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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (June 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Georgia. *** Reflexis Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Reflexis Systems, Needham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,990) developed by Stan Hawkins, Snellville, Ga., Thomas Swiedler, Roswell, Ga., and Charles Turner, Jacksonville, Fla., for a "system and method for managing asset installation and evaluation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Efficient and effective centralized management of automated field force installation and evaluation of assets. Service representatives can each perform an asset installation and/or an asset evaluation with the aid of a handheld device. The handheld device can display worksheets comprising a sequence of instructions and prompts related to the installation/evaluation. In performing the asset installation/evaluation, the service representative can follow the instructions and enter responses to the prompts into the handheld device. The handheld device can communicate with a server to download the worksheets onto the handheld device and to upload from the handheld device data related to the installation/evaluation. Authorized users' network devices can interact with a reporting module of the server to generate reports based on the uploaded data. The reports can provide the authorized users with real-time or near real-time information about the service representatives' performance and about particular assets, including, e.g., information about particular asset installations/evaluations." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/323,562). 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=7,957,990.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,990&RS=PN/7,957,990 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fluke Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Fluke, Everett, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,958,190) developed by Bruce Kosbab, Colorado Springs, Colo., Dan Prescott, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Doug Roberts, McDonough, Ga., for a "method and apparatus of end-user response time determination for both TCP and non-TCP protocols." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "End-user response time in a network is determined by an analyzer which measures client data transfer time, server response time, server data transfer time and, if the protocol is a TCP protocol, further measuring server network round trip time. End-user response time may be approximated by the sum of these determined times." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,932). 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=7,958,190&OS=7,958,190&RS=7,958,190 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Blue Trend Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Blue Trend, Duluth, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,957,980) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for the prevention of extended utility theft." The co-inventors are Michael Anderson, Atlanta, Anthony Anderson, Dacula, Ga., Rob Keith Johnson, Sharpsburg, Ga., and Brian King, Atlanta. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying utility theft include a property management system operable to receive tenant data associated with a property. A service provider in communication with the property management system receives the tenant data from the property management system via a network such as the Internet, where the tenant data identifies a tenant responsible for payment of a utility service associated with a utility service account. The service provider, which may be a utility, compares the tenant data to utility data to determine if the tenant corresponds to a utility service account. A notification module provides one or more alerts identifying when the tenant fails to correspond to the utility service account." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,201). 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=7,957,980.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,980&RS=PN/7,957,980 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,765) developed by four co-inventors for a "mobile phone with integrated wireless camera." The co-inventors are Mark Edward Causey, Tucker, Ga., Scott Andrus, Prior Lake, Minn., Adrianne B. Luu, Roswell, Ga., and Kevin W. Jones, St. Louis Park, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless mobile telecommunications device includes a detachable camera that wirelessly communicates data with the device body. The device is usable not only to make and receive telephone calls in the conventional manner but also to take photographs or video. When the camera portion is detached from the device body, the camera can be used in essentially the same manner as any digital photography or video camera. Images captured by the camera are wirelessly transmitted to the device body." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2007 (11/754,058). 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=7,957,765.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,765&RS=PN/7,957,765 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** UQast Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- UQast, Douglasville, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,958,127) developed by Andy Edmonds, Norcross, Ga., and Brad Fallon, Norcross, Ga., for a "tag-mediated review system for electronic content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tag-mediated review system for electronic content that ranks content based upon several ascertainable factors, including the implicit engagement with the content by users (typically online viewers); the expertise and success in the topical domain by reviewers; and the review activity of users or viewers. The system extends implicit metrics to tracking of user interaction including the receipt of video and audio content over the web. Document ranking is mediated by tags that identify the subject matter addressed by an associated document as the ranking mediators for computing content quality scores values for user and reviewer activity. The tag-mediated content quality scores, which are content quality scores for the subject matter area identified by the associated tags, can be exposed to end-users and used directly or indirectly to complement search engine retrieval algorithms." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,473). 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=7958127.PN.&OS=PN/7958127&RS=PN/7958127 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tacoda Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Tacoda, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,958,106) developed by Joseph G. Wilson IV, Roswell, Ga., Donald J. Locker, Lebanon, Pa., and Arthur G. Dolimpio Jr., Souderton, Pa., for a "system and method for determining client metadata using a dynamic rules engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for determining client metadata using a dynamic rules engine is disclosed. The system may include a universal data agent, a site management tool, a targeting engine, an ad server, and a data warehouse. When a visitor visits a site on a content delivery system, the universal data agent and targeting engine may collect data about the visitor and site. The site management tool may configure the universal data agent and provided current rules for the dynamic rules engine. The collected data may be stored in the data warehouse and evaluated in the dynamic rules engine to produce a content category. The ad server may use the content category to serve targeted ads and/or other content to the visitor." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2008 (12/076,174). 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=7958106.PN.&OS=PN/7958106&RS=PN/7958106 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Collecting and Processing File System Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,958,095) developed by John Anderson Campbell, Canton, Ga., for "methods and apparatus for collecting and processing file system data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage area network management application provides a data collection agent that processes storage information concerning storage entities such as file systems in a storage area network environment by receiving a data collection policy identifying storage information to be collected concerning a set of storage entities in a storage area network environment. The agent collects storage information concerning the set of storage entities according to the data collection policy and processes the collected storage information to produce at least one summary record of the storage information for the set of storage entities. The summary record(s) contain a summary of the collected storage information for the set of storage entities calculated according to the data collection policy. The agent transfers the summary record(s) from the data collection agent to a storage management application for presentation to a user of the storage management application. This offloads processing requirements of the management application to the agents." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2009 (12/466,265). 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=7958095.PN.&OS=PN/7958095&RS=PN/7958095 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CompuCredit Intellectual Property Holdings Corp. II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- CompuCredit Intellectual Property Holdings Corp. II, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (7,958,053) developed by Brian Stone, Alpharetta, Ga., for a "method and system for extending credit with automated repayment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for extending a firm offer of credit contingent upon receiving a one-time authorization to execute recurring automatic withdrawals from a deposit account is provided. In providing the one-time authorization to execute recurring automatic withdrawals, a prospective borrower may elect from a plurality of automatic withdrawal repayment options. One such option is electronic fund transfer, such as the initiation of a withdrawal entry into the Automated Clearing House network. A second option is by the remote creation of a paper negotiable instrument, which is then converted into an electronic substitute check capable of electronic routing. Upon receiving the one-time authorization, the lender may make recurring automatic withdrawals from the borrower's deposit account." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2006 (11/415,645). 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=7958053.PN.&OS=PN/7958053&RS=PN/7958053 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Poledo Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Poledo Holdings, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,957,773) developed by Poh C. Chua, Fairfax, Va., and Cheri L. Bradley, Auburn, Ga., for a "system and method for enabling safe hands-free operation of a wireless telephone in a vehicle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for using a wireless telephone in a vehicle in a hands-free mode. The wireless telephone and the vehicle have corresponding mating units. When a predetermined condition is satisfied while the mating units are not united, one of the wireless telephone and the vehicle is disabled. The predetermined condition can be one of several situations. For example, one condition may be that an attempt is being made to use the wireless telephone in the vehicle while the vehicle is moving. Another condition may be that an attempt is being made to move the vehicle while the wireless telephone is being used in a wireless communication session within the vehicle. When the mating units are united, the vehicle functions normally and the wireless telephone operates in a hands-free mode." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2003 (10/725,579). 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=7,957,773.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,773&RS=PN/7,957,773 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,771) developed by four co-inventors for a "hands-free conferencing apparatus and method for use with a wireless telephone." The co-inventors are Melvin D. Frerking, Norcross, Ga., Tamara Kimble, Atlanta, Christopher Penrose, West Hartford, Conn., and Alonzo L. Watts, Roswell, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hands-free teleconferencing apparatus for use with a wireless telephone for enabling multiple users to participate in a telephone call in a hands-free environment. An adapter of the apparatus configured to connect to a wireless telephone includes circuitry for communicating with at least two external speakers and at least one external microphone. The communications between the adapter and the external speakers and microphone may be wired or wireless. If wired, the external speakers and microphone may be part of respective earbud devices or headsets that connect to the adapter. Each earbud device includes an acoustic transducer that functions as an audio speaker and may include a microphone that converts the users' voices into electric audio signals. If wireless, the external speakers and microphone may be in respective headsets that have respective wireless transducers for communicating wirelessly with respective wireless transducers in the adapter." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2004 (10/872,797). 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=7,957,771.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,771&RS=PN/7,957,771 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1050486 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |