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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Aug. 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Micro Motion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 9 -- Micro Motion, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,996,160) developed by Craig B. McAnally, Thornton, Colo., and Mark James Bell, Arvada, Colo., for a "meter electronics and methods for determining void fraction of gas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Meter electronics (20) for determining a void fraction of gas in a flow material flowing through a flow meter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a frequency response of the flow material and a processing system (203) in communication with the interface (201). The processing system (203) is configured to receive the frequency response from the interface (201), break out the frequency response into at least a gas frequency component and a fluid frequency component, and determine the void fraction of gas from the frequency response and one or more of the gas frequency component and the fluid frequency component." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2006 (11/914,800). 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=79,96,160.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,160&RS=PN/79,96,160 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Requisite Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Requisite Software, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (7,996,428) developed by Michael R. Neal, Superior, Colo., for "text-based searches of numeric data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention can allow a user to locate items in a database based on numeric characteristics of the items using words to describe those characteristics. In one embodiment, the invention includes selecting a numeric attribute of an item in a database of items some of which have values for the selected attribute, linking the numeric attribute to a descriptive word, linking the numeric attribute to a function, executing the function on values of the numeric attributes, and assigning a descriptive word to an item based on the results of the function." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/494,168). 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=79,96,428&OS=79,96,428&RS=79,96,428 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medtronic Navigation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Medtronic Navigation, Louisville, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,996,064) developed by David A. Simon, Boulder, Colo., Kurt R. Smith, Eldorado Springs, Colo., and Kevin T. Foley, Memphis, Tenn., for a "system and method for placing and determining an appropriately sized surgical implant." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Images taken before a surgical procedure by an imager are displayed by a computer and overlaid with graphical representations of instruments and/or surgical implants. The graphical representations can be used to determined appropriate sizes of the surgical implants and trajectories for placement. Also, the images can be used in the operating room. The graphical representations can be updated in real-time to correspond to movement of the instruments in the operating room." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,487). 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=7996064.PN.&OS=PN/7996064&RS=PN/7996064 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Workflow Control using an Aggregate Utility Function ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,996,250) developed by four co-inventors for a "workflow control using an aggregate utility function." The co-inventors are Janet Lynn Wiener, Palo Alto, Calif., John Wilkes, Palo Alto, Calif., Alvin AuYoung, San Jose, Calif., and Laura Ellen Grit, Fort Collins, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are, inter alia, systems, methods and techniques for controlling workflow by identifying an individual job that is part of an overall deliverables package that covers multiple jobs. An aggregate utility function is obtained, specifying utility based on an aggregate metric across the overall deliverables package, and a current operating point is determined on the aggregate utility function. An effective utility is calculated for the individual job based on the aggregate utility function and the current operating point, and the execution of work is controlled based on the effective utility for the individual job." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2006 (11/554,541). 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=7,996,250.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,250&RS=PN/7,996,250 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nursing Home Quality Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Nursing Home Quality, Centennial, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,996,246) developed by four co-inventors for a "nursing home evaluation system." The co-inventors are Andrew M. Kramer, Centennial, Colo., Peter J. Kramer, Centennial, Colo., Matthew J. Morris, Denver, and Ian Schreuder, Denver. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2008 (12/126,033). 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=7,996,246.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,246&RS=PN/7,996,246 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,206) developed by Patrick R. Bashford, Fort Collins, Colo., Brian A. Day, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Silvia E. Jaeckel, Colorado Springs, Colo., for a "serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) connection emulation for direct attached serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a system and method for emulating a serial small computer system interface (SAS) connection for direct attached serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) communication are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention includes a host controller. The host controller includes a physical interface for accepting at least one of a SAS connection or a direct attached SATA device. A common interface logic configured to receive SAS communications and SATA communications having a SAS emulated connection is included in the host controller. An emulation logic is communicatively coupled to the common interface logic. The emulation logic being configured to determine a value of a ConnectedSata signal based on the state of a SATA link state machine." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2004 (10/980,373). 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=7,996,206.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,206&RS=PN/7,996,206 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Webroot Software Assigned Patent for Method and System for Detecting and Removing Hidden Pestware Files ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Webroot Software, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,996,903) developed by Patrick Sprowls, Boulder, Colo., for a "method and system for detecting and removing hidden pestware files." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for detecting and removing a hidden pestware file is described. One illustrative embodiment detects, using direct drive access, a file on a computer storage device; determines whether the file is also detectable by the operating system by attempting to access the file using a standard file Application-Program-Interface (API) function call of the operating system; identifies the file as a potential hidden pestware file, when the file is undetectable by the operating system; confirms through an automated pestware-signature scan of the potential hidden pestware file that the potential hidden pestware file is a hidden pestware file; and removes automatically, using direct drive access, the hidden pestware file from the storage device." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2006 (11/482,903). 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=7,996,903&OS=7,996,903&RS=7,996,903 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,855) developed by five co-inventors for a "personal messaging application programming interface for integrating an application with groupware systems." The co-inventors are Pete Heist, Yardley, Pa., Nathan Cole, Lansdale, Pa., Jonathan Michael Hurley, East Windsor, N.J., Kevin John Agatone, West Chester, Pa., and Jeffrey Thomas Sposetti, Superior, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A personal messaging application programming interface can be utilized by a developer in order to add groupware functionality to an application. The interface can include various schemas and providers that allow the schemas to connect to a collaboration server which provides the groupware functionality. The schemas can further include item and container classes and can extend other schemas so as to provide functionality that is more specific to the collaboration server. The items and containers can represent various entities on the collaboration server. The providers can use stubs in order to create connections to the collaboration server and can implement the schema hierarchy so as to map the functionality defined by the schema into various core calls on the collaboration server." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2006 (11/522,240). 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=7,996,855&OS=7,996,855&RS=7,996,855 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Hitachi Global Storage Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,996,899) developed by Curtis H. Bruner, Longmont, Colo., and Christopher J. Squires, Westminster, Colo., for "communication systems and methods for digital content modification and protection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system comprises a content provider system configured to receive a content request indicating content and a device identifier, determine a first key based on the device identifier, process the content using the first key to modify the content from an unprotected state to a protected state, and transfer the content in the protected state. The communication system further comprises an end user system configured to receive the content in the protected state and process the content with a second key to modify the content from the protected state to an unprotected state wherein the second key is internally hard coded to the end user system." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2006 (11/361,471). 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=7,996,899&OS=7,996,899&RS=7,996,899 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Webroot Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Webroot Software, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,996,898) developed by Sarah L. Mood, Superior, Colo., Bradley D. Stowers, Mead, Colo., and Michael P. Greene, Boulder, Colo., for a "system and method for monitoring events on a computer to reduce false positive indication of pestware." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for reducing false positive indications of pestware on a protected computer is disclosed. In one variation, the method includes tracking activities of a user at the protected computer, monitoring events at the protected computer, identifying events that are potentially indicative of pestware, comparing at least one of the events with at least one of the activities of the user and initiating, in response to the comparing indicating the activities of the user are unconnected with the events, a user prompt that informs the user about the events to enable the user to make a decision relative to managing the events." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2005 (11/258,536). 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=7,996,898&OS=7,996,898&RS=7,996,898 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining Proportionate Use of System Resources by Applications Executing in a Shared Hosting Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,820) developed by four co-inventors for a "determining proportionate use of system resources by applications executing in a shared hosting environment." The co-inventors are John J. Auvenshine, Tucson, Ariz., Justin Blackburn, Surprise, Ariz., Nicolas E. Fosdick, Frederick, Colo., and Christopher Jacoby, Chander, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining proportionate use of system resources by applications executing in a shared hosting environment, including executing monitor agents, one monitor agent for one or more instances of the applications, including collecting by the monitor agents data describing each instance of use of a system resource by an instance of the applications; storing by the monitor agents the collected data in data records, each data record representing a use of the system resources by a using instance of an application, the using instance comprising an instance of an application that uses a resource as represented by a data record; and storing by the monitor agents in the data records monitor tags, the monitor tags identifying each data record and identifying each using instance of an application for each data record." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2007 (11/619,644). 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=7,996,820&OS=7,996,820&RS=7,996,820 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,996,710) developed by Dheemanth Nagaraj, Longmont, Colo., and Larry J. Thayer, Ft. Collins, Colo., for a "defect management for a semiconductor memory system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for managing defects in a semiconductor memory system having a plurality of addressable locations. In the method, a first plurality of the addressable locations is allocated as in-use locations, and a second plurality of the addressable locations is allocated as spare locations. A plurality of sets of the in-use locations, wherein each of the sets is associated with a memory defect, is determined. At least one of the sets includes a different number of in-use locations than another of the sets. Each of the sets of the in-use locations is associated with at least one corresponding set of the spare locations. Each of a plurality of data requests that is associated with one of the sets of the in-use locations is directed to the at least one corresponding set of the spare locations." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2007 (11/740,052). 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=7996710.PN.&OS=PN/7996710&RS=PN/7996710 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,576) developed by Randy Kay Hall, Boulder, Colo., for a "generating an identifier for a SATA disk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In described embodiments, a method of generating an identifier for a disk includes the steps of requesting an ASCII identification string for the disk and generating a padded string by processing the ASCII identification string into a predetermined number of bytes. The padded string is divided into portions and an encoded value is generated for each portion. The two or more encoded values for the portions are combined into a candidate value compatible with a World-Wide Name ("WWN"). The candidate value is compared to a list of previously generated candidate values and if the candidate value differs from the values in the list, the candidate value is included in the list of generated values and the candidate value is provided as the system-wide name for the disk." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2008 (12/151,690). 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=7996576.PN.&OS=PN/7996576&RS=PN/7996576 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Writing Data and a Time Value to an Addressable Unit of a Removable Storage Medium ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,996,606) developed by Charles R. Weirauch, Loveland, Colo., Gerrit Nijboer, Geldrop, The Netherlands, and Christiaan Steenbergen, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for writing data and a time value to an addressable unit of a removable storage medium ." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (and associated method) comprises a storage drive and a central processing unit ("CPU"). The storage drive is adapted to accommodate a removable storage medium. The CPU is configured to cause the CPU to write data and a time value to each of a plurality of addressable units of the storage medium in which data is written. The time value is indicative of the time at which each addressable unit was written with data." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/966,718). 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=7996606.PN.&OS=PN/7996606&RS=PN/7996606 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. -1057192 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |