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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Jan. 2)
[January 02, 2013]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Jan. 2)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,995) developed by Dustin L. Green, Redmond, Wash., Yau Ning Chin, Seattle, and Bruce L. Worthington, Redmond, Wash., for "balancing usage of hardware devices among clients." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed for managing the flow of IO jobs from a client to a hardware device such that resource starvation is reduced without significantly impacting throughput. Each flow can be assigned an amount of time that a hardware device can deplete completing IO jobs from the client. When the allocated amount of time is used IO jobs associated with the client can be stored in a queue until the client obtains more time." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,624). 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=8,346,995&OS=8,346,995&RS=8,346,995 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.



*** T-Mobile USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- T-Mobile USA, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,976) developed by Jean-Luc Bouthemy, Sammamish, Wash., Omar Hassan, Kirkland, Wash., and Samir M. Hodroj, Bothell, Wash., for a "secured registration of a home network device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A home router configured to receive a network registration request from a device that is locally connected to the home router and to provide the request to a service provider network through a network tunnel is disclosed herein. A device configured to provide a network registration request for the device to the service provider network is also disclosed herein. The device sends the request directly to the service provider network via a network tunnel if the device is not connected to the home router or sends the request to the home router for subsequent transmission if the device is connected to the home router." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/692,541). 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=8,346,976&OS=8,346,976&RS=8,346,976 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Hardware Control Interface for IEEE Standard 802.11 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,974) developed by Jiandong Ruan, Sammamish, Wash., and Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, for a "hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A standardized 802.11 hardware control interface may be provided such that a driver may communicate with any one or more of a variety of network adapters." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/789,939). 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=8,346,974&OS=8,346,974&RS=8,346,974 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.


*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Crisscross Cancellation Protocol ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,973) developed by Atul Adya, Redmond, Wash., Alastair Wolman, Seattle, and John D. Dunagan, Bellevue, Wash., for a crisscross cancellation protocol.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technologies, systems, and methods for ordered message delivery that avoid message races or crisscrosses between communicating nodes. For example, if Node A sends message 3 towards Node B and, shortly thereafter, Node B sends message X to Node A, Node A would like to know whether or not message X reflects Node B's state after receiving message 3. If Node B received message 3 prior to sending message X, then proper state may be maintained between the nodes. But if messages 3 and X crisscrossed, or if message 3 was never properly received by Node B, then the state between the nodes may be corrupt. Technologies, systems, and methods are provided to avoid such corruption." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/824,084). 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=8,346,973&OS=8,346,973&RS=8,346,973 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Stream Priority ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,347,011) developed by five co-inventors for a stream priority. The co-inventors are William T. Futral, Portland, Ore., Kenneth C. Creta, Gig Harbor, Wash., Sujoy Sen, Portland, Ore., Gregory D. Cummings, Portland, Ore., and Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Portland, Ore.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and apparatus for prioritizing transactions is disclosed. I/O devices may generate transactions with a stream identifier. A transaction classifier may assign a priority to a transaction based upon a stream identifier of the transaction. An arbiter may select a transaction for processing based upon priorities assigned to the transaction." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2011 (13/282,462). 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=8,347,011&OS=8,347,011&RS=8,347,011 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,347,018) developed by Keshavan K. Tiruvallur, Tigard, Ore., Kenneth C. Creta, Gig Harbor, Wash., and Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, Wash., for "techniques for broadcasting messages on a point-to-point interconnect." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques to broadcast a message across a point-to-point network are described. More particularly, some embodiments of the invention relate to broadcasting messages between electronics components within a point-to-point interconnect. Other embodiments are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/569,772). 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=8,347,018&OS=8,347,018&RS=8,347,018 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** F5 Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- F5 Networks, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,346,993) developed by Timothy Michels, Liberty Lake, Wash., and William R. Baumann, Seattle, for a "network devices with multiple direct memory access channels and methods thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer readable medium, and a system for communicating with networked clients and servers through a network device is disclosed. A first network data packet is received at a first port of a network device. The first network data packet is destined for a first executing application of a plurality of executing applications operating in the network device. The plurality of executing applications are associated with corresponding application drivers utilizing independent and unique direct memory access (DMA) channels. A first DMA channel is identified, wherein the first DMA channel is mapped to the first port and associated with a first application driver corresponding to the first executing application. The first network data packet is transmitted to the first executing application over the first identified DMA channel." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2011 (13/304,323). 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=8,346,993&OS=8,346,993&RS=8,346,993 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,346,696) developed by James Bryan Baker, Kent, Wash., for "computationally efficient signal classifier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods provided by this description may include receiving input signals for classification, and deriving specified signal parameters from the input signals. These methods may also compare the specified signal parameter to signal parameters derived from training signals, with the training signals being associated with predefined signal classes. These methods may also classify the input signals based on this comparison of the signal parameters, as derived respectively from the input signals in the training signals." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/138,597). 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=8,346,696&OS=8,346,696&RS=8,346,696 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Evaluating Statistical Significance of Test Statistics Using Placebo Actions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,346,710) developed by five co-inventors for "evaluating statistical significance of test statistics using placebo actions." The co-inventors are David Xi-Kuan Chan, Edgewater, N.J., Rong Ge, Sammamish, Wash., Ori Gershony, Redmond, Wash., Tim Hesterberg, Seattle, and Diane Lambert, Berkeley Heights, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for evaluating statistical significance using placebo actions. One method includes receiving exposure data and control data describing exposed and control subjects and determining a test statistic for each of a plurality of subject actions including a desired action and a plurality of placebo actions. The test statistic for an action corresponds to an estimated effect that exposure to the treatment has on a likelihood that a subject will take the action. The method further includes comparing the test statistic for the desired action to the test statistics for the plurality of placebo actions, and determining whether the test statistic for the desired action is statistically significant according to the comparison. Another method includes automatically identifying placebo actions using a taxonomy that classifies subject actions or treatments, and determining test statistics for the placebo actions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/696,921). 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=8,346,710&OS=8,346,710&RS=8,346,710 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Generating and Supplying User Context Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 - Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,724) developed by four co-inventors for "generating and supplying user context data." The co-inventors are Kenneth H. Abbott, Kirkland, Wash., Joshua M. Freedman, Mercer Island, Wash., Dan Newell, Medina, Wash., and James O. Robarts, Redmond, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for providing information about a context that is modeled with multiple context attributes. In some situations, at least some of the context attributes have values used by modules for generating values of other context attributes, and the providing includes determining that a first module is generating a first value of a first of the context attributes of the modeled context and determining that a circular reference exists when it is determined that a module is to generate another value of the first context attribute such that the generating of the another value is caused by the generating of the first value of the first context attribute." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/330,463). 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=8,346,724&OS=8,346,724&RS=8,346,724 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Security and Support for Flexible Conferencing Topologies Spanning Proxies, Firewalls and Gateways ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,849) developed by Claus T. Giloi, Redmond, Wash., Markham Maclin, Kirkland, Wash., and Max Morris, Seattle, for a "security and support for flexible conferencing topologies spanning proxies, firewalls and gateways." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for setting up and managing secure data/audio/video conferences with a wide range of topologies is described. The disclosed method and system allow extending the range of topologies possible with the H.323 conferencing standards while overcoming T.120 negotiating constraints. Security in such conferences may be based on a trusted node system or on more complex security procedures. Furthermore, the taught conference topologies fully utilize the T.120 standards while also permitting the reach of the conferences to the extent enabled by the H.323 standards by implementing additional modules to manage the setting up and tearing down of one or more conference connections. In addition, the method and system allow for dynamically adjusting conference connections to improve bandwidth usage and utilize H.323 support for gatekeepers." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2008 (12/134,171). 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=83,46,849.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,849&RS=PN/83,46,849 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,846) developed by Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., for a "transmission of aggregated mote-associated log data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and/or systems relating to mote networks having mote-addressed content logs of a first set of motes. The mote-addressed content logs are aggregated and transmitted." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2004 (10/844,614). 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=83,46,846.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,846&RS=PN/83,46,846 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Snapshot Indexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,346,728) developed by Nathan Kryger, Snoqualmie, Wash., for a snapshot indexing.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Managing backup data comprises accessing a snapshot of a data set, wherein the data set includes at least one object and the snapshot includes a replica of the data set, and adding to an index associated with the snapshot, with respect to each of one or more objects included in the snapshot, index data indicating at least where the object is located within the snapshot." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/072,458). 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=83,46,728.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,728&RS=PN/83,46,728 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent for Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Computer-assisted Full Medical Code Scheme to Code Scheme Mapping ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,346,804) developed by John N. Phillips, Seattle, for "systems, methods, and apparatus for computer-assisted full medical code scheme to code scheme mapping." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An example method for mapping of medical code schemes includes processing a plurality of coded concepts to determine a potential match between a code from a first code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts and a code from a second code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes assigning a probability to each potential match of a code from the first code scheme and a code from the second code scheme. The method includes generating an alphanumeric indication of the probability of each potential match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme from the plurality of coded concepts and generating a graphical representation of the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes outputting the alphanumeric indication and the graphical representation to a user and accepting user input to select a match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2010 (12/938,923). 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=83,46,804.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,804&RS=PN/83,46,804 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Fast Merge Support for Legacy Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,768) developed by Jonathan B. Bailor, Bellevue, Wash., and David B. Robins, Duvall, Wash., for a "fast merge support for legacy documents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is presented for merging document metadata at a client computer. A document obtained from a server computer is opened by a user at the client computer. If the document does not include paragraph identifiers, a paragraph identifier is assigned to each paragraph in the document. When the document is opened by a second user at a second client computer, metadata for the document is received from the server computer. A determination is made whether to merge the metadata received from the server computer with current metadata for the document. When it is determined that the current metadata and the metadata received from the server computer should be merged, paragraph identifiers are adjusted in the document based on the metadata received from the server computer." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,817). 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=83,46,768.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,768&RS=PN/83,46,768 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Balancing the Costs of Sharing Private Data with the Utility of Enhanced Personalization of Online Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,749) developed by Ranier Andreas Krause, Pittsburgh, and Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, Wash., for a "balancing the costs of sharing private data with the utility of enhanced personalization of online services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a method that includes determining a utility to a user of sharing a set of attributes for use in connection with personalized searching or other online services. The method further includes determining a cost to the user of sharing the set of attributes. The method also includes outputting an indication of a net benefit to the user of sharing the set of attributes based at least in part upon the determined utility and the determined cost." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/147,557). 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=83,46,749.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,749&RS=PN/83,46,749 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Aurora Financial Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Aurora Financial Systems, Purchase, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,347,364) developed by Rene Pierre Babi, Vancouver, Wash., and Mark Mathias Silbernagel, Battle Ground, Wash., for "systems and methods for user interface control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Enabling and disabling login access to a web-based application by examining automatic number identification (ANI) information from a received telephone call, associating the ANI information with a user account, determining a current state of login access to a web-based application for the user account, the state of login access being one of enabled and disabled, and notifying the web-based application to change the state of login access to the other of enabled and disabled depending on the then-current state of login access. The methodology may further include examining dialed number identification service (DNIS) information of the received call to determine which of the enabling or disabling actions to take, and/or to determine which of a plurality of accounts is to be effected by the desired change in state of login access." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2010 (12/858,755). 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=8,347,364&OS=8,347,364&RS=8,347,364 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Adaptive HTTP Authentication Scheme Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,347,356) developed by Richard Keith James, Redmond, Wash., and Jonathan Silvera, Seattle, for an "adaptive HTTP authentication scheme selection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is presented for selecting an HTTP authentication scheme at a client computer. A request message is sent from the client computer to a server computer to access information on the server computer. In response, the client computer receives a response message from the server computer. The response message includes an HTTP header that includes a first scheme identifier, indicating a first HTTP authentication scheme and a second scheme identifier, indicating a second HTTP authentication scheme. If the client computer does not support the second HTTP authentication scheme, the client computer uses the first HTTP authentication scheme when sending another HTTP message to the server computer. If the client computer supports the second HTTP authentication scheme, the client computer uses the second HTTP authentication scheme when sending another HTTP message to the server computer." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,817). 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=8,347,356&OS=8,347,356&RS=8,347,356 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,346,813) developed by four co-inventors for "using node identifiers in materialized XML views and indexes to directly navigate to and within XML fragments." The co-inventors are Beda Hammerschmidt, San Carlos, Calif., Thomas Baby, Maple Valley, Wash., Zhen Hua Liu, San Mateo, Calif., and Siddharth Patel, Santa Clara, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is provided for efficiently searching and navigating XML data stored in a relational database. When storing a collection of XML documents, certain scalar elements may be shredded and stored in a relational table, whereas unstructured data may be stored as a CLOB or BLOB column. The approach includes identifying a reference address to within an XML tree index entry and storing the address in an xmltable index. The tree index entry allows for navigation in all axes. A path-based expression may be evaluated in the context of the reference address of the LOB. The result of the evaluation identifies another XML tree index entry containing a LOB locator used to retrieve the content from the document. The tree index, node index, and secondary function indexes are used together to enhance the performance of querying the XML data." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2010 (12/690,820). 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=83,46,813.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,813&RS=PN/83,46,813 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Iterative Off-line Rendering Process ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,346,755) developed by five co-inventors for an "iterative off-line rendering process." The co-inventors are Rupesh Kapoor, Palo Alto, Calif., Erik Hendriks, Kirkland, Wash., Sathayanarayana Giridhar, Palo Alto, Calif., Andrei Pascovici, Bellevue, Wash., and Pawel Aleksander Fedorynski, Menlo Park, Calif., The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for indexing rendered web page images. A web crawling engine stores the content and crawl time of a web page. A scheduling engine sends the content and crawl time to a rendering engine, and processes requests for embedded objects. If a requested object has been crawled, it sends the contents to the rendering engine. Otherwise it schedules the crawl of the object, and once the object is crawled, it resends the content and crawl time of the web page to the rendering engine. The rendering engine receives the content and crawl time of a web page, requests all embedded objects, and renders the web page to an image once all embedded objects are received." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2010 (12/773,578). 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=83,46,755.PN.&OS=PN/83,46,755&RS=PN/83,46,755 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Elwha Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Elwha, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,347,399) developed by six co-inventors for "providing greater access to one or more items in response to determining device transfer." The co-inventors are Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, Wash., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining that a computing device associated with a first user and that was in possession of a second user has been transferred from the second user to the first user; and providing at least greater access via the computing device to one or more items in response to determining that the computing device has been transferred from the second user to the first user. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2011 (13/066,917). 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=8,347,399&OS=8,347,399&RS=8,347,399 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Device Display Object Infrastructure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,347,319) developed by seven co-inventors for a "device display object infrastructure." The co-inventors are Esaias Engelbertus Greeff, Redmond, Wash., Douglas K. Brubacher, Sammamish, Wash., Narayanan Ganapathy, Redmond, Wash., Randall E. Aull, Kenmore, Wash., Doron J. Holan, Seattle, Neil Sandlin, Redmond, Wash., and James G. Cavalaris, Kirkland, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multi-function devices expose multiple functions to device drivers or other lower-level software. Device function providers can interface with such drivers or lower-level software and can provide information, including device identifiers regarding such functions, to a device display object infrastructure. A device display object can then be created that encompasses one or more functions such that, in one embodiment, the device display object corresponds to a single, physical multi-function device. Alternatively, any combination of functionality from one or more physical devices can be combined into a single device display object representing a virtual multi-function device. Properties of the device display object can be set with reference to user-specified settings, remotely maintained metadata, locally available metadata, and information associated with each function. Functions can be ranked such that, if there is a conflict, information from more highly ranked functions is used to set the properties of the device display object." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/125,907). 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=8,347,319&OS=8,347,319&RS=8,347,319 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,346,937) developed by four co-inventors for a content management. The co-inventors are Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, David R. Richardson, Seattle, Bradley E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider determines a class associated with a set of client computing devices and monitors resources requests for the determined class. The content delivery network service provider then identifies at least one cache component for providing additional content, such as advertisement content or other additional content provided in anticipation of future resource requests, to client computing devices as a function of the determined class. In other embodiments, instead of cache components, the content delivery network service provider identifies a second set of client computing devices as a function of the determined class for providing the additional content information." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/956,748). 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=8,346,937&OS=8,346,937&RS=8,346,937 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,900) developed by Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, Wash., Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, Wash., and Vishesh M. Parikh, Redmond, Wash., for a "network service for modularly constructing a software defined radio." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided that disclose a network service for modularly constructing a software defined radio ("SDR"). A server system provides an SDR kernel (i.e., a potentially platform-neutral definition of digital signal processing functionality and control operations necessary to implement the core portion of a software defined radio implementing a particular radio standard) to a client system. The client system may select a desired SDR kernel through a variety of means disclosed herein. While some SDR kernels may be provided for free and unrestricted use, others may be purchased or subscribed to and additionally restricted by digital rights management ("DRM") policies. Based upon the agreed upon payment terms and any other restrictions, a customized set of DRM policies may be applied by the server system to the SDR kernel before sending it to a client system. Additionally, the server system may provide a description of governmental regulations applicable to a given locality." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (12/749,955). 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=8,346,900&OS=8,346,900&RS=8,346,900 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,347,302) developed by Pradeep Vincent, Issaquah, Wash., and Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Seattle, for a system-aware resource scheduling.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technology is provided to manage requests for physical resources in computing systems using system-aware scheduling techniques. Transactions having two or more dependent requests for a physical resource are identified by the computing system. Information identifying the requests as part of a dependent transaction is passed with the requests for the physical resource. In at least one mode of operation, a scheduler corresponding to the physical resource allocates submission of the requests to the physical resource using the dependent transaction information." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,770). 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=8,347,302&OS=8,347,302&RS=8,347,302 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for Processing Wiring Diagrams in a Data Processing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,347,242) developed by four co-inventors for "processing wiring diagrams in a data processing system." The co-inventors are Molly Louise Boose, Bellevue, Wash., David Brayton Shema, Seattle, Lawrence Sterne Baum, Bellevue, Wash., and Joseph Charles Hrin, Glen Mills, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product, and apparatus for processing a wiring diagram is provided. Information associated with a number of components in the wiring diagram is identified. A scaling factor between a first format for the wiring diagram and a second format used by a software application configured to use wiring diagrams in the second format is identified. The scaling factor is applied to the information identified as being associated with the number of components in the wiring diagram to form processed information." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,520). 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=8,347,242&OS=8,347,242&RS=8,347,242 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Livechime Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Livechime, Kenmore, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,877) developed by Tod C. Turner, Kenmore, Wash., for a "system and method for enhancing digital content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-readable medium including computer-executable code for enhancing an electronic document with one link and being served via a network responsively to a request received via the network and correspondent to an electronic document. The chat application may be for use with a mobile device and be less computing resource intensive. Certain embodiments of the present invention may not require a code or applets to be inserted to provide chat functionality. Advantageously, only a link may need to be inserted, for example. This may provide particularly well suited for use with websites where traditional chat code or applets may not be inserted." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,557). 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=8,346,877&OS=8,346,877&RS=8,346,877 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Predictive Governing of Dynamic Modification of Program Execution Capacity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,346,921) developed by four co-inventors for a "predictive governing of dynamic modification of program execution capacity." The co-inventors are Joshua M. Goodspeed, Seattle, Zhuo Zhang, Mercer Island, Wash., Swaminathan Subramanian, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Snoqualmie, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources used to execute software programs, such as for a group of computing nodes that is in use executing one or more programs for a user. Dynamic modifications to the program execution capacity of the group may include adding or removing computing nodes, such as in response to automated determinations that previously specified triggers are currently satisfied, and may be automatically governed at particular times based on automatically generated predictions of program execution capacity that will be used at those times by the group, such as to verify that requested dynamic execution capacity modifications at a time are within the predicted execution capacity values for that time. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2010 (12/950,630). 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=8,346,921&OS=8,346,921&RS=8,346,921 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Granular Data Synchronization dor Editing Multiple Data Objects ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,869) developed by Alexander Malek, Seattle, and Alexander D. Tudor, Bothell, Wash., for a "granular data synchronization for editing multiple data objects." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments are provided for the granular data synchronization of multiple data objects. A three-tiered cache may be automatically generated by an application program. A server data object may be stored in a first tier and may include a first set of properties for a current state of data stored on a server. A client data object may be stored in a second tier and may include a second set of properties including one or more properties in the first set and/or un-persisted edits made to the first set. A view data object may be stored in a third tier and may include a third set of properties including un-persisted and unsaved edits made to the first or second set which are being viewed on a client. The server and client data objects may be synchronized to determine edits made to the data stored on the server." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2009 (12/422,462). 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=8,346,869&OS=8,346,869&RS=8,346,869 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,872) developed by eight co-inventors for a "context parameters and identifiers for communication." The co-inventors are Alexander J. Cohen, Mill Valley, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Kirkland, Wash., John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, a method related to communication. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present application." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2006 (11/506,415). 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=8,346,872&OS=8,346,872&RS=8,346,872 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Akamai Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,346,907) developed by Marty Kagan, North Hollywood, Calif., Sylvain Lauzac, Seattle, and Eisar Lipkovitz, San Francisco, for a "method and system for constraining server usage in a distributed network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A "velvet rope" mechanism that enables customers of a shared distributed network (such as a content delivery network) needing to control their costs to control the amount of traffic that is served via the shared network. A given server in the distributed network identifies when a customer is about to exceed a bandwidth quota as a rate (bursting) or for a given billing period (e.g., total megabytes (MB) served for a given period) and provides a means for taking a given action based on this information. Typically, the action taken would result in a reduction in traffic served so that the customer can constrain its usage of the shared network to a given budget value." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2011 (13/189,780). 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=8,346,907&OS=8,346,907&RS=8,346,907 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Mail Object Migration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,874) developed by four co-inventors for a mail object migration. The co-inventors are Jason Daniel Alarid, Bothell, Wash., Larry H. Draper Jr., Bothell, Wash., Stephen J. Wannenmacher, Kirkland, Wash., and Mark W. Jones, Woodinville, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mail enabled object may be migrated from one hosting server to another by using a temporary buffer that may capture incoming mail during the migration operation. A new mail enabled object may be created and enabled on a target server, and the old mail object may be disabled and forwarded to a buffer that may collect incoming messages. While the buffer receives incoming messages, the contents of the old mail object may be copied to the new mail object. After verifying the transfer of the contents, the buffer may be released to forward any collected messages to the new mail object. The old mail object may then be cleaned up. The migration may be performed from one server to another, from one forest to another, and to and from a remotely hosted messaging service." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/018,179). 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=8,346,874&OS=8,346,874&RS=8,346,874 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Networking Architecture for Efficient Communication Between Different Types of Home Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,346,954) developed by Bryan Y. Roe, Camas, Wash., Jonathan G. Ritchie, Hillsboro, Ore., and James W. Edwards, Portland, Ore., for "networking architecture for efficient communication between different types of home networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is described that involves performing the following between first and second appliance networks: receiving a packet from the first appliance network; removing header information for the first appliance network from the packet; and, sending the packet's payload into the second appliance network without having appended any header information for the second appliance network to the payload. Another method is described that involves performing the following with a network interface to a first appliance network: receiving a first command through an API for the first appliance network where the command identifies an appliance and an action to be taken by the appliance; translating the first command into a second command that identifies the appliance and the action to be taken by the appliance, where the second command is in a format for a second appliance network that is a different type of appliance network than the first appliance network; and, constructing a packet having header information formatted for the first appliance network and a payload containing the second command." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/648,018). 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=8,346,954&OS=8,346,954&RS=8,346,954 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Low-privilege Debug Channel ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,870) developed by Charles P. Jazdzewski, Redmond, Wash., for a low-privilege debug channel.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A browser-based debugger application is configured to debug a second browser based application. A channel repeater module is invoked to establish a bidirectional communication channel between the debugger application and the second application. A start indication is transmitted from the second application through the channel repeater module. The second application enters a blocked wait state. A debug operation is performed on the second application. A debug request message is transmitted to the second application through the channel repeater module to cause the second application to transition from the blocked wait state to a run state and to perform a debug action indicated by the debug request message. A response to the debug request message is received from the second application through the channel repeater module. The second application transitions to the blocked wait state from the run state." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2009 (12/436,233). 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=8,346,870&OS=8,346,870&RS=8,346,870 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,346,959) developed by Sachin G. Deshpande, Vancouver, Wash., for a client-controlled adaptive streaming.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A client determines the transmission of a data stream from a server and transmits to the server a Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) header having either RTSP Speed or both RTSP Scale and RTSP Speed values where the values are formed based at least on the determined transmission rate of the data stream received by the client and a reference data stream rate. An RTSP server responsive to the Speed value or the Speed and Scale value may adjust properties of the data stream being transmitted in response to the RTSP header values sent by the client." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/863,557). 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=8,346,959&OS=8,346,959&RS=8,346,959 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Declarative Object Identity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 2 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,347,266) developed by five co-inventors for a declarative object identity. The co-inventors are Henricus J. Meijer, Mercer Island, Wash, Amanda K. Silver, Seattle, Paul A. Vick Jr., Seattle, Timothy Y. Ng, Bellevue, Wash., and Harish V. Kantamneni, Redmond, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described that enhance a programming language by introducing support for declarative object identity in both class declarations and object literals. An exemplary system includes a memory that stores code associated with a computer program and a component coupled to the memory. The component is configured to access the code, to identify a variable in the code and a modifier associated with the variable and, responsive to identifying the variable, to use the variable to determine the identity of an object associated with the variable and to determine whether the object is equal to another object based on value semantics." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,079). 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=8,347,266&OS=8,347,266&RS=8,347,266 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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