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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (June 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Implantable Medical Device with Voice Responding and Recording Capacity ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,962,210) developed by Douglas R. Daum, Woodbury, Minn., Qingsheng Zhu, Wexford, Pa., and Bruce H. KenKnight, Maple Grove, Minn., for an "implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An acoustic transducer is incorporated within the device which along with associated filtering circuitry enables the voice communication to be used to affect the operation of the device or recorded for later playback." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2009(12/468,648). 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=7,962,210.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,210&RS=PN/7,962,210 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Assigned Patent for System and Method for Treating Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,218) developed by Jeffrey Balzer, Allison Park, Pa., and Allen Wyler, Seattle, for a "system and method for treating Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for treating movement disorders using cortical stimulation. In one embodiment, a method for treating movement disorders comprises determining a site at the cortex of the brain of a patient related to a movement disorder of an afflicted body part. The site can be determined by obtaining a representation of neural activity occurring in the cortex of the patient and correlating an area of neural activity with the afflicted body part. The method can also include applying neural stimulation, such as electrical or magnetic waveforms, directly to the site." The patent application was filed on Oct. 4, 2007 (11/867,654). 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=7,962,218.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,218&RS=PN/7,962,218 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent for System and Method for Determining Elegibility and Enrolling Members in Various Programs ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,391) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for determining elegibility and enrolling members in various programs." The co-inventors are Scott Howard Simon, Wilmington, Del., Nancy W. Woodall, Earleville, Md., Michael F. Nikithser, Pittsburgh, Jon K. Forst, Annapolis, Md., and Gregory Shields, Washington. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for determining eligibility of persons and enrolling those persons in various programs. For example, one embodiment is particularly suited for enrolling credit card members in payment programs. A program is selected, after which enrollment information is entered. The enrollment information is checked and verified, and the enrollment application is checked for eligibility. The enrollment may be either accepted or declined. The possibility of reiterative enrollment in more than one program is provided. A system is provided for tracking which payment programs are the most enticing for later feedback analysis." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,180). 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=7,962,391.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,391&RS=PN/7,962,391 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Patent for Media Access Monitoring System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Harris H. Egendorf, Philadelphia, has developed a patent (7,962,383) for a "media access monitoring system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a sealed cartridge for housing audio video media, the cartridge comprising an electrical counter displaying at least two different counting languages. The electrical counter configured to increment a count when the cartridge is in an audio video player device and the housed audio video media is accessed. An audio video media incorporating the electrical counter and a method of monitoring access to audio video media are also provided. Communication of usage counts over the Internet and processing payments to retailers, copyright holder and others are also provided." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2008 (12/274,949). 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=7,962,383.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,383&RS=PN/7,962,383 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wells Fargo Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (7,962,382) developed by Nancy Tancredi, Philadelphia, and Luana Hubbart, Charlotte, N.C., for a "payment broker system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of processing a payment request in a payment broker system wherein the payment broker system comprises a database and a unique finite state machine model, the model having states interconnected by transitions and actions and the request residing in the database of the payment broker system." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2008 (12/218,755). 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=7,962,382.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,382&RS=PN/7,962,382 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,961,949) developed by four co-inventors for an "extracting multiple identifiers from audio and video content." The co-inventors are Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Wash., Brett T. Hannigan, Philadelphia, Brett A. Bradley, Portland, Ore., and Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure concerns content identification, such as extracting identifying information from content itself. One combination described in the disclosure is a method including: extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of an audio signal, the act of extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of the audio signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of a video signal that is associated with the audio signal, the act of extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of the video signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; and utilizing the first identifying information or the second identifying information in a synchronization process, the synchronization process controls content synchronization during rendering of the audio signal or the video signal. Of course, other combinations are provided as well." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2009 (12/577,487). 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=7961949.PN.&OS=PN/7961949&RS=PN/7961949 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,961,923) developed by Senthil Periaswamy, Malvern, Pa., and Marcos Salganicoff, Philadelphia, for a "method for detection and visional enhancement of blood vessels and pulmonary emboli." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for detecting a substantially cylindrical internal structures and dark structures surrounded by bright intensity values (contrast) in a medical image includes acquiring a medical image. A gradient of the medical image is calculated. Local shape index information for the calculated gradient of the medical image is calculated. Gradient information having a local shape index not indicative of a ridge and rut shapes is removed. Diverging gradient field responses (DGFR) are calculated based on the remaining gradient information. The DGFR responses and relative amount of DGFR responses for the rut and ridge areas is used as a discriminative feature in detecting the substantially cylindrical internal structure as well as darker occluding structures within cylindrical structures such as Pulmonary Emboli." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/841,168). 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=7961923.PN.&OS=PN/7961923&RS=PN/7961923 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,428) developed by Jinbo Bi, Chester Springs, Pa., and Murat Dundar, Malvern, Pa., for a "system and method for joint optimization of cascaded classifiers for computer aided detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for training classifiers for Computer-Aided Detection in medical images includes providing an image feature training set {(x.sub.i, y.sub.i)}.sub.i=1.sup.l, wherein x.sub.i.epsilon.R.sup.d are input feature variables and y.sub.i.epsilon.{-1,1} are class labels, and a cascade of K classifiers to be trained, minimizing, for each classifier k, a first cost function to initialize an .alpha..sub.k.sup.0 associated with each classifier k, fixing all classifiers except classifier k and minimizing a second cost function to solve for .alpha..sub.k.sup.c for a counter value c using the training dataset {(x.sub.i.sup.k, y.sub.i)}.sub.i=1.sup.l, calculating a third cost function J.sup.c(.alpha..sub.l.sup.c, . . . , .alpha..sub.K.sup.c) for each classifier k, and comparing J.sup.c with a previous iteration J.sup.c-1, wherein if J.sup.c-J.sup.c-1 is less than a predetermined tolerance, said classifier training is completed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2007 (11/947,111). 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=7962428.PN.&OS=PN/7962428&RS=PN/7962428 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SL Patent Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- SL Patent Holdings, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,962,417) developed by Jonathan Schull, Haverford, Pa., for a "system and method for distributing protected information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus of encouraging distribution, registration, and purchase of free copyable software and other digital information which is accessed on a User's System via a Programmer's Program. Software tools which can be incorporated into a Programmer's Program allow the User to access Advanced Features of the Programmer's Program only in the presence of a valid Password which is unique to a particular Target ID generated on an ID-Target such as the User's System. Advanced features will thus relock if the Password is copied to another ID-target. If a valid Password is not present, the User is invited to obtain one, and provided with the means of doing so, and of installing that Password in a place accessible to the User's System on subsequent occasions. The present invention also provides Programmers with means to invoke business operations as well as computational operations with their programs, and thus to automatically obtain payment from Users who elect to obtain passwords." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2004 (10/955,034). 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=7962417.PN.&OS=PN/7962417&RS=PN/7962417 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,962,440) developed by six co-inventors for an "adaptive industrial systems via embedded historian data." The co-inventors are John J. Baier, Mentor, Ohio, Taryl J. Jasper, South Euclid, Ohio, John T. Campbell, Bridgeville, Pa., Robert J. McGreevy, Oswego, Ill., Frank Anthony Palmieri Jr., Gibsonia, Pa., and Robert J. Herbst, Aurora, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods that provide for adaptive processes in an industrial setting. Historian data, in conjunction with current collected data, can be converted into decision making information that is subsequently employed for modifying a process in real time. A process trend component, which is associated with a controller, can access historian data (e.g., trends collected via historians) to determine/predict an outcome of a current industrial process. Such enables a tight control and short reaction time to correcting process parameters." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/862,861). 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=7962440.PN.&OS=PN/7962440&RS=PN/7962440 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,962,170) developed by Timothy A. Axness, Collegeville, Pa., and Leonid Kazakevich, Plainview, N.Y., for a "multi-mode radio with interference cancellation circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes at least one antenna, first and second communication mode receivers and a first communication mode transmitter. The first and second receivers simultaneously receive signals from the antenna. The first transmitter generates and sends a first type of signal to the antenna while, at the same time, the second receiver receives a second type of signal from the antenna. In a preferred embodiment, the WTRU further includes a vector multiplier configured to reduce or eliminate interference of signals received by the second receiver, the interference being caused by the first transmitter. The vector multiplier adjusts the phase and amplitude of noise (i.e., spurious in-band noise) measured by the second receiver. The WTRU may further include a second communication mode transmitter configured to generate and send a second type of signal to the antenna." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/255,746). 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=7,962,170.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,170&RS=PN/7,962,170 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Gravic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Gravic, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,458) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for replicating explicit locks in a data replication engine." The co-inventors are Bruce D. Holenstein, Media, Pa., Paul J. Holenstein, Downingtown, Pa., John R. Hoffmann, Kennett Square, Pa., Wilbur H. Highleyman, Blairstown, N.J., and Gary E. Strickler, Pottstown, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated method is provided of replicating a locking protocol in a database environment for performing I/O operations wherein the database environment includes a plurality of databases. A locking protocol is performed that includes one or more explicit locking operations on objects in a first database of the database environment. The one or more explicit locking operations are replicated in one or more other databases in the database environment. At least some of the explicit locking operations are performed asynchronously with respect to the explicit locking operations performed in the first database. I/O operations are performed at the first database of the database environment that are associated with the one or more explicit locking operations implemented in the first database." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,322). 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=7962458.PN.&OS=PN/7962458&RS=PN/7962458 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Interactive Documents Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Interactive Documents, Wynnewood, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,443) developed by Anthony Krinsky, Wynnewood, Pa., for a "method and system for replacing data in a structured design template." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for replacing data in a design template. An end-user may provide a dynamic, structured client data set to be adapted to a predetermined, structured design template (e.g., a map or report). A repository of design templates may be searched to discover a list of candidate templates that may be capable of matching the client data. The end-user may select a design template that may be capable of showing the client data. The server may match the client data to a data structure for a candidate design template by using a data replacement approach, such as a column/alias approach. The end-user may potentially enlarge the matching set by providing information to help the matching algorithm; for example, providing column aliases where the matching algorithm may match template data column and column alias names with those specified for the client dataset." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,396). 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=7962443.PN.&OS=PN/7962443&RS=PN/7962443 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,689) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for performing transactional processing in a striped volume set." The co-inventors are Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, Richard P. Jernigan IV, Ambridge, Pa., Robert Wyckoff Hyer Jr., Mars, Pa., and Peter F. Corbett, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage system architecture ensures transactional processing of operations directed to one or more data containers stored on a plurality of volumes distributed across a plurality of nodes interconnected as a cluster. The volumes are organized as a striped volume set (SVS) comprising one meta-data volume configured to store a canonical copy of certain meta-data associated with all data containers stored on the SVS, and one or more data volumes configured to store, at least, data content of those containers. In addition, for each data container stored on the SVS, one volume is designated a container attribute volume and, as such, is configured to store a canonical copy of certain, rapidly-changing attribute meta-data associated with that container. Notably, the invention provides a plurality of SVS operations that enables transactional performance in the cluster using persistent storage and/or systematic accesses to the data/meta-data stored on the SVS volumes." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2005 (11/119,326). 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=7,962,689&OS=7,962,689&RS=7,962,689 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NetApp Assigned Patent for Efficient Preservation of the Ordering of Write Data Within a Subsystem that does Not Otherwise Guarantee Preservation of Such Ordering ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,686) developed by Allen E. Tracht, Pittsburgh, for an "efficient preservation of the ordering of write data within a subsystem that does not otherwise guarantee preservation of such ordering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for efficiently preserving the ordering of data being written to a nonvolatile memory through a subsystem of a network storage system in the event of a power disruption, where the subsystem does not inherently guarantee that the ordering of the data will be preserved. The subsystem can be, for example, a memory controller hub. During normal operation of the system, data is written to the nonvolatile memory without flushing the data to the nonvolatile memory. In response to a power disruption in the system, data sources in the system that can initiate write transactions destined for the nonvolatile memory are inhibited from initiating write transactions destined for the nonvolatile memory, and pending write data within the subsystem is allowed to be committed to the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory is then placed into a self-refresh state." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2009 (12/363,956). 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=7,962,686&OS=7,962,686&RS=7,962,686 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Music Choice Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Music Choice, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,572) developed by nine co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing an on-demand entertainment service." The co-inventors are Stuart H. Farber, Horsham, Pa., Ronald M. Yurman, Short Hills, N.J., Jeremy C. Rosenberg, Havre de Grace, Md., Robert M. Steinberg, Horsham, Pa., John J. Feras Jr., North Wales, Pa., Daniel L. McGonigal, Lexington, Pa., Donna M. O'Neill, Ambler, Pa., and Christina B. Tancredi, Ambler, Pa., and David J. Del Beccaro, Jenkintown, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand service." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2009 (12/605,580). 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=7,962,572&OS=7,962,572&RS=7,962,572 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,962,544) developed by six co-inventors for a "patient and device location dependent healthcare information processing system." The co-inventors are David Torok, Philadelphia, Jeffrey Gardiner, Phoenixville, Pa., Domonic Snyder, Whitehall, Pa., Christopher Gardner, Charlotte, N.C., William Boggs, Acworth, Ga., and Robert D. Williamson, Columbus, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system automatically establishes context information (e.g., determining changes to user interface workflows, screens, menus, and access requirements for devices such as monitors, ventilators, and diagnostic equipment) used by a worker in using healthcare information applications based on patient geographic location (e.g., a room or bed or department). The system addresses the need for a user to sign onto a system with each location change and manually change context information which consumes computer, server and network resources and represent a potential security problem. A healthcare system selects information to be provided to a user in response to received location dependent context data. The system includes a proximity detector for wirelessly detecting presence of an identification tag substantially within a predetermined vicinity of the detector. The identification tag is associated with at least one of, (a) a particular processing device and (b) a particular person. A location detector determines location information indicating a location associated with an identification tag detected by the proximity detector. A workflow processor automatically alters information presented to a user including information associated with a task sequence to be performed by the user for a patient in response to the determined location information." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2006 (11/407,529). 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=7,962,544&OS=7,962,544&RS=7,962,544 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rovi Guides Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Rovi Guides, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,942) developed by Michael L. Craner, Exton, Pa., for "systems and methods for enhanced trick-play functions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for rewinding a video to a point before the video was first viewed. Video transmitted by a media source is cached by a remote server. Upon a trick-play request for the video, the server generates a rewind stream that includes the video that was transmitted by the media source before the user started to view the video. Upon receiving the rewind stream, the user's equipment may cache the rewind stream in a rewind buffer and rewind or play from the rewind buffer. The server may also generate and transmit a forward stream of the video that the media source has not yet transmitted. The user's equipment may cache the forward stream in a forward buffer. To perform trick-play operations with the video, the user's equipment may migrate the playback of the video to the rewind and forward buffers and rewind or fast-forward the video from the buffers." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/365,787). 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=79,62,942.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,942&RS=PN/79,62,942 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. 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