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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,999) developed by Mickey S. Felton, Sterling, Mass., and Simba M. Julian, Dorchester, Mass., for a "data storage system with PCI-E extended reach capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A type one protocol device transmitter performs a detection function to detect attached type one protocol receivers. The detection function operates such that receivers having type two termination are not detected as type one protocol receivers. A type two protocol device receiver has type two termination. Logic is coupled between the type two protocol device receiver and the type one protocol device transmitter so that the type one protocol device transmitter detection function detects the type two protocol device receiver as a type one protocol receiver. The type one protocol device can be a PCI-E device, and the type two protocol device can be a SAS/SATA device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/862,512). 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=8,005,999.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,999&RS=PN/8,005,999 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,948) developed by twelve co-inventors for a "correlating subjective user states with objective occurrences associated with a user." The co-inventors are Shawn P. Firminger, Redmond, Wash., Jason Garm, Redmond, Wash., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Chris D. Karkanias, Sammamish, Wash., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Kristin M. Tolle, Redmond, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring subjective user state data including at least a first subjective user state and a second subjective user state; acquiring objective context data including at least a first context data indicative of a first objective occurrence associated with a user and a second context data indicative of a second objective occurrence associated with the user; and correlating the subjective user state data with the objective context data. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/315,083). 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=8,005,948.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,948&RS=PN/8,005,948 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,005,949) developed by five co-inventors for a "variance-optimal sampling-based estimation of subset sums." The co-inventors are Nicholas Duffield, Summit, N.J., Carsten Lund, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Mikkel Thorup, Florence, Mass., Edith Cohen, Berkeley Heights, N.J., and Haim Kaplan, Hod Hasharon, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a generic sample of an input stream. The method is designated as VAROPT.sub.k. The method comprises receiving an input stream of items arriving one at a time, and maintaining a sample S of items i. The sample S has a capacity for at most k items i. The sample S is filled with k items i. An n.sup.th item i is received. It is determined whether the n.sup.th item i should be included in sample S. If the n.sup.th item i is included in sample S, then a previously included item i is dropped from sample S. The determination is made based on weights of items without distinguishing between previously included items i and the n.sup.th item i. The determination is implemented thereby updating weights of items i in sample S. The method is repeated until no more items are received." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,340). 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=8,005,949.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,949&RS=PN/8,005,949 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Schlumberger Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,658) developed by five co-inventors for an "automated field development planning of well and drainage locations." The co-inventors are Peter Gerhard Tilke, Belmont, Mass., William J. Bailey, Somerville, Mass., Benoit Couet, Belmont, Mass., Michael Prange, Somerville, Mass., and Martin Crick, Abingdon, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hybrid evolutionary algorithm ("HEA") technique is described for automatically calculating well and drainage locations in a field. The technique includes planning a set of wells on a static reservoir model using an automated well planner tool that designs realistic wells that satisfy drilling and construction constraints. A subset of these locations is then selected based on dynamic flow simulation using a cost function that maximizes recovery or economic benefit. In particular, a large population of candidate targets, drain holes and trajectories is initially created using fast calculation analysis tools of cost and value, and as the workflow proceeds, the population size is reduced in each successive operation, thereby facilitating use of increasingly sophisticated calculation analysis tools for economic valuation of the reservoir while reducing overall time required to obtain the result. In the final operation, only a small number of full reservoir simulations are required for the most promising FDPs." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/756,244). 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=80,05,658.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,658&RS=PN/80,05,658 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Endeca Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Endeca Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,643) developed by Daniel Tunkelang, Brooklyn, N.Y., Joyce Jeanpin Wang, Watertown, Mass., and Vladimir Zelevinsky, Brookline, Mass., for a "system and method for measuring the quality of document sets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described that calculate the interestingness of a set of one or more records in a database, either absolutely (i.e., compared to an overall collection of records) or relative to some other set of records. In one embodiment, the measure is a relative entropy value that has been normalized. Various applications of the measure are described in the context of an information retrieval system. These applications include, for example, guiding query interpretation, guiding view selection and summarization, intelligent ranges, event detection, concept triggers and interpreting user actions, hierarchy discovery, and adaptive data mining." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2008 (12/146,161). 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=80,05,643.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,643&RS=PN/80,05,643 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,631) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying a muzzle blast using a multi-sensor total energy approach." The co-inventors are James E. Barger, Winchester, Mass., Stephen D. Milligan, Stow, Mass., Marshall Seth Brinn, Newton, Mass., and Richard J. Mullen, Needham, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, spaced acoustic sensors. Sensor signals are detected for shockwaves and muzzle blast, wherein muzzle blast detection can be either incomplete coming from less than 4 sensor channels, or inconclusive due to lack of signal strength. Shooter range can be determined by an iterative computation and/or a genetic algorithm by minimizing a cost function that includes timing information from both shockwave and muzzle signal channels. Disambiguation is significantly improved over shockwave-only measurements." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/074,884). 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=80,05,631.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,631&RS=PN/80,05,631 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Identifying Runaway Software Agents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,234) developed by Julie A. Kadashevich, Tyngsboro, Mass., for a "method and system for identifying runaway software agents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for identifying runaway software agents operating in a computer system is disclosed. An operating window is defined for an agent. The operating window specifies the maximum desired operating time for the agent. When an agent begins operation, its start time is recorded. At a later time, a measurement is made comparing the start time and current measurement time to the operating window. If the comparison indicates that the agent has exceeded the operating window, the agent is identified as a runaway agent. The computer system processes data associated with the runaway agent and displays it to a user interface such as a monitor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2007 (11/832,500). 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=8,006,234&OS=8,006,234&RS=8,006,234 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Imophaze Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Imophaze Research, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,006,307) developed by Skott C. Klebe, Lexington, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for distributing secure digital content that can be indexed by third party search engines." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a secure content distribution system, the text is extracted and scrambled in content documents that include text. The scrambled content is made available for indexing by conventional search engines but is not available as plain text and thus is kept secure. The scrambling process breaks a text stream derived from the content document into two to five word phrases, randomizes the phrases and creates a text file from the randomized stream. Third party search engines are allowed to index the scrambled file so that search algorithms that search on particular words or phrases produce nearly the same number of hits as with the plain text file. A web server that provides the content returns either the scrambled content to a search engine or a link to the publisher by examining a user agent parameter that accompanies a content request. Alternatively the scrambled content also includes a script routine that links to the publisher." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2003 (10/616,379). 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=8,006,307&OS=8,006,307&RS=8,006,307 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sorriso Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Sorriso Technologies, Acton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,006,226) developed by Joshua E. Gentry, Westford, Mass., and John A. Kowalonek, Clinton, Mass., for "methods and apparatus for generating a web site from a use case." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system obtains at least one requirement for the application. They system defines at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies at least one requirement. The system creates at least one file associated with at least one interaction, and processes at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/760,319). 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=8,006,226&OS=8,006,226&RS=8,006,226 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,894) developed by seven co-inventors for an "acquisition and presentation of data indicative of an extent of congruence between inferred mental states of authoring users." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic document, acquiring a second inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a second authoring user in connection with the particular item of the electronic document; comparing the first inference data with the second inference data; and presenting data indicative of an extent of congruity between the inferred mental state of the first authoring user and the inferred mental state of the second authoring user based, at least in part, on said comparing. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/288,008). 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=80,05,894.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,894&RS=PN/80,05,894 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Riverbed Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Riverbed Technology, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,006,306) developed by Prem Gopalan, Cambridge, Mass., Kyle Jamieson, Cambridge, Mass., and Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Cambridge, Mass., for an "exploit-based worm propagation mitigation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product for exploit-based worm detection and mitigation are disclosed. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to identify a signature representing content prevalent in network traffic, determine if the traffic including the signature exhibits propagation, determine if the traffic including the signature exhibits connectedness, and generate a worm signature based on the signature if the signature exhibits both connectedness and propagation." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2006 (11/387,114). 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=8,006,306.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,306&RS=PN/8,006,306 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Math Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Math Works, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,006,313) developed by Nausheen Moulana, Framingham, Mass., Justin Marina, Framingham, Mass., and Gadi Reinhorn, Cambridge, Mass., for a "non-machine specific optical-media based copy protection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of preventing use of an illegally copied optical medium comprises the step of identifying the media type of the optical medium to determine whether the optical medium is an original version or an unauthorized copy. If the media type indicates that the optical medium is an original version, use of the optical medium is not prevented. If the media type indicates that the optical medium is an unauthorized copy, use of the optical medium is inhibited. The media type can be identified by reviewing a medium-type code field contained in a mode parameter header of the optical medium, which corresponds to the media type of the optical medium, and is a feature integrated into the media that cannot be copied." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2004 (10/763,484). 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=8,006,313&OS=8,006,313&RS=8,006,313 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Streaming Virtual Disk for Virtual Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,851) developed by John M. Sheehan, Somerville, Mass., and Kristofer H. Reierson, Acton, Mass., for a "streaming virtual disk for virtual applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sparsely populated, streaming virtual disk may be used with a virtual application to enable fast launching of a virtual application from a network server. The virtual disk may be configured and populated in blocks, enabling those blocks that are used at a particular time to be downloaded and stored in the virtual disk. As other blocks are requested by the virtual application, those blocks may be fetched from the network server. Each block may be validated using a hash tree or some other function so that the recipient may verify authenticity and completeness. In some embodiments, a virtual application may be configured and deployed as a single file, enabling simple version control among other things." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2008 (12/124,154). 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=80,05,851.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,851&RS=PN/80,05,851 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Visible World Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Visible World, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,006,261) developed by Seth Haberman, New York, and Chet Schuler, Marlboro, Mass., for a "system and method for personalized message creation and delivery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for dynamically creating individualized, multi-media messages and to deliver the messages to specific target groups or individual viewers. A message, story, or advertisement is assembled on demand, based upon rules applied to each viewer's profile and a library of media segments. The framework for the final personalized message is a story or message template designed for a campaign. A set of viewer profiles is assembled from designated databases for each of the targeted entities. A collection of media segments is also created or selected and then made available to produce the final personalized message at assembly time. Specific media segments are selected and merged according to the message template and information about the viewer derived from each viewer's profile. The information from the viewer profile is interpreted by a rule system to determine which of several potential media segments to select for use in the personalized message. The merged composite is then encoded to match the distribution media and forwarded to the viewer." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2000 (09/545,015). 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=8,006,261.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,261&RS=PN/8,006,261 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,006,295) developed by six co-inventors for a domain ID service. The co-inventors are Carl M. Ellison, Seattle, Paul J. Leach, Seattle, Butler W. Lampson, Cambridge, Mass., Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, Wash., Ravindra N. Pandya, Clyde Hill, Wash., and Charles W. Kaufman, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject disclosure pertains to a domain identification system, comprising a principal that has a key and a mnemonically meaningless identifier, the mnemonically meaningless identifier is used to identify the component in a networked environment. The mnemonically meaningless identifier can be bound to the public key by a binding. The component may be part of a neighborhood of components, and each member component knows the members' binding." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,677). 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=8,006,295&OS=8,006,295&RS=8,006,295 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Presagis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Presagis, Quebec, has been assigned a patent (8,006,196) developed by Christopher J. Hall, Boston, for a "multi-application graphic display environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Graphics information resulting from operation of applications is directed to a set of visible windows. A set of graphics contexts is provided having fixed associations with the applications. A set of variable associations is provided between the graphics contexts and the windows, so that varying the windows to which graphics information resulting from operation of the applications is directed is accomplished by varying the associations between the graphics contexts and the windows." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2004 (10/938,281). 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=8,006,196.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,196&RS=PN/8,006,196 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Component Localization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,006,188) developed by Marek L. Gorecki, Palo Alto, Calif., and Reeves H. Briggs, Arlington, Mass., for a component localization. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an implementation of component localization, control components are maintained that each define a localization format, such as a display format for a section of a display. A locale designation is received and a control component is obtained that corresponds to a locale. Display data is generated that includes the control component in a display format defined by the control component and which corresponds to the designated locale according the defined localization format." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2008 (12/038,454). 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=8,006,188&OS=8,006,188&RS=8,006,188 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tensilica Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Tensilica, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,204) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "automated processor generation system for designing a configurable processor and method for the same." The co-inventors are Earl A. Killian, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Ricardo E. Gonzalez, Menlo Park, Calif., Ashish B. Dixit, Mountain View, Calif., Monica Lam, Menlo Park, Calif., Walter D. Lichtenstein, Belmont, Mass., Christopher Rowen, Santa Cruz, Calif., John C. Ruttenberg, Newton, Mass., Robert P. Wilson, Palo Alto, Calif., Albert Ren-Rui Wang, Fremont, Calif., and Dror Eliezer Maydan, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated processor design tool uses a description of customized processor instruction set extensions in a standardized language to develop a configurable definition of a target instruction set, a Hardware Description Language description of circuitry necessary to implement the instruction set, and development tools such as a compiler, assembler, debugger and simulator which can be used to develop applications for the processor and to verify it. Implementation of the processor circuitry can be optimized for various criteria such as area, power consumption, speed and the like. Once a processor configuration is developed, it can be tested and inputs to the system modified to iteratively optimize the processor implementation. By providing a constrained domain of extensions and optimizations, the process can be automated to a high degree, thereby facilitating fast and reliable development." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2006 (11/391,773). 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=8,006,204&OS=8,006,204&RS=8,006,204 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Detecting and Preventing the Split-brain Condition in Redundant Processing Units ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,006,129) developed by four co-inventors for a "detecting and preventing the split-brain condition in redundant processing units." The co-inventors are Donald E. Banks, San Jose, Calif., Samer L. Theodossy, San Jose, Calif., Frederick A. Frazer, Santa Clara, Calif., and Frederick G. Lewis, North Chelmsford, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an example embodiment the occurrence of the split-brain condition in a High-Availability system, having active and standby processing units, is detected, its cause is diagnosed, and the cause is treated to prevent interruption of service. Diagnosis and treatment procedures are performed at the active processing unit prior to being performed at the standby processing unit." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2008 (12/245,157). 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=8,006,129&OS=8,006,129&RS=8,006,129 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,847) developed by Philip Levy, Los Altos, Calif., and Richard Cohn, Newton, Mass., for a "pattern-based file relationship inference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an example embodiment, a method comprising accessing a relationship definition associated with a package of data items, the relationship definition including a template string and a first pattern string including a first wildcard symbol, accessing a main file name of a main file, matching the main file name to the first pattern string including associating the first wildcard symbol with a substring of the main file name, and deriving a second pattern string from the template string." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2006 (11/584,218). 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=80,05,847.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,847&RS=PN/80,05,847 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System for Handling Novel Words in a Spellchecking Module ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,181) developed by Robert Cameron Weir, Westford, Mass., for a "system for handling novel words in a spellchecking module." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for adding words to an online dictionary used for spellchecking is described. A spellchecker module compares words of an electronic document with words in the online dictionary and identifies a word in the electronic document that is missing from the dictionary. After a user indicates a desire to add the missing word to the dictionary, the spellchecker module determines at least one related-word form of the missing word. The related-word forms depend upon the part of speech of the missing word. The spellchecker can prompt the user to identify the part of speech and then to verify each determined related-word form. The spellchecker concurrently adds the missing word and at least one related-word form of the missing word to the online dictionary in a single 'add-to-dictionary' operation." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/171,485). 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=8,006,181&OS=8,006,181&RS=8,006,181 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mathworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Mathworks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,812) developed by six co-inventors for a collaborative modeling environment. The co-inventors are Pieter J. Mosterman, Framingham, Mass., Farid Antoine Abizeid, Natick, Mass., Tunc Simsek, Newton, Mass., Gaudagnini Wey, Wayland, Mass., Mojdeh Shakeri, Southborough, Mass., and Jay Ryan Torgerson, Hopkinton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may receive a model, extract information from the model, form a group of tags using the extracted information, and associate the group of tags with the model. The system may further receive a search query including one or more sequences of characters and determine whether to provide the model in a list of models created for the search query, based on the one or more sequences of characters and the group of tags." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/687,510). 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=8,005,812.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,812&RS=PN/8,005,812 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,795) developed by Kenneth J. Galipeau, Rockaway, N.J., Robert K. Kast, Succasunna, N.J., and Eran Orgad, Lexington, Mass., for "techniques for recording file operations and consistency points for producing a consistent copy." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are a method and computer program product for capturing file operations applied to a data set. One or more file operations having a corresponding time sequence which modify said data set are recorded. A request for a copy of the data set in a consistent state is received. It is determined at which point in said corresponding time sequence said data set is in a consistent state as a result of applying a portion of said file operations. The point in said corresponding time sequence at which said data set is in a consistent state is marked. A system is also described for capturing file operations as applied to a data set. The system includes a mirroring driver and a replication service. Also described is a data structure stored in a memory including a plurality of records corresponding to a time sequence of recorded file operations, and one or more consistency point markers inserted into said plurality of records." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2005 (11/072,141). 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=8,005,795.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,795&RS=PN/8,005,795 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,677) developed by Nicholas J. Cutaia, Brighton, Mass., for a source-dependent text-to-speech system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of generating speech from text messages includes determining a speech feature vector for a voice associated with a source of a text message, and comparing the speech feature vector to speaker models. The method also includes selecting one of the speaker models as a preferred match for the voice based on the comparison, and generating speech from the text message based on the selected speaker model." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2003 (10/434,683). 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=8,005,677.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,677&RS=PN/8,005,677 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,006,111) developed by Sorin Faibish, Newton, Mass., Peter Bixby, Westborough, Mass., and Percy Tzelnic, Concord, Mass., for an "intelligent file system based power management for shared storage that migrates groups of files based on inactivity threshold." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A file server includes active storage containing frequently accessed files, and active/inactive disk drives for containing infrequently accessed files. Groups of the files having become inactive in the active storage are successively migrated to respective evacuated active/inactive disk drives so that each active/inactive disk drive is loaded with files having a similar probability of access when access to the active/inactive disk drive reaches an inactivity threshold for powering down the active/inactive disk drive. Storage of the active/inactive disk drives is reclaimed when an oldest group of the files is archived or when an active/inactive disk drive is evacuated by migrating files from the active/inactive disk drive to storage having been released in other disk drives by promotion of files for client access to the promoted files. Therefore, recovery of storage can be planned and scheduled in advance and performed efficiently in a background process." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2007 (11/859,100). 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=8,006,111.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,111&RS=PN/8,006,111 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,006,114) developed by Andreas D. Olofsson, Lexington, Mass., Christopher Jacobs, Bedford, N.H., and Paul Kettle, Boston, for a "software programmable timing architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for generating a digital signal pattern may comprises a memory, a program sequencer, first and second circuits, and an event execution unit. The memory may have stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed, cause a digital signal pattern to be generated on a plurality of nodes. The program sequencer may be configured to control a sequence in which the plurality of instructions are retrieved from the memory and executed. The first circuit may sequentially step through a plurality of different output states in response to a clock signal. The second circuit may identify an output event when an output state of the first circuit corresponds to an output state identified by retrieved instructions of a particular type. The event execution unit may control states of signals on the plurality of nodes in a manner specified by the retrieved instructions of the particular type in response to the second circuit identifying an output event." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (11/818,449). 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=8,006,114.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,114&RS=PN/8,006,114 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,006,052) developed by Zvi Gabriel Benhanokh, Brookline, Mass., Michael J. Scharland, Franklin, Mass., and Ran Margalit, Providence, R.I., for "systems and methods for tracking portions of a logical volume that have never been written by a host." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention exploit the fact that not all portions of a logical volume may include data written by a host. Accordingly, an embodiment of the invention includes setting a designated set of bits to 1 in a meta data table when a logical volume is initialized. These bits may be referred to herein as Never Written by Host (NWBH) bits. Separately, or in combination, an embodiment of the invention includes setting a NWBH bit to 0 when data is written to the associated portion of the logical volume. Separately, or in combination, an embodiment of the invention includes reading the NWBH bit upon receiving a read command associated with the associated portion of the logical volume. If the NWBH bit is equal to 1, data is not read from the associated portion of the logical volume; if the NWBH bit is equal to 0, data is read from the associated portion of the logical volume." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2006 (11/487,439). 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=8,006,052&OS=8,006,052&RS=8,006,052 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Jinsalas Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Jinsalas Solutions, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,006,024) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-port system and method for routing a data element within an interconnection fabric." The co-inventors are Lynne M. Brocco, Cambridge, Mass., Todd R. Comins, Chelmsford, Mass., Nathan J. Dohm, Natick, Mass., David E. Mayhew, Northborough, Mass., and Carey J. McMaster, Stow, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to a generic fabric interconnect system and method for providing a data path between and among nodes and processing elements within an interconnection fabric. More specifically, there is provided a device accessible by a host processor for expanding access over a first bus to a second bus, the first bus and the second bus each being adapted to separately connect to respective ones of a plurality of bus-compatible devices, each device which comprise a link, a first circuit adapted to couple between the first bus and the link, and a second circuit adapted to couple between the link and the second bus, the first circuit and the second circuit each being operated as a bridge and being operable to (a) send outgoing information serially through said link in a form different from that of the first bus and the second bus (b) approve an initial exchange between the first bus and the second bus in response to pending bus transactions having a characteristic signifying a destination across a device, and (c) allow the host processor, communicating through the first bus, to individually address different selectable ones of the bus-compatible devices on the second bus: (i) using on the first bus substantially the same type of addressing as is used to access devices on the first bus, and (ii) without first employing a second, intervening one of the bus-compatible devices on the second bus." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/643,385). 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=8006024.PN.&OS=PN/8006024&RS=PN/8006024 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. -1058733 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |