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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (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 Texas. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,878) developed by Andrew Ian Russell, Plano, Texas, and David Foster Lieb, Dallas, for a "pulse width modulation algorithm." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In display systems employing spatial light modulators, the OFF-state light from OFF-state pixels of the spatial light modulator can be captured and directed back to the pixels of the spatial light modulator so as to recycle the OFF-state light in the display system. Bitplanes derived from the desired image to be produced are calibrated to include the recycled off-state light to properly produce the desired image using the display system." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2008 (12/062,266). 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=7,956,878.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,878&RS=PN/7,956,878 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Romse Tech Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Romse Tech Research, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,956,861) developed by Robert M. Case, Canyon Lake, Texas, for a "method for checkerboard-based vector to raster conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a method for converting an input vector outline image to an output monochrome raster image consisting of only corner-contiguous pixels in a checkerboard pattern. Using a combination of a monochrome checkerboard raster image and a vector-based diamond grid, a determination is made as to which output raster pixels are activated. Efficiencies in file size and computational complexity are realized by using a checkerboard pattern and only half the possible number of raster output pixels. The method improves monitor and printer raster displays for any personal computing or related device, reducing the need for anti-aliasing and font hinting." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2007 (11/890,003). 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=7,956,861.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,861&RS=PN/7,956,861 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,787) developed by Alan Westwick, Austin, Texas, and Xiaoling Guo, Austin, Texas, for an "SAR analog-to-digital converter having differing bit modes of operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for operating an N-bit SAR ADC as a greater than N-bit resolution SAR ADC includes the steps of taking a plurality of samples for each analog value being converted to a digital value by the SAR ADC. A portion of an LSB is added to all but one of the plurality of samples. The plurality of samples are then accumulated and output as a digital value. The digital value has a resolution greater than the N-bit resolution of the SAR ADC." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,751). 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=79,56,787.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,787&RS=PN/79,56,787 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ashmore Jr. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Benjamin H. Ashmore Jr., Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,777) developed by Benjamin H. Ashmore Jr., for a "method, system and apparatus for dual mode operation of a converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems and apparatuses for operating a converter or other circuits are disclosed. More particularly, in one embodiment a converter or other circuit can be operated in two modes which may include the count-to-time and time-to count modes to determine an output value corresponding to an input signal. During operation in the count-to-time mode a converter may be operated using a reference signal to determine a number of clock cycles needed until an output corresponds to a scaling factor is reached. During operation of the circuit in the time-to-count mode then, the converter may be operated for this number of clock cycles using the input signal to determine an output. This output may be proportional to the level on the input signal." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2009 (12/475,841). 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=79,56,777.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,777&RS=PN/79,56,777 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,178) developed by Theodore Warren Houston, Richardson, Texas, for a "storage cell having buffer circuit for driving the bitline." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, the memory cells include a core storage element having at least a first storage node (S) and a complementary second storage node (S-bar), and a first pass gate coupled to the first storage node (S). A single bitline (BL) is coupled to a node in a source drain path of the first pass gate. The BL is for Reading data from and Writing data to the first storage node (S). A buffer circuit includes a second pass gate and a driver transistor, wherein the second pass gate is coupled between the driver transistor and the source drain path of the first pass gate. A gate of the driver transistor is coupled to the second storage node (S-bar). At least one wordline (WL) is coupled to the first pass gate and the second pass gate." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/209,418). 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=7,957,178.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,178&RS=PN/7,957,178 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,218) developed by James A. Welker, Leander, Texas, for a "memory controller with skew control and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dual data rate (DDR) memory controller and method are provided. The method includes: receiving a first data strobe at a first terminal from a first memory having a first rank; receiving a first data signal at a second terminal from the first memory having the first rank; calibrating the first data signal with the first data strobe to produce a first calibration value; receiving a second data strobe at the first terminal from a second memory having a second rank; receiving a second data signal at the second terminal from the second memory having the second rank; calibrating the second data signal with the second data strobe to produce a second calibration value; determining a final calibration value using the first and second calibration values; and using the final calibration value to time the first data signal and the second data signal during a read operation of the memories." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2009 (12/482,509). 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=7,957,218.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,218&RS=PN/7,957,218 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** WesternGeco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- WesternGeco, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,957,220) developed by Martin Howlid, Slependen, Norway, and Rohitashva Singh, Houston, for an "active steering for marine seismic sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A seismic survey system having a source array (11) coupled to a deflector device (15) that controls the position of the source array. A positioning system unit (16) is mounted on the source array to provide a signal to a controller, informing the controller of the current position of the source array so that the controller can control the position of the deflector device (15) and the coupled source array. A seismic source (14) on the source array may be triggered when the source array is at a desired location as measured by the positioning system unit. The deflector device (15) comprises one or more wings (18) in a generally vertical or, alternatively, in a generally horizontal arrangement disposed adjacent to a central body (19). The streamlined central body has connection points that allow the deflector device (15) to be connected to a tow cable (13) from the tow vessel (12) and to the source array (11)." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2004 (10/552,795). 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=7,957,220.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,220&RS=PN/7,957,220 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Robust Detection of Packet Types ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,474) developed by Deric Wayne Waters, Dallas, Srinath Hosur, Plano, Texas, and Anuj Batra, Dallas, for a "robust detection of packet types." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining the presence of rotated-BPSK modulation. In addition, disclosed herein is a system and method for determining if a received packet is a Legacy, Mixed-Mode, or Green-Field packet in accordance with the determination of the presence of rotated-BPSK modulation. The presence of a Green-Field packet may be determined by detecting if additional tones are being excited in an LTF symbol of the received packet and/or if a SIG field symbol following the LTF symbol is modulated by rotated-BPSK. The presence of a Mixed-Mode packet may be determined by detecting if the first four bits of the SIG field symbol following the LTF symbol are [1 1 0 1] and/or detecting if a symbol following an L-SIG symbol is modulated by rotated-BPSK. The presence of a Legacy packet may be determined by detecting if the symbol following the L-SIG symbol is modulated by BPSK." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/618,432). 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=7,957,474&OS=7,957,474&RS=7,957,474 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Chatsworth Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Chatsworth Products, Westlake Village, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,139) developed by Jared Keith Davis, Cedar Park, Texas, and Samuel Rodriguez, Leander, Texas, for an "electronic equipment enclosure with side-to-side airflow control system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a side-to-side airflow control system. The airflow control system includes a side wall disposed adjacent one side of the enclosure, and a manifold disposed adjacent the other side of the enclosure. Electronic equipment having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides is disposed between the side wall and the manifold. Cooling air is routed into a first of the two sides of the electronic equipment, and heated exhaust air is routed out of a second side of the two sides of the electronic equipment and into the manifold. The side wall prevents the heated exhaust air from mixing with the cooling air at the first side of the electronic equipment." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2010 (12/652,136). 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=7,957,139.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,139&RS=PN/7,957,139 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,534) developed by Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for security association between communication devices within a wireless home network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the application describe a method and system for discovering and authenticating communication devices and establishing a secure communication link within a wireless home network without requiring a secure channel. According to an embodiment, communication devices exchange public keys using multiple messages each including at least a portion of the public key of the sending device. The devices authenticate the receipt of the public key and establish a shared master key. The shared master key is used to further derive a session key for securing the application data between the communicating devices for a current session." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2009 (12/643,684). 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=7,957,534&OS=7,957,534&RS=7,957,534 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Candidate Generation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,493) developed by four co-inventors for a candidate generation. The co-inventors are Rafi Dalla Torre, Givataim, Israel, Doron Burshtein, Ramat-Efal, Israel, Oren Peles, Rehovot, Israel, and Deric W. Waters, Dallas, The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for generating a set of candidate symbols. A system includes a Multiple Input Multiple Output ("MIMO") receiver. The receiver includes a candidate generation look-up table ("LUT") that provides a list of candidate values for a transmitted symbol selected from a constellation of symbols. The candidate generation LUT stores candidate lists for a portion of the constellation of symbols. The portion of the constellation for which candidate lists are stored is selected according to a symmetry of the constellation. The LUT preferably provides a secondary constellation superimposed on a decision region of a primary constellation. The LUT also preferably includes an inner point of the primary constellation and outer points of the primary constellation. The primary and secondary constellations are preferably compressed by application of quadrant, mirror, and inner-point symmetries." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2007 (11/926,625). 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=7,957,493&OS=7,957,493&RS=7,957,493 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Candidate List Generation and Interference Cancellation Framework for MIMO Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,484) developed by eight co-inventors for a "candidate list generation and interference cancellation framework for MIMO detection." The co-inventors are Deric W. Waters, Dallas, Naftali Sommer, Rishon Le Zion, Israel, Anuj Batra, Dallas, Srinath Hosur, Plano, Texas, Doron Burshtein, Ramat-Efal, Israel, Rafi Dalla Torre, Givataim, Israel, Oren Peles, Rehovot, Israel, and Daniel Wajcer, Beit Yeushua, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for performing Multiple-Input Multiple-Output ("MIMO") detection that reduces complexity by decomposing MIMO detection problem into two less complex problems, Candidate List generation and Interference Cancellation ("CLIC"). Embodiments of the CLIC framework parse an N element channel output into a first set containing S elements and a second set containing N-S elements. A first list of candidate vectors is generated from the first set of elements. A set of interference cancelled elements is generated by using the first list of candidate vectors to cancel interference from the second set of elements. A second list of candidate vectors is generated from the set of interference cancelled elements. A minimum cost is computed for each bit of the candidate vectors and from the costs a log-likelihood ratio is computed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/930,259). 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=7,957,484&OS=7,957,484&RS=7,957,484 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,957,134) developed by Arthur K. Farnsworth, Houston, and Shailesh N. Joshi, Houston, for a "system and method having evaporative cooling for memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, in one embodiment, may include an in-line memory module with a plurality of memory circuits disposed on a circuit board, wherein the circuit board may have an edge connector with a plurality of contact pads. The system also may include a heat spreader disposed along the plurality of memory circuits. Finally, the system may include a heat pipe, a vapor chamber, or a combination thereof, extending along the heat spreader. In another embodiment, a system may include a heat spreader configured to mount to an in-line memory module, and an evaporative cooling system at least substantially contained within dimensions of the heat spreader." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2007 (11/784,793). 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=7,957,134.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,134&RS=PN/7,957,134 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Voice Enhancing for Advance Intelligent Network Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,509) developed by six co-inventors for a "voice enhancing for advance intelligent network services." The co-inventors are Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Dianna Inara Tiliks, Elk Grove, Ill., Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, Woodridge, Ill., James Daniel Kovarik, Batavia, Ill., Scott Ryan Watry, Greenfield, Wis., and Kenneth Robert Stroud, Lago Vista, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for updating communications service parameters includes receiving, at a platform configured for speech recognition functionality and corresponding to a communications address associated with verbally updating communications service parameters, a voice instruction from a requester to update a communications service parameter. The voice instruction is translated into digital command data and the digital command data and the update to the communications service parameter are stored in a database. A change in a communications service corresponding to the update to the communications service parameter is implemented in near real-time." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,295). 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=7,957,509&OS=7,957,509&RS=7,957,509 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Unilateral Topology Discovery in Network Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,415) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for unilateral topology discovery in network management." The co-inventors are Kim K. Banker, Rocklin, Calif., Christopher Alan Del Signore, Los Gatos, Calif., Gavin Bowlby, Houston, Richard Karl Feldman, Los Altos, Calif., Farivar Farzaneh, Los Altos, Calif., and Michael Timothy Kauffman, Campbell, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for reducing the cost of network management by using a proxy agent and subchannel communications so fewer SNMP licenses and fewer protocol stacks are needed. Subchannel communication is achieved in a plurality of different embodiments. Embodiments having single subchannel transceivers, multiple transceivers, single multiplexer and multiple multiplexers are disclosed. An NMS process using routing table CRC to automatically detect when the NMS topology information is incorrect and automated topology discovery is disclosed. A process for automated discovery of redundant cables during automated topology discovery is disclosed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2004 (10/916,597). 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=7,957,415&OS=7,957,415&RS=7,957,415 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method, System and Program Product for Outsourcing Resources in a Grid Computing Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,957,413) developed by five co-inventors for a "method, system and program product for outsourcing resources in a grid computing environment." The co-inventors are Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Texas, Catherine Helen Crawford, Carmel, N.Y., David Bruce Kumhyr, Austin, Texas, Paolo Franco Magnone, Palisades Park, N.J., and Neil R. Pennell, Cedar Creek, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for efficiently processing resource allocation requests in an on-demand environment. When a user logs into a resource allocation request manager, various resource requirements entered are immediately sent to a remote resource manager to allow for dynamic, real-time feedback to the user who is entering the resource requirements as to any issues or concerns regarding the requested resource(s) or plug-in element(s), such as lack of availability. The user can thus reconfigure or otherwise modify the various resource requests based on this feedback to optimize the overall resource allocation request. This also allows an organization providing services such as computer hosting services to re-allocate resources in advance if a new resource request would exceed a service level agreement outlined in advance with a customer, thereby improving resource planning in a data center environment. In addition, the dynamic feedback on the new resource request that exceeds a service level agreement can be used to develop a new service level agreement or temporary service offer that addresses the unique resource condition." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2005 (11/101,609). 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=7,957,413&OS=7,957,413&RS=7,957,413 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,373) developed by Bernard Ku, Austin, Texas, Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, Texas, and Chaoxin Qiu, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system to provide contact services in a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system includes an application server including logic to receive preference data for each of a plurality of data record entries of a subscriber record from a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server, and to determine a contact sequence including a plurality of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). The contact sequence is based at least in part on the received preference data." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,911). 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=7,957,373&OS=7,957,373&RS=7,957,373 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FutureWei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- FutureWei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,345) developed by Yunsong Yang, San Diego, Anthony C.K. Soong, Plano, Texas, and Jianmin Lu, San Diego, for an "adaptive HARQ in an OFDMA based communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses constructs and methods for transmitting a HARQ re-transmission in an adaptive manner in a wireless communication system. The system of the present invention discloses: scheduling the re-transmission of a data packet, based on decoding results from a receiver; determining a plurality of parameters for re-transmission in an adaptive manner; sending an assignment message if required; using a plurality of fields in the assignment message for re-transmission to indicate the plurality of parameters in the re-transmission; using a MACID field in the assignment message for re-transmission to indicate a target mobile station for the re-transmission; transmitting a data packet for the re-transmission; and decoding the data packet at the receiver to determine if a further need of re-transmission exists." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2007 (11/685,497). 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=7,957,345&OS=7,957,345&RS=7,957,345 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,957,360) developed by Takashi Suzuki, Ichikawa, Japan, James Earl Womack, Bedford, Texas, and Gordon Peter Young, Shipston-on-Stour, United Kingdom, for a "method and system for the support of a long DRX in an LTE.sub.-active state in a wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of DRX signaling in a long-term evolution infrastructure between an evolved node B (eNB) and user equipment (UE), the method having the steps of providing a DRX value in a header of a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC-PDU); acknowledging the MAC-PDU; and activating, deactivating or reconfiguring DRX based on the provided DRX value." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2007 (11/621,385). 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=7,957,360&OS=7,957,360&RS=7,957,360 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for System and Method of Communication in Mesh Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,957,362) developed by Ariton Xhafa, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method of communication in mesh networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network node is provided that includes a transceiver and a component. The transceiver is operable for communication of messages having a broadcast portion and a beamformed data portion. The broadcast portion includes an indicator. The component is operable to promote the transceiver being enabled for communication with other network nodes, in response to the message including the indicator and further in response to the message being intended for a specific network node other than the network node. The component is operable to promote the transceiver receiving the data portion of the message, in response to the message including the indicator and the message being intended for the network node." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2006 (11/445,842). 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=7,957,362&OS=7,957,362&RS=7,957,362 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,941) developed by Sajjad Ali Khan, Plano, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for reducing speckle in coherent light." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a method for reducing speckle in an image produced from a coherent light source includes directing a beam of coherent light at an electrically controlled diffuser. An electrical signal is applied to the electrically controlled diffuser to produce an electrical field across the electrically controlled diffuser layer. At least one of an amplitude and a frequency of the electrical signal are varied to transition the controlled diffuser between a first state and a second state. The varied application of the electrical signal operates to reduce spatial coherence in an image projected through the electrically controlled diffuser." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2007 (11/832,479). 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=7,956,941.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,941&RS=PN/7,956,941 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,956,748) developed by Wayne Chang, Austin, Texas, for a "system and apparatus for silencing communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for silencing communication devices is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a silencing system having a controller element to transmit an RF signal to an RF receiver of a mobile communication device. An audible alerting function of the mobile communication device can be adjusted in response to the RF signal. Additional embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2009 (12/582,042). 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=7956748.PN.&OS=PN/7956748&RS=PN/7956748 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,956,747) developed by six co-inventors for a "managing electrical device power state." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich., Peter G. Finn, Brampton, Canada, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C., James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va., and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and program product that manages the power state of a portable electrical device located within a monitored region about a vehicle. Information about the portable electrical device such as the power state of the portable electrical device is obtained and used to identify an action for the portable electrical device. Suitable actions include, but are not limited to, transitioning the power state of the portable electrical device and/or providing a notification about the portable electrical device. Other information such as the state of the ignition of the vehicle and/or the proximity of the driver and/or a passenger(s) with respect to the vehicle may additionally or alternatively be used to determine the action." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,168). 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=7956747.PN.&OS=PN/7956747&RS=PN/7956747 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Akers Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Akers, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,894) developed by 12 co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for computerized multi-media medical and pharmaceutical data organization and transmission." The co-inventors are William Rex Akers, Colleyville, Texas, Jeff W. Canterbury, Fort Worth, Texas, Blake B. Miller, Austin, Texas, Craig Alan Walker, Austin, Texas, James R. King, Waxahachie, Texas, Jerry L. Graves, Benbrook, Texas, Jay Travis Patterson, Arlington, Texas, Robert J. Normyle, Colleyville, Texas, Kevin P. Hale, Fort Worth, Texas, Brandon T. Watts, Park City, Utah, Karen D. Rau, Farwell, Minn., and Deborah L. Jenkins, Fort Worth, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission is provided. The apparatus has a computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to a user, and an input device. An image-recording device is electrically-coupled to the computer for capturing images for storage in the memory storage of the computer. A database, which has a structure defined in the memory storage, receives and stores a plurality of information relating to an event. A program, being executable by the computer, provides a graphical user interface on the display. The program has an imaging module with document and image capture filing and scanning functions. The graphical user interface receives an input from the input device and from the image-recording device. In a further aspect of the invention, the program has a communications module for transmission of the plurality of information relating to the event to a remote location." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2003 (10/369,843). 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=7,956,894.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,894&RS=PN/7,956,894 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Resilient Packet Ring Protection Over a Wavelength Division Multiplexing Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,957,270) developed by Jorey M. Pascasio Jr., San Antonio, and Patricia R. Matteson, San Antonio, for a "resilient packet ring protection over a wavelength division multiplexing network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for provisioning a Resilient Packet Ring ("RPR") over a Wavelength Division Multiplexing ("WDM") network is disclosed. A plurality of stations send data packets to each other over a dual ring fiber optic link. The data packets travel over the dual ring fiber optic link at a unique wavelength to distinguish the different data packets. When one station of the plurality of stations detects a location of a failure in the WDM network, the station identifying the location of the failure either notifies all stations of the plurality of stations of the location of the failure or notifies only the stations of the plurality of stations abutting the location of the failure. If all stations of the plurality of stations are notified of the failure, all stations steer data packets sent towards the location of the failure away from the location of the failure. If only the stations abutting the location of the failure are notified, only the stations abutting the location of the failure wrap data packets sent towards the location of the failure away from the location of the failure." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2005 (11/168,248). 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=7957270.PN.&OS=PN/7957270&RS=PN/7957270 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of North Texas Health Science Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,956,989) developed by four co-inventors for a "surface plasmon assisted microscope." The co-inventors are Zygmunt Gryczynski, Fort Worth, Texas, Ignacy Gryczynski, Fort Worth, Texas, Nils Calander, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Julian Borejdo, Dallas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention includes a microscope and a method for using the microscope for single molecule with reduced photobleaching of a fluorophore (20) that includes a light translucent material (16); a metal layer (18) disposed on the light translucent material (16); a medium (15) disposed on the metal layer (18), the medium (15) having one or more fluorophores (20) capable of binding a target analyte (e.g., inside a cell); a microscope positioned to observe the surface plasmon emissions from the one or more fluorophores (20) within 50 nanometers of the surface of the metal layer (18); an excitation source capable of exciting the one or more fluorophores (20), the excitation source positioned to strike the light translucent material (16) at a first angle; and a light detector (38) that selectively detects emitted light generated by excited fluorophores (20) at a second angle (22), wherein light emitted by the one or more fluorophores (20) at the surface plasmon angle is detected through the microscope, such that single molecules may be detected without significantly degrading fluorophore (20) emissions." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/018,107). 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=7,956,989.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,989&RS=PN/7,956,989 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. -1050629 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |