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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina. *** ATI Industrial Automation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23 -- ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,570) developed by Michael L. Gloden, Apex, N.C., Leonard Aaron Odham, Raleigh, N.C., and Mark D. Bordeaux, Apex, N.C., for a robotic tool changer. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A robotic tool changer having a master unit and a tool unit adapted to be coupled together. Movably mounted in the master unit of the robotic tool changer is a piston that is movable between locked and unlocked positions. The piston includes a contact area having an unlocking surface, a failsafe surface and a locking surface. Also provided is a series of rolling members contained within a retention area that are actuated by the piston to lock the master unit to the tool unit. For example, the piston engages the rolling members and urges them into a locked relationship with a bearing race that forms a part of the tool unit. To prevent the inadvertent or accidental movement of the piston from the locked position to the unlocked position, the piston is provided with a retarding surface generally disposed between the locking surface and the unlocking surface on the piston for retarding the movement of the piston as the piston moves from the locked position to the unlocked position." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2006 (11/374,706). 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=8005570.PN.&OS=PN/8005570&RS=PN/8005570 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Caching Lookups Based upon TCP Traffic Flow Characteristics ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,989) developed by five co-inventors for a "caching lookups based upon TCP traffic flow characteristics." The co-inventors are Everett A. Corl Jr., Raleigh, N.C., Gordon T. Davis, Chapel Hill, N.C., Clark D. Jeffries, Durham, N.C., Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Greensboro, N.C., and Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The classification system of a network device includes a cache in which a mapping between predefined characteristics of TCP/IP packets and associated actions are stored in response to the first "Frequent Flyer" packet in of a session. Selected characteristics from subsequent received packets of that session are correlated with the predefined characteristics and the stored actions are applied to the received packets if the selected characteristics and the predefined characteristics match, thus reducing the processing required for subsequent packets. The packets selected for caching may be data packets. For mismatched characteristics, the full packet search of the classification system is used to determine the action to apply to the received packet." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2008 (12/188,333). 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=8,005,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,989&RS=PN/8,005,989 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Method to Optimize the Load Balancing of Parallel Coprocessors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,978) developed by John B. Duffie III, Apex, N.C., Jay S. Shah, Cary, N.C., and Bruce E. Sinclair, Carrboro, N.C., for a "method to optimize the load balancing of parallel coprocessors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for optimally balancing the load between a series of coprocessors that takes into consideration the load associated with each coprocessor. A cost associated with a packet is determined. This cost along with the coprocessor's current load is used to determine an anticipated load. The anticipated load is used to select a coprocessor that is to process the packet. In one embodiment, the coprocessor with the minimal anticipated load is selected. In another embodiment, an output port associated with the packet is checked to determine if it is congested. If so, a coprocessor other than the coprocessor with the minimum load is selected." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2002 (10/087,376). 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=8,005,978.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,978&RS=PN/8,005,978 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Managing End User Approval for Charging in a Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,954) developed by Robert M. Batz, Raleigh, N.C., Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, N.C., and John G. White, Cary, N.C., for a "system and method for managing end user approval for charging in a network environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for managing information in a network environment is provided that includes a content service gateway operable to communicate with an end user in order to facilitate a communication session. The communication session relates to a request by the end user for content or for a service. A quota server coupled to the content service gateway is operable to receive a service authorization request from the content service gateway relating to the communication session. The service authorization request operates to authorize access to the service or to the content for the end user." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2004 (10/928,932). 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=8,005,954.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,954&RS=PN/8,005,954 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Consistent Snapshots of Dynamic Heterogeneously Managed Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,986) developed by four co-inventors for a "consistent snapshots of dynamic heterogeneously managed data." The co-inventors are Richard J. Cardone, Mahopac, N.Y., Reto Hermann, Buttikon, Switzerland, Andreas Schade, Adliswil, Switzerland, and William F. Trautman, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing a consistent view of data stored therein, which can change dynamically in an uncoordinated way, includes a client program and a snapshot server program. The snapshot server program permits one or more client programs to request snapshots of data from the snapshot server program such that the data included in or referenced by a snapshot originates from one or more host server programs and the data is accessible to the snapshot server program, but is managed independently of the snapshot server program." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2009 (12/543,168). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,005,986.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,986&RS=PN/8,005,986 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,707) developed by Wilma S. Jackson, Raleigh, N.C., Michael J. Leonard, Cary, N.C., and David Bruce Elsheimer, Clayton, N.C., for "computer-implemented systems and methods for defining events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer-implemented systems and methods to process time-series data. As an example, a system and method can use a first data store to store time series data, and a second data store to store definitions of events. A dummy variable is generated when data from an event's definition is applied to time series data." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2006 (11/431,127). 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=8,005,707.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,707&RS=PN/8,005,707 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Probabalistic Throttling of Application Server Requests ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,933) developed by Kyle Gene Brown, Apex, N.C., and Stacy Renee Joines, Raleigh, N.C., for a "probabalistic throttling of application server requests." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A servlet filter receives all incoming requests for dynamic content and can be used to ensure that the load on a server does not become too great during the time the server is engaged in start-up. The filter is configured to be the first filter encountered and will evaluate a series of conditions to determine if the request is to be throttled. For selected URLs, a given percentage of the first requests received after start-up are automatically throttled. If the request is throttled, a message is sent to the user that the server is busy but to try later. Servlets that are not throttled are allowed to flow through to be processed normally." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2005 (11/104,755). 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=8,005,933&OS=8,005,933&RS=8,005,933 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,705) developed by Gerald Alan Gura, Cary, N.C., and Robert Edward Roth, Matthews, N.C., for a "validating a baseline of a project." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method and system for validating a baseline of a project. A computing application executes routines to automatically identify baseline errors associated with one or more tasks and generate exception reports to facilitate correction of the errors. The baseline errors are identified via determinations of whether (1) a task has no resources assigned, (2) resources are assigned to a summary task, (3) a task has an invalid earned value method value, (4) a task or milestone was not baselined, (5) a task's baseline start date was manually updated, (6) a task's baseline finish date was manually updated, (7) a task's baseline cost (BAC) was manually increased, (8) a task's BAC was manually decreased, and (9) a task's budgeted cost of work performed is not equal to the task's BAC." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2006 (11/517,148). 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=8,005,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,705&RS=PN/8,005,705 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,703) developed by four co-inventors for an "event scheduling forecasting for a calendaring system using historically collected event data." The co-inventors are Al Chakra, Apex, N.C., Siddharth P. Desai, Virginia Beach, Va., Zachary J.H. Marlow, Raleigh, N.C., and Tejaswini R. Patil, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a solution for event scheduling forecasting for a calendaring system using historically collected event data. In the solution, metrics collected from historic events can be utilized to compute event duration for scheduled and events being scheduled. Metrics such as number of attendees, quantity of topics being covered, and meeting duration can be collected. Metrics can be aggregated from one or more systems including, but not limited to, calendaring systems and presentation systems. A forecasting engine can utilize metrics to compute a duration for events which can be used to advise event coordinators, adjust scheduled event times, and notify of potential schedule conflicts." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2008 (12/176,021). 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=8,005,703.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,703&RS=PN/8,005,703 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,907) developed by Thomas R. Haynes, Apex, N.C., and Lin Sun, Morrisville, N.C., for "selectively marking email as partially reviewed." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An extent to which a user has reviewed an email is estimated, and a review value is assigned to the email based upon the estimated extent of review. A visual indicator associated with the email is displayed, wherein the appearance of the visual indicator is determined at least by the review value. In an exemplary embodiment, the email contains one or more recipient email addresses, wherein each recipient email address is associated with a recipient review value. In the exemplary embodiment, a visual indicator is displayed corresponding to the recipient review value associated with each recipient email address." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/121,547). 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=80,05,907.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,907&RS=PN/80,05,907 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,889) developed by five co-inventors for "systems, methods, and computer program products for synchronizing files in a photosharing peer-to-peer network." The co-inventors are Alfredo Celino Issa, Apex, N.C., Gary Whitson Black, Cary, N.C., Patricia Ann Scardino, Apex, N.C., Christopher Michael Amidon, Apex, N.C., and Hugh Blake Svendsen, Chapel Hill, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer program products for synchronizing digital photo albums at peer servers with a proxy server and a guest content server in a photosharing peer-to-peer network are provided such that the proxy server and guest content server can serve content to requesters from photo albums of an off-line peer server. A synchronization manager receives a request from a peer server to synchronize image files of one or more photo albums at the peer server with image files cached on the proxy server. The synchronization manager directs a web robot to crawl the URL of each photo album identified in the request and to identify image files at the peer server that have been modified and/or that are not currently cached on the proxy server. The web robot also identifies non-image files associated with each image file. The web robot retrieves and caches identified image files on the proxy server. The web robot retrieves and caches identified non-image files on the guest content server." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2005 (11/280,160). 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=80,05,889.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,889&RS=PN/80,05,889 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controller for Multiple Instruction Thread Processors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,244) developed by four co-inventors for a "controller for multiple instruction thread processors." The co-inventors are Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, N.C., Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, N.C., Ross Boyd Leavens, Cary, N.C., and Fabrice Jean Verplanken, La Gaude, France. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism controls a multi-thread processor so that when a first thread encounters a latency event for a first predefined time interval temporary control is transferred to an alternate execution thread for duration of the first predefined time interval and then back to the original thread. The mechanism grants full control to the alternate execution thread when a latency event for a second predefined time interval is encountered. The first predefined time interval is termed short latency event whereas the second time interval is termed long latency event." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2004 (10/915,983). 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=8,006,244.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,244&RS=PN/8,006,244 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Half Width Counting Leading Zero Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,880) developed by Deepak K. Singh, Apex, N.C., and Scott Michael McCluskey, Apex, N.C., for a "half width counting leading zero circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit and method are provided for storing a data word in a latch and determining the number of consecutive equal value bits within the data word. The data word consists of bits stored in unique bit positions and having a least significant bit position and a most significant bit position. The data word is examined to determine the number of consecutive bits having the same numeric value. The invention first corrects for any single bit anomaly within the consecutive equal value sequence, counts the number of consecutive bits having this equal value using logic that examines only every other bit position of the stored data word and provides a numeric value representing this number of consecutive equal value bits." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2007 (11/844,402). 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=80,05,880.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,880&RS=PN/80,05,880 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System for Defining Data Mappings between Data Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,869) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for defining data mappings between data structures." The co-inventors are Everett A. Corl Jr., Raleigh, N.C., Gordon T. Davis, Chapel Hill, N.C., Marco Heddes, Shelton, Conn., Piyush C. Patel, Cary, N.C., and Ravinder K. Sabhikhi, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method for compressing search tree structures used in rule classification is provided. The method includes classifying packets based on filter rules, compressing a tree structure comprising multiple levels of single bit test nodes and leaf nodes, storing the compressed tree structure in a first memory structure of a storage such that the multiple levels of single bit test nodes and leaf nodes can be accessed from the first memory structure through a single memory access of the storage, collecting single bit test nodes of the tree structure that are in a lowest level of the tree structure, storing only the collected single bit test nodes within a second memory structure of the storage that is contiguous to the first memory structure, collecting leaf nodes of the tree structure, and storing only the collected leaf nodes within a third memory structure of the storage that is contiguous to second memory structure." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2008 (12/048,667). 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=80,05,869&OS=80,05,869&RS=80,05,869 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Activating Correct Ad-splicer Profile in Ad-splicer Redundancy Framework ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,131) developed by Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, N.C., Anil Thomas, Milpitas, Calif., and Toerless Eckert, Mountain View, Calif., for an "activating correct ad-splicer profile in ad-splicer redundancy framework." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In particular embodiments, method and system for detecting a failure of a primary ad-splicer, conveying a failure information for the failed primary ad-splicer to a redundant ad-splicer, dynamically forwarding one or more pre-spliced packets intended for the failed primary ad-splicer to the redundant ad-splicer, receiving one or more post-spliced packets from the redundant ad-splicer, and transmitting the post-spliced packets towards one or more target receivers are provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,940). 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=8,006,131&OS=8,006,131&RS=8,006,131 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Products for Classifying Content Segments ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,841) developed by Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, N.C., and Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., for "methods, systems, and products for classifying content segments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for classifying content segments. A set of annotations is received that occur within a segment of time-varying content. Each annotation is scored to each node in an ontology. The segment is classified based on at least one of the scores." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/414,021). 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=80,05,841.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,841&RS=PN/80,05,841 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Adapting Media Storage Based on User Interest as Determined by Biometric Feedback ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,776) developed by Rachel H. Fithian, Raleigh, N.C., and Hugh E. Hockett, Raleigh, N.C., for an "adapting media storage based on user interest as determined by biometric feedback." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a system, method, apparatus, and computer usable product code adapting a media stream based upon biometric feedback. The system can include one or more biometric sensor, a media handling component, an importance inference engine, and a media processing component. The biometric sensor can be able to receive biometric feedback from at least one user. The media handling component can be a media creation component (e.g., video recorder, camera, etc.) and/or a media playback component (e.g., video player, music player, etc.). The importance inference engine can be configured to analyze biometric feedback received from the biometric sensor to determine an emotional interest level that a provider of the biometric feedback has in the media of the media handling component. The media processing component can modify the media of the media handling component based upon the emotion interest level determined by the importance inference engine." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/019,788). 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=8,005,776.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,776&RS=PN/8,005,776 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Currency Ordering by Denomination ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,005,728) developed by Robert B. Sadler, Charlotte, N.C., Adam S. Byerley, Charlotte, N.C., and Jesse Lorinsky, Charlotte, N.C., for a "currency ordering by denomination." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for calculating a currency shipment amount for a banking center. The currency shipment amount may correspond to currency having a uniform denomination. The apparatus and methods may involve formulating a historical mix fraction for the uniform denomination; calculating a future order period desired starting balance based on the historical mix fraction; and calculating the currency shipment amount based on the future order period desired starting balance and a banking center ending balance." The patent application was filed on July 21, 2008 (12/176,481). 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=8,005,728.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,728&RS=PN/8,005,728 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** 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. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Method and Procedure for Creating end to End Storage from Controller to Host ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,059) developed by Timothy Clayton-Luce, Raleigh, N.C., for a "method and procedure for creating end to end storage from controller to host." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to facilitate the process of creating end to end storage from a network storage controller to one or more hosts is described. A storage controller management engine provides the network storage controller with configuration information, provisions storage on the network storage controller as one or more logical units, and maps a host to the one or more logical units, to create end to end storage from the network storage controller to the host in a highly automated and user-friendly manner." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,621). 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=8,006,059.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,059&RS=PN/8,006,059 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,108) developed by Thomas M. Brey, Cary, N.C., and William Joseph Piazza, Holly Springs, N.C., for a "dynamic selection of group and device power limits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A variable group power limit is enforced to limit the net power consumption of a group of devices in a computer system, and a variable device power limit enforced on each device is independently adjustable to satisfy the current group power limit. The device power limits are dynamically selected according to a power management method that selectively reduces the device power limits of lower-utilization devices and increases the device power limits of higher-utilization devices." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2007 (11/936,923). 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=8,006,108.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,108&RS=PN/8,006,108 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enabling Memory Module Slots in a Computing System After a Repair Action ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,028) developed by six co-inventors for an "enabling memory module slots in a computing system after a repair action." The co-inventors are Tu T. Dang, Cary, N.C., Robert F. Kantner Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C., Henry G. McMillan, Raleigh, N.C., Carl A. Morrell, Cary, N.C., Challis L. Purrington, Raleigh, N.C., and Mark W. Williams, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for enabling memory module slots in a computing system after a repair action, the computing system having a plurality of memory module slots and having at least one memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, that includes: determining, during a boot process for the computing system, whether any of the memory module slots are disabled; and if any of the memory module slots are disabled: retrieving, for each memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, a memory module identifier for that memory module, retrieving, from non-volatile memory of the computing system, previously stored memory module identifiers, determining whether the retrieved memory module identifiers match the previously stored memory module identifiers, and enabling the disabled memory module slots if the retrieved memory module identifiers do not match the previously stored memory module identifiers." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2008 (11/960,544). 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=8006028.PN.&OS=PN/8006028&RS=PN/8006028 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. -1058739 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |