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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania. *** Aethon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 9 -- Aethon, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (7,996,109) developed by five co-inventors for a "robotic ordering and delivery apparatuses, systems and methods." The co-inventors are Aldo Zini, Venetia, Pa., Spencer Wayne Allen, Wexford, Pa., Barry Mark Skirble, Allison Park, Pa., Henry F. Thorne, Pittsburgh, and Stuart Fairley, Pittsburgh. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and devices for the automated retrieval/delivery of goods from one location to another using a robotic device such as a tug and accompanying cart. A computer within the tug/cart stores a map of the building floor plan and intended paths for the tug to take when traversing from one location to the next. During the delivery, a variety of different sensors and scanners gather data that is used to avoid obstacles and/or continuously adjust the movement of the tug in order to more closely follow the intended path. The system preferably includes wireless networks that allow one or more tugs to communicate with a tug base station, a primary network located at the site of the delivery and a remote host center that monitors the status and data collected by the tugs." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2006 (11/549,815). 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=79,96,109.PN.&OS=PN/79,96,109&RS=PN/79,96,109 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Akamai Technologies Assigned Patent for Content Delivery Network Map Generation Using Passive Measurement Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,996,531) developed by Avraham T. Freedman, Elkins Park, Pa., for a "content delivery network map generation using passive measurement data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A routing method operative in a content delivery network (CDN) where the CDN includes a request routing mechanism for routing clients to subsets of edge servers within the CDN. According to the routing method, TCP connection data statistics are collected are edge servers located within a CDN region. The TCP connection data statistics are collected as connections are established between requesting clients and the CDN region and requests are serviced by those edge servers. Periodically, e.g., daily, the connection data statistics are provided from the edge servers in a region back to the request routing mechanism. The TCP connection data statistics are then used by the request routing mechanism in subsequent routing decisions and, in particular, in the map generation processes. Thus, for example, the TCP connection data may be used to determine whether a given quality of service is being obtained by routing requesting clients to the CDN region. If not, the request routing mechanism generates a map that directs requesting clients away from the CDN region for a given time period or until the quality of service improves." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2006 (11/362,667). 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=7,996,531.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,531&RS=PN/7,996,531 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Comcast Cable Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Comcast Cable Communications, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (7,996,526) developed by Richard Woundy, North Reading, Mass., and Chris Bastian, Glenmore, Pa., for a "management of shared access network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Information from multiple sources can be communicated to a policy server. Based on that information, the policy server can determine allocation of bandwidth, transmission priority and/or other network resources based on preferences and/or service selections provided by a subscriber and communicate information about those determinations to other network elements for policy implementation. The information provided to a policy server for determining network resource allocation can include information about one or more applications executing at a customer equipment device, information about access network bandwidth usage, information about services for which one or more devices is authorized, and/or information about network conditions." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2009 (12/480,009). 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=7,996,526.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,526&RS=PN/7,996,526 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Separating File System Metadata from Other Metadata ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,414) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for separating file system metadata from other metadata in virtual machine image format." The co-inventors are Bowen L. Alpern, Peekskill, N.Y., Glenn Ammons, West Chester, Pa., Vasanth Bala, Rye, N.Y., Todd W. Mummert, Danbury, Conn., Darrell C. Reimer, Tarrytown, N.Y, and Arun Thomas, Charlottesville, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing software operations on virtual machine images, includes: receiving a virtual machine image that includes data; reclassifying the data into a plurality of parts; and performing a software operation on one of the parts, wherein the software operation is performed without running a virtual machine." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,587). 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=79,96,414&OS=79,96,414&RS=79,96,414 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent for using Network Traffic Logs for Search Enhancement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,397) developed by five co-inventors for "using network traffic logs for search enhancement." The co-inventors are Arkady Borkovsky, San Francisco, Douglas M. Cook, San Francisco, Jean-Marc Langlois, Alameda, Calif., Tomi Poutanen, Toronto, and Hongyuan Zha, State College, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2008 (12/168,813). 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=79,96,397&OS=79,96,397&RS=79,96,397 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Medrad Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Medrad, Indianola, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,996,381) developed by Arthur E. Uber III, Pittsburgh, John P. Friel, Pittsburgh, and David M. Griffiths, Pittsburgh, for a "system and method for automated benchmarking for the recognition of best medical practices and products and for establishing standards for medical procedures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for collecting, managing and disseminating information relating to medical procedures includes a central computer and a plurality of medical devices each in communication with an injector, a scanner, a hospital system and/or at least one other device. Each medical device receives (I) before a procedure is performed, patient identification information from a user interface, the scanner and/or the hospital system and (II) during and/or after the procedure, injection information from the injector and imaging study information from the scanner. Each medical device has an associated database for storing as a record therein the patient identification information, the injection information and the imaging study information for each procedure performed on each patient. The central computer remotely links to each medical device for accessing, collecting and storing in a related database the records transmitted therefrom and for analyzing the records and creating therefrom at least one related entry based thereon." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2008 (12/254,318). 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=79,96,381&OS=79,96,381&RS=79,96,381 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,328) developed by Eric Lundberg, Lebanon, Pa., and Pengyue Yang, Mountain View, Calif., for electronic shipping notifications. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A broker facilitates customer purchases from merchants. Shippers ship shipments containing the purchases from merchants to the customers. A shipper identifies a shipment using a shipment identifier. The broker uses the shipment identifier to obtain the status information for the shipment from the shipper. The broker analyzes the status information in combination with other information to calculate an estimate of the time that the shipment will arrive at the customer's address. The broker sends an electronic message, such as an email or text message, to the customer prior to the estimated shipment arrival time to inform the customer of the impending arrival. The customer can thus arrange for someone to be at the shipping address to receive the shipment at the estimated arrival time." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/627,257). 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=7,996,328.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,328&RS=PN/7,996,328 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,337) developed by Greg L. Flickinger, Pittsburgh, for a "method and system for remotely determining the reliability of a DC motor system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for remotely predicting the reliability and the remaining time before failure for an DC motor system is provided. The method and system may remotely determine the reliability utilizing a DC motor condition forecaster. The method and system may include acquiring historical motor data, obtaining operational data, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an integrated causal network and reliability analysis of the DC motor system. The method and system may provide at least one notification of an issue with the DC motor system or at least one component of the DC motor system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2007 (11/872,373). 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=7,996,337.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,337&RS=PN/7,996,337 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,996,325) developed by Matthew A. Blaze, New York, John Ioannidis, New York, and Angelos Keromytis, Philadelphia, for a "microbilling using a trust management system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a microbilling system that integrates with existing billing systems and existing devices. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the devices store digital certificates with short-lived expiration dates and specifying transaction limits, preferably using a trust management system. A provisioning agent periodically (e.g., once a day) issues the certificates over a secure channel to the devices. When conducting a purchase transaction, the devices exchange certificates via a communication channel (that need not be secure) and the purchasing device issues a digitally signed electronic check which is periodically deposited over an advantageously secure channel with a clearing service. The present invention enables microbilling transactions by embedding liability in the certificates." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2009 (12/653,019). 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=7,996,325.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,325&RS=PN/7,996,325 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** PNC Financial Services Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (7,996,293) developed by Michael J. Lego, Venetia, Pa., Katherine Kallet, Pittsburgh, and Katina Bengtson, Pittsburgh, for "methods and systems for monitoring, analyzing and reporting information in association with collateralized financial instruments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one method embodiment of the present methods and systems, a computer-assisted method is provided for analyzing at least one financial instrument associated with a financial institution. The financial instrument has an associated collateral. The method includes receiving at least one collateral margin record from a collateral data source, wherein the collateral margin record includes information related to at least one collateral margin condition of the financial instrument; comparing at least a portion of the collateral margin record to at least one criterion; and, generating at least one of a report and a notification based on the step of comparing the collateral margin record to the criterion. Various aspects of the present method embodiments discussed herein can also be provided in accordance with various computer-readable media embodiments and system embodiments." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2010 (12/822,550). 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=7,996,293.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,293&RS=PN/7,996,293 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wells Fargo Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (7,996,299) developed by Jack McCue, Abington, Pa., Steve Anderson, Kirkland, Wash., and Tom Maccariella, Lumberton, N.J., for "trade services management system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (and corresponding methodology) that supports trade services back office processing to enhance efficiency and productivity is provided. The system employs a unique consolidated screen layout that significantly improves the productivity of the users. Essentially, the system and page layout is composed of the following components: Queue Well, Activity Center, Message Center, Viewing Center and Action Tab. These components facilitate organization of panels that creates an intuitive user interface experience. The system employs a navigational hierarchy of Queue Well to Activity Center and then to the Message and Viewing Centers as appropriate." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/059,571). 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=7,996,299.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,299&RS=PN/7,996,299 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Patent for Computer System and Method for Statewide or Other Jurisdiction Registering ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Christine M. Hembury, Pittston, Pa., has developed a patent (7,996,258) for a "computer system and method for statewide or other jurisdiction registering and monitoring of vehicle locations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system and a method as a part of the registration and/or inspection system of a state or other jurisdiction results in the assignment of a vehicle identification code to each vehicle and notification to the registrant to take the vehicle to an inspection/installation facility wherein a GPS receiver and transmitter are either installed, updated or checked for operability on a regular basis, such as yearly. Each registered vehicle in a state or other jurisdiction, as a result of the regular registration process or as the result of a temporary registration process when the vehicle enters the state temporarily, has a GPS receiver and transmitter transmit in real time location data of the vehicle via a wireless communication system such a WiFi, cellular, satellite or other system to an electronic storage subsystem which stores for each vehicle identification code the location data and time in real time and maintains it for a predetermined period of time, such as twelve months. This data may be accessed by authorized users for various purposes including law enforcement, emergency responses and/or roadway planning studies and the like. The data may also be used in settlement of negligence or criminal complaints. An alarm detection system detects either the loss of signal or a tampering signal transmitted to the state computer system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/315,897). 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=7,996,258.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,258&RS=PN/7,996,258 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rheem Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Rheem Manufacturing, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,996,182) developed by Bruce A. Hotton, Seven Fields, Pa., and Walter T. Castleberry, Hampton Cove, Ala., for a "water heater monitor/diagnostic display apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A water heater is provided with monitor/diagnostic display apparatus that selectively provides a user with visual or other type of indicia of the overall efficiency of the water heater. The apparatus includes a monitoring unit that may be mounted on the water heater, and a display unit that may be mounted either on the water heater or remotely therefrom." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2010 (12/760,775). 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=7,996,182.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,182&RS=PN/7,996,182 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,996,832) developed by six co-inventors for a workstation deployment. The co-inventors are Richard E. Lesher, Lincoln University, Pa., John F. Esbenshade, Ardmore, Pa., Jeffrey P. Radack, Waterford, Conn., Karl M. Schuenzel, Irvington, N.Y., Peter Markey Atlanta, and Daniel E. Patton, White Oak, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Deployment of a workstation includes receiving data related to the computing environment of workstations, organizing the workstations into groups based on at least one selectable common attribute among the data, and producing a deployment schedule based on the groups." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2007 (11/670,185). 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=7,996,832&OS=7,996,832&RS=7,996,832 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrated Test Waveform Generator (TWG) and Customer Waveform Generator (CWG), Design Structure and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,807) developed by four co-inventors for an "integrated test waveform generator (TWG) and customer waveform generator (CWG), design structure and method." The co-inventors are Gary D. Grise, Colchester, Vt., Vikram Iyengar, Pittsburgh, David E. Lackey, Jericho, Vt., and David W. Milton, Underhill, Vt. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are embodiments of a clock generation circuit, a design structure for the circuit and an associated method that provide deskewing functions and that further provide precise timing for both testing and functional operations. Specifically, the embodiments incorporate a deskewer circuit that is capable of receiving waveform signals from both an external waveform generator and an internal waveform generator. The external waveform generator can generate and supply to the deskewer circuit a pair of waveform signals for functional operations. The internal waveform generator can be uniquely configured with control logic and counter logic for generating and supplying a pair of waveform signals to the deskewer circuit for any one of built-in self-test (BIST) operations, macro-test operations, other test operations or functional operations. The deskewer circuit can selectively gate an input clock signal with the waveform signals from either the external or internal waveform generator in order to generate the required output clock signal." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2008 (12/104,461). 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=7,996,807&OS=7,996,807&RS=7,996,807. Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Distributing Lookup Operations in a Striped Storage System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,607) developed by Richard P. Jernigan IV, Sewickley, Pa., and Omprakaash Thoppai, Wexford, Pa., for a "distributing lookup operations in a striped storage system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a mechanism for storing and accessing attributes of a data container (e.g., characteristics such as a name of a data container used to perform a lookup operation against the data container) in cache memory within storage systems in a cluster of storage systems. Further, a mechanism is provided so that an attribute of a data container is inserted into a cache memory of preferably one storage system (in the cluster) that caches metadata of the data container (e.g., information describing the data container). As a result, a lookup operation for a data container is directed to and served by the storage system that caches the metadata and the attribute of the data container." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2008 (12/020,949). 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=7996607.PN.&OS=PN/7996607&RS=PN/7996607 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. -1057219 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |