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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (Feb. 20)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania.
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PNC Financial Services Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- The PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,380,623) developed by seven co-inventors for "systems and methods for enabling financial savings." The co-inventors are Michael S. Ley, Moon Township, Pa., Bryan L. Maokrell, Cranberry Township, Pa., Christine Johns, Allison Park, Pa., Jennifer Marie Levin, Chicago, Marleke Smets, Chicago, Chui-Ling Michelle Moy, Chicago, and David Wisely Vondle, Chicago.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-assisted method for facilitating financial savings. The method includes accepting a funds transfer request by the user of an amount of funds between a funding account and at least one receiving account and accepting, from a user, a designation of an intended purpose of use of the amount of funds and a date of intended use of the amount of funds. The method also includes transferring the amount of funds from the funding account to the at least one receiving account and generating, for display on a graphical banking interface, a graphical representation of the designation of the intended purpose of use of the amount of funds. The method further includes transferring the amount of funds from the at least one receiving account to the funding account on the date of intended use."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/367,616). 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=83,80,623.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,623&RS=PN/83,80,623
Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
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General Instrument Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,380,816) developed by Susan Helfand, Quakertown, Pa., Glenn Henderson, Perkasie, Pa., and Arthur Jost, Mount Laurel, N.J., for a "system and method for managing and distributing bundled code objects."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for managing and distributing bundled code objects to, for example, set-top boxes serviced by a multi-service operator. The system and method creates different profiles, each including code objects, download conditions and so on. The different profiles are then combined in a code download bundle and the code download bundle is downloaded to a service center, which further distributes the bundle to a plurality of site servers which distribute the information in the bundle to the appropriate destinations, such as set-top boxes used with cable television service."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,884). 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=8,380,816&OS=8,380,816&RS=8,380,816
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Accu-Sort Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Accu-Sort Systems, Telford, Pa., has been assigned a patent (RE44,005) developed by Michael L. Veksland, Mount Laurel, N.J., and Richard J. Skokowski Jr., Warminster, Pa., for an "automatic focusing camera with moving mirror between fixed lens and fixed image sensor."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automatic focusing camera which includes an image sensor is provided having a fixed lens system with a lens having an object side and an image side. The fixed lens system is located in a fixed position relative to the image sensor. A mirror is moveably positioned between the image side of at least one lens and the image sensor. The mirror is located at an angle such that an image observed through the fixed lens system is reflected toward the image sensor. An actuator is connected to the mirror and moves the mirror relative to the lens system to change a distance between the lens system and the image sensor to adjust an object focal length between an object and the object side of the lens."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2006 (11/543,240). 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=RE44,005&OS=RE44,005&RS=RE44,005
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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VIICII Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- VIICII, Baltimore, has been assigned a patent (8,380,577) developed by Donny Chen, Baltimore, Frederick Li, Monroeville, Pa., and Franklin Shen, Lancaster, Pa., for "methods, systems, computer products, and website for progressive E-commerce."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An e-commerce system where progressive incentives are displayed to entice shoppers to purchase goods is disclosed. The e-commerce system includes a database with a region of memory having data related to a first inventory of physical goods and a second inventory of digital goods. The e-commerce system also includes a website configured to facilitate an event, where the website is coupled to the database for accessing the first inventory in response to the event. The event may be a purchase of one or more physical goods. The e-commerce system further includes a webpage configured to display at least a portion of the first inventory that is available for sale, and to display one or more digital goods, where the webpage presents a locked digital good before the event occurs, and in response to one or more events occurring, the webpage presents an unlocked digital good."
The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/758,891). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,380,577&OS=8,380,577&RS=8,380,577
Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Apple Assigned Patent for Device and Method for Resizing User Interface Content while Maintaining an Aspect Ratio via Snapping a Perimeter to a Gridline
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,381,125) developed by five co-inventors for a "device and method for resizing user interface content while maintaining an aspect ratio via snapping a perimeter to a gridline." The co-inventors are Akiva Dov Leffert, San Francisco, Peter William Rapp, Pittsburgh, Christopher Weeldreyer, San Carlos, Calif., Jay Christopher Capela, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Jason Robert Marr, Cupertino, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Heuristics for resizing displayed objects within an electronic document are disclosed. The heuristics include resizing displayed objects to predefined ratios, resizing displayed objects by predefined increments, relating resizing of displayed objects to a global reference grid, and resizing a plurality of displayed objects aligned to an axis."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,849). 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=8,381,125.PN.&OS=PN/8,381,125&RS=PN/8,381,125
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Bentley Systems Assigned Patent for Software Build Orchestration Framework
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20 -- Bentley Systems, Exton, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,381,176) developed by four co-inventors for a "software build orchestration framework." The co-inventors are Keith A. Bentley, Elverson, Pa., Eric C. Wyler, Pottstown, Pa., Ezra W. Smith, Exton, Pa., and Charles F. Kirschman, Elverson, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a build orchestration framework orchestrates building of one or more individual buildable components of a deliverable software product. At least some buildable components reference respective sub components on which they depend. Building creates a structure associated with each respective buildable component of the one or more buildable components. In this structure, if the respective buildable component references a sub component on which the respective buildable component depends, a symbolic link is created to an output of a build of the sub component to provide access to the output of the sub component for use in building the respective buildable component. Further, in this structure, if the respective buildable component is used by another buildable component, a symbolic link is created to an output of a build of the respective buildable component."
The patent application was filed on June 8, 2010 (12/796,316). 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=8,381,176&OS=8,381,176&RS=8,381,176
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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