[August 24, 2011] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Aug. 24) Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,013) developed by Benjamin Lee Goodman, Cedar Park, Texas, and Ryan Scott Haraden, Rochester, Minn., for a "method and apparatus for preventing bus livelock due to excessive MMIO." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus to efficiently address livelock in a multi-processor system. In one embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method for preventing a system bus livelock in a system having a plurality of processors communicating respectively through a plurality of bus masters to a plurality of IO Controllers across a system bus by: receiving at an MMIO state machine a plurality of snoop commands issued from the plurality of processors, identifying a first processor and a second processor from the plurality of processors, each of the first processor and the second processor having a first number of snoop commands in the input queue and a second number of responses in the output queue, the first number and the second number exceeding a threshold; issuing a burst prevention response to the first processor and the second process." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2008 (12/188,115). 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=8,006,013.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,013&RS=PN/8,006,013 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,005,991) developed by Yuan-Chang Lo, Austin, Texas, Ranjith Purushothaman, Cedar Park, Texas, and Eldho V. Kuriakose, Austin, Texas, for a "virtual machine image management system and methods thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A virtual machine image (VMI) repository stores a set of VMIs. A subset of the VMIs can be associated with a designated user. In response to receiving a request from a remote device identifying the designated user, a list of the subset of VMIs is communicated to the remote device via a network. The user can select one of the VMIs from the list and the VMI repository can provide the selected VMI to the remote device. The user is thereby permitted to select a VMI suited to a particular use or environment, such as a VMI associated with a work environment." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2008 (12/192,250). 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=8,005,991.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,991&RS=PN/8,005,991 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Secure Server-based Session Management Using Single-use HTTP Cookies ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,965) developed by Ronald B. Williams, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for secure server-based session management using single-use HTTP cookies." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A methodology for providing secure session management is presented. After a single-use token has been issued to a client, it presents the token, and the server may identify the client based upon the presented token. However, the token may be used only once without being refreshed prior to re-use, thereby causing the token to be essentially reissued upon each use. The token comprises a session identifier that allows the issuer of the token to perform session management with respect to the receiving entity. Tokens can be classified into two types: domain tokens and service tokens. Domain tokens represent a client identity to a secure domain, and service tokens represent a client identity to a specific service. A domain token may be used with any service within a domain that recognizes the domain token, but a service token is specific to the service from which it was obtained." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2001 (09/896,195). 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=8,005,965.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,965&RS=PN/8,005,965 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,956) developed by Michael L. Williams, Rockwall, Texas, Michael L. Forsman, Sachse, Texas, and James J. Mays, McKinney, Texas, for a "system for allocating resources in a distributed computing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a distributed computing system includes a resource control system coupled to a web server. The web server configured in a service oriented architecture and operable to provide a business application by executing a plurality of services on a plurality of computers configured in the distributed computing system. The resource control system is operable to determine a performance parameter of the business application, and provision or un-provision one of the plurality of computers according to the determined performance parameter." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/018,021). 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=8,005,956.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,956&RS=PN/8,005,956 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Power Conversion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- American Power Conversion, West Kingston, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,005,944) developed by John J. Fowler, Austin, Texas, and Gerard L. Cullen, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for monitoring a space and its contents over a network. The system can include an embedded Java microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability, and sensors to detect physical parameters associated with the space. The sensors can generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters. An analog-to-digital converter can convert the sensor signals to a digital format and can provide corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor. The system further includes instructions for processing the sensor signals and corresponding digital signals. An alarm signal can be generated when any of the physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value. The system of the present invention can have at least one input/output port for communicating with the network and one or more memory modules for storing system data. The system of this invention can have a network-based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving monitoring status and alarm information from the system. The interface can be an HTML interface. A power source provides power to the system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/608,639). 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=8,005,944.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,944&RS=PN/8,005,944 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** RPX--LV Acquisition Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- RPX--LV Acquisition, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,005,985) developed by Jeffry Jovan Philyaw, Dallas, for a "method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for utilizing a coded audio/video signal to conduct commerce over the Internet. Broadcast information is broadcast from a remote location on a secondary network containing video over the secondary network to a location thereon proximate the location of the user PC. Unique information is encoded in the broadcast information representative of a location on the primary network of the remote node. The broadcast information is received and displayed on a video display at the location on the secondary network proximate the user PC. The user PC is connected to the remote node utilizing the unique information, and in accordance thereto, in response to receiving the unique information encoded within the broadcast information broadcast over the secondary network. The user is prompted to interface with the user PC by displaying a video image on the video display at approximately the same time as broadcast of the unique information over the secondary network in association with the broadcast information." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/251,282). 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=8,005,985.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,985&RS=PN/8,005,985 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,924) developed by Scott W. Kirvan, Austin, Texas, Yanling Qi, Austin, Texas, and Joseph G. Moore, Wichita, Kan., for a "unified support for web based enterprise management ("WBEM") solutions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for support a unified Web Based Enterprise Management ("WBEM") solution is provided. A first processing element for generating first HTTP content data is provided such that a response to a non-Common Information Model ("CIM") request is based on the first HTTP content data. A second processing element for generating second HTTP content data is also provided such that another response to a CIM request is based on the second HTTP content data. At least one of the first processing element and the second processing element is accessible directly only from within the system to unify access to the two elements." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/432,364). 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=8,005,924&OS=8,005,924&RS=8,005,924 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JDA Software Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,005,699) developed by six co-inventors for a value chain management. The co-inventors are David J. Fischer, Coppell, Texas, Geoffrey M. Squires, Highland Village, Texas, Rakesh Sharma, San Jose, Calif., Ramnath Ganesan, Flower Mound, Texas, Deepak M. Ghodke, Irving, Texas, and Bharadwaj Rangarajan, Irving, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (10) for managing a value chain includes a planning application (36) that receives planning data from a number of entities included in a value chain and automatically generates a plan according to the planning data. At least two of the entities do not directly communicate planning data to one another. The system (10) also includes a manager application (44) that receives the plan and automatically identifies one or more exceptions in the plan, communicates planning data relating to the exceptions to one or more of the entities, receives instructions from one or more of the entities regarding how the exceptions are to resolved, and automatically modifies the planning data in response to the instructions." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2007 (11/779,126). 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=8,005,699.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,699&RS=PN/8,005,699 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Current Updates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,927) developed by nine co-inventors for a current updates. The co-inventors are Darren A. Apfel, Redmond, Wash., Jon Friedman, Seattle, Justin Michael Maguire, Seattle, Matthew James Schoenholz, Austin, Texas, Rosanna H. Ho, Kirkland, Wash., Keith L. Rowe, Seattle, Sandra I. Vargas, Sammamish, Wash., Peter A. Bernard, Bellevue, Wash., and Matthew Justin Von Bencke, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This document describes tools capable of differentiating a superset of entities from which a user may receive current updates effective to provide current updates for only some of the entities of the superset. In one embodiment, for example, the tools enable a user of a mobile device to select a set of entities from which the user will automatically receive updates that are current, easily accessible, and visible at-a-glance. The tools may forgo providing current updates for entities that are not selected by the user, though the tools may provide these updates when explicitly requested by the user or at particular times or events." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/017,906). 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=8,005,927&OS=8,005,927&RS=8,005,927 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,005,694) developed by James E. Goral, San Antonio, for "systems and methods of automating consideration of low cholesterol risk." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media automate determination of a risk category for low cholesterol associated with issuance of a life insurance policy." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,490). 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=8,005,694.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,694&RS=PN/8,005,694 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Computer Readable Medium for Discovering Gene Regulatory Models and Genetic Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,626) developed by Bhooshan P. Kelkar, Flower Mound, Texas, and Rajiv D. Bendale, San Diego, for a "system and computer readable medium for discovering gene regulatory models and genetic networks using relational fuzzy models." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and computer readable medium for discovering gene regulatory models using relational fuzzy models. A system is provided that includes a data selection system that clusters gene expression data into a set of clusters and identifies a representative subset of genes from the set of clusters; and a relational fuzzy modeling system that builds a relational fuzzy model using the representative subset." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2009 (12/409,980). 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=80,05,626.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,626&RS=PN/80,05,626 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,912) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for presence notification for video projection status." The co-inventors are Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, Randall B. Baird, Austin, Texas, Fadi R. Jabbour, Sunnyvale, Calif., Joseph F. Khouri, San Jose, Calif., Labhesh Patel, San Francisco, and Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for communicating a presence notification to an end-point of a demand-based messaging system. The method includes monitoring an auxiliary output port for a video signal; detecting a video signal on the auxiliary output port; and reporting a video projection status to the end-point. In additional or alternative embodiments of the method, the method may include receiving a message from the end-point and blocking the message from being displayed on the auxiliary output port. In yet another additional or alternative embodiment of the method, the method may include sending a message to the end-point indicating that the message has been blocked." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2006 (11/356,896). 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=80,05,912&OS=80,05,912&RS=80,05,912 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,236) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for compiling high-level primitive programs into primitive program micro-code." The co-inventors are Mark J. Kilgard, Austin, Texas, Cass W. Everitt, Round Rock, Texas, Christopher T. Dodd, Woodside, Calif., and Robert Steven Glanville, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for compiling high-level primitive programs are used to generate primitive program micro-code for execution by a primitive processor. A compiler is configured to produce micro-code for a specific target primitive processor based on the target primitive processor's capabilities. The compiler supports features of the high-level primitive program by providing conversions for different applications programming interface conventions, determining output primitive types, initializing attribute arrays based on primitive input profile modifiers, and determining vertex set lengths from specified primitive input types." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2006 (11/361,597). 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=8,006,236&OS=8,006,236&RS=8,006,236 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Extending Authentication Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,289) developed by Heather M. Hinton, Austin, Texas, and Benjamin Harmon, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Anthony Moran, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for a "method and system for extending authentication methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is presented for managing authentication credentials for a user. A session management server performs session management with respect to the user for a domain that includes a protected resource. The session management server receives a request to access the protected resource, which requires authentication credentials that have been generated for a first type of authentication context. In response to determining that authentication credentials for the user have been generated for a second type of authentication context, the session management server sends to an authentication proxy server a first message that contains the authentication credentials for the user and an indicator for the first type of authentication context. The session management server subsequently receives a second message that contains updated authentication credentials for the user that indicate that the updated authentication credentials have been generated for the first type of authentication context." The patent application was filed on Sec. 16, 2005 (11/305,646). 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=8,006,289&OS=8,006,289&RS=8,006,289 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,006,279) developed by Gerard Louis Jacques Paul Damm, Plano, Texas, for a "distributive system for marking and blocking video and audio content related to video and audio programs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided for rating multimedia content streamed over a data network as a series of data frames, segments, or packets and for administering display of the rated content. The system includes at least one content source device for creating raw multimedia content; an intermediate content marking and delivery agent for marking and delivering the content created; and a content receiving device for displaying or rejecting delivered content according to detection of and comparison of content markings applied to at least one preset value. In one aspect, the content marking follows some existing or devised rating system and whereupon the marked content is identifiable at the receiving end for each received data frame, segment, or data packet carrying content in a payload." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2004 (11/010,047). 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=8,006,279&OS=8,006,279&RS=8,006,279 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Information Selection Based on Associated Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,905) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic information selection based on associated data." The co-inventors are Christopher Hoang Doan, Austin, Texas, David Kulczar, Austin, Texas, Leonel Saenz III, Austin, Texas, and Thanh K. Tran, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach to handling dynamic information selection based on associated is presented. A user configures a plurality of endnotes in order to assign one of the endnotes to a recipient address. Each endnote may include signature text (e.g., name, phone number, etc.), as well as images, web page links, and/or animation, which add to the aesthetics and personalization of a constructed email message. When a user creates an email message that includes one or more email recipient addresses, an endnote manager analyzes each email recipient address and automatically selects one of the configured endnotes based on the email recipient's assigned endnote category. In addition, a user may configure the endnote manager to select an endnote to include in an email messages based upon the time at which the email is created." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2008 (12/049,305). 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=80,05,905.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,905&RS=PN/80,05,905 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Bequeathing Privilege to a Dynamically Loaded Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,254) developed by David Jones Craft, Wimberley, Texas, Matthew Douglas Dirba, Dallas, and Vinit Jain, Austin, Texas, for a "bequeathing privilege to a dynamically loaded module." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for transferring a privilege to a module. In one embodiment, a set of privileges required to initiate execution of code associated with the software module is identified to form enhanced privileges. The application is frozen. The enhanced privileges are unassigned to the application and the application has insufficient privileges to initiate execution of code associated with the software module. The software module is loaded into available application address space associated with the application. The enhanced privileges are transferred to the application. Execution of the application is unsuspended and the code associated with the software module is executed within the application." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2007 (11/867,126). 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=8,006,254&OS=8,006,254&RS=8,006,254 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iTaggit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- iTaggit, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,005,874) developed by David Altounian, Austin, Texas, Charles Zeller, Austin, Texas, and Sara Fox, Austin, Texas, for a "data tag creation from a physical item data record to be attached to a physical item." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A item data management server having the capability to create a data tag from a physical item data record, where the physical item data record is based upon a physical item in the control of a user. The data tag creation facilitates the identification, maintenance and upkeep of the inventory of physical items, and also provides a feature for providing information relating to the physical items to the user/owner as well as to third-party service providers, such as insurers, and to governmental authorities, such as in the event of theft, to aid in the recovery of the physical items." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2009 (12/426,914). 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=80,05,874.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,874&RS=PN/80,05,874 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sprint Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,006,298) developed by four co-inventors for a "fraud detection system and method." The co-inventors are Balagurunathan Balasubramanian, Irving, Texas, Rudi Himawan, Grand Prairie, Texas, Bharath N. Kuruvalli, Irving, Texas, and Richard R. Perez, Euless, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method is provided for detecting potential fraud or unauthorized activity when resetting an application password in an application in which a computer system including a call center dashboard system and a fraud detection interface. The method includes the steps of initiating the resetting of a user's application password for an application. The method further includes the steps of determining when an application ID is duplicated in the call center dashboard data store for the application and preparing an error report when the application ID is duplicated in the data store. The method also includes the steps of submitting a reset password for the application using the password criteria of the application. The method further includes the steps of storing the reset password in the user profile of the user when the application ID is not duplicated and the password conforms to the password criteria." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2006 (11/484,420). 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=8,006,298.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,298&RS=PN/8,006,298 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Serialization of Function Calls to a Graphics API for Debugging a Remote Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,232) developed by four co-inventors for a "serialization of function calls to a graphics API for debugging a remote device." The co-inventors are Philip A. Rideout, Fort Collins, Colo., Jason R. Allen, Austin, Texas, Jeffrey T. Kiel, Raleigh, N.C., and Sebastien Julien Domine, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide a debugging tool configured to serialize function calls made to a graphics API on a remote device such as a hand-held videogame system. Embodiments of the invention may be used to emulate the performance of the same graphics API calls made on the remote device to generate a given display frame. An instrumented driver may capture and serialize each graphics API call invoked by a graphics application running on the remote device. Thus, the host component of the graphical application debugger may generate and display the same image as displayed on the target device without the latency of waiting for a set of framebuffer data to be transmitted over the communication link for each frame rendered on the target device." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2007 (11/830,731). 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=8,006,232&OS=8,006,232&RS=8,006,232 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,871) developed by Kyle Marvin, Kingwood, Texas, and David Read, Bellevue, Wash., for a "system and method for control architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system to provide control architecture comprises a control, a client and a client container. The control can hold client-side resources for an appropriate resource scope to achieve optimal performance and utilization of resources, wherein access to the client-side resources is parameterized by metadata annotation declared on the control. The client is capable of at least one of the following via the control performing a plurality of operations to access and/or configure the plurality of properties of the resource; and retrieving data from the resource. In addition, the client container is capable of maintaining an accumulated list of controls that have acquired resources; and releasing resources at the end of appropriate resource scope. The definition of the resource scope can be delegated to the client container within which the control is executing." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/020,423). 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=80,05,871.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,871&RS=PN/80,05,871 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Fast Deletion of Physically Clustered Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,872) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for fast deletion of physically clustered data." The co-inventors are Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Leslie A. Buback, Toronto, Timothy Ray Malkemus, Round Rock, Texas, and Michael J. Winer, Markham, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for deleting rows in a multidimensionally clustering database. A multidimensional clustering processor receives a request to delete a set of multidimensionally clustering data. The multidimensional clustering processor determines whether all multidimensionally clustering data is located in a block. Responsive to all multidimensionally clustered data qualifying for deletion, the multidimensional clustering processor deletes all data in the block to delete the set of multidimensionally clustered data." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/125,717). 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=80,05,872.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,872&RS=PN/80,05,872 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Managing Locally Stored E-mail Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,903) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for managing locally stored E-mail messages." The co-inventors are Susann Marie Keohane, Austin, Texas, Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, Texas, Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, Texas, Jessica Carol Murillo, Round Rock, Texas, and Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing e-mail messages. A local copy of the e-mail message is stored on the data processing system for a selected period of time in response to sending an e-mail message to a recipient from a data processing system. A determination is made as to whether the local copy of the e-mail message is present in response to receiving a notification that the recipient is unable to respond. The local copy of the e-mail message is retrieved if the local copy of the e-mail message is present to form a retrieved e-mail message. The retrieved e-mail message is presented." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/609,963). 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=80,05,903.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,903&RS=PN/80,05,903 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Support Continuous Availability by Allowing the Use of Multiple Concurrent Versions of Shared Artifact Libraries, with Proper Bind-drain Semantics, for Long-lived Process Application Consumers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,240) developed by seven co-inventors for a "support continuous availability by allowing the use of multiple concurrent versions of shared artifact libraries, with proper bind-drain semantics, for long-lived process application consumers." The co-inventors are Mandar Ganesh Bhatkhande, Milpitas, Calif., Christopher Shane Claussen, Austin, Texas, Pranta Das, Fremont, Calif., Stefan Georg Derdak, San Jose, Calif., Paul Fredric Griepentrog, San Francisco, Edwin V. Sapugay, San Mateo, Calif., and Chendong Zou, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for updating multiple concurrent versions of shared artifact libraries. Shared artifact libraries are associated with a consuming application for establishing shared artifact libraries upon which the consuming application has a dependency for artifacts. A snapshot of the shared artifact libraries associated with the consuming application in an active session is created in response to starting a session. The shared artifact libraries are updated in response to new versions and updates of the shared artifact libraries becoming available. Artifacts are dispensed from the shared artifact libraries to the consuming application based on the snapshot of the session." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2005 (11/292,190). 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=8,006,240&OS=8,006,240&RS=8,006,240 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multiple Uses for BIST Test Latches ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,153) developed by four co-inventors for a "multiple uses for BIST test latches." The co-inventors are Steven Ross Ferguson, Granite Shoals, Texas, Garrett Stephen Koch, Cambridge, Vt., Osamu Takahashi, Round Rock, Texas, and Michael Brian White, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, an apparatus, and a computer program are provided to utilize built-in self test (BIST) latches for multiple purposes. Conventionally, BIST latches are single purpose. Hence, separate latches are utilized for array built-in self test (ABIST) and logic built-in self test (LBIST) operations. By having the separate latches, though, a substantial amount area is lost. Therefore, to better utilize the latches and the area, ABIST latches are reconfigured to utilize some previously unused ports to allow for multiple uses for the latches, such as for LBIST." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2008 (12/197,691). 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=8,006,153&OS=8,006,153&RS=8,006,153 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Reducing Coupling Between Wires of an Electronic Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,208) developed by eight co-inventors for "reducing coupling between wires of an electronic circuit." The co-inventors are Moussadek Belaidi, Fishkill, N.Y., Markus Buehler, Schoenbuch, Germany, James J. Curtin, Fishkill, N.Y., Adam P. Matheny, Beacon, N.Y., Bryan A. Meyer, South Pasadena, Calif., Douglas S. Search, Red Hook, N.Y., Dhaval R. Sejpal, Austin, Texas, and Charles Vakirtzis, New Windsor, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A routing method for reducing coupling between wires of an electronic circuit is proposed, wherein sets of nets are classified according to their coupling characteristics, and spacing between wires assigned to the sets of nets is chosen according to the coupling characteristics." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2010 (12/781,851). 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=8,006,208&OS=8,006,208&RS=8,006,208 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Scan Chain Fail Diagnostics ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,152) developed by four co-inventors for "scan chain fail diagnostics." The co-inventors are Samuel I. Ward, Round Rock, Texas, Patrick R. Crosby, Austin, Texas, William D. Ramsour, Pflugerville, Texas, and Bao G. Truong, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method comprises generating a test pattern for a device under test (DUT), wherein the DUT comprises a plurality of scan chains coupled to a plurality of multiple input shift registers (MISRs). The plurality of faults detected by a first MISR and by a second MISR are identified. In the event the plurality of faults detected by the first MISR does not include any of the plurality of faults detected by the second MISR and the plurality of faults detected by the second MISR does not include any of the plurality of faults detected by the first MISR, the first MISR and the second MISR are coupled as an independent MISR pair. The test pattern is applied to the DUT to generate a scan chain output. The independent MISR pair captures the scan chain output to generate a test signature. The test signature is compared with a known good signature." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2009 (12/351,950). 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=8,006,152&OS=8,006,152&RS=8,006,152 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,006,151) developed by Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas, for a "TAP and shadow port operating on rising and falling TCK." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for providing a shadow access port within a device. The shadow access port is accessed to perform operations in the device by reusing the TDI, TMS, TCK and TDO signals that are used to operate a test access port within the device. The presence and operation of the shadow access port is transparent to the presence and operation of the test access port. According to the disclosure, the shadow access port operates on the falling edge of the TCK signal while the test access port conventionally operates on the rising edge of the TCK signal." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2009 (12/408,284). 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=8,006,151&OS=8,006,151&RS=8,006,151 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,006,141) developed by Samuel G. Stephens, Austin, Texas, and Michael P. Baker, Round Rock, Texas, for a "method for speeding up serial data tolerance testing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receive test accelerator retrieves an adjusted jitter amount and an adjusted test time in which to test a device. The adjusted jitter amount and the adjusted test time correspond to an adjusted bit error rate that is extrapolated from a baseline bit error rate, which corresponds to a baseline jitter amount. In turn, the receive test accelerator tests the device, at the adjusted test time, using a data stream that is modulated by the adjusted jitter amount." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,624). 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=8,006,141&OS=8,006,141&RS=8,006,141 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Non-disruptive I/O Adapter Diagnostic Testing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,133) developed by four co-inventors for a "non-disruptive I/O adapter diagnostic testing." The co-inventors are Rafael G. Cabezas, Austin, Texas, David D. Galvin, Austin, Texas, Binh K. Hua, Austin, Texas, and Sivarama K. Kodukula, Round Rock, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A primary I/O adapter and a redundant I/O adapter of a data processing system are assigned to support access to a system resource. While the primary I/O adapter is in service and the redundant I/O adapter is not in service in providing access to the system resource, a fail over command is issued to remove the primary I/O adapter from service and place the redundant I/O adapter in service in supporting access to the system resource. While the redundant I/O adapter is in service and the primary I/O adapter is not in service in providing access to the system resource, diagnostic testing on the primary I/O adapter is performed. In response to the diagnostic testing revealing no fault in the primary I/O adapter, a fail back command is issued to restore the primary I/O adapter to service and to remove the redundant I/O adapter from service." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/031,417). 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=8,006,133&OS=8,006,133&RS=8,006,133 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Testing an Operation of Integrated Circuitry ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,155) developed by five co-inventors for a "testing an operation of integrated circuitry." The co-inventors are Matthew E. Fernsler, Cedar Park, Texas, Tilman Gloekler, Gaertringen, Germany, Sanjay Gupta, Austin, Texas, Christopher J. Spandikow, Austin, Texas, and Todd Swanson, Round Rock, Teaxs. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A general purpose computational resource is provided for performing general purpose operations of a system. A special purpose computational resource is coupled to the general purpose computational resource. The special purpose computational resource is provided for: storing test patterns, a description of integrated circuitry, and a description of hardware for testing the integrated circuitry; and executing software for simulating an operation of the described hardware's testing of the described integrated circuitry in response to the test patterns." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2007 (11/621,361). 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=8,006,155&OS=8,006,155&RS=8,006,155 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent System and Method for Testing Multiple Processor Modes for Processor Design Verification and Validation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,221) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for testing multiple processor modes for processor design verification and validation." The co-inventors are Sampan Arora, Karnataka, India, Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury, Karnataka, India, Manoj Dusanapudi, Karnataka, India, Sunil Suresh Hatti, Karnataka, India, Shakti Kapoor, Austin, Texas, and Sai Rupak Mohanan, Kerala, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for generating a test case and a bit mask that allows a test case executor the ability to re-execute the test case multiple times using different machine state register bit sets. A test case generator creates a bit mask based upon identified invariant bits and semi-invariant bits. The test case generator includes compensation values corresponding to the semi-invariant bits into a test case, and provides the test case, along with the bit mask, to a test case executor. In turn, the test case executor dispatches the test case multiple times, each time with a different machine state register bit set, to a processor. Each of the machine state register bit sets places the processor in different modes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2007 (11/853,170). 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=8,006,221&OS=8,006,221&RS=8,006,221 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Estimating Project Plans for Packaged Software Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,223) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "method and system for estimating project plans for packaged software applications." The co-inventors are Paul R. Boulineau, Houston, John D. Cann, New York, Rajat Dugar, Jersey City, N.J., Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, Calif., Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, N.Y., Andrew Raymond, Monroe, Mich., Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, Texas, Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, N.Y., Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, N.H., and Annette Simonato, Port Melbourne, Australia. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for estimating and generating project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the system includes: a view layer configured to act as a user interface for user inputs and system outputs; a model and control layer configured to implement rules based on a series of estimation and implementation models, and to perform calculations of project plan details and project plan schedules; an estimation knowledge base layer configured to hold and derive the series of estimation and implementation models; and wherein the system for estimating and generating multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications is carried out over networks comprising: the Internet, intranets, local area networks (LAN), and wireless local area networks (WLAN)." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/762,113). 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=8,006,223.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,223&RS=PN/8,006,223 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Synopsys Assigned Patent for Bulk Image Modeling for Optical Proximity Correction ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,203) developed by Yongfa Fan, San Jose, Calif., Qiaolin Zhang, Mountain View, Calif., and Bradley J. Falch, Round Rock, Texas, for a "bulk image modeling for optical proximity correction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is described herein for predicting lateral position information about a feature represented in an integrated circuit layout for use with an integrated circuit fabrication process, where the process projects an image onto a resist. The method includes providing a lateral distribution of intensity values of the image at different depths with the resist. Next, the lateral position of an edge point of the feature is predicted in dependence upon a particular resist development time, and further in dependence upon the image intensity values at more than one depth within the resist." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2008 (12/200,523). 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=8,006,203&OS=8,006,203&RS=8,006,203 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Remote Node Debugging Using an Embedded Node Controller ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,135) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for remote node debugging using an embedded node controller." The co-inventors are Anis M. Abdul, Austin, Texas, Ajay Kumar Mahajan, Austin, Texas, Rashmi Narasimhan, Round Rock, Texas, and Nicholas A. Pietraniec, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for remotely debugging a malfunctioning node controller of a node in a distributed node network through a functioning node controller of the same node. The method comprises establishing a serial link between the malfunctioning node controller and a functioning node controller and configuring the functioning node controller as a virtual console by the remotely-located central data processing system (DPS). The method further includes receiving, via an internal Fru Support Interface (FSI) link, serial data from the malfunctioning node controller through the virtual console, and debugging, by the DPS, a failure condition of the malfunctioning node controller, in response to receipt of the serial data through the virtual console." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2009 (12/353,287). 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=8,006,135&OS=8,006,135&RS=8,006,135 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,811) developed by Viktors Berstis, Austin, Texas, and Randolph Michael Forlenza, Austin, Texas, for "systems and media for utilizing electronic document usage information with search engines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and media for utilizing electronic document usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software utilizing electronic document usage information to respond to user search requests with search engines are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving a search request from a requesting user and receiving document utilization information associated with one or more electronic documents, where the document utilization information provides an indication of the usage of the electronic documents by one or more users. Further embodiments include generating search results based at least partially on the search request and the document utilization information and transmitting an indication of the search results to the requesting user. Further embodiments include generating statistical information regarding the search results for electronic documents and transmitting the generated statistical information." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2008 (12/166,082). 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=8,005,811.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,811&RS=PN/8,005,811 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JDA Software Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,005,751) developed by Mukesh Dalal, Flower Mound, Texas, and Leenam Dalal, Flower Mound, Texas, for a "method and system for multi-enterprise optimization using flexible trade contracts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of multi-enterprise optimization at a buyer computer includes accessing a forecasted demand for at least one item and generating one or more proposed flexible trade contracts using the forecasted demand for the item. The proposed flexible trade contract is communicated to a seller computer and subsequently executed after acceptance of the proposed flexible trade contract at the seller computer to create a flexible trade contract. Each proposed flexible trade contract may be a forward contract, an option contract, or a flexible forward contract." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,620). 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=8,005,751.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,751&RS=PN/8,005,751 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Capital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- General Electric Capital, Stanford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,733) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and interface for set-partitioning decision support tool." The co-inventors are Rajesh Venkat Subbu, Clifton Park, N.Y., Kete Chalermkraivuth, Niskayuna, N.Y., Jose R. Celaya, Troy, N.Y., James G. Russo, Milford, Conn., John Andrew Ellis, Niskayuna, N.Y., Hoai-Hai Doan, Stamford, Conn., Melissa Ialeggio, Westport, Conn., and Matthew Allen, Allen, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A visual interactive multi-criteria decision-making method and computer-based apparatus for portfolio management. The method/apparatus supports partitioning of a portfolio of physical or other assets into two mutually exclusive categories, such as assets recommended for sale and assets recommended for retention. The method/apparatus utilizes one or more coupled 2-D projections of the portfolio in criteria space. The user interacts with the projections to express and record preferences." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/647,120). 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=8,005,733.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,733&RS=PN/8,005,733 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Data Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Verizon Data Services, Temple Terrace, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,005,726) developed by Yulin Bao, Plano, Texas, for a "method and system for interactive rate plan recommender." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for analyzing rate plans for communication services may include obtaining usage data for a user from a database of historical usage data for the user and determining rate plan costs based on the usage data. The method and system may include obtaining information from a user and determining, based on the user information, if usage data for the communication services may be available for the user and obtaining the usage data from inputs by the user, including uploads of electronic bills, when the usage data is not available from the database. The method may be implemented on a web-based site server, which can connect to a decision engine for analyzing the usage data and determining the costs for the rate plan. The decision engine may access the historical usage database through one or more Application Program Interfaces operating on one or more billing servers." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2002 (10/308,690). 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=8,005,726.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,726&RS=PN/8,005,726 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Integrating Legacy Application/Data Access with Single Sign-on in a Distributed Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,098) developed by Bryan E. Aupperle, Raleigh, N.C., Julie H. King, Raleigh, N.C., and Sidhar R. Muppidi, Austin, Texas, for an "integrating legacy application/data access with single sign-on in a distributed computing environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business whereby legacy host application/system access is integrated with single sign-on in a modern distributed computing environment. A security token used for signing on to the modern computing environment is leveraged, and is mapped to user credentials for the legacy host environment. These user credentials are programmatically inserted into a legacy host data stream, thereby giving the end user the look and feel of seamless access to all applications/systems, including not only modern computing applications/systems but also those residing on (or accessible through) legacy hosts. In addition to providing users with the advantages of single sign-on, the disclosed techniques enable limiting the number of user identifiers and passwords an enterprise has to manage." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2008 (12/108,869). 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=8,006,098.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,098&RS=PN/8,006,098 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Inhibiting Fetch Throttling When a Processor Encounters a Low Confidence Branch Instruction in an Information Handling System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,070) developed by Michael Karl Gschwind, Chappaqua, N.Y., Robert Alan Philhower, Valley Cottage, N.Y., and Raymond Cheung Yeung, Round Rock, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for inhibiting fetch throttling when a processor encounters a low confidence branch instruction in an information handling system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information handling system includes a processor that throttles an instruction fetcher whenever a group of instructions in a branch instruction queue together exhibits a confidence in the accuracy of branch predictions of branch instructions therein that is less than a first predetermined threshold confidence threshold. In one embodiment, the processor includes a fetch throttle controller that inhibits fetch throttling by the instruction fetcher when confidence in the accuracy of a branch prediction for a particular currently issued branch instruction exhibits less than a second predetermined threshold confidence threshold." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2007 (11/951,112). 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=8,006,070&OS=8,006,070&RS=8,006,070 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent for System and Method to Stack an Open NAND Flash Interface Module Over a Minicard ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,006,018) developed by James R. Utz, Round Rock, Texas, and Andrew T. Sultenfuss, Leander, Texas, for a "system and method to stack an open NAND flash interface module over a minicard." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a minicard host connector and an open NAND flash interface host connector. The minicard host connector is configured to receive a minicard. 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