U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (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 Connecticut.

*** XpertUniverse Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- XpertUniverse, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,380,655) developed by four co-inventors for a "management of expert resources using seeker profiles." The co-inventors are James B. Nevin, New York, Abraham Zelkin, Oyster Bay, N.Y., Richard W. Mason, Cos Cob, Conn., and John Steinhoff, New York.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a system and method of locating an expert having individualized knowledge of a seeker's request. A computer based match and route system is used to locate an expert. In the memory component of the system, a seeker profile is created and is embedded, prior to a request for an inquiry, with pre-selected inquiry criteria and values. An interactive problem definition page displays numerous inquiry criteria and values for a seeker to select. An expert having individualized knowledge regarding a seeker's request is located by filtering the pre-selected and seeker selected inquiry criteria and values." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2005 (11/200,520). 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=83,80,655.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,655&RS=PN/83,80,655 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Hierarchical Ranking of Facial Attributes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,711) developed by four co-inventors for "hierarchical ranking of facial attributes." The co-inventors are Ankur Datta, White Plains, N.Y., Rogerio S. Feris, White Plains, N.Y., Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Darien, Conn., and Daniel A. Vaquero, Santa Barbara, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In response to a query of discernible facial attributes, the locations of distinct and different facial regions are estimated from face image data, each relevant to different attributes. Different features are extracted from the estimated facial regions from database facial images, which are ranked in base layer rankings by matching feature vectors in a bipartite graph to a base layer ranking sequence as a function of edge weights parameterized by an associated base layer parameter vector. Second-layer rankings define second-layer attribute vectors as bilinear combinations of the base-layer feature vectors and associated base layer parameter vectors for common attributes, which are matched in a bipartite graph to a second-layer ranking sequence as a function of edge weights parameterized by associated second-layer parameter vectors. The images are thus ranked for relevance to the query as a function of fusing the second-layer rankings." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (13/045,092). 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=83,80,711.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,711&RS=PN/83,80,711 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** CFPH Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- CFPH, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,380,602) developed by Howad W. Lutnicj, New York, Dean P. Alderucci, Westport, Conn., and Thomas D. Bradshaw, New York, for an "exchange for fractional interests and usage rights in a collection of assets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided herewith for exchanging and rating works of art. A value for each of a plurality of portfolios of art owned by a plurality of participants is determined Ownership interests in the plurality of portfolios of art are pooled in a legal ownership entity. For each participant, an initial participant value is determined based on the determined value of each portfolio of art owned by the respective participant. A respective quantity of shares of the legal ownership entity for each respective participant is determined based on the participant value determined for the participant. An indicia of the respective quantity of shares is transmitted to each respective participant. Participants may buy and sell usage and ownership interests in the portfolios of art. Participants may also redeem their shares for cash or other value." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,230). 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=8,380,602&OS=8,380,602&RS=8,380,602 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,380,587) developed by Matthew J. Campagna, Ridgefield, Conn., for a "system and method for vendor managed subsidized supply pipeline for business continuity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are described for establishing and managing a vendor inventory of emergency business supplies for a business. The vendor is compensated for costs of maintaining the inventory. The business supplies are released periodically, for discount sale, after they have been in the vendor inventory for a period of time expiring when a release condition occurs. The vendor inventory is then restocked, and the vendor is compensated at least partially for the discount provided in the discount sale." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2003 (10/726,252). 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=8,380,587&OS=8,380,587&RS=8,380,587 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tax-N-Cash Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Tax-N-Cash, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,380,592) developed by Timothy J. Throndson, Raleigh, N.C., and Thomas Field, Redding, Conn., for "methods, systems, and computer program products for processing and/or preparing a tax return and initiating certain financial transactions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tax return is processed by receiving tax information associated with a taxpayer where the tax information is in a plurality of formats. The tax information is converted into a common electronic format. A determination is made whether the tax information is sufficient to generate a tax return therefrom. A tax return is generated if the tax information has been determined to be sufficient." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2004 (10/811,709). 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=8,380,592&OS=8,380,592&RS=8,380,592 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** priceline.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- priceline.com, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,380,856) developed by Scott Nedderman, Monroe, Conn., Jonathan Taylor, Ridgefield, Conn., and Christopher Lenz, Ridgefield, Conn., for an "apparatus, system, and method for maintaining a persistent data state on a communications network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for the improved tracking of a data state. The present invention allows session states to be maintained by sites that run on multiple, load-balanced servers. The present invention removes a single point of failure in a system, thus preventing all active sessions from being lost by providing persistent session data distributable across one or more machines over a communications network." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/627,332). 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=8,380,856&OS=8,380,856&RS=8,380,856 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.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,797) developed by Cheryl Eckardt, Shelton, Conn., for a "business data exchange layer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to some embodiments, an account may be established for a user, and the account may be associated with a set of authorized combination identifiers, each authorized combination identifier including an authorized sending device identifier, an authorized destination device identifier, and an authorized file type identifier. A dynamically generated list of notification options may be displayed to the user, each option being associated with one of the authorized combination identifiers. The user may then select a notification option for each of the authorized combination identifiers. In addition, a business file may be received along with a received combination identifier that includes a sending device identifier associated with the sending device, a destination device identifier, and a file type identifier associated with the business file. Based on the received combination identifier, the business file may be forwarded to a destination device associated with the destination device identifier; and a notification message may be transmitted to the user based on the selected notification option associated with the received combination identifier." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/614,681). 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=8,380,797&OS=8,380,797&RS=8,380,797 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,381,250) developed by six co-inventors for a "customer premises equipment architecture for bundled services in a fixed broadband wireless installation." The co-inventors are Lee K. Tjio, Danville, Calif., Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, San Ramon, Calif., Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Dublin, Calif., Aref H. Iskandar, Danbury, Conn., Sergio Aguirre, Southlake, Texas, and Raafat Edward Kamel, Little Falls, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more network devices receive, at a location outside a customer premises, a broadband signal from a base station of a wireless network and a satellite television signal from a satellite antenna. The one or more network devices combine, at the location outside the customer premises, the broadband signal with the satellite television signal in a single coaxial cable and send, via the single coaxial cable, the broadband signal and the satellite television signal to one or more devices inside the customer premises." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2010 (12/854,518). 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=8,381,250&OS=8,381,250&RS=8,381,250 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Policy Driven Automation--specifying Equivalent Resources ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,381,222) developed by four co-inventors for a "policy driven automation--specifying equivalent resources." The co-inventors are Peter R. Badovinatz, Beaverton, Ore., Chuhi Chang, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Steven E. Froehlich, Danbury, Conn., and Jeffrey S. Lucash, Hurley, N.Y..

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An autonomic computing system and method store a set of resource equivalencies in memory, select at least one resource equivalency from the set of resource equivalencies, and use the selected at least one resource equivalency for operating the selected resource as required by an autonomic computing system. The set of equivalent resources can contain a plurality of physically distinct resources that are logically equivalent. Resources are added or removed from the set automatically. Equivalent sets can be nested within an equivalent set." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2009 (12/416,532). 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=8,381,222&OS=8,381,222&RS=8,381,222 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Red Hat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,381,036) developed by Seth Kelby Vidal, Raleigh, N.C., and James Antill, Bristol, Conn., for "systems and methods for restoring machine state history related to detected faults in package update process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments relate to systems and methods for storing machine state history related to detected faults in a package update process. A classification tool can interface with a data store that can store machine state data on a client. The classification tool can record an initial machine state on the client and initiate a package update on the client. The classification tool can further record an updated machine state of the client subsequent to initiating the package update and detect a fault condition in the client subsequent to initiating the package update. The classification tool can examine the initial machine state and the updated machine state to categorize one or more causes of the fault condition as either related to the package update or to systemic conditions of the client. The classification tool can further notify a user of the client of the one or more causes of the fault condition." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,036). 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=8,381,036.PN.&OS=PN/8,381,036&RS=PN/8,381,036 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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