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Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 11 March 2010

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2 US patent applications published on 11 March 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	20100064031	Identifying a Subnet Address Range from DNS Information
2	20100059567	TURN-BAR

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:37:01 +0000

25 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,676,677	Digital signature method and apparatus
2	7,676,671	System for multi-profile boot selection of an embedded device
3	7,676,662	Virtualization of a non-privileged instruction that behaves differently when executed by privileged code than by non-privileged code
4	7,676,621	Communications bus transceiver
5	7,676,578	Resource entitlement control system controlling resource entitlement based on automatic determination of a target utilization and controller gain
6	7,676,530	Duration minimum and maximum circuit for performance counter
7	7,676,397	Method and system for predicting the outcome of an online auction
8	7,676,280	Dynamic environmental management
9	7,676,171	Printing device and method for switching between monochrome and color modes
10	7,676,119	Method and system for using an optical sensor array to control a labeling device
11	7,676,113	Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames using a sharpening factor
12	7,676,092	Data input apparatus and method
13	7,676,038	Secure printing method to thwart counterfeiting
14	7,675,745	Storing a structure within a electronic device
15	7,675,622	Determining a media feature using a photovoltaic cell and an electroluminescent light panel
16	7,675,510	Image display system and method
17	7,675,298	Determining fluid characteristics
18	7,674,564	Color filter
19	7,674,328	Dye-based ink
20	7,673,971	Fluid ejection device and manufacturing method
21	7,673,968	Printing device locking mechanism for consumable enclosures
22	7,673,960	Calibration of a print head having multiple dies
23	7,673,958	Defective imaging element compensation
24	7,673,871	Sheet feeder
25	7,673,807	Multiple resolution readable color array

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:16:55 +0000

3 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	20100053260	WEB
2	20100053259	MOVABLE WEB SUPPORT AND CAP
3	20100051453	Process for making dense mixed metal Si3N4 targets

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:09:22 +0000

35 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,673,305	System and method of expediting certain jobs in a computer processing system
2	7,673,296	Method and system for optional code scheduling
3	7,673,293	Method and apparatus for generating code for scheduling the execution of binary code
4	7,673,247	Identifying noncomplying datapoints in control charts
5	7,673,171	Systems and methods for CPU repair
6	7,673,166	Computation of processor clock frequency ratios
7	7,673,125	Resetting multiple cells within a partition of a multiple partition computer system
8	7,673,082	Method and system to determine device criticality for hot-plugging in computer configurations
9	7,673,060	Systems and methods for providing reliable multicast messaging in a multi-node graphics system
10	7,673,027	Method and apparatus for designing multi-tier systems
11	7,672,929	Database modification history
12	7,672,923	Grid network management via automatic trend analysis of a service level agreement
13	7,672,521	System and method for improved page composition
14	7,672,507	Image processing methods and systems
15	7,672,293	Hardware throttling of network traffic sent to a processor based on new address rates
16	7,672,222	Link failures
17	7,672,213	Optical print head using a glass arm waveguide
18	7,672,143	Card holder and bracket in computer system
19	7,672,028	Color target layout
20	7,672,022	Methods and apparatus for analyzing an image
21	7,671,880	Optical disk labeling system and method
22	7,671,803	Wireless communication system
23	7,671,634	Redundant clock switch circuit
24	7,671,283	Apparatus for shielding electromagnetic radiation
25	7,670,882	Electronic device fabrication
26	7,670,659	Substrate marking using encapsulated materials
27	7,670,654	Bistable liquid crystal display device
28	7,670,417	Composite color and method of making the same
29	7,670,012	Projection system and methods
30	7,670,005	Display device including a spatial light modulator with plural image regions
31	7,669,995	Sealing component defining first, second, and third seals
32	7,669,963	Multi-carriage printing device and method
33	7,669,960	Special service station module for extra servicing
34	7,669,431	Cooling provisioning for heat generating devices
35	7,669,314	Method of fabricating a fluid ejection device having a data storage structure

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:33:12 +0000

1 US patent application published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

20100049775

Method and System for Allocating Memory in a Computing Environment

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:49:09 +0000

26 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,669,246	System and method for linking user accounts to business entitlement objects
2	7,669,197	Embedded system employing component architecture platform
3	7,669,195	Electronic device network supporting compression and decompression in electronic devices and update generator
4	7,669,132	Matching a slideshow to an audio track
5	7,668,997	High speed bus system that incorporates uni-directional point-to-point buses
6	7,668,852	Method for creating sketches of sets to permit comparison
7	7,668,789	Comparing distributions of cases over groups of categories
8	7,668,703	Determining required capacity for a resource
9	7,668,612	System and method for efficient manufacture and update of electronic devices
10	7,668,536	Retrieving media items to a mobile device
11	7,668,488	Liquid electro-photography printing device binary ink developer having suction cavities
12	7,668,487	Printed circuit board printing system
13	7,668,472	Methods for moderating variations in writing parameters in liquid toner printing
14	7,668,454	Photography advice based on captured image attributes and camera settings
15	7,668,420	Optical waveguide ring resonator with an intracavity active element
16	7,668,400	Image layout constraint generation
17	7,668,398	Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames using image data with a portion converted to zero values
18	7,668,369	Using camera metadata to classify images into scene type classes
19	7,667,828	Tagging systems using energy exchange
20	7,667,765	Digital imaging device shutter calibration method and apparatus using multiple exposures of a single field
21	7,667,740	Elimination of modulated light effects in rolling shutter CMOS sensor images
22	7,667,736	Optimized string table loading during imaging device initialization
23	7,666,256	Amphoteric pigment dispersion containing ink formulations, methods of using ink formulations, and systems using ink formulations
24	7,666,255	Ink-jet inks having surfactants below the critical micelle concentration and associated methods
25	7,665,824	Printing system condenser
26	7,665,724	Kicker

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:54 +0000

1 US patent application published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

20100042800

Method and System for Managing Heap Across Process Replication

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:12:46 +0000

9 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,664,994	High-availability cluster node removal and communication
2	7,664,992	Supercomputing
3	7,664,982	Method and system for storing recovery related information on a computer memory
4	7,664,943	Managing access to computer components
5	7,664,759	Method and system for storing self-descriptive tabular data with alphanumeric and binary values
6	7,664,671	Methods and systems for profile-based forecasting with dynamic profile selection
7	7,663,202	Nanowire photodiodes and methods of making nanowire photodiodes
8	7,661,828	Adjusting light intensity
9	7,661,824	Light source module air flow cooling

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:19:04 +0000

2 US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	20100033750	Method and Apparatus for Detecting an Inconsistency in Dual Sided Printing
2	20100031837	IMAGE TRANSFER MECHANISM

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:01 +0000

20 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,661,095	System and method to build a callgraph for functions with multiple entry points
2	7,661,003	Systems and methods for maintaining performance of an integrated circuit within a working power limit
3	7,660,937	Emulating a USB host controller
4	7,660,877	Systems and methods in which a provider is selected to service content requested by a client device
5	7,660,821	Data storage system
6	7,660,794	Method and program product for reducing database walk frequency while repetitively accessing a firewall connection and rule database
7	7,660,485	Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames using error values
8	7,660,429	Error diffusion halftone watermarking
9	7,660,421	Method and system for secure storage, transmission and control of cryptographic keys
10	7,660,115	Fan docking collar
11	7,660,110	Computer system with motor cooler
12	7,660,019	Products with data-encoding pattern
13	7,659,891	Associating electronic documents, and apparatus, methods and software relating to such activities
14	7,659,631	Interconnection between different circuit types
15	7,659,589	Device with gates configured in loop structures
16	7,658,736	Internal drug dispenser capsule medical device
17	7,658,630	System and method for connecting electronic components
18	7,658,619	Processor and power converter assembly with rigidly connected power connector
19	7,658,490	Imaging apparatus with stowable media tray
20	7,658,470	Method of using a flexible circuit

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:31:18 +0000

No US patent applications published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:05:05 +0000

42 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,657,943	Data structure for control information on rewriteable data storage media
2	7,657,898	System and method for customizing infrastructure services for use in network services
3	7,657,886	Mobile device with a MMU for faster firmware updates in a wireless network
4	7,657,884	Electronic device supporting multiple update agents
5	7,657,787	Method of restoring communication state of process
6	7,657,776	Containing machine check events in a virtual partition
7	7,657,765	Power saving features for computing systems
8	7,657,640	Method and system for efficient routing of customer and contact e-mail messages
9	7,657,624	Network usage management system and method
10	7,657,533	Data management systems, data management system storage devices, articles of manufacture, and data management methods
11	7,657,491	Application of fuzzy logic to response and unsolicited information
12	7,657,487	Apparatus and method for providing data storage device security
13	7,657,209	Apparatus for containing splashes in an ink developer
14	7,657,137	Photonic interconnect system
15	7,657,118	Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames using image data converted from a different color space
16	7,657,062	Self-calibration for an eye tracker
17	7,656,942	Denoising signals containing impulse noise
18	7,656,906	System and method for communicating a timing signal between backplanes
19	7,656,790	Handling link failures with re-tagging
20	7,656,727	Semiconductor memory device and system providing spare memory locations
21	7,656,657	System and method for tool-less mounting of a device with a chassis
22	7,656,651	Apparatus and methods for automatically positioning an interface module in a rack system
23	7,656,614	Tape drive
24	7,656,573	Method and apparatus for controlling a gap between conductors in an electro-mechanical device
25	7,656,546	Notifying a computer user of printing with temporary printer properties
26	7,656,545	System and method for dynamically providing printing status
27	7,656,543	Albuming images
28	7,656,429	Digital camera and method for in creating still panoramas and composite photographs
29	7,656,396	Calibrating digital pens
30	7,656,295	Media content preview
31	7,655,707	Pigmented ink-jet inks with improved image quality on glossy media
32	7,655,275	Methods of controlling flow
33	7,655,152	Etching
34	7,655,056	Hydrogen generating apparatus
35	7,654,816	Lithographic mask alignment
36	7,654,758	Systems and methods for determining media size
37	7,654,718	Electronic device with diffused backlit display
38	7,654,655	Labyrinth seal structure
39	7,654,635	Media print system
40	7,654,633	Dissolving complexes of anionic dye/cationic polymeric fixer
41	7,654,629	Carriage positioning
42	7,654,455	Method and apparatus for achieving a tailored content response based upon a product identifier combined with a user identifier and a device identifier

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:21:35 +0000

No US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:53:49 +0000

29 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,653,934	Role-based access control
2	7,653,833	Terminating a non-clustered workload in response to a failure of a system with a clustered workload
3	7,653,827	Power distribution system having redundant mixed sources and method
4	7,653,809	Method and system for controlling the on-line supply of digital products or the access to on-line services
5	7,653,739	Controlling transfer of access to data
6	7,653,701	Network system and method for automatically transferring data in a plurality of input and output formats to a computer network
7	7,653,406	Enabling a participant of a communication session to initiate a communication according to another communication service
8	7,653,324	Scheduling for a dual sided printing by a dual engine printer
9	7,653,259	Image capture method, device and system
10	7,653,153	QAM receiver and method for constellations having at least sixteen symbols
11	7,653,108	Apparatus and method of establishing optical communication channels between a steerable array of laser emitters and an array of optical detectors
12	7,653,051	Signaling gateway aggregation
13	7,652,911	Nanoscale shift register and signal demultiplexing using microscale/nanoscale shift registers
14	7,652,896	Component for impedance matching
15	7,652,889	Information technology (IT) equipment position locating system using jumper connections
16	7,652,801	Duplex detection imaging system and method
17	7,652,778	Obtaining a digital image of a physical object
18	7,652,589	Selecting a function of components based on orientation
19	7,652,575	Monitoring of packages
20	7,651,871	Device for forming magnetic well for nanoparticles
21	7,651,747	Fusible inkjet media including solid plasticizer particles and methods of forming and using the fusible inkjet media
22	7,651,665	Microtray for handling biosubstances
23	7,651,356	Tamper-evident connector
24	7,651,216	Fusible inkjet recording materials containing hollow beads, system using the recording materials, and methods of using the recording materials
25	7,651,209	Flow passage
26	7,651,204	Fluid ejection device
27	7,651,196	Fluid ejection device and manufacturing method
28	7,651,091	Diaphragm
29	7,651,082	Media stack stop

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 21 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:27:00 +0000

No US patent applications published on 21 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 19 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:35:37 +0000

18 US patents granted on 19 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	7,650,498	Secure data provision method and apparatus and data recovery method and system
2	7,650,494	Method and apparatus for use in relation to verifying an association between two parties
3	7,650,471	Head of queue cache for communication interfaces
4	7,650,386	Communication among partitioned devices
5	7,650,364	Portable database system
6	7,650,341	Data backup/recovery
7	7,650,275	Virtualization of a parition based on addresses of an I/O adapter within an external emulation unit
8	7,650,095	Tracking usage of a functional unit
9	7,650,040	Method, apparatus and system for data block rearrangement for LZ data compression
10	7,650,029	Multiple layer alignment sensing
11	7,649,892	Method and system of network communication receive load balancing
12	7,649,751	Apparatus for inexpensive mezzanine-type card board-to-board connector blind mate alignment system using printed circuit board material
13	7,649,404	Independent thresholds for power supply control circuitry
14	7,649,030	Polyurethane with fluoro-diols suitable for ink-jet printing
15	7,648,227	Fluid ejection device with data signal latch circuitry
16	7,648,220	Sensing of fluid ejected by drop-on-demand nozzles
17	7,648,216	Method for printing on a print media
18	7,647,787	Upgradeable, modular data center cooling apparatus

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 14 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:06:08 +0000

1 US patent application published on 14 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

20100011219

Secure Use of User Secrets on a Computing Platform

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 12 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:06:35 +0000

30 US patents granted on 12 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	D607,894	User interface on a display device
2	7,647,631	Automated user interaction in application assessment
3	7,647,530	Network fault pattern analyzer
4	7,647,516	Power consumption management among compute nodes
5	7,647,490	Method and apparatus for providing updated system locality information during runtime
6	7,647,465	Storage-system-portion sufficiency determination
7	7,647,454	Transactional shared memory system and method of control
8	7,647,384	Method and system for managing fragmented information packets in a computer network
9	7,647,327	Method and system for implementing storage strategies of a file autonomously of a user
10	7,647,074	Cellular telephone with print preview system
11	7,647,008	Imaging apparatus and improved toner therefor
12	7,646,708	Network resource teaming combining receive load-balancing with redundant network connections
13	7,646,685	Tracing discrete spiral path relative to optical disc
14	7,646,595	Computing device
15	7,646,514	Scanning method and system
16	7,646,303	Detector
17	7,646,183	Adjusting an output voltage of a converter based on current consumption
18	7,646,110	Voltage monitoring
19	7,646,109	System for distributing AC power within an equipment rack
20	7,645,979	Optical detection for low optical density web
21	7,645,929	Computational music-tempo estimation
22	7,645,537	Multi-cell fuel cell layer and system
23	7,645,403	Method of improving color quality in an object produced by solid freeform fabrication
24	7,645,177	Electroluminescent panel with inkjet-printed electrode regions
25	7,645,037	Printer structure
26	7,645,024	Printhead-to-media spacing adjustment apparatus and method
27	7,645,015	Determining drop weight
28	7,645,014	Infrared light absorbent dye
29	7,645,006	Printhead lift
30	7,644,658	Transfer drum and blanket fastening assembly

Hewlett-Packard patent applications published on 07 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:39:05 +0000

1 US patent application published on 07 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

20100003045

ELECTROGRAPHIC DOT GAIN AND OPTICAL DENSITY DECOUPLING METHOD, XEROGRAPHIC IMAGE REPRODUCTION, AND SYSTEMS, METHODS AND SOFTWARE RELATED THERETO

Hewlett-Packard patents granted on 05 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:40:44 +0000

58 US patents granted on 05 January 2010 and assigned to Hewlett-Packard

1	D607,466	User interface on a display device
2	D607,349	Sensor and LED enclosure
3	7,644,410	Resource management for shared computing environment
4	7,644,406	Update system capable of updating software across multiple FLASH chips
5	7,644,405	System with required enhancements to SyncML DM environment to support firmware updates
6	7,644,404	Network having customizable generators and electronic device having customizable updating software
7	7,644,377	Generating a configuration of a system that satisfies constraints contained in models
8	7,644,356	Constraint-based albuming of graphic elements
9	7,644,318	Method and system for a failover procedure with a storage system
10	7,644,308	Hierarchical timestamps
11	7,644,276	Method for verifying a secure association between devices
12	7,644,249	Method of designing storage system
13	7,644,222	Low latency event communication system and method
14	7,644,204	SCSI I/O coordinator
15	7,644,182	Reconfiguring a multicast tree
16	7,644,168	SAS expander
17	7,644,167	Identifying a service node in a network
18	7,644,162	Resource entitlement control system
19	7,644,161	Topology for a hierarchy of control plug-ins used in a control system
20	7,644,153	Resource allocation management in interactive grid computing systems
21	7,644,148	Historical data based workload allocation
22	7,644,146	System and method for discovering communities in networks
23	7,644,140	Systems and methods for proliferating a computing device configuration
24	7,644,114	System and method for managing memory
25	7,644,051	Management of data centers using a model
26	7,644,046	Method of estimating storage system cost
27	7,644,026	Ranking systems based on a risk
28	7,644,006	Semantically investigating business processes
29	7,643,983	Data storage system emulation
30	7,643,948	Secure resource tracker
31	7,643,826	Mobile care engine system
32	7,643,776	Ink building
33	7,643,699	Image processing based on local noise statistics
34	7,643,688	Reducing artifacts in compressed images
35	7,643,674	Classification methods, classifier determination methods, classifiers, classifier determination devices, and articles of manufacture
36	7,643,657	System for selecting a keyframe to represent a video
37	7,643,550	Method for presenting streaming media for an event
38	7,643,458	Communicating between wireless communities
39	7,643,434	Method and system for managing network nodes which communicate via connectivity services of a service provider
40	7,643,426	Path selection in a network
41	7,643,422	Dynamic trans-framing and trans-rating for interactive playback control
42	7,643,161	Inter-device media handler
43	7,643,088	Artifact reduction in a digital video
44	7,643,064	Predictive video device system
45	7,643,062	Method and system for deblurring an image based on motion tracking
46	7,643,054	Directed guidance of viewing devices
47	7,643,029	Method and system for automated visual comparison based on user drilldown sequences
48	7,642,573	Semiconductor device
49	7,642,218	Inks for use on optical recording media
50	7,641,961	Ink solvent assisted heat sealable media
51	7,641,947	Stackable inkjet recording material
52	7,641,728	Ink composition and method for forming the same
53	7,641,468	Imprint lithography apparatus and method employing an effective pressure
54	7,641,433	System and method of trimming a bound document
55	7,641,362	Electronic device lighting system
56	7,641,348	Integrated portable computer projector system
57	7,641,193	Sheet bending
58	7,640,760	Temperature control using a sensor network