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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Two Component Texture Map Compression ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,195) developed by Douglas H. Rogers, Gilroy, Calif., Gary C. King, San Jose, Calif., and Walter E. Donovan, Saratoga, Calif., for a "two component texture map compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for compressing and decompressing data are described. A first value of N+1 bits and a second value of N+1 bits are reduced to strings of N bits each. The first and second strings of N bits are stored in a particular order relative to one another in a compression block. The particular order in which the first and second strings of N bits are stored in the compression block is used to derive a bit value that is then used in combination with one of the strings of N bits to reconstruct that string as N+1 bits." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2004 (10/990,900). 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=79,61,195.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,195&RS=PN/79,61,195 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent for Multi-graphics Processor System and Method for Processing Content Communicated Over a Network for Display Purposes ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,192) developed by William Samuel Herz, Hayward, Calif., for a "multi-graphics processor system and method for processing content communicated over a network for display purposes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided including a first graphic processor in communication with a content source. In operation, the first graphics processor is adapted for processing content from the content source. Further included is a second graphics processor in communication with the first graphics processor utilizing a network. The second graphics processor is adapted for further processing the content for display purposes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2006 (11/461,670). 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=79,61,192.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,192&RS=PN/79,61,192 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,961,198) developed by Gary J. Dispoto, Palo Alto, Calif., and Giordano B. Beretta, Palo Alto, Calif., for "managing color output by appearance intent." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a method of managing color output by appearance intent a color display value is received. The color display value comprises at least one appearance intent tag and is associated with an item of graphic content. The color display value is converted into an intermediate color value such that an appearance intent specified by the appearance intent tag is preserved in the intermediate color value. The intermediate color value is converted into an output color display value recognizable by an output device, such that the appearance intent is preserved in the output color display value." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/881,554). 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=79,61,198.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,198&RS=PN/79,61,198 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. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (7,961,189) developed by Khemdut Purang, San Jose, Calif., and Mark Plutowski, Santa Cruz, Calif., for "displaying artists related to an artist of interest." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A graph of nodes and edges is used to represent artist influence between different artists. Each node of the graph represents an artist. An edge between two nodes represents an influence relationship between two artists. The relative influence between artists is computed for the artists represented in the graph. Furthermore, a weighted artist influence graph is generated based on the computed influences." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2006 (11/436,008). 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=79,61,189.PN.&OS=PN/79,61,189&RS=PN/79,61,189 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Rectifier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,482) developed by Thomas Ribarich, Laguna Beach, Calif., for a "bi-directional HEMT/GaN half-bridge circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A half-bridge circuit in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes an input voltage terminal operable to receive an input voltage, a first bi-directional switch, a second bi-directional switch connected in series with the first bi-directional switch, wherein the first and second bi-directional switches are connected to the input voltage terminal such that the input voltage is provided across the first and second bi-directional switches and a controller operable to turn the first and second bi-directional switches ON and OFF such that a desired voltage is provided at an midpoint node positioned between the first bi-directional switch and the second bi-directional switch. The first bi-directional switch and the second bi-directional switch are high electron mobility transistors structured to allow for conduction in two directions when ON and to prevent conduction in any direction when OFF." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/118,027). 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=7,961,482.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,482&RS=PN/7,961,482 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,476) developed by Stephen Brian Lynch, San Francisco, and Dinesh Mathew, Fremont, Calif., for a "stiffening plate for circuit board and switch assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention is directed to a support plate for reinforcing a portion of a circuit board. The support plate may be coupled to a portion of the circuit board that is subject to forces (e.g., portions of the circuit board having switches) to prevent flexing of the board. The support plate may be coupled to the circuit board. This invention is also directed to a switch constructed from a button, a label plate, and a backer plate. The label plate and the backer plate may include apertures operative to receive a protrusion extending from the button, where the protrusion is welded to the backer plate. Labels may be printed or attached to the bottom surface of the label plate to protect the labels. In some embodiments, the protrusion may be welded to the backer plate. The protrusion may be operative to engage an electrical switch of an electronic device in which the switch is placed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2010 (12/710,026). 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=7,961,476.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,476&RS=PN/7,961,476 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Infineon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Infineon Technologies, Munich, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,961,470) developed by Henrik Hoyer, Santa Clara, Calif., Donald Fowlkes, Santa Clara, Calif., and Bradley Griswold, Santa Clara, Calif., for a power amplifier. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An RF power amplifier including a single piece heat sink and an RF power transistor die mounted directly onto the heat sink." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2006 (11/458,548). 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=7,961,470.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,470&RS=PN/7,961,470 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Distributing a Thermal Interface Material ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,469) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for distributing a thermal interface material." The co-inventors are Chad C. Schmidt, Menlo Park, Calif., Richard Lidio Blanco Jr., Santa Clara, Calif., Douglas L. Heirich, Palo Alto, Calif., Michael D. Hillman, Los Altos, Calif., Phillip L. Mort, Santa Clara, Calif., Jay S. Nigen, Santa Clara, Calif., and Gregory L. Tice, Los Altos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for distributing a thermal interface material. The system includes: an integrated circuit chip; a heat sink; and a compliant thermal interface material (TIM) between the integrated circuit chip and the heat sink. During assembly of the system, a mating surface of the heat sink and a mating surface of the integrated circuit chip are shaped to distribute the TIM in the predetermined pattern as the TIM is pressed between the mating surface of heat sink and a corresponding mating surface of the integrated circuit chip." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,760). 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=7,961,469&OS=7,961,469&RS=7,961,469 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Tape Path Control System with Precision-aligned Conjugated Rollers ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,961,430) developed by Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, Calif., and Wayne I. Imaino, San Jose, Calif., for a "tape path control system with precision-aligned conjugated rollers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tape path control system and related method for controlling the position of a tape medium in the tape drive. The tape path includes a first tape guide roller, a second tape guide roller spaced from the first roller, and a transducing head situated between the first and second rollers. The first and second rollers may be large and closely spaced, with the second tape guide roller being spaced from the first roller at a roller diameter/center-to-center spacing ratio of between approximately 1:1-1:2 while still accommodating the transducing head therebetween. A precision alignment system is associated with the second roller. When operable, the precision alignment system allows the second roller to be adjustably aligned relative to the first roller in order to control lateral tape movement when a tape medium streams across the rollers in operative engagement with the transducing head." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2006 (11/533,002). 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=7,961,430&OS=7,961,430&RS=7,961,430 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Method of Detecting Fault Extinction during a Three-pase Autoreclosing Cycle in an AC Transmission Line ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Mark I. Khoroshev, Arcadia, Calif., has developed a patent (7,961,445) for a "method of detecting fault extinction during a three-phase autoreclosing cycle in an AC transmission line." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new method for three-phase reclosing of transmission lines is disclosed. According this method, after the type of fault is identified and the faulted line is opened for all three phases from both ends, fault extinction is recognized by comparison of amplitudes and angles of voltages induced at opened phases with predetermined settings. The transmission line is reclosed after the fault is found to be extinguished." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2007 (11/880,165). 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=7,961,445&OS=7,961,445&RS=7,961,445 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Quantum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Quantum Corporation, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,415) developed by Marc Feller, Long Beach, Calif., for a "master calibration channel for a multichannel tape drive." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises two or more slave channels, wherein each one of the slave channels comprises a non-adaptive filter operable to filter an input signal to the slave channel using filter coefficients received from a master channel; and the master channel coupled to each one of the slave channels, wherein the master channel comprises an adaptive filter operable to: for each one of one or more of the slave channels, determine the filter coefficients for the slave channel using the input signal to the slave channel; and send the filter coefficients to the slave channel." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2010 (12/695,293). 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=7,961,415&OS=7,961,415&RS=7,961,415 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,436) developed by Lidu Huang, Danville, Calif., and Seungman Chang, San Jose, Calif., for a "disk drive head stack assembly with clip for mounting a flex cable." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive has a novel head stack assembly that includes a flex cable having a width, an actuator body, and a clip. A top portion of the clip includes a first top slot and a second top slot, forming a non-zero acute angle. The bottom portion of the clip includes a first bottom slot that is substantially aligned to face and oppose the first top slot, and a second bottom slot that is substantially aligned to face and oppose the second top slot. A first maximum distance between the first top slot and the first bottom slot equals or exceeds the width. A second maximum distance between the second top slot and the second bottom slot equals or exceeds the width. The slots retain the flex cable. The top portion and the bottom portion are a single monolithic piece." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (12/762,233). 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=7,961,436&OS=7,961,436&RS=7,961,436 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,961,416) developed by Roger William Wood, Gilroy, Calif., and Jonathan Darrel Coker, Rochester, Minn., for a "using readback signals to estimate radial location on a rotating storage device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Approaches for estimating the operating radius of a head in a hard-disk drive. These approaches may be used in a constant or approximately constant density servo scheme. Statistics, which describe the proportion of high frequency values to low frequency values in a readback signal read by the read/write head of a persistent storage medium, such as a hard-disk drive (HDD), are maintained. An estimated location for the read/write head using the statistics is determined. The estimated location may be expressed as an estimated operating radius, which is an estimated distance from the center of the magnetic-recording medium to a current position of the read/write head. Based on the estimated location of the read/write head, an estimated clock frequency for a readback channel to use in reading the servo data stored on the magnetic recording medium is determined. The readback channel reads the servo data using the estimated clock frequency." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2009 (12/539,087). 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=7,961,416&OS=7,961,416&RS=7,961,416 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAE Magnetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- SAE Magnetics, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, has been assigned a patent (7,961,433) developed by five co-inventors for an "air-bearing design for hard disk drive (HDD) applications." The co-inventors are Guoqiang Zheng, Milpitas, Calif., Shoji Toyoda, Hong Kong, Ellis Cha, San Ramon, Calif., Zhu Feng, Pleasanton, Calif., and Collins Lee, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A slider is formed with an ABS topography that eliminates the accumulation of lubricant swept from the surface of a rotating disk in an operating HDD. The topography includes air channeling grooves in which are formed backflow blocking elements that prevent the formation airflow patterns that would cause lubricant to be aspirated into the ABS topography of the slider and that create airflow patterns that sweep lubricant away from the ABS of the slider. The topography is first tested to make sure that the slider has the proper flying height and aerodynamic stability, then the backflow blocking elements are added to control the airflow, while maintaining the desired flying height and stability." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/074,082). 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=7,961,433&OS=7,961,433&RS=7,961,433 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,422) developed by Min Chen, San Leandro, Calif., Li Yi, Mountain View, Calif., and Duc T. Phan, Saratoga, Calif., for a "disk drive computing data center off-track from repeatable runout of write servo track and read servo track." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having a plurality of servo tracks that define a plurality of data tracks, and a head actuated over the disk by a voice coil motor (VCM), wherein the head comprises a read element offset radially from a write element. The read element is positioned over a first servo track and the write element is positioned over a second servo track, and a first repeatable runout (RRO) of the first servo track is measured. The read element is positioned over the second servo track, and a second RRO of the second servo track is measured. A data center off-track is computed in response to the first RRO and the second RRO." The patent application was filed on February 19, 2009 (12/388,644). 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=7,961,422&OS=7,961,422&RS=7,961,422 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Assigned Patent for Current Perpendicular to Plane Magnetoresistive Sensor with Reduced Read Gap ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,961,440) developed by Hardayal Singh Gill, Palo Alto, Calif., and Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "current perpendicular to plane magnetoresistive sensor with reduced read gap." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetoresistive sensor having a greatly reduced read gap. The sensor has a pinned layer structure formed above the free layer. A layer of antiferromagnetic material (AFM layer) is formed over the pinned layer structure and has a front edge disposed toward, but recessed from the air bearing surface. An electrically conductive, magnetic lead is formed over the pinned layer and AFM layer such that the lead fills a space between the AFM layer and the air bearing surface. In this way, the read gap is distance between the outermost portion of the pinned layer structure and free layer. The thickness of the AFM layer and capping layer are not included in the read gap." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/863,131). 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=7,961,440&OS=7,961,440&RS=7,961,440 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands Assigned Patent for Magnetic Recording Head Having an Extended Stripe Height and a Shortened Shield Height ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (7,961,437) developed by David J. Seagle, Morgan Hill, Calif., for a "magnetic recording head having an extended stripe height and a shortened shield height." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Magnetic recording heads and associated methods of fabrication are disclosed. A magnetic recording head has a first shield and a magnetoresistance (MR) read element formed on the first shield. The first shield has a shield height that is defined by a distance between the air bearing surface (ABS) of the recording head and a back edge of the first shield that is opposite the ABS. The MR read element has a stripe height that is defined by a distance between the air bearing surface (ABS) of the recording head and a back edge of the MR read element that is opposite the ABS. The magnetic recording heads as disclosed herein have a stripe height that is greater than the shield height." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/863,190). 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=7,961,437&OS=7,961,437&RS=7,961,437 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Active-Semi Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Active-Semi, British Virgin Islands, has been assigned a patent (7,961,483) developed by four co-inventors for a "constant current and voltage controller in a small package with dual-use pin." The co-inventors are Steven Huynh, Sunnyvale, Calif., Matthew Grant, Palo Alto, Calif., David Kunst, Cupertino, Calif., and Zhibo Tao, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A comparing circuit and a control loop are used to maintain the peak level of current flowing through an inductor of a flyback converter. An inductor switch control signal controls an inductor switch through which the inductor current flows. The inductor current increases at a ramp-up rate during a ramp time and stops increasing at the end of the ramp time. The comparing circuit generates a timing signal that indicates a target time at which the inductor current would reach a predetermined current limit if the inductor current continued to increase at the ramp-up rate. The control loop then receives the timing signal and compares the target time to the end of the ramp time. The pulse width of the inductor switch control signal is increased when the target time occurs after the end of the ramp time. Adjusting the pulse width controls the peak of the inductor current." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2009 (12/386,609). 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=7,961,483.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,483&RS=PN/7,961,483 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, Calif., have been assigned a patent (7,961,947) developed by Demian Gordon, Culver City, Calif., and Parag Havaldar, Culver City, Calif., for "FACS cleaning in motion capture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of cleaning facial marker data, the method comprising: decimating frames of survey facial marker data into representative frames of key facial poses; generating a facial pose matrix using the representative frames of key facial poses; and cleaning incoming frames of facial marker data using the facial pose matrix." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2007 (11/829,711). 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=7961947.PN.&OS=PN/7961947&RS=PN/7961947 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Strider Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Strider Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,934) developed by Sebastian Thrun, Stanford, Calif., and Eliot Leonard Wegbreit, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "probable reconstruction of surfaces in occluded regions by computed symmetry." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for obtaining a probable 3D map of an occluded surface of an object is provided. The system receives an initial 3D map of a visible surface of the object and identifies one or more symmetries of the initial 3D map. The system computes the probable 3D map of the occluded surface by projecting points of the initial 3D map into occluded regions of space according to the identified symmetries. The system can also comprise an imager for obtaining the initial 3D map. The actual occluded surface cannot be known with absolute certainly because it is occluded; however, the computed 3D map will closely resemble the actual occluded surface in many instances because most objects possess one or more symmetries and the computed 3D map is based on such symmetries that are identified in the initial 3D map of the object." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2004 (11/009,314). 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=7961934.PN.&OS=PN/7961934&RS=PN/7961934 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ericsson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (7,961,601) developed by Wenhu Lu, San Jose, Calif., and Sriganesh Kini, San Jose, Calif., for a "lesser disruptive open shortest path first handling of bidirectional forwarding detection state changes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for processing link down events associated with links between adjacent nodes is described. A node receives link down events associated with a link fault protocol for a link between the node and a neighboring node. In response to receiving the link down event, the node removes a data structure associated with the neighboring node from a forwarding table associated with a routing protocol running on the node. The node reserves the data structure for speedy adjacency recovery. In addition, the node places the neighboring node in the initialize state of the routing protocol." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/894,249). 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=7,961,601.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,601&RS=PN/7,961,601 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,961,592) developed by Peter J. Black, La Jolla, Calif., Gadi Karmi, San Diego, and Nagabhushana T. Sindhushayana, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving variable rate data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A variable rate transmission system transmits a variable rate data packet including an accompanying rate indication signal indicative of the transmission rate of the variable data packet. The data packet can be spread using a long pseudonoise (PN) code, the mask of which can be selected in accordance with the transmission rate of the variable rate data packet. A preamble, providing the transmission rate, can be punctured into an outgoing pilot signal. The rate indication signal can be encoded in accordance with a set of orthogonal functions that are part of the indication of the transmission rate of the data packet." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2007 (11/940,757). 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=7,961,592.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,592&RS=PN/7,961,592 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,961,609) developed by Edward Harrison Teague, San Diego, and Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, Calif., for a "packet aware scheduler in wireless communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatuses and methodologies are described that facilitate packet aware scheduling are provided. In some embodiments, if all of the information of a packet cannot be scheduled in a single transmission period, additional resources may be assigned to transmission of the contents of the packet based upon latency requirements and/or transmission constraints of the packet." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2005 (11/184,602). 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=7,961,609.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,609&RS=PN/7,961,609 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,600) developed by six co-inventors for a "loop prevention technique for MPLS using service labels." The co-inventors are Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, Belgium, David D. Ward, Los Gatos, Calif., Stefano B. Previdi, Rome, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Saint Martin d'Uriage, France, Jim Guichard, New Boston, N.H., and Robert Raszuk, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a loss of communication is detected between a first edge device of a computer network and a neighboring routing domain. A data packet is received at the first edge device, where the received data packet contains a destination address that is reachable via the neighboring routing domain. A determination is made whether a service label is located in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) label stack included in the received data packet. A service label in the MPLS label stack indicates that the received data packet was previously rerouted in accordance with fast reroute (FRR) operations. In response to a determination that the received data packet does not include a service label in the MPLS label stack, the received data packet is rerouted to a second edge device of the computer network for forwarding to the neighboring routing domain." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/694,038). 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=7,961,600.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,600&RS=PN/7,961,600 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,589) developed by Athanasios A. Kasapi, San Francisco, for a "system and related methods for introducing sub-carrier diversity in a wideband communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and related methods for introducing intra-channel spatial diversity within a multi-carrier wideband communication channel is presented. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, developed more fully below, a method is presented comprising receiving information for transmission to a receiver, and generating a plurality of sub-carriers to redundantly transmit the information to a user over a multi-carrier wireless communication channel, wherein each of the sub-carriers is dynamically modified by a set of complex weights to ensure that each of the sub-carriers of the wireless communication channel propagates along a different physical path to the receiver." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2001 (09/967,048). 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=7,961,589.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,589&RS=PN/7,961,589 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wi-Lan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Wi-Lan, Ottawa, has been assigned a patent (7,961,593) developed by four co-inventors for a downlink acquisition. The co-inventors are Ron Porat, San Diego, Yu Wen, Calgary, Canada, Peter J. Graumann, Calgary, Canada, and Srikanth Gummadi, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting a preamble to enable acquisition of a downlink. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a plurality of symbols. From an autocorrelation of the received symbols, a guard interval may be detected. The guard interval may represent a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG). A metric may be used to verify whether at least one symbol positioned after the detected guard interval is a preamble. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2008 (12/021,167). 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=7,961,593.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,593&RS=PN/7,961,593 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Non-volatile State Retention Latch ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,961,502) developed by Lew Chua-Eoan, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "non-volatile state retention latch." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electronic circuits use latches including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure and logic circuitry arranged to produce a selective state in the MTJ structure. Because the selective state is maintained magnetically, the state of the latch or electronic circuit can be maintained even while power is removed from the electronic device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2008 (12/328,042). 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=7,961,502.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,502&RS=PN/7,961,502 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk 3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- SanDisk 3D, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,494) developed by Roy E. Scheuerlein, Cupertino, Calif., for a "non-volatile multi-level re-writable memory cell incorporating a diode in series with multiple resistors and method for writing same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A very dense cross-point memory array of multi-level read/write two-terminal memory cells, and methods for its programming, are described. Multiple states are achieved using two or more films that each have bi-stable resistivity states, rather than "tuning" the resistance of a single resistive element. An exemplary memory cell includes a vertical pillar diode in series with two different bi-stable resistance films. Each bi-stable resistance film has both a high resistance and low resistance state that can be switched with appropriate application of a suitable bias voltage and current. Such a cross-point array is adaptable for two-dimensional rewritable memory arrays, and also particularly well-suited for three-dimensional rewritable (3D R/W) memory arrays." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,417). 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=7,961,494.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,494&RS=PN/7,961,494 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Electronic Scripting Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Electronic Scripting Products, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,909) developed by Michael J. Mandella, Palo Alto, Calif., Hector H. Gonzalez-Banos, Mountain View, Calif., and Marek Alboszta, San Francisco, for a "computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that has a remote control, e.g., a wand, equipped with a relative motion sensor that outputs data indicative of a change in position of the wand. The system also has one or more light sources and a photodetector that detects their light and outputs data indicative of the detected light. The system uses one or more controllers to determine the absolute position of the wand based on the data output by the relative motion sensor and by the photodetector. The data enables determination of the absolute pose of the wand, which includes the absolute position of a reference point chosen on the wand and the absolute orientation of the wand. To properly express the absolute parameters of position and/or orientation of the wand a reference location is chosen with respect to which the calculations are performed. The system is coupled to a display that shows an image defined by a first and second orthogonal axes such as two axes belonging to world coordinates (X.sub.o,Y.sub.o,Z.sub.o). The one or more controllers are configured to generate signals that are a function of the absolute position of the wand in or along a third axis for rendering the display. To simplify the mapping of a real three-dimensional environment in which the wand is operated to the cyberspace of the application that the system is running, the third axis is preferably the third Cartesian coordinate axis of world coordinates (X.sub.o,Y.sub.o,Z.sub.o)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2009 (12/586,226). 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=7,961,909&OS=7,961,909&RS=7,961,909 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Paceco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Paceco, Hayward, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,911) developed by Toru Takehara, San Mateo, Calif., Maxwell W. King, Byron, Calif., and Chingyel Chung, Hayward, Calif., for a "method and apparatus of automated optical container code recognition with positional identification for a transfer container crane." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system providing a transfer container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code to a container inventory management system is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-standard container tagging." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2007 (12/001,681). 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=7,961,911&OS=7,961,911&RS=7,961,911 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cellnet Innovations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Cellnet Innovations, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,961,554) developed by Brian Keith Seal, Powell, Tenn., and John Bettendorff, San Francisco, for "methods and systems for accurate time-keeping on metering and other network communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing accurate time-keeping on battery-powered communication devices used in AMI systems, mesh networks, and multi-channel radio networks. One embodiment allows the use of low power (and low cost) crystals in battery-powered endpoints by periodically correcting the poor timing of these crystals using communications with a nearby, non-battery-powered device. Such communications allow the battery-powered devices to align their timing with that of their non-battery neighbors, among other things." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (11/972,656). 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=7,961,554.PN.&OS=PN/7,961,554&RS=PN/7,961,554 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DIRECTV Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- DIRECTV Group, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,880) developed by seven co-inventors for "methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for signal transmission." The co-inventors are Judith Wang, Irvine, Calif., Guangcai Zhou, Agoura Hills, Calif., Joseph Santoru, Agoura Hills, Calif., Ernest C. Chen, San Pedro, Calif., Shamik Maitra, Redondo Beach, Calif., Dennis Lai, Cerritos, Calif., and Tung-Sheng Lin, Claremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for minimizing co-channel interference in a communication system. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises defining at least one initial default sequence, generating a scrambling code, scrambling a signal using the generated scrambling code, comparing the scrambled signal with all other scrambled signals meeting a specified criterion, and saving the scrambling code word if the comparison determines that the signal scrambled with the scrambling code also meets the specified criterion. The scrambling codes can be compared with each other for cross-correlation purposes to determine whether they meet the specified criterion based on laboratory testing." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2006 (11/510,244). 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=7,961,880&OS=7,961,880&RS=7,961,880 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bella Tosso Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Bella Tosso, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,961,886) developed by Sameer Tiwari, Fremont, Calif., for a "wireless perimeter security device and network using same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Radio Frequency based security system for providing security for wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) that allows the creation and maintenance of arbitrarily shaped secure wireless access areas with boundaries around said wireless Local Area Network and prevents access to the said wireless LAN from outside the perimeter of the secure area. The system includes a plurality of perimeter Radio Frequency Sentry Devices (RFSDs) that are employed to establish the boundaries of said secure area around said wireless LAN. The wireless LAN being secured may be an industry standard IEEE 802.11a, 801.11b or 802.11g based wireless LAN or any other wireless LAN that uses packet based communication protocols. The said RFSDs may be stand-alone devices or they may be connected to a wired or wireless Local Area Network." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/933,346). 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=7,961,886&OS=7,961,886&RS=7,961,886 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fortemedia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Fortemedia, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,895) developed by Li-Te Wu, Taipei, Taiwan, and Wei-Chan Hsu, Cupertino, Calif., for an "audio interface device and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides an audio interface device and method to acquire audio signal from either an analog or digital microphone through a common connector. The audio interface comprises a connector, electrically connected with a microphone plugged thereinto, an analog readout circuit, acquiring an analog audio signal from an analog microphone, a digital readout circuit, acquiring a digital audio signal from a digital microphone, and a decision circuit, selectively connecting the analog or digital readout circuit to the connector to acquire the analog or digital audio signal respectively according to whether the microphone plugged into the connector is analog or digital." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2007 (11/748,519). 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=7,961,895&OS=7,961,895&RS=7,961,895 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Local Number Portability Cross Connect Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,961,864) developed by Joseph Raymond Kieren, San Ramon, Calif., for a "local number portability cross connect method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided to implement a subscriber local number portability migration request. The method includes sending a trigger signal to a cross-connect device to cause the cross-connect device to switch between a first communication channel and a second communication channel. The first communication channel is between an originating switch associated with a subscriber's directory number and a distribution frame. The second communication channel is between a porting switch and the distribution frame. The method also includes validating that the cross-connect device switched between the first communication channel and the second communication channel." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2007 (11/704,456). 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=7,961,864&OS=7,961,864&RS=7,961,864 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oraya Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Oraya Therapeutics, Newark, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,845) developed by Michael Gertner, Menlo Park, Calif., and Steven D. Hansen, Concord, Calif., for an orthovoltage radiotherapy. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, the target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. In some embodiments, a treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. In some embodiments, radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2009 (12/497,437). 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=7,961,845&OS=7,961,845&RS=7,961,845 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for System and Method for Adjusting Multiple Control Loops Using Common Criteria ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,823) developed by Thomas Kolze, Phoenix, Bruce Currivan, Irvine, Calif., and Afshin Momtaz, Laguna Hills, Calif., for a "system and method for adjusting multiple control loops using common criteria." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Data error such as mean square error may be reduced in a system such as a communication receiver using a dithering algorithm that adjusts one or more parameters in the system. The dithering algorithm may be applied to more than one parameter in a nested manner. The dithering algorithm may be modified to immediately check the MSE after a parameter has been adjusted." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2004 (10/879,673). 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=7,961,823&OS=7,961,823&RS=7,961,823 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fortemedia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Fortemedia, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,869) developed by Ming Zhang, Cupertino, Calif., and Jie Yu, Nanjing, China, for a "hands-free voice communication apparatus with speakerphone and earpiece combo." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hands-free voice communication apparatus includes a speakerphone and earpiece combo, a digital signal processing (DSP) module, and a communication module. The hands-free apparatus may be used as a speakerphone or an earpiece. The speakerphone and earpiece combo includes a loudspeaker and one or multiple microphones. The loudspeaker provides an acoustic output. Each microphone receives an acoustic input and provides an input signal. The DSP module performs digital signal processing on the input signals from the microphones and provides an output signal for the loudspeaker. The DSP module may perform digital signal processing with different sets of parameters for the speakerphone and earpiece modes. The communication module provides communication between the hands-free apparatus and a communication device, e.g., a cellular phone or a wireless PDA." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2006 (11/352,684). 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=7,961,869&OS=7,961,869&RS=7,961,869 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fair Isaac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Fair Isaac, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,961,857) developed by Scott M. Zoldi, San Diego, and Michael P. Balon, San Diego, for a "network assurance analytic system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network assurance analytics (NAA) system and method is disclosed. The NAA can be part of a risk analytic for telecom (RAFT) program. The NAA system is configured to monitor telecommunications networks, detect errors or fraud in those telecommunications networks, and provide solutions to resolve the errors or reduce the fraud. Traffic of a telecommunications network is electronically monitored for at least one pattern that is indicative of a telecommunications anomaly. Based on a set of a set of telecommunications profiles stored in a database, a model score representing a value of the telecommunications anomaly is generated. A solution for the telecommunications network to reduce the model score associated with the telecommunications anomaly is then generated for execution on the telecommunications network." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2006 (11/446,453). 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=7,961,857&OS=7,961,857&RS=7,961,857 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,878) developed by six co-inventors for an "imparting cryptographic information in network communications." The co-inventors are Asa Whillock, San Francisco, Edward Chan, Fremont, Calif., Srinivas Manapragada, Fremont, Calif., Matthew Kaufman, Bonny Doon, Calif., Pritham Shetty, Los Altos, Calif., and Michael Thornburgh, Santa Cruz, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This specification describes technologies relating to imparting cryptographic information in network communications. In general, aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include identifying a location in a pre-defined portion of a network communication to be sent in a client-server environment, wherein the pre-defined portion is reserved for random data, inserting cryptographic information into the pre-defined portion of the network communication at the location, and sending the network communication in the client-server environment to facilitate modifying interactions in the client-server environment based at least in part on a result of processing of the cryptographic information; and on a receiving side, receiving cryptographic information inserted into the pre-defined portion of the network communication in the client-server environment, identifying the location, processing the cryptographic information, and modifying interactions in the client-server environment based at least in part on a result of the processing." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2007 (11/872,661). 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=7,961,878&OS=7,961,878&RS=7,961,878 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Voltage Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Voltage Security, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,879) developed by four co-inventors for an "identity-based-encryption system with hidden public key attributes." The co-inventors are Terence Spies, Palo Alto, Calif., Rishi R. Kacker, Menlo Park, Calif., Guido Appenzeller, Menlo Park, Calif., and Matthew J. Pauker, Menlo Park, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system is provided that uses identity-based encryption (IBE) to allow a sender to securely convey information in a message to a recipient over a communications network. IBE public key information may be used to encrypt messages and corresponding IBE private key information may be used to decrypt messages. Information on which IBE public key information was used in encrypting a given message may be provided to the message recipient with the message. Multiple IBE public keys may be used to encrypt a single message. A less sensitive IBE public key may be used to encrypt a more sensitive public key, so that the more sensitive public key can remain hidden as it is sent to the recipient." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/534,040). 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=7,961,879&OS=7,961,879&RS=7,961,879 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iPass Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- iPass, Germany, has been assigned a patent (7,961,884) developed by Jeff Steven Edgett, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Singam Sunder, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and system for changing security information in a computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of, and system for, changing encryption information in a computer network is provided. The method includes providing at least first cryptographic information and second cryptographic information. A first validity period is provided for the first cryptographic information and a second validity period is provided for the second cryptographic information wherein the first and second validity periods overlap." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2002 (10/218,961). 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=7,961,884&OS=7,961,884&RS=7,961,884 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,882) developed by David Chin, Los Altos, Calif., Mark Buer, Gilbert, Ariz., and Roger Luo, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for initialization vector pressing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for using explicit initialization vectors in both encryption and decryption processing. In one example, a sender generates an initialization vector, identifies cryptographic keys, encrypts data using the initialization vectors and the cryptographic keys, and transmits the encrypted data in a packet along with the initialization vector. A receiver identifies cryptographic keys, extracts the initialization vector from the received packet, and decrypts the encrypted data using the cryptographic keys and the initialization vector extracted from the received packet." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2007 (11/902,667). 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=7,961,882&OS=7,961,882&RS=7,961,882 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,961,872) developed by four co-inventors for a "flexible hardware architecture for ECC/HECC based cryptography." The co-inventors are Anatoli A. Bolotov, Cupertino, Calif., Mlkhail I. Grinchuk, San Jose, Calif., Paul G. Filseth, Los Gatos, Calif., and Lav D. Ivanovic, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit for implementing elliptic curve and hyperelliptic curve encryption and decryption operations, having a read only memory with no more than about two kilobytes of accessible memory, containing first programming instructions. An arithmetic logic unit has access to second programming instructions that are resident in a gate-level program disposed in the arithmetic logic unit, and is operable to receive data from no more than one input FIFO register. A microcontroller has no more than about two thousand gates, and is adapted to read the first programming instructions from the read only memory, send control signals to the arithmetic logic unit, and receive flags from the arithmetic logic unit. The arithmetic unit reads the third programming instructions, selectively performs elliptic curve and hyperelliptic curve encryption and decryption operations on the data according to the second programming instructions and the microcontroller, and sends output to no more than one output FIFO register." 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