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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,004,817) developed by Scott E. Peitzsch, Tewksbury, Mass., for a "method of platen fabrication to allow electrode pattern and gas cooling optimization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrode pattern and layered assembly is disclosed. This assembly utilizes multiple-piece construction, including at least two electrically conductive layers and at least three electrically insulating layers. By incorporating a second electrically conductive layer, each electrode can be divided into two or more separate portions on the top layer, and joined together using the second conductive layer. Connections between the two conductive layers can be made using any suitable technique, including through-hole vias, conductive rods and the like. The use of a second electrically conductive layer also allows for a different gas distribution strategy. The use of multiple conductive layers allows the use of one or more concentric channels to be used through which the gas can be injected." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2009 (12/487,075). 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=8004817.PN.&OS=PN/8004817&RS=PN/8004817 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Modulus Scaling for Elliptic-curve Cryptography ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,210) developed by four co-inventors for a "modulus scaling for elliptic-curve cryptography." The co-inventors are Erdinc Ozturk, Worcester, Mass., Vinodh Gopal, Westboro, Mass., Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., and Wajdi K. Feghali, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Modulus scaling applied a reduction techniques decreases time to perform modular arithmetic operations by avoiding shifting and multiplication operations. Modulus scaling may be applied to both integer and binary fields and the scaling multiplier factor is chosen based on a selected reduction technique for the modular arithmetic operation." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2007 (11/772,165). 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=8,005,210.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,210&RS=PN/8,005,210 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,227) developed by Thomas Linnell, Northborough, Mass., Jack Harwood, Paxton, Mass., and John T. Fitzgerald, Mansfield, Mass., for a "key information consistency checking in encrypting data storage system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage system employs data encryption to increase data security, and techniques for ensuring consistency of key information maintained and used throughout the system to reduce the likelihood that data will become non-recoverable due to the use of an incorrect encryption key. In one aspect, a verification process is performed between a key table at a central storage processor and key tables containing decrypted copies of the same information that are stored and utilized at separate input/output (I/O) modules. The verification process includes computing respective hash values at the I/O modules and at the storage processor and comparing the hash values to determine whether they match, a match indicating that the tables are consistent and a non-match indicating that the tables are not consistent. In another aspect, an I/O module performs a check prior to performing an encryption/decryption operation as part of processing an I/O command to ensure that the correct key will be utilized. This check involves comparing address information from the I/O command to address information stored in association with the data encryption key. If the address information is consistent, it indicates that the specified data encryption key is the correct key to be used for the encryption/decryption operation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (11/964,789). 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=8,005,227.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,227&RS=PN/8,005,227 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Gryphon Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Gryphon Networks, Norwood, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,005,200) developed by Keith A. Fotta, Duxbury, Mass., and Richard P. Boudrieau, Duxbury, Mass., for a "system and method for control of communications connections and notifications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for selectively establishing a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network based on one or mediations rules and one or more lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers either in real-time using a control unit or with a pre-check using an analysis unit while also providing notification messages associated with the allowed or designated allowed communications connections." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2004 (11/021,564). 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=8,005,200.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,200&RS=PN/8,005,200 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,189) developed by Thomas Ripp, Amherst, N.H., and Michael Lanzaro, North Reading, Mass., for a "suitcase compartmentalized for security inspection and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A piece of luggage, such as a suitcase, is constructed with one or more compartments of predesigned location and purpose to facilitate security inspection. Compartments may be designated to hold objects that, if obscured by other objects, carry an undesirably high likelihood of generating a false alarm because obscuring objects prevent an accurate assessment of the nature of those objects. For this reason, a compartment may be designated for liquids, gels and/or aerosols. A compartment may also be designated for objects, such as metal objects, which carry a risk of generating a false alarm if packed in a suitcase in a way that they obscure other objects and prevent an accurate determination of whether those objects are threat objects. Such compartments are positioned to ensure that the items they contain are segregated during x-ray inspection so as to neither obscure or be obscured by other objects packed in the luggage." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2009 (12/399,832). 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=8,005,189.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,189&RS=PN/8,005,189 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,176) developed by William S. Song, Lexington, Mass., for an "architecture for systolic nonlinear filter processors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are nonlinear filter processors having an array of polynomial nonlinear filters including a first polynomial nonlinear filter and a last polynomial nonlinear filter. The first polynomial nonlinear filter has an input terminal for receiving an input data sample. The polynomial nonlinear filters systolically pass the input data sample from the first polynomial nonlinear filter to the last polynomial nonlinear filter. Each polynomial nonlinear filter produces an output data sample based on the input data sample. In addition, each polynomial nonlinear filter other than the last polynomial nonlinear filter systolically passes the output data sample generated by that polynomial nonlinear filter to a neighboring polynomial nonlinear filter. Each polynomial nonlinear filter other than the first polynomial nonlinear filter sums a nonlinearly filtered input data sample produced by that polynomial nonlinear filter with the output data sample received from a neighboring polynomial nonlinear filter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 14, 2008 (12/030,913). 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=8,005,176&OS=8,005,176&RS=8,005,176 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,964) developed by four co-inventors for a "restoring multi-segment pseudowires following failure of a switching PE device." The co-inventors are Sami Boutros, San Ramon, Calif., Muthurajah Sivabalan, Kanata, Canada, Luca Martini, Lakewood, Colo., and George Swallow, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a protected switching provider edge (S-PE) and a backup S-PE may be operated, where the protected S-PE has at least one multi-segment pseudowire (MS-PW) and is between a first and second provider edge (PE) on the MS-PW. To protect the protected S-PE, the first and second PE may be informed of the backup S-PE and a backup label to reach the second and first PE, respectively, via the backup S-PE to remain on the MS-PW. Upon detecting loss of connectivity with the protected S-PE, the first and/or second PE may forward packets of the MS-PW to the backup S-PE with the corresponding backup label to reach the second or first PE, respectively, on the MS-PW." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2009 (12/383,359). 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=8,004,964.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,964&RS=PN/8,004,964 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,960) developed by Alex E. Raj, Westford, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for forwarding label distribution protocol multicast traffic during fast reroute." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer apparatus comprising a processor and a forwarding engine arranged to forward LDP multicast traffic along a multicast tree having a primary and a backup path in a converged network topology, the processor being configured to cause the forwarding engine to forward traffic via the backup path upon a topology change and send a changed topology label and path vector to at least one neighbor node in the changed topology." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/413,252). 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=8,004,960.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,960&RS=PN/8,004,960 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,938) developed by Paul Coles, Sharon, Mass., Faramarz Mahnad, Brookline, Mass., and Michael Kearnan, Mendon, Mass., for an "optical tape test system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, systems, and apparatus methods and systems including: curing processes, coating methods, embossing, drums, testing, tracking alignment stamper strip; optical tape methods and systems including: pick up head adapted for the disclosed optical tape; and optical tape uses including optical storage media devices for multimedia applications." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/628,026). 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=8,004,938.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,938&RS=PN/8,004,938 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Luma Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Luma Imaging, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,005,527) developed by Alex R. Zelenchuk, Stoughton, Mass., for a "method of determining a condition of a tissue." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the fluorescent response radiation. The response radiation is observed at three selected wavelengths, one of which corresponds to an isosbestic point. In one example, the isosbestic point occurs at about 431 nm. The intensities of the observed signals are normalized using the 431 nm intensity. A score is determined using the ratios in a discriminant analysis. The tissue under examination is resected or not, based on the diagnosis of disease or health, according to the outcome of the discriminant analysis." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/955,165). 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=8,005,527.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,527&RS=PN/8,005,527 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Second Wind Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Second Wind Systems, Somerville, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,004,935) developed by Niels LaWhite, Somerville, Mass., Louis Manfredi, Amherst, Mass., and Walter L. Sass, Somerville, Mass., for a "sodar housing with non-woven fabric lining for sound absorption." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A housing for a phased array monostatic sodar system with a transducer array that emits and receives multiple generally conical main beams of sound along different primary axes. The housing includes one or more upwardly-directed sidewalls that define a volume between them that is open to the atmosphere at the top, to emit and receive the beams, and an upper lip at the top of at least one wall, defining a curved perimeter at the top of at least some of the volume that closely conforms to the shape of at least one main beam at the location of the lip. The sidewalls are lined with a non-woven fiber based sound-absorbing material." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2008 (12/117,994). 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=8,004,935.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,935&RS=PN/8,004,935 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Worcester Polytechnic Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,486) developed by Kaveh Pahlavan, Newton, Mass., Nayef Al-Sindi, Malden, Mass., and Bardia Alavi, Shaker Heights, Ohio, for a "precise node localization in sensor ad-hoc networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for configuring ad-hoc networks, especially a self-configuring wireless sensor networks, are described. The network has an initial number of anchors with known positions that broadcast a signal. The signals are received by distributed nodes whose position is not yet known. The nodes rank the received signal based on a Quality of Link (QoL; received signal strength) and compute a Quality of position Estimate (QoE) for the node. The node with the best QoE is elevated to anchor. This process gradually increases the number of available anchors in the network and hence the position accuracy for additional nodes. The system can be used for geolocation of soldiers in the indoor combat, tracking the location of firefighter and other emergency personnel in rescue missions, etc." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/009,836). 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=8,005,486&OS=8,005,486&RS=8,005,486 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nellcor Puritan Bennett Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,005,534) developed by Scott D. Greenwald, Brookline, Mass., Philip H. Devlin, Brookline, Mass., and Jeffrey C. Sigl, Medway, Mass., for a "system and method for prediction of adverse events during treatment of psychological and neurological disorders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a system and method of deriving and computing features and indices that predict the likelihood of psychological and neurological adverse events such as suicidal thoughts and/or actions. The method of the present invention further predicts the likelihood of suicidal thoughts and/or actions prior to and or during treatment for psychological disease. To obtain such features and indices, power spectrum and time domain values are derived from biopotential signals acquired from the subject being tested. The system and method identify people who are likely to experience changing, especially worsening, symptoms of psychological and neurological adverse events such as suicidal thoughts or actions and who therefore may be at risk (e.g. suicide)." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2006 (11/330,593). 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=8,005,534.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,534&RS=PN/8,005,534 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** OnePin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- OnePin, Westborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,507) developed by Feyzi Celik, Hopkinton, Mass., for a "phone to phone data exchange." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event." The patent application was filed on Oct. 7, 2009 (12/575,188). 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=8,005,507.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,507&RS=PN/8,005,507 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. *** Hitachi Communication Technologies Assigned Patent for Passive Optical Network with Wavelength Division Multiplexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Hitachi Communication Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,005,363) developed by Yanming Liu, Lexington, Mass., and Richard Chen, Fremont, Calif., for a "passive optical network with wavelength division multiplexing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a passive optical network is provided that includes: an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to transmit a plurality of downstream signals into a corresponding plurality of passive optical networks and to receive a corresponding plurality of upstream signals from the plurality of passive optical networks, wherein each downstream signal is separated in wavelength from the remaining wavelength signals, and wherein each upstream signal is separated in wavelength from the remaining upstream signal; a Mux/Demux configured to multiplex the downstream signals from the OLT into a optical fiber and to demultiplex upstream signals from the optical fibers to the OLT; and a splitter configured to split the downstream signals from the OLT to a plurality of optical network units such that each optical network unit receives the plurality of downstream signals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,556). 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=8,005,363&OS=8,005,363&RS=8,005,363 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Azimuth Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Azimuth Systems, Acton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,004,994) developed by Prashant Darisi, Nashua, N.H., Jeremy Spilman, Shirley, Mass., and Jose Graziani, Shrewsbury, Mass., for a "system and method for intelligently analyzing performance of a device under test." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is provided that enables accurate measurement of drop rate and delay in a System Under Test (SUT) by one or more monitoring devices even when the frame error rate of the monitoring devices may be imperfect. During a packet drop measurement process, ancillary information is identified and analyzed to determine if the ancillary information can be used to infer receipt of packets when explicit information regarding receipt is not present. A delay measurement process incorporates the time required to re-transmit packets into the delay measurement to more accurately reflect SUT operation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2006 (11/555,324). 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=8,004,994.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,994&RS=PN/8,004,994 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,004,990) developed by Ross W. Callon, Westford, Mass., for a "network traffic distribution across parallel paths." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for distributing network traffic across parallel data paths. For example, a router may perform a hash on routing information of the packet to generate a hash value corresponding to the packet flow associated with the packet. The router may map the hash value of the packet to a forwarding element associated with a data path. The router may dynamically update the mapping of hash values to forwarding elements in accordance with traffic flow statistics. In this manner, the router may distribute the packet flows from data paths with high volumes of traffic to data paths with smaller volumes of traffic. The router may further prevent out of sequence delivery of packets by updating the mapping upon a gap in the packet flow exceeding a threshold gap. For example, the router may update the mapping when a packet for a packet flow associated with the particular hash value has not been received for at least a defined time interval." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2009 (12/628,736). 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=8,004,990.PN.&OS=PN/8,004,990&RS=PN/8,004,990 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 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. *** CYTYC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- CYTYC, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,005,289) developed by Paul Dutta-Choudhury, Franklin, Mass., for a "cross-frame object reconstruction for image-based cytology applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer software, and systems for analyzing a biological specimen (e.g., a cytological specimen) on a slide are provided. Magnified image data frames of the biological specimen are taken at different locations on the slide. An object that is not entirely contained within at least one of the image data frames is identified, and complementary portions of the object respectively located in different ones of the image data frames are matched. A fully integrated object is created from the matched object portions. Attributes of the integrated object are then analyzed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2009 (12/611,886). 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=8,005,289.PN.&OS=PN/8,005,289&RS=PN/8,005,289 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. 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. -1058827 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |