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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Sept. 1)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Assigned Patent for Private Mobility Management Enhancements ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,009,628) developed by Paul Wilkinson Dent, Pittsboro, N.C., for a "private mobility management enhancements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus described herein uses a mobility server to supplement the mobility management operations of a conventional mobile switching circuit (MSC). The mobility server receives mobility messages from a wireless terminal, and updates a location register associated with the MSC responsive to the received mobility messages. According to one exemplary embodiment, the mobility server has a pre-determined network address, such as a phone number, IP address, etc. The wireless terminal sends the mobility messages as user-plane messages to the pre-determined network address over a traffic data channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the mobility messages indicate the imminent loss of usable base station signals at an identified wireless terminal. For this embodiment, the mobility server may identify a satellite beam associated with the wireless terminal's location based on the received mobility messages, and update the location register accordingly." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/680,150). 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=80,09,628.PN.&OS=PN/80,09,628&RS=PN/80,09,628 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Automatic Overlapping Areas That Flood Routing Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,009,591) developed by five co-inventors for an "automatic overlapping areas that flood routing information." The co-inventors are Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, N.C., Russell White, Holly Springs, N.C., David Anthony Cook, Raleigh, N.C., Yi Yang, Morrisville, N.C., and Madhavi Chandra, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes receiving on a first communication link at a local router all routing information at a certain level of detail for each router of multiple routers communicating in a first flooding domain. A measure of distance is determined from a particular router in the first flooding domain to the local router. It is determined whether the measure of distance exceeds a threshold. If the measure of distance exceeds the threshold, then summary routing information with less than the certain level of detail is determined for the particular router. Also, certain routing information is sent over a different second communication link at the local router. The certain routing information includes the summary information for the particular router, and all routing information at the certain level of detail for a subset of routers communicating in the first flooding domain, which subset excludes the particular router." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2006 (11/565,608). 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=80,09,591.PN.&OS=PN/80,09,591&RS=PN/80,09,591 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for System and Method of Discovery of Wireless Control Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,009,587) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method of discovery of wireless control device." The co-inventors are Andrey L. Tsigler, Hillsborough, N.C., Kishore B. Padmanabha, Morrisville, N.C., Dana L. Fowler, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., and Murali K. Policharla, Karnataka, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a wireless infrastructure node configured to receive a discovery message from a wireless control device, and reply to the wireless control device with a connection request if the wireless infrastructure node is not statically assigned to another wireless control device and the wireless infrastructure node is not being managed by another wireless control device." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2007 (11/823,233). 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=80,09,587.PN.&OS=PN/80,09,587&RS=PN/80,09,587 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas Assigned Patent for Debris Trap ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, Wilmington, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,009,790) developed by Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, N.C., and Gerald Martin Latter, Wilmington, N.C., for a debris Trap. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A debris trap catches debris falling through a fuel bundle orifice in a nuclear reactor. The debris trap includes a shaft and a debris capture tray attached to an end of the shaft. The debris capture tray includes a tray cavity sized larger than the fuel bundle orifice." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2007 (11/955,780). 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=8,009,790.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,790&RS=PN/8,009,790 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, Wilmington, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,009,791) developed by four co-inventors for a "fuel supports for nuclear reactors." The co-inventors are Birol Aktas, Wilmington, N.C., Robert James, Wilmington, N.C., Carlton W. Clark, Wilmington, N.C., and William Earl Russell II, Wilmington, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fuel support for a nuclear reactor may include: a plurality of fuel support apertures, each fuel support aperture dimensioned for receiving a lower tie plate of a fuel assembly; and a plurality of lumens, each lumen being coupled to a different fuel support aperture. At least one lumen may be configured for attenuating a fluid flow differently than the fluid flow in at least one other of the lumen." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2009 (12/542,301). 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=8,009,791.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,791&RS=PN/8,009,791 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Providing Location Determination Information to an Assisted Location Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Lund, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,010,124) developed by William R. Osborn, Cary, N.C., and Leland S. Bloebaum, Cary, N.C., for "methods, systems and computer program products for providing location determination information to an assisted location service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems for providing location determination information to an assisted location service associated with a wireless communication network include a satellite positioning system receiver that generates a set of first format location information based on measurements of signals transmitted from positioning system satellites. A conversion circuit of the system, separate from the satellite positioning system receiver, is configured to receive the set of first format location information from the satellite positioning system receiver and to convert the set of first format location information to a second format, different from the first format to provide the location determination information. The system further includes a transmitter configured to transmit the location determination information to the assisted location service over the wireless communication network. Methods and computer program products for providing location determination information to an assisted location service associated with a wireless communication network are also provided." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2003 (10/395,838). 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=8,010,124.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,124&RS=PN/8,010,124 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Anticipatory Mobile System Service Brokering and Resource Planning from Multiple Providers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,010,423) developed by eight co-inventors for an "anticipatory mobile system service brokering and resource planning from multiple providers." The co-inventors are William Kress Bodin, Austin, Texas, Bryan William Clark, Londonberry, N.J., Albert Chung-Chee Kwok, Fremont, Calif., John Richard Del Pizzo Jr., Cranberry Township, Pa., Wojciech T. Stryjewski, Baton Rouge, La., David Patrick Huff, Cary, N.C., Derral Charles Thorson, Austin, Texas, and Michael Karasick, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An opportunity server searches for potential vehicle repair transaction providers by receiving a signal from a mobile system indicating a need for a transaction with a business entity responsive to an on-board diagnostic detection of a real-time fault condition resulting in recording of a Diagnostic Trouble Code; automatically issuing requests for bids for the transaction to provider parties located in a first potential geographic point for repair service indicating estimated times of arrival at each geographic point; receiving offers from the provider parties; automatically coalescing the offers by screening to meet user preferences, and modifying and organizing into a format for uniform presentation to a user; presenting the coalesced offers to an operator of the mobile system; and automatically performing enterprise resource planning for a user-selected business transaction." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2002 (10/232,246). 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=8,010,423.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,423&RS=PN/8,010,423 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Assigned Patent for Multi-pass Parameter Estimation for G-rake Receiver ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,009,722) developed by Tracy L. Fulghum, Durham, N.C., for a "multi-pass parameter estimation for G-Rake receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a parametric G-Rake receiver, a method an apparatus computes initial estimates of one or more scaling parameters and initial combining weights for the parametric G-Rake receiver; estimates the SINR of a received signal based on a mean pilot symbol estimate and the initial combining weights; computes revised estimates for one or more scaling parameters based on the estimated SINR and the initial combining weights; and computes revised combining weights based on one or more revised scaling parameter estimates." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,460). 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=8,009,722.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,722&RS=PN/8,009,722 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (8,009,727) developed by Dennis Hui, Cary, N.C., Jung-Fu Cheng, Cary, N.C., and Hakan B. Bjorkegren, Taby, Sweden, for an "equalizer for single carrier FDMA receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of equalizing a received signal compensates for frequency selectivity of the communication channel taking into account channel estimation errors. The method comprises generating channel estimates for the received signal, computing filter weights for an equalizer based on said channel estimates and a covariance of the channel estimation error, and filtering the received signal using the computed filter weights." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2007 (11/676,638). 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=8,009,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,727&RS=PN/8,009,727 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** RF Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,009,762) developed by Wael A. Al-Qaq, Oak Ridge, N.C., and Dennis Mahoney, High Point, N.C., for a "method for calibrating a phase distortion compensated polar modulated radio frequency transmitter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a method for calibrating a phase distortion compensated polar modulated RF transmitter, which uses amplitude pre-distortion to compensate for phase distortion, called AMPM compensation. Some embodiments of the present invention may include a method for calibrating polar modulated RF transmitters that use amplitude pre-distortion to compensate for amplitude non-linearities, called AMAM compensation. The AMPM and AMAM compensations may enable the polar modulated RF transmitter to conform to RF output power tolerances, meet EVM specifications, and meet ORFS requirements. The pre-distortion calibration methods may be used to determine calibration constants by measuring phase distortion and amplitude non-linearities. During normal operation, the calibration constants may be used to provide the AMPM and AMAM compensations." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2007 (11/736,176). 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=8,009,762.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,762&RS=PN/8,009,762 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Duke University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Duke University, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,009,942) developed by Tomoyuki Yoshie, Chapel Hill, N.C., Lingling Tang, Durham, N.C., and Samuel Drezdzon, Washington, for an optical isolator. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various optical isolator embodiments are disclosed. Embodiments comprise a waveguide section utilizing materials that induce a propagation constant shift that is propagation-direction-dependent. Embodiments are characterized by a cutoff frequency for forward propagating waves that is different than the cutoff frequency for reverse waves; the dimensions and direction of magnetization of the waveguide can be tailored so that, in a particular embodiment, the cutoff frequency for forward propagating waves is lower than the cutoff frequency for reverse waves. A particular embodiment is constructed as a single-mode waveguide on a substrate. The cross-section of the waveguide is inhomogeneous in terms of materials. At least one part of the cross-section is a non-reciprocal magneto-optic medium, which has nonzero off-diagonal permittivity tensor components. This inhomogeneity induces a propagation constant shift, which is propagation-direction-dependent. This device works as an optical isolator from the cut-off frequency of the lowest forward wave (lower frequency) to one for the lowest reverse wave (higher frequency). Various configurations consistent with the principles of the invention are disclosed." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2009 (12/496,630). 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=8,009,942.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,942&RS=PN/8,009,942 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Corning Cable Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,009,959) developed by Ray S. Barnes, Hickory, N.C., John D. Coleman, Hickory, N.C., and Alan W. Ugolini, Hickory, N.C., for an "optical interconnection methods for high-speed data-rate optical transport systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Optical interconnection methods for high-speed data-rate optical transport systems are disclosed that optically interconnect active assemblies to a fiber optic cable in a polarization-preserving manner. The methods include defining active-assembly-wise connector ports that connect to active assembly transmit and receive ports, and defining or establishing a pairings method between the active-assembly-wise connector ports. In a first optical interconnection assembly, an active-assembly-wise port is optically connected to a cable-wise port. In the second optical interconnection assembly, the cable-wise port that corresponds to the connected cable-wise port in the first optical interconnection assembly is optically connected to a select active-assembly-wise port as defined by the pairings method. The optical connection process is then repeated from the second to the first optical interconnection assembly. The optical interconnection acts are repeated until all of the active-assembly-wise ports are connected." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2009 (12/486,427). 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=8,009,959.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,959&RS=PN/8,009,959 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,010,061) developed by Nedim Erkocevic, Delfgauw, The Netherlands, Franklin Sean David Schultz, Raleigh, N.C., and Kenneth David Schultz, Fuquay, N.C., for a "combining multimedia signaling and wireless network signaling on a common communication medium." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus for combining at least multimedia signaling (e.g., CATV signals) and wireless network signaling for transmission over the same communication medium includes a first port for receiving a multimedia signal, a second port for receiving a wireless networking signal, and a third port being couplable to the communication medium. The apparatus is configured for generating a combined signal at the third port, the combined signal including at least a portion of the multimedia signal and at least a portion of the wireless networking signal. In this manner, wireless networking signals may be conveyed over the same communication medium as is used for multimedia signals." The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2002 (10/329,119). 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=8,010,061.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,061&RS=PN/8,010,061 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. -1059561 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |