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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (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 Florida. *** Connecticut, Florida Inventors Develop Patent for Disposable Low Profile Transvenous Electrode System for Sequentially Pacing the Heart's Right Atrium and Right Ventricle (AV) ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 -- Frank Avellanet, Westport, Conn., and Eduardo de Marchena, Miami, have developed a patent (7,957,819) for a "disposable low profile transvenous electrode system for sequentially pacing the heart's right atrium and right ventricle (AV)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A low profile transvenous electrode system for use in an emergency to sequentially pace both the atrium and ventricle of the heart in a dual chamber mode that includes a plurality of pre-formed, pre-shaped resilient insulated electrical wires bundled together in a tubular, flexible retaining sheath that is used as a guide and delivery system during insertion and removal of the electrode system. When the sheath is retracted, it allows the wires to escape from the sheath and because of their pre-formed shape, each wire having memory, the wires spread out and contact the endocardial surfaces inside the ventricle and atrium chambers. Each of the wires have ball tips to provide high current density and sensitivity." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/612,690). 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=79,57,819&OS=79,57,819&RS=79,57,819 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for Methods for Cleaning Lines on a Game Playing Surface ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- David Wright Young, Orlando, Fla., has developed a patent (7,957,859) for "methods for cleaning lines on a game playing surface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for clearing lines on a playing surface is provided. The method includes automatic direction of a cleaning device along the lines to clean the lines. The method also preferably includes calibrating the means of measuring the distances moved by the cleaning device along the surface. Associated software is provided as well." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2007 (11/810,418). 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=7,957,859.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,859&RS=PN/7,957,859 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Quadrus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Quadrus, Huntsville, Ala., has been assigned a patent (7,958,267) developed by Jan Phillippe Eiras, Wellington, Fla., and Martin Ripper, Palmdale, Calif., for a "message traffic interception system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a message traffic interception system including a computer-readable medium, a protocol independent execution manager module stored on the medium, the execution manager module having one or more scenario modules which can process an array of predetermined rules for intercepted message traffic, and an interface communication emulator module communicatively coupling protocol-specific message traffic to the execution manager." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2002 (10/065,793). 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=7,958,267&OS=7,958,267&RS=7,958,267 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Digital Doors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Digital Doors, Miami Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,958,268) developed by Ron M. Redlich, Miami Beach, Fla., and Martin A. Nemzow, Miami Beach, Fla., for a "data security system and method adjunct to a browser, telecom or encryption program." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Data security for processing data or securing browser-input data operates on security sensitive content which is extracted, then either encrypted or stored in remote extract stores, and processed separate from remainder data. Extracted data, in one system, is remotely stored. Other methods attach, append, add or insert an encrypted version of the extract content to the document. The browser system operates with an extract store. Remainder data is sent to the addressee or designated client by the web server. The addressee is permitted to retrieve the extracted data from said extract store only with a security clearance and hence, reconstruct the source input data with the extract data. In other systems, the addressee reconstructs the input by decryption and integration. The browser method extracts data, facilitates the storage, forwards the remainder data to a target. Financial data or credit card scrubber may use pop-up windows for enablement." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2007 (11/682,941). 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=7,958,268&OS=7,958,268&RS=7,958,268 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for Method, System and Apparatus for Encouraging Frequent and Purposeful Electronic Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Ted Lindsay, Ocala, Fla., has developed a patent (7,958,201) for a "method, system and apparatus for encouraging frequent and purposeful electronic communications from caregivers to individuals with impaired memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented system and method for encouraging frequent and purposeful electronic communications from caregivers to individuals with impaired memory to, inter alia, alleviate feelings of isolation and improve memory. The system includes a Web-based application through which caregivers send text, image, voice and other forms of data for receipt by the sufferer on a PDA having a simple user interface. The Web application records the dates and nature (i.e., text, audio, photograph, video) of communications sent by each caregiver, processes the data in order to display it in a variety of meaningful ways to all caregivers, thus creating a peer-pressure environment to encourage more frequent communication. The Web application can also be programmed to send electronic reminders to all caregivers who opt-in to the service requesting that they send a communication to the sufferer, and more particularly to individual caregivers whose frequency of communication has been inadequate relative to a group of caregivers or to predefined expectations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2009 (12/583,107). 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=7,958,201&OS=7,958,201&RS=7,958,201 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 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. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods For Building a Native Language Phoneme Lexicon ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,969) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for building a native language phoneme lexicon having native pronunciations of non-native words derived from non-native pronunciatons." The co-inventors are Neal Alewine, Lake Worth, Fla., Eric Janke, Winchester, United Kingdom, Paul Sharp, Workingham Bershire, United Kingdom, and Roberto Sicconi, Ridgefield, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for automatically building a native phonetic lexicon for a speech-based application trained to process a native (base) language, wherein the native phonetic lexicon includes native phonetic transcriptions (base forms) for non-native (foreign) words which are automatically derived from non-native phonetic transcriptions of the non-native words." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/243,389). 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=7,957,969.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,969&RS=PN/7,957,969 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,957,976) developed by Charles W. Cross Jr., Wellington, Fla., and Hilary A. Pike, College Station, Texas, for an "establishing a multimodal advertising personality for a sponsor of a multimodal application." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Establishing a multimodal advertising personality for a sponsor of a multimodal application, including associating one or more vocal demeanors with a sponsor of a multimodal application and presenting a speech portion of the multimodal application for the sponsor using at least one of the vocal demeanors associated with the sponsor." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2006 (11/530,921). 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=7,957,976.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,976&RS=PN/7,957,976 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method for Data Management and Data Rendering for Disparate Data Types ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,958,131) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for data management and data rendering for disparate data types." The co-inventors are William K. Bodin, Austin, Texas, David Jaramillo, Lake Worth, Fla., Jerry W. Redman, Cedar Park, Texas, and Derral C. Thorson, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for data management and data rendering for disparate data types that include aggregating data of disparate data types from disparate data sources, synthesizing the aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type, identifying an action in dependence upon the synthesized data, and executing the identified action. Data management and data rendering for disparate data types may also include channelizing the synthesized data and presenting the synthesized data to a user through one or more channels." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2005 (11/207,912). 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=7,958,131&OS=7,958,131&RS=7,958,131 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,957,763) developed by Manuel J. Leon, Lake Worth, Fla., and Sophia L. Chang Stilwell, Tamarac, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for selecting call list numbers based on entry/exit to a WLAN." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication device (100) includes a transceiver (204) that is operable to communicate with a first wireless communication network (104) and a second wireless communication network (106). The device (100) also includes a memory (216) for storing at least a first destination-device identifier (304) associated with the first wireless communication network (104) and a second destination-device identifier (306) associated with the second wireless communication network (106). The device (100) further includes a controller (210) coupled to the transceiver (204) and the memory (216), for determining whether the device is within coverage of the first wireless communication network (104) and causing only the first destination-device identifier (304) to be selected from the memory (216) if the device is within coverage of the first wireless communication network (104) and causing only the second destination-device identifier (306) to be selected from the memory (216) if the device is outside the coverage of the first wireless communication network (104)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2005 (11/293,898). 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=7,957,763.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,763&RS=PN/7,957,763 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,957,715) developed by Robert E. Stengel, Pompano Beach, Fla., for a "spectrally constrained local oscillator switching." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and frequency converter for a radio rapid frequency signal scanning and including a local oscillator signal synthesis source (112) producing a local oscillator signal (502) with local oscillator bursts (210). The local oscillator bursts (210) contain pulse width modulated RF frequency pulses (602). Each local oscillator burst having, for a pre-determined duration, RF frequency pulses within an effective amplitude above a pre-determined threshold (260). Each local oscillator burst (210) having also has effective amplitude pulse shaping envelope (504) that reduces at least one frequency domain component magnitude (310) of the local oscillator signal (300). A radio frequency mixer (110) receives an RF signal input (104) and the local oscillator signal to produce an output signal (160) at a frequency related to a combination of a frequency of the RF signal input and a frequency of the local oscillator signal." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2008 (12/121,102). 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=7,957,715.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,715&RS=PN/7,957,715 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Baxter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Baxter International, Deerfield, Ill., and Baxter Healthcare, Glattpark (Opfikon), Switzerland, have been assigned a patent (7,957,927) developed by Bruce E. Huitt, Odessa, Fla., Douglas E. Vincent, Pelham, N.H., and Gideon Hecht, Seminole, Fla., for a "temperature compensation for pneumatic pumping system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Temperature compensation is applied to correct for temperature mismatch between a reference chamber and a disposable chamber in a pneumatic pumping system for dialysis fluid for peritoneal dialysis. The mismatch creates an error in the calculation of pumping volume of dialysate fluid. Applying a correction for the temperature mismatch helps to more precisely control the volume of dialysate that is metered to the patient. Also disclosed are ways to keep temperatures constant and to use temperature sensors to accurately measure the temperatures of the chambers. In other aspects, the temperature of the dialysate fluid itself may be measured and used to apply a correction to the volume of fluid that is pumped to the patient." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2007 (11/773,525). 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=7,957,927.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,927&RS=PN/7,957,927 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Contractpower Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Contractpower, West Palm Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,958,042) developed by Wesley E. Burns, West Palm Beach, Fla., Blake H. Burns, Miami, and Charles R. Paris, Nixa, Mo., for a "system and method for auctioning bids on construction projects." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized multi-stage bidding system and method for bidding on construction projects is disclosed. The system utilizes Internet client-server technology. The system includes input devices for entering into the computerized system and validating member credentials, accessing construction projects, registering to bid on the construction projects, providing information relative to a type of contract the construction projects will have, sorting, accepting and rejecting bids for the construction projects, posting a winning bid in order for an owner to compare it to the project budget, having the winning bid be reviewed by an owner and architect of the construction projects, via a report provided by the system and providing a forum for new contractors to become members." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/214,892). 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=7958042.PN.&OS=PN/7958042&RS=PN/7958042 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Spectrum Bridge Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Spectrum Bridge, Lake Mary, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,958,041) developed by four co-inventors for a spectrum management system. The co-inventors are Peter Stanforth, Winter Springs, Fla., Larry W. Koos, Sanford, Fla., William W. Koos, Altamonte Springs, Fla., and Joseph M. Hamilla, Sanford, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Transferring spectrum use rights may include ascertaining information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. A request for spectrum use from a spectrum user system may be matched with available spectrum. A spectrum certificate may be issued to the spectrum user system, where the spectrum certificate contains at least one spectrum-related variable under which the spectrum user system is to engage in wireless communications." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2008 (12/042,660). 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=7958041.PN.&OS=PN/7958041&RS=PN/7958041 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. -1050485 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |