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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (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 Minnesota. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Autonomic Refresh of a Materialized Query Table in a Computer Database ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,152) developed by John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn., for an "autonomic refresh of a materialized query table in a computer database." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method autonomically refreshes a materialized query table (MQT) in a computer database to improve database performance and utility. In preferred embodiments, the query optimizer autonomically initiates a refresh of MQT depending on an estimated time for the query to access the base tables. In other preferred embodiments, the query optimizer estimates the time for the query to access the base tables and compares it to the estimated time to refresh the MQT to determine whether to refresh the MQT and run the query over the MQT rather than the base tables." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2005 (11/197,607). 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=84,68,152.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,152&RS=PN/84,68,152 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hartford Fire Insurance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,468,080) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for administering invested funds." The co-inventors are Mark Anthony Annoni, New Hope, Minn., William J. Hovel, Prescott, Wis., Michael G. Phillips, West Hartford, Conn., and Donald M. Pizzella Jr., Oakdale, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system for administering investment funds holding shares of funds includes a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to access from the memory storage device data indicative of allocation targets for allocating invested funds among two or more funds in two or more investment categories; receive data indicative of current holdings of shares, subscriptions and redemptions, and including security values, prices and fund value data; calculate the current allocations among investment categories and determine any differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets; allocate the subscriptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets, and allocate the redemptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/421,295). 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=84,68,080.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,080&RS=PN/84,68,080 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automatically Moving Multidimensional Data between Live Datacubes of Enterprise Software Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,125) developed by four co-inventors for an "automatically moving multidimensional data between live datacubes of enterprise software systems." The co-inventors are Finuala Tarnoff, Ashurst Southampton Hampshire, United Kingdom, David S. Bowen, York, United Kingdom, Leonard Roy Oppenheimer, Saint Paul, Minn., and John Martin Pitstick, Burnsville, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for sharing multidimensional data between software systems, such as enterprise software systems. Specifically, the techniques provide mechanisms for defining inter-application "links" for automatically moving data among different databases associated with the enterprise software systems. For example, a system may include a first database storing multidimensional data for a first software application, and a second database storing multidimensional data for a second software application. The system further includes an interface by which an administrator defines a link that specifies a source area of the first database and a target area of the second database. A link control module automatically moves multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link. The link control module may automatically move the multidimensional data directly between live portions of the respective databases." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2005 (11/103,902). 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=84,68,125.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,125&RS=PN/84,68,125 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,379) developed by Jon David Trantham, Chanhassen, Minn., for "systems, methods and devices for control and generation of programming voltages for solid-state data memory devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a solid-state drive contains a plurality of data memory devices requiring elevated voltages for erasure and programming operations. A common voltage regulator, external to the data memory devices, provides the elevated voltage, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the data storage device." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2009 (12/492,951). 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=8,468,379.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,379&RS=PN/8,468,379 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,468,144) developed by Brian H. Xu, St. Louis Park, Minn., for "methods and apparatus for analyzing information to identify entities of significance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include methods for analyzing information performed by a data analysis system. The method includes parsing data from one or more data sources, resulting in parsed data, forming a plurality of chains of terms from the parsed data, and determining a significance score for an entity identified in one or more of the chains based, at least in part, on one or more positions of the entity within the one or more chains. Embodiments of the method may be used to identify entities of significance (e.g., in a group, organization or social network)." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,072). 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=84,68,144.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,144&RS=PN/84,68,144 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,466) developed by four co-inventors for a "radial menu selection with gestures." The co-inventors are Brian J. Cragun, Rochester, Minn., Bradley J. Erickson, Rochester, Minn., Michael J. Fork, Gibsonburg, Ohio, and William C. Rapp, Rochester, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention are generally related to graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and more specifically to selecting items from a radial menu. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide a complex set of gestures which, when performed using a screen pointer, facilitate fast and accurate selection of radial menu items from a radial menu. The gestures may generally involve a first movement of the screen pointer to activate a desired radial menu item, and a second predefined movement of the screen pointer within a predefined selection zone to select the radial menu item." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2009 (12/412,525). 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=8,468,466.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,466&RS=PN/8,468,466 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,370) developed by Michael Howard Miller, Eden Prairie, Minn., Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Auburn, Calif., and Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, Colo., for "systems, methods and devices for control of the operation of data storage devices using solid-state memory and monitoring energy used therein." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A variety of data storage devices, methods and systems are implemented for control of memory associated with backup functionality. One such data storage device includes a power circuit that provides main power. The data storage device has a first solid-state memory circuit that maintains data in the absence of electrical power. A second memory circuit is subject to data loss in the absence of electrical power. A storage circuit stores energy and provides the stored energy to the second memory circuit in response to a loss of main power. A test circuit discharges a portion of the stored energy to provide output data indicative of power-providing capabilities of the storage circuit. A memory controller controls data transfers to the data storage device by temporarily storing data destined for the first solid-state memory circuit and setting the amount of memory available for temporary storage in response to the output data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2009 (12/560,868). 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=8,468,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,370&RS=PN/8,468,370 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 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. *** Digital Network Shopping Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Digital Network Shopping, Victoria, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,468,565) developed by Maryse Thomas, Victoria, Minn., and John G. Thomas, Victoria, Minn., for a "method and apparatus for displaying information in response to motion picture programming." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein, in various embodiments, are methods and apparatus incorporating, among other things, the concept of using, in particular but without limitation, traditionally non-commercial programming as a medium for selling products or services on-line, and again in particular over the Internet. Using this concept, for example, an element identified in motion picture programming can be made identifiable by a viewer of the motion picture programming, and thereby enabling a viewer to determine the source, location, or other information referred to by the element. Using this concept, for example, a viewer viewing a soap opera is able to use a device to electronically select a element identified in the broadcast. In turn, information referred to by the content element can be displayed to the viewer, including purchase information. Using this particular concept of the invention, traditionally non-commercial programming can be efficiently used to indirectly advertise goods or services and offer them for sale on-line." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2008 (12/172,423). 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=8,468,565&OS=8,468,565&RS=8,468,565 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Compellent Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Compellent Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,468,292) developed by Lawrence E. Aszmann, Prior Lake, Minn., Michael J. Klemm, Minnetonka, Minn., and Michael H. Pittelko, Chaska, Minn., for a "solid state drive data storage system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to a data storage system and method that includes at least two solid state devices that can be classified in at least two different efficiency levels, wherein data progression is used to allocate data to the most cost-appropriate device according to the nature of the data." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2009 (12/501,907). 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=8,468,292&OS=8,468,292&RS=8,468,292 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Configuring an Input/Output Adapter ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,276) developed by Sean T. Brownlow, Rochester, Minn., and John R. Oberly III, Rochester, Minn., for "configuring an input/output adapter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method includes initializing a driver associated with an input/output adapter in response to receiving an initialize driver request from a client application. The computer-implemented method includes initializing the input/output adapter to enable adapter capabilities of the input/output adapter to be determined. The computer-implemented method also includes determining the adapter capabilities of the input/output adapter. The computer-implemented method further includes determining slot capabilities of a slot associated with the input/output adapter. The computer-implemented method also includes setting configurable capabilities of the input/output adapter based on the adapter capabilities and the slot capabilities." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,708). 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=8,468,276&OS=8,468,276&RS=8,468,276 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamic Memory Affinity Reallocation After Partition Migration ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,289) developed by David Alan Hepkin, Austin, Texas, Peter Joseph Heyrman, Rochester, Minn., and Bret Ronald Olszewski, Austin, Texas, for a "dynamic memory affinity reallocation after partition migration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of dynamically reallocating memory affinity in a virtual machine after migrating the virtual machine from a source computer system to a destination computer system migrates processor states and resources used by the virtual machine from the source computer system to the destination computer system. The method maps memory of the virtual machine to processor nodes of the destination computer system. The method deletes memory mappings in processor hardware, such as translation lookaside buffers and effective-to-real address tables, for the virtual machine on the destination computer system. The method starts the virtual machine on the destination computer system in virtual real memory mode. A hypervisor running on the destination computer system receives a page fault and virtual address of a page for said virtual machine from a processor of the destination computer system and determines if the page is in local memory of the processor. If the hypervisor determines the page to be in the local memory of the processor, the hypervisor returning a physical address mapping for the page to the processor. If the hypervisor determines the page not to be in the local memory of the processor, the hypervisor moves the page to local memory of the processor and returns a physical address mapping for said page to the processor." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2010 (12/910,234). 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=8,468,289&OS=8,468,289&RS=8,468,289 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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