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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (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 New Jersey. *** Avaya Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-based Robotic Attacks Using Permutation of an IVR Menu ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,198) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks using permutation of an IVR menu." The co-inventors are Henry Baird, Bethlehem, Pa., Jon Bentley, New Providence, N.J., Daniel Lopresti, Hellertown, Pa., and Sui-Yu Wang, Bethlehem, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; permuting one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more menu options; and presenting the permuted menu to the caller. The permutation may comprise, for example, adding one or more additional menu options to the menu; varying a selection number associated with the at least one menu option; varying an order of at least a plurality of the menu options; or varying a wording or pronunciation of one or more menu options." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/770,944). 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=8,005,198.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,198&RS=PN/8,005,198 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,005,158) developed by five co-inventors for an "overhead signaling in a wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Alexander Leonidov, Somerset, N.J., Hui Jin, Clinton, N.J., Rajiv Laroia, Far Hills, N.J., Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., and Murari Srinivasan, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Improved ways of communicating assignment signals using flash signaling are described, e.g., for wireless terminals with low SNR, that are more robust against large variation of channel gains due to e.g., frequency selective fading and fast fading in time. Coding and modulation methods and apparatus that have excellent properties against symbol erasures are described. The use of flash signaling provides an improved assignment channel having strong performance on the fading channel without compromising the performance on the AWGN channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the coding and modulation method can tolerate up to 5 erased symbols out of 8 transmitted symbols. One embodiment reduces or minimizes the sector interference on the flash assignment by improving or maximizing orthogonality between different sectors. In addition, one embodiment describes improved ways of swapping flash assignment tone-symbols in the presence other high priority signals, like sector pilots and sector null pilots." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2006 (11/487,260). 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=8,005,158&OS=8,005,158&RS=8,005,158 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-based Robotic Attacks Using Contextual-based Degradation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,197) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks using contextual-based degradation." The co-inventors are Henry Baird, Bethlehem, Pa., Jon Bentley, New Providence, N.J., Daniel Lopresti, Hellertown, Pa., and Sui-Yu Wang, Bethlehem, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided fox defending against telephone-based robotic attacks. An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller associated with a call. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; combining at least one of the one or more menu options with a background audio signal, wherein the background audio signal is selected based on a context of the call; and presenting the combination of the at least one of the one or more menu options and the background audio signal to the caller. The context of the call includes comprises one or more of an identity of a called party associated with the call and a time period of the call. The background audio signal can optionally be obtained from a library of background signals." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2007 (11/770,935). 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=8,005,197.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,197&RS=PN/8,005,197 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,138) developed by four co-inventors for a "seamless switching of scalable video bitstreams." The co-inventors are Feng Wu, Beijing, Shipeng Li, Redmond, Wash., Xiaoyan Sun, Beijing, and Ya-Qin Zhang, West Windsor, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A seamless bitstream switching schema is presented. The schema takes advantage of both the high coding efficiency of non-scalable bitstreams and the flexibility of scalable bitstreams. Small bandwidth fluctuations are accommodated by the scalability of the bitstreams, while large bandwidth fluctuations are tolerated by switching among scalable bitstreams. This seamless bitstream switching schema significantly improves the efficiency of scalable video coding over a broad range of bit rates." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2005 (11/280,095). 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=80,05,138.PN.&OS=PN/80,05,138&RS=PN/80,05,138 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,005,059) developed by Jens Mueckenheim, Nuremberg, Germany, Anil M. Rao, Cedar Knolls, N.J., and Mirko Schacht, Nuremberg, Germany, for "wireless communications network incorporating voice over IP using shared supplemental spreading codes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments provided include a method for transmitting a packet to a receiver over primary and supplemental channels in a wireless communication network. Indications of a primary code and a set of N supplemental codes assigned to the receiver are communicated over a control channel. When it is determined that a packet should be transmitted over a supplemental channel, a first portion of the packet and a supplemental channel indicator are transmitted over a same single packet transmission time interval on the primary channel and a second portion of the packet is transmitted over the same single packet transmission time interval on the supplemental channel corresponding to the supplemental channel indicator. The supplemental channel uses an assigned specific supplemental code belonging to the set of N supplemental codes assigned to the receiver. When the packet should not be transmitted over a supplemental channel, the packet is transmitted over the primary channel." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2005 (11/213,376). 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=80,05,059&OS=80,05,059&RS=80,05,059 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,004,962) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system of addressing a problem associated with a network including a video access ready device." The co-inventors are Chen-Yui Yang, Marlboro, N.J., Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, N.J., Raghvendra Savoor, Walnut Creek, Calif., Monowar Hossain, Middletown, N.J., Xidong Wu, Livermore, Calif., and Thiru Ilango, Holmdel, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method can be used to detect a problem, isolate the cause of the problem to a particular device in which the cause resides, and potentially repairing the particular device. In one embodiment, the method can be fully automated using a system. In another embodiment, the method may be partly automated. In this particular embodiment, the system can perform most or all of the testing or diagnosis automatically. The system can perform the method until a point where human intervention is required. The problem, the cause, and particular device may be known at the time notification is sent to customer care, a workcenter, or another network operations center. With the information regarding the problem, cause and particular device, a technician or other personnel can be dispatched and repair the problem more quickly than if only the problem is provided and the technician needs to perform the testing and diagnosis." The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2007 (11/963,922). 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=8,004,962.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,962&RS=PN/8,004,962 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DexCom Assigned Patent for Signal Processing for Continuous Analyte Sensor ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- DexCom, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,005,524) developed by six co-inventors for a "signal processing for continuous analyte sensor." The co-inventors are James H. Brauker, Addison, Mich., Victoria Carr-Brendel, San Diego, Paul V. Goode, Cherry Hill, N.J., Apurv U. Kamath, San Diego, James P. Thrower, Oakland, N.J., and Ben Xavier, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/731,046). 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=8,005,524&OS=8,005,524&RS=8,005,524 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for PMDC Feedback Signal for Alternate Polarization DPSK System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,005,360) developed by Chongjin Xie, Morganville, N.J., for a "PMDC feedback signal for alternate polarization DPSK system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A feedback signal indicative of the average RF power of an APol-DPSK optical signal is used by a PMD compensator to adjust the amount of compensation applied to the optical signal." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2008 (12/185,944). 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=8,005,360&OS=8,005,360&RS=8,005,360 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications Assigned Patent for System and Method for Suppressing Beat Noise in Line Monitoring Equipment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,005,358) developed by Hongbin Zhang, Marlboro, N.J., Ralph Brian Jander, Freehold, N.J., and Ram M. Engira, Neptune, N.J., for a "system and method for suppressing beat noise in line monitoring equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for suppressing beat noise in line monitoring equipment. A wavelength dither generator wavelength modulates a carrier wavelength of a test signal laser transmitter. A test code is modulated on the dithered carrier wavelength to provide a test signal output of the line monitoring equipment." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2007 (11/782,348). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,005,358&OS=8,005,358&RS=8,005,358 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Mass., and Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., have been assigned a patent (8,005,463) developed by 14 co-inventors for a presence lite. The co-inventors are Gregory Wayne Cermak, Needham, Mass., Douglas Reynold Jones, Medford, N.J., Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Wilton, Conn., Sandra Kelly Teare, Needham, Mass., Eric Andrew Goodheart, Brighton, Mass., Margaret Malagon, Gulph Mills, Pa., Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Waltham, Mass., Aaron Joseph Dagen, Brooklyn, N.Y., David Anthony Fay, Still River, Mass., Piotr Kajetan Boni, Providence, R.I., Beth Shelley Davis, Acton, Mass., Dermot Anthony Murray, Mount Vernon, N.Y., Ann Wander Shaub, Gaithersburg, Md., and Joanne Snare LaCourse, Hudson, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,801). 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=8,005,463&OS=8,005,463&RS=8,005,463 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,005,027) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for multicasting with feedback information." The co-inventors are Chunxuan Ye, King of Prussia, Pa., Alexander Reznik, Titusville, N.J., Yogendra C. Shah, Exton, Pa., Philip J. Pietraski, Huntington Station, N.Y., and Robert A. DiFazio, Greenlawn, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for multicasting a packet begins by providing a buffer for each of two user equipments (UEs) in communication with a base station. A determination is made whether there is a previously unsent packet at the base station. A second determination is made whether both UE buffers are non-empty. A non-empty buffer is flushed if there is no previously unsent packet and if one of the buffers is non-empty. A packet is selected to be transmitted if there is a previously unsent packet or if both buffers are non-empty. The buffers are updated based on feedback received from the UEs." The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2008 (11/971,161). 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=8,005,027.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,027&RS=PN/8,005,027 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,004,977) developed by Stan Vitebsky, Morristown, N.J., and Yang Yang, Parsippany, N.J., for a "method of implementing packet-based resource allocation and persistent resource allocation in a wireless communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method of allocating resources in a wireless communication system. The method includes requesting persistent allocation of resources for a data spurt in response to detecting the beginning of the data spurt and performing non-persistent resource allocation for at least one packet in the data spurt. The non-persistent resource allocation is performed in response to determining that persistent resources are not available for allocation. The method also includes transmitting the packet using the allocated non-persistent resources." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2007 (11/946,205). 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=8,004,977.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,977&RS=PN/8,004,977 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus Providing Adjacent Channel Interference Avoidance ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,004,975) developed by Mathilde Benveniste, South Orange, N.J., for a "method and apparatus providing adjacent channel interference avoidance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing adjacent channel interference avoidance is presented. A first set of channels and a second set of channels of a Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum used by the wireless network are defined, the first set having a plurality of channels and the second set having a plurality of channels, and wherein the first set and the second set have mutually non-adjacent channels. A channel in the first set is designated as the control channel, the control channel being non-adjacent to channels in the second set, and used by all nodes of the wireless network. The channels in the first spectrum are utilized for the control channel and for data channels for unicast transmissions between single-radio nodes. The channels of the second set are utilized as data channels for unicast and multicast transmissions by multi-radio nodes. Adjacent channel interference between data transmissions on multiple radios located in the same device is avoided by allowing adjacent-channel transmissions only when they go in the same direction (either both incoming or outgoing) and by sending acknowledgments on the control channel." The patent application was filed on Aug. 22, 2006 (11/507,854). 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=8,004,975.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,975&RS=PN/8,004,975 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,004,992) developed by four co-inventors for an "adding hybrid ARQ to WLAN protocols with MAC based feedback." The co-inventors are Santosh Abraham, San Diego, Saishankar Nandagopalan, San Diego, Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, Calif., and Ashwin Sampath, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless node having a MAC layer configured to coordinate access to a shared wireless medium using a MAC protocol, a PHY layer configured to provide an interface to the shared wireless medium, and a HARQ layer between the MAC and PHY layers, the HARQ layer being configured to support HARQ using the MAC protocol." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2008 (March 3, 2008). 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=8,004,992.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,992&RS=PN/8,004,992 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,004,979) developed by Mathilde Benveniste, South Orange, N.J., for a "call admission control for mobility-capable telecommunications terminals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable taking into consideration the variation in channel occupancy of a particular terminal or terminals during the call admission process. A channel utilization manager accounts for the probabilistic nature of the call admission decision by using a pre-determined, statistically justified value to represent the channel occupancy. The "per-call" channel occupancy value is determined by a number of factors, including the shared-communications channel data rate. Channel occupancy is incorporated into one or more cumulative distribution functions (CDF), which are evaluated by the channel utilization manager as part of the call admission process. In turn, each channel-occupancy CDF of a shared-communications channel can be generated from a CDF of the terminals' data rates on that channel, which data rates can be determined analytically or empirically." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2009 (12/623,239). 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=8,004,979.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,979&RS=PN/8,004,979 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,005,257) developed by Larry Venetsky, Mount Laurel, N.J., and Jeffrey W. Tieman, Leonardtown, Md., for a "gesture recognition apparatus and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of identifying a human gesture using a machine includes providing a time sequence of data related to the human gesture; transforming the time sequence of data into waveforms; extracting features from the waveforms; and identifying the human gesture based on the extracted features." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2008 (12/177,913). 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=8005257.PN.&OS=PN/8005257&RS=PN/8005257 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,005,335) developed by four co-inventors for a "fiber distribution hub with pigtail routing." The co-inventors are Randy Reagan, Morristown, N.J., Jeff Gniadek, Northbridge, Mass., Tom Parsons, Leominster, Mass., and Michael Noonan, Shrewsbury, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for configuring an enclosure used in a communications network is described. The method may include providing a group of pigtails. The method may further include routing the group of pigtails circumferentially around a subscriber termination field, where the group of pigtails is associated with an optical splitter module used to convey optical signals to a destination, and where the routing is performed in a manner that does not substantially obstruct access to at least one of a group of subscriber terminations that are associated with the subscriber termination field." The patent application was filed on Jan. 11, 2010 (12/685,478). 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=8,005,335.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,335&RS=PN/8,005,335 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,005,331) developed by Girsh Blumberg, New Providence, N.J., and Aref Chowdhury, Berkeley Heights, N.J., for a "surface-plasmon-assisted optical frequency conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A frequency-conversion method that uses a nonlinear optical process to transfer energy between a surface-plasmon (SP) wave that is guided along an electrically conducting strip and a light beam that is guided along an optical waveguide whose core is adjacent to the electrically conducting strip. A periodic structure spatially modulates the nonlinear susceptibility of the waveguide core with a spatial period that is related to a momentum mismatch in the nonlinear optical process. The spatial modulation provides quasi-phase matching for the SP wave and the light beam and enables efficient energy transfer between them." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2011 (13/018,997). 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=8,005,331.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,331&RS=PN/8,005,331 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- AT&T Intellectual Property, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,005,010) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for providing performance measurement for a network tunnel." The co-inventors are Lee Breslau, Basking Ridge, N.J., Nicholas Duffield, Summit, N.J., Yu Gu, Amherst, Mass., and Subhabrata Sen, North Providence, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing performance measurements on network tunnels in packet networks are disclosed. For example, the method establishes two tunnels between a first measurement host and a first router, and establishes a tunnel between the first router and a second measurement host. The method also establishes a multicast group having a plurality of members, and sends one or more packets addressed to the multicast group from the first measurement host. The method measures the frequencies of directly and/or indirectly received responses from the plurality of members of the multicast group, and provides a plurality of estimated values for a plurality of packet transmission rates from measurement of the frequencies for one or more of said tunnels." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2008 (12/022,733). 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=8,005,010.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,010&RS=PN/8,005,010 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Siemens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Siemens, Munich, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,005,288) developed by Yunqiang Chen, Plainsboro, N.J., and Tong Fang, Morganville, N.J., for a "layer reconstruction from dual-energy image pairs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for layer reconstruction from dual-energy image pairs are provided, the method including: receiving a pair of dual-energy images, one having a relatively high energy dose and the other having a relatively low energy dose; ascertaining that a first relatively motionless layer is substantially aligned between the high and low dose images; computing a preliminary image of a second layer that has non-rigid motion relative to the first layer; detecting the relative motion of the second layer relative to the first layer; generating a mask in accordance with the detected motion; filling the motion area corresponding to the mask with gradients of the high-dose image; removing the first layer; and inpainting the motion area." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,487). 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=8,005,288.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,288&RS=PN/8,005,288 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Youdocs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Youdocs, Shaker Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,005,270) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for determining an objective measure of human beauty." The co-inventors are Michael F. Roizen, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Mehmet C. Oz, Cliffstreet Park, N.J., Jennifer L. Roizen, Pasadena, Calif., and Jeffrey D. Roizen, Philadelphia. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An objective measure of human beauty is determined by a beauty quantification system. The beauty quantification system comprises a beauty quantification processor, a beauty measure datastore, a beauty score datastore, a user computing device, and a network. The beauty measure datastore comprises quantifiable measures of beauty of a body region. The beauty quantification processor comprises instructions for receiving user data indicative of physical attributes of a selected body region of the user, obtaining measures of beauty from the beauty measures datastore associated with the selected body region, evaluating the user data against the beauty measures of the selected body region, determining a user score indicative of the beauty of the selected body region of the user, storing the user score in the beauty score datastore, and comparing the user score to a score stored in the beauty score datastore. The beauty quantification processor may also suggest enhancements to one or more body regions to improve the user score. The suggested enhancements may be presented as an ordered listed organized by a relative cost benefit measure." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,190). 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=8005270.PN.&OS=PN/8005270&RS=PN/8005270 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Siemens Assigned Patent for method for Determining Midpoint Coordinates of an Image of a Point-symmetrical Structure ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Siemens, Munich, Germany, has been assigned a patent (8,005,274) developed by Jens Guhring, Monmouth Junction, N.J., and Arne Littmann, Erlangen, Germany, for a "method for determining midpoint coordinates of an image of a point-symmetrical structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to a method for determining midpoint coordinates of an image of a point-symmetrical structure stored in a volume data record, comprising: extracting a partial volume data record from the volume data record which contains the image of the point-symmetrical structure, selecting a set of points whose coordinates lie in the partial volume data record, determining a measure for each point of the set wherein the measure for each of the points of the set characterizes in each case the symmetry of the partial volume data record in relation to this point, selecting a point as a midpoint of the point-symmetrical structure that point of the set in relation to which the partial volume data record has the greatest symmetry on the basis of the previously determined measures, and storing the coordinates of the midpoint in a computer unit." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2006 (11/584,991). 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=8005274.PN.&OS=PN/8005274&RS=PN/8005274 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. -1058833 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |