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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Feb. 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,117,127) developed by four co-inventors for a "currency recycler user roles." The co-inventors are William Thomas Sanders, Denver, N.C., Daniel Christopher Bohen, Charlotte, N.C., Shane Anthony Johnson, Charlotte, N.C., and Amy Baker Folk, Charlotte, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A currency handling system, for example, a currency recycler, may be configured to receive and process currency transactions entered by different recycler users. The currency recycler may identify and/or authenticate the user attempting to perform a transaction, for example, cash withdrawals, deposits, exchanges, or administrative and other functions. Once the user has been identified, the currency recycler may identify one or more user roles associated with the user, and corresponding user thresholds and/or role thresholds which may define a set of functional limitations for the user on the recycler. The recycler may then process the user's transaction request in accordance with the applicable thresholds based on the user and user roles." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/323,078). 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=81,17,127.PN.&OS=PN/81,17,127&RS=PN/81,17,127 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent for Determining Timing Paths within a Circuit Block of a Programmable Integrated Circuit ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,117,577) developed by eight co-inventors for "determining timing paths within a circuit block of a programmable integrated circuit." The co-inventors are Vasisht M. Vadi, San Jose, Calif., Alvin Y. Ching, Sunnyvale, Calif., Subodh Kumar, San Jose, Calif., Richard D. Freeman, Soquel, Calif., Ian L. McEwen, Golden, Colo., Philip R. Haratsaris, Longmont, Colo., Jaime D. Lujan, Louisville, Colo., and Eric M. Schwarz, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method of identifying timing paths of a circuit block can include representing a circuit block including at least one bypassable component as a block diagram having a plurality of elements linked by nodes. The method can include generating a map file including a text description of each element within the block diagram, wherein the text description of each element specifies a bypass indicator for the element. The method also can include generating a plurality of sub-paths from the map file, determining timing paths from the plurality of sub-paths by selectively combining different ones of the plurality of sub-paths according to commonality of starting points and ending points of the plurality of sub-paths, and outputting the timing paths." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2009 (12/361,516). 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=8,117,577&OS=8,117,577&RS=8,117,577 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Comcast IP Holdings I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Comcast IP Holdings I, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,117,635) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for targeting of interactive virtual objects." The co-inventors are John S. Hendricks, Potomac, Md., Alfred E. Bonner, Bethesda, Md., John S. McCoskey, Castle Rock, Colo., and Michael L. Asmussen, Oak Hill, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and an apparatus are used to target interactive virtual objects to subscribers in a television delivery system. Programs are selected and virtual object locations are defined in the selected programs. The virtual objects available for targeting are categorized and the categories are correlated to subscriber information to determine the optimum targeting of the virtual objects. Upstream data reception hardware, databases and processing hardware and software, and corresponding features in a user's terminal are used to accomplish these functions." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2010 (12/731,254). 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=8,117,635&OS=8,117,635&RS=8,117,635 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,117,087) developed by Paul Roller Michaelis, Louisville, Colo., and David S. Mohler, Arvada, Colo., for a "customer loyalty, product demonstration, and store/contact center/internet coupling system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for storing information about searches and inquiries by a customer is provided. The system includes a customer service server that receives information from two or more sources, such as from a retail location sales agent, a website, a call center agent, etc. The information is associated and correlated to interrelate inquiries from the different sources. Further, when the user enters a retail location, a node or server at the retail location can push test application to a user's mobile device based on the past inquiries. These test applications are provided only when the customer is present in the retail location. As such, hacking the application is prevented. Further, with the customer using the application in the retail location, a sales agent is present to assist the customer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2009 (12/566,395). 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=81,17,087.PN.&OS=PN/81,17,087&RS=PN/81,17,087 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EchoStar Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- EchoStar Technologies, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,117,283) developed by William Michael Beals, Englewood, Colo., for "providing remote access to segments of a transmitted program." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing remote access to segments of a transmitted program is presented. The program is recorded, and then stored at a communication server. Information specifying a segment of the stored program is transferred from a communication device to the communication server. Also, a request for access to the specified segment of the stored program is transferred from another communication device to the communication server. In response to the request, the specified segment of the program is transferred from the communication server to the requesting communication device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2008 (12/025,579). 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=8,117,283.PN.&OS=PN/8,117,283&RS=PN/8,117,283 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Secure Data Transmission ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,117,450) developed by Neal A. Krawetz, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "system and method for secure data transmission." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for secure data transmission comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a string generator stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The string generator is adapted to generate a character string. The system also comprises a hashing engine stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The hashing engine is adapted to generate a hash key using the character string and a private key. The system further comprises an encryption engine stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The encryption engine is adapted to encrypt the data using the hash key. The processor is adapted to transmit the encrypted data, an identification key related to the private key, and the character string to a recipient." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2001 (09/975,815). 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=8,117,450&OS=8,117,450&RS=8,117,450 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Queen's University at Kingston, Princeton University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,117,436) developed by Wei Zhang, Princeton, N.J., Niraj K. Jha, Westfield, N.J., and Li Shang, Boulder, Colo., for a "hybrid nanotube/CMOS dynamically reconfigurable architecture and an integrated design optimization method and system therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hybrid nanotube, high-performance, dynamically reconfigurable architecture, NATURE, is provided, and a design optimization flow method and system, NanoMap. A run-time reconfigurable architecture is provided by associating a non-volatile universal memory to each logic element to enable cycle-by-cycle reconfiguration and logic folding, while remaining CMOS compatible. Through logic folding, significant logic density improvement and flexibility in performing area-delay tradeoffs are possible. NanoMap incorporates temporal logic folding during the logic mapping, temporal clustering and placement steps. NanoMap provides for automatic selection of a best folding level, and uses force-direct scheduling to balance resources across folding stages. Mapping can thereby target various optimization objectives and user constraints. A high-density, high-speed carbon nanotube RAM can be implemented as the universal memory, allowing on-chip multi-context configuration storage, enabling fine-grain temporal logic folding, and providing a significant increase in relative logic density." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2007 (12/297,638). 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=8,117,436&OS=8,117,436&RS=8,117,436 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 15 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,117,309) developed by six co-inventors for a "re-download management of previously acquired digital media assets." The co-inventors are Payam Mirrashidi, San Francisco, Neale Patton, Twickenham, United Kingdom, Colin Meldrum, Berkeley, Calif., David Neumann, Portland, Ore., Alan Ward, Boulder, Colo., and Hiro Mitsuji, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Improved techniques that enable users to download digital media assets are disclosed. According to one aspect, digital media assets that a user has acquired from a remote media repository can be authorized for download multiple times. This, for example, allows a user to subsequently re-downloaded digital media assets that the user previously acquired. In one embodiment, digital media assets that a user previously downloaded to a user client device from a remote media repository can be made available to the user for subsequent re-download. Advantageously, a remote media repository can, in effect, provide users with a remote backup for previously acquired digital media assets." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2009 (12/356,474). 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=8117309.PN.&OS=PN/8117309&RS=PN/8117309 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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