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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (May 8)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,438,204) developed by David Noeldner, Fort Collins, Colo., for an "apparatus for calculating an N-point discrete fourier transform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described embodiments provide an apparatus for calculating an N-point discrete Fourier transform of an input signal having multiple sample values. The apparatus includes at least one input configured to receive the sample values and a counter to count sample periods. Also included are at least two parallel multipliers to multiply each sample value, with each of the multipliers having a corresponding multiplication factor. There is at least one multiplexer to select one of the at least two parallel multipliers. An adder sums the scaled sample values and an accumulator accumulates the summed sample values. N is an integer and the at least two parallel multipliers are selectable based upon the value of N and the value of the sample period count." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/337,925). 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=84,38,204.PN.&OS=PN/84,38,204&RS=PN/84,38,204 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** CA Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- CA Inc., Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,438,211) developed by Sanjay Radia, Fremont, Calif., Robert A. Gingell Jr., Sunnyvale, Calif., and Jerry R. Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colo., for an "evaluation of current capacity levels of resources in a distributed computing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, a control node automatically manages the system such that the system has sufficient capacity to satisfy an agreement to provide a given level of a service. In order to automatically manage the system, the control node evaluates the current capacity levels of resources in the system. The current capacity levels are indicative the capacity of resources to perform certain acts. The capacity of the resources to perform these acts may be indicative of whether the system is able to provide the given level of the service. Because capacities provided by the resources change as the resources start, the control node uses a predicted pending capacity function to evaluate whether resources that are currently starting will be sufficient to satisfy the level of the service when completely started." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2011 (13/316,220). 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=84,38,211.PN.&OS=PN/84,38,211&RS=PN/84,38,211 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,438,137) developed by Stephen Gold, Fort Collins, Colo., and Sri Harshan Kapanipathi, Karnataka, India, for an "automatic selection of source or target deduplication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for selecting between source and target deduplication include analyzing resource information related to resources available for deduplication, analyzing backup metadata of a backup job containing formation related to backup of data from the source to the target, and selecting between deduplication on the source or the target based on the analyzed resource information and the backup metadata." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/037,309). 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=84,38,137.PN.&OS=PN/84,38,137&RS=PN/84,38,137 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Time Warner Cable Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Time Warner Cable Enterprises, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,438,243) developed by Michael L. LaJoie, Stamford, Conn., and Michael Hayashi, Evergreen, Colo., for a "personal content server apparatus and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process. Various access, business or operational rules are applied depending on the content and delivery mode; e.g., to live video broadcast, video-on-demand (VOD), or archived content from the subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) or networked PVR. Secondary content (e.g., promotions, advertisements, etc.) can also be selectively replaced if desired in order to make the remotely delivered content more appropriate to the remote user's context." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (12/717,089). 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=8,438,243&OS=8,438,243&RS=8,438,243 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Iowa State University Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Ames, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,438,522) developed by Michael T. Frederick, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Arun K. Somani, Ames, Iowa, for a "logic element architecture for generic logic chains in programmable devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A reconfigurable device includes an arrangement of a plurality of cells and routing resources for transmitting signals between the cells. The plurality of cells comprises carry-select reuse cells, each of the carry-select reuse cells configured to provide for performing non-arithmetic operations using a reuse arithmetic carry chain interconnecting adjacent cells." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/237,076). 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=8,438,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,438,522&RS=PN/8,438,522 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Time Warner Cable Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Time Warner Cable Enterprises, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,438,607) developed by four co-inventors for "premises gateway apparatus and methods for use in a content-based network." The co-inventors are Chris Cholas, Frederick, Colo., William L. Helms, Longmont, Colo., Louis D. Williamson, Denver, and Jeffrey P. Markley, Golden, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for premises gateway functions that integrate or unify functions typically distributed across multiple devices within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the out-of-band (OOB) signaling functionality normally provided in each of a set-top-box (STB) and digital video recorder (DVR) are unified into a common OOB (e.g., DOCSIS) capable premises gateway device, thereby obviating OOB tuners and related components from each device. In another variant, the premises gateway is adapted for all-IP operation, such as for use with IP-based computers and IP set-top boxes, etc. Fully unified variants are also disclosed, wherein the DVR and/or STB functions are physically integrated within the premises gateway." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2011 (13/118,192). 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=8,438,607&OS=8,438,607&RS=8,438,607 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Restricted Erase and Unlock of Data Storage Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,438,652) developed by Robert E. Weinstein, Berthoud, Colo., and Monty A. Forehand, Loveland, Colo., for a "restricted erase and unlock of data storage devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage device in which access to user data is restricted. The data storage device includes a data memory having memory locations that store user data. The device also has a program memory. The program memory includes first program code that enables a user to create a first device security ID and thereby restrict access to the stored data. Second program code, also included in the program memory, is capable of receiving a security command and comparing a second device security ID associated with the received security command to a stored security key. If the second device security ID and the stored security key correspond, then authentication with the first device security ID is bypassed and access is provided to the stored data." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2007 (11/728,320). 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=8,438,652&OS=8,438,652&RS=8,438,652 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Symantec Assigned Patent for Proxy Backup of Virtual Disk Image Files on NAS Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,438,349) developed by five co-inventors for a "proxy backup of virtual disk image files on NAS devices." The co-inventors are James Robert Olson, Afton, Minn., Timothy M. Naftel, Longmont, Colo., David Teater, Minneapolis, Sinh D. Nguyen, Eden Prairie, Minn., and James P. Ohr, St. Paul, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for backing up a virtual machine executing on a virtualization server computer are described. A snapshot of a virtual disk image file of the virtual machine may be created on a network-attached storage (NAS) device coupled to the virtualization server computer. The snapshot may be used to backup the virtual disk image file from the NAS device to a backup storage device without transferring the virtual disk image file through the virtualization server computer. Mapping information useable to access the plurality of files stored in the virtual disk image file on an individual basis may be created and stored together with the backup copy of the virtual disk image file on the backup storage device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2009 (12/545,450). 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=8,438,349&OS=8,438,349&RS=8,438,349 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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