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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Feb. 1)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,108,516) developed by Andrew Charles Zmolek, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for a "presence tracking and name space interconnection techniques." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a presence and availability system including: (a) an input (e.g., an interface) operable to receive an agent report from a context sensing agent in a host entity associated with a person, the agent report comprising presence information and the person having an address in an associated name space; (b) a tracking agent 154 operable to tag at least some of the presence information with at least one classification tag; and (c) a policy agent 158 operable to determine presence information to be provided to a requester based on the at least one classification tag." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,103). 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=81,08,516.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,516&RS=PN/81,08,516 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massively Parallel Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Massively Parallel Technologies, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,108,512) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for accessing and using a supercomputer." The co-inventors are Kevin D. Howard, Louisville, Colo., James A. Lupo, Broomfield, Colo., Thomas Geske, Erie, Colo., and Nick Robertson, Erie, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods form and control a supercomputer based upon a parallel processing architecture such as a Howard cascade. A graphical user interface allows a user to interact with one or more virtual power centers of the supercomputer facility. A plurality of processing nodes self-organize into one or more virtual power centers. The processing nodes utilize overlapped input and output for improved communication." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/849,050). 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=81,08,512.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,512&RS=PN/81,08,512 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,108,556) developed by Donald E. Gillespie, Boulder, Colo., and Robert C. Steiner, Broomfield, Colo., for "mechanisms for temporal building and parsing SIP messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, devices, and systems for employing binary objects representing SIP messages. More specifically, a binary SIP stack is provided which allows a mechanism to enhance the efficiency of communications and more particularly to enhance the efficiency of SIP communications between SIP network elements. Also, mechanisms are provided which allow for a SIP stack to be easily and efficiently generated, transmitted over a communication network, and parsed/processed by a communication device." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2009 (12/489,569). 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=8,108,556&OS=8,108,556&RS=8,108,556 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,574) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for translation of data formats between multiple interface types." The co-inventors are John C. Udell, Colorado Springs, Colo., Richard Solomon, Colorado Springs, Colo., Eugene Saghi, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jeffrey K. Whitt, Colorado Springs, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for translation of data formats between multiple interface types. Translation logic is interposed between a producer circuit and a consumer circuit to translate data formats of data signals generated by the producer for application to the consumer. The translation logic may include multiple translators to provide translations between any of multiple producer data formats and any of multiple consumer data formats. One or more producer circuits may thus be selectively coupled with one or more consumer circuits through the translation logic circuit." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2008 (12/247,769). 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=8,108,574&OS=8,108,574&RS=8,108,574 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,559) developed by Bradford C. Davis, Erie, Colo., for "standardizing clocks in a networked computing environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes communicating, at a first time and from a first to a second machine, a first time correction amount. The method includes receiving, at a second time and from the second machine, a first corrected time of the second machine that is a first current clock time of the second machine corrected according to the first time correction amount. The method includes determining: a difference between the first time and the first corrected time; a first round trip time comprising a difference between the first and second times; and a second time correction amount comprising a sum of the difference between the first time and the first corrected time and half of the first round trip time. The method includes determining whether the second time correction amount should be applied to the second machine clock time and, when so, initiating, at a third time, a process by which the second time correction amount is applied to the second machine clock time." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2010 (12/714,475). 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=8,108,559&OS=8,108,559&RS=8,108,559 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Spectra Logic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Spectra Logic, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,108,599) developed by Richard Douglas Rector, Arvada, Colo., and Larry Alan Fenske, Loveland, Colo., for "erasure techniques for emulating streamed data format for non tape media." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method and apparatus relating generally to erasure techniques for emulating a streamed data format for non tape media capable of being used with a data storage arrangement to generate replenished user data space. The data storage arrangement comprises a host computer and a storage system in communication with the host computer, the storage system comprising at least one random access storage medium. The random access storage medium is capable of receiving data by streaming protocol and storing the data emulated in a contiguous format. The data comprises at least one data file which further comprise a plurality of records wherein each of the records comprise user data and meta data. A deletion algorithm is adapted to issue at least one deletion command capable of deleting at least one portion of the data stored on the medium up to at least a last segment of the data to create replenished storage space. The replenished storage space is capable for storage of new data in an order following the last segment of data upon receiving the new data in the streaming protocol by the storage medium." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2005 (11/123,725). 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=8,108,599&OS=8,108,599&RS=8,108,599 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JDS Uniphase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- JDS Uniphase, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,510) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for implementing TopN measurements in operations support systems." The co-inventors are Ellen Maureen Nelson, Laporte, Colo., Bruce Votipka, Fort Collins, Colo., Craig A. Ehike, Fort Collins, Colo., and Scott S. Neal, Fort Collins, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an OSS, storing a plurality, typically less than all, of name-value pairs from a sample space and calculating a "representative" value based on values in the entire sample space. Optionally, a "remainder" value can be generated based on name-value pairs in the sample space that were not stored as part of the plurality of name-value pairs. Displays may be generated based on the top "M" name-value pairs, with "M" typically being set by the user at some number less than "M."" The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2005 (11/045,819). 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=81,08,510.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,510&RS=PN/81,08,510 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Quest Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Quest Software, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,476) developed by Scott T. Brown, Superior, Colo., Kelly A. Wanser, Thornton, Colo., and Victor Ganora Jr., Louisville, Colo., for a "high performance electronic message delivery engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a messaging system interfaced through the Internet, a method for processing a message from a sender and intended for delivery to at least one recipient, which sender is interfaced to the Internet through a sender server and which recipient is interfaced to the Internet through a recipient server, where the message includes at least recipient information and message body, is disclosed. The method includes testing the recipient information by establishing a temporary test connection through the Internet from the sender server to the recipient server, before relying on the recipient information for sending the message, so as to provide an indication of deliverability of the message to the recipient without using an SMTP VRFY command." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2009 (12/475,729). 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=81,08,476.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,476&RS=PN/81,08,476 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Imation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Imation, Oakdale, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,108,601) developed by Robert Sugar, Boulder, Colo., S. Christopher Alaimo, Boulder, Colo., and Chris Mayne, Boulder, Colo., for "methods for implementation of an array of removable disk drives." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments provide systems and methods for storing data on two or more removable disk drives. The two or more removable disk drives are inserted into a modular drive bay having two or more drive ports. Embodiments of the modular drive bay include a switch to redirect operations to a drive port. By arraying the drive ports, the removable disk drives may be replaced without needing to readdress the removable disk drives when new removable disk drives are inserted. Thus, the modular drive bay does not require configuration changes when new removable disk drives are inserted." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2008 (12/238,282). 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=8,108,601&OS=8,108,601&RS=8,108,601 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Confluence Commons Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Confluence Commons, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,108,460) developed by thirteen co-inventors for an aggregation system. The co-inventors are Jared Polis, Boulder, Colo., Payal Goyal, Broomfield, Colo., Jeffery D. Herman, Boulder, Colo., Samuel C. Wu, Lakewood, Colo., Eric Wu, Broomfield, Colo., Michael D. McMahon, Centennial, Colo., Michael C. Wilson, Boulder, Colo., Andrew Hartman, Boulder, Colo., Peter K. Trzyna, Chicago, David L. Calone, Babylon, N.Y., Chris Young, Wildwood, Mo., Scott Shaver, Westminster, Colo., and Andrew Hyde, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2011 (13/053,023). 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=81,08,460.PN.&OS=PN/81,08,460&RS=PN/81,08,460 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vetrix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Vetrix, Dacono, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,108,914) developed by Melani S. Hernoud, Dacono, Colo., Elizabeth J. Pierce, Dacono, Colo., and Gregory Reith, Dacono, Colo., for a "converged logical and physical security." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A security management system that includes a hierarchical security platform, converged IT and physical security management, unified credentialing, credential issuance and incident(s) management. An exemplary aspect of the invention also relates to physical and logical security management and information technology/network security management, with a credential issuance and integrity checking system as well as associated readers and printers of the credential. Still further aspects of the invention relate to obtaining, assembling and analyzing one or more of data, video information, image information, biometric information, sensor information, terrorist information, profile information, and/or other types of information to provide a comprehensive platform for all aspects of security management. A toolkit is also provided that allows complete management, integration, scalability, interoperability and centralized control of all aspects of security including personnel credentialing, personnel management, personnel tracking, task management, security system integration, security information exchange and scalability." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2007 (11/740,063). 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=8,108,914&OS=8,108,914&RS=8,108,914 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,108,930) developed by Ralph Samuel Hoefelmeyer, Colorado Springs, Colo., Theresa Eileen Phillips, Fairfax, Va., and Shawn Edward Wiederin, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for "secure self-organizing and self-provisioning anomalous event detection systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach for providing managed security services is disclosed. A database, within a server or a pre-existing anomalous event detection system, stores a rule set specifying a security policy for a network associated with a customer. An anomalous detection event module is deployed within a premise of the customer and retrieves rule sets from the database. The anomalous detection event module monitors a sub-network of the network based on the rule sets. The anomalous event detection module is further configured to self-organize by examining components of the network and to monitor for anomalous events according to the examined components, and to self-provision by selectively creating another instance of the anomalous detection event module to monitor another sub-network of the network." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/553,802). 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=8,108,930&OS=8,108,930&RS=8,108,930 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EchoStar Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- EchoStar Technologies, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,108,900) developed by Edmund F. Petruzzelli, Centennial, Colo., for a "drift compensator for a tuning device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus coupled to, or integrated with, a tuner. This apparatus, which may be referred to herein as a "compensator," may operate to adjust a frequency of the tuner to counteract drift or error that may cause the tuner to erroneously tune to an inaccurate or undesired frequency. The compensator may be implemented as hardware or software, and may be stand-alone or integrated into the tuner and/or LNBF." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,693). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,108,900&OS=8,108,900&RS=8,108,900 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,108,879) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for context switching of multiple engines." The co-inventors are Lincoln G. Garlick, Santa Clara, Calif., Dennis K. Ma, San Jose, Calif., Paolo E. Sabella, San Francisco, and David W. Nuechterlein, Longmont, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processor having multiple independent engines can concurrently support a number of independent processes or operation contexts. The processor can independently schedule instructions for execution by the engines. The processor can independently switch the operation context that an engine supports. The processor can maintain the integrity of the operations performed and data processed by each engine during a context switch by controlling the manner in which the engine transitions from one operation context to the next. The processor can wait for the engine to complete processing of pipelined instructions of a first context before switching to another context, or the processor can halt the operation of the engine in the midst of one or more instructions to allow the engine to execute instructions corresponding to another context. The processor can affirmatively verify completion of tasks for a specific operation context." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/553,901). 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=8,108,879&OS=8,108,879&RS=8,108,879 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Defining Software Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,108,836) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for defining software management." The co-inventors are Robert Campbell, Fort Collins, Colo., Keith Buck, Fort Collins, Colo., John Diamant, Fort Collins, Colo., and Evan Zweifel, Fort Collins, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for updating software is disclosed. The method includes accessing system data associated with a client and determining known issues to be resolved associated with the client based on the system data. The method also includes accessing system update preferences associated with the client, the system update preferences representing a minimum system status level and determining if the client satisfies the minimum system status level based on the update preferences and based on the system data." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2006 (11/580,649). 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=8,108,836&OS=8,108,836&RS=8,108,836 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Comcast Cable Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Comcast Cable Holdings, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,108,892) developed by James R. Durkee, Denver, David Crawford Gibbon, Lincroft, N.J., and Behzad Shahraray, Freehold, N.J., for an "interactive television network and method including content searching." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2001 (09/848,581). 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=8,108,892&OS=8,108,892&RS=8,108,892 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,108,826) developed by Juan Jenny Li, Basking Ridge, N.J., David Mandel Weiss, Long Valley, N.J., and Howell Stephen Yee, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for a "code-coverage guided prioritized test generation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for generating test cases for a program is disclosed. The method combines features of path-oriented and goal-oriented software testing. The illustrative embodiment constructs a control-flow graph with nodes that correspond to invocations of subroutines, and constructs control-flow graphs for the source code of such nodes as well. A metric that is based on the topology of the control-flow graph is evaluated recursively for nodes of the graph and for control-flow graphs that correspond to invoked subroutines. In the illustrative embodiment, the metric employed is the length of a shortest path from the starting node to a particular node. A node n with the highest metric value is then selected as a goal, and a path from the starting node to the ending node that passes through node n is generated via backtracking." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2004 (10/953,849). 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=8,108,826&OS=8,108,826&RS=8,108,826 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Avatar Appearance Transformation in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,108,774) developed by four co-inventors for an "avatar appearance transformation in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Peter G. Finn, Brampton, Canada, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn., and Anne R. Sand, Peyton, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for configuring a chameleon avatar in response to data associated with a target avatar within a virtual universe. In response to determining that an engagement of a chameleon avatar with a target avatar is indicated, it is determined whether the chameleon avatar should maintain an initial appearance or be auto-morphed for engagement with the target avatar. Auto-morphing may be accomplished by reading an attribute from metadata associated with the target avatar, selecting a baseline avatar template and auto-morphing the baseline template to incorporate the read attribute. Target avatar attributes include gender, interests, outfits attribute, ethnic data, language and preferences, as well as others. The chameleon may mimic an appearance of the target avatar." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2008 (12/238,580). 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=8,108,774.PN.&OS=PN/8,108,774&RS=PN/8,108,774 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1074667 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |