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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (July 21)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Capso Vision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Capso Vision, Saratoga, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,458) developed by Kang-Huai Wang, Saratoga, Calif., and Gordon Wilson, San Francisco, for an "in vivo autonomous camera with on-board data storage or digital wireless transmission in regulatory approved band." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A capsule camera apparatus includes a swallowable housing, a light source within the housing, a camera within the housing for capturing a first digital image and a second digital image of a view of the camera illuminated by the light source, a a motion detector that detects a motion of the housing the first digital image and the second digital image, and a motion evaluator that selects a disposition of the second digital image, based on a metric on the motion. The disposition may include writing the second image into an archival storage or providing the second digital image to the outside by a wireless communication link." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2006 (11/533,304). 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=79,83,458.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,458&RS=PN/79,83,458 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Earphone Set With Detachable Speakers or Subwoofers ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Hammond Wong, West Covina, Calif., and Lap Shun Hui, Chino, Calif., have developed a patent (7,983,437) for an "earphone set with detachable speakers or subwoofers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided including a first speaker which emits sound, a second speaker which emits sound, and a device which connects the first speaker and the second speaker. The device may connect the first speaker or front speaker, and the second speaker or rear speaker, so that the device can be attached to an ear of a person so that the first speaker lies near the middle of the ear while the second speaker lies at a location between an ear lobe of the ear and a mastoid of a skull of the person." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,610). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,83,437.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,437&RS=PN/79,83,437 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Socpra Sciences Sante Et Humaines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Socpra Sciences Sante Et Humaines, Quebec, has been assigned a patent (7,983,465) developed by four co-inventors for an "image reconstruction methods based on block circulant system matrices." The co-inventors are Jean-Daniel Leroux, Sherbrooke, Canada, Rejean Fontaine, Ascot, Calif., Roger Lecomte, Sherbrooke, Canada, and Vitali Selivanov, Sherbrooke, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An iterative image reconstruction method used with an imaging system that generates projection data, the method comprises: collecting the projection data; choosing a polar or cylindrical image definition comprising a polar or cylindrical grid representation and a number of basis functions positioned according to the polar or cylindrical grid so that the number of basis functions at different radius positions of the polar or cylindrical image grid is a factor of a number of in-plane symmetries between lines of response along which the projection data are measured by the imaging system; obtaining a system probability matrix that relates each of the projection data to each basis function of the polar or cylindrical image definition; restructuring the system probability matrix into a block circulant matrix and converting the system probability matrix in the Fourier domain; storing the projection data into a measurement data vector; providing an initial polar or cylindrical image estimate; for each iteration; recalculating the polar or cylindrical image estimate according to an iterative solver based on forward and back projection operations with the system probability matrix in the Fourier domain; and converting the polar or cylindrical image estimate into a Cartesian image representation to thereby obtain a reconstructed image." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/118,351). 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=79,83,465.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,465&RS=PN/79,83,465 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Speckle Adaptive Medical Image Processing ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,983,456) developed by Bimba Rao, San Jose, Calif., and Danhua Zhao, San Jose, Calif., for a "speckle adaptive medical image processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Image processing adapts to speckle. Speckle is identified from signal transitions. For example, peaks, valleys or mean crossings of image signals as a function of space or spatial location are identified. A speckle characteristic, such as speckle size, is estimated from the signal transitions. The estimation may be limited to soft tissue regions to reduce the effects of specular targets and noise on speckle estimation. The speckle is estimated for local regions or an entire image. By estimating speckle for local regions, image processing may account adaptively for regional variation in speckle size." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2005 (11/233,743). 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=79,83,456.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,456&RS=PN/79,83,456 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,983,411) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for use in computer-to-human escalation." The co-inventors are Francois Huet, Santa Cruz, Calif., Damien Saint Macary, Mountain View, Calif., Gray Salmon Norton, Portola Valley, Calif., Stephen D. Klein, New York, and Timothy Kay, Los Altos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conversational agent receives a textual user message and escalates the user to a live agent if predetermined criteria are met." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2005 (11/088,706). 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=79,83,411.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,411&RS=PN/79,83,411 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NetApp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,423) developed by Vaibhave Agarwal, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Rajamohan Gandhasri, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "re-keying based on pre-generated keys." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for pre-generating encryption keys for re-keying stored ciphertext. The encryption keys are illustratively distributed to LKMs and therefrom to the security appliances communicating with each other. A minimum number of un-used pre-generated encryption keys is established wherein when that number is reached more pre-generated encryption keys are created and distributed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2007 (11/926,853). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,83,423.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,423&RS=PN/79,83,423 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Phonak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Phonak, Staefa, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (7,983,425) developed by Henry Luo, Waterloo, Calif., for a "method and system for acoustic shock detection and application of said method in hearing devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method for detecting acoustic shock in an audio input signal (s(t)), comprising the steps of monitoring the input signal (s(t)) in the time-domain. Thereby detecting the signal floor (Sn), detecting the peak level of the input signal (L), detecting the attack time of the input signal (t1-t0), detecting the duration of the input signal (T). Based on those detections, determining a shock contrast level (SCL) as difference between the peak level (L) and the signal floor (Sn), determining a shock index (SI) by use of a shock index normalization constant (.sigma.) and comparing the shock contrast level (SCL) and the shock index (SI) with respective thresholds and indicating an acoustic shock if one or both thresholds are exceeded. Thus, the present method provides a quick and reliable shock detector that operates in the time-domain. The shock detection takes place with zero time delay, or even predicts the shock before it fully goes through the signal processing." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2006 (11/452,057). 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=79,83,425.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,425&RS=PN/79,83,425 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Oracle International, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,421) developed by Sashikanth Chandrasekaran, San Jose, Calif., and Viresh Garg, Fremont, Calif., for "methods to defend against tampering of audit records." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for detection of tampering with an audit record for a database. According to one embodiment, a method for detection of tampering with an audit record for a database can comprise reading one or more audit records for a time period from an audit table. The one or more audit records can each include a time stamp and reading the one or more audit records can comprise reading audit records having a timestamp within the time period. An encrypted record, such as a message digest record, for the time period can be generated based on the one or more audit records and including the time stamps. The message digest record can be stored in a message digest table. In some cases, the message digest table can be maintained in a trusted data store." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,270). 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=79,83,421.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,421&RS=PN/79,83,421 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Trimble Navigation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,419) developed by Roderic C. Fan, Fremont, Calif., Anil Tiwari, Palo Alto, Calif., and Ramakrishna Tumuluri, San Jose, Calif., for a "wireless device to network server encryption." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for providing encryption of location data transmitted from a wireless device to a wireline network server. In one embodiment, the wireless device encrypts a payload, adds a header to the payload to form a data packet, encrypts the payload and the header of the data packet, and transmits the encrypted data packet." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2001 (09/927,928). 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=79,83,419.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,419&RS=PN/79,83,419 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Mobile Telephone Device Identifying Whether Incoming Wireless Call Anchored By an Enhanced Services Server ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,660) developed by Ho Bao, Richardson, Texas, and Hemendra Rana, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "mobile telephone device identifying whether incoming wireless call anchored by an enhanced services server." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method comprises a mobile node receiving an incoming wireless call; the mobile node determining whether enhanced services are available for the incoming wireless call based on outputting a DTMF tone on a voice channel associated with the incoming wireless call and determining whether a notify message, indicating a server providing the enhanced services has received the DTMF tone, is received on a data channel during the incoming wireless call; and the mobile node selectively initiating the enhanced services for the incoming wireless call with the server in response to determining the enhanced services are available for the incoming wireless call." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2008 (11/972,465). 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=79,83,660&OS=79,83,660&RS=79,83,660 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,667) developed by Brian Donald Hart, Sunnyvale, Calif., Robert J. Friday, Los Gatos, Calif., and Milind Paranjpe, Mountain View, Calif., for a "radio frequency coverage map generation in wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method for generating a radio-frequency coverage map. The method includes receiving coverage map data comprising a plurality of locations within a region, and an identification of a location in the plurality of locations corresponding to a radio transceiver, wherein the locations within the region are represented by at least corresponding x- and y-terms of a Cartesian coordinate system. The method further includes receiving calibration data comprising a plurality of observed signal strength values at corresponding ones of the plurality of locations, converting the x- and y-terms of the locations of the coverage map data to corresponding first and second warped coordinate terms of a warped coordinate system, and computing, using linear interpolation and the first and second warped coordinate terms, predicted received signal strength values at one or more locations in the coverage map based on the calibration data." The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2006 (11/543,747). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,83,667&OS=79,83,667&RS=79,83,667 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for End-to-end Mobile User Security ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Intellectual, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,656) developed by Nam Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., Donggen Zhang, Fremont, Calif., and Paul Tomalenas, Alamo, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for end-to-end mobile user security." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to implement an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) cryptosystem and manage a key exchange, authentication, and certificate exchange with a communication device also implementing the ECDH cryptosystem, wherein the server communicates over a network that provides an encrypted communication link for the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2007 (11/854,058). 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=79,83,656&OS=79,83,656&RS=79,83,656 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,404) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for providing presence status of multiple communication device types." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for conveying presence information from distinct communication devices are disclosed. The present invention enables multiple communication devices using distinct communications technologies, such as cellular telephone, traditional wire line telephone, packet based telephone, and computer supporting instant messaging applications, to communicate presence status to a single server to enable another subscriber to determine the best method to use to establish a communication channel with a subscriber." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2005 (11/263,276). 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=79,83,404.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,404&RS=PN/79,83,404 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SiRF Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- SiRF Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,666) developed by Kenneth Scott Walley, Portola Hills, Calif., Paul A. Underbrink, Lake Forest, Calif., and Steven A. Gronemeyer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a "cancellation system and method for a wireless positioning system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cancellation system that delays the received signals and cancels less than all the received signals from the delayed version of the received signals and a demodulator and despreader unit produces a demodulated and de-spreader and remodulator unit produces a remodulated and respread signal from the demodulated and despread signal with a combiner that produces a combined signal from the delayed version of the received signals and the remodulated and respread signal to identify a low power signal." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2004 (10/870,668). 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=79,83,666&OS=79,83,666&RS=79,83,666 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,983,663) developed by Ta-yan Siu, San Diego, for "special phone book entries." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "When an incoming call is received or an outgoing call is placed, a phone number associated with the call is identified. The phone number is compared to a set of phone book entries corresponding to subscriber-designated phone entries and special phone book entries. If the phone number is identified as corresponding to a special phone book entry, call processing continues according to a field type designated by the selected phone book entry." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2002 (10/283,875). 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=79,83,663&OS=79,83,663&RS=79,83,663 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Anritsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Anritsu, Morgan Hill, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,668) developed by Francis A. Tiernan, Saratoga, Calif., for a "system and method for collecting, archiving, and accessing data on base transceiver station performance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is in the field of base station and network infrastructure maintenance. One embodiment is a method, comprising: collecting base transceiver station performance data into a performance analysis and data collection application; transmitting the base transceiver station performance data wirelessly to a mobile application on a mobile device; and uploading the base transceiver station performance data from the mobile application on the mobile device wirelessly over an internet through a mobile network into a web application. One embodiment is a system, comprising: a base station analyzer for measuring base transceiver station performance, wherein the base station analyzer has wireless access to a mobile application on a mobile device; and the mobile application on the mobile device, wherein the mobile application on the mobile device has wireless access through the internet across a mobile network to a web application." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2007 (11/847,816). 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=79,83,668&OS=79,83,668&RS=79,83,668 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Feedback Control Loop for Amplitude Modulation in a Polar Transmitter with a Translational Loop ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,632) developed by Alireza Zolfaghari, Irvine, Calif., for a "feedback control loop for amplitude modulation in a polar transmitter with a translational loop." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Amplitude modulation is provided for a polar transmitter that incorporates a translational loop. The input to the polar transmitter and translational loop may be an amplitude modulated signal. The amplitude modulation of the transmitter may be controlled via a closed loop to help ensure that the output of the amplifier accurately corresponds to the modulated input signal. The transmitter may incorporate partially integrated or separate translational and amplitude modulation loops." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2004 (10/966,567). 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=79,83,632.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,632&RS=PN/79,83,632 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,983,646) developed by six co-inventors for "techniques to reduce radio frequency noise." The co-inventors are Olivier Boireau, Los Altos, Calif., Gary Embler, Redwood City, Calif., Avi Kopelman, Sunnyvale, Calif., William Noellert, Moutain View, Calif., Karl Townsend, Los Altos, Calif., and Chun W. Yeung, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments to reduce radio frequency noise are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio frequency noise reduction module to disable a radio frequency noise source in response to a receive active signal from a radio receiver. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2006 (11/608,116). 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=79,83,646&OS=79,83,646&RS=79,83,646 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sellerbid Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Sellerbid, Arlington, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,983,616) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for improving client server transmission over fading channel with wireless location and authentication technology via electromagnetic radiation." The co-inventors are Tiehong Wang, Arlington, Va., Tiejun Wang, San Diego, Guang Zeng, Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., and Ning Wang, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Wireless personal area network (Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB) and wireless identification technologies (Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)) are implemented in particular client server functions and communications. Connected with an Authentication Server, a wireless HUB authenticates user identification and provides the user with access to secure data communication with a wireless terminal such as a cellular phone or a PDA. A Location Server provides user locations via methods such as RSSI, TDOA, and GPS and sends location information to a Center Control Server and the Authentication Server. With location information, the Center Control Server initiates and optimizes secure information processes and coordinates the functions of servers and user terminals." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2010 (12/684,377). 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=79,83,616.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,616&RS=PN/79,83,616 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rao Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Bindu Rama Rao, Laguna Niguel, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,611) developed by Bindu Rama Rao, for a "mobile device that presents interactive media and processes user response." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic infrastructure consisting a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and a media creator computer, wherein the client mobile devices present interactive media upon user request. The plurality of client mobile devices support dynamic screen display and, contain a plurality of soft keys. The distribution server that supports delivery of interactive media to the client mobile devices. The media creator is a personal computer that generates interactive media and sends them to the distribution server for distribution. A network such as combination of Internet and mobile network communicatively couple the plurality of client mobile devices, distribution server and personal computer (media creator). The personal computer sends interactive media to the distribution server, the distribution server processes and sends the interactive media to the client mobile device and the client mobile devices presents the interactive media in a series of screens to the user. The client mobile devices interactively send the user responses back to the distribution server." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/977,763). 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=79,83,611.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,611&RS=PN/79,83,611 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Voice, Data and RF Integrated Circuit with Multiple Modulation Modes and Methods for Use Therewith ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,631) developed by Ahmadreza Rofougaran(Reza), Newport Coast, Calif., for a "voice, data and RF integrated circuit with multiple modulation modes and methods for use therewith." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radio frequency (RF) transmitter includes a modulation controller that generates a modulation control signal having either a first value or a second value. A driver generates an RF signal based on an upconverted signal, wherein the driver modulates the upconverted signal based on a first modulation signal when the modulation control signal has the first value. A power amplifier generates a transmit signal based on the RF signal, wherein the power amplifier modulates the RF signal based on a second modulation signal when the modulation control signal has the second value." The patent application was filed on Feb. 2, 2010 (12/698,340). 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=79,83,631.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,631&RS=PN/79,83,631 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,644) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for local oscillator calibration in mixer circuits." The co-inventors are Donald G. McMullin, Laguna Hills, Calif., Ramon A. Gomez, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Lawrence M. Burns, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Myles Wakayama, Laguna Miguel, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for local oscillator calibration compensates for filter passband variation in a mixer circuit, such as a receiver circuit. The receiver includes at least a mixer circuit and a filter coupled to the output of the mixer. During operation, the mixer mixes an RF input signal with a first local oscillator (LO) signal to frequency translate a selected channel in the RF input signal into the passband of the filter. During a calibration mode, the RF input signal is disabled, and the first LO signal is injected into the filter input by leaking the first LO signal through the mixer circuit. The frequency of the LO signal is then swept over a frequency bandwidth that is sufficiently wide so that the actual passband is detected by measuring the signal amplitude at the output of the bandpass filter, thereby determining any variation in the passband of the filter from the expected passband. Once the actual passband is determined, then the frequency of the first local oscillator signal is adjusted or tuned to compensate for any frequency shift of the actual passband compared to the expected passband. Therefore, the selected channel is up-converted into the center of the actual passband of the bandpass filter and will not fall outside the passband. This enables the passband of the bandpass filter to be narrowed, as compared with conventional receivers that do not utilize this calibration procedure. For example, the bandpass filter can be narrowed to one or two channels wide." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2010 (12/724,150). 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=79,83,644&OS=79,83,644&RS=79,83,644 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Transmitting Multiple Channels on FM Bands ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,617) developed by Brima Ibrahim, Aliso Viejo, Calif., for a "method and system for transmitting multiple channels on FM bands." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of a method and system for transmitting multiple channels on FM bands may include generating from one or more baseband signals, a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals each at a different radio frequency, wherein the one or more baseband signals comprise an in-phase signal component and/or a quadrature signal component. Suitable combinations of the one or more baseband signals may be modulated in a radio frequency transmission chain that may comprise intermediate frequency modulation and radio frequency modulation. The suitable combinations of the one or more baseband signals may be weighted sums. The plurality of radio frequency signals may each carry distinct information. One of the plurality of radio frequency signals may be centered at a frequency f1+f2 and another one of said plurality of radio frequency signals may be centered at a frequency f1-f2, where f1 and f2 are frequencies." The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2007 (11/936,156). 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=79,83,617.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,617&RS=PN/79,83,617 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Panasonic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Panasonic, Osaka, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,983,643) developed by Earl W. McCune Jr., Santa Clara, Calif., and Richard W.D. Booth, San Jose, Calif., for a "frequency demodulation with threshold extension." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A frequency demodulator comprises a frequency discriminator configured to generate a frequency modulation signal from frequency modulated signal, circuitry for generating a phase modulation signal from the frequency modulation signal, and a click reduction signal processing (CRSP) circuit operable to remove noise enhancements from the phase modulation signal caused by clicks. By first converting the frequency modulation signal to a phase modulation signal, noise enhancements caused by clicks are more readily distinguished from other noise in the phase modulation signal. After the noise enhancements have been removed by the CRSP, the frequency modulation is recovered substantially free of clicks. Removal of the clicks results in an improved output signal-to-noise ratio, thereby advantageously extending the onset of the threshold effect." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/167,478). 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=79,83,643&OS=79,83,643&RS=79,83,643 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Opnext Subsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Opnext Subsystems, Los Gatos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,573) developed by Christian Malouin, San Jose, Calif., Theodore J. Schmidt, Gilroy, Calif., and Brian L. Heffner, Los Altos, Calif., for an "optical receiver having FSR phase compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical receiver apparatus and methods for mitigating intersymbol interference (ISI) in a differentially-encoded modulation transmission system by controlling constructive and destructive transfer functions. The receiver includes a bandwidth control element for controlling transfer function bandwidth, a transfer phase controller for controlling transfer function phase and/or an imbalancer for imbalancing the transfer functions for compensating for intersymbol interference and optimizing the quality of the received optical signal." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2007 (11/724,017). 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=7,983,573.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,573&RS=PN/7,983,573 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Finisar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Finisar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,572) developed by Hongyu Deng, Saratoga, Calif., for an "electro-absorption modulator integrated with a vertical cavity surface emitting laser." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electro-absorption modulator integrated with a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). An electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is integrated or grown on a VCSEL. The electro-absorption modulator may be separated from the VCSEL by a semi-insulating or nonconducting layer. Contacts on the EAM can bias the EAM such that light emitted by the VCSEL is selectively absorbed. Thus, the VCSEL can emit a constant wave light that is modulated by the integrated EAM." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/170,906). 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=7,983,572.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,572&RS=PN/7,983,572 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,569) developed by Oscar E. Agazzi, Irvine, Calif., for a "high-speed transmission system for optical channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for transmission of data on bandwidth limited fiber optic channels. A multilevel signaling alphabet having multiple levels of optical intensity are used to transmit signals on optical channels. In order to counteract the decrease in signal to noise ratio resulting from the use of a multilevel signaling alphabet over a bilevel signaling alphabet trellis encoding of the data to be transmitted is employed. To counteract intersymbol interference due to signaling faster than the Nyquist Rate, equalization methods such as Tomlinson-Harashima precoding and decision feedback equalization are employed." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2001 (09/765,014). 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=7,983,569.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,569&RS=PN/7,983,569 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cox Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Cox Communications, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,344) developed by Tom Giammaressi, Union City, Calif., for a "service rate change method and apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth within a bandwidth constrained interactive information distribution system. The system determines if a requested information stream may be provided to a requesting subscriber at an appropriate bandwidth level (i.e., appropriate bitrate providing full quality), a minimal bandwidth level (i.e., a reduced bitrate providing minimally acceptable quality) or not at all. Each information stream and any ancillary streams may be stored twice by the system, once at an appropriate encoded bitrate and once at a minimal encoded bitrate." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2006 (11/486,269). 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=7983344.PN.&OS=PN/7983344&RS=PN/7983344 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ericsson Television Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Ericsson Television, Duluth, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,983,341) developed by Zhicheng Lancelot Wang, Los Altos, Calif., for a "statistical content block matching scheme for pre-processing in encoding and transcoding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Statistical content block matching for video pre-processing, for example in fast motion estimation, uses a second-order distortion criterion for processing steps such as identifying a best reference image portion for comparison with a current image portion. The second-order distortion criterion is a Lagrange-optimized combination of a mean squared error criterion with an entropy criterion. Then a fast motion estimation search advantageously includes performing a diamond search using the second-order distortion criterion to identify a candidate best reference image portion, and performing a nearest neighbor search starting using said second-order distortion criterion to identify the best reference image portion within a search range limited by an adaptive search range cap. A better motion vector can then be calculated." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2006 (11/329,685). 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=7983341.PN.&OS=PN/7983341&RS=PN/7983341 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,333) developed by Afshin Momtaz, Laguna Hills, Calif., for a "non-linear analog decision feedback equalizer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An equalizer is disclosed that compensates for non-linear effects resulting from a transmitter, a receiver, and/or a communication channel in a communication system. A non-linear decision feedback equalizer compensates for the non-linear effects impressed onto a received symbol by selecting between equalization coefficients based upon a previous received symbol. The received symbol may be represented in form of logic signals based on the binary number system. The two symbols most commonly chosen to represent the two logic values taken on by binary symbols are binary zero and binary one. When the previous received symbol is a binary zero, the non-linear decision feedback equalizer selects an equalization coefficient corresponding to binary zero to compensate for the non-linear effects impressed onto the received symbol. Likewise, when the previous received symbol is a binary one, the non-linear decision feedback equalizer selects an equalization coefficient corresponding to binary one to compensate for the non-linear effects impressed onto the received symbol." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/730,079). 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=7983333.PN.&OS=PN/7983333&RS=PN/7983333 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,558) developed by four co-inventors for an "optical control plane determination of lightpaths in a DWDM network." The co-inventors are Ornan Gerstel, Los Altos, Calif., Gabriele Maria Galimberti, Lombardia, Italy, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Dunstable, Mass., and Giovanni Martinelli, Lombardia, Italy. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical control plane (OCP) distinct from an electronic control plane helps the setup of path routes in a DWDM network. The OCP determines the optical feasibility of any path route selected by the electronic control plane, such as operated under GMPLS protocol, and asks the electronic control plane for another path route if the optical feasibility is determined to be negative. The OCP can be set in a server or distributed across the nodes of the network." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2007 (11/695,281). 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=7,983,558.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,558&RS=PN/7,983,558 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,983,519) developed by five co-inventors for a "photonic connection and method for enhancing alignment accuracy thereof." The co-inventors are Theodore I. Kamins, Palo Alto, Calif., Wei Wu, Palo Alto, Calif., Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, Calif., and Michael Tan, Menlo Park, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A photonic connection includes a first fiber and a second fiber. The first fiber has a core with a first predetermined pattern defined on or in a facet thereof, and the second fiber has a core with a second predetermined pattern defined on or in a facet thereof. The second predetermined pattern is complementary to the first predetermined pattern such that the first fiber or the second fiber fits into another of the second fiber or the first fiber at a single orientation and position." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2008 (12/253,201). 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=7,983,519.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,519&RS=PN/7,983,519 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dynamic Method Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Dynamic Method Enterprises, Hong Kong, has been assigned a patent (7,983,560) developed by Jeffery J. Maki, Fremont, Calif., and Christopher M. Look, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "modular WSS-based communications system with colorless add/drop interfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Modular WSS-based Communications system with colorless and network-port transparent add/drop interfaces is described herein. According to certain aspects of the invention, equipment architecture is provided that enables a linear, ring, and mesh optical network. The embodiments of the invention are primarily on how to add and drop signals at a node of the network. The embodiments of the invention are based on the use a wavelength selective switch (WSS), which is an emerging component technology. Other methods and apparatuses are also described." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2006 (11/546,676). 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=7,983,560.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,560&RS=PN/7,983,560 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Noise Detection and Estimation Techniques for Picture Enhancement ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,501) developed by Yi-Jen Chiu, San Jose, Calif., for a "noise detection and estimation techniques for picture enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of filtering noise from a picture may include determining a set of pixel noise metrics for a set of selected pixels in the picture based solely on information from the set of selected pixels in the picture. The method may also designate as valid a subset of pixel noise metrics in the set of pixel noise metrics those associated pixels are not located at an edge or are not located in a complicated area of the picture. A set of block noise metrics may be calculated from the valid subset of pixel noise metrics, and a global noise metric for the picture may be ascertained from the set of block noise metrics. The picture may be filtered using the global noise metric to generate a filtered picture." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/693,453). 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=7,983,501.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,501&RS=PN/7,983,501 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,498) developed by Walter E. Donovan, Saratoga, Calif., for a "low dynamic range 3-channel color compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for representing low dynamic range data in compressed formats with a fixed size block allow low dynamic range data to be stored in less memory. The compressed formats use 8 bits per pixel to represent 24 bits of low dynamic range data for each pixel. The compressed format includes four or six endpoint values, a partition index that specifies a mask for each pair of the endpoint values, and an index for each pixel in the block. The indices are compressed to allow more bits for the endpoint values. Mode bits are included to distinguish between the different encodings and various blocks within a single compressed image may be encoded differently. Compressed low dynamic range values may be efficiently decompressed in hardware." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (11/834,624). 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=7,983,498.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,498&RS=PN/7,983,498 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Infinera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Infinera, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,559) developed by Ting-Kuang Chiang, Saratoga, Calif., for a "configurable multi-rate optical network port and processing modules." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical port that can be configured to support either high speed or low speed optical signals. In particular, these embodiments comprise a switch that defines a data-rate dependent path between the front-end optics of a network node and internal processing electronic modules. As a result, either high speed or low speed pluggable adapters may be inserted within a port and supported by the processing electronic modules." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2007 (11/858,102). 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=7,983,559.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,559&RS=PN/7,983,559 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,983,514) developed by Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Hillcrest, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., and Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., for a "photonic band gap router." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An arrangement includes a photonic band-gap assembly comprising at least one input wave guide and at least one output wave guides, and at least one routing element responsive to signals to selectively route a signal from the input wave guide to one or more of the output wave guides." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/798,870). 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=7,983,514.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,514&RS=PN/7,983,514 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cubic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Cubic, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,983,565) developed by Deepak Varshneya, San Diego, and John Roes, San Diego, for an "integrated optical communication and range finding system and application thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed toward systems for conducting laser range and enabling optical communication between a plurality of entities and to the application of such systems in a secure covert combat identification system. In one embodiment, the present invention uses a novel laser system that generates high pulse rates, as required for optical communications, while concurrently generating sufficiently high power levels, as required by laser range finding operations. One application of the present invention is in enabling secure covert communications between a plurality of parties. Another application of the present invention is in tracking and identifying the movement of objects." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2008 (12/332,200). 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=7,983,565.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,565&RS=PN/7,983,565 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,983,562) developed by Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, Calif., Keyvan Sayyah, Santa Monica, Calif., and Alexander Krayner, Los Angeles, for a "dynamic coding for optical code-division multiple access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and methods for encoding and decoding data are disclosed. The method for transmitting and receiving data allows for coding and decoding each bit of data with a different code. The transmitter and receiver devices allow encoding and decoding, respectively, each bit of data with different a code." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2005 (11/174,354). 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=7,983,562.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,562&RS=PN/7,983,562 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,984,098) developed by four co-inventors for a video messaging. The co-inventors are Noel Enete, Seal Beach, Calif., Wayne Packard, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Harry W. Morris, Reston, Va., and Gustavo Alejandro Di Martino, Mission Viejo, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system by receiving, at an instant messaging host, a video file from a sender and intended for a recipient; authenticating the video file; and sending the video file to the intended recipient." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2001 (09/911,799). 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=7,984,098&OS=7,984,098&RS=7,984,098 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,111) developed by Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., and Nambi Seshadri, Irvine, Calif., for "software applications incorporating functionalities based on data-type and access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process of sending and receiving data by a wireless device through a wireless network is disclosed. Access criteria are set for at least one of the wireless device and applications running on the wireless device. At least one query is formulated by one of the applications running on the wireless device and the query is sent over the wireless network. Data is received in response to the query, wherein the data received is based on the access criteria and the access criteria relate to an access of the wireless device to the wireless network." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2002 (10/301,918). 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=7,984,111&OS=7,984,111&RS=7,984,111 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,112) developed by An-Cheng Huang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "optimizing batch size for prefetching data over wide area networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data prefetching technique optimizes the batch size of prefetch requests. The optimized batch size may be determined based on a prefetch transfer time of a previous prefetch operation, where the prefetch transfer time is measured as an elapsed time interval from when data from the previous prefetch operation is first received to when the data from the previous prefetch operation is finished being received." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/726,723). 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=7,984,112&OS=7,984,112&RS=7,984,112 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Yardley, Benham and Rasch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Yardley, Benham and Rasch, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,984,081) developed by Richard William VanderDrift, Larkspur, Calif., for a "system and method for non-programmers to dynamically manage multiple sets of XML document data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for dynamically retrieving, manipulating, updating, creating, and displaying data from sources of Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents. The program memory comprises system-user entered data definitions and business rules. The system imports XML document data into the system data definitions, processes the data using the business rules definitions and exports XML documents. The system can automatically create XML document formats from its data definitions and can automatically create its data definitions from XML document formats. The system-user can also define the mapping between XML document formats and the system data definitions. The system data definition is the combination of a Relational data model, an Object data model, and an XML data model." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2006 (11/523,746). 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=7,984,081&OS=7,984,081&RS=7,984,081 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Horstmann Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Jens Horstmann, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,099) developed by five co-inventors for an "interactive wireless device communication system for meetings and conferences." The co-inventors are Jens Horstmann, Santa Clara, Calif., Matti Katajamaki, Sunnyvale, Calif., Saeed Zarea, San Jose, Calif., Susan Potter, Redwood City, Calif., and Miroslav Charles Wiesner, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conference organizer uses conference software to define a conference and to store conference information on the organizer's computer system. The stored conference information includes a list of attendees, and a personal proxy mailbox for each attendee. Each attendee has a wireless device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The organizer's computer system includes a wireless communication station that can communicate in wireless fashion with the wireless devices of the attendees at the conference. During the conference, an attendee uses his/her wireless device to access the conference information, select another attendee from the list of attendees, and send the selected attendee a message such that the message is stored in the personal proxy mailbox of the selected attendee. The use of personal proxy mailboxes allows attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their primary email addresses." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2007 (11/818,082). 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=7,984,099&OS=7,984,099&RS=7,984,099 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Flextronics AP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Flextronics AP, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (7,983,556) developed by six co-inventors for a "camera module with contamination reduction feature." The co-inventors are Lothar R. Westerweck, San Jose, Calif., Albert John Y. Chua, San Jose, Calif., Bahram Afshari, Los Altos, Calif., Dennis R. Berube, Cranston, R.I., John W. Toor, Palo Alto, Calif., and Elaine B. Bogue, Dunstable, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel digital camera module includes an image capture device, a lens unit including a body, a housing including an opening for receiving the lens unit and positioning the lens unit with respect to the image capture device, and a contaminant trap formed by an isolated annular space between the lens unit and the opening of the housing. In a particular embodiment, the opening of the housing includes surfaces having at least two different perimeters, the smaller of which slidably engages the outer surface of the lens unit. The contaminant trap collects and contains any contaminants before they reach vulnerable components such as the image capture device and/or other optical components within the camera module." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2007 (11/982,726). 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=7,983,556.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,556&RS=PN/7,983,556 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zscaler Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Zscaler, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,102) developed by six co-inventors for a selective presence notification. The co-inventors are Jose Raphel, Austin, Texas, Kailash Kailash, San Jose, Calif., Balakrishna Bhat Bayar, Bangalore, India, Arcady V. Schekochikhin, Cupertino, Calif., Jay Chaudhry, Saratoga, Calif., and Narasimha Datta Nataraja, Bangalore, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for selective presence notification are provided. In one general aspect, a plurality of presence notification messages are monitored. Each presence notification message may include address information identifying at least one of a recipient or a sender of the presence notification message. Based on the address information a determination is made as to whether a presence notification message is allowable. If it is determined that the presence notification message is allowable, the transmission of the presence notification message is allowed." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2008 (12/177,570). 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=7,984,102&OS=7,984,102&RS=7,984,102 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,984,091) developed by Gabor Szedo, San Jose, Calif., for a "quadratic approximation for fast fouri 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. -1054992 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |