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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Nov. 23)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.

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Intel Assigned Patent for Method, System and Apparatus for a Transformation Engine for Use in the Processing of Structured Documents

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,065,685) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method, system and apparatus for a transformation engine for use in the processing of structured documents." The co-inventors are Daniel M. Cermak, Austin, Texas, Howard Tsoi, Austin, Texas, John E. Derrick, Austin, Texas, Richard Trujillo, Austin, Texas, Udi Kalekin, Austin, Texas, Bryan Dobbs, Round Rock, Texas, Ying Fai Tong, Austin, Texas, Brendon D. Cahoon, Austin, Texas, and Jack K. Matheson, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and apparatuses for embodiments of a transformation engine for structured documents are disclosed. More specifically, instruction code may be generated by a compiler from transformation instructions for a structured document. Embodiments of the transformation engine may comprise hardware circuitry operable to execute the instruction code to process a structured document according to the transformation instructions such that output for an output document is generated."

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2006 (11/413,052). 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=8,065,685&OS=8,065,685&RS=8,065,685

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Computer Method and Apparatus for Authenticating Unattended Machines

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,065,724) developed by Peter Theodore Waltenberg, Robina, Australia, Kenneth Stephen, Round Rock, Texas, and Timothy Simon Bartley, Worongary, Australia, for a "computer method and apparatus for authenticating unattended machines."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An unattended computer-based machine is authenticated by the present invention method, system or apparatus. The subject machine may be an auto-restarted machine or similar machine configured to be unattended. Upon receipt of initializing input from a user at a subject computer-based machine, a working process authenticates the user and generates resulting credentials. The working process stores the generated credentials in a memory area of the subject machine. Separate from and independent of the working process is a security monitor of the present invention. A monitoring module of the present invention monitors user activity on the subject machine and upon detecting suspect activity destroys the stored credentials of the working process. Suspect activity includes any activity raising a suspicion of compromise."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,761). 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=8,065,724&OS=8,065,724&RS=8,065,724

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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United States Automobile Association Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Product Updates with Provisioning of Data Items

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- United States Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,065,671) developed by Gabriel Alejandro Beker, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for product updates with provisioning of data items."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Software deployment systems and techniques allow unattended and virtually real-time provisioning of a data item, such as a set of commands, a patch, update, or upgrade, of a product on one or more client computing devices. An example product may be a large-scale software application, such as a development environment. Update engines are used in conjunction with policy files so that the product's versions and updates on the client computing devices are consistent with each other and with the main development environment as represented by a main policy file."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/833,516). 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=8,065,671&OS=8,065,671&RS=8,065,671

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,065,695) developed by Arthur Quentin Smith, Fredericksburg, Texas, and Ronnie Allen Eichler, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for increased security during logging in to web site."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user at a computing device interacts with a networked site so that the user can log in thereto. The site receives a selection to log in and in response downloads at least one replacing driver for bypassing a corresponding driver operating on the computing device that may possibly copy log-in data including authentication credentials as entered by the user. Each replacing driver is loaded into an operating system of the computing device so as to bypass the corresponding possibly copying driver and be employed in the operating system rather than such corresponding bypassed driver. The site then delivers a log-in screen to a presentation application of the computing device after each replacing driver has been loaded. The presentation application displays the log-in screen and the user enters the log-in data thereinto. Accordingly, each non-trusted and bypassed driver is unable to copy the entered log-in data."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2008 (12/254,562). 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=8,065,695&OS=8,065,695&RS=8,065,695

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Hybrid Audio Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Hybrid Audio, Tyler, Texas, has been assigned a patent (RE42,949) developed by five co-inventors for a "stereophonic audio signal decompression switching to monaural audio signal." The co-inventors are Michael A. Tzannes, Lexington, Mass., Peter N. Heller, Somerville, Mass., John P. Stautner, The Woodlands, Texas, William R. Morrell, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Sriram Jayasimha, Bangalore, India.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "[.A communication system for sending a sequence of symbols on a communication link. The system includes a transmitter for placing information indicative of the sequence of symbols on the communication link and a receiver for receiving the information placed on the communication link by the transmitter. The transmitter includes a clock for defining successive frames, each of the frames including M time intervals, where M is an integer greater than 1. A modulator modulates each of M carrier signals with a signal related to the value of one of the symbols thereby generating a modulated carrier signal corresponding to each of the carrier signals. The modulated carriers are combined into a sum signal which is transmitted on the communication link. The carrier signals include first and second carriers, the first carrier having a different bandwidth than the second carrier. In one embodiment, the modulator includes a tree-structured array of filter banks having M leaf nodes, each of the values related to the symbols forming an input to a corresponding one of the leaf nodes. Each of the nodes includes one of the filter banks. Similarly, the receiver can be constructed of a tree-structured array of sub-band filter banks for converting M time-domain samples received on the communication link to M symbol values..]. .Iadd.A stereophonic audio signal decompression method that includes decoding, using a decoder, a compressed stereophonic audio signal. A de-quantizer de-quantizes the compressed stereophonic audio signal to generate sets of frequency components for synthesizing left and right audio signals. A controller switches to constructing a single set of frequency components by averaging corresponding frequency components in the left and right audio signals when a computational workload exceeds a capacity of a decompression system and a synthesizer synthesizes a monaural audio time domain signal. .Iaddend."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/898,920). 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=RE42,949&OS=RE42,949&RS=RE42,949

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Dell Products Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,684) developed by Johannes Augustinus Arts, Pflugerville, Texas, and Raymond Silcox, Austin, Texas, for "automated scripting methods and media."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for automated scripting includes providing a first menu corresponding to a first object, wherein the first object is a message queue (MQ) object. A first parameter for the first object is received. A second parameter is also received, wherein the second parameter is entered by a user in the first menu. The method further includes creating the first object based on the first parameter and the second parameter."

The patent application was filed on April 10, 2008 (12/100,418). 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=8,065,684&OS=8,065,684&RS=8,065,684

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,065,263) developed by Mark C. Blazek, Helotes, Texas, and Richard C. Gonzalez, San Antonio, for an "information technology configuration management."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The described embodiments contemplate a system, method and computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions for managing an information technology network. The novel system includes a network of data sources and a federated configuration management database capable of communicating with the data sources. The data sources also may be federated. The federated configuration database management identifies among the data sources. The system also includes a core database that is capable of communicating with the federated configuration management database. The core database defines relationships of the data sources with a business practice."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2011 (13/011,494). 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=80,65,263.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,263&RS=PN/80,65,263

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for the Autogeneration of Ontologies

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,065,655) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for the autogeneration of ontologies." The co-inventors are Shardul Deo, Austin, Texas, Aaron Dixon, Austin, Texas, Matthew Sanchez, Round Rock, Texas, and Steven Teleki, Cedar Park, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A utility transforms a class diagram representing an ontology, such as a UML class diagram, into a fully-described, standard representation of an ontology such as OWL file. It may be based on Rational Software Architect (RSA) and its model transformation capabilities. The RSA transformation framework uses a Visitor-like pattern for iterating over all of the UML elements in a UML diagram. The framework allows the developer to configure 'Rule' classes that are executed when different types of UML elements are encountered. Each UML element is visited once, which causes each rule to be fired for each element type. Rules are configured for just those UML types that are of interest to the transformation, for example classes, primitives, properties, packages and instances. Each rule in the implementation is then written to delegate to a Registrar class, which has a method for building the ontology model from the registered UML elements."

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2006 (11/455,946). 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=8,065,655&OS=8,065,655&RS=8,065,655

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,244) developed by four co-inventors for a "neural-network based surrogate model construction methods and applications thereof." The co-inventors are Dingding Chen, Plano, Texas, Allan Zhong, Plano, Texas, Syed Hamid, Dallas, and Stanley Stephenson, Duncan, Okla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various neural-network based surrogate model construction methods are disclosed herein, along with various applications of such models. Designed for use when only a sparse amount of data is available (a "sparse data condition"), some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods: create a pool of neural networks trained on a first portion of a sparse data set; generate for each of various multi-objective functions a set of neural network ensembles that minimize the multi-objective function; select a local ensemble from each set of ensembles based on data not included in said first portion of said sparse data set; and combine a subset of the local ensembles to form a global ensemble. This approach enables usage of larger candidate pools, multi-stage validation, and a comprehensive performance measure that provides more robust predictions in the voids of parameter space."

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2008 (12/048,045). The full-text of the patent can be found athttp://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=80,65,244.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,244&RS=PN/80,65,244

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Air Liquide Large Industries Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Air Liquide Large Industries, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,243) developed by Charles N. Harper, Houston, for an "optimizing operations of a hydrogen pipeline system."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide a computerized optimization system configured to optimize the operations of a hydrogen generation, processing, and delivery network. Such a network typically includes a complex of physical equipment, plants, and pipelines, including both production and distribution facilities. A hydrogen optimization system provides a software system that optimizes the production and distribution of hydrogen over such a hydrogen network. The hydrogen optimization system may use both a genetic algorithm configured to "evolve" a population of solutions to improve the quality of solutions over time as well as directed heuristics to identify a superior operating state for the hydrogen pipeline network."

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,985). 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=80,65,243.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,243&RS=PN/80,65,243

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Fannie Mae Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Fannie Mae, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,065,225) developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for acquiring a mortgage loan." The co-inventors are Harold Lewis Jr., Duluth, Ga., Tracey G. Amos, Silver Springs, Md., Eric Ronald Anders, Smyrna, Ga., Nitirwork Armstrong, Silver Springs, Md., Sidney Vince Credle Jr., McKinney, Texas, Terri Lynn Davis, Greenwood Village, Md., Thomas L. King, Gurnee, Ill., Gregory Joseph Phillips, Landenberg, Pa., and Robert John Sahadi, Clarksburg, Md.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method for processing an application for a mortgage loan, such that the mortgage loan is configured to include a set of financial lending requirements and further include certain financial lending risks associated with financing the mortgage loan. The steps of the method include receiving the mortgage loan application, processing the mortgage loan application through an electronic database, applying the set of financial lending requirements to the mortgage loan application, generating a listing of at least one eligible lender or loan product based on the application of the financial lending requirements to the mortgage loan application, and submitting the mortgage loan application to the eligible lender, the mortgage loan being configured such that the financial lending risks are configured to be absorbed by a secondary mortgage market investor."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2007 (11/901,720). 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=80,65,225.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,225&RS=PN/80,65,225

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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NVIDIA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,065,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "mitigating main crossbar load using dedicated connections for certain traffic types." The co-inventors are Dane Mrazek, Redwood City, Calif., Yongxiang Liu, Sunnyvale, Calif., Yin Fung Tang, Mountain View, Calif., and David Glasco, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the invention sets forth a control crossbar unit that is designed to transmit control information from control information generators to destination components within the computer system. The control information may belong to various traffic paradigms, such as short-latency data traffic, narrow-width data traffic or broadcast data traffic. The physical connections within the control crossbar unit are categorized based on the different types of control information being transmitted through the control crossbar unit. The physical connections belong to the following categories: one-to-one (OTO) connections, one-to-many (OTM) connections, valid-to-one (VTO) connections, valid-to-many (VTM) connections wire-to-one (WTO) connections and wire-to-many (WTM) connections."

The patent application was filed on June 10, 2009 (12/482,337). 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=8,065,465.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,465&RS=PN/8,065,465

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent for System and Method for Bundling Financial Services Products

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,065,209) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for bundling financial services products with a mortgage in connection with a move event." The co-inventors are Marcus LaGuardia, San Antonio, Cheryl Anne Howell, San Antonio, Patricia Jeanette Dix, San Antonio, and Charles Berton Starks, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Financial products, such as a mortgage, homeowner's insurance, and various forms of life insurance, can be packaged together and marketed around a move event. A customer can apply for a mortgage on a web site. As part of the application process, certain data is collected from the customer, and other data may be retrieved from one or more databases. This information can be used to offer and price homeowner's insurance and life insurance, and to suggest an amount of insurance. The web site may offer the customer the chance to buy a mortgage and insurance as a package, after answering a small number of questions that are used to assess the insurance-related risk. The customer may also be offered the chance to make a unified monthly payment for the package of both mortgage and insurance products."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2007 (11/938,555). 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=80,65,209.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,209&RS=PN/80,65,209

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pricelock Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Pricelock, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,218) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for providing an insurance premium for price protection." The co-inventors are Robert M. Fell, Summerland, Calif., Scott Painter, Bel Air, Calif., Brian P. Reed, Southlake, Texas, Michael R. Bonsignore, Seattle, and Gary A. Magnuson, Corpus Christi, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for providing an insurance premium in association with an insurance strike price for a commodity are disclosed. By paying the insurance premium a consumer may obtain price protection for a commodity purchase. In particular, in one embodiment a consumer may obtain the right to be reimbursed for any amount paid over the insurance strike price for the commodity."

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/076,567). 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=80,65,218.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,218&RS=PN/80,65,218

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Securus Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Securus Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,213) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for transaction and information management." The co-inventors are Stuart Rosenfield, Plano, Texas, Richard Falcone, Addison, Texas, John J. Viola, Keller, Texas, and Lee R. Johnson, Plano, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems or methods for managing transactions within a controlled environment facility provide an information management engine integrating transaction functionality and telephone calling functionality, establish an account associated with a resident of the controlled environment facility, and use the information management engine to conduct transactions associated with residents of the controlled environment facility. The transactions include at least requests, by the resident, for deposits into the account by a party outside of the controlled environment facility. The systems or methods accept requests from the resident and utilize the telephone calling services of the information management engine to facilitate the request for deposit. The systems or methods may place calls to the individuals outside the controlled environment facility to interact with the individual, request the deposit and accept such deposits."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/646,261). 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=80,65,213.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,213&RS=PN/80,65,213

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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SunGard Energy Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- SunGard Energy Systems, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,219) developed by thirteen co-inventors for a "system architecture and method for energy industry trading and transaction management." The co-inventors are Cynthia Haynie, Houston, Kevin Trevor Mossop, Houston, John F. Pletka, Alpharetta, Ga., Benjamin Curfman, Houston, Daryl A. Pever, Houston, Leslie H. Danielson, Missouri City, Texas, Shannon Hugetz, Houston, Joan Gilmer, Houston, Sunny Stockton, Houston, Robert Michael Alexander, League City, Texas, Philip J. Savoie, Pearland, Texas, Nitin Kadam, Houston, and Josiah Hamilton, Houston.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system architecture and method for energy industry trading and transaction management includes a business logic server-based layer and a database layer. The business logic server-based layer includes a parameter-based configuration of at least one business logic service. The business logic service is configurable to enable a deployment of the system to be compatible with a respective business practice of at least one client customer. The at least one business logic service is configured to support energy trading and transaction management and to utilize business rules operable on an event basis for processing via an API at least one of energy trading and transaction management data, including data specific to the at least one client customer. The database layer operatively connects to the business logic layer for storing the data processed by the business logic layer in a database."

The patent application was filed on June 13, 2002 (10/480,335). 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=80,65,219.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,219&RS=PN/80,65,219

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Itaggit Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Itaggit, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,385) developed by David Altounian, Austin, Texas, Charles Zeller, Austin, Texas, and Sara Fox, Austin, Texas, for a "transferring information and records via a data structure for a physical item in the control of a user."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An item data management server having the capability to transfer information and records via a physical item data record of an item data management server. The physical item data record transfer and/or cloning facilitates ready maintenance and upkeep of the inventory of physical items to other users to facilitate community/trade, and also provides a feature for providing information relating to the physical items to third-party service providers, such as insurers, and to governmental authorities, such as in the event of theft, to aid in the recovery of the physical items, et cetera."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2006 (11/611,089). 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=8,065,385.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,385&RS=PN/8,065,385

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Expanse Networks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Expanse Networks, Furlong, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,065,324) developed by Andrew Alexander Kenedy, Sugar Land, Texas, and Charles Anthony Eldering, Furlong, Pa., for a "weight and diet attribute combination discovery."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are presented in which a query attribute is used as the basis for accessing stored attribute combinations and their frequencies of occurrence for query-attribute-positive individuals and query-attribute-negative individuals and tabulating, based on frequencies of occurrence, those attribute combinations that are most likely to co-occur with the query attribute." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2010 (12/912,174). 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=8,065,324&OS=8,065,324&RS=8,065,324

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Bank of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,065,177) developed by six co-inventors for a "project management system and method." The co-inventors are Kendall Puccio, Jacksonville, Fla., David B. Wells, San Francisco, Linda Wheeler, Glenmont, N.Y., Cliff Deen, McKinney, Texas, Bill Bradlyn, Charlotte, N.C., and Sharon McCollom, Denton, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for completing a project includes several steps. A request for completing a project is received, including first information regarding the project. At least one person for completing the project is determined based on the first information. Second information regarding the project is also received, and instructions for completing the project are identified based on analysis of the second information. The instructions include a plurality of actions to be performed by the at least one person, including the creation of at least one document using a standardized template. The performance of the actions by the at least one person in completing the project is automatically tracked. A system suitable for performing the method is also disclosed, including a processor, a memory, and several components for performing the steps."

The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/829,729). 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=8,065,177.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,177&RS=PN/8,065,177

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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L3 Communications Integrated Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- L3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,356) developed by Jerry William Yancey, Rockwall, Texas, and Yea Zong Kuo, Rockwall, Texas, for a datapipe synchronization device.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmable element for data processing comprises a crosspoint switch (318), a mathematical operation module (320), and a plurality of data hold modules (604,606). Each of the data hold modules (604,606) receives data from the crosspoint switch (318) and communicates the data to an input of the mathematical operation module (320) such that data arrives at the inputs of the mathematical operation module (320) substantially simultaneously. A first data hold module (604) communicates a first data valid signal to a second data hold module (606) upon receipt of first valid data, and the second data hold module communicates a second data valid signal to the first data hold module upon receipt of second valid data. The first data hold module (604) communicates the first valid data to a first input upon receipt of the first valid data and the second data valid signal, and the second data hold module (606) communicates the second valid data to a second input upon receipt of the second valid data and the first data valid signal."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2006 (11/613,302). 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=8,065,356.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,356&RS=PN/8,065,356

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,065,413) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for remotely detecting parasite software." The co-inventors are Frederick Armanino, San Antonio, Kevin Meng, San Ramon, Calif., Sam Ou, San Ramon, Calif., and Steven Gemelos, Cupertino, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An IP usage pattern of a first computer system is monitored by a second computer system that is remotely located from the first computer system. The second computer system is associated with an ISP. First parasite software may be identified based on an abnormal change in the IP usage pattern. The abnormal change in the IP usage pattern may be detected by comparing the IP usage pattern to a baseline model of IP usage for the first computer system. Anti-parasite software associated with the first parasite software may be forwarded from the ISP to the first computer system."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,421). 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=8,065,413.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,413&RS=PN/8,065,413

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Boundless Network Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Boundless Network, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,192) developed by Henrik Johansson, Austin, Texas, and Jason Black, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for tiered pricing of customized base products."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for organizational purchasing are disclosed herein. More specifically, in certain embodiments a campaign corresponding to a product may be created and potential buyers informed of the campaign. These potential buyers may then themselves purchase the product in association with the campaign. In this manner not only are potential buyers informed that a product is being offered to one or more other buyers but the purchases of the individual buyers in association with the campaign may be aggregated to, for example, achieve a lower purchasing cost for each buyer relative to what the buyer would have paid if he had purchased only the quantity of product he desired."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/901,032). 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=8,065,192.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,192&RS=PN/8,065,192

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Byte-based Method, Process and Algorithm for Service-oriented and Utility Infrastructure Usage Measurement, Metering, and Pricing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,206) developed by Jeffery Darrel Thomas, Plano, Texas, for a "byte-based method, process and algorithm for service-oriented and utility infrastructure usage measurement, metering, and pricing."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for accounting for data processing system service usage is provided. The method comprises monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource, determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer, and determining an environmental factor corresponding to a product of the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period. The method further comprises determining an information technology factor corresponding to a sum of a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period, determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor, and storing the total bill for the customer in a computer-readable medium."

The patent application was filed on July 25, 2008 (12/180,039). 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=80,65,206.PN.&OS=PN/80,65,206&RS=PN/80,65,206

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AT&T Intellectual Propery I Assigned Patent for Service to Push Author-spoken Audio Content with Targeted Audio Advertising to Users

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Propery I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,065,364) developed by Matthew A. Rakers, Aviston, Ill., David L. Dunmire, San Antonio, and Brian M. Novack, St. Louis, for a "service to push author-spoken audio content with targeted audio advertising to users."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A particular method includes receiving, via an interactive voice response (IVR) unit, an audio content item during a first call. An indication of an insertion point at which to insert audio advertising in the audio content item is also received during the first call. The method further includes receiving via the IVR unit an audio advertisement during a second call. The audio advertisement is automatically inserted into the audio content item at the insertion point to create a package."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2011 (13/014,084). 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=8,065,364.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,364&RS=PN/8,065,364

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Siemens Energy Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Siemens Energy, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,065,112) developed by Patrick C. Berwanger, Houston, for an "apparatus and method for assessing exceedance of a process beyond safe operating limits."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method implementable with a software application for checking or assessing exceedances of process variables beyond safe operating limits is described. The process has instruments, a process history database, and one or more external databases. The instruments measure process variables and can be associated with the equipment. The process history database stores a plurality of values of the process variables measured by the instruments. Data of the equipment, the associated instrument, and the safe operating limit for the equipment is defined in a limit sequence of the software application. The process history database is searched for one or more exceedance values that are measured by the defined instrument and that exceed the defined safe operating limit. The "apparent" exceedance values are then imported into the software application. Finally, the user uses the software application to evaluate and validate the exceedance values."

The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/497,895). 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=8,065,112.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,112&RS=PN/8,065,112

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Dual Controllers for Scan Paths, Distributors, and Collectors

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,577) developed by Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas, for a "dual controllers for scan paths, distributors, and collectors."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Functional circuits and cores of circuits are tested on integrated circuits using scan paths. Using parallel scan distributor and collector circuits for these scan paths improves test access of circuits and cores embedded within ICs and reduces the IC's power consumption during scan testing. A controller for the distributor and collector circuits includes a test control register, a test control state machine and a multiplexer. These test circuits can be connected in a hierarchy or in parallel. A conventional test access port or TAP can be modified to work with the disclosed test circuits."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/956,828). 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=8,065,577&OS=8,065,577&RS=8,065,577

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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GYRODATA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- GYRODATA, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,087) developed by Roger Ekseth, Sjetnemarka, Norway, John Lionel Weston, Chedzoy, United Kingdom, and Gary William Uttecht, Houston, for a "reducing error contributions to gyroscopic measurements from a wellbore survey system."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method reduces error contributions to gyroscopic measurements from a wellbore survey system having two gyroscopic sensors adapted to generate signals indicative of at least one component of the Earth's rotation substantially perpendicular to the wellbore and indicative of a component of the Earth's rotation substantially parallel to the wellbore. The method includes generating a first signal indicative of the at least one substantially perpendicular component while the first sensor is in a first orientation; generating a second signal indicative of the at least one substantially perpendicular component while the first sensor is in a second orientation; generating a third signal indicative of the substantially parallel component while the second sensor is in a first orientation; and generating a fourth signal indicative of the substantially parallel component while the second sensor is in a second orientation. The method further includes calculating information regarding at least one of a mass unbalance offset error and a quadrature bias error using the first, second, third, and fourth signals."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/363,465). 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=8,065,087.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,087&RS=PN/8,065,087

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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BorgSolutions Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- BorgSolutions, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,342) developed by Christophe S. Borg, Austin, Texas, and Christopher K. Copeland, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for monitoring a mobile equipment fleet."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a message from a remote device. The message includes data. The method further includes analyzing the data using a set of rules. The analyzing includes performing a maintenance analysis by analyzing the data using a set of asset maintenance rules and a set of asset usage rules. Responsive to the analyzing the data using the set of rules, an alert is sent." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/390,960). 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=8,065,342&OS=8,065,342&RS=8,065,342

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,578) developed by Lee D. Whetsel, Parker, Texas, for an "inverted TCK access port selector selecting one of plural TAPs."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatuses for allowing a controller to select and access different types of access ports in a device. The selecting and accessing of the access ports is achieved using only the dedicated TDI, TMS, TCK, and TDO signal terminals of the device. The selecting and accessing of device access ports can be achieved when a single device is connected to the controller, when multiple devices are placed in a daisy-chain arrangement and connected to the controller, or when multiple devices are placed in a addressable parallel arrangement and connected to the controller. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2010 (12/880,527). 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=8,065,578&OS=8,065,578&RS=8,065,578

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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IHS Assigned Patent for Method for Estimating Missing Well Log Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- HIS, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,065,086) developed by Yingwei Yu, Katy, Texas, Douglas J. Seyler, Richmond, Texas, and Michael D. McCormack, Sequim, Wash., for a "method for estimating missing well log data."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates generally to the field of oil and gas exploration and specifically to the use of well logs for exploration. This invention is directed to a method for estimating data that would have been collected in a region of a well log where there is a gap. This method uses identified elements in one data set to identify elements in another data set with data values indicative of the same geological characteristic as those in the first data set."

Oct. 14, 2008 (12/250,983). 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=8,065,086.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,086&RS=PN/8,065,086

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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GYRODATA Assigned Patent for System and Method for Measuring Depth and Velocity of Instrumentation Within a Wellbore Using a Bendable Tool

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- GYRODATA, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,065,085) developed by Roger Ekseth, Sjetnemarka, Norway, Stephen Victor Mullin, Kingwood, Texas, and John Lionel Weston, Chedzoy, United Kingdom, for a "system and method for measuring depth and velocity of instrumentation within a wellbore using a bendable tool."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for measuring depth, velocity, or both depth and velocity of instrumentation within a wellbore is provided. The apparatus includes a downhole portion movable within the wellbore in a direction generally parallel to the wellbore. The apparatus further includes a first acceleration sensor mounted at a first position within the downhole portion. The first acceleration sensor generates a first signal indicative of a first acceleration in a first direction generally parallel to the wellbore at the first position. The apparatus further includes a second acceleration sensor mounted at a second position within the downhole portion. The second acceleration sensor generates a second signal indicative of a second acceleration in a second direction generally parallel to the wellbore at the second position. The apparatus further includes a bend sensor generating a third signal indicative of an amount of bend of at least a portion of the downhole portion."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2007 (11/866,213). 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=8,065,085.PN.&OS=PN/8,065,085&RS=PN/8,065,085

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Texas A&M University System Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,592) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-source data encoding, transmission and decoding using slepian-wolf codes based on channel code partitioning." The co-inventors are Vladimir M. Stankovic, Bryan, Texas, Angelos D. Liveris, Stafford, Texas, Zixiang Xiong, Spring, Texas, and Costas N. Georghiades, College Station, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for designing Slepian-Wolf codes by channel code partitioning. A generator matrix is partitioned to generate a plurality of sub-matrices corresponding respectively to a plurality of correlated data sources. The partitioning is performed in accordance with a rate allocation among the plurality of correlated data sources. A corresponding plurality of parity matrices are generated based respectively on the sub-matrices, where each parity matrix is useable to encode data from a respective one of the correlated data sources."

The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/847,968). 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=8,065,592&OS=8,065,592&RS=8,065,592

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,065,609) developed by Lane Thomas Holloway, Pflugerville, Texas, and Nadeem Malik, Austin, Texas, for an interactive surveying.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A survey document is provided on a server, for delivery to a client on a network, having questions and potential answers in a format defining branches of the questions. Programming instructions are also provided on the server for delivery to the client on the network. The instructions are for causing the client to render questions on a user interface from the survey document. The questions initially rendered include a first one of the questions. The instructions are also for causing the client to branch to and render on the user interface second or third ones of the questions responsive to the survey document and an answer received for the first question."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,700). 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=8,065,609&OS=8,065,609&RS=8,065,609

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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Defining Web Content Navigation

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,065,600) developed by ten co-inventors for "systems and methods for defining web content navigation." The co-inventors are Susan Chory, Seattle, Matthew E. Gibbs, Redmond, Wash., Scott D. Guthrie, Bellevue, Wash., Michael Harder, Bellevue, Wash., Robert M. Howard, Frisco, Texas, Scott Kirk Imig, Redmond, Wash., Nikhil Kothari, Sammamish, Wash., Shanku Shivabrata Niyogi, Bellevue, Wash., Ting-Hao Yang, Kirkland, Wash., and Andres M. Sanabria, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The described systems and methods are directed at defining web content navigation. The disclosed technique enables the development of web content for a scenario without having to create every navigational control that is needed to manage the flow through the web content in the scenario or to write non-declarative server-side logic to control navigation. This method determines a declaration in a source file for a web page. The declaration is associated with an object. The method determines the views associated with the object where each of the views includes a user-interface. A flow for navigating through the views is determined. The views are rendered in accordance with the navigational flow."

The patent application was filed on May 14, 2004 (10/846,496). 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=8,065,600&OS=8,065,600&RS=8,065,600

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Intel Assigned Patent for Indexing a Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,065,501) developed by Deepak Limaye, Austin, Texas, and James Allen, Austin, Texas, for an "indexing a translation lookaside buffer (TLB)."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processor is to comprise a central processing unit (CPU), an address generation unit (AGU), an index generation unit and a translation look-aside buffer (TLB). The CPU of the processor is to generate signal to retrieve instructions from a memory. The AGU is to generate a final linear address and an initial linear address after receiving at least three input source values. An index generation unit coupled to the AGU is to generate a set-index value using the bits of at least the three input source values or the bits of the initial linear address even before the bits of the initial linear address are adjusted for carry. A TLB is to generate a physical address using the final linear address and an entry indexed by the set-index value."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2008 (12/259,864). 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=8065501.PN.&OS=PN/8065501&RS=PN/8065501

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Dell Products Assigned Patent for System and Method for Adjusting Information Handling System Over Current Protection With a Common Power Cable

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,539) developed by Keith Kasprzak, Cedar Park, Texas, and Daniel Little, Pflugerville, Texas, for a "system and method for adjusting information handling system over current protection with a common power cable."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An AC-to-DC adapter provides power to information handling systems at different power levels based on the power rating of the information handling system. An adapter manager sets a first lower level at an over current protection circuit unless the information handling system sends identification information that indicates the information handling system is rated to accept a second higher power level, such as by sending a low signal pulse through a serial communication line. While the identification information is present and external power is applied to the adapter, the adapter manager sets a second higher level at an over current protection circuit to allow output of a second higher power level."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,542). 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=8,065,539&OS=8,065,539&RS=8,065,539

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Intel Assigned Patent for Mechanism for Effectively Caching Streaming and Non-streaming Data Patterns

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,065,488) developed by Eric Sprangle, Austin, Texas, Anwar Rohillah, Austin, Texas, and Robert Cavin, San Francisco, for a "mechanism for effectively caching streaming and non-streaming data patterns."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for efficiently caching streaming and non-streaming data is described herein. Software, such as a compiler, identifies last use streaming instructions/operations that are the last instruction/operation to access streaming data for a number of instructions or an amount of time. As a result of performing an access to a cache line for a last use instruction/operation, the cache line is updated to a streaming data no longer needed (SDN) state. When control logic is to determine a cache line to be replaced, a modified Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm is biased to select SDN state lines first to replace no longer needed streaming data."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2010 (12/908,183). 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=8065488.PN.&OS=PN/8065488&RS=PN/8065488

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Dell Products Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,540) developed by Andrew T. Sultenfuss, Leander, Texas, for a "power control for information handling system having shared resources."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information handling system includes at least two processing systems that share system resources. In response to detecting a designated event, a power control module of the information handling system can select one of a plurality of available power profiles. The power profile can be selected based on the event and state information indicative of a state of the processing systems. Based on the selected profile, the power control module can set an operational power mode of one or more of the shared system resources."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/262,973). 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=8,065,540&OS=8,065,540&RS=8,065,540

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Application Specific Instruction Set Processor for Digital Radio Processor Receiving Chain Signal Processing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,506) developed by Jinwen Xi, Plano, Texas, Roman Staszewski, McKinney, Texas, and Thang Minh Tran, Austin, Texas, for an "application specific instruction set processor for digital radio processor receiving chain signal processing."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention is an application specific integrated processor to implement the complete fixed-rate DRX signal processing paths (FDRX) for a reconfigurable processor-based multi-mode 3G wireless application. This architecture is based on the baseline 16-bit RISC architecture with addition functional blocks (ADU) tightly coupled with the based processor's data path. Each ADU accelerates a computation-intensive tasks in FDRX signal path, such as multi-tap FIRs, IIRs, complex domain and vectored data processing. The ADUs are controlled through custom instructions based on the load/store architecture. The whole FDRX data path can be easily implemented by the software employing these custom instructions."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,455). 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=8065506.PN.&OS=PN/8065506&RS=PN/8065506

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Oracle America Assigned Patent for At-speed Scan Testing of Memory Arrays

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,065,572) developed by nine co-inventors for an "at-speed scan testing of memory arrays." The co-inventors are Thomas A. Ziaja, Austin, Texas, Murali Gala, San Jose, Calif., Paul J. Dickinson, San Jose, Calif., Karl P. Dahlgren, Evemont, Calif., David L. Curwen, Mountain View, Calif., Oliver Caty, Sunnyvale, Calif., Steven C. Krow-Lucal, Sunnyvale, Calif., James C. Hunt, Redwood City, Calif., and Poh-Joo Tan, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit configured for at-speed scan testing of memory arrays. The integrated circuit includes a scan chain having a plurality of serially coupled scan elements, wherein a subset of the plurality of scan elements are coupled to provide signals to a memory array. Each scan element of the subset of the plurality of scan elements includes a flip flop having a data input, and a data output coupled to a corresponding input of the memory array, and selection circuitry configured to, in an operational mode, couple a data path to the data input, and further configured to, in a scan mode, couple to the data input one of a scan input, the data output, and a complement of the data output. The scan elements of the subset support at-speed testing of a memory array coupled thereto."

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,158). 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=8,065,572&OS=8,065,572&RS=8,065,572

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Virtualization of Trusted Platform Modules

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,065,522) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for virtualization of trusted platform modules." The co-inventors are Steven A. Bade, Georgetown, Texas, Linda Nancy Betz, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Andrew Gregory Kegel, Redmond, Wash., Michael J. Kelly, Staatsburg, N.Y., and William Lee Terrell, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product is presented for virtualizing trusted platform modules within a data processing system. A virtual trusted platform module along with a virtual endorsement key is created within a physical trusted platform module within the data processing system using a platform signing key of the physical trusted platform module, thereby providing a transitive trust relationship between the virtual trusted platform module and the core root of trust for the trusted platform. The virtual trusted platform module can be uniquely associated with a partition in a partitionable runtime environment within the data processing system."

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/125,871). 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=8,065,522&OS=8,065,522&RS=8,065,522

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Softex Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 23 -- Softex, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,065,511) developed by ten co-inventors for an "electronic device communication system and method." The co-inventors are Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali, Austin, Texas, Manoj Kumar Jain, Austin, Texas, Shradha Dube, Austin, Texas, Gayathri Rangarajan, Austin, Texas, Mehul Ramjibhai Patel,

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