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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Nevada (Aug. 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Nevada. *** Nokia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Nokia, Espoo, Finland, has been assigned a patent (7,986,782) developed by Stephan Meyers, Los Angeles, for a "method and system for managing rights in digital information over a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the tangible object through a reader, which sends the code to a server on which the digital information is stored. The server then authorizes access to the digital information to one or more access devices listed in registries belonging to the user. The user may use the digital information on the terms he agrees to, and, while in use by the user, access to the digital information to other users or other playback devices is disabled. Once the user no longer is using the digital information, the access device erases the digital information, and signals the server that the digital information is no longer in use, thereby re-enabling access to the digital information by the other playback devices listed in the registry." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2005 (11/286,024). 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=7,986,782.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,782&RS=PN/7,986,782 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System, Method, and Service for Tracing Traitors from Content Protection Circumvention Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,787) developed by Hongxia Jin, San Jose, Calif., Jeffrey Bruce Lotspiech, Henderson, Nev., and Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "system, method, and service for tracing traitors from content protection circumvention devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A traitor tracing system generates a hypothesized model of the circumvention device that models a hypothesized set of device keys compromised by the circumvention device. The system iteratively invokes a subset tracing system to identify a compromised device key until substantially all the compromised device keys in the set of compromised device keys are identified so as to disable the circumvention device. A subset tracing system generates a circumvention device model that models behavior of a circumvention device using prior knowledge and The system iteratively selects and applies to the circumvention device a test based on the hypothesized model and the circumvention device model and receives a response from the circumvention device indicating a success of the test in playing protected content on the circumvention device. The system updates the hypothesized model using the received response, the selected test, a current version of the hypothesized model, and a current version of the circumvention device model to focus the test selecting process in determining the device keys obtained from the traitor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/608,268). 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=7,986,787.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,787&RS=PN/7,986,787 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nevada Inventor Develops Patent for Spatial Scan Replication Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- J. Carl Cooper, Incline Village, Nev., has developed a patent (7,986,851) for a "spatial scan replication circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an image replication circuit, the improvement of replicating a given element at a certain location with the most similar of surrounding sets of image elements." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/368,238). 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=7,986,851.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,851&RS=PN/7,986,851 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Server Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Server Technology, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,990,689) developed by five co-inventors for a "power distribution unit and methods of making and use including modular construction and assemblies." The co-inventors are Carrel W. Ewing, Incline Village, Nev., Andrew J. Cleveland, Reno, Nev., James P. Maskaly, Sparks, Nev., Dave Greenblat, Carson City, Nev., and Brandon W. Ewing, Reno, Nev. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein are various embodiments of a power distribution unit having modular components. For example, according to one embodiment, a power distribution unit can include a component portion that comprises at least two modules including outlet modules, circuit protection modules, power input modules, communications I/O modules, and display modules. Each of the at least two modules of the component portion can comprise at least one connection element and can be removably secured to one or more other of the at least two modules via the connection elements. The power distribution unit can also include a housing that defines an interior cavity. The component portion can be removably secured to the housing at least partially within the interior cavity." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2010 (12/767,706). 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=79,90,689.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,689&RS=PN/79,90,689 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterMetro Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- InterMetro Industries, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,990,691) developed by six co-inventors for a mobile computer workstation. The co-inventors are Richard A. Clark, Atlanta, Michael R. Jacobs, Las Vegas, Steven B. Flemig, Woodstock, Ga., Fouad Geries Abu-Akel, Duluth, Ga., Darin Janoschka, Roswell, Ga., and Keith Washington, Alpharetta, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile workstation for use with a computer network. The mobile workstation may include a medical monitoring device, a radio transceiver in communication with the medical monitoring device operable for receiving and sending data to the computer network, a display screen, and a wheeled chassis for mounting the medical monitoring device, the radio transceiver and the display screen." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,097). 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=79,90,691.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,691&RS=PN/79,90,691 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yale Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Yale Security, Monroe, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,984,631) developed by Christopher N. Case, Indianapolis, and Robert C. Hunt, Reno, Nev., for a modular escutcheon. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modular escutcheon for a door lock including a plurality of covers. Each higher cover may progressively project outward from the surface of a door more than the covers below. Top and bottom edges of adjacent covers abut to form a joint, which may be partly or completely concealed resulting from the outward projections of higher covers. An escutcheon system may be provided that includes interchangeable parts, for example, there may be several different intermediate covers for use with the same lower and upper covers, or different upper covers that may be used in the same position. A variety of lock operating devices may be provided with the different covers to achieve different systems." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2008 (12/035,907). 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=7984631.PN.&OS=PN/7984631&RS=PN/7984631 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1056683 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |