U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (Feb. 20)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia.

*** ReFrame-It Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- ReFrame-It, Stanford, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,732) developed by Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Stanford, Calif., and Benjamin Ethan Taitelbaum, Charlottesville, Va., for a "systematic process for creating large numbers of relevant, contextual marginal comments based on existing discussions of quotations and links." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2011 (13/086,103). 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=83,80,732.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,732&RS=PN/83,80,732 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Application of Normative Rules in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,649) developed by four co-inventors for an "application of normative rules in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are David C. Brillhart, Orlando, Fla., Christopher J. Dawson, Bethesda, Md., Michael D. Kendzierski, New York, and James W. Seaman II, Fairfax, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention teaches methods for applying an avatar behavior rule within a virtual universe environment. An avatar behavior rule and a violation threshold for the rule are defined for a virtual universe environment. The behavior of a collective plurality of avatars within the virtual universe is monitored for compliance with the rule, including determining an amount of compliance with the rule and comparing the compliance amount with the violation threshold. If the compliance amount exceeds the violation threshold, then the rule or the violation threshold is revised until the monitored behavior of the collective plurality of avatars within the virtual universe is in compliance with the rule, and in effect does not exceed the violation threshold. Service methods, articles of manufacture comprising a computer readable program, systems, articles and programmable devices for performing one or more method and/or process elements of the current invention are also provided." The patent application was filed on July 10, 2009 (12/500,894). 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=83,80,649.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,649&RS=PN/83,80,649 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,380,596) developed by nine co-inventors for a flat fee mortgage. The co-inventors are Charlotte F. Baker, Lexington, S.C., Gregory Carl Ogden, Charlotte, N.C., Michael J. Kelly, Minneapolis, Nicholas Koutouras, Studio City, Calif., Courtnie R. Kingsley, Augusta, Kan., Dwight Guerry Wimberly, Athens, Ga., Andrew H. Burk, Penryn, Calif., Loren B. Carpenter, Grapevine, Texas, and Shanna L. Austin, Chester, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein are various apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for providing a mortgage environment that determines a flat fee for a mortgage that includes all lender and third-party fees associated with the mortgage. By providing a mortgage with a flat fee, the process of a borrower obtaining a mortgage from a lender can be easier because the borrower's worries about multiple fees, charges, and other costs can be combined into a single, flat fee. Some embodiments of the invention determine the flat fee based at least partially on analysis of various loan characteristics." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2010 (12/754,554). 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=8,380,596&OS=8,380,596&RS=8,380,596 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verisign Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Verisign, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,870) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for filtering of network traffic." The co-inventors are Christopher A. Smith, Arlington, Va., Michael A. Bentofsky, Falls Church, Va., Sean Mountcastle, Herndon, Va., and Piet Barber, South Riding, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of filtering a plurality of DNS queries, wherein each DNS query includes a query name and a resource record type, includes defining a filter rule including a domain name, a filter type, and a throttle percentage and forming a filter file including the filter rule. The method also includes transmitting the filter file from a server to a plurality of filter proxies, transmitting the filter file from each of the plurality of filter proxies to one or more processing engines, and receiving the plurality of DNS queries at one of the one or more processing engines. The method includes determining a match between the domain name and the query name and between the resource record type and the filter type for a subset of the plurality of DNS queries, and blocking a predetermined percentage (equal to the throttle percentage) of the subset of the plurality of DNS queries." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/536,387). 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=8,380,870&OS=8,380,870&RS=8,380,870 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Software License Management within a Cloud Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,837) developed by five co-inventors for a "software license management within a cloud computing environment." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va., Yu Deng, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn., and Liangzhao Zeng, Mohegan Lake, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution to manage software licenses within a cloud computing environment. Specifically, aspects of the present invention (among other things): determine a requester's/customer's needs; identify a set (at least one) of providers capable of addressing the requester's licensing needs; and match the customer with the most appropriate provider. The embodiments of the present invention will also analyze current licensing configurations/models of the requesters, providers, and software vendors to identify areas of potential improvement. This provides the functionality necessary to adjust software license level in a dynamic fashion so as to best meet the customer's needs." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/876,337). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,380,837&OS=8,380,837&RS=8,380,837 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Session Management Enhancements for Instant Messaging Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,792) developed by four co-inventors for a "session management enhancements for instant messaging applications." The co-inventors are Gregory Jensen Boss, American Fork, Utah, Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Aroopratan D. Pandya, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and James Wesley Seaman, Falls Church, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer displays a first identifier of a remote user followed by a first numeral and a second numeral in an interface of a messaging program for a local user, the first numeral representing a number of active messaging sessions for the remote user, and the second numeral representing a number of messages present in a queue and to be delivered to the remote user." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,284). 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=8,380,792&OS=8,380,792&RS=8,380,792 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Columbia University Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Correlating and Distributing Intrusion Alert Information Among Collaborating Computer Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,381,295) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems." The co-inventors are Salvatore J. Stolfo, Ridgewood, N.J., Tal Malkin, New York, Angelos D. Keromytis, New York, Vishal Misra, New York, Michael Locasto, Springfield, Va., and Janak Parekh, Manhasset, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems are provided. These systems and methods provide an alert correlator and an alert distributor that enable early signs of an attack to be detected and rapidly disseminated to collaborating systems. The alert correlator utilizes data structures to correlate alert detections and provide a mechanism through which threat information can be revealed to other collaborating systems. The alert distributor uses an efficient technique to group collaborating systems and then pass data between certain members of those groups according to a schedule. In this way data can be routinely distributed without generating excess traffic loads." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (12/833,743). 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=8,381,295&OS=8,381,295&RS=8,381,295 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Imation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Imation, Oakdale, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,381,294) developed by four co-inventors for a "storage device with website trust indication." The co-inventors are David Alexander Jevans, Los Altos, Calif., Steve Ryan, Virginia Beach, Va., Gil Spencer, Los Altos, Calif., and Shannon Holland, Los Altos, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable storage device can comprise a web page confidence module and a device controller. The web page confidence module may be configured to receive a web page address and determine a trust level status associated with the web page address. The device controller may be configured to indicate a trust level status based on the trust level determination." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2011 (13/212,151). 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=8,381,294&OS=8,381,294&RS=8,381,294 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** College of William and Mary Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,381,269) developed by Chuan Yue, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Haining Wang, Vienna, Va., for a "system architecture and method for secure web browsing using public computers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A secure web browsing method and security system architecture for a mobile device are provided. The architecture establishes a communication link between the mobile device and a computer. A routine transmitted from the mobile device to the computer synchronizes page content of the mobile device to the computer's internet browser. The architecture (i) detects user-supplied inputs to the page content on the computer's internet browser, (ii) generates a verification request at the mobile device when user-supplied inputs are so-detected, and (iii) transmits the user-supplied inputs from the mobile device as an internet communication only when the verification request is confirmed by the user at the mobile device. The architecture also processes each new page loaded at the mobile device to perform removal and/or obfuscation of selected information associated with the new page in order to generate a modified page. The computer's internet browser is updated to the modified page." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/891,853). 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=8,381,269&OS=8,381,269&RS=8,381,269 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automated Processor Reallocation and Optimization Between Logical Partitions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,381,225) developed by Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and James Wesley Seaman, Falls Church, Va., for "automated processor reallocation and optimization between logical partitions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for reallocating processors in a logically partitioned environment. The present invention comprises a Performance Enhancement Program (PEP) and a Reallocation Program (RP). The PEP allows an administrator to designate several parameters and identify donor and recipient candidates. The RP compiles the performance data for the processors and calculates a composite parameter. For each processor in the donor candidate pool, the RP compares the composite parameter to the donor load threshold to determine if the processor is a donor. For each processor in the recipient candidate pool, the RP compares the composite parameter to the recipient load threshold to determine if the processor is a recipient. The RP then allocates the processors from the donors to the recipients. The RP continues to monitor and update the workload statistics based on either a moving window or a discrete window sampling system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2008 (12/267,701). 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=8,381,225&OS=8,381,225&RS=8,381,225 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Objective Interface Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Objective Interface Systems, Herndon, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,380,981) developed by Reynolds William Beckwith, Great Falls, Va., Jeffrey Grant Marshall, Herndon, Va., and Jeffrey William Chilton, Reston, Va., for a "system and method that uses cryptographic certificates to define groups of entities." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for issuing a cryptographic certificate includes describing one or more prerequisite condition on the cryptographic certificate. The one or more prerequisite conditions comprise membership in one or more prerequisite group of entities. An entity may be a participant, a resource or a privilege, etc. The present invention also requires naming one or more target groups of entities on the cryptographic certificate. One or more prerequisite group stakeholder that authorizes an entity in the one or more prerequisite group of entities to be added as members in another group of entities sign the cryptographic certificate. The cryptographic certificate is also signed by one or more target group stakeholders that authorizes an entity to be added as a member of the one or more target groups. Exemplary prerequisite conditions relate to one or more of a membership in another group of entities, a physical characteristic, a temporal characteristic, a location characteristic or a position characteristic, among others." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2008 (12/122,352). 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=8,380,981.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,981&RS=PN/8,380,981 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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