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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (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 Florida. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,962,343) developed by Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Boca Raton, Fla., Charles W. Cross Jr., Wellington, Fla., and Brien H. Muschett, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., for a "method and system of building a grammar rule with baseforms generated dynamically from user utterances." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method (200) of building a grammar with baseforms generated dynamically from user utterances can include the steps of recording (205) a user utterance, generating (210) a baseform using the user utterance, creating or adding to (215) a grammar rule using the baseform, and binding (230) the grammar rule in a grammar document of a voice extensible markup language program. Generating a baseform can optionally include introducing a new element to VoiceXML with attributes that enable generating the baseform from a referenced recording such as the user utterance. In one embodiment, the method can be used to create (235) a phonebook and a grammar to access the phonebook by repeatedly visiting a form containing the grammar rule with attributes that enable generating the baseform from the referenced recording." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/276,036). 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=7,962,343.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,343&RS=PN/7,962,343 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for Apparatus and Method Using Near Field Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Einar Rosenberg, Deerfield Beach, Fla., has developed a patent (7,962,369) for an "apparatus and method using near field communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A near field communications enabled mobile communication is used to provide or receive information." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2007 (11/865,204). 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=7,962,369.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,369&RS=PN/7,962,369 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida, Maryland Inventors Develop Patent for Apparatus, Method and Software for Developing Electronic Documentation of Imaging Modalities, Other Radiological Findings and Physical Examinations ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Douglas K. Dew, Palm Coast, Fla., Steven J. Halpern, Oviedo, Fla., Frank J. Thomas, Lake Mary, Fla., Charles E. Michaels Jr., Lutz, Fla., Clement C. Darrow II, Bel Air, Md., and Clement C. Darrow III, Bel Air, Md., have developed a patent (7,962,348) for an "apparatus, method and software for developing electronic documentation of imaging modalities, other radiological findings and physical examinations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for guiding a user's physical examination of a patient and for generating a transcript. The system comprises: a screen requesting patient identification information, wherein the patient identification information excludes a patient name and further requesting patient medical history information; a screen requesting vital signs information; a screen requesting selection of an anatomical region of the patient for examination, wherein the user selects an anatomical region responsive to the request; a screen providing a plurality of possible observed symptoms related to the selected anatomical region, wherein the user selects one or more of the possible observed symptoms; a screen presenting possible findings that may be observed during the physical examination, wherein the user selects one or more of the possible findings based on the physical examination and a screen displaying a patient transcript responsive to information entered into the previous screens." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,619). 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=7,962,348.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,348&RS=PN/7,962,348 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for System and Method for Selling a Product Multiple Times During the Life of the Product ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Andrew Altschuler, Miami, has developed a patent (7,962,374) for a "system and method for selling a product multiple times during the life of the product." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for turning a buyer into a prospective seller in an electronic marketplace. After the buyer enters into a binding agreement to purchase an item, the buyer is provided with an option of re-listing the purchased item for resale. The purchased item is re-listed if the buyer opts to re-list it. An ecommerce listing to sell the purchased item is automatically generated based on the previous listing. The user only needs to provide the selling price to complete the listing. The purchased item can be re-listed in the same marketplace where the item was purchased or in a different marketplace." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2007 (11/789,666). 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=7,962,374.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,374&RS=PN/7,962,374 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,961,998) developed by Shersrin Naidu, Orlando, Fla., and Gene Kaaihue, Orlando, Fla., for "methods and devices for tracing fiber optic cable." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary embodiments include a tracing clip for a fiber optic cable including: a clip body including an inner and an outer surface; a metal clip disposed on the outer surface; a metal tooth disposed on the inner surface, wherein the metal clip tooth connects to a metal element extending substantially axially along a length of fiber optic cable and to the metal clip." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2009 (12/647,653). 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=79,61,998.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,998&RS=PN/79,61,998 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micrel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Micrel, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,962,117) developed by Joseph S. Elder, Orlando, Fla., Joseph T. Yestrebsky, Apopka, Fla., and Mohammed D.Islam, Winter Park, Fla., for a "single chip radio receiver with decoder and controllable baseband filter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A single chip receiver is disclosed herein. The chip only requires an external antenna for operation. A decoder is formed on chip for performing logical operations on demodulated digital data. A baseband filter is controlled by external control signals to have one of a plurality of discrete frequency response bandwidths depending on the type of signal to be received. To compensate for process variations in the implementation of the IC, bias currents setting the operating conditions for various amplifiers and other components in the system are adjusted based on frequency control signals in a PLL circuit in the local oscillator. Since the magnitude of the control signal reflects the process variations, the bias currents are adjusted based on the control signal to offset these variations in other portions of the receiver. To further improve the signal to noise ratio of the receiver, the IF filter is tuned within a range so as not to include any integer multiple or integer divisor of the timing reference frequency. Various techniques are described for enabling a complete receiver to be implemented on a single chip which receives an antenna input signal and outputs a digital data signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/610,478). 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=79,62,117.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,117&RS=PN/79,62,117 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nokia Siemens Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,962,143) developed by Nagaraja Rao, Boca Raton, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for call content interception within a communications network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is used to intercept call contents for provision of the contents to a monitoring authority for example the police or security services. The method identifies a network device in a bearer path to act as an intercept access point. This device is then instructed to copy the contents and to forward them to a collection node for inspection by the authority." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2004 (10/544,598). 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=79,62,143.PN.&OS=PN/79,62,143&RS=PN/79,62,143 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Arbitron Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Arbitron, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (7,962,315) developed by seven co-inventors for a "gathering data concerning publication usage." The co-inventors are James M. Jensen, Columbia, Md., Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, Md., Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, Md., Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, Md., Daniel W. Pugh, Catonsville, Md., Douglas J. Visnius, Orlando, Fla., and Eugene L. Flanagan III, Wilton, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2005 (11/084,481). 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=7,962,315.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,315&RS=PN/7,962,315 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for End-user System of Preventing Unauthorized Rerecording of Multimedia Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,413) developed by four co-inventors for an "end-user system of preventing unauthorized rerecording of multimedia content." The co-inventors are Michael G. Lisanke, Boynton Beach, Fla., Kenneth L. Milsted, Boynton Beach, Fla., Stefan Nusser, Mountain View, Calif., Bruce A. Tantlinger, Boynton Beach, Fla., and George W. Wilhelm Jr., Endwell, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An end-user system for the blocking of recording digital content at during the rendering of encrypted digital multimedia files. Before the process of rendering of encrypted digital multimedia can be started all rendered media stream during playback are opened to ensure that this multimedia content is not recorded. This blocks the usage of the multimedia interfaces including devices and/or ports that can be used to store un-encrypted content that has been decrypted for the purposes of playing or rendering. The method also includes an exception, which allows recording with permission from the present invention." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2008 (12/098,776). 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=7962413.PN.&OS=PN/7962413&RS=PN/7962413 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimizing a Three Tiered Synchronization System by Pre-fetching and Pre-formatting Synchronization Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,448) developed by Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, Fla., and Curtis E. Hrischuk, Holly Springs, N.C., for an "optimizing a three tiered synchronization system by pre-fetching and pre-formatting synchronization data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A three tiered data synchronization system including a client, an enterprise data server, a synchronization server, and a pre-fetch data store. The client can have an associated client data store and the enterprise data server can have an associated server data store. The synchronization sever can intermittently and bidirectionally synchronize data within the client data store with data within the server data store. The pre-fetch data store can maintains data specific to synchronization requests that is used by the synchronization server when performing synchronization operations responsive to detected synchronization requests. The data specific to synchronization request used by the synchronization server is stored within the pre-fetch data store before the corresponding synchronization requests are detected by the synchronization server." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2004 (11/015,182). 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=7962448.PN.&OS=PN/7962448&RS=PN/7962448 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,962,166) developed by five co-inventors for a "method for indicating a band plan for a trunked radio communications system." The co-inventors are Tanhoa Trandai, Arlington Heights, Ill., John M. Gilbert, Lake Zurich, Ill., Donald R. Griffis, Sunrise, Fla., Daniel J. McDonald, Cary, Ill., and Christopher H. Wilson, Lake Zurich, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiving device in the trunked radio communications system receives an outbound signaling word comprising at least an opcode field and a band plan field, wherein the opcode field indicates that the outbound signaling message is a system status message and the band plan field indicates the band plan in use on the site. In another embodiment, the receiving device receives an outbound signaling word comprising at least an opcode field, a site identification field and a four bit band plan field, wherein the opcode field indicates that the outbound signaling message is an adjacent control channel message, the site identification field identifies a second site, and the four bit band plan field indicates the band plan in use on the second site." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2005 (11/215,723). 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=7,962,166.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,166&RS=PN/7,962,166 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,962,102) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for adaptive ray launching." The co-inventors are Celestino A. Corral, Lake Worth, Fla., Shahriar Emami, Hillsboro, Ore., Salvador Sibecas, Lake Worth, Fla., and Glafkos Stratis, Lake Worth, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (170) and method (300) for ray launching is provided. The system can include a transmitter (110) for successively launching a plurality of rays, and a receiver (120) for receiving transmission rays and reflection rays. A controller (141) can be included for selectively adjusting an angular spacing and eliminating rays in successive launches to focus an energy on the receiver. A method (430) of terminating rays for reducing computational complexity is provided. A method (340) for ray weighting for increasing a computational speed of ray propagation is provided. In one aspect, a quality of service (108) can be determined at the receiver based on ray propagation." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/749,054). 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=7,962,102.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,102&RS=PN/7,962,102 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intelligent Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Intelligent Technologies International, Denville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,962,285) developed by David S. Breed, Miami Beach, Fla., for an "inertial measurement unit for aircraft." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System for determining position of a vehicle includes an integral inertial measurement unit (IMU) including accelerometers and gyroscopes for providing raw data about movement of the vehicle and a correction unit coupled to the IMU and arranged to receive and/or derive positional corrections and the raw data from the IMU and generate accurate positional information about the vehicle based on the raw data and positional corrections. A navigation system is coupled to the correction unit and receives and acts upon the positional information of the vehicle provided by the correction unit. The IMU may be a MEMS-packaged IMU and integrated with the correction unit in combination with one another. A map database may be coupled to the navigation system which would receive information about a travel lane the vehicle is travelling on and could guide an operator of the vehicle based on the accurate positional information and travel lane information." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2008 (12/020,652). 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=7,962,285.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,285&RS=PN/7,962,285 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Delfin Project Assigned Patent for Management System for a Conversational System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Delfin Project, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,962,578) developed by four co-inventors for a "management system for a conversational system." The co-inventors are Michael G. Makar, Boca Raton, Fla., Joseph M. Mosley, Naples, Fla., Tracy A. Tindall, Boca Raton, Fla., and Gene I. Kofman, Parkland, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is uniquely designed to interact with web retailer's customers with real agent reaction times as they give astute answers directly concerning web retailer's products and goals. The entire process is manageable through a third-party website which includes scripting, settings and other parameters selected by the web retailer. An artificial intelligence engine uses the combination of Bayesian probability keyword selection, natural language parsing and regular expression processing. The technology updates its response database with every client interaction-learning always takes place as it simulates a live agent, in real time. Every client interaction is recorded and analyzed, and as a result of the analysis the changes in the answer database are made." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2008 (12/124,531). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,962,578&OS=7,962,578&RS=7,962,578 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Providing Kiosk Service Offerings in a Personal Area Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,962,579) developed by Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., for "providing kiosk service offerings in a personal area network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for delivering electronic services in a personal area network (PAN) can include providing a kiosk in a publicly traversable area. The kiosk can be configured to deliver electronic services over short-range radio communications links to wireless devices in a personal area network (PAN). The kiosk also can be configured to communicate over an existing physical communications link medium. A PAN can be established in the publicly traversable area. Electronic services can be selectably retrieved through the existing physical communications link medium into the kiosk. Finally, the retrieved selected electronic services can be delivered to wireless devices in the PAN over the short-range radio communications link. Notably, the step of establishing a PAN in the publicly traversable area can include establishing a BLUETOOTH-based PAN with wireless devices in the publicly traversable area. In addition, the step of providing a kiosk first can include retrofitting an existing kiosk both with a short-range radio frequency communications system, and with a host computing device for selectively retrieving electronic services over the existing physical communications link medium, and for delivering selected electronic services to the wireless devices in the PAN. Second, the retrofitted kiosk can be activated in the publicly traversable area." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/199,958). 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=7,962,579&OS=7,962,579&RS=7,962,579 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. *** Highwinds Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Highwinds Holdings, Winter Park, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,962,580) developed by Joshua D. Gagliardi, Lake Mary, Fla., and Timothy S. Munger, Phoenix, for a content delivery network. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A content delivery system for providing content from a content delivery network to end users may include a plurality of delivery servers that host one or more content items and an inventory server having an inventory of content. The inventory of content can indicate which of the delivery servers host the content items. The inventory server may receive a request for a content item from an end user system and may access the inventory of content to determine one or more delivery servers that host the content item. In response to this determination, the inventory server may redirect the request for the content item to a selected one of the delivery servers. The selected delivery server can then serve the content item to the end user system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/334,430). 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=7,962,580&OS=7,962,580&RS=7,962,580 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,962,540) developed by Alan J. Michaels, West Melbourne, Fla., and David B. Chester, Palm Bay, Fla., for a "mixed radix number generator with chosen statistical artifacts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for masking a process used in generating a number sequence. The method includes generating a first sequence of numbers contained within a Galois field GF[M]. The method also includes performing a first modification to a first number in the first sequence of numbers. The first modification includes summing the first number with a result of a modulo P operation performed on a second number of the first sequence that proceeds the first number. M is relatively prime with respect to P. The method further includes performing a second modification to the first random number. The second modification is comprised of a modulo P operation. This second modification is performed subsequent to the first modification. The method includes repeating the first and second modification for a plurality of numbers comprising the first sequence of numbers to generate a second sequence of numbers." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2007 (11/759,276). 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=7,962,540&OS=7,962,540&RS=7,962,540 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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