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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (Aug. 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,460) developed by four co-inventors for "providing a call waiting distinctive ringback feature in wireless networks." The co-inventors are Frances Mu-Fen Chin, Naperville, Ill., Mauro Dal Pan, Bloomingdale, N.J., Terry Jacobson, Deerfield, Ill., and Lei Lei Wang, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Wireless networks and methods provide call waiting distinctive ringback. A wireless network of the invention comprises a switching system and a subscriber database. The switching system receives a registration request from a mobile device of a subscriber, transmits a registration message to the subscriber database, and receives a response message from subscriber database that includes a call waiting distinctive ringback indicator for the subscriber. If the switching system receives a call attempt from a calling party directed to the mobile device of the subscriber that is busy, then the switching system processes the call waiting distinctive ringback indicator to determine the type of ringback to provide for the call attempt, either distinctive ringback or non-distinct ringback." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2006 (11/422,860). 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=80,00,460.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,460&RS=PN/80,00,460 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors Develop Patent for Method for Identifying Network Similarity by Matching Neighborhood Topology ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Bonnie Berger Leighton, Newtonville, Mass., and Rohit Singh, Jersey City, N.J., have developed a patent (8,000,262) for a "method for identifying network similarity by matching neighborhood topology." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of computing a measure of similarity between nodes of first and second networks is described. In particular, sets of pairwise scores are computed to find nodes in the individual networks that are good matches to one another. Thus, a pairwise score, referred to as R.sub.ij, is computed for a node i in the first network and a node j in the second network. Similar pairwise scores are computed for each of the nodes in each network. The goal of this process is to identify node pairs that exhibit high R.sub.ij values. According to the technique described herein, the intuition is that nodes i and j are a good match if their neighbors are a good match. This technique produces a measure of "network similarity." If node feature data also is available, the intuition may be expanded such that nodes i and j are considered a good match if their neighbors are a good match (network similarity) and their node features are a good match (node similarity). Node feature data typically is domain-specific. Using the similarity scores, a common subgraph between the first and second networks then can be computed." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2008 (12/105,815). 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=8,000,262.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,262&RS=PN/8,000,262 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Securus Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Securus Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,000,269) developed by Robert L. Rae, Plano, Texas, and Thomas R. Spadaro, Burlington, N.J., for a "call processing with voice over internet protocol transmission." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are systems and methods which provide call processing for a plurality of telephones at a site for which calling services are provided. Call control functionality is distributed to remote locations using data networks according to embodiments. The aforementioned data networks and/or separate data networks are used to carry call content using voice over Internet protocols (VoIP). Embodiments utilize VoIP to carry calls from a location at which calling services are provided to a centralized call processing platform providing call processing functionality, such as calling party identification, call validation, call routing, and connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). PSTN interfacing by a call processing platform may be provided as a VoIP connection to the PSTN and/or as POTS trunking. Call processing platforms may provide for data sharing, aggregation, and/or analysis across multiple facilities served." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2004 (10/800,473). 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=8,000,269.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,269&RS=PN/8,000,269 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,447) developed by Jani Petteri Reijonen, Princeton, N.J., and Frederic Gicquel, Pennington, N.J., for a "co-axial, high energy gamma generator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A gamma ray generator includes an ion source in a first chamber. A second chamber is configured co-axially around the first chamber at a lower second pressure. Co-axially arranged plasma apertures separate the two chambers and provide for restricted passage of ions and gas from the first to the second chamber. The second chamber is formed by a puller electrode having at least one long channel aperture to draw ions from the first chamber when the puller electrode is subject to an appropriate applied potential. A plurality of electrodes rings in the third chamber in third pressure co-axially surround the puller electrode and have at least one channel corresponding to the at least one puller electrode aperture and plasma aperture. The electrode rings increase the energy of the ions to a selected energy in stages in passing between successive pairs of the electrodes by application of an accelerating voltage to the successive pairs of accelerator electrodes. A target disposed co-axially around the plurality of electrodes receives the beam of accelerated ions, producing gamma rays." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2009 (12/512,424). 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=80,00,447.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,447&RS=PN/80,00,447 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** VBrick Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- VBrick Systems, Wallingford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,392) developed by Andrew Krupiczka, Middletown, Conn., and Sassan Pejhan, Princeton, N.J., for a "phase correlation based motion estimation in hybrid video compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Motion vectors for encoding a predicted frame relative to a reference frame are determined from a phase correlation of corresponding regions of the predicted frame and reference frame. Peaks in the phase correlation are identified, and the location of the peaks are used as candidate motion vectors. From this limited set of candidate motion vectors, the best motion vectors for predicting blocks within each region can be readily identified." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2005 (11/265,533). 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=80,00,392&OS=80,00,392&RS=80,00,392 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** STMicroelectronics, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Porton World International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- STMicroelectronics, Montrouge, France, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne Cedex, France, STMicroelectronics, Agrate Brianza, Italy, and Porton World International, Zaventem, Belgium, have been assigned a patent (8,000,467) developed by Reouven Elbaz, Princeton, N.J., Joan Daemen, Overpelt, Belgium, and Guido Bertoni, Carnate, Italy, for a "data parallelized encryption and integrity checking method and device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and device for encrypting and/or decrypting binary data blocks protecting both confidentiality and integrity of data sent to or received from a memory. The encryption method comprises steps of: applying to the input data block a reversible scrambling process, the scrambling process providing a scrambled data block in which the bits of the input data block are mixed so that a modification of one bit in the scrambled data block impacts on every bit of the input data block, and applying to the scrambled data block a stream cipher encryption algorithm providing an encrypted data block. Application can be made to secured integrated circuits requiring to securely store data in an external memory." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2007 (11/725,985). 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=80,00,467&OS=80,00,467&RS=80,00,467 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Furukawa Electric North America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Furukawa Electric North America, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,000,570) developed by David J. Digiovanni, Mountain Lakes, N.J., and Siddharth Ramachandran, Pittsburgh, for a "sequentially increasing effective area in higher-order mode (HOM) Signal Propagation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are multi-stage optical amplifiers that propagate higher-order mode (HOM) signals. One embodiment, among others, comprises a first segment of optical fiber in which a first HOM signal propagates, a second segment of optical fiber in which a second HOM signal propagates, and a mode converter that converts the first HOM signal into the second HOM signal." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2008 (12/523,348). 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=8,000,570.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,570&RS=PN/8,000,570 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** United States Golf Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Golf Association, Far Hills, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,517) developed by John Spitzer, Morrisville, Pa., Matthew Pringle, Bordentown, N.J., and James Hubbell, Basking Ridge, N.J., for a "test procedure for measuring the geometric features of a golf club face." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The test procedure for determining groove conformance employs a replicating compound to obtain a self-supporting mass with a negative image of the grooves of a club face. A thin test specimen strip is sliced from the mass and then scanned to form an electronic trace of the profile of the ribs. A negative image of the profile of the ribs is then obtained as a replica of the profile of the grooves and the grooves measured to determine conformance to USGA Rules. A protective covering may be placed on the self-supporting mass to insure the integrity of the ribs during slicing." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/454,317). 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=8,000,517.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,517&RS=PN/8,000,517 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Assigned Patent for Fast Detection of Left Ventricle and its Configuration in 2D/3D Echocardiogram Using Probabilistic Boosting Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Siemens, Iselin, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,497) developed by four co-inventors for a "fast detection of left ventricle and its configuration in 2D/3D echocardiogram using probabilistic boosting network." The co-inventors are Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, N.J., Jingdan Zhang, Plainsboro, N.J., Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, N.J., and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for detecting an object of interest in an input image includes the computer-implemented steps of: receiving an image, providing a multi-class pose classifier that identifies a plurality of pose features for estimating a pose of the object of interest, providing a plurality of cascades of serially-linked binary object feature classifiers, each cascade corresponding to different poses of the object of interest in the input image, selecting at least one of the cascades using the estimated pose, and employing the selected cascades to detect instances of the object of interest in the image." The patent application was filed on Oct. 16, 2007 (11/872,972). 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=8,000,497&OS=8,000,497&RS=8,000,497 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Key Handshaking Method and System for Wireless Local Area Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Samsung Electronics, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,000,478) developed by Marcus Wong, Green Brook, N.J., and Sergey Bezzateev, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, for a "key handshaking method and system for wireless local area networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A key handshake method in a wireless local area network (LAN) capable of performing authentication between two wirelessly connected stations by exchanging keys once is provided. Because the security key for authentication can be exchanged by one 4-way handshake between an authenticator and a supplicant in a wireless LAN, an authentication delay can be prevented." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2006 (11/438,284). 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=8,000,478&OS=8,000,478&RS=8,000,478 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,242) developed by Xin Wang, Parsippany, N.J., Yang Yang, Parsippany, N.J., and Lily H. Zhu, Parsippany, N.J., for a "reducing packet loss for a packet data service during congestion in a transport network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and an apparatus for reducing packet loss for a packet data service during congestion in a transport network are provided. The method comprises measuring a packet loss rate over a time period in one or more flows of data traffic packets associated with the packet data service to determine whether the one or more flows of data traffic packets are experiencing a variation in a desired traffic performance level at a particular time duration during the congestion in the time period. The method further comprises triggering a request to reduce a flow rate of at least one of the one or more flows of data traffic packets based on the packet loss rate if the at least one of the one or more flows of data traffic packets experiences the variation in the desired traffic performance level. By using a distributed transport congestion control, for example, only such Best Effort data traffic packet flows that generate bursty traffic at a specific moment of congestion sense the congestion and thus trigger an associated rate reduction action. However, other flows that do not experience the congestion may not be affected." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2006 (11/428,958). 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=8,000,242.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,242&RS=PN/8,000,242 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Random Access Channel Message Format for an Extended Range Wireless Communication System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,306) developed by five co-inventors for a "random access channel message format for an extended range wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Fang-Chen Cheng, Randolph, N.J., Jung A. Lee, Pittstown, N.J., Lei Song, Randolph, N.J., Said Tatesh, Swindon, United Kingdom, and Henry H. Ye, Ledgewood, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving random access channel messages in an extended range wireless communication system. One embodiment of the method may include accumulating, at a base station, signal energy received during a first portion of a transmission time interval. The method may also include accumulating, at the base station, signal energy received during a second portion of the transmission time interval. The first and second portions are offset from the start or end of the transmission time interval by selected delay intervals. The method may further include detecting the message(s) based on the signal energy accumulated during the first and second portions of the transmission time interval." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2007 (11/741,068). 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=8,000,306.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,306&RS=PN/8,000,306 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,233) developed by Thomas Wayne Anderson, Naperville, Ill., Igor Faynberg, East Brunswick, N.J., and Hui-Lan Lu, Marlboro, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for real-time application-driven resource management in next generation networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for supporting end-to-end quality of service (QoS) reservations for an implicit reservations model are provided. The invention teaches how to implement implicit resource reservations using the open-standard Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF). A request for resources for a given reservation between an originating and a terminating point in a network is received. A central controller for that domain processes the request for a given domain to determine whether routes for said reservation are available and whether necessary bandwidth for said reservation is available. An implicit reservation and a release of the bandwidth are respectively accomplished with a specific number of messages. If the routes and bandwidth are available, the reservation for the given domain is confirmed and the reservation request is passed to another central controller for a next domain having resources required to satisfy the reservation request." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2006 (11/364,698). 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=8,000,233.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,233&RS=PN/8,000,233 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,000,331) developed by seven co-inventors for a "receive device for a cable data service." The co-inventors are Bhavesh N. Desai, Livingston, N.J., Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, Bridgewater, N.J., David Hilton Shur, Holmdel, N.J., Aleksandra Smiljanic, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Todd L. Totland, Lincroft, N.J., Jacobus Van der Merwe, New Providence, N.J., and Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Holmdel, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receive device includes a plurality of demodulators and a tunnel destination. The demodulators are configured to receive multiple data streams, each of the multiple data streams having a bit rate that is lower than a bit rate of a transmit data stream. The tunnel destination is configured to recombine the multiple data streams to provide a receive data stream having a bit rate equal to the bit rate of the transmit data stream. At least one of multiple radio frequency channels is connected to a legacy user between a transmit site and the receive device." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2010 (12/766,085). 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=8,000,331.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,331&RS=PN/8,000,331 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Open Platform Architecture for Integrating Multiple Heterogeneous Network Functions ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,329) developed by Kerry Fendick, Highlands, N.J., Lampros Kalampoukas, Brick, N.J., and Thomas Woo, Short Hills, N.J., for an "open platform architecture for integrating multiple heterogeneous network functions." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A platform for seamlessly hosts a plurality of disparate types of packet processing applications. One or more applications are loaded onto a service card on the platform. A programmable path structure is included that maps a logical path for processing of the packets through one or more of the plurality of service cards according to characteristics of the packets. Multiple path structures may be programmed into the platform to offer different service paths for different types of packets." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/824,482). 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=8,000,329.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,329&RS=PN/8,000,329 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nokia Siemens Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,000,282) developed by Aik Chindapol, Washington, and Jimmy Chui, Princeton, N.J., for a "cooperative relaying using dirty paper coding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for transmitting a signal in a wireless network includes sending a first signal from a first source to a first intermediate station. A second signal is sent from a second source to a second intermediate station. The first signal is additionally received by the second intermediate station. The second signal is encoded according to dirty paper coding (DPC) such that the first signal does not interfere with the transmission of the second signal. The first signal is sent from the first intermediate station to a first destination and simultaneously, the DPC encoded second signal is sent from the second intermediate station to a second destination." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2007 (11/952,229). 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=8,000,282.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,282&RS=PN/8,000,282 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Reverse Link Overload Power Gain Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,285) developed by Pi-Chun Chen, Lake Hiawatha, N.J., and Qinqing Zhang, Morganville, N.J., for a "reverse link overload power gain control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a reverse link overhead channel power gain for an access terminal is determined based on the service activity of the access terminal. In association therewith, or independent thereof, the reverse link overhead channel power gain may be dynamically adjusted based on the services activated and/or deactivated. The dynamic adjustment may also take into account the load on the system." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2006 (11/476,840). 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=8,000,285.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,285&RS=PN/8,000,285 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alphion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alphion, Princeton Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,000,605) developed by Bharat Dave, Howell, N.J., for a "synchronous OTDM: gapped clock creation and duty cycle multiplication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for implementing synchronous Optical Time Division Multiplexing are presented. Namely, a method of upconverting and combining N input NRZ optical data signals, each having an approximately equal pulse width and period, into one time-division multiplexed output signal, as well as a method for the inverse, i.e., down converting the N demultiplexed component signals are presented. Apparatus to implement these functionalities is also presented." The patent application was filed on May 21, 2003 (10/442,876). 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=8,000,605.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,605&RS=PN/8,000,605 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT & T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Spectrum Management System for Municipal Spectrum Using Guided Cognitive Radio ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- AT & T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,000,718) developed by Robert Miller II, Convent Station, N.J., for a "spectrum management system for municipal spectrum using guided cognitive radio." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a system and method for assigning a frequency to an access point in a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points. The system and method includes accessing a rule-base to obtain a set of rules for the wireless network, accessing a license database to obtain information about relevant wireless nodes in a region, creating a list of possible primary node frequencies from a list of frequencies associated with primary wireless nodes in the license database, creating a list of possible secondary node frequencies from a list of frequencies associated with secondary wireless nodes in the license database, identifying a list of clear frequencies from a set of unused frequencies, selecting a frequency from frequencies in the lists of possible primary node frequencies, possible secondary node frequencies, and clear frequencies and registering the frequency in the license database." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/604,850). 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=8,000,718&OS=8,000,718&RS=8,000,718 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ascendent Telecommunications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ascendent Telecommunications, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,712) developed by five co-inventors for a "client device method and apparatus for routing a call." The co-inventors are Doug Gisby, Atlanta, Michael Gray, Glen Ridge, N.J., Shen-Yuan Yap, Woodland Hills, Calif., Michael S. Colbert, Debary, Fla., and Robert J. James Jr., Half Moon Bay, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A telecommunication method, server and system that route an outbound telephone communication initiated by a wireless remote device through an enterprise communication network. The system also routes an incoming call to a device associated with an enterprise communication network to a plurality of telephony devices including wireless devices and other remote devices." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,278). 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=8,000,712&OS=8,000,712&RS=8,000,712 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for System and Method for Channel-adaptive Antenna Selection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,746) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for channel-adaptive antenna selection." The co-inventors are Severine Catreux-Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Pieter Roux, San Diego, Pieter Van Rooyen, San Diego, and Jack Winters, Middletown, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods that provide channel-adaptive antenna selection in multi-antenna-element communication systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method that selects a subset of receive antennas of a receiver to receive a transmitted RF signal may include, for example, one or more of the following: establishing possible subsets of the receive antennas; determining sets of channel parameter statistics corresponding to the possible subsets of the receive antennas; computing output bit error rates of the receiver, each output bit error rate being computed based on at least one set of channel parameter statistics; selecting a particular possible subset of the receive antennas based upon a criterion predicated on the computed output bit error rates; and connecting one or more RF chains of the receiver to the receive antennas of the selected particular possible subset." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2010 (12/953,005). 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=8,000,746.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,746&RS=PN/8,000,746 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for User Initiated Mobile Learning of Preferred Femtocell ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,000,709) developed by John K. Burgess, Morristown, N.J., and Holger Claussen, Lydiard Millicent, United Kingdom, for an "user initiated mobile learning of preferred femtocell." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are provided to allow a mobile communications device to identify and store the locations of femtocells which are not contained on a preferred femtocell list of the mobile communications device. Upon identifying a specific femtocell, an authorized mobile communications device may register with the specific femtocell to initiate and receive calls. Furthermore, the present invention allows the mobile communications device to employ the stored location information to automatically identify the specific femtocell whenever the mobile communications device is in a vicinity of the specific femtocell." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2008 (12/215,241). 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=8,000,709&OS=8,000,709&RS=8,000,709 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Wireless Terminal Location Using Apparatus and Methods Employing Carrier Diversity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,687) developed by Rajiv Laroia, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., for "wireless terminal location using apparatus and methods employing carrier diversity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Wireless terminals, e.g., mobile nodes, receive, identify, and measure broadcast signals from a plurality of cells. They determine relative transmission power relationships corresponding to the received measured signals and determine at least two channel gain ratios. A geographic area is determined corresponding to the obtained at least two channel gain ratios and information indicating the geographic region in which such gain ratios may be detected. Each cell's base station transmits broadcast signals, e.g., beacon signals, pilot signals, and/or assignment signals for one more carriers. Some base stations use multiple carriers at different power levels. Some adjacent cells use different power levels for the same carrier. This carrier diversity approach tends to reduce overall interference in the system, yet provides mobiles with a variety of different strength signals which may be monitored and which vary as a function of distance from the source transmitter." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2007 (11/761,351). 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=8,000,687.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,687&RS=PN/8,000,687 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1058134 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |