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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,165) developed by Changho Jung, San Diego, Nan Chen, San Diego, and Zhiqin Chen, San Diego, for a "self reset clock buffer in memory devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory device includes a clock buffer circuit. The clock buffer circuit includes a cross-coupled logic circuit. The cross-coupled logic circuit has at least two logic gates in which an output of at least one of the logic gates is coupled to an input of at least one of the logic gates. The cross-coupled logic circuit is coupled to an input for accepting a clock signal. The memory device also includes a clock driver operable to generate a clock signal from the output of the cross-coupled logic circuit. A feedback loop from the clock signal to the cross-coupled logic circuit controls the cross-coupled logic circuit. A buffer circuit including a tri-state inverter is coupled to the clock signal to maintain the clock signal while avoiding contention with the clock generator. The memory device is enabled by a chip select signal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/207,011). 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=80,00,165.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,165&RS=PN/80,00,165 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,000,193) developed by Jingfeng Liu, Longmont, Colo., and Bin Ni, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "timing recovery for optical disc drive high frequency modulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for recovering clock timing from a hi-phase modulated portion of an HFM signal. The signal includes transitions between high and low levels. A clock count is initiated upon detection of a first transition, which corresponds to an expected clock timing of the signal. The count is stopped upon detection of a second transition. An actual clock count includes a number of clock cycles occurring between the transitions based on the expected timing. A first expected clock count between transitions is identified if the actual clock count between the transitions falls within a first range of clock counts. A first error between the actual and first expected clock counts is determined. A second expected clock count between transitions is identified if the actual clock count between transitions falls within a second range of clock counts. A second error between the actual expected clock counts is determined." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/553,820). 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=80,00,193.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,193&RS=PN/80,00,193 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cymer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Cymer, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,212) developed by five co-inventors for a "metrology for extreme ultraviolet light source." The co-inventors are Vahan Senekerimyan, San Diego, Nam-Hyong Kim, San Diego, Robert A. Bergstedt, Carlsbad, Calif., Igor V. Fomenkov, San Diego, and William N. Partlo, Poway, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An extreme ultraviolet light system includes a drive laser system that produces an amplified light beam; a target material delivery system configured to produce a target material at a target location; a beam delivery system configured to receive the amplified light beam emitted from the drive laser system and to direct the amplified light beam toward the target location; and a metrology system. The beam delivery system includes converging lens configured and arranged to focus the amplified light beam at the target location. The metrology system includes a light collection system configured to collect a portion of the amplified light beam reflected from the converging lens and a portion of a guide laser beam reflected from the converging lens. The light collection system includes a dichroic optical device configured to optically separate the portions." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/637,961). 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=80,00,212.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,212&RS=PN/80,00,212 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,000,146) developed by Deepak Chandra Sekar, Mountain View, Calif., and Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, Calif., for "applying different body bias to different substrate portions for non-volatile storage." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Body bias can be applied to optimize performance in a non-volatile storage system. Body bias can be set in an adaptive manner to reduce an error count of an error correcting and/or detecting code when reading data from non-volatile storage elements. Also, a body bias level can be increased or decreased as a number of programming cycles increases. Also, body bias levels can be set and applied separately for a chip, plane, block and/or page. A body bias can be applied to a first set of NAND strings for which operations are being performed by controlling a first voltage provided to a source side of the first set of NAND strings and a second voltage provided to a p-well. A source side of a second set of NAND strings for which operations are not being performed is floated or receives a fixed voltage." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/759,581). 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=80,00,146.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,146&RS=PN/80,00,146 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,134) developed by Michael J. Cornwell, San Jose, Calif., and Christopher P. Dudte, San Jose, Calif., for an "off-die charge pump that supplies multiple flash devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for storing data uses multiple flash memory dies. Each flash memory die includes multiple flash memory cells. A charge pump is adapted to supply charge at a predetermined voltage to each flash memory die of the flash memory dies, and an interface is adapted to receive instructions for controlling the charge pump. " The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/694,799). 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=80,00,134.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,134&RS=PN/80,00,134 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,139) developed by Alexander Kalnitsky, San Francisco, and Michael D. Church, Sebastian, Fla., for a "multiple time programmable (MTP) PMOS floating gate-based non-volatile memory device for a general purpose CMOS technology with thick gate oxide." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multiple time programmable (MTP) memory cell, in accordance with an embodiment, includes a floating gate PMOS transistor, a high voltage NMOS transistor, and an n-well capacitor. The floating gate PMOS transistor includes a source that forms a first terminal of the memory cell, a drain and a gate. The high voltage NMOS transistor includes a source connected to ground, an extended drain connected to the drain of the PMOS transistor, and a gate forming a second terminal of the memory cell. The n-well capacitor includes a first terminal connected to the gate of the PMOS transistor, and a second terminal forming a third terminal of the memory cell. The floating gate PMOS transistor can store a logic state. Combinations of voltages can be applied to the first, second and third terminals of the memory cell to program, inhibit program, read and erase the logic state." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2009 (12/430,007). 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=80,00,139.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,139&RS=PN/80,00,139 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (8,000,152) developed by Chang Wan Ha, San Ramon, Calif., for a "charge pump operation in a non-volatile memory device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A charge pump in a memory device is activated to produce a programming voltage prior to data loading during a programming operation. During an initial programming cycle, first and second load voltages are charged from the charge pump. The first load is removed from the charge pump during a verify operation. The first load voltage is subsequently recharged by charge sharing from the second load voltage so that the charge pump is not initially necessary for recharging the first load voltage." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/627,077). 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=80,00,152.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,152&RS=PN/80,00,152 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** STEC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- STEC, Santa Ana, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,153) developed by five co-inventors for an "enhanced erase for flash storage device." The co-inventors are Nader Salessi, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Hooshmand Torabi, Irvine, Calif., Chak-Fai Cheng, Huntington Beach, Calif., Hosein Gazeri, Irvine, Calif., and Richard Mataya, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flash storage device includes flash storage units that are erased in response to a condition or command while allowing the flash storage device to be used subsequent to the erase. A flash controller interface receives a command for erasing the flash storage device and provides an erase command to flash controllers in the flash storage device. Alternatively, the flash storage device detects a condition in response to which the flash controller interface provides an erase command to the flash controllers. Each flash controller independently erases a flash storage unit in response to receiving the purge command such that the flash storage units are erased substantially in parallel with each other and the erase operations overlap. Subsequent to the erase, certain control data is reconstructed to allow subsequent use of the flash storage device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2008 (12/286,763). 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=80,00,153.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,153&RS=PN/80,00,153 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,000,896) developed by Ketao Liu, Cerritos, Calif., Yeong-Wei A. Wu, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Jeffrey L. Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., for a "scale factor calibration and compensation for angular position resolver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a resolver system has at least one resolver and at least one amplifier in electrical communication with each resolver. A reference circuit is in electrical communication with the amplifiers. The reference circuit provides reference signals to the amplifiers. A non-linearity calibration and compensation circuit in communication with each amplifier uses the amplified reference signals to provide scale factors, so as to enhance a precision of the resolver system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2008 (12/019,513). 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=8000896.PN.&OS=PN/8000896&RS=PN/8000896 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (8,000,124) developed by Madhur Bobde, San Jose, Calif., for a "symmetric blocking transient voltage suppressor (TVS) using bipolar transistor base snatch." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A symmetrical blocking transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit for suppressing a transient voltage includes an NPN transistor having a base electrically connected to a common source of two transistors whereby the base is tied to a terminal of a low potential in either a positive or a negative voltage transient. The two transistors are two substantially identical transistors for carrying out a substantially symmetrical bi-directional clamping a transient voltage. These two transistors further include a first and second MOSFET transistors having an electrically interconnected source. The first MOSFET transistor further includes a drain connected to a high potential terminal and a gate connected to the terminal of a low potential and the second MOSFET transistor further includes a drain connected to the terminal of a low potential terminal and a gate connected to the high potential terminal." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2009 (12/456,948). 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=80,00,124.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,124&RS=PN/80,00,124 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ovonyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Ovonyx, Troy, Mich., has been assigned a patent (8,000,125) developed by four co-inventors for a "method of programming multi-layer chalcogenide devices." The co-inventors are Regino Sandoval, Rochester Hills, Mich., Sergey A. Kostylev, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Wolodymyr Czubatyj, Warren, Mich., and Tyler Lowrey, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of programming a multi-layer chalcogenide electronic device. The device includes an active region in electrical communication with two terminals, where the active region includes two or more layers. The method includes providing an electrical signal between the two terminals, where the electrical signal alters an electrical characteristic of a layer remote from one of the terminals. In one embodiment, the layer remote from the terminal is a chalcogenide material and the electrical characteristic is resistance. In another embodiment, an electrical characteristic of the layer in contact with the terminal is also altered. The alteration of an electrical characteristic may be caused by a transformation of a chalcogenide material from one structural state to another structural state." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2008 (12/178,148). 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=80,00,125.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,125&RS=PN/80,00,125 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,000,462) developed by Matthew J. Webster, Roseville, Calif., and Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, Calif., for "screening of calls in a packet-based network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a remote management messenger system (RMMS), a method for screening a packet-based call originated from a caller via a caller telecommunication device (CTD) to a receiver telecommunication device (RTD) via the RMMS. The method includes activating, if a receiver associated with the RTD does not respond to the packet-based call within a predetermined time period, an answering-and-recording function (ARF) associated with the RMMS to enable the ARF to receive and record packets pertaining to the packet-based call while permitting the receiver to continue to hear the caller. The method also includes, if the receiver responds to the packet-based call after the ARF is activated, permitting the receiver to continue the packet-based call with the caller." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2005 (11/203,362). 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=80,00,462.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,462&RS=PN/80,00,462 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,114) developed by Stefan Baurle, San Jose, Calif., and Giao Pham, Milpitas, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for a control circuit with multiple operating modes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus of regulating a power converter with multiple operating modes includes a switch coupled to an energy transfer element coupled between an input and an output of the power converter. A control circuit is also included, which is coupled to the switch to control the switch. The control circuit includes first and second duty cycle control modes to regulate power delivered to the output of the power converter. A transition between the first and second duty cycle control modes is responsive to a magnitude of a current flowing in the switch reaching a current threshold value." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2009 (12/412,122). 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=8000114.PN.&OS=PN/8000114&RS=PN/8000114 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,456) developed by five co-inventors for "techniques for marking and manipulating voice message segments through a telephone user interface." The co-inventors are Joseph Khouri, San Jose, Calif., Labhesh Patel, San Francisco, Mukul Jain, San Jose, Calif., Sanjeev Kumar, San Francisco, and Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, techniques for manipulating a voice message using a telephone user interface are provided. The telephone user interface receives a mark begin segment command from a telephonic device through a voice modality. The mark begin segment command indicates a beginning point for a voice message segment in the voice message. The telephone user interface then receives a mark end segment command from the telephonic device through the voice modality. The mark segment command indicates an ending point for the voice message segment in the voice message. An action command from the telephonic device is received and an action based on the action command for the voice message segment is performed. The voice message segment is a portion of the voice message determined based on the indicated beginning point of the voice message segment and the indicated ending point of the voice message segment in the voice message." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2006 (11/408,697). 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=80,00,456.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,456&RS=PN/80,00,456 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Paio Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,267) developed by Ignacio Solis, Santa Cruz, Calif., Jose J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, San Mateo, Calif., and Rebecca L. Braynard Silberstein, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "network routing with path identifiers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that communicates a data packet in a network to a target node. In doing so, the system receives a node identifier for the target node, and determines a first positional label, based in part on the node identifier, for reaching a first anchor node from a root node in the network. The first anchor node stores a second positional label for reaching the target node from the root node in the network, which comprises a number of nodes coupled to the root node in a tree topology. The system then retrieves the second positional label from the first anchor node, and communicates the data packet to the target node based in part on the second positional label." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2009 (12/391,841). 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=8,000,267.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,267&RS=PN/8,000,267 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,469) developed by Mark Buer, Gilbert, Ariz., Patrick Y. Law, Milpitas, Calif., and Zheng Qi, Milpitas, Calif., for an "authentication engine architecture and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is an architecture (hardware implementation) for an authentication engine to increase the speed at which multi-loop and/or multi-round authentication algorithms may be performed on data packets transmitted over a computer network. Authentication engines in accordance with the present invention apply a variety of techniques that may include, in various applications, collapsing two multi-round authentication algorithm (e.g., SHA1 or MD5 or variants) processing rounds into one; reducing operational overhead by scheduling the additions required by a multi-round authentication algorithm in such a matter as to reduce the overall critical timing path ("hiding the ads"); and, for a multi-loop (e.g., HMAC) variant of a multi-round authentication algorithm, pipelining the inner and outer loops. In one particular example of applying the invention in an authentication engine using the HMAC-SHA1 algorithm of the IPSec protocol, collapsing of the conventional 80 SHA1 rounds into 40 rounds, hiding the ads, and pipelining the inner and outer loops allows HMAC-SHA1 to be conducted in approximately the same time as conventional SHA1." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/650,422). 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=80,00,469.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,469&RS=PN/80,00,469 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,113) developed by Maarten Jeroen Fonderie, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "efficient power regulation for class-E amplifiers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A power converter device and method are provided. The power converter device includes an input power source and an input inductor configured for coupling a power of the input power source to the device. A switch is configured to regulate a power of the input power source through the input inductor. A shunting diode is coupled between the switch and the input inductor. A resonant load is coupled with the input inductor. A switching element is coupled with the input inductor and the resonant load and configured to operate at a fixed frequency. The power converter device also includes a control circuit for modulating a frequency of the switch and a driving module for driving the switching element at the fixed frequency. In an exemplary embodiment, the power converter device is a Class-E amplifier. The fixed frequency is a frequency equal to a resonant frequency of the resonant load. In one embodiment, the power converter device is configured as an integrated circuit device." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2009 (12/419,961). 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=8000113.PN.&OS=PN/8000113&RS=PN/8000113 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Enterprise Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Siemens Enterprise Communications, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,000,466) developed by Rami Caspi, Sunnyvale, Calif., and William J. Beyda, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for multiparty collaboration enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A telecommunications system includes a network; a plurality of user devices operably coupled to said network and including a microphone and a speaker; a collaboration server configured to cause a playing of one or more test tones at said plurality of user devices and compensate for feedback if said test tones are detected by microphones associated with said plurality of user devices." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2005 (11/218,411). 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=80,00,466.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,466&RS=PN/80,00,466 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,109) developed by Timothy W. Olesiewicz, Santa Clara, Calif., Robert S. Antonuccio, Burlington, Mass., and Brett C. Ong, San Jose, Calif., for a "non-positional high-load securing method for mezzanine board assemblies." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A bracket device for securing a mezzanine board assembly includes a brace including a rigid bar and a plurality of connector portions connected to the bar. Each of the plurality of connector portions has a hole. A plurality of pins each configured to respectively pass through the hole in each of the plurality of connector portions and engage an attachment part of the mezzanine board assembly. The bracket device also includes a plurality of mounting brackets movably attached to the plurality of connector portions, each having a guide configured to engage a holder for the mezzanine board assembly. A method for securing a mezzanine board assembly includes inserting a pin into a hole at a connector portion of a brace and movably attaching a mounting bracket to the connector portion. The pin passes through an opening of the connector portion. The method also includes installing a guide of the mezzanine board assembly to a holder for the mezzanine board assembly, engaging a pin with attachment part of the mezzanine board assembly, and extracting the mezzanine board assembly using a bar of the brace." The patent application was filed on May 19, 2008 (12/122,816). 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=8000109.PN.&OS=PN/8000109&RS=PN/8000109 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,106) developed by Rakesh H. Patel, Cupertino, Calif., for a "circuit distribution to multiple integrated circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A semiconductor system in a package separates those circuits in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) into two substrates. In particular, the logic elements are formed in a first semiconductor substrate and certain non-logic elements are formed in a second semiconductor substrate that is in mechanical and electrical connection with the first substrate. The two substrates are enclosed in a suitable protective package and electrical connections are provided between one or both substrates and the exterior. The non-logic elements formed in the second substrate are located in circuits that would have a signal propagation delay in a conventional FPGA that is more than approximately twice the interconnect delay between the two substrates." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,373). 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=8000106.PN.&OS=PN/8000106&RS=PN/8000106 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, has been assigned a patent (8,000,266) developed by Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, Calif., and Ronak Desai, Fremont, Calif., for "shared virtual device ports." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein multiple virtual devices may be configured on the same physical port of a network device. For example, a first virtual device and a second virtual device may be configured to use the same physical port. A single internal spanning tree instance may be configured for both the first virtual device and the second virtual device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/612,906). 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=8,000,266.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,266&RS=PN/8,000,266 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clustered Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Clustered Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,103) developed by Robert J. Lipp, Los Gatos, Calif., and Phillip P. Hughes, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "cooling system for contact cooled electronic modules." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments disclose a system and method to provide cooling to electronic components, such as electronic modules or the like. The system includes one or more cold plates that are configured to be thermally coupled to one or more of the electronic components. Internally, each of the cold plates has a cooling fluid flowing inside of at least one passageway. The cooling fluid thus removes heat from the electronic components primarily by conductive heat transfer. An input and an output header are attached to opposite ends of the passageway to allow entry and exit of the cooling fluid. The input and output headers are attached to an external system to circulate the cooling fluid." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,583). 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=8000103.PN.&OS=PN/8000103&RS=PN/8000103 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Zvi Or-Bach, San Jose, Calif., and Tal Lavian, Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a patent (8,000,454) for "systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) database. The system comprises a memory having a list of telephone numbers associated with destinations implementing IVR. The destinations are grouped based on multiple categories of IVR. Moreover, the memory comprises instructions for automatically communicating with multiple IVR and instructions for downloading customization record from said multiple IVR. The system further comprises a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,318). 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=80,00,454.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,454&RS=PN/80,00,454 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verint Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Verint Americas, Roswell, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,000,465) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for endpoint recording using gateways." The co-inventors are Jamie Richard Williams, Alpharetta, Ga., Thomas Z. Dong, Marietta, Ga., Mark Edmund Coleman, East Setauket, N.Y., Nathan George, Cupertino, Calif., and Andy Davies, Eversley, United Kingdom. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for recording media communications an exemplary method is comprised of the following steps: receiving instructions at a gateway to record an incoming call; receiving the incoming call from a calling communication device; determining whether to record the incoming call based on the received instructions; routing the incoming call to a called communication device in a customer center; responsive to the determination to record the incoming call, duplicating the media communications via the gateway; transmitting the duplicated media communications associated with the incoming call via the gateway; and recording the duplicated media communications." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/529,947). 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=80,00,465.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,465&RS=PN/80,00,465 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Callwave Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Callwave, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,455) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and systems for call processing." The co-inventors are Adrian Van Haaften, Greenbrae, Calif., David Giannini, Santa Barbara, Calif., Eric Johnson, New York, David F. Hofstatter, Santa Barbara, Calif., David S. Trandal, Santa Barbara, Calif., Robert Duva, Santa Barbara, Calif., Robert Smith, Santa Barbara, Calif., and John R. Da, Santa Barbara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for processing calls. A call is received at a softswitch or other call processing system from a caller intended for a first subscriber. The first call is associated with signaling information, the signaling information including a phone number associated with the caller. A determination is made as to whether the first subscriber has previously received a call associated with the caller phone number at the softswitch. If the first subscriber has not previously received a call associated with the caller phone number at the softswitch, a first message is played to the caller. An indication that the first message was played to the caller is stored in association with an account record associated with the first subscriber." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2006 (11/520,439). 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=80,00,455.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,455&RS=PN/80,00,455 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,000,271) developed by Christopher M. Doran, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and system for selectively operating in a half-duplex mode or full-duplex mode in a packet-based real-time media conference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for managing communications in a packet-based real-time media conference. A conference server determines whether a given conference session should operate in half-duplex mode or in full-duplex mode, and the server instructs at least one participating station accordingly. In the half-duplex mode of operation, for instance, a station may engage in an implicit floor control process, in which the station treats an incoming media stream as an implicit floor denial. On the other hand, in the full-duplex mode of operation, a station would not treat an incoming stream as an implicit floor denial." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2009 (12/606,601). 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=8,000,271.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,271&RS=PN/8,000,271 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LG Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- LG Electronics, Seoul, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,000,257) developed by ten co-inventors for a "method of providing point-to-multipoint service in mobile communication system." The co-inventors are Jong Hoe An, Seoul, South Korea, Seok Woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Young Woo Yun, Seoul, South Korea, Ki Jun Kim, Seoul, South Korea, Young Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Chan Ho Kyung, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Young Cheul Yoon, San Diego, Sang Gook Kim, San Diego, Li-Hsiang Sun, San Diego, and Shu Wang, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of providing a point-to-multipoint service in a mobile communication system and transmission controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a better quality of a point-to-multipoint service can be provided in a manner of coping with time-variable channel situation variable adaptively. In a mobile communication system providing a point-to-multipoint service, the present invention includes the steps of receiving data for the point-to-multipoint service from a base station, measuring a reception quality for the received point-to-multipoint service data, and transmitting reception quality information for the point-to-multipoint service data to the base station." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2006 (11/993,874). 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=8,000,257.PN.&OS=PN/8,000,257&RS=PN/8,000,257 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Power Integrations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Power Integrations, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,115) developed by William M. Polivka, Campbell, Calif., and Raymond Kenneth Orr, Kanata, Canada, for "flyback power supply with forced primary regulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flyback converter controller with forced primary regulation is disclosed. An example flyback converter controller includes a secondary control circuit to be coupled to a switched element coupled to a second winding of a coupled inductor of a flyback converter. The secondary control circuit is to be coupled across an output of the second winding to switch the switched element in response to a difference between an actual output value at the output of the second winding and a desired output value to force a current in a third winding of the coupled inductor that is representative of the difference between the actual output value at the output of the second winding and the desired output value. A primary control circuit is also included and is to be coupled to a primary switch coupled to a first winding of the coupled inductor. The primary control circuit is to be coupled to receive the current forced in the third winding by the secondary control circuit. The primary control circuit is coupled to switch the primary switch to regulate an output of the flyback converter coupled to the output of the second winding in response to the forced current." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2010 (12/968,100). 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=8000115.PN.&OS=PN/8000115&RS=PN/8000115 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,000,438) developed by 14 co-inventors for a "tool based X-ray fluorescence visualizing, imaging, or information providing." The co-inventors are Edward S. Boyden, Cambridge, Mass., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Va., Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, Calif., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain embodiments of one aspect relates to inducing at least one induced X-ray fluorescing photon within an at least some matter of an at least a portion of an at least one individual responsive to an at least some input energy being applied to the at least some matter of the least the portion of the at least one individual. The aspect can include X-ray fluorescence visualizing, imaging, or information providing within the at least some matter of the least the portion of the at least one individual at least partially in response to the inducing at least one induced X-ray fluorescing photon within the at least some matter of the least the portion of the at least one individual. Certain embodiments of the aspect can include providing a substantial real time tool-based operation to the at least some matter of the least the portion of the at least one individual at least partially relying on the X-ray fluorescence visualizing, imaging, or information providing within the at least some matter of the least the portion of the at least one individual." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/906,169). 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=80,00,438.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,438&RS=PN/80,00,438 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Varian Medical Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,436) developed by Edward J. Seppi, Portola Valley, Calif., John Ford, Madison, Tenn., and Marcel Marc, San Jose, Calif., for "radiation scanning units including a movable platform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A scanning unit for inspecting objects comprises in one example a radiation source, a movable platform to support an object, and a detector positioned to receive radiation after interaction of radiation with the object. The platform is movable at least partially within a cavity defined, at least partially, below at least one of the source or the detector. In another scanning unit, a first conveyor conveys an object to a movable platform, and second and third conveyors convey the object from the platform. The second and third conveyors are at different vertical heights. In another scanning unit, images from an energy sensitive detector and a spatial detector are fused. In a method, scanning parameters during CT scanning are changed and images reconstructed before and after the change. In another method, an object is scanned with X-ray beams having first and second energy distributions, generated by the same X-ray source." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2008 (12/080,860). 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=80,00,436.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,436&RS=PN/80,00,436 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NDSSI Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- NDSSI Holdings, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,376) developed by Sujai Chari, San Franciso, for an "adjusting a transmit time of a wireless device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of adjusting a transmit time of a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes a receiver determining a frequency hopping sequence of an interfering signal. The receiver obtains an observed pattern of at least one of time and frequency overlap between the interfering signal and a signal of interest. The receiver determines a desired pattern of at least one of time and frequency overlap between the interfering signal and the signal of interest. A desired transmit time delay of the signal of interest is adjusted based on a difference between the observed pattern and the desired pattern." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/009,712). 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=80,00,376&OS=80,00,376&RS=80,00,376 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hamilton Sundstrad Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Hamilton Sundstrad, Windsor Locks, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,000,431) developed by Gregory A. Johnson, Camarillo, Calif., for a "method and composition for moderated nuclear fuel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A nuclear fuel composition includes a transuranic fuel and a neutron moderator mixed with transuranic fuel. The neutron moderator includes at least one of hafnium or zirconium." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2008 (12/274,578). 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=80,00,431.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,431&RS=PN/80,00,431 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ImaTx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- ImaTx, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,000,441) developed by Philipp Lang, Lexington, Mass., and Siau-Way Liew, Pinole, Calif., for "calibration devices and methods of use thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to calibration devices and to methods of using these devices." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2009 (12/505,908). 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=80,00,441.PN.&OS=PN/80,00,441&RS=PN/80,00,441 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SiRF Technology Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- SiRF Technology Holdings, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,378) developed by Jun Mo, San Jose, Calif., and Shaowei Han, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "narrow correlator technique for multipath mitigation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides systems and methods for implementing narrowly spaced correlators to mitigate multipath error, and systems and methods for adaptively changing the correlator spacing for varying multipath conditions. In an embodiment, two sets of correlators with the same code frequency but different code phases are used to implement an adjustable correlator spacing. The correlator spacing is determined by the code phase difference between the two sets of correlators, which can be adjusted, e.g., by adjusting the code phase values of Numerically Controlled Oscillators (NCOs). An advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that they can achieve much narrower correlator spacings than conventional techniques, e.g., by making the code phase difference between the two sets of correlators very small. Further, the correlator spacing can be adjusted for varying multipath conditions, whereas the correlator spacing in conventional techniques is fixed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/615,704). 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=80,00,378&OS=80,00,378&RS=80,00,378 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,387) developed by Gottfried Ungerboeck, Langnau a.A., Switzerland, and Arthur J. Carlson, Nevada City, Calif., for a "system and method for Huffman shaping in a data communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a communication system, Huffman coding techniques are used to obtain shaping gains for an improvement in data transmission rates. More particularly, a novel method of Huffman shaping is described that achieves a shaping gain of greater than 1 dB. The shaping gain results in a higher data rate transmission in a communication system where transmitted power is constrained." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,647). 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=80,00,387&OS=80,00,387&RS=80,00,387 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Decoding Scheme using Multiple Hypotheses about Transmitted Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,411) developed by eight co-inventors for a "decoding scheme using multiple hypotheses about transmitted messages." The co-inventors are Jong Hyeon Park, San Jose, Calif., Bok Tae Sim, San Ramon, Calif., Je Woo Kim, Cupertino, Calif., Serguei A. Glazko, San Diego, Sameer Nanavati, Fremont, Calif., Ju Won Park, San Ramon, Calif., Chun Woo Lee, San Ramon, Calif., and Tae Ryun Chang, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for decoding encoded data bits of a wireless communication transmission are provided. A set of a-priori bit values corresponding to known bit values of the encoded data bits may be generated. Decoding paths that correspond to decoded data bits that are inconsistent with the a-priori bit values may be removed from the possible decoding paths to consider, and decoding the encoded data bits by selecting a decoding path from remaining decoding paths of the possible decoding paths that were not removed. Multiple hypotheses, each corresponding to a different set of a-prior bit values may be evaluated, with the decoded data for a hypothesis selected based on the evaluation output for further processing." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,857). 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=80,00,411&OS=80,00,411&RS=80,00,411 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NetLogic Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,412) developed by Marc Loinaz, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "low power serial link." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a low power serial link employing differential return-to-zero signaling. A receiver circuit consistent with some embodiments includes an input circuit for receiving differential serial data signals that form a differential return-to-zero signaling and a clock recovery circuit. The clock recovery circuit is coupled to the input circuit and includes a logic gate configured to generate a clock signal by using said differential serial data signals." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2007 (11/756,139). 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=80,00,412&OS=80,00,412&RS=80,00,412 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus of Transmitting and Receiving Channel Parameter Attributes in Wireless Communication Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,000,407) developed by Rajat Prakash, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus of transmitting and receiving channel parameter attributes in wireless communication systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus of transmission and reception of SetManagementSameChannelParameters, the method comprising generating a SetManagementSameChannelParameters attribute comprising an 8 bit Length field, an 8 bit AttributeID field, a 6 bit PilotAdd field, a 6 bit PilotCompare field, a 6 bit PilotDrop field, a 4 bit PilotDropTimer field, a 1 bit DynamicThresholds field, a 0 or 6 bit SoftSlope field, a 0 or 6 bit AddIntercept field, a 0 or 6 DropIntercept field, a 4 bit NeighborMaxAge field and a variable bit Reserved field and transmitting the SetManagementSameChannelParameters attribute over an OFDM communication link." The patent application was filed on October 27, 2006 (12/091,452). 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=80,00,407&OS=80,00,407&RS=80,00,407 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zoran Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Zoran, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,423) developed by David R. Auld, San Jose, Calif., and Warangkana Tepmongkol, Santa Clara, Calif., for an "adaptive sample rate converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sample rate converter includes a digital filter and control logic coupled to the digital filter. The digital filter is configured to receive an input data stream and to up convert the input data stream to produce an output data stream having a fixed data rate. The control logic configured to dynamically select a set of coefficients for taps in the digital filter during each clock cycle corresponding to the fixed data rate. The set of coefficients selected for each clock cycle is in accordance with a phase of the input data stream." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2005 (11/246,799). 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=80,00,423&OS=80,00,423&RS=80,00,423 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,426) developed by five co-inventors for a "mechanism for constructing an oversampled waveform for a set of signals received by a receiver." The co-inventors are Deqiang Song, San Diego, Dawei Huang, San Diego, Drew G. Doblar, San Jose, Calif., Michael Stephen Harwood, Rushden, United Kingdom, and Nirmal C. Warke, Irving, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism is provided for constructing an oversampled waveform for a set of incoming signals received by a receiver. In one implementation, the oversampled waveform is constructed by way of cooperation between the receiver and a waveform construction mechanism (WCM). The receiver receives the incoming signals, samples a subset of the incoming signals at a time, stores the subsets of sample values into a set of registers, and subsequently provides the subsets of sample values to the WCM. The WCM in turn sorts through the subsets of sample values, organizes them into proper orders, and "stitches"them together to construct the oversampled waveform for the set of incoming signals. With proper cooperation between the receiver and the WCM, and with proper processing logic on the WCM, it is possible to construct the oversampled waveform for the incoming signals without requiring large amounts of resources on the receiver." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/053,121). 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=80,00,426&OS=80,00,426&RS=80,00,426 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Newport Media Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Newport Media, Lake Forest, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,395) developed by Nabil Yousef, Foothill Ranch, Calif., for a "system and method for statistical multiplexing of video channels for DVB-H mobile TV applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A DVB-H transmitter having a plurality of video encoders each having a variable bit rate associated with IP datagrams for each television program broadcast by one RF channel. A method is also provided for statistical multiplexing of video channels for DVB-H mobile TV applications, wherein the method includes jointly configuring a plurality of video encoders each having a variable bit rate associated with IP datagrams for each television program broadcast by one RF channel." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2006 (11/440,298). 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=80,00,395&OS=80,00,395&RS=80,00,395 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,000,388) developed by Jonathan JiannJang Huang, Cupertino, Calif., Tsaifa Yu, Milpitas, Calif., and Kuei-Chung (Larry) Tu, San Jose, Calif., for a "parallel processing apparatus for video compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of and an apparatus for parallel processing video compression is described herein. A picture is divided into N zones vertically, and Vertical Split Parallelism (VSP) deploys N+1 processes: N M-coding processes for general macroblock coding in N zones and one E-coding process for entropy coding. By dividing a macroblock encoding process into M-coding and E-coding processes, multiple M-coding threads and one E-coding thread are able to progress simultaneously with proper synchronization between threads. Since the workload of M-coding processes is greater than E-coding for each macroblock coding process, two cores are able to be designated to the two M-coding processes. Either of the cores are able to be designated to the E-coding process since the workload of E-coding is light. Therefore, VSP utilizes parallel processing computing power efficiently." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2007 (11/716,197). 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=80,00,388&OS=80,00,388&RS=80,00,388 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventors Develop Patent for Adaptive Joint Channel Estimation and Data Demodulation for OFDM Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Bhaskar Patel, San Clemente, Calif., and Arumugam Govindswamy, Irvine, Calif., have developed a patent (8,000,399) for an "adaptive joint channel estimation and data demodulation for OFDM systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides architectures and methods which implement adaptive joint channel estimation and data demodulation in wireless communication systems to provide enhanced performance of the communication link. While not limited to any particular air interface, such architectures and methods are particularly beneficial in OFDM systems. Channel estimates may be performed for pilot sub-carriers for a given OFDM symbol and filtering may then be performed for channel estimation of a given data subcarrier. Received symbols may be equalized and demodulated, and the channel estimate may be updated for the given data subcarrier. Such a procedure enables more accurate channel estimation and improved data demodulation, thereby enhancing system performance." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/157,791). 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=80,00,399&OS=80,00,399&RS=80,00,399 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and System for Low Complexity Conjugate Gradient Based Equalization in a Wireless System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,000,424) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for low complexity conjugate gradient based equalization in a wireless system." The co-inventors are Mark Kent, Vista, Calif., Uri Landau, San Diego, Severine Catreux-Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, Calif., Ning Kong, La Jolla, Calif., and Pieter Roux, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for processing signals includes, in a wireless system comprising one or more processors and/or circuits integrated within a single chip, initializing values related to at least one channel response vector and at least one correlation vector using a conjugate gradient-based (CG) algorithm. A plurality of filter taps may be updated utilizing at least one channel response vector and at least one correlation vector, for a plurality of received clusters, based on the initialized values and at least one signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the received signal clusters. 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