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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (June 17)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Method and System for Reordering Isochronous Hub Streams ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,178) developed by Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Patrick R. Marchand, Apex, N.C., for a "method and system for reordering isochronous hub streams." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method and system for reordering a plurality of pixel data returned by a frame buffer in a display system. The method includes the steps of recording the order of a plurality of requests for pixel data arriving at the frame buffer as a first sequence, wherein the plurality of requests is further associated with a first request stream, associating each pixel data returned by a frame buffer partition in the frame buffer in response to the plurality of requests with an independently operating data thread, wherein each of the data threads is further associated with the first request stream and the frame buffer partition, and retrieving the pixel data for display in a same sequence as the first sequence from the data threads." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2007 (11/747,431). 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=79,61,178.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,178&RS=PN/79,61,178 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of North Carolina Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,961,187) developed by David Borland, Chapel Hill, N.C., John P. Clarke, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Russell M. Taylor II, Pittsboro, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer readable media for flexible occlusion rendering." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to flexible occlusion rendering, including receiving a first set of three dimensional image data including image data for a surface of interest and image data for a region occluding the surface of interest from a desired viewpoint. The purpose of this invention is to improve occlusion rendering via imaging by locating the occluding surface of the incoming three-dimensional data and, and modifying the characteristics of this data, to show the surface that is being occluded so that the image includes viewing through the occlusion to the surface of interest." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2008 (12/532,373). 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=79,61,187.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,187&RS=PN/79,61,187 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,197) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for display image adjustment." The co-inventors are Michael B. Diamond, Los Gatos, Calif., Abraham B. de Waal, San Jose, Calif., David R. Morey, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Jerome F. Duluk Jr., Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for display image adjustment is described. More particularly, handles associated with polygon vertices of a polygon rendered image are provided as a graphical user interface (GUI). These handles may be selected and moved by a user with a cursor pointing device to adjust a displayed image for keystoning, among other types of distortion. This GUI allows a user to adjust a projected image for position of a projector with respect to imaging surface, as well as for imaging surface contour, where such contour may be at least substantially planar, cylindrical, or spherical and where such contour may comprise multiple imaging surfaces. This advantageously may be done without special optics or special equipment. An original image is used as texture for rendering polygons, where the image is applied to the rendered polygons." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,217). 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=79,61,197.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,197&RS=PN/79,61,197 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,475) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for facilitating immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem." The co-inventors are Levi A. Campbell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Richard C. Chu, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Michael J. Ellsworth Jr., Lagrangeville, N.Y., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, N.Y., Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, N.C., and Robert E. Simons, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating immersion-cooling of an electronic subsystem having multiple different types of components to be immersion-cooled. The apparatus includes a container sized to receive the electronic subsystem, and a hermetically sealed electrical connector disposed on a wall of the container. The electrical connector is sized and configured to receive an electrical and network connector of the electronic subsystem when the electronic subsystem is operatively inserted into the container, and to facilitate external electrical and network coupling to the subsystem. The apparatus further includes coolant inlet and outlet ports coupled to the container for facilitating ingress and egress of coolant through the container. When the electronic subsystem is operatively inserted into the container and coolant flows through the container, the electronic subsystem is immersion-cooled by the coolant." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/256,618). 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=7,961,475.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,475&RS=PN/7,961,475 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Retention Module for Toolless Heat Sink Installation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,473) developed by Mark S. Bohannon, Wake Forest, N.C., Derek I. Schmidt, Raleigh, N.C., and Pat Gallarelli, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "retention module for toolless heat sink installation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit is disposed on a circuit board. A heat sink retention module includes a bracket, members, and coil springs. The members extend through the coil springs and corresponding holes within the bracket to attach to the board. A heat sink is removably installed within the bracket in a toolless manner, such that the heat sink comes into contact with the integrated circuit. The heat sink and the bracket join together to become a single entity that is permitted to float along an axis perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. The coil springs are tuned to define a predetermined force at which the heat sink is pushed against the integrated circuit. The module can include a latch having tabs bent at different angles relative to one another to balance forces applied by the tabs against the heat sink while the latter is being installed within the bracket." The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2009 (12/647,351). 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=7,961,473.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,473&RS=PN/7,961,473 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,612) developed by five co-inventors for a "limiting transmission rate of data." The co-inventors are Mitchell L. Loeb, Durham, N.C., Harry Cheselka, Raleigh, N.C., William G. Holland, Cary, N.C., Norman C. Strole, Raleigh, N.C., and Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved solution for limiting the transmission rate of data over a network is provided according to an aspect of the invention. In particular, the transmission rate for a port is limited by rate limiting one of a plurality of queues (e.g., class/quality of service queues) for the port, and directing all data (e.g., packets) for transmission through the port to the single rate limited queue. In this manner, the transmission rate for the port can be effectively limited to accommodate, for example, a lower transmission rate for a port on a destination node." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2006 (11/566,338). 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=7,961,612.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,612&RS=PN/7,961,612 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Low Leakage High Performance Static Random Access Memory Cell Using Dual-technology Transistors ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,961,499) developed by Manish Garg, Morrisville, N.C., Chiaming Chai, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Michael ThaiThanh Phan, Cary, N.C., for a "low leakage high performance static random access memory cell using dual-technology transistors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory cell includes a storage element, a write circuit coupled to the storage element and a read circuit coupled to the storage element. At least a portion of the storage element and at least a portion of the write circuit are fabricated using a thicker functional gate oxide and at least a portion of the read circuit is fabricated using a thinner functional gate oxide." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2009 (12/357,938). 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=7,961,499.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,499&RS=PN/7,961,499 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varian Medical Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,838) developed by Fang-Fang Yin, Durham, N.C., for a "computerized tomography image reconstruction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods include coordinated (KV) and megaelectronvolt (MV) computerized tomography (CT) imaging. KV and MV data are combined using a normalization process in order to generate CT images. The resulting CT images can include an improved signal to noise ratio in comparison to CT images generated using either KV or MV imaging alone. The coordinated KV and MV imaging process may be accomplished in significantly less time than using KV or MV imaging alone. This time savings has advantages in treatment verification. The MV projections are optionally generated using MV x-rays configured for x-ray treatment. In these cases the combined projections will reflect the treatment volume." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/287,514). 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=7,961,838&OS=7,961,838&RS=7,961,838 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,961,848) developed by five co-inventors for an "internet facilitated emergency and general paging system." The co-inventors are Andrew G. Berezowski, Wallingford, Conn., Patrick J. Garvy, Wallingford, Conn., George P. Mancini, Wallingford, Conn., Charles T. Pearson, Northford, Conn., and Todd W. Warner, Concord, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast thereinto." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/620,332). 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=7,961,848&OS=7,961,848&RS=7,961,848 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Broadcast and Multicast Packet Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,729) developed by Charles W. Gainey Jr., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, N.C., for a "broadcast and multicast packet management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer program product, and system for managing broadcast packets or multicast packets received by an Ethernet adapter comprising a plurality of logical ports are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for a first function operable to register a logical port of the Ethernet adapter as a recipient of any broadcast packet received by the Ethernet adapter satisfying a first predefined criterion and a second function operable to register the logical port of the Ethernet adapter as a recipient of any multicast packet received by the Ethernet adapter satisfying a second predefined criterion, wherein the Ethernet adapter is shared by a plurality of applications executing on a plurality of virtual systems, the first function and the second function being invocable by an application assigned to the logical port." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/621,099). 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=7,961,729&OS=7,961,729&RS=7,961,729 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,733) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for performing network processing functions." The co-inventors are Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, N.C., Gary D. Hicok, Mesa, Ariz., Paul J. Sidenblad, Cupertino, Calif., and Mark A. Parris, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel network architecture that integrates the functions of an internet protocol (IP) router into a network processing unit (NPU) that resides in a host computer's chipset such that the host computer's resources are perceived as separate network appliances. The NPU appears logically separate from the host computer even though, in one embodiment, it is sharing the same chip." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2008 (12/141,885). 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=7,961,733&OS=7,961,733&RS=7,961,733 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** North Carolina Inventor Develops Patent for Method for Forming and Distributing a Composite File ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- William Bruce Howerton Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C., has developed a patent (7,961,935) for a "method for forming and distributing a composite file including a dental image and associated diagnosis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of providing dental-related imaging data of a patient to a dental practitioner is provided, the dental-related imaging data being obtained by a third party imaging provider at a third-party imaging provider site using a three-dimensional digital imaging device. Three-dimensional image data of the maxillofacial complex of the patient is obtained with the imaging device and analyzed to form a diagnosis. A two-dimensional image associated with the diagnosis is formed from the three-dimensional image data, and the two-dimensional image and diagnosis are combined into a composite file as part of the dental-related imaging data. The dental-related imaging data is stored in encrypted read-only format executable by a standard multi-media player and made available to the dental provider in a secure arrangement. The composite file is thereby selectively viewable by the dental provider for determining an appropriate treatment for the patient. Associated methods and apparatuses are also provided." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2006 (11/417,381). 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=7961935.PN.&OS=PN/7961935&RS=PN/7961935 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tekelec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,961,622) developed by Travis E. Russell, Clayton, N.C., and Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring and analyzing signaling messages associated with delivery of streaming media content to subscribers via a broadcast and multicast service (BCMCS)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing signaling messages associated with delivery of streaming media content to subscribers via a broadcast and multicast service (BCMCS) are disclosed. According to one method, at least one signaling message transmitted between network elements associated with delivery of streaming media content to a subscriber via a BCMCS is monitored. The at least one signaling message is analyzed. Information resulting from the analysis is provided to at least one BCMCS data processing application." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2006 (11/440,797). 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=7961622.PN.&OS=PN/7961622&RS=PN/7961622 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1051423 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |