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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (Aug. 5)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Georgia. *** Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Erlanger, Ky., has been assigned a patent (7,990,237) developed by Alexandros Margomenos, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Amin Rida, Atlanta, for a "system and method for improving performance of coplanar waveguide bends at mm-wave frequencies." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus including a liquid crystal polymer substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a coplanar waveguide formed on the top surface of the liquid crystal polymer substrate, the coplanar waveguide having a 90 degree bend with a mitered edge, an inner via positioned adjacent to an inner corner of the 90 degree bend, and an outer via positioned adjacent to the mitered edge of the 90 degree bend, the inner and outer vias positioned along a first plane that is perpendicular to a second plane defined by the mitered edge." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2009 (12/355,526). 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=79,90,237.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,237&RS=PN/79,90,237 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ARRIS Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- ARRIS Group, Suwanee, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,990,951) developed by Allen Walston, Atlanta, and Carol Ansley, Alpharetta, Ga., for a "method and system for fast channel change in a communication device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An association table associates each program stream of a plurality of program streams with a MAC domain, with a channel frequency and with a multicast address. If a subscriber device selects a content program different from a current program, a determination is made whether the new program is serviced by a different MAC domain than the one serving the current program. If the selected new program is not serviced by the same domain that is serving the current program stream(s), the current MAC domain is informed that the subscriber device is ending the session therewith, the new frequency is tuned by the subscriber device and new content is received immediately after the new frequency is tuned. The subscriber device registers with the new MAC domain after receipt of new content has begun." The patent application was filed on Oct. 11, 2006 (11/546,451). 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=7,990,951&OS=7,990,951&RS=7,990,951 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Twitchel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Robert W. Twitchel Jr., Cumming, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,990,947) developed by Robert W. Twitchel Jr., and Delia J. Smith, Morris Township, N.J. for a network watermark. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end node; verifying the network communications path of nodes, by the first end node, before communicating by the first end node information intended for receipt by the second end node; and once the network communications path of nodes is verified by the first end node, communicating by the first end node, via the verified communications path of nodes, the information intended for receipt by the second end node; wherein the network watermark represents the verifiable network communications path of nodes." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2009 (12/473,266). 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=7,990,947&OS=7,990,947&RS=7,990,947 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method for Upstream Priority Lookup at Physical Interface Within a Wireless Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,990,952) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for upstream priority lookup at physical interface within a wireless device." The co-inventors are Lisa V. Denney, Suwanee, Ga., Gale Shallow, Alpharetta, Ga., Niki Pantelias, Duluth, Ga., and John Horton, Alpharetta, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A traffic prioritization system and method performs a coarse classification of upstream bursts at the physical interface of a wireless communications device. The wireless device monitors and controls communications with a plurality of remote wireless communications devices throughout a widely distributed network, including the Internet. The traffic prioritization system includes a burst receiver that receives and sends the upstream bursts to a classifier. At an appropriate time, the classifier receives the upstream bursts and queries a priority lookup table (LUT) to determine a priority classification. The priority classification is used to separate the bursts into two or more priority levels. The higher priority level is used to designate services having a low tolerance for delay, such as telephony. Upon classification, the upstream bursts are forwarded to one of several priority queues. Each priority queue corresponds to at least one priority level. The headend device services each priority queue such that the higher priority queues are serviced before the lower priority queues." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2007 (11/889,937). 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=7,990,952&OS=7,990,952&RS=7,990,952 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ruse Technologies, UAB Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Ruse Technologies, Atlanta, and UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, Ala., have been assigned a patent (7,986,992) developed by six co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardia." The co-inventors are Raymond E. Ideker, Birmingham, Ala., Derek J. Dosdall, Birmingham, Ala., James P. Ruse, Clermont, Fla., Greg Ruse legal, Clermont, Fla., Richard B. Ruse, Atlanta, and Scott J. Bohanan, Duluth, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for treating atrial fibrillation or atrial tachycardia comprises means for dynamically steering or selecting two or more current vector paths sequentially or simultaneously for defibrillation to change the transmembrane potential in the left and right atria sufficiently to halt AF or AT. The apparatus is useful to treat AF or AT in patients." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,275). 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=7,986,992&OS=7,986,992&RS=7,986,992 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Enablence USA FTTx Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Enablence USA FTTx Networks, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (7,986,880) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for providing a return path for signals generated by legacy terminals in an optical network." The co-inventors are James O. Farmer, Cumming, Ga., Deven J. Anthony, Tampa, Fla., Stephen A. Thomas, Marietta, Ga., and Patrick W. Quinn, Lafayette, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A return path system includes inserting RF packets between regular upstream data packets, where the data packets are generated by communication devices such as a computer or internet telephone. The RF packets can be derived from analog RF signals that are produced by legacy video service terminals. In this way, the present invention can provide an RF return path for legacy terminals that shares a return path for regular data packets in an optical network architecture." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2008 (12/287,720). 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=7,986,880.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,880&RS=PN/7,986,880 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Saving Information from Information Retrieval Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,986,772) developed by Jerry Liu, Atlanta, and William A. Hartselle, Norcross, Ga., for "saving information from information retrieval systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for allowing a calling party to save information obtained from an information retrieval system. The caller may select options to save the information to a memory location, e.g., the caller's own network-based voice mail system or a temporary voice mailbox provided for the caller by the information provider, from which the caller can subsequently retrieve and review the information. The information may be saved to an Internet-based website from which the caller may subsequently retrieve the information. The information may be forwarded to a separate telephone directory number for receipt by a third person or for storing on a remote voice mail system. Additionally, the information may be electronically mailed to the caller's electronic mail address for subsequent retrieval. Discussions with a live attendant may be recorded and stored, as audio files or as converted to text, for access by or delivery to the caller." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (12/619,235). 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=7,986,772.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,772&RS=PN/7,986,772 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterMetro Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- InterMetro Industries, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has been assigned a patent (7,990,691) developed by six co-inventors for a mobile computer workstation. The co-inventors are Richard A. Clark, Atlanta, Michael R. Jacobs, Las Vegas, Steven B. Flemig, Woodstock, Ga., Fouad Geries Abu-Akel, Duluth, Ga., Darin Janoschka, Roswell, Ga., and Keith Washington, Alpharetta, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile workstation for use with a computer network. The mobile workstation may include a medical monitoring device, a radio transceiver in communication with the medical monitoring device operable for receiving and sending data to the computer network, a display screen, and a wheeled chassis for mounting the medical monitoring device, the radio transceiver and the display screen." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/852,097). 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=79,90,691.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,691&RS=PN/79,90,691 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,990,317) developed by Richard Davis, Seattle, and Stalin Albanes, Atlanta, for a "signal path delay determination." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Propagation time for a target signal path is determined by detecting and processing a plurality of unknown signals received at two locations. A third location is established, such that the propagation time between the third location and one of the two locations is known, and the signal path between the third location and the other of the two locations is the target signal path. The two locations are monitored for any signals that may be detected. Signals received at the two locations are processed to determine which signals have a common source, and of the signals having a common source, the signal having the greatest delay between times of reception at the two locations is selected. The selected signal is used to determine the propagation time between the two locations." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/641,513). 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=7,990,317.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,317&RS=PN/7,990,317 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,986,914) developed by Coulter C. Henry Jr., Marietta, Ga., and Daryl Gazzard, Alpharetta, Ga., for a "vehicle-based message control using cellular IP." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Architecture for playing back personal text-based messages such as email and voicemail over a vehicle-based media system. The user can use a cell phone that registers over a cellular network to an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) to obtain an associated IP address. The personal messages are then converted into audio signals using a remote text-to-voice (TTV) converter and transmitted to the phone based on the IP address. The phone then transmits the audio signals to the vehicle media system for playback using an unlicensed wireless technology (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.). Other alternative embodiments include transmitting converted message directly to the media system, via a satellite channel, converting the messages via a TTV converter on the cell phone, and streaming the converted messages to the phone and/or the media system for playback." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2007 (11/757,170). 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=7986914.PN.&OS=PN/7986914&RS=PN/7986914 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,290) developed by Ashish Jagmohan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Demijan Klinc, Atlanta, for an "efficient rateless distributed compression of non-binary sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for rateless compression of non-binary sources. In one embodiment, the method comprises representing a sequence of non-binary source symbols as a sequence of sets of binary values; selecting a code for compressing the sets of binary values; determining a puncturing pattern, based on the selected code; and puncturing the sets of binary values, in patterns based on the puncturing pattern, to form a sequence of unpunctured values. A sequence of computed syndromes is determined based on the sequence of non-binary source symbols; and the sequence of unpunctured values and the sequence of computed syndromes are combined to form an output stream of data representing said sequence of non-binary source symbols. In one embodiment, none of the sets of binary values is punctured completely, and, for example, each of the sets of binary values may be punctured only partially." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2010 (12/699,592). 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=7,990,290.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,290&RS=PN/7,990,290 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Multi-directional Receiving Antenna Array ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (7,990,332) developed by Steven N. Tischer, Atlanta, for a "multi-directional receiving antenna array." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for providing multi-directional receiving antenna arrays are described herein. The techniques may include selecting a location for an antenna array, generating a guide for one or more station signals for the location, including a station frequency and a station transmitter location, and generating an antenna array configuration from the guide. The techniques may further include attaching the antennas to the antenna array based on the antenna array configuration." The patent application was filed on May 16, 2007 (11/749,373). 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=7,990,332.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,332&RS=PN/7,990,332 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1056662 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |