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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (June 30)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Using Temperature Data for Instruction Thread Direction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,971,035) developed by Deepak K. Singh, Apex, N.C., and Francois Ibrahim Atallah, Raleigh, N.C., for a "using temperature data for instruction thread direction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system having a memory for storing instructions and several central processing units for executing instructions, each central processing unit includes an adaptive power supply which provides, among other data, temperature information. Circuitry is provided that receives the temperature information from the many central processing units, selects a central processing unit which has the lowest temperature and which is available to execute instructions and dispatches instructions to the selected central processing from the memory." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2007 (11/671,640). 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=7,971,035.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,035&RS=PN/7,971,035 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Draka Comteq Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Draka Comteq, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,970,247) developed by Jeffrey Scott Barker, Statesville, N.C., for "buffer tubes for mid-span storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a buffer tube that possesses a higher buffer-tube filling coefficient. Optical fibers enclosed within the buffer tube demonstrate improved attenuation performance when subjected to temperature variations between about -40.degree. C. and 70.degree. C. The buffer tube is suitable for deployments requiring mid-span access." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2009 (12/558,390). 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=7,970,247.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,247&RS=PN/7,970,247 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ATC Technologies Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods of Waveform and/or Information Splitting for Wireless Transmission of Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- ATC Technologies, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,970,345) developed by J. Terence Cummiskey, Reston, Va., and Peter D. Karabinis, Cary, N.C., for "systems and methods of waveform and/or information splitting for wireless transmission of information to one or more radioterminals over a plurality of transmission paths and/or system elements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of transmitting an information signal in a satellite communications system include splitting the information signal into a first signal component and a second signal component, transmitting the first signal component to a first system element of the satellite communications system, transmitting the second signal component to a second system element of the satellite communications system, combining the first signal component and the second signal component to form a combined signal, and recovering the information signal from the combined signal. Related systems and components are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2006 (11/472,079). 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=79,70,345&OS=79,70,345&RS=79,70,345 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ATC Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- ATC Technologies, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,970,346) developed by Peter D. Karabinis, Cary, N.C., for "methods of reducing interference including calculation of weights based on errors and related systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of reducing interference in a satellite communications system may include receiving a plurality of feeder link signals and time aligning the plurality of feeder link signals to provide time aligned feeder link signals. At least two of the time aligned feeder link signals may be combined to provide reduced interference of at least one of the feeder link signals. Related systems are also discussed." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2009 (12/400,160). 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=79,70,346&OS=79,70,346&RS=79,70,346 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Lund, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (7,970,444) developed by Curtis W. Thornton, Raleigh, N.C., Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, N.C., and Ronald A. Louks, Durham, N.C., for a pivoting mobile terminal. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile terminal has a first body, a second body and a connector. The connector includes a ring assembly that is fixed to the second body and rotatably and slidably connected to the first body. The first body is capable of slidably moving along the ring assembly along a longitudinal axis relative to the second body. Additionally, the first body is capable of slidably moving along the ring assembly along the lateral axis relative to the second body, and the first body is further capable of rotatably moving about the ring assembly relative to the second body while maintaining electrical communication with the second body." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/679,966). 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=7,970,444.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,444&RS=PN/7,970,444 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,970,118) developed by James E. O'Dell III, Waxhaw, N.C., for a "user-defined priority call router." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A priority routing process is provided for routing calls received via a call routing system to a live call center agent. Routing is determined through collection of Automated Call Distribution ("ACD") real-time performance based data and subjective non-ACD data, normalization and weighting of the ACD and non-ACD data through application of certain algorithms resulting in a derived priority score for each call center, and selection of a call center based upon the highest priority score." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2006 (11/359,719). 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=7970118.PN.&OS=PN/7970118&RS=PN/7970118 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (7,970,105) developed by seven co-inventors for a "subscriber line maintenance apparatus and methods." The co-inventors are Arkin Aydin, Nepean, Canada, Mary Ann Condie, Kanata, Canada, Donald J. Procopio, Raleigh, N.C., Franciscus M. Ploumen, Windsor, Canada, Andrew Gordon Tomilson, Nepean, Canada, Charles Michael Storry, Kemptville, Canada, and Stephen Haldane Wellington, Ottawa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Subscriber line maintenance apparatus and methods are disclosed. A maintenance operation is performed on a subscriber line in a communication system by an embedded test unit. The test unit limits an effect of the maintenance operation on communication signals that are transferred on the subscriber line during the maintenance operation. In one embodiment, the communication signals are high-frequency signals, and the limiting is achieved by performing the maintenance operation through a low-pass filter, such as the low pass filter of a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) splitter. The test unit may be implemented as a daughter card carried by another electronic circuit card in a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), for example, so that the test unit does not occupy its own card slot in an equipment shelf. One, or more than one, test unit may be provided to serve multiple equipment shelves in a distributed communication equipment architecture." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2006 (11/403,322). 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=7970105.PN.&OS=PN/7970105&RS=PN/7970105 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Computer Program Product for Selecting Among Multiple Provisioning Mechanisms in a Self-managing Computer System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y, has been assigned a patent (7,970,904) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and computer program product for selecting among multiple provisioning mechanisms in a self-managing computer system." The co-inventors are Michael M. Behrendt, Boeblingen, Germany, Tamar Eilam, New York, Michael H. Kalantar, Chapel Hill, N.C., Alexander V. Konstantinou, New York, and John A. Pershing Jr., Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method and a computer program product provide a provisioning system for automated provisioning of a computing infrastructure by providing relationship factories with resources of the computing infrastructure. The relationship factories include information necessary for establishing relationships within the computing infrastructure. The provisioning system ranks relationship factories according to suitability to provide for appropriate provisioning of new resources added to the computing infrastructure." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/118,787). 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=7,970,904&OS=7,970,904&RS=7,970,904 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Red Hat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,970,857) developed by James Paul Schneider, Raleigh, N.C., for a "method and an apparatus to record web transactions using a proxy server." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to record web transactions in a proxy server have been presented. In one embodiment, responses and requests are routed between a web server and a client via a proxy server communicatively coupled between the web server and the client during a web transaction. The proxy server further records transaction information of the web transaction." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2007 (11/804,702). 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=7,970,857&OS=7,970,857&RS=7,970,857 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Data Retrieval Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,865) developed by six co-inventors for a "data retrieval method and system." The co-inventors are Donna DeCesare, Charlotte, N.C., Daniel Joseph Gatins, Atlanta, Richard Hennessy, Austin, Julian I. Kamil, Gaithersburg, Md., Gerald McLoughlin, Southbury, Conn., and William Philip Shaouy, Atlanta. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data retrieval method and system. The method includes transmitting, by a computing device to data source organizations in response to a request for data, a request for populating online forms. The computing device receives input data associated with the online forms. The computing device transmits notification data requesting analysis of the input data and an input form for uploading results of the analysis. The computing device receives analysis data files. The computing device transmits the analysis data files and data transformation requirements to an IT service organization. The computing device receives clarification inquiries data. The computing device transmits the clarification inquiries data to the data source organizations. The computing device receives response data from the data source organizations. The computing device receives modified analysis data files from the IT service organization. The computing device transmits notification data indicating results of the modified analysis data files to an entity." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,853). 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=7,970,865&OS=7,970,865&RS=7,970,865 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,970,854) developed by Hugh Blake Svendsen, Cary, N.C., and Robert P. Morris, Raleigh, N.C., for a "method and system for requesting image prints in an online photosharing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for requesting prints of digital images displayed online is disclosed. The present invention provides a network-based photosharing system that includes a plurality of peer nodes that contain images and that are capable of communicating with other peer nodes. The method and system include allowing a user of a first one of the peer nodes to invite at least one visitor to view images hosted on the first peer node, and allowing the visitor to browse the images on the first peer node and to select one or more images to print by filling-out a print request form that identifies only the visitor and the selected images. The method and system further include notifying the user of the submission of the print request form, wherein once notified, the user accesses the print request form, prints the selected images, and delivers the prints to the visitor." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2003 (10/346,298). 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=7,970,854&OS=7,970,854&RS=7,970,854 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method to Continue Instant Messaging Exchange When Exiting a Virtual World ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,840) developed by Ulysses Lamont Cannon, Durham, N.C., Angela Richards Jones, Durham, N.C., and Ruthie D. Lyle-Cannon, Durham, N.C., for a "method to continue instant messaging exchange when exiting a virtual world." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for associating a virtual instant messaging client, of an avatar, with a standard instant messaging account. When a communication transcript is completed in a virtual instant messaging session, the communication transcript is stored. Wherein the stored communication transcript is an archived virtual world (VW) communication transcript. The archived VW communication transcript is associated with one or more instant messaging clients. A request is received to continue communication, with one or more avatars, when a virtual instant messaging session is completed. When the request is received a graphical user interface (GUI) is automatically displayed. One or more of the following selections are enabled: communicate via the instant messaging session or do not communicate via the instant messaging session. When the selection to communicate, with the one or more avatars, via the instant messaging session is received, the system dynamically initiates an instant messaging session. The GUI is automatically closed when a do not communicate via the instant messaging session selection is received. Access to the archived VW communication transcript is enabled during one or more instant messaging sessions. The content of the archived VW communication transcript is automatically displayed when the archived VW communication transcript is accessed during the instant messaging session." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/166,637). 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=7,970,840&OS=7,970,840&RS=7,970,840 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Computer Program Product for Recovery of a Failed Flash of a Blade Service Processor in a Server Chassis ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,880) developed by five co-inventors for a "computer program product for recovery of a failed flash of a blade service processor in a server chassis." The co-inventors are Gerhard Nikolaus Buckler, Apex, N.C., Jeffery Michael Franke, Apex, N.C., Donald Eugene Johnson, Apex, N.C., Carl A. Morrell, Cary, N.C., and David Robert Woodham, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer program product is presented for recovering a server blade, in a multiple server blade computer, that is lost during a flash update operation on a service processor in the server blade. Because of the flash update failure, the lost server blade is unaware of its location on a management pathway, which in an exemplary form may be a midplane or a bus, which connects the server blade and a management module in a server blade chassis. The lost server blade puts a signal on the management pathway indicating that the flash failed. The signal is put on a special channel reserved for such messages. The management module receives the signal, and then determines which of the multiple server blades are lost due to the flash update failure." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,824). 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=7,970,880&OS=7,970,880&RS=7,970,880 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Program Product for Tracking a File Attachment in an E-mail ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,834) developed by Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, N.C., Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., and Demethria J. Ramseur, Smyrna, Ga., for a "method and program product for tracking a file attachment in an e-mail." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and program product for tracking a file attachment in an e-mail is provided. The method includes attaching one or more file attachments to an e-mail, selecting one or more return receipt properties for the file attachments attached to the e-mail, sending the e-mail to one or more intended recipients and writing to an e-mail data log file a set of details pertaining to the file attachments attached to the e-mail sent, such that a sender is able to track in the e-mail data log file any file attachments attached to the e-mail sent. Preferably, the method includes notifying the sender when either a delivery failure or a delivery discrepancy occurs for any file attachment attached to the e-mail sent to any intended recipients. More preferably, the method includes managing the set of details pertaining to the file attachments in the e-mail data log file." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2005 (11/267,401). 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=7,970,834&OS=7,970,834&RS=7,970,834 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Instant Messaging Based Virtual File System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,850) developed by five co-inventors for an "instant messaging based virtual file system." The co-inventors are Sean Callanan, Dublin, Ireland, Carol S. Zimmet, Boxboro, Mass., Fred Raguillat, Dunboyne, Ireland, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, and Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An instant messaging system generates an instant messaging application user interface display object enabling the user to select one or more buddies, or a predefined group from their buddy list, and then to select a file to share with the selected buddies or group. The instant messaging system then controls sharing of the file within the selected buddies or group, by allowing only one of the sharing users to check out and modify the shared document at a given time. The instant messaging system user interface displayed to each user also displays the list of files that are shared with that user. The instant messaging system user interface further provides a current status for each shared file, including an indication of one of the sharing users that currently has the shared file checked out." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/648,586). 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=7,970,850&OS=7,970,850&RS=7,970,850 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Intelligent Subscription Builder ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,889) developed by Valerie M. Bennett, Macon, N.C., George L. Fridrich, Cary, N.C., and Mohit Jain, Durham, N.C., for an intelligent subscription builder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed for enabling end users to subscribe to information content, without requiring the end user to initiate the subscription process. User patterns are observed, and content subscriptions are offered to users based on these observations. Preferably, the user is allowed to customize the offered subscription, including conditions to be evaluated before content is considered as being of interest to this user, and/or one or more actions to be taken when the conditions are met." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2003 (10/733,625). 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=7,970,889&OS=7,970,889&RS=7,970,889 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method to Invite Users to a Virtual World Using Instant Messaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,837) developed by four co-inventors for a "method to invite users to a virtual world using instant messaging." The co-inventors are Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., Ulysses Lamont Cannon, Durham, N.C., Angela Richards Jones, Durham, N.C., and Susan Stanford McVey, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for initiating a session in a virtual world. An instant messaging system (IMS) comprises a registry of IMS user identifiers cross-referenced to their corresponding virtual world user identifiers. A first IMS user implements a virtual world invitation module as a result of an IMS session to invite a second IMS user to participate in a virtual world session. The first IMS user selects the IMS user identifier of the second IMS user, followed by selection of a target virtual world and a virtual world identifier. Once completed, the invitation is sent the IMS user identifier of the second IMS user, who receives the invitation and signifies their acceptance or declination. If accepted, the cross-referenced virtual world user identifiers of the first and second IMS users are used to log them into the agreed-upon virtual world venue and initiate a virtual world session." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/119,031). 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=7,970,837&OS=7,970,837&RS=7,970,837 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,801) developed by Bruce A. Defrang, Batavia, Ill., Patrick R. Lee, Bolingbrook, Ill., and Gregory L. Bodine, Cary, N.C., for a "data packaging system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for communicating data includes selecting a portion of data for communication to a remote computer with the data portion in device-dependent format and comprising at least an integer, a real number, or a binary value. A portable buffer is generated based on the selected data portion, the portable buffer comprising at least one device-independent data representation. The portable buffer is communicated to the remote computer for processing the data portion in a second device-dependent format." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2005 (11/040,146). 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=7,970,801&OS=7,970,801&RS=7,970,801 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,970,675) developed by four co-inventors for a "security receipts management system." The co-inventors are Stephen G. Bodurtha, Stamford, Conn., Satyanarayan Chada, New York, Mitchell M. Cox, Towaco, N.J., and Thomas W. Lee, Levittown, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system for managing, creating, and support of a novel investment instrument, known as a Security Receipt. This receipt provides translation of ownership of plural underlying securities to the holder of the receipt in a seamless and efficient way. The system permits enhanced security creation, and orderly support to facilitate liquidity and market trading of the Security Receipt." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/712,859). 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=7970675.PN.&OS=PN/7970675&RS=PN/7970675 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent for Electronic Toll Management and Vehicle Identification ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,970,644) developed by Jay E. Hedley, Arlington, Va., and Neal Patrick Thornburg, Charlotte, N.C., for an "electronic toll management and vehicle identification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Identifying a vehicle in a toll system includes accessing image data for a first vehicle and obtaining license plate data from the accessed image data for the first vehicle. A set of records is accessed. Each record includes license plate data for a vehicle. The license plate data for the first vehicle is compared with the license plate data for vehicles in the set of records. Based on the results of the comparison of the license plate data, a set of vehicles is identified from the vehicles having records in the set of records. Vehicle fingerprint data is accessed for the first vehicle. The vehicle fingerprint data for the first vehicle is based on the image data for the first vehicle. Vehicle fingerprint data for a vehicle in the set of vehicles is accessed. Using a processing device, the vehicle fingerprint data for the first vehicle is compared with the vehicle fingerprint data for the vehicle in the set of vehicles. The vehicle in the set of vehicles is identified as the first vehicle based on results of the comparison of vehicle fingerprint data." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2006 (11/423,683). 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=7970644.PN.&OS=PN/7970644&RS=PN/7970644 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,970,630) developed by six co-inventors for an "integrated biomedical information portal system and method." The co-inventors are Andrew Thomas Fagan, Apex, N.C., Lauren A.B. Bond, Apex, N.C., Andrew Joseph Foglia, Holly Springs, N.C., Martin Francis Michael, Chapel Hill, N.C., Brian Lee Stratton, Raleigh, N.C., and Peter Alan Villiers, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented system and method for integrating data from a plurality of biomedical development phases. The system and method include a database that stores data collected from the biomedical development phases. The database further includes a metadata data structure that describes the data collected during a biomedical development phase. At least one graphical user interface collects data during the biomedical development phase. The structure of the graphical user interface is defined based at least in part upon the metadata data structure so that the graphical user interface collects data points as well as metadata that is to be stored within the metadata data structure. The metadata describes the collected data points, and at least a portion of the metadata data structure is determined based upon an issue that arises in a subsequent biomedical development phase." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2009 (12/350,309). 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=7970630.PN.&OS=PN/7970630&RS=PN/7970630 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1052762 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |