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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (May 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,180,722) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for data mining within communication session information using an entity relationship model." The co-inventors are Ajita John, Holmdel, N.J., Reinhard P. Klemm, Basking Ridge, N.J., Thomas A. Petsche, Neshanic Station, N.J., and Doree D. Seligmann, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for analyzing user activity and for recording such user activity in an entity relationship model. A network is searched for materials associated with a user and content analysis techniques are performed on the associated materials to extract one or more characteristics from the associated materials based on predefined criteria. The extracted information is stored in an entity relationship model that relates the user to the extracted characteristics. The characteristics may include activity information, expertise information and location information. The entity relationship model can thereafter be searched to identify and optionally contact one or more users having desired characteristics." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2004 (10/955,917). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,722.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,722&RS=PN/8,180,722 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,180,746) developed by Alexander J. Somogyi, Basking Ridge, N.J., Fei Luo, Bedminster, N.J., and Stephan Felts, Denville, N.J., for a "method and assignment of transaction branches by resource name aliasing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The Java transaction API for use with global transaction can use a system using alias for the branch ID. The alias can allow multiple branch IDs for single resource." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/965,471). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,746.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,746&RS=PN/8,180,746 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,180,716) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and device for forecasting computational needs of an application." The co-inventors are Madhukar Kshirsagar, Morganville, N.J., Muhammad Azam, Tinton Falls, N.J., Angelo Estela, Middletown, N.J., Ajay Joshi, Middletown, N.J., and David Lu, Morganville, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention comprises methods and devices of forecasting future computational needs of an application based on input load, where the application comprises a plurality of processes executed on a plurality of computing devices. The method of the invention proceeds by monitoring at least a computational load characteristic of at least a first process executed on a first computing device and a second process executed on a second computing device. A mathematical relationship between input load and the computational load characteristic is established, and future computational needs are forecasted based on the established mathematical relationship." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/077,974). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,716.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,716&RS=PN/8,180,716 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lead Core Fund Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Lead Core Fund, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,180,706) developed by Fred Bishop, Glendale, Ariz., Robert E. Morgan, Glendale, Ariz., and Hitesh Seth, East Windsor, N.J., for "systems and methods for maximizing a rewards accumulation strategy during transaction processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Facilitating commercial transactions using a payment system directory are disclosed. A payment directory and/or wireless point of sale (POS) device may be configured to use predetermined rules, a multitude of data items and/or conditions to locate a payment system, and transmit a payment authorization request from a remote location to at least one payment system, either directly, or via a payment system directory and/or a SSL Gateway." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2009 (12/479,719). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,706.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,706&RS=PN/8,180,706 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Morgan Stanley Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Morgan Stanley, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,180,700) developed by seven co-inventors for a "transaction system for employee stock options and other compensation programs." The co-inventors are Caroline L. Arnold, New York, Raghavachari Madhavan, New York, Chris Kovel, Montclair, N.J., Lynn M. Riehl, Stamford, Conn., Andrew Sargison, Harpenden, United Kingdom, Ben Johnson-Laird, New York, and Yimei Guo, Lake Grove, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of selling employee stock options (ESOs) and other compensation instruments. The method may comprise receiving a sale order for the employee stock options from a seller. The method may also comprise the step of determining a winning bidder based on bids submitted by at least two bidders that specify a price for the employee stock options. The method may further comprise suspending the auction until there are qualifying bids from at least two bidders. The method may also comprise transferring a derivative in place of the employee stock options to the winning bidder, wherein the derivative entities the holder thereof to buy a quantity of securities of an issuer at the price." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2011 (13/087,634). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,700.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,700&RS=PN/8,180,700 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Citicorp Development Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Citicorp Development Center, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,181,232) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for secure user authentication." The co-inventors are Michael Grandcolas, Santa Monica, Calif., Irina Koryakovtseva, Marlboro, N.J., Jennifer Vos, Glen Head, N.Y., and Robert A. Herrig, Garrison, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method and system for secure user authentication in electronic commerce involves maintaining electronic information having a first aspect that is accessible over a first electronic communication channel in response to entry of a first credential known to the user and a second aspect that is accessible by the user over the first electronic communication channel in response to entry of a second credential provided to the user at a pre-registered delivery address on a second electronic communication channel. The second credential is provided to the user via the second electronic communication channel in response to entry of a pre-determined user selection during a current session of user access to the first aspect if no change has occurred in the pre-registered delivery address within a pre-determined period of time, and the user is allowed a session of access to the second aspect in response to entry of the second credential either during the current session of user access to the first aspect or during a succeeding session of user access to the first aspect." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2006 (11/494,224). 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=8,181,232&OS=8,181,232&RS=8,181,232 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,180,882) developed by Jonathan M. Liss, Marlboro, N.J., Sameh A. Sabet, Freehold, N.J., and Jeffrey A. Deverin, Sayreville, N.J., for a "distributed messaging system and method for sharing network status data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed messaging system and method allows servers in a network to share data, such as network status data associated with all of the servers in the network. In one embodiment, the distributed messaging system and method may be used in element management system (EMS) servers in a distributed network management system (NMS). The servers in the network share the data in a distributed manner by transmitting messages including the network status data, for example, using a star/broadcast method or a circular message queue (CMQ) method." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2004 (10/896,541). 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=8,180,882&OS=8,180,882&RS=8,180,882 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,181,180) developed by six co-inventors for "managing jobs in shared file systems." The co-inventors are Eric A. Anderson, Palo Alto, Calif., Christopher Edward Hoover, Los Gatos, Calif., Charles E. Christian Jr., Basking Ridge, N.J., Tim Reddin, Galway, Ireland, Robert J. Souza, Windham, N.H., and Xiaozhou Li, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing jobs in a shared file system. One embodiment includes a method that intercepts file accesses within a job on a client to a storage device in a shared file system, detects when a file associated with the job changes, and sends the client a message of the change." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/855,682). 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=8,181,180&OS=8,181,180&RS=8,181,180 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Active Intelligent Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,180,880) developed by Andrea Basso, Marlboro, N.J., and Vishwa M. Prasad, Old Bridge, N.J., for an active intelligent content. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Active intelligent content is aware of its own timeline, lifecycle, capabilities, limitations, and related information. The active intelligent content is aware of its surroundings and can convert automatically into a format or file type more conducive to the device or environment it is stored in. If the active intelligent content does not have the required tools to make such a transformation, it is self-aware enough to seek out the tools and/or information to make that transformation. Such active intelligent content can be used for enhanced file portability, target advertising, personalization of media, and selective encryption, enhancement, and restriction. The content can also be used to collaborate with other content and provide users with enhanced information based on user preferences, ratings, costs, genres, file types, and the like." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2009 (12/625,986). 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=8,180,880&OS=8,180,880&RS=8,180,880 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,180,884) developed by Robert J. Hall, Berkeley Heights, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for monitoring, reporting and charging for services in an application network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is disclosed for the monitoring of active threads in a network service, such as a content transformation service. A network element periodically samples active threads that are indicative of an active session of a service being provided to a subscriber. Identifiers associated with the active threads are collected and stored in, for example, a network log along with related information, such as the subscriber identifying information associated with the thread and/or the amount of network resources utilized by the thread. The collected information is then made available or displayed for use in, or example, controlling the usage of a network service or billing for services based accurately on the amount of network resources consumed by a subscriber." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2005 (11/290,924). 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=8,180,884&OS=8,180,884&RS=8,180,884 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Propulsion Remote Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Propulsion Remote Holdings, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,180,671) developed by five co-inventors for a "point pooling loyalty system and method." The co-inventors are Perry A. Cohagan, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., Birgitta Mayer, New York, Julia Menichilli, Manhasset, N.Y., Theodore S. Voltmer, Caldwell, N.J., and Penelope Wood-Kulko, Brooklyn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2004 (10/708,568). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,180,671.PN.&OS=PN/8,180,671&RS=PN/8,180,671 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Temarylogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Temarylogic, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,180,817) developed by Peter Lablans, Morris Township, N.J., for an "encipherment of digital sequences by reversible transposition methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for transposing elements of a sequence according to a rule, wherein the rule is derived from pseudo-noise or pseudo-noise like binary and non-binary sequences are disclosed. Sequences of transposed symbols can be recovered by applying a reversing rule. Sets of orthogonal hopping and transposition rules are created by applying transposition rules upon themselves. Sets of orthogonal hopping and transposition rules are also created from binary and non-binary Gold sequences." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/081,806). 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=8,180,817&OS=8,180,817&RS=8,180,817 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,181,093) developed by Alexander Reznik, Titusville, N.J., Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, N.Y., and Chunxuan Ye, King of Prussia, Pa., for a "method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multimedia broadcast multicast services via a dedicated downlink carrier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for wireless communication of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) data and unicast data using separate downlink carriers and are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having a single receiver that is switchable to receive either carrier is provided. A network station, such as a Node-B, preferably encodes K MBMS data packets to N MBMS encoded packets using erasure correction coding where N is preferably significantly greater than (K+.nu.) which is a determined number of MBMS encoded packets sufficient to recover the K MBMS data packets. The Node-B preferably generates a superframe for carrying the N MBMS encoded packets for each MBMS and transmits the superframe via an MBMS carrier. The Node-B preferably schedules a unicast transmission such that the WTRU is provided with sufficient time to switch to the MBMS carrier to receive at least (K+.nu.) MBMS encoded packets per superframe." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/962,877). 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=8,181,093&OS=8,181,093&RS=8,181,093 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,181,091) developed by Ivan Djordjevic, Tuscon, Ariz., Lei Xu, Princeton Junction, N.J., and Ting Wang, Princeton, N.J., for a "high speed LDPC decoding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical probability-domain LDPC decoder suitable for implementation at 100 Gb/s and above provides large coding gains when based on large-girth LDPC codes. A basic building block, the probabilities multiplier circuit, used to implement both check node and probability node update circuits can be implemented using Mach-Zehnder delay interferometer." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2009 (12/571,501). 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=8,181,091&OS=8,181,091&RS=8,181,091 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Detecting Duplicate Documents Using Classification ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,180,773) developed by four co-inventors for "detecting duplicate documents using classification." The co-inventors are Srinivas V. Chitiveli, Germantown, Md., Barton W. Emanuel, Manassas, Va., Alexander W. Holt, New Paltz, N.Y., and Michael E. Moran, Ridgewood, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for detecting a duplicate document. A plurality of documents may be assigned to categories, each category corresponding to a collection of duplicates, or near duplicate documents. A new document may be received. The new document may be evaluated against each category to determine a similarity score between the new document and each category. The new document may be identified as a duplicate based on the similarity scores and thresholds for each category. An action may then be performed on the duplicate based on duplication rules. The thresholds and duplication rules may be customized by a user." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,758). 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=8,180,773&OS=8,180,773&RS=8,180,773 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, N.M., has been assigned a patent (8,181,029) developed by William Roberts Cheswick, Bernardeville, N.J., for an "apparatus, methods, and computer program products for entering secure passwords." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, methods and/or computer program products are provided that facilitate entering secure passwords into a user device. A user requested image is displayed via a display or monitor of a user device. The image is zoomable to one or more higher resolution levels beyond an initial display resolution, and the image is displayed at higher resolution levels in response to a user activating a zoom function via the user device. The coordinates of a user selected feature within a displayed higher resolution level image are obtained and translated into a password. The password is then entered into the requesting application." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2009 (12/565,134). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,181,029&OS=8,181,029&RS=8,181,029 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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