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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (June 29)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,914) developed by five co-inventors for a "methods and systems for provisioning network services." The co-inventors are Donald J. Bowen, Madison, N.J., Richard H. Erving, Encinitas, Calif., Robert R. Miller, Convent Station, N.J., John F. Murray, Denville, N.J., and Christopher W. Rice, Parsippany, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent; automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user-selectable service options relating to a service provider's network and relating to at least one capability of the communications device, the at least one capability detected by the agent; in response to a selection of at least one service option from the plurality of service options, providing via the agent a user connection address." The patent application was filed on Nov. 24, 2009 (12/624,716). 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=7970914.PN.&OS=PN/7970914&RS=PN/7970914 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,909) developed by Richard Vandervoort Cox, New Providence, N.J., Benjamin J. Stern, Morris County, N.J., and Jay Wilpon, Warren, N.J., for a "method and system for associating concurrent telephone and data network sessions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for associating concurrent communication sessions. First and second communication sessions are established. The first and second communication session correspond to a common user account and are active concurrently. The first and second communication sessions are associated with each other to share data between the first and second communication sessions. The first and second communication sessions can be data network and telephone communication sessions established by a web server and a telephony network server, respectively. An application server can connect the web server and the telephony server to associate the data network and telephone communication sessions and share data between the data network and telephone network communication sessions." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2006 (11/473,355). 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=7970909.PN.&OS=PN/7970909&RS=PN/7970909 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,971,131) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for iterative denoising and error correction decoding." The co-inventors are Erik Ordentilch, San Jose, Calif., Gadlel Seroussi, Cupertino, Calif., Krishnamurthy Vlswanathan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Sergio Verdu, Princeton, N.J., Itschak Weissman, Menlo Park, Calif., and Marcelo Weinberger, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for iterative denoising and error correction decoding are presented. In an embodiment, a system iteratively processes a noisy signal formed by a noise-introducing channel in response to an error correction coded input signal. A denoiser generates reliability information for symbols in the input signal. The reliability information is generated by forming a product of received reliability information and an estimate of the distribution of metasymbols in the input signal, each metasymbol includes context symbols and a corresponding input symbol, and summing over values for the context symbols corresponding to the particular input symbol. An error correction decoder performs error correction decoding using the generated reliability information. In another embodiment, the reliability information is generated by forming a hard-decision decoded signal from received reliability information, determining metasymbol counts from the hard-decision decoded signal and solving an equation whose coefficients are obtained from the received reliability information and the metasymbol counts." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2005 (11/166,895). 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=79,71,131&OS=79,71,131&RS=79,71,131 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New York University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- New York University, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,932) developed by Yong Liu, Secaucus, N.J., and Keith W. Ross, New York, for a "view-upload decoupled peer-to-peer video distribution systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "View-upload decoupled ("VUD") peer-to-peer (P2P) video distribution is provided, in which each peer is assigned to one or more channels to upload, with the assignments made independent of what the peer is viewing. For each assigned channel, the peer distributes (that is, uploads) the channel. This effectively creates semi-permanent distribution swarms for each channel, which are formed by peers responsible for uploading that channel. This can minimize problems associated with channel churn because peers may remain in their assigned distribution groups even if they switch channels. To minimize cross-channel overhead associated with VUD P2P video distribution, substream swarming, in which a peer in a distribution swarm only downloads a small portion of the video stream, called a substream, and uploads the substream to multiple viewers, may be provided. To minimize video streaming quality degradation that may occur during a reconfiguration transient period upon sudden and large increases in video download demands for some channel, VUD P2P video distribution may be integrated with tradition ISO P2P video distribution (which is self-adaptive to the sudden increases in channel popularity)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2008 (12/336,294). 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=79,70,932.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,932&RS=PN/79,70,932 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dialogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Dialogic, Montreal, has been assigned a patent (7,971,132) developed by four co-inventors for a "universal multimedia engine and method for producing the same." The co-inventors are Joseph P. Mele Jr., Sea Girt, N.J., Raymond R. Staab, Brick, N.J., Robert G. Logan, Lake Como, N.J., and Anthony L. Fox, Mt. Laurel, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and apparatus for adapting the multimedia content for presentation by an application that uses, processes or otherwise services the multimedia content ("multimedia application") is provided. The method includes receiving the multimedia content formatted in accordance with at least one of a plurality of multimedia protocols; using a function abstracted from the plurality of multimedia protocols to adapt the multimedia content in accordance with one or more capabilities of the multimedia application; and sending the multimedia content so adapted to the multimedia application for presentation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2007 (11/620,358). 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=79,71,132&OS=79,71,132&RS=79,71,132 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,971,247) developed by Deepak Kataria, Edison, N.J., Seong-Hwan Kim, Allentown, Pa., and Sundar Vedantham, Orwigsburg, Pa., for "methods and apparatus for prevention of excessive control message traffic in a digital networking system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for use with an integrated circuit device of a processing device of a network node of a digital networking system, configured to monitor one or more control messages received at the processing device from each of a plurality of CPE devices, and limiting the one or more control messages to one or more specified rates for a specified duration. The integrated circuit device is further configured to provide one or more data channels to the plurality of CPE devices from the processing device in response to the one or more control messages processed at the processing device." The patent application was filed on July 21, 2006 (11/459,035). 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=7,971,247.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,247&RS=PN/7,971,247 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Application-specific On-line Charging in a Communications Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,971,228) developed by Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., Flemming S. Andreasen, Marlboro, N.J., and Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, United Kingdom, for a "system and method for providing application-specific on-line charging in a communications environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An architecture for A method for providing on-line charging in a network environment is provided that includes interacting with an application that is selected by an end user, and with a policy enforcement point to install corresponding policies that are inclusive of charging rules. The method also includes performing, via a policy server, on-line charging interactions on behalf of the selected application itself such that application-specific on-line charging for the application is enabled. In more particular embodiments, the policy server understands which application is interacting with it by use of application tokens, source, or service identifiers. Also, the application element can query the policy server indirectly to grant network resources and the policy server examines an end user's policy profile or a network-wide profile (or both) and recognizes that on-line charging applies to the selected application." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2007 (11/672,375). 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=7,971,228.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,228&RS=PN/7,971,228 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Skyline Steel Assigned Patent for Connector for Sheet Piling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Skyline Steel, Parsippany, N.J., has been assigned a patent (D640,534) developed by James Bryan Austro, Wharton, N.J., for an ornamental design for a "connector for sheet piling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a connector for sheet piling, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2010 (D/369,493). 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=D640,534.PN.&OS=PN/D640,534&RS=PN/D640,534 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Skyline Steel Assigned Patent for Connector for Sheet Piling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Skyline Steel, Parsippany, N.J., has been assigned a patent (D640,532) developed by James Bryan Austro, Wharton, N.J., for an ornamental design for a "connector for sheet piling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a connector for sheet piling, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2010 (D/368,689). 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=D640,532.PN.&OS=PN/D640,532&RS=PN/D640,532 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Wusthof-Trident of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Wusthof-Trident of America, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (D640,523) developed by Rene Henry Stutz, New Canaan, Conn., Robert Krane, Dumont, N.J., and Cynthia Fu Chit, Hong Kong, for an ornamental design for a four stage sharpener. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a four stage sharpener, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (D/363,203). 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=D640,523.PN.&OS=PN/D640,523&RS=PN/D640,523 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Skyline Steel Assigned Patent from New Jersey Inventor ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Skyline Steel, Parsippany, N.J., has been assigned a patent (D640,533) developed by James Bryan Austro, Wharton, N.J., for an ornamental design for a "connector for sheet piling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a connector for sheet piling, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2010 (D/368,696). 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=D640,533.PN.&OS=PN/D640,533&RS=PN/D640,533 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Skyline Steel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Skyline Steel, Parsippany, N.J., has been assigned a patent (D640,535) developed by James Bryan Austro, Wharton, N.J., for an ornamental design for a "connector for sheet piling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a connector for sheet piling, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2010 (D/369,497). 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=D640,535.PN.&OS=PN/D640,535&RS=PN/D640,535 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,971,255) developed by Gaurav S. Kc, Mountain View, Calif., and Alfred V. Aho, Chatham, N.J., for a "detecting and preventing malcode execution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for detecting and halting execution of malicious code includes a kernel-based system call interposition mechanism and a libc function interception mechanism. The kernel-based system call interposition mechanism detects a system call request from an application, determines a memory region from which the system call request emanates, and halts execution of the code responsible for the call request if the memory region from which the system call request emanates is a data memory region. The libc function interception mechanism maintains an alternative wrapper function for each of the relevant standard libc routines, intercepts a call from an application to one or more libc routines and redirects the call into the corresponding alternative wrapper function." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2005 (11/181,165). 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=7,971,255.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,255&RS=PN/7,971,255 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Aspen Surgical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Aspen Surgical Products, Caledonia, Mich., has been assigned a patent (RE42,507) developed by six co-inventors for a surgical scalpel. The co-inventors are Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, N.J., Anthony J. Kosinski, New Providence, N.J., Charles Hwang, Waltham, Mass., Ann Eckert, Nazareth, Pa., Simon Cohn, Rutherford, N.J., and Noel Gharibian, Glendale, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surgical scalpel includes an elongate handle defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end. The scalpel has a cartridge removably mounted to the handle that has a blade holder with a proximal end and a distal end. There is a blade fixedly attached to blade holder disposed so that the blade projects distally outwardly when the cartridge is mounted on the handle. The cartridge also has a shield with a proximal end, a distal end and a bottom mounted onto the blade holder. The shield is slidably movable between a distal position where the shield substantially prevents inadvertent access to the blade and a proximal position where the shield substantially surrounds a portion of the handle and the blade is exposed for use. The cartridge is releasably mountable to the handle and has elements for substantially preventing movement of the shield with respect to the blade holder unless the cartridge is mounted on the handle. The cartridge further including elements for substantially preventing an inadvertent movement of the shield to the proximal position thereby to expose the blade as the cartridge is being mounted to the handle." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2001 (09/771,394). 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=RE42,507&OS=RE42,507&RS=RE42,507 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Envirofit International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Envirofit International, Fort Collins, Colo., has been assigned a patent (D640,497) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for a dual burner. The co-inventors are Nathan Lorenz, Fort Collins, Colo., Jesse Walker, Fort Collins, Colo., Eric Listenberger, Moorestown, N.J., and Clark Mozer, Fort Collins, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a dual burner, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2009 (D/335,241). 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=D640,497.PN.&OS=PN/D640,497&RS=PN/D640,497 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New Jersey Inventor Develops Patent for Motion Sensing Toy ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Chris Cassese, Toms River, N.J., has been issued a patent (D640,760) for an ornamental design for a motion sensing toy. The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2010 (D/354,491). 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=D640,760&OS=D640,760&RS=D640,760 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fujitsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Fujitsu, Kawasaki, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,971,051) developed by Steven Paul, Township of Washington, N.J., Arturo Garcia, Tappan, N.Y., and Mark Capellaro, Danbury, Conn., for a "FPGA configuration protection and control using hardware watchdog timer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method provides automatic reconfiguration of an FPGA, such as in case of lost configuration or configuration error, and software-controlled reconfiguration may be provided that does not require the use of additional devices. An apparatus for FPGA configuration protection comprises watchdog signal generator circuitry in the FPGA configured to output a watchdog signal when the FPGA is properly configured and watchdog circuitry configured to receive the watchdog signal and to initiate reconfiguration of the FPGA if the watchdog signal is not received for or within a predetermined time. The circuitry in the FPGA may be configured to receive a signal from a processor and to output the watchdog signal when the signal from the processor is received." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/905,057). 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=7,971,051.PN.&OS=PN/7,971,051&RS=PN/7,971,051 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ansell Healthcare Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Ansell Healthcare Products, Red Bank, N.J., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,836) developed by Sean Sweeney, Jackson, N.J., and Eric Thompson, Central, S.C., for an ornamental design for a glove. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a glove, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (D/379,280). 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=D640,836&OS=D640,836&RS=D640,836 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Becton Dickinson Assigned Patent for Collection Container ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Becton, Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,796) developed by Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, N.J., for an ornamental design for a collection container. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a collection container, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (D/342,936). 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=D640,796&OS=D640,796&RS=D640,796 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Becton Dickinson Assigned Patent for Specimen Collection Container Having a Label ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been assigned a patent (No. D640,797) developed by Laura Wilkinson, North Haledon, N.J., for an ornamental design for a "specimen collection container having a label." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The ornamental design for a specimen collection container having a label, as shown and described." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2010 (D/354,488). 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=D640,797&OS=D640,797&RS=D640,797 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1052654 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |