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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (Jan. 3)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Capital One Financial Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Capital One Financial, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,346,638) developed by Stephen F. Phillips, Richmond, Va., and Craig M. Chumney, Mechanicsville, Va., for "systems and methods for processing transaction data to perform a merchant chargeback." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods consistent with the present invention may be used as part of determining whether to chargeback a purchase transaction amount to a merchant. To this end, the system may heuristically analyze purchase transaction data to determine which transactions to analyze for chargeback processing. For instance, the system may identify purchase transactions that are likely to qualify for a chargeback. For the identified purchase transactions, the system may then determine an expected value for each transaction in terms of received revenue from chargeback processing and the costs for performing a chargeback. Using the expected values for this transaction data, the system may then prioritize which purchase transactions to review for chargeback to a respective merchant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2005 (11/258,216). 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=8,346,638&OS=8,346,638&RS=8,346,638 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Andrew Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Andrew, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,346,160) developed by Thomas Kummetz, Forest, Va., for a "system and method for detecting and measuring uplink traffic in signal repeating systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A signal repeating system for a wireless network includes an antenna configured for transceiving signals between a base station and a user equipment device. Repeating circuitry is coupled to the antenna and defines an uplink path for signals from the user equipment device to the base station and a downlink path for signals from the base station to the user equipment device. The repeating circuitry includes gain circuitry and gain control circuitry that is coupled to the gain circuitry. The gain control circuitry is operable for varying the gain of the repeating circuitry according to a waveform. Measurement circuitry measures the receive power in the uplink path over time from the user equipment device. Processing circuitry cross-correlates the inverted gain variation waveform with the measured receive power for determining the existence of traffic from user equipment devices in the uplink path." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2010 (12/778,312). 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=8,346,160&OS=8,346,160&RS=8,346,160 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Andrew Assigned Patent for Distributed Antenna System for Wireless Network Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Andrew, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,346,091) developed by eight co-inventors for a "distributed antenna system for wireless network systems." The co-inventors are Thomas Kummetz, Forest, Va., Donald McAllister, Lynchburg, Va., Carmine Pagano, Blairstown, N.J., Hongju Yan, Morganville, N.J., Dennis M. Cleary, Pittsford, N.Y., Van Hanson, Forest, Va., Mathias Schmalisch, Augsburg, Germany, and Stefan Eisenwinter, Buchdorf, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed antenna system is provided for communicating with a plurality of base stations. The distributed antenna system includes a system controller and a master unit communicating with at least one of the plurality of base stations. A remote unit communicates over a high data rate media with the master unit and/or a downstream remote unit. Alternatively, the distributed antenna system includes a controller and a digital time/space crosspoint switch controlled by the controller. A digitizing transceiver is in communication with the digital time/space crosspoint switch. The crosspoint switch is configured to transmit and receive digital data through the digitizing transceiver." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2009 (12/431,872). 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=8,346,091&OS=8,346,091&RS=8,346,091 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automating Responses by Grid Providers to Bid Requests Indicating Criteria for a Grid Job ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,346,591) developed by four co-inventors for "automating responses by grid providers to bid requests indicating criteria for a grid job." The co-inventors are Craig William Fellenstein, Brookfield, Conn., Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Joshy Joseph, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and program for automating responses by grid providers to bid request indicating criteria for a grid job are provided. A bid controller grid service of a grid provider receives a job request from a client for processing a job within a grid environment of the grid provider, wherein the job request specifies at a least one criteria required for the grid provider to handle a particular grid job. The grid service determines whether the grid environment includes the hardware platform class, software platform class, and network bandwidth required by the job request. If the grid service determines that the grid environment includes a sufficient hardware platform class, software platform class, and network bandwidth, then a total required workload for the job request is calculated. Next, a total cost for the total required workload is estimated and the grid service automatically returns a bid response to the client system, where the bid response includes an identifier for the grid provider and the total cost for the job request. In addition, the bid response may include a total time for performance of the grid job described by the job request." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/480,939). 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=8,346,591&OS=8,346,591&RS=8,346,591 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Exelis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Exelis, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,346,581) developed by Jeff Ronald Lynam, Roanoke, Va., for a "project timeline visualization methods and systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer readable storage mediums for presenting project information are disclosed. Project information may be presented by receiving electronic planning information associated with a project, where the received electronic planning information includes at least one milestone associated with two or more phases of the project and occurring during the two or more phases. The received electronic planning information is then transformed into a graphical representation of the received electronic planning information for visual presentation to a user and presented for perception by the user. The presented graphical representation includes two or more bars corresponding to the two or more phases and a connection between the two or more bars corresponding to a time at which the milestone occurs." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/334,652). 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=8,346,581&OS=8,346,581&RS=8,346,581 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Stowe Woodward Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Stowe Woodward, Middletown, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,346,501) developed by Kisang Pak, Winchester, Va., for an "industrial roll with sensors arranged to self-identify angular location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical core having an outer surface; a polymeric cover circumferentially overlying the core outer surface; and a sensing system. The sensing system comprises: a plurality of sensors embedded in the cover, the sensors configured to detect an operating parameter of the roll and provide signals representative of the operating parameter, wherein one of the plurality of sensors is a tracking sensor and the remaining sensors are non-tracking sensors; and a processor operatively associated with the sensors that processes signals provided by the sensors. The sensors are arranged at a substantially equal radial distance from the core outer surface, such that they define a circle when viewed from an end of the roll. Each of the non-tracking sensors is further arranged at a substantially equal first angular distance from its immediate non-tracking sensor neighbors, two endmost non-tracking sensors defining an angular gap. The tracking sensor is disposed in the angular gap, such that a second angular distance defined by the tracking sensor and either of the endmost sensors differs from the first angular distance. In this configuration, the sensing system can identify from which sensor signals are generated without a trigger signal generator or accelerometer." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2009 (12/488,753). 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=8,346,501&OS=8,346,501&RS=8,346,501 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NETGEAR Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- NETGEAR, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,345,698) developed by four co-inventors for a "wireless communication subsystem with a digital interface." The co-inventors are David Prager, Bothell, Wash., Bruce C. Rothaar, Woodinville, Wash., Heinz Lycklama A'nyeholt, Arlington, Va., and Dave Randall, Kingston, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed which provide wireless communication systems implementing subsystems adapted for flexible deployment configurations and to resist the introduction of interference. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless communication system configuration in which an ODU subsystem is coupled to an IDU subsystem using a fiber optic link. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an ODU subsystem is adapted to provide conversion between digital and analog to thereby facilitate the use of a digital link between the ODU subsystem and a corresponding IDU subsystem. Embodiments of the present invention utilize a plurality of ODU subsystems configured according to the present invention to provide wireless communication coverage of a service area, such as to provide a wireless application termination system (WATS) hub for use in providing wireless communication links with respect to a plurality of subscriber units." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2006 (11/637,366). 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=83,45,698.PN.&OS=PN/83,45,698&RS=PN/83,45,698 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hubbell Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Hubbell, Shelton, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,345,672) developed by Bruce Lipski, Leesburg, Va., Gary M. Miller, Kearneysville, W.Va., and David O. Corp, Clifton, Va., for an "optical signal multiplexer card having front panel access to electrical and optical connectors for use in compact enclosure for optical signal multiplexer cards." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A reduced size multiplexer and, in particular, a reduced size optical signal multiplexer module is provided for use in a reduced size enclosure. The optical signal multiplexer module has electrical and optical connectors on its faceplate to provide ease in access without having to remove the optical signal multiplexer from the enclosure. The optical signal multiplexer circuit is configured in a standard Type 400 mechanics circuit board arrangement. The optical signal multiplexer module therefore can be inserted into an enclosure in a direction opposite to that in which the DS1 or DS3 connector projects from the face plate, so that the DS1 or DS3 connector remains freely accessible outside of the enclosure when the optical signal multiplexer module is fully loaded into the enclosure. DS1 and DS3 cables and optical fibers can thus be easily coupled to the DS1 and DS3 and optical connectors, respectively, when the SONET multiplexer circuit is fully loaded into the enclosure." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2011 (13/225,129). 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=83,45,672.PN.&OS=PN/83,45,672&RS=PN/83,45,672 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Metropolitan Area Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Metropolitan Area Networks, Sterling, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,345,727) developed by Douglas Greenwood, Sterling, Va., and William J. Chastain, Incline Village, Nev., for a "communication system, apparatus, and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and apparatus for wireless communications are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, frequency components present in a short duration modulated complex pulse is used to represent data to be sent. In other embodiments, the complex pulse is created, modulated, then modified to have desirable frequency characteristics. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2009 (12/464,776). 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=83,45,727.PN.&OS=PN/83,45,727&RS=PN/83,45,727 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Noblis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Noblis, Falls Church, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,345,936) developed by Mark J. Burge, Merrifield, Va., and Matthew K. Monaco, Arlington, Va., for a "multispectral iris fusion for enhancement and interoperability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multispectral iris recognition system includes a multispectral camera adapted to acquire spatially registered iris images simultaneously in at least three wavelengths and a database adapted to store the acquired iris images. A texture analysis section identifies an area within each acquired iris image having a maximum texture at each of the wavelengths. The identified areas are combined to generate an enhanced iris image. Additionally, a visible light iris image is acquired and stored along with a set of transformation mappings in a database. The acquired visible light iris image is modeled in a texture model, which clusters textures from the acquired visible light iris image. A mapping is selected from the database for each of the clusters. The selected mappings are applied to the acquired visible light iris image to generate a Near-Infrared equivalent." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2009 (12/453,364). 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=8,345,936&OS=8,345,936&RS=8,345,936 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Message Level Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Message Level, Richmond, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,347,095) developed by Brian Cunningham, Powhatan, Va., and Leslie J. Kim, Boston, for a "system and method for preventing delivery of unsolicited and undesired electronic messages by key generation and comparison." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sending device prepares a key for each electronic message sent by the device by applying an algorithm to specified data in the message and then incorporates the key in the message. A receiving device, upon receipt of an electronic message, locates the incorporated key and the data from which a sending device practicing the invention would have prepared it. The receiving device communicates a confirmation request to the purported sending device which contains the key and the data for its preparation. The sending device receives the confirmation messages and prepares a comparison key by applying the algorithm to the data in the confirmation request. The sending device replies to the confirmation request confirming that the sending device sent the message if the comparison key matches the key in the confirmation request and otherwise responds with a denial." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2010 (12/817,860). 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=8,347,095.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,095&RS=PN/8,347,095 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,347,135) developed by M. James Ho, Centreville, Va., and Samuel O. Akiwumi-Assani, Beacon, N.Y., for a "method and system of halting content delivery based on non-detection of user input." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for determining if video content provided to a device is still being viewed, without disrupting the presentation of the content. A device is monitored for input from the user, wherein the device is configured to present content to the user. A determination is made whether the user input is within a predetermined time period. A control signal is generated to change the presentation of the content without explicitly notifying the user of the change, wherein the presentation of content will cease if the user input is not within the predetermined period." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2009 (12/406,176). 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=8,347,135.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,135&RS=PN/8,347,135 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Citibank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Citibank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,347,086) developed by Steve Vlcan, Alexandria, Va., and Bikram S. Bakshi, Olney, Md., for a "system and method for automatically detecting and then self-repairing corrupt, modified of non-existent files via a communication medium." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of guaranteeing the presence of secure and tamper-proof remote files over a distributed communication medium, such as the Internet, is provided. The system and method automatically detects, and then self-repairs corrupt, modified or non-existent remote files. The method first performs an integrity check on a remote file and then determines whether the integrity check passed. If the integrity check passed, then the user goes through the authentication process as normal. If the integrity check fails, then the present invention redirects to an install module in order to prepare to reinstall the remote file. Via the install module, the present invention then reinstalls the remote file and the user is then taken through the authentication process as normal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2001 (10/015,886). 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=8,347,086.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,086&RS=PN/8,347,086 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Data Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- Verizon Data Services, Temple Terrace, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,347,203) developed by Edy Setiawan, Irving, Texas, Amit Singh, Irving, Texas, and Fariborz Ebrahimi, Arlington, Va., for "methods and systems for defining a form navigational structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for defining a form navigational structure associated with at least one node in a process flow may comprise selecting a node form for the at least one node in the process flow, the node form identifying a plurality of displayable forms. Furthermore, the systems and methods may include defining a plurality of node steps for the node, each node step corresponding to a displayable screen associated with a subset of the plurality of displayable forms. Moreover, the systems and methods may include establishing a hierarchical tree structure associating the plurality of node steps, branches in the hierarchical tree structure having associated validation rules." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2005 (11/252,566). 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=8,347,203.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,203&RS=PN/8,347,203 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Customized Rule Application as Function of Avatar Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,347,217) developed by four co-inventors for a "customized rule application as function of avatar data." The co-inventors are David C. Brillhart, Orlando, Fla., Christopher J. Dawson, Herndon, Va., Michael D. Kendzierski, New York, and James W. Seaman II, Herndon, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, services, articles of manufacture comprising computer readable programs, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for customizing an avatar behavior rule within a virtual universe environment as a function of individual avatar data. It is determined whether the activity of an avatar is relevant to a behavior rule for a virtual universe. If the activity is determined to be relevant to the rule, the rule is customized for the avatar as a function of individual avatar data associated with the avatar, and it is determined whether the activity exceeds a violation threshold of the customized rule. If the activity is determined to exceed the customized rule violation threshold, an appropriate action is taken as specified by the customized rule." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2009 (12/629,160). 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=8,347,217.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,217&RS=PN/8,347,217 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 3 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,347,044) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-processor based programmable logic controller and method for operating the same." The co-inventors are Weihua Shang, Shanghai, China, Yongzhi Liu, Shanghai, China, William Henry Lueckenbach, Charlottesville, Va., Li Liu, Shanghai, China, and Yu Zhang, Shanghai, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmable logic processor (PLC) with multiple PLC functions is disclosed. The PLC includes at least one memory storing at least one of a plurality of programs or data, and one or more processor assigned to each of the PLC function and couple to the memory. The PLC functions are run in parallel. A method of operating the PLC and a PLC system with multiple processors are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/571,142). 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=8,347,044.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,044&RS=PN/8,347,044 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. -1109766 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |