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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (Dec. 6)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Siemens Industry Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Siemens Industry, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,326,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "wireless building management system and method using a building model." The co-inventors are Justinian Rosca, West Windsor, N.J., Osman Ahmed, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Chellury R. Sastry, Richardson, N.J., and Richard John LeBlanc, Libertyville, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A building system includes a communication network, a plurality of wireless nodes, a plurality of passive wireless devices, a plurality of sensors, and a processing circuit. The wireless nodes are disposed within a building and are operably coupled to the communication network. Each passive wireless device is affixed to an object within the building, and contains first information regarding at least one property of the object. Each the passive wireless device is configured to communicate wirelessly to the wireless nodes using power derived from communication signals detected in the passive wireless device. The sensors are configured to generate second information representative of sensed temperature throughout the building, each sensor operably connected to the communication network. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive the first information from the wireless devices and the second information from the sensors. The processing circuit is configured to generate control information regarding the building based on the first information and the second information." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/553,802). 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=8,326,465.PN.&OS=PN/8,326,465&RS=PN/8,326,465 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Sectorized Base Stations as Multiple Antenna Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,326,365) developed by Thomas Richardson, South Orange, N.J., and Vladimir Parizhsky, New York, for a "sectorized base stations as multiple antenna systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for improved utilization of air link resources are discussed in wireless communications systems employing multi-sector base stations and wireless terminals with multiple antennas. Timing synchronization is maintained across the base station sectors, and the same set of tones are used in adjacent sectors. In a sector boundary region, which is typically a high interference region, a wireless terminal is set to a sector pair state and operated in a MIMO mode of operation, communicating with two adjacent base station antenna faces of the same base station concurrently, the two different adjacent base station antenna faces corresponding to different adjacent sectors. Thus, typically high interference sector boundary regions, are converted into high capacity regions by having the sectors coordinated and utilizing MIMO techniques." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,390). 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=8,326,365.PN.&OS=PN/8,326,365&RS=PN/8,326,365 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Army Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (8,326,461) developed by Naomi Zirkind, Morristown, N.J., and Joshua Lee, Pine Brook, N.J., for an "auxiliary communication system for radio controlled robots." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for providing autonomous capabilities to a radio-controlled robot, comprises two communication boxes, one connected to the robot and the other connected to an operator control unit (OCU). Each communication box comprises two radios that are interoperable with preexisting data radios in the robot; a microprocessor unit; and bidirectional attenuators. The system further comprises a software application that runs on the microprocessor unit of each communications box, to integrate data into existing transmission data stream between the robot and OCU, via preexisting data radios. The system enables the issuance of additional commands besides those issued by the OCU, using the original OCU." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/249,013). 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=8,326,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,326,461&RS=PN/8,326,461 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Restaurant Yield Management Portal ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,705) developed by five co-inventors for a "restaurant yield management portal." The co-inventors are Peter William Niessen, New York, Aileen Kheraj, Jersey City, N.J., Jack Funda, Summit, N.J., Sheraz Shere, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Rebecca Fogg, Brooklyn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to optimize the yield of a restaurant having perishable inventory is described. Through a card company, a restaurant can market incentives to make reservations during an off-peak time to enrolled card members. Offer marketing is based on stated customer preferences, and conducted via, for example, a website, email, or text message. Reservations are made, for example, via a centralized booking service. The incentive is fulfilled to the card member in a coupon-less manner. The card company receives a commission from the participating restaurant for every such sale." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/644,018). 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=8,326,705&OS=8,326,705&RS=8,326,705 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Latex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Latex, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,326,730) developed by Francis Joseph Sweeney, Pennington, N.J., for a "system and method of clearing services for risk management trading." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for automated clearing and settlement of risk management transactions on an automated system used by a plurality of users provides electronic interaction between buyers and sellers and enables parties to make decisions concerning reinsurance products. The clearing system enables the transfer of premium and loss payments directly between risk-bearers or via brokers representing these risk-bearers." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2001 (09/952,299). 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=8,326,730&OS=8,326,730&RS=8,326,730 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NASDAQ OMX Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- NASDAQ OMX Group, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,737) developed by seven co-inventors for an "opening cross in electronic market." The co-inventors are Frank Hatheway, Chevy Chase, Md., Daniel F. Moore, New Haven, Conn., Timothy E. Cox, Brooklyn, N.Y., Peter J. Martyn, Ridgewood, N.J., Dan B. Franks, Clearwater, Fla., Adam S. Nunes, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Timothy McCormick, Rockville, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, executed in a computer system, for opening an electronic market for trading of a security is described. The method includes receiving by the computer system eligible orders and quotes for the security traded in the electronic market and disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the open of trading. The method also includes determining by the computer system a price or prices at which the maximum shares would be executed and determining which price would minimize any imbalance of eligible orders and executing at least some of the eligible orders at the determined opening price." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (12/917,545). 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=8,326,737&OS=8,326,737&RS=8,326,737 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Providing Wireless Enabled Inventory Peering ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,326,707) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and systems for providing wireless enabled inventory peering." The co-inventors are James Fan, San Ramon, Calif., Vimal Begwani, Holmdel, N.J., Richard Kuo, Mountain View, Calif., and Stephen Kurpinsky, Martinez, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for providing wireless enabled inventory peering are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system for providing wireless enabled inventory peering includes a wireless enabled inventory peering vehicle system (WEIPVS). The WEIPVS is configured to receive an inventory search request. In response to receiving the inventory search request, the WEIPVS searches inventories of proximate technician vehicles. If a needed inventory item is located in an inventory of a proximate technician vehicle, the WEIPVS generates a request for an inventory transfer and sends the request to the proximate technician vehicle. When the item is received at the WEIPVS, the WEIPVS updates the inventory associated with the WEIPVS." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2009 (12/575,947). 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=8,326,707&OS=8,326,707&RS=8,326,707 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Using Commercial Share of Wallet in Financial Databases ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,672) developed by eight co-inventors for an "using commercial share of wallet in financial databases." The co-inventors are Kathleen Haggerty, Staten Island, N.Y., Charles Christopher Lyon, Phoenix, Benedict O. Okoh, New York, Robert E. Phelan, Mendham, N.J., Jon Kevin Ruterman, Glendale, Ariz., Geraldine A. Turner, Sandy Hook, Va., Chao M. Yuan, Montclair, N.J., and Arnab Biswas, Calcutta, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Commercial size of spending wallet ("CSoSW") is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet ("CSoW") is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Companies which provide databases of financial information about other companies can use scores provided by this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to give an indication of how much the company is likely to spend in the future." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2006 (11/497,530). 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=8,326,672&OS=8,326,672&RS=8,326,672 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bank of New York Mellon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Bank of New York Mellon, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,720) developed by Jonathan S. Spirgel, Great Neck, N.Y., and Laura S. Melman, Springfield, N.J., for "systems and methods for securitizing a commodity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing a tradable (e.g., exchange-listed) instrument by securitizing a commodity using a commodity trust or other special-purpose vehicle that is established to hold one or more physical commodities and to issue commodity trust shares and/or receipts corresponding to the value of the physical commodity held by the Trust. The commodity trust shares may represent a proportional interest in the Trust and/or the physical commodity held by the trust, e.g., precious metals such as gold, or base metals such as copper. The Trust may include one or more Trust accounts to receive and store the physical commodity deposited with the Trust. The shares or receipts of the trust can be listed, quoted, and traded on a trading system, e.g., an Electronics Communication Network (ECN), and may be traded as Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) shares on a securities exchange." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2011 (13/198,472). 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=8,326,720&OS=8,326,720&RS=8,326,720 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Morgan Stanley Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Morgan Stanley, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,718) developed by Robert Ross Seelos, New York, David J. Brastauskas, New York, and Jenny Mak, Piscataway, N.J., for "systems and methods for distributing private placement documents." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of providing a private placement document to a potential investor in a private placement. The methods may comprise the step of generating the private placement document in an encrypted electronic format. The private placement document may include a unique identifier. The methods may also comprise the steps of providing the private placement document to the potential investor, and recording the unique identifier." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2010 (12/699,300). 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=8,326,718&OS=8,326,718&RS=8,326,718 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Securities Exchange Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- International Securities Exchange, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,736) developed by Steve Wunsch, New York, and Robert Books, Hoboken, N.J., for a "linked displayed market and midpoint matching system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated system for matching orders to buy and sell securities including a displayed market where orders are executed at a BBO price and where information about the market is made available to investors and a midpoint matching market for matching buy and sell orders at a predetermined price, namely, the midpoint between the national best bid and offer. The displayed market and the midpoint matching market are linked so that orders submitted to the displayed market are exposed to the midpoint matching market and can be executed at an improved price if a contra order is available on the midpoint matching market." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/826,132). 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=8,326,736&OS=8,326,736&RS=8,326,736 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,694) developed by Ameet Patel, Trenton, N.J., Jennifer Holme, Hoboken, N.J., and Anthony Caiazzo, Tuckerton, N.J., for a "personalized interactive network architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for personalizing interaction between a user communicating over at least one communication channel and a provider of information/products/services, the user having a communication device for communication over the channel with the provider, the system comprising a channel interface for interfacing with the channel, an information/product/service interface for interfacing with an information/product/service provider; and a knowledge management system coupled to the channel and information/product/service interface, the knowledge management system comprising a knowledge management repository storing information concerning the user, the information obtained from interaction with the user over the channel including current interactions between the user and the knowledge management system, and further storing information concerning a plurality of information/products/services to offer to the user, and a personalization engine for making a decision as to which of the plurality of information/product/services to present to the user over the communication channel based on the stored information in the knowledge management repository." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/051,105). 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=8,326,694&OS=8,326,694&RS=8,326,694 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for System and Method for Flexible Deferred Payment Terms ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,747) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for flexible deferred payment terms." The co-inventors are Mark Ang, Scottsdale, Ariz., Boudhayan Choudhuri, Phoenix, Jessica Kaplan, New York, David Lowy, New York, Gyanesh Narayan, Scottsdale, Eric Nielsen, New York, and Christine Vega, South Orange, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for offering transaction account consumers with payment term options to pay a minimum amount due early, defer payment into the following payment cycle, and pay a standard amount when due. When generating a periodic billing statement, the invention determines a consumer's eligibility to elect early payment, deferred payment, and regular payment. When a consumer is eligible for early payment, a received payment is compared to a discount rate tier, then a discount amount is calculated and credited to the consumer's account. When the consumer is eligible for deferred payment, the system calculates a new current minimum payment due by multiplying the current non-deferred balance by a predetermined percentage amount and adding the result to the deferred balance. When the consumer is not eligible for deferred payment, the system calculates a new current minimum due by summing the current non-deferred balance with the deferred balance." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2009 (12/486,965). 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=8,326,747&OS=8,326,747&RS=8,326,747 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** American Express Travel Related Services Assigned Patent for Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Analyze Vendors in Online Marketplaces ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- American Express Travel Related Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,671) developed by eight co-inventors for an "using commercial share of wallet to analyze vendors in online marketplaces." The co-inventors are Kathleen Haggerty, Staten Island, N.Y., Charles Christopher Lyon, Phoenix, Benedict O. Okoh, New York, Robert E. Phelan, Mendham, N.J., Jon Kevin Ruterman, Glendale, Ariz., Geraldine A. Turner, Sandy Hook, Va., Chao M. Yuan, Montclair, N.J., and Arnab Biswas, Calcutta, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Commercial size of spending wallet ("CSoSW") is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet ("CSoW") is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Online marketplaces that allow small businesses to advertise their services can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to provide a rating that gives an indication of the business prospects of the vendors listed on their sites. Further, such marketplaces can combine this information with their own internal analytics to provide a single holistic rating." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2006 (11/497,529). 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=8,326,671&OS=8,326,671&RS=8,326,671 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Using a Component Business Model to Organize an Enterprise ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,326,665) developed by 17 co-inventors for a "system and method for using a component business model to organize an enterprise." The co-inventors are David L. Cohn, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Robert D. Dill, Raleigh, N.C., David Bernard Flaxer, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., George M. Galambos, Montreal, Robert H. Guttman, Stamford, Conn., Raman Harishankar, Blacklick, Ohio, David Robert Kress, Carmel, Ind., Christopher Murasso, Eastchester, N.Y., Jeffrey A. Neville, Chicago, Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., George Edmund Pohle, Morristown, N.J., Guy Jonathan James Rackham, New York, Shanker Ramamurthy, New York, John R. Smith, New York, Stephen Michael Smith, Westlake Village, Calif., Laurie A. Tropiano, Old Greenwich, Conn., and John George Vergo, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is described for using a component business model to partition a business into non-overlapping components, and then allocating different components to appropriate organizing strategies, based on attribute values assigned to each component. In the best mode of implementation there are two attributes: whether or not the component differentiates the business within the market place; and whether the component is industry standard or is tailored by the organization. These attributes and their values map the components of the business to a matrix. Based on the combination of attribute values in each cell of the matrix, available organizing strategies are also mapped to the matrix, thereby identifying for each component an appropriate organizing strategy." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2005 (11/182,062). 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=8,326,665&OS=8,326,665&RS=8,326,665 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Multi-band Amplitude Estimation and Gain Control in an Audio CODEC ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,326,640) developed by Hongwei Kong, Denville, N.J., and Taiyi Cheng, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and system for multi-band amplitude estimation and gain control in an audio CODEC." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of a method and system for multi-band amplitude estimation and gain control in an audio CODEC are provided. In this regard, an audio signal may be filtered and delayed to generate one or more sub-band signals, a gain may be applied to each sub-band signal to generate one or more level adjusted sub-band signals, and the one or more level adjusted signals may be added to a delayed version of the audio signal. The gain applied to a particular one of the one or more sub-band signals may be controlled based on a detected amplitude of a summed signal derived by summing the particular one of the one or more sub-band signals and a corresponding one of the one or more level-adjusted sub-band signals." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,499). 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=8,326,640&OS=8,326,640&RS=8,326,640 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Machine-based Population Stability Index Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,326,575) developed by Hemei Liu, Wilmington, Del., Gerald F. Parise, Moorestown, N.J., and Lewis R. Ware, Hockessin, Del., for a "machine-based population stability index selection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for quantifying a difference between a first population distribution data set and a second population distribution data set. The apparatus and methods may use randomly generated population distribution differences to generate a mapping of a population stability index to a population distribution difference function. The population distribution difference function may be more responsive to some differences between the first and second population distribution data sets than is the population stability index. The population distribution difference function thus may be used to identify differences between population distribution data sets. The differences may then be mapped to a corresponding population stability index. The population stability index may then be used to quantify a difference between the first and second data sets." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/390,670). 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=8,326,575&OS=8,326,575&RS=8,326,575 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cadence Design Systems Assigned Patent for Synchronized Envelope and Transient Simulation of Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,326,591) developed by five co-inventors for a "synchronized envelope and transient simulation of circuits." The co-inventors are Qian Cai, Stewartsville, N.J., Dan Feng, Los Altos, Calif., Bruce W. McGaughy, Fremont, Calif., Jun Kong, San Jose, Calif., and Rendong Lin, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment of the invention, a method of simulating a circuit is disclosed including partitioning a circuit into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being radio-frequency blocks or non-radio frequency blocks; performing a first simulation of a first simulation type with the radio-frequency blocks to generate output waveforms of the radio-frequency blocks; performing a second simulation of a second simulation type with the non-radio-frequency blocks to generate output waveforms of the non-radio-frequency blocks where the second simulation type differs from the first simulation type; and synchronizing the first simulation and the second simulation together at one or more time steps to generate output waveforms for the circuit." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2007 (11/941,904). 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=8,326,591&OS=8,326,591&RS=8,326,591 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,326,309) developed by Apurva N. Mody, Lowell, Mass., and Ranga Reddy, Bridgewater, N.J., for a "resource allocation in co-existence mode." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed that allow for resource allocation during situations requiring co-existence in cognitive radios. Even under situations of bandwidth scarcity, the techniques allow various users to be guaranteed quality of service (QoS) by proper distribution and allocation of resources. The techniques allow wireless communication systems to operate in a normal mode and a co-existence mode. In the co-existence mode of operation, sub-frame creation, sharing and zone formation schemes are implemented that enable the existing underlying frame structure to remain intact and inter-operable with the legacy systems and at the same time, provide a guaranteed QoS. The zones effectively create partitions in space, time and frequency, which result in interference avoidance and allow various users in neighboring cells to communicate on the same frequencies." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2009 (12/399,730). 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=8,326,309.PN.&OS=PN/8,326,309&RS=PN/8,326,309 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,326,312) developed by Jyotindra Shah, Austin, Texas, Min Lu, Freehold, N.J., and Stephanie Parlamas, Colts Neck, N.J., for a "system and method for improving cellular telephone user experience." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for determining an amount of time required to download a data file to a wireless device includes receiving information indicating a first amount of wireless bandwidth allocated for the download of the data file, calculating a first length of time required to download the data file to the wireless device based on the first amount of wireless bandwidth allocated, and comparing the first length of time required to a predetermined amount of time. If the first length of time required is less than the predetermined amount of time, the download begins. If the first length of time required is more than the predetermined amount of time, information indicating the first length of time required is sent to the wireless device, a start download signal is received from the wireless device, and download of the data file to the wireless device begins in response to the start download signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2009 (12/363,924). 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=8,326,312.PN.&OS=PN/8,326,312&RS=PN/8,326,312 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fiber-Span Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Fiber-Span, Branchburg, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,326,156) developed by James N. Stewart, Brick, N.J., for a "cell phone/internet communication system for RF isolated areas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system for providing downlink and uplink communication between Service Providers, and users located in RF remotely located isolated areas, includes the sequential series connection of Service Provider signal sectors to Radio Interface Modules (RIM's), Service Combiner Units (SCU's), Fiber Transceiver Units (FTU's), Optical Multiplexer Units (OMU's), and Remote Fiber Nodes (RFN's), with only the RFN's being located in the RF isolated areas. The RIM's provide level control of RF signals bidirectional flowing between the Service Providers and SCU's. The SCU's both multiplex and split received downlink RF signals for inputting to the FTU's, and also combine and split RF uplink signals received from the FTU's for feed to the RIM's. The FTU's convert downlink RF signals into optical signals, and split the optical signals for connection to the OMU's. The FTU's also convert uplink optical signals received from the OMU's into uplink RF signals for connection to the SCU's. The OMU's combine downlink optical signals received from the FTU's for inputting into the RFN's, and demultiplex uplink optical signals received from the RFN's for connection to the FTU's. The RFN's convert downlink optical signals into RF signals, and amplify and feed these signals into an antenna system. The RFN's also receive RF uplink signals from devices of users in RF isolated areas, and converts the RF uplink signals into optical uplink signals for connection to the OMU's." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/459,731). 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=83,26,156.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,156&RS=PN/83,26,156 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** OFS Fltel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- OFS Fltel, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,326,106) developed by John Michael Fini, Metuchen, N.J., and Poul Kristensen, Valby, Denmark, for a "bend insensitivity in single mode optical fibers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical fiber that is relatively insensitive to bend loss comprises a core region and a cladding region configured to support and guide the propagation of light in a fundamental transverse mode, the cladding region including (i) an outer cladding region having a refractive index less than that of the core region, (ii) an annular cladding pedestal region having a refractive index higher than that of the outer cladding region and comparable to that of the core region, and (iii) an annular cladding inner trench region disposed between the core region and the pedestal region, the inner trench region having a refractive index less than that of the outer cladding region. In one embodiment, the fiber also includes a (iv) an annular cladding outer trench region disposed between the pedestal region and the outer cladding region, the outer trench region having a refractive index less than that of the outer cladding region. In addition, to suppress HOMs the pedestal region is configured to resonantly couple at least one other transverse mode of the core region to at least one transverse mode of the pedestal region. Such fiber is advantageously used as access fiber, but may have other applications, such as sensor fiber." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2011 (13/005,353). 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=83,26,106.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,106&RS=PN/83,26,106 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Belt Tracking Using Two Edge Sensors ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,326,162) developed by four co-inventors for a "belt tracking using two edge sensors." The co-inventors are Joannes N.M. DeJong, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Lloyd A. Williams, Mahopac, N.Y., Rudy Castillo, Briarwood, N.Y., Matthew Dondiego, West Milford, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices detect a first lateral measure of an edge of a belt loop supported by rollers within an apparatus using a first sensor to find an amount of misalignment of the edge of the belt loop relative to a known alignment position. The first sensor is positioned at a first location within the apparatus. The methods and devices also detect a second lateral measure of the edge of the belt loop within the apparatus relative to the known alignment position using a second sensor. The second sensor is positioned at a second location within the apparatus that is different than the first location. The methods and devices use a processor to determine the non-linear shape of the edge of the belt loop based on the second lateral measure of the edge of the belt loop detected by the second sensor. The methods and devices correct the amount of misalignment detected by the first sensor based on the non-linear shape of the edge of the belt loop to generate a corrected misalignment value, using the processor. Further, the method and devices adjust the current lateral position of the belt loop within the apparatus relative to the known alignment position based on the corrected misalignment value using a belt tracking actuator that is operatively connected to the processor." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2010 (12/833,044). 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=83,26,162.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,162&RS=PN/83,26,162 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Chiral Photonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Chiral Photonics, Pine Brook, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,326,099) developed by Jonathan Singer, New Hope, Pa., Victor Il'ich Kopp, Fair Lawn, N.J., and Daniel Neugroschl, Suffern, N.Y., for an "optical fiber coupler array." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical fiber coupler array capable of providing multiple low loss, high coupling coefficient interfaces between a predetermined number of low numerical aperture optical fibers and an optical waveguide device with at least a corresponding number of waveguide interfaces. The novel coupler array includes a plurality of coupler inner cores and a plurality of corresponding coupler outer cores, within a medium surrounding each plural outer core, and also includes a first end for interfacing with plural optical fibers and a second end for interfacing with a plurality of waveguide interfaces of an optical waveguide device. The sizes of the inner and outer cores are gradually reduced from the first end to the second end in accordance with at least one predetermined reduction profile. Various parameters, such as refractive indices and sizes of the inner and outer cores and the medium (as well as the reduction profile) are selected to produce a plurality of low numerical aperture waveguides at the first end, and a plurality of high numerical aperture waveguides at the second end, while advantageously minimizing insertion loss and maximizing the coupling coefficient at each end. Advantageously, the novel coupler array may be fabricated as an array of individually drawn couplers from multiple parallel fused performs (arranged in a row, or in another geometric cross section). Alternately, the novel coupler array may be fabricated from a single perform (glass or polymer) embedded with a plurality of parallel inner and outer core sets." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,613). 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=83,26,099.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,099&RS=PN/83,26,099 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SRI International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,326,142) developed by Arnold Kravitz, Moorestown, N.J., Jongjin George Kim, East Windsor, N.J., and Sergey Gershtein, Skillman, N.J., for an optical image systems. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is an optical image system having at least a first camera including a first lens and at least a second sensor including a second lens. The system also includes at least one beam splitter for transmitting an incoming beam of electromagnetic radiation of at least a first band of wavelength to a focal plane array of the first camera and reflecting an incoming beam of electromagnetic radiation of at least a second band of wavelength to a focal plane array of the second camera. The first lens is positioned behind the beam splitter for focusing the beam of the first band of wavelength onto an image at the focal plane array of the first camera and the second lens is positioned behind the beam splitter for focusing the beam of the second band of wavelength onto the image at the focal plane array of the second camera." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/788,687). 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=83,26,142.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,142&RS=PN/83,26,142 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,326,148) developed by Keren Bergman, Princeton, N.J., and Assaf Shacham, Magshimim, Israel, for an optical network. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical network is disclosed comprising one or more photonic switching nodes is disclosed. Each of the switching nodes comprises a plurality of input ports; at least one output port; and a switch configured to route messages between the plurality of input ports and the at least one output port and provide bufferless resolution of contention between messages for a common output port." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2008 (12/113,554). 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=83,26,148.PN.&OS=PN/83,26,148&RS=PN/83,26,148 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1107479 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |