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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Sept. 28)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Quark Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Quark, Denver, has been assigned a patent (RE42,746) developed by Timothy Gill, Denver, Matthew Phillips, Mill Creek, Wash., and Parviz Banki, Issaquah, Wash., for a "process and system for defining and visually depicting colors from the components of arbitrary color models." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process and system for depicting a combination of process colors and spot colors on a radiant light source such as a computer monitor screen. The invention provides a user-definable "meta-ink" color which is made up of the components of the process colors and the spot colors. Shade values are assigned to each of these components to create the meta-ink color. This meta-ink color then replaces the document color for visual depiction on the radiant light source. This process and system provides a more accurate depiction of the representation of the printed image." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2005 (11/251,636). 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=RE42,746&OS=RE42,746&RS=RE42,746 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Time Warner Cable Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Time Warner Cable, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,028,322) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for network content download and recording." The co-inventors are Steven Riedl, Superior, Colo., John Callahan, Broomfield, Colo., John B. Carlucci, Boulder, Colo., and Hugh Josephs, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for providing content to users of a network that can be selectively recorded via the user's equipment. In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and on-demand (OD) sessions are used to provide high-speed download of the requested content to the users. The user's equipment (e.g., set-top box) is equipped with a high-density recording device which can both record the content onto a selected medium (e.g., DVD) and optionally provide copyright protection via one or more means such as limiting the number of copies that can be made, and/or digital watermarking. The network operator can also restrict the establishment of the on-demand sessions and/or release of the content to subscribers based on parameters including prior purchase of the content by the user, and the timing of the release of the same content via other distribution channels such as rental and retail." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2005 (11/080,693). 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=8,028,322&OS=8,028,322&RS=8,028,322 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** STANDOFFBYSOFT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- STANDOFFBYSOFT, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,028,006) developed by Silas W. Dunsmore, Auburn, Calif., Tom J. Benning, Rocklin, Calif., and Harvie H. Branscomb, Carbondale, Colo., for a "method and apparatus for exchanging sub-hierarchical structures within a hierarchical file system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for replacing a first sub-hierarchy of a New Technology File System hierarchical filesystem (NTFS HFS) with a second sub-hierarchy is disclosed. The first sub-hierarchy includes a first root directory having at least one special system file, and a first plurality of files. The second sub-hierarchy includes a second root directory located in a second location of the HFS, a second plurality of files and at least one placeholder file corresponding to the at least one special system file. The method includes the steps of configuring the first plurality of files to branch from the first root directory once the first root directory is accessed through the second location, exchanging the first plurality of files with the second plurality of files, and exchanging at least one directory pointer corresponding to the at least one special system file with at least one directory pointer corresponding to the at least one placeholder file." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2008 (12/173,391). 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=8,028,006.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,006&RS=PN/8,028,006 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Managing Distributed Computers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,028,077) developed by Bruce Gaya, Palo Alto, Calif., Scott Marcy, Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Chris Parker, Cupertino, Calif., for a managing distributed computers. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment provides for a management and resource policy for computers. The policy may control whether users can access or not access local and network software and hardware resources and affects the computer's human interface. A hierarchy of management data may be combined into managed and unmanaged preference data and conflicts within the management data are resolved based on the policy." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2002 (10/194,926). 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=8,028,077.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,077&RS=PN/8,028,077 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Proster Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Proster Systems, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,028,106) developed by Matthew D. Bondurant, Superior, Colo., and Steven W. Scroggs, Louisville, Colo., for a "hardware acceleration of commonality factoring with removable media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for commonality factoring for storing data on removable storage media are described. The systems and methods allow for highly compressed data, e.g., data compressed using archiving or backup methods including de-duplication, to be stored in an efficient manner on portable memory devices such as removable storage cartridges. The methods include breaking data, e.g., data files for backup, into unique chunks and calculating identifiers, e.g., hash identifiers, based on the unique chunks. Redundant chunks can be identified by calculating identifiers and comparing identifiers of other chunks to the identifiers of unique chunks previously calculated. When a redundant chunk is identified, a reference to the existing unique chunk is generated such that the chunk can be reconstituted in relation to other chunks in order to recreate the original data. The method further includes storing one or more of the unique chunks, the identifiers and/or the references on the removable storage medium. The acceleration hardware and/or software can reside in multiple devices, depending on the embodiment. For example, hardware and/or software for the chunking and/or hashing functions can reside in one or more of a host computer, a removable storage device, a removable cartridge holder and the removable storage cartridge." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/167,867). 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=8,028,106.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,106&RS=PN/8,028,106 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Union Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Western Union, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,027,916) developed by Kenneth Algiene, Littleton, Colo., Henry M. Abelman, Roswell, Ga., and Joseph Cachey III, Denver, for a "method and apparatus for screening financial transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for screening money transfers. According to one embodiment of the invention an operator is provided with at least one prompt to request further information about an attempted money transfer. The operator can be prompted with a series of questions to facilitate a regimented screening process of suspicious transfers." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2002 (10/322,311). 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=8,027,916.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,916&RS=PN/8,027,916 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,027,946) developed by five co-inventors for a "higher order logic applied to expert systems for alarm analysis, filtering, correlation and root cause." The co-inventors are Daniel J. Daily, Westminster, Colo., Christopher R. Gentle, Gladesville, Australia, Lisa Y. Kawahara, Colorado Springs, Colo., Ashis Kumar Maity, Arvada, Colo., and Michael J. Thomas, Denver. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a system and method for applying second- and higher-order logic to analysis of event descriptive information, such as alarms, error messages, and fault signals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/962,799). 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=8,027,946.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,946&RS=PN/8,027,946 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,028,174) developed by Paul H. Bouchier, Little Elm, Texas, John R. Diamant, Fort Collins, Colo., and Gerald J. Kaufman, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "controlling update of content of a programmable read-only memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To control update of content in a programmable read-only memory in a system, the security status associated with the system is determined, where the security status is one of a secure mode and non-secure mode. In response to detecting that the system is in secure mode, a write to the programmable read-only memory is enabled. In response to detecting that the system is in non-secure mode, a write to the programmable read-only memory is disabled." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2005 (11/121,892). 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=8,028,174.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,174&RS=PN/8,028,174 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method of Selective Data Mirroring in a Data Storage Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,028,137) developed by Joseph L. Wach, Longmont, Colo., and Timothy Richard Feldman, Louisville, Colo., for a "system and method of selective data mirroring in a data storage device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of selective data mirroring are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a device is disclosed that includes a data storage medium and a controller operably coupled to the data storage medium. The controller configured to selectively enable a data mirroring function to copy data in a first data storage location of the data storage medium to one or more second data storage locations of the data storage medium when the one or more second data storage locations do not have valid primary data stored to them." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,823). 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=8028137.PN.&OS=PN/8028137&RS=PN/8028137 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. -1062876 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |