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[April 11, 2012]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (April 11)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado.

*** United Video Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- United Video Properties, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,156,528) developed by four co-inventors for "personal video recorder systems and methods." The co-inventors are Joseph P. Baumgartner, Tulsa, Okla., Kenneth F. Carpenter Jr., Mount Laurel, N.J., Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, Colo., and Danny R. Gaydou, Tulsa, Okla.


The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interactive television system for recording television programming. The interactive television system may include components for providing personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, such as an interactive television program guide (IPG), PVR extensions, PVR application programming interfaces (APIs), a PVR device, any suitable hardware or software, or a combination thereof. These components may be implemented in, for example, an arrangement having an integrated PVR-compliant device with a PVR device, or in an arrangement having a PVR-compliant device (e.g., a set-top box) coupled to PVR equipment (e.g., a remote PVR server or a PVR sidecar) with a PVR device. The PVR-compliant device may include software and hardware configured to implement the IPG. The PVR APIs may be a library of intelligent vendor-specific and vendor-independent APIs able to determine the type of PVR device being used. The PVR extensions and PVR APIs may be configured to provide a seamless integration of functionality associated with the PVR-compliant device and the PVR device. A full port of the IPG may be implemented in both the PVR-compliant device and the PVR device." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2002 (10/105,082). 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=8,156,528&OS=8,156,528&RS=8,156,528 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** EchoStar Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- EchoStar Technologies, Englewood, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,156,520) developed by Steven M. Casagrande, Castle Rock, Colo., and David A. Kummer, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for "methods and apparatus for presenting substitute content in an audio/video stream using text data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for skipping, filtering and/or replacing content from an audio/video stream using text data associated with the audio/video stream. The text data is processed using location information that references a segment of the text data of the first audio/video stream to identify a location within the first audio/video stream. The location within the first audio/video stream is utilized to identify portions of the audio/video stream that are to be skipped during presentation. The portions of the audio/video stream that are to be skipped are filtered from the audio/video stream, and some of the skipped portions of the audio/video stream are replaced with substitute content. The filtered video stream, including the substitute content, is outputted for presentation to a user." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,792). 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=8,156,520&OS=8,156,520&RS=8,156,520 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** U.S. Army Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (8,155,989) developed by Arthur B. Baskin, Indianapolis, Mohamed Y. Shahin, Fort Collins, Colo., and Robert E. Reinke, Indianapolis, for an "engineered management system particularly suited for maintenance and repair (M and R) management of structure such as pavement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated user-implemented method for optimizing cost, schedule and performance of maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) on manmade structure, such as pavements. The method utilizes a database containing information on the condition of the manmade structure, the information on condition further including a condition index; applies one or more algorithms to data in the database to yield schedule and budget for M&R of the manmade structure; correlates the type of M&R and schedule for performing the M&R with alternative budgets that a user may enter into the software supporting the method and outputs and displays work plans associated to each of the alternative budgets for use by managers in planning future M&R work and predicting performance thereof by evaluating past work on the manmade structure. The system may be implemented by a user on the internet as well as on individual personal computers. Specific implementations include PAVER.TM. and microPAVER.TM. software." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/287,454.). 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=8,155,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,155,989&RS=PN/8,155,989 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Confluence Commons Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Confluence Commons, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,156,183) developed by thirteen co-inventors for a "mobile phone aggregation system." The co-inventors are Jared Polis, Boulder, Colo., Payal Goyal, Broomfield, Colo., Jeffery D. Herman, Boulder, Colo., Samuel C. Wu, Lakewood, Colo., Eric Wu, Broomfield, Colo., Michael D. McMahon, Centennial, Colo., Michael C. Wilson, Boulder, Colo., Andrew Hartman, Boulder, Colo., Peter K. Trzyna, Chicago, David L. Calone, Babylon, N.Y., Chris Young, Wildwood, Mo., Scott Shaver, Westminster, Colo., and Andrew Hyde, Boulder, Colo.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aggregation machine including: a smart phone including a display, and networking hardware connecting the smart phone to the Internet, the smart phone programmed so that the aggregation machine connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and then authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and then retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and then parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed information, and then renders the aggregation as output via the display." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2011 (13/022,606). 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=8,156,183&OS=8,156,183&RS=8,156,183 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Exegy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Exegy, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,156,101) developed by Ronald S. Indeck, St. Louis, and David Mark Indeck, Highlands Ranch, Colo., for a "method and system for high performance integration, processing and searching of structured and unstructured data using coprocessors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a method and system for integrating an enterprise's structured and unstructured data to provide users and enterprise applications with efficient and intelligent access to that data. Queries can be directed toward both an enterprise's structured and unstructured data using standardized database query formats such as SQL commands. A coprocessor can be used to hardware-accelerate data processing tasks (such as full-text searching) on unstructured data as necessary to handle a query. Furthermore, traditional relational database techniques can be used to access structured data stored by a relational database to determine which portions of the enterprise's unstructured data should be delivered to the coprocessor for hardware-accelerated data processing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/640,891). 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=8,156,101&OS=8,156,101&RS=8,156,101 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,155,907) developed by five co-inventors for "methods of enabling functions of a design to be implemented in an integrated circuit device and a computer program product." The co-inventors are Austin H. Lesea, Los Gatos, Calif., Stephen M. Trimberger, San Jose, Calif., Christopher H. Kingsley, Longmont, Colo., Satyaki Das, San Jose, Calif., and Tim Tuan, San Jose, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of enabling functions of a design to be implemented in an integrated circuit device are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises applying test data to a plurality of dice having different element types for implementing circuits, wherein the plurality of dice have a common layout of the different element types for implementing the circuits; receiving output data from the plurality of dice in response to applying the test data to the plurality of dice; analyzing the output data from the plurality of dice; transforming by a computer the output data to characterization data comprising timing data associated with the different element types for implementing circuits, wherein the characterization data comprises data associated with regions of the dice, and storing the characterization data. A computer program product for enabling functions of a design to be implemented in an integrated circuit device is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2009 (12/480,488). 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=8,155,907.PN.&OS=PN/8,155,907&RS=PN/8,155,907 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Level 3 Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Level 3 Communications, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,156,066) developed by four co-inventors for a "rule-based content request handling." The co-inventors are Jin-Gen Wang, Lafayette, Colo., Bill Hopkins, Brighton, Colo., David Reisfeld, Wellesley, Mass., and Steven P. Higgins, Mead, Colo.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of a method includes receiving a content request including a first set of attribute values, using at least one of the attribute values from the first set of attribute values to determine a second set of attribute values, traversing a hierarchy of decision nodes, wherein each decision node implements business logic based on one of the attribute values from the first set of attribute values or the second set of attribute values, and generating a decision from a last node in the hierarchy, wherein the decision dictates how to respond to the content request." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/421,084). 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=8,156,066&OS=8,156,066&RS=8,156,066 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,156,372) developed by Lisa Voigt Denney, Suwanee, Ga., Roger W. Fish, Superior, Colo., and Margo Dolas, Atlanta, for a "power outage operation of a cable modem." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for operation of a cable modem in response to Alternating Current (AC) power outage is described herein. When a loss of AC power is detected, the cable modem is switched to battery backup mode of operation using a single upstream and a single downstream channel. This switch occurs prior to receiving instructions from a cable modem termination system to use a single upstream and a single downstream channel. The cable modem notifies the cable modem termination system of the switch to battery backup mode of operation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2009 (12/351,452). 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=8,156,372&OS=8,156,372&RS=8,156,372 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Qwest Communications International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Qwest Communications International, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,156,045) developed by Larry M. Rebenack, Boulder, Colo., and Larry C. Pollard, Littleton, Colo., for "methods and systems for associating customized advertising materials with billing statements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention, therefore, provides systems and methods for overcoming certain deficiencies in the prior art. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement. The particular billing statement can be associated with a particular customer, and a system for producing the insert in accordance with embodiments of the invention can comprise an industrial printer adapted to produce at least one customized advertising insert from at least one customized advertising insert image. This system can further comprise a collating device configured to receive at least one customized advertising insert from the industrial printer. The collating device can further be configured to associate the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement. The customized advertising insert and a particular billing statement can each comprise a common identifier." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2003 (10/421,996). 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=8,156,045&OS=8,156,045&RS=8,156,045 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,156,306) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for using thin provisioning to reclaim space identified by data reduction processes." The co-inventors are Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, Colo., Agarkov Vadim Nikolaevich, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, William Carl Biester, Danville, Calif., Richard Ruef, Livermore, Calif., and Karl M. Owen, Chapel Hill, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system to reclaim space identified as no longer in use and comprises a vLUN, a thinly provisioned mapped LUN, a mapping layer, and a data reduction engine. Chunks of data are stored at logical chunk addresses (LCAs) in the vLUN and are mapped to corresponding physical chunk addresses (PCAs) in the thinly provisioned mapped LUN. The data reduction engine performs a data reduction process on a first logical chunk of data stored at a first LCA in the vLUN, where the first logical chunk has a size that is a nonzero integer multiple of the size of the storage extent of the thinly provisioned mapped LUN. After the data reduction process, the PCA associated with the first logical chunk is no longer needed, and the thinly provisioned mapped LUN is instructed to deallocate the PCA associated with the first logical chunk that is no longer needed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/642,109). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,156,306&OS=8,156,306&RS=8,156,306 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Computer Associates Think Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Computer Associates Think, Islandia, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,156,222) developed by six co-inventors for an "autonomic control of a distributed computing system using finite state machines." The co-inventors are Robert A. Gingell Jr., Sunnyvale, Calif., James D. Engquist, Colorado Springs, Colo., David A. Henseler, Maplewood, Minn., Jerry R. Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colo., Michael John Lamb, Rosemount, Minn., and Sanjay Radia, Fremont, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2011 (13/031,533). 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=8,156,222&OS=8,156,222&RS=8,156,222 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** 5o9 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- 5o9 Inc., Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,156,206) developed by Kevin J. Kiley, Bigelow, Ark., Peter J. Cranstone, Castle Rock, Colo., and Elizabeth A. Coker, Boulder, Colo., for a "contextual data communication platform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for a contextual data platform are provided. According to one embodiment, an Internet-enabled mobile device is provided, including a storage device having embodied thereon instructions and one or more processors operable to execute the instructions. An HTTP request relating to a service supported by the server device and contextual information including (a) information regarding an end user, (b) information regarding the mobile device and (c) information regarding a location of the mobile device are concurrently transmitted to the server device. Responsive to the request and the contextual information, an HTML file within which contextual menu information based on the service and the contextual information is embedded is received from the server device. Contextual menu information is extracted from the HTML file. End user interaction with the service is customized by dynamically reconfiguring a browser menu of the mobile device based on the contextual menu information." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (12/960,027). 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=8156206.PN.&OS=PN/8156206&RS=PN/8156206 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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