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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (June 19)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Debugging Workflows ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,124) developed by four co-inventors for debugging workflows. The co-inventors are James M. Bonanno, Raleigh, N.C., Steven D. Ims, Apex, N.C., Todd E. Kaplinger, Raleigh, N.C., and Aaron J. Tarter, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to a debugging system ("system") configured to access a work flow document. The workflow document may include references to flow activities connected by flow connectors, forming a workflow path. Some of the flow connectors may have breakpoints. The debugging system can insert command instructions for a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request into the workflow document at locations associated with the flow connectors and initiate a test run of the workflow path. In some embodiments, during the test run, when one of the flow connectors is reached, the system executes the command instructions for the HTTP request, sending the HTTP request to a debugger application ("debugger"). If a breakpoint is associated with the flow connector, the debugger can delay response to the HTTP request, otherwise the debugger can respond immediately. A user can debug the workflow document during the delay." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/827,995). 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=84,68,124.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,124&RS=PN/84,68,124 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,468,074) developed by Christopher J. Schrick, Imperial, Mo., Katherine Renee Fadden, Charlotte, N.C., and Craig Allan Hall, Albuquerque, N.M., for a "rejected checks envelope and process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for processing rejected checks. Checks that are rejected for deposit at deposit locations are captured on-site. A carrier picking up the rejected checks at the deposit location sorts the rejected checks into envelopes with data recognition markings. The recognition markings on the envelopes help with sorting and identifying the checks as rejected, as well as providing data to associate the rejected checks with a customer or an account. Image files are created for the rejected checks using an image capture system. Data files are created to match-up with the image files. The rejected checks are investigated to populate the data file, in order to determine how to process the rejected checks. The checks are submitted for posting and settlement often before any claims are made by customers for provisional funds for their rejected checks." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2009 (12/414,142). 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=84,68,074.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,074&RS=PN/84,68,074 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Reduced Power Failover System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,383) developed by four co-inventors for a "reduced power failover system." The co-inventors are Fred A. Bower III, Durham, N.C., Gregory B. Pruett, Raleigh, N.C., Cale T. Rath, Byron, Minn., and Jefferey J. Van Heuklon, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include a power-efficient failover system. In one embodiment, a primary server is operable at one or more power states and is configured to dynamically generate a backup for the results of n executed program code while in a normal operating state. A redundant server is coupled to the primary server and is operable at the normal operating state or one or more reduced power states. The redundant server is also configured to dynamically receive the backup from the primary server and, in response to a failure of the primary server, to assume the workload of the primary server according to the backup. A controller manages the power state of the redundant server." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2010 (12/963,383). 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=8,468,383.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,383&RS=PN/8,468,383 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Secure Data Transfer Over a Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,337) developed by Santosh P. Gaur, Raleigh, N.C., and William Eric Hall, Clinton, Conn., for a "secure data transfer over a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are described for secure data transfer over a network. According to an exemplary embodiment a system for secure data transfer over a network includes memory and a memory controller configured to transfer data received from the network to the memory. The system includes a processor, having logic configured to retrieve a portion of the data from the memory using the memory controller. The processor also includes logic configured to perform security operations on the retrieved portion of the data, and logic configured to store the operated-on portion of the data in the memory using the memory controller. The memory controller is further configured to transfer the operated-on portion of the data from the memory to the network." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2004 (10/790,966). 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=8,468,337.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,337&RS=PN/8,468,337 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Red Hat Assigned Patent for System and Method for Verifying Compatibility of Computer Equipment with a Software Products ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,468,328) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for verifying compatibility of computer equipment with a software products." The co-inventors are Lawrence Edward Troan, Raleigh, N.C., Robin Joel Landry, Apex, N.C., David Keith Lawrence, Apex, N.C., and Willard Gordon Woods, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for verifying compatibility of computer equipment with a software product. A system and method are provided to verify compatibility of computer equipment with software. This verification can include gathering information about configurations of the computer equipment, and creating at least one file based on the information. The file or files coordinate testing of the computer equipment. The testing produces results that can be stored and analyzed or evaluated. The results can be contained in a file or a plurality of files. The results provide a description of the configurations in addition to an indication of whether the testing has produced any failures. The configuration descriptions or parts thereof can be stored in a configuration database that can be used to apply credit against future testing of computer equipment so that future testing needs can be reduced." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/629,421). 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=8,468,328.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,328&RS=PN/8,468,328 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Determining and Describing Available Resources and Capabilities to Match Jobs to Endpoints ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,530) developed by Michael L. Fraenkel, Cary, N.C., Richard E. Nesbitt, Holly Springs, N.C., and Brent A. Peters, Raleigh, N.C., for "determining and describing available resources and capabilities to match jobs to endpoints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for determining and describing available resources and capabilities to match jobs to endpoints may include applying a set of rules to resource information to at least one of create new resource and attribute information and update existing resource and attribute information. The method may also include applying at least one of the new resource and attribute information and the updated existing resource and attribute information to match jobs to endpoints." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2005 (10/907,596). 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=8,468,530&OS=8,468,530&RS=8,468,530 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Indication of a Destructive Write via a Notification from a Disk Drive that Emulates Blocks of a First Block Size within Blocks of a Second Block Size ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,312) developed by Michael T. Benhase, Tucson, Ariz., and Andrew B. McNeill Jr., Research Triangle Park, N.C., for an "indication of a destructive write via a notification from a disk drive that emulates blocks of a first block size within blocks of a second block size." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive receives a request to write at least one block of a first block size, wherein the disk drive is configured to store blocks of a second block size that is larger in size than the first block size. The disk drive stores a plurality of emulated blocks of the first block size in each block of the second block size. The disk drive generates a read error, in response to reading a selected block of the second block size in which the at least block of the first block size is to be written via an emulation. The disk drive performs a destructive write of selected emulated blocks of the first block size that caused the read error to be generated. The disk drive writes the at least one block of the first block size in the selected block of the second block size." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2012 (13/454,892). 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=8,468,312.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,312&RS=PN/8,468,312 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Defect Classification ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,497) developed by four co-inventors for an automated defect classification. The co-inventors are Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, N.C., Albert A. Chung, Cary, N.C., Binh C. Truong, Cary, N.C., and Kam K. Yee, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to defect classification for software development and provide a method, system and computer program product for automated defect classification in a software development tool. In an embodiment of the invention, a defect classification method can be provided. The method can include computing differences between versions of a line of source code, lexically analyzing the computed differences to produce a lexical construct, mapping the lexical construct to a classification, and assigning the defect classification to the line of source code." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2007 (11/945,421). 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=8,468,497&OS=8,468,497&RS=8,468,497 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Red Hat Assigned Patent for Multiple Organization Support in a Networked System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,468,519) developed by five co-inventors for a "multiple organization support in a networked system." The co-inventors are Shannon Ray Hughes, Fuquay Varina, N.C., Maureen E. Duffy, Somerville, Mass., Michael B. McCune, Beaverton, Ore., Pradeep Kilambi, Raleigh, N.C., and James S. Slagle, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments of multiple organization support in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a centralized server manages a networked system, which includes the centralized server and a set of computing machines coupled to each other within an internal network of a customer. The centralized server segregates data within the networked system by grouping data into the concept of an organization created by the customer in order to isolate the organizations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2008 (12/199,646). 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=8,468,519&OS=8,468,519&RS=8,468,519 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Merging Result from a Parser in a Network Processor with Result from an External Coprocessor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,546) developed by seven co-inventors for a "merging result from a parser in a network processor with result from an external coprocessor." The co-inventors are Claude Basso, Raleigh, N.C., Jean L. Calvignac, Raleigh, N.C., Chih-jen Chang, Apex, N.C., Philippe Damon, Chapel Hill, N.C., Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Carrboro, N.C., Fabrice J. Verplanken, LaGaude, France, and Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism is provided for merging in a network processor results from a parser and results from an external coprocessor providing processing support requested by said parser. The mechanism enqueues in a result queue both parser results needing to be merged with a coprocessor result and parser results which have no need to be merged with a coprocessor result. An additional queue is used to enqueue the addresses of the result queue where the parser results are stored. The result from the coprocessor is received in a simple response register. The coprocessor result is read by the result queue management logic from the response register and merged to the corresponding incomplete parser result read in the result queue at the address enqueued in the additional queue." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2012 (13/365,778). 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=8,468,546&OS=8,468,546&RS=8,468,546 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Masonite Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Masonite, Tampa, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,465,621) developed by Dennis Henry Vaders, Elkin, N.C., for a "refiner steam separation system for reduction of dryer emissions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A refiner steam separation system according to the present invention includes a blowline for transporting a mixture of fiber material from a refiner to an inlet of a steam separator. Waste steam is discharged from the separator through a waste steam outlet. Cleaned fiber material is discharged from the separator through an exit, which prevents a substantial portion of the waste steam from passing through the exit. A relay pipe communicates with the exit and a dryer duct, and transports cleaned fiber material therebetween. A resin input communicates with the relay pipe, and supplies resin therein. The resin is mixed with the cleaned fiber material prior to the cleaned fiber material being dried in the dryer duct. The present invention is also directed to a method of reducing VOC emissions generated during refining cellulosic fibrous material." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2012 (13/477,425). 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=8,465,621&OS=8,465,621&RS=8,465,621 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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