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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (June 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Replicating Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,463,746) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for replicating data." The co-inventors are Lisa J. Gundy, Tucson, Ariz., Beth A. Peterson, Tucson, Ariz., Alfred E. Sanchez, Tucson, Ariz., David M. Shackelford, Tucson, Ariz., Warren K. Stanley, Loveland, Colo., and John G. Thompson, Tucson, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computing environments, and computer program products are provided for replicating data. Point-in-time copy parameters are generated at a primary host site. A side file entry having the point-in-time copy parameters and a track information field (TIF) associated with the point-in-time copy parameters is generated. The side file entry is transferred to a secondary host site. A point-in-time copy process is performed at the secondary host site based on the point-in-time copy parameters and the TIF." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/075,896). 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=84,63,746.PN.&OS=PN/84,63,746&RS=PN/84,63,746 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mocapay Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Mocapay, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,463,674) developed by Douglas J. Hurst, Boulder, Colo., for a "system and method for distributing mobile gift cards." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for distributing mobile gift cards is described. One embodiment, a computer-server-based method, receives a selection of a merchant with which to associate a mobile gift card, receives an indication of a monetary amount for the mobile gift card, receives an electronic payment for the monetary amount, applies the monetary amount to the mobile gift card, associates the mobile gift card with a recipient's phone number, and transmits a notification of the mobile gift card to a mobile device associated with the recipient's phone number, the computer server acting as a server-side wallet for the mobile gift card, the mobile gift card being usable, through interaction with the computer server, by the recipient for the purchase of goods from the merchant associated with the mobile gift card." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,423). 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=84,63,674.PN.&OS=PN/84,63,674&RS=PN/84,63,674 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dish Network Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Dish Network, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,464,300) developed by Jonathan E. Addair, Littleton, Colo., Erik C. Johnson, Littleton, Colo., and Shawn Sullivan, Lakewood, Colo., for "systems and methods for receiving device health management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments facilitate the management of receiving device health. One embodiment provides a receiving device health manager that identifies receiving devices having degraded operational states, based on operational state data received from those receiving devices. The receiving device health manager may further determine and initiate corrective actions with respect to the identified receiving devices, based on information about customers associated with the receiving devices and/or about the receiving devices themselves. In one embodiment, a corrective action may include a customer service contact to schedule a receiving device repair visit by a technician. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2008 (12/211,771). 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=8,464,300&OS=8,464,300&RS=8,464,300 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Secure64 Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Secure64 Software, Greenwood Village, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,464,265) developed by John S. Worley, Fort Collins, Colo., for a "method and system for reallocating computational resources using resource reallocation enabling information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an efficient and flexible method and system for managing a pool of computational resources that can be allocated from a resource pool, used for varying periods of time, and eventually returned to the resource pool. Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for efficiently managing ephemeral ports used for short-duration communications connections. In one embodiment of the present invention, an array of port tables is employed to store and manage a large space of ephemeral protocol ports. Each port table is a circular buffer, each entry of which includes a port number that uniquely identifies a communications port, a sequence number that allows the port to be immediately reallocated, and any other additional protocol-specific information that may be associated with the port. A non-local-port-number portion of a connection address, comprising a remote IP address, a remote port number, and a local IP address, may be hashed to generate a numerical reference to a particular port table within the array, or list, of port tables, and ephemeral ports for the non-local-port-number portion of a connection address are allocated from, and deallocated and returned to, the numerically identified port table." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2006 (11/397,918). 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=8,464,265&OS=8,464,265&RS=8,464,265 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** OCZ Technology Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- OCZ Technology Group, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,106) developed by Lutz Filor, San Jose, Calif., and Franz Michael Schuette, Colorado Springs, Colo., for a "computer system with backup function and method therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A solid-state mass storage device and method of anticipating a failure of the mass storage device resulting from a memory device of the mass storage device reaching a write endurance limit. A procedure is then initiated to back up data to a second mass storage device prior to failure. The method includes assigning at least a first memory block of the memory device as a wear indicator, using other memory blocks of the memory device as data blocks for data storage, performing program/erase (P/E) cycles and wear leveling on the data blocks, subjecting the wear indicator to more P/E cycles than the data blocks, performing integrity checks and monitoring the bit error rate of the wear indicator, and taking corrective action if the bit error rate increases, including the initiation of the backup procedure and generating a request to replace the device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2011 (13/027,597). 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=8,464,106.PN.&OS=PN/8,464,106&RS=PN/8,464,106 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Implementation Tool Combining Pre-configuration and Questionnaire ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,244) developed by seven co-inventors for an "implementation tool combining pre-configuration and questionnaire." The co-inventors are Daniel Scott Stern, Denver, Manuel Albert Neyra, Highlands Ranch, Colo., Yu-Feng Gu, Aurora, Colo., Thomas R. Williams, Lone Tree, Colo., Jason K. Reicheneker, Highlands Ranch, Colo., Shawn A. Martine, Denver, and Timothy Threlkeld, Denver. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for configuration of an application program using a set of pre-configuration data and a questionnaire. In one embodiment, a method for delivering configuration information for an application, can comprise saving a set of configuration information related to the application. A set of one or more questions related to configuration of the application can be defined and saved. In some cases, at least one of the set of one or more questions related to configuration of the application can relate to at least a subset of the set of configuration information. The set of configuration information and the set of one or more questions can be delivered for use in configuring an installation of the application." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2008 (11/970,833). 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=8,464,244&OS=8,464,244&RS=8,464,244 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** United Video Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United Video Properties, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,296) developed by five co-inventors for "series reminders and series recording from an interactive program guide." The co-inventors are Edward B. Knudson, Littleton, Colo., Thomas R. Lemmons, Sand Springs, Okla., Kevin D. Satterfield, Mannford, Okla., Donald W. Allison, Tulsa, Okla., and Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interactive media guidance system with program series reminder and recording capabilities is provided. The system allows a user to set a reminder or schedule a recording for a single episode or for each episode of a program series. Options may be provided that allow the user to schedule reminders/recordings for episodes on all or selected channels for some or all episodes including reruns, new episodes, network or syndicated episodes, on all or only on selected days." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,693). 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=8,464,296&OS=8,464,296&RS=8,464,296 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,464,196) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method and system for routing optimally between terminals through intermediate vias in a circuit design." The co-inventors are Randall Scott Lawson, Seabrook, N.H., Sean Bergan, Andover, Mass., Joseph Dexter Smedley, Chelmsford, Mass., Paul S. Musto, Hollis, N.H., Brett Allen Neal, Monument, Colo., Richard Allen Woodward Jr., San Diego, Jelena Radumilo-Franklin, Westford, Mass., Frank Farmar, Amherst, N.H., and Gregory M. Horlick, Madison, Ala. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for establishing an automated routing environment in an electronic design automation (EDA) work flow for the routing of a circuit design. A user may merely specify a flow via pattern, a flow via location, and a start and end terminal and thereby, the auto router or path finder will automatically find the least-cost paths between each of the start terminals through at least one intermediate via of the flow via and ending at an end terminal. Upon successful routing of all needed terminals, an at least partially routed circuit design may be output." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2012 (13/432,904). 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=8,464,196&OS=8,464,196&RS=8,464,196 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1128015 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |