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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (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 Virginia. *** MITRE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- MITRE, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,957,853) developed by five co-inventors for a "flight restriction zone detection and avoidance." The co-inventors are Todd Michael Stock, Germantown, Md., James Daniel Nickum, Bristow, Va., Doyle Travis Peed, Roxboro, N.C., Frank J. Ruscil Jr., West Long Branch, N.J., and Jonathan L. Schwartz, Oak Hill, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product to detect and indicating TFR zone violations, potential TFR zone violations or TFR zones in vicinity of an aircraft and indicating measures to avoid or exit a TFR zone are provided. TFR zone information and an aircraft's position information are received. The aircraft's position information is processed to determine the aircraft's current heading. A TFR zone violation is determined based on the aircraft's current position. A potential TFR violation is determined based on whether the aircraft's current heading intersects a TFR zone. The presence of a TFR zone in the vicinity of the aircraft is determined based on the aircraft's current position and heading. Indicators of a TFR violation, potential TFR violation, no TFR violation or TFR zones in the vicinity are provided. If a TFR violation, or possible TFR violation or TFR zone in the vicinity are found, measures are indicated to exit the TFR zone or change the aircraft's current heading to avoid the TFR zone." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2006 (11/451,415). 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=7,957,853.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,853&RS=PN/7,957,853 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Social Network Notifications for External Updates ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,958,193) developed by eight co-inventors for "social network notifications for external updates." The co-inventors are Matt Augustine, Seattle, Jason Blankman, Kirkland, Wash., Vanesa Polo Dominguez, Redmond, Wash., Jay Fluegel, Falls Church, Va., Andrew Ginda, Seattle, Jacob DongJu Kim, Issaquah, Wash., Steve Rosato, Woodinville, Wash., and Sandeepan Sanyal, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various technologies for notifying users of a social network service of updates to services external to the social network service by members of the social network. The external service may be a typical web service, such as blogging, and video and photo sharing services. In one implementation, a member of a social network may register the external service with the social network service. Thereinafter, updates that the user makes on the external service may trigger notifications to members of the user's social network." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/147,581). 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=7,958,193&OS=7,958,193&RS=7,958,193 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Pearl Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Pearl Software, Exton, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,958,237) developed by David A. Fertell, Chester Springs, Pa., and Joseph I. Field Jr., Herndon, Va., for a "method for managing computer network access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A client computer initiates a first communication session at a first network address and receives therefrom a second network address. The client computer then initiates a second communication session at the second network address and receives therefrom an access configuration including a control setting for a communication protocol capable of being utilized during a third communication session. Concurrent with the second communication session, the client computer initiates a third communication session at a third network address whereupon the conveyance of data to or from an instantiated process on the client computer via the third communication session is controlled based on the control setting for the communication protocol." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2002 (10/055,407). 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=7,958,237&OS=7,958,237&RS=7,958,237 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VideoMining Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- VideoMining, State College, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,957,565) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for recognizing employees in a physical space based on automatic behavior analysis." The co-inventors are Rajeev Sharma, State College, Pa., Satish Mummareddy, Washington, Jeff Hershey, Norfolk, Va., and Namsoon Jung, 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 recognizing employees among the people in a physical space based on automatic behavior analysis of the people in a preferred embodiment. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the people in the physical space by a plurality of means for capturing images. The present invention processes the plurality of input images in order to understand the behavioral characteristics of the people for the employee recognition purpose. The behavior analysis can comprise a path analysis as one of the characterization methods. The path analysis collects a plurality of trip information for each tracked person during a predefined window of time. The trip information can comprise spatial and temporal attributes, such as coordinates of the person's position, trip time, trip length, and average velocity for each of the plurality of trips. Based on the employee recognition criteria applied to the trip information, the present invention distinguishes employees from non-employees during a predefined window of time. The processes are based on a novel usage of a plurality of computer vision technologies to analyze the behavior of the people from the plurality of input images." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/079,901). 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=7957565.PN.&OS=PN/7957565&RS=PN/7957565 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nextel Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,957,756) developed by Zheng Cai, Fairfax, Va., and Arun Manroa, Herndon, Va., for a "method and apparatus for floor control in multi-media push-to-talk network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for floor control in a multi-media push-to-talk network is disclosed. A device for communication in the multi-media network includes a floor request sensor. The floor request sensor includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The method includes sending a floor grant request message for a first media type in a multi-media dispatch communication session and a floor request message for a second media type in the multi-media dispatch communication session by a floor request sensor of a communications device to a dispatch network controller." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,826). 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=7,957,756.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,756&RS=PN/7,957,756 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SellerBid Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- SellerBid, Arlington, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,957,733) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for multimedia communications with different user terminals." The co-inventors are Tiehong Wang, Arlington, Va., Ning Wang, La Jolla, Calif., Ximing Wang, Beijing, Tiejun Wang, La Jolla, Calif., and William E. Halal, Washington. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multimedia communications with cross-layer optimization in multimedia communications with different user terminals. Various optimization for the delivery of multimedia content across different channels are provided concurrently to a plurality of user terminals." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/802,418). 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=7,957,733.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,733&RS=PN/7,957,733 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Computer Program Product for National Language Support ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,954) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and computer program product for national language support using a multi-language property file." The co-inventors are Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, Texas, John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, Texas, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and computer program product for national language support. National language support for an application is provided by recording translations of a text string in corresponding different languages in a single property file so as to allow display of the translations in the property file. One of the translations of the text string recorded in the property file is selected for use by an application based on a locale associated with the execution of the application and the selected one of the translations is used in the execution of the application." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2008 (12/174,874). 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=7,957,954.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,954&RS=PN/7,957,954 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. 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