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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (Dec. 19)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Hierarchical View State Storage ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,027) developed by four co-inventors for a "hierarchical view state storage." The co-inventors are William Emeric Aitken, Mercer Island, Wash., Simon David Kent, Redmond, Wash., Siddharth Jayadevan, Seattle, and Christopher Donald Hackmann, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Indexing domains of a declarative application with view state information for the domain to enable persisting the view state of the declarative application. The domains are organized in a tree. Each domain is built by a configuration builder. The method includes indexing a domain of a declarative application by indexing a path name in an index. The path name includes a path name of the parent domain of the domain; an identifier of the configuration builder used to build the domain; and an identifier of one or more local decisions made by the configuration builder when creating the domain. The method further includes correlating a unique identifier key to the path name in the index and correlating view state information for the domain to the unique key identifier." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/472,930). 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=8,336,027&OS=8,336,027&RS=8,336,027 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Dynamic Deployment of Custom Code ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,043) developed by seven co-inventors for a "dynamic deployment of custom code." The co-inventors are Darryn O. Lavery, Seattle, Adriaan W. Canter, Seattle, Sameer V. Bhangar, Seattle, Thomas E. Quinn, Seattle, Justin Kwak, Redmond, Wash., Jeff Young, Snoqualmie, Wash., and Brent Rector, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for dynamically downloading custom code for execution within a host application is provided. A deployment system augments the manifest used for deploying managed applications to include information describing how the host application is to use the custom code, referred to as host manifest information. The deployment system reports the progress of the downloading of the manifest and the custom code to the host application. The host application can then perform appropriate host-specific processing. The host application may provide to the deployment system an interface for verifying the trust of the custom code. The deployment system also allows the host application to control the uninstalling of the custom code." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2007 (11/675,591). 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=8,336,043&OS=8,336,043&RS=8,336,043 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Managing Set Membership ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,021) developed by four co-inventors for a managing set membership. The co-inventors are Craig V. McMurtry, Sammamish, Wash., Nima Ganjeh, Bellevue, Wash., Vadim Meleshuk, Seattle, and Stephen J. Pek, Kirkland, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing set membership. A set definition is translated into one or more membership conditions. Each membership condition includes statements about the attributes of a resource that are to be true if the resource is to be included in the set. For any given resource request, resources touched by the request are compared to membership conditions applicable to the touched resources. Thus, embodiments of the invention minimize the work that is done to determine which sets a resource may or may not belong to whenever a resource is modified. Accordingly, based on available resources, embodiments of the invention can scale to accommodate larger numbers of sets and larger numbers of potential members of sets." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,838). 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=8,336,021&OS=8,336,021&RS=8,336,021 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,336,058) developed by Nile Josiah Geisinger, Seattle, and Joseph J. Gleason, Seattle, for a "balancing a load on a multiple consumer queue." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are various embodiments for balancing a load on a queue among multiple consumers. A target polling hit rate is derived for at least one queue from a consumer load. The consumer load dictates a read rate of the at least one queue. The consumer load on the at least one queue is adjusted responsive to a difference between the target polling hit rate and an observed polling hit rate for the at least one queue." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2010 (12/821,299). 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=8,336,058&OS=8,336,058&RS=8,336,058 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Efficient Linking and Loading for Late Binding and Platform Retargeting ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,063) developed by Alessandro Forin, Bellevue, Wash., and Johannes V. Helander, Bellevue, Wash., for an "efficient linking and loading for late binding and platform retargeting." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of producing an executable image from an object file without shared library support from the operating system, wherein the executable image requires a shared library file in order to resolve at least one of the symbols called for in the object file. A method of optimizing the loading of a previously linked file into working memory in a computer for executing in a single address space of the working memory, the file containing an instruction to make an indirect jump to a location in a shared library through an import section of the file. A method for optimizing the loading of a previously linked file into working memory in a computer for executing in a single address space of the working memory, the file containing plural sections with number-filled padding between the end of each section and a succeeding page boundary. A method of optimizing the loading of a previously linked file into working memory in a computer for executing in a memory sharable with other executables. This method includes selecting a portion of code in the previously linked file, removing the portion of code from the previously linked file, and constructing a dynamically linked library file containing the portion of the code, the dynamically linked library file being available to plural files including the previously linked-file. A method of converting an image which has been previously linked for executing in an unshared memory into an image optimized for use with virtual memory." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2005 (11/136,246). 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=8,336,063&OS=8,336,063&RS=8,336,063 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Secure Application Interoperation via User Interface Gestures ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,991) developed by John R. Douceur, Bellevue, Wash., and Jonathan R. Howell, Seattle, for "secure application interoperation via user interface gestures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for facilitating secure application interoperation via user interface (UI) gestures in computing devices that strictly isolate applications operating thereon are described herein. For instance, applications may define one or more specific UI gestures that, when executed by the user, express that the user desires for the computing device to allow for an instance of directed, ephemeral, by-value communication between two isolated applications. In some implementations, the gesture is an atomic gesture, such as a drag-and-drop operation. That is, the gesture is one that the user completes continuously and without interruption." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2011 (12/814,154). 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=8,335,991&OS=8,335,991&RS=8,335,991 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,102) developed by four co-inventors for a "delivering malformed data for fuzz testing to software applications." The co-inventors are Eugene Neystadt, Kfar-Saba, Israel, Nissim Natanov, Haifa, Israel, Meir Shmouely, Bellevue, Wash., and Yoram Singer, Jerusalem. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods to deliver malformed data for software application fuzzing are described. In one aspect, a fuzzing engine receives well-formed valid input data from a test automation tool. The received data is for input into a software application to implement a functional test. Responsive to receiving the well-formed valid input data, the fuzzing engine automatically generates corresponding malformed data based on characteristics of the well-formed valid input data. The application is then automatically fuzzed with the malformed data to notify an end-user of any security vulnerabilities in one or more code paths of the application used to process the malformed data." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,782). 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=8,336,102&OS=8,336,102&RS=8,336,102 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Customizable Dynamic Language Expression Interpreter ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,035) developed by John Robert Lambert, Bothell, Wash., Kenneth D. Wolf, Seattle, and Geoffrey M. Kizer, Seattle, for a "customizable dynamic language expression interpreter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments described herein are directed to allowing a user to extend the functionality of a software code interpretation system. In one embodiment, a computer system receives user-defined conversion rules from a user for converting dynamic language code to continuation-based abstract memory representations. The computer system identifies portions of software code that are to be converted from dynamic language abstract memory representations into continuation-based abstract memory representations, where the identified code portions include undefined, extensible input primitives. The computer system also generates a dynamic, extensible set of output primitives interpretable by a continuation-based code interpretation system using the received conversion rules and converts the identified code portions including the undefined, extensible input primitives from dynamic language abstract memory representations into continuation-based abstract memory representations using the generated set of output primitives." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,179). 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=8,336,035&OS=8,336,035&RS=8,336,035 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alliant Techsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Alliant Techsystems, Arlington, Va., has been assigned a patent (RE43,867) developed by four co-inventors for a "rocket assembly ablative materials formed from, as a precursor, staple cellulosic fibers, and method of insulating or thermally protecting a rocket assembly with the same." The co-inventors are Kenneth P. Wilson, Corinne, Utah, Shelley Rawding legal representative, White Salmon, Wash., John K. Shigley, Ogden, Utah, and Allan P. Thompson, Tremonton, Utah. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rocket motor assembly is insulated or thermally protected with a rocket motor ablative material formed from a prepreg. The prepreg contains at least an impregnating resin matrix and, as a precursor prior to carbonization, carded and spun staple cellulosic fibers. When patterned and carbonized, the rocket motor ablative material can be lined or otherwise placed into a rocket motor assembly, such as between the solid propellant and case, in the bulk area of the exit nozzle liner, or at susceptible portions of a re-entry vehicle, such as the nose cone." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2003 (10/444,056). 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=RE43,867&OS=RE43,867&RS=RE43,867 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Tuning Product Policy Using Observed Evidence of Customer Behavior ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,336,085) developed by Gokul P. Thirumalai, Bellevue, Wash., and Isaac Ahdout, Bellevue, Wash., for a "tuning product policy using observed evidence of customer behavior." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer adapted for pay-as-you go or other metered use has a policy for determined what measurements to take to detect fraud as well as steps to take when fraud is found. To optimize between good performance and sufficient tests to reduce the risk of fraud, a policy is developed based on observation of the users behavior, using data taken at the computer, data from a payment processor or both. After analysis, an updated policy is securely loaded at the computer to determine what, and how often to measure for suspected fraud." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2005 (11/224,635). 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=8,336,085&OS=8,336,085&RS=8,336,085 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for System for Using Statistical Classifiers for Spoken Language Understanding ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,683) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for using statistical classifiers for spoken language understanding." The co-inventors are Alejandro Acero, Bellevue, Wash., Ciprian Chelba, Palo Alto, Calif., Ye-Yi Wang, Redmond, Wash., Leon Wong, Redmond, Wash., and Brendan Frey, Mississauga, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention involves using one or more statistical classifiers in order to perform task classification on natural language inputs. In another embodiment, the statistical classifiers can be used in conjunction with a rule-based classifier to perform task classification." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2003 (10/350,199). 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=83,35,683.PN.&OS=PN/83,35,683&RS=PN/83,35,683 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ZanttZ Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- ZanttZ, Portola Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,335,678) developed by Chad O. Hughes, West Richland, Wash., and Steven M. Silva, Kennewick, Wash., for a network stimulation engine. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for simulating a large, realistic computer network. Virtual actors statistically emulate the behaviors of humans using networked devices or responses and automatic functions of networked equipment, and their stochastic actions are queued in buffer pools by a behavioral engine. An abstract machine engine creates the minimal interfaces needed for each actor, and the interfaces then communicate persistently over a network with each other and real and virtual network resources to form realistic network traffic. The network can respond to outside stimuli, such as a network mapping application, by responding with false views of the network in order to spoof hackers, and the actors can respond by altering a software defined network upon which they operate." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2012 (13/495,589). 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=83,35,678.PN.&OS=PN/83,35,678&RS=PN/83,35,678 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- The Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,636) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for remotely modifying vehicle operations." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Issaquah, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and control system for controlling an engine in a vehicle includes broadcasting a control signal including instructions for modification of a vehicle parameter to the vehicle during operation of the engine." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (12/006,268). 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=83,35,636.PN.&OS=PN/83,35,636&RS=PN/83,35,636 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ford Global Technologies Assigned Patent for Engine Boost Control for Multi-fuel Engine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,335,632) developed by Allan J. Lippa, Northville, Mich., and Donald J. Lewis, Vancouver, Wash., for an "engine boost control for multi-fuel engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine and a method of operating the fuel delivery system is described. As one example, the method includes delivering a first fuel blend from a first fuel tank to the engine; delivering a second fuel blend from a second fuel tank to the engine, the proportion of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine to said first fuel blend delivered to the engine being related to the desired engine output; transferring said first fuel blend from said first fuel tank to said second fuel tank to prevent an amount of said first fuel blend and said second fuel blend in said second fuel tank from falling below a predetermined level; and boosting air delivered to the engine, the amount of boosting being related to latent heat of vaporization of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2011 (13/168,269). 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=83,35,632.PN.&OS=PN/83,35,632&RS=PN/83,35,632 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Operating a Vehicle ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,635) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for operating a vehicle." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Issaquah, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of operating a vehicle including, during operation of the engine, receiving a control signal broadcast from outside the vehicle including instructions for modifying a vehicle operating parameter and modifying the vehicle operating parameter in accordance with the instructions." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (12/006,262). 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=83,35,635.PN.&OS=PN/83,35,635&RS=PN/83,35,635 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,335,600) developed by Joseph S. Breit, Bellevue, Wash., and Kurt M. Lorhammer, Issaquah, Wash., for a "regenerative integrated actuation system and associated method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A regenerative integrated actuation system and method are provided to efficiently supply power to a plurality of actuators and to make efficient use of power regenerated by the actuators. The system may include a plurality of actuators in communication with a power distribution system. Each actuator may include an energy storage element. The system may also include a controller for determining if a respective actuator is in a consumption mode or a regenerative mode. If in the consumption mode, the controller may determine whether the respective actuator should draw power from an energy storage element or from the power distribution system. Conversely, if in the regenerative mode, the controller may determine whether any excess power from the respective actuator should be provided to one of the actuators, such as to another actuator which is in the consumption mode or to the energy storage element associated with the respective actuator." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,870). 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=8,335,600&OS=8,335,600&RS=8,335,600 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent for Monitoring Vehicle and Equipment Operations at an Airport ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,335,608) developed by five co-inventors for "monitoring vehicle and equipment operations at an airport." The co-inventors are Bradley J. Mitchell, Snohomish, Wash., Henry V. R. Fletcher III, Everett, Wash., Brock J. Prince, Seattle, George M. Roe, Seattle, and Edwin C. Lim, Woodinville, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sensor network for monitoring vehicle operations comprises a set of wireless gateways, a plurality of wireless sensors, a plurality of wireless routers, and data processing system. The set of wireless gateways is capable of receiving emissions data from the sensor network. The plurality of wireless sensor units has sensors capable of monitoring vehicle emissions and is capable of generating the emissions data in response to monitoring the vehicle emissions. The plurality of wireless routers is capable of receiving emissions data received from the plurality of wireless sensor units and routing the emissions data received from the plurality of sensors to the set of wireless gateways. The data processing system is capable of receiving the operations data from the set of wireless gateways and capable of processing the operations data. The operations data may include data related to emissions from the vehicle or equipment." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/137,210). 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=8,335,608&OS=8,335,608&RS=8,335,608 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,942) developed by six co-inventors for a "hang recovery in software applications." The co-inventors are Andrew Zeigler, Seattle, Shawn M. Woods, Seattle, David M. Ruzyski, Kirkland, Wash., John H. Lueders, Redmond, Wash., Jon R. Berry, Woodinville, Wash., and Daniel James Plaster, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments provide a guard mechanism that is configured to prevent transmission of synchronous function calls to hung application components. In at least some embodiments, a hang resistance application layer intercepts a synchronous function call that is intended for an application component. Before permitting the synchronous function call to be transmitted to the application component, the hang resistance application layer determines whether the application component is hung by transmitting a message other than the synchronous function call to the application component that requests that a response be received before transmission of the synchronous function call to the application component is permitted. Responsive to determining that the component is hung, a hung component recovery process is initiated." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2012 (13/463,306). 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=8,335,942.PN.&OS=PN/8,335,942&RS=PN/8,335,942 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Two-party Storage of Encrypted Sensitive Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,933) developed by four co-inventors for a "two-party storage of encrypted sensitive information." The co-inventors are Matthew G. Humphrey, Issaquah, Wash., Ashvin J. Mathew, Kirkland, Wash., Michael A. Wilde, Bothell, Wash., and Costel Radu, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A secure storage system secures information of a client by first encrypting the information with a first key to generate first-key encrypted data. The secure storage system then encrypts with a second key the first-key encrypted data and the first key to generate second-key encrypted data. The system provides the client with a first portion of the second-key encrypted data. The system stores a second portion of the second-key encrypted data and the second key. When the confidential information is needed, the client provides the first portion. The system retrieves the second portion. The system then decrypts with the second key the first portion and the second portion to generate the first-key encrypted data and the first key. The system then decrypts with the first key the first-key encrypted data to generate the unsecure confidential information." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2009 (12/371,496). 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=8,335,933.PN.&OS=PN/8,335,933&RS=PN/8,335,933 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Transparent Auto-discovery of Network Devices Logically Located between a Client and Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,858) developed by six co-inventors for a "transparent auto-discovery of network devices logically located between a client and server." The co-inventors are Murari Sridharan, Sammamish, Wash., Deepak Bansal, Redmond, Wash., Eran Yariv, Zichron, Israel, Ronen Barenboim, Haifa, Israel, Maxim Stepin, Redmond, Wash., and Alexander Malvsh, Bothell, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Discovery of intermediate network devices is performed using a technique that piggybacks upon the existing standard TCP (Transport Control Protocol) "SACK" (Selective Acknowledgment) option in a SYN/ACK packet so that discovery information may be shared between pair-wise-deployed peer intermediate devices when a TCP/IP connection (Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is first established between network endpoints using a conventional three-way handshake. Use of the SACK option is combined with another technique which comprises modifying the original 16-bit value of the TCP receive window size to a special arbitrary value to mark a SYN packet as being generated by a first peer device. The marked SYN when received by the second peer device triggers that device's discovery information to be piggybacked in the SACK option of the SYN/ACK packet. The first device then piggybacks its discovery information in the SACK option of the ACK packet which completes the three-way handshake." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2011 (13/169,071). 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=8,335,858.PN.&OS=PN/8,335,858&RS=PN/8,335,858 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Communication Across Domains ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,929) developed by four co-inventors for a communication across domains. The co-inventors are Scott Isaacs, Sammamish, Wash., George Moore, Issaquah, Wash., Danny Thorpe, Ben Lomond, Calif., and Vasileios Zissimopoulos, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Communication across domains is described. In at least one implementation, a determination is made that an amount of data to be communicated via an Iframe exceeds a threshold amount. The data is divided into a plurality of portions that do not exceed the threshold amount. A plurality of messages is formed to communicate the divided data across domains." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2012 (13/419,254). 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=8,335,929.PN.&OS=PN/8,335,929&RS=PN/8,335,929 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,814) developed by Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., for a "transmission of aggregated mote-associated index data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and/or systems relating to mote networks having one or more mote-addressed content indexes. A part of an aggregate of one or more mote-addressed content indexes is transmitted from a first set of motes." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2004 (10/816,102). 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=8,335,814&OS=8,335,814&RS=8,335,814 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for System and Method for Generating a Consistent User Name-space on Networked Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,836) developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for generating a consistent user name-space on networked devices." The co-inventors are Brian S. Aust, Redmond, Wash., David G. De Vorchik, Seattle, Yun Lin, Kirkland, Wash., Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, Jason F. Moore, Seattle, Shishir Pardikar, Redmond, Wash., Mohammed Samji, Bellevue, Wash., David C. Steere, Bellevue, Wash., and Navjot Virk, Bellevue, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Implementing a consistent user name-space on networked computing devices includes various components and methods. When a network connection between a local or host computing device and one or more remote computing devices is present, remote items are represented using the same methodology as items located on the host computing device. To the user, remote and local items are indistinguishable. When the network connection is lost or items located on a remote computer are otherwise unavailable, the unavailable items remain represented on the host computing device. Unavailable items are represented in a way that informs the user that the items may not be fully accessed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2012 (13/361,681). 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=8,335,836&OS=8,335,836&RS=8,335,836 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Web Page Load Time Prediction and Simulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,838) developed by four co-inventors for a "web page load time prediction and simulation." The co-inventors are Ming Zhang, Redmond, Wash., Yi-Min Wang, Bellevue, Wash., Albert Greenberg, Seattle, and Zhichun Li, Evanston, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Web page load time prediction is achieved by simulating and adjusting the load times of web objects in a webpage to determined adjustments that optimize an overall page load time (PLT) of the webpage. The webpage load time prediction includes extracting a parental dependency graph (PDG) for the webpage. The PDG encapsulates one or more dependency relationships for each web object in the webpage. The prediction further includes determining an original PLT and original timing information of a webpage. The prediction also includes simulating a page loading of the webpage based on adjusted timing information of each web object and the PDG to estimate a new PLT of the webpage. The prediction additionally includes comparing the original PLT of the webpage to the new PLT of the webpage to determine whether the adjusted timing information increased or decreased the new PLT of the webpage." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2011 (13/267,254). 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=8,335,838&OS=8,335,838&RS=8,335,838 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for System and Method for Employing Social Networks for Information Discovery ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,798) developed by Dimitris Achlioptas, Seattle, for a "system and method for employing social networks for information discovery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided that enable searches of social networks by acting as a "compass" that assists users in navigating the social network. Individual user participation is not required in response to queries from other users. The systems and methods offer navigational assistance or information as opposed to a traditional search which returns requested information, thus currently acceptable social mechanisms for arbitrating trust can be exploited. As a result, users do not make their personal information publicly searchable, while at the same time, they are protected from potential misrepresentations of facts." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2005 (11/257,429). 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=8,335,798&OS=8,335,798&RS=8,335,798 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,841) developed by Vishwajith Kumbalimutt, Redmond, Wash., for a logical networks. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An invention is provided for creating logical network abstractions of physical networks, and deploying computer services to physical networks based on a specified logical network. In an embodiment, a physical network is divided into one or more logical networks. Upon receiving an indication to deploy a computer service to a logical network, a mapping from that logical network to a sub-network of the physical network is determined, the service is configured to execute on the sub-network of the physical network, and an indication of this configuration of the service is stored." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,459). 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=8,335,841&OS=8,335,841&RS=8,335,841 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Disney Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Disney, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,335,793) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations." The co-inventors are James R. Young Jr., Marysville, Wash., Nathan Fong, Seattle, Henrik Steen, Kirkland, Wash., and Srinivasan Sudanagunta, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations. There is provided a system comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has a database associating data feed patterns to one or more of a plurality of destinations. The processor captures data from a data feed having a data feed destination, stores the data in the memory, compares the data feed with the data feed patterns in the database to determine matched patterns, retrieves one or more destinations associated with the matched patterns, and sends the data to the data feed destination and the retrieved destinations. There is also provided a system comprising data feed sources, destinations, a network connected to the data feed sources and the destinations, and a server configured to intercept and route network traffic on the network, the server including a memory and a processor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2008 (12/229,482). 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=8,335,793&OS=8,335,793&RS=8,335,793 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,335,791) developed by Michel L. Goldstein, Bellevue, Wash., Walter Manching Tseng, Seattle, and Randall Winston Puttick, Mercer Island, Wash., for "detecting synonyms and merging synonyms into search indexes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Tools and techniques are described herein for detecting synonyms and merging synonyms into search indexes. The tools provide methods that include receiving input documents for indexing into a search index file. The tools may compare parts of the input documents to parts of other documents already indexed into the search index file. The methods may also evaluate, based on these comparisons, whether the input document and the existing document are sufficiently similar to justify an inference that any dissimilar terms between the input document and the existing document are candidate synonyms. Other methods may include receiving requests to perforin searches that include one or more input keywords. The method then searches for links to synonyms of the input keyword, and returns search results responsive to the input keyword and to the synonyms." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/617,131). 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=8,335,791&OS=8,335,791&RS=8,335,791 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Visual Search and Three-dimensional Results ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,335,784) developed by seven co-inventors for a "visual search and three-dimensional results." The co-inventors are Zachary Mark Gutt, Seattle, Paul Ronald Ray, Redmond, Wash., Rodney Coleman Edwards, New York, Darwin Kengo Yamamoto, New York, Hady Moustafa Abou El Kheir, Santa Clara, Calif., Brian Whalen MacDonald, Bellevue, Wash., and Jerry Daniel Bain, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/551,236). 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=8,335,784&OS=8,335,784&RS=8,335,784 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1108723 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |