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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (May 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,185,618) developed by Robert P. Beliles Jr., Pleasanton, Calif., and Mark A. Kolar, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for a "dynamically responding to non-network events at a network device in a computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique dynamically responds to non-network events at a network device in a computer network. According to the novel technique, one or more sensors automatically detect (sense) one or more non-network events, and notifications of the non-network events are then transmitted over the network. One or more network devices (e.g., data centers, servers, routers, etc.) detect the notifications of the network events, and dynamically respond to the non-network events based on one or more associated policies. For example, one or more network-based policies may be defined that modify one or more network configuration parameters in response to the non-network events. Alternatively or in addition, one or more physical-based policies may be defined that instruct one or more network-attached physical control devices to modify one or more physical parameters." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2006 (11/447,634). 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=8,185,618&OS=8,185,618&RS=8,185,618 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Markit On Demand Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Markit On Demand, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,185,469) developed by James Tanner, Boulder, Colo., for a "computer-based method for teaming research analysts to generate improved securities investment recommendations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-based method for combining investment recommendations of individual research providers such as stock analysts. The method includes providing a server running a research team management module. A list of individual research providers is displayed on a client node linked to the server network. A research team is generated based on user input including a number of the research providers. Team rules are assigned to the team defining an algorithm for processing recommendations from the members of the team. Recommendations for securities are retrieved for the research providers on the team, and team recommendations are generated by applying the team rules to the recommendations. Team recommendations are reported to the client node for guiding investments. Processing of the individual recommendations may include applying differing weights to the positive and negative recommendations and combining the weighted recommendations, with the weights being user-selected differentiating strengths of members of the research team." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2011 (13/083,138). 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=8,185,469&OS=8,185,469&RS=8,185,469 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Training a Virtual Machine Placement Controller ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,185,894) developed by four co-inventors for a "training a virtual machine placement controller." The co-inventors are Brian J. Watson, Chesapeake, Va., Chris D. Hyser, Victor, N.Y., Bret A. McKee, Fort Collins, Colo., and Robert D. Gardner, Fort Collins, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To train a virtual machine placement controller, the placement controller determines a new layout of virtual machines that is different from an existing layout of the virtual machines, according to criteria. The placement controller transmits the information relating to the new layout to a user interface. The placement controller receives feedback from the user interface, the received feedback indicating a user response to the new layout. The placement controller then modifies the criteria in response to the received feedback." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/237,177). 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=8,185,894&OS=8,185,894&RS=8,185,894 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Starting Up at Least One Virtual Machine in a Physical Machine by a Load Balancer ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,185,893) developed by Chris D. Hyser, Victor, N.Y., and Bret A. McKee, Ft. Collins, Colo., for a "starting up at least one virtual machine in a physical machine by a load balancer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system has plural physical machines that contain virtual machines. A load balancer receives a request from a client. In response to the request, it is determined whether at least one additional virtual machine should be started up. In response to determining that at least one additional virtual machine should be started up, the load balancer sends at least one command to start up the at least one additional virtual machine in at least one of the physical machines." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/588,635). 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=8,185,893&OS=8,185,893&RS=8,185,893 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,185,850) developed by Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, Colo., for a "method of implementing a circuit design using control and data path information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of implementing a circuit design is described. The method comprises specifying criteria for control and data path identification; generating a representation for the circuit design; analyzing the representation based upon the criteria for control and data path identification; identifying control and data elements of the circuit design based upon paths and macros of the circuit design; and generating a modified representation, by a computer, for the circuit design based upon the identified control and data elements." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/730,183). 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=8,185,850&OS=8,185,850&RS=8,185,850 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MIPS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- MIPS Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,185,879) developed by four co-inventors for an "external trace synchronization via periodic sampling." The co-inventors are Radhika Thekkath, Palo Alto, Calif., Franz Treue, Palo Alto, Calif., Ernest L. Edgar, Larkspur, Colo., and Richard T. Leatherman, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for tracing a multi-tasking embedded pipelined processor includes executing compiled code including trace controls. Tracing is initiated when the execution of the compiled code is initiated. Tracing is stopped when execution of the compiled code is completed. A trace record is formed during tracing. The trace record includes a processor mode indication, application space identity value and an instruction architecture set mode indication." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2006 (11/557,005). 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=8,185,879&OS=8,185,879&RS=8,185,879 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,185,752) developed by Thomas Lance Dodd, Monument, Colo., for a "method and system for providing data field encryption and storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for securely storing and managing sensitive data. A system and method are provided that include a central device that receives an actual data value from a requester, encrypts the actual data value, obtains a replacement value for the encrypted actual data value, obtains a secondary replacement value based on the encrypted actual data value, and transmits the replacement value to the requester for storage by the requester. The system and method also includes a storage device for storing the secondary replacement value in association with the encrypted actual data value at a secure location. The requester can later use the replacement value to retrieve the actual data value from the central device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/965,449). 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=8,185,752&OS=8,185,752&RS=8,185,752 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,185,684) developed by Timothy Michael Naftel, Longmont, Colo., for a "method and apparatus for resolving volume identifiers associated with a virtual machine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for resolving volumes identifiers and drive letters associated with a virtual machine is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises correlating system registry information with at least one virtual drive configuration associated with a virtual machine image to produce a correlation result and mapping a volume identifier to at least one virtual drive based on the correlation result." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/056,992). 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=8,185,684&OS=8,185,684&RS=8,185,684 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,185,726) developed by four co-inventors for a "sleep optimization based on system information block scheduling." The co-inventors are Ali Taha, San Diego, Chih-Ping Hsu, San Diego, Shawn C. Morrison, Boulder, Colo., and Vivek Ramachandran, Carlsbad, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses are presented for sleep optimization based on system information block SIB scheduling. A method for invoking sleep states within user equipment (UE) is presented. The method includes decoding a broadcast control channel with a cell, determining a System Information Block (SIB) schedule associated with the cell, determining a sleep time interval based upon the SIB schedule, and placing the UE in a sleep state using the sleep time intervals. An apparatus for invoking sleep states within UE is presented. The apparatus includes logic configured to decode a broadcast control channel with a cell, logic configured to determine a SIB schedule associated with the cell, logic configured to determine a sleep time interval based upon the SIB schedule, and logic configured to place the UE in a sleep state using the sleep time intervals." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2007 (11/739,830). 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=8,185,726&OS=8,185,726&RS=8,185,726 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,185,784) developed by four co-inventors for a "drive health monitoring with provisions for drive probation state and drive copy rebuild." The co-inventors are Craig C. McCombs, Bel Aire, Kan., Naman Nair, Fremont, Calif., Martin Jess, Erie, Colo., and Jeremy Birzer, Wichita, Kan. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for monitoring drive health. A method for monitoring drive health may comprise: a) conducting a predictive fault analysis for at least one drive of a RAID; and b) copying data from the at least one drive of the RAID to a replacement drive according to the predictive fault analysis. A system for monitoring drive health may comprise: a) means for conducting a predictive fault analysis for at least one drive of a RAID; and b) means for copying data from the at least one drive of the RAID to a replacement drive according to the predictive fault analysis." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/150,426). 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=8,185,784&OS=8,185,784&RS=8,185,784 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Dot Hill Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Dot Hill Systems, Longmont, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,185,777) developed by Ian Robert Davies, Longmont, Colo., Victor Key Pecone, Lyons, Colo., and George Alexander Kalwitz, Mead, Colo., for a "network storage appliance with integrated server and redundant storage controllers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network storage appliance is disclosed. The appliance includes a chassis enclosing a backplane, and a server enclosed in the chassis and coupled to the backplane. The appliance also includes storage controllers enclosed in the chassis, each coupled to the backplane, which control transfer of data between the server and storage devices coupled to the storage controllers. The storage controllers also control transfer of data between the storage devices and computers networked to the appliance and external to the appliance. The storage controllers and the server comprise a plurality of hot-replaceable blades. Any one of the plurality of blades may be replaced during operation of the appliance without loss of access to the storage devices by the computers. In one embodiment, the server executes storage application software, such as backup software for backing up data on the storage devices, such as to a tape device networked to the server." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2009 (12/607,507). 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=8,185,777&OS=8,185,777&RS=8,185,777 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. -1087872 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |