Patents Represented by Attorney Hamilton & DeSanctis
  • Patent number: 8347907
    Abstract: An electrical connection device for a gas control valve. In one embodiment the device has a first electrical insulation member with an aperture extending between top and bottom surfaces and a second electrical insulation member having a top face and a bottom face and situated in the aperture of the first electrical insulation member so that the top face resides in the aperture and the bottom face resides outside the aperture. A joint member connects the first and second electrical insulation members. The device also includes first and second electrical terminals that are electrically insulated from one another and wherein each extends from the second electrical insulation member through the joint member to a location outside the first electrical insulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Orkli, S. Coop
    Inventors: Marcos Pablo Curto, Jon Ander Etxeberria Intxausti, Ignacio Diez Martinez
  • Patent number: 8353042
    Abstract: Methods and systems for content filtering of remote file-system access protocols are provided. According to one embodiment, holding buffers in which data collected from a remote file-system access protocol is stored, a holding buffer context table, a file map table and a usage table corresponding to each holding buffer are created within one or more computer-readable media. References to each of the holding buffers are tracked within the holding buffer context table. References to a common file are mapped to a common holding buffer of the holding buffers with the file map table. Modified and unmodified portions of the holding buffers are tracked using the usage table corresponding to each holding buffer. Responsive to a predetermined event in relation to a holding buffer or the holding buffers, the existence of malicious, dangerous or unauthorized content contained within the holding buffer is determined by performing content filtering on the holding buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventor: William Jeffrey Crawford
  • Patent number: 8352841
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for out of order memory management. For example, a method for out of order data processing is disclosed. The method includes providing an out of order codeword memory circuit that includes a number of codeword memory locations in a codeword memory area and the same number of index values in an index area. Each of the index values corresponds to a respective one of the codeword memory locations. The methods further include receiving a data set; storing the data set to one of the codeword memory locations; receiving an indication that the data set stored in the one of the codeword memory locations has completed processing; and grouping an index value corresponding to the one of the codeword memory locations with one or more other index values corresponding to unused codeword memory locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Lingyan Sun, Hongwei Song, Yuan Xing Lee
  • Patent number: 8345373
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for phase offset based spectral aliasing compensation. For example, a circuit for spectral aliasing reduction is disclosed that includes a phase shift circuit operable to phase shift an analog input signal and to provide a phase shifted analog signal; a first analog to digital converter circuit operable to provide a first series of digital samples corresponding to the analog input signal at a sampling frequency; a second analog to digital converter circuit operable to provide a second series of digital samples corresponding to the phase shifted analog signal at the sampling frequency; and an averaging circuit operable to average the first series of digital samples with the second series of digital samples to yield an average output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: George Mathew, Yuan Xing Lee, Hongwei Song
  • Patent number: 8347373
    Abstract: Methods and systems for content filtering of remote file-system access protocols are provided. According to one embodiment, a transparent proxy running within a network gateway logically interposed between a client and a server intercepts remote file-system access protocol requests/responses. Responsive to receipt of a remote file-system access protocol request from the client, the network gateway issues the remote file-system access protocol request to the server on behalf of the client. The network gateway buffers into a holding buffer associated with the network gateway data being read from or written to a file associated with a share of the server. Then, responsive to a predetermined event in relation to the remote file-system access protocol or the holding buffer, the network gateway determines the existence or non-existence of malicious, dangerous or unauthorized content contained within the holding buffer by performing content filtering on the holding buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventor: William Jeffrey Crawford
  • Patent number: 8345369
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for identifying a reproducible location on a storage medium. As an example, a circuit is discussed that includes a data storage circuit, a pattern comparison circuit, and a threshold comparison circuit. The data storage circuit is operable to store a first set of data samples corresponding to a region of interest. The pattern comparison circuit is operable to compare a subset of the first set of data samples with a subset of a second set of data samples corresponding to the region of interest. The pattern comparison circuit is operable to yield a match value corresponding to a degree of similarity between the first set of data samples with the subset of a second set of data samples. The threshold comparison circuit is operable to indicate an anchor point based at least in part on the magnitude of the match value relative to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Haitao Xia, Shaohua Yang, George Mathew
  • Patent number: 8341691
    Abstract: A method, of automatically determining one or more remediations for a device that includes a processor, may include: receiving values of a plurality of parameters which collectively characterize an operational state of the device, there being at least one policy associated with at least a given one of the plurality of parameters, policy defining as a condition thereof one or more potential values of, or based upon, the given parameter, satisfaction of the condition potentially being indicative of unauthorized activity or manipulation of the device; automatically determining, from the received parameter values, whether the conditions for any policies are satisfied, respectively; and automatically selecting one or more remediations for the device according to the satisfied policies, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Colorado Remediation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bailey Bezilla, John Leonard Immordina, James Le Ogura
  • Patent number: 8340401
    Abstract: A method for associating a three-dimensional surface representing a real object and a three-dimensional reference surface, said reference surface being represented by a set of reference points, the method comprising: obtaining a set of real points representing the real surface, determining the normal vector of each point of said obtained set of real points, selecting, among the set of real points, control points according to the determined normal vector by converting the set of real points to a bi-dimensional space of normal vectors, generating sets of points having similar normal vector among the points of the set of real points and selecting, for each set of points with similar normal vector, one point that is a control point of the real surface, determining correspondence points close to the set of reference points that are determined to correspond to the control points of the real surface, and determining the motion that minimizes the distances between the control points of the real surface and the corres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Aqsense S.L.
    Inventors: Carles Matabosch I Geronès, Josep Forest I Collado, Jordi Fita I Mas, Lluís Magí I Carceller, Joaquim Salvi Mas
  • Patent number: 8339987
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a congestion metric for a path in a network are provided. According to one embodiment, multiple paths are provided between each pair of multi-path load balancing (MPLB) components within a Layer 2 network by establishing overlapping loop-free topologies in which each MPLB component is reachable by any other via each of the overlapping topologies. A first MPLB component associated with a first network device sends a latency request packet, including a first timestamp provided by a first clock associated with the first MPLB component, to a second MPLB component associated with a second network device via the path. Responsive thereto, the first MPLB component receives, from the second MPLB component, a latency response packet, including a second timestamp provided by a second clock associated with the second MPLB component. The first MPLB component derives a one-way latency value for the path based upon the timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Bert H. Tanaka, Daniel J. Maltbie, Joseph R. Mihelich
  • Patent number: 8332980
    Abstract: An appliance having a drain pump with a motor adapted to be supplied with an alternating supply voltage. A controller is adapted to monitor a current value supplied to the motor and to control the frequency of the supply voltage among a plurality of predetermined frequencies when the drain pump is operated in a full drainage mode. A storage medium associated with the controller stores for each predetermined frequency a maximum current value, a minimum current value and an optimal current value. The controller may stores computer implemented instructions for (a) determining if the monitored current value is between the maximum current value and the minimum current value, (b) comparing the monitored current value with the optimal current value, and (c) adjusting the frequency of the alternating supply voltage among the plurality of predetermined frequencies to cause the monitored current to more closely match the optimal current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Coprecitec, S.L.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Orue Orue, Javier Valentin Errasti Uriarte, Fernando Sales Villalabeitia
  • Patent number: 8329749
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of (?)(3-trihalomethylphenoxy)(4-halophenyl)acetic acid derivatives and compositions in the treatment of insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Metabolex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Luskey, Jian Luo
  • Patent number: 8331227
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining link failure in a network are provided. According to one embodiment, multiple paths are provided between each pair of multi-path load balancing (MPLB) components within a Layer 2 network by establishing overlapping loop-free topologies in which each MPLB component is reachable by any other via each loop-free topology. A first MPLB component sends latency requests to a second MPLB component via a particular path. Responsive thereto, the first MPLB component receives latency responses. Based on timestamp information in the latency responses, an estimated latency between the first and second MPLB components is determined. A link failure timeout period is derived based upon the estimated latency. An additional latency request is sent. If an additional latency response is not received by the first MPLB component prior to expiration of the link failure timeout period, then it is concluded that a link failure has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Bert H. Tanaka, Daniel J. Maltbie, Joseph R. Mihelich
  • Patent number: 8327447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for content filtering are provided. According to one embodiment, a self-extracting archive is received with an electronic mail (email) message. Prior to delivery of the email message, a determination is made regarding whether a file contained in the archive may be malicious or undesired. A type of archive and associated structure of the archive are determined by examining identification bytes stored within a header portion of the archive that identify the type of archive. Based on the type and associated structure, for each contained file, descriptive information, including a checksum of the file in uncompressed form, a size of the file in uncompressed form and/or a size of the file in the compressed form, is extracted from the header portion. A file is identified as potentially malicious or undesired when the descriptive information matches a detection signature of a known malicious or undesired file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Fossen, Alexander Douglas MacDonald
  • Patent number: 8322855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for determining the visual behavior of a person. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: recording the movement of the individual's head, recording the movement of his/her eyes, determining the relative orientation of the eye in relation to the head, and determining the amount of time for which the eye is maintained in each orientation. The aforementioned amount of time is determined by collecting the records of orientations in finite intervals and counting the number of records (frequency) in each interval. Said orientations are specified using angular co-ordinates for both the head and the eye. The data are detected and processed with the aid of a device comprising light emitters (51) which are fixed to the head, cameras (63) and a screen (611, 612) for attracting the individual's gaze. The results from the method are used in order to customize the design of a lens for spectacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: INDO Internacional S.A.
    Inventors: Antonia Giménez Carol, Carmen Prieto Pin, Juan Carlos Dursteler López, Josep Salvador Solaz Sanahuja, Begoña Mateo Martinez, Rosa Maria Porcar Seder
  • Patent number: 8325433
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide data processing circuits that include a variable gain amplifier circuit, an analog to digital conversion circuit, a cosine component calculation circuit, a sine calculation circuit, and a zero gain start calculation circuit. The variable gain amplifier circuit is operable to apply a gain to a data input corresponding to a gain feedback value and providing an amplified output. The analog to digital conversion circuit is operable to convert the amplified output to a corresponding series of digital samples. The cosine component calculation circuit is operable to calculate a cosine component from the series of digital samples, and the sine component calculation circuit operable to calculate a sine component from the series of digital samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Jeffrey Grundvig, Viswanath Annampedu
  • Patent number: 8325432
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for servo data based harmonics calculation. For example, a circuit for determining harmonics is disclosed that includes an analog to digital conversion circuit that provides a series of digital samples corresponding to a pattern within a servo data region of a storage medium, and a harmonic calculation circuit. The harmonic calculation circuit is operable to calculate a first harmonic value for the series of digital samples, calculate a second harmonic value for the series of digital samples, and calculate a ratio of the first harmonic value to the second harmonic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: George Mathew, Xun Zhang, Hongwei Song
  • Patent number: 8321746
    Abstract: Various approaches related to systems and methods for LDPC based data processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Zongwang Li, Hao Zhong, Yang Han, Kiran Gunnam, Shaohua Yang, Yuan Xing Lee
  • Patent number: 8320279
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for provisioning and managing network-based virtual private networks (VPNs). According to one embodiment, a routing configuration for each of multiple network-based customer VPNs is generated for multiple customers based on (i) site reachability information for multiple service processing switches and (ii) a global customer routing profile for a network-based customer VPN of the plurality of network-based customer VPNs. Multiple virtual routers (VRs) distributed among the service processing switches are provisioned to support the network-based customer VPNs based on the routing configurations. A custom routing profile, identifying one or more routing protocols to be used for one or more segments of the network-based customer VPN profile, is received for the network-based customer VPN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Manojit Sarkar, Dileep Kumar
  • Patent number: 8318129
    Abstract: This invention relates to a partially dehydrated hydrotalcite obtained by heat-treating a hydrotalcite under a specific condition so that its weight is reduced by 1.5 to 5%, which is capable of imparting improved thermoresistance to a synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: DOOBON Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Lee, DongHo Hyun
  • Patent number: 8321755
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for preparing and accessing super sector data sets. As an example, a data storage system including a storage medium is disclosed. The storage medium includes a first servo data region and a second servo data region separated by a user data region. The user data region includes at least a portion of a first codeword and a portion of a second codeword that are together associated with a common header data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Jin, Shaohua Yang