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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Oregon (Aug. 25)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,005,254) developed by Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Ore., for a background watermark processing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various improvements to steganographic systems, and applications therefore, are disclosed. Among these are analyzing content data (e.g., audio, image data) in a computer memory automatically, without user intervention, so as to detect steganographically embedded information. The results of such analysis can be used to alter an aspect of the computer device's operation with respect to such content data. One application of the technology is to check the "clipboard" of a computer and alert the user when copyrighted material is found therein." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2005 (11/231,553). 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=8,005,254.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,254&RS=PN/8,005,254 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Logitech Europe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Logitech Europe, Morges, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (8,005,240) developed by Jason N. Linse, Portland, Ore., and Jeffery S. Anderson, Camas, Wash., for a "speaker with frequency directed dual drivers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A speaker that includes a pair of spaced-apart, in-plane mounted drivers connected in series to a network for applying the appropriate frequency component of the electrical input drive signal to each of the drivers is disclosed. A frequency dependent shunting network, such as a low pass filter, is applied to one of the drivers so as to gradually mute the one driver as a desired frequency is approached. The result is an aesthetically pleasing speaker that has dual in-plane drivers and that produces superior sound quality throughout the entire frequency range of the speaker, including those ranges in which dual, in plane, drivers tend to acoustically interfere with each other." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2005 (11/135,753). 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=8,005,240.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,240&RS=PN/8,005,240 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,487) developed by Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Beaverton, Ore., for "techniques for optimization of location determination in wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless network, wherein said transceiver is configured to optimize location determination in said wireless network by preventing scheduled uplink (UL) transmissions at a reference base station (BS) from interfering with an uplink (UL) reference signal from a mobile station (MS)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/033,931). 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=8,005,487&OS=8,005,487&RS=8,005,487 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,005,498) developed by Wendell Ruotsi, Portland, Ore., for a "mobile group data distribution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile collaborative community system provides distribution of shared data (e.g., media, preference, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc.) for a group of individuals (e.g., families, business organization, team, project, etc.) to the mobile devices of the group members. The system maintains a central repository or database of shared data for groups, as well as information defining the groups, user membership in the groups, and the mobile devices associated with the users. The system distributes the shared data for a group to the mobile devices of the user who are members of the group. The users can make changes to shared group data on their mobile devices, which changes are returned to the central repository and re-distributed to update the shared data on the mobile devices of all group members." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2007 (11/859,345). 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=8,005,498.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,498&RS=PN/8,005,498 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Multiple Radio Platform Transmission Power Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,026) developed by Jing Zhu, Hillsboro, Ore., Hsin-Yuo Liu, San Jose, Calif., and Leora Roth, Raanana, Israel, for a "multiple radio platform transmission power control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes a first radio to communicate with a first wireless network and a second radio to communicate with a second wireless network. A controller is used to estimate signal to noise and interference ratio (SINR) for signal being received by the first radio when the second radio is transmitting. The controller is also to determine if the estimate meets a threshold. Transmissions are permitted from the second radio while the first radio is receiving if the threshold is met." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/824,316). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,005,026.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,026&RS=PN/8,005,026 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Digimarc Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,005,259) developed by four co-inventors for "watermarking systems and methods." The co-inventors are Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, Wash., Ravi K. Sharma, Portland, Ore., Lance Lixin Shen, Tualatin, Ore., and John Stach, Tualatin, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various improvements and applications for digital watermarking technology are detailed. One concerns techniques for making watermarks resistant to malicious attacks. Another involves using digital watermarking with ID cards and credentials, such as a watermarked driver's license conveying a user's cryptographic PKI. Still another uses digital watermarks in connection with automated compliance audits for corporate users of electronic content. A variety of other technologies are also detailed." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2010 (12/763,417). 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=8005259.PN.&OS=PN/8005259&RS=PN/8005259 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1058838 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |