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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (July 20)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Maryland, New York Inventors Develop Patent for Overcap ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Murphy Greene Mongeon, Baltimore, Ian Andrew Carnduff, New York, and Akina Kurihara, Brooklyn, N.Y., have been issued a patent (D641,624) for an ornamental design for an overcap. The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (D/364,907). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D641,624.PN.&OS=PN/D641,624&RS=PN/D641,624 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pennsylvania, New York Inventors Develop Patent for Egg Beater ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Eric Colburn, Wexford, Pa., Mark Douglas Donaldson, Pittsburgh, and Evan Abel, Rockaway Park, N.Y., have been issued a patent (D641,587) for an ornamental design for an egg beater. The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2011 (D/385,683). 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=D641,587.PN.&OS=PN/D641,587&RS=PN/D641,587 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (7,984,507) developed by Marco A. Zuniga, Webster, N.Y., and Steven J. Harrington, Webster, N.Y., for a "document access management method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure provides a document access method and system. The document access method and system are based on a social network model which interconnects members of the social network as a function of trust. This framework provides a basis for documents to be accessed by members which are not directly specified by a document's owner, while providing a certain degree of document security." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2007 (11/952,569). 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=7,984,507.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,507&RS=PN/7,984,507 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Genpak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Genpak, Glen Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D641,588) developed by Jeffrey K. Cole, Queensbury, N.Y., and Brian S. Allers, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a bowl. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a bowl, substantially as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2009 (D/330,670). 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=D641,588.PN.&OS=PN/D641,588&RS=PN/D641,588 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Container for Hair Care Composition ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (D641,633) developed by seven co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "container for hair care composition." The co-inventors are Ian Andrew Carnduff, New York, Richard Michael Girardot, West Chester, Ohio, Adrian Keith McKinney, Maineville, Ohio, Patrick John Mulcahy, Goshen Township, Ohio, Ian Josiah Swanson, New York, Cristian Alexis Viola-Prioli, Loveland, Ohio, and Erika Linsley Wetzel, Cincinnati. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a container for hair care composition, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (D/337,146). 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=D641,633.PN.&OS=PN/D641,633&RS=PN/D641,633 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (D641,635) developed by seven co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "container for hair care composition." The co-inventors are Janelle Yurong Wang Treadway, Whittier, Calif., Marc Christopher Hatcher, Milford, Ohio, Graham Hufton, New York, Ian Andrew Carnduff, New York, Paul F. Diehl, Brooklyn, N.Y., Akina Kurihara, New York, and Douglas Scott Miller, Lebanon, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a container for hair care composition, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (D/337,151). 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=D641,635.PN.&OS=PN/D641,635&RS=PN/D641,635 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machiness Assigned Patent for Computer Configuration Virtual Topology Discovery and Instruction ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machiness, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,275) developed by four co-inventors for a "computer configuration virtual topology discovery and instruction therefore." The co-inventors are Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Charles W. Gainey Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, N.Y., and Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a logically partitioned host computer system comprising host processors (host CPUs), a facility and instruction for discovering topology of one or more guest processors (guest CPUs) of a guest configuration comprises a guest processor of the guest configuration fetching and executing a STORE SYSTEM INFORMATION instruction that obtains topology information of the computer configuration. The topology information comprising nesting information of processors of the configuration and the degree of dedication a host processor provides to a corresponding guest processor. The information is preferably stored in a single table in memory." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,232). 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=79,84,275.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,275&RS=PN/79,84,275 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Altering Processor Execution of a Group of Instructions ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,276) developed by Fadi Y. Busaba, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, N.Y., for a "method and system for altering processor execution of a group of instructions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the invention is a processor for detecting one or more groups of instructions and initiating a processor action upon detecting one or more groups of instructions. The processor includes an instruction unit for fetching and decoding a group of instructions. An instruction register receives the group of instruction having at least one instruction opcode. A control register includes a control word including a control opcode and an action field defining a processor action. An execution unit includes compare logic for comparing the instruction opcode and the control opcode. The execution unit initiates the processor action upon the compare logic detecting a hit between the instruction opcode and the control opcode." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2008 (12/198,931). 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=79,84,276.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,276&RS=PN/79,84,276 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Systems for Providing Performance Monitoring in a Memory System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,222) developed by Kevin C. Gower, LeGrangeville, N.Y., Carl E. Love, Beaverton, Ore., and Dustin J. VanStee, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for "systems for providing performance monitoring in a memory system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems for providing performance monitoring in a memory system. The memory system includes a memory controller, a plurality of memory devices, a memory bus and a memory hub device. The memory controller receives and responds to memory access requests. The memory bus is in communication with the memory controller. The memory hub device is in communication with the memory bus. The memory hub device includes a memory interface for transferring one or more of address, control and data information between the memory hub device and the memory controller via the memory bus. The memory hub device also includes a memory device interface for communicating with the memory devices. The memory hub device further includes a performance monitor for monitoring and reporting one or more of memory bus utilization, memory device utilization, and performance characteristics over defined intervals during system operation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2009 (12/352,990). 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=79,84,222.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,222&RS=PN/79,84,222 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for the Coordination of Short-term Cyclic Data and Ephemeral Content in a Broadcast Stream ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,473) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for the coordination of short-term cyclic data and ephemeral content in a broadcast stream." The co-inventors are Olivier Casile, Saint Laurent du Var, France, Richard S. Chernock, Newtown, Conn., Paolo Dettori, Bedford Hills, N.Y., Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, N.Y., and David I. Seidman, Chicago. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method allowing a broadcaster to deliver short-term cyclic data along with the main content of the broadcast stream, synchronized with that main content, and for allowing users to have access to that information for longer periods than a typical data broadcast system would allow. Additional data content is added to the main content stream and is broadcast along with it. The additional data content is initially broadcast shortly prior to the time of its relevance to the main content and is buffered upon reception. In addition, it is rebroadcast cyclically over a short period, allowing viewers who tune in late to take advantage by acquiring the material during and briefly after the time of its initial relevance. If a viewer tunes in after the cyclic broadcast period has elapsed or if there was an error in the receiving or buffering of the additional data content, a return channel can be used to request that the material be retransmitted. If an insufficient number of viewers request a particular piece of material, it may be narrowcast to those viewers over their telephone lines. For a larger number of requests, a rebroadcast will be scheduled." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2000 (09/593,573). 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=79,84,473&OS=79,84,473&RS=79,84,473 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for In-band Communication with Virtual Machines Via a Hypervisor Message Bus ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,449) developed by four co-inventors for an "in-band communication with virtual machines via a hypervisor message bus." The co-inventors are Evren O. Baran, Port Ewen, N.Y., Eli M. Dow, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Kyle M. Smith, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Ashwin Venkatraman, Beacon, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer program product for in-band communication with virtual machines via a hypervisor message bus are provided. The method includes establishing communication between a hypervisor and a plurality of virtual machines via a hypervisor message bus, where the hypervisor manages resources in a shared system. The method further includes transmitting a message from the hypervisor to the virtual machines using the hypervisor message bus. The method also includes translating the message within the virtual machines into a display-formatted message for in-band display on one or more user systems, and relaying the display-formatted message from the virtual machines to the one or more user systems to provide in-band communication of the message to one or more users." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2007 (11/838,958). 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=79,84,449&OS=79,84,449&RS=79,84,449 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mechanism to Support Generic Collective Communication across a Variety of Programming Models ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,448) developed by Gheorghe Almasi, Ardsley, N.Y., Gabor Dozsa, Ardsley, N.Y., and Sameer Kumar, White Plains, N.Y., for a "mechanism to support generic collective communication across a variety of programming models." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for supporting collective communications on a plurality of processors that use different parallel programming paradigms, in one aspect, may comprise a schedule defining one or more tasks in a collective operation, an executor that executes the task, a multisend module to perform one or more data transfer functions associated with the tasks, and a connection manager that controls one or more connections and identifies an available connection. The multisend module uses the available connection in performing the one or more data transfer functions. A plurality of processors that use different parallel programming paradigms can use a common implementation of the schedule module, the executor module, the connection manager and the multisend module via a language adaptor specific to a parallel programming paradigm implemented on a processor." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2007 (11/768,669). 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=79,84,448&OS=79,84,448&RS=79,84,448 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dispatching Packets on a Global Combining Network of a Parallel Computer ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,450) developed by Gheorghe Almasi, Ardsley, N.Y., and Charles J. Archer, Rochester, Minn., for "dispatching packets on a global combining network of a parallel computer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for dispatching packets on a global combining network of a parallel computer comprising a plurality of nodes connected for data communications using the network capable of performing collective operations and point to point operations that include: receiving, by an origin system messaging module on an origin node from an origin application messaging module on the origin node, a storage identifier and an operation identifier, the storage identifier specifying storage containing an application message for transmission to a target node, and the operation identifier specifying a message passing operation; packetizing, by the origin system messaging module, the application message into network packets for transmission to the target node, each network packet specifying the operation identifier and an operation type for the message passing operation specified by the operation identifier; and transmitting, by the origin system messaging module, the network packets to the target node." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2007 (11/946,136). 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=79,84,450&OS=79,84,450&RS=79,84,450 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent for Composite Abortable Locks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,444) developed by Nir N. Shavit, Cambridge, Mass., Mark S. Moir, Hampton, N.H., and Virendra J. Marathe, Rochester, N.Y., for composite abortable locks. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lock implementation has properties of both backoff locks and queue locks. Such a "composite" lock is abortable and is provided with a constant number of preallocated nodes. A thread requesting the lock selects one of the nodes, attempts to acquire the selected node, and, if successful, inserts the selected node in a wait-queue for the lock. Because there is only a constant number of nodes for the wait-queue, all requesting threads may not be queued. Requesting threads unable to successfully acquire a selected node may backoff and retry selecting and acquiring a node. A node at the front of the wait-queue holds the lock." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2005 (11/226,949). 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=79,84,444&OS=79,84,444&RS=79,84,444 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Migration of Single Root Stateless Virtual Functions ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,454) developed by five co-inventors for a "migration of single root stateless virtual functions." The co-inventors are Douglas M. Freimuth, New York, Renato J. Recio, Austin, Texas, Claudia A. Salzberg, Austin, Texas, Steven M. Thurber, Austin, Texas, and Jacobo A. Vargas, Cedar Park, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mechanisms for migration of single root stateless virtual functions are provided. A Single-Root PCI Configuration Manager (SR-PCIM) provides a system image (SI) with possible virtual function (VF) migration scenarios supported by the endpoint (EP). The SR-PCIM may be instructed that a stateless migration of a VF and its associated application(s) from one SI to another is required. Outstanding requests to the VF are completed and any applications associated with the VF are removed from the SI and the VF is detached from its associated physical function (PF). The SWI may then attach the VF to a target PF which may be in the same or a different EP. The SWI makes the VF available to the SI with which the VF is now associated and the SI configures the VF thereby making it available for use by associated applications." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/612,538). 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=79,84,454&OS=79,84,454&RS=79,84,454 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structures Incorporating Interconnect Structures with Improved Electromigration Resistance ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,409) developed by four co-inventors for "structures incorporating interconnect structures with improved electromigration resistance." The co-inventors are Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Fishkill, N.Y., Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, N.C., William Robert Tonti, Essex Junction, Vt., and Chih-Chao Yang, Glenmont, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure comprises an insulating layer of a dielectric material, an opening having sidewalls extending from a top surface of the insulating layer toward a bottom surface of the insulating layer, and a conductive feature disposed in the opening. The design structure includes a top capping layer disposed on at least a top surface of the conductive feature and a conductive liner layer disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive feature along at least the sidewalls of the opening. The conductive liner layer of the design structure has sidewall portions that project above the top surface of the insulating layer adjacent to the sidewalls of the opening." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,193). 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=79,84,409.PN.&OS=PN/79,84,409&RS=PN/79,84,409 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Structures Incorporating Semiconductor Device Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,408) developed by four co-inventors for "structures incorporating semiconductor device structures with reduced junction capacitance and drain induced barrier lowering." The co-inventors are Kangguo Cheng, Guilderland, N.Y., Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Fishkill, N.Y., Jack Allan Mandelman, Flat Rock, N.C., and Haining Yang, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure includes semiconductor device structures characterized by reduced junction capacitance and drain induced barrier lowering. The semiconductor device structure of the design structure includes a semiconductor layer and a dielectric layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the substrate. The dielectric layer includes a first dielectric region with a first dielectric constant and a second dielectric region with a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,013). 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=79,84,408&OS=79,84,408&RS=79,84,408 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Computer Program Product Involving Error Thresholds ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,341) developed by Rebecca S. Wisniewski, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., and Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "method, system and computer program product involving error thresholds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for processing errors in a processor comprising, an error counter, a pass counter, and a processing portion operative to determine whether a first error is active, increment an error counter responsive to determining that the first error is active, increment the pass counter responsive to determining that all errors have been checked, and clear the error counter responsive to determining that the pass counter is greater than or equal to a pass count threshold value." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,697). 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=7,984,341.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,341&RS=PN/7,984,341 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Resource Configuration in Multi-modal Distributed Computing Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,287) developed by Ponani Gopalakrishnan, New Delhi, India, Stephane H. Maes, Fremont, Calif., and Ganesh N. Ramaswamy, Ossining, N.Y., for a "resource configuration in multi-modal distributed computing systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for configuring available resources in real-time to automatically accommodate the needs of the system user in multi-modal distributed computing system is disclosed. Information about the location or environment of a wireless device is used, preferably in combination with user personal preferences and past history to modify the behavior of the wireless device, including the selection of the most appropriate mode of interaction with the device and the activation of applications thereon as appropriate." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,597). 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=7,984,287.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,287&RS=PN/7,984,287 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Dram Device-level Repair via Address Remappings ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,329) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for providing DRAM device-level repair via address remappings external to the device." The co-inventors are Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Darren L. Anand, Williston, Vt., Jeffrey H. Dreibelbis, Williston, Vt., Charles A. Kilmer, Essex Junction, Vt., Warren E. Maule, Cedar Park, Texas, and Robert B. Tremaine, Stormville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing DRAM device-level repair via address remappings external to the device. A system includes a memory controller having an interface to one or more memory devices via a memory module. The memory devices include addressable redundant and non-redundant memory blocks. The memory controller also includes a mechanism for utilizing one or more redundant memory blocks in place of one or more failing non-redundant memory blocks via an address remapping external to the memory device. The remapping occurs while the system is on-line." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/849,452). 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=7,984,329.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,329&RS=PN/7,984,329 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Distributed System Checker ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,984,332) developed by seven co-inventors for a distributed system checker. The co-inventors are Junfeng Yang, New York, Lintao Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif., Lidong Zhou, Cupertino, Calif., Zhenyu Guo, Beijing, Xuezheng Liu, Beijing, Jian Tang, Beijing, and Mao Yang, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed system checker may check a distributed system against events to detect bugs in the distributed system. The events may include machines crashes, network partitions, and packet losses, for example. The distributed system checker may check a distributed system that can have multiple threads and multiple processes running on multiple nodes. To obtain control over a distributed system, a distributed system checker may insert an interposition layer between a process and the operating system on each node." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,779). 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=7,984,332.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,332&RS=PN/7,984,332 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,300) developed by John R. Fredlund, Rochester, N.Y., and Martin A. Parker, Rochester, N.Y, for a "system and method of authenicating a digitally captured image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of authenticating a digital still image captured using a digital image capture device. To process the digital still image for later authentication, a signature data is transmitted from a remote location to the digital image capture device. Upon capturing the digital still image, an image identification is associated with the digital still image. The signature data is then applied to the captured digital still image to produce an authentication signature representative of the captured digital still image. The authentication signature is associated with the image identification and transmitted from the digital still image to the remote location for storage at the remote location. To verify the authenticity of the digital still image, the digital still image is transmitted to the remote location. The signature data for the transmitted digital still image is accessed and applied to the transmitted digital still image to produce a verification signature. The authentication signature and the verification signature are compared to determine the authentication of the transmitted digital still image. In an alternate embodiment, the signature data and image identification are sent to the image capture device to generate the verification signature, which is transmitted to the remote location for comparison with the authentication signature." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2006 (11/548,305). 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=7,984,300.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,300&RS=PN/7,984,300 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Call-stack Pattern Matching for Problem Resolution within Software ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,334) developed by Jonathan D. Champlin, Cold Spring, N.Y., and Arthur H. Thomas, Chelmsford, Mass., for a "call-stack pattern matching for problem resolution within software." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of diagnosing a fault condition within software can include, responsive to a fault condition within a computing system belonging to an organization, automatically sending call-stack information for the fault condition to a first server within the organization. Within the first server, the call-stack information for the fault condition can be compared with call-stack information from prior fault conditions that occurred within the organization to determine whether the call-stack information for the fault condition matches call-stack information from one of the prior fault conditions. The method further can include sending the call-stack information to a second server for comparison with call-stack information from prior fault conditions that occurred within at least one different organization if the call-stack information for the fault condition does not match." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/618,304). 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=7,984,334.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,334&RS=PN/7,984,334 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Proactive Alert Generation via Equivalent Machine ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,333) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for proactive alert generation via equivalent machine configuration determination from problem history data." The co-inventors are Yaoping Ruan, White Plains, N.Y., Debanjan Saha, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., Sambit Sahu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Anees A. Shaikh, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, and system employing the method, initiates proactive maintenance of computer systems and/or devices in a computer network. The method determines the subsystems of the computers and network devices and analyzes their configuration data including their respective subsystems. The method generates maintenance characteristics for the devices, and determines a maintenance event for devices using the maintenance characteristics and the configuration data of the devices. The method initiates a maintenance solution of a device determined to have a problematic configuration." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/263,217). 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=7,984,333.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,333&RS=PN/7,984,333 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Welch Allyn Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Welch Allyn, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (No. D641,885) developed by six co-inventors for an ornamental design for a patient-monitor housing. The co-inventors are Thaddeus J. Wawro, Auburn, N.Y., Alan S. Knieriem, Baldwinsville, N.Y., Michael McAtamney, Navan, Ireland, Stephen Montgomery, Virginia, Ireland, Donwoong Kang, Camillus, N.Y., and Jonathan A. Fitch, Syracuse, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a patient-monitor housing, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2010 (D/380,149). 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=D641,885&OS=D641,885&RS=D641,885 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,204) developed by Adrian S. Butter, Binghamton, N.Y., Liang Chen, Shanghai, China, and Liang Ge, Shanghai, China, for a "programmable direct memory access controller having pipelined and sequentially connected stages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Direct Memory Access controller controls access to memory in a data processing system via a system bus. The controller is made up of a data load unit configured for performing load operations with data. A data computation unit is configured for performing data conversion and is pipeline connected in sequence to the data load unit. A data store unit is also pipeline connected in sequence to the data computation unit and is configured for performing burst store operations onto a system bus for storage in system memory." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2008 (12/119,924). 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=7,984,204.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,204&RS=PN/7,984,204 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Program Products for Facilitating Access to Status and Measurement Data Associated ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,198) developed by Daniel F. Casper, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and John R. Flanagan, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "system and program products for facilitating access to status and measurement data associated with input/output processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Input/output processing is facilitated by readily enabling access to information associated with input/output processing. This information includes status information and measurement data provided by a control unit executing input/output commands. The status and measurement data are provided in a status control block identified in a transport control word, which is further used to specify a location in memory that includes the input/output commands to be executed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2009 (12/364,615). 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=7,984,198.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,198&RS=PN/7,984,198 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Logic Controls Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Logic Controls, New Hyde Park, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,195) developed by Jackson Lum, Roslyn, N.Y., for a "hybrid industrial networked computer system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes a workstation with a first Personal Computer (PC)-based controller, a workstation with a second industrial PC-based controller having different performance characteristics than the first controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations. The Ethernet network may include home-run or star Ethernet topology, and the controllers may be TCP/IP addressable. The computing system may be used in a restaurant, kitchen, shop, or department store. The computing system may also include a bump bar keyboard or keypad and a monitor coupled to the controllers Another Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes at least two workstations, each of which includes an industrial non-PC-based controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations. Yet Another Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes a workstation with an industrial PC-based controller, a workstation with an industrial non-PC-based controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2007 (11/827,101). 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=7,984,195.PN.&OS=PN/7,984,195&RS=PN/7,984,195 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Contec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Contec, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (D641,735) developed by Dominic D. Santa Maria, Gloversville, N.Y., and Eugene W. Griesau, Albany, N.Y., for an ornamental design for a remote control. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for the remote control, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (D/387,198). 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=D641,735.PN.&OS=PN/D641,735&RS=PN/D641,735 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Prestige Jewelry International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Prestige Jewelry International, New York, has been assigned a patent (D641,651) developed by Rajiv Kothari, New York, for an ornamental design for a gemstone jewelry. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for gemstone jewelry, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (D/373,209). 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=D641,651.PN.&OS=PN/D641,651&RS=PN/D641,651 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (D641,637) developed by seven co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "container for hair care composition." The co-inventors are Janelle Yurong Wang Treadway, Whittier, Calif., and Marc Christopher Hatcher, Milford, Ohio, Graham Hufton, New York, Ian Andrew Carnduff, New York, Paul F. Diehl, Brooklyn, N.Y., Akina Kurihara, New York, and Douglas Scott Miller, Lebanon, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a container for hair care composition, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on July 10, 2009 (D/339,913). 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=D641,637.PN.&OS=PN/D641,637&RS=PN/D641,637 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent for Container for Hair Care Composition ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (D641,636) developed by seven co-inventors for an ornamental design for a "container for hair care composition." The co-inventors are Janelle Yurong Wang Treadway, Whittier, Calif., Marc Christopher Hatcher, Milford, Ohio, Graham Hufton, New York, Ian Andrew Carnduff, New York, Paul F. Diehl, Brooklyn, N.Y., Akina Kurihara, New York, and Douglas Scott Miller, Lebanon, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a container for hair care composition, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (D/337,154). 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=D641,636.PN.&OS=PN/D641,636&RS=PN/D641,636 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. -1054875 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |