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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (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 Texas. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,962,042) developed by David A. Deas, Round Rock, Texas, for a "method and system for delivering broadband services over an ultrawide band radio system integrated with a passive optical network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing ultrawide band (UWB) communications service including voice, data, and video signals to a number of neighboring dwelling units or community access centers via a Passive Optical Network (PON) are presented. A neighborhood pedestal can be provided to serve multiple neighboring dwelling units equipped with user access. Public access centers can provide an ultrawide band signal via a PON to reach a plurality of signal receiving locations to serve a community of users. Electrical power to an UWB device may be supplied via an electrical power grid. Alternately, due to the low power consumption of UWB devices, a solar panel, or metallic-sheathed fiber cable with a center metallic member may be utilized to deliver power to the PON/UWB devices." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2003 (10/384,379). 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=7,962,042.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,042&RS=PN/7,962,042 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,038) developed by David Z. Chen, Richardson, Texas, for a "high performance gigabit passive optical network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) that includes an OLT transmitter. The OLT transmitter includes one or more fixed wavelength optical sources that generate an optical signal at a first wavelength, and an optical waveguide that transmits the optical signal at the first wavelength in an optical network." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,764). 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=7,962,038.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,038&RS=PN/7,962,038 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Quantum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Quantum, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,706) developed by Camden John Davis, Saint Paul, Texas, for "methods and systems for improving read performance in data de-duplication storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed toward methods and systems for data de-duplication. More particularly, in various embodiments, the present invention provides systems and methods for data de-duplication that may utilize a data de-duplication system that retrieves data from a data storage device in an order based on the location of blocks on the data storage device. Some embodiments break a data stream into multiple blocks of data and store the blocks of data on a data storage device of a data de-duplication system, wherein a code representing a redundant block of data is stored in place of the block of data. A location for each block of data may be stored. Additionally, the blocks may be read in an order that is determined based on the location of the blocks." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/031,560). 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=7,962,706&OS=7,962,706&RS=7,962,706 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,232) developed by Michael F. Wilson, Austin, Texas, and Joe Wiseman, Austin, Texas, for "methods and media for processing a circuit board." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of processing a circuit board including providing a circuit board having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising a trace terminating at a terminal and depositing conductive material on the terminal and trace to form a land extending away from the terminal on the trace past a projection line. The method also includes applying a soldermask to the circuit board to form a soldermask opening having an opening edge located at and aligned with the projection line, with the opening framing the terminal and a first portion of the land, and to cover a second portion of the land." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/618,549). 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=7,962,232.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,232&RS=PN/7,962,232 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,227) developed by four co-inventors for a "compact batch viewing techniques for use in batch processes." The co-inventors are Christopher J. Worek, Austin, Texas, Bruce Hubert Campney, Pflugerville, Texas, William George Irwin, Austin, Texas, and Christopher J. Felts, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data collection and viewing application provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Moreover, process alarms, alerts, events, as well as other information may be placed in one or more additional layers, and the various layers may be shown together to provide a compact graphical view of the batch." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/837,145). 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=7,962,227.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,227&RS=PN/7,962,227 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,224) developed by Brian Blischak, Allen, Texas, for a "stimulation lead, stimulation system, and method for limiting mri-induced current in a stimulation lead." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a stimulation lead for delivering electrical pulses from a pulse generator to tissue of a patient, comprises: a plurality of electrodes; a plurality of terminals; a plurality of conductors electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes with the plurality of terminals; a lead body of insulative material for enclosing the plurality of conductors; and at least one magnetic-field actuated switch for limiting MRI-induced current between the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of terminals, wherein the magnetic-field actuated switch is actuated by magnetostrictive material." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2008 (12/026,078). 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=7,962,224.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,224&RS=PN/7,962,224 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Charles Schwab Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Charles Schwab, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (7,962,398) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and system for executing trades in a user preferred security." The co-inventors are Bradley J. Swearingen, Round Rock, Texas, David S. Harding, Austin, Texas, Brant C. Lewis, Austin, Texas, Richard Munoz Jr., Cedar Park, Texas, Gregory Scott Mogonye, Austin, Texas, Gregory Ferris, Austin, Texas, and Philip R. Berber, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for executing trades in a user preferred security comprising a server system (12) in communication with a client system (14), a security data source (26) and a trade execution location (30). The security data source (26) provides security data relating to a plurality of securities to the server system (12). The server system (12) analyzes the security data based upon M user specific criteria, and identifies user preferred securities from the plurality of securities and provides the client system (14) with data relating to the user preferred securities. The client system (14) uses N user specific parameters to generate and display an N dimensional graph that is populated with icons representing the user preferred securities. After a user preferred security is selected, the server system (12) routes the order to a trade execution location (30)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2000 (09/663,151). 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=7,962,398.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,398&RS=PN/7,962,398 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cyberonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cyberonics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,220) developed by Jerry J. Kolafa, Richmond, Texas, and Steven E. Maschino, Seabrook, Texas, for a "compensation reduction in tissue stimulation therapy." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for reducing compensation of the body to therapy delivered by an implanted medical device are described herein. The disclosed techniques cause a change from one therapy protocol to another therapy protocol based on the occurrence of an event (e.g., time, user activations of a sensor, input from a physiological sensor, etc.). The therapy protocols of the implanted medical device differ in terms of the on-time and off-time, but effectuate the same or similar duty cycle." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/414,391). 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=7,962,220.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,220&RS=PN/7,962,220 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cyberonics Assigned Patent for Non-surgical Device and Methods for Trans-esophageal Vagus Nerve Stimulation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Cyberonics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,214) developed by Bryan P. Byerman, League City, Texas, Steven E. Maschino, Seabrook, Texas, and Timothy L. Scott, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "non-surgical device and methods for trans-esophageal vagus nerve stimulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing trans-esophageal electrical signal therapy to a portion of a vagus nerve of a patient to treat a medical condition. An implantable medical device comprising at least one electrode is implanted in an inner lumen of the esophagus of the patient. At least one electrode is electrically coupled to the inner lumen of the esophagus. An electrical signal from the IMD is provided to a target portion of the vagus nerve through at least a portion of the wall of the esophagus for treating the medical condition." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/829,772). 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=7,962,214.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,214&RS=PN/7,962,214 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** G & B Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- G & B Group, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,380) developed by Michele S. Gary, Austin, Texas, and Sarah A. Borders, Austin, Texas, for a "website enabling selection of camps/activities from a plurality of providers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A camp registration website and method for enabling a user to select camps offered by a plurality of providers. The camp registration website allows a user to search for, gather information regarding, and register for camps offered by a plurality of different providers. The camp registration web server may provide a master application to the user that is useable to apply for the various selected camps. The website may also maintain personalized information for a respective user, such as a personalized calendar for a respective user that stores date information regarding the camps selected by the user as well as local current events of interest. The web server may provide calendar information over the network to the user's client computer system to synchronize with a calendar program, such as Microsoft Outlook, Palm, etc., executing on a user device." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,499). 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=7,962,380.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,380&RS=PN/7,962,380 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Unwired Nation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Unwired Nation, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,376) developed by five co-inventors for a "system, method, and computer readable storage medium for informing a user about an item that is available via an e-commerce website." The co-inventors are Charles Eric Smith, Austin, Texas, Chris Tooley, Blanco, Texas, Lanny Wayne Walker, Austin, Texas, James Edward Butcher, Round Rock, Texas, and Roy Stacey Zuniga, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user interface for communicating over a voice channel regarding an item that is available at an e-commerce website is disclosed and includes a speaker to communicate at least one audible voice message and at least one audible non-voice message. The audible voice message can indicate the status of an item and/or the status of an offer to purchase the item. Further, the at least one audible non-voice message can indicate a time period in which user input can be received. Moreover, the at least one audible non-voice message is transmitted concurrently with the at least one audible voice message." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2005 (11/228,841). 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=7,962,376.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,376&RS=PN/7,962,376 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fair Isaac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Fair Isaac, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,962,368) developed by six co-inventors for a purchase sequence browser. The co-inventors are Shailesh Kumar, San Diego, Megan Thorsen, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ashutosh Joshi, San Diego, Sergei Tolmanov, Walnut Creek, Calif., Helen Geraldine E. Rosario, Austin, Texas, and Colin E. Little, Emeryville, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a purchase sequence browser (PuSB), i.e. a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates insight discovery and exploration of product affinities across time, generated by a purchase sequence analysis of a retailer's transaction data. A purchase sequence browser allows the user to browse the most significant product phrases discovered by an exhaustive search of the product affinities across time; explore the retail grammar to create both forward and backward phrase trees or alternate purchase paths starting from, or ending in, a product; generate consistent purchase sequences given some constraints on the products and their order; and profile the value of a product across time with regard to other products fixed in time." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2006 (11/551,683). 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=7,962,368.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,368&RS=PN/7,962,368 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Oracle America, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,990) developed by four co-inventors for a "multi-chip system including capacitively coupled and optical communication." The co-inventors are Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, James G. Mitchell, Palo Alto, Calif., John E. Cunningham, San Diego, and Brian W. O'Krafka, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a system are described. This system includes an array of chip modules (CMs) and a baseplate, where the baseplate is configured to communicate data signals via optical communication. Moreover, the array includes first CMs mechanically coupled to first alignment features on the baseplate, and adjacent second CMs mechanically coupled to second alignment features on the baseplate. In this array, a given first CM is electrically coupled to a given set of electrical proximity connectors. Additionally, the array includes bridge components, wherein a given bridge component is electrically coupled to the second SCM and another set of electrical proximity connectors, which is electrically coupled to the set of electrical proximity connectors, thereby facilitating communication of other data signals between adjacent first CMs and second CMs via electrical proximity communication. Moreover, the given bridge component is optically coupled to the baseplate, thereby facilitating optical communication of the data signals between CMs via the baseplate." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/962,419). 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=79,61,990.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,990&RS=PN/79,61,990 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,139) developed by Shantanu Kangude, Dallas, Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, France, and Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, Texas, for a "reduction of handover latencies in a wireless communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for reduction of handover latencies in wireless communication systems are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a wireless mobile communication device that includes a wireless transceiver including a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal synchronized for reception by a first cellular node, and processing logic that couples to the wireless transceiver. Before the wireless transceiver receives a handover command the processing logic causes the transmitter to transmit a second signal for reception by a second cellular node to request allocation of an upload resource for communication with the second cellular node as part of an impending handover." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2007 (11/765,995). 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=79,62,139.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,139&RS=PN/79,62,139 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nortel Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Nortel Networks, St. Laurent Quebec, Canada, has been assigned a patent (7,962,124) developed by Jayshree Bharatia, Plano, Texas, Marvin Bienn, Dallas, and Kuntal Chowdry, Plano, Texas, for a "method and system for multimedia message delivery in a communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system of delivering a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message is disclosed. In one example, the method includes providing a storage location and time duration for outside content to be indirectly referenced by an MMS message. Receiving and storing the outside content via a transport network is also disclosed. The method may include encapsulating an MMS message in a payload of a transport message with the MMS message indirectly referencing the storage location of the outside content. Delivery of the transport message may occur over a transport network. Confirming receipt of the transport message is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2004 (10/964,911). 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=79,62,124.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,124&RS=PN/79,62,124 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,150) developed by four co-inventors for an "ultra-wideband radios for time-of-flight-ranging and network position estimation." The co-inventors are Claudia A. Hertzog, Houston, Farid U. Dowla, Castro Valley, Calif., Gregory E. Dallum, Livermore, Calif., and Carlos E. Romero, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention provides a novel high-accuracy indoor ranging device that uses ultra-wideband (UWB) RF pulsing with low-power and low-cost electronics. A unique of the present invention is that it exploits multiple measurements in time and space for very accurate ranging. The wideband radio signals utilized herein are particularly suited to ranging in harsh RF environments because they allow signal reconstruction in spite of multipath propagation distortion. Furthermore, the ranging and positioning techniques discussed herein directly address many of the known technical challenges encountered in UWB localization regarding synchronization and sampling. In the method developed, noisy, corrupted signals can be recovered by repeating range measurements across a channel, and the distance measurements are combined from many locations surrounding the target in a way that minimizes the range biases associated to indirect flight paths and through-wall propagation delays." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2006 (11/637,388). 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=79,62,150.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,150&RS=PN/79,62,150 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,114) developed by Alberto Valdes Garcia, White Plains, N.Y., Chinmaya Mishra, College Station, Texas, and Scott Kevin Reynolds, Amawalk, N.Y., for a "drain-pumped sub-harmonic mixer for millimeter wave applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sub-harmonic mixer includes a first transistor having a source and a drain and a second transistor having a source connected to the source of the first transistor and a drain connected to the drain of the first transistor. A mixing transistor is configured to be biased in a linear operating region. The mixing transistor includes a drain coupled to the sources of the first transistor and the second transistor. The mixing transistor has its drain driven by a signal at twice a local oscillator (LO) frequency and its gate driven by a radio frequency (RF) signal while the mixing transistor is biased in the linear region such that a process of frequency doubling and mixing are performed simultaneously." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,812). 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=79,62,114.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,114&RS=PN/79,62,114 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,113) developed by Li Gao, Austin, Texas, Richard A. Johnson, Buda, Texas, and James M. Nohrden, Lakeway, Texas, for a "receiver with multi-tone wideband I/Q mismatch calibration and method therefor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method provides multiple-tone wideband I/Q mismatch calibration. A plurality of calibration frequencies is selected within a channel. A calibration tone is applied to the channel at each of the plurality of calibration frequencies. An I/Q mismatch is estimated at each of the plurality of calibration frequencies. An n-th order filter is constructed to compensate received signals relative to the estimated I/Q mismatch related to each calibration frequenc." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2005 (11/263,280). 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=79,62,113.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,113&RS=PN/79,62,113 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Adaptive Fisher's Linear Discriminant ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Thomas Cecil Minter, Coldspring, Texas, has developed a patent (7,961,956) for an "adaptive fisher's linear discriminant." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates generally to a system and method for classifying input patterns into two classes, a class-of-interest or a class-other, utilizing an Adaptive Fisher's Linear Discriminant method capable of estimating an optimal Fisher's linear decision boundary for discriminating between the two classes, when training samples are provided a priori only for the class-of-interest. The system and method eliminates the requirement for any a priori knowledge of the other classes in the data set to be classified. The system and method is capable of extracting statistical information corresponding to the "other classes" from the data set to be classified, without recourse to the a priori knowledge normally provided by training samples from the other classes. The system and method can re-optimize (adapt) the decision boundary to provide optimal Fisher's linear discrimination between the two classes in a new data set, using only unlabeled samples from the new data set." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/584,316). 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=7961956.PN.&OS=PN/7961956&RS=PN/7961956 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Restoration Robotics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Restoration Robotics, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,192) developed by Mohan Bodduluri, Palo Alto, Calif., Philip L. Gildenberg, Houston, and Donald E. Caddes, Houston, for "systems and methods for aligning a tool with a desired location or object." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for aligning a tool positioned on a moveable arm with a location or an object of interest on a body surface. Some methods comprise using one or more cameras and identifying position offsets of the location or the object of interest from the one or more cameras. Some methods comprise using at least two cameras and rectifying the images from the first and the second cameras. A variety of different tools and assemblies may be located on the moveable arm for performing various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that take advantage of the ability of the moveable arm to rapidly and precisely position the respective tool or assembly at desired locations on a skin." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/380,907). 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=7,962,192.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,192&RS=PN/7,962,192 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Branch Target Address Cache with Hashed Indices ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,722) developed by Sheldon B. Levenstein, Austin, Texas, David S. Levitan, Austin, Texas, and Lixin Zhang, Austin, Texas, for a "branch target address cache with hashed indices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In at least one embodiment, a processor includes at least one execution unit that executes instructions and instruction sequencing logic, coupled to the at least one execution unit, that fetches instructions from a memory system for execution by the at least one execution unit. The instruction sequencing logic including a branch target address cache (BTAC) including a plurality of entries for storing branch target address predictions. The BTAC includes index logic that selects an entry to access utilizing a BTAC index based upon at least a set of higher order bits of an instruction address and a set of lower order bits of the instruction address." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,219). 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=7962722.PN.&OS=PN/7962722&RS=PN/7962722 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System for Creating and Modifying Lists for Electronic Distribution ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,506) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for creating and modifying lists for electronic distribution." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton, Charlottesville, Va., Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas, and Susan Marie Williams, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system in which an initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the entries in the created distribution list are examined. From this list, features of the entries are identified. From these features, criteria are generated that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2010 (12/944,216). 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=7962506.PN.&OS=PN/7962506&RS=PN/7962506 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Crossroads Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Crossroads Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,513) developed by David Boles, Austin, Texas, H. Bret Young, Madison, Ala., and Jack Basiago, Toney, Ala., for a "system and method for defining and implementing policies in a database system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for applying policies at a database appliance. The database appliance, according to one embodiment, can receive a database request and determine a set of information related to the request. The information related to the request can include information, such as metadata, defined at information systems external to the database server to which the request is directed. Policies can be applied in terms of the information related to the request. By leveraging information systems, embodiments of the present invention allow policies to be applied to account for the networked environment." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2006 (11/589,333). 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=7962513.PN.&OS=PN/7962513&RS=PN/7962513 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,319) developed by William R. Grayson, Houston, for a "method and system for updating reliability prediction models for downhole devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for updating and/or predicting statistical reliability for downhole devices. In some embodiments, the statistical reliability for a device may be predicted prior to using the device to ensure the statistical reliability stays above a preset threshold. In other embodiments, the statistical reliability for a device is tracked substantially simultaneously with use, again to ensure its statistical reliability stays above a predetermined threshold." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2004 (10/793,161). 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=7,962,319.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,319&RS=PN/7,962,319 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dell Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,420) developed by four co-inventors for an "information handling system including battery assembly having multiple separable subassemblies." The co-inventors are John J. Breen, Harker Heights, Texas, Jay L. Taylor, Georgetown, Texas, Chris Young, Austin, Texas, and Bruce Miller, Plano, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for shipping a battery assembly includes providing a plurality of battery subassemblies. The plurality of battery subassemblies are operable to be mechanically and electrically connected together to form a battery assembly. The battery subassemblies are provided to be shipped such that an additional shipping fee that would be incurred due to a battery characteristic that is not based on the weight of the battery assembly is not incurred. The method includes shipping a first battery subassembly and a second battery subassembly such that the additional shipping fee that would be incurred due to the battery characteristic that is not based on the total weight of the battery assembly is not incurred." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2007 (11/627,782). 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=7962420.PN.&OS=PN/7962420&RS=PN/7962420 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Automatically Controlling In-process Software Distributions through Time Prediction of a Disturbance ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,431) developed by Mickey Iqbal, Tucker, Ga., Syed Babar Irfan, Austin, Texas, and Frances Fang Wand, Corning, N.Y., for "automatically controlling in-process software distributions through time prediction of a disturbance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for controlling an in-process software distribution to computing devices. A time of a disturbance in an environment of a computing device is predicted based on a change in a pressure exerted on the computing device. A checkpoint in a time interval of a distribution of a set of software upgrade increments to the computing device is automatically determined. The checkpoint is prior to the time of the disturbance. The determination of the checkpoint utilizes length(s) of increment(s) of the set of increments. Prior to the checkpoint, the computing device receives the increment(s). The computing device requests an interruption of the distribution beginning at the checkpoint. In one embodiment, the computing device is a buoy-like energy capture and generation device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2007 (11/856,781). 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=7962431.PN.&OS=PN/7962431&RS=PN/7962431 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** California, Texas Inventors Develop Patent for Methods and Systems for Inventory Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- David S. Trandal, Santa Barbara, Calif., and David Brahm, The Woodlands, Texas, have developed a patent (7,962,485) for "methods and systems for inventory management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to inventory management solutions, and in particular, to methods and systems for inventorying items over wireless and data networks, using digital imaging, positioning, and data terminals. The user experience in performing inventory management is simplified and enhanced over existing methods." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2011 (13/008,320). 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=7962485.PN.&OS=PN/7962485&RS=PN/7962485 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent for Multiple Distributed Force Measurements ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,962,288) developed by Daniel D. Gleitman, Houston, for a "multiple distributed force measurements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer programs, and systems for detecting at least one downhole condition are disclosed. Forces are measured at a plurality of locations along the drillstring. The drillstring includes a drillpipe. At least one of the forces is measured along the drillpipe. At least one downhole condition is detected based, at least in part, on at least one measured force." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,845). 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=7,962,288.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,288&RS=PN/7,962,288 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Bus Access Moderation System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,677) developed by five co-inventors for a "bus access moderation system." The co-inventors are William A. Maron, Austin, Texas, Diane Garza Flemming, Pflugerville, Texas, Ghadir Robert Gholami, Austin, Texas, Mysore Sathyanarayana Srinivas, Austin, Texas, and Octavian Florin Herescu, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, programmed medium and system are provided in which system bus traffic is moderated with real-time data. The Operating System (OS) is enabled to get information from the firmware (FW) to determine if a resource threshold has been reached. This is accomplished by generating an interrupt to flag the OS when a bus request retry rate has reached a predetermined number. The system firmware plays an integral role in this mechanism, and should be interpreted as a general term which could also include a hypervisor technology. The system firmware will report the bus request retry rate to the operating system by way of, for example, a firmware-generated interrupt. The OS may have something similar to a kernel daemon/service running to intercept the interrupt notice. In the simplest case, the daemon/service will determine if the threshold has been met based on the feedback from the firmware. If so, it will generate a system call that will moderate traffic with an operating system tunable. In one example, the number of simultaneous multithreading (SMT) threads per core will be reduced using a system call. This effectively throttles back the amount of logical threads per core and effectively alleviates the bus request saturation." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2008 (12/173,211). 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=7,962,677&OS=7,962,677&RS=7,962,677 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,962,411) developed by Bharat Prasad, San Antonio, and Jeffrey N. Pollack, San Antonio, for an atomic deposit transaction. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user may generate a digital image of a negotiable instrument such as a check. The digital image may be transmitted to an institution in a digital image file for deposit of the check. After the user selects to submit the digital image file, the digital image file may be sent from a user computing device to the institution. The user computing device may be decoupled from the transaction once the submission of the digital image file for deposit of the check is made. The transaction is thereafter managed by the institution. Incomplete transactions are avoided by moving the transaction processing to the server side at the institution after the user submits the digital image file. This may be referred to as an atomic deposit transaction." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,152). 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=7962411.PN.&OS=PN/7962411&RS=PN/7962411 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Corel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Corel, Ottawa, has been assigned a patent (7,962,618) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for communicating during automated data processing." The co-inventors are Loren Knutson, Allen, Texas, Kenneth Simone, Murphy, Texas, and Nezar Gharbia, Richardson, Texas, and John Zurawski, Allen, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A number of items of data from a data source (12) can be processed and supplied to a data destination (16, 17). The data can include image data, text data, numeric data or other types of data, or a combination of these types of data. The processing of the data is controlled by a project definition (14, 71, 101), which includes a plurality of modules selected from a variety of available modules (Tables 1-4). The modules have input and output ports which are interrelated by binding information. Where a project definition is complex and/or is assigned to process a large data set, capability is provided to launch multiple instances of the same project definition, each of which processes a respective portion of the data. Further, capability is provided to launch multiple instances of the same or different project definitions on each of one or more computers, in order to efficiently execute project definitions in a centralized processing facility." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2010 (12/782,741). 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=7,962,618&OS=7,962,618&RS=7,962,618 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QLOGIC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- QLOGIC, Aliso Viejo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,675) developed by James B. Graham III, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for communicating with a host bus adapter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and system for a storage area network is provided. The method includes sending a command from a management application executed in a first host system that executes a first operating system; receiving the command at a host bus adapter installed in a second host system that executes a second operating system, where the second operating system has limited capability compared to the first operating system; parsing the command at the host adapter, wherein a management application interface executed by a processor for the host bus adapter parses the command; and performing a task specified by the command, wherein the management interface forwards the command to a component for executing the task specified by the command." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2008 (12/034,913). 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=7,962,675&OS=7,962,675&RS=7,962,675 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Psion Teklogix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Psion Teklogix, Mississauga, Canada, has been assigned a patent (7,962,096) developed by Steve Cox, Cleburne, Texas, for a "system and method for a RFID transponder file system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for representing on a user interface a plurality of transponders in a file system of a computing device, the user interface provided by the device, the device configured for communicating with the transponders when present in an electromagnetic spectrum in communication range of the device. The communication between the transponders and the device uses radio frequency signals to obtain information of the transponders. The system and method comprises a first memory location configured for storing the transponder information as a plurality of corresponding transponder files in the file system. The system and method also have a driver for coordinating the transfer of the transponder information between the transponder and the first memory location according to an access command, the access command configured for directing the computing device to obtain the transponder information for the transponders when in communication range of the device. The system and method also have a file processor for manipulating the transponder information present in the transponder files, wherein the transponder information contents of the transponder files represents at least a portion of the transponder information available in the electromagnetic spectrum in communication range of the device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2005 (11/245,217). 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=7,962,096.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,096&RS=PN/7,962,096 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,287) developed by Brian Clark, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for optimizing magnetic signals and detecting casing and resistivity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wellbore tool for optimizing magnetic signals is provided. The wellbore tool has a tool body and an electric current driving device with an insulated gap on the downhole tool body. The electric current driving device generates electric current across the gap. The wellbore tool has a a magnetometer capable of measuring a magnetic field." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,704). 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=7,962,287.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,287&RS=PN/7,962,287 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus to Determine Broadcast Content and Scheduling in a Broadcast System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,573) developed by Jay H. Connelly, Lakeway, Texas, for a "method and apparatus to determine broadcast content and scheduling in a broadcast system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A broadcast system, method and apparatus providing content on demand. In one embodiment, the disclosed broadcast system includes a server that broadcasts meta-data to a plurality of clients. The meta-data describes a plurality of data files that are to be broadcast or potentially broadcast later by the server. Each client receives the broadcasted meta-data from the server and updates and maintains a local meta-data table and a content rating table. Based on the meta-data, previous access habits of the user and optional user classifications, the client system selectively receives and/or stores the data files that are later broadcast by the server. In one embodiment, the client systems transmit back to the server ratings of each one of the data files described by the meta-data based on the user's previously accessed data files and optional user classifications. The server then determines the data files to be broadcast and the broadcast schedule based on the ratings received from the clients." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,485). 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=7,962,573&OS=7,962,573&RS=7,962,573 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Southern Methodist University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,537) developed by four co-inventors for a "determining a table output of a table representing a hierarchical tree for an integer valued function." The co-inventors are David W. Matula, Dallas, Mitchell A. Thornton, Dallas, Alexandru Fit-Florea, Palo Alto, Calif., and Lun Li, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining a table output of a table representing a hierarchical tree for an integer valued function includes determining an address from a table input. A subset of a memory is selected according to the address, where the memory represents the hierarchical tree and the subset represents a subtree of the hierarchical tree. Bit fields are selected from the subset, and bits are extracted from the bit fields. A table output is determined from the extracted bits." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2007 (11/768,742). 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=7,962,537&OS=7,962,537&RS=7,962,537 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Monitoring Systems and Methods that Incorporate Instant Messaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,608) developed by Phong T. Nguyen, Garland, Texas, for "monitoring systems and methods that incorporate instant messaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automatic Instant Messaging system adds remote access capability to fire alarm systems. Both public and private communications paths can be provided to enable displaced individuals to communicate with one or more alarm systems." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2006 (11/555,710). 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=7,962,608&OS=7,962,608&RS=7,962,608 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,543) developed by Michael J. Schulte, Madison, Wis., Carl E. Lemonds Jr., Austin, Texas, and Dimitri Tan, Austin, Texas, for a "division with rectangular multiplier supporting multiple precisions and operand types." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A division method includes determining a precision indicator for the division operation that indicates whether the quotient should be a single precision, double precision, or extended precision floating-point number. The division is performed at a rectangular multiplier using the Goldschmidt or Newton-Raphson algorithm. Each algorithm calculates one or more intermediate values in order to determine the quotient. For example, the Goldschmidt algorithm calculates a complement of a product of the dividend and an estimate of the reciprocal of the divisor. The quotient is determined based on a portion of one or more of these intermediate values. Because only a portion of the intermediate value is used, the division can be performed efficiently at the rectangular multiplier, and therefore the quotient can be determined more quickly and still achieve the desired level of precision." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/756,885). 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=7,962,543&OS=7,962,543&RS=7,962,543 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamically Adding Partitions to be Distributed Directory Setup with No Downtime ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,583) developed by four co-inventors for "dynamically adding partitions to be distributed directory setup with no downtime." The co-inventors are Yogesh V. Golwalkar, Maharashtra, India, Kristin M. Hazlewood, Austin, Texas, Magesh Rajamani, Wanowrie Pune, India, and Gary Dale Williams, Driftwood, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Dynamically adding n partitions to a distributed directory setup having x existing servers by modifying the configuration file to include the n new servers and implementing a replication setup mechanism with agreements to x+n-1 servers. The migration to dynamically add partitions is carried out while continuing to serve clients." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/955,586). 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=7,962,583&OS=7,962,583&RS=7,962,583 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas A&M University System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas has been assigned a patent (7,962,536) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for remote monitoring and controlling of facility energy consumption." The co-inventors are Charles H. Culp, College Station, Texas, David E. Claridge, College Station, Texas, Jeffrey S. Haberl, College Station, Texas, and William D. Turner, College Station, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for remote monitoring and controlling of energy consumption of a facility includes receiving energy consumption data associated with the facility at a processor disposed remotely from the facility. The method also includes receiving environmental data associated with the facility. The method includes determining whether an operating parameter of an energy consumption system of the facility requires modification to increase efficiency using the energy consumption data and the environmental data. The method further includes automatically modifying the operating parameter of the energy consumption system corresponding to the required modification." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2008 (12/099,271). 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=7,962,536&OS=7,962,536&RS=7,962,536 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Adding Multi-level Security to Federated Asset Repositories ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,516) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for adding multi-level security to federated asset repositories." The co-inventors are Peter C. Bahrs, Georgetown, Texas, Michael Jon Dockter, Wellington, Fla., Enrique Vicente Kortright, Thibodaux, La., and Gregory Bruce Yarbrough, San Antonio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for adding multi-level security to federated asset repositories is provided. A multi-level security (MLS) manager receives normalized taxonomies from repository managers, which manage repositories that include assets assigned various security levels. In turn, the MLS manager integrates the taxonomies into a composite taxonomy. When a portal receives a request from a user, the portal sends a taxonomy request to the MLS manager that includes the user's user identifier. The MLS manager retrieves the composite taxonomy, identifies the user's security level, filters the composite taxonomy based upon the user's security level, and provides the filtered composite taxonomy to the portal. In turn, the portal generates a user interface view based upon the filtered composite taxonomy and provides the user interface view to the user, which utilizes the user interface view to request and receive access to assets from one or more federated repositories." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2008 (12/026,240). 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=7,962,516&OS=7,962,516&RS=7,962,516 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FutureWei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- FutureWei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,962,584) developed by Yangsong Xia, Jiangsu Province, China, and Behcet Sarikaya, Wylie, Texas, for "usage of host generating interface identifiers in DHCPv6." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a local area network system including a computational device or a host, a network apparatus and communication channel (e.g. router). The invention also provides a method for configuring IPv6 addresses in the host. The method includes separating a prefix assignment from generation of an interface identifier. The prefix may be stored in a DHCPv6 server. The procedure further includes requesting the prefix from the DHCPv6 server by the host, generating the interface identifier in the host, and combining the prefix and the generated interface identifier to formulate an IP address in the host, registering the IP address in the DHCPv6 server, and granting the usage of the IP address to the host by the DHCPv6 server." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2008 (12/199,058). 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=7,962,584&OS=7,962,584&RS=7,962,584 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Client Device Configuration with Vendor Association of Configuration Parameters ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,581) developed by William Kress Bodin, Austin, Texas, and Michael John Burkhart, Round Rock, Texas, for a "client device configuration with vendor association of configuration parameters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Configuring a client device, including receiving, at a vendor, user provided configuration parameters for the client device from a user, receiving at the vendor, a configuration bundle for the client device from a manufacturer, and associating the user provided configuration parameters for the client device with the configuration bundle for the client device, thereby producing an associated configuration bundle." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2002 (10/317,993). 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=7,962,581&OS=7,962,581&RS=7,962,581 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** SAP Assigned Patent for Quantity Conversion Interface for External Program Calls ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- SAP, Walldorf, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,962,576) developed by Guenter Spens, Dallas, Ralf Mueller, Angelbachtal, Germany, and Markus Seng, Berlin, for a "quantity conversion interface for external program calls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The application is directed to methods, systems, procedures, networks and storage apparatus used to conduct conversions of data using remote conversion servers. 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