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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (Aug. 24)(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 Florida. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Channel Presence in a Composite Services Enablement Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,934) developed by four co-inventors for a "channel presence in a composite services enablement environment." The co-inventors are William V. Da Palma, Coconut Creek, Fla., Baiju D. Mandalia, Boca Raton, Fla., Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., and Wendi L. Nusbickel, Boca Raton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. In one embodiment of the invention, a channel presence detection method for a composite services enablement environment can include establishing multiple channels of access to a common session for a composite service, synchronizing changes of state for a model for the common session in the views for the channels of access to the composite service, and periodically indicating in at least one of the views, a listing of the established channels of access. In one aspect of the invention, periodically indicating a listing of the established channels of access can include detecting an update to the model indicating a change in established channels of access to the common session. In response, a hidden view for an end point for an established channel of access to the common session can be provided with an updated listing of other established channels of access to the session. Consequently, the hidden view can provide the updated listing to a corresponding visible view in the end point." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2005 (11/297,061). 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=8,005,934&OS=8,005,934&RS=8,005,934 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 (8,005,721) developed by Frank Christopher Azor, Miami, and Darek Kaminski, Pembroke Pines, Fla., for "systems and methods for multi-provider content-on-demand retrieval." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for retrieving multi-provider on-demand content through a common portal device are disclosed. The techniques described herein allow for multi-provider media content to be made available for retrieval to a user through a streamlined process thereby enhancing the user experience and likelihood of ordering on-demand content." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2007 (11/899,565). 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=8,005,721.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,721&RS=PN/8,005,721 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida, Illinois Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Providing a Discount ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- David Shaw, Boca Raton, Fla., and John Lavin, Barrington, Ill., have developed a patent (8,005,714) for a "system and method for providing a discount." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In particular, systems and methods are provided for delivering a discount using a combination of virtual currency and partner-issued currency. Inventive systems and methods offer a high-perceived savings value to an end-user while maintaining the perception of product value. Further, systems and methods for providing a discount are described which impose little or no cost on the service or product provider. An embodiment of an inventive method includes presenting a display of a price paid by a consumer without access to the virtual currency along with a display of an amount payable by the end-user in actual currency in combination with an amount payable in a combination of virtual currency and partner-issued currency." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,535). 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=8,005,714.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,714&RS=PN/8,005,714 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,878) developed by Feng Chen, West Melbourne, Fla., Xiaobo Li, Shanghai, China, and Ko-Chih Liu, Rockledge, Fla., for "providing processing instructions for updating schema." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product are disclosed that enable providing processing instructions for updating schema. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining an updated schema that includes an updated version of a previous schema; identifying a difference between the updated schema and the previous schema; processing the difference to create processing instructions; and providing the processing instructions for implementation into a logical processor, wherein the logical processor processes data defined using the updated schema." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2008 (12/327,837). 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=80,05,878.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,878&RS=PN/80,05,878 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Nielsen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Nielsen, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,006,258) developed by Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, Fla., for "methods and apparatus for media source identification and time shifted media consumption measurements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for media source identification and time shifted media consumption measurements are disclosed. A disclosed method identifies a time shift associated with one of a plurality of media sources local to a media delivery device by generating a library of first signature information local to the media delivery device, wherein the library of first signature information includes records, each of which contains a time stamp, a signature value and a source identifier associated with a respective one of the plurality of media sources, generating second signature information based on media presented via the media delivery device, generating a collection of matching signature information based on the first and second signature information, and performing a time shift analysis on the collection of matching signature information to identify the time shift associated with the one of the plurality of media sources local to the media delivery device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2009 (12/636,505). 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=8,006,258&OS=8,006,258&RS=8,006,258 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Aviat U.S. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Aviat U.S., Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,876) developed by Aleksandr V. Zhdankin, Indialantic, Fla., for "modeling of heterogeneous multi-technology networks and services by method of translation of domain-focused user information model to common information model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In various embodiments, a method comprises defining a plurality of translating references for an object, generating a common information model (CIM) with a processor of a system, the CIM comprising one or more functional object attributes of the object, generating a first instantiation of a user information model (UIM), the first instantiation of the UIM comprising one or more user-associated attributes of the object, interfacing with the CIM using the first instantiation of the UIM, and translating one or more user-associated attributes of the first instantiation of the UIM to the one or more functional object attributes of the CIM using the plurality of translating references." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2009 (12/511,790). 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=80,05,876.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,876&RS=PN/80,05,876 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Thomson Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, has been assigned a patent (8,006,184) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "playlist for real time video production." The co-inventors are Alex Holtz, Jacksonville, Fla., David E. Buehnemann, Orange Park, Fla., Gilberto Fres, Jacksonville, Fla., Harrison T. Hickenlooper III, Palatka, Fla., Charles M. Hoeppner, Jacksonville, Fla., Kevin K. Morrow, Jacksonville, Fla., Bradley E. Neider, Jacksonville, Fla., Loren J. Nordin III, Jacksonville, Fla., Todd D. Parker, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Robert J. Snyder, Jacksonville, Fla The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video production system provides a director with-control over video production devices used in producing a show. The video production system allows the director to pre-produce a show, review the show in advance of "air time." and then, with a touch of a button, produce the live show. The video production system includes a processing unit in communication with the video production devices. The processing unit displays controls for controlling the video production devices. The director uses a keyboard and mouse to remotely control the video production devices. The director pre-produces the show, defines a set of video production commands (hereafter "transition macro") executed by the processing unit. By activating a control button, the director instructs the processing unit to execute the transition macro-to control one or more of the video production devices." The patent application was filed on July 10, 2002 (10/191,467). 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=8,006,184&OS=8,006,184&RS=8,006,184 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Altisource Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Altisource Solutions, Luxembourg, has been assigned a patent (8,005,730) developed by 13 co-inventors for an "expense tracking, electronic ordering, invoice presentment, and payment system and method." The co-inventors are William C. Erbey, Palm Beach, Fla., Russell G. Bulman, West Palm Beach, Fla., Robert J. Leist, Singer Island, Fla., Mary K. Edgecomb, Jupiter, Fla., Donald Vetal, Jupiter, Fla., Armand Bonola, Burlington, Conn., Stephanie M. Hudson, Jupiter, Fla., Jeffrey M. Neufeld, Charlotte, N.C., Debra Toussaint-Blackman, Boca Raton, Fla., Rosemary Weaver, St. Cloud, Fla., Sandy Blum, Lake Worth, Fla., and Federico Bucspun, Boca Raton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for tracking and billing expenses throughout a transaction, such as the sale or management of a real estate property. In one embodiment, a budget is created that details expected incomes on the property and costs associated with the sale or management of the property. The budget may be developed in accordance with specifications, such as line item maxima or total budget maxima, developed by the owner of the property. After a vendor has delivered goods or services described in the budget, the vendor creates an electronic invoice. Payment is delivered to the vendor through an Automated Clearing House system." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2008 (12/111,794). 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=8,005,730.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,730&RS=PN/8,005,730 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Catalina Marketing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Catalina Marketing, St. Petersburg, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,005,753) developed by Mark Davis, Clearwater, Fla., for a "targeted incentives based upon predicted behavior." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for anticipating consumer behavior and determining transaction incentives for influencing consumer behavior comprises a computer system and associated database for determining cross time correlations between transaction behavior, for applying the function derived from the correlations to consumer records to predict future consumer behavior, and for deciding on transaction incentives to offer the consumers based upon their predicted behavior." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2009 (12/626,003). 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=8,005,753.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,753&RS=PN/8,005,753 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Password Generation Using Genre Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,097) developed by David B. Kumhyr, Austin, Texas, and Pamela A. Nesbitt, Tampa, Fla., for a "password generation using genre selection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Presently disclosed herein are a method, system, and computer-readable medium for managing a user-defined genre-based password. In one embodiment, the method includes steps for creating a genre-based tree that can be used to prompt a user in remembering a user-created password. In an exemplary embodiment, the method for creating the password includes the steps of: presenting, to a user, a first question; receiving, from the user, a first input answer to the first question; presenting, to the user, a subsequent question that is based on the first input answer to the first question; receiving, from the user, a subsequent input answer to the subsequent question; and based on the first input answer and the subsequent input answer, creating a pathway of nodes, in a genre-based tree, to a correct end-node, wherein content of the correct end-node, which is based on the subsequent input answer, provides a basis for a user-defined password, and wherein the content of the correct end-node prompts the user to remember the user-defined password." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2007 (11/669,292). 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=8,006,097.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,097&RS=PN/8,006,097 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. -1058726 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |