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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Aug. 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** BMC Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- BMC Software, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,996,515) developed by Theodore Russell Ernst, Missouri City, Texas, for a network transaction discovery. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a computer implemented technique for discovering the information technology resources that are involved in a particular networked business transaction. The system comprises three basic components. A robotic transaction playback client records the various steps in a particular transaction and can repetitively execute these steps to analyze the results. A network record collector observes the traffic throughout the network in response to the repeated instances of the transaction executed by the robotic transaction playback client. A backend processor analyzes the observations of network traffic to determine which ones are possibly tied to the transaction, and from this information determine which network components are part of the transaction being analyzed. Event timing information from a plurality of executions of a particular transaction are used to determine resource usage and paths." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2005 (11/153,303). 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=7,996,515.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,515&RS=PN/7,996,515 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Handling Duplicate or Invalid Node Controller Ids in a Distributed Service Processor Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,996,497) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of handling duplicate or invalid node controller IDs in a distributed service processor environment." The co-inventors are Michael John Jones, Cedar Park, Texas, Ajay Kumar Mahajan, Austin, Texas, Rashmi Narasimhan, Roundrock, Texas, and Atit D. Patel, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for enabling a Node Controller (NC), which claims a duplicate or invalid service processor Node Controller Identification (NCID) in a distributed service processor system, to be integrated into the system includes reading an NCID by the NC after the NC is booted, saving the NCID into a non-volatile storage and broadcasting an NC Present Message (NPM) to a System Controller (SC) repeatedly until the SC initiates communication, updating the NCID for the NC in the non-volatile storage when the NC receives an NCID change message from the SC and rating any future NPM as a new NCID, and checking a record of a new NC when the SC receives the NPM from the NC. If the SC has a record of a recorded NC with the same NCID as the new NC, then the SC checks its role as a primary SC. If the SC does not have the record of the recorded NC with the same NCID as the new NC, then the SC checks validity of the NCID." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2008 (12/164,318). 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=7,996,497.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,497&RS=PN/7,996,497 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (7,996,503) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing access to digital content via digital rights policies." The co-inventors are Paul F. Van Vleck, Austin, Texas, Dinesh Nadarajah, Austin, Texas, David Patron, Cedar Park, Texas, and Michael F. Grannan, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dynamic repository (either storing digital data content or pointers to stored digital data content) works in conjunction with a plurality of interfaces to manage digital content and digital rights policies associated with one or more users. Digital rights policies are unique to each user and such policies define access to digital content in the repository. The user's digital rights policy indicates the level of access a user has to digital content in the repository (e.g., the policy could indicate that the user has authorized access to a particular file for a period of seven days). The interfaces linked with the content repository are used to access and manipulate the digital data content (based upon each user's digital rights policy) and the digital rights policies stored in the content repository. The interfaces include: (a) one or more authentication interfaces for authenticating users, (b) one or more digital rights management (DRM) interfaces allowing users to add, delete, or edit the digital rights policies, (c) one or more data access interfaces allowing users to selectively access digital data content as defined by their individual digital rights policy, (d) one or more browsing interfaces allowing users to selectively browse said digital data content, or a (e) one or more content manipulation interfaces allowing said users to add, delete, or edit said digital data content." The patent application was filed on July 10, 2002 (10/191,624). 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=7,996,503.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,503&RS=PN/7,996,503 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TECO-Westinghouse Motor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- TECO-Westinghouse Motor, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,994,679) developed by Di Wu, Round Rock, Texas, for a "small air gap air core stator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Stator for use in an electrical machine. A non-magnetic support frame section and a non-magnetic axial coil support are used to provide an air gap stator configuration. The present stators provide an air gap winding configuration that facilitates the fixing of stator coils in the air gap. The stator coils are located near the surface of the magnetic back iron and are separated from adjacent coils by non-magnetic structure." The patent application was filed on Feb. 4, 2009 (12/365,607). 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=7,994,679.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,679&RS=PN/7,994,679 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,995,144) developed by Steven D. Clynes, Allen, Texas, and Liming Xiu, Plano, Texas, for an "optimized phase alignment in analog-to-digital conversion of video signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital video system (2) is disclosed, in which an analog input video signal is sampled at an optimum sample phase (P.sub.nc), and converted to a digital datastream for display. A phase-locked loop (12) generates a plurality of sample clock phases. One of the sample clock phases (P.sub.nc) is applied to an analog-to-digital converter (10), which digitizes the analog input video signal accordingly. Phase alignment circuitry (20) is provided that includes three sample-and-hold circuits (22b, 22c, 22a) that sample the analog input video signal, in parallel with the analog-to-digital converter (10), at times before, at, and after the current sample clock phase used by the analog-to-digital converter (10). The earlier and later sampled voltages are compared against the current sampled voltages to generate difference voltages that are each compared against a threshold voltage (V.sub.thr). The numbers of times that the difference voltages exceed the threshold voltage over a field or frame is analyzed according to various techniques, to determine whether and in which direction to adjust the position of the current sample clock phase within the pixel period." The patent application was filed on Feb. 12, 2007 (11/674,029). 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=7,995,144&OS=7,995,144&RS=7,995,144 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,995,143) developed by Gregory L. Christison, McKinney, Texas, Fred S. Stivers, Wylie, Texas, and Felix C. Fernandes, Plano, Texas, for a "wireless video link synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and apparatus for synchronizing wireless video data. The method involves first synchronizing the pixel clock of a video output device with the pixel clock of a video input device. This is accomplished by latching video counters in the input and output devices (creating a transmit and receive timestamp) for each wireless video data packet and adjusting the pixel clock frequency of the output device according to differences between these timestamps. Once the pixel clocks are synchronized, video frames from the video output device are synchronized with video frames from video input device such that only a fraction of a video frame is buffered at any time. The video frames are synchronized by offsetting the data stream from the video input device N lines ahead of the data stream from the video output device, wherein N is less than the total number of lines in a single video frame." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2006 (11/353,291). 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=7,995,143&OS=7,995,143&RS=7,995,143 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tracer Detection Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Tracer Detection Technology, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,995,196) developed by Jay Fraser, San Antonio, for an "authentication method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2009 (12/427,399). 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=7,995,196&OS=7,995,196&RS=7,995,196 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Landmark Graphics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Landmark Graphics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,995,057) developed by Christopher J Chuter, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for real-time co-rendering of multiple attributes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for enhancing the combined image of multiple attributes without comprising the image of either attribute. The combined image of the multiple attributes is enhanced for analyzing a predetermined property revealed by the attributes. The combined image can be interactively manipulated to display each attribute relative to an imaginary light source or highlighted using a specular component. The systems and methods are best described as particularly useful for analytical, diagnostic and interpretive purposes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/568,382). 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=7,995,057&OS=7,995,057&RS=7,995,057 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lineage Power Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Lineage Power, Mesquite, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,994,653) developed by Keith Gibson, Richardson, Texas, Roy Davis, Rowlett, Texas, and Michael Steeves, Garland, Texas, for a "pluggable power management module for a power distribution panel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One aspect provides a pluggable power management module, comprising a module housing having input and output pluggable connectors extending therefrom configured to be couplable to a corresponding input and output terminals of a conventional, generic distribution panel, a controller interface located on or within the module housing and couplable to a controller, and a sensor located within the module housing and coupled to the controller interface and configured to produce a signal to the controller, that determines that a minimum or maximum threshold voltage or current of a source/load coupled to the pluggable power management module has been reached based on the signal." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2009 (12/406,687). 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=7,994,653.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,653&RS=PN/7,994,653 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cirrus Logic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Cirrus Logic, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,994,863) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic system having common mode voltage range enhancement." The co-inventors are Edmund M. Schneider, Austin, Texas, Murari L. Kejariwal, Austin, Texas, Stephen T. Hodapp, Austin, Texas, and John L. Melanson, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic system generates at least one floating supply voltage, wherein during operation of the circuit the floating supply voltage tracks a common mode voltage of first and second differential input signals. By tracking the common mode voltage, in at least one embodiment, the floating supply voltage adjusts as the common mode voltage changes. Thus, the floating supply voltages can be based upon the peak-to-peak values of the first and second output signals without factoring in the common mode voltage. In at least one embodiment, the electronic system provides the floating supply voltages to an amplifier. The amplifier amplifies the first and second differential input signals and generates differential output signals. A differential sampling circuit samples the differential output signals to cancel the common mode voltage from the differential output signals. In at least one embodiment, an analog-to-digital converter converts the sampled differential output signals into a digital output signal." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,155). 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=7994863.PN.&OS=PN/7994863&RS=PN/7994863 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** GMR Research & Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- GMR Research & Technology, Concord, Mass., has been assigned a patent (7,994,959) developed by Gil M. Raz, Concord, Mass., Jeffrey H. Jackson, Arlington, Mass., and Jarvis D. Haupt, Houston, for a "system and method of signal sensing, sampling and processing through the exploitation of channel mismatch effects." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for sensing, sampling and processing an input signal includes an encoding subsystem for sensing and sampling the input signal into a plurality of distinct data paths using a sub-Nyquist sampling rate. The system architecture is designed to induce encoded variations between the plurality of data paths, such as channel differences in amplitude or phase. The system additionally includes a decoding subsystem for reconstructing the encoded signal back to its original bandwidth. Preferably, the decoding subsystem exploits mismatch effects between the plurality of data paths as a form of signal diversity to resolve ambiguities introduced from sub-Nyquist signal sampling during signal reconstruction." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2009 (12/587,560). 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=7,994,959&OS=7,994,959&RS=7,994,959 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,994,947) developed by Robert Charles Ledzius, Round Rock, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for generating a target frequency having an over-sampled data rate using a system clock having a different frequency." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for generating a target frequency having an over-sampled data rate using a system clock having a different frequency are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the circuit includes, a digital phase locked loop coupled to the system clock. The digital phase locked loop including an oscillator output and an oscillator input. The circuit further comprises an extra pulse eliminator coupled to the oscillator output. The extra pulse eliminator includes an extra pulse eliminator output. One or more frequency dividers may be coupled to an extra pulse eliminator output." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2009 (12/479,529). 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=7,994,947&OS=7,994,947&RS=7,994,947 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Directing a Movement of Visitors in an Event Venue for Maximizing Revenue ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,994,910) developed by Patrick Joseph Brooks, Toronto, Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Texas, and David Bruce Kumhyr, Austin, Texas, for "directing a movement of visitors in an event venue for maximizing revenue." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for directing a movement of visitors in an event venue. In one embodiment, the process generates a visitor profile for each visitor at an event venue. The visitor profile may include, without limitation, a unique identifier and location data. The location data is collected from a set of sensors distributed throughout the event venue. The process then monitors a capacity of visitors at each venue destination using the location data. In response to determining that the capacity of visitors at a first venue destination exceeds a threshold capacity for the first venue destination, the process selects a second venue destination for accommodating visitors of the first venue destination. The process selects the second venue destination based on selection criteria. The process then dispatches a venue employee to the first venue destination to direct one or more visitors at the first venue destination to the second venue destination." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2008 (12/331,893). 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=7,994,910&OS=7,994,910&RS=7,994,910 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Southwest Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (7,994,902) developed by Paul A. Avery, San Antonio, Joshua J. Curtis, San Antonio, and Reda Laurent Bouraoui, Versailles, France, for a "cooperative sensor-sharing vehicle traffic safety system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for using vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative communications for traffic collision avoidance. One vehicle detects a "situation", such as a pedestrian within the crosswalk, where an "offending object" is in or near a roadway feature, which could result in a collision. The detecting vehicle informs a second vehicle via wireless communications, of the detecting vehicle's GPS location, the GPS location of the detected object, and the GPS location of the roadway feature, i.e., a crosswalk boundary. Additional data about the "offending object" can include its speed and heading. A receiving vehicle receives this data and takes appropriate avoidance action." The patent application was filed on Feb.25, 2009 (12/392,753). 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=7,994,902&OS=7,994,902&RS=7,994,902 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Genband US Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Genband US, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (7,995,589) developed by four co-inventors for a "controlling voice communications over a data network." The co-inventors are Patrick N. Sollee, Richardson, Texas, David R. Creech, Carrollton, Texas, Gregory T. Osterhout, Coppell, Texas, and Christopher L. Jessen, McKinney, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus of communicating over a data network includes providing a user interface in a control system for call control and to display information relating to a call session. The control system communicates one or more control messages (e.g., Session Initiation Protocol or SIP messages) over the data network to establish a call session with a remote device in response to receipt of a request through the user interface. One or more commands are transmitted to a voice device associated with the control system to establish the call session between the voice device and the remote device over the data network. A Real-Time Protocol (RTP) link may be established between the voice device and the remote device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2005 (11/210,084). 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=7,995,589&OS=7,995,589&RS=7,995,589 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** UTC Fire & Security Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- UTC Fire & Security Americas, Bradenton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (7,995,652) developed by Richard G. Washington, Marble Falls, Texas, for "systems and methods for multi-stream image processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for the processing of images over bandwidth-limited transmission interfaces, such as processing of high resolution video images over standard analog video interfaces, using multi-stream and/or multi-resolution analog methodology. The disclosed systems and methods may also be implemented to provide video resolutions across standard analog video interfaces in a manner that supports digital capture and imaging techniques obtain useful information from digitally zoomed and enhanced video." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2004 (10/804,478). 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=7,995,652.PN.&OS=PN/7,995,652&RS=PN/7,995,652 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Methods and Arrangements to Model an Asynchronous Interface ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,995,619) developed by Yee Ja, Round Rock, Texas, and Bradley S. Nelson, Austin, Texas, for "methods and arrangements to model an asynchronous interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and arrangements to model an asynchronous interface are disclosed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to generate a skew pattern for a semi-static or time-constrained, asynchronous interface and employ the skew pattern in data transfers during a time interval in which the asynchronous interface. Embodiments may than alter the skew pattern in at the expiration of the time interval. In many embodiments, changes to the skew pattern may be substantially non-deterministic. In other embodiments, chances to the skew pattern may follow a heuristic or other dynamic or pre-determined pattern." The patent application was filed on March 28, 2008 (12/058,660). 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=7,995,619.PN.&OS=PN/7,995,619&RS=PN/7,995,619 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (7,995,640) developed by Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, France, David J. Hoyle, Sugar Land, Texas, and Eric Biscondi, Opio, France, for a dynamic interpolation location. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and method for optimizing interpolation in the despreader data-path of a wireless telecommunications network employing Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology. A base station dynamically evaluates its configuration to determine an interpolator location. The location of the interpolator in a despreader data-path is dynamically selected. A received signal is interpolated. The despread received signals are combined, and further processing is applied to the combined signal. To enhance system performance, the interpolator may, be located at least to perform chip-sample interpolation per antenna stream at chip rate, chip-sample interpolation per user at chip rate, or symbol-sample interpolation per user at sub-symbol rate." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/931,906). 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=7,995,640&OS=7,995,640&RS=7,995,640 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Message Communication Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,996,548) developed by eight co-inventors for a message communication techniques. The co-inventors are Steven King, Portland, Ore., Ram Huggahalli, Phoenix, Xia Zhu, Hillsboro, Ore., Mazhar Memon, Austin, Texas, Frank Berry, North Plains, Ore., Nitin Bhardwaj, Hillsboro, Ore., Amit Kumar, Hillsboro, Ore., and Theodore Willke II, Tacoma, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network protocol unit interface is described that uses a message engine to transfer contents of received network protocol units in message segments to a destination message engine. The network protocol unit interface uses a message engine to receive messages whose content is to be transmitted in network protocol units. A message engine transmits message segments to a destination message engine without the message engine transmitter and receiver sharing memory space. In addition, the transmitter message engine can transmit message segments to a receiver message engine by use of a virtual address associated with the receiver message and a queue identifier, as opposed to a memory address." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/319,099). 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=7,996,548.PN.&OS=PN/7,996,548&RS=PN/7,996,548 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Precoding Signaling in a MIMO Wireless Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (7,995,642) developed by Farooq Khan, Allen, Texas, for a "precoding signaling in a MIMO wireless communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing data transmission between a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes the steps of generating a feedback message at the receiver in response to data received from the transmitter, assigning an identifier for the feedback message, storing the feedback message in association with the identifier in the receiver, transmitting the feedback message and the identifier to the transmitter, determining, at the transmitter, transmission format for data to be transmitted to the receiver based on the feedback message received from the receiver; and transmitting data and a control message, by the transmitter, using the determined transmission format, with the control message comprising the identifier of the feedback message based on which the transmission format is determined." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/882,316). 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=7,995,642&OS=7,995,642&RS=7,995,642 Written by Arpi Sharma; 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. -1057459 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |