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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (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 Florida. *** University of Central Florida Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,978,740) developed by Peter J. Delfyett, Orlando, Fla., Sangyoun Gee, Orlando, Fla., and Myoun-Taek Choi, Arlington, Texas, for an "ultralow noise mode-locked laser and RF sinewave source." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, devices and methods of generating both a precision electrical timing signal as well as a precision optical timing signal. A novel, modified opto-electronic loop oscillator is used to drive a harmonic mode-locked laser. A novel opto-electronic loop has a larger "Q" factor by increasing the electrical loop oscillating frequency .omega..sub.0 by using a beat note created by the selection of two optical longitudinal modes from the mode-locked laser. The beat note is detected and divided down to drive a modulator that mode-locks the laser. The frequency division stage also reduces the noise." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2007 (11/973,366). 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=7,978,740&OS=7,978,740&RS=7,978,740 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intelligent Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Intelligent Technologies International, Denville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,979,173) developed by David S. Breed, Miami Beach, Fla., for an "autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes providing a vehicle travel management system which monitors the location of vehicles in a travel lane and the location of the travel lane, creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicles equipped with the vehicle travel management system, and managing travel of vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes to maximize travel speed of the vehicles and minimize collisions between the vehicles. The travel management may entail establishing and maintaining communications between the vehicles with the movement of the vehicles being coordinated to enable a minimal distance between adjacent vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes. Entry into the dedicated travel lanes is optimally restricted only to vehicles equipped with the vehicle travel management system." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2008 (12/049,523). 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=7,979,173.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,173&RS=PN/7,979,173 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,978,689) developed by Christopher Briggs, Douglasville, Ga., for an "apparatus, system and method for transmitting voice and data over ethernet." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus. The apparatus includes a network interface card in communication with a telephone, a functional circuit in communication with the network interface card, and an Ethernet port in communication with the functional circuit. The functional circuit is for constructing an Ethernet frame." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2002 (10/178,888). 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=7,978,689&OS=7,978,689&RS=7,978,689 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intelligent Technologies International Assigned Patent for Autonomous Vehicle Travel Control Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Intelligent Technologies International, Denville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,979,172) developed by David S. Breed, Miami Beach, Fla., for an "autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicle travel, determining the location of vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes, and providing instructions to the vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes to enable them to travel in a manner which maximizes speed. To determine the location of the vehicles, a vehicle travel management system may be arranged in each vehicle to determine the location of that vehicle, e.g., using a GPS-based positioning system or similar system, and which also optionally receives travel instructions which can be implemented by a vehicle control system to control the direction and speed of the vehicle. The vehicle control system can be designed to assume control of vehicle travel without requiring driving by an occupant of the vehicle and control vehicle travel based on the provided instructions." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2008 (12/049,495). 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=7,979,172.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,172&RS=PN/7,979,172 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Scarab Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Scarab Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,978,345) developed by Michael K. Baynard, Saint Petersburg, Fla., and Bernard H. White, Dallas, for a "guidance system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention teaches using a directional light source to direct light at a target having directional indicia thereon. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2009 (12/354,660). 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=7,978,345.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,345&RS=PN/7,978,345 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Central Florida Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,978,346) developed by Nabeel A. Riza, Oviedo, Fla., for "methods and systems for realizing high resolution three-dimensional optical imaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for realizing high resolution three-dimensional (3-D) optical imaging using diffraction limited low resolution optical signals. Using axial shift-based signal processing via computer based computation algorithm, three sets of high resolution optical data are determined along the axial (or light beam propagation) direction using low resolution axial data. The three sets of low resolution data are generated by illuminating the 3-D object under observation along its three independent and orthogonal look directions (i.e., x, y, and z) or by physically rotating the object by 90 degrees and also flipping the object by 90 degrees. The three sets of high resolution axial data is combined using a unique mathematical function to interpolate a 3-D image of the test object that is of much higher resolution than the diffraction limited direct measurement 3-D resolution. Confocal microscopy or optical coherence tomography (OCT) are example methods to obtain the axial scan data sets." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2010 (12/706,277). 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=7,978,346.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,346&RS=PN/7,978,346 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** Sensormatic Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Sensormatic Electronics, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,978,078) developed by five co-inventors for a "magnetic core transceiver for electronic article surveillance marker detection." The co-inventors are Richard L. Copeland, Boynton Beach, Fla., Brent F. Balch, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Steven W. Embling, Pompano Beach, Fla., William M. Farrell, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Stewart E. Hall, Wellington, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic core transceiver antenna for EAS marker detection is provided. The core includes a stack of amorphous alloy ribbons insulated from each other and laminated together. A coil winding of wire, also insulted from the ribbons, and connected to an electronic controller provides the transmitter and receiver modes. The transceiver antenna is optimized for the dual mode operation, and is smaller and uses less power than conventional air-core EAS antennas with equivalent performance. Complex core geometries, such as a sandwiched stack of different sized ribbons, can be implemented to vary the effective permeability of the core to customize antenna performance. Multiple transceiver antennas can be combined to increase the size of the generated EAS interrogation zone." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2001 (10/037,337). 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=7,978,078.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,078&RS=PN/7,978,078 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for Virtual Mesero POS Table ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Alien Garcia, Naples, Fla., has developed a patent (7,978,055) for a "virtual mesero POS table." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A table designed for use in a restaurant. The table enables a patron of such restaurant to communicate with at least one of a hostess, waiter, waitress, chef and manager at such restaurant. The said table includes at least one leg member. A table top, having a predetermined configuration, is secured to the at least one leg member. Such table top includes at least one screen formed in a top surface thereof to enable viewing pre-selected information. A terminal control panel engages with the table top for at least indicating at least one of the table is in use, the table is being cleaned and the table is ready for seating a patron. Finally, there is a computer device that includes a server connected to the table for communicating with at least one of a hostess, waiter, waitress, chef and manager at such restaurant." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2007 (11/999,289). 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=7,978,055.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,055&RS=PN/7,978,055 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida, South Korea Inventors Develop Patent for Quadrifilar Helical Antenna ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Gregory A. O'Neill, Rockledge, Fla., Murray Fugate, Coral Springs, Fla., Young-Min Jo, Viera, Fla., John C. Farrar, Indialantic, Fla., Myung Sung Lee, Seoul, South Korea, Se-Hyun Oh, Seoul, South Korea, Joo Mun Lee, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea, Jin Hee Yoon, Seoul, South Korea, Sang Ok Choi, Seoul, South Korea, and Eun Seok Han, Seoul, South Korea, have developed a patent (7,978,148) for a quadrifilar helical antenna. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A quadrifilar helical antenna comprising two pairs of filars having unequal lengths and phase quadrature signals propagating thereon. A conductive H-shaped impedance matching element matches a source impedance to an antenna impedance. The impedance matching element having a feed terminal at the center thereof from which current is supplied to the two filars of each filar pair disposed about an edge of the impedance matching element and symmetric with respect to a center of the impedance matching element. The impedance matching element further comprises a reactive element for matching the antenna and source impedances." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2009 (12/367,528). 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=7,978,148.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,148&RS=PN/7,978,148 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vectronix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Vectronix, Heerbrugg, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (7,978,415) developed by five co-inventors for an observation device. The co-inventors are Bernhard Schoenenberger, Rebstein, Switzerland, Richard A. Leblanc, Clermont, Fla., Felix Waelti, Marbach, Switzerland, Patrick Drach, Thal, Switzerland, and Marcel Zeller, Balgach, Switzerland. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An observation device includes at least one day vision channel, an information channel with a graphic electronic display for producing a display image and a combination optical system for combining the day vision channel and the information channel, so that a combined overall image forms." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2009 (12/488,811). 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=7978415.PN.&OS=PN/7978415&RS=PN/7978415 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of South Florida, CompData Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., and CompData Systems, Tarpon Springs, Fla., have been assigned a patent (7,978,085) developed by William D. Kearns, Tampa, Fla., James L. Fozard, Palm Harbor, Fla., and Eleftherios Kostis, Tampa, Fla., for a "human and physical asset movement pattern analyzer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system of tracking and analyzing the movement of human subjects. UWB is used to track the location of all persons and/or physical objects (assets) occupying a defined area, giving their location with an accuracy of under twenty centimeters, their acceleration, their path, and a time/date-stamp for each observation. The system then uses artificial intelligence to detect variations in patterns of movement of designated individuals and movable physical objects in the defined space. The extracted patterns inform the design of intelligent methods to automatically track behavioral markers of movement. The system can be used to detect dementia in otherwise healthy human subjects and to identify changes in movement pursuant to medication or health changes and which may precede a fall or to detect proper movement in military training scenarios such as battlefield simulations." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2009 (12/396,002). 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=7,978,085.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,085&RS=PN/7,978,085 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Florida Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The University of Florida Research Foundation, Gainesville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,978,083) developed by four co-inventors for a "hand washing compliance detection system." The co-inventors are Richard J. Melker, Gainesville, Fla., Nikolaus Gravenstein, Gainesville, Fla., Donn M. Dennis, Gainesville, Fla., and Christopher D. Batich, Gainesville, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for monitoring use of hand washing agents to determine compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. A hand washing agent is provided with a detectable, volatile compound, such as odors, which is then rubbed onto a subject's hands using the subject's hand washing technique. After the hand washing event, the subject's hand is then exposed to an detector (such as a badge), which includes a sensor capable of detecting the volatile compound, and an indicator that communicates detection of the volatile compound, indicating use of the hand washing agent and hand hygiene compliance." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,583). 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=7,978,083.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,083&RS=PN/7,978,083 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hill-Rom Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Hill-Rom Services, Batesville, Ind., has been assigned a patent (7,978,084) developed by eight co-inventors for a "body position monitoring system." The co-inventors are Stephen A. Dixon, Cincinnati, Douglas J. Menkedick, Guilford, Ind., William L. Jacques, Mount Pleasant, S.C., James W. Jones, Gainesville, Fla., James K. Findlay, Fishers, Ind., Jack Wilker Jr., Shelbyville, Ind., Eugene E. Osborne, Hebron, Ky., and Carl W. Riley, Milan, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided for detecting the presence of an obstruction with respect to a height-adjustable bed. The apparatus includes one or more sensors coupled to the bed. At least one of the sensors has an output signal which is variable in response to changes in a weight applied to the support surface. The apparatus also includes a controller having inputs configured to receive the output signals from the sensor or sensors. The controller is configured to monitor the output signals, and turn on a room light if a change in position of a body relative to a support surface of the bed is detected." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2010 (12/912,330). 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=7,978,084.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,084&RS=PN/7,978,084 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NaviSense Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- NaviSense, Plantation, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,978,091) developed by Marc Boillot, Plantation, Fla., for a "method and device for a touchless interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method (400) and device (100) for touchless control of an headset or earpiece is provided. The device can include a sensing unit (202) for determining (402) a presence of a finger within a proximity of the earpiece, tracking (404) a touchless movement of the finger in air within the proximity, selecting (410) the control in accordance with a movement of the finger, and adjusting (414) the control in accordance with the tracking. A circular movement of the finger can be tracked for scrolling through a list. Menu options in the list can be audibly played during the scrolling." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2007 (11/844,329). 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=7,978,091.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,091&RS=PN/7,978,091 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** First Data Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- First Data, Greenwood Village, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,979,894) developed by four co-inventors for "electronic verification service systems and methods." The co-inventors are Vijay K. Royyuru, Norristown, Pa., Craig Conway, Bryn Mawr, Pa., Jean M. Sindaco, Havertown, Pa., Robert A. Freisheim Jr., Media, Pa., and Daniel J. Ruppe, Longwood, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for authenticating an applicant. In one implementation, the applicant indicates to an acquirer an existing account for which the applicant wishes to be authenticated. The acquirer sends a message over an electronic funds transfer (EFT) network to an issuer of the account requesting a set of questions to ask the applicant. The issuer replies with a set of questions. The acquirer asks the applicant the questions, and forwards the applicant's answers to the issuer. The issuer compares the answers with known information relating to the account and decides, based on the comparison, whether the applicant is authenticated. The issuer then communicates its decision to the acquirer. Preferably, the messages and their associated replies are added to the set of messages handled by the EFT network, so that authentication may be handled in a standardized way without proliferating applicants' secret information." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2008 (11/971,060). 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=79,79,894.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,894&RS=PN/79,79,894 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. -1054329 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |