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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** MasterCard International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,891) developed by Patricia Preston, New York, and Janet L. Bernacki, St. Peters, Mo., for an "interactive online spending analysis tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention are directed to interactively displaying account activity. An analysis of financial transactions associated with a financial unit can be performed by a spending analysis tool, which can display the analysis via a website. The analysis can include, for example, a spending analysis and a budget analysis. The financial transactions are associated with merchants. At least one of the financial transactions is associated with first merchant, a first merchant category, and a member of the financial unit. The spending analysis tool changes the merchant category associated with the at least one of the financial transactions to another merchant category based on a selection of a user." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,176). 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=80,27,891.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,891&RS=PN/80,27,891 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Proclivity Systems Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing E-commerce Consumer-based Behavioral Target Marketing Reports ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Proclivity Systems, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,864) developed by Sheldon Gilbert, New York, for a "system and method for providing e-commerce consumer-based behavioral target marketing reports." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and methods which enable modeling of end consumer interests based on online activity and producing e-commerce reports is described. The method includes scoring and classifying interests and preferences of consumers in relation to various items being offered as function of time and utilizing such scores to predict purchasing activity and revenue yield for n-dimensional combinations of interest for generation of consumer lists for target marketing and merchandising. The method also includes converse modeling of the performance and behavioral profile of items offered as a function of consumer activity." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2007 (11/944,357). 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=80,27,864.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,864&RS=PN/80,27,864 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Proclivity Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Proclivity Systems, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,865) developed by Sheldon Gilbert, New York, for a "system and method for providing E-commerce consumer-based behavioral target marketing reports." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and methods which enable modeling of end consumer interests based on online activity and producing e-commerce reports is described. The method includes scoring and classifying interests and preferences of consumers in relation to various items being offered as function of time and utilizing such scores to predict purchasing activity and revenue yield for n-dimensional combinations of interest for generation of consumer lists for target marketing and merchandising. The method also includes converse modeling of the performance and behavioral profile of items offered as a function of consumer activity. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2007 (11/944,370). 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=80,27,865.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,865&RS=PN/80,27,865 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,870) developed by Bonnie K. Ray, Nyack, N.Y., Mary E. Helander, North White Plains, N.Y., and Richard C. Henderson, Germantown, Tenn., for a "method and apparatus for formalizing information technology (IT) business decision making." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, framework, and system for providing formalized Information Technology (IT) business decision making, which includes determining a relationship between at least one Information Technology (IT) environmental element and at least one Information Technology (IT) performance metric, and determining a business value based on the at least one Information Technology (IT) environmental element and the at least one Information Technology (IT) performance metric to optimize an Information Technology (IT) business decision based on at least one predetermined business objective. The at least one predetermined business objective is based on a set of system constraints." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2007 (11/619,566). 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=80,27,870.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,870&RS=PN/80,27,870 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Simulation Management Within a Grid Infrastructure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,817) developed by Donna N. Dillenberger, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Michael J. Osias, Westtown, N.Y., for a "simulation management within a grid infrastructure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solution for managing a set of simulations within a grid infrastructure is provided. In particular, a solution is provided in which distinct simulations (e.g., virtual worlds, distributed simulations, and/or the like) and/or simulation instances (e.g., virtual world instances) can be concurrently managed in a single grid infrastructure." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2007 (11/747,122). 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=80,27,817.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,817&RS=PN/80,27,817 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,027,828) developed by Mikhail Bershteyn, Cupertino, Calif., Charles Berghorn, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., and Mitchell G. Poplack, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for synchronizing processors in a hardware emulation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and method for compiling a hardware design for performing hardware emulation using synchronized processors is described. The apparatus comprises a plurality of processors defining a processor group for evaluating data regarding a hardware design and a synchronizer for synchronizing the operation of the processor group while emulating at least a portion of the hardware design. The method comprises providing a synchronization signal to a plurality of processors defining a processor group for evaluating data regarding a hardware design, receiving a ready signal from the processor group, and providing an execution signal to the processor group, where the execution signal causes the processor group to evaluate a submodel. The method for compiling the hardware design comprises converting at least one high-level construct into a sequence of operations and identifying a sequence of operations that comprise at least one conditional submodel." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2006 (11/444,032). 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=80,27,828.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,828&RS=PN/80,27,828 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Detecting Generalized Space-time Clusters ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,815) developed by Vijay S. Ivengar, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., for a "system and method for detecting generalized space-time clusters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for detecting clusters in space and time using input data on occurrences of a phenomenon and characteristics at a plurality of locations and times comprises an expectation generation module determining expected occurrences of a phenomena, and an occurrence modeling module determining actual occurrences of the phenomena. The system further comprises a search module searching the expected occurrences and the actual occurrences for a plurality of candidate solutions, wherein each solution is represented as a set of points in the three-dimensional space, and wherein each point corresponds to a location at a time. The system comprises a convex container module determining at least one solution corresponding to a selected convex container shape from the plurality of candidate solutions, and a solution evaluation module determining a strength metric for each solution determined by the convex container module, the search module selecting a dominant cluster in the input data." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/751,998). 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=80,27,815.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,815&RS=PN/80,27,815 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,849) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a patient." The co-inventors are Christopher Johnson, Clifton Park, N.Y., Kunter Akbay, Niskayuna, N.Y., Jenny M. Weisenberg, Niskayuna, N.Y., Paul Cuddihy, Ballston Lake, N.Y., Onur Dulgeroglu, Niskayuna, N.Y., and David Toledano, Round Lake, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a series of patients is provided. The method comprises the steps of identifying an availability of the series of resources to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a predicted duration to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a schedule including a block of time dependent on the predicted duration for each resource to deliver healthcare to the patient, the block of time including a start time and an end time; calculating a confidence level in the schedule, the confidence level including a probability that one or more of the resources will not be available for the block of time of the schedule or calculating a likelihood that one or more resources will be available for the block of time in the schedule; and outputting the schedule and the confidence level in the schedule for display." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2008 (12/239,209). 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=80,27,849.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,849&RS=PN/80,27,849 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Systems and Methods for Treating Disorders of the Central Nervous System by Modulation of Brain Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Michael Sasha John, Larchmont, N.Y., has developed a patent (8,027,730) for "systems and methods for treating disorders of the central nervous system by modulation of brain networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention involves methods and systems for treatment of brain disorders using neuromodulation of brain networks. Treatment of one or more brain networks associated with a brain disorder is realized with a consideration of network dynamics and coupling effects such as indirect stimulation of non-target regions. A brain modulation system (BMS) increases, decreases, or otherwise modulates network regional activity in a differential manner. Therapy may aim to maintain electrical or chemical (relative) characteristics within a specified range. Therapy is initiated/adjusted using network functional imaging data including the use of brain network modeling. Linking rules may guide in the setting and subsequent adjusting of the therapy related to regions of brain network. Novel techniques are described for deterring the emergence of neural adaptation and of unintentional/indirect modulation arising from connectivity between network structures." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2006 (11/309,835). 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=8027730.PN.&OS=PN/8027730&RS=PN/8027730 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Determining a Switching History Time Constant in an Integrated Circuit Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,797) developed by Manjul Bhushan, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Mark B. Ketchen, Hadley, Mass., and Dale J. Pearson, Bedford Hills, N.Y., for "methods and apparatus for determining a switching history time constant in an integrated circuit device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for inline measurement of a switching history time constant in an integrated circuit device are provided. A series of pulses is launched into a first stage of a delay chain comprising a plurality of delay stages connected in series and having a length greater than a decay length of at least an initial one of the series of pulses, such that the at least initial one of the series of pulses does not appear at a second stage of the delay chain. An amount of time between the launching of the initial one of the series of pulses and the appearance of at least one of the series of pulses at the second stage of the delay chain is determined. The switching history time constant is calculated as a function of a number of stages traversed by the at least one pulse, the determined amount of time, and the decay length of the at least initial one of the series of pulses based at least in part on a switching history of the integrated circuit device." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/110,639). 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=80,27,797.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,797&RS=PN/80,27,797 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York Inventor Develops Patent for Biometric Identification and Security System Associated with Cash Register ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Joseph Joseph, Jamaica, N.Y., has developed a patent (RE42,734) for a "biometric identification and security system associated with cash register." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wholesale and/or retail check out station system includes a biometric finger print reader and storage for reading and storing biometric data of employees having access to the cash registers of the check out stations in the system. Authorization to use a cash register in the system is programmed into the microprocessor in the system, limiting use of a cash register to authorized employees. Employees are identified by finger print using biometric technology. Limitations of use is extended to access to operate particular cash register(s); handling returned merchandise at a cash register; refunds on returned purchases require authorization of the manager and the cashier; cashing checks at a cash register, where the limitation includes only cashing of employer drawn payroll checks of employees; and, clearing errors made in tabulations at a cash register. Unauthorized persons attempting to gain access to cash registers to which they are not authorized serves to activate an alarm." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2006 (11/362,563). 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=RE42,734&OS=RE42,734&RS=RE42,734 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,334) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated generation of configuration elements of an information technology system." The co-inventors are Dmitry Andreev, Port Chester, N.Y., Paul G. Greenstein, Croton-on-Hudon, N.Y., Galina Grunin, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and Gregory Vilshansky, Chappaqua, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A firewall rule generation method, a load balancing rule generation method, and a wrapper generation method, for an Information Technology (IT) system, associated computer program products, and an associated processes for integrating computing infrastructure. The firewall rule generation method generates firewall rules allowing data transmission between a computer and a client, and subsequently assigns the firewall rules to firewalls of the IT system. The load balancing rule generation method assigns a load balancing mechanism to a load balanced group to which execution of an application is assigned, wherein the load balanced group has servers therein. For a client and computer having a communication protocol therebetween that is not allowed by a security policy, the wrapper generation method generates a communication protocol wrapper that opens a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection between the client and the computer such that the TCP connection is allowed by the security policy." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2005 (11/120,678). 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=8,028,334&OS=8,028,334&RS=8,028,334 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Virtual Controllers with a Large Data Center ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,017) developed by Ravi Kumar Arimilli, Austin, Texas, and Piyush Chaudhary, Highland, N.Y., for a "virtual controllers with a large data center." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are a method, a system and a computer program product for dynamically allocating and/or de-allocating resources and/or partitions that provide I/O and/or active storage access services in a supercomputing system. The supercomputing system can include multiple compute nodes, high performance computing (HPC) switches coupled to the compute nodes, and active non-volatile storage devices coupled to the compute nodes. Each of the compute nodes can be configured to communicate with another compute node through at least one of the HPC switches. In one or more embodiments, each of at least two compute nodes includes a storage controller and is configured to dynamically allocate and de-allocate a storage controller partition to provide storage services to the supercomputing system, and each of at least two compute nodes includes an I/O controller and is configured to dynamically allocate and de-allocate an I/O controller partition to provide I/O services to the supercomputing system." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/424,852). 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=8,028,017.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,017&RS=PN/8,028,017 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Welch Allyn Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Welch Allyn, Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (RE42,754) developed by six co-inventors for a "blood pressure measuring apparatus." The co-inventors are Raymond A. Lia, Auburn, N.Y., Robert L. Vivenzio, Auburn, N.Y., Dominick Danna, Syracuse, N.Y., Raymond P. Dromms, Liverpool, N.Y., Scott S. Stearns, Marietta, N.Y., and James M. Baxter, Jordan, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes an inflatable sleeve adapted to be wrapped about a limb of a patient. The sleeve includes an interior and at least one socket provided on an exterior surface of the sleeve, the socket being fluidly connected to the interior of the sleeve. A gage is directly attached to the sleeve socket through attachment of a mating engagement portion. A pneumatic bulb is also attached fluidly to the sleeve through a receiving port which is provided on at least one of the socket and the gage." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2005 (11/205,302). 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=RE42,754&OS=RE42,754&RS=RE42,754 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Multiple-core Processor Supporting Multiple Instruction Set Architectures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,290) developed by James Walter Rymarczyk, Austin, Texas, Michael Ignatowski, Red Hook, N.Y., and Thomas J. Heller Jr., Rhinebeck, N.Y., for a "multiple-core processor supporting multiple instruction set architectures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multiple instruction set architectures are supported in a system that provides a power-efficient and flexible platform for virtual machine environments requiring multiple support for multiple instruction set architectures (ISAs). A processor includes multiple cores having disparate native ISAs and that may be selectively enabled for operation, so that power is conserved when support for a particular ISA is not required of the processor. A hypervisor controls operation of the cores, locates a core and enables it if necessary when a request to instantiate a virtual machine having a specified ISA is received. The ISA may be specified by a particular operating system and/or application program requirements." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2006 (11/468,547). 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=8,028,290&OS=8,028,290&RS=8,028,290 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Program Product for Porting Code Utilizing a Portable Execution Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,279) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and program product for porting code utilizing a portable execution environment." The co-inventors are Roger E. Bonsteel, Kingston, N.Y., Juliet C. Candee, Brewster, N.Y., John L. Czukkermann, Lagrangeville, N.Y., David B. Emmes, Wappinger Falls, N.Y., Steven J. Greenspan, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Joshua W. Knight III, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Alan M. Webb, Ridgefield, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for porting code from a native platform to a non-native platform is provided which utilizes a non-native, platform-specific layer of code and a platform-neutral layer of code. The platform-neutral layer substantially emulates the native platform of ported code and provides a platform-neutral interface to the ported code. Together, the platform-specific layer and the platform-neutral layer provide an execution environment in which the ported code operates as a kernel extension of the non-native platform. The platform-neutral layer of the execution environment is portable to other non-native platforms so that code can be ported to another non-native platform by replacing the platform-specific layer with a customized platform-specific layer, which is adapted to the other non-native platform." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2008 (12/028,134). 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=8,028,279&OS=8,028,279&RS=8,028,279 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Data Dictionary File Based Source Code Generation Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,270) developed by Andrew John Garrett, Herts, United Kingdom, and James A. Martin, Endicott, N.Y., for a "data dictionary file based source code generation method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A software generation method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a first data file including first data associated with an entity. The first data file includes a first file format. The first data file is converted to a second data file including a second file format. The second data file includes the first data. A data dictionary including second data is generated. Computer source code is generated within the data dictionary. The computer source code is generated from the second data. The computer source code is transferred from the data dictionary to an import agent source code editor of a software application." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2006 (11/558,582). 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=8,028,270&OS=8,028,270&RS=8,028,270 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Fast Processing Memory Array ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,124) developed by Oliver Keren Ban, Austin, Texas, Xiangang Cheng, Raleigh, N.C., and Eric James St. Amand, New Paltz, N.Y., for a "fast processing memory array." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for increasing efficiency associated with data access. In one illustrative embodiment a memory chip is presented comprising of a plurality of memory units for storing data; a plurality of processing units for processing the data; and a word line and a bit line external to the plurality of memory units, wherein the plurality of processing units directly access the word line and the bit line in accessing the data." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/961,206). 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=8,028,124.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,124&RS=PN/8,028,124 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Searching a Multi-lingual Database ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,994) developed by four co-inventors for a "searching a multi-lingual database." The co-inventors are Youssef Drissi, Ossining, N.Y., Moon Ju Kim, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Lev Kozakov, Stamford, Conn., and Juan Leon Rodriguez, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation of keywords between a first language and other languages. The translated words keywords for the document are stored in an inverted index which is then used for searching, either in a selected language, a second language or in all languages, as determined by the user. This use of multiple searching and a translated synonym dictionary avoids the need for translation of the entire document and avoids inaccuracies which may result from translations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2008 (12/195,862). 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=8,027,994.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,994&RS=PN/8,027,994 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Indexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,999) developed by four co-inventors for "systems, methods and computer program products for indexing, searching and visualizing media content." The co-inventors are Daniel M. Coffman, Bethel, Conn., Barry Leiba, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, Conn., and Marcel C. Rosu, Ossining, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for searching a metadata repository and visualizing the results of the search, wherein the metadata in the metadata repository is associated with a plurality of media content, and wherein each media content including at least one audio track. The method comprises retrieving the media contents used to generate the metadata terms satisfying a search criteria, and generating a ranked list of search results. The method further includes visualizing the ranked list of media contents, and displaying relevant metadata and corresponding associations for the media contents to enable navigation of the at least one audio track included in the media contents." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/037,005). 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=8,027,999.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,999&RS=PN/8,027,999 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,028,001) developed by Jay S. Dweck, Armonk, N.Y., and Reha Elci, New York, for "systems and methods for facilitating access to documents via a set of content selection tags." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided to facilitate access to documents via a set of content selection tags. According to one embodiment, information is received from a content reader. For example, a content controller may receive information from a content reader via a Web site. A set of content selection tags are then established based on the received information, each content selection tag being associated with a hierarchical tag domain. It is then arranged for the content reader to receive an indication of a document tag in accordance with the set of content selection tags. For example, a content controller may retrieve one or more documents based on a set of content selection tags and document tags and transmit indications of the retrieved documents to a content reader via a Web site." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2001 (10/016,673). 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=8,028,001.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,001&RS=PN/8,028,001 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Category Suggestions Relating to a Search ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,027,988) developed by Daniel Egnor, New York, and Elizabeth Hamon Reid, Mamaroneck, N.Y., for a "category suggestions relating to a search." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2009 (12/366,491). 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=8,027,988.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,988&RS=PN/8,027,988 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Reputation.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Reputation.com, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,027,975) developed by five co-inventors for an "identifying and changing personal information." The co-inventors are Raefer Gabriel, New York, Brian Kelley, Chicago, James Aubry, Chicago, David Thompson, Pasadena, Calif., and Michael Fertik, Louisville, Ky. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing information about a user are presented which include obtaining at least one search result based on at least one search terms describing the user; presenting the at least one search result to the user; receiving an indication from the user of the desirability of a search result; and performing an action based on the desirability of the search result. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented for determining a reputation score representing the reputation of a user which include collecting search results from data source, determining an effect on the reputation of the user of the search results from the data source, and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the determined effect on the reputation of the user from the search results from the data source." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,978). 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=8,027,975.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,975&RS=PN/8,027,975 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Shared Resource Support for Internet Protocols ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,035) developed by four co-inventors for a "shared resource support for internet protocols." The co-inventors are Frances C. Garofalo, Woodstock, N.Y., Jeffrey D. Haggar, Holly Springs, N.C., Bruce H. Ratcliff, Red Hook, N.Y., and Stephen R. Valley, Valatie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Creating a unique identification for each stack in partitions of a host data computer such that a plurality of partitions may share a single adapter card during an Input/Output operation wherein the adapter card is exchanging data between the host and a Local Area Network. The adapter card includes a unique identifier pool for maintaining values of unique identifiers which are available for identifying the stacks. A deleted unique identifier for a stack may be reused by newly created stacks and may be reassigned to a recreated stack, if still available, when the stack had previously been deleted by the operating system, but is then recreated." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (12/265,895). 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=8,028,035&OS=8,028,035&RS=8,028,035 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Virtual Adapter Resource Allocation Matrix ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,105) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for virtual adapter resource allocation matrix that defines the amount of resources of a physical I/O adapter." The co-inventors are Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, Texas, Giora Biran, Zichron-Yaakov, Israel, Harvey Gene Kiel, Rochester, Minn., Vadim Makhervaks, Austin, Texas, Renato John Recio, Austin, Texas, Leah Shalev, Zichron-Yaakov, Israel, and Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that enables host software or firmware to allocate virtual resources to one or more system images from a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, is provided. Adapter resource groups are assigned to respective system images. An adapter resource group is exclusively available to the system image to which the adapter resource group assignment was made. Assignment of adapter resource groups may be made per a relative resource assignment or an absolute resource assignment. In another embodiment, adapter resource groups are assigned to system images on a first come, first served basis." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2008 (12/122,507). 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=8,028,105.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,105&RS=PN/8,028,105 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product Implementing Session-specific URLs and Resources ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,072) developed by four co-inventors for a "method, apparatus and computer program product implementing session-specific URLs and resources." The co-inventors are David A. George, Somers, N.Y., Raymond B. Jennings III, Ossining, N.Y., Suresh N. Chari, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Anees Shaikh, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement session-specific URIs for allocating network resources by receiving a request from a user for at least one network resource; assigning a session-specific URI to the at least one network resource for use in identifying the at least one network resource and controlling access to the at least one network resource; updating a network directory service with the session-specific URI; and communicating the session-specific URI to the user. The user communicates the session-specific URI to other participants in the session during which the at least one network resource will be used. After a pre-determined time, the session ends and the at least one network resource is de-allocated by, for example, changing the URI of the at least one network resource. Frequent changes of URIs hinder efforts by unauthorized individuals to gain access to network resources." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2008 (12/041,146). 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=8,028,072.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,072&RS=PN/8,028,072 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,028,087) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for message processing and routing." The co-inventors are Carl J. Reed, Hoboken, N.J., Michael R. Marzo, Millington, N.J., Tomozumi Kanayama, New York, Konstantin A. Krasheninnikov, Union City, N.J., and Julien George Beguin, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A message routing system that allows applications at either end of the system to run as-is without modification. The system functions in a multithreaded environment and is capable of handling complex routing rules and message transformation. It is also capable of learning and executing new routing rules and message transformations in formats previously unrecognized by the system. The system enables precise and reliable logging of messages throughout processing and supports publication of enterprise-wide broadcast messages. The system further preferably employs cooperating inbound and outbound transport processes for consuming, routing, processing, safely storing and publishing messages in batches of logical units of work to ensure that the logical units of work are not lost in system transactions. The system also preferably utilizes a replay server for preserving and replaying messages that might otherwise fail to reach their intended destinations." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2008 (12/080,764). 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=8,028,087.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,087&RS=PN/8,028,087 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Searching a Multi-lingual Database ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,966) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for searching a multi-lingual database." The co-inventors are Youssef Drissi, Ossining, N.Y., Moon Ju Kim, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Lev Kozakov, Stamford, Conn., and Juan Leon Rodriguez, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation of keywords between a first language and other languages. The translated words keywords for the document are stored in an inverted index which is then used for searching, either in a selected language, a second language or in all languages, as determined by the user. This use of multiple searching and a translated synonym dictionary avoids the need for translation of the entire document and avoids inaccuracies which may result from translations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2008 (12/195,829). 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=8,027,966.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,966&RS=PN/8,027,966 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,028,104) developed by Lawrence W. Meyer, Fairport, N.Y., Matthew Scrafford, Fairport, N.Y., and Daniel Stark, Webster, N.Y., for a "method and system for polling multifunction devices based on performance criteria." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system suitable for grouping a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), the system including a storage station for storing information gathered from the plurality of MFDs by selectively polling the plurality of MFDs; wherein the information is selectively processed based on static performance data and dynamic performance data relating to the plurality of MFDs." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2009 (12/362,206). 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=8,028,104.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,104&RS=PN/8,028,104 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,981) developed by James D. Episale, Binghamton, N.Y., Mark A. Musa, Brackney, Pa., and David G. Ruest, Vestal, N.Y., for a "system, method and program product for classifying data elements into different levels of a business hierarchy." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and program product for classifying data elements into different levels of a business hierarchy. The method includes identifying data elements to be classified into one or more levels of a business hierarchy, selecting a first logic decision tree for evaluating the data elements identified for classification into the hierarchy and executing the first tree for recursively evaluating each data element identified until the first tree has been traversed. Further, the method includes dynamically creating configurable anchor point classifications for the data elements evaluated through the first tree and assigning a respective anchor point classification to each data element evaluated, such that, a respective anchor point classification assigned to a data element evaluated links the data element to a lowest level of the hierarchy, and where the anchor point classification conveys classification information as to each higher level of the hierarchy that the data element belongs to." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2008 (12/332,283). 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=8,027,981.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,981&RS=PN/8,027,981 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InstantService.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- InstantService.com, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,028,043) developed by Damion L. Hankejh, New York, Hoa Ton-That, South Glastonbury, Conn., and Martin S. Rood, Lake Forest Park, Wash., for a "real time internet communications system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel real time internet communication system is disclosed. It is a novel way for users to collaborate on the fly, and without having to own or download any programs that then stay resident on the user's computer. It is marketed under a novel business system that makes highly productive software available to businesses and end users, but which is not purchased by customers or end users, has no conventional distribution system, and never requires update, installation or rollout by the customer or end user." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/981,737). 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=8,028,043&OS=8,028,043&RS=8,028,043 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Policy-based Provisioning in a Virtualized Service Delivery Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,048) developed by Alexei A. Karve, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., Ajay Mohindra, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Alla Segal, Mount Kisco, N.Y., for a "method and apparatus for policy-based provisioning in a virtualized service delivery environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a distributed computing network having computers interconnected with each other, a method and apparatus of providing policy based provisioning of middleware components to provide a solution for a service. With this invention, the middleware components that are necessary to provide the solution are determined. Then, the configurations of the computers are determined so as to satisfy a selected configuration policy for a selected solution. Finally, the necessary middleware components are installed on the configured computers so that the solution can be provided. Some of the selected configuration policies are: maximization of server utilization policy, provisioning of software components requiring external access based on availability of external resources, and minimization of total time to install said determined components. The progress of installation of the middleware components can also be monitored to make any necessary adjustments in the configuration of the virtual machines so that the selected configuration policy can be satisfied." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/679,223). 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=8,028,048&OS=8,028,048&RS=8,028,048 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,028,050) developed by Giuseppe F. Italiano, Rome, Rajeev Rastogi, New Providence, N.J., and Bulent Yener, Chatham, N.Y., for a "restoration for virtual private networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Restoration is provided in a communication system having two or more VPN endpoints coupled together through a network comprising a number of nodes interconnected through edges. VPN endpoints coupled through the network are adapted to communicate through a single connection with multiple other VPN endpoints. The single connection may be a VPN hose connection. A restoration topology, comprising backup edges corresponding to primary edges in the network, is determined for the network. A given primary edge is replaced with one or more backup edges if the given primary edge fails. A graph may represent the network and a tree may represent the connections in the network for VPNs connecting the VPN endpoints. The graph can be reduced to a second graph by determining shortest paths between each node in the tree and creating the backup edges from the shortest paths. The second graph can be reduced to a third graph by adding additional backup edges from tree nodes having non-tree edges to least common ancestor nodes. The third graph can be used to create a two-edge connected tree." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2003 (10/462,215). 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=8,028,050&OS=8,028,050&RS=8,028,050 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nyse Amex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Nyse Amex, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,911) developed by six co-inventors for a "hedging exchange traded mutual fund or other portfolio basket products." The co-inventors are Clifford J. Weber, Basking Ridge, N.J., Carol Alexander, Purley Surrey, United Kingdom, Charles A. Baker, Wayne, N.J., Jason MacQueen, New York, Gary L. Gastineau, Short Hills, N.J., and Terry Norman, Barling Magna, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2011 (13/028,861). 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=8,027,911.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,911&RS=PN/8,027,911 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Generating an Ontology ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,948) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for generating an ontology." The co-inventors are Rama Kalyani Akkiraju, San Jose, Calif., Richard T. Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Hui Guo, East Elmhurst, N.Y., and Anca-Andreea Ivan, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of generating an ontology includes determining plural concepts from a data set by using a first predetermined pattern, using a second predetermined pattern to determine a relationship between the plural concepts, and between a concept and a concept token in the plural concepts, and generating the ontology based on the relationship." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2008 (12/024,072). 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=8,027,948.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,948&RS=PN/8,027,948 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Codestreet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Codestreet, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,907) developed by six co-inventors for a "fixed-income system for managing pre-trade activity." The co-inventors are Edward Guttman, New York, Mark Pollack, New York, Jim Perrello, Madison, N.J., Jawaid Hakim, Brooklyn, N.Y., Robert Hector, New Brunswick, N.J., and Howard Pein, Harrison, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing pre-trade activity. In general, a distribution of information about what traders and customers want to do may be known. Users may be made aware of trade ideas that can be proposed to a trading desk's buy-side clients. Relevant information on the trading desk may be brought together, and the information may be processed through a set of rules that extract trading opportunities. On the buy side, trade ideas may be extracted without having to have the intervention of a sell-side salesforce." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2007 (11/943,543). 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=8,027,907.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,907&RS=PN/8,027,907 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Automating Invoice Processing with Positive Confirmation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,892) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for automating invoice processing with positive confirmation." The co-inventors are Carl Steven Baumann, Vestal, N.Y., Michael Randy May, Johnson City, N.Y., John Irving Munson, Binghamton, N.Y., William Montgomery Sjostrom, Rome, Pa., and Sherry Lee Wilson, Conklin, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2001 (09/819,462). 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=8,027,892.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,892&RS=PN/8,027,892 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BGC Partners Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- BGC Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,899) developed by Joseph M. Asher, New York, and Howard W. Lutnick, New York, for a "system and method for forming a financial instrument indexed to entertainment revenue." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for forming a securities bundle indexed to entertainment revenue includes determining a first funding amount for a first entertainment event. A second funding amount is determined for a second entertainment event. Next, a dividend schedule is determined for the first and second entertainment events. A securities bundle is formed at least partially based on the funding amounts and the dividend schedule, with the securities bundle comprising a first security and a second security. The first security is associated with the first entertainment event and the second security is associated with the second entertainment event." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/823,337). 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=8,027,899.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,899&RS=PN/8,027,899 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JP Morgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,027,914) developed by Brigette A. White, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Ronald Levinson, Tampa, Fla., and Mohit Sabharwal, New York, for a "system and method for providing instant-decision, financial network-based payment cards." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for issuance of a financial network-based payment card (generally known as a "credit card") almost instantaneously after application, wherein an applicant applies for a credit card by entering data into a data entry system, advantageously by filling in a plurality of predefined forms in a computer-based data entry system. The applicant's data is sent via a data network to a central decision center, which approves or disapproves the application. If the application is approved, data is generated and delivered to a card production system, which embosses and magnetically encodes a card blank. The card is then delivered to the applicant." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,540). 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=8,027,914.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,914&RS=PN/8,027,914 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Power Conservation in a Hierarchical Branch Predictor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,180) developed by James J. Bonanno, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and Brian R. Prasky, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., for a "method and system for power conservation in a hierarchical branch predictor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for power conservation in a hierarchical branch predictor system are provided. The method includes addressing multiple branch predictors, each of the branch predictors having various sizes of hierarchical storage and storing information about previously encountered branch instructions. In response to receiving a first branch prediction from one of the branch predictors, the method includes comparing the first branch prediction with previously stored branch predictions to determine the existence of a branch prediction loop, the branch prediction loop including a sequence of branch predictions that repeat as long as constituent predictions of the branches remain unchanged. Upon determining that a branch prediction loop exists, the method includes associating the branch prediction loop with the branch predictors that provided each branch prediction, and activating power saving to the branch predictors that are not associated with the branch prediction loop." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,025). 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=8,028,180.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,180&RS=PN/8,028,180 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Method and Apparatus for Very Early Validation of Chip Power Distribution Networks in Semiconductor Chip Designs ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,028,259) developed by Dieu Q. Phan Vogel, Fishkill, N.Y., for an "automated method and apparatus for very early validation of chip power distribution networks in semiconductor chip designs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Validation of full-chip power distribution networks can be performed very early, and continuously throughout the design cycle, to detect real physical power connection problems and enable early correction of power grid designs using early floor plan and power grid design data. Common power connection and distribution errors are automatically addressed as an integral part of the early chip floor planning and chip power build processes providing efficient solutions requiring no extra wiring resource to be implemented and reducing the runtime of required final full-chip physical design checks, and the overall design cycle." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,417). 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