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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (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 Virginia. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,978,979) developed by Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Fairfax Station, Va., for "methods and systems for implementing a universal set top box." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is disclosed. The system has a first receiver, a second receiver, and an input device configured to transmit a command signal in response to user input. The system also has an input waveguide having a first end in communication with the input device and terminating at the first receiver, and a second end in communication with the second receiver. The input waveguide is arranged to receive and route the command signal to the second receiver. The system also has an output waveguide having a first end in communication with the first receiver, and a second end in communication with the second receive. The second receiver is configured to determine whether the command signal is directed to the first receiver and/or the second receiver based a code contained in the command signal. The second receiver is further configured to execute the command signal when it is determined that the command signal is directed to the second receiver, and relay the command signal through the output waveguide to the first receiver for execution when it is determined that the command signal is directed to the first receiver." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/896,417). 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=79,78,979&OS=79,78,979&RS=79,78,979 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 13 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,978,830) developed by David J. O'Neill, Falls Church, Va., for a broadcasting voicemail replies. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A messaging device may include a memory configured to store a first message from a first caller and intended for a called party and to store information identifying a group that includes a number of broadcast parties that include the first caller. The messaging device may include a processor configured to receive a reply message from the called party and to broadcast the reply message to at least a subset of the group." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2005 (11/274,508). 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=79,78,830.PN.&OS=PN/79,78,830&RS=PN/79,78,830 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. *** Fannie Mae Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Fannie Mae, Washington, has been assigned a patent (7,979,346) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for pricing loans in the secondary mortgage market." The co-inventors are William R. Nolan III, Olney, Md., John L. Kemper, Vienna, Va., David N. Voth, Oakton, Va., and Peter G. Kopperman, Bethesda, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided for generating pricing information regarding loans where each loan has loan level data and is associated with a borrower. The system includes a pricing engine for generating a price for each loan including an interest rate component and a credit risk component. The credit risk component is generated based on loan level data for the particular loan." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2010 (12/896,432). 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=7979346.PN.&OS=PN/7979346&RS=PN/7979346 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Enterprise Elements Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Enterprise Elements, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,979,468) developed by Bruce Randall DeWoolfson, Potomac Falls, Va., for a database data dictionary. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for manipulating data sets. In accordance with one implementation, a computerized system is provided for storing, managing, indexing, interrelating, and/or retrieving data sets in a manner independent of the data model. The system includes an element module configured to store and uniquely identify elements and an element relation module configured to store relationships between the elements in the element module. The computerized system may also comprise a class module configured to store attributes of elements in a class and a type definition module configured to define the class and the attributes related to the class. The computerized system may further comprise a state machine module, the state machine module including a state machine transition module and a status module." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2006 (11/917,410). 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=7,979,468&OS=7,979,468&RS=7,979,468 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Virginia Inventor Develops Patent for Dealer to Dealer Sales Lead System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Haris Hanifi, Centerville, Va., has developed a patent (7,979,341) for a "dealer to dealer sales lead system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of creating a market for sales leads and financing amongst merchants of like wares that includes a central registry for receiving information about prospective buyers and their finances for compiling and communicating an anonymous sales lead including the prospective buyer's finances to merchants in the same line of business. The leads are auctioned or sold anonymously to interested merchants that receive the contact information for the prospective buyer but not the identity of the initial merchant." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2008 (12/120,054). 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=7979341.PN.&OS=PN/7979341&RS=PN/7979341 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ticketmaster Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,979,504) developed by Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, Ariz., Kip Levin, Los Angeles, and David Scarborough, Ashburn, Va., for "systems and methods for providing resource allocation in a networked environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for adjusting an item characteristic. An illustrative system includes a first network interface, a database storing information regarding a plurality of items, a load balancer, a web proxy processor configured to selectively block or route an inbound user browser request, a cache cluster system configured to cache data and states for access by other system components, and program code stored in computer readable memory, which, when executed is configured to receive a plurality of requests for items from corresponding users, wherein the plurality of requests are associated with corresponding offer amounts and determine what the users are to provide for the items based at least in part on how many requests were received, how many items are allocated to users, and/or how many unallocated items are available, wherein at least a portion of the users are to provide an amount different than their corresponding offer amount." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2008 (12/187,294). 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=7,979,504&OS=7,979,504&RS=7,979,504 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** DrugLogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- DrugLogic, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,979,373) developed by Victor V. Gogolak, McLean, Va., for a "method and system for analyzing drug adverse effects." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for analyzing the risks of adverse effect resulting from the use of a drug comprises a selector for identifying at least one drug, a profiler for selecting from multiple profiles related to the safety of the drug, using at least one filter; at least one data mining engine; and an output device for displaying the analytic results from the data mining engine. Preferably, the at least one data mining engine is selected from (1) a proportional analysis engine to assess deviations in a set of reactions to the drug; (2) a comparator to measure the reactions to the drug against a user-defined backdrop, and (3) a correlator to look for correlated signal characteristics in drug/reaction/demographic information; and an output device whereby a user can receive analytic." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/471,034). 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=7,979,373&OS=7,979,373&RS=7,979,373 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Payment Transfer Strategies for Bandwidth Sharing in Ad Hoc Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,311) developed by four co-inventors for a "payment transfer strategies for bandwidth sharing in ad hoc networks." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va., Peter G. Finn, Brampton, Canada, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for compensating lenders of bandwidth in an ad hoc network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for providing payment strategies for bandwidth sharing in an ad-hoc network. The method comprises establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth, and providing compensation instructions to compensate the at least one lender of bandwidth for lending the bandwidth to the borrower. The system may be a computer infrastructure for implementing the steps of the method." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/755,788). 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=7979311.PN.&OS=PN/7979311&RS=PN/7979311 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Travel Fee Rate Setting Based Upon Travel Mode and Convenience ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,292) developed by Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Naveen Lamba, Haymarket, Va., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va., for a "travel fee rate setting based upon travel mode and convenience." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for charging a travel fee as a function of an ease of access to a travel option. A plurality of travel options is provided and ranked as a function of different environmental-friendliness values. Each of a plurality of different rates are set for each of the travel options, the rates set progressively lower as a function of a ranking of the travel option environmental-friendliness values. In response to a traveler selecting and using one of the travel options, an ease of access of the traveler to the selected travel option is determined and a travel fee charged as a function of the rate set for the selected travel option and the determined ease of access of the traveler to the selected travel option." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/336,742). 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=7979292.PN.&OS=PN/7979292&RS=PN/7979292 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Determining a Management Complexity Factor for Delivering Services in an Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,513) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "method and system for determining a management complexity factor for delivering services in an environment." The co-inventors are Sean P. Garvey, Manassas, Va., Stephen T. O'Keefe, Manassas, Va., William S. Edgar, Oakton, Va., John G. Birch, Nokesville, Va., Akilesh V. Duvvur, Apharetta, Ga., Gary R. Hix, Warrenton, Va., Philip T. Spencley, Alexandria, Va., Gerald T. Winner, Boothwyn, Pa., Matthew G. Sharib, Howell, N.J., and John F. Echaniz, Front Royal, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and system for determining a management complexity factor for an environment, such as an information technology (IT) environment, is disclosed. A management complexity factor represents the needless complexity, inefficiencies and waste in an environment. An IT environment includes different platforms, systems, and components that have an effect on changes and upgrades within the environment. The impact of the changes or upgrades is reduced if the environment has increased coordination, few single points of failure, high information availability, a high level of automation and the like. The management complexity factor is determined by evaluating several metrics according to objective criteria and weighing the metrics according to their importance. Using the management complexity factor, strategies and targets are identified to lower the complexity and inefficiencies within the environment." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/730,215). 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=7,979,513&OS=7,979,513&RS=7,979,513 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (7,979,446) developed by four co-inventors for a "computer-implemented biological sequence identifier system and method." The co-inventors are Anthony P. Malanoski, Washington, Baochuan Lin, Bethesda, Md., Joel M. Schnur, Burke, Va., and David A. Stenger, Herndon, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of: submitting reference sequences to a taxonomic database to produce taxonomic results; and reporting a taxonomic identification based on the taxonomic results. The reference sequences are the output of genetic database queries that return a score for each reference sequence. A method for processing a biological sequence obtained from an assay by: converting base calls located in a predetermined list of positions within the biological sequence to N; and determining the ratio of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the biological sequence relative to a reference sequence. Each entry in the predetermined list of positions represents the capability of a substance hybridizing to a microarray used to generate the biological sequence. The substance is not the nucleic acid of a target pathogen." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2009 (12/617,025). 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=7,979,446&OS=7,979,446&RS=7,979,446 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Innovative Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Innovative Solutions, Oakton, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,979,453) developed by Govindarajan Jagannathan, Oakton, Va., for an "efficient search result update mechanism." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method/algorithm allows database queries to be saved and an efficient mechanism that matches records whenever they are added or modified to all of the saved queries and returns the list of those queries that match a given record as soon as the record is added or modified. If used in an online search portal example (e.g. a job search site), this invention would allow the searcher to submit and save his search criteria once and the application would return the listings that match the search criteria at that point in time and will also automatically match any new listings that get added after the query gets saved and if a match occurs would notify the user of the listing as soon as the listing is added. This matching on new listings to the saved search will happen continuously until the search is removed. According to an aspect of the invention, by matching a record that is added or changed to the database to all saved queries, it provides convenience to the users and it also reduces the computational cost to achieve the same result relative to other existing techniques to address the same scenario." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2007 (11/844,229). 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=7,979,453&OS=7,979,453&RS=7,979,453 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1054226 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |