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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Aug. 31)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Terraspark Geosciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Terraspark Geosciences, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,010,294) developed by Geoffrey A. Dorn, Broomfield, Colo., William S. Hammon III, Boulder, Colo., and James A. Carlson, Boulder, Colo., for an "extraction of depositional systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the stratal-slice volume which includes the extracting of bounding surfaces and faults and transforming the stratal-slice volume into the spatial domain. As illustrated in FIGS. 24a, b and c, an exemplary seismic volume before Domain Transformation is presented in FIG. 24a, interpreted horizons and faults used in the transformation are presented in FIG. 24b, and the Domain Transformed stratal-slice volume is presented in FIG. 24c. The input seismic volume in FIG. 24a has deformations associated with syn- and post-depositional faulting. The output Domain Transformed volume (FIG. 24c) is substantially free of deformations." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,634). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?TERM1=8010294&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=0&f=S&l=50 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Marvell International, Hamitlon, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,010,883) developed by Hongwei Song, Longmont, Colo., and Zining Wu, Los Altos, Calif., for a "read channel detector for noise cancellation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A detector includes a Viterbi module that generates a first preliminary data estimate signal and a second preliminary data estimate signal based on a received data signal. A first loop generates a first error signal based on said first preliminary data estimate signal. A second loop generates a second error signal based on the second preliminary data estimate signal." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2007 (11/784,291). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=571&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=20110830.PD.&p=12&OS=ISD/08/30/2011&RS=ISD/08/30/2011 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** DemandTec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- DemandTec, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,010,404) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for price and promotion response analysis." The co-inventors are Howard Yihzan Wu, Belmont, Calif., Sean Kervin, Denver, Jason Lee Gunnink, Arlington, Va., Suzanne Noel Valentine, Redwood City, Calif., and Paritosh Desai, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for price and promotion response analysis is provided. Such a system is useful for a business to analyze the forecasted lifts associated with changes in price and promotion activity. The system sets the configuration of the response report, which includes price change and promotion change intervals. Promotions include temporary price reductions, displays, ads and multiples. Modeling data is received for the products. Forecasts, both non-cannibalistic and cannibalistic, are generated for the sales of the products dependent upon the price change and promotion change intervals. Forecasts include at least one of product forecasts, demand group forecasts, line level forecasts and category level forecasts. Suspect forecasts below a minimum confidence may be flagged. Confidence matrices may be generated which reflect accuracy of the forecasts. The response report may be generated by collecting the forecasts and the confidence matrices according to the configuration of the response report." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,395). 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=80,10,404.PN.&OS=PN/80,10,404&RS=PN/80,10,404 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** West Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- West Services, Eagan, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,010,893) developed by Kevin Koch, Grand Junction, Colo., and Grover Mundell, Aurora, Colo., for an "electronic document with selectively editable fields and methods for same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic file such as an HTML web page accessible via a browser by a user. The electronic file may include one or more textual field descriptors for display within the browser; one or more editable data fields associated with the textual field descriptors, the editable data fields for receiving data for the user of the browser; and a module having a view mode and an edit mode, the view mode for displaying the textual field descriptors, the edit mode for permitting the user to enter data in the editable data fields. In one example, the view mode may be invoked when the electronic file is open in the browser. The edit mode may be invoked only if the browser contains a control for activating the edit mode. In this way, the user is able to edit the data in the document and retransmit the document to other users who can only view the data as read-only data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2004 (10/948,889). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=561&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=20110830.PD.&p=12&OS=ISD/08/30/2011&RS=ISD/08/30/2011 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,010,924) developed by Victor Z. Slonim, Broomfield, Colo., Parivallal Kannan, Longmont, Colo., and Guenter Stenz, Longmont, Colo., for an "assignment of select input/output blocks to banks for integrated circuits using integer linear programming with proximity optimization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of assigning a plurality of input/output (I/O) objects of a circuit design to banks of a programmable integrated circuit (IC) using integer linear programming can include storing a plurality of constraints that depend upon a plurality of variables, wherein the plurality of constraints regulate assignment of each of the plurality of I/O objects to banks of the programmable IC (125-184), and storing a linear function that depends upon the plurality of constraints and a plurality of cost metrics, wherein each cost metric imposes a penalty when a selected I/O object of the circuit design is assigned to a bank of the programmable IC that is different from a bank to which the selected I/O object is assigned within a reference solution that is infeasible (190). A result indicating whether a feasible solution exists for assignment of the plurality of I/O objects of the circuit design to banks of the target programmable IC can be determined by minimizing the linear function (192) subject to the plurality of constraints and outputting the result (196, 198)." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/184,108). 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=8,010,924&OS=8,010,924&RS=8,010,924 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,010,636) developed by Chris H. Knapp, Colorado Springs, Colo., for a "generic broadband application and plug-ins." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may receive a broadband card, dynamically load a non-generic plug-in to detect the broadband card, determine whether the loaded non-generic plug-in detects the broadband card, dynamically load a generic plug-in when the loaded non-generic plug-in does not detect the broadband card, and use the generic plug-in to certify the broadband card." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (12/326,251). 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=80,10,636.PN.&OS=PN/80,10,636&RS=PN/80,10,636 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent for Latch Based Optimization During Implementation of Circuit Designs for Programmable Logic Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,010,923) developed by five co-inventors for a "latch based optimization during implementation of circuit designs for programmable logic devices." The co-inventors are Sankaranarayanan Srinivasan, San Jose, Calif., Sridhar Krishnamurthy, San Jose, Calif., Brian D. Philofsky, Longmont, Colo., Kamal Chaudhary, Saratoga, Calif., and Anirban Rahut, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method of implementing a circuit design within a programmable logic device can include selecting at least one circuit element of the circuit design. The selected circuit element can be converted to a latch. A timing analysis can be performed upon the circuit design after conversion of the selected circuit element to a latch. A determination can be made as to whether the timing of the circuit design improves and the conversion of the selected circuit element to a latch can be accepted when the timing of the circuit design improves. The circuit design can be output." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/128,335). 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=8,010,923&OS=8,010,923&RS=8,010,923 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,010,650) developed by John Strassner, Colorado Springs, Colo., for "managing a computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Illustrative embodiments of the invention provide for managing a computer network. One illustrative embodiment forms a first representation of a network element as a physical entity in an information model, the first representation having a form independent of an implementation defined by a vendor; and maps a portion of the first representation from the information model to a second representation in a vendor-independent data model residing in a first repository, the second representation having a form suitable for use with the first repository." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2009 (12/476,866). 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=80,10,650&OS=80,10,650&RS=80,10,650 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verigy (Singapore) Assigned Patent for Source Synchronous Timing Extraction, Cyclization and Sampling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Verigy (Singapore), Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,010,933) developed by Andrew S. Hildebrant, Loveland, Colo., for a "source synchronous timing extraction, cyclization and sampling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for injecting timing irregularities into test patterns self-generated by a device under test (DUT) includes obtaining timing irregularities, receiving the test patterns generated by the device under test driven from output drivers of the DUT, injecting the timing irregularities into the test patterns to generate test patterns with timing irregularities injected therein, and applying the test patterns with timing irregularities injected therein to input receivers of the DUT. A tester is configured to test loopback functionality of a device under test (DUT) utilizing a timing irregularities injection apparatus which receives timing irregularity data readable by the tester and test data generated by the DUT, and injects the timing irregularity data into the test data for application to the DUT." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2006 (11/481,593). 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=8,010,933&OS=8,010,933&RS=8,010,933 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,010,677) developed by Gordon Brunson, Broomfield, Colo., and Chandra Ravipati, Thornton, Colo., for an "alternative bandwidth management algorithm." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and devices are provided that propose allocating bandwidth in a distributed network. According to a decentralized mode of operation, bandwidth between network devices is cooperatively shared and managed, allowing one or more call processing modules to selectively and intelligently place calls or perform activities. A single authoritative mode of operation for a given communication link is also provided, wherein one or more network devices may consult an authoritative member to determine if sufficient bandwidth is available to support an activity. Various triggering events or conditions may facilitate the transition from one mode to another. Audits or accountings are conducted, wherein devices may update or synchronize information stored in a control table related to system bandwidth." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/629,702). 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=8,010,677.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,677&RS=PN/8,010,677 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,010,824) developed by Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "sampling chip activity for real time power estimation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for real-time power estimation. A core may be divided into units. Each unit is simulated to achieve a real power consumption characterization. The power consumption is sampled. Statistical analysis is performed that assumes the core has node capacitance switching behavior that is approximated by a stationary random process with a Poisson distribution. The statistical analysis determines the number of samples to take during a sample interval. The operational frequency, sample interval, and number of samples are used to determine the number of signals to sample. Signals are chosen that have a high correlation with the node capacitance switching behavior, such as clock enable signals on the last stage of a clock distribution system. Weights with tuned values are assigned to each sampled signal. Sampling occurs during every predetermined number of clock cycles. The weights of asserted sampled signals are summed in order to determine a repeatable power estimation value." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,598). 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=8,010,824.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,824&RS=PN/8,010,824 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** DPHI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- DPHI, Longmont, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,010,790) developed by four co-inventors for a "block-level storage device with content security." The co-inventors are Lane W. Lee, Boulder, Colo., Randal C. Hines, Boulder, Colo., Mark J. Gurkowski, Longmont, Colo., and David L. Blankenbeckler, Longmont, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A block-level storage device is provided that implements a digital rights management (DRM) system. In response to receiving a public key from an associated host system, the storage device challenges the host system to prove it has the corresponding private key to establish trust. This trust is established by encrypting a secure session key using the public key. The host system uses its private key to recover the secure session key. The storage device may store content that has been encrypted according to a content key. In addition, the storage device may encrypt the content key using the secure session key." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2008 (12/207,684). 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=8,010,790.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,790&RS=PN/8,010,790 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Merchant Link Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Merchant Link, Silver Spring, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,010,791) developed by five co-inventors for a "database system and method for encryption and protection of confidential information." The co-inventors are Stephanie Bauer, Arlington, Va., Jonathan N. Freedman, Chevy Chase, Md., Daniel J. Lane, North Potomac, Md., Miriam Jaffe, Columbia, Md., and Susan M. Zloth, Castle Rock, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A database system for encryption and protection of confidential data is provided. The database system includes a data source system receiving confidential data and first associated data. A secure data network interface system is connected to the data source system over an open network, the data network interface system receives the confidential data and the first associated data from the data source system and further comprises a secure data storage system coupled to the data network interface system and isolated from the open network, a data encryption system generating a unique encrypted identifier for the confidential data, and a data association system associating the confidential data with the unique encrypted identifier and storing the confidential data, the first associated data and the unique encrypted identifier in the secure data storage system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2008 (12/250,336). 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=8,010,791.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,791&RS=PN/8,010,791 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Generation of Problem Tickets for a Computer System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,010,840) developed by four co-inventors for a "generation of problem tickets for a computer system." The co-inventors are Jose R. Chavez Jr., Tucson, Ariz., James D. McKalko, Loveland, Colo., John R. Rexroth, Loveland, Colo., and Todd D. Robinson, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system and program product for managing events. Program instructions, respond to notification of an event, by determining if a problem ticket can be automatically generated for the event. If so, the program instructions make a request to generate the problem ticket. The program instructions determine if the problem ticket can be automatically generated based in whole or in part on (a) a type of the event and a customer who owns or uses a computer system in which the event occurred, (b) a type of the event, a customer who owns or uses a computer system in which the event occurred, and a severity of the event, (c) a type of the event, a customer who owns or uses a computer system in which the event occurred, and a magnitude of the event, or (d) a type of the event and whether other events of a same type occur at approximately a same time. If a determination is made that a problem ticket cannot be automatically generated, other program instructions notify or initiate notification of an operator and supply event information for the operator so that the operator can determine whether to generate a problem ticket." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2007 (11/735,053). 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=8,010,840.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,840&RS=PN/8,010,840 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. -1059408 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |