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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (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 Washington. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Selecting and Delivering Personalized Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,051) developed by Marcus K. Swenson, Duvall, Wash., for "selecting and delivering personalized content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The definition of campaign tactics as associating customized content to associated audiences in a relational database. These associations may be cached in a content association mapping that may be read from without accessing the database. The content association mappings may cached in one or more front end servers, and may be updated periodically by navigating the relational database. For a given tactic, the system determines whether a user is a member of the associated audience, identifies the content to be delivered by referring to the content association mapping, and then delivers the content to the user." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2010 (12/831,938). 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=84,68,051.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,051&RS=PN/84,68,051 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,091) developed by Weiying Song, Seattle, Ranjeet S. Sonone, Kent, Wash., and Sandeep Bodapati, Seattle, for a "trade-in program with advance payment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An online merchant system provides a merchandise trade-in program that includes advance payment for items traded-in by qualified customers. When a request to trade-in an item is received from a customer, a determination is made as to whether an advance payment can be made for the item. If an advance payment can be made for the item, an advance payment for the total estimated trade-in value of the item is made to the customer. The advance payment may be made prior to shipment of the item to the merchant or when the merchant is notified that the item has been shipped. When the item is received by the merchant, the customer is debited if the actual value of the item is less than the advance payment and credited if the actual value of the item is more than the advance payment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2012 (13/347,940). 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=84,68,091.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,091&RS=PN/84,68,091 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Hierarchical Software Locking ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,169) developed by four co-inventors for hierarchical software locking. The co-inventors are Jonathan Ross, Woodinville, Wash., Ronald Aigner, Redmond, Wash., Jan Simon Rellermeyer, Zurich, and Jork Loeser, Woodinville, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processor chip may have a built-in hardware lock and deterministic exclusive locking of the hardware lock by execution units executing in parallel on the chip. A set of software locks may be maintained, where the execution units set and release the software locks only by first acquiring a lock of the hardware lock. A first execution unit sets a software lock after acquiring a lock of the hardware lock, and other execution units, even if exclusively locking the hardware lock, are unable to lock the software lock until after the first execution unit has reacquired a lock of the hardware lock and possibly released the software lock while exclusively locking the hardware lock. An execution unit may release a software lock after and while holding a lock of the hardware lock. The hardware lock is released when a software lock has been set or released." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2010 (12/958,396). 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=84,68,169.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,169&RS=PN/84,68,169 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon.com, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,468,046) developed by Andrew V. Harbick, Shoreline, Wash., Ryan J. Snodgrass, Kirkland, Wash., and Joel R. Spiegel, Woodinville, Wash., for a "playlist-based detection of similar digital works and work creators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented service recommends digital works (and/or creators of works) to a user based on works currently or previously played or downloaded by the user on a player device or based on playlists stored on the player device. The works may be, for example, music files, video files, electronic books, or other digital content for playing by users. A user may thus obtain personalized recommendations that are based on works obtained from sources (web sites, physical CDs, etc.) that are independent of the recommendations system. In one embodiment, the service identifies pairs of works (and/or work creators) that are similar to each other by virtue of the relatively high frequency with which they co-occur on playlists or within play histories of users. The resulting mappings are used to provide recommendations to users." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2012 (13/565,568). 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=84,68,046.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,046&RS=PN/84,68,046 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Code Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Code Systems, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,468,175) developed by Kenji C. Obata, Seattle, for a "method and system for building a streaming model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of constructing a plurality of downloadable files from an application file and a plurality of transcripts. The application file stores data blocks and implements an application. Each of the transcripts stores at least one order in which at least a portion of the data blocks of the application file were accessed by the application when executed previously. The transcripts are combined into a combined transcript storing at least one combined order comprising a combined portion of the data blocks. The data blocks of the combined portion are arranged in a data structure having an origin. A first set of data blocks within a predetermined distance from the origin is stored in at least one initial execution file. A second set of data blocks outside the predetermined distance from the origin is stored in downloadable sequence files." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,956). 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=84,68,175.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,175&RS=PN/84,68,175 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,170) developed by five co-inventors for "creating ad hoc relationships between entities." The co-inventors are Andrew Bybee, Kirkland, Wash., Derik Stenerson, Redmond, Wash., Denis Seniuc, Bellevue, Wash., Kalmadi Santhosh Rao, Redmond, Wash., and Shashi Ranjan, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Users are enabled to quickly and easily associate records representing entities such as themselves, other users, contacts, accounts, teams/groups, and similar ones employing a record of the association and assign each entity a role or other attributes as a part of this association. Relationship records and attributes preserving entity association information allow teamwork, communication, and collaboration for effective management of business processes. The records and attributes also enable visualization and facilitate deeper understanding of the relationships between people, data, and business processes." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/335,197). 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=84,68,170.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,170&RS=PN/84,68,170 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,348) developed by four co-inventors for a closed loop communication .The co-inventors are Rich Wasserman, Seattle, Yusuf Bootwala, Issaquah, Wash., Thomas Park, Seattle, and Aaron Eakin, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are various embodiments of a system. In one embodiment, among others, a method comprises intercepting a communication between a first party and a second party in a communication forum, the communication including a first party proxy information as an intended recipient information. The method further comprises accessing a communication pair using the intended recipient information, the intended recipient information being associated with a second party proxy information, the second party proxy information being associated with a second party information. Additionally, the method comprises determining whether the identity of the sender is valid." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2009 (12/633,170). 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=8,468,348.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,348&RS=PN/8,468,348 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,449) developed by Matthew T. Hall, Seattle, for a "generating CSS shorthand properties." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An authoring tool for CSS retains original user syntax and generates CSS markup that minimizes a total number of properties in the markup. A directed graph is generated from the original user markup. Nodes in the graph can be collapsed and expanded to convert between longhand and shorthand properties. User input updating property values can result in the generation of compact CSS code that retains syntactical features of the original user syntax." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2011 (13/314,204). 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=8,468,449.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,449&RS=PN/8,468,449 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Binding Activation of Network-enabled Devices to Web-based Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,587) developed by Arnold N. Blinn, Bellevue, Wash., and Don M. Gillett, Bellevue, Wash., for "binding activation of network-enabled devices to web-based services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for associating a networked device with an online service is provided. The networked device may be an appliance or other device that has limited input capabilities, making it difficult to to download information such as digital media files from an online service without having to input a significant amount of information using the device or appliance. The method begins by establishing communication with a service over a network. A claim token is received from the service over the network. The claim token is returned to the service over the network after the claim token has been bound to an authorized user of the service. In response to return of the claim token, a device identifier binds the networked device to an account with the service that is associated with the authorized user." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2008 (12/239,677). 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=8,468,587&OS=8,468,587&RS=8,468,587 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,132) developed by six co-inventors for a data replication framework. The co-inventors are Brian S. O'Neill, Seattle, Tobias L. Holgers, Jarfalla, Sweden, Archit Shivaprakash, Bellevue, Wash., Olga I. Kuznetsova, Seattle, Gary P. Raden II, Seattle, and Vishal Parakh, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An eventually consistent replicated data store uses, for its underlying storage, a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for data. The replicated data store employs a plurality of hosts interconnected to one another, allowing for writes to any host and full awareness of membership across all hosts. With such a data replication framework, various modes are allowed to be built up on top of the core system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2010 (12/980,258). 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=84,68,132.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,132&RS=PN/84,68,132 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,070) developed by Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, and Luan K. Nguyen, Seattle, for "local rendering in lieu of streaming." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are various embodiments including systems and methods relating to the rendering of media content items on clients. For example, a media content item is designated in a server to be rendered on a client, where the server is configured to stream the media content item to the client. It is determined whether a copy of the media content item is locally accessible to the client for rendering on the client. When the copy of the media content item is not locally accessible to the client, the media content item is streamed from the server to the client." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/424,730). 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=84,68,070.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,070&RS=PN/84,68,070 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,433) developed by Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, Wash., and Joe H. Salmon, Placerville, Calif., for an "optimizing the size of memory devices used for error correction code storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for optimizing the size of memory devices used for error correction code storage. An apparatus (such as a memory module) may include a number of memory devices to store data and a memory device to store error correction (ECC) bits. In some embodiments, the memory devices to store data may have a density of N and the memory device to store ECC bits has a density of 1/2 N." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2012 (13/359,163). 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=8,468,433.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,433&RS=PN/8,468,433 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,073) developed by seven co-inventors for "facilitating compensation arrangements providing for data tracking components." The co-inventors are Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Kirkland, Wash., Richard F. Rashid, Redmond, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of facilitating a compensation arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, including aspects of arranging for compensation to be received from the data consumer in exchange for at least one of installation of or access of a data tracking component related to at least one user interface associated with the data provider, are described." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/220,918). 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=84,68,073.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,073&RS=PN/84,68,073 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,440) developed by 12 co-inventors for a "look ahead of links/alter links." The co-inventors are Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, Wash., William H. Gates III, Redmond, Wash., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Richard F. Rashid, Redmond, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Mark A. Malamud, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally-implemented method comprising retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an effect of the data, determining an acceptability of the effect of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences and providing at least one data display option based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the data." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/154,436). 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=8,468,440.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,440&RS=PN/8,468,440 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Conserving Power Using Predictive Modelling and Signaling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,377) developed by four co-inventors for "conserving power using predictive modelling and signaling." The co-inventors are James Scott, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Paul Newson, Duvall, Wash., Raman Sarin, Redmond, Wash., and Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for conserving power using predictive models and signaling are described. Parameters of a power management policy are set based on predictions based on user activity and/or signals received from a remote computer which define a user preference. In an embodiment, the power management policy involves putting the computer into a sleep state and periodically waking it up. On waking, the computer determines whether to remain awake or to return to the sleep state dependent upon the output of a predictive model or signals that encode whether a remote user has requested that computer remain awake. Before returning to the sleep state, a wake-up timer is set and this timer triggers the computer to subsequently wake-up. The length of time that the timer is set to may depend on factors such as the request from the remote user, context sensors and usage data." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/255,877). 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=8,468,377.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,377&RS=PN/8,468,377 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Cross-application Support of Charts ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,441) developed by Daniel P. Cory, Seattle, for a "cross-application support of charts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A chart is copied from a first application and pasted to a second application. A determination is made for which copy and paste option is selected for the chart. The chart is communicated to the second application using a clipboard application when the copy and paste operation corresponds to providing a link for the chart that is arranged communicating updated data of the chart. The chart is also communicated to the second application using a clipboard application when the copy and paste operation corresponds to representing the chart as a picture of assembled shapes. The chart is communicated to the second application using a separate data transfer interface when the copy and paste operation corresponds to embedding the chart in the second application. Furthermore, the formatting of the chart may be selected according to source formatting or destination formatting depending on the type of copy and paste operation selected." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2005 (11/227,398). 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=8,468,441.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,441&RS=PN/8,468,441 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Amazon Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technology, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,134) developed by Jason G. McHugh, Seattle, Eric Yves Theriault, Seattle, and Seth W. Markle, Seattle, for a "system and method for measuring consistency within a distributed storage system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments may include a consistency measurement component that utilizes memory-efficient sets (e.g., Bloom filters) assigned to different time periods for tracking when different write operations are performed on replicated data objects within a distributed data store. The consistency measurement component may evaluate whether read operations directed to the distributed data store are inconsistent. To do so, the consistency measurement component may determine, for a given read operation, the age of the value read from a given replicated data object (e.g., by evaluating a "last-modified" timestamp). The consistency measurement component may identify a memory-efficient set that includes the key of that replicated data object in order to determine when the replicated data object was last written to. If the age of the value read is older than the time at which the replicated data object was last written to, the consistency measurement component may determine that the read operation was inconsistent." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2010 (12/886,801). 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=84,68,134.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,134&RS=PN/84,68,134 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,468,452) developed by Polle T. Zellweger, Bellevue, Wash., Bay-Wei Chang, Foster City, Calif., and Jock D. Mackinlay, Bellevue, Wash., for a "system and method for calling attention to a location of departure in a display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method that calls attention to a location of departure in a display includes and interaction system and a content presentation system. The interaction system identifies each interaction with an area in a first display. The content presentation system upon return to the first display from a second display changes the first display to draw attention to the identified area with an animation. The animation expires after a first period of time." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2005 (11/302,996). 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=8,468,452.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,452&RS=PN/8,468,452 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Bare Metal Machine Recovery ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,387) developed by Lara M. Sosnosky, Kirkland, Wash., and Elissa E. Murphy, Seattle, for a "bare metal machine recovery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided herein are systems and methodologies for bare metal machine restoration of a client computing environment over a network-based backup system. System recovery can be performed by performing a network boot from a predetermined server or set of servers on the Internet and/or an associated local network, followed by retrieving information relating to an operating system and/or environment of a system being recovered, such as incremental or full operating system images. Upon retrieval of information, the information can be used to conduct a full restore of the operating environment of the computing device. Additionally, a user can restore personal or other system data following rebuilding of the system operating environment. A cloud-based structure is provided herein as well as a hybrid peer-to-peer/cloud-based structure, wherein information used in a restore can be obtained from a global network location (e.g., cloud server(s)) and/or from one or more local peers." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2012 (13/492,853). 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=8,468,387.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,387&RS=PN/8,468,387 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Detecting and Recovering from Process Failures ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,386) developed by Tristan A. Davis, Redmond, Wash., Andrew Kenneth Bishop, Bothell, Wash., and Clifford Jeffrey Cruzan, Snohomish, Wash., for "detecting and recovering from process failures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A service is used to process files. The processing of the files is performed by worker services that are assigned to process a portion of the files. Each worker service that is processing a portion of the files is assigned a unique identifier. Using the identifier information, the set of worker services currently active are monitored along with the work assigned to each process. When a worker server determines that a worker service has failed, the work assigned to the failed worker service can be automatically determined and a new worker service can be started to process that work. Any new worker service that is started is assigned a unique identifier, so the work assigned to it can be similarly tracked." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2011 (13/333,668). 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=8,468,386.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,386&RS=PN/8,468,386 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,600) developed by Bruce E. Kaskel, Bothell, Wash., and Paul Holland, Issaquah, Wash., for a "handling instruction received from a sandboxed thread of execution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enveloping a thread of execution within an IDT-based secure sandbox. In one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method performed in a computer system, the method receiving an instruction from an execution thread where the computer system can be configured for redirection of instructions from the execution thread. The method can determine whether the instruction includes at least one of an interrupt instruction, a system call instruction and a system enter instruction. In response to determining that the instruction includes at least one of the interrupt instruction, the system call instruction and the system enter instruction, the method can further: (i) eliminate the redirection, (ii) modify a stack to specify return of control, and (iii) thereafter, pass the control to an operating system kernel." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,168). 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=8,468,600&OS=8,468,600&RS=8,468,600 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,468,445) developed by Suhit Gupta, Redmond, Wash., Gail Kaiser, Leonia, N.J., and Salvatore J. Stolfo, Ridgewood, N.J., for "systems and methods for content extraction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A content extraction process may parse markup language text into a hierarchical data model and then apply one or more filters. Output filters may be used to make the process more versatile. The operation of the content extraction process and the one or more filters may be controlled by one or more settings set by a user, or automatically by a classifier. The classifier may automatically enter settings by classifying markup language text and entering settings based on this classification. Automatic classification may be performed by clustering unclassified markup language texts with previously classified markup language texts." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2006 (11/395,579). 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=8,468,445.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,445&RS=PN/8,468,445 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Retrieving and Using Cloud Based Storage Credentials ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,352) developed by Gregory Wray Teather, Redmond, Wash., Parmita Mehta, Kirkland, Wash., and Salim Alam, Mercer Island, Wash., for "retrieving and using cloud based storage credentials." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for retrieving and using cloud based storage credentials. Embodiments of the invention include automatically retrieving cloud based credentials (e.g., storage keys) as needed, such as, for example, on demand. Automatically retrieving credentials reduces administrator workloads and mitigates the potential for human errors. Embodiments of the invention also include using credentials (e.g., storage keys) in the deployment and ongoing operation of services (e.g., computing workers) in a resource cloud. Embodiments of the invention also include propagating credentials (e.g., storage keys) to instances running in the cloud during deployment." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/965,522). 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=8,468,352.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,352&RS=PN/8,468,352 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** S.S. Steiner Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- S.S. Steiner, New York, has been assigned a patent (PP23,674) developed by Roger D. Jeske, Yakima, Wash., and Paul D. Matthews, Yakima, Wash., for a "hop plant named 'Delta'." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new and distinct aroma variety of hop plant, Humulus lupulus L., named `Delta` is characterized by its good cone yield, nice aroma (characterized as mild citrus/spice), 1:1 ratio of alpha-acids to beta-acids, low CoH, high Linalool, good storage stability, and resistance to hop powdery mildew. The new variety resulted from cross-pollination performed in 2003 in a field in Prosser, Wash., United States and has been asexually reproduced in a nursery in Prosser, Wash., United States." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2011 (12/932,034). 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=PP23,674&OS=PP23,674&RS=PP23,674 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Containerless Data for Trustworthy Computing and Data Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,345) developed by Rahul V. Auradkar, Sammamish, Wash., Roy Peter D'Souza, Bellevue, Wash., and Darrell J. Cannon, Bellevue, Wash., for a "containerless data for trustworthy computing and data services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital escrow pattern and trustworthy platform is provided for data services including mathematical transformation techniques, such as searchable encryption techniques, for obscuring data stored at remote site or in a cloud service, distributing trust across multiple entities to avoid a single point of data compromise. Using the techniques of a trustworthy platform, data (and associated metadata) is decoupled from the containers that hold the data (e.g., file systems, databases, etc.) enabling the data to act as its own custodian through imposition of a shroud of mathematical complexity that is pierced with presented capabilities, such as keys granted by a cryptographic key generator of a trust platform. Sharing of, or access to, the data or a subset of that data is facilitated in a manner that preserves and extends trust without the need for particular containers for enforcement." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/817,487). 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=8,468,345.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,345&RS=PN/8,468,345 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Method for Selective Flushing Logs Within Multiple Queues Concurrently ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,528) developed by Rahul Patil, Sammamish, Wash., Paul Ringseth, Bellevue, Wash., and Philip Lucido, Redmond, Wash., for a "method for selective flushing logs within multiple queues concurrently." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A logger in a process of a computer system creates a log queue for each execution context and/or processing resource in the process. A log is created in the log queue for each log request and log information associated with the log request is stored into the log. All logs in each log queue except for the most recently added log in each log queue are flushed prior to the process completing." The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,137). 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=8,468,528&OS=8,468,528&RS=8,468,528 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Specification, Abstraction, and Enforcement in a Data Center Operating System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,513) developed by Benjamin Zorn, Woodinville, Wash., for a "specification, abstraction, and enforcement in a data center operating system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary data center architecture includes a services abstraction, a data sources abstraction, an internal applications abstraction and a core administration abstraction for static and dynamic enforcement of data center polices based on compliance with a property set, a specification set or a property set and a specification set. Such an architecture can include a core administration abstraction with logic to install services and to upgrade services in a data center where a service must comply with the property set and the specification set prior to installation of the service or upgrade of the service in the data center. Various other devices, systems and methods are also described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2008 (12/013,940). 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=8,468,513&OS=8,468,513&RS=8,468,513 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Binding Executable Code at Runtime ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,507) developed by Amit Kumar Agarwal, Bellevue, Wash., Weirong Zhu, Issaquah, Wash., and Yosseff Levanoni, Redmond, Wash., for a "binding executable code at runtime." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for binding executable code at runtime. Embodiments of the invention include late binding of specified aspects of code to improve execution performance. A runtime dynamically binds lower level code based on runtime information to optimize execution of a higher level algorithm. Aspects of a higher level algorithm having a requisite (e.g., higher) impact on execution performance can be targeted for late binding. Improved performance can be achieved with minimal runtime costs using late binding for aspects having the requisite execution performance impact." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/158,226). 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=8,468,507&OS=8,468,507&RS=8,468,507 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,510) developed by Prasanna Sundararajan, San Jose, Calif., Andrew R. Putnam, Seattle, and David W. Bennett, Silverthorne, Colo., for an "optimization of cache architecture generated from a high-level language description." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Approaches for generating a hardware specification from a high-level language (HLL) program. In one approach, a method determines separate accesses in the HLL program to multiple consecutively addressed data items. The HLL program is compiled into an intermediate language program to include one or more instructions that perform functions on the multiple consecutively addressed data items and one or more memory access instructions that reference the consecutively addressed data items. The method generates a hardware specification from the intermediate language program. The hardware specification includes a cache memory that caches the consecutively addressed data items and that accesses the consecutively addressed data items in response to a single access request. The specification further includes one or more hardware blocks that implement the functions of the instructions in the intermediate language program. At least one of hardware blocks has access to the multiple consecutively addressed data items in parallel." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2009 (12/508,404). 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=8,468,510&OS=8,468,510&RS=8,468,510 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatuses for Flushing Write-combined Data from a Buffer ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,468,278) developed by seven co-inventors for "methods and apparatuses for flushing write-combined data from a buffer." The co-inventors are Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Portland, Ore., Siva Balasubramanian, Chandler, Ariz., William T. Futral, Portland, Ore., Sujoy Sen, Portland, Ore., Gregory D. Cummings, Portland, Ore., Kenneth C. Creta, Gig Harbor, Wash., and David C. Lee, Beaverton, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses for flushing write-combined data from a buffer within a memory to an input/output (I/O) device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,760). 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=8,468,278&OS=8,468,278&RS=8,468,278 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Tiered Object-related Trust Decisions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,603) developed by seven co-inventors for "tiered object-related trust decisions." The co-inventors are Aaron Sauve, Seattle, Li-Hsin Huang, Bellevue, Wash., Tony Schreiner, Redmond, Wash., Jeffrey Davis, Redmond, Wash., Tom Pipinich, Redmond, Wash., Jonathan Gass, Ilford, United Kingdom, and J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adware and viruses are examples of objects that may be embedded in a web page or linked to a web page. When such an object is detected to be associated with a web page loading on a browser, an analysis may be performed to determine a trust level for the object. The object is suppressed based on the trust level. A prompt is displayed to advise a user that the object has been suppressed, and to provide an opportunity to interactively accept or decline activation of an action for the object." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,554). 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=8,468,603&OS=8,468,603&RS=8,468,603 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Correlating, Logging and Tracing Messaging Events Between Workflow Instances with Globally Unique Identifiers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,529) developed by six co-inventors for "correlating, logging and tracing messaging events between workflow instances with globally unique identifiers." The co-inventors are Sumit Mohanty, Redmond, Wash., John Anthony Taylor, Bellevue, Wash., Vikram Desai, Bellevue, Wash., Kenneth D. Wolf, Seattle, Haoran Andy Wu, Sammamish, Wash., and Michael Josef Krejcik, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments are directed to generating trace events that are configured to report an association between a workflow activity and a message. A computer system receives a message over a communication medium, where the workflow activity includes a unique workflow activity identifier (ID) that uniquely identifies the workflow activity. The message also includes a unique message ID that uniquely identifies the message. The computer system generates a trace event that includes a combination of the unique workflow activity ID and the unique message ID. The trace event is configured to report the association between the workflow activity and the message. The computer system also stores the generated trace event in a data store." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/473,124). 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=8,468,529&OS=8,468,529&RS=8,468,529 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for State as a First-class Citizen of an Imperative Language ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,505) developed by four co-inventors for a "state as a first-class citizen of an imperative language." The co-inventors are Wolfgang Grieskamp, Redmond, Wash., Yuri Gurevich, Redmond, Wash., Wolfram Schulte, Bellevue, Wash., and Nikolai Tillmann, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A state component saves a present state of a program or model. This state component can be invoked by the program or model itself, thereby making state a first-class citizen. As the state of the program evolves from the saved state, the saved state remains for reflection and recall, for example, for testing, verification, transaction processing, etc. Using a state reference token, the saved state of the program or model can be accessed by the program or model. For example, the program or model by utilizing a state component, can return itself to the saved state. After returning to the saved state, a second execution path can be introduced without requiring re-execution of the actions leading to the saved state. In another example, the state space of an executing model is saved in order to generate inputs required to exercise a program or model." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/551,345). 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=8,468,505&OS=8,468,505&RS=8,468,505 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Multi-tenant, High-density Container Service for Hosting Stateful and Stateless Middleware Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,548) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "multi-tenant, high-density container service for hosting stateful and stateless middleware components." The co-inventors are Amol Kulkarni, Bothell, Wash., Girish Mittur Venkataramanappa, Redmond, Wash., Yann Christensen, Seattle, Chandra Prasad, Bellevue, Wash., Dharma Shukla, Sammamish, Wash., Sumit Mohanty, Redmond, Wash., Vinod Shanbhag, Redmond, Wash., Andreas Ulbrich, Kirkland, Wash., Mandyam Kishore, Redmond, Wash., and Aditya Bhandarkar, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A container service is capable of hosting large numbers of middleware components for multiple tenants. A central container manager controls a plurality of compute nodes. The central container manager receives middleware components from external devices or services and assigns the components to containers on one or more designated compute nodes. Each compute node has a container management agent and one or more containers. The container management agents activate and manage the appropriate number of containers to run the assigned middleware components. The container management agent assigns each container on its compute node a limited set of privileges to control access to shared resources. The central container manager and each node's container management agent monitor container load levels and dynamically adjust the placement of the middleware components to maintain balanced operation. The compute nodes are grouped into clusters based upon the type of middleware components hosted on each compute node." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2010 (12/972,411). 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=8,468,548&OS=8,468,548&RS=8,468,548 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Transformation of Sequential Access Control Lists Utilizing Certificates ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,579) developed by six co-inventors for a "transformation of sequential access control lists utilizing certificates." The co-inventors are Carl Melvin Ellison, Seattle, Paul J. Leach, Seattle, Butler Wright Lampson, Cambridge, Mass., Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, Wash., Ravindra Nath Pandya, Clyde Hill, Wash., and Charles William Kaufman, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods that facilitate managing access control utilizing certificates. The systems and methods described herein are directed to mapping an access policy as expressed in an access control list to a set of certificates. The set of certificates can be used to grant access to resources in the manner described by the ACL. The certificates can be distributed to entities for use in obtaining access to resources. Entities can present certificates to resources as evidence of their right to access the resources. The access logic of the sequential ACL can be transformed or mapped to a set of order independent certificates. In particular, each entry, position of the entry in the list and any preceding entries can be analyzed. The analysis can be used to generate order independent certificates that provide access in accordance with the access policy communicated in the ACL." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2007 (11/764,034). 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=8,468,579&OS=8,468,579&RS=8,468,579 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,468,252) developed by Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, Wash., and Tomohiko Ozeki, Vancouver, Wash., for "selecting optimal transmission in a centralized network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of determining a transmission process is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a method of notifying a central coordinator of a group to receive a transmission and obtaining system parameters from the central coordinator. The method then determine at least one merit parameter using at least one of the system parameters and at least one local parameter and selects a method of transmission based upon the merit parameter." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2003 (10/404,953). 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=8,468,252&OS=8,468,252&RS=8,468,252 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,468,263) developed by four co-inventors for an "onboard network system architecture for improved communication and method of use." The co-inventors are C.L. Fagan, Bellevue, Wash., John Allen Craig Jr., Snohomish, Wash., Michael A. D'Annunzio, Seattle, and Ruben Laurens Martin, Bozeman, Mont. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is present for transferring information in an aircraft network data processing system. A message is received from a process executing on the aircraft network data processing system for a destination to form a pending message. The pending message is received using a common protocol for processes executing in the aircraft network data processing system. A communication service is identified from a number of communication services for use in sending the message to the destination remote to the aircraft network data processing system to form a selected communication service in response to receiving the pending message. A new message is formed from the pending message. The new message has a format usable by an associated protocol for the selected communication service. The new message is sent to the destination using the selected communication service." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2009 (12/370,423). 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=8,468,263&OS=8,468,263&RS=8,468,263 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,468,247) developed by four co-inventors for a "point of presence management in request routing." The co-inventors are David R. Richardson, Seattle, John Cormie, Seattle, Colm MacCarthaigh, Seattle, and Benjamin W.S. Redman, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for the management of client computing device DNS queries and subsequent resource requests within a content delivery network service provider domain are provided. The management of the DNS queries can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for processing DNS queries. Additionally, the management of the content requests can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to resource cache components corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for providing requested content. The selection of the computing devices can incorporate logic related to geographic criteria, performance threshold criteria, testing criteria, and the like." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,822). 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=8,468,247&OS=8,468,247&RS=8,468,247 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,465,613) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for fabricating variable gauge, contoured composite stiffeners." The co-inventors are Daniel M. Rotter, Lake Forest Park, Wash., Michael R. Chapman, Federal Way, Wash., Brad A. Coxon, Everett, Wash., and Paul E. Nelson, University Place, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Tooling apparatus for forming a composite charge into a contoured composite blade stringer includes an elongate punch and an elongate die flexible along their lengths. The charge is press formed by using the punch to drive the charge into the die. The punch and the die are mounted between a pair of flexible plates. A press coupled with the plates contours the charge by bending the plates into a desired contour." The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/217,109). 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=8,465,613&OS=8,465,613&RS=8,465,613 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1128824 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |