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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (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 Georgia. *** Georgia Tech Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- Georgia Tech Research, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,521) developed by Khalid Lief Sorensen, Austell, Ga., William Singhose, Atlanta, and Stephen Dickerson, Atlanta, for a "combined feedback and command shaping controller for multistate control with application to improving positioning and reducing cable sway in cranes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are algorithms for controlling multiple states of a dynamic system, such as controlling positioning and cable sway in cranes. Exemplary apparatus and methods may be implemented using first and second serially coupled feedback loops coupled to a plant and payload that are to be controlled. The first feedback loop comprises a first control module. It generates a filtered actuator command from an error signal derived from a signal representing a desired system state and a feedback signal indicative of the actual system state. The generated signal is operative to position the payload. The second feedback loop comprises a second control module that generates a second actuator command that is operative to cause the plant to have an output of zero, to eliminate disturbance-induced oscillations. Input shaping may be employed in the first loop for eliminating motion-induced oscillations. The first control module is used for precise payload positioning, and the second control module is used to reject disturbance-induced oscillations. A model reference loop may be employed that outputs a modeled response that is an estimate of the response of the plant in the absence of external disturbances, and which may be used to generate a second actuator command for causing the plant to follow the modeled response." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2006 (11/911,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,970,521.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,521&RS=PN/7,970,521 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Location Caching with Expiration Based on Location ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,415) developed by Jeffrey Clinton Mikan, Cumming, Ga., Justin McNamara, Atlanta, and Fulvio Cenciarelli, Suwanee, Ga., for a "location caching with expiration based on location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for locating a device in a wireless network that caches a known location and sets an expiration time based on the location. The system correlates the location with known places, such as movie theaters, restaurants, etc. to set the expiration time. For example, if a device was known to be at a movie theater, the expiration time would be set to a longer period of time. However, if the device was determined to be in a moving location, the expiration time would be set to a shorter period of time. The system also includes a mechanism to query the cached location based on a current time of the query and a granularity variable the accounts for a geographic area in which the device is located. The system also accounts for special locations where the mobile device will likely not be moving for long periods of time, or locations where the mobile device may move great distances between determinations of actual location." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2007 (11/953,495). 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=7,970,415.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,415&RS=PN/7,970,415 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Movius Interactive Assigned Patent for Employing VXML to Provide Enhanced Voicemail System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Movius Interactive, Johns Creek, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,970,106) developed by five co-inventors for an "employing VXML to provide enhanced voicemail system." The co-inventors are Sonny R. Bettis, Lawrenceville, Ga., Jon S. Plotky, Lawrenceville, Ga., Ian M. Moraes, Suwanee, Ga., Philip L. Lowman, Ellijay, Ga., and James H. Spencer, Tucker, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An enhanced Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VXML) based voicemail system that has a distributed architecture and methods for implementing enhanced VXML based voicemail systems are disclosed. The voicemail system includes a media server, which is in communication with a telephone network. The media server is adapted to invoke a voicemail service of the distributed voicemail system and adapted to render at least a first portion of a Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VXML) page. An application server, which is in communication with the media server, is adapted to generate a VXML page and provide the VXML page to the media server. The XVML page has a tag embedded therein, and the media server processes the tag. A voicemail-account monitorer, which monitors at least a portion of the voicemail system, is invoked by the media server processing the tag." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2007 (11/623,718). 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=7970106.PN.&OS=PN/7970106&RS=PN/7970106 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** American Megatrends Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- American Megatrends, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,970,218) developed by Govind Kothandapani, Snellville, Ga., and Varadachari Sudan Ayanam, Norcross, Ga., for a "method, system, and computer-readable medium for the adaptive filtering and compression of video data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of filtering and encoding video data in a compressed format is provided. The method includes receiving pixels representing video data from an initial video display, receiving pixels representing video data from a subsequent video display, selecting a group of pixels from the subsequent video display as new video data, determining filtered pixel values from the new video data, and encoding the filtered values in a compressed format for communication to another computer accessible via a computer network." The patent application was filed on July 17, 2009 (12/504,905). 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=7,970,218.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,218&RS=PN/7,970,218 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,111) developed by Scott Allen Swanburg, Duluth, Ga., for an "interactive community of interest profile." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for generating and working with communities of interests is disclosed. In various forms, the present system allows multiple users sharing common interests to interact with each other seamlessly, seek out times when each is available, and other such convenience functions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2006 (11/514,128). 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=7970111.PN.&OS=PN/7970111&RS=PN/7970111 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Movius Interactive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Movius Interactive, Johns Creek, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,970,109) developed by Sonny R. Bettis, Lawrenceville, Ga., Philip L. Lowman, Ellijay, Ga., and James H. Spencer, Tucker, Ga., for an "auto block and auto discovery in a distributed communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A voicemail system enabling various components of the voicemail system to be distributed geographically yet operate as a seamlessly integrated system is disclosed. A signal gateway interfaces with a telephone network. In addition, one or more media servers interface with the signal gateway as well as the telephone network. The signal gateway is configured to block calls to malfunctioning media servers. The signal gateway monitors the media servers, and responsive to determining that a media server has malfunctioned, the signal gateway initiates auto-blocking such that the telephone network does not route calls to the malfunctioning media server. In addition, the signal gateway is configured to auto-detect a media server responsive to the media server being initialized. The voicemail system can include a variety of other elements, such as one or more system management units and one or more central data and message store systems. Each of the elements in the voicemail system communicate with each other over an internet protocol type network. Any functions in the various elements that require interfacing with the telephone network are simply handled through the signal gateway." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2009 (12/419,668). 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=7970109.PN.&OS=PN/7970109&RS=PN/7970109 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Data Retrieval Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,865) developed by six co-inventors for a "data retrieval method and system." The co-inventors are Donna DeCesare, Charlotte, N.C., Daniel Joseph Gatins, Atlanta, Richard Hennessy, Austin, Julian I. Kamil, Gaithersburg, Md., Gerald McLoughlin, Southbury, Conn., and William Philip Shaouy, Atlanta. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data retrieval method and system. The method includes transmitting, by a computing device to data source organizations in response to a request for data, a request for populating online forms. The computing device receives input data associated with the online forms. The computing device transmits notification data requesting analysis of the input data and an input form for uploading results of the analysis. The computing device receives analysis data files. The computing device transmits the analysis data files and data transformation requirements to an IT service organization. The computing device receives clarification inquiries data. The computing device transmits the clarification inquiries data to the data source organizations. The computing device receives response data from the data source organizations. The computing device receives modified analysis data files from the IT service organization. The computing device transmits notification data indicating results of the modified analysis data files to an entity." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,853). 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=7,970,865&OS=7,970,865&RS=7,970,865 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,970,846) developed by W. Todd Daniell, Marietta, Ga., and Lee G. Friedman, Alpharetta, Ga., for an "address book for integrating email and instant messaging (IM)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, the email services and IM services are integrated through an address book database. The address book database correlates email information of a contact with a reference identifier (ID). Additionally, one or more IM addresses of the contact are also correlated to the reference ID, thereby permitting further correlation of a contacts IM information with the contacts email information." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,922). 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=7,970,846&OS=7,970,846&RS=7,970,846 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Program Product for Tracking a File Attachment in an E-mail ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,834) developed by Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, N.C., Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, N.C., and Demethria J. Ramseur, Smyrna, Ga., for a "method and program product for tracking a file attachment in an e-mail." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and program product for tracking a file attachment in an e-mail is provided. The method includes attaching one or more file attachments to an e-mail, selecting one or more return receipt properties for the file attachments attached to the e-mail, sending the e-mail to one or more intended recipients and writing to an e-mail data log file a set of details pertaining to the file attachments attached to the e-mail sent, such that a sender is able to track in the e-mail data log file any file attachments attached to the e-mail sent. Preferably, the method includes notifying the sender when either a delivery failure or a delivery discrepancy occurs for any file attachment attached to the e-mail sent to any intended recipients. More preferably, the method includes managing the set of details pertaining to the file attachments in the e-mail data log file." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2005 (11/267,401). 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=7,970,834&OS=7,970,834&RS=7,970,834 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Generating, and Updating Calendar Events from Non-calendar Sources ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,793) developed by Christopher J. Davia, Mableton, Ga., and Anders Westberg, Spanga, Sweden, for a "generating, and updating calendar events from non-calendar sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Calendar events are pulled from an information source, such as a website, having listed events. A user subscribes to an information source where information containing time-stamped events appears. Alternatively, a user specifies a keyword for searching on the information source. If there are any changes on the information source in regard to a user-specified keyword, the event is automatically linked to the user's calendar. In yet another aspect, a publisher of the information source uses a tag set to tag running text on their information source, e.g. website, such that there is no need for the publisher of an information source to maintain a calendar of the events described in the information source. In yet another aspect, the publisher of the information source is not informed of who subscribes to the information source or what keywords the users specify in regard to the information source to provide user anonymity." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,396). 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=7,970,793&OS=7,970,793&RS=7,970,793 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Equifax Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Equifax, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,698) developed by nine co-inventors for an "application processing and decision systems and processes." The co-inventors are Sandeep Gupta, Alpharetta, Ga., Christian Hall, Canton, Ga., James Reid, Alpharetta, Ga., Shen Lu, Duluth, Ga., Dennis Horton, Buford, Ga., Lee Grice, Cumming, Ga., Thresa Dixon, Canton, Ga., Scott Garten, Canton, Ga., and Sudhakar Reddy, Suwanee, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to automated decisioning for a credit request associated with an applicant. Information associated with an applicant is received. Data associated with the applicant is received from at least one data source. A user interface is configured to allow a user to provide a definition of decision rules in a near-natural language. Information associated with the decision rules is determined based on the definition of the decision rules. A selection of rule flow information associated with the decision rules is received through the user computer interface. A decision is generated based on the information associated with the applicant, data associated with the applicant from the at least one data source, the information associated with the decision rules, and the selection of information associated with decision rules. The decision is displayed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2004 (10/546,931). 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=7970698.PN.&OS=PN/7970698&RS=PN/7970698 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fair Isaac Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Fair Isaac, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (7,970,676) developed by Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Roswell, Ga., for a "method and system for modeling future action impact in credit scoring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for predicting impact of future actions on subsequent performance involves developing a prediction model that predicts a statistical interaction of performance expectation with likely behavior. In one embodiment, sensitivity to new, post-scoring date credit behaviors in the analytic solution greatly improves snapshot score predictions. The modeling approach involves multiple snapshots: predictive and performance snapshots, plus an intermediate snapshot shortly after the predictive snapshot to quantify interim behavior. Predictive interaction variables are calculated on the predictive data using simulated profiles before and after an action." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2007 (11/832,610). 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=7970676.PN.&OS=PN/7970676&RS=PN/7970676 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,970,585) developed by Bruce P. Van Sloun, Minnetonka, Minn., Thomas Nieman, Greenfield, Wis., and Vincent Jullien, Roswell, Ga., for a "method and system for remote monitoring and control of wireless cell-sites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for remotely monitoring and controlling one or more cell-sites are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) receiving data indicative of a status of at least one battery of at least one cell-site at a remote processing device, where the status relates to at least one of a voltage status, a conductance status, and a temperature status. Additionally, the method includes (b) processing the data at the processing device, and (c) determining at least one further action that should be taken by the at least one cell-site in response to the data. Further, the method includes (d) sending from the processing device at least one control signal to the at least one cell-site configured to cause the at least one cell-site to take the at least one further action. Also, in other embodiments, the method involves remote monitoring and controlling of devices other than batteries." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/771,504). 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=7970585.PN.&OS=PN/7970585&RS=PN/7970585 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,970,648) developed by five co-inventors for an "advertising campaign and business listing management for a location-based services system." The co-inventors are Michael L. Gailey, Dunwoody, Ga., Eric A. Portman, Norcross, Ga., Michael J. Burgiss, Smyrna, Ga., Chad S. Holmes, Atlanta, and Angela King Smith, Atlanta. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a method and system for creating advertising content and business listing content in a location-based services system. An advertising campaign or a business listing is created with a business remote terminal using a campaign management interface application or a business profile interface application. The advertising campaign or business listing is then transmitted to an advertiser portal. The advertiser portal then directs the advertising campaign or business listing to a create campaign application or a business profile application for processing. The advertising campaign or business listing is then stored in a business database or a business profile database using a data access component." The patent application was filed on April 26, 2002 (10/133,536). 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=7970648.PN.&OS=PN/7970648&RS=PN/7970648 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. -1052748 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |