U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (June 13)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Evaluating Software Test Coverage

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,150) developed by four co-inventors for an "evaluating software test coverage." The co-inventors are Joshua D. Ghiloni, Durham, N.C., Wes Hayutin, Raleigh, N.C., Howard S. Krovetz, Holly Springs, N.C., and Seth A. Schwartzman, Elkins Park, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implementable method, system and computer media are presented for calculating software test coverage of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: detecting an activation of a monitored active area in a GUI; recording the activation and a name of a user who activated the monitored active area; recording an order of any prior and subsequent activations of active areas in the GUI, wherein the prior and subsequent activations are performed prior to and subsequent to the activation of the monitored active area; recording any errors associated with the activation of the monitored active area; recording a total number of times that the monitored active area was activated during a pre-determined test period; and creating a report that describes test results for the monitored active area."

The patent application was filed on March 20, 2007 (11/688,627). 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=8,201,150&OS=8,201,150&RS=8,201,150

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Security System to Prevent Tampering with a Server Blade

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,266) developed by four co-inventors for a "security system to prevent tampering with a server blade." The co-inventors are Keith Manders Campbell, Cary, N.C., Raymond Todd Greggs, Raleigh, N.C., James Gordon McLean, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., and Caroline Magdy Metry, Cary, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method, computer program product and apparatus for physically securing a server in response to detecting an unauthorized intrusion event. The method comprises detecting an unauthorized physical intrusion event to a data center, rack or chassis including a plurality of servers, communicating the detected unauthorized intrusion event to a management module that manages the plurality of servers, and automatically physically securing one or more of the plurality of servers against manual removal. Optionally, the step of physically securing may include disabling one or more front panel controls on the plurality of servers, such as a physical power switch. In a further option, the step of physically securing may include disabling one or more external ports on the plurality of servers, such as a keyboard-video-mouse port. A preferred method allows the one or more physically secured servers to continue to operate."

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2008 (12/124,245). 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=8,201,266&OS=8,201,266&RS=8,201,266

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Providing Post-mortem Service Level Debugging

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,151) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and system for providing post-mortem service level debugging." The co-inventors are Kevin Spencer Barker, Raleigh, N.C., Stefan Georg Derdak, San Jose, Calif., Ramani Mathrubutham, Milpitas, Calif., Xiaochun Mei, Palo Alto, Calif., Aaron Higuchi Miller, Mountain View, Calif., Thomas Pollinger, San Mateo, Calif., and Juliana Hing Sze Tsang, San Lorenzo, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer program product comprises a computer useable medium. The computer useable medium has a computer readable program such that when the computer readable medium is executed on a computer, the computer is caused to configure an interceptor at a service invocation point corresponding to a component service of a software application. Further, the computer is caused to record, at the interceptor, data in a trace file. The data is associated with a service invocation at the service invocation point. Finally, the computer is caused to provide the trace file to a service level debugger that navigates through the trace file."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/960,703). 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=8,201,151&OS=8,201,151&RS=8,201,151

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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SAS Institute Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,201,184) developed by Eric Steven Thies, Harrisonburg, Va., Cheryl Gehring Doninger, Cary, N.C., and Richard Dean Langston, Cary, N.C., for "systems and methods for parallelizing grid computer environment tasks."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for executing a computer program within a multiple processor grid computing environment. Execution behavior of the computer program is captured while the computer program is sequentially executing. The captured execution behavior is linked with steps contained in the source code version of the computer program. The captured execution behavior that is linked with the supplemented source code version is analyzed in order to determine dependencies between a step of the computer program and one or more other steps of the computer program. A determination is made of which task or tasks within the computer program can be processed through the grid computing environment based upon the determined dependencies."

The patent application was filed on April 17, 2008 (12/104,695). 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=8,201,184&OS=8,201,184&RS=8,201,184

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Configurable Java Server Pages Processing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,153) developed by Richard Andrew Backhouse, Apex, N.C., and Scott Dilworth Johnson, Durham, N.C., for a "configurable java server pages processing."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for a configurable JAVASERVER pages processing framework to process JAVASERVER pages (JSP). A JSP document or page is translated into a document object model (DOM) object that encapsulates elements of the JSP. The syntax of the JSP is validated by a JSP translator with built-in classes and errors are returned if necessary. A JSP visitor configuration file, which defines user configured classes and sequence of execution, is used by the JSP translator to invoke methods of user-defined classes in the order specified by the user to process or visit elements of the DOM object. Result of user-defined class processing may be passed from one class to another within the set."

The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,679). 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=8,201,153&OS=8,201,153&RS=8,201,153

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Authorizing Network Access Based on Completed Educational Task

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,201,226) developed by John Brawner Duffie III, Cary, N.C., for an "authorizing network access based on completed educational task."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method comprises authentication a user of a client device by a network access device; selectively sending an education assignment request to an authorization server, by the network access device, in response to receiving a request from a client device for access to a network and based on determining the user requires educational authorization to access the network, the education assignment request including an identifier for identifying the user; forwarding to the client device an educational assignment received from the authorization server for completion by the user of the client device; forwarding to the authorization server a response to the educational assignment and having been received from the client device; and selectively authorizing, by the network access device, the access to the network by the client device based on a received authorization message from the authorization server relative to the response to the educational assignment."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2007 (11/857,583). 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=8,201,226&OS=8,201,226&RS=8,201,226

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Time Warner Cable Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Time Warner Cable, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,201,191) developed by Patrick Ladd, San Marcos, Calif., George W. Sarosi, Charlotte, N.C., and William Helms, Longmont, Colo., for an "apparatus and methods for implementation of network software interfaces."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for improved software programming interface functionality in a network. In one exemplary embodiment, the network comprises an HFC cable network with CPE in which network-specific programming interfaces (e.g., APIs) may be downloaded to the CPE, registered, authenticated, stored and executed in a software protocol stack implementing OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) or Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) standards. The host device software comprises a "manager" module that registers APIs identified by the OCAP Monitor Application, such that all applications launched thereafter on the device can use these communications APIs, provided they have the appropriate permission(s). This relieves individual applications from having to support details regarding network-specific protocols and APIs. In an alternate embodiment, class and data files associated with the API functionality are downloaded along with an application. The downloaded application registers the API using a modified version of the API using a description file (DF). The DF describes the class and data files provided with the application that are part of the registered API."

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2004 (10/883,374). 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=8,201,191&OS=8,201,191&RS=8,201,191

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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NVIDIA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,201,172) developed by Marcio T. Oliveira, San Jose, Calif., and Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "multi-threaded FIFO memory with speculative read and write capability."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods storing data for multi-threaded processing permit multiple execution threads to store data in a single first-in first-out (FIFO) memory. Threads are assigned to classes, with each class including one or more threads. Each class may be allocated dedicated entries in the FIFO memory. A class may also be allocated shared entries in the FIFO memory. The shared entries may be used by any thread. Data for a first thread may be stored in the FIFO memory while data for a second thread is read from the FIFO memory, even when the first thread and the second thread are not in the same class. The FIFO memory may include a speculative read and a speculative write capability. The FIFO memory is shared between the threads to conserve die area, however each thread may be executed independently, as if each thread has a dedicated FIFO memory."

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2007 (11/760,697). 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=8,201,172&OS=8,201,172&RS=8,201,172

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Methods for Moving Cable Modems Between Upstream Channels

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,201,207) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for moving cable modems between upstream channels." The co-inventors are James S. An, Sunnyvale, Calif., Hui Sun, San Jose, Calif., De Fu Li, Wayland, Mass., Keil Brewer, San Jose, Calif., John J. Downey, Apex, N.C., and Chrisanto D. Leano, San Jose, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are apparatus and methods for managing upstream channels on a per cable modem basis. In certain embodiments, one or more thresholds are defined for each of a plurality of upstream logical channels of a headend system for receiving data from a plurality of cable modems (or other types of access nodes). Each defined threshold corresponds to a measurable parameter of the corresponding upstream logical channel. One or more metrics are collected for each cable modem of each upstream logical channel. It is determined whether to downgrade a selected cable modem to a selected one of the logical channels that has a lower performance level than the selected cable modem's current logical channel. Such downgrade determination is based on whether the selected cable modem's collected one or more metrics have failed a condition of the one or more defined thresholds and whether a percentage of a total of the cable modems of such current logical channel that have failed a condition for the one or more defined thresholds is less than a predefined percentage level. The selected cable modem is then caused to move from the current logical channel to the selected logical channel when the percentage of the total cable modems that have failed is below a predefined level if such selected logical channel is available. Otherwise, the current logical channel's modulation profile may be altered when the percentage of the total cable modems that have failed is above (or equal to) the predefined level."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,777). 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=8,201,207&OS=8,201,207&RS=8,201,207

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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NetApp Assigned Patent for Client Data Retrieval in a Clustered Computing Network

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,200,630) developed by Collin Park, Redwood City, Calif., Trond Myklebust, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Pete Wyckoff, Durham, N.C., for a "client data retrieval in a clustered computing network."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for accessing a file stored in a clustered computing network, where the file is stored in the clustered computing network in a plurality of related volumes that stem from a particular (e.g., parent) volume. In the method, a request to retrieve the file from the particular volume is received at the client. The client then determines whether the file is stored in a client memory so as to be identified with the particular volume. If the file is not stored in the client memory so as to be identified with the particular volume, then the file is retrieved from a different but related volume."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2009 (12/543,028). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,200,630.PN.&OS=PN/8,200,630&RS=PN/8,200,630

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Bank of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,200,708) developed by seven co-inventors for an identity database bureau. The co-inventors are Debashis Ghosh, Charlotte, N.C., Michael O'Hagan, Charlotte, N.C., David Joa, Pacifica, Calif., Kurt D. Newman, Matthews, S.C., Thayer Allison, Charlotte, N.C., Sudeshna Banerjee, Waxhaw, N.C., and Mark V. Krein, Charlotte, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for making biometric data susceptible to use in locating individuals and tracking the location of individuals over time are provided. The system may involve the collection of initial biometric data, including iris scans, and corresponding identification information, the entry of such data into a database, and then the further collection of biometric data associated with locational information and entry of that data into a database correlating to the first database."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2008 (12/344,858). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,200,708.PN.&OS=PN/8,200,708&RS=PN/8,200,708

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Bank of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,200,635) developed by five co-inventors for a "labeling electronic data in an electronic discovery enterprise system." The co-inventors are Michael J. Mayer, Charlotte, N.C., Brian L. Toomey, Charlotte, N.C., David M. Andersen, Charlotte, N.C., Emerson D. Miller, Charlotte, N.C., and Phillip L. Richards, Charlotte, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments herein disclosed relate to methods, systems and computer program products that provide an enterprise wide e-discovery system configured to search myriad data sources across an enterprise to identify electronic data relevant to a particular data request, harvest the relevant electronic data, filter the electronic data to identify request file types, transfer the request file types to a data store, and assign labels, such as barcodes, to the requested file types for the purpose of producing, in an organized fashion, all requested electronic data that is in the enterprise's possession."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,890). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,200,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,200,635&RS=PN/8,200,635

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Instant Messaging Based File Sharing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,791) developed by five co-inventors for an "instant messaging based file sharing." The co-inventors are Sean Callanan, Dublin, Ireland, Carol S. Zimmet, Boxboro, Mass., Fred Raguillat, Dunboyne, Ireland, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, and Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An instant messaging system generates an instant messaging application user interface display object enabling the user to select one or more buddies, or a predefined group from their buddy list, and then to select a file to share with the selected buddies or group. The instant messaging system then controls sharing of the file within the selected buddies or group, by allowing only one of the sharing users to check out and modify the shared document at a given time. The instant messaging system user interface displayed to each user also displays the list of files that are shared with that user. The instant messaging system user interface further provides a current status for each shared file, including an indication of one of the sharing users that currently has the shared file checked out."

The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,155). 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=8,200,791&OS=8,200,791&RS=8,200,791

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Remotely Administering a Server

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,800) developed by four co-inventors for a "remotely administering a server." The co-inventors are Joseph E. Bolan, Cary, N.C., James R. Goffena, Chapel Hill, N.C., Sumeet Kochar, Apex, N.C., and Adam L. Soderlund, Bahama, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Remotely administering a server, the server including non-volatile memory upon which is disposed one or more digital images representing the server, the server also including one or more components each of which includes non-volatile memory in which is disposed one or more digital images representing the component, where the server is connected for data communications to a management module, and remotely administering the server includes: retrieving, by the management module from the server, the digital images representing the server and the digital images representing the installed components; generating, by the management module with the digital images representing the server and the digital images representing the installed components, a graphical representation of the server with the installed components; and presenting, by the management module to a user through a GUI, the graphical representation of the server with the installed components."

The patent application was filed on March 12, 2009 (12/402,879). 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=8,200,800&OS=8,200,800&RS=8,200,800

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,200,840) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for a generic rule based engine to perform action when an event of interest transpires." The co-inventors are Amir Hassan Maleki, Cary, N.C., Neil McGill, Linlithgow, United Kingdom, Saikrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Fremont, Calif., Nachiket J. Deshpande, San Jose, Calif., and Anirban Roy, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing a rule based engine in a routing operating system. The system includes a set of predefined events, a set of predefined conditions and a set of predefined actions. An operator of an operating system may generate a new rule by selecting one of the predefined events, a predefined condition to be tested and an action to perform in response to an outcome of the test of the condition. The rule is then stored in memory by a router operating system and is performed when the predefined event occurs."

The patent application was filed on April 13, 2005 (11/105,681). 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=8,200,840&OS=8,200,840&RS=8,200,840

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Red Hat Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,200,811) developed by Ade Lee, Cary, N.C., Christina Fu, Saratoga, Calif., and Andrew Wnuk, San Jose, Calif., for an "automatic server administration of serial numbers in a replicated certificate authority topology."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Serial Number Management System (SNMS) automatically manages the allocation of unique serial numbers to certificate authority servers in a replicated server environment. The SNMS automatically detects that a Certificate Authority (CA) server has a need for additional unused serial numbers. The SNMS identifies a provider CA server that has unused serial numbers. The SNMS obtains a portion of the unused serial numbers from the provider CA server."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,369). 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=8,200,811&OS=8,200,811&RS=8,200,811

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Effective Prefetching with Multiple Processors and Threads

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,905) developed by seven co-inventors for an "effective prefetching with multiple processors and threads." The co-inventors are Gordon Bernard Bell, Madison, Wis., Gordon Taylor Davis, Chapel Hill, N.C., Jeffrey Haskell Derby, Chapel Hill, N.C., Anil Krishna, Cary, N.C., Srinivasan Ramani, Cary, N.C., Ken Vu, Cary, N.C., and Steve Woolet, Raleigh, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A processing system includes a memory and a first core configured to process applications. The first core includes a first cache. The processing system includes a mechanism configured to capture a sequence of addresses of the application that miss the first cache in the first core and to place the sequence of addresses in a storage array; and a second core configured to process at least one software algorithm. The at least one software algorithm utilizes the sequence of addresses from the storage array to generate a sequence of prefetch addresses. The second core issues prefetch requests for the sequence of the prefetch addresses to the memory to obtain prefetched data and the prefetched data is provided to the first core if requested."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/192,072). 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=8,200,905&OS=8,200,905&RS=8,200,905

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Reducing Workload on a Backend System Using Client Side Request Throttling

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,812) developed by four co-inventors for "reducing workload on a backend system using client side request throttling." The co-inventors are Paul Anderson, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Wim De Pauw, Ossining, N.Y., Rohit D. Kelapure, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Andrew H. Richter, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to workload management of backend systems and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for limiting a request rate from a client based on a health state of a server system. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for limiting a request rate from a client based on a health state of a server system that includes monitoring a server system, determining a measure of health of the server system, sending the determined measure of health to a client submitting a request to the server system and receiving a subsequent request from the client that is delayed by a time period, wherein the time period is based at least in part upon the determined measure of health. The computer-implemented method can further include receiving server system CPU utilization, determining an approximate predicted real server response time of a transaction and sending the determined approximate predicted real server response time of a transaction to a client submitting a request to the server system."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,197). 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=8,200,812&OS=8,200,812&RS=8,200,812

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,918) developed by Jerry W. Stevens, Raleigh, N.C., for "tracking ownership of memory in a data processing system through use of a memory monitor."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Ownership of a memory unit in a data processing system is tracked by assigning an identifier to each software component in the data processing system that can acquire ownership of the memory unit. An ownership variable is updated with the identifier of the software component that acquires ownership of the memory unit whenever the memory unit is acquired."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2004 (10/956,840). 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=8,200,918&OS=8,200,918&RS=8,200,918

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Achieving Highly Scalable Real-time Collaboration Applications Using HTTP

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,764) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for achieving highly scalable real-time collaboration applications using HTTP." The co-inventors are William M. Quinn, Lexington, Ky., Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, N.C., Brian G. Cline, Hebron, Ky., James P. Galvin Jr., Georgetown, Ky., Christopher D. Price, Georgetown, Ky., and Thomas Schaeck, Boeblingen, Germany.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A highly scalable and highly responsive RTC system uses asynchronous or non-blocking I/O and HTTP response queuing to avoid server overload. The system distinguishes between two types of requests: an update request and a change request. An update request is a request used to fetch an update or change notification. A change request is a request to change some data related to the real-time session. For a given RTC session, the server first checks whether any updates exist for an update request. If an update exists, the server code can send an immediate response to the client. However, if no update exists, the server code application sets a well-defined HTTP response header, and then responds. Once the server code application responds, all application server resources are freed, and the application server is free to handle the next requests without blocking any thread."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/612,766). 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=8,200,764&OS=8,200,764&RS=8,200,764

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing an Option to Auto-generate a Thread on a Web Forum in Response to a Change in Topic

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,095) developed by Ami H. Dewar, Durham, N.C., Robert C. Leah, Cary, N.C., and Nicholas E. Poore, Durham, N.C., for a "system and method for providing an option to auto-generate a thread on a web forum in response to a change in topic."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing an option to auto-generate a thread on a web forum in response to a change in topic are described. When a post is received on a thread in the web forum, wherein the thread includes one or more thread keywords and wherein each of the one or more thread keywords are associated with a relevancy score, the post is searched for the one or more thread keywords. The relevancy scores of any of the one or more thread keywords located within the post are added together to obtain a post total relevancy score. A query is then provided, to a user, for example, to auto-generate a new thread on the web forum when the post total relevancy score is less than a threshold relevancy score."

The patent application was filed on April 2, 2009 (12/417,238). 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=8,201,095.PN.&OS=PN/8,201,095&RS=PN/8,201,095

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Voting Among Parallel Threads

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,200,947) developed by eight co-inventors for "systems and methods for voting among parallel threads." The co-inventors are John R. Nickolls, Los Altos, Calif., Lars Nyland, Carrboro, N.C., Peter C. Mills, San Jose, Calif., Jeremy Sugerman, Palo Alto, Calif., Timothy Foley, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Brian Fahs, Los Altos, Calif., Michael Garland, Lake Elmo, Minn., and David P. Luebke, Charlottesville, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for efficiently performing voting operations within a multi-threaded parallel-processing system. A group of related parallel program threads executes within a processor core together in parallel. A new instruction, called a "vote" instruction, is introduced that enables a parallel program thread to post an individual vote within the context of the group of related threads and to receive the result of the vote. In this fashion, the vote instruction advantageously reduces overhead associated with inter-thread communication, thereby improving overall system performance."

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,322). 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=8,200,947.PN.&OS=PN/8,200,947&RS=PN/8,200,947

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Spellchecking Electronic Documents

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,201,086) developed by Barry Alan Kritt, Raleigh, N.C., and Douglas Alan Law, Chapel Hill, N.C., for spellchecking electronic documents.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for spellchecking an electronic document. In response to receiving the electronic document, the process parses the electronic document for a set of non-standard words that are absent from a dictionary used by a document editing program. In response to locating the set of non-standard words in the electronic document, the process generates an index that includes, but is not limited to, the set of non-standard words. The process then reviews the electronic document for spelling errors using the generated index."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2007 (11/624,390). 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=8,201,086.PN.&OS=PN/8,201,086&RS=PN/8,201,086

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Vector Unit in a Processor Enabled to Replicate Data on a First Portion of a Data Bus to Primary and Secondary Registers

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,945) developed by four co-inventors for a "vector unit in a processor enabled to replicate data on a first portion of a data bus to primary and secondary registers." The co-inventors are Siddhartha Chatterjee, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Kenneth Dockser, Cary, N.C., Fred Gehrung Gustayson, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and Manish Gupta, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microprocessor includes a branch unit, a load/store unit (LSU), an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), and a vector unit to execute a vector instruction. The vector unit includes a vector register file having a primary vector register and a secondary vector register. The processor preferably further includes a first data bus and a second data bus wherein the first and second data busses couple the vector unit to the data memory. The vector unit includes a first input multiplexer enabling data on the first data bus to be provided to the primary register file or the secondary register file and a second input multiplexer, independent of the first input multiplexer enabling data on the second data bus to be provided to the second data bus. The first and second data busses may comprise first and second portions of a data memory bus."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2003 (10/704,214). 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=8,200,945.PN.&OS=PN/8,200,945&RS=PN/8,200,945

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus, System, and Method for a High Efficiency Redundant Power Architecture

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 — International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,200,990) developed by Cecil C. Dishman, Raleigh, N.C., Jen-Ching Lin, Apex, N.C., and Randhir S. Malik, Cary, N.C., for an "apparatus, system, and method for a high efficiency redundant power architecture."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing regulated electric power. At least two power buses transfer regulated direct current ("DC") power from at least four power supplies to an electric load. The power supplies receive electric power from one or more electric sources and convert the electric power to the regulated DC electric power. A switch is connected between each of the power buses and the electric load. Each switch connects and disconnects a power bus to the electric load and transfers the regulated DC electric power from the buses to the electric load. An output power bus connection is disposed on each of the power supplies. Each of the power buses is connected to at least two power supplies and each output power bus connection connects the corresponding power supply upon which the output power bus connection is disposed to exactly one power bus."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2007 (11/963,792). 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=8,200,990&OS=8,200,990&RS=8,200,990

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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