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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (June 30)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Tomophase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Tomophase, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,458) developed by Peter E. Norris, Cambridge, Mass., Feiling Wang, Medford, Mass., and Xiao-Li Li, Lexington, Mass., for an "integrated disease diagnosis and treatment system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Designs, implementations, and techniques for optically measuring a sample and integrated systems that provide CT-scan, optical probing and therapy by electromagnetic radiation treatment (e.g. laser, RF, or microwave). Light at different wavelength bands may be used to detect different absorption features in the sample. Multiple light sources may be used including tunable lasers." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2005 (11/253,242). 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=7,970,458.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,458&RS=PN/7,970,458 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,240) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for archiving and visualizing digital images." The co-inventors are Edward K. Chao, Sudbury, Mass., Michael B. Herf, Studio City, Calif., Lars D. Perkins, Wayland, Mass., and Reed P.M. Sturtevant, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer based, digital image management system that visually presents an entire archive in a manner that facilitates easy, non-textual, searching for specific images. The system consists of two main elements; a file management methodology, and a graphical user interface. The file management method utilizes reference files that contain multiple properties (metadata) relating to each image file. Image files are grouped into a multiplicity of collections based on user-defined associations of the properties. The graphical user interface visually represents the groups of image files on 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional graphic metaphors. In addition, the graphical interface uses multiple display variables such as icons, mnemonics, size, movement, color, and luminance to signify relationships between groups, and/or communicate key properties of individual or groups of images." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2002 (10/321,403). 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=7,970,240.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,240&RS=PN/7,970,240 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Photonic Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Photonic Systems, Billerica, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,241) developed by Jianxiao Chen, North Billerica, Mass., and Charles Cox, Carlisle, Mass., for a "high efficient silicon-on-lithium niobate modulator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modulator includes an electro-optical substrate and a first and second waveguide formed of a doped semiconductor material positioned on a surface of an electro-optical substrate forming a slot therebetween. A doping level of the semiconductor material being chosen to make the first and second waveguide conductive. A dielectric material is positioned in the slot which increases confinement of both an optical field and an electrical field inside the slot. A refractive index of the semiconductor material and a refractive index of the dielectric material positioned in the slot being chosen to reduce the V.pi.L product of the modulator." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/207,488). 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=7,970,241.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,241&RS=PN/7,970,241 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,148) developed by Paul James Remington, Sudbury, Mass., Alan Robert Douglas Curtis, Acton, Mass., and Istvan L. Ver, Stow, Mass., for a "simultaneous enhancement of transmission loss and absorption coefficient using activated cavities." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing simultaneous enhancement of transmission loss and absorption coefficient using activated cavities is presented. A layer of material is provided, and a backing plate having a plurality of cavities on the top surface of said backing plate, is disposed adjacent a top surface of said layer of material. A screen is disposed along the top surface of said cavities on said backing plate and at least one cavity includes an actuator disposed within the cavity and a control system receiving a signal from the microphone and receiving a signal from the accelerometer and providing a drive signal to the actuator to provide an acoustic output to provide simultaneous insertion loss and absorption which serves to minimize a linear combination of the signal from the microphone and the signal from the accelerometer." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/756,182). 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=79,70,148.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,148&RS=PN/79,70,148 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,159) developed by David Kleinschmidt, Natick, Mass., Leonid Pavlotsky, Needham, Mass., and Roman Sapiejewski, Boston, for a headphoning. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A noise reducing headset has one or more of the following features: (a) pair of earcups each seated in a yoke assembly mechanically coupled by a headband enclosing a flat spring formed with a slot that runs the length of the spring accommodating electrical wires electrically interconnecting electrical elements in the earcups, (b) each earcup having active noise reducing circuitry, (c) each earcup including a loudspeaker driver located off center in the earcup to allow an internal cavity inside each earcup to accommodate a loudspeaker driver, a microphone and an electronic printed circuit board and one of a battery and plug assembly, (d) one of the earcups accommodating a detachably secured plug assembly having a sensitivity switch covered by the earcup when the plug assembly is fully seated in the earcup, (e) the other earcup having a battery door that may be opened to allow insertion and removal of the battery and covered by a yoke assembly when the headset is worn by a user with the battery fully seated in the earcup." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2008 (12/145,535). 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=79,70,159.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,159&RS=PN/79,70,159 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,970,350) developed by four co-inventors for "devices and methods for content sharing." The co-inventors are Arnold Sheynman, Northbrook, Ill., Daniel R. Muehl, Poplar Grove, Ill., Yingchun Ran, Winchester, Mass., and Jun Tian, Grayslake, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are methods and devices for automatically coupling two or more mobile communication devices (502, 541) to share content such as calls, music, documents, video and games where two or more devices automatically determine the feasibility of sharing the content and negotiate to find an efficient manner in which to do so. In this way, the pairing between devices may be transparent to the users. Moreover, a better choice in a transport may be selected without user input. Each device may include a near field communication (NFC) device that when in range of the other device may automatically initiate pairing between the devices so that the devices may share content. The users of NFC enabled devices may have little or minimal interactions except that one or more users may bring the devices within range so that the NFCs may initiate the pairing between the devices." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/930,310). 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=79,70,350&OS=79,70,350&RS=79,70,350 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Applied Micro Circuits Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Applied Micro Circuits, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,970,285) developed by Keith Conroy, Perkasie, Pa., Omer Acikel, San Diego, and Francesco Caggioni, Winchester, Mass., for a "multichannel optical transport network optical detection skew calibration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for calibrating temporal skew in a multichannel optical transport network (OTN) transmission device. The method accepts a pair of 2.sup.n-phase shift keying (2.sup.n-PSK) modulated signals, as well as a pair of 2.sup.p-PSK modulated signals. The 2.sup.n-PSK and 2.sup.p-PSK signals are converted to 2.sup.n-PSK and 2.sup.p-PSK optical signals, respectively. The 2.sup.n-PSK and 2.sup.p-PSK optical signals are orthogonally polarized and transmitted. A timing voltage is generated that is responsive to the intensity of the orthogonally polarized signals. The timing voltage is correlated to a reference frame calibration pattern associated with a preamble/header portion of an OTN frame. Then, the timing voltages associated with the Ix, Qx, Iy, and Qy signal paths are compared, and the misalignment between the timing voltages and the reference frame calibration pattern is minimized in response to adjusting time delay modules in the Ix, Qx, Iy, and Qy signal paths." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,433). 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=79,70,285&OS=79,70,285&RS=79,70,285 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Virgin Mobile USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Virgin Mobile USA, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,419) developed by Seung June Oh, Santa Monica, Calif., Eugene Koh, Brookline, Mass., and Hyewon Kim, Glendale, Calif., for "systems, devices and methods for location determination." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for location determination of a multi-mode device using a plurality of GPS fixation processes, each fixation process using a different mode (e.g. Cell-ID, MS-Assist, and MS-based) of the device is provided. The invention relates to methods for quickly obtaining and displaying geographic location of a mobile device on its display. These methods can be performed by applying successive fixation steps as outline herein." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/893,487). 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=7,970,419.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,419&RS=PN/7,970,419 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,418) developed by Albert L. Schmidt, Hopkinton, Mass., Stephen D. Morrison, Watertown, Mass., and Xi Zhang, Newton, Mass., for a "method and system of providing event content sharing by mobile communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is disclosed for providing sharing of content relating to an event. Detection of a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location is performed. An event is identified corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time. The mobile communication devices are notified to enable exchange of content about the event. The content is received from one or more of the mobile communication devices, wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/849,008). 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=7,970,418.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,418&RS=PN/7,970,418 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JumpTap Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- JumpTap, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,389) developed by Jorey Ramer, Brighton, Mass., Adam Soroca, Cambridge, Mass., and Dennis Doughty, Brookline, Mass., for a "presentation of sponsored content based on mobile transaction event." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and computer-implemented method for positioning targeted sponsored content on a mobile communication facility includes the steps of: (a) receiving data corresponding to a transaction event having occurred via the interaction of a user with the mobile communication facility, wherein the transaction event includes transmission of data representative of a first product or a first service being purchased by the user; (b) selecting advertising content based at least upon a relevance between an advertisement for a second product or a second service and the purchased first product or first service in the transaction event, wherein the relevance is further based on information relating to compatibility of the advertising content, second product, or second service with the mobile communication facility; and (c) presenting the selected advertising content on a display of the mobile communication facility." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2010 (12/762,036). 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=7,970,389.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,389&RS=PN/7,970,389 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Autocell Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Autocell Laboratories, Acton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,408) developed by four co-inventors for a wireless switched network. The co-inventors are Gary Vacon, East Falmouth, Mass., Paul D. Callahan, Carlisle, Mass., Floyd J. Backes, Sharon, N.H., and William R. Hawe, Hollis, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An access point in a wireless network includes an external indication of the access point's proximity to another access point. The external indication can be a LED that blinks at a rate that is related to the proximity of the access point to the other access point. An access point is also capable of producing a network map that indicates the access point's proximity relative to other access points that are coupled to the network. The access point is further capable of monitoring wireless network traffic to ascertain whether wireless network traffic has exceeded a threshold, and if so, releasing some client devices so that wireless network traffic no longer exceeds the threshold. The access point is also capable of automatically choosing one of a plurality of radio frequencies on which to operate. The access point chooses a frequency after evaluating frequencies on which other access points may be operating." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2009 (12/556,079). 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=7,970,408.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,408&RS=PN/7,970,408 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,970,430) developed by eight co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for setting and managing operational dynamics within cognitive radio networks." The co-inventors are Charles A. Backof, Jr., Boca Raton, Fla., Steven D. Bromley, Concord, Mass., John D. Bruner, South Barrington, Ill., Lawrence M. Ecklund, Wheaton, Ill., Steven F. Gillig, Roselle, Ill., John K. Grosspietsch, Libertyville, Ill., Whay Chiou Lee, Cambridge, Mass., and Scott E. Preece, Champaign, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a method for managing operational parameters of a cognitive radio device to minimize non-compliance with a regulatory policy involves sensing a change in an operational condition that will affect compliance with a current operational policy; estimating a time at which the current operational policy will become invalid; selecting a method for determining how to update the current operational policy; and updating the current operational policy of the cognitive radio device. Other embodiments may incorporate more, fewer or other elements." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/614,403). 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=7,970,430.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,430&RS=PN/7,970,430 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,414) developed by Steven Werden, Bridgewater, N.J., Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, Mass., and John Seeman, Hillsborough, N.J., for a "system and method for providing assisted GPS location service to dual mode mobile station." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for determining position of a mobile station is provided. The mobile station is equipped with a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals from satellites. The system comprises a wireless wide area network (WWAN) configured to provide an acquisition assistance data for use in acquiring the satellite signals by the GPS receiver to the mobile station that is operable in the WWAN. A position determination entity (PDE) is provided to determine position of the mobile station based on the satellite signals received sent from the mobile station and the acquisition assistance data from the WWAN. A wireless local area network (WLAN) provides RF signals to the mobile station when the mobile station enters into a WLAN area. The mobile station determines the position of the mobile station using the WWAN transceiver and the GPS receiver at the time when the mobile station enters into the WLAN area. The MS then uses this position when it is operating in the WLAN and it is requested to provide location by a LBS application or by the emergency 911 calling service." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2008 (12/081,968). 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=7,970,414.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,414&RS=PN/7,970,414 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,103) developed by twelve co-inventors for an "interrogating hidden contents of a container." The co-inventors are Michael V. Hynes, Cambridge, Mass., Bernard Harris, Waltham, Mass., Brandon Blackburn, Idaho Falls, Idaho, John E. McElroy, North Andover, Mass., Richard C. Lanza, Brookline, Mass., Timothy A. Antaya, Hampton Falls, N.H., Richard Sheffield, Los Alamos, N.M., John T. Mihalczo, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Paul A. Hausladen, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Alan W. Hunt, Pocatello, Idaho, Hugh R. Andrews, Pembroke, Canada, and James Johnson, Rigby, Idaho. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a system for interrogating hidden contents of a container comprises a controller, a detector system, and a data system. The controller receives a selection of a source mode of source radiation to generate to interrogate contents of a container. The source mode selection comprises a neutron mode, a gamma ray mode, or a combined neutron-gamma ray mode. The controller instructs a cyclotron to generate the source radiation according to the source mode selection. The detector system detects radiation emitted from the contents in response to the source radiation. The data system analyzes the emitted radiation and describes the contents according to the analysis." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2009 (12/455,694). 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=7970103.PN.&OS=PN/7970103&RS=PN/7970103 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Web Services Response Templates ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,862) developed by Michael H. Connor, Austin, Texas, and Eoin Lane, Littleton, Mass., for "web services response templates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a Web Services Response Template (WSRT) that addresses the problems of efficiency and robustness to change in Web Services response by allowing a requestor to explicitly specify, in a response template what information is to be returned by the request. A requestor of a web service gets just the information it needs; different requestors of the same operation may get different information; and a responder sends the requestor only what is asked for so there is no problem when new information becomes available. WSRTs are specifically designed to allow the type of control needed in program-to-program (P2P) communication, while being very efficiently and simply processed by a web service. Thus, WSRTs address difficulties that arise in typical distributed, P2P communication without adding much overhead or complexity to either a service requestor or a service provider. The efficiency and flexibility afforded by WSRTs is essential to emerging enterprise architectures based on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2009 (12/635,460). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,970,862&OS=7,970,862&RS=7,970,862 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Symantec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Symantec, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,836) developed by Shaun Cooley, El Segundo, Calif., and Martin Frechette, Arlington, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for parental control of electronic messaging contacts for a child." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for parental control of electronic messaging contacts of a child is described. One aspect of the invention relates to communication of an electronic message from sender to recipient over a text-based communication channel established between sender and receiver clients on a network. A host on the network is configured to generate a unique identifier for the sender and maintain a log for the recipient. A first proxy module is configured to receive the electronic message from the sender client, embed the unique identifier associated with the sender therein, and forward the electronic message towards the receiver client over the text-based communication channel. A second proxy module is configured to receive the electronic message from the text-based communication channel, remove the unique identifier from the electronic message, send the unique identifier to the host for storage in the log, and forward the electronic message to receiver client." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/724,702). 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=7,970,836&OS=7,970,836&RS=7,970,836 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Instant Messaging Based Virtual File System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,850) developed by five co-inventors for an "instant messaging based virtual file system." The co-inventors are Sean Callanan, Dublin, Ireland, Carol S. Zimmet, Boxboro, Mass., Fred Raguillat, Dunboyne, Ireland, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland, and Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An instant messaging system generates an instant messaging application user interface display object enabling the user to select one or more buddies, or a predefined group from their buddy list, and then to select a file to share with the selected buddies or group. The instant messaging system then controls sharing of the file within the selected buddies or group, by allowing only one of the sharing users to check out and modify the shared document at a given time. The instant messaging system user interface displayed to each user also displays the list of files that are shared with that user. The instant messaging system user interface further provides a current status for each shared file, including an indication of one of the sharing users that currently has the shared file checked out." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/648,586). 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=7,970,850&OS=7,970,850&RS=7,970,850 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,891) developed by Leonidas Kontothanssis, Arlington, Mass., and Scott T. Allen, Mountain View, Calif., for "tracking links in web browsers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure includes a system and method for tracking links displayed in Web browsers. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a hostname operable to identify an action and an instance of a link displayed through a Web browser. The hostname is unique for a period of time. The one or more actions associated with the displayed link are tracked." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2007 (11/624,129). 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=7,970,891&OS=7,970,891&RS=7,970,891 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Barracuda Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Barracuda Networks, Campbell, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,899) developed by Santa Wiryaman, Lexington, Mass., and Manickam R. Sridhar, Holliston, Mass., for an "integrated data flow packet admission and traffic management apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device by receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined, and based on the received information, enabling a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2006 (11/367,765). 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=7,970,899&OS=7,970,899&RS=7,970,899 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Displaying Strengths of Social Relationships Between a User and Other People ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,712) developed by Joann Ruvolo, San Jose, Calif., Andrew L. Schirmer, Andover, Mass., and Marijane M. Zeller, Medford, Mass., for "displaying strengths of social relationships between a user and other people." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides method of displaying strengths of social relationships between users of a computerized network. The invention evaluates network information, such as network communications, between one user of the network and other users of the network to produce metrics. The invention then normalizes the metrics from the perspective of the viewing user to produce relationship values representing strengths of social relationships between the viewing user and the other users. The invention classifies the relationship values into different groups, and optionally assigns context commands to each of the groups. The invention places each of the other users in one of the groups (according to their relationship value) and then displays a listing of the other users and their associated group identifications. The invention can assign different indicators to each of the groups, wherein the display links corresponding indicators to each of the other users to graphically identify the group in which each of the other users was placed. The display can utilize numbers, characters, sizes, fonts, character sets, icons, graphic features, colors, motions, speeds, and/or directions to graphically distinguish and identify the group in which each of the other users was placed. The displaying is primarily directed to and for use by the viewing user, but other users can use the invention to study relationships of a particular individual." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2002 (10/323,567). 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=7,970,712&OS=7,970,712&RS=7,970,712 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** OnePin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- OnePin, Westborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,792) developed by Feyzi Celik, Hopkinton, Mass., for a "phone to phone data exchange." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,593). 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=7,970,792&OS=7,970,792&RS=7,970,792 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Enhancing Keyword Relevance by User's Interest on the Search Result Documents ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,753) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for enhancing keyword relevance by user's interest on the search result documents." The co-inventors are Tolga Oral, Arlington, Mass., David L. Newbold, West Roxbury, Mass., Michael Bolin, East Brunswick, N.J., and Raudel S. Rodriguez, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,557). 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=7,970,753&OS=7,970,753&RS=7,970,753 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,814) developed by Gregory Leedberg, Milton, Mass., Kenneth D. Carey, Boston, George W. Spencer Jr., Westborough, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for providing a synchronous interface for an asynchronous service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for providing a synchronous interface for an asynchronous service including, in a synchronous interface engine executing on a processor, receiving a request from a client for the asynchronous service, issuing an asynchronous service request to perform the asynchronous service, the asynchronous service request including a unique client identifier, and associating a wait condition with the unique client identifier to indicate to the client to wait for a result of the asynchronous service. Methods and apparatus further include receiving the result of the asynchronous service, the result including the unique client identifier, removing the associated wait condition, and sending the result to the client." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2009 (12/468,100). 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=7,970,814&OS=7,970,814&RS=7,970,814 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Selective Local Database Access Restriction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,788) developed by Ron Ben-Natan, Lexington, Mass., and Izar Tarandach, Burlington, Mass., for a "selective local database access restriction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A nonintrusive database access monitoring mechanism employs a hybrid approach that disallows, or blocks, the access mediums which are not feasible to intercept or analyze, as well as intercepting and analyzing access mediums for which interception and interrogation is available. Accordingly, various configurations provide the hybrid coverage approach to identifying access mediums, and either block or intercept the access attempts. In this manner, access mediums, such as interprocess communication (IPC) system calls, which may be efficiently intercepted and analyzed are captured and substantively processed, while other access mediums that are excessively burdensome or intrusive to capture are unselectively blocked from any communication, avoiding the need to analyze such access attempts." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2005 (11/195,387). 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=7,970,788&OS=7,970,788&RS=7,970,788 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,970,785) developed by James Howard Drew, Pepperell, Mass., for a "method and computer program product for using data mining tools to automatically compare an investigated unit and a benchmark unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sources of operational problems in business transactions often show themselves in relatively small pockets of data, which are called trouble hot spots. Identifying these hot spots from internal company transaction data is generally a fundamental step in the problem's resolution, but this analysis process is greatly complicated by huge numbers of transactions and large numbers of transaction variables to analyze. A suite of practical modifications are provided to data mining techniques and logistic regressions to tailor them for finding trouble hot spots. This approach thus allows the use of efficient automated data mining tools to quickly screen large numbers of candidate variables for their ability to characterize hot spots. One application is the screening of variables which distinguish a suspected hot spot from a reference set." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2008 (12/251,750). 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=7,970,785&OS=7,970,785&RS=7,970,785 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Business Wire Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Business Wire, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (7,970,754) developed by eight co-inventors for an "optimizing, distributing, and tracking online content." The co-inventors are Greg Jarboe, Acton, Mass., John Gaffney, Escondido, Calif., Dana Todd, San Diego, Steve Press, Temecula, Calif., Mike Zemans, San Diego, Jamie O'Donnell, San Francisco, Gary Saner, San Diego, and Marlene Matheson, Solana Beach, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter described herein relates to systems and techniques for optimizing, distributing, and tracking the use of content online in, for example, Internet search engines and other Internet distribution networks." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2008 (12/178,868). 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=7,970,754&OS=7,970,754&RS=7,970,754 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Identix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Identix, Bloomington, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,970,179) developed by Yasunari Tosa, Arlington, Mass., for an iris data extraction. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process for extracting iris data for biometric identification includes a thresholding method where the thresholds are selected according to a nonparametric approach that considers the grey scale and does not require classifying pixels as edge or non-edge pixels. An eye image is first acquired, where the eye image has component images including an iris image with an inner boundary and an outer boundary. The eye image has a distribution of grey levels. Component images, such as an iris image or a pupil image, from the eye image are segmented according to the distribution of grey levels. The inner boundary and outer boundary of the iris image are determined from the component images. The iris image within the inner boundary and outer boundary is processed for biometric identification. The component images may be segmented by creating an eye histogram of pixel intensities from the distribution of grey levels." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2006 (11/526,096). 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=7,970,179.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,179&RS=PN/7,970,179 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,703) developed by Andrew Egendorf, Lincoln, Mass., for an internet billing method. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, equipment operable to establish a communication session over the Internet between equipment of a vendor and equipment of a customer enabled by a communications link of equipment of a third party, receive during the communication session a communication indicating that the customer initiated an order for a product or service from the vendor, submit to the equipment of the third party transactional information relating to the purchase transaction without submitting a billing request to the equipment of the third party, and receive a portion of the transaction amount in accordance with a remitting arrangement without submitting the billing request to the equipment of the third party. Additional embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/789,216). 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=7970703.PN.&OS=PN/7970703&RS=PN/7970703 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pyxis Mobile Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Pyxis Mobile, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,704) developed by Todd Christy, Southboro, Mass., and Thom Neff, Stowe, Mass., for a "wireless advisor support and data integration system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one general aspect, a financial advisor support method is disclosed that includes presenting on a wireless handheld device a list of accounts of different types held by a household entity at different institutions, receiving through the wireless handheld device account selection commands for a selected account in the list presented in the step of presenting, and presenting on the wireless handheld device account information for the selected account in response to the step of receiving." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/636,420). 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=7970704.PN.&OS=PN/7970704&RS=PN/7970704 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,594) developed by Thomas Gaudette, Jamaica Plain, Mass., for a "system and method for using model analysis to generate directed test vectors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for exploiting the data gathered about a system model during the system design phase to aid the identification of errors subsequently detected in a deployed system based on the system model is disclosed. The present invention utilizes the coverage analysis from the design phase that is originally created to determine whether the system model as designed meets the specified system requirements. Included in the coverage analysis report is the analysis of which sets of test vectors utilized in simulating the system model excited individual components and sections of the system model. The present invention uses the information associated with the test vectors to select appropriate test vectors to use to perform directed testing of the deployed system so as to confirm a suspected fault." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/173,977). 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=7970594.PN.&OS=PN/7970594&RS=PN/7970594 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Doctors On-Line Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- American Doctors On-Line, North Dartmouth, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,633) developed by Paul I. Bulat, Brewster, Mass., for a "system and method for delivering medical examination, treatment and assistance over a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services from a health care practitioner to a patient over a network includes a plurality of health care practitioner terminals and a plurality of patient terminals in audiovisual communication over the network with any of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals. Each of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals includes a display device. The system also includes a call center in communication with the patient terminals and the health care practitioner terminals. The call center routs a call from a patient at one of the patient terminals to an available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals so that the available health care practitioner may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient. The available health care practitioner may make an assessment of the patient and treat the patient." The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/273,065). 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=7970633.PN.&OS=PN/7970633&RS=PN/7970633 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Digital Voice Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Digital Voice Systems, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,970,606) developed by John C. Hardwick, Sudbury, Mass., for an interoperable vocoder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Encoding a sequence of digital speech samples into a bit stream includes dividing the digital speech samples into one or more frames and computing a set of model parameters for the frames. The set of model parameters includes at least a first parameter conveying pitch information. The voicing state of a frame is determined and the first parameter conveying pitch information is modified to designate the determined voicing state of the frame, if the determined voicing state of the frame is equal to one of a set of reserved voicing states. The model parameters are quantized to generate quantizer bits which are used to produce the bit stream." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2002 (10/292,460). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7970606.PN.&OS=PN/7970606&RS=PN/7970606 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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