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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (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 Georgia. *** Georgia Inventor Develops Patent for Speaker System Utilizing Input From a Transducer in Proximity to a Separate Speaker ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Jeramie J. Keys, Roswell, Ga., has developed a patent (7,983,429) for a "speaker system utilizing input from a transducer in proximity to a separate speaker." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A speaker system utilizes input from a transducer that receives an acoustical signal produced by a speaker that is separate from the speaker system. The acoustical signal is amplified and drives a speaker of the speaker system. The speaker system is thereby provided with the necessary electrical audio signal without the speaker system being wired into any existing sound system wiring. In automobiles, the transducer is in proximity to a speaker wired into the automobile's audio system, and the transducer obtains the acoustical signal to produce the electrical audio signal used by the speaker of the speaker system so that no access to high or low level electrical audio signals of the audio system of the automobile is necessary. Additionally, the speaker system may employ a power socket plug that is electrically coupled to the power input of the amplifier and that may be plugged into a power socket such as those typical of most vehicles to provide electrical power to the amplifier of the speaker system." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2005 (11/152,881). 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=79,83,429.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,429&RS=PN/79,83,429 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Dynamically Allocating Stream Identifiers in a Multi-encryption Transport System ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Neil B. Buchen, Sugar Hill, Ga., and Thomas C. Wilson, Duluth, Ga., have developed a patent (7,983,417) for a "system and method for dynamically allocating stream identifiers in a multi-encryption transport system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is suitable for use in a multi-encrypted system that dynamically allocates stream identifiers in a secondary overlay stream depending upon the identifiers in a primary encrypted stream. The primary encrypted input stream is monitored to determine the presence of all identifier values. Once the identifier values are determined, the values are stored in an allocation table and marked as `in-use` to ensure that these identifier values are not allocated to any of the secondary overlay streams. The primary encrypted stream is monitored and the allocation table is updated continuously to detect any changes or conflicts to the identifier values, and the secondary overlay streams are dynamically updated accordingly." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2006 (11/383,375). 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=79,83,417.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,417&RS=PN/79,83,417 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Calls ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,408) developed by James C. Bedingfield Sr., Lilburn, Ga., and Robert A. Koch, Norcross, Ga., for "methods, systems, and products for processing calls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing calls. An alias is associated to a called party's destination number. When the alias is then dialed for a call, the call is routed to the destination number. Exemplary embodiments thus enable a user to make calls without having to dial a long string of numbers. The user, instead, may simply select and dial an easy-to-remember alias associated with the called party." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2008 (12/238,470). 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=79,83,408.PN.&OS=PN/79,83,408&RS=PN/79,83,408 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,655) developed by Mustafa Anwar Kazmi, Atlanta, for a "conditional call treatment for prepaid calls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for processing a prepaid call in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. A default call processing parameter for processing a call can control the processing of the call when communications between the Mobile Switching Center and the Service Control Point fails. The value of the default call processing parameter can be set to permit the call to continue or to be terminated in accordance with a characteristic associated with the call, such as a characteristic of the dialed telephone number or a nature of address in the case of an outgoing call or a location of the terminating mobile subscriber in the case of an incoming call." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2007 (11/765,655). 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=79,83,655&OS=79,83,655&RS=79,83,655 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Emergency Call Notification for Network Services ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Mobility, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,652) developed by John Hursey, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Steven Carlson, Atlanta, for an "emergency call notification for network services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Enhanced services, such as call restriction, call forwarding, anonymous call rejection, and proprietary services, may interfere with an emergency callback potentially preventing the callback from reaching the intended destination. Systems and methods for processing emergency calls to eliminate emergency callback failure in response to an emergency call being disconnected are provided herein." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2008 (11/972,409). 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=79,83,652&OS=79,83,652&RS=79,83,652 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Smiths Medical ASD Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Smiths Medical ASD, Rockland, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,983,542) developed by Cary E. McGhin, Sugar Hill, Ga., and Jerry F. Wasinger, Norcross, Ga., for a "PID coefficient adjustment for respiratory heater closed loop control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A heater system is provided for a respiratory system having a PID feedback control in which the coefficients are adjusted, such as in a warm-up process, to correspond to a likely flow rate of gas through a chamber of heated water based on the difference between heat input and heat output in relation to a temperature set point without the need to directly monitor flow rate or humidity level. A steady-state adjustment of the coefficients based on the behavior of the measured temperature in relation to the set point is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2007 (11/927,013). 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=7,983,542.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,542&RS=PN/7,983,542 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Accenture Global Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Accenture Global Services, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (7,983,973) developed by John J. Ballow, Eatons Neck, N.Y., Brian F. McCarthy, Atlanta, and Anthony J. Relvas, Ladera Ranch, Calif., for future value analytics. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for assessing the performance of a company is provided. The method may include receiving financial data about the company and determining a future value of the company. Next, the future value is decomposed into a plurality of future value components, where the plurality of future value components includes an economy component that defines an implied amount of growth of the company attributable to the growth of the economy in general. Finally, the method may include displaying at least one of the future value components to advise a user of the performance of the company relative to the economy in general." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2010 (12/719,677). 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=7,983,973&OS=7,983,973&RS=7,983,973 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Kabbage Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Kabbage, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,951) developed by Robert James Frohwein, Atlanta, and Kathryn Tison Petralia, Atlanta, for an "apparatus to provide liquid funds in the online auction and marketplace environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a lending system for use with electronic commerce web sites such as auction sites. A seller may receive a cash loan for items placed for sale but not yet purchased by a buyer. The seller can be required to pay back the loan after a predetermined amount of time or as soon as the item for sale is sold and payment is received from the buyer. The lender would charge interest or commission for the loan. In this manner, sellers can receive cash for items listed on auction sites before those items are actually sold, generating additional cash flow for the seller." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2009 (12/436,642). 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=7,983,951&OS=7,983,951&RS=7,983,951 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Georgia Inventor Develops Patent for Apparatus and Method for Treating Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Tachycardia ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- Richard B. Ruse, Atlanta, has developed a patent (7,983,748) for an "apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardia." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and device for treating an electrical problem in an organ, especially a heart, of a human or animal patient comprises atraumatically blocking the transmission of one or more electrical signals external to the organ. Nerve cell membranes near a cathode are depolarized while nerve cell membranes near an anode are hyperpolarized, inducing a DC conduction block. The method and device are especially suitable for treating atrial tachycardia where unwanted signals from at least one pulmonary vein and/or at least one fat pad are blocked within the construct of the heart." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/393,899). 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=7,983,748.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,748&RS=PN/7,983,748 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,983,675) developed by Daryl Robert Gazzard, Alpharetta, Ga., for a "system and method for providing intelligent cell reselection for delay sensitive data applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data application. The cell reselection controller selectively inhibits cell reselection in order to meet requirements of the delay-sensitive data application. By intelligently controlling cell reselection, delay sensitive data may be received in a more reliable fashion, thereby increasing performance of the data application." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2010 (12/704,006). 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=7,983,675&OS=7,983,675&RS=7,983,675 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- AT&T Mobility, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,983,707) developed by Stephen T. Hardin, Suwanee, Ga., for a "system and method for mobile PTT communication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A push-to-talk communications device (PCD) provides improved push-to-talk (PTT) communications. The PCD may include a PTT activator and a PTT module having a buffer and communications logic for providing full duplex PTT communications. In a Point-to-Point PTT mode of operation, PTT communications are performed between two PCDs with the PCDs exercising floor control. After the establishment of communications between the PCDs, the PCDs may enter a PTT talk mode wherein messages are transmitted between the PCDs in real time when a PTT activator is engaged. A PCD may also enter a group PTT mode wherein a PTT server exercises floor control between an initiating PCD and multiple target PCDs." The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/776,458). 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=7,983,707.PN.&OS=PN/7,983,707&RS=PN/7,983,707 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Device and Method for Determining Wind Conditions Using Multiple Wind Resource Grids ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,983,844) developed by Kelsey Elizabeth Beach, Atlanta, Karsten Hilt, Munster, Germany, and Vinicius Ubarana, Simpsonville, S.C., for a "device and method for determining wind conditions using multiple wind resource grids." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for determining wind conditions within a geographic area based on a plurality of input wind resource grids. The input wind resource grids include input points associated with a geographic position and a wind condition. An output wind resource grid having a plurality of output points is defined. Each output point is associated with a geographic position within the geographic area. For each output point in the output wind resource grid, a wind condition is calculated based at least in part on wind conditions associated with at least some of the input points. A wind condition associated with an input point may be weighted based on the proximity of the output point to a meteorological instrument associated with the input point." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/642,316). 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=7983844.PN.&OS=PN/7983844&RS=PN/7983844 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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