Patents Examined by Tu Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9398097
    Abstract: A method for servicing a field device of process automation technology. The data exchanged between the field device and a servicing program is by means of at least one protocol, which has basic commands, via which basic functions of the field device can be invoked. Each field device which is compatible with the protocol has these basic functions available to it, and wherein only basic commands of the protocol are used to transfer data between the servicing program and the field device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Baret, Eric Birgel, Julien Fischer, Martine Lefebvre, Andrea Seger, Mathieu Weibel
  • Patent number: 9391960
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to proxying at least one email resource in transit to at least one client device from at least one email service, removing at least one URL from the email resources, and adding at least one modified URL to the email resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AirWatch LLC
    Inventors: Alan Dabbiere, Erich Stuntebeck, Jonathan Blake Brannon
  • Patent number: 9377414
    Abstract: Inspection of EUV patterned masks, blank masks, and patterned wafers generated by EUV patterned masks requires high magnification and a large field of view at the image plane. An EUV inspection system can include a light source directed to an inspected surface, a detector for detecting light deflected from the inspected surface, and an optic configuration for directing the light from the inspected surface to the detector. In particular, the detector can include a plurality of sensor modules. Additionally, the optic configuration can include a plurality of mirrors that provide magnification of at least 100× within an optical path less than 5 meters long. In one embodiment, the optical path is approximately 2-3 meters long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Ho Chuang, Richard W. Solarz, David R. Shafer, Bin-Ming Benjamin Tsai, David L. Brown
  • Patent number: 9375141
    Abstract: A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Dror Trumer, Yaniv Nir, Dorian Averbuch
  • Patent number: 9374374
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method enhances security of people, organizations, and other entities that use what has been termed “social media.” Recent trends have shown that information posted to social media may cause tremendous damage to individuals and other entities. This includes information that was posted deliberately or unintentionally, including social security numbers, financial data and other sensitive information. Further, information that previously may have been viewed as innocuous, such as location data, has caused harm on certain occasions and may need to be protected. The disclosed system provides a novel method of screening, identifying, and preventing certain information from being posted on social media and other public locations. In addition, the disclosed system and method improves security by motivating people to use security software by offering rewards for its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SecureMySocial, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Steinberg, Shira Rubinoff
  • Patent number: 9369527
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that includes a first node and a second node. The first node and the second node are connected to a client and a storage device. The first node includes a first memory for cache data, receives data from the client, stores the data into the first memory, and controls the storing the content of the data into the storage device from the first memory in accordance with an instruction from the second node. The second node includes a second memory for the same cache data as the first memory. If the content of data in the storage device or the content of data in the second memory before the storing of the data is the same as the content of the data in the second memory, the second node instructs the first node not to store the content of the data into the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nishibori, Nobuyuki Saika, Akira Murotani
  • Patent number: 9369286
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating authentication of an electronic device accessing plurality of mobile applications are disclosed. The system may receive a device public key and authentication information of the electronic device. The system may validate the authentication information to initiate a device session with the electronic device and create an authentication token signed with a server signature. The system may enable the electronic device to access a first mobile application based on the authentication information validated. Further, the system may receive the authentication token signed with a device signature. The system may authorize the authentication token by verifying the device signature and the server signature on the authentication token with a device public key and a server public key respectively. The system may then enable the electronic device to access the second mobile application using the authentication token authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Kartikey Shukla, Nishant Singh, Kalidas Krishna Shetty, Shishir Tiwari, Nisha Yohannan
  • Patent number: 9357026
    Abstract: A server, computer readable medium and method for accessing buddy data related to a first user (presentity) that is connected to a communication network that includes a server, the data being accessed by a second user (watcher) connected to the communication network. The method including storing, at a server, information associated with a plurality of users associated with the presentity as the buddy data, receiving, at the server, a request from a watcher for buddy data of the presentity, authorizing, at least in part by the server, the request for buddy data, and transmitting, by the server, the buddy information to the watcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: John Baldwin, Christer Boberg, Hubert Przybysz
  • Patent number: 9356896
    Abstract: The current application is related to communications and, in particular, to an announcement-and-bulletins system that allows for flexible and efficient distribution of announcements and bulletins through many different types of communications media and communications devices. The announcement-and-bulletins system can be managed and maintained from a variety of different types of devices and can distribute information to users through many different types of communications media and user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: IVY CORP.
    Inventors: Mary Jesse, Steven Michael Knox
  • Patent number: 9342465
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes assigning a base key to a storage array, assigning a volume auxiliary key to each volume in the storage array, for each volume in the storage array that is encrypted, encrypting every block of a backend using the base key and one of a full hash auxiliary key or a short hash handle auxiliary key and for each volume in the storage array that is encrypted, encrypting an address-to-hash table of a volume using the base key and the volume auxiliary key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: David Meiri
  • Patent number: 9336368
    Abstract: A license install support method includes receiving input of a first license identifier used for receiving license data, the license data being used by an electronic device for determining whether activation of a program is allowable; sending, to a license source determining device connected via a network, an acquisition request specifying the first license identifier for acquiring issuing source information including issuing source identification information of the license data; receiving the issuing source information returned from the license source determining device; and using a license install processing unit to acquire the license data corresponding to the first license identifier from a license management device relevant to the issuing source information included among plural license management devices connected via the network, and to send the license data to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuko Sugiura, Tomoya Hirokawa, Xiaofeng Han, Taku Ikawa
  • Patent number: 9336402
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that secure data on removable storage devices are presented. A token component can interface with a communication port on a host device. One or more removable storage devices can interface with one or more other communication ports on the host device. The token component includes a security component that, when interfaced with the host device, is employed to automatically and simultaneously enable access, encrypt data being stored in, and decrypt data being retrieved from the removable storage devices. When the token component is not interfaced with the host device, the removable storage devices are secured so that they cannot be accessed and data stored thereon cannot be retrieved and decrypted. A user optionally can utilize a password, which can be entered when the token component is interfaced with the host device, to facilitate controlling access to the removable storage devices and data encryption/decryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventor: Duncan S. Wong
  • Patent number: 9330267
    Abstract: Confidential information included in image and voice data is filtered in an apparatus that includes an extraction unit for extracting a character string from an image frame, and a conversion unit for converting audio data to a character string. The apparatus also includes a determination unit for determining, in response to contents of a database, whether at least one of the image frame and the audio data include confidential information. The apparatus also includes a masking unit for concealing contents of the image frame by masking the image frame in response to determining that the image frame includes confidential information, and for making the audio data inaudible by masking the audio data in response to determining that the audio data includes confidential information. The playback unit included in the apparatus is for playing back the image frame and the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji Abe, Mitsuru Shioya, Shigeki Takeuchi, Daisuke Tomoda
  • Patent number: 9330102
    Abstract: Implementations for providing cartridges in a multi-tenant PaaS system of a cloud computing environment is disclosed. An example method includes maintaining a repository of a plurality of packages that provide functionality for multi-tenant applications executed by a node, each package of the plurality of packages comprising a software and a configuration information specifying a plurality of hooks, receiving a request to configure a first package from the plurality of packages, wherein the first package is to provide functionality for one of the multi-tenant applications, establishing a container to provide process space for the functionality of the first package, calling a configure hook from the plurality of hooks specified in the configuration information of the first package, and in response to calling the configure hook, embedding an instance of the software of the first package in the container, the instance of the software of the first package copied from the repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. McGrath, Matthew Hicks
  • Patent number: 9331987
    Abstract: A virtual storage system in data communication with a user computing device via a communication network and file encryption methods for encrypting electronic documents to be uploaded into a virtual storage system where the virtual storage system includes at least one processor which captures a data stream corresponding to an electronic document retrieved from an external system, to be uploaded to the virtual storage system, and creates at least one encryption parameter and encrypts the data stream captured using the at least one encryption parameter created. The virtual storage system further includes a plurality of redundant physical storage devices in data communication with the at least one processor and each configured to store the encrypted data stream corresponding to the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Virtual StrongBox
    Inventors: Ronald M Daly, Jr., Leonard Giambalvo, Robert Jacob Smilie
  • Patent number: 9325713
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to proxying at least one email resource from at least one email service to at least one client device, identifying at least one resource rule associated with the email resources, and adding at least one URL to the email resources in accordance with the resource rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: AirWatch LLC
    Inventors: Erich Stuntebeck, David Dabbiere
  • Patent number: 9319426
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor and a management controller separate from the processor. The management controller is operable to store an anti-virus program and a malicious marker detection program in a memory of the management controller, and to execute the malicious marker detection program. The malicious marker detection program operates to detect a state of a device of the information handling system, determine that the information handling system is under attack from a malicious program in response to detecting the state of the device, and send an alert to a management system coupled to the information handling system, the alert indicating that the information handling system is under attack from the malicious program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Theodore S. Webb, Jacqueline H. Wilson, Jon R. Ramsey, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Patent number: 9298576
    Abstract: In accordance with some implementations, a method of collecting statistics about processor usage is disclosed. The method is performed on a data storage server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The server system executes one or more processes, wherein each of the one or more first processes is associated with an entity from a group of one or more entities. The server system then receives an interrupt signal at a first predetermined interval. In response to receiving the interrupt signal and for each processor of the one or more processors, the server system interrupts the process currently being executed on the processor. The server system increments the counter associated with the interrupted process. The server system then resumes the interrupted process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Sanjay Ghemawat, Andrew Fikes, Chris Jorgen Taylor
  • Patent number: 9300650
    Abstract: Provided is a security communication method of a terminal device. A first authentication unit of the terminal device identifies a first subscriber to connect a first communication network. A second authentication unit of the terminal device exclusively operates with the first authentication unit, and identifies a second subscriber to connect a second communication network which is different from the first communication network. When the second subscriber is identified, at least one external communication module of the terminal device can be inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ICTK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Sang Seon Park
  • Patent number: 9300561
    Abstract: Business intelligence (BI) information that includes at least one application-level directive associated with a received application-level request is collected at a BI framework situated between a transport adapter layer and a network layer of a computing device. A determination is made as to whether to defer transmission of the received application-level request based upon an evaluation of the at least one application-level directive within the collected BI information relative to current network transmission conditions. The received application-level request is stored locally in response to determining to defer transmission of the received application-level request based upon the evaluation of the at least one application-level directive within the collected BI information relative to the current network transmission conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adrian R. Sasmita, Dody Wiryadi