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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (July 15)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** Qimonda North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Qimonda North America, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,977,987) developed by Josh Osborne, Cary, N.C., for a "system and method for signal adjustment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiment of the present invention relate to a method for receiving a first signal, determining a first characteristic of the first signal, the characteristic being a time based characteristic, receiving a second signal and processing the second signal through a predetermined range of delay elements, an initial minimum number of delay elements in the predetermined range being adjustable, the processed second signal having a second characteristic substantially corresponding to the first characteristic of the first signal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2010 (12/886,791). 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=79,77,987.PN.&OS=PN/79,77,987&RS=PN/79,77,987 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,977,984) developed by Lewelyn Mark D'Souza, Carrboro, N.C., and Weiqi Ding, Fremont, Calif., for a "high-speed charge pump circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A charge pump circuit includes at least one switching transistor and a level-shifter. The level-shifter has a cross-coupled pair of transistors. The level-shifter shifts a voltage of a first input signal to generate a level-shifted signal. The level-shifted signal controls a conductive state of the switching transistor to regulate an output voltage of the charge pump. A feedback loop circuit includes a detector and a charge pump. The detector compares an input signal to a feedback signal to generate first and second output signals. The charge pump includes at least two thin-oxide switching transistors and a level-shifter in another embodiment. The level-shifter shifts a voltage of the first output signal of the detector to generate a level-shifted signal. The two switching transistors are driven by the level-shifted signal and the second output signal of the detector to regulate an output voltage of the charge pump." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2007 (11/871,994). 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=79,77,984.PN.&OS=PN/79,77,984&RS=PN/79,77,984 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Self-healing Link Sequence Counts Within a Circular Buffer ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,978,705) developed by Robert A. Shearer, Rochester, Minn., Martha E. Voytovich, Rochester, Minn., and Craig A. Wigglesworth, Cary, N.C., for a "self-healing link sequence counts within a circular buffer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus that allow recovery in the event that sequence counts used on receive and transmit sides of a communications link become out of sync are provided. In response to receiving a packet with an expected sequence count from a receiving device, a transmitting device may adjust pointers into a transmit buffer allowing the transmitting device to begin transmitting packets with the sequence count expected by the receiving device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/274,228). 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=7,978,705&OS=7,978,705&RS=7,978,705 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ericsson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (7,978,646) developed by Kambiz C. Zangi, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Jiann-Ching Guey, Cary, N.C., for a "hybrid contention-based and schedule-based access to a communication link." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more embodiments taught herein provide a hybrid access arrangement using a contention-based channel and a scheduled channel on a communication link. As a point of significant efficiency, given users transmit autonomously on the contention-based channel, without need for scheduling overhead. However, if a contention overload occurs on the contention-based channel, the involved users are identified from unique signature sequences included in their user transmissions. The identified users are temporarily managed as scheduled users on the scheduled channel, which supplements the contention-based channel and therefore may use limited communication link resources in comparison to the contention-based channel. Users not involved in the contention overload generally continue operating on the contention-based channel." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,576). 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=7,978,646&OS=7,978,646&RS=7,978,646 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,978,612) developed by five co-inventors for a "two-hop relay for reducing distance vector routing information." The co-inventors are Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, N.C., Stanley Ratliff, Raleigh, N.C., Donnie Van Savage, Raleigh, N.C., Mihail L. Sichitiu, Cary, N.C., and Russell White, Holly Springs, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for using a two-hop relay includes receiving an update message for a distance vector routing protocol from a first neighbor. The update message is sent to a different neighbor. Often, it is first determined whether the receiving node is a relay node for the first neighbor in the protocol. The relay node is a node preferred to update a particular node two hops from the first neighbor. In another embodiment, a method for serving as the two-hop relay includes receiving from each neighbor a first message that includes neighbor data that indicates nodes that are in direct communication with the neighbor. A relay set of fewer than all neighbors is determined. Every node two hops from the first node is updated using only the relay set of neighbors. The relay set is sent in a second message for the protocol." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2008 (12/250,446). 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=7,978,612&OS=7,978,612&RS=7,978,612 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Private Caller ID Messaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,978,833) developed by five co-inventors for a "private caller ID messaging." The co-inventors are Blake R. Urban, Hickory, N.C., Isaac D.M. White, Groveland, Fla., James E. Dickens, Ocoee, Fla., Kevin Forsberg, Orlando, Fla., and Charles Sawyer, Orlando, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Signal and transmits the Caller ID Messaging Signal to a destination communications address. An alternate embodiment provides that the calling party may use a conventional telephone to access a communications network, activate Caller ID Messaging Services, compose or retrieve a stored Caller ID Message of the Caller ID Messaging Signal, and transmit the Caller ID Messaging Signal to the destination communications address. The Caller ID Message and Caller ID Messaging Signal may include text, video, voice, and/or digital data." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2003 (10/418,775). 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=7,978,833.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,833&RS=PN/7,978,833 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,116) developed by Franklin Murden, Roan Mountain, Tenn., Scott G. Bardsley, Gibsonville, N.C., and Peter R. Derounian, Greensboro, N.C., for an "apparatus and method for pipelined analog to digital conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods for pipelined analog-to-digital conversion are disclosed. In some embodiments, a pipeline analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) stages coupled in cascade. At least one of the MDAC stages includes two or more flash ADCs connected in parallel, operating alternately to generate digital signals from an analog input voltage. In one embodiment, the flash ADCs provide the digital signals in an alternating manner to a capacitor block that receives a delayed analog input voltage. In another embodiment, the at least one MDAC may include two or more capacitor blocks, each of which is associated with a respective one of the flash ADCs, forming two or more sets of a flash ADC and a capacitor block. In yet another embodiment, the at least one MDAC also include three or more capacitor blocks, each of which can be randomly selected for one of the flash ADCs." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2009 (12/578,057). 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=7,978,116.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,116&RS=PN/7,978,116 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ABB Research Assigned Patent for System and Method for Monitoring Power Damping Compliance of a Power Generation Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- ABB Research, Zurich, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (7,979,220) developed by Ernst Scholtz, Raleigh, N.C., and Reynaldo F. Nuqui, Cary, N.C., for a "system and method for monitoring power damping compliance of a power generation unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for monitoring the power damping compliance of a power generation unit comprises a measurement unit that is configured to be coupled to a power generation unit to identify the voltage, current, and frequency values associated with power output therefrom. A processing system maintaining a model-based filter processes the voltage, current, and, frequency values to estimate the total amount of damping provided by the power generation unit. The estimated total damping is compared to prior historical values maintained in a database using various statistical techniques to determine if a power system stabilizer (PSS) provided by the power generation unit is being operated in a manner complying with predetermined guidelines." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2008 (12/195,575). 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=7979220.PN.&OS=PN/7979220&RS=PN/7979220 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ABB Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- ABB Research, Zurich, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (7,979,222) developed by five co-inventors for a "short-term load forecasting based capacity check for automated power restoration of electric distribution networks." The co-inventors are Vaibhav Donde, Raleigh, N.C., Zhenyuan Wang, Cary, N.C., Mohamed Maharsi, Garner, N.C., Fang Yang, Raleigh, N.C., and James Stoupis, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of forecasting loads on a distribution network is disclosed. The method employs load profiles in combination with short-term load estimations to forecast expected loads on a distribution network. The predicted loads may then be used by power restoration controllers when performing back-feed capacity checks." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/250,630). 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=7979222.PN.&OS=PN/7979222&RS=PN/7979222 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Global Precision Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Global Precision Solutions, Grand Junction, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,978,129) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for collecting and updating geographical data." The co-inventors are Tom Y. Sawyer Jr., Palisade, Colo., Mark Beckner, Grand Junction, Colo., Page Tucker, Charlotte, N.C., and Scott Austin Jones, Glade Park, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for generating a GIS data transaction including information about a topography of a region and utilities within the region. The method and system include providing information about the topography of the region; receiving information about a user collecting data related to one or more utilities in the region; receiving information about time and date of the collected data; receiving information about each of the utilities; receiving information about location of each of the utilities; and receiving information about the manner of collecting data. The system and method further include receiving information about revisions made to the information about the map; and integrating the received information with the information about the topography of the region into a GIS data transaction." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2007 (11/686,252). 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=7,978,129.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,129&RS=PN/7,978,129 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Embarq Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Embarq Holdings, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (7,979,063) developed by Michael H. Fleenor, Greenville, N.C., and Beverly D. Vines, Speed, N.C., for a "system and method for reshaping customer areas of a telecommunications carrier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for changing area boundaries that encompass customers serviced by a telecommunications carrier may include an electronic display configured to display graphical images and a storage unit configured to store information associated with the customers serviced by a telecommunications carrier and area boundaries. A processing unit may be in communication with the electronic display and storage unit, and be configured to execute software. The software may display indicia representative of a geographic area of the customers serviced by the telecommunications carrier. Adjacent area boundaries may be displayed on the geographic area, where at least two of the area boundaries share at least one common point along the boundaries. The processing unit may further enable a user to selectively reposition a common point along at least two area boundaries of different types and reshape the area boundaries based on the repositioned common point." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/711,998). 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=79,79,063.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,063&RS=PN/79,79,063 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,979,056) developed by Craig Michael Cavanaugh, Raleigh, N.C., and Jacob Benjamin Balsley IV, Atlanta, for "systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing information related to virtual environments to wireless devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing information related to virtual environments. One such method includes receiving user input identifying an event related to the virtual environment for which a notification is to be provided to a mobile wireless communication device. User input is also received identifying an output to be provided by the mobile wireless communication device in response to receipt of the notification. A determination is then made that the event related to the virtual environment has occurred. In response to determining that the event occurred, the mobile wireless communication device is provided with the notification, and the output identified by the user input is provided by the mobile wireless communication device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,354). 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=79,79,056.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,056&RS=PN/79,79,056 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Method for Partitioning a Multi-level Security Namespace ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,895) developed by Walter Bartlett Farrell, Woodstock, N.Y., Patrick Michael LiVecchi, Willow Spring, N.C., and Scott Christopher Moonen, Holly Springs, N.C., for a "system and method for partitioning a multi-level security namespace." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system and method for "partitioning" a "namespace" managed by a name (or "directory") registration server according to "security label" or other security attributes to allow the same registered (e.g., "domain") name to be used for processing resource(s)/service(s)/application(s) operating under different security labels." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/840,212). 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=79,79,895.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,895&RS=PN/79,79,895 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Monitoring Messages in a Distributed Data Processing System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,979,866) developed by Anuradha A. Bose, Cedar Park, Texas, and Michael R. Meli, Raleigh, N.C., for a "monitoring messages in a distributed data processing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are provided for monitoring messages in a distributed data processing system. Embodiments typically include putting a message containing a monitoring token on a queue on a server; receiving a call to get the message from the queue on the server; determining, with an API exit running on the server, whether the call to get the message is made by a process running on a remote client or by a process running on the server; and if the call to get the message is made by a process running on the server, removing the monitoring token from the message with the API exit. Many embodiments also include removing the monitoring token from the message with a channel exit running on the remote client, if the call to get the message is made by a process on the remote client." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/059,532). 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=79,79,866.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,866&RS=PN/79,79,866 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SAS Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., has been assigned a patent (7,979,858) developed by Cheryl G. Doninger, Cary, N.C., and David G. Horton, Cary, N.C., for "systems and methods for executing a computer program that executes multiple processes in a multi-processor environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for executing a computer program that performs multiple processes in a multi-processor environment. A client computer may be used to execute a process manager software application for generating computer instructions that identify a plurality of the processes that may be run in parallel on separate processors. A metadata server may be used to store metadata that identifies whether the multi-processor environment is available to execute the plurality of processes. The computer program may be stored on a computer-readable medium and may be configured to execute on the client computer, and when executed by the client computer may cause the client computer to query the metadata server to determine if the multi-processor environment is available to execute the plurality of processes. The computer program may be further configured to use the computer instructions to cause the plurality of processes to be executed in the multi-processor environment. The computer instructions may enable the computer program to execute the plurality of processes in parallel." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2006 (11/542,674). 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=79,79,858.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,858&RS=PN/79,79,858 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1054344 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |