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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (Nov. 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Security in a Network Environment Using Accounting Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,312,530) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for providing security in a network environment using accounting information." The co-inventors are Hien T. Thai, Elk Grove, Calif., Kevin D. Shatzkamer, New York, Andrew G. Gasson, Madrid, Spain, Laurent Andriantsiferana, Valbone, France, Eric Hamel, Paris, and Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing security in a network environment that includes receiving a flow that propagates through an access gateway. The flow is initiated by an end user associated with the flow and propagates through a network. The method also includes receiving accounting information indicative of the termination of the flow. In response, tearing down of the communication associated with the flow is initiated." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2006 (11/420,186). 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=8,312,530&OS=8,312,530&RS=8,312,530 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,312,499) developed by Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, N.Y., and Aaron G. Wells, Oakland, Calif., for "tunneling information in compressed audio and/or video bit streams." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for conveying private or enhancement information in a compressed bit stream comprising the steps of (A) generating a compressed bit stream in response to a first data stream and a plurality of encoding choices and (B) controlling the encoding choices in response to a second data stream comprising one or both of the private information and the enhancement information." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2004 (10/939,786). 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=8,312,499&OS=8,312,499&RS=8,312,499 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,312,542) developed by five co-inventors for "network intrusion detection using MDL compress for deep packet inspection." The co-inventors are Edward E. Eiland, Niskayuna, N.Y., Scott C. Evans, Burnt Hills, N.Y., Jeremy D. Impson, Vestal, N.Y., Thomas S. Markham, Niskayuna, N.Y., and Eric Steinbrecher, Windsor, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network intrusion detection system and method that includes a grammar inference engine. A grammar-based Minimum Description Length (MDL) compression algorithm is used to determine an attack based on closeness of fit to one or more compression models. The network intrusion detection system and method can determine zero day attacks." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2008 (12/260,682). 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=8,312,542&OS=8,312,542&RS=8,312,542 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Area Efficient Neuromorphic Circuits Using Field Effect Transistors and Variable Resistance Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,311,965) developed by four co-inventors for "area efficient neuromorphic circuits using field effect transistors (FET) and variable resistance material." The co-inventors are Matthew J. Breitwisch, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Chung Hon Lam, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Dharmendra S. Modha, San Jose, Calif., and Bipin Rajendran, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A neuromorphic circuit includes a first field effect transistor in a first diode configuration establishing an electrical connection between a first gate and a first drain of the first field effect transistor. The neuromorphic circuit also includes a second field effect transistor in a second diode configuration establishing an electrical connection between a second gate and a second drain of the second field effect transistor. The neuromorphic circuit further includes variable resistance material electrically connected to both the first drain and the second drain, where the variable resistance material provides a programmable resistance value. The neuromorphic circuit additionally includes a first junction electrically connected to the variable resistance material and providing a first connection point to an output of a neuron circuit, and a second junction electrically connected to the variable resistance material and providing a second connection point to the output of the neuron circuit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2009 (12/620,624). 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=83,11,965.PN.&OS=PN/83,11,965&RS=PN/83,11,965 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Predictive Analytical Model Matching ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,311,967) developed by five co-inventors for a "predictive analytical model matching." The co-inventors are Wei-Hao Lin, New York, Travis H. K. Green, New York, Robert Kaplow, New York, Gang Fu, Kearny, N.J., and Gideon S. Mann, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, for selecting a trained predictive models. A request is received from a client-subscriber computing system for access to a trained predictive model that can generate a predictive output in response to receiving input data having one or more input types. Information that describes each of the trained predictive models in a predictive model repository can be used to determine that one or more models included in the repository match the request. Determining a match can be based (at least in part) on a comparison of the one or more input types to input types included in the information that describes the trained predictive models. Access is provided to at least one of the models to the client-subscriber computing system. The models that match the request are models that were trained using training data provided by a computing system other than the client-subscriber computing system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,229). 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=83,11,967.PN.&OS=PN/83,11,967&RS=PN/83,11,967 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Determining Content to be Provided by an Entity for Rendering via a Resource in a Target Document or Notifying an Alternative Entity of the Availability of the Resource ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,312,001) developed by seven co-inventors for a "determining content to be provided by an entity for rendering via a resource in a target document or notifying an alternative entity of the availability of the resource." The co-inventors are Kenneth W. Bronson, Venice, Calif., Kevan Quincy Newton, Los Angeles, Jason Liebman, New York, Rama Ranganath, Mountain View, Calif., Narayanan Shivakumar, San Jose, Calif., Deepak Jindal, Mountain View, Calif., and Yingwei Claire Cui, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for allowing a resource associated with a target document usable for ad rendering by a first entity to be used for rendering of content by a second entity. Depending on one or more conditions, the first entity either uses the resource to render at least one ad or allows a second entity to use at least a portion of the resource to render content." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (13/035,555). 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=83,12,001.PN.&OS=PN/83,12,001&RS=PN/83,12,001 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent for System for Display Advertising Optimization using Click or Conversion Performance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,311,885) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system for display advertising optimization using click or conversion performance." The co-inventors are Oliver Kennedy, New York, Tasos Anastasakos, San Jose, Calif., Jianchang Mao, San Jose, Calif., Erik Vee, San Mateo, Calif., Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Santa Clara, Calif., Sergei Vassilvitskii, New York, Jian Yang, Palo Alto, Calif., and John Tomlin, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An advertisement impression distribution system includes a data processing system operable to generate an allocation plan for serving advertisement impressions. The allocation plan allocates a first portion of advertisement impressions to satisfy guaranteed demand and a second portion of advertisement impressions to satisfy nonguaranteed demand. The data processing system includes an optimizer configured to establish a relationship between the first portion of advertisement impressions and the second portion of advertisement impressions. The relationship defines a range of proportions of allocation of the first portion and the second portion. The optimizer generates a solution maximizing guaranteed demand fairness, non-guaranteed demand revenue, and click value. The solution identifies a determined proportion of the first portion of advertisement impressions to serve and a determined proportion of the second portion of advertisement impressions to serve. The data processing system outputs the allocation plan to control serving of the advertisement impressions." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/609,427). 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=8,311,885&OS=8,311,885&RS=8,311,885 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Classifying Data Streams with Very Large Cardinality ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,311,959) developed by Charu C. Aggarwal, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Philip S. Yu, Chicago, for a "system and method for classifying data streams with very large cardinality." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An object and attributes that describe that object are identified. The attributes are grouped into attribute patterns, and classification classes are identified. For each identified class a sketch table containing a plurality of parallel hash tables is created. For the object to be classified, each attribute pattern is processed using the all of the hash functions for each sketch table, resulting in a plurality of values under each sketch table for a single attribute pattern. The lowest value is selected for each sketch table. The distribution of values across all sketch tables is evaluated for each attribute pattern, producing a discriminatory power for each attribute pattern. Attribute patterns having a discriminatory power above a given threshold are selected and added to the associated sketch table values. The sketch table with the largest overall sum is identified, and the associated class is assigned to the object belonging to the attribute patterns." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2012 (13/400,863). 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=83,11,959.PN.&OS=PN/83,11,959&RS=PN/83,11,959 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,311,903) developed by Sudhendu Rai, Fairport, N.Y., for "methods and systems for evaluating the impact of migrating to a dynamic processing environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, a method of evaluating an impact on inventory levels of migrating from a pre-processing environment to a dynamic processing environment may include identifying a plurality of form types to migrate from a pre-processing environment to a dynamic processing environment and identifying an inventory policy. For each identified form type, corresponding job demand information may be received. A computing device may determine a plurality of total inventory requirements for the identified form types based on the identified inventory policy. The computing device may determine a plurality of migrated inventory requirements for the dynamic processing environment based on the identified inventory policy. One or more statistics pertaining to one or more of the job demand information, the total inventory requirements and the migrated inventory requirements may be displayed to a user." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2008 (12/140,725). 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=8,311,903&OS=8,311,903&RS=8,311,903 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,311,890) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for dynamic textual ad distribution via email." The co-inventors are Kevin R. J. B. Donovan, White Plains, N.Y., David Bard Hills, New York, William C. Day, Haworth, N.J., Ron McCoy, Doraville, Ga., Christopher Joseph Murphy, Lagrangeville, N.Y., and Eimear Kathleen O'Connell, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing dynamic pay-for-placement advertisements via graphics-enabled email that generates a display of advertisements when the email newsletter is opened so the advertisements displayed are based on rankings at the time the email is opened instead of when the email was generated and transmitted. In one embodiment, a graphical-content email having one or more embedded advertisement image references is provided to one or more email recipients. The advertisement image reference, in one embodiment, may include query string parameters indicating the context of the image reference and/or portion of the image reference (i.e., identifying the image reference as being part of a particular newsletter email), a position of the image reference in the email display, and the like. A URL reference also may be included with each advertisement image reference (.e.g., one URL for each advertisement portion of the image to be retrieved by the advertising image reference)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2003 (10/647,116). 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=8,311,890&OS=8,311,890&RS=8,311,890 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,312,324) developed by Diane Marie Foley, Palmyra, N.Y., and Shi Zhao, Rochester, N.Y., for a "remote diagnostic system and method based on device data classification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A remote diagnostic system and method based on device data classification. Device diagnostic data with respect to a device can be acquired and a conditional probability look up table can be constructed for each fault code associated with the device diagnostic data by a classification module. A score function can then be created by summing the conditional probabilities and an occurrence of the fault code can be mapped to a service call category with a numerically highest score function. The fault occurrence data in association with a number of time stamps and device identifiers can be stored in a data warehouse. The occurrence of fault code can be matched with respect to a solution set which can be automatically dispatched to a customer via a communications link." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2010 (12/695,790). 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=8,312,324.PN.&OS=PN/8,312,324&RS=PN/8,312,324 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent for Data Processor Device having Trace Capabilities and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,312,253) developed by Joseph C. Circello, Phoenix, Daniel M. McCarthy, Phoenix, and Sylvia M. Thirtle, Pittsford, N.Y., for a "data processor device having trace capabilities and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In response to determining an event has occurred, information is stored at a trace buffer of an integrated circuit. When the trace buffer is full, execution of instructions at a CPU is halted to allow the trace buffer information to be accessed at an external interface to the integrated circuit device. The CPU is continually halted as the trace buffer is filled to facilitate retrieving all information written to the trace buffer." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2008 (12/035,961). 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=8,312,253.PN.&OS=PN/8,312,253&RS=PN/8,312,253 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,312,305) developed by Chen Yong Cher, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Tejas S. Karkhanis, White Plains, N.Y., and Srinivasan Ramani, Cary, N.C., for a "power management for systems on a chip." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for controlling a multitasking microprocessor system includes an interconnect, a plurality of processing units connected to the interconnect forming a single-source, single-sink flow network, wherein the plurality of processing units pass data between one another from the single-source to the single-sink, and a monitor connected to the interconnect for monitoring a portion of a resource consumed by each of the plurality of processing units and for controlling the plurality of processing units according to a predetermined budget for the resource to control a data overflow condition, wherein the monitor controls performance and power modes of the plurality of processing units." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2010 (12/700,513). 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=8,312,305.PN.&OS=PN/8,312,305&RS=PN/8,312,305 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Corporate Services Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 14 -- Verizon Corporate Services Group, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,311,880) developed by four co-inventors for a "supplier performance and accountability system." The co-inventors are Elaine Bauer Zabriskie, Nutley, N.J., Ada C. Lawniczak, Flower Mound, Texas, Ta-sheng Wei, Wayland, Mass., and Gail Z. Cardona, Freeport, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for measuring, managing and improving the quality and performance of supplied products and services across a large and potentially very diverse organization or enterprise. The invention provides a more accurate and comprehensive view of a supplier's overall quality and performance record than conventional systems and methods because it features real-time, interactive access to both quantitative and qualitative performance data throughout the entire life of the supplied product or service. The invention provides this real-time interactive access to the quality and performance data at multiple levels of detail according to user preference. In addition, the invention utilizes supplemental supplier performance indicators, such as customer satisfaction survey results and contract and diversity compliance statistics, to bring key supplier quality and performance issues into sharper focus, and provides corrective action plans to improve supplier quality, performance and accountability throughout and across an entire organization or enterprise." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2002 (10/284,119). 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=8,311,880&OS=8,311,880&RS=8,311,880 Written by Neha Bharti; 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. -1105403 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |