhawan, Sunnyvale, Calif., George Kong Yiu, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ramesh Gunna, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a switch is configured to be coupled to an interconnect. The switch comprises a plurality of storage locations and an arbiter control circuit coupled to the plurality of storage locations. The plurality of storage locations are configured to store a plurality of requests transmitted by a plurality of agents. The arbiter control circuit is configured to arbitrate among the plurality of requests stored in the plurality of storage locations. A selected request is the winner of the arbitration, and the switch is configured to transmit the selected request from one of the plurality of storage locations onto the interconnect. In another embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of agents, an interconnect, and the switch coupled to the plurality of agents and the interconnect. In another embodiment, a method is contemplated." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/787,865). 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=79,70,970.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,970&RS=PN/79,70,970 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. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Dropdown Widget ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Hyoungsoo Yoon, Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a patent (7,971,155) for a dropdown widget. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system and method of presenting data on a graphical user interface. A dropdown widget with multiple lists is provided. According to an embodiment, items are grouped into multiple lists, and the lists are presented in an alternating or cyclic fashion in response to a user input. In a certain embodiment, a particular list may be selected for display by choosing the corresponding button on a widget. In some cases, multiple lists may be displayed at the same time. The present invention enables the user to select one or more items from mutually exclusive or hierarchically organized lists." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2007 (11/875,907). 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=79,71,155&OS=79,71,155&RS=79,71,155 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Billeo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Billeo, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,147) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for automatically creating a site menu." The co-inventors are Murali Subbarao, Saratoga, Calif., Allwyn Lobo, Campbell, Calif., Shankar Chittoor, Fremont, Calif., and Rajesh Lalwani, Saratoga, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for organizing and presenting web page information to a user. A browser plug-in extracts a domain name for the web page. Subsequently, a web page category is determined based on the menu table stored in the central repository. The browser plug-in captures the web links included in the web page based on the category of the web page. The captured web links are presented to a user on the browser plug-in." The patent application was filed on July 21, 2006 (11/491,419). 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=79,71,147&OS=79,71,147&RS=79,71,147 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bluebeam Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Bluebeam Software, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,149) developed by Brian Hartmann, Simi Valley, Calif., for a "method for comparing an original document and a modified document using user-selected reference point sets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for emphasizing differences between original and modified documents. The method includes displaying the original document with the original document defining an original document boundary and a first bitmap. The method includes displaying the modified document with the modified document defining a modified document boundary and a second bitmap. The method includes receiving a user-selected first reference point set including a plurality of reference points correlated to coordinates within the original document boundary. The method includes receiving a user-selected second reference point set including a plurality of reference points correlated to coordinates within the modified document boundary. The method includes transforming the first bitmap to a common reference using the first reference point set. The method includes transforming the second bitmap to the common reference using the second reference point set. The method includes comparing the bitmaps. The method includes displaying indicia related to the comparison of the bitmaps." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/033,162). 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=79,71,149&OS=79,71,149&RS=79,71,149 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,971,131) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for iterative denoising and error correction decoding." The co-inventors are Erik Ordentilch, San Jose, Calif., Gadlel Seroussi, Cupertino, Calif., Krishnamurthy Vlswanathan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Sergio Verdu, Princeton, N.J., Itschak Weissman, Menlo Park, Calif., and Marcelo Weinberger, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for iterative denoising and error correction decoding are presented. In an embodiment, a system iteratively processes a noisy signal formed by a noise-introducing channel in response to an error correction coded input signal. A denoiser generates reliability information for symbols in the input signal. The reliability information is generated by forming a product of received reliability information and an estimate of the distribution of metasymbols in the input signal, each metasymbol includes context symbols and a corresponding input symbol, and summing over values for the context symbols corresponding to the particular input symbol. An error correction decoder performs error correction decoding using the generated reliability information. In another embodiment, the reliability information is generated by forming a hard-decision decoded signal from received reliability information, determining metasymbol counts from the hard-decision decoded signal and solving an equation whose coefficients are obtained from the received reliability information and the metasymbol counts." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2005 (11/166,895). 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=79,71,131&OS=79,71,131&RS=79,71,131 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intuit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Intuit, Mountian View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,141) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for populating a form based on an existing format." The co-inventors are Chris Quinn, San Diego, Anthony Creed, San Diego, Justin C. Marr, San Diego, and Kenichi Mori, Carlsbad, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of populating at least one form involving selecting a current completion option based on a previous completion option, obtaining a first completion process based on the current completion option, and populating the at least one form using the first completion process, wherein a format of the first completion process is determined by the selected current completion option." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/591,424). 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=79,71,141&OS=79,71,141&RS=79,71,141 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Synchronized Transmission of Audio and Video Data From a Computer to a Client Via an Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,926) developed by six co-inventors for a "synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface." The co-inventors are Giovanni M. Agnoli, San Mateo, Calif., Andrew Yanowitz, Ben Lomond, Calif., John O. Abt, Grass Valley, Calif., Samuel R. Bowman, Colfax, Calif., James A. Delwiche, Grass Valley, Calif., and Jeffrey C. Dillon, Auburn, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for controlling data transmission between a computer and a video client via an interface, the method comprising: the computer polling the interface a first time to determine the size of the buffer on the interface; receiving a first buffer size value from the interface; sending a plurality of frames of video and audio data to the buffer on the interface such that a delay period exists between the sending of each frame; the computer polling the interface a second time to determine buffer size after the frames are sent to the interface; receiving a second buffer size value from the interface; and modifying the amount of time between the transmission of frames." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/079,832). 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=79,70,926.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,926&RS=PN/79,70,926 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- SAP, Walldorf, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,971,145) developed by Kenneth Wang, New Farm, Australia, Murray L. Spork, San Francisco, and Marlon G. Dumas, New Farm, Australia, for "systems and methods for adapting service interface behaviors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of adapting software component interfaces by providing a user interface for specifying a provided interface, a required interface and interface operators. In another embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of adapting interfaces comprising receiving an adapter specification, receiving a plurality of communication actions from a first software component, transforming one or more of the communication actions in accordance with predefined interface operations; and sending transformed communication actions to a second software component." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2006 (11/438,502). 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=79,71,145&OS=79,71,145&RS=79,71,145 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,135) developed by Roberto Perelman, Sunnyvale, Calif., Yuan Sheng Fu, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Heather Winkle, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "method and system for automatic data aggregation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, for automatic data aggregation, may include a communications module to access an electronic form, a detector to detect a workflow indication associated with the electronic form. The system further comprises an aggregator. The aggregator may be configured to associate electronic form data with an aggregate package in response to the detected workflow indication. The electronic form data may be presented in the aggregate package as a separate record." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2006 (11/495,832). 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=79,71,135&OS=79,71,135&RS=79,71,135 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QLOGIC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- QLOGIC, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,927) developed by Fengyan Shao, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Shashank J. Pandhare, Pune, India, and Ying Ping Lok, Ladera Ranch, Calif., for a concurrent transmit processing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for concurrent processing transmit requests uses transmit queue including a circular buffer and a queue state including a producer index, a consumer index, and a producer list. Producer processes write to the circular buffer concurrently. The producer list signals which portion of the circular buffer are allocated to each of the producer processes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,270). 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=79,70,927.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,927&RS=PN/79,70,927 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,148) developed by Yannis G. Papakonstantinou, La Jolla, Calif., Kian Win Ong, La Jolla, Calif., and Ioannis Katsis, La Jolla, Calif., for a "web-page-based system for designing database driven web applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a web-page-based system for designing database driven web applications, a page is initiated containing one or more top level iterators. A user introduces fields to the page from a palette including: input, display, hyperlink, iterator. In one case, the user creates iterators nested in a user-selected iterator, and retaining context of the selected iterator, where the system accommodates iterators that are recursive. In an alternative embodiment, the user adds both display and entry fields pertaining to a given user-selected iterator, retaining context of the selected iterator. Responsive to user introduced fields, the system automatically creates representative data structures in a database and automatically relates fields of the pages to the data structures in accordance with a predetermined logic." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2007 (11/742,907). 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=79,71,148&OS=79,71,148&RS=79,71,148 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. *** Google Assigned Patent for Detecting Events of Interest ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,934) developed by Amit J. Patel, Saratoga, Calif., for "detecting events of interest." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting events of interest. In one aspect, a method includes generating a network traffic model that includes forecasted time series data representative of a frequency of actions related to a network traffic entity, and identifying that an event of interest has occurred based on a comparison of actual time series data related to the network traffic entity with the forecasted time series data." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2006 (11/497,798). 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=79,70,934.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,934&RS=PN/79,70,934 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,971,125) developed by Nils Graef, Santa Clara, Calif., and Erich F. Haratsch, Bethlehem, Pa., for "systems and methods for prioritizing error correction data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various systems and methods for generating and/or ordering error indications are disclosed herein. In some cases, the error indication is used as an erasure pointer in a memory access system. As one particular example, a system for ordering erasure pointers is disclosed that includes a group of N sort cells, where N is a whole number. Each of the sort cells is operable to maintain a respective error indication that includes an error value and an associated error pointer. Further, the group of N sort cells is operable to receive an incoming error indication including error value and associated error pointer, and to update the error indication of one or more of the group of N sort cells based in part on the incoming error value. The system also includes a selector circuit that is operable to allow selectable access to each of the respective error pointers maintained in the group of N sort cells." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/620,988). 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=79,71,125&OS=79,71,125&RS=79,71,125 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,971,127) developed by Henry Chin, Palo Alto, Calif., and Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "guided simulated annealing in non-volatile memory error correction control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Data in non-volatile storage is decoded using iterative probabilistic decoding. An error correcting code such as a low density parity check code may be used. In one approach, initial reliability metrics, such as logarithmic likelihood ratios, are used in decoding sensed states of a set of non-volatile storage elements. The decoding attempts to converge by adjusting the reliability metrics for bits in code words which represent the sensed state. Simulated annealing using an adjustable temperature parameter based on a level of error in the data can be performed. The simulated annealing can introduce randomness, as noise for example, into the decoding process. Moreover, knowledge of the device characteristics can be used to guide the simulated annealing process rather than introducing absolute randomness. The introduction of a degree of randomness adds flexibility that permits possible faster convergence times and convergence in situations where data may otherwise be uncorrectable." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2007 (11/694,951). 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=79,71,127&OS=79,71,127&RS=79,71,127 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,094) developed by Paul M. Benn, Danville, Calif., and Balamurali Palaiah, San Jose, Calif., for a "method, system and apparatus for creating and executing a failover plan on a computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A failover module generates a user interface to enable an administrative user to define a failover plan for a primary site. The failover plan includes user-specified information for use by multiple operations of a failover process for failing over a server system from the primary site to a failover site. The failover plan can be stored as a data object on a computer system at the failover site. In the event of a serious failure at the primary site, the failover process can be invoked and carried out on the failover site with little or no human intervention, based on the failover plan, to cause the server system to be failed over to the failover site, thereby substantially reducing downtime of the server system and its data." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/397,259). 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=79,71,094&OS=79,71,094&RS=79,71,094 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,115) developed by Madan M. Patra, Santa Clara, Calif., and Paul T. Sasaki, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for detecting and correcting errors in a parallel to serial circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit has first portion that receives data at a first rate; a second portion that outputs data at a second rate synchronized to and different from the first rate; a third portion that transfers data from the first portion to the second portion; and a fourth portion that generates an error detected signal in response to a disruption in the synchronism between the first and second rates. A different aspect involves a method that includes: receiving data at a first rate in a first portion; transferring data from the first portion to a second portion; outputting data at a second rate from the second portion, the second rate being synchronized to and different from the first rate; and generating an error detected signal in response to detection of a disruption in the synchronism between the first and second rates." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2009 (12/474,248). 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=79,71,115&OS=79,71,115&RS=79,71,115 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,108) developed by Robert W. Zopf, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., and Siukai Mak, Poway, Calif., for a "modem-assisted bit error concealment for audio communications systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for managing bit errors present in a series of encoded bits representative of a portion of an audio signal, wherein the series of encoded bits is received over a communication link in an audio communications system. At least one characteristic of a portion of a received modulated carrier signal that is demodulated to produce the series of encoded bits is determined. A number of bit errors present in the series of encoded bits is then determined based on the at least one characteristic. Based on the estimated number of bit errors, one of a plurality of methods for producing a series of digital audio samples representative of the portion of the audio signal is selectively performed. The series of digital audio samples produced by the selected method is then converted into a form suitable for playback to a user." The patent application was filed on July 21, 2009 (12/506,727). 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=79,71,108&OS=79,71,108&RS=79,71,108 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,971,130) developed by Aditya Ramamoorthy, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "multi-level signal memory with LDPC and interleaving." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide multi-level signal memory with LDPC and interleaving. Thus, various embodiments of the present invention provide a memory apparatus that includes a memory block comprising a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell adapted to operate with multi-level signals. Such a memory apparatus also includes a low density parity check (LDPC) coder to LDPC code data values to be written into the memory cells and an interleaver adapted to apply bit interleaved code modulation (BICM) to the LDPC coded data values to generate BICM coded data values. Other embodiments may be described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/627,250). 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=79,71,130&OS=79,71,130&RS=79,71,130 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Covering a Multilayer Process Space during At-speed Testing. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,120) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for covering a multilayer process space during at-speed testing." The co-inventors are Yiyu Shi, Los Angeles, Chandramouli Visweswariah, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Jinjun Xiong, White Plains, N.Y., and Vladimir Zolotov, Putnam Valley, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus covering a multilayer process space during at-speed testing. One embodiment of a method for selecting a set of paths with which to test a process space includes determining a number N of paths to be included in the set of paths such that at least number M of paths in N for which testing of the process space will fail, computing a metric that substantially ensures that the set of paths satisfies the requirements of N and M, and outputting the metric for use in selecting the set of paths." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,072). 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=79,71,120&OS=79,71,120&RS=79,71,120 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,971,111) developed by Jitendra Kumar Swarnkar, San Jose, Calif., Vincent Wong, Fremont, Calif., and Jie Du, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "automated scan testing of DDR SDRAM." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller for scan testing a memory. The controller includes a control state machine for controlling the scan process, a test sequence stored in a random access memory used by the control state machine for controlling an actual memory test, a pattern generation data unit responsive to the control state machine for generating a test pattern that is written to and read from a memory under test, a configuration register read by the control state machine for configuring the controller and a fault location register written to by the control state machine for storing locations of defects in the memory. The controller is used to auto scan a memory in real time, interleaved with other processes accessing the memory. The controller has several modes of operation including operating in a periodic burst mode to conserve power and in a background mode so as not to interfere with other processes accessing the scanned memory." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/876,654). 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