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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,956,870) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing image rendering using variable rate source sampling." The co-inventors are John Michael Snyder, Redmond, Wash., John Turner Whitted, Carnation, Wash., William Thomas Blank, Bellevue, Wash., and Kirk Olynyk, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for variable source rate sampling in connection with image rendering, which accumulate and resolve over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. In accordance with the invention, the textured surface to be rendered is sampled, or oversampled, at a variable rate that reflects variations in frequency among different regions, taking into account any transformation that will be applied to the surface prior to rendering and the view parameters of the display device, thus ensuring that each bin of the rendering process receives at least a predetermined minimum number of samples. A variety of image processing applications are contemplated wherein variable rate source sampling, and accumulation and resolution of forward mapped point samples can be applied, ranging from 3-D graphics applications to applications wherein images recorded in a recording/storage environment are mapped to the arbitrary requirements of a display environment." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2004 (10/982,609). 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=7,956,870.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,870&RS=PN/7,956,870 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microvision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Microvision, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,956,858) developed by seven co-inventors for an "integrated photonics module and devices using integrated photonics modules." The co-inventors are Randall B. Sprague, Hansville, Wash., Joshua O. Miller, Woodinville, Wash., Margaret K. Brown, Seattle, Mark O. Freeman, Snohomish, Wash., Maarten Niesten, Kirkland, Wash., Bin Xue, Mukilteo, Wash., and Christopher A. Wiklof, Everett, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated photonics module includes at least one light source and a MEMS scanner coupled to and held in alignment by an optical frame configured for mounting to a host system. According to some embodiments, the integrated photonics module may include a plurality of light sources and a beam combiner coupled to the optical frame. According to some embodiments, the integrated photonics module includes a selective fold mirror configured to direct at least a portion of emitted light toward the MEMS scanner in a normal direction and pass scanned light through to a field of view. The selective fold mirror may use beam polarization to select beam passing and reflection. The integrated photonics module may include a beam rotator such as a quarter-wave plate to convert the polarization of the emitted light to a different polarization adapted for passage through the fold mirror. The integrated photonics module may include one or more light detectors." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2010 (12/896,185). 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=7,956,858.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,858&RS=PN/7,956,858 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,216) developed by Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, Wash., and John Halbert, Beaverton, Ore., for a "common memory device for variable device width and scalable pre-fetch and page size." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for a common memory device for variable device width and scalable pre-fetch and page size. In some embodiments, a common memory device (such as a DRAM) can operate in any of a number of modes including, for example, a x4 mode, a x8 mode, and a x16 mode. The page size provided by the DRAM may vary depending on the mode of the DRAM. In some embodiments, the amount of data pre-fetched by the DRAM also varies depending on the mode of the DRAM." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,192). 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=7,957,216.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,216&RS=PN/7,957,216 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Notifying Network Contacts of Inquiries ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,510) developed by six co-inventors for "notifying network contacts of inquiries." The co-inventors are Justin S. Denney, Seattle, Nils H. Pohlmann, Seattle, Edward D. Harris, Bellevue, Wash., Jason C. Fluegel, Seattle, Stephen P. Rosato, Woodinville, Wash., and Michael L. Torres, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer-readable medium, and user interface for displaying an inquiry indication related to an inquiring user's inquiry are described. An inquiring user prepares and submits an inquiry in an inquiry application. Upon preparing and submitting an inquiry, a notice of the inquiry is generated and routed to the inquiring user's network contacts. An inquiry indication is generated to notify network contacts that an inquiry has been submitted by the inquiring user. A network contact may select the inquiry indication to display an inquiry feature and may select an inquiry feature to view the inquiry and respond to the inquiry." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2007 (11/626,207). 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=7,957,510&OS=7,957,510&RS=7,957,510 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash, has been assigned a patent (7,957,532) developed by four co-inventors for a "data protection for a mobile device." The co-inventors are Yuqun Chen, Bellevue, Wash., Zicheng Liu, Bellevue, Wash., Mariusz H. Jakubowski Bellevue, Wash., and Yacov Yacobi, Mercer Island, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network-based data protection scheme for a mobile device utilizes encryption techniques and a remote key server that stores encryption keys on behalf of the mobile device. The mobile device stores encrypted data, preferably having no unencrypted counterpart stored therewith. On an as-needed basis, the mobile device requests a decryption key (or an encrypted version of a decryption key) from the key server, where the decryption key can be used by the mobile device to decrypt the encrypted information. The key server transmits the decryption key to the mobile device after authenticating the user of the mobile device." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2006 (11/474,016). 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=7,957,532&OS=7,957,532&RS=7,957,532 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Flyback Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Flyback Energy, Spokane Valley, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,160) developed by Paul M. Babcock, Spokane Valley, Wash., David J. Babcock, Spokane Valley, Wash., and Phillip N. Smith, Spokane Valley, Wash., for a "current waveform construction to generate AC power with low harmonic distortion from localized energy sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to provide low harmonic distortion AC power for distribution by converting energy from natural or renewable sources into electrical form, and constructing a current waveform on a primary winding of a transformer by recapturing inductive energy previously stored in the transformer so as to transform the converted electrical energy into substantially sinusoidal AC voltage at a secondary winding of the transformer. For example, AC power may be supplied to a utility power grid from raw electrical energy from renewable energy sources (e.g., solar cells). An inverter may construct the primary winding current waveform using two unidirectional switches. On each half cycle, one of the switches first applies energy previously recaptured from primary winding inductance, and then applies the raw energy to the transformer primary winding at the utility power grid frequency. Accordingly, the constructed primary winding current may exhibit substantially improved total harmonic distortion." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/233,432). 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=7,957,160.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,160&RS=PN/7,957,160 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Battelle Memorial Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,441) developed by Matthew S. Taubman, Richland, Wash., for a "method and apparatus for resonant frequency waveform modulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A resonant modulator device and process are described that provide enhanced resonant frequency waveforms to electrical devices including, e.g., laser devices. Faster, larger, and more complex modulation waveforms are obtained than can be obtained by use of conventional current controllers alone." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (12/613,229). 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=7,957,441&OS=7,957,441&RS=7,957,441 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advantest Assigned Patent for Jitter Measurement Apparatus, Jitter Measurement Method, Test Apparatus and Electronic Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Advantest, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,957,458) developed by four co-inventors for a "jitter measurement apparatus, jitter measurement method, test apparatus and electronic device." The co-inventors are Kiyotaka Ichiyama, Tokyo, Masahiro Ishida, Tokyo, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo, and Mani Soma, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A jitter measuring apparatus measures timing jitter of a signal-under-test. The jitter measuring apparatus includes a pulse generator for outputting a pulse signal of a predetermined pulse width for an edge of the signal-under-test, and a jitter measuring sub-unit for extracting the timing jitter on the basis of a duty ratio of each cycle of the signal output by the pulse generator." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2006 (11/378,407). 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=7,957,458&OS=7,957,458&RS=7,957,458 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Array-based Routing of Data Packets ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,399) developed by five co-inventors for an "array-based routing of data packets." The co-inventors are Nir Nice, Kfar Veradim, Israel, Anat Eyal, Tel Aviv, Israel, Lior Alon, Haifa, Israel, Ori Yosefi, Pardes-Hanna, Israel, and Samer Karim, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of load balancing data packets at an array is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data packet encoded in a first format at an input of the array. The received data packet is assigned to an assigned element of the array, and the data packet is routed to a device. A message encoded in a second format is received from the device at the array. Information is extracted from a payload portion of the message, and the message is assigned to the assigned element of the array based on the information extracted from the payload portion of the message." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,109). 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=7,957,399&OS=7,957,399&RS=7,957,399 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Misomino Chi Acquisitions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Misomino Chi Acquisitions, Dover, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,957,356) developed by five co-inventors for a "scalable media access control for multi-hop high bandwidth communications." The co-inventors are Xudong Wang, Kirkland, Wash., Chao Gui, San Diego, Abhishek Patil, San Diego, Weilan Wang, San Diego, and Michael Nova, Del Mar Mesa, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scalable medium access control ("MAC") module is provided that avoids conflict resource reservation so that network performance does not degrade as the number of hops or nodes in a wireless network increases. The MAC also provides different access schemes for traffic with different quality of service ("QoS") requirements such that QoS is guaranteed and network resources are efficiently utilized. Furthermore, the resource allocation scheme determines the routing path as resources is allocated for data traffic, thereby achieving more robust layer-2 routing at the MAC layer. Finally, the scalable MAC is compliant with both WiMedia MAC and IEEE 802.15.3 MAC." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2006 (11/462,663). 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=7,957,356&OS=7,957,356&RS=7,957,356 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Neocific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Neocific, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,341) developed by Xiaodong Li, Kirkland, Wash., and Titus Lo, Bellevue, Wash., for a "frequency correction in a multi-carrier communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for correction of frequency errors in multi-carrier communication systems. The composite frequency error associated with the downlink signals are used to infer or derive the composite frequency error associated with the uplink signals, which are used to pre-compensate the uplink signals. Special signal components are transmitted by multiple base stations to facilitate frequency-error estimation and other system control functionalities at a mobile device. The mobile device carries out temporal, spatial, or spatial-temporal processing of the composite frequency errors associated with one or more base stations to determine the clock frequency error and the Doppler shift with respect to its serving base station." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/908,253). 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=7,957,341&OS=7,957,341&RS=7,957,341 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,956,930) developed by Gary J. Sullivan, Redmond, Wash., for a "resampling and picture resizing operations for multi-resolution video coding and decoding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques and tools for high accuracy position calculation for picture resizing in applications such as spatially-scalable video coding and decoding are described. In one aspect, resampling of a video picture is performed according to a resampling scale factor. The resampling comprises computation of a sample value at a position i,j in a resampled array. The computation includes computing a derived horizontal or vertical sub-sample position x or y in a manner that involves approximating a value in part by multiplying a 2.sup.n value by an inverse (approximate or exact) of the upsampling scale factor. The approximating can be a rounding or some other kind of approximating, such as a ceiling or floor function that approximates to a nearby integer. The sample value is interpolated using a filter." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/650,531). 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=7,956,930.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,930&RS=PN/7,956,930 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hill Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Clyde D. Hill, Lacey, Wash., has developed a patent (7,956,760) for a moisture sensing strips. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A water leakage monitoring and response system for residential and commercial use. A flexible, elongated moisture sensor strip for placement on a floor or adjacent a baseboard or plumbing fixture comprises flexible upper and lower wires separated by a water permeable, nonconductive layer, and nonconductive upper and lower layers that extend away from the wires to form margins for attaching the strip to a surface and for wicking moisture toward the wires. Alternatively, the wires are laterally spaced-apart within the strip and/or the strip assumes the form of a pad to cover a surface area. In use, a plurality of strips/pads are wired to input jacks of a battery-powered electronic interface unit that provides audible and visual signals when moisture shorts the wires in the strips/pads. The unit also provides audible warning of low-battery power and can signal a home security system when a leak is detected." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2009 (12/460,343). 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=7956760.PN.&OS=PN/7956760&RS=PN/7956760 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,331) developed by four co-inventors for a "power saving wireless local area network portable device." The co-inventors are Kandala, Vancouver, Wash., John Kowalski, Camas, Wash., Yoshihiro Ohtani, Kyoto, Japan, and Shugong Xu, Vancouver, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for controlling bandwidth allocation in a wireless local area network (wLAN). The method comprises: expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base; in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, monitoring network communications; and, measuring the allocated bandwidths. The method may further comprise: establishing polling schedules in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base; and, de-energizing devices in response to the polling schedules. Expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base includes establishing: an inter-transmission opportunity (TXOP) interval; and, a TXOP jitter. These fields are supplied in the IEEE 802.11e transmit specification (TSPEC). Then, de-energizing devices in response to the polling schedule includes disengaging transmission and receiving functions in the minimum TXOP intervals between polling events, where the minimum TXOP interval is the inter-TXOP interval minus the TXOP jitter." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2008 (12/170,281). 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=7957331.PN.&OS=PN/7957331&RS=PN/7957331 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,957,307) developed by six co-inventors for "reducing effects of packet loss in video transmissions." The co-inventors are Jingyu Qiu, Issaquah, Wash., Timothy M. Moore, Bellevue, Wash., Guo-Wei Shieh, Sammamish, Wash., Zong Zong Yuan, Bellevue, Wash., Regis Crinon, Camas, Wash., and Arvind Jayasundar, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " An error correction system determines a level of error correction protection to apply to a frame of video data to be transmitted by a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint based on the predicted impact of packet loss as well as the importance of the frame based on inter-frame dependencies, frame size, packet loss probability, historical packet loss pattern, central processing unit (CPU) load, and available network bandwidth. At the receiving endpoint, when packet loss is detected for a particular frame, the receiving endpoint will attempt to recover the frame using protection packets received along with the video data." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2007 (11/686,198). 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=7957307.PN.&OS=PN/7957307&RS=PN/7957307 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,957,014) developed by Marc Biundo, Vancouver, Wash., Brett Gravesm, Vancouver, Wash., and John H. Oleinik, Camas, Wash., for "printers and printer systems having cellular input/output." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a system comprises a printer configured to provide one or more print services, one or more processors associated with the printer, and a cellular interface associated with the printer and through which one or more print services can be accessed by a cellular phone. One or more computer-readable media are associated with the printer, and computer-readable instructions on the computer-readable media are executable by the processor(s) to cause the processor(s) to enable the printer to be accessed by a cellular phone and provide one or more print services for a user of the cellular phone." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2003 (10/428,610). 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=7,957,014.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,014&RS=PN/7,957,014 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. -1050632 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |