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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Feb. 1)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,528) developed by Doris L. Jones, Somerville, Mass., Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., and Corinne M. Ryan, Westford, Mass., for a "system and method for verifying the identity of a chat partner during an instant messaging session."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for verifying the identity of a chat partner during an instant messaging session. The identity of an instant messaging partner can be verified at any given moment during an instant messaging session. The status of the verification is displayed in the current session, and is contained into any subsequently saved session history file. Prior to the beginning of communication, a participant has the ability to challenge one or more other participants to verify that they are really the people assigned to the corresponding instant messaging identifiers. During the instant messaging session, participants are further allowed to challenge any other participant before going further with the session (e.g. prior to discussing confidential information or accepting files). The system addresses the problem of an unauthorized user gaining access to another user's instant messaging identifier."
The patent application was filed on July 11, 2007 (11/775,990). 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=8,108,528&OS=8,108,528&RS=8,108,528
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Axeda Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Axeda, Foxboro, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,543) developed by James R. Hansen, Franklin, Mass., for "retrieving data from a server."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a server and a controller embedded in a device. Both the server and the embedded controller are capable of communicating over a computer network. The embedded controller sends a command to the server over the computer network that identifies an instance of the device. In response, the server identifies the instance of the device based on the command, retrieves data that is specific to the instance of the device, and sends the data to the embedded controller over the computer network."
The patent application was filed on April 17, 2002 (10/124,181). 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=8,108,543&OS=8,108,543&RS=8,108,543
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Umber Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Umber Systems, Concord, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,517) developed by Asawaree Kalavade, Stow, Mass., for a "system and method for collecting, reporting and analyzing data on application-level activity and other user information on a mobile data network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for collecting and analyzing information on application-level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A platform non-intrusively and transparently monitors data activity on a mobile data network in real-time so that user-level information can be reported to an operator. The platform comprises a plurality of collectors, a data manager, and a report manager. The collectors communicate with network routers to almost all network data. The collectors inspect the data for IP addresses and correlate them to user mobile phone numbers. The data manager receives the data and augments it with information obtained by querying carrier information. The data manager stores the data and monitors it to see if it satisfies a set of defined real-time reports. The report manager then works with the data manager to develop and test new reports based on operator instructions for a specific report."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/324,672). 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=81,08,517.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,517&RS=PN/81,08,517
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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JDA Software Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,108,534) developed by Andrew J. Carroll, Arlington, Mass., and Jeremy D. Rishel, Boston, for a "data integration system with programmatic source and target interfaces."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a system is provided for executing bulk data transfers between persistent data stores in connection with an enterprise-level business workflow. A data integration server is coupled to one or more stores. Programmatic source interfaces are each associated with a source store, defined according to a source interface specification, and exposed within the server during a transfer in connection with an enterprise-level business workflow to enable the server to extract from its source store data entities for loading into any selected target stores during the transfer. Programmatic target interfaces are each associated with a target store, defined according to a target interface specification, and exposed within the server during a transfer in connection with an enterprise-level business workflow to enable the server to load into its target store data entities extracted from any selected source stores during the transfer. Each programmatic interface: (1) provides to its store an abstraction of transfer operations within the server such that custom code need not be developed in connection with its store to enable transfers between its store and any other particular stores; and (2) isolates from the server specific details associated with its store such that custom code need not be developed in connection with the server to enable transfers between its store and any other particular data stores."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2003 (10/611,779). 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=8,108,534&OS=8,108,534&RS=8,108,534
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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American Power Conversion Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- American Power Conversion, West Kingston, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,108,496) developed by James S. Spitaels, Worcester, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for selecting forwarding modes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for automatically determining in which data forwarding mode a network device should operate. Also, other settings for operation of the device may be automatically determined. These modes and settings may be selected based on one or more attributes of the network to which the device is connected. In one example, the network device includes a wired network interface and a wireless network interface. The device may be capable of operating in a routing, bridging, or repeating mode. The network device may select a forwarding mode based on attributes of the network that are detected or otherwise received by the network device."
The patent application was filed on April 7, 2005 (11/101,192). 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=81,08,496.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,496&RS=PN/81,08,496
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Emulex Design & Manufacturing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Emulex Design & Manufacturing, Costa Mesa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,583) developed by four co-inventors for a "direct memory access controller system with message-based programming." The co-inventors are Shawn Adam Clayton, Boylston, Mass., Brian Mark Fortin, Hudson, Mass., Daniel Brian Willie, Longmont, Colo., and John Leland Wood, Stratham, N.H.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data transfer system comprising a first bus interface, a second bus interface, a first-in-first-out memory, a controller and a message unit. The message unit is operable to queue a plurality of data transfer request messages from the first bus interface and the second bus interface. The controller is operable to process each data transfer request message and transfer data between the first bus interface, the first-in-first-out memory and the second bus interface. The controller is configured to calculate error detection codes (EDCs) and chain EDC values."
The patent application was filed on March 23, 2005 (11/088,344). 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=8,108,583&OS=8,108,583&RS=8,108,583
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Oracle America Assigned Patent Method and System for Detecting Modified Pages
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,686) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for detecting modified pages." The co-inventors are Casper H. Dik, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, Scott A. Rotondo, Mountain View, Calif., Joep J. Vesseur, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, William Young, Allston, Mass., and John E. Zolnowsky, Milpitas, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for validating program execution. The method involves identifying a program from a second computer system, obtaining, by a first computer system, a first copy of a page for a file of the program from a second computer system, calculating a hash value for the first copy, storing the first copy in a local memory of the first computer system, storing the hash value for the first copy, and executing the program on the first computer system, where the first copy is removed from the local memory during execution of the program. The method further involves obtaining a second copy of the page from the second computer system, calculating a hash for the second copy, determining whether the hash value for the first copy is equal to the hash value for the second copy, and performing an appropriate action in response to the determination."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/233,331). 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=8,108,686&OS=8,108,686&RS=8,108,686
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Mitigating Dictionary Attacks on Password-protected Local Storage
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,683) developed by Ran Canetti, Brookline, Mass., Shai Halevi, Elmsford, N.Y., and Michael Steiner, New York, for "mitigating dictionary attacks on password-protected local storage."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention includes a method for key creation and recovery based on solutions to puzzles solvable by humans and not computers. In some exemplary embodiments, the key is created and recovered based on the solution(s) in conjunction with the password entered by the user. The puzzle(s) is selected based on the password used by the user from a puzzle database containing multiple puzzles that is greater in number to the number of puzzles used in conjunction with a particular password."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2006 (11/501,831). 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=8,108,683&OS=8,108,683&RS=8,108,683
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Akamai Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Akamai Technologies, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,108,507) developed by Timothy N. Weller, Cambridge, Mass., and Charles E. Leiserson, Cambridge, Mass., for a "content delivery network service provider (CDNSP)-managed content delivery network (CDN) for network service provider (NSP)."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A CDN service provider shares its CDN infrastructure with a network to enable a network service provider (NSP) to offer a private-labeled network content delivery network (NCDN or "private CDN") to participating content providers. The CDNSP preferably provides the hardware, software and services required to build, deploy, operate and manage the CDN for the NCDN customer. Thus, the NCDN customer has access to and can make available to participating content providers one or more of the content delivery services (e.g., HTTP delivery, streaming media delivery, application delivery, and the like) available from the global CDN without having to provide the large capital investment, R&D expense and labor necessary to successfully deploy and operate the network itself. Rather, the global CDN service provider simply operates the private CDN for the network as a managed service."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2010 (12/951,091). 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=81,08,507.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,507&RS=PN/81,08,507
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Red Hat Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,108,632) developed by Henri Han van Riel, Nashua, N.H., and Matthias Clasen, Acton, Mass., for a "kernel and application cooperative memory management."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for an operating system and applications to cooperate in memory management. Applications register with the operating system for cooperative memory management. The operating system monitors the memory and determines a memory "pressure" related to the amount of demand for the memory. As the memory pressure increases, the operating system provides a memory pressure signal as feedback to the registered applications. The operating system may send this signal to indicate it is about to commence evicting pages from the memory or when it has commenced swapping out application data. In response to the signal, the registered applications may evaluate the memory pressure, determine which data should be freed, if any, and provide this information back to the operating system. The operating system may then free those portions of memory relinquished by the applications. By releasing data the system may thus avoid swapping and increase its performance."
The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/466,498). 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=8,108,632&OS=8,108,632&RS=8,108,632
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Analog Devices Assigned Patent for Processor Architectures for Enhanced Computational Capability and Low Latency
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,653) developed by Boris Lerner, Sharon, Mass., and Douglas Garde, Dover, Mass., for "processor architectures for enhanced computational capability and low latency."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processor includes a compute array comprising a first plurality of compute engines serially connected along a data flow path such that data flows between successive compute engines at successive times. The first plurality of compute engines includes an initial compute engine and a final compute engine. The data flow path includes a recirculation path connecting the final compute engine to the initial compute engine with no compute engine therebetween."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2010 (12/701,090). 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=8,108,653&OS=8,108,653&RS=8,108,653
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Indication of IM Tracking
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,474) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for indication of IM tracking." The co-inventors are Gary Denner, Celbridge, Ireland, Sean Callanan, Churchtown, Ireland, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, Ireland, and Carol Sue Zimmet, Boxborough, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and computer program product for processing a tracking request from a first user of an instant messaging system concerning the online status of a second user of the instant messaging system. The online status of the second user is monitored. A tracking notice is provided to the second user. The tracking notice informs the second user that the first user is monitoring the online status of the second user."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/346,141). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=81,08,474.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,474&RS=PN/81,08,474
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Applied Micro Circuits Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Applied Micro Circuits, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,108,453) developed by Ravi Subrahmanyan, Windham, N.H., and Sanitha Dinasarapu, Andover, Mass., for a "system and method for filter response switching."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for efficiently switching a loop bandwidth using stored values in a digital filter of a phase-locked loop system. In a first timeslice, an input signal is digitally filtered using base coefficients multiplied by stored filter output and input values from previous timeslices. The filter output value is used to acquire the input signal frequency in a first bandwidth. In response to changes in the input signal frequency, the input signal is digitally filtered in a predetermined number of first intermediate period timeslices using transient coefficients multiplied by stored filter output and input values from previous timeslices. As a result, the first filter output value is maintained within a predetermined range. In a second timeslice, the input signal is digitally filtered using base coefficients multiplied by stored filter output and input values from previous timeslices to acquire the input signal frequency in a second bandwidth."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2007 (11/958,220). 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=81,08,453.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,453&RS=PN/81,08,453
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Verizon Data Services Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Verizon Data Services, Temple Terrace, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,108,458) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing enhanced shipping and receiving services." The co-inventors are Raul Aldrey, Dallas, Diego Crespo, Boston, Anil Guntupalli, Waltham, Mass., and Sudhanshu Sharma, Malden, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes receiving, from a sender, a contact selection related to a shipping request, identifying package shipping data associated with the selected contact, and providing the shipping request, including the package shipping data, to a shipping provider. The method further includes receiving a package identifier related to the shipping request from the shipping provider and associating the package identifier to a sender identifier related to the sender and a contact identifier related to the selected contact."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/606,202). 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=81,08,458.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,458&RS=PN/81,08,458
Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Senshin Capital Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Senshin Capital, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (RE43,149) developed by Daniel P. Bybell, Medford, Mass., Jay E. Thornton, Watertown, Mass., and Dana F. Schuh, Windham, N.H., for a "method for generating a halftone of a source image."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for producing a halftone of a source image. The halftone includes halftone pixels. The halftone pixels are suitable for containing halftone dots. The method selects glyphs corresponding to intensities of regions (e.g., pixels) in the source image. The glyphs contain one or more halftone dots. The method locates halftone dots within the halftone pixels such that for at least one pair of halftone dots contained within a pair of halftone pixels sharing a common boundary, the halftone dots in the pair of halftone pixels extend in opposite directions from the common boundary."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/031,151). 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=RE43,149&OS=RE43,149&RS=RE43,149
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Oracle International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,873) developed by four co-inventors for a "system for extending an addressable range of memory." The co-inventors are Richard L. Frank, Groton, Mass., Gopalan Arun, Nashua, N.H., Michael J. Cusson, Chelmsford, Mass., and Daniel E. O'Shaughnessy, Hollis, N.H.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system provides a requested memory to a requesting process. The memory is requested by a consumer process residing in application space. The consumer process requests the requested memory from a Very Large Memory (VLM) driver in the operating system. The size of the requested memory may be larger than the maximum size per process supported by the operating system. The VLM driver creates one or more donor processes residing in application space dependent on the size of the requested memory. Each donor process requests an allocation of a portion of memory less than the maximum size per process supported by the operating system. Having received the requested memory, the donor process transfers ownership of the portion of memory to the VLM driver. The VLM driver provides the requested memory provided by the donor processes to the consumer process."
The patent application was filed on March 14, 2007 (11/724,522). 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=8,108,873&OS=8,108,873&RS=8,108,873
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Automating Variables in End-user Programming System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,829) developed by six co-inventors for a "method for automating variables in end-user programming system." The co-inventors are Allen George Cypher, Aptos, Calif., Eben Merriam Haber, Cupertino, Calif., Eser Kandogan, Mountain View, Calif., Tessa Ann Lau, Mountain View, Calif., James Lin, Cupertino, Calif., and Danny Greg Little, Cambridge, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for automating variables in an end-user programming system is disclosed. The end-user programming system comprises a script, a shared repository, at least one database, a recorder, an interpreter, and an execution engine. The script comprises at least one command describing an event comprising a data value. Each user has a uniquely identified entry set for the entries distributed in at least one database. The interpreter automatically creates a variable for a data value in a command by comparing the data value with each entry value in the entry set for the user recording the command. The interpreter automatically instantiates a variable in a command with an entry value by comparing the variable with each entry name in the entry set for the user executing the command."
The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/125,141). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,108,829&OS=8,108,829&RS=8,108,829
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Accomodating Different Resolutions of References to Components in Composite Applications
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,837) developed by Niklas Heidloff, Salzkotten, Germany, and Thomas J. Calow, Westford, Mass., for "accomodating different resolutions of references to components in composite applications."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A core idea of present invention is not only to have one fixed link/reference to one specific database, but to use a script/formula (e.g. a Notes @formula/expression) that resolves to a link to a specific database at runtime. This allows pointing to different NSFs in the development environment vs. production environment vs. any other environment. This reference (e.g., the @formula/expression) is written in a new user interface (UI) of the Lotus Notes Composite Application Editor (CAE) that is part of the current UI to define component property preferences. This UI would generate the XML below so that users don't have to do this manually."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,115). 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=8,108,837&OS=8,108,837&RS=8,108,837
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Juniper Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,904) developed by Roger Chickering, Granite Bay, Calif., and Paul Funk, Cambridge, Mass., for a "selective persistent storage of controller information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller may receive a request from an endpoint and determine whether the endpoint connects via a first network or a second network. The controller may download first software to the endpoint when the endpoint connects via the first network, where the first software facilitates authentication of the endpoint via another device and instructs the endpoint to not store information regarding the controller. The controller may download second software to the endpoint when the endpoint connects via the second network, where the second software facilitates authentication of the endpoint by the device and instructs the endpoint to store information regarding the controller."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/537,036). 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=8,108,904&OS=8,108,904&RS=8,108,904
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Mathworks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Mathworks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,845) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "parallel programming computing system to dynamically allocate program portions." The co-inventors are John N. Little, Sherborn, Mass., Joseph F. Hicklin, Upton, Mass., Jocelyn Luke Martin, Burwell, United Kingdom, Nausheen B. Moulana, Framingham, Mass., Halldor N. Stefansson, Natick, Mass., Loren Dean, Natick, Mass., Roy E. Lurie, Wayland, Mass., Stephen C. Johnson, Sudbury, Mass., Penelope L. Anderson, Newton, Mass., Michael E. Karr, Brookline, Mass., and Jason A. Kinchen, Winchester, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computing system receives a program created by a technical computing environment, analyzes the program, generates multiple program portions based on the analysis of the program, dynamically allocates the multiple program portions to multiple software units of execution for parallel programming, receives multiple results associated with the multiple program portions from the multiple software units of execution, and provides the multiple results or a single result to the program."
The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/748,947). 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=8,108,845&OS=8,108,845&RS=8,108,845
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Reflex Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Reflex Systems, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,108,929) developed by Subhash C. Agrawalm, Boxboro, Mass., Scott M. Wimer, Burlington, Mass., and Jonathan H. Young, Newton, Mass., for a "method and system for detecting intrusive anomalous use of a software system using multiple detection algorithms."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A target software system is instrumented to generate behavior data representing a current observation or observation aggregate. A method then determines whether the current observation or observation aggregate warrants a second level examination; preferably, this determination is made by processing the current observation or observation aggregate through a first level detection algorithm that provides a provisional indication of a possible intrusion. If executing the first level detection algorithm indicates that the current observation or observation aggregate warrants a second level examination, the method continues by processing the current observation or observation aggregate through at least one second level detection algorithms to provide a more definite, fine grain indication of a possible intrusion. Multiple algorithms may be executed together within a single examination level, with the individual results then analyzed to obtain a composite result or output indicative of intrusive or anomalous behavior."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2004 (10/967,945). 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=8,108,929&OS=8,108,929&RS=8,108,929
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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EMC Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,882) developed by John E. Haynes Jr., South Weymouth, Mass., and Adam J. Hutchinson, Templeton, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for interfacing an operating system with a network interface device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processing unit is configured to establish a driver relationship between a network interface driver and a network interface device, the network interface device being configured to carry out multiple functions through the operating system. The processing unit is also configured to associate the network interface driver with a first driver of the operating system to provide a first function pathway between the network interface device and the first driver of the operating system through the network interface driver. The processing unit is also configured to associate the network interface driver with a second driver of the operating system to provide a second function pathway between the network interface device and the second driver of the operating system through the network interface driver. The first function pathway and the second function pathway allow the network interface device to carry out the multiple functions through the operating system."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2006 (11/529,123). 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=8,108,882&OS=8,108,882&RS=8,108,882
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Automatically Discovering Features in Free Form Heterogeneous Data
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,413) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for automatically discovering features in free form heterogeneous data." The co-inventors are Gautam Kar, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Ruchi Mahindru, Yonkers, N.Y., Anca Sailer, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Xing Wei, Amherst, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided for automatically discovering one or more features in free form heterogeneous data. In one aspect of the invention, the techniques include obtaining free form heterogeneous data, wherein the data comprises one or more data items, applying a label to each data item, using the labeled data to build a language model, wherein a word distribution associated with each label can be derived from the model, and using the word distribution associated with each label to discover one or more features in the data, wherein discovering one or more features in the data facilitates one or more operations that use at least a portion of the labeled data."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2007 (11/675,396). 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=8,108,413.PN.&OS=PN/8,108,413&RS=PN/8,108,413
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Adobe Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,779) developed by six co-inventors for a "collaborative editing operations." The co-inventors are Todd Rein, San Francisco, Marissa Dulaney, Morgan Hill, Calif., Robert Shaver, Watertown, Mass., Eylon Stroh, San Carlos, Calif., Roman Dolgov, San Carlos, Calif., and Marco Qualizza, Ontario, Canada.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to detect modifications made to information, the modifications received from a modifying user included in a group of users sharing the information by separately viewing presentations of the information. The presentations may have any number of views, such as a first view and at least a second view. Further actions may include transmitting first view data to enable altering the first view for the modifying user based on the modification made, whether the modification comprises a propagating change or a non-propagating change, and if the modification comprises a propagating change, transmitting second view data to enable altering at least the second view for at least some of the group of users, not including the modifying user, based on the modification. If the change is a non-propagating one, then the activity may include refraining from transmitting the second view data. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,385). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,108,779&OS=8,108,779&RS=8,108,779
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Symantec Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Tag-based Object Management
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,359) developed by Shaun Cooley, El Segundo, Calif., and Keith Newstadt, Newton, Mass., for "methods and systems for tag-based object management."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method comprising identifying a tag, receiving a setting, and associating the setting with the tag. The tag may be associated with an object. The computer-implemented method may also comprise performing an action based on the setting, and the action may be performed with respect to the object. A computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a tag from a user interface, identifying a module, and associating the tag with a module. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,608). 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=8,108,359.PN.&OS=PN/8,108,359&RS=PN/8,108,359
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Honeywell International Assigned Patent for On-device Constrained Random Verification for Device Development
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,108,745) developed by Timothy J. Kikta, Tarpon Springs, Fla., Lucas Roosevelt, Trinity, Fla., and Eric R. Schneider, Lexington, Mass., for an "on-device constrained random verification for device development."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of functionally verifying a device under test having at least one processor and at least one memory is disclosed. The method includes creating verification data for the device under test using a constrained random verification data creation process executed on the at least one processor. The verification data includes input data and expected output data. The method further includes storing the verification data in the at least one memory. The method further includes processing the input data with the at least one processor to produce actual output data. The method further includes comparing the actual output data to the expected output data. When the actual output data does not equal the expected output data, the method further includes storing at least one inconsistency between the actual output data and the expected output data."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2009 (12/544,722). 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=8,108,745&OS=8,108,745&RS=8,108,745
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Creating Customized Applications Using Templates having Points of Variability
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,825) developed by four co-inventors for a "creating customized applications using templates having points of variability." The co-inventors are James Patrick Goodwin, Beverly, Mass., Christina P. Lau, Scarborough, Canada, Margaret M. O'Connell, Allston, Mass., and Douglass J. Wilson, Charlestown, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, apparatus and article of manufacture for producing a customized application. In a preferred method of the invention, a selection of components can be identified which are to be deployed to form the customized application. Within the selection of components, points of variability can be specified which can be assigned values when deploying the selection of components. The identified selection of components and the specified points of variability can be persisted in a template. Subsequently, the template can be processed to deploy the identified selection of components, to prompt for values to be assigned to the points of variability, and to configure the identified selection of components with the values at the points of variability thereby producing the customized application."
The patent application was filed on July 14, 2008 (12/172,659). 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=8,108,825&OS=8,108,825&RS=8,108,825
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Mentor Graphics Assigned Patent for Memory-based Trigger Generation Scheme in an Emulation Environment
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,108,729) developed by Gregoire Brunot, Montrouge, France, and Charles Selvidge, Wellesley, Mass., for a "memory-based trigger generation scheme in an emulation environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for generating triggers within a hardware emulator. The system allows for dynamic reconfiguration of the trigger generation scheme during emulation. In one aspect, input probe signals are received on an address port to a memory from an integrated circuit within the emulator. The memory outputs from a data port, data, which is addressed, at least in part, by the input probe signals. The data output from the data port may be sent through further combinatorial logic or directly connected to a logic analyzer and represents trigger information. In another aspect, the trigger generation scheme may be reconfigured dynamically during emulation. For example, where the memory is a dual-port RAM, an emulation host can write to the memory to perform the reconfiguration."
The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/776,677). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,108,729&OS=8,108,729&RS=8,108,729
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,810) developed by James C. Hoe, Pittsburg, and Arvind Mithal, Arlington, Mass., for a "synchronous circuit synthesis using an asynchronous specification."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for specifying and synthesizing a synchronous digital circuit by first accepting a specification of an asynchronous system in which stored values are updated according to a set of state transition rules. For instance, the state transition rules are specified as a Term Rewriting System (TRS) in which each rule specifies a number of allowable state transitions, and includes a logical precondition on the stored values and a functional specification of the stored values after a state transition in terms of the stored values prior to the state transition. The specification of the asynchronous circuit is converted into a specification of a synchronous circuit in which a number of state transitions can occur during each clock period. The method includes identifying sets of state transitions, for example by identifying sets of TRS rules, that can occur during a single clocking period and forming the specification of the synchronous circuit to allow any of the state transitions in a single set to occur during any particular clocking period."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/390,853). 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=8,108,810&OS=8,108,810&RS=8,108,810
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microchip Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Microchip Technology, Chandler, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,108,708) developed by Tim Phoenix, Pepperell, Mass., Igor Wojewoda, Tempe, Ariz., and Pavan Kumar Bandarupalli, Andhra Pradesh, India, for a "power optimization when using external clock sources."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Logic circuits of a digital device may be biased to operate over specific external clock frequency ranges by programming a desired clock oscillator frequency range into a configuration memory of the digital device. In addition, clock source selection may also be programmed into the configuration register. Bias circuits are then configured so that the internal logic of the digital device will operate over the desired clock oscillator frequency range. Non-volatile memory may be used to store the contents of the configuration memory so as to retain the configuration during power down of the digital device. The non-volatile memory may be programmable fuse links, electrically erasable and programmable memory (EEPROM), FLASH memory, etc."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2007 (11/865,148). 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=8108708.PN.&OS=PN/8108708&RS=PN/8108708
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Constant Contact Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Constant Contact, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,108,763) developed by four co-inventors for a "visual editor for electronic mail." The co-inventors are Yan Gao, Brighton, Mass., Sridhar Gorantla, Ashland, Mass., Paul McLaughlin, Burlington, Mass., and Michael Fitterman, Harvard, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A visual editor for generating a custom email message. An editor interface may display an approximation of an email message. A user may customize content and layout of an email message through the editor interface. A user interface system may track such customizations to enable faster remote operations to be performed on content of the email message. A plurality of substantially modular renderers may enable a plurality of different output representations to be generated from a single stored representation of the email message.."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2007 (11/655,731). 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=8,108,763&OS=8,108,763&RS=8,108,763
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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