[June 30, 2011] U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (June 30) Tweet (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 New Jersey. *** BioArray Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29 -- BioArray Solutions, Warren, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,553) developed by Michael Seul, Fanwood, N.J., Tatiana Vener, Stirling, N.J., and Xiongwu Xia, Irvine, Calif., for a "concurrent optimization in selection of primer and capture probe sets for nucleic acid analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method of iteratively optimizing two (or more) interrelated sets of probes for the multi-step analysis of sets of designated sequences, each such sequence requiring, for conversion, at least one conversion probe ("primer"), and each converted sequence requiring, for detection, at least one capture probe. The iterative method disclosed herein for the concurrent optimization of primer and probe selection invokes fast logical string matching functions to perform a complete cross-correlation of probe sequences and target sequences. The score function assigns to each probe-target alignment a "degree of matching" score on the basis of position-weighted Hamming distance functions introduced herein. Pairs of probes in the final selection may differ in several positions, while other pairs of probes may differ in only a single position. Not all such positions are of equal importance, and a score function is introduced, reflecting the position of the mismatch within the probe sequence." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2009 (12/502,725). 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=7,970,553.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,553&RS=PN/7,970,553 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Ethicon, Somerville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,478) developed by Stephen Wahlgren, Easton, Pa., and Michael R. Tracey, Branchburg, N.J., for an "optimizing stimulation therapy of an external stimulating device based on firing of action potential in target nerve." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for optimizing stimulation therapy of an external stimulating device. The stimulating signal for stimulation of a target nerve is produced using the external stimulating device. A magnetic field is induced in an implanted transmitting coil disposed proximate the target nerve when the action potential is fired along an axon of the target nerve. In turn, a feedback signal is generated in a receiving coil associated with the external stimulating device based on whether the target nerve fires an action potential. Stimulating signal parameters of the stimulating signal are adjusted based on the feedback signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/317,194). 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=7,970,478.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,478&RS=PN/7,970,478 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,970,127) developed by Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, N.Y., Nader Bolourchi, Larchmont, N.Y., and Sung-Hyuk Shin, Northvale, N.J., for an "user equipment identification specific scrambling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A base station for use in a code division multiple access communication system comprises circuitry configured to process a user equipment identification (UE ID) by 1/2 rate convolutionally encoding the UE ID to produce a code. The code is used by the base station for scrambling a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH). The base station is configured to transmit a wireless signal. The wireless signal provides the user equipment with payload data carried on a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH). The HS-PDSCH is associated with the HS-SCCH." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,694). 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=79,70,127.PN.&OS=PN/79,70,127&RS=PN/79,70,127 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method for Call Forwarding a Call from a Mobile Telephone ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,392) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for call forwarding a call from a mobile telephone." The co-inventors are Barry S. Bosik, Marlboro, N.J., James Ehlinger, Colts Neck, N.J., Amit Garg, Howell, N.J., and Rajeev B. Patil, Holmdel, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of call forwarding a call originally placed to a mobile telephone number of a mobile telephone to a landline telephone number of a landline telephone is provided, wherein the call is routed through a telephone network by a service provider. A forwarding location of the mobile telephone is determined using a mobile location technology. The landline telephone number of the landline telephone is provided to the service provider. A current mobile telephone location is determined by a mobile location technology. The mobile location technology is capable of locating the mobile telephone using service provider equipment. The service provider determines that the call is being made to the mobile telephone when the current mobile telephone location is at the forwarding location. The call to the mobile telephone number is forwarded to the landline telephone number when the current mobile telephone location is at the forwarding location." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2009 (12/589,241). 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=7,970,392.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,392&RS=PN/7,970,392 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,417) developed by Li Fung Chang, Holmdel, N.J., Hui Luo, Old Bridge, N.J., and Xiaoxin Qiu, Bridgewater, N.J., for an "on demand multicast messaging system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An on-demand message system includes a profile proxy server and a plurality of message servers coupled to a wireless network for sending messages to mobile users under conditions specified by the users and sellers. Users provide profile information specifying categories and conditions for which they will receive messages. Sellers also provide profile information specifying conditions under which they want messages to be sent. A multicast message is sent and processed by target users in response to a predetermined event, e.g., location update, conveying information related to a seller for which target users have expressed an interest in receiving." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2009 (12/380,133). 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=7,970,417.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,417&RS=PN/7,970,417 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,428) developed by Wen-Pin Lin, Morristown, N.J., and Wesley L. Shanks, Madison, N.J., for a "monitoring and adjusting transmit power level(s) in a communications system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and an apparatus is provided for monitoring and adjusting a power level of a transmitting component. The method comprises receiving a request from a remote unit to provide a power level associated with a transmitting component, wherein the request is transmitted over a communications protocol. The method includes measuring a power level of a signal provided by the transmitting component in response to receiving the request from the remote unit, and providing the measured power level to the remote unit over the communications protocol." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2010 (12/757,192). 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=7,970,428.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,428&RS=PN/7,970,428 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent for Push-to-talk Group Call System using CDMA 1x-EVDO Cellular Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,425) developed by Krishna Balachandran, Morganville, N.J., Kenneth C. Budka, Marlboro, N.J., and Joseph H. Kang, Belle Mead, N.J., for a "push-to-talk group call system using CDMA 1x-EVDO cellular network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A push-to-talk ("PTT") group call system, for use as, e.g., a public safety wireless network, includes a CDMA-based 1x-EVDO radio access network operably connected to a PTT server over an IP network. The radio access network includes base stations for radio communications with a number of distributed mobile stations. In carrying out wireless communications, the group call system combines IP-based voice and other real-time multimedia services with the 1x-EVDO radio access network's Broadcast Multicast Service. This allows a number of users to receive the same copy of an IP-based media stream for point-to-multipoint, group transmissions. To reduce call setup times, the group call system uses "standing" call groups, which are ongoing group communication channels pre-established between the PTT server and authorized group users. Thus, mobile stations link to one or more standing call groups of interest upon power-up, prior to users speaking." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2005 (11/215,669). 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=7,970,425.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,425&RS=PN/7,970,425 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Provisioning and Authentication/Registration for Femtocell User on IMS Core Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,398) developed by Maria E. Palamara, Denville, N.J., and Robin Jeffrey Thompson, Batavia, Ill., for a "method and apparatus for provisioning and authentication/registration for femtocell user on IMS core network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for provisioning, registering and authenticating a mobile phone on a basestation is provided. The method includes receiving an addition request for the addition of a mobile station to a basestation authorization record via an interface. The method continues with creating an entry for the mobile station, where the entry includes mobile station information, and receiving a registration request including request information from the mobile station to register to receive basestation based services via the associated internet multimedia subsystem network. The method also includes authorizing registration on the IMS network based at least in part on the request information." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2007 (11/767,722). 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=7,970,398.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,398&RS=PN/7,970,398 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent for Method for Transferring Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,406) developed by Douglas H. Rollender, Bridgewater, N.J., for a "method for transferring data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The method for transferring data sends the data as part of first and second permanent identifiers during a communication procedure prior to establishing a traffic channel in the communication system. Besides the data, the first permanent identifier includes routing information to a home system forming part of the communication system. The second permanent identifier is an expanded permanent identifier with the data forming at least part of the expanded portion thereof. Based at least on recognizing a portion of the second permanent identifier, a home system sends the first and second permanent identifiers to a destination entity. The destination entity extracts the data from the first and second permanent identifiers. In this manner, a traffic channel does not need to be established to transmit the data." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2003 (10/602,588). 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=7,970,406.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,406&RS=PN/7,970,406 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. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Distribution of Intermediate Data in a Multistage Computer Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,970,884) developed by five co-inventors for a "distribution of intermediate data in a multistage computer application." The co-inventors are Claris Castillo, White Plains, N.Y., Mike Spreitzer, Croton On Hudson, N.Y., Malgorzata Steinder, Leonia, N.J., Asser N. Tantawi, Somers, N.Y., and Ian N. Whalley, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product for distributing intermediate data of a multistage computer application to a plurality of computers. In one embodiment, a data manager calculates data usage demand of generated intermediate data. A computer manager calculates a computer usage, which is the sum of all data usage demand of each stored intermediate data at the computer. A scheduler selects a target computer from the plurality of computers for storage of the generated intermediate data at such that a variance of the computer usage demand across the plurality of computers is minimized." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,273). 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=7,970,884&OS=7,970,884&RS=7,970,884 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raritan Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Raritan Americas, Somerset, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,970,859) developed by four co-inventors for an "architecture and method for remote platform control management." The co-inventors are Neil Weinstock, Randolph, N.J., Michael Baumann, Zwickau, Germany, Swen Anderson, Saxony, Germany, and Rolf Fiedler, Berlin. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit is a baseboard management controller that is a fully integrated system-on-a-chip microprocessor incorporating function blocks and interfaces that provide remote management solution. The integrated circuit uses a microprocessor, a media co-processor to accelerate video processing, and a set of system and peripheral functions that are useful in a variety of remote management applications. It further includes an integrated USB high-speed device and an OTG interface to support keyboard, mouse and mass storage emulation without additional external components, and two integrated MII LAN interfaces and one FSB interface, a memory controller to support a variety of static and dynamic memory components, an encryption controller to ensure secure remote management sessions and IPMI2.0-compliant BMC interfaces. The integrated circuit is based on structured ASIC technology, which enables easy customization of function blocks according to customer demands or new industry standards." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2007 (11/937,867). 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=7,970,859&OS=7,970,859&RS=7,970,859 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** New Jersey Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Performing Local Searches across User Defined Events ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- William McBride Fesq, New Providence, N.J., and Michael Emil Ogrinz, Wantage, N.J., have developed a patent (7,970,751) for a "system and method for performing local searches across user defined events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The instant invention presents a system and method for performing local searches across one or more events created by one or more users. The system of the present invention comprises an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code. A zip list processor is provided to receive a zip code and a distance value, e.g., from user defined input, which are used to calculate a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located with the distance value from the zip code. An event list generator to receives the zip list and queries the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list. The method of the present invention comprises creating an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code, calculating a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located within a distance equal to a received distance value from a received zip code, and querying the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2009 (12/572,544). 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=7,970,751&OS=7,970,751&RS=7,970,751 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent for Recovery Administration of Global Transaction Participants ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,737) developed by Paul Parkinson, Wenonah, N.J., for a "recovery administration of global transaction participants." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transaction system that allows for analysis and administration at the global transaction participant level is disclosed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2008 (12/013,157). 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=7,970,737&OS=7,970,737&RS=7,970,737 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. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II, Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, and Columbia University, New York, have been assigned a patent (7,970,822) developed by five co-inventors for a "multimedia integration description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7." The co-inventors are Ana Belen Benitez, New York, Shih-Fu Chang, New York, Qian Huang, Ocean, N.J., Seungyup Paek, New York, and Atul Puri, Riverdale, N.Y.. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be interested in locating a specific piece of multimedia content from a database, Internet, or broadcast media, for example, may search for and find the multimedia content. In this regard, the invention provides a system and method that receives multimedia content and separates the multimedia content into separate components which are assigned to multimedia categories, such as image, video, audio, synthetic and text. Within each of the multimedia categories, the multimedia content is classified and descriptions of the multimedia content are generated. The descriptions are then formatted, integrated, using a multimedia integration description scheme, and the multimedia integration description is generated for the multimedia content. The multimedia description is then stored into a database. As a result, a user may query a search engine which then retrieves the multimedia content from the database whose integration description matches the query criteria specified by the user. The search engine can then provide the user a useful search result based on the multimedia integration description." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2009 (12/372,052). 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=7,970,822&OS=7,970,822&RS=7,970,822 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,717) developed by Patrick Haffner, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for providing fast kernel learning on sparse data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus based on transposition to speed up learning computations on sparse data are disclosed. For example, the method receives an support vector comprising at least one feature represented by one non-zero entry. The method then identifies at least one column within a matrix with non-zero entries, wherein the at least one column is identified in accordance with the at least one feature of the support vector. The method then performs kernel computations using successive list merging on the at least one identified column of the matrix and the support vector to derive a result vector, wherein the result vector is used in a data learning function." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2009 (12/647,536). 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=7,970,717&OS=7,970,717&RS=7,970,717 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Equatrax Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Equatrax, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,707) developed by four co-inventors for a "shared royalty platform for content royalty management." The co-inventors are Alec Miloslavsky, Hillsborough, Calif., Cal O'Kelly, San Francisco, Jacob Feldman, Edison, N.J., and Michael Koifman, Redwood City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for the dynamic processing of royalties are disclosed. Sales records are processed on a transaction basis rather than in batch mode. This process also allows correction of information retroactively, rather than delaying the entire processing of the information. One embodiment includes a system comprising a message broker in communication with a plurality of clients and services, a state machine, a processor and a time manager. The message broker interacts with the processor to execute a common service based on events produced by the state machine. Another embodiment includes a method comprising providing a rate matrix, receiving a sales record from a database and calculating a royalty payment using the sales record and the rate matrix." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,281). 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=7,970,707&OS=7,970,707&RS=7,970,707 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,970,191) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for simultaneously subsampling fluoroscopic images and enhancing guidewire visibility." The co-inventors are Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, N.J., Peter Durlak, Erlangen, Germany, Vassilis Athitsos, Arlington, Texas, Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, Fla., and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for downsampling fluoroscopic images and enhancing guidewire visibility during coronary angioplasty includes providing a first digitized image, filtering the image with one or more steerable filters of different angular orientations, assigning a weight W and orientation O for each pixel based on the filter response for each pixel, wherein each pixel weight is assigned to a function of a maximum filter response magnitude and the pixel orientation is calculated from the angle producing the maximum filter response if the magnitude is greater than zero, wherein guidewire pixels have a higher weight than non-guidewire pixels, and downsampling the orientation and weights to calculate a second image of half the resolution of the first image, wherein the downsampling accounts for the orientation and higher weight assigned to the guidewire pixels." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2007 (11/860,591). 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=7,970,191.PN.&OS=PN/7,970,191&RS=PN/7,970,191 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Entity Type Assignment ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,970,766) developed by four co-inventors for an entity type assignment. The co-inventors are Farhan Shamsi, Rego Park, N.Y., Alex Kehlenbeck, New York, David Vespe, New York, and Nemanja Petrovic, Plainsboro, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A repository contains objects including facts about entities. Objects may be of known or unknown entity type. An entity type assignment engine assigns entity types to objects of unknown entity type. A feature generation module generates a set of features describing the facts included with each object in the repository. An entity type model module generates an entity type model based on the sets of features generated for a subset of objects. An entity type model module generates entity type models, such as a classifier or generative models, based on the sets of features associated with objects of known entity type. An entity type assignment module generates a value based on the sets of features associated with an object of unknown entity type and the entity type model. This value indicates whether the object of unknown entity type is of a known entity type. An object update module stores the object to which the known entity type was assigned in the repository in association with the assigned entity type." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,891). 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=7,970,766&OS=7,970,766&RS=7,970,766 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Aloft Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Aloft Media, Longview, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,970,722) developed by Daniel L. Owen, Los Altos, Calif., and Michael W. Kusnic, Old Tappan, N.J., for a "system, method and computer program product for a collaborative decision platform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A decision making system, method and computer program product are provided. Initially, a plurality of attributes is defined. Thereafter, first information regarding the attributes is received from a receiving business. Second information is then received regarding proposed products or services in terms of the attributes. Such second information is received from a supplying business. In use, a decision process is executed based on the first information and the second information." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/615,250). 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=7,970,722&OS=7,970,722&RS=7,970,722 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Citigroup Global Markets Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Citigroup Global Markets, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,686) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method of interfacing for client application programs to access a data management system." The co-inventors are Fred Irwin, Frankfurt, Germany, Mark Johnson, Near Wigan, United Kingdom, Neil D. Potter, Westfield, N.J., Peter E. Raynor, Hinchley Wood Esher, United Kingdom, and Maria Torremante, Weisbaden, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for communicating information between a securities customer and a trader. The system includes a computer which has three class components for completing the communications between the customer and the trader. A first component manages trading functions, a second component manages customer log-in and password, and the third component manages communication between the first two components and a trading system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2000 (09/662,588). 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=7970686.PN.&OS=PN/7970686&RS=PN/7970686 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Goldman Sachs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Goldman Sachs, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,681) developed by Tim Bridges, Summit, N.J., Mark Evans, New York, and Oliver Frankel, New York, for a "reduction of financial instrument volatility." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An earnings volatility reduction procedure includes determining a first sensitivity value of a portfolio to underlying market conditions, trading in an immunizing instrument having a second sensitivity value substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in value of the first sensitivity value, and trading in a qualifying instrument having a third sensitivity value substantially equal to the first sensitivity value. A derivative portfolio (in particular, one that includes a financial instrument for which changes in value are characterized as earnings pursuant to FAS 133) is structured by determining a sensitivity of the derivative portfolio with respect to financial conditions in a trading market, executing an immunizing purchase of a second trading instrument in an amount equal to the magnitude of the current sensitivity and opposite in value, and executing a qualifying sale of a third trading instrument in an amount equal to amount of the current sensitivity." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2000 (09/723,694). 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=7970681.PN.&OS=PN/7970681&RS=PN/7970681 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Barclays Capital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Barclays Capital, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,682) developed by Stephen Roti, Hewlett Neck, N.Y., Dmitry Noraev, New Providence, N.J., and Craig Sabal, New York, for "methods and systems for variable annuity risk management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect the invention comprises systems and methods for providing hedging against loss of value of a block of variable annuity policies to be sold, between the signing and closing dates of the transaction. In one embodiment, a purchase price adjustment grid (or formula) is used to adjust the purchase price for the sale of variable annuities between signing and closing dates as a result of changes in market parameters over that time period. One aspect comprising the steps of: (a) storing data representing at least one equity amount table having a horizontal axis corresponding to a first variable and a vertical axis corresponding to a second variable; (b) receiving a first value of the first variable and a second value of the second variable; and (c) calculating a table amount based on a bilinear interpolation of quantities in the equity amount table." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2006 (11/443,875). 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=7970682.PN.&OS=PN/7970682&RS=PN/7970682 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nyse Amex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Nyse Amex, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,687) developed by Gary L. Gastineau, Short Hills, N.J., and Clifford Weber, Denville, N.J., for an "exchange trading of mutual funds or other portfolio basket products." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed exchange traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines the basket of hedging instruments by extracting factor information from a portfolio of the actively managed exchange traded fund and determining factors that affect the price of the exchange traded fund. The program can select a portfolio of instruments with similar behavior with respect to the determined factors to produce a hedging portfolio that tracks the price of the exchange traded fund." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2001 (09/815,589). 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=7970687.PN.&OS=PN/7970687&RS=PN/7970687 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,970,675) developed by four co-inventors for a "security receipts management system." The co-inventors are Stephen G. Bodurtha, Stamford, Conn., Satyanarayan Chada, New York, Mitchell M. Cox, Towaco, N.J., and Thomas W. Lee, Levittown, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system for managing, creating, and support of a novel investment instrument, known as a Security Receipt. This receipt provides translation of ownership of plural underlying securities to the holder of the receipt in a seamless and efficient way. The system permits enhanced security creation, and orderly support to facilitate liquidity and market trading of the Security Receipt." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2007 (11/712,859). 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=7970675.PN.&OS=PN/7970675&RS=PN/7970675 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** BGC Partners Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- BGC Partners, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,970,695) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for providing latency protection for trading orders." The co-inventors are Peter Bartko, Warwick, N.Y., John Robert Capuano, Chatham, N.J., Joseph C. Noviello, Summit, N.J., and Brian Alexander Weston, Katonah, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for managing trading orders comprises a memory operable to store an order associated with a first price. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to identify a latency value. The processor is further operable to receive a counterorder and to identify a potential trade associated with the order and the counterorder, the potential trade based at least in part on the first price. If the latency value satisfies a configurable condition, the processor is further operable to initiate a configurable period of time. If the potential trade is not valid upon expiration of the configurable period, the processor is further operable to prevent the execution of the potential trade." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/687,938). 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=7970695.PN.&OS=PN/7970695&RS=PN/7970695 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** New Jersey Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Consensus-based Knowledge Validation, Analysis and Collaboration ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Clifford A. Behrens, Madison, N.J., and Hyong-sop Shim, Basking Ridge, N.J., have developed a patent (7,970,592) for a "system and method for consensus-based knowledge validation, analysis and collaboration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A consensus-based knowledge validation and analysis system provides a way to increase use of collaboration tools among panels of experts by providing a system for analyzing and validating the responses of such experts to a set of questions. The system uses a set of response data input by a panel of experts with respect to a particular subject matter formatted in accordance with a data model as input. The response data set is used to estimate an empirical point estimate matrix indicative of the amount of agreement in the responses on all items between the panelists. The empirical point estimate matrix is used to estimate the saliency of the subject matter to panelists, the competency of each panelist and a consensus model of correct answers is based on the estimated competency of each panelist and the of responses for each item in the response data set. This consensus model is used to generate a knowledge map to aid visualization of the consensus data and encourage further collaboration and consensus building. The method is implemented in a web-based system that enables users of collaboration tools to send response data sets to the tool via the Internet or virtual private network and to likewise retrieve knowledge maps, panelist information and consensus data. An interactive feature enables users/panelists to collaborate with other panelists using the knowledge map as an interface to one or more collaboration tools such as instant messaging." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,537). 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=7970592.PN.&OS=PN/7970592&RS=PN/7970592 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oltine Acquistitions NY Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Oltine Acquistitions NY, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,970,626) developed by seven co-inventors for "facilitating payments to health care providers." The co-inventors are Christopher P. Cracchiolo, Manalapan, N.J., Jason S. Jagatic, Hoboken, N.J., Ahana M. Kalappa, New York, Mark C. Keck, New York, Shari Pincock, West Jordan, Utah, Todd H. Reynders, Westfield, N.J., and Sunil Sachdev, Forest Hills, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method to facilitate a purchase comprising: receiving, at a first host computer, a request from a provider for payment authorization for a charge to a purchaser; examining a database coupled to the first host computer for information concerning the purchaser; providing the information concerning the purchaser to a second host computer associated with the provider; receiving at the first host computer information from a third host computer concerning a negotiated amount of the charge to the purchaser; tendering payment of the negotiated charge to the provider; and withdrawing an amount no greater than the negotiated amount of the charge from an account of the purchaser." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2005 (11/275,403). 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=7970626.PN.&OS=PN/7970626&RS=PN/7970626 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,970,604) developed by James David Johnston, Morristown, N.J., and Shyh-Shiaw Kuo, Basking Ridge, N.J., for a "system and method for switching between a first filter and a second filter for a received audio signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System, method and computer-readable medium are disclosed for using filters signal processing. The system includes a module that receives information regarding a first filter, a module that receives information regarding a second filter, and a module that receives date to indicate switching between the first filter and the second filter across the spectrum of the received audio signal, and a module that processes the received audio signal according to the received data and switching between the first filter and the second filter, wherein at least one of the first filter and the second filter represent a merger of two initial filters." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2009 (12/396,732). 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=7970604.PN.&OS=PN/7970604&RS=PN/7970604 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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