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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (May 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Strands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Strands, Corvallis, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,442,922) developed by Francisco J. Martin, Corvallis, Ore., for "sporting event image capture, processing and publication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and software are disclosed for capturing and/or importing and processing media items such as digital images or video (202) associated with a sporting event such as a marathon or bicycle race (FIG. 3). The media items are processed, including bib number or facial recognition if necessary (204, 206, 504), to associate them with an individual participant. Other input sources may include spectator uploads (506), external web sites and media sharing (508) or soda! networking (510) services. The system (500) aggregates, organizes and generates content, and distributes it (580) via various output channels, which may include event web sites (256), personal feeds (250), and other output channels (260, 254, 252, FIG. 4). Preferably, selected content is associated with at least one individual participant in the event, and that content is automatically distributed to channels that are associated with that individual participant." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (13/139,982). 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=84,42,922.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,922&RS=PN/84,42,922 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,151) developed by four co-inventors for a "prefetch optimization in shared resource multi-core systems." The co-inventors are Puqi P. Tang, Portland, Ore., Hemant G. Rotithor, Hillsboro, Ore., Ryan L. Carlson, Hillsboro, Ore., and Nagi Aboulenein, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method is described herein for optimization to prefetch throttling, which potentially enhances performance, reduces power consumption, and maintains positive gain for workloads that benefit from prefetching. More specifically, the optimizations described herein allow for bandwidth congestion and prefetch accuracy to be taken into account as feedbacks for throttling at the source of prefetch generation. As a result, when there is low congestion, full prefetch generation is allowed, even if the prefetch is inaccurate, since there is available bandwidth. However, when congestion is high, the determination of throttling falls to prefetch accuracy. If accuracy is high--miss rate is low--then less throttling is needed, because the prefetches are being utilized--performance is being enhanced. Yet, if prefetch accuracy is low--miss rate is high--then more prefetch throttling is needed to save power, because the prefetch are not being utilized--performance is not being enhanced by the large number of prefetches." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/614,619). 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=8,443,151.PN.&OS=PN/8,443,151&RS=PN/8,443,151 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Method and System for Implementing a Structure to Implement I/O Rings and Die Area Estimations ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,323) developed by Miles P. McGowan, San Jose, Calif., and Thaddeus Clay McCracken, Portland, Ore., for a "method and system for implementing a structure to implement I/O rings and die area estimations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are improved methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing an I/O ring structure to generate an I/O ring arrangement for an electronic design, and for performing chip planning and estimation based upon the I/O ring arrangement. Nodes in the I/O ring structure are used to track objects in the I/O ring." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2010 (12/978,313). 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=8,443,323&OS=8,443,323&RS=8,443,323 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Synopsys Assigned Patent for EUV Lithography Flare Calculation and Compensation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,308) developed by James Shiely, Aloha, Ore., and Hua Song, San Jose, Calif., for a "EUV lithography flare calculation and compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography flare calculation and compensation is disclosed herein. A method of calculating flare for a mask for use in EUV lithography includes decomposing the flare power spectrum density (PSD) into a low frequency component and a high frequency component. Further, the method includes receiving a plurality of layouts in a flare map generator. Each of the plurality of layouts corresponds to a chip pattern location on the mask. Moreover, the method includes generating, using the flare map generator, a low frequency flare map for the mask from the low frequency component by using fast Fourier transform (FFT)." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2011 (13/098,495). 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=8,443,308&OS=8,443,308&RS=8,443,308 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Determining Equivalent Subsets of Agents to Gather Information for a Fabric ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,443,078) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method of determining equivalent subsets of agents to gather information for a fabric." The co-inventors are Sunil Bharadwaj, Portland, Ore., Stephen A. Byrd, Sunnyvale, Calif., David L. Merbach, Rochester, Minn., Sumant Padbidri, San Jose, Calif., William Tuminaro, San Jose, Calif., Kevin J. Webster, Lake Worth, Fla., and Li Zhou, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for identifying and selecting equivalent sets of agents with defined capabilities to perform certain actions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, determining agents to gather information for a storage area network fabric may be performed through the use of fabric discovery operations which identify agents capable of performing various actions within the fabric. From the determined capabilities of the agents, a dynamic capability grid may be populated to assist with the generation of a list of equivalent subsets to perform the various actions. The most efficient set of agents from each equivalent subset may then be selected to perform actions, with other sets of agents in the equivalent subset available as secondary choices in case of an unexpected failure. For example, a fabric probe may be executed in a storage area network using discovered agents from a list of equivalent subsets to most efficiently accomplish network operations such as zoning and topology." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2010 (12/860,374). 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=8,443,078&OS=8,443,078&RS=8,443,078 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Terminating Enhanced Television Broadcasts ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,402) developed by Jim B. Estipona, Portland, Ore., for "terminating enhanced television broadcasts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An enhanced television broadcast system may enable the transmission and reception of a real-time event when a new program is about to begin. The real-time event may control access to enhancements from the program that is ending. In some embodiments, these real-time events may constitute triggers that are included within packets transmitted in an Internet Protocol multicast. As one example, the trigger may include a Uniform Resource Locator in the form of a tv: protocol that automatically causes the television display to go to full screen television." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (13/005,895). 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=8,443,402&OS=8,443,402&RS=8,443,402 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Synopsys Assigned Patent for Recursive Hierarchical Static Timing Analysis ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Synopsys, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,328) developed by four co-inventors for a "recursive hierarchical static timing analysis." The co-inventors are Florentin Dartu, Lake Oswego, Ore., Patrick D. Fortner, Beaverton, Ore., Kayhan Kucukcakar, Los Altos, Calif., and Qiuyang Wu, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for recursive hierarchical static timing analysis. The method includes accessing a lower-level netlist representing a lower-level block of a circuit design to be realized in physical form, and accessing constraints for the lower-level block. Static timing analysis is performed on the lower-level block. The method includes accessing an upper-level netlist representing an upper-level block of the circuit design to be realized in physical form, and accessing constraints for the upper-level block. Static timing analysis is performed on the upper-level block while incorporating results from the static timing analysis on the lower-level block. Subsequently, recursive static timing analysis is performed on the lower-level block and the upper-level block, wherein results from static timing analysis on the upper-level block are feedback for updating the constraints for the lower-level block, and wherein results from static timing analysis on the lower-level block are feedback for updating the constraints for the upper-level block." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2010 (12/815,325). 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=8,443,328&OS=8,443,328&RS=8,443,328 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,066) developed by eight co-inventors for a "programmatic instantiation, and provisioning of servers." The co-inventors are Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Palo Alto, Calif., Curtis M. Collins, San Jose, Calif., Yuri Finkelstein, San Carlos, Calif., Thomas Dean Lovett, Portland, Ore., Shyam Mittur, Laguna Nigel, Calif., Cosmos Nicolaou, Palo Alto, Calif., Shreyas B. Shah, San Jose, Calif., and Fabio Onofrio Ingrao, Belmont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A networked computing system is taught that may be operated as one or more provisioned servers, each of the provisioned servers including capabilities as identified by a corresponding set of specifications and attributes, according to various embodiments. Typically the specifications (or constraints) and attributes are specified with a Server Configuration File. The networked computing system may be provisioned into any combination and number of servers according to needed processing and I/O capabilities. Each of these servers may include distinct compute, storage, and networking performance. Provisioned servers may be managed similar to conventional servers, including operations such as boot and shutting down." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2011 (13/178,486). 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=8,443,066&OS=8,443,066&RS=8,443,066 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1124951 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |