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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Sept. 21)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Unidirectional Message Masking and Validation System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,574) developed by Daniel Brokenshire, Round Rock, Texas, Harm Peter Hofstee, Austin, Texas, and Mohammad Peyravian, Cary, N.C., for a "unidirectional message masking and validation system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for secure communication is provided. A random value generator is configured to generate a random value. A message validation code generator is coupled to the random value generator and configured to generate a message validation code based on a predetermined key, a message, and the random value. A one-time pad generator is coupled to the random number generator and configured to generate a one-time pad based on the random value and the predetermined key. And a masked message generator is coupled to the one-time pad generator and configured to generate a masked message based on the one-time pad and the message. A protected message envelope generator is coupled to the random value generator, the message validation code generator, and the masked message generator, and is configured to generate a protected message envelope based on the random value, the message validation code, and the masked message." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2004 (10/763,079). 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=8,024,574.PN.&OS=PN/8,024,574&RS=PN/8,024,574 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lenovo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Lenovo, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (8,024,579) developed by four co-inventors for an "authenticating suspect data using key tables." The co-inventors are David Carroll Challener, Raleigh, N.C., John H. Nicholson, Durham, N.C., Joseph Michael Pennisi, Apex, N.C., and Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for authenticating suspect code includes steps of: receiving the suspect code for a first instance of a trusted platform module; loading the suspect code into a trusted platform module device operatively associated with a processor, wherein the suspect code is loaded outside of a shielded location within the trusted platform module device; retrieving a validation public key from a table and storing it in a register in the trusted platform module device, the validation public key indexed by the suspect code; and retrieving a hash algorithm from the table, the hash algorithm indexed by the suspect code. The hash algorithm is run to derive a first hash value; then, using the validation public key, the second hash value is decrypted to derive a second decrypted hash value. The two hash values are compared; and upon determining a match, the suspect code is loaded into the shielded location of the processor for execution by the processor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/647,932). 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=8,024,579.PN.&OS=PN/8,024,579&RS=PN/8,024,579 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Distributing Information in a Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,024,479) developed by Amitava Das, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Viren K. Malaviya, Cupertino, Calif., for a "system and method for distributing information in a network environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a communication flow and executing a routing decision for the communication flow that directs the communication flow to a selected one of a plurality of servers. The routing decision is based on a selected one or more user-specified parameters and on one or more data segments that reflect feedback associated with one or more of the servers. The feedback indicates one or more conditions associated with one or more of the servers." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2007 (11/735,647). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=8,024,479&OS=8,024,479&RS=8,024,479 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Network Appliance Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Network Appliance, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,024,442) developed by five co-inventors for "centralized storage management for multiple heterogeneous host-side servers." The co-inventors are Konstantinos Roussos, Sunnyvale, Calif., Kumaravel Thillai, Chennai, India, Anupama Kirpekar, Saratoga, Calif., Atul Bhalodia, Cary, N.C., and Vani Bappanadu, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Centralized management of both host-side storage objects on multiple heterogeneous host-side servers and logical data containers on a storage system is performed by a management server. In one embodiment, the management server automatically provisions a logical data container on the storage server according to the storage virtualization strategy without administrator interaction at the storage system. In another embodiment, the management server automatically performs a snapshot operation on logical data containers on the storage system according to the storage virtualization strategy without administrator interaction at the storage system. In another embodiment, the management server centrally monitors for out-of-space events in the storage system and automatically correlates the out-of-space events in the storage system to out-of-space events for the host-side file systems." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2008 (12/169,395). 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=80,24,442.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,442&RS=PN/80,24,442 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** North Carolina, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Patent for Autodiscovery for Virtual Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Paul Unbehagen, Cary, N.C., Vasile Radoaca, Burlington, Mass., Praveen Muley, Billerica, Mass., and Shobhan Lakkapragada, Billerica, Mass., have developed a patent (8,024,437) for an "autodiscovery for virtual networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention facilitates automatic discovery of VPN-related information, which relates to the existence or association of VPNs as supported by provider edge devices in a core network. In particular, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is used to facilitate the automatic discovery, and the provider edge devices are capable of subsequently and automatically triggering Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) processes to facilitate signaling over LDP sessions within the core network." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2004 (10/753,296). 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=80,24,437.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,437&RS=PN/80,24,437 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Domingo Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Domingo Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,024,431) developed by Michael T. Hoffman, Carrboro, N.C., for a "system and method for identifying transient friends." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for identifying transient friends for a social network of a user are provided. A transient friend processing function obtains locations of a number of users or locations otherwise associated with the number of users. In order to identify transient friends for a first user, the transient friend processing function identifies other users associated with locations within a proximate area of the first user. For each of the identified users, the transient friend processing function compares a user profile of the first user to a user profile of the identified user to determine whether to add the identified user as a transient friend of the first user. If the transient friend processing function determines that the identified friend is to be added as a transient friend of the first user, the identified friend is then added as a transient friend of the first user." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (12/013,147). 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=80,24,431.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,431&RS=PN/80,24,431 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,024,784) developed by Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., for a "method and system for providing remote secure access to a peer computer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for allowing a user to access a peer from a remote system are described. The method and system include authenticating the user for the peer using an authentication server and providing a token for the peer and the user based on the authenticating. The user is authenticated from the remote system. The method and system also include allowing the user to access the peer from the remote system through a proxy server and using the token, if the user is authenticated." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2004 (10/942,578). 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=8,024,784&OS=8,024,784&RS=8,024,784 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Teradata US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Teradata US, Dayton, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,024,706) developed by David Krauss, Raleigh, N.C., for a "techniques for embedding testing or debugging features within a service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are presented for embedding testing and debugging features within a service. A user service is modified to include record and playback features. When a record feature is activated, actions and state transitions, which occur within the user service, are monitored and recorded. These actions and transitions are represented within a script. During playback, the actions and state transitions are automatically replayed within the user service by accessing operations of the user service that are represented or mapped within the script." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2005 (11/236,129). 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=8,024,706&OS=8,024,706&RS=8,024,706 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Facilitating Self-remediation for Software Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,024,707) developed by four co-inventors for a "facilitating self-remediation for software applications." The co-inventors are Gaurav Manglik, Palo Alto, Calif., Ambalika Roy, Charlotte, N.C., Shamik Ganguly, Bangalore, India, and Rahul Gupta, Bangalore, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Facilitating self-remediation for software applications. In an embodiment, a self-remediation tool (incorporated in the software application) receives a set of tasks that are to be performed for fixing an error in the software application. The self-remediation tool determines a subset of tasks requiring termination of execution of the software application. A new process is then initialized, which is designed to terminate the software application, perform the subset of tasks and restart the software application." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2007 (11/690,143). 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=8,024,707&OS=8,024,707&RS=8,024,707 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enforcing Rule Selection on User Inboxes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,283) developed by four co-inventors for an "enforcing rule selection on user inboxes." The co-inventors are Sean Callanan, Dublin, Ireland, Al Chakra, Apex, N.C., Sonya Purcell, Tipperary, Ireland, and Hugh Smyth, Dublin, Ireland. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Rule selection is enforced on user email inboxes using an inbox monitor and administrative rules at an email server. The inbox monitor includes a first agent for identifying inactive user inboxes from email messages stored at the email database, and a second agent for identifying, from the inactive user inboxes identified by the first agent, user inboxes without appropriate user rules activated. For each user inbox identified by the second agent, administrative rules are applied to the user inbox if the user inbox has been inactive for at least a predetermined period of time. If the user inbox has not been inactive for at least the predetermined period of time, a notification message is sent to a user associated with the user inbox. The notification message informs the user that administrative rules will be applied to the user inbox if appropriate user rules are not activated." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2010 (12/899,814). 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=8,024,283.PN.&OS=PN/8,024,283&RS=PN/8,024,283 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,024,241) developed by Christopher D. Bailey, Cary, N.C., and Dmitry V. Golovashkin, Cary, N.C., for "computer-implemented systems and methods for cost flow analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer-implemented systems and methods for analyzing costs associated with a cost flow model having components of relationships and entities. A system and method can be configured to receive data associated with the cost flow model that identifies the costs associated with the relationships among the entities. One or more matrices are created that are representative of the costs and the entity relationships. One or more sparse matrix operations are performed upon the created one or more matrices in order to determine cost contribution amounts from an entity to another entity." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2007 (11/777,686). 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=8,024,241.PN.&OS=PN/8,024,241&RS=PN/8,024,241 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** North Carolina Inventor Develops Patent for Concealed Performance Bid ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Patrick James Schultz, Apex, N.C., has developed a patent (8,024,228) for a concealed performance bid. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System(s) and method(s) for offering one or more items, for sale or for purchase, for a specified period of time during which participants bid to purchase or sell the items. The system provides each participant an indication of how their bid compares to bids placed by others. The system does not disclose the bid details of other participants. By providing this bid range of information, each bidder has a sense of their general bid position (not knowing others specific bids), compared to all bidders and by this means, the overall price offered for the item may be driven up or, in the case of offer to buy bid, driven down." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2007 (11/905,843). 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=80,24,228.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,228&RS=PN/80,24,228 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,024,677) developed by Terrence A. Lenahan, Holly Springs, N.C., and Kuang-wei Chiang, Allentown, Pa., for "methods and mechanisms for inserting metal fill data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for implementing virtual metal fill includes obtaining a layout record for a circuit design, and inserting metal fill data into the layout record based on one or more rules, wherein the metal fill data represents a consolidation of actual metal fill. A method for implementing virtual metal fill includes obtaining a layout record for a circuit design, and inserting metal fill data into the layout record, the metal fill data representing a virtual metal fill having a configuration that is different from a configuration of actual metal fill." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2010 (12/786,325). 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=8,024,677&OS=8,024,677&RS=8,024,677 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Ergonomics-based Health Facilitator for Computer Users ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,202) developed by Randolph W. Carroll, Raleigh, N.C., Ciaran A. Dellafera, Cambridge, Mass., and Pamela K. Isom, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for "ergonomics-based health facilitator for computer users." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for facilitating ergonomics-based health in a user of a computer workstation is presented. The method includes the steps of detecting an ergonomics problem for a user of a computer workstation, wherein the ergonomics problem is directly related to a current real-time body position of the user, and wherein the ergonomics problem would likely cause an injury to the user if left uncorrected. A user health protection algorithm is then executed to generate an ergonomic recommendation. The user health protection algorithm utilizes user work parameters as inputs. The ergonomic recommendation, which will correct the ergonomics problem, is then presented to the user." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,407). 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=80,24,202.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,202&RS=PN/80,24,202 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Power Restoration to Blade Servers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,606) developed by Joseph E. Bolan, Cary, N.C., and Vijay Kumar, Cary, N.C., for a "power restoration to blade servers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Power restoration to blade servers including maintaining a list of blade server identifications and a value of power saving for each capped blade server; identifying losing power to the capped blade servers; restoring power to the previously capped blade servers in order of the values of power savings." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2009 (12/545,585). 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=8,024,606&OS=8,024,606&RS=8,024,606 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,024,633) developed by Abdulrauf Hafeez, Cary, N.C., Dayong Chen, Cary, N.C., and Dennis Hui, Cary, N.C., for a "method and apparatus for combined packet retransmission and soft decoding of combined packets in a wireless communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a wireless communication network using point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communications, this disclosure teaches the use of combined packets for retransmission and corresponding soft value processing at a receiver, wherein combined packets are formed as the logical combination of two or more previously transmitted packets and allow the receiver to use a single combined packet to correct one or more failed packets. For example, with the combined packet retransmission and corresponding soft value receiver processing as taught herein, a given receiver can use a given combined packet to correct bit errors in all (failed) packets comprising the combined packet as long as the bit errors in a failed packet do not overlap (or align) with bit errors in the other failed packets comprising the combined packet." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2007 (11/746,679). 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=8,024,633&OS=8,024,633&RS=8,024,633 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Time Warner Cable Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Time Warner Cable, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,024,607) developed by Patrick Ladd, San Marcos, Calif., and George W. Sarosi, Charlotte, N.C., for "methods and apparatus for event logging in an information network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for logging, analysis, and reporting of events such as reboots in a client device (e.g., consumer premises equipment in a cable network) using applications. In one aspect, an improved event logging and monitoring system is provided within the device with which the application(s) can interface to record event or error data. In one exemplary embodiment, the client device comprises a digital set-top box having Java-enabled middleware adapted to implement the various functional aspects of the event logging system, which registers to receive event notifications (including resource exhaustion data) from other applications running on the device. The network operator can also optionally control the operation of the logging system remotely via a network agent. Improved client device and network configurations, as well as methods of operating these systems, are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/897,731). 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=8,024,607&OS=8,024,607&RS=8,024,607 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,024,634) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for implementing a subrate recovery for lost packets in a communications environment." The co-inventors are Paul A. Schmidt, Cary, N.C., Bernie P. Pearce, Morrisville, N.C., John P. Fussell, Raleigh, N.C., and Christopher Brezovec, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for communicating data is provided that includes receiving a plurality of bits associated with a communications flow and recovering data lost from a packet by retransmitting selected subrate data for a lost sample over a specified time period. The method may further include transmitting one additional subrate for each sample. All data is generally retransmitted in a configured time interval and the additional subrate for each sample is transmitted every twenty milliseconds. In still other embodiments, the method includes skipping over any subrates that have already been transmitted within a recovery interval. In one implementation of the present invention, if any subrates had changed and had already been transmitted within the time period, there is no retransmit operation performed. If a lost packet is detected for a sample already in recovery, the time period is reset and a recovery process is initiated again." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2007 (11/834,965). 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=8,024,634&OS=8,024,634&RS=8,024,634 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Failure Analysis Based on Time-varying Failure Rates ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,609) developed by Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "failure analysis based on time-varying failure rates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Failure analysis method and apparatus using failure rate data in coordination with the power on hours to more efficiently resolve computer system failures without occupying system memory or processor bandwidth. In response to a system failure, a baseboard management controller (BMC) notes the time of failure and the elapsed operating time of system components. In response to a failure of the computer system, the BMC accesses industry standard failure rate data correlating the elapsed operating time with the probability of failure for each component. By cross-referencing the time of failure with the failure rate data, the BMC automatically determines the probability of failure of each component at the time of failure of the computer system. The BMC generates a component replacement list identifying the component that currently has the highest probability of failure." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2009 (12/477,199). 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=8,024,609&OS=8,024,609&RS=8,024,609 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Vocal Command Directives to Compose Dynamic Display Text ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,024,185) developed by Lydia M. Do, Raleigh, N.C., Pamela A. Nesbitt, Tampa, Fla., and Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, for a "vocal command directives to compose dynamic display text." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, apparatus, products are disclosed for displaying speech for a user of a surface computer, the surface computer comprising a surface, the surface computer capable of receiving multi-touch input through the surface and rendering display output on the surface, that include: registering, by the surface computer, a plurality of users with the surface computer; allocating, by the surface computer to each registered user, a portion of the surface for interaction between that registered user and the surface computer; detecting, by the surface computer, a speech utterance from one of the plurality of users; determining, by the surface computer using a speech engine, speech text in dependence upon the speech utterance; creating, by the surface computer, display text in dependence upon the speech text; and rendering, by the surface computer, the display text on at least one of the allocated portions of the surface." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2007 (11/869,987). 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=80,24,185.PN.&OS=PN/80,24,185&RS=PN/80,24,185 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1061925 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |