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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (Sept. 28)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Linear Five Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Linear Five, Arlington, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,027,883) developed by Willie L. Donaldson, Arlington, Va., for an "affiliate manipulation system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An affiliate manipulation system that permits consumers, ISPs, search engines and intermediaries to maximize affiliate program participation in transactions by or through them. The affiliate manipulation system accesses an affiliate-capable merchant through the Internet at the direction of a buyer or consumer through an ISP or search engine. An affiliate code for a preferred commercial agent is inserted into the purchase order. The preferred commercial agent is the buyer or consumer, ISP, search engine or other designated recipient. When the buyer initiates a purchase from the affiliate-capable merchant, the system inserts the affiliate code for the preferred commercial agent where there was no affiliate code, or replaces an existing affiliate code in favor of the preferred commercial agent. A purchase order is effected through the affiliate-capable merchant. The order is completed and credit for the sale is given to the preferred commercial agent, based upon the affiliate code." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2010 (12/907,638). 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=80,27,883.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,883&RS=PN/80,27,883 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Army Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (8,027,824) developed by Krishna K. Deb, Alexandria, Va., for a "protein switches incorporating cytochrome C.sub.3 in monolayers and method for producing same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A biomolecular electronic switch includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, a programmable monolayer of either cytochrome c or cytochrome c.sub.3 or bovine serum hormone sandwiched between the first and second electrical contacts and a substrate. These switches have high current-carrying capacities and are very fast. It appears that these protein materials can be either metals or semiconductors. Because of the high conductivity and tiny size, these globular proteins can be used to develop cost-effective, miniaturized FEDs, molecular diodes and rectifiers for nanocomputer chips." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2007 (11/934,076). 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=80,27,824.PN.&OS=PN/80,27,824&RS=PN/80,27,824 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nextel Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,028,320) developed by Alex Shusterman, Vienna, Va., for a "system and method for providing media to media playback device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for delivering media to media playback devices are provided. When a media playback device requests suspension of a media stream, the media is stored in a storage area associated with the media playback device. A media playback device can then request resumption of the media stream. The media playback device requesting resumption of the media stream can be the same or different from the device requesting suspension of the media stream." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2006 (11/415,270). 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=8,028,320&OS=8,028,320&RS=8,028,320 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Akiba Electronics Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Akiba Electronics Institute, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (RE42,737) developed by Michael A. Vaudrey, Blacksburg, Va., and William R. Saunders, Blacksburg, Va., for a "voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) interactive hearing aid and auxiliary equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated individual listening device and decoder for receiving an audio signal including a decoder for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the voice signal and amplifying the voice signal; a second end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the background signal and amplifying the background signal; a summing amplifier coupled to outputs of said first and second end-user adjustable amplifiers and outputting a total audio signal, said total signal being coupled to an individual listening device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2008 (11/972,564). 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=RE42,737&OS=RE42,737&RS=RE42,737 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,028,325) developed by Conor P. Cahill, Waterford, Va., for an "invocation of a third party's service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Invoking a computer implemented service includes receiving a request from a first user to access a service associated with a second user. The request is associated with a security token for the first user and an identity token for the second user. The acceptability of the security token is determined to authenticate the first user, and the acceptability of the identity token is determined to securely identify the second user. The first user is able to access the service associated with the second user conditioned on the security token being determined to be acceptable and the identity token being determined to be acceptable." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2006 (11/347,573). 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=8,028,325&OS=8,028,325&RS=8,028,325 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,028,327) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for a low-cost-internet-base station (LCIB) granting a client device temporary access." The co-inventors are Ryan S. Talley, Overland Park, Kan., Bryan T. Barbee, Olathe, Kan., Timothy W. Sill, Platte City, Mo., and Christopher Yenney, Ashbum, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are provided for a low cost Internet base station (LCIB) to grant a client device temporary access to a wireless network. In an embodiment, an LCIB receives a request from a client device. The request includes a feature code, an access code, and a client-device identifier. The feature code in the request indicates that the client device is requesting temporary access to the wireless network. Upon detecting the feature code in the request, the LCIB compares the access code in the request with a stored access code. If the access code from the request matches the stored access code, the LCIB grants the client device access to the wireless network on a temporary basis. Alternatively, if the access code from the request does not match the stored access code, the LCIB denies the client device access to the wireless network." The patent application was filed on Jan. 28, 2008 (12/021,282). 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=8,028,327&OS=8,028,327&RS=8,028,327 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,027,989) developed by Carl Bruecken, Leesburg, Va., for a "retrieving and providing contextual information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic dictionary may be created by receiving a data request action for a word appearing in an electronic document, accessing information regarding the context of the word derived from within the electronic document in which the word appears, storing the definition of the word along with the context information for the word, and enabling access by the user to the definition and the context information." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,519). 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=8,027,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,989&RS=PN/8,027,989 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,028,092) developed by six co-inventors for an inserting advertising content. The co-inventors are Scott K. Brown, Sterling, Va., Bradley Paul Gorman, Ashburn, Va., Brooke Lamont Patterson, Ashburn, Va., Mark Lionel Filteau, Alexandria, Va., Kevin Eugene Mason, Ashburn, Va., and Eric Adam Manchester, Rockville, Md. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2002 (10/183,420). 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=8,028,092.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,092&RS=PN/8,028,092 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AOL Assigned Patent for Page Views for Proxy Servers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,028,059) developed by Eric O'Laughlen, Aldie, Va., W. Karl Renner, Great Falls, Va., and Kevin E. Greene, Arlington, Va., for a "page views for proxy servers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Distinctions between resources explicitly selected by a user and resources indirectly selected may be enabled by identifying an explicitly selected web page or other resource as such in the request for the web page or other resource, which may allow the web page or resource to be differentiated from web pages or other resources that are requested as a consequence of their indirect selection. Moreover, a log of web pages or other resources explicitly selected by a user may be maintained at the client and later reference by a local processor or communicated to a host process seeking to differentiate directly and indirectly selected web pages or other resources. These techniques also may allow a proxy or other server to perform processing related to parentally controlled accounts or related to accurately tracking frequently requested resources such as web pages." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2005 (11/321,043). 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=8,028,059&OS=8,028,059&RS=8,028,059 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for System and Article of Manufacture for Mirroring Data at Storage Locations ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,027,952) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and article of manufacture for mirroring data at storage locations." The co-inventors are Robert Frederic Kern, Tucson, Ariz., William Frank Micka, Tucson, Ariz., Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, Ariz., and David B. Petersen, Great Falls, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is a system and article of manufacture for mirroring data. A mirror policy indicating volumes in a first storage system is processed to mirror to volumes in a second storage system and volumes in the second storage system to mirror to volumes in a third storage system. The third storage system is at a first geographical location remote with respect to a second geographical location including the first and second storage systems. A command is transmitted to cause the copying of updates to the volumes in the first storage system to corresponding volumes in the second storage system indicated in the mirror policy. Upon an occurrence of an event, the causing the suspension of the copying of updates to the volumes in the first storage system indicated in the mirroring policy to the volumes in the second storage system. During the suspension of the copying of volumes between the first and second storage systems, causing the copying of updates to the volumes in the second storage system indicated in the mirroring policy to the volumes in the third storage system indicated in the mirroring policy." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2008 (12/233,535). 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=8,027,952.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,952&RS=PN/8,027,952 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Virginia, Georgia Inventors Develop Patent for Method for Facilitating Financial and Non Financial Transactions between Customers, Retailers and Suppliers ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Frank Easterly, Midiothian, Va., and Clifford Mason, Columbus, Ga., have developed a patent (8,027,917) for a "method for facilitating financial and non financial transactions between customers, retailers and suppliers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new medium of tender employs both a primary barcode and a merchant specific extension barcode that are both associated with specific consumers. The system operates within preexisting merchant platforms and links merchant systems, POS systems, inventory systems, SKU systems, barcode readers and a server switch. The system allows the ready linking and access of consumer transaction related information including purchase history, credit information, merchandise details and similar information. It further allows for the ready remittance of payment via the ACH network through the eCache computer network or other funding networks based on criteria established by the merchant itself. It further facilitates the administration of consumer rewards or loyalty programs and also facilitates consignment arrangements between suppliers and merchants." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2008 (12/109,960). 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=8,027,917.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,917&RS=PN/8,027,917 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,027,741) developed by Aaron D. Kahn, Arlington, Va., for a "system and method of improved kalman filtering for estimating the state of a dynamic system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include systems and methods of estimating at least one state of a modeled dynamic system. In particular, in one embodiment, an observer such as an extended Kalman filter is used to estimate the state of a modeled dynamic system. A covariance matrix associated with state variables of the observer is periodically checked for compliance with a specified condition, e.g., positive definiteness. If the matrix deviates from the specified condition, the matrix is set to a specified value." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,809). 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=8,027,741.PN.&OS=PN/8,027,741&RS=PN/8,027,741 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for User Interface having a Carousel View for Representing Structured Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 28 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,028,250) developed by five co-inventors for a "user interface having a carousel view for representing structured data." The co-inventors are David Vronay, Beijing, Shuo Wang, Beijing, Ioannis Paniaras, Vienna, Va., Francisco L. Yu Jr., Beijing, and Martijn Eldert Van Tilburg, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A carousel view is described. In an implementation, a method includes determining a number of items that are included in data. A carousel is then generated for output in a user interface. The carousel has a plurality of bins, each of which representing a corresponding one of the items. The carousel has a radius for display of each of the bins based on the determined number of items." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2004 (10/931,302). 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=8,028,250.PN.&OS=PN/8,028,250&RS=PN/8,028,250 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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