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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (Aug. 24)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,005,987) developed by Roger D. Richardson, Mundelein, Ill., and Chad L. Biederman, Montgomery, Ill., for a "multi-representation media event handoff." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method provides transition continuity for an event across a plurality of media representation device types. The system and method allow identification information for a media event such as a sports game, talk show, music, video, etc. to be handed-off between various media presentation devices such as radios, broadcast televisions, cable television set top boxes, an internet connected computer, satellite receivers, and multimedia cellular phones. A multi-representation media event hand-off method includes receiving (804) a first event identifier that corresponds to a first media representation of an event, correlating (808) the first event identifier to a second event identifier that corresponds to a second media representation of the event, and transmitting (810) data indicative of the second event identifier to a media device that facilitates presentation of the second media representation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2010 (12/705,806). 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=8,005,987.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,987&RS=PN/8,005,987 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Educational Testing Service Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,712) developed by Matthias Von Davier, Lawrenceville, N.J., Xueli Xu, Chicago, and Kentaro Yamamoto, Lawrenceville, N.J., for a "system and method for large scale survey analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing large scale survey results comprising obtaining a sparse data set representing a subset of an original data set comprising a plurality of individuals' responses to a plurality of questions, wherein the sparse data set comprises less than ninety percent of the responses in the original data set; analyzing the sparse data set using a general diagnostic model; and obtaining estimated person parameters using the general diagnostic model." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2007 (11/697,650). 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=8,005,712.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,712&RS=PN/8,005,712 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida, Illinois Inventors Develop Patent for System and Method for Providing a Discount ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- David Shaw, Boca Raton, Fla., and John Lavin, Barrington, Ill., have developed a patent (8,005,714) for a "system and method for providing a discount." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In particular, systems and methods are provided for delivering a discount using a combination of virtual currency and partner-issued currency. Inventive systems and methods offer a high-perceived savings value to an end-user while maintaining the perception of product value. Further, systems and methods for providing a discount are described which impose little or no cost on the service or product provider. An embodiment of an inventive method includes presenting a display of a price paid by a consumer without access to the virtual currency along with a display of an amount payable by the end-user in actual currency in combination with an amount payable in a combination of virtual currency and partner-issued currency." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,535). 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=8,005,714.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,714&RS=PN/8,005,714 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Indie Energy Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Indie Energy Systems, Evanston, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,005,640) developed by four co-inventors for a "thermal response geothermal testing unit." The co-inventors are Daniel Chiefetz, Deerfield, Ill., Erik Larson, Evanston, Ill., Robert Olden, Chicago, and Ben Heymer, Chicago. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for performing a thermal response test to determine thermo-physical properties of a geothermal heat exchange resource. The apparatus includes a geothermal heat exchanger adapted to circulate a fluid through a loop in a sample borehole in the geothermal heat exchange resource and a variable speed pumping system capable of time-dynamic control of a fluid flow rate of the fluid. A multi-stage heating system is capable of applying a series of time-dynamic heat pulses to the fluid. The apparatus further includes a fluid temperature sensor and one or more fluid pressure, fluid density and/or fluid flow rate sensors, the sensors measuring data on the properties of the fluid that are predictive of the thermo-physical properties of the geothermal heat exchange resource." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,478). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,05,640.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,640&RS=PN/80,05,640 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Abbott Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,005,625) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for analyzing reactions using an information system." The co-inventors are Eric B. Shain, Glencoe, Ill., John M. Clemens, Wadsworth, Ill., Tzyy-Wen Jeng, Vernon Hills, Ill., and George J. Schneider, Barrington, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for determining the quantity of an analyte initially present in a chemical and or biological reaction as well as a computer implemented method and system to automate portions of the analysis comprising mathematical or graphical analysis of an amplification reaction." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/189,368). 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=80,05,625.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,625&RS=PN/80,05,625 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Illinois Inventor Develops Patent for Systems and Methods for Providing Tourist Information Based on a Location ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Alan J. Rosenblum, Evanston, Ill., has developed a patent (8,005,611) for "systems and methods for providing tourist information based on a location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for identifying and retrieving information about a point of interest comprises a portable device capable of determining the location of the point of interest and including a communication mechanism to communicate the same with a processing center. The system specifically identifies the point of interest, obtains relevant sources of information about the point of interest and reconciles the information. Furthermore, the system either transmits textual, graphical, audio or video to the portable device or facilitates communication between a user of the portable device and a call center or guide." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,569). 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=80,05,611.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,611&RS=PN/80,05,611 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Snap-on Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Snap-on, Lincolnshire, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,005,853) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for dynamically adjusting searches for diagnostic information." The co-inventors are Jim J. Cancilla, San Jose, Calif., Jeff Grier, Royal Oak, Mich., Carl J. Krzystofczyk, Mount Prospect, Ill., and Brad Lewis, Gilroy, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A diagnostic device receives a first set of search criteria related to a problem with a vehicle, and the diagnostic device stores the first set of search criteria. In response to receiving a second set of search criteria, the diagnostic device can compare it with the first set of search criteria in order to identify a pattern between the two sets of search criteria. The diagnostic device can then alter the second set of search criteria based on the pattern between the two sets of search criteria." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2004 (10/984,132). 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=80,05,853.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,853&RS=PN/80,05,853 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for First and Second Manager Components that Perform One or More First and Second Management Operations on a Software and/or Hardware Entity ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,006,228) developed by five co-inventors for "first and second manager components that perform one or more first and second management operations on a software and/or hardware entity." The co-inventors are Richard Wayne Buskens, Robbinsville, N.J., Oscar J. Gonzalez, Bridgewater, N.J., Tim Thengsen Liim, Holmdel, N.J., Sunil K. Mishra, Aurora, Ill., and Muhammad A. Siddiqui, Monmouth Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus in one example comprises a first manager component that performs one or more first management operations on a software and/or hardware entity and a second manager component that performs one or more second management operations on the software and/or hardware entity." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2004 (10/768,308). 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=8,006,228&OS=8,006,228&RS=8,006,228 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Object Search UI and Dragging Object Results ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,857) developed by nine co-inventors for an "object search UI and dragging object results." The co-inventors are Julia H. Farago, Seattle, Hugh E. Williams, Redmond, Wash., James E. Walsh, Woodinville, Wash., Nicholas A. Whyte, Mercer Island, Wash., Kavi J. Goel, Danville, Ill., Philip Fung, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ariel J. Lazier, Seattle, Kenneth A. Moss, Mercer Island, Wash., and Ethan N. Ray, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/630,500). 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=80,05,857.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,857&RS=PN/80,05,857 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Korishma Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Korishma Holdings, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,006,311) developed by David H. Sitrick, Highland Park, Ill., and James A. Fancher, Marina Del Ray, Calif., for a "system and methodology for validating compliance of anti-piracy security and reporting thereupon." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A movie anti-piracy system with sensing and reporting is provided. An anti-piracy subsystem is utilized to preclude, interfere with and/or prevent copying of the movie. Anti-piracy compliance sensing selectively provides compliance violation signals respectively to a sensor response controller. The controller is responsive to the compliance violation signals to provide a violation status (and other data) signal output to a control center. The control center responds to the violation status and other data signals, from one or a plurality of theaters, and provides for reporting of information (such as security compliance, attendance, etc.) to one or multiple reporting sites (such as movie distribution studios, etc.). In a preferred embodiment, the control center determines whether there are violations of providing of anti-piracy protection within a theater (or theaters) and provides reporting on the anti-piracy compliance status and data. If a violation is indicated, then the control center sends a violation signal such as to the sensor response controller which can trigger an alarm and/or activate a violation inhibit output to shut down the movie projector and/or communicate to the control center for reporting purposes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/284,108). 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=8,006,311&OS=8,006,311&RS=8,006,311 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Resource-light Method and Apparatus for Outlier Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,006,157) developed by Naoki Abe, Rye, N.Y., John Langford, Chicago, for a "resource-light method and apparatus for outlier detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Outlier detection methods and apparatus have light computational resources requirement, especially on the storage requirement, and yet achieve a state-of-the-art predictive performance. The outlier detection problem is first reduced to that of a classification learning problem, and then selective sampling based on uncertainty of prediction is applied to further reduce the amount of data required for data analysis, resulting in enhanced predictive performance. The reduction to classification essentially consists in using the unlabeled normal data as positive examples, and randomly generated synthesized examples as negative examples. Application of selective sampling makes use of an underlying, arbitrary classification learning algorithm, the data labeled by the above procedure, and proceeds iteratively. Each iteration consisting of selection of a smaller sub-sample from the input data, training of the underlying classification algorithm with the selected data, and storing the classifier output by the classification algorithm. The selection is done by essentially choosing examples that are harder to classify with the classifiers obtained in the preceding iterations. The final output hypothesis is a voting function of the classifiers obtained in the iterations of the above procedure." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/863,704). 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=8,006,157&OS=8,006,157&RS=8,006,157 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Trading Technologies International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Trading Technologies International, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,006,183) developed by Simeon C. Peebler, Chicago, for a "system and method for using a curser to convey information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided for the controlled cursor's behavior. According to one example method, any desired data may be linked to a cursor and a desired cursor behavior could be defined to convey the linked data using the cursor. When a change in the linked data is detected, the example method includes using the desired cursor behavior to convey the changed data independent of a location where the cursor is placed on a screen." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2006 (11/608,515). 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=8,006,183.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,183&RS=PN/8,006,183 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Aggregation in Uncertain Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,005,839) developed by Charu C. Aggarwal, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Philip Shi-Lung Yu, Chicago, for a "method and apparatus for aggregation in uncertain data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed for aggregation in uncertain data in data processing systems. For example, a method of aggregation in an application that involves an uncertain data set includes the following steps. The uncertain data set along with uncertainty information is obtained. One or more clusters of data points are constructed from the data set. Aggregate statistics of the one or more clusters and uncertainty information are stored. The data set may be data from a data stream. It is realized that the use of even modest uncertainty information during an application such as a data mining process is sufficient to greatly improve the quality of the underlying results." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2008 (12/039,076). 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=80,05,839.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,839&RS=PN/80,05,839 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Walgreen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Walgreen, Deerfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,005,689) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method and system for aligning a plurality of prescription refills to multiple alignment dates." The co-inventors are Christina M. Palazzolo, Chicago, Greg Pankow, Morton Grove, Ill., Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Wauconda, Ill., Hee Kyu Oh, Wilmette, Ill., Peter Liccardo, Evanston, Ill., Laura Jean Tebbe, Lindenhurst, Ill., Guirong Zhou Webb, Vernon Hills, Ill., Steve Scott Dorfman, Chicago, and Rishi Khullar, Deerfield, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2007 (11/781,945). 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=8,005,689.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,689&RS=PN/8,005,689 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Experian Information Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Experian Information Solutions, Costa Mesa, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,759) developed by Edith Hirtenstein, Chicago, and David Nemtuda, Algonquin, Ill., for a "system and method for providing a score for a used vehicle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the system and method described herein provides a score generator system that generates an automated vehicle specific valuation of a used car based on the physical and historical attributes of that vehicle. This score may indicate the likelihood that the vehicle will be on the road in a specific period of time. The score may give an absolute percentage of such likelihood or it may give a value relative to all other used vehicles in a database, all other used vehicles of the same make/model/year, or a certain subset of the vehicles in a database. In one embodiment, the score generator system includes a data link module for linking vehicle data and filter module for applying a multi-level filters that process the linked vehicle data." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2007 (11/893,609). 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=8,005,759.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,759&RS=PN/8,005,759 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Illinois Inventor Develops Patent for Intellectual Property Distribution System and Method for Distributing Licenses ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- David L. Newman, Highland Park, Ill., has developed a patent (8,005,748) for an "intellectual property distribution system and method for distributing licenses." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A license exchange is provided that allows for companies who desire to obtain licenses for intellectual property and speculators to bid in order to set pricing for license contracts that provide for market rates to be set for such licenses. The exchange insures liquidity for such license contracts by providing market makers, scarcity features or modules and predetermined trading periods. In an embodiment the exchange may provide an electronic auction where license contracts may be traded by parties including patentees who may wish to avoid litigation and obtain fair and reasonable royalties for the patents underlying the license contracts being traded. The exchange also provides an alternate licensing resolution process where IP can be evaluated with respect to validity, valuated to determine a fair license rate and auctioned to licensees in a transparent bidding process." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2008 (12/069,753). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,005,748.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,748&RS=PN/8,005,748 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Central Processing Unit having Branch Instruction Verification Unit for Secure Program Execution ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,006,078) developed by five co-inventors for a "central processing unit having branch instruction verification unit for secure program execution." The co-inventors are Gyung Ho Lee, Plainfield, Ill., Tae Joon Park, Seoul, South Korea, Byung Chang Kang, Seongnam-si, South Korea, Edward Jung, Seongnam-si, South Korea, and Yixin Shi, Oak Park, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are a central processing unit (CPU) and method for executing a branch instruction of a CPU, which can protect user's data by preventing an error due to a computer virus and a hacker is provided. The CPU includes: a branch instruction verification unit which verifies whether a branch instruction is valid; and a branch instruction execution unit which executes the branch instruction when the branch instruction is valid. The method includes: verifying whether the branch instruction is valid; and not executing the branch instruction when the branch instruction is invalid." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/965,003). 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=8,006,078.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,078&RS=PN/8,006,078 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,006,101) developed by Nathan J. Crawford, Palatine, Ill., for a "radio transceiver or other encryption device having secure tamper-detection module." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An encryption device includes a system processor having a first key for encrypting information. The system processor periodically generates random data strings that are also encrypted using the first key. The encryption device also includes a first output for communicating the encrypted information to an external location and a tamper detection module for receiving on a periodic basis the random data strings generated by the system processor. The tamper detection module includes a second key that is the same as the first key, an encryption engine for encrypting the random data strings using the second key, and a second output for communicating the encrypted data strings to the system processor. The tamper detection module is configured to alter the second key upon detection of a tampering event so that the second key is different from the first key." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2008 (12/142,932). 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=8,006,101.PN.&OS=PN/8,006,101&RS=PN/8,006,101 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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