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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (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 Georgia. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Caller-controlled Tune Notification of a Call ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,961,868) developed by Edward Michael Silver, Atlanta, Linda Ann Roberts, Decatur, Ga., and Hong Thi Nguyen, Atlanta, for "systems and methods for caller-controlled tune notification of a call." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for a caller to control a tune notification for a telephone call includes a service switching point and a service control point. The service switching point is operable to receive a tune notification service access code and a called directory number, and to issue a query in response to receiving the service access code. The service control point is operable to receive the query and issue a response including a tune notification signal to the service switching point. Upon receiving the response from the service control point, the service switching point processes the call so that the tune notification signal causes the tune notification to be applied to a called telephone line associated with the called directory number." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2009 (12/547,601). 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=7,961,868&OS=7,961,868&RS=7,961,868 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Responses in Prompting Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,961,856) developed by Samuel N. Zellner, Dunwoody, Ga. for "methods, systems, and products for processing responses in prompting systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing responses in a prompting system. A response is received to a prompt and compared to a set of conditions for interpreting the response. If the response is not interpretable, then an alternative presentation of the prompt is obtained. A supplemental prompt is sent that presents the alternative presentation of the prompt." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2006 (11/378,460). 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=7,961,856&OS=7,961,856&RS=7,961,856 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for Generated Set Top Calibration Patterns in Manufacturing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Leo Montreuil, Atlanta, Wayne B. Williams, Grayson, Ga., Samuel H. Russ, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Robert A. Kriete, Lawrenceville, Ga., have developed a patent (7,961,780) for a "generated set top calibration patterns in manufacturing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Included are systems and methods for performing an internal operations test to a set top terminal (STT). At least one embodiment of a method includes creating a test pattern for testing video functionality of the STT, sending the created test pattern to a digital encoder, and converting the test pattern to an analog signal." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2006 (11/427,747). 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=7,961,780&OS=7,961,780&RS=7,961,780 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for Controlling Substantially Constant Buffer Capacity for Personal Video Recording ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Harold J. Plourde Jr., Lawrenceville, Ga., and Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, Ga., have developed a patent (7,962,011) for a "controlling substantially constant buffer capacity for personal video recording with consistent user interface of available disk space." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system manages the allocation and storage of media content instance files in a hard disk of a storage device of a media client device in a subscriber television system. In one embodiment among others, the system includes a memory for storing logic, a buffer space in the hard disk for buffering media content instances as buffered media content instance files, and a processor configured with the logic to track the size of permanent media content instance files and the buffered media content instance files to provide an indication of available free space, such that the indication is independent of the buffer space." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2001 (10/010,270). 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=7,962,011.PN.&OS=PN/7,962,011&RS=PN/7,962,011 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Television Functionality on a Chip ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,255) developed by thirty three co-inventors for a "television functionality on a chip." The co-inventors are David A. Baer, San Jose, Calif., Jeff Tingley, San Jose, Calif., Aleksandr Movshovich, Santa Clara, Calif., Brad Grossman, Sunnyvale, Calif., Brian F. Schoner, Fremont, Calif., Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Saratoga, Calif., Chuck Monahan, Mountain View, Calif., Darren D. Neuman, Palo Alto, Calif., David Chao Hua Wu, San Diego, Francis Cheung, Del Mar, Calif., Greg A. Kranawetter, Laguna Hills, Calif., Hoang Nhu, Irvine, Calif., Hsien-Chih Jim Tseng, San Jose, Calif., Iue-Shuenn Chen, San Diego, James D. Sweet, Sunnyvale, Calif., Jeffrey S. Bauch, Alpharetta, Ga., Keith LaRell Klinger, San Diego, Patrick Law, Cupertino, Calif., Rajesh Mamidwar, San Diego, Dan Simon, San Diego, Sang Van Tran, Encinitas, Calif., Shawn V. Johnson, Laguna Hill, Calif., Steven T. Jaffe, Irvine, Calif., Thu T. Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., Ut Nguyen, San Diego, Yao-Hua Steven Tseng, Fremont, Calif., Brad Delanghe, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ben Giese, Oceanside, Calif., Jason Demas, Irvine, Calif., Lakshman Ramakrishnan, Banglore, India, Sandeep Bhatia, Bangalore, India, Guang-Ting Shih, San Jose, Calif., and Tracy C. Denk, Aliso Viejo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output formats. A TVOC can be used in set-top boxes for cable and satellite television, or directly within a television. All functionality provided can be provided on a single integrated circuit. TVOC includes a data transport module, an IF demodulator, a digital audio engine, an analog audio engine, a digital video engine, and an analog video engine. The TVOC also includes three sets of interfaces including output interfaces, control interfaces and ancillary interfaces. Further features and embodiments provide enhanced functionality and increased efficiencies." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2009 (12/367,425). 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=7,961,255.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,255&RS=PN/7,961,255 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,712) developed by Theodore F. Rabenko, Duluth, Ga., Matthew J. Fischer, Mountain View, Calif., and Robert M. Lukas, Burnaby, Canada, for a "system and method for supporting multiple voice channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system is configured with a plurality of media terminal adapters, a telephone line, and a gateway configured to exchange voice and data packets between a network and each of the media terminal adapters over the telephone line. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2001 (09/851,722). 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=7961712.PN.&OS=PN/7961712&RS=PN/7961712 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,961,652) developed by Steven Allan Wright, Roswell, Ga., for a "method for traffic engineering of connectionless virtual private network services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for traffic engineering of connectionless virtual private network (VPN) services that includes receiving physical connectivity data for a connectionless VPN. The data includes service nodes and links between the service nodes. One or more of the service nodes are also edge nodes. Logical connectivity data for the edge nodes is received. A restricted topology is created in response to the physical connectivity data and to the logical connectivity data. The restricted topology includes a single path between each pair of the edge nodes and each path includes a plurality of the service nodes and one or more of the links. A bandwidth requirement for each link in the restricted topology is calculated. The bandwidth requirement is reserved on each link in the restricted topology. The method further comprises directing routing software to force a packet received from an edge node through one of the paths in the restricted topology." The patent application was filed on Dec. 9, 2009 (12/633,920). 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=7961652.PN.&OS=PN/7961652&RS=PN/7961652 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for Optimizing Data Rates for Video Services to a Subscriber ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- James F. McDonald, Atlanta, Luis Avila, Suwanee, Ga., Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, Ga., and William E. Wall, Atlanta, have developed a patent (7,961,643) for an "optimizing data rates for video services to a subscriber." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for optimizing data rates for video services to a subscriber that includes receiving an indication of whether incoming video signals to a set-top box corresponding to the subscriber are being recorded, receiving an indication of whether video content corresponding to the video signals being recorded is being simultaneously viewed by the subscriber, and reducing a data rate for storing the video content that is not simultaneously being viewed by the subscriber." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2008 (12/179,752). 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=7961643.PN.&OS=PN/7961643&RS=PN/7961643 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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