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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** Aware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Aware, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,753) developed by John A. Greszczuk, Stow, Mass., Richard W. Gross, Acton, Mass., Halil Padir, N. Andover, Mass., and Michael A. Tzannes, Lexington, Mass., for a "multicarrier transmission system with low power sleep mode and rapid-on capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multicarrier transceiver is provided with a sleep mode in which it idles with reduced power consumption when it is not needed to transmit or receive data. The full transmission and reception capabilities of the transceiver are quickly restored when needed, without requiring the full (and time-consuming) initialization commonly needed to restore such transceivers to operation after inactivity." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2009 (12/615,946). 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=7978753.PN.&OS=PN/7978753&RS=PN/7978753 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,977,977) developed by six co-inventors for a "dynamic logic circuit with device to prevent contention between pull-up and pull-down device." The co-inventors are Karthik Natarajan, Austin, Texas, Giridhar Narayanaswami, Austin, Texas, Spencer M. Gold, Pepperell, Mass., Stephen Kosonocky, Ft. Collins, Colo., Ravi Jotwani, Austin, Texas, and Michael Braganza, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A circuit including is disclosed. The circuit includes a precharge circuit configured to pull a dynamic node toward a voltage present on the voltage supply node during a precharge phase, and an evaluation circuit configured to, during an evaluation phase, pull the dynamic node toward a ground voltage responsive to a first input condition and configured to inhibit pulling of the dynamic node down responsive to a second input condition. A pull-up circuit coupled between the first dynamic node and the voltage supply node includes first and second pull-up transistors. The first pull-up transistor is configured to activate responsive to the precharge phase. The second pull-up transistor is configured to activate at a delay time subsequent to entry of the evaluation phase. When the first and second pull-up transistors are active, a pull-up path is provided between the dynamic node and the voltage supply node." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2010 (12/717,322). 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=79,77,977.PN.&OS=PN/79,77,977&RS=PN/79,77,977 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ATI Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- ATI Technologies, Markham, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (7,978,194) developed by Larry D. Seiler, Boylston, Mass., and Stephen L. Morein, Cambridge, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for hierarchical Z buffering and stenciling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for hierarchical Z buffering stenciling includes comparing an input tile Z value range with a hierarchical Z value range and a stencil code. The method and apparatus also updates the hierarchical Z value range and stencil code in response the comparison and determines whether to render a plurality of pixels within the input tile based on the comparison of the input tile Z value range with the hierarchical Z value range and stencil code. In determining whether to render the tile, a stencil test and a hierarchical Z value test is performed. If one of the test fails, the tile is killed as it is determined that the pixels are not visible in the graphical output. If the stencil test passes and the hierarchical Z test passes, the pixels within the tile are rendered, as it is determined that the pixels may be visible." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2004 (10/790,953). 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=79,78,194&OS=79,78,194&RS=79,78,194 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts, South Carolina, Alabama Inventors Develop Patent for Aircraft-engine Trend Monitoring System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Brian D. Morrison, Hopkinton, Mass., Stephan A. Hanvey, Anderson, S.C., and Ronald E. Wilkinson, Mobile, Ala., have developed a patent (7,979,192) for an "aircraft-engine trend monitoring system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for aircraft engine trend monitoring include periodically recording the outputs of engine-condition sensors and analyzing the results to examine piston-engine performance trends and predict the need for engine maintenance. Various analyses can be performed, separately or in parallel, including comparing the current parameter values with values recorded for that parameter in previous instances of similar operating conditions; comparing parameter values to predetermined nominal ranges; and detecting parameter values that exhibit trends over time that if followed would result in out-of-bound readings. Sensed parameter values can also be used to detect when recommended engine operating conditions are being exceeded. By using the results of the analyses to inform engine maintenance scheduling and provide alerts to the pilot and maintenance staff regarding recommended engine performance trends and/or operating condition exceedances, the methods and systems contribute to enhancing the level of safety that can be achieved despite significant maintenance-budget reductions." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/693,834). 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=7,979,192.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,192&RS=PN/7,979,192 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Inventor Develops Patent for Methods and Systems of an Adjustable Bed ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Martin B. Rawls-Meehan, Lexington, Mass., has developed a patent (7,979,169) for "methods and systems of an adjustable bed." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of this invention relate to an adjustable bed that may include one or more articulating portions, and may include one or more components, including an air inflatable mattress associated with the adjustable bed frame, a programmable logic controller, a remote memory storage facility, a remote storage location of user preferences, a cell phone remote control, a modular control device, an air purification facility, a power outlet controller, a Bluetooth remote control, an ultra wide band remote control, a wireless USB remote control, and the like." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2007 (11/875,846). 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=7,979,169.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,169&RS=PN/7,979,169 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,665) developed by Allison Jaynes, New City, N.Y., Vittorio G. Bucchieri, Wakefield, Mass., and Albert L. Schmidt, Hopkinton, Mass., for "systems and methods for providing connection status and location information in a wireless networking environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may provide a client device with a persistent wireless network browser toolbar for use in, for example, a network browser. The persistent wireless network browser toolbar is provided with a login status indicator, a logout option, and a wireless network signal strength indicator." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2004 (11/010,615). 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=7,978,665&OS=7,978,665&RS=7,978,665 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,979,175) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle." The co-inventors are James Allard, Newton, Mass., David S. Barrett, Needham, Mass., Misha Filippov, Arlington, Mass., Robert Todd Pack, Nashua, N.H., and Selma Svendsen, Melrose, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for interruptible autonomous control of a vehicle. Autonomous control is achieved by using actuators that interact with input devices in the vehicle. The actuators (e.g., linkages) manipulate the input devices (e.g., articulation controls and drive controls, such as a throttle, brake, tie rods, steering gear, throttle lever, or accelerator) to direct the operation of the vehicle. Although operating autonomously, manual operation of the vehicle is possible following the detection of events that suggest manual control is desired. Subsequent autonomous control may be permitted, permitted after a prescribed delay, or prevented." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2009 (12/357,151). 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=7,979,175.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,175&RS=PN/7,979,175 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,978,686) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for feature-based services control using SIP." The co-inventors are Udit Kumar Goyal, Aligarh, Ind. Gregory Slowiak, Cary, Ill., Michael P. Dempsey, Park Ridge, Ill., and Anne-Marie Turgeon, Wakefield, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for feature-based service control using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in an Internet Protocol Automatic Branch Exchanges (IPABX) system is described. The system and method include a new Event package and new Enhanced SIP methods to control information for various feature-based services like wakeup alarm, call forwarding, voicemail configuration, and other services provided by traditional PBX systems. A user provides input to a client device to activate or deactivate feature-based services. In response, the client device sends a message to the IPABX server to activate or deactivate the feature-based service(s). The IPABX server then notifies the client device that the feature based-service(s) have been activated or deactivated." The patent application was filed on Jan. 3, 2006 (11/324,638). 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=7,978,686&OS=7,978,686&RS=7,978,686 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Aware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Aware, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,706) developed by Marcos C. Tzannes, Orinda, Calif., Edmund Reiter, Lincoln, Mass., and Christopher Cahill, Northboro, Mass., for "combining multiple DSL transceivers for a high data rate connection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "At a transmitter, an ATM cell stream is received from the ATM layer and is distributed on a cell-by-cell bases across multiple DSL PHY's. At the receiver, the cells from each DSL PHY are re-combined in the appropriate order to recreate the original ATM cell stream, which is then passed to the ATM layer." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,277). 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=7,978,706&OS=7,978,706&RS=7,978,706 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Automatic Route Tagging of Bgp Next-hop Routes in IGP ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,978,708) developed by Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, Belgium, Stefano B. Previdi, Rome, and Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Dunstable, Mass., for an "automatic route tagging of BGP next-hop routes in IGP." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique configures an intermediate network node to automatically determine whether a route advertised by a routing protocol is important for fast convergence in a computer network. As used herein, an important route needed for fast convergence is a route advertised by the routing protocol, such as an exterior gateway routing protocol (EGP) process executing on the node, as a next-hop address, since external connectivity relies on such a route. Notably, the EGP process interacts with an interior gateway routing protocol (IGP) process executing on the node to identify the route as an important route. Identification of an important route, in turn, allows IGP to process the route in a high priority fashion, thereby facilitating fast convergence." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2004 (11/025,203). 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=7,978,708&OS=7,978,708&RS=7,978,708 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Unified MIMO Transmission and Reception ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,978,649) developed by Steven J. Howard, Ashland, Mass., Jay Rodney Walton, Carlisle, Mass., and Mark S. Wallace, Bedford, Mass., for an "unified MIMO transmission and reception." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A "unified" MIMO system that supports multiple operating modes for efficient data transmission is described. Each operating mode is associated with different spatial processing at a transmitting entity. For example, four operating modes may be defined for (1) full-CSI or partial-CSI transmission and (2) with or without steering transmit diversity (STD). An appropriate operating mode may be selected for use based on various factors (e.g., availability of a good channel estimate). With steering transmit diversity, data is spatially spread and transmitted on multiple spatial channels, and a single rate may then be used for all spatial channels used for data transmission. A receiving entity may utilize a minimum mean square error (MMSE) technique for all operating modes. The receiving entity may derive a spatial filter matrix and perform receiver spatial processing in the same manner for all operating modes, albeit with different effective channel response matrices." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2004 (10/892,732). 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=7,978,649&OS=7,978,649&RS=7,978,649 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Z Corp. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Z Corp., Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,979,152) developed by Thomas Davidson, Arlington, Mass., for an "apparatus and methods for handling materials in a 3-D printer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A build chamber for use in a three-dimensional printer and adapted for receiving powder for producing three-dimensional objects. The build chamber includes a build surface for receiving the powder, with the build surface including a first plate defining holes and a second plate defining a plurality of openings spaced apart and offset from the plurality of holes in the first plate. The second plate is disposed below and spaced from the first plate." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2007 (11/807,175). 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=7,979,152.PN.&OS=PN/7,979,152&RS=PN/7,979,152 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,978,602) developed by Bruno Rijsman, Arlington, Mass., for "dynamic construction of label switching protocol interfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for dynamically constructing a label switching protocol interface in a network device. For example, the techniques allow dynamic construction of a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) interface. According to some embodiments, upon receiving a network communication from a subscriber, a network device determines whether the subscriber requires support for the label switching protocol. If the subscriber requires such support, the network device creates an interface stack for the subscriber that includes an interface for the label switching protocol. In this way, the network device may route packets from the subscriber across a network of computing devices that use the label switching protocol, and forward packets from such a network to the subscriber. The subscriber and the network device need not communicate according to the label switching protocol and, in example embodiments, instead communicate according to a layer 2 communication protocol." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2005 (11/273,010). 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=7,978,602&OS=7,978,602&RS=7,978,602 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel-Lucent Assigned Patent for Efficient and Robust Routing of Potentially-variable Traffic with Local Restoration Against Link Failures ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,978,594) developed by Muralidharan S. Kodialam, Marlboro, N.J., Tirunell V. Lakshman, Morganville, N.J., and Sudipta Sengupta, Malden, Mass., for an "efficient and robust routing of potentially-variable traffic with local restoration against link failures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for supporting recovery from failure of a link in a network of nodes interconnected by links. An intermediate node between an ingress point and an egress point of the network is selected to minimize the sum of (i) a capacity constraint between the ingress point and the intermediate node and (ii) a capacity constraint between the intermediate node and the egress point. The selection identifies two path structures, each comprising a primary path and one or more link backup detours protecting each link on the primary path, with a first path structure between the ingress point and the intermediate node, and a second path structure between the intermediate node and the egress point. To maximize network throughput, packets are routed in two phases, first to the intermediate node via the first path structure in predetermined proportions, and then from the intermediate node to the final destination via the second path structure." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2005 (11/141,372). 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=7,978,594&OS=7,978,594&RS=7,978,594 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,978,846) developed by four co-inventors for a "scale-invariant barrett reduction for elliptic-curve cyrptography." The co-inventors are Erdinc Ozturk, Worcester, Mass., Vinodh Gopal, Westboro, Mass., Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., and Wajdi K. Feghali, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The computation time to perform scalar point multiplication in an Elliptic Curve Group is reduced by modifying the Barrett Reduction technique. Computations are performed using an N-bit scaled modulus based a modulus m having k-bits to provide a scaled result, with N being greater than k. The N-bit scaled result is reduced to a k-bit result using a pre-computed N-bit scaled reduction parameter in an optimal manner avoiding shifting/aligning operations for any arbitrary values of k, N." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2007 (11/772,169). 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=7,978,846.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,846&RS=PN/7,978,846 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Direction Finding of Wireless Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (7,978,138) developed by four co-inventors for a "direction finding of wireless devices." The co-inventors are Peter Dusaitis, Manchester, N.H., Tyler Robinson, Merrimack, N.H., John J. Kelly, Groton, Mass., and Joseph Warner, Burlington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed that allow for the detection, identification, and direction finding of wireless emitters in a given multipath environment. For example, the techniques can be used to detect and identify a line of bearing (LOB) to an IEEE 802.11 emitter in a building or in an open field or along a roadside. In some cases, multiple LOBs can be used to geolocate the target emitter if so desired. The techniques can be embodied, for instance, in a handheld device that can survey the target environment, detect an IEEE 802.11 emitter and identify it by MAC address, and then precisely determine the LOB to that emitter. In some cases, a sample array of response data from the target emitter is correlated to a plurality of calibrated arrays having known azimuths to determine the LOB to the target emitter." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2009 (12/487,469). 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=7,978,138.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,138&RS=PN/7,978,138 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Kenet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Kenet, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,112) developed by Domenic F. Terranova, North Andover, Mass., for a "flash converter differential reference ladder adjustment with stable common mode voltage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An adjustment circuit for use with a resistive reference ladder that establishes nominal reference steps and a common mode voltage for a plurality of comparators, such as used in a flash converter. An "H" arrangement of current sources injects current at a first node, V.sub.H, and sinks at a second node, V.sub.L. with V.sub.H, and V.sub.L. being coupled to ends of the ladder. The voltage difference between these two nodes thus controls the scale applied to the reference ladder, without affecting a common mode voltage reference Vcm. Alternatively, the current source may inject current at V.sub.L and sink current at V.sub.H to decrease the reference for each comparator." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/330,224). 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=7,978,112.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,112&RS=PN/7,978,112 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for System and Method for Analog-to-digital Conversion ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,115) developed by Kenton T. Veeder, Winthrop, Mass., Micky Randall Harris, Lompoc, Calif., and Leonard P. Chen, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "system and method for analog-to-digital conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for converting an analog signal to a digital signal may include a plurality of converter stages. One of the converter stages may include a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) and an analog-to-digital subconverter (ADSC). The MDAC may be configured to (i) receive from a previous stage a first residue analog signal and a first idealized digital signal representing a first portion of the digital signal and corresponding to the first residue analog signal; (ii) convert the first idealized digital signal to an idealized analog signal; and (iii) output a second residue analog signal based on the difference between the first residue analog signal and the idealized analog signal. The ADSC may be configured to convert the second residue analog signal into a second idealized digital signal representing a second portion of the digital signal and corresponding to the second residue analog signal, the ADSC comprising a sloping analog-to-digital converter." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2009 (12/497,923). 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=7,978,115.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,115&RS=PN/7,978,115 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Flextronics AP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Flextronics AP, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,978,489) developed by six co-inventors for an integrated power converters. The co-inventors are Mark Telefus, Orinda, Calif., Bahman Sharifipour, Westford, Mass., Rowell Gapuz, Quezon, Philippines, Richard Sy, Quezon, Philippines, HongWei Du, San Jose, Calif., and Bob Roohparvar, Monte Sereno, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power supply adapter is provided. The power supply adapter includes a power converter circuit configured to generate a regulated voltage signal. The power converter circuit includes a rectifier coupled with AC power blades. A regulator circuit is coupled with the rectifier. A transformer is coupled with the regulator circuit. The transformer includes a primary and a secondary. The transformer is coupled with the regulator circuit via the primary. An output circuit is coupled with the secondary of the transformer. The output circuit includes an output capacitor. A flexible contact is coupled with each of a first and a second printed circuit board and flexibly biased to couple with a proximate end of the AC power blades. The adapter includes an EMI shield substantially surrounding a connector receptacle. The power converter circuit can include a forward or a flyback power converter. The transformer can include a planar format transformer coupled with the first or the second PCB. The transformer can include a metallic core of a ferrite material. The transformer core can be coupled with the EMI shield to provide thermal spreading. The adapter can include an enclosure for housing the power converter circuit. The enclosure includes a thermally conductive potting material substantially filling an empty space of an interior of the enclosure." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2008 (12/221,567). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7978489.PN.&OS=PN/7978489&RS=PN/7978489 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (7,978,139) developed by four co-inventors for a "direction finding and geolocation of wireless devices." The co-inventors are Tyler Robinson, Merrimack, N.H., Peter Dusaitis, Manchester, N.H., John J. Kelly, Groton, Mass., and Joseph Warner, Burlington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed that allow for the detection, identification, direction finding, and geolocation of wireless emitters in a given multipath environment. For example, the techniques can be used to detect and identify a line of bearing (LOB) to an IEEE 802.11 emitter in a building or in an open field or along a roadside. Multiple LOBs computed from different geographic locations can be used to geolocate the target emitter. The techniques can be embodied, for instance, in a vehicle-based device that can survey the target environment, detect an IEEE 802.11 emitter and identify it by MAC address, and then determine various LOBs to that emitter to geolocate the emitter. In some cases, a sample array of response data from the target emitter is correlated to a plurality of calibrated arrays having known azimuths to determine the LOB to the target emitter." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2009 (12/487,511). 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=7,978,139.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,139&RS=PN/7,978,139 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for System and Method for Operating a Radar System in a Continuous Wave Mode for Data Communication ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,123) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for operating a radar system in a continuous wave mode for data communication." The co-inventors are Juan F. Lam, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Scott D. Whittle, Templeton, Mass., Min S. Hong, Montebello, Calif., Charles F. Kaminski, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Robert E. Shuman, Torrance, Calif., Harold B. Rounds, Torrance, Calif., and Daniel D. Gee, Manhattan Beach, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and a method for operating a radar system in a continuous wave mode for communicating information are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for operating a radar system, having an antenna including a plurality of active array elements, in a continuous wave mode to communicate information, the method including receiving an instruction to enter the continuous wave mode, loading a plurality of tables, where each table includes information indicative of a primary group of the active array elements to be activated and a secondary group of elements to be deactivated, receiving a communication signal to be transmitted, and providing, repeatedly, the communication signal, for a preselected period of time, to the primary group of elements of each of the plurality of tables." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2009 (12/435,379). 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=7,978,123.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,123&RS=PN/7,978,123 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Atomics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- General Atomics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,978,126) developed by Stanley Isamu Tsunoda, Berlin, Mass., Seong-Hwoon Kim, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Josh Pine, San Diego, for a "compact synthetic aperture radar test range." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for testing radar in accordance with one embodiment comprising a target motion platform; a target motion platform controller for controlling motion of the platform; a radar responsive tag and a delay line located on the target motion platform; the radar which is being tested; and a motion measurement simulator for inputting data to the radar electronics assembly to simulate movement of the radar. In some embodiments the system further comprises a radar motion platform, wherein the radar electronics assembly is positioned on the radar motion platform; a radar motion platform controller for controlling the movement of the radar motion platform; and a master controller coupled to the radar motion platform controller and the target motion platform controller." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2008 (12/110,981). 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=7,978,126.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,126&RS=PN/7,978,126 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HealthWyse Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- HealthWyse, Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,978,082) developed by Andrew Scott Braunstein, Weston, Mass., for a RFID-based personnel tracking. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for RFID-based personnel tracking. A method of tracking employees includes, in a first computer system, prompting a user for identification input, validating the identification input, receiving data from a first scan of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag upon initiation of a task, receiving data from a second scan of the RFID tag upon termination of the task, and uploading the identification input and the data of the first and second scans to a second computer system for storage and correlation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2008 (12/208,487). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,978,082.PN.&OS=PN/7,978,082&RS=PN/7,978,082 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (7,978,416) developed by Alfred J. Crosby, Amherst, Mass., and Edwin P. Chan, Montgomery Village, Md., for a "surface buckling method and articles formed thereby." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for generating spontaneously aligned surface wrinkles utilizes control of local moduli-mismatch and osmotic pressure. The method includes modifying the surface of an elastomeric layer to form a superlayer that is stiffer and/or less absorbent than the elastomeric layer. The elastomeric layer is then swollen with a polymerizable monomer, which causes buckling of the superlayer. The monomer is then polymerized, dimensionally stabilizing the surface buckling. The buckled surfaces generated by the method are useful in a wide variety of end-use applications, including microlenses, microlens arrays, compound microlenses, diffraction gratings, photonic crystals, smart adhesives, mechanical strain sensors, microfluidic devices, and cell culture surfaces." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2010 (12/943,986). 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=7978416.PN.&OS=PN/7978416&RS=PN/7978416 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus Providing Security to Computer Systems and Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,979,889) developed by Philip J.S. Gladstone, Carlisle, Mass., and Jeffrey A. Kraemer, Wellesley, Mass., for "methods and apparatus providing security to computer systems and networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system provides security to a computerized device by detecting a sequence of related processing operations within the computerized device and recording the sequence of related processing operations in a security history. The system identifies a security violation when a processing operation performed in the computerized device produces an undesired processing outcome that violates a security policy and subsequently detecting attempted performance of at least one processing operation that attempts to produce the undesired processing outcome that violates the security policy and in response, denies operation of the processing operation(s) within the computerized device to avoid violation of the security policy." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2005 (11/031,212). 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=79,79,889.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,889&RS=PN/79,79,889 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., have been assigned a patent (7,979,891) developed by Neil Smithline, Newton, Mass., for a "method and system for securing execution of untrusted applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for securing execution of untrusted applications. These mechanisms and methods for securing execution of untrusted applications can enable embodiments to provide a "sandbox" environment in which applications that are less than trusted may execute. The ability of embodiments to provide such a protected environment for executing these untrusted applications can enable systems designers and system programmers to provide additional applications from third parties to users without being overly concerned about system security issues." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2006 (11/430,720). 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=79,79,891.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,891&RS=PN/79,79,891 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cox Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Cox Communications, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,979,880) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for profiling iTV users and for providing selective content delivery." The co-inventors are Devin F. Hosea, Boston, Richard S. Zimmerman, Belmont, Mass., Arthur P. Rascon, Lexington, Mass., Anthony Scott Oddo, Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Nathaniel Thurston, Somerville, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for profiling an iTV user. The method comprises gathering user-requested content information from iTV interactions, correlating content-associated profile information from a rating service with the user-requested content information, and developing a profile of the user based on the content-associated profile information correlated with the user-requested content information." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2001 (09/877,974). 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=79,79,880.PN.&OS=PN/79,79,880&RS=PN/79,79,880 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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