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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (July 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,893) developed by Robert A. Modavis, Painted Post, N.Y., and Elvis A. Zambrano, Corning, N.Y., for a "system and method for microplate image analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and a method as defined herein for scan interrogation of, for example, a label-independent-detection (LID) biosensor, such as for monitoring a surface change or an event on a biosensor for use, for example, in microplate image analysis." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2007 (11/974,406). 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=7,978,893.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,893&RS=PN/7,978,893 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,886) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for anatomy based reconstruction." The co-inventors are Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, N.Y., Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Niskayuna, N.Y., Mark Lewis Grabb, Burnt Hills, N.Y., and Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Clifton Park, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique is provided for performing diagnosis and/or analysis of a volumetric image generated via anatomy based reconstruction. The technique includes generating a three-dimensional image by reconstructing a plurality of residual projection images from which a contribution of one or more structures of interest has been removed. The technique also includes evaluating the three-dimensional image and/or the plurality of residual projection images to generate a diagnosis." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2005 (11/239,830). 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=7,978,886.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,886&RS=PN/7,978,886 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- New York University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,978,978) developed by David G. Grier, New York, for a "topologically multiplexed optical data communication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for encoding information in the topology of superpositions of helical modes of light, and retrieving information from each of the superposed modes individually or in parallel. These methods can be applied to beams of light that already carry information through other channels, such as amplitude modulation or wavelength dispersive multiplexing, enabling such beams to be multiplexed and subsequently demultiplexed. The systems and methods of the present invention increase the number of data channels carried by a factor of the number of superposed helical modes." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/759,481). 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=79,78,978&OS=79,78,978&RS=79,78,978 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,898) developed by Alex Zarenin, Montclair, N.J., Anatoliy Belugin, New Windsor, N.Y., and Iouri Bernadskii, Verona, N.J., for a "system and method for monitoring and controlling software usage in a computer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing real-time reporting of software usage includes an agent running on a local computer. The agent identifies new processes started on the computer and checks the new process against a restricted list. If the new process is on the restricted list, the agent automatically performs one or more restriction actions associated with the executable name of the process. The restricted list is contained in a configuration file stored on the local computer. A master configuration file for the local computer is stored on a server and replaces the configuration file when the configuration file is outdated. An authorized administrator may edit the master configuration file by adding or removing executable and DLL names from the restricted list and by adding or removing restriction actions associated with the executable and DLL names on the restricted list." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2005 (11/272,161). 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=7,979,898&OS=7,979,898&RS=7,979,898 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Fusion Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Advanced Fusion Systems, Newton, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,978,823) developed by Curtis A. Birnbach, New Rochelle, N.Y., for a "cascade voltage amplifier and method of activating cascaded electron tubes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a cascade voltage amplifier for producing an amplified output in pulse or continuous wave form comprises at least one non-final stage with an electron tube configured as a switching and Class A or C amplifying structure. A final stage comprises an electron tube configured as a Class A or C amplifying structure. The at least one non-final stage and the final stage are connected in series, and the amplified output has a voltage of at least 1000 volts. Further disclosed is a method of activating a plurality of cascaded electron tube stages within a common vacuum enclosure. Beneficially, a sufficient amount of energy supplied to the first stage serially propagates through any intervening stage to the final stage so as to facilitate activation of all tube stages." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (12/619,407). 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=79,78,823.PN.&OS=PN/79,78,823&RS=PN/79,78,823 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Reflective X-Ray Optics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Reflective X-Ray Optics, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,978,822) developed by David L. Windt, New York, for a "mirror mounting, alignment, and scanning mechanism and scanning method for radiographic X-ray imaging, and X-ray imaging device having same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An X-ray imaging device and alignment/scanning system include at least one multilayer X-ray mirror mounted on a multi-axis adjustable mirror mount pivotable about a scanning axis. A mirror scanner is coupled with the mirror mount and synchronized with the X-ray source so that the mirror scanner moves the mirror mount about the scanning axis. The invention may include a plurality of mirrors, optionally in a stack, and preferably including first and second mirrors respectively adapted to reflect X-rays of first and second energies. A movable attenuation plate having a window selectively allows X-rays to be transmitted by one of the mirrors and blocks X-rays from the other mirror(s). Sets of the mirrors may be configured in blocks or interspersed. The mirror scanner may be operable at variable speeds to enable selective control of the scanning speed of the mirror." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/362,937). 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=79,78,822.PN.&OS=PN/79,78,822&RS=PN/79,78,822 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VectorMAX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- VectorMAX, Farmingdale, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,761) developed by Jon Rachwalski, Holbrook, N.Y., and Daniel Witt, Center Moriches, N.Y., for a "method and system for loss-tolerant multimedia multicasting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are provided for ordering datagrams within an encoded datastream. The system includes a parser for separating headers from each respective datagram. A decoder decodes the separated headers to determine a frame group, a frame number within the frame group, a datagram number within the frame; and a total number of datagrams within the frame. An address generator determines a position for each datagram within the datastream and orders the datagrams within the datastream in response to decoding of the header to produce a video data stream." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2005 (11/244,444). 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=79,78,761.PN.&OS=PN/79,78,761&RS=PN/79,78,761 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,979,521) developed by Jon D. Greaves, Aldie, Va., and Michael D. Seminaro, New York, for a "method and system for relocating and using enterprise management tools in a service provider model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the invention provides a method for communicating event data in a network, including: receiving the event data in a first device, the event data including a native IP address associated with a source of the event data; translating a native protocol of the event data into XML, a resulting XML message including the event data and an identifier associated with the first device; transmitting the XML message from a first location to a second location; determining a new IP address based on the native IP address and the identifier; and including the new IP address in the XML message." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2005 (11/151,645). 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=7,979,521&OS=7,979,521&RS=7,979,521 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Detecting Status Changes in a Network Using Virtual Coordinate Mapping ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,537) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for detecting status changes in a network using virtual coordinate mapping." The co-inventors are Michael R. Haley, South Salem, N.Y., Sanghwan Lee, Tarrytown, N.Y., Prashant Pradhan, New Rochelle, N.Y., Debanjan Saha, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Sambit Sahu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for scalable status change detection in a network of nodes includes embedding node coordinate positions into a virtual map environment. A cluster of nodes are represented with a representative node to form a hierarchy of nodes and clusters where changes in a status of the representative node imply a status change in the nodes of the cluster. By selectively monitoring the representative nodes for the changes in status, the representative nodes create a capability for scalable monitoring of the network." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,979,537&OS=7,979,537&RS=7,979,537 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Configurable Recovery of Aborted Session Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,540) developed by four co-inventors for a "configurable recovery of aborted session data." The co-inventors are Charles Franklin Berry, Apalachin, N.Y., Nitin Jhingan, Vestal, N.Y., Glenn C. Godoy, Endwell, N.Y., and Amy Jeanne Snavely, Binghamton, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for recovering data from an aborted session via a rule application. A first session having a first document ID is initiated. After an interruption of the first session, a second session having a second document ID is initiated. The first and second document IDs are determined to be identical. The first session is determined to be open in a callee application after the interruption. A rule that associates a recovery action with a data item of the first document is applied by detecting the data item of the first document and selecting the recovery action from multiple predefined recovery actions. The data item of the first document is an identification of a calling application that provides the first and second documents or a value entered by a user of the calling application. The callee application performs the selected recovery action." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,958). 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=7,979,540&OS=7,979,540&RS=7,979,540 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nyse Amex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Nyse Amex, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,336) developed by six co-inventors for a "system for pricing financial instruments." The co-inventors are Clifford J. Weber, Basking Ridge, N.J., Carol Alexander, Purley Surrey, United KIngdom, Charles A. Baker, Wayne, Pa., Jason MacQueen, New York, Gary L. Gastineau, Short Hills, N.J., and Terry Norman, Barling Magna, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behaviour estimated to be significant to the price behaviour of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/072,417). 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=7979336.PN.&OS=PN/7979336&RS=PN/7979336 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,979,338) developed by seven co-inventors for a "financial instrument providing returns as cash and accretion." The co-inventors are Frederick J. Fiddle, Ridgewood, N.J., Stuart C. Kaperst, New York, Prasanth Rao-Kathi, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Paul A. Pepe, New York, Russell L. Stein, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Yonathan Epelbaum, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Richard P. Luciano, Morristown, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a method for obtaining capital, a convertible or exchangeable financial instrument having an accreted value and that earns returns over a lifetime comprising at least a first and a second time period is offered. During a first time period, at least some of the returns earned are paid in cash. During a second time period all of the returns earned are accreted to the accreted value of the financial instrument. Returns may be earned during each period according to a rate associated with each period. The rate associated with each period may be fixed or variable and may be modified by one or more rate modifiers, such as a minimum or maximum rate. The financial instrument may include a provision describing how the instrument is serviced when the current value of a rate is negative." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2003 (10/434,040). 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=7979338.PN.&OS=PN/7979338&RS=PN/7979338 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** BGC Partners Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- BGC Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,339) developed by Matthew W. Claus, Summit, N.J., James R. Driscoll, New York, and James C. Johnson, Cresskill, N.J., for a "system and method for optimizing execution of trading orders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for processing trading orders comprises an optimizer module operable to receive a first trading order and a second trading order. The optimizer module is further operable to receive market data associated with at least one market center. The optimizer module is further operable to determine whether to transmit the second trading order to the at least one market center prior to transmitting the first trading order to the at least one market center, the determination based at least in part on the market data." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2006 (11/398,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7979339.PN.&OS=PN/7979339&RS=PN/7979339 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for PROD System and Method for Generating Optimal Bill/Payment Schedule ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,329) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for generating optimal bill/payment schedule." The co-inventors are Rong Z. Cao, Beijing, Wei Ding, Beijing, Shun Jiang, Beijing, Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Gregory C. Morris, Beacon Hill, Australia, and Chunhua Tian, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for generating bill payment schedule utilizes a composite pricing module to generate payment schedule over a predetermined period of time. In one aspect, a fraction of each pricing model attributing to the composite pricing model is determined. A charge fee associated with said each pricing model based on said fraction and said total price to charge is determined. Price to charge during each time unit of the time period is allocated, based on budget over the time period, discount rate, target profit margin and risk affordance. Bill schedule is generated using the allocated price." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,595). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7979329.PN.&OS=PN/7979329&RS=PN/7979329 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,548) developed by seven co-inventors for a "hardware enforcement of logical partitioning of a channel adapter's resources in a system area network." The co-inventors are Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, Texas, Bruce Leroy Beukema, Hayfield, Minn., David F. Craddock, New Paltz, N.Y., Ronald Edward Fuhs, Rochester, Minn., Thomas Anthony Gregg, Highland, N.Y., Donald William Schmidt, Stone Ridge, N.Y., and Bruce Marshall Walk, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are disclosed for logically partitioning resources of a single channel adapter for use in a system area network. Each resource includes a partition identifier register within which is stored a partition identifier. A first one of the resources is assigned to a first partition by storing a first partition identifier in the partition identifier register within the first one of the resources. A second one of the resources is assigned to a second partition by storing a second partition identifier in the partition identifier register within the second one of the resources. Partitioning of the resources is enforced by permitting access to the first resource by only the first partition and permitting access to the second resource by only the second partition by checking the partition identifiers of each resource." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2003 (10/674,985). 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=7,979,548&OS=7,979,548&RS=7,979,548 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Blackrock Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Blackrock, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,334) developed by Joseph Kochansky, Bronxville, N.Y., for a "system and method for determining the buying power of an investment portfolio." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for determining the buying power of an investment portfolio are disclosed which involve providing a set of compliance rules for an investment portfolio, receiving a request to analyze a proposed transaction, and calculating a transaction limit for the proposed transaction based upon the set of compliance rules." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2003 (10/657,535). 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=7979334.PN.&OS=PN/7979334&RS=PN/7979334 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Almondnet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Almondnet, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,307) developed by Roy Shkedi, New York, for a "method and stored program for accumulating descriptive profile data along with source information for use in targeting third-party advertisements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A descriptive-profile mercantile method, for use at a juncture in a data-communications topology having associated therewith a maintained databank of partial profiles, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: from a user, receiving a transaction having therein a first partial profile; using the first partial profile, searching a databank having a plurality of second partial profiles, wherein is included in said databank at least one null profile so that said searching will always yield at least one proximate second partial profile to the first partial profile; and between the user and the databank, contracting: (I) for the databank to own or represent a right to a first mutually agreed portion of the first partial profile, and substantially thereafter said databank incorporating the agreed portion of the first profile into at least one second partial profile; or (II) for the user to own or represent a right to a second mutually agreed portion of at least one said proximate second partial profile, and substantially thereafter the databank transmitting to the user the second mutually agreed portion of the second profile. The present invention operates best on a brokerage representation model; and thereby provides a means for making viable the economic commerce in information attributes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2008 (12/186,918). 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=7979307.PN.&OS=PN/7979307&RS=PN/7979307 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,448) developed by four co-inventors for a "mail and calendar tool and method." The co-inventors are Sean E. Aschen, West Haven, Conn., James R. Doran, New Milford, Conn., Brian P. Olore, Monroe, N.Y., and Joseph Rudmann, Fairfield, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Access to data in a file created by a mail and calendaring client application is provided to other applications without the need for use of the mail and calendaring client. A request is received from the other application for a document in the file. The document is retrieved in XML form. Sections are expanded by creating URLs and inserting these into the retrieved document. Content of sections is then retrieved in HTML form from the file and inserted into the document at the location of the corresponding URLs. Data for attachments, image tags and other links is obtained and inserted into the document. An object is created containing the entire expanded document and sent to the requesting application." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2003 (10/604,000). 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=7,979,448&OS=7,979,448&RS=7,979,448 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property l, New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property l, Atlanta, and New York University, New York, have been assigned a patent (7,979,413) developed by Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, Saurabh Kumar, Richmond, Calif., and Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, New York, for "automatic generation of embedded signatures for duplicate detection on a public network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a method and system are disclosed for constructing an embedded signature in order to facilitate post-facto detection of leakage of sensitive data. The leakage detection mechanism involves: 1) identifying at least one set of words in an electronic document containing sensitive data, the set of words having a low frequency of occurrence in a first collection of electronic documents; and, 2) transmitting a query to search a second collection of electronic documents for any electronic document that contains the set of words having a low frequency of occurrence. This leakage detection mechanism has at least the following advantages: a) it is tamper-resistant; b) it avoids the need to add a watermark to the sensitive data, c) it can be used to locate the sensitive data even if the leakage occurred before the embedded signature was ever identified; and, d) it can be used to detect an embedded signature regardless of whether the data is being presented statically or dynamically." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/156,370). 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=7,979,413&OS=7,979,413&RS=7,979,413 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Operational Risk Assessment and Mitigation ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,298) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for operational risk assessment and mitigation." The co-inventors are Feng Cheng, Chappaqua, N.Y., David Gamarnik, New York, Wanli Min, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Bala Ramachandran, Harrison, N.Y., and Jonathan Miles Collin Rosenoer, Marin County, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Risk in business management is analyzed based on a probabilistic network approach which quantifies the impact of operational risk on financial metrics such as Value-at-Risk (VAR) and/or Potential Losses (PL). This approach provides further capability to determine the optimal placement of one or more countermeasures within a system to minimize the impact of operational risks." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2008 (12/062,802). 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=7979298.PN.&OS=PN/7979298&RS=PN/7979298 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Patent for Payment Identification Code and Payment System Using the Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- George F. Thomas, Oakdale, N.Y., Albert G. Wood, Kings Park, N.Y., Joseph S. Pawelczyk, Morris Plains, N.J., Kenneth H. Friedman, Marlboro, N.J., and Paul Palmese, Oceanside, N.Y., have developed a patent (7,979,348) for a "payment identification code and payment system using the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method comprises receiving a payment instruction including a payment system routing number and a unique code associated with a payee, and employing the routing number to determine whether it includes routing information for a specific financial institution. If so, then the payment instruction is transmitted based on the routing number. The transmitted payment instruction includes the unique code associated with the payee. If the routing number is determined to not include routing information for a specific financial institution, then account identification information of the payee and a first system routing number are retrieved based on the unique code, and the unique code included in the payment instruction is replaced with the retrieved account identification information, and the routing number is replaced with the retrieved first system routing number. The payment instruction with the account identification information is transmitted to the payee and/or a financial institution associated with the payee." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2003 (10/420,726). 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=7,979,348&OS=7,979,348&RS=7,979,348 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Consumer Product Preferences through Interactive Product Selection and Evaluation ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Jonas Ulenas, Port Washington, N.Y., has developed a patent (7,979,314) for a "method and apparatus for obtaining consumer product preferences through interactive product selection and evaluation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for obtaining consumer preferences over a communication network from consumers. The system searches the product database for products or services based on consumer's search criteria. The system displays the products or services and/or advertisements related to the consumer's search criteria in accordance with the ranking parameter(s) specified by the user. The consumer's preferences, i.e., the search criteria and the ranking parameter(s), are stored in the database for future references, e.g., determine consumer trends, etc." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2006 (11/481,770). 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=7979314.PN.&OS=PN/7979314&RS=PN/7979314 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,979,376) developed by Michael David Shepherd, Ontario, N.Y., Dale Ellen Gaucas, Penfield, N.Y., and Kirk J. Ocke, Ontario, N.Y., for a "method and system for adding processes to print production workflows utilizing asset metadata and automated reasoning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for adding processes to print production workflows utilizing asset metadata and automated reasoning system is disclosed. The asset metadata can be extracted from the resources associated with a print product description such as PDF files and image and artwork files. The asset metadata can be processed through an automated reasoning system in order to infer additional metadata. The inferred metadata can be utilized to add and parameterize a process node in order to build a more effective and useful process network. The reasoning system can be a rule based reasoning system and/or ontology based reasoning system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2007 (11/986,904). 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=7,979,376&OS=7,979,376&RS=7,979,376 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,316) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for facilitating mobile commerce." The co-inventors are Sohail Coelho, New York, Luke Gebb, New York, James Hedleston, New York, and Paul Sacchetti, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for facilitating the purchase of goods and/or services between the holder of a wireless communications device and a commerce system is disclosed. The system enables consumers who wish to participate in promotional sales offers to register with a mobile commerce system. Consumers may further define the types of items that they are interested in purchasing. Prior to the start of a promotion, the system sends a text message alert to registered consumers, giving them an opportunity to opt-in via text message from a wireless communications device. When the promotion is activated, the opted-in consumers are alerted via text message and are given an opportunity to send a text message back to the system indicative of a desire to purchase the promotional item. If defined conditions are met, the consumer's financial account is debited in the amount of the purchase and the consumer is instructed as to how to acquire their purchase." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/741,077). 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=7979316.PN.&OS=PN/7979316&RS=PN/7979316 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Managing Peer-to-peer Search Results ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,414) developed by David A. George, Somers, N.Y., Raymond B. Jennings III, Ossining, N.Y., and Martin G. Kienzle, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for managing peer-to-peer search results." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for processing a search request message received over a network includes computing a threshold value in accordance with the search request message and returning at least one search result to a user in response to the search request message, if a rank of the at least one search result at least meets the threshold value." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,358). 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=7,979,414&OS=7,979,414&RS=7,979,414 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Adjusting Crediting Limits to Facilitate Transactions ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,349) developed by Fred Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Bansi L. Sharma, New York, and Tracey R. Thomas, Boonton, N.J., for "systems and methods for adjusting crediting limits to facilitate transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,827). 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=7,979,349&OS=7,979,349&RS=7,979,349 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Structure for Providing Optimal Design of Toleranced Parts in Manufacturing ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,242) developed by Gyana Ranjan Parija, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Monalisa Mohanty, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Menachem Levanoni, Poway, Calif., for a "method and structure for providing optimal design of toleranced parts in manufacturing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and structure for a computerized method for providing an optimization solution, includes, for a process, wherein is defined a linear functional form y=f(X,c), where X comprises a set of independent variables X={x.sub.1, . . . x.sub.n}, c includes a set of functional parameters c={c.sub.1, . . . c.sub.n}, and y comprises a dependent variable, where the independent variables set X is partitioned into two subsets, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, receiving data for the process and minimizing y with respect to X.sub.1. Dependent variable y is maximized with respect to X.sub.2, subject to a set of constraints. The maximizing y includes a global optimum for the process." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2004 (10/773,261). 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=7979242.PN.&OS=PN/7979242&RS=PN/7979242 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Moldflow Netherlands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Moldflow Netherlands, County Cork, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,979,257) developed by Huagang Yu, Bulleen, Australia, and Peter Kennedy, Ithaca, N.Y., for an "apparatus and methods for performing process simulation using a hybrid model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides an apparatus and methods for performing process simulation and structural analysis using a hybrid model. For example, a method of the invention automatically defines a hybrid solution domain by dividing a representation of a plastic component or mold cavity into two portions--a portion in which a simplified analysis may be conducted, and a portion in which a more complex analysis is required. The method may use as input any form of CAD data that describes the surface of a component or mold. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for simulating fluid flow within a mold cavity by automatically creating a hybrid solution domain, automatically discretizing the domain, and solving for the distribution of process variables within the solution domain." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,916). 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=7979257.PN.&OS=PN/7979257&RS=PN/7979257 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Model Independent Simulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,248) developed by four co-inventors for a model independent simulation. The co-inventors are Jay W. Benayon, Thornhill, Canada, Pablo Daniel Irassar, Markham, Canada, Bala Ramachandran, Harrison, N.Y., and Vincent F. Szaloky, Toronto. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to event driven simulation and provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for mapping a process model for use in a generic simulation engine. In an embodiment of the invention, a generic model simulation method can include mapping a specifically formatted process representation into a generic process model, and providing the generic process model to a simulation engine. The method further can include executing a simulation on the generic process model in lieu of executing the simulation on the specifically formatted process representation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,534). 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=7979248.PN.&OS=PN/7979248&RS=PN/7979248 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Laying Out a Data Center Using a Plurality of Thermal Simulators ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,250) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of laying out a data center using a plurality of thermal simulators." The co-inventors are Matthew R. Archibald, Morrisville, N.C., Richard C. Chu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, N.Y., and Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for facilitating installation of one or more electronics racks within a data center. The method includes: placing a plurality of thermal simulators in the data center in a data center layout to establish a thermally simulated data center, each thermal simulator simulating at least one of airflow intake or heated airflow exhaust of a respective electronics rack of a plurality of electronics racks to be installed in the data center; monitoring temperature within the thermally simulated data center at multiple locations, and verifying the data center layout if measured temperatures are within respective acceptable temperature ranges for the data center when containing the plurality of electronics racks; and establishing the plurality of electronics racks within the data center using the verified data center layout, the establishing including at least one of reconfiguring or replacing each thermal simulator with a respective electronics rack." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2007 (11/950,747). 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=7979250.PN.&OS=PN/7979250&RS=PN/7979250 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Automatic Selection of Transmission Line Macromodels ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,246) developed by Ibrahim M. Elfadel, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., for a "system and method for automatic selection of transmission line macromodels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Transmission line macromodels can be classified into main categories of delay-extraction and rational approximation. The exponential solution of the Telegrapher's Equation is used to create a system and method that enable a time-domain circuit simulator to automatically select the most appropriate macromodel for a given transmission line structure." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/058,990). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7979246.PN.&OS=PN/7979246&RS=PN/7979246 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,979,347) developed by seven co-inventors for an "automated online sales risk management." The co-inventors are Sharon Greener, Rumson, N.J., Mark Higgins, New York, Effie Konstantine Anagnostopoulos, New York, Paul Young, New York, Dan Rothman, New York, John Godfrey, London, and Mel Gunewardena, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention contemplates a risk management system for facilitating an e-commerce transaction wherein the participants to the transaction engage in commerce using different currencies. An automated sales risk management system facilitates a transaction by providing a price of a transaction which incorporates aggregated costs related to the transaction into a price made available to the participants. A currency risk management system can receive an amount relating to a deliverable involved in a transaction and determines an aggregated cost of the transaction. Aggregated cost can include a cost of credit, a cost for exchange of currency, a cost of insurance, processing fees, or other associated costs. Insurance can be monitored and a determination can be made regarding whether a participant has adequate insurance to cover a proposed transaction. The present invention also provides for risk associated with online transactions to be categorized and transferred." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2000 (09/714,315). 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=7,979,347&OS=7,979,347&RS=7,979,347 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Corning Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Corning, Corning, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,241) developed by four co-inventors for an "optimized method for LID biosensor resonance detection." The co-inventors are Jacques Gollier, Painted Post, N.Y., Garrett A. Piech, Horseheads, N.Y., Michael B. Webb, Lindley, N.Y., and Qi Wu, Painted Post, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical interrogation system is described herein that can interrogate a label-independent-detection (LID) biosensor and monitor a biological event on top of the biosensor without suffering from problematical parasitic reflections and/or problematical pixelation effects. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system is capable of interrogating a biosensor and using a low pass filter algorithm to digitally remove problematic parasitic reflections contained in the spectrum of an optical resonance which makes it easier to determine whether or not a biological event occurred on the biosensor. In another embodiment, the optical interrogation system is capable of interrogating a biosensor and using an oversampling/smoothing algorithm to reduce oscillations in the estimated location of an optical resonance caused by the problematical pixelation effect which makes it easier to determine whether or not a biological event occurred on the biosensor." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (12/266,060). 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=7979241.PN.&OS=PN/7979241&RS=PN/7979241 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. -1054216 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |