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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Oct. 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Mann Conroy Eisenberg & Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Mann Conroy Eisenberg & Associates, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,036,982) developed by six co-inventors for a "computer system for controlling a system of managing fluctuating cash flows." The co-inventors are Crispina O. Caballero, Goodwood, Canada, Thomas F. Conroy, Englewood, Colo., Steven A. Eisenberg, Atlanta, Brian G. Holland, Needham, Mass., Stephen F. Kraysler, Hull, Mass., and Richard W. Mann, Greensboro, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus (method implemented with a machine, the machine, and the method for making the machine, and products produced thereby) for controlling a system of managing cash flows for a transaction, the apparatus including: data processing means arranged for receiving information into memory, said information including respective descriptions of risks, statistical assumptions for said risks, and financial assumptions for said risks, the data processing means further including: calculating means, responsive to said descriptions and said assumptions, for calculating expected cash flows corresponding to said risks for time periods; accounting means for determining, responsive to actual cash flow information from occurrence of events corresponding to said risks, for a first party to the transaction owing the expected cash flows to a second party to the transaction, and for determining, for the second party owing the actual cash flows to the first party, a net settlement, for each of said time periods, between the parties in the transaction, to manage the actual cash flows and the expected cash flows." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010 (12/825,175). 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=80,36,982.PN.&OS=PN/80,36,982&RS=PN/80,36,982 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,036,983) developed by Lee Macklin, Colorado Springs, Colo., Kay Burrows, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Daryl Schroeder, Florissant, Colo., for a "system for and method of web based non-wage compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a system for and a method of a disbursement system which includes an input module configured to receive a disbursement request and an authorization module configured to apply predetermined rules to the disbursement request. Also included in the present invention is an accounting module configured to track available funds from which particular disbursements are to be made and an output module configured to process approved disbursement requests." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2002 (10/052,608). 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=80,36,983.PN.&OS=PN/80,36,983&RS=PN/80,36,983 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Market Segmentation Analyses in Virtual Universes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,036,930) developed by six co-inventors for a "market segmentation analyses in virtual universes." The co-inventors are Michele P. Brignull, Essex Junction, Vt., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn., Anne R. Sand, Peyton, Colo., James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va., and Johnnye R.L. Tamaru, Reston, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes collecting, by one or more processors, virtual universe data associated with interactions between avatars, entities, and objects in a virtual universe. The collecting includes collecting, by the one or more processors, at least some of the virtual universe data as the interactions occur. The method also includes determining, by the one or more processors, a criteria with which to perform a market segmentation analysis on the virtual universe data. The method also includes performing, by the one or more processors, the market segmentation analysis on the virtual universe data, wherein the market segmentation analysis includes segmenting the avatars based on an amount of time the avatars are in the virtual universe and an amount of money the avatars spend in the virtual universe. The method also includes generating a report indicating results of the market segmentation analysis." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2008 (12/015,895). 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=80,36,930.PN.&OS=PN/80,36,930&RS=PN/80,36,930 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** First Data Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- First Data, Greenwood Village, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,036,938) developed by Michael Clouthier, Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Daniel Ahles, Houston, for a "personal check acceptance systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Tools for facilitating the acceptance of personal checks and other presentation instruments. The tools, in some aspects, allow for preauthorization of a personal check (or other presentation instrument) prior to the merchant receiving the actual check, allowing a merchant, for example, to accept an order by phone, obtain details about the check that will be used to pay for the order, obtain preauthorization to accept the check, and arrange for delivery of the order. Upon delivering the order, the merchant can receive the check, and then obtain a full authorization to accept the check. The full authorization can be based primarily on the preauthorization, giving the merchant assurance that the check will in fact be authorized. In some cases, the tools of the invention also settle the check; in a particular aspect, the check can be settled without requiring the merchant to deposit the check." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,238). 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=80,36,938.PN.&OS=PN/80,36,938&RS=PN/80,36,938 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Starz Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Starz Entertainment, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,037,501) developed by four co-inventors for "methods for entertainment-programming distribution." The co-inventors are Bob Greene, Lone Tree, Colo., John C. Beyler, Highlands Ranch, Colo., Rebecca R. Lim, Englewood, Colo., and John S. Fukuda, Denver. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for entertainment-programming distribution are provided. A set of entertainment programs is transmitted in real time over a public network for display on user computers in communication with the public network and identified as subscribers to the set of entertainment programs. A notification signal is transmitted with at least one of the entertainment programs to identify that entertainment program as available for download. A request is received from one of the user computers over the public network to download that entertainment program. It is verified that the user computer is authorized to receive downloaded entertainment programs in accordance with a subscriber agreement. The identified entertainment program is then downloaded to the user computer." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2005 (11/123,965). 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=8,037,501&OS=8,037,501&RS=8,037,501 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,037,496) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for automatically authoring interactive television content." The co-inventors are Lee Begeja, Morris County, N.J., David Crawford Gibbon, Monmouth County, N.J., Zhu Liu, Monmouth County, N.J., Bernard Simon Renger, Union County, N.J., Behzad Shahraray, Monmouth County, N.J., Mitchell J. Weinraub, Arapahoe County, Colo., and Stephanie A. Morrison, Morris County, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided to automatically generate content for ITV products and services by processing primary media sources. In one embodiment of the invention, keywords are automatically extracted from the primary media sources using one or more of a variety of techniques directed to video, audio and/or textual content of the multimodal source. In some embodiments, keywords are then processed according to one or more disclosed algorithms to narrow the quantity of downstream processing that is necessary to associate secondary sources (reference items) with the primary video source. Embodiments of the invention also provide automatic searching methods for the identification of reference items based on the processed keywords in order to maximize the value added by the association of reference items to the video source." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2002 (10/329,753). 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=8,037,496&OS=8,037,496&RS=8,037,496 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Starz Entertainment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Starz Entertainment, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,037,494) developed by four co-inventors for a "cross-channel interstitial program promotion." The co-inventors are John J. Sie, Englewood, Colo., Mark G. Bauman, Englewood, Colo., John C. Beyler, Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Gregory R. DePrez, Highlands Ranch, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, a method for generating a personalized menu promoting other video programs available from a video content delivery system is disclosed. The video content delivery system provides a plurality of channels of video content simultaneously. In one step, it is determined that a triggering event has occurred with a video content delivery conduit. First information about one or more users is gathered. The one or more users are associated with an account with the video content delivery system. Alternative video programs are determined and personalized for the one or more users based, at least in part, upon the first information. The context for the triggering event is analyzed to produce second information. A configuration of the personalized menu is determined based, at least in part, upon the second information. The personalized menu is formulated for presentment to the one or more users. The personalized menu comprises links to the alternative video programs." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2009 (12/622,263). 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=8,037,494&OS=8,037,494&RS=8,037,494 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System for and Method of Controlling a VLSI Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,037,445) developed by Christopher A. Poirier, Fort Collins, Colo., Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, Colo., and Christopher J. Bostak, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "system for and method of controlling a VLSI environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit on a VLSI die, and an embedded micro-controller constructed on the VLSI die, the micro-controller adapted to monitor and control the VLSI environment to optimize the integrated circuit operation. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for monitoring and controlling an integrated circuit comprising providing an embedded micro-controller on a same VLSI die as the integrated circuit, monitoring and controlling a VLSI environment of the integrated circuit with the embedded micro-controller." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2003 (10/644,625). 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=8,037,445&OS=8,037,445&RS=8,037,445 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,037,414) developed by Paul Roller Michaelis, Louisville, Colo., and David S. Mohler, Arvada, Colo., for an "audible computer user interface method and apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computing system is provided that includes a display 124 for displaying information and an audible locating agent 148 that, as a pointer moves over the display, plays audible locating signals to identify spatial locations of at least some of the displayed information." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2006 (11/522,192). 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=8037414.PN.&OS=PN/8037414&RS=PN/8037414 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 12 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,036,851) developed by Curtis A. Vock, Boulder, Colo., Peter Flentov, Carlisle, Mass., and Dennis M. Darcy, Dracut, Mass., for "activity monitoring systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from the accelerometer to assess activity of the person. A method assesses activity of a person, including: sensing acceleration at a first location on the person; processing the acceleration, over time, to assess activity of the person; and wirelessly communicating information indicative of the activity to a second location." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2009 (12/370,795). 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=8,036,851.PN.&OS=PN/8,036,851&RS=PN/8,036,851 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1064485 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |