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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Nov. 28)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York.
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McAfee Assigned Patent for Indicating Website Reputations During Website Manipulation of User Information
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,321,791) developed by Christopher John Dixon, New York, and Thomas Pinckney, Cambridge, Mass., for "indicating website reputations during website manipulation of user information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user."
The patent application was filed on July 13, 2009 (12/502,158). 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=8,321,791&OS=8,321,791&RS=8,321,791
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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VMware Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- VMware, Palo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,321,850) developed by Derek Bruening, Troy, N.Y., and Vladimir L. Kiriansky, Alameda, Calif., for a "sharing and persisting code caches."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer code from an application program comprising a plurality of modules that each comprise a separately loadable file is code cached in a shared and persistent caching system. A shared code caching engine receives native code comprising at least a portion of a single module of the application program, and stores runtime data corresponding to the native code in a cache data file in the non-volatile memory. The engine then converts cache data file into a code cache file and enables the code cache file to be pre-loaded as a runtime code cache. These steps are repeated to store a plurality of separate code cache files at different locations in non-volatile memory."
The patent application was filed on June 6, 2008 (12/135,020). 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=8,321,850&OS=8,321,850&RS=8,321,850
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Rendering State Diagrams for a Multi-dimensional Enterprise Architecture
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,248) developed by Glenn A. Cobb, Lansing, N.Y., Richard W. Page Jr., Lansing, N.Y., and Kevin W. Young, Tampa, Fla., for a "method, system and program product for rendering state diagrams for a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present provides a method, system, and program product for rendering state diagrams for a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture. The rendered state diagrams illustrate the actual or planned use, assignment, retirement, interdependence, etc., of enterprise elements in a multi-dimensional enterprise architecture within a user-specified time frame, from a user selected frame of reference, for a user-specified business scope. The method comprises: defining a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects represents an element of the enterprise architecture; defining a plurality of relationships, wherein each of the relationships is between one of the plurality of objects and another of the plurality of objects; and rendering the at least one state diagram based upon the plurality of objects, the plurality of relationships, and a frame of reference."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2003 (10/741,404). 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=8,321,248&OS=8,321,248&RS=8,321,248
Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,321,925) developed by Cyrus J. Durgin, Seattle, Pratik S. Dave, New York City, N.Y., and Eric J. Martin, Bainbridge Island, Wash., for a "distributed encryption key management."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Secure information is managed for each host or machine in an electronic environment using a series of key identifiers that each represent one or more secure keys, passwords, or other secure information. Applications and services needing access to the secure information can specify the key identifier, for example, and the secure information currently associated with that identifier can be determined without any change to the code or manual input or exposure of the secure information on the respective device. Functionality such as encryption key management and rotation are inaccessible and transparent to the user. In a networked or distributed environment, the key identifiers can be associated with host classes such that at startup any host in a class can obtain the necessary secure information. Updates and key rotation can be performed in a similar fashion by pushing updates to host classes transparent to a user, application, or service."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2009 (12/372,609). 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=8,321,925&OS=8,321,925&RS=8,321,925
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Containing and Accessing Multiple Web Browsers
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,798) developed by Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Kelly Aymar, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for "containing and accessing multiple web browsers."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A container browser or a super browser stores browsers and enables a user to launch any stored web browser and display a designated web page from a preferred browser. This container browser can track and bookmark the browsers such that the browsers could be easily selected and initiated. The container browser could present the content in tabbed form, meaning that a tab that the user can click on will represent every open window. Once the user has designated a particular browser to display particular web page, then this information is stored in the container browser. Further accesses to that web site would be displayed using the designated web browser. Other designated web pages would be displayed on other designated web browsers."
The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,305). 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=8,321,798&OS=8,321,798&RS=8,321,798
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Starz Entertainment Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Starz Entertainment, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,321,902) developed by five co-inventors for a multilevel bandwidth check." The co-inventors are Robert F. Greene, Lone Tree, Colo., Richard T. Brownrigg, Castle Rock, Colo., John C. Beyler, Chappaque, N.Y., Rebecca R. Lim, Englewood, Colo., and John S. Fukuda, Denver.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A subscription system for providing content by subscription using an Internet connection is disclosed. The subscription system includes a content object store and an interface. The content object store stores a plurality of content objects. The interface is configured to receive a request to initiate a subscription with a first address for a particular account using the Internet. The subscription allows use of the plurality of content objects by the particular account without individually charging for the plurality of content objects. It is verified that a first connection speed is greater than a first threshold value before allowing the subscription, where the first connection speed is over the Internet with the first address. A request to access the subscription of the particular account is received from a second address with the Internet. It is verified that a second connection speed is greater than a second threshold value. The second connection speed is over the Internet with the second address. The second threshold value is associated with at least one of a product or a level of service for the subscription."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2010 (12/869,648). 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=8,321,902&OS=8,321,902&RS=8,321,902
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Processing of Streaming Data with a Keyed Delay
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,865) developed by four co-inventors for a "processing of streaming data with a keyed delay." The co-inventors are Lisa Amini, Hawthorne, N.Y., Henrique Andrade, Hawthorne, N.Y., Mitchell A. Cohen, Hawthorne, N.Y., and Bugra Gedik, Hawthorne, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A keyed delay is used in the processing of streaming data to decrease the processing performed and the output provided. A first event, within a particular window, having a particular key starts a delay condition. Arriving events with the same key replace the previous arrival for that key until the delay condition is satisfied. In response thereto, the latest event with that key is output."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,435). 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=8,321,865&OS=8,321,865&RS=8,321,865
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Leviton Manufacturing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (RE43,828) developed by four co-inventors for a "ceiling lampholder to accept a non-incandescent lamp." The co-inventors are Anthony Tufano, North Massapequa, N.Y., Marc Noest, Westbury, N.Y., Emma Levin, Brooklyn, N.Y., and James Richter, Bethpage, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention is directed to a lampholder for receiving a non-incandescent lamp having a 2-pin base. A surface mountable member for receiving the lamp and which has no voltage transforming circuitry is disclosed. Each pin of the lamp has an enlarged cylindrical shaped end attached to a shaft of reduced diameter. The surface mountable member has two keyhole shaped apertures, each of which has a large circular end aperture and an arc shaped slot for receiving and securely holding the pins of the lamp to the surface mountable member. The circular aperture of each keyhole shaped aperture has a diameter which is slightly larger than the diameter of the enlarged cylindrical end of the lamp pin, and the arc shaped slot has a width that is both smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical end of the lamp pin and wider than the diameter of the shaft of the pin. The enlarged ends of the pins of the lamp, when located in the arc shaped slots, prevent the lamp from being pulled out of the surface mountable member."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2010 (12/945,167). 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=RE43,828&OS=RE43,828&RS=RE43,828
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent for Method of Offering a Promotional Product
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,795) developed by five co-inventors for a "method of offering a promotional product." The co-inventors are Felix Blanco, Rochester, N.Y., Timothy J. Whit, Webster, N.Y., James M. Burniche, Rochester, N.Y., John R. Fredlund, Rochester, N.Y., and Joseph A. Manico, Rochester, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of offering a promotional product to a user at a digital imaging device having a display. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an order from the user at the digital imaging device for an imaging service or product; and simultaneously processing the order for the imaging service or product at the display and displaying, on the display, a motion image comprising the promotional product, wherein the promotional product is different than the imaging service or product. In a preferred embodiment, the promotional product displayed on the display comprises a user-supplied image."
The patent application was filed on June 3, 2003 (10/453,292). 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=8,321,795&OS=8,321,795&RS=8,321,795
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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General Electric Assigned Patent for Method and System for Distributed Computation Having Sub-task Processing and Sub-solution Redistribution
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,870) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for distributed computation having sub-task processing and sub-solution redistribution." The co-inventors are Daniel John Messier, Niskayuna, N.Y., Joseph James Salvo, Niskayuna, N.Y., John William Carbone, Niskayuna, N.Y., Charles Burton Theurer, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Li Zhang, Niskayuna, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for processing a computational task is presented. The system includes a plurality of nodes operationally coupled to one another via one or more networks. The plurality of nodes includes a base node including a processing subsystem configured to receive the computational task, select a subset of available nodes from the plurality of nodes based upon a present status, processing capability, distance, network throughput, range, resources, features, or combinations thereof of the plurality of nodes, divide the computational task into a plurality of sub-tasks, distribute the plurality of sub-tasks among the subset of available nodes based upon a number of nodes in the subset of available nodes, completion time period allowed for the plurality of sub-tasks, a distribution criteria, level of security required for the completion of the plurality of sub-tasks, resources available with the subset of available nodes, processing capability of the subset of available nodes, range of the subset of available nodes, features in the subset of available nodes, reliability of the subset of available nodes, trust in the subset of available nodes, the current load on the subset of available nodes, domain of the plurality of sub-tasks, or combinations thereof, receive sub-solutions corresponding to the plurality of sub-tasks from the subset of available nodes in a desired time period, and reassemble the sub-solutions to determine a solution corresponding to the computational task."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2009 (12/541,285). 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=8,321,870&OS=8,321,870&RS=8,321,870
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines, King Abdulazlz City for Science and Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., and King Abdulazlz City for Science and Technology, Rlyadh, Saudi Arabia, have been assigned a patent (8,321,961) developed by four co-inventors for a "production scale fabrication method for high resolution AFM tips." The co-inventors are Guy Cohen, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., Mark C. Reuter, Montrose, N.Y., Brent A. Wacaser, Garrison, N.Y., and Maha M. Khayyat, Chappaqua, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of fabricating high resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips including a single semiconductor nanowire grown at an apex of a semiconductor pyramid of each AFM tip is provided. The semiconductor nanowire that is grown has a controllable diameter and a high aspect ratio, without significant tapering from the tip of the semiconductor nanowire to its base. The method includes providing an AFM probe including a semiconductor cantilever having a semiconductor pyramid extending upward from a surface of said semiconductor cantilever. The semiconductor pyramid has an apex. A patterned oxide layer is formed on the AFM probe. The patterned oxide layer has an opening that exposes the apex of the semiconductor pyramid. A single semiconductor nanowire is grown on the exposed apex of the semiconductor pyramid utilizing a non-oxidized Al seed material as a catalyst for nanowire growth."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/900,123). 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=8,321,961&OS=8,321,961&RS=8,321,961
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Belden Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Belden, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (RE43,832) developed by six co-inventors for a "constant force coaxial cable connector." The co-inventors are Allen L. Malloy, Elmira Heights, N.Y., Jack Radzik, Trumansburg, N.Y., Mike Dean, Waverly, N.Y., Bruce C. Hauver, Elmira, N.Y., Gary A. Knaus, Horseheads, N.Y., and Charles Thomas, Athens, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A coaxial cable connector generally includes a connector body, a nut rotatably coupled to the connector body, a post disposed in the connector body and a biasing element acting between the post and the nut. The nut has an internal thread for engagement with an external thread of a mating connector. The internal thread of the nut and the external thread of the mating connector can be mismatched, wherein an interference fit is created therebetween upon connection of the nut to the mating connector. Also, the post can have a forward flanged base portion disposed within the axial length of the internally threaded surface of the nut, which, together with the biasing element, provides a constant force between the post and the nut."
The patent application was filed on July 27, 2011 (13/192,393). 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=RE43,832&OS=RE43,832&RS=RE43,832
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Managing Multiple Virtual World Accounts from a Single Virtual Lobby Interface
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,787) developed by five co-inventors for a "managing multiple virtual world accounts from a single virtual lobby interface." The co-inventors are Vittorio Castelli, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A virtual lobby client automatically interfaces with multiple virtual world instances, each provided by a separate virtual world provider from among multiple virtual world providers, each interfaced with to access a separate virtual world account, to retrieve a separate selection of inventory items from each virtual world account. The virtual lobby client renders an inventory directory index of each separate selection of inventory items within a single lobby interface with at least one selectable option for managing each of the items in the inventory directory from the single lobby interface. The virtual lobby client renders, within the single lobby interface, a separate graphical portal for each virtual account, wherein entry of each of the separate graphical portals triggers the virtual lobby client to automatically open a virtual world specific interface window into a particular virtual world instance provided under the particular virtual world account associated with the entered graphical portal."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/494,737). 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=8,321,787&OS=8,321,787&RS=8,321,787
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Verifying an Attribute in Records for Procurement Application
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,914) developed by Macam S. Dattathreya, Sterling Heights, Mich., William Philip Shaouy, Atlanta, and Russell Thomas White Jr., Conklin, N.Y., for a "system and method for verifying an attribute in records for procurement application."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and associated method for verifying an attribute in records for a procurement application. The procurement application employs a database having a company profile record, a user profile record, and a requisition object record, among which share a company_code attribute as a target attribute that is desired to be valid. The company profile record has a validity attribute, and the requisition object record has a validity flag, to indicate validities of the value for the target attribute in respective record. A company profile configuration module configures the company profile record. A user profile verification module prohibits a user without a valid user profile from accessing the procurement application. A user profile cleanup program removes invalid user profile records from the database. A requisition object verification module checks out valid values for the company_code attribute from the company profile records and blocks modification to invalid requisition objects."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2008 (12/017,075). 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=8,321,914&OS=8,321,914&RS=8,321,914
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Google Assigned Patent for Generating Prosodic Contours for Synthesized Speech
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,321,225) developed by four co-inventors for "generating prosodic contours for synthesized speech." The co-inventors are Martin Jansche, New York, Michael D. Riley, New York, Andrew M. Rosenberg, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Terry Tai, Jersey City, N.J.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method including receiving text to be synthesized as a spoken utterance. The method includes analyzing the received text to determine attributes of the received text and selecting one or more utterances from a database based on a comparison between the attributes of the received text and attributes of text representing the stored utterances. The method includes determining, for each utterance, a distance between a contour of the utterance and a hypothetical contour of the spoken utterance, the determination based on a model that relates distances between pairs of contours of the utterances to relationships between attributes of text for the pairs. The method includes selecting a final utterance having a contour with a closest distance to the hypothetical contour and generating a contour for the received text based on the contour of the final utterance."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,568). 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=8,321,225&OS=8,321,225&RS=8,321,225
Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Mindspark Interactive Network Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Mindspark Interactive Network, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,267) developed by Chris P. Hoerenz, Scarsdale, N.Y., for a "method, system and apparatus for targeting an offer."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, apparatus, means, computer code, and method may include receiving data indicative of information associated with a user, determining a value of a metric associated with the user based on the data indicative of information associated with the user, verifying that the value of the metric associated with the user is valid, selecting an offer from a plurality of offers where each of the offers has a score associated with the value of the metric, and providing data indicative of the selected offer."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2003 (10/610,308). 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=8,321,267&OS=8,321,267&RS=8,321,267
Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Disruptive Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Disruptive Technologies, Locust Valley, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,245) developed by Robert Wallach, Mill Neck, N.Y., and Jasper Jackson, Montclair, N.J., for an "insurance incentive program for promoting the purchase or release of an automobile after an expiration of a lease."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lessee of an item, such as an automobile, is encouraged to either purchase the automobile at the expiration of the lease, or to initiate a new lease for the same item. If the lessee undertakes a purchase or a new lease, a manufacturer of the item, or another party, provides insurance covering the item. The methods disclosed herein may be performed over a computer network, such as the Internet."
The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,134). 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=8,321,245&OS=8,321,245&RS=8,321,245
Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.
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State University of New York Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,712) developed by Kanad Ghose, Vestal, N.Y., for a "system and method for reducing power requirements of microprocessors through dynamic allocation of datapath resources."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a system and methods for segmenting datapath resources such as reorder buffers, physical registers, instruction queues and load-store queues, etc. in a microprocessor so that their size may be dynamically expanded and contracted. This is accomplished by allocating and deallocating individual resource units to each resource based on sampled estimates of the instantaneous resource needs of the program running on the microprocessor. By keeping unused datapath resources to a minimum, power and energy savings are achieved by shutting off resource units that are not needed for sustaining the performance requirements of the running program. Leakage energy and switching energy and power are reduced using the described methods."
The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,930). 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=8,321,712&OS=8,321,712&RS=8,321,712
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Computing System with Optimized Support for Transactional Memory
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,637) developed by Richard I. Baum, Austin, Texas, and Thomas J. Heller Jr., Rhinebeck, N.Y., for a "computing system with optimized support for transactional memory."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computing system processes memory transactions for parallel processing of multiple threads of execution by support of which an application need not be aware. The computing system transactional memory support provides a Transaction Table in memory and a method of fast detection, of potential conflicts between multiple transactions. Special instructions may mark the boundaries of a transaction and identify memory locations applicable to a transaction. A `private to transaction` (PTRAN) tag, directly addressable as part of the main data storage memory location, enables a quick detection of potential conflicts with other transactions that are concurrently executing on another thread of said computing system. The tag indicates whether (or not) a data entry in memory is part of a speculative memory state of an uncommitted transaction that is currently active in the system."
The patent application was filed on May 14, 2007 (11/748,044). 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=83,21,637.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,637&RS=PN/83,21,637
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,704) developed by five co-inventors for "managing electric power consumption by configuring elements of a distributed computing system." The co-inventors are Edward P. Clarke Jr., Ossining, N.Y., Lorraine M. Herger, Port Chester, N.Y., Marcel-Catalin Rosu, Ossining, N.Y., Frank A. Schaffa, Hartsdale, N.Y., and Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for managing electric power consumption by elements of a distributed computing system comprises: determining one or more system metrics that relate to electric power usage as consumed by elements of a configured distributed environment; determining a system value in response to the one or more system metrics, the value determined according to one or more value criteria; and, while in-progress applications are being run in the computing environment, evaluating one or more potential changes in the distributed computing environment and determining an alternate system value based on the changes; and, re-configuring elements of the distributed computing environment dynamically while the computing environment is operating, in accordance with a determined alternate system value. The re-configuring elements step is in accordance with a potential change operative to alter electric power consumption."
The patent application was filed on March 19, 2010 (12/727,950). 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=83,21,704.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,704&RS=PN/83,21,704
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JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,682) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for generating and managing administrator passwords." The co-inventors are Matthew J. Read, Oakland, Calif., Craig S. Ames, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Vinit Nangia, Dix Hills, N.Y., Pavel Lobashov, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Josiah Lam, Hong Kong.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A password management system and method for securing networked client terminals and mobile devices is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method for encrypting randomly generated administrator-level passwords and providing a means for decrypting the randomly generated passwords for single-use unrestricted access to a designated terminal or mobile device. When unrestricted access to the terminal or mobile device is required, the encrypted administrator-level password is decrypted using a shared symmetric key, which is generated during encryption of the administrator password, to reveal the administrator-level password for the terminal or mobile device. The administrator-level password is a single-use password, wherein upon use of the administrator-level password a new administrator-level password may be automatically generated for the corresponding terminal or mobile device."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2009 (12/360,100). 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=83,21,682.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,682&RS=PN/83,21,682
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Intellectual Ventures I Assigned Patent for Method for Distributing Content to a User Station
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Ventures I, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,321,499) developed by Richard R. Reisman, New York, for a "method for distributing content to a user station."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for controlling a user station configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes steps for providing a user interface to enable a user at the user station to select multiple ones of the multiplicity of independently-operated data object sources to be polled; automatically polling each of the selected data object sources in order to determine availability of desired data at each of the selected data object sources; and automatically transporting desired data determined to be available from each of the selected data object sources to the user station. Software and a user station for implementing the method are also described."
The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/696,536). 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=83,21,499.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,499&RS=PN/83,21,499
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Google Assigned Patent for Methods and System for Sharing Gadgets between Users
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,321,537) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and system for sharing gadgets between users." The co-inventors are Christopher Rohrs, New York, Jessica Ewing, San Francisco, Rachel Garb, Mountain View, Calif., and Dylan Parker, Victoria BC, Canada.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates sharing gadgets. The system allows a sender to specify a gadget to share with a recipient and how a set of configuration parameters are to be shared with the recipient. The system further receives an identifier for the recipient. The system also communicates the gadget to the recipient, thereby allowing the recipient to use the gadget in accordance with the configuration parameters."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2006 (11/647,059). 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=83,21,537.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,537&RS=PN/83,21,537
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Limelight Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Limelight Networks, Tempe, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,321,533) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods thereto for acceleration of web pages access using next page optimization, caching and pre-fetching techniques." The co-inventors are Leonid Fainberg, Qiryat Gat, Israel, Ofir Ehrlich, Tel Aviv, Israel, Gil Shai, Givataim, Israel, Ofer Gadish, Raanana, Israel, Amitay Dobo, Kibbutz Lahav, Israel, and Ori Berger, New York.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for acceleration of access to a web page using next page optimization, caching and pre-fetching techniques. The method comprises receiving a web page responsive to a request by a user; analyzing the received web page for possible acceleration improvements of the web page access; generating a modified web page of the received web page using at least one of a plurality of pre-fetching techniques; providing the modified web page to the user, wherein the user experiences an accelerated access to the modified web page resulting from execution of the at least one of a plurality of pre-fetching techniques; and storing the modified web page for use responsive to future user requests."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,611). 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=83,21,533.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,533&RS=PN/83,21,533
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Tervela Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Tervela, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,578) developed by J. Barry Thompson, Easton, Pa., Kul Singh, New York, and Pierre Fraval, New York, for "systems and methods for network virtualization."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Message publish/subscribe systems are required to process high message volumes with reduced latency and performance bottlenecks. The end-to-end middleware architecture proposed by the present invention is designed for high-volume, low-latency messaging by, among other things, reducing intermediary hops with neighbor-based routing, introducing efficient native-to-external and external-to-native protocol conversions, monitoring system performance, including latency, in real time, employing topic-based and channel-based message communications, and dynamically optimizing system interconnect configurations and message transmission protocols."
The patent application was filed on June 3, 2011 (13/152,939). 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=83,21,578.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,578&RS=PN/83,21,578
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Analyzing Streams and Counting Stream Items on Multi-core Processors
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,579) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for analyzing streams and counting stream items on multi-core processors." The co-inventors are Charu Chandra Aggarwal, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., Rajesh Bordawekar, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Dina Thomas, Stanford, Calif., and Philip Shilung Yu, Chappaqua, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for parallel stream item counting are disclosed. A data stream is partitioned into portions and the portions are assigned to a plurality of processing cores. A sequential kernel is executed at each processing core to compute a local count for items in an assigned portion of the data stream for that processing core. The counts are aggregated for all the processing cores to determine a final count for the items in the data stream. A frequency-aware counting method (FCM) for data streams includes dynamically capturing relative frequency phases of items from a data stream and placing the items in a sketch structure using a plurality of hash functions where a number of hash functions is based on the frequency phase of the item. A zero-frequency table is provided to reduce errors due to absent items."
The patent application was filed on July 26, 2007 (11/828,732). 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=83,21,579.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,579&RS=PN/83,21,579
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controlling Collaboration Participation
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,508) developed by Charles S. Lingafelt, Durham, N.C., and David P. Merrill, New Paltz, N.Y., and John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Ind., for controlling collaboration participation.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided for controlling collaboration participation. The system includes a computing infrastructure configured to monitor endpoint collaboration devices and/or users. The computing infrastructure is also configured to authorize collaboration between one or more of the endpoint collaboration devices and/or users with an initiating device if the computing infrastructure finds a match between stored attributes and information related to the one or more endpoint collaboration devices and/or users."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2007 (11/860,778). 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=83,21,508.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,508&RS=PN/83,21,508
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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CFPH Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- CFPH, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,323) developed by seven co-inventors for an "interprogram communication using messages related to order cancellation." The co-inventors are Howard W. Lutnick, New York, Dean P. Alderucci, New York, Andrew Fishkind, New York, Brian L. Gay, New York, Kevin Foley, New York, Mark Miller, Cambridge, Mass., and Charles Plott, Pasadena, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A trading platform and trading method that allows access to additional pools of liquidity is described. Other embodiments are also described."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/257,499). 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=83,21,323.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,323&RS=PN/83,21,323
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Proxying Open Database Connectivity Calls
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,443) developed by seven co-inventors for "proxying open database connectivity (ODBC) calls." The co-inventors are Henrique Andrade, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Bugra Gedik, White Plains, N.Y., Martin J. Hirzel, White Plains, N.Y., Robert J. Soule, Brooklyn, N.Y., Huayong Wang, Bejing, Kun-Lung Wu, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Qiong Zou, Beijing.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) proxy infrastructure to transparently route incoming queries to one or more selected query engines. The ODBC proxy receives a query from an application, and determines based on the characteristics of the query and the capabilities of the query engines which one or more query engines are to perform the query. The proxy then routes the query to the one or more query engines, which perform the query. The results are then returned to the proxy, which provides the results to the application."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/876,348). 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=83,21,443.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,443&RS=PN/83,21,443
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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BGC Partners Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- BGC Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,324) developed by Howard Lutnick, New York, Joseph Noviello, New York, and Michael Sweeting, Aldershot, United Kingdom, for "managing outlying trading orders."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A determination is made as to whether a trading order that has been placed on a trading exchange is an outlying trading order. If it is determined that the trading order is an outlying trading order, a restrictive action is taken regarding the outlying trading order, and/or a restrictive action is taken regarding a subsequent trading order that may trade with the outlying trading order."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2009 (12/552,409). 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=83,21,324.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,324&RS=PN/83,21,324
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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ICAP North America Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- ICAP North America, Jersey City, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,321,327) developed by Jesse Robert Drennan, Lindenhurst, N.Y., and Jerome Bayer, Oak Ridge, N.J., for a "mapping an over the counter trade into a clearing house."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system converts OTC positions into contracts clearable at a futures clearing house. Each OTC position has a maturity date. The method comprises: a) defining a plurality of tenors. The plurality of tenors is fewer in number than the OTC maturity dates of the OTC positions. The method also comprises: b) defining a contract, which is clearable at the clearing house, corresponding to each tenor defined in step a); c) mapping each OTC position, as it is executed, into one or more of the contracts, based on the maturity date of the OTC position; and d) between business days, re-mapping each contract mapped at step c) to account for the move of calendar day. The invention finds particular application as a method and system to convert OTC Foreign Exchange (FX) positions into futures contracts clearable at a futures clearing house. The OTC FX positions may include OTC FX spot positions and OTC FX forwards positions."
The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,053). 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=83,21,327.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,327&RS=PN/83,21,327
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bloomberg Finance Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Bloomberg Finance, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,465) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for data coding, transmission, storage and decoding." The co-inventors are Emanuel Farber, New York, Scott Halstead, Hoboken, N.J., Michael J. Hardin, South Plainfield, N.J., and Paul Crispin Williams, Horsham, United Kingdom.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for the provision of data for transmission and/or storage, the transmission and storage of data, and, more particularly, to data coding for transmission and/or storage and to decoding of received and/or accessed or retrieved coded data. In an embodiment of the invention, data is assembled into coded data structures comprising a plurality of fields that, e.g., may contain actual or implied field values, and data associated therewith that relates to the plurality of fields. Encoding and decoding of the data may take place with reference to one or more associated data models, and a coded data structure according to this embodiment may contain content only (field values and data identifying the structure). This allows for a reduction in size of the data structure as compared to, e.g., a data structure comprising program code or all data needed to describe the data in the data structure."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2005 (11/274,821). 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=83,21,465.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,465&RS=PN/83,21,465
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bridgehealth Medical Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Bridgehealth Medical, Greenwood Village, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,321,372) developed by seven co-inventors for a "computer-based system to optimize medical treatment based on consumer choice and comparative effectiveness of treatment data." The co-inventors are Amitabha Rakshit, Denver, Lonnie Busby, Centennial, Colo., David Calone, Babylon, N.Y., Andrew Dombro, Aurora, Colo., Victor Lazzaro, Denver, Jordan Klear, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and William E. Garin, Denver.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, and improvements, illustratively as method of using a machine, the method including: storing data of a population in memory; computing, by a computer accessing the data stored in the memory, a probability of at least one future medical treatment needed by at least one individual having data in the data of a population; ascribing, by the computer applying the computed probabilities, each said individual with one of a plurality of risk stratifications for each said future medical treatment; and producing, by the computer communicating to an output device, output including at least one said ascribed individual in association with the one of the risk stratifications. The method can also include forming, by the computer accessing the data stored in the memory, an association of travel by an individual and a health consequence as a result of the travel by the individual; and generating, at the output device, output including the association. The method can also include determining, by the computer accessing the memory, whether at least one alternative treatment for the future medical treatment may be appropriate for the individual; and producing, at the output device, output tailored responsive to the determination of whether said alternative treatment may be appropriate for the individual."
The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (12/763,117). 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=83,21,372.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,372&RS=PN/83,21,372
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Reputation.com Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Reputation.com, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,321,413) developed by five co-inventors for an "identifying and changing personal information." The co-inventors are Raefer Gabriel, New York, Brian Kelley, Chicago, James Aubry, Chicago, David Thompson, Pasadena, Calif., and Michael Fertik, Louisville, Ky.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing information about a user are presented which include obtaining at least one search result based on at least one search terms describing the user; presenting the at least one search result to the user; receiving an indication from the user of the desirability of a search result; and performing an action based on the desirability of the search result. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented for determining a reputation score representing the reputation of a user which include collecting search results from data source, determining an effect on the reputation of the user of the search results from the data source, and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the determined effect on the reputation of the user from the search results from the data source."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2011 (13/296,107). 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=83,21,413.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,413&RS=PN/83,21,413
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Maintaining File System Client Directory Caches with Parallel Directory Writes
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,389) developed by Scott Thomas Marcotte, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for a "method, apparatus and computer program product for maintaining file system client directory caches with parallel directory writes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cached version of a file system directory is synchronized with a server version of the directory in a distributed file system. Both a server and a client specify version numbers for their directory versions. On receiving a request from the client specifying a directory update, the server updates its version, increments its version number, and transmits a reply to the client containing a change log with the incremented version number. Upon receiving the reply, the client compares the received version number with that of its cached version. If the version number matches that of the next expected update, the client applies the updates to its cached version and increments its version number. Otherwise, it adds the received change log to a change log queue for the directory without incrementing the last applied version. Mechanisms are provided for handling parallel read and update requests without awaiting replies from the server."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2009 (12/350,475). 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=83,21,389.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,389&RS=PN/83,21,389
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Xerox Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,321,382) developed by David Russell Vandervort, Walworth, N.Y., Venkatesh Guru Rao, Arlington, Va., and Jesse Silverstein, Rochester, N.Y., for validating aggregate documents.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments described herein are directed to validating an aggregate document. An instance signature can be generated for a first instance of a data page retrieved for inclusion in the aggregate document and can be compared to a baseline signature associated with a second instance of the data page. A similarity value can be calculated in response to the comparison. The similarity value indicates a degree of similarity between the first instance and the second instance of the data page. Based on the similarity value it can be determined whether to delete or bypass the data page in the aggregate document."
The patent application was filed on March 25, 2010 (12/731,694). 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=83,21,382.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,382&RS=PN/83,21,382
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,321,333) developed by Pavan Shah, New York, for a "system and method for determining the market risk margin requirements associated with a credit default swap."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determination of a margin requirement associated with a plurality of financial instruments within a portfolio is disclosed for analyzing the portfolio including determining a first and second time-series of returns for the financial instruments, where the second time-series occurs after the first, and calculating the correlation between the first and second time-series of returns. The system and method further implement calculating residuals and volatilities for the financial instruments within the portfolio as a function of the first time-series of returns, calculating a correlation matrix and degrees-of-freedom utilized to simulate standardized residuals for each of the financial instruments within the portfolio, generating simulated returns as a function of the simulated standardized residuals and the returns, generating a spread distribution for the portfolio, wherein the portfolio is repriced as a function of the simulated returns, and calculating a margin risk based on a risk percentile associated with the spread distribution."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2012 (13/357,261). 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=83,21,333.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,333&RS=PN/83,21,333
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Stac Media Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Stac Media, Bronx, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,321,281) developed by Pino Luongo, Purchase, N.Y., and Jack Kane, Bedford, N.H., for an "automated sales tax payment system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented transaction processing system includes a card reader and a plurality of modules each comprising code that executes in the processor. The card reader transfers credit card data from a credit card of a customer to a memory of the computer. A check presentation module is operative to calculate a sales tax associated with a price of a product sold to the customer. An approval module is operative to obtain an approval against the credit card data in the memory for at least the price of the product and the sales tax and thereby define an approved sale transaction. A revenue settlement module and a tax settlement module are operative to settle respective portions of the sales transaction(s) to different accounts, such that a revenue portion goes to a first account free of any sales tax, and a sales tax portion goes to the other account."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2010 (12/859,609). 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=83,21,281.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,281&RS=PN/83,21,281
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,321,332) developed by Charles Lee Mauro Jr., New York, and Robert A. West, Chicago, for a "system and method for selectively displaying market information related to a plurality of tradeable objects."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graphical interface and method are provided for selectively displaying market information corresponding to a plurality of tradeable objects. According to one example method, a scanning feature is provided in relation to a number of tradeable object indicators. Upon detecting a predefined movement of a user input device in relation to the plurality of indicators, a graphical interface dynamically displays market information corresponding to the tradeable objects as a predefined movement of the user input device is detected in relation to the tradeable object indicators."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2012 (13/344,722). 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=83,21,332.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,332&RS=PN/83,21,332
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Certco Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Certco, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,321,348) developed by four co-inventors for a "computer-based method and system for aiding transactions." The co-inventors are Yair Frankel, Ridgewood, N.J., David William Kravitz, Alburquerque, N.M., Charles Thomas Montgomery, Severna Park, Md., and Marcel Mordechay Yung, New York.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing a warranty relating to a transaction between two parties, each party being a client of at least one respective institution which provides services to the respective party, the method including: transmitting a request for a warranty from one party to the transaction which is a client of the respective institution to a respective location associated with the respective institution, which request includes information identifying the other party to the transaction and information about the nature of the transaction; conducting an exchange of information between the respective location and a location associated with a institution of which the other party is a client; and transmitting a response to the request from the respective location to the one party."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2012 (13/357,213). 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=83,21,348.PN.&OS=PN/83,21,348&RS=PN/83,21,348
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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