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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (Aug. 5)
[August 05, 2011]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (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 Virginia.

*** Virginia, Maryland Inventors Develop Patent for Method and System for Tracking a Vehicle ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Trevor A. Fischbach, Martinsville, N.J., P. Sean Sawyer, Virginia Beach, Va., and Amanda D. McCall, Virginia Beach, Va., have developed a patent (7,990,265) for a "method and system for tracking a vehicle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for tracking a fleeing vehicle, using optional remote sensing to identify a payload contained in the vehicle or asset, and an optional device disabling the fleeing vehicle via disrupting the vehicle's onboard computer or electrical system. The system includes a tracking device or carrier containing tracking components, sensing equipment, and the vehicle disabling device. A launcher of the tracking device may be handheld or vehicle mounted, and may use high pressure gas or another propellant to launch the projectile at a fleeing vehicle. The electronics package may include tracking hardware, sensing hardware, and the vehicle disabling hardware. Once launched and affixed to the suspect vehicle or stationary target, the vehicle's location can be tracked while sensors detecting any trace elements of explosives, IED (Improvised Explosive Device) materials, WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), biochemical materials, drugs, or any form of contraband can be monitored from a safe distance. In the case of a vehicle or moving target, the vehicle may then be disabled from a safe distance if sensors detect any abnormality in the targeted vehicle's payload." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2008 (12/287,124). 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=79,90,265.PN.&OS=PN/79,90,265&RS=PN/79,90,265 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.



*** VimetX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- VimetX, Scotts Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,986,688) developed by Victor Larson, Fairfax, Va., for a "third party VPN certification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device. A reply is received at the first VPN device from the second VPN device that includes a second signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device. The VPN is established between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2006 (11/532,002). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,86,688.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,688&RS=PN/79,86,688 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Noblis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Noblis, Falls Church, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,986,617) developed by Joseph Edward Knepley Jr., Falls Church, Va., and David Anthony Garbin, Reston, Va., for a "system and method for providing network resiliency." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is directed toward an automated system and process to provide resiliency to a network infrastructure where traditional established methods tend to fail. The system analyzes the underlying physical characteristics of the network topology to identify physically diverse backup routing paths among nodes in the network. The system takes as input the number of diverse paths desired and a characteristic(s) used to choose the most desirable paths, such as delay, flow, or cost. The invention searches for multiple solutions for the selected number of diverse paths within the network." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2009 (12/547,580). 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=79,86,617.PN.&OS=PN/79,86,617&RS=PN/79,86,617 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.


*** API Cryptek Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- API Cryptek, Sterling, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,990,884) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for traversing metadata across multiple network domains at various layers of the protocol stack." The co-inventors are David Gross, Saddle River, N.J., Timothy C. Williams, Sterling, Va., Robert Babiskin, Rockville, Md., and Randall E. Breeden, Gaithersburg, Md.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An inter-networking system and method that provides for access control identifier (ACI) metadata utilization for the life of a session even on unknown networks being traversed, allowing for ACI metadata utilization, reutilization, and modification in both the send and receive paths (bi-directional), and allowing for metadata transport over network segments requiring that ACIs be embedded at different layers of the communications stack." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2009 (12/458,465). 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=7,990,884&OS=7,990,884&RS=7,990,884 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** APM Terminals North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- APM Terminals North America, Portsmouth, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,987,017) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and process for improving container flow in a port facility." The co-inventors are Guy Allen Buzzoni, Portsmouth, Va., Richard L. Hudson, Mount Pleasant, S.C., Edward McCarthy, Chesapeake, Va., and Peter Giugliano, Suffolk, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and process for improving container flow within a port facility, including improved equipment and software for controlling operation and flow of the equipment in the part facility. The system may include a port facility geographically arranged to separate land operations and water operations. Land operations such as over-the-road missions and rail missions may use landside access areas positioned at one end of a yard including rows of container stacks. Water missions such as loading/discharging a vessel may use waterside access areas positioned at the opposite end of the yard. Automated cranes linked with a terminal operating system may pick/drop/shuffle containers and/or refrigerated containers ("reefers") within the container stacks. Shuttle trucks may be used to pick/drop containers at quayside access points and the waterside access areas. The shuttle trucks may utilize shared wheelpaths. Software systems may be used to implement various principles of the invention." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2006 (11/359,438). 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=7,987,017&OS=7,987,017&RS=7,987,017 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and System for Telephone Wait User Interface Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,986,776) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for telephone wait user interface selection." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Carl Phillip Gusler, Austin, Texas, Timothy Moffett Waters, Richmond, Va., and Harry Schatz, McLean, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In the method of the present invention, a customer of a service provider would be placed in hold while waiting to speak to a customer service representative. The method and system of the invention would recognize the telephone number of the caller using a "caller ID" system. If this call is the first time the caller has ever called, the caller would be presented with an audible listing of listening choices that would include but not be limited to the latest news, the weather (of the caller's location), financial headlines, or a selection of music stations (via cable radio, for example). The caller would then speak or type his/her preference into the keypad and the selection would be played. If the caller does not like the selection, the caller can then speak another selection or type the new selection as many times as the caller prefers. The caller selection is recorded in a caller preference database. Finally, when the same customer calls one or more additional times, the system would retain the caller's number and preferred listening selection, based on caller ID value. The listening selection would automatically be played on subsequent calls." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2008 (12/135,325). 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=7,986,776.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,776&RS=PN/7,986,776 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intellectual Ventures Fund 30 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Intellectual Ventures Fund 30, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (7,986,770) developed by Elliott D. Light, Rockville, Md., and Jon L. Roberts, Great Falls, Va., for a "method and apparatus for obtaining telephone status over a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for monitoring the state of a structure over a network. The system and method provides for providing the status of a monitoring device to a status file. The status file is accessible over the Internet by computer so that a party can first determine the status of the device. The system operates over normal PSTN's, over cable systems, over wireless networks and over the Internet." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/031,989). 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=7,986,770.PN.&OS=PN/7,986,770&RS=PN/7,986,770 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,986,938) developed by Patrick Meenan, Gainesville, Va., and David Clyde Chiles, Mitchellville, Md., for a configuring wireless devices.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided for the configuration of a home-networking system. Home-networking configuration information may be stored on a host system in a manner accessible to the home-networking system and migrated to a home-networking gateway or router that has not yet been configured. Wireless configuration information may be stored on a home-networking gateway or router and used to configure one or more wireless access points through the use of a physical connection, such as a wired communications pathway. One or more wireless home-networking devices may be configured based on wireless configuration information stored in a central repository on a host system or a home-networking system. The wireless configuration information may be accessible only through the use of a security code." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/639,259). 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=7986938.PN.&OS=PN/7986938&RS=PN/7986938 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Bill Police Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Bill Police, Richmond, Va., has been assigned a patent (7,986,936) developed by Kae Kimberly Zulager, Richmond, Va., and Ronald Vaiden Carpenter, Richmond, Va., for a "method for managing wireless telecommunication bills." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method manages wireless telecommunication bills for end user subscribers. The method includes complete bill management for the wireless subscribers including, for example, establishing a baseline report, receiving and analyzing a subscriber bill, and requesting and posting credits from wireless telecommunication providers. The method includes the creation of the baseline report in order to manage common billing components across all wireless carriers and carrier plans." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2009 (12/360,281). 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=7986936.PN.&OS=PN/7986936&RS=PN/7986936 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Spawning Projected Avatars in a Virtual Universe ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,990,387) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for spawning projected avatars in a virtual universe." The co-inventors are Rick Allen Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C., Clifford Alan Pickover, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus to project a projected avatar associated with an avatar in a virtual universe. A computer receives a command to project the avatar, the command having a projection point. The computer transmits a request to place a projected avatar at the projection point to a virtual universe host. The computer renders a tab associated with the projected avatar." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/839,884). 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=7,990,387.PN.&OS=PN/7,990,387&RS=PN/7,990,387 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Ovonyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- Ovonyx, Troy, Mich., has been assigned a patent (7,990,761) developed by eight co-inventors for an "immunity of phase change material to disturb in the amorphous phase." The co-inventors are George Gordon, San Jose, Calif., Semyon D. Savransky, Newark, Calif., Ward Parkinson, Boise, Idaho, Sergey A. Kostylev, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., James Reed, Rochester Hills, Mich., Tyler Lowrey, West Augusta, Va., Ilya V. Karpov, Santa Clara, Calif., and Gianpaolo Spadini, Campbell, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disturb from the reset to the set state may be reduced by creating an amorphous phase that is substantially free of crystal nuclei when programming the reset state in a phase change memory. In some embodiments, this can be achieved by using a current or a voltage to program that exceeds the threshold voltage of the phase change memory element, but does not exceed a safe current voltage which would cause a disturb." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/080,001). 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=7990761.PN.&OS=PN/7990761&RS=PN/7990761 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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