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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (Aug. 4)
[August 04, 2011]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (Aug. 4)


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Caching Role-specific Fragments ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 3 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,987,239) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for caching role-specific fragments." The co-inventors are Rajesh S. Agarwalla, Pittsburgh, James R.H. Challenger, Garrison, N.Y., George P. Copeland, Austin, Texas, Arun K. Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Mark H. Linehan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Subbarao Meduri, Pittsburgh.



The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for a fragment caching methodology. After a message is received at a computing device, a fragment in the message body is cached. Cache ID rules from an origin server accompany a fragment to describe a method for forming a unique cache ID for the fragment such that dynamic content can be cached away from an origin server. A cache ID may be based on a URI and/or query parameters and/or cookies that are associated with a fragment. After user authentication, a cookie containing the user's role may be used in subsequent requests for role-specific fragments and in the cache identifier for role-specific fragments, thereby allowing requests from other users for role-specific fragments to be resolved in the cache when the users have the same role because these users would also have the same cookie." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2007 (11/854,606). 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=7,987,239.PN.&OS=PN/7,987,239&RS=PN/7,987,239 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,987,504) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for routing signals intended for one device through another device connected to a shared access network." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Stone, Newtown, Pa., Leonard G. Filomeo, San Diego, Richard S. Grzeczkowski, Perkasie, Pa., and Andrea C. Harriman, Yardely, Pa.


The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (100) and method (200) for delivering conditional access information to a conditional access controlled device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol. The conditional access information is delivered through a conditional access controlled device (110) compatible with the conditional access transmission protocol via a home network connection (130) between the conditional access controlled devices and according to a home network transmission protocol with which both conditional access controlled devices are compatible. The device (110) compatible with the conditional access transmission protocol receives the conditional access information on behalf of the device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol, reformats the received conditional access information according to the home network transmission protocol, and transmits the reformatted information to the device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol according to the home network transmission protocol and via the home network connection (130)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2005 (11/315,858). 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=7,987,504&OS=7,987,504&RS=7,987,504 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Position Computation in a Positioning System Using Synchronization Time Bias ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,991,414) developed by Wyatt Thomas Riley, Wayne, Pa., and Grant Alexander Marshall, Campbell, Calif., for a "position computation in a positioning system using synchronization time bias." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for computing a positioning solution for a mobile unit based on signals received from the satellite navigation system and the wireless communication system. The techniques allow for, and resolve, a synchronization bias that constrains a system time for the satellite navigation system and a system time for the wireless communication system relative to each other. The mobile unit may utilize the defined constraint to compute a position solution in environments where additional independent measurements would otherwise be required. The mobile unit may incorporate Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) functionality to validate the position and time solutions derived from each of received signals. According to the techniques described herein, the mobile unit may be able to utilize the defined synchronization bias to apply RAIM or similar techniques in environments where such techniques would otherwise be indeterminate." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2009 (12/364,399). 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=7,991,414.PN.&OS=PN/7,991,414&RS=PN/7,991,414 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** United Video Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- United Video Properties, Tulsa, Okla. has been assigned a patent (7,987,480) developed by Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, Colo., and Daniel C. Hagenbuch, Holland, Pa., for a "interactive electronic television program guide with database configurability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interactive television program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide is implemented on user television equipment containing a memory. The system allocates the memory among different categories of program guide data used by the program guide. When new channels are added to the channel line-up, the program guide adjusts its memory allocation accordingly. When it is desired to install a new non-program-guide application on the user television equipment in addition to the program guide, memory can be reallocated to accommodate the new application." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2005 (11/111,261). 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=7,987,480&OS=7,987,480&RS=7,987,480 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,991,817) developed by Andre M. DeHon, Philadelphia, and Nachiket Kapre, Philadelphia, for a "method and a circuit using an associative calculator for calculating a sequence of non-associative operations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method that use an associative calculator for calculating a sequence of non-associative operations on a set of input data, comprising: using the associative calculator to calculate from the set of input data an evaluated value of each operation of said sequence as if the non-associative operations were associative operations; detecting if some of the evaluated values are erroneous; if there are erroneous evaluated values, correcting the erroneous evaluated values; and if there are no erroneous evaluated value, outputting as the result of the sequence of non-associative operations the evaluated value of the last operation of the sequence." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2007 (11/655,745). 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=7,991,817&OS=7,991,817&RS=7,991,817 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** McAfee Assigned Patent for Network Analysis System and Method Utilizing Collected Metadata ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- McAfee, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,991,827) developed by Brent S. Whitmore, York, Pa., William J. La Cholter, Washington, and Geoff Lawler, Baltimore, for a "network analysis system and method utilizing collected metadata." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and computer program product are provided for analyzing network traffic associated with network services. Initially, network traffic and metadata are collected from a network. Thereafter, the network traffic is analyzed utilizing the metadata." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2002 (10/294,363). 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=7,991,827&OS=7,991,827&RS=7,991,827 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Propagation of Updates for Attributes of a Storage Object from an Owner Node of the Storage Object to Other Nodes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,991,822) developed by four co-inventors for a "propagation of updates for attributes of a storage object from an owner node of the storage object to other nodes." The co-inventors are Thomas William Bish, Tucson, Ariz., Mark Albert Reid, Tucson, Ariz., Joseph M. Swingler, Tucson, Ariz., and Michael Wayne Young, Pittsburgh.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Local versions of attributes of a storage object are maintained at a plurality of nodes, wherein a first attribute designates a first node of the plurality of nodes as an owner node for the storage object, and wherein a second attribute includes information to resolve validity of ownership of the storage object among the plurality of nodes. The owner node communicates changes to be made to the local versions of the attributes at other nodes of the plurality of nodes. A second node of the plurality of nodes requests ownership of the storage object. The first attribute is updated to designate the second node of the plurality of nodes as the owner node, in response to determining from the second attribute that the validity of ownership of the storage object allows the second node to inherit ownership of the storage object once the first node surrenders ownership of the storage object." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2007 (11/847,214). 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=7,991,822&OS=7,991,822&RS=7,991,822 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Lock Acquisition Among Nodes of Divided Cluster ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,991,753) developed by 12 co-inventors for "lock acquisition among nodes of divided cluster." The co-inventors are Sudhir G. Rao, Portland, Ore., Myung M. Bae, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Thomas K. Clark, Gresham, Ore., Douglas Griffith, Apex, N.C., Roger L. Haskin, Morgan Hill, Calif., Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, Ariz., Felipe Knop, Lagrangeville, N.Y., Soumitra Sarkar, Cary, N.C., Frank B. Schmuck, Campbell, Calif., Theodore B. Vojnovich, Cary, N.C., xYi Vojnovich, Pittsburgh, and Robert Curran, West Harley, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The acquisition of a lock among nodes of a divided cluster is disclosed. A method is performable by each of at least one node of the cluster. A node waits for a delay corresponding to its identifier. The node asserts intent to acquire the lock by writing its identifier to X and Y variables where another node has failed to acquire the lock. The node waits for another node to acquire the lock where the other node has written to X, and proceeds where Y remains equal to its own identifier. The node waits for another node to acquire the lock where the other node has written to a Z variable, and writes its own identifier to Z and proceeds where the other node has failed. The node writes a value to Y indicating that it is acquiring the lock, and maintains acquisition by periodically writing to Z." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2004 (10/851,812). 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=7,991,753&OS=7,991,753&RS=7,991,753 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Google Assigned Patent for Intrusive Feature Classification Model ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,991,710) developed by nine co-inventors for an "intrusive feature classification model." The co-inventors are Mark Palatucci, Pittsburgh, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Mountain View, Calif., Niels Provos, Mountain View, Calif., Christopher K. Monson, Swissvale, Pa., Yunkai Zhou, Sewickley, Pa., Kamal P. Nigam, Pittsburgh, Clayton W. Bavor Jr., San Francisco, Eric L. Davis, San Jose, Calif., and Rachel Nakauchi, San Francisco.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Landing pages associated with advertisements are partitioned into training landing pages and testing landing pages. Iterative training and testing of a classification mode on intrusion features of the partitioned landing pages is conducted until the occurrence of a cessation event. Feature weights are derived from the iterative training and testing, and are associated with the intrusion features. The associated feature weights and intrusion features can be used to classify other landing pages." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2008 (12/041,309). 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=7,991,710&OS=7,991,710&RS=7,991,710 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,984,677) developed by five co-inventors for an "altitude compensation system for naturally aspirated railroad locomotive." The co-inventors are Mikhail Meltser, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Bryan Thomas Jett, Erie, Pa., Neil Xavier Blythe, North East, Pa., Ronald Bauerle, Erie, Pa., and Ajith Kumar, Erie, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A railroad locomotive includes a naturally aspirated reciprocating internal combustion engine driving a traction generator. A speed control system and load regulator provide an output signal which is operated upon and modified by a controller in response to the barometric pressure at which the locomotive is being operated." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2007 (11/678,171). 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=7984677.PN.&OS=PN/7984677&RS=PN/7984677 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** VideoMining Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- VideoMining, State College, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,987,111) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for characterizing physical retail spaces by determining the demographic composition of people in the physical retail spaces utilizing video image analysis." The co-inventors are Rajeev Sharma, State College, Pa., Satish Mummareddy, Washington, Jeff Hershey, Norfolk, Va., and Hankyu Moon, State College, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a method and system for characterizing physical space based on automatic demographics measurement, using a plurality of means for capturing images and a plurality of computer vision technologies. The present invention is called demographic-based retail space characterization (DBR). Although the disclosed method is described in the context of retail space, the present invention can be applied to any physical space that has a restricted boundary. In the present invention, the physical space characterization can comprise various types of characterization depending on the objective of the physical space, and it is one of the objectives of the present invention to provide the automatic demographic composition measurement to facilitate the physical space characterization. The demographic classification and composition measurement of people in the physical space is performed automatically based on a novel usage of a plurality of means for capturing images and a plurality of computer vision technologies on the captured visual information of the people in the physical space. The plurality of computer vision technologies can comprise face detection, person tracking, body parts detection, and demographic classification of the people, on the captured visual information of the people in the physical space." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2007 (11/978,021). 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=79,87,111.PN.&OS=PN/79,87,111&RS=PN/79,87,111 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,991,608) developed by Michael R. Johnson, State College, Pa., and Bruce E. Peoples, State College, Pa., for a multilingual data querying.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, a method for multilingual data querying, includes determining a word ontology of a base word in a source language, generating a set of words representing the word ontology of the base word, translating at least a subset of the set of words into a target language and translating the at least a subset of the set of words from the target language into the source language of the base word." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2006 (11/468,853). 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=7991608.PN.&OS=PN/7991608&RS=PN/7991608 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Software Entity for the Creation of a Hybrid Cycle Simulation Model ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,987,086) developed by Gary A. Van Huben, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Edward J. Kamindki Jr., Wynnewood, Pa., and Elspeth Anne Huston, Fishkill, N.Y., for a "software entity for the creation of a hybrid cycle simulation model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a software entity for constructing a Hybrid Cycle Simulation model comprising Compiled Data Units (CDUs) for use in design verification. The simulation model may contain a plurality of 1-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation throughput, and 2-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation accuracy, or a mixture thereof. Utilizing a netlist tool extracting hierarchical design source components for use, the construction checks that all inputs and outputs of any hierarchical design source components bind, and employs Object Traversal Directives for incorporating the selected CDUs into the simulation model. A data management method is used for tracking the validity of the components in the model. Additionally, a software entity (FACDDR) permits high bandwidth simulation of design components normally requiring cycle accurate simulation. FACDDR provides linkages for standard logic elements for abstracting one or more design interface components out of a cycle simulation environment and design interface emulation of an interface which interacts with a cycle simulation model through an API to extract present value of driving side signals of an interface and to set the cycle simulation model on the receiving side." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/248,951). 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=79,87,086.PN.&OS=PN/79,87,086&RS=PN/79,87,086 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,987,167) developed by four co-inventors for an "enabling a clustered namespace with redirection." The co-inventors are Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, Michael Eisler, Colorado Springs, Colo., E. Rudolph Nedved, Mercer, Pa., and Emily Eng, San Francisco.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a method and system for redirecting data access requests in a clustered computing environment. A clustered namespace applied to the clustered computing environment includes multiple modules for storing and manipulating data. The clustered namespace is enabled by using a replicated storage location repository listing storage locations distributed throughout the clustered computing environment. When searching for data, pathnames to storage locations are examined and compared with values listed in the storage location repository to identify a storage location to visit. A module associated with an identified storage location is visited to satisfy a data access request. If a redirection identifier is encountered when examining the metadata of the identified storage location, then the storage location repository is examined to find the next storage location to visit to satisfy the data access request." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2006 (11/499,493). 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=7,987,167.PN.&OS=PN/7,987,167&RS=PN/7,987,167 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,991,160) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for securing wireless communications." The co-inventors are Louis J. Guccione, East Chester, N.Y., Inhyok Cha, Yardley, Pa., Alexander Reznik, Titusville, N.J., Chunxuan Ye, King of Prussia, Pa., and Renuka Racha, Kings Park, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node B, respectively, perform joint randomness not shared by others (JRNSO) measurement to generate JRNSO bits based on a channel estimate between the WTRU and the Node B. The WTRU and the Node B then perform a reconciliation procedure to generate a common JRNSO bits. The Node B sends the common JRNSO bits to a serving network. The WTRU and the SN secure a session key (such as an integrity key, a cipher key and an anonymity key), using the common JRNSO bits. The JRNSO measurements are performed on an on-going basis, and the session key is updated using a new set of common JRNSO bits. The JRNSO bits may be expanded by using a pseudorandom number generator (PNG) or a windowing technique. A handover may be intentionally induced to increase the JRNSO bits generation rate." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2007 (11/736,830). 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=7,991,160.PN.&OS=PN/7,991,160&RS=PN/7,991,160 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Grape Technology Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Grape Technology Group, Bethlehem, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,991,140) developed by Robert Pines, New York, Christine Baumeister, Harleysville, Pa., and John Blakeney, Macungie, Pa., for an "enhanced directory assistance system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An enhanced directory assistance system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from at least one caller desiring to receive directions. A direction module is configured to receive a desired destination information provided by the caller and the location of the caller. The direction module is further configured to provide directions to the caller based on the destination and the caller location information, where the system maintains a preferred destination listing configured to store a preferred destination information relating to a destination request frequently requested by the caller, such that when the system recognizes the caller, the desired destination is populated directly from the preferred destination information." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2006 (11/589,292). 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=7,991,140.PN.&OS=PN/7,991,140&RS=PN/7,991,140 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,987,302) developed by four co-inventors for "techniques for managing priority queues and escalation considerations in USB wireless communication systems." The co-inventors are Wilhelmus Diepstraten, Haghorst, The Netherlands, Aart Jan M. Geurtsen, Almere, The Netherlands, Steven E. Strauss, Orefield, Pa., and Mark Trafford, Fleetwood, Pa.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) system assigns a first priority level to a first USB endpoint and a second priority level that is lower than the first priority level to a second USB endpoint. The USB system has memory that stores first USB data packets corresponding to the first priority level and second USB data packets corresponding to the second priority level. The USB system also has a controller that manages transfers of (i) the first USB data packets to the first USB endpoint and (ii) the second USB data packets to the second USB endpoint. If the memory concurrently stores first and second USB data packets, then the controller determines an order for transferring the first and second USB data packets based on the second priority level being lower than the first priority level and/or detection of a starvation condition for the second endpoint." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2009 (12/483,611). 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=7,987,302.PN.&OS=PN/7,987,302&RS=PN/7,987,302 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Topcon Positioning Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Topcon Positioning Systems, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,991,222) developed by Jerry Dimsdale, Oakland, Calif., Andrew Lewis, Berkeley, Calif., and William Chen, Lafayette Hill, Pa., for a "method and apparatus for high resolution 3D imaging as a function of camera position, camera trajectory and range." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for imaging a three-dimensional scene having one or more objects. The system includes a light source, a detector array, a timing circuit, an inertial guidance system and a processor connected to the timing circuit and the inertial guidance system. The light source generates an optical pulse and projects the optical pulse on an object so that it is reflected as a reflected pulse. The detector array includes a plurality of detectors, wherein the detectors are oriented to receive the reflected pulse. The timing circuit determines when the reflected pulse reached detectors on the detector array. The inertial guidance system measures angular velocity and acceleration. The processor forms a composite image of the three-dimensional scene as a function of camera position and range to objects in the three-dimensional scene." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2010 (12/701,371). 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=7,991,222.PN.&OS=PN/7,991,222&RS=PN/7,991,222 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Telepharmacy Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Telepharmacy Solutions, Buffalo Grove, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,991,507) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method for controlling a drug dispensing system." The co-inventors are Harold J. Liff, Lexington, Mass., Brian T. Hart, Bedford, Mass., Robert L. Wallace, Pepperell, Mass., Arthur A. Berube, Hampstead, N.H., Richard D. Hart, Irving, Texas, Enea W. Bossi, Philadelphia, and David Bossi, legal representative, Philiadelphia.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2002 (10/315,963). 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=7991507.PN.&OS=PN/7991507&RS=PN/7991507 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Hologic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Hologic, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,991,106) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography gain calibration and image correction using gain map information from selected projection angles." The co-inventors are Baorui Ren, Andover, Mass., Andrew P. Smith, Lexington, Mass., Zhenxue Jing, Chadds Ford, Pa., and Jay Stein, Boston.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography system and method in which a mammography gain map is used to gain correct mammographic images of a patient's breast but enhanced gain maps for respective projection angled are used to correct tomosynthesis images acquired with the same system." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2009 (12/507,450). 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=7,991,106.PN.&OS=PN/7,991,106&RS=PN/7,991,106 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Cellco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Cellco, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,991,381) developed by Kevin F. Dunne, North Brunswick, N.J., James McHenry, Point Pleasant, Pa., and Mitch Lefkofsky, Rockaway, N.J., for a "hierarchical telematics emergency call direction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosed examples of a telematics communication method involves detecting a condition signifying an emergency, and in response attempting a first wireless call directed to a call center of a telematics service provider, using a primary voice communication facility. If the first wireless call attempt fails, an attempt to complete at least one second wireless call directed to the call center is made, using one or more alternate voice communication facilities. Upon failure of the secondary call attempt(s), the method involves attempting to establish a wireless data communication with the call center, using a non-voice wireless communication facility." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2007 (11/785,448). 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=7,991,381&OS=7,991,381&RS=7,991,381 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Magnolia Broadband Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Magnolia Broadband, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,991,365) developed by Yair Karmi, Bridgewater, N.J., and Eduardo Abreu, Allentown, Pa., for a "method, system and apparatus for estimation of propagation path variability of a transmit diversity channel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for dynamic adaptation of transmit diversity parameters according to detected dynamics that may be, for example, related to changes in actual propagation and network conditions, and may be referred to as mobility parameters. Mobility parameters may apply to variability in a propagation path due to any conditions. Determination of a mobility parameter may be conducted using one or more of multiple parameters available to the mobile terminal." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2007 (11/712,569). 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=7,991,365&OS=7,991,365&RS=7,991,365 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand.

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