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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Michigan (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 Michigan. *** General Motors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- General Motors, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,468,057) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for personalized access to vehicle data services through portals." The co-inventors are Steven J. Ross, Madison Heights, Mich., Stephen C. Habermas, Beverly Hills, Mich., Vinodh C. Ravi, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Jeffrey G. Ravas, Oxford, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system includes receiving and storing vehicle data, associating at least one client class with at least one corresponding targeted data format, receiving a client data request from a client, determining a client identity based on the client data request; and providing targeted data to the client responsive to the data request. The targeted data format is based on the determination of the identified client requesting the client data. An article for managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system is described having a computer readable modulated carrier wave embodying means embedded in the modulated carrier wave for storing received vehicle data, means for associating at least one client class with at least one corresponding targeted data format, means for determining a client identity based on a received client data request and means for providing targeted data to the client responsive to the data request." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2004 (10/767,297). 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=84,68,057.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,057&RS=PN/84,68,057 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,468,097) developed by Ansaf I. Alrabady, Livonia, Mich., and Fred W. Huntzicker, Ann Arbor, Mich., for a "method and apparatus for protecting the privacy of responder information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device, such as a vehicle, and a method within the device are provided for protecting the privacy of device specific information. The method includes the steps of detecting a beacon transmitted by an association requestor, determining whether the association requestor is an authorized requester by determining whether a present parameter falls within a range of authorized parameters associated with the association requester, and transmitting the device specific information to the authorized requester only if the present parameter falls within the range of authorized requester parameters." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,241). 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=84,68,097.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,097&RS=PN/84,68,097 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Motor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Ford Motor, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,468,067) developed by Jimmy Azzouz, Livonia, Mich., Thomas E. Salapatek, Canton, Mich., and Richard J. Buiteweg, Warrem, Mich., for a "remanufactured part core return process and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented method for processing remanufactured part cores. The method includes receiving manufactured part core inventory information. The inventory information can include an inventory forecast and an inventory level for a number of parts. The method further includes receiving a part number of a part to be processed. The part to be processed is a member of the number of parts. The method further includes receiving one or more business rules for processing the part to be processed. A part disposition for the part to be processed is determined based on the remanufactured part core inventory information, the one or more business rules and the part number." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2011 (13/005,160). 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=84,68,067.PN.&OS=PN/84,68,067&RS=PN/84,68,067 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Chicago Mercantile Exchange Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,468,390) developed by six co-inventors for a "provision of fault tolerant operation for a primary instance." The co-inventors are Paul J. Callaway, Chicago, Robert C. Hagemann III, Chicago, Zuber Shethwala, Hoffman Estates, Ill., Troy Reece, South Elgin, Ill., Paul Andrew Bauerschmidt, Chicago, and Enrico Ferrari, Farmington Hills, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Fault tolerant operation is disclosed for a primary instance, such as a process, thread, application, processor, etc., using an active copy-cat instance, a.k.a. backup instance, that mirrors operations in the primary instance, but only after those operations have successfully completed in the primary instance. Fault tolerant logic monitors inputs and outputs of the primary instance and gates those inputs to the backup instance once a given input has been processed. The outputs of the backup instance are then compared with the outputs of the primary instance to ensure correct operation. The disclosed embodiments further relate to fault tolerant failover mechanism allowing the backup instance to take over for the primary instance in a fault situation wherein the primary and backup instances are loosely coupled, i.e. they need not be aware that they are operating in a fault tolerant environment. As such, the primary instance need not be specifically designed or programmed to interact with the fault tolerant mechanisms. Instead, the primary instance need only be designed to adhere to specific basic operating guidelines and shut itself down when it cannot do so. By externally controlling the ability of the primary instance to successfully adhere to its operating guidelines, the fault tolerant mechanisms of the disclosed embodiments can recognize error conditions and easily failover from the primary instance to the backup instance." The patent application was filed on June 10, 2011 (13/157,476). 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=8,468,390.PN.&OS=PN/8,468,390&RS=PN/8,468,390 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Coordinating Computing Functions to Accomplish a Task Using a Configuration File and Standardized Executable Application Modules ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,468,549) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for coordinating computing functions to accomplish a task using a configuration file and standardized executable application modules." The co-inventors are Douglas L. Bishop, Phoenix, Jeff Vanderzweep, Peoria, Ariz., Tim Felke, Glendale, Ariz., Douglas Allen Bell, Peoria, Ariz., and Issa Aljanabi, Ann Arbor, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and Methods are provided for coordinating computing functions to accomplish a task. The system includes a plurality of standardized executable application modules (SEAMs), each of which is configured to execute on a processor to provide a unique function and to generate an event associated with its unique function. The system includes a configuration file that comprises a dynamic data store (DDS) and a static data store (SDS). The DDS includes an event queue and one or more response queues. The SDS includes a persistent software object that is configured to map a specific event from the event queue to a predefined response record and to indicate a response queue into which the predefined response record is to be placed. The system further includes a workflow service module, the work flow service module being configured to direct communication between the SDS, the DDS and each of the plurality of SEAMs." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,276). 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=8,468,549&OS=8,468,549&RS=8,468,549 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Workfolio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- Workfolio, Troy, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,468,577) developed by five co-inventors for a "managed website system and method." The co-inventors are Charles E. Pooley, Clawson, Mich., David H. Hill, San Diego, Antoine G. Dubeauclard, Royal Oak, Mich., Michael B. Frederick, Birmingham, Mich., and John A. Himmelspach, Rochester Hills, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for developing websites for members of an organization include configuring and storing organization content using a server computer associated with the organization, configuring and storing member content associated with the members of the organization using the server computer, screening member content based by applying an organization policy stored on the server computer to prohibit specified information from being included in member content, and delivering a web page having the enterprise content arranged with member content in response to a request by a user for viewing a webpage having a URL corresponding to one of the members of the organization. The systems and methods may also include storing a visibility level for specified member content that limits access to the specified member content only to authorized users within the organization, in a specified group, by password, or private to the member, for example." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2011 (13/103,034). 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=8,468,577&OS=8,468,577&RS=8,468,577 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,468,270) developed by Mark Anthony Lobuono, Southfield, Mich., for a "method, system, and apparatus for archiving networked data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for archiving networked data includes repeatedly transmitting an interrupt message to at least one controller, wherein each transmission of the interrupt message includes a data collection command, and wherein a portion of the transmissions of the interrupt message includes the data collection command and a time synchronization command. The method also includes receiving event data from the at least one controller in response to the data collection command, and storing the event data in a memory." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2009 (12/636,130). 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=8,468,270&OS=8,468,270&RS=8,468,270 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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