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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (May 22)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Grammar Compression ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,447,736) developed by six co-inventors for a grammar compression. The co-inventors are Stelios Paparizos, San Jose, Calif., Christopher Walter Anderson, Redmond, Wash., Wei Liu, Bellevue, Wash., Ajay Nair, Redmond, Wash., Alexandros Ntoulas, Mountain View, Calif., and Naga Srinivas Vemuri, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Compression of extensive, rule-based grammars used to facilitate search queries is provided herein. Rule-based grammars include a list of rules that each comprise a sequence of token classes. Each token class is a logical grouping of tokens, and each token is a string of characters. A grammar is parsed to identify rules and token classes. Unimportant token classes are identified and sets of unimportant token classes are merged to generated merged token classes. A compressed grammar is generated by substituting the merged token classes into the grammar for corresponding unimportant token classes used to generate the merged token classes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2011 (13/221,227). 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=84,47,736.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,736&RS=PN/84,47,736 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sideband Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Sideband Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,238) developed by Sandeep K. Gupta, Ottawa, Zane M. Taylor, Santa Clara, Calif., and Sherman S. Tang, Redondo Beach, Calif., for "network security as a service using virtual secure channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to provide an end-to-end secure transaction over a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method comprises opening an in-band virtual secure channel (VSC) or an out-of-band VSC over the SDN; authenticating, through the control plane of a switch managing the SDN, a user of a resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; authorizing the user, through the control plane, access to the resource over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the control plane, over the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC. In another embodiment, a switch to manage the SDN and to implement the method described herein is disclosed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2013 (13/748,517). 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=8,448,238&OS=8,448,238&RS=8,448,238 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** HSBC Card Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- HSBC Card Services, Prospect Heights, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,447,691) developed by Michael Kwong Hin Sang, Gilroy, Calif., for "systems and methods for NACHA compliant ACH transfers using an automated voice response system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention described a method for processing an ACH transfer in compliance with NACHA regulations. The method comprises receiving a request, through a phone call from a customer, to initiate an ACH transfer, the request including at least an account identifier and a payment amount. The method confirms the ACH transfer using speech recognition software and an interactive voice response unit, wherein the customer's identity, the date of transfer, the account identifier, the payment amount, a contact phone number, and the date of the confirmation, are confirmed by the customer using a verbal response recognized by the speech recognition software. This method also includes, recording, using a recording server, the verbal response of the customer in a sound file, tagging the sound file with at least the field of an account identifier, and storing the sound file for at least two years in a data repository." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2007 (11/898,981). 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=84,47,691.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,691&RS=PN/84,47,691 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wal-Mart Stores Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has been assigned a patent (8,447,654) developed by Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, for a "determination of customer proximity to a register through use of sound and methods thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for determining a customer's proximity to a checkout register at a store. A mobile electronic device with mobile self-checkout software thereon may record and analyze ambient noise to determine when a customer is in a checkout line as well as to track the customer's progress through the checkout line. The mobile self-checkout software may present information to the customer according to the customer's position in the checkout line. The type and nature of the information presented to the customer may be changed according to the customer's distance from the checkout terminal as well as how quickly the customer is approaching the terminal. The software may provide detailed data about the shopping and checkout experience. This information may be correlated to customer satisfaction and used identify particular strengths and weaknesses in the shopping experience offered by a store." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2012 (13/625,773). 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=84,47,654.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,654&RS=PN/84,47,654 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,765) developed by four co-inventors for height based indexing. The co-inventors are Emil C. Praun, Fremont, Calif., Costa Touma, Santa Clara, Calif., Paul S. Strauss, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Tushar Udeshi, Broomfield, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments provide a system and method for height based indexing of data. In an embodiment, the present invention parses indexed data by (1) storing a geo-spatial multi-resolution data structure that represents a three dimensional environment, where at least a portion of the three dimensional environment lies within a view frustum; (2) traversing recursively the geo-spatial multi-resolution data structure, where the traversal is based on a range of coordinates that lie within the view frustum; and (3) extracting the indexed data from at least one vertical slice of at least one node of the geo-spatial multi-resolution data structure, where the extracted indexed data is displayed in the view frustum." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2012 (13/344,854). 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=84,47,765.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,765&RS=PN/84,47,765 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Global Secure Service Provider Directory ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,447,699) developed by Asif Batada, Atlanta, and Moshe Levy, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "global secure service provider directory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods enable members of a secure transaction network to readily identify the appropriate trusted service manager (TSM) to support a particular transaction. A global directory of TSM providers is provided that a secure service provider can use for determining which TSM provider is the authorized manager of a security domain for the particular transaction. In aspect the directory of TSM providers may be stored within a mobile device secure element. In another aspect, the directory of TSM providers may be stored in a central TSM repository. In a further aspect, the directory of TSM providers may be distributed among a number of secondary TSM repositories. The appropriate TSM may be identified based upon a secure element identifier and an application identifier provided by a secure element as part of the transaction. Communication of the identifiers from mobile devices may be via cellular or near field communication links." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2010 (12/717,620). 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=84,47,699.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,699&RS=PN/84,47,699 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Salesforce.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Salesforce.com, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,447,754) developed by Craig Weissman, San Francisco, and James Taylor, San Francisco, for "methods and systems for optimizing queries in a multi-tenant store." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for optimizing queries in a multi-tenant store are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving data from a multi-tenant database system having a relational data store and a non-relational data store, receiving a request specifying data to be retrieved, retrieving one or more locations of the data to be retrieved, generating a database query based on the request, in which the database query specifies a plurality of data elements to be retrieved, the plurality of data elements including one or more data elements residing within the non-relational data store and one or more other data elements residing within the relational data store, generating an optimized database query having an optimized query syntax that is distinct from a query syntax of the database query, and executing the optimized database query against the multi-tenant database system to retrieve the data." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,676). 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=84,47,754.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,754&RS=PN/84,47,754 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Visa USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Visa USA, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,447,669) developed by Nizam Antoo, San Carlos, Calif., and Todd J. Brockman, Kentfield, Calif., for a "system and method for implementing financial assistance programs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to provide food stamp benefits to recipients. The state agency responsible for distributing food stamp benefits to eligible recipients employs an issuer to produce consumer access devices for distribution to the recipients. The consumer access device is encoded with information enabling the food stamp recipients to purchase specified items from merchants. By imprinting the consumer access device with indicia identifying a commercial payment processing network and employing the commercial payment processing network to process the transactions, transaction funded by the food stamp program will appear to be credit or debit transactions personally funded by the food stamp recipient." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2008 (12/229,760). 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=84,47,669.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,669&RS=PN/84,47,669 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Method, Apparatus and System for Communicating Heatlhcare Information to and from a Portable, Hand-held Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,447,629) developed by Alain T. Rappaport, San Matco, Calif., and Eliot Weitz, San Francisco, for a "method, apparatus and system for communicating heatlhcare information to and from a portable, hand-held device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and an apparatus for communicating healthcare information utilize a set of codes to communicate healthcare data in a convenient manner. A set of codes each corresponding to respective healthcare data is generated. The set of codes is stored in a memory associated with a portable terminal. Selection of at least one code corresponding to healthcare data relevant to a patient is detected, where after the selected at least one code is wirelessly transmitted to a recipient." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2010 (12/700,322). 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=84,47,629.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,629&RS=PN/84,47,629 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,716) developed by Claire M. Bagley, Carlisle, Mass., Gao Chen, Beijing, and Joyce Ng, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "dynamic constraint satisfaction problem solver with inferred problem association removal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A constraint solver for solving a constraint satisfaction problem network that comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of constraints. The solver receives a request to remove an inferred problem association and determines one or more user decisions that triggered the inferred problem association." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2009 (12/509,546). 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=84,47,716.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,716&RS=PN/84,47,716 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Guidewire Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Guidewire Software, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,631) developed by four co-inventors for an "insurance claim association method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Sandia Ren, San Francisco, Allen Morano, Milpitas, Calif., Jeremy Shawn Henrickson, San Francisco, and James Michael Burton, Orinda, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-based insurance claim processing system (500) provides for the formation and segregated storage of associations (510) that link various active insurance claims (506) to one another. In addition, if desired, the associations can comprise additional information regarding, for example, the nature or type of association and/or other information as a user may wish to include to inform, control, or otherwise characterize the association and/or the associated claims." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2005 (11/086,889). 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=84,47,631.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,631&RS=PN/84,47,631 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Stopthehacker.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Stopthehacker.com, Riverside, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,245) developed by Anirban Banerjee, Riverside, Calif., and Michail Faloutsos, Riverside, Calif., for an "automated identification of phishing, phony and malicious web sites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for automated identification of phishing, phony, and malicious web sites are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method, comprises receiving a first input, the first input including a universal resource locator (URL) for a webpage. A second input is received, the second input including feedback information related to the webpage, the feedback information including an indication designating the webpage as safe or unsafe. A third input is received from a database, the third input including reputation information related to the webpage. Data is extracted from the webpage. A safety status is determined for the webpage, including whether the webpage is hazardous by using a threat score for the webpage and the second input, wherein calculating the threat score includes analyzing the extracted data from the webpage. The safety status for the webpage is reported." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2010 (12/689,986). 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=8,448,245&OS=8,448,245&RS=8,448,245 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System for Electronic Learning Synapse with Spike-timing Dependent Plasticity Using Phase Change Memory ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,447,714) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for electronic learning synapse with spike-timing dependent plasticity using phase change memory." The co-inventors are Matthew Joseph Breitwisch, Essex Junction, Vt., Roger W. Cheek, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Chung Hon Lam, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Dharmendra Shantilal Modha, San Jose, Calif., and Bipin Rajendran, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product for producing spike-dependent plasticity in an artificial synapse is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for producing spike-dependent plasticity in an artificial neuron comprises generating a pre-synaptic spiking event in a first neuron when a total integrated input to the first neuron exceeds a first predetermined threshold. A post-synaptic spiking event is generated in a second neuron when a total integrated input to the second neuron exceeds a second predetermined threshold. After the pre-synaptic spiking event, a first pulse is applied to a pre-synaptic node of a synapse having a phase change memory element. After the post-synaptic spiking event, a second varying pulse is applied to a post-synaptic node of the synapse, wherein current through the synapse is a function of the state of the second varying pulse at the time of the first pulse." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2009 (12/470,451). 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=84,47,714.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,714&RS=PN/84,47,714 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Numenta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Numenta, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,711) developed by five co-inventors for an "architecture of a hierarchical temporal memory based system." The co-inventors are Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Atherton, Calif., Subutai Ahmad, Palo Alto, Calif., Dileep George, Menlo Park, Calif., Frank E. Astier, Mountain View, Calif., and Ronald Marianetti II, Los Gatos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) based system may be provided as a software platform. The software platform includes: a runtime engine arranged to run an HTM network; a first interface accessible by a set of tools to configure, design, modify, train, debug, and/or deploy the HTM network; and a second interface accessible to extend a functionality of the runtime engine." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2008 (12/052,580). 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=84,47,711.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,711&RS=PN/84,47,711 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Prophet Productions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Prophet Productions, New York, has been assigned a patent (RE44,225) developed by David G. Aviv, Los Angeles, for an "abnormality detection and surveillance system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surveillance system having at least one primary video camera for translating real images of a zone into electronic video signals at a first level of resolution. The system includes means for sampling movements of an individual or individuals located within the zone from the video signal output from at least one video camera. Video signals of sampled movements of the individual is electronically compared with known characteristics of movements which are indicative of individuals having a criminal intent. The level of criminal intent of the individual or individuals is then determined and an appropriate alarm signal is produced." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,490). 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=RE44,225&OS=RE44,225&RS=RE44,225 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Generating a Related Set of Documents for an Initial Set of Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,760) developed by Simon Tong, Mountain View, Calif., Benjamin N. Lee, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Eric E. Altendorf, San Francisco, for "generating a related set of documents for an initial set of documents." 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 identifying one or more second documents related to one or more first documents. Strength of relationship scores between candidate documents in a group of candidate documents and each first document are determined by aggregating user selection data for users, the user selection data indicating, for each user, whether the user viewed the candidate document during a window of time after the first document is presented to the user on a search results web page in response to a query. An aggregate strength of relationship score is calculated for each candidate document from the strength of relationship scores for the candidate document. Second documents are selected from the candidate documents according to the aggregate strength of relationship scores for the candidate documents." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2009 (12/506,203). 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=84,47,760.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,760&RS=PN/84,47,760 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Linkshare Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Linkshare, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,447,656) developed by Stephen D. Messer, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Jianhao Meng, Cos Cob, Conn., and Cheryl Ho, San Francisco, for an "enhanced network based promotional tracking system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel communications network tracks and manages Merchant and Affiliate promotional efforts in a seamless, integrated fashion. Operative characteristics include central control over promotional Java-based presentations or similar to be easily applied across a broad network of connected Affiliate sites. The system accomplishes this, in part, by providing a selective API for use in wrapping the promotional links. In accordance with this protocol, these links may be hosted by the Clearinghouse or Merchant, and sourced from a variety of third-party vendors." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (12/836,288). 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=84,47,656.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,656&RS=PN/84,47,656 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Glyde Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Glyde, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,645) developed by Simon Rothman, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "system and method for dynamic product pricing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for dynamic product pricing. According to one embodiment, sale characteristics for a plurality of products are stored in a database. A user places a sale order including information associated with a product to be listed on a website, and a market price for the product is calculated based on the stored sale characteristics of the product. The sales characteristics include a queue of current list prices of the product as well as recent sale prices, with the queue having the number of the product available for sale at each different price. A suggested list price is displayed to the seller based on the market price. The seller is provided with a means for adjusting the suggested list price or listing the product at the suggested list price." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/963,382). 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=84,47,645.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,645&RS=PN/84,47,645 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ticketmaster Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,639) developed by Adam Sussman, Los Angeles, Robert Bennett, Los Angeles, and Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, Ariz., for "computer-implemented systems and methods for resource allocation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for processing queue data and for providing queue messaging over a network. An illustrative queuing system includes a first queue configured to hold resource requests from a plurality of users, and program code stored in computer readable memory configured to determine or estimate whether a resource requested by a first resource request submitted by a first requester will be available when the first resource request will be serviced, and to transmit a message over a network to the first requester indicating that the requested resource will not be available when the queued request is serviced if it is estimated or determined that the requested resource will not be available when the first request is serviced." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012 (13/476,931). 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=84,47,639.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,639&RS=PN/84,47,639 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,730) developed by Masood Mortazavi, San Jose, Calif., Jacob Y. Levy, Los Altos, Calif., and Sahaya Andrews Albert, San Jose, Calif., for a "probe system for replication monitoring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A ProbeSystem for one or more Replicas is disclosed. For each replica, the Probe System includes a ProbeHead that updates a Head field in a Target Record pertaining to the Replica and a ProbeEcho that updates an Echo field in the TargetRecord. The Head field includes a time stamp and an epoch value. The Echo field includes a latency value and an epoch value. The fields are such that, during reporting, the ProbeHead can analyze the TargetRecord for the replica to determine the latency between one or more paths between the Replica and other Replicas. The ProbeSystem has a peer-to-peer shared nothing architecture and applies to a large class of high-replica, distributed and high-scale cloud storage systems and services." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2012 (13/363,148). 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=84,47,730.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,730&RS=PN/84,47,730 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Processing Digitally Hosted Volumes ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,748) developed by Aileen Lee, San Jose, Calif., Amar Chokhawala, Los Altos, Calif., and Rodney Chu, Mountain View, Calif., for "processing digitally hosted volumes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A content specification containing a data structure describing a digital volume to be incorporated into a digital library is received. A digital volume is a digital representation of human-readable content, such as a digitized book. Volume content of the digital volume is obtained based on references in the content specification to the locations of the volume content. The volume content is indexed based at least in part on information in the content specification, including volume metadata such as the title or author of the volume. The content specification includes markup language elements, each element specifying information about the digital volume. A plurality of tags are associated with the markup language elements. A structural tag specifies structural information associated with the digital volume, including the location of a portion of volume content of the digital volume. A metadata tag specifies metadata describing or identifying the digital volume." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/172,072). 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=84,47,748.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,748&RS=PN/84,47,748 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent for System and Method for Automatically Enrolling Buyers into a Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,447,641) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for automatically enrolling buyers into a network." The co-inventors are Shrinivas K. Kaza, Fremont, Calif., Xuan (Sunny) N. McRae, Fremont, Calif., Dillip K. Subramani, Pleasanton, Calif., Matthew Grant Roland, San Francisco, Pavel Lopin, Dublin, Calif., and Georg Mueller, Pleasanton, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a system and computer-implemented method for automatically enrolling and upgrading a buyer into a pre-existing network in order to conduct business with one or more sellers with minimum efforts and consistent quality. The method includes providing to the buyer, via a programmable computer, multiple business models for selection. The method also includes retrieving and sending to the buyer a set of pre-configured business processes to select based on the model chosen by the buyer. The method further includes generating required test cases to validate the selected best business process and tracking and certifying the test cases followed by deploying a live version of the selected best business process." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2010 (12/748,632). 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=84,47,641.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,641&RS=PN/84,47,641 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,241) developed by Nirave D. Kadakia, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "browser extension for checking website susceptibility to cross site scripting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for testing the susceptibility of an Internet website to process cross-site scripting instructions is disclosed. The system includes an Internet web browser, a web server and an extension module embedded within the Internet web browser. The extension module is made up of two distinct components, a sending component and a receiving component. Within the sending component, is a translator object coupled to a first reference source. Within the receiving component is an interceptor object coupled to a second reference source. Together, the sending component and receiving component are used to communicate cross-site scripting test commands and receive responses from the web server hosting the Internet website being targeted for testing." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2006 (11/357,805). 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=8,448,241&OS=8,448,241&RS=8,448,241 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** salesforce.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- salesforce.com, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,447,745) developed by Neeraj Ahuja, Fremont, Calif., Susan Sharon Levine, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Simon Y. Wong, San Carlos, Calif., for "synchronizing field values in an on-demand database prior to committing a change." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing field values in transient data objects, such as JAVA.RTM. objects, before saving a transaction to a database. A dependency from one data object to another data object is detected, and changes which affect the second data object's fields through the dependency are flowed through to the second data object. This is performed between each step of a multistep save process, such between triggers, validation rules, workflows, and the final committing of data to the database." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2009 (12/559,257). 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=84,47,745.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,745&RS=PN/84,47,745 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** A9.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- A9.com, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,757) developed by Richard S. K. Cox, San Francisco, for "latency reduction techniques for partitioned processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Overall latency is reduced when processing tasks such as search queries by determining which tasks are "expensive," or likely to exceed desired latency thresholds. For expensive queries processed according to partitions, the segments for each partition can be divided among various sub-queries, which allow each partition to be processed in parallel by multiple devices without the need for repartitioning. Further, the responses to the sub-queries can be monitored, and if one or more responses are not received within a specified amount of time then each sub-query for which a response is missing can be resent. The first response received will be consolidated with the results from the other queries, and the result returned." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2009 (12/549,228). 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=84,47,757.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,757&RS=PN/84,47,757 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (RE44,235) developed by Gary A. Demos, Perris, Calif., for an "enhancing image quality in an image system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for improving image compression by pre-processing the image frames. In particular, methods for de-interlacing and noise reduction using combinations of median filters, applied both spatially and temporally, with and without motion analysis, are described." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/366,485). 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=RE44,235&OS=RE44,235&RS=RE44,235 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Supply Chain Demand Satisfaction ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,644) developed by four co-inventors for a "supply chain demand satisfaction." The co-inventors are Jill Nephew, Sevastopol, Calif., Wei Cui, San Ramon, Calif., Walter Romijn, Pleasanton, Calif., and Gregory Penn, Lakewood, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for supply chain management and identification of feasible plans. Identification of feasible plans includes collecting demands for one or more items having the same level code; and for each of the collected demands, determining a first demand shortage quantity, searching the data storage for available unallocated supply responsive to the first demand shortage quantity, determining a second demand shortage quantity, and creating supply, the creation of supply being responsive to the second demand shortage quantity and the creation of supply including satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code. Satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code may include using the system recursively. Using the system recursively may include incrementing a current level code. Satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code may include performing a feasible plan search relating to items assigned the higher level code." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2012 (13/356,564). 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=84,47,644.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,644&RS=PN/84,47,644 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,750) developed by Ty Lettau, Hercules, Calif., Gever Tulley, Montara, Calif., and Robert S. Murata, Mountain View, Calif., for a "rating system and spatial searching therein." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for a rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with an asset, receiving a user rating associated with the asset, the user rating including a point on the visual field, and updating a presentation of the visual field to include the user rating. Further, techniques for spatial searching within the rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion, receiving a search inquiry including a shape input on the visual field, searching assets in response to the search inquiry, and displaying a subset of the assets determined from the searching." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,268). 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=84,47,750.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,750&RS=PN/84,47,750 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** eBay Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- eBay, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,663) developed by Danny Chang, Los Altos, Calif., and Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "system and method for coordination of remote inspectors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2010 (12/787,327). 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=84,47,663.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,663&RS=PN/84,47,663 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ecke Geraniums Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Ecke Geraniums, Encinitas, Ga., has been assigned a patent (PP23,620) developed by David G. Lemon, Lompoc, Calif., for a "geranium plant named 'Oglger5053'." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named `Oglger5053`, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large red purple, light red purple and dark purple-colored flowers." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/134,378). 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=PP23,620&OS=PP23,620&RS=PP23,620 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ContentGuard Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- ContentGuard Holdings, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,447,697) developed by Xin Wang, Torrance, Calif., and Bijan Tadayon, Germantown, Md., for "rights offering and granting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Processes and systems for offering and granting digital rights that govern distribution and usage of content, services and resources. The processes and systems provide a basis for flexible business models and negotiation transactions between content providers and users. The concept of meta-rights, which permit digital rights to be derived, permits upstream parties in a content distribution chain to dictate rights granted and received by downstream parties. Therefore, each transaction can be considered as a two party transaction between a rights supplier and a rights consumer." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2010 (12/815,888). 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=84,47,697.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,697&RS=PN/84,47,697 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,447,734) developed by Evan R. Kirshenbaum, Mountain View, Calif., for a "HDAG backup system with variable retention." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage system efficiently allocates storage space for data backup. An illustrative storage system comprises a storage and backup logic that manages data backup in the storage and converts a file to a hash-based directed acyclic graph (HDAG) so that a hierarchy of nodes of the HDAGs contain a hash of child nodes. The backup logic creates multiple HDAGs for one or more of a plurality of retention policies and represents directories by a first node containing a payload of metadata and weak references to roots of child nodes, and a second node containing references to the first node and to any HDAGs corresponding to files and/or directories governed by an active policy of the plurality of retention policies." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,914). 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=84,47,734.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,734&RS=PN/84,47,734 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Automated Price Maintenance for Use with a System in which Advertisements are Rendered with Relative Preferences ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,653) developed by Eric Veach, Mountain View, Calif., and Salar Arta Kamangar, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "automated price maintenance for use with a system in which advertisements are rendered with relative preferences." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cost maintenance scheme useful with an advertising system which orders ads in a manner that maximizes both their relevance and their economic value, and which provides a fair bidding process in which a winning bidder is assured of not having paid too much. Ordering may be done based on accepted maximum ad bid information and/or ad performance information. For example, this information may be used to determine a position value. Cost may be determined based on accepted maximum ad bid information and/or performance information. Billing the determined cost may be subject to a condition precedent." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,648). 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=84,47,653.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,653&RS=PN/84,47,653 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,244) developed by Tim Kukulski, Oakland, Calif., Robert Benson Walton, San Francisco, and Allan Padgett, Seattle, for "methods and systems for fused files comprising logic and content data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments allow for use of fused files that comprise executable code and content data in a more user-friendly and flexible manner. For example, a fused file can include content data and application logic for editing the content data within the file. Security through the use of digital signatures can be supported, but with at least part of a file recognized as extensible so that the file can be edited without "breaking" the signature. Additionally, a computing device can be configured to utilize a "sandbox" environment so that extensible (and/or other) portions of a fused file do not introduce unacceptable security issues even if the digital signature is valid. In some embodiments, the support of extensibility and sandboxing allows a runtime environment to utilize installer-free operation, which can represent a significant advantage in that fused files can be widely distributed to any device utilizing the runtime environment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,282). 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=8,448,244&OS=8,448,244&RS=8,448,244 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,676) developed by Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., and James D. Bennett, Laguna Beach, Calif., for a "billing support in a media exchange network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system providing billing support for the exchange of media is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide for the authorization of and billing for the delivery of media from a media server to local storage for consumption on a television display. The media may be audio, still pictures, video, or data. Other embodiments may provide for the authorization of and billing for the transfer of media from a media peripheral to a media server for media backup or distribution. A media peripheral may be, for example, a digital camera, digital camcorder, personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), multi-media gateway, and MP3 player. An embodiment may support pre-payment, payment at time of use, and post-use billing for the media exchange. In an embodiment of the present invention, the storing or accessing of media may be performed without identifying the user to the media server." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2011 (13/326,601). 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=84,47,676.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,676&RS=PN/84,47,676 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,448,252) developed by Linda G. King, San Antonio, and Charles L. Orr, San Antonio, for "system and method of facilitating compliance with information sharing regulations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system and method of facilitating compliance to one or more information sharing regulations. The present invention provides a computer system equipped with a processing unit capable of receiving input information and extracting one or more data sharing guidelines. The present invention utilizes the relationship between the parties and the data at issue to construct a data sharing arrangement. Each data sharing arrangement may be cross-referenced to one or more data sharing guidelines designed to assist the user to determine what privacy regulations apply and how to comply with same." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/858,152). 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=8,448,252&OS=8,448,252&RS=8,448,252 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,740) developed by seven co-inventors for a "stream locality delta compression." The co-inventors are Mark Huang, Seattle, Philip Shilane, Morrisville, Pa., Grant Wallace, Ewing, N.J., Nitin Garg, Mountain View, Calif., Edward K. Lee, San Jose, Calif., Ming Benjamin Zhu, Austin, Texas, and Kai Li, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Stream locality delta compression is disclosed. A previous stream indicated locale of data segments is selected. A first data segment is then determined to be similar to a data segment in the stream indicated locale." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/291,989). 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=84,47,740.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,740&RS=PN/84,47,740 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,447,700) developed by Philip Yuen, Bellevue, Wash., Chih-Jen Huang, Kirkland, Wash., and Gerald Yuen, Pasadena, Calif., for a transaction authorization service. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for authorizing transactions, such as payments or money transfers. A source entity may initiate a transaction with a target entity via a first communications channel. In initiating the transaction, the source entity may indicate that the transaction is to be performed through a transaction authorization service. The target entity may send a transaction initiation message to the transaction authorization service. In response to receiving the transaction initiation message, the service may authorize the transaction with the source entity via a second communications channel. To authorize the transaction, the source entity may provide a PIN number or other identifier via the second communications channel. After receiving and validating the response from the source entity, the transaction authorization service may inform the target entity that the transaction is authorized. The target entity may then complete the transaction with the transaction authorization service and the source entity." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2006 (11/546,534). 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=84,47,700.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,700&RS=PN/84,47,700 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intuit Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Intuit, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,667) developed by four co-inventors for "methods, systems and articles for facilitating loans using income tax refunds." The co-inventors are Vidya Dinamani, San Diego, Richard Preece, San Marco, Calif., Alan B. Tifford, San Diego, and David D. Taylor, Santa Barbara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and articles for online computerized methods and systems for facilitating a loan between a borrower and a lender in a financial services system having a loan processing application integrated with a tax return preparation application, in which a lender's tax refund is used to fund the loan. Tax returns are prepared for borrowers and for lenders using the tax return preparation application. The borrowers submits loan request to the system. The system asks lenders having a tax refund if they would like to loan the tax refund to other people and the system presents loan options to the lenders. If a lender likes a loan request, the lender instructs the system to enter into a loan for the request for a specified amount on agreed to loan terms, and the loan amount is then transferred to the borrower, funded by the tax refund." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2011 (13/192,154). 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=84,47,667.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,667&RS=PN/84,47,667 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,744) developed by four co-inventors for an "extensibility platform using data cartridges." The co-inventors are Alexandre De Castro Alves, Santa Clara, Calif., Anand Srinivasan, Bangalore, India, Hoyong Park, San Jose, Calif., and Shailendra Mishra, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A framework for extending the capabilities of an event processing system using one or more plug-in components referred to herein as data cartridges. Generally speaking, a data cartridge is a self-contained unit of data that can be registered with an event processing system and can store information pertaining to one or more objects (referred to herein as extensible objects) that are not natively supported by the system. Examples of such extensible objects can include data types, functions, indexes, data sources, and others. By interacting with a data cartridge, an event processing system can compile and execute queries that reference extensible objects defined in the data cartridge, thereby extending the system beyond its native capabilities." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/957,194). 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=84,47,744.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,744&RS=PN/84,47,744 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freddie Mac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,447,688) developed by four co-inventors for "risk-based reference pool capital reducing systems and methods." The co-inventors are Paul A. Thomas, Ashburn, Va., Robert J. Fishman, Olney, Md., Clifford V. Rossi, Westlake Village, Calif., and Martin M. Loketek, Reston, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments consistent with the present invention provide a credit enhancement structure for risk allocation between parties that minimizes the regulatory capital reserve requirement impact to an institution subject to capital reserve requirement. A subject pool of assets held by the institution, such as a pool of loans, is rated to determine its risk levels. Based on the rated risk levels, a guarantor party agrees to be responsible for a portion of the risk associated with the pool of assets, which may define the maximum risk exposure of the institution holding the asset pool. The risk-rated capital reserve requirements are applied to the asset pool based on the risk level rating and the guarantor's agreed upon risk responsibility such that the institution holds a reduced amount of reserve capital compared to what it would otherwise be required to hold." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2011 (13/174,302). 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=84,47,688.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,688&RS=PN/84,47,688 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Analog/digital Partitioning of Circuit Designs for Simulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,448,116) developed by Chandrashekar L. Chetput, San Jose, Calif., Abhijeet Kolpekwar, Austin, Texas, and Srinivasan Iyengar, Round Rock, Texas, for "analog/digital partitioning of circuit designs for simulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "For increasing user control and insight into preparing a mixed-signal semiconductor design specification for simulation, there are provided methods responsive to commands that provide control over resolution of disciplines and partitioning of the design into analog and digital portions. In some aspects, the methods provide block-based assignment of disciplines, as well as design partitioning. In other aspects, the methods provide for resolving a discipline to apply in a block from among multiple possible disciplines. In some aspects, error flagging may be available for detecting disciplines different from what provided for assignment in a block. Assignments may be indicated based on instance, cell, terminal, or library names and may be specified with wild cards. In still other aspects, the methods may be embodied by instructions on computer readable media, and in systems comprising general and special purpose computer hardware that may communicate with various storage facilities and over various networks." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/873,162). 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=8,448,116&OS=8,448,116&RS=8,448,116 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,447,720) developed by Stuart H. Rubin, San Diego, for an "adaptive case-based reasoning system using dynamic method for knowledge acquisition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes receiving a user-specified context comprising one or more natural language contextual antecedents. Then, for each contextual antecedent, a modified contextual antecedent is created by converting each contextual antecedent to a sequence of integers using a word base. Each modified contextual antecedent is compared to each of a plurality of cases stored in a case base, where each case includes one or more case antecedents and one or more case consequents. The case antecedents and case consequents are stored in the case base as sequences of integers representing the respective case antecedents and case consequents. The case having the case antecedents that best match the contextual antecedents is then selected and the case consequents of the selected case are displayed to a user. The user then provides feedback regarding the displayed case consequents. The feedback may be integrated into the contextual antecedent for a new search of the case base. The method is computer-implementable and may be efficiently performed by a distributed processing system." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2010 (12/755,268). 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=84,47,720.PN.&OS=PN/84,47,720&RS=PN/84,47,720 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,888) developed by 19 co-inventors for a "PCI express enhancements and extensions." The co-inventors are Jasmin Ajanovic, Portland, Ore., Mahesh Wagh, Portland, Ore., Prashant Sethi, Folsom, Calif., Debendra Das Sharma, Santa Clara, Calif., David Harriman, Portland, Ore., Mark Rosenbluth, Uxbridge, Mass., Ajay Bhatt, Portland, Ore., Peter Barry, Ardnacrusha, Ireland, Scott Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, Ore., Anil Vasudevan, Portland, Ore., Sridhar Muthrasanallur, Puyallup, Wash., James Akiyama, Beaverton, Ore., Robert Blankenship, Tacoma, Wash., Ohad Falik, Kfar-Saba, Israel, Abraham Mendelson, Haifa, Israel, Ilan Pardo, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel, Eran Tamari, Ramat Gan, Israel, Eliezer Weissmann, Haifa, Israel, and Doron Shamia, Modiin, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. 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