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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (June 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** ETS-Lindgren Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 22 -- ETS-Lindgren, Cedar Park, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,965,986) developed by Michael Foegelle, Cedar Park, Texas, for "systems and methods for over-the-air testing of wireless systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include systems and methods for over-the-air testing of wireless systems. Embodiments comprise separated anechoic chambers containing wireless devices. The anechoic chambers are connected by propagation path corridors." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2007 (11/810,965). 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=7,965,986.PN.&OS=PN/7,965,986&RS=PN/7,965,986 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 22 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,966,008) developed by five co-inventors for a "use of location awareness to control radio frequency interference in a healthcare environment." The co-inventors are Alan F. Graves, Ottawa, Brian Johnson, Kensington, Md., Jeff Fitchett, Ottawa, Guy Duxbury, Ottawa, and Brian Vezza, Allen, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of controlling RF interference in a healthcare establishment. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated to a first piece of equipment within the healthcare establishment; determining whether the first piece of equipment is positioned relative to a second piece of equipment within the healthcare establishment such that an RF interference constraint is violated, based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag; and responsive to the RF interference constraint being violated, causing a variation in RF power transmitted by at least one of the first piece of equipment and the second piece of equipment. In this way, wireless communication equipment can be used in the healthcare establishment without deleterious effects on sensitive medical equipment." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2005 (11/065,396). 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=7,966,008.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,008&RS=PN/7,966,008 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Issuing Global Shared Memory Operations Via Direct Cache Injection to a Host Fabric Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,454) developed by seven co-inventors for an "issuing global shared memory operations via direct cache injection to a host fabric interface." The co-inventors are Lakshimarayana B. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Robert S. Blackmore, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Chulho Kim, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Ramakrishnan Rajamony, Austin, Texas, William J. Starke, Round Rock, Texas, and Hanhong Xue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data processing system enables global shared memory (GSM) operations across multiple nodes with a distributed EA-to-RA mapping of physical memory. Each node has a host fabric interface (HFI), which includes HFI windows that are assigned to at most one locally-executing task of a parallel job. The tasks perform parallel job execution, but map only a portion of the effective addresses (EAs) of the global address space to the local, real memory of the task's respective node. The HFI window tags all outgoing GSM operations (of the local task) with the job ID, and embeds the target node and HFI window IDs of the node at which the EA is memory mapped. The HFI window also enables processing of received GSM operations with valid EAs that are homed to the local real memory of the receiving node, while preventing processing of other received operations without a valid EA-to-RA local mapping." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,437). 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=7,966,454&OS=7,966,454&RS=7,966,454 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,965,914) developed by Qianfan Xu, Houston, David A. Fattal, Mountain View, Calif., and Raymond G. Beausoleil, Redmond, Wash., for a "critically coupled microring resonator and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microring resonator and methods critically couple a microring waveguide to an adjacent bus waveguide. A method of determining parameters of a critically coupled microring resonator includes modeling a coupled portion of the microring resonator as a U-shaped waveguide spaced apart from a straight waveguide by a gap and selecting a straight waveguide width and a gap size to optimize an output coupling ratio between the U-shaped waveguide and the straight waveguide. A method of producing the microring resonator includes using the determined parameters to produce, and a critically coupled microring resonator includes, a ring-shaped or microring waveguide spaced from the bus waveguide by a gap." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2008 (12/262,160). 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=79,65,914.PN.&OS=PN/79,65,914&RS=PN/79,65,914 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,468) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus, system, and method for fast read request transfer through clock domains." The co-inventors are Brad W. Simeral, San Francisco, Roman Surgutchik, Santa Clara, Calif., Joshua Titus, Sunnyvale, Calif., Anand Srinivasan, San Jose, Calif., Edward M. Veeser, Austin, Texas, and James P. Reilley, Sunnyvale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A speculative transfer mechanism transfers a source synchronous read request from a first clock domain to a second clock domain. The address portion having address information is transferred to the second clock domain in response to detecting a source synchronous address strobe latching signal. A pointer is generated in response to detecting the address strobe latching signal and passed into the second clock domain. In one embodiment, a pointer is retimed to be stable for a timing window for which a crossover of the address portion may be performed in the second clock domain. Request logic in the second clock domain generates a read command based on the address portion and the pointer." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2004 (11/012,034). 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=7,966,468&OS=7,966,468&RS=7,966,468 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,965,823) developed by Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, for a "method and apparatus for a telephone user interface control for enabling and disabling a web interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and apparatus to activate or deactivate a web interface to a voicemail system through a telephone user interface to the voicemail system. During a setup procedure that runs on the first use of the telephone user interface, the method and apparatus asks the subscriber if the subscriber wants the web interface activated. The method and apparatus then activates the web interface and allows the subscriber to specify a sequence of both digits and letters as the subscriber's initial web password and username. The present invention also provides the capability to activate or deactivate the web interface via the telephone user interface at any time after the initialization. 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 meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2007 (11/765,315). 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=7965823.PN.&OS=PN/7965823&RS=PN/7965823 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MBLAST Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- MBLAST, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,966,369) developed by Daniel D. Briere, Mansfield Center, Conn., and Paul W. Pritchard, Southlake, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over a computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device of and method for collecting and disseminating information over at least one computer network is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user to link to at least a portion of said digital information associated with said second user and for the second user to link to at least a portion of said digital information associated with said first user, at least one manipulations module for manipulating said digital information stored in said at least one database, and at least one display device associated with each of the at least first user and second user for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information to each of said at least first user and second user, wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2008 (12/292,898). 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=7,966,369&OS=7,966,369&RS=7,966,369 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Apparatus, System and Method of Delivering Alternate Web Pages Based on Browsers' Content Filter Settings ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,400) developed by Joe Nathan Brown, Austin, Texas, and Philip Bernard Burkes, Round Rock, Texas, for an "apparatus, system and method of delivering alternate web pages based on browsers' content filter settings." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and apparatus for delivering an alternate Web page to a browser are provided. The method, system and apparatus include the implementation of indicating Web pages that are not authorized to be displayed by the browser using content filter settings, comparing the content filter settings to content labels incorporated in a requested Web page and delivering an alternate Web page, if there is a match. The filter settings are generated by the browser and sent to a server in a request message. The browser also incorporates a semaphore in the request message. The semaphore is used to indicate whether the comparison should be undertaken. Thus, if the semaphore is absent in the request message, the requested Web page is delivered to the browser as customary. Further, in the case where there is a match and there is not an alternate Web page specified, either the requested Web page may be delivered to the browser or a message may be delivered to the browser indicating that the requested web page is off-limit." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2003 (10/406,656). 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=7,966,400&OS=7,966,400&RS=7,966,400 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BMC Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- BMC Software, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,398) developed by Philip V. Wiles Jr., Katy, Texas, for a "synthetic transaction monitor with replay capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for recording and replaying client-server transactions on selected clients in order to gauge the performance of the client-server system from the perspective of the client. In one embodiment, a method comprises playing back a set of recorded transactions on a client, monitoring selected performance-related parameters at the client, and transmitting monitored data to the server for analysis or for viewing by a system administrator. The set of transactions is recorded on a first client by replacing a standard Internet transaction driver (e.g., WinInet.DLL) with a modified driver that is configured to intercept function calls. The function calls and corresponding parameters are recorded in a file which is later transmitted to a client, where the recorded transaction information is used to reproduce the transactions on the client. As the transactions are played back, performance data may be monitored and forwarded to a management server for analysis, display, etc." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2009 (12/405,939). 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=7,966,398&OS=7,966,398&RS=7,966,398 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Switch to Selectively Couple Any of a Plurality of Video Modules to Any of a Plurality of Blades ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,402) developed by Theodore F. Emerson, Tomball, Texas, and Rene Gaudet, Cypress, Texas, for a "switch to selectively couple any of a plurality of video modules to any of a plurality of blades." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A distributed blade computer system and a method for operating a distributed blade computer system. More specifically, a computer system having one or more blades configured to operate as stand-alone computers are coupled to an infrastructure which includes one or more video modules. When a remote user wishes to implement video functions with a blade, a management subsystem in the infrastructure allocates a video module and couples the video module to the requested blade such that the blade can implement the video functions of the video module." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2005 (11/168,129). 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=7,966,402&OS=7,966,402&RS=7,966,402 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Method and System for Assessing and Optimizing Crude Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,331) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method and system for assessing and optimizing crude selection." The co-inventors are Martha Gardner, Niskayuna, N.Y., Rajesh Tyagi, Niskayuna, N.Y., Thomas Repoff, Sprakers, N.Y., Abhinanda Sarkar, Karnataka, India, Angshuman Saha, West Bengal, India, Shirley Au, Mt. Laurel, N.J., Roy Wilson, Spring, Texas, Malcolm Craig Winslow, Houston, and Michael Dion, Chalfont, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for assessing and optimizing crude selection are provided. A predictive engine uses data from a database to execute at least one predictive performance model and/or at least one risk assessment model designed to optimize or improve refining operations during a refining process. The predictive engine takes as input key crude information corresponding to a particular crude or crude blend, e.g., at least one crude slate, and refinery operating parameters and/or conditions corresponding to a specific refinery and uses desirability metrics to assess the similarity to data in the database. Based on the resulting output, at least one predictive performance and/or at least one risk assessment model uses the output to predict performance or risk measures of refining the particular crude or crude blend using the specific refinery during the refining process, the probability of problems occurring during the refining process, the distribution of the problems throughout the refining process, etc." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2003 (10/643,191). 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=7,966,331&OS=7,966,331&RS=7,966,331 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Restricting Access to Email and Attachments ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,375) developed by Charles R. Steele, McKinney, Texas, for a "system and method for restricting access to email and attachments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to one or more email attachments includes receiving an email addressed to a first recipient and including at least a first attachment. The email is processed to determine whether a valid authorization code is associated with the email (and/or the attachment (s)). The valid authorization code identifies the email (and/or the attachment(s)) as an authorized communication. Access by the recipient to the first attachment is prevented if the processing of the email determined that no valid authorization code is associated with the email (and/or the attachment(s))." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2004 (10/878,980). 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=7,966,375&OS=7,966,375&RS=7,966,375 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,399) developed by five co-inventors for a "network data transmission method and system." The co-inventors are Cheryl Ruth Jones, Hubertus, Wis., Toan T. Le, Germantown, Wis., Rakesh Mohan Lal, Irving, Texas, Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, Wis., and David Charles Mack, Waukesha, Wis. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for managing data transmission between computing devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring a plurality of parameters of a computer network that includes a server and a client. The plurality of parameters may include a client resource parameter, a server resource parameter, and a network operating parameter. The disclosed method may also include automatically determining a desired compression level at which to send data to the client based at least in part on the client resource parameter, the server resource parameter, and the network operating parameter. Further, in one embodiment the method may include communicating the data from the server to the client at the desired compression level in response to a client request for the data. Various other methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2010 (12/942,695). 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=7,966,399&OS=7,966,399&RS=7,966,399 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Information Model Registry and Brokering in Virtualized Environments ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,394) developed by Vanish Talwar, Palo Alto, Calif., Partha Ranganathan, Fremont, Calif., and Jeff Hilland, Cypress, Texas, for an "information model registry and brokering in virtualized environments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for coordinating information between management entities includes a CIMOM registry broker storing registration information for CIMOMs in the system. The CIMOM registry broker is operable to extract objects from at least some of the CIMOMs in response to a request from an entity external to the system. The CIMOM registry broker is also operable to correlate information in the extracted objects into a single response table, and send the single response table to the entity external to the system. The system also includes a plurality of agents, wherein each agent is associated with one of the CIMOMs and is operable to communicate information from the CIMOMs to the CIMOM registry broker. The system also includes at least one management channel providing bidirectional communication between the CIMOM registry broker and the agents in the system." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2005 (12/250,924). 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=7,966,394&OS=7,966,394&RS=7,966,394 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,212) developed by Kas Kasravi, West Bloomfield, Mich., and Corey W. Wick, Dallas, for a "quantitative alignment of business offerings with the expectations of a business prospect." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a method for quantitative alignment of business offerings with the expectations of a business prospect includes accessing a novelty indicator for an offering, the novelty indicator being based on one or more characteristics of the offering and rating an innovation level of the offering. The method further includes accessing an innovation perception indicator for a prospect of the offering, the innovation perception indicator providing an indication of how the prospect views innovation. The method further includes comparing the novelty indicator for the offering with the innovation perception indicator for the prospect to determine if the offering is aligned with the expectations of the prospect. In certain embodiments, the method includes generating a recommendation, possibly in the form of a report, based on the comparison of the novelty indicator for the offering and the innovation perception indicator for the prospect." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2007 (11/851,258). 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=7,966,212.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,212&RS=PN/7,966,212 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** i2 Technologies US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- i2 Technologies US, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,211) developed by four co-inventors for a "determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain." The co-inventors are Koray Dogan, Boston, Adeel Najmi, Plano, Texas, Mehdi Sheikhzadeh, Irving, Texas, and Ramesh Raman, San Carlos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2004 (10/836,448). 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=7,966,211.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,211&RS=PN/7,966,211 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,966,202) developed by John C. Hopkins, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for modeling insurance coverage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the modeling of insurance coverage. Coverage parameters of a policy are displayed as graphical elements within a user interface (UI) of a computing device along with a plurality of claim scenario parameters for selection by a user. Once selected, the claim scenario parameters are applied to relevant claim data and a claim scenario is generated. The claim scenario is then applied to the policy coverage parameters of the policy to determine and graphically display coverage parameter disparities, which are then graphically modified to offset any coverage parameter disparities. As coverage parameters are modified, corresponding adjustments to the premium of the current policy are made and displayed within the UI. A resulting policy is generated, using the modified coverage parameters of the current policy and adjusted premiums, and then fulfilled, electronically or physically." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,389). 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=7,966,202.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,202&RS=PN/7,966,202 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Modeling Insurance Coverage ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,966,201) developed by John C. Hopkins, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for modeling insurance coverage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the modeling of insurance coverage. Coverage parameters of a policy are displayed as graphical elements within a user interface (UI) of a computing device along with a plurality of claim scenario parameters for selection by a user. Once selected, the claim scenario parameters are applied to relevant claim data and a claim scenario is generated. The claim scenario is then applied to the policy coverage parameters of the policy to determine and graphically display coverage parameter disparities, which are then graphically modified to offset any coverage parameter disparities. As coverage parameters are modified, corresponding adjustments to the premium of the current policy are made and displayed within the UI. A resulting policy is generated, using the modified coverage parameters of the current policy and adjusted premiums, and then fulfilled, electronically or physically." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,385). 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=7,966,201.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,201&RS=PN/7,966,201 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent from Texas Inventor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,966,200) developed by John C. Hopkins, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for modeling insurance coverage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the modeling of insurance coverage. Coverage parameters of a policy are displayed as graphical elements within a user interface (UI) of a computing device along with a plurality of claim scenario parameters for selection by a user. Once selected, the claim scenario parameters are applied to relevant claim data and a claim scenario is generated. The claim scenario is then applied to the policy coverage parameters of the policy to determine and graphically display coverage parameter disparities, which are then graphically modified to offset any coverage parameter disparities. As coverage parameters are modified, corresponding adjustments to the premium of the current policy are made and displayed within the UI. A resulting policy is generated, using the modified coverage parameters of the current policy and adjusted premiums, and then fulfilled, electronically or physically." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2008 (12/050,355). 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=7,966,200.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,200&RS=PN/7,966,200 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intercede Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Intercede Health, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,195) developed by Philip A. Sanger, Austin, Texas, Charles Robertson, Richmond, Va., and Robert Weathersby, Rye, N.H., for a "system and method for providing optimized medical order sets." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for preparing patient order sets by an attending physician include optimization of orders particularly when multiple diagnoses are being treated." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2007 (11/776,499). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,195.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,195&RS=PN/7,966,195 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,183) developed by Kaisheng Yao, Plano, Texas, Lorin Paul Netsch, Allen, Texas, and Vishu Viswanathan, Plano, Texas, for a "multiplying confidence scores for utterance verification in a mobile telephone." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Automatic speech recognition verification using a combination of two or more confidence scores based on UV features which reuse computations of the original recognition." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2007 (11/744,616). 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=7,966,183.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,183&RS=PN/7,966,183 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Shell Oil Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Shell Oil, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,164) developed by Raul Valdez, Bellaire, Texas, Peter Harold Doe, Richmond, Texas, and Tak Siang Kho, Houston, for a "method for selecting enhanced oil recovery candidate." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for selecting a candidate reservoir for enhanced oil recovery from a plurality of reservoirs comprising selecting a reservoir, calculating a normalized raw score based on target oil for the reservoir (S.sub.Target Oil), calculating a normalized raw score based on recovery factor for the reservoir (S.sub.Recovery Factor), and evaluating the plurality of reservoirs based on S.sub.Target Oil and S.sub.Recovery Factor." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2006 (11/566,545). 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=7,966,164.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,164&RS=PN/7,966,164 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telsco Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Telsco Industries, Garland, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,153) developed by Venkataramu L. Bangalore, Plano, Texas, for an "intelligent irrigation rain sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An intelligent irrigation rain sensor for use in an irrigation system comprises a rain sensor unit and a sensor control unit. The rain sensor unit has a rain catcher reservoir with an open top for receiving rainwater with an internal volume for holding water and tapers into a funnel. At least one droplet detector is positioned directly below the funnel opening that contacts the water droplets from the funnel. The droplet detector includes detection electrodes for sensing a change in an electrical property being monitored by a detection control in the sensor control unit and for discriminating phantom droplets from rain. Upon exceeding a rain threshold amount over measurement time period, the intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a rain signal to the irrigation controller. The intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a corresponding dry signal to the irrigation controller after a drying period has elapsed." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2008 (12/150,172). 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=7,966,153.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,153&RS=PN/7,966,153 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Schlumberger Technology, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,966,166) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method for determining a set of net present values to influence the drilling of a wellbore and increase production." The co-inventors are R.K. Michael Thambynayagam, Sugar Land, Texas, Andrew Carnegie, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Raj Banerjee, Oxon, United Kingdom, Gregory P. Grove, Houston, Luca Ortenzi, Mogliano, Italy, Roger Griffiths, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Joseph A. Ayoub, Katy, Texas, and Jeff Spath, Missouri City, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for modeling a first reservoir while drilling a wellbore into a corresponding second reservoir, the first reservoir having a plurality of stations, comprising: determining a plurality of values of net present value corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the first reservoir; and drilling the wellbore into the corresponding second reservoir in accordance with the plurality of values of net present value." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/148,415). 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=7,966,166.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,166&RS=PN/7,966,166 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,966,147) developed by William T. Jennings, Plano, Texas, and Dache' P. Barnhart, Wylie, Texas, for a "generating images according to points of intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, generating images according to intersection points includes obtaining samples of signals from transmitter-receiver pairs. A transmitter-receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal and receive the signal reflected by an object. Intersection points are determined, where an intersection point indicates an intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance. A subset of samples corresponding to the intersection points is selected. Image data is generated from the selected subset of samples, where the image data is used to generate an image of the object." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2008 (12/098,499). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,147.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,147&RS=PN/7,966,147 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Independently Recognizing and Selecting Actions and Objects in a Speech Recognition System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,966,176) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for independently recognizing and selecting actions and objects in a speech recognition system." The co-inventors are Robert R. Bushey, Cedar Park, Texas, Michael Sabourin, Saint Lambert, Canada, Carl Potvin, La Prairie, Canada, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Round Rock, Texas, and John Mills Martin, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an acoustic input engine configured to accept a speech input, to recognize phonemes of the speech input, and to create word strings based on the recognized phonemes. The system includes a semantic engine coupled to the acoustic engine and operable to identify actions and to identify objects by parsing the word strings. The system also includes an action-object pairing system to identify a dominant entry from the identified actions and the identified objects, to select a complement to the dominant entry from the identified actions and the identified objects, and to form an action-object pair that includes the dominant entry and the complement. The system further includes an action-object routing table operable to provide a routing destination based on the action-object pair. The system also includes a call routing module to route a call to the routing destination." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/603,619). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,966,176.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,176&RS=PN/7,966,176 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pegasus Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Pegasus Technologies, Mentor, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,966,080) developed by Jianhu Jia, Cedar Park, Texas, Stephen Piche, Austin, Texas, and W. Hardey Beaver, Austin, Texas, for a "system for optimizing oxygen in a boiler." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for controlling a parameter associated with operation of a fossil fuel fired power generating unit. An optimizer determines optimal setpoint values for manipulated variables used to operate the power generating unit by accessing a model that predicts a parameter sensed by a plurality of sensors. The optimizer uses the model to minimize a cost valve of a cost function while observing at least one constraint associated with operation of the power generating unit." The patent application was filed on June 8, 2010 (12/795,758). 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=7,966,080.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,080&RS=PN/7,966,080 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Asset Intelligence Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Asset Intelligence, Hackensack, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,966,105) developed by Mark McAden, Frisco, Texas, for "method and apparatus for power management of asset tracking system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for controlling the state of a power supply in a mobile asset such as a cargo trailer. The technique detects motion status such as may be provided by a vibration sensor. The motion status signal is filtered by other signals, such as with inputs from a global positioning system sensor, and is then further used to select a power consumption mode. The power consumption mode may be further controlled based on configuration information that may indicate that a vibration source such as a refrigeration unit is present on the trailer." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2006 (11/402,199). 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=7,966,105.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,105&RS=PN/7,966,105 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sigmatel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Sigmatel, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,085) developed by Antonio Torrini, Austin, Texas, and Konstantin Shkolnyy, Austin, Texas, for an "audio source system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing an audio source to an audio hardware device is disclosed. The system includes a detection module to detect a first audio input and a selection module to selectively provide the first audio input at an audio output to an audio device after the first audio input has been detected. The system also includes an emulation module to provide hardware emulation information corresponding to feedback data of the audio device after the first audio input has been detected." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2006 (11/335,804). 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=7,966,085.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,085&RS=PN/7,966,085 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,089) developed by Chandra Shekar Krishnaswamy, Austin, Texas, and Michael Alan Retersdorf, Austin, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for automated fab control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and a system for prioritizing processing of a workpiece is provided. At least one workpiece is processed. A tag associated with the workpiece is provided. The tag includes process priority data for determining an order relating to processing the workpiece." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2005 (11/174,876). 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=7,966,089.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,089&RS=PN/7,966,089 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,061) developed by Mohammad A. Al-Abed, Arlington, Texas, Khosrow Behbehani, Arlington, Texas, and Michael T. Manry, Arlington, Texas, for a "processing and analyzing physiological signals to detect a health condition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a method of developing a fuzzy logic system to detect a non-normal health condition. In particular, signal processing and transformation of electrocardiogram (EKG) signals for sleep disorder breathing are provided. The method includes: recording EKG measurements during sleep; clipping the measurements into clips of a consistent length; calculating heart rate and obtaining an evenly sampled discrete time series data clip; performing Short-Time Discrete Fourier Transform on each data clip generating STDFT respective matrices; encoding each STDFT matrix into a grey-level image; calculating Grey-Level Co-occurrence Matrices; extracting textural features; performing statistical analysis on the features to formulate rules; and employing the rules in a Fuzzy Logic system. The system and method described herein yields an accuracy of 75.88%, or better, in detection of sleep apnea." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2007 (11/846,919). 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=7,966,061.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,061&RS=PN/7,966,061 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,966,058) developed by Joel Q. Xue, Germantown, Wis., and Wenguang Li, Sugarland, Texas, for a "system and method for registering an image with a representation of a probe." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is provided for registering a representation of a probe with an image. One embodiment of a method comprises acquiring an image of or pertaining to a heart and registering a representation of a probe which is in or adjacent to the heart with the image using a heart vector of the heart." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2003 (10/749,540). 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=7,966,058.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,058&RS=PN/7,966,058 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,043) developed by Li Guo, Irving, Texas, and Hang Jin, Plano, Texas, for "method for creating multiple-input-multiple-output channel with beamforming using signals transmitted from single transmit antenna." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for generating a beamformed multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel. The method comprises receiving by a first wireless station a first plurality of signals transmitted from a first antenna on a second wireless station, deriving by the first wireless station a second plurality of signals corresponding to a second antenna on the second wireless station from the first plurality of signals, computing first and second beamforming weighting vectors from the first and second plurality of signals, creating a beamformed MIMO channel between the first and second wireless stations using the first and second beamforming weighting vectors, and allocating a predetermined transmitting power to signals beamformed by the first and second beamforming weighting vectors." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2007 (11/947,754). 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=7,966,043.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,043&RS=PN/7,966,043 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Materials Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,966,087) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method, system and medium for controlling manufacture process having multivariate input parameters." The co-inventors are Yuri Kokotov, Maaleh Adumim, Israel, Efim Entin, Jersusalem, Jacques Seror, Jerusalem, Yossi Fisher, Jerusalem, Shalomo Sarel, Maaleh Michmas, Israel, Arulkumar P. Shanmugasundram, Sunnyvale, Calif., Alexander T. Schwarm, Austin, Texas, and Young Jeen Paik, Campbell, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and medium of modeling and/or for controlling a manufacturing process is disclosed. In particular, a method according to embodiments of the present invention includes calculating a set of predicted output values, and obtaining a prediction model based on a set of input parameters, the set of predicted output values, and empirical output values. Each input parameter causes a change in at least two outputs. The method also includes optimizing the prediction model by minimizing differences between the set of predicted output values and the empirical output values, and adjusting the set of input parameters to obtain a set of desired output values to control the manufacturing apparatus. Obtaining the prediction model includes transforming the set of input parameters into transformed input values using a transformation function of multiple coefficient values, and calculating the predicted output values using the transformed input values." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/888,363). 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=7,966,087.PN.&OS=PN/7,966,087&RS=PN/7,966,087 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,966,310) developed by Marc Sullivan, Austin, Texas, and Philip T. Kortum, Austin, Texas, for a "method, system, and software for correcting uniform resource locators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A uniform resource locator (URL) entered into a browser may be altered to correct misspellings or other errors in the URL. The prefix, the domain name and the domain extension may all be spell checked, compared with lists of homophones, compared with commonly misspelled URLs, and compared with similar URLs that have been previously successfully resolved. The erroneous URL, or portions thereof, may be automatically corrected so that the correction is transparent to the user, or a list of possible substitutions may be presented to the user." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2004 (10/996,726). 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=7966310.PN.&OS=PN/7966310&RS=PN/7966310 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,273) developed by six co-inventors for "predicting formation fluid property through downhole fluid analysis using artificial neural network." The co-inventors are Peter Hegeman, Stafford, Texas, Chengli Dong, Sugar Land, Texas, Charles Woodburn, Marnes la Coquette, France, Graham Birkett, Paris, Nikos Varotsis, Crete, Greece, and Vassilis Gaganis, Crete, Greece. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods to perform downhole fluid analysis using an artificial neural network are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves obtaining a first formation fluid property value of a formation fluid sample from a downhole fluid analysis process. The first formation fluid property value is provided to an artificial neural network, and a second formation fluid property value of the formation fluid sample is generated by means of the artificial neural network." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2008 (12/098,526). 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=7966273.PN.&OS=PN/7966273&RS=PN/7966273 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ATX Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- ATX Group, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,265) developed by Thomas Barton Schalk, Plano, Texas, Jimmy Lee Stovall, Colleyville, Texas, and Walter Phillip Brooks, Plano, Texas, for a "multi-modal automation for human interactive skill assessment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for screening applicants includes remotely accessing a screening entity's web page by a potential candidate. The candidate is asked, via the pre-screening web page, to input responses to a set of queries tailored to the screening entity and the candidate's responses to the queries are stored. A phone call is automatically initiated to the candidate in response to at least one of the candidate's responses. An interactive information gathering process is started with the candidate using both the telephone and the computer. In the process, audio prompts to the candidate are generated via the telephone and the candidate's verbal responses are recorded via the telephone. A profile of the candidate is stored in a database including the verbal responses from the candidate for later access and analysis by the screening entity. The recorded responses are analyzed by the screening entity to make quality judgments about the candidate." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2008 (12/116,433). 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=7966265.PN.&OS=PN/7966265&RS=PN/7966265 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Versata Development Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 -- Versata Development Group, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,966,219) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for integrated recommendations." The co-inventors are James Singh, Austin, Texas, Neil C. Their, Austin, Texas, Chris Hyams, Austin, Texas, and Thomas W. Wilbur, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A recommendation appliance, system and method are provided for generating and deploying additional web page content or functionality (e.g., retail recommendations) to an existing web page server system. For example, the present invention may be embodied as a reverse proxy server that is inserted as an intermediate network node between a web server and the end users accessing the web server. In this position, the recommendation appliance can introduce recommendation messages to web pages generated by the web server without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server. In addition, the appliance may separately track the transaction activities of end users who receive recommendation messages and the transaction activities of end users who do not receive recommendation messages, so that a comparison of the effectiveness of the recommendations may efficiently be demonstrated without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2004 (10/950,354). 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=7966219.PN.&OS=PN/7966219&RS=PN/7966219 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. -1052051 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |