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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (July 29)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** U.S. Army Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (7,764,185) developed by Paul C. Manz, Matawan, N.J., and Fernando J. Maymi, West Point, N.Y., for a "system, user warning and positioning device for use therein, and computer program product therefor, for tactical distributed event warning notification for individual entities." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, device, and computer program product is provided for the centralized or distributed warning of existing or developing significant events and/or threats to users of the device within their locale, while reporting the location of all users of the system to existing command and control systems. A pager-like user warning and positioning device, worn by or carried by the individual user, or mounted in a vehicle or vessel, having a geographical positioning means therein, periodically transmits the geographical location of the individual user, vehicle or vessel, and listens for warning/notification event messages transmitted by a network bridge or central station. When an event/threat warning is received by the device, the device alerts the user via indicia relative to the event/situation, including audible spoken warnings and instructions on how to react, and may retransmit the event/threat warning to other nodes in the network." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2006 (11/489,808). 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=77,64,185.PN.&OS=PN/77,64,185&RS=PN/77,64,185 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harrah's Operating Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- Harrah's Operating, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (7,765,121) developed by Mark C. Pace, Las Vegas, and Thomas W. Cook, Linwood, N.J., for an "automated service scheduling system based on customer value." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated system uses a decisioning system to schedule service attendants to service events at patron locations. The decisioning system schedules the events for servicing using various factors to establish the priority of different events. Service attendants are paged by the system to inform them of a service to be provided." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2001 (09/782,677). 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=7,765,121.PN.&OS=PN/7,765,121&RS=PN/7,765,121 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,765,093) developed by five co-inventors for a "network modeling system and method of simulating network operation with configurable node models." The co-inventors are Chris Cho-Pin Li, New York, Connie Chui-Jun Lau, Clifton, N.J., Christine Marie Cruz, Parsippany, N.J., Yu-Jih Liu, Ledgewood, N.J., and Chang-June Yoon, Edison, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A node model of the present invention is employed by a network modeling and simulation system and includes a communication protocol stack with a plurality of protocol layers. Each protocol layer includes communication functions. The protocol layer functions are each represented by one or more distinct software implementations that are optimized for different simulation purposes. A configurable module switch is disposed between protocol layers within the stack to selectively control information flow between functions within adjacent protocol layers. The node model enables a user to perform network simulation or analysis of varying detail or granularity." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2005 (11/228,227). 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=7,765,093.PN.&OS=PN/7,765,093&RS=PN/7,765,093 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New Jersey Inventor Develops Patent for Method for Distributing Calls to a Group Of End Points ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alan Edward Kaplan, Morris Township, N.J., has developed a patent (7,764,684) for a "method for distributing calls to a group of end points." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A switching apparatus distributes incoming calls to end point terminals that belong to a service group and that interact with the switching apparatus via messages. The messages query the end point terminals by specifying a range and asking those end point terminals that meet a criterion associated with the range to respond. By iteratively narrowing the range, for example, in a binary search fashion, one of the end point terminals is selected. In one embodiment, the range relates to fixed sequence IDs of the end point terminals and the criterion relates to whether an end point terminal is idle or not. In another embodiment, the range incorporates the idle/not idle state of the end point terminals by specifying idle time durations." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2008 (12/150,477). 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=7,764,684&OS=7,764,684&RS=7,764,684 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Customer-controlled Routing Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,764,702) developed by Chen-Yui Yang, Marlboro, N.J., Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, N.J., and Anand Singh, Marlboro, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for customer-controlled routing management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for customer-controlled routing management. In one embodiment, a system for managing routing in a virtual private network includes a configuration management system for receiving settings from a user of the virtual private network, the settings specifying at least one of: virtual private network topology and routing preferences, and for provisioning the virtual private network in accordance with the user settings and a validation management system for validating the provisioned virtual private network." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/960,335). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,764,702&OS=7,764,702&RS=7,764,702 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New Jersey Inventors Develop Patent for Method for Controlling Traffic Balance between Peering Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alexandre Gerber, Madison, N.J., Jay Borkenhagen, Lincroft, N.J., and Susan Martens, Tinton Falls, N.J., have developed a patent (7,764,628) for a "method for controlling traffic balance between peering networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method that measures ratio, relative to a peering network, of traffic burden of incoming traffic to traffic burden of outgoing traffic, where traffic burden takes into account traffic volume and distance that the traffic traverses through the network. A determination is made from this ratio as to whether an imbalance exists with the peering network. With the assistance of a simulation of changes in routing policy and their effects, an existing or impending imbalance is remedied by changing the routing policy relative to particular customers, for example from a "hot potato" routing policy to a "best exit" routing policy." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2008 (12/009,447). 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=7,764,628&OS=7,764,628&RS=7,764,628 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AirTight Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- AirTight Networks, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,764,648) developed by Krishnamurthy N. Gopinath, Bangalore, India, and Pravin Bhagwat, Kendall Park, N.J., for a "method and system for allowing and preventing wireless devices to transmit wireless signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for arbitrating use of wireless medium for transmission of wireless signals within a selected local geographic region. The selected local geographic region comprises a first set of a plurality of devices to be allowed to transmit wireless signals and a second set of one or more devices to be substantially restricted from transmitting wireless signals. The method includes providing identity information associated with the first set of wireless devices. The method includes transmitting over a wireless medium at least one packet for each of the wireless devices in the first set. The at least one packet for each of the wireless devices includes an identity information, including an address, associated with that wireless device. That wireless device is a recipient of the one packet on the wireless medium. The at least one packet also has a selected value in a duration field of at least the one packet. The selected value is associated with a portion of time for which that wireless device is to be allowed to transmit wireless signals within the selected local geographic region while restricting at least the wireless devices in the second set." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/329,644). 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=7,764,648&OS=7,764,648&RS=7,764,648 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,764,635) developed by Wai Chen, Parsippany, N.J., Latha Kant, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Christopher Sadler, Princeton, N.J., for a "cross-layer self-healing in a wireless ad-hoc network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method and apparatus for improved self-healing in a mobile ad-hoc wireless network in which network communication functions are divided into a plurality of functional layers. The system utilizes cross-layer self-healing techniques. Network data from at least one of the functional layers is stored, for example in a storage unit of the network node. The stored network data is then used to modify the functioning of at least one of the other layers. In one embodiment, a management module manages the storage and use of the network data. In particular embodiments, the stored network data relates to successful transmission rates and/or clear channel rates, and this stored data is used to adjust the transmission power of the network node. In another embodiment, the stored data may be used to generate a table of interchangeable network nodes, which may then be used to reroute a data packet to a network node other than an originally specified destination node. In yet another embodiment, the stored data may be used to generate a list of recent neighbor nodes, which data may be used to reroute data packets to intermediate network nodes." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2005 (11/114,846). 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=7,764,635&OS=7,764,635&RS=7,764,635 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel-Lucent Assigned Patent for Methods and Devices for Preventing Protocol Stalling ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,764,624) developed by Hsuan-Jung Su, Ocean, N.J., and Qinqing Zhang, Morganville, N.J., for "methods and devices for preventing protocol stalling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides techniques for preventing protocol stalling. A control platform is adapted to generate a predetermined time period, wherein the predetermined time period is reset when an acknowledgement signal is received. The control platform is further adapted to examine stored packets to detect new or negatively acknowledged packets. A transmission platform is adapted to transmit an earliest transmitted packet after the predetermined time period expires when no new or negatively acknowledged packets are detected." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2002 (10/198,591). 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=7,764,624&OS=7,764,624&RS=7,764,624 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel-Lucent Assigned Patent for Methods of Multipath Acquisition for Dedicated Traffic Channels ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,764,656) developed by Francis Dominique, Rockaway, N.J., and Hongwei Kong, Denville, N.J., for "methods of multipath acquisition for dedicated traffic channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a method of multipath acquisition for a dedicated traffic channel, path positions of the traffic channel that have desired signal energy for processing in a base station receiver may be determined as a function of information contained in a data part of the traffic channel." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2005 (11/179,577). 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=7,764,656&OS=7,764,656&RS=7,764,656 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent for Method for Distribution of Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) Capability Between Point to Point and Point to Multipoint Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,764,642) developed by Stephen E. Terry, Northport, N.Y., and James M. Miller, Verona, N.J., for a "method for distribution of wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capability between point to point and point to multipoint services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for arranging wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capability distribution between point to point (PtP) and point to multipoint (PtM) services. The method addresses PtP/PtM specific and common capabilities shared between PtM and PtP. The method utilizes procedures and different scenarios to coordinate establishment/release of PtP and PtM services and distribution of WTRU PtP/PtM capabilities within a universal mobile telecommunication system terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN)." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2005 (11/080,580). 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=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,764,642&OS=7,764,642&RS=7,764,642 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Algorithms and Estimators for Summarization of Unaggregated Data Streams ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,764,625) developed by five co-inventors for "algorithms and estimators for summarization of unaggregated data streams." The co-inventors are Nicholas Duffield, Summit, N.J., Edith Cohen, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Haim Kaplan, Hod Hasharon, Israel, Carsten Lund, Berkeley Heights, N.J., and Mikkel Thorup, Florence, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to streaming algorithms useful for obtaining summaries over unaggregated packet streams and for providing unbiased estimators for characteristics, such as, the amount of traffic that belongs to a specified subpopulation of flows. Packets are sampled from a packet stream and aggregated into flows and counted by implementation of: (a) Adaptive Sampled NetFlow (ANF), and adjusted weight (A.sup.A.sup.NF) of a flow (f) is calculated as follows: A.sup.A.sup.NF(f)=i(f)/p'; i(f) being the number of packets counted for a flow f, and p' being the sampling rate at end of a measurement period; or (b) Adaptive Sample-and-Hold (ASH), and adjusted weight (A.sup.A.sup.SH) of a flow (f) is calculated as follows: A.sup.A.sup.SH(f)=i(f)+(1-p')/p'; i(f) being the number of packets counted for a flow f, and p' being the sampling rate at end of a measurement period." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2008 (12/136,705). 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=7,764,625&OS=7,764,625&RS=7,764,625 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Johnson & Johnson Consumer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Skillman, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,764,303) developed by five co-inventors for an "imaging apparatus and methods for capturing and analyzing digital images of the skin." The co-inventors are Jeffrey Pote, Easton, Pa., Gregory Payonk, Flanders, N.J., Nikiforos Kollias, Skillman, N.J., Dick Jackson, Victoria, Canada, and Eduardo Ruvolo, Plainsboro, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An imaging station for taking a plurality of digital images of a subject under a plurality of illuminating conditions and storing and analyzing the digital images, includes a housing, containing the digital image capturing apparatus, like a camera or video recorder, a computer for processing the image data and one or more displays for displaying images of the person. The imaging station aids in controlling lighting during image capture and may be used to optimally position the subject for imaging. The computer may be programmed to conduct various image processing functions and may be networked to allow image sharing. A display which may be provided on the exterior of the housing allows an operator to visualize the subject and to control the imaging process. The imaging station may be used for teaching purposes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/863,342). 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=7,764,303.PN.&OS=PN/7,764,303&RS=PN/7,764,303 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** L3 Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- L3 Communications, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,764,104) developed by Richard Michael Reindl, Mt. Laurel, N.J., and Byungchae Kim, Garnet Valley, Pa., for a self clock generation. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A clock signal may be generated for a receiving circuit without requiring an external oscillator. A first digital circuit may convert a first signal edge at an input into a first clock signal at an output, and a second digital circuit, in feedback connection with the first digital circuit, may generate a second signal edge at the input based on the first clock signal at the output. Then, the first circuit may convert the second signal edge at the input to a second clock signal at the output. Thus, the first circuit and the second circuit, in combination, may generate a continuous stream of signal edges at the input and clock signals at the output. The second circuit may communicate with the controller circuit that may indicate that a subsequent clock signal is needed. The controller circuit may send commands and receive status from the receiving circuit." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,347). 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=77,64,104.PN.&OS=PN/77,64,104&RS=PN/77,64,104 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,764,230) developed by Dmitry Chizhik, Highland Park, N.J., and Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, Holmdel, N.J., for "methods for locating transmitters using backward ray tracing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to a method for localizing a transmitter inside a building, a transmitter emits rays which undergo multiple reflections with the walls, ceilings and floors of the building. Each of K receivers receives rays from the transmitter, and the receivers estimates the AOA (Angle of arrival), TOA (Time of Arrival) and power of each ray. At least one of the receivers uses a known blueprint of the building and material characteristics of the walls to localize the transmitter to a higher degree of accuracy by applying a backward ray tracing algorithm." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2007 (11/717,007). 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=7,764,230.PN.&OS=PN/7,764,230&RS=PN/7,764,230 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,765,209) developed by six co-inventors for an "indexing and retrieval of blogs." The co-inventors are Alex Khesin, Hoboken, N.J., Andriy Bihun, Pine Bush, N.Y., Eduardo Morales, Harrison, N.J., Jason Goldman, San Francisco, Jeff Reynar, New York, and Vinod Marur, Berkeley Heights, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may receive a feed associated with a blog. The system may extract information from the feed and the blog and create a hybrid document based on the extracted information. The system may further use the hybrid document to determine a relevance of the blog to a search query." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2005 (11/224,310). 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=7765209.PN.&OS=PN/7765209&RS=PN/7765209 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,765,179) developed by Ping-Wen Ong, Middletown, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for resolving domain names of persistent web resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing persistent storage of Web resources. Uniform Resource Locators ("URLs") that identify Web resources are augmented to include a time stamp. A web browser and a web server are disclosed that accommodate a time stamp parameter and allow a user to refer to any Web address with a precise target date. The disclosed Web browser can optionally include a mechanism to facilitate the specification of the desired date and time, or the user can manually append the time stamp to the URL indicated in the "Location" window of the browser. The persistent Web servers (i) receive URLs containing a time stamp, (ii) extract the time stamp, (iii) retrieve the correct Web page from the archive, and (iv) return the requested page to the client. The persistent Web servers include a persistent archive for storing all of the versions of Web resources that will be persistently available to Web users. A persistent domain name server (PDNS) allows a user to refer to historical Web resources. The persistent domain name server (PDNS) utilizes the dated URL to determine where the historical information of a given company is located following a domain name change for the requested time period and translates the request to a new machine containing the historical information of the company." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 1998 (09/201,749). 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=7765179.PN.&OS=PN/7765179&RS=PN/7765179 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,765,167) developed by seven co-inventors for "systems and methods for storage modeling and costing." The co-inventors are Anand Prahlad, East Brunswick, N.J., Srinivas Kavuri, South Plainfield, N.J., Andre Duque Madeira, Laurence Harbor, N.J., Norman R. Lunde, Middletown, N.J., Alan G. Bunte, Monmouth Beach, N.J., Andreas May, Marlboro, N.J., and Jeremy Schwartz, Red Bank, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides systems and methods for data storage. A hierarchical storage management architecture is presented to facilitate data management. The disclosed system provides methods for evaluating the state of stored data relative to enterprise needs by using weighted parameters that may be user defined. Also disclosed are systems and methods evaluating costing and risk management associated with stored data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2008 (12/015,470). 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=7765167.PN.&OS=PN/7765167&RS=PN/7765167 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MasterCard International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 -- MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,765,162) developed by Philip Binder, Ramsey, N.J., and Adam Gluck, Ardsley, N.Y., for a "method and system for conducting off-line and on-line pre-authorized payment transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for conducting a financial transaction using an integrated circuit device issued by a card issuer and capable of conducting off-line and on-line transactions with a payment card network. The method includes utilizing the card for conducting a transaction and reading from the card a pre-authorized balance, a pre-authorized limit, and an account number. The method also includes requesting on-line authorization in the event the value of the transaction is greater than the difference between the pre-authorized limit and the pre-authorized balance. Finally, the method includes receiving authorization to conduct the transaction and updating by the card the pre-authorized balance and the pre-authorized limit, wherein the card issuer, through the integrated circuit device, is able to continually update the pre-authorized limit based on various factors including the transaction and account activity." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2003 (10/680,373). 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=7765162.PN.&OS=PN/7765162&RS=PN/7765162 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. -1055861 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |