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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (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 Florida. *** Siemens Enterprise Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 -- Siemens Enterprise Communications, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,009,593) developed by four co-inventors for "telecommunications system, method of managing a telecommunications system for optimized bandwidth usage during conference calls and program product therefor." The co-inventors are Johannes Ruetschi, Boca Raton, Fla., Rodrigo Pastro, Lake Worth, Fla., Mallikarjuna Samayamantry Rao, Delray Beach, Fla., and Geert Fieremans, Boca Raton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A telecommunications system, method of managing a telecommunications system and program product therefore. Telecommunications system branches are linked to a network and to each other in a wide area network (WAN). Each branch includes telecommunications devices and a media processor that supports a concurrent port for each local telecommunications device. A controller, e.g., at a data center, selects media processing resources to aggregate system media during conference calls for efficient bandwidth use. The controller may select resources based on user location, Call Admission Control (CAC) policy bandwidth usage, and availability of media resources and media processor ports." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2008 (12/079,125). 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=80,09,593.PN.&OS=PN/80,09,593&RS=PN/80,09,593 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Florida Inventor Develops Patent for System and Method for Enabling Social Interactive Wireless Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Leigh M. Rothschild, Sunny Isles, Fla., has developed a patent (8,010,131) for a "system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices is presented. In particular, the system and method comprises affiliating and/or synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network. Further, the present invention comprises associating at least one first social interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, and associating at least one second social interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device. Upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a physical and/or geographic proximity to one another, the present invention further comprises determining whether the first and second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another, and establishing a communication channel between the first and second mobile devices for communication therebetween." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2008 (12/283,910). 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=8,010,131&OS=8,010,131&RS=8,010,131 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,010,244) developed by five co-inventors for an intervisibility determination. The co-inventors are Mark Allstadt, Endicott, N.Y., Marc Blais, Endicott, N.Y., Ira S. Glickstein, The Villages, Fla., Peter N. Stiles, Owego, N.Y., and Ronald Vienneau, Endicott, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for efficient intervisibility determination. The intervisibility determination method of the present invention provides a multiple threat processing capability within a specified area of terrain using a common database. Computation is simplified through the method of processing data posts in the terrain elevation database. By taking integer steps and incrementing distance, x or y, and a predicted elevation value at each step, a small number of operations may be performed. Recomputing a change in elevation value may be reduced. An umbra database provides an enhanced look-up capability for displaying and updating the intervisibility display information. The systems and methods of the present invention may be suitable for use on a vehicle and in mission management activities." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2007 (11/854,488). 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=8,010,244&OS=8,010,244&RS=8,010,244 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Stevens Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,010,187) developed by six co-inventors for a "three-dimensional impedance imaging device." The co-inventors are Katherine Freed, Rutherford, N.J., Megan Calderia, Forked River, N.J., Rachel Ostroff, Jacksonville, Fla., Esther Eubanks, Perth Amboy, N.J., Rainer Martini, Hoboken, N.J., and Vikki Hazelwood, Wayne, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a method of electrical impedance tomography (EIT), a mediating fluid provides electrical contact between the electrodes of an EIT device and the skin of a body part to be examined. The height of the fluid is raised or lowered between impedance measurements, enabling tomographic images of the tissue under examination to be resolved mathematically for subsequent viewing. Tomographic planes are isolated by calculating differences between Cartesian models generated from impedance values measured at the plane of interest and at an adjacent plane." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2009 (12/358,625). 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=8,010,187&OS=8,010,187&RS=8,010,187 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MAKO Surgical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- MAKO Surgical, Hollywood, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,010,180) developed by five co-inventors for a "Haptic guidance system and method." The co-inventors are Arthur Quaid, North Miami, Fla., Hyosig Kang, Weston, Fla., Dennis Moses, Hollywood, Fla., Rony Abovitz, Hollywood, Fla., and Scott Illsley, Waterloo, Canada. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surgical apparatus includes a surgical device, configured to be manipulated by a user to perform a procedure on a patient, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to implement control parameters for controlling the surgical device to provide at least one of haptic guidance to the user and a limit on user manipulation of the surgical device, based on a relationship between an anatomy of the patient and at least one of a position, an orientation, a velocity, and an acceleration of a portion of the surgical device, and to adjust the control parameters in response to movement of the anatomy during the procedure." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2006 (11/357,197). 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=8,010,180&OS=8,010,180&RS=8,010,180 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Intraoperative Image Registration ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,010,177) developed by six co-inventors for an intraoperative image registration. The co-inventors are Andrew N. Csavoy, Minneapolis, Matthew S. Solar, Indialantic, Fla., Jeffrey M. Waynik, Nederland, Colo., Mark S. Freas, Palm Bay, Fla., Thomas I. Miller, Palm Bay, Fla., and Keith Sootsman, Kalamazoo, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system to allow registration of a patient to image space is disclosed. The registration can be performed without touching a plurality of fiducial points on the patient or in the image data. The registration process can eliminate manual steps of image to patient registration and image to image registration." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2007 (11/739,513). 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=8,010,177&OS=8,010,177&RS=8,010,177 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FTEN Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- FTEN, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,010,442) developed by five co-inventors for a "financial data processing system." The co-inventors are Corby Drake Angle, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Douglas Guy Kittelsen, Evergreen, Colo., Malcolm Gary LaFever, Lyons, Colo., Ted Nathan Myerson, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Anandan Murali Prasad, Chennai, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To process financial articles of trade, real time data is collected from a plurality of liquidity destinations in trading at least one of securities, commodities, options, futures and derivatives, the real time data including information on submitted transactions of financial articles of trade. The real time data collected from the plurality of liquidity destinations is aggregated. The real time data is streamed in a standardized form. User criteria are established to identify relevant portions of the streamed real time data. The streamed real time data is analyzed according to the user criteria. The analyzed real time data is consolidated into a computer data base." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,943). 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=8,010,442.PN.&OS=PN/8,010,442&RS=PN/8,010,442 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** XG Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- XG Technology, Sarasota, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,009,779) developed by Joseph A. Bobier, Sunrise, Fla., for a "system and method for broadband pulse detection among multiple interferers using a picket fence receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to detect broadband pulses in the presence of multiple strong narrow band interferers is disclosed whereby a picket fence filtering method is used to detect and ignore the signal at the precise location of the narrow band interferers." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2008 (12/075,238). 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=8,009,779.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,779&RS=PN/8,009,779 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sensormatic Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- Sensormatic Electronics, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,009,743) developed by Stewart E. Hall, Wellington, Fla., and James A. Cook, Boynton Beach, Fla., for a "method and system for powering a device using a data communications signal line." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for transferring power using a data communications signal line. The data communications signal line is in a high impedance powerless state when idle. A main device is electrically coupled to the data communications signal line. The main device generates and transmits a signal on the data communications signal line. The signal includes power generation and non-power generation characters. A peripheral device is electrically coupled to the data communications signal line. The peripheral device has a functional unit arranged to perform a desired function for the peripheral device. A power conversion module is electrically coupled to the data communications signal line and receives the signal. The power conversion module converts power from the received signal to a form suitable for storage. A controller is in electrical communication with the functional unit and the power conversion module. The controller receives the power generation and non-power generation characters, strips the power generation characters from the signal and transmits the non-power generation characters to the functional unit." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2006 (11/334,925). 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=8,009,743.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,743&RS=PN/8,009,743 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,009,946) developed by nine co-inventors for a "fiberoptic patient health multi-parameter monitoring devices and system." The co-inventors are Hua Xia, Altamont, N.Y., David Michael Davenport, Niskayuna, N.Y., Daniel Francis Strauch, Mt. Airy, Md., Steven Mitchell Falk, Baltimore, Mark Lyman Kelly, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Marilyn Ruth Lapidus, Columbia, Md., Lynn Elizabeth Lynam, Bel Air, Md., Lawrence Guy Ten Eyck, Ellicott City, N.D., and Clayton Ming Young, Schenectady, N.Y.. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A patient monitoring system includes a plurality of diffraction gratings integrated along the length of an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber and each grating are together configured to alter either the effective refractive index or grating periodicity of the respective grating at its corresponding location along the fiber in response to at least one desired external stimulus." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2008 (12/011,319). 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=8,009,946.PN.&OS=PN/8,009,946&RS=PN/8,009,946 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. 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