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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Dec. 29)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,085,927) developed by four co-inventors for an "interactive voice response system with prioritized call monitoring." The co-inventors are George William Erhart, Loveland, Colo., Valentine C. Matula, Granville, Ohio, David Joseph Skiba, Golden, Colo., and Glen A. Taylor, Columbus, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention enables service agents in a call center to monitor portions of calls that are especially error-prone (e.g., automated speech recognition of an address, etc.), while portions of calls that are not error-prone occur without any human monitoring. An interactive voice response (IVR) system script (e.g., a VXML script, etc.) is divided into a plurality of independent dialog sequences, each of which is assigned a human-monitoring requirement that indicates whether (and optionally, to what degree) the dialog sequence requires monitoring by a service agent. In addition, instances of the dialog sequences in calls are prioritized based on an indication of caller intelligibility during (i) prior dialog sequences in the current call, and (ii) prior calls involving the same caller and/or the same contact identifier (e.g., telephone number, email address, Internet Protocol address, etc.)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,905). 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=8,085,927.PN.&OS=PN/8,085,927&RS=PN/8,085,927 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schulz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Waldean Schulz, Boulder, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,086,026) developed by Waldean Allen Schulz, for a "method and system for the determination of object positions in a volume." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method or a system embodiment determines positional information about a moveable object to which is affixed a pattern of stripes having reference lines. A method determines image lines of stripe images of each stripe within at least two video frames, uses the image lines to prescribe planes having lines of intersection, and determines a transformation mapping reference lines to lines of intersection. Position information about the object may be derived from the transformation. A system embodiment comprises a pattern of stripes in a known fixed relationship to an object, reference lines characterizing the stripes, two or more cameras at known locations, a digital computer adapted to receive video frames from the pixel arrays of the cameras, and a program stored in the computer's memory. The program performs some or all of the method. When there are two or more moveable objects, an embodiment may further determine the position information about a first object to be transformed to a local coordinate system fixed with respect to a second object." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,353). 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=8,086,026.PN.&OS=PN/8,086,026&RS=PN/8,086,026 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,085,948) developed by Fred C. Thomas, Fort Collins, Colo., and Paul Boerger, Loveland, Colo., for a "noise reduction in a system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system comprises a plurality of storage drives coupled to logic. The logic implements a noise-reducing feature selected from a group consisting of a first feature that limits system performance based on a level of ambient noise, a second feature that staggers access transactions among said storage drives, a third feature that staggers spin up among the storage drives, a fourth feature that at least partially cancels noise generated by the system, a fifth feature that limits fan speed, and combinations thereof." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2007 (11/626,953). 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=8,085,948.PN.&OS=PN/8,085,948&RS=PN/8,085,948 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cuspate Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Cuspate, Hilo, Hawaii, has been assigned a patent (8,085,369) developed by Terry J. Scheffer, Hilo, Hawaii, and Jiuzhi Xue, Broomfield, Colo., for a "self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal device with high contrast ratio." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Self-compensating, quasi-homeotropic liquid crystal devices overcome the contrast reducing effects of smaller pretilt angles. The devices exhibit extremely high contrast ratio but at the same time suppress fringe field-induced disclination lines in high pixel density and small pixel size quasi-homeotropic displays. The surface pretilt and cell twist angles are set at values that, in combination, contribute to establishing a cuspate singularity in the contrast ratio for normally incident light in response to a drive signal switching the liquid crystal device to the OFF director field state that provides nearly 0% optical efficiency. The OFF director field state corresponds to a subthreshold drive level that provides for the liquid crystal device self-compensation for in-plane optical retardation. Setting the cell gap ("d") to provide substantially 100% optical efficiency in response to a value of the drive signal switching the liquid crystal device to the ON director field state achieves optimal dynamic range for the liquid crystal device." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,592). 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=8,085,369&OS=8,085,369&RS=8,085,369 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medical Modeling Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Medical Modeling, Golden, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,086,336) developed by Andrew M. Christensen, Littleton, Colo., for a "method for design and production of a custom-fit prosthesis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for designing and producing a custom-fit prosthesis. According to one embodiment, a mold is produced from which a custom-fit implant may be directly or indirectly manufactured. Medical image data representing surrounding portions of a patient's anatomy to be repaired by surgical implantation of the custom-fit implant are received. Then, three-dimensional surface reconstruction is performed based on the medical image data. Next, the custom-fit implant is designed based on the three-dimensional surface reconstruction and a positive or negative representation of a two-part mold is created with a void in the shape of the custom-fit implant by subtracting a representation of the custom-fit implant from a representation of a mold. Finally, the two-part mold is output from which the custom-fit implant may be directly manufactured; or an implant is directly output. Alternatively, an intermediate mold is created from which a two-part mold may be directly manufactured." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2004 (10/957,498). 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=8,086,336&OS=8,086,336&RS=8,086,336 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,086,396) developed by Mark Lalon Farwell, Colorado Springs, Colo., Chad Martin Seldomridge, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Robert Eric Larson, Monument, Colo., for a "close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second vehicle. In the follower vehicle, bearing and acceleration control inputs are generated based on data representing bearing and acceleration control inputs made at the leader vehicle and a position of the follower vehicle relative to the leader vehicle so as to mimic in the follower vehicle the bearing and acceleration control inputs made in the leader vehicle. Adjustments may be made to the control inputs applied in the follower vehicle based on deviation between the velocity of the follower vehicle and velocity of the leader velocity, and on deviation between estimated (actual) follow distance and lateral offset and target follow distance and lateral offset between the follower vehicle and the leader vehicle." The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2006 (11/634,986). 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=8,086,396&OS=8,086,396&RS=8,086,396 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Analysis of Energy-related Factors for Selecting Computational Job Locations ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,086,544) developed by five co-inventors for an "analysis of energy-related factors for selecting computational job locations." The co-inventors are Gregory J. Boss, American Fork, Utah, James R. Doran, New Milford, Conn., Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., Steven V. Jackson, Yardley, Pa., and Anne R. Sand, Peyton, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The selection of an optimal data center location for running a computational workload is based on multiple energy criteria. The location is chosen based on multivariate and predictive analysis of total direct and indirect energy costs, and other user-defined factors. Among the direct and indirect costs are power costs and cooling costs as well as structural and other details of a given data center. Among the other factors to be considered that can have an impact on present and future costs are weather patterns, data and forecasts, availability of energy providers, and energy attributes. A forecaster factors these direct and indirect costs along with extrinsic information such as historical trends and predictive sources into a forecast which is then input to a decision engine along with user defined criteria and with anticipated compute tasks and requirements to select a final location or locations for handling the workload." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 (12/203,345). 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=8,086,544.PN.&OS=PN/8,086,544&RS=PN/8,086,544 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,085,799) developed by Richard Scott Curtis, Parker, Colo., and Jason Davis Forrester, Thornton, Colo., for a "system, method and program for network routing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer system, method and program for making routing decisions. A best routing path according to an OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP or other routing function that can provide multiple routing paths is determined. A first multiplicity of routers in the best routing path is determined. If each of the first multiplicity of routers had a degree of availability and/or quality of signal during a predetermined prior interval that met predetermined respective thresholds, the message packet is forwarded to a next hop in the best routing path. If not, a second multiplicity of routers in a second best routing path determined according to said OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP or the other routing function is identified. If each of the second multiplicity of routers had a degree of availability and/or quality of signal during a predetermined prior interval that met respective thresholds, the message packet is forwarded to a next hop in the second best routing path." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2007 (11/765,099). 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=80,85,799.PN.&OS=PN/80,85,799&RS=PN/80,85,799 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qwest Communications International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Qwest Communications International, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,086,486) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for managing information and rendering discounts." The co-inventors are Chase A. Hafner, Westminster, Colo., William R. Mutschler, Arvada, Colo., Brian J. Walker, Westminster, Colo., and David S. Joyce, Lakewood, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for managing information and rendering discounts in a billing system utilizes a rule-based engine. Customer records are processed with a rule-based accumulation engine to accumulate the data in a plurality of predetermined target accumulators. A plurality of target accumulators are processed with a rule-based discount engine to render discounts applicable to the customer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2006 (11/505,621). 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=8,086,486.PN.&OS=PN/8,086,486&RS=PN/8,086,486 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Determining a Network Data Path ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,085,688) developed by Carl Anthony Cooper, Holmdel, N.J., Shiow-Ching Ho, Holmdel, N.J., and Douglas A. Jones, Evergreen, Colo., for "methods and systems for determining a network data path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for path determining a network data path are described. In one embodiment, equal cost multiple paths (ECMPs) for a proposed TE tunnel on a network may be determined. The proposed TE tunnel may extend between a head-end tunneling capable router and a tail-end tunneling capable router. The network may further comprise inter router links extending between tunneling capable routers. For each inter router link of at least a portion of the inter router links, a usage count may be established for that inter router link. The usage count may be the number of ECMPs for the proposed TE tunnel that use that inter router link. A tunnel path may be selected from the ECMPs for the proposed TE tunnel that has the lowest usage count of the inter router links. The selected tunnel path may be added to a model of the network. Additional methods and systems are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/342,659). 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=80,85,688.PN.&OS=PN/80,85,688&RS=PN/80,85,688 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Level 3 Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Level 3 Communications, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,085,761) developed by fifteen co-inventors for a "voice over data telecommunications network architecture." The co-inventors are Isaac K. Elliott, Broomfield, Colo., Steven P. Higgins, Colorado Springs, Colo., Andrew John Dugan, Superior, Colo., Jon Peterson, Boulder, Colo., Robert L. Hernandez, Longmont, Colo., Rick D. Steele, Longmont, Colo., Bruce W. Baker, Erie, Colo., Rich Terpstra, Louisville, Colo., Jonathan S. Mitchell, Superior, Colo., Jin-Gen Wang, Westminster, Colo., Harold Stearns, Erie, Colo., Eric Zimmerer, Westminster, Colo., Ray Waibel, Arvada, Colo., Kraig Owen, Boulder, Colo., and Shawn M. Lewis, Southboro, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data network from and to any of a LEC, a customer facility or a direct IP connection on the data network. The system includes soft switch sites, gateway sites, a data network, a provisioning component, a network event component and a network management component. The system interfaces with customer facilities (e.g., a PBX), carrier facilities (e.g., a LEC) and legacy signaling networks (e.g., SS7) to handle calls between any combination of on-network and off-network callers. The soft switch sites provide the core call processing for the voice network architecture. The soft switch sites manage the gateway sites in a preferred embodiment, using a protocol such as the Internet Protocol Device Control (IPDC) protocol to request the set-up and tear-down of calls. The gateway sites originate and terminate calls between calling parties and called parties through the data network. The gateway sites include network access devices to provide access to network resources. The data network connects one or more of the soft switch sites to one or more of the gateway sites. The provisioning and network event component collects call events recorded at the soft switch sites. The network management component includes a network operations center (NOC) for centralized network management." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2007 (11/781,118). 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=80,85,761.PN.&OS=PN/80,85,761&RS=PN/80,85,761 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Level 3 Communications Assigned Patent for Network Configuration Optimization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Level 3 Communications, Broomfield, Colo., has been assigned a patent (8,085,689) developed by Nicolas Pujet, Boulder, Colo., and David Rodrian, Denver, for a network configuration optimization. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for optimizing a network configuration of network resources includes receiving service attribute data associated with network resources and the traffic demand, based at least in part on the service attribute data, determining one or more network resources for providing communication between end user devices and a carrier network, i.e., one or more metro and/or backbone networks, and determining an optimal configuration of the one or more network resources within the network, wherein the optimal configuration optimizes one or more predetermined criteria. A system for optimizing a configuration of network resources includes a computer-readable medium including service attribute data descriptive of a plurality of network resources, a preprocessing module operable to receive the one or more service attributes and determine a set of one or more resources and transmission modes between the end user devices and the carrier network, and an optimization module operable to determine an optimum configuration of the resources and transmission modes within the network." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2011 (13/084,547). 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=80,85,689.PN.&OS=PN/80,85,689&RS=PN/80,85,689 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Johns Manville Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Johns Manville, Denver, has been assigned a patent (8,086,042) developed by Thomas J. Fellinger, Littleton, Colo., for "weatherization imaging systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for evaluating a performance installment in a building construction include preparing a first image of the building construction, implementing the performance installment in the building construction, preparing a second image of the building construction subsequent to or during implementation of the performance installment, and evaluating the performance installment based on a comparison between the first image and the second image. Performance installments include weatherization measures such as the application of thermal insulation and air-sealing. Related methods and systems for calculating a performance plan for a building construction include transmitting analysis information to a processor, and determining the performance plan based on the analysis information. The analysis information may include a thermal signature, an airflow signature, an acoustic signature, or a vibrational signature." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/617,964). 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=8086042.PN.&OS=PN/8086042&RS=PN/8086042 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Tiling and Merging Framework For Segmenting Large Images ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,086,037) developed by Zongxiang Yang, Superior, Colo., for a "tiling and merging framework for segmenting large images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a technology by which a large image is processed into a seamless, radiometric mean image containing meaningful image objects. A large source image is tiled into non-overlapping tiles, which are each segmented into regions and merged via their regions. Source image pixels are separated into tiles comprising rows and columns. Once tiled, the tiles are segmented into regions, with each region having an identifier and other associated information such as size data, boundary data and neighbor data. The tiles are merged by merging columns or rows of tiles into row blocks or column blocks, respectively. The row blocks or column blocks are vertically or horizontally merged, respectively. Merging may proceed by selecting a pair of regions based on merging cost, merging that pair, updating its associated data and data of neighbor regions based on the merge, and repeating for other pairs until merging stop criteria are met." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/031,717). 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=8086037.PN.&OS=PN/8086037&RS=PN/8086037 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 29 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,086,101) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-city DWDM wavelength link architectures and methods for upgrading." The co-inventors are S. Christopher Alaimo, Boulder, Colo., Dirk Barthel, Westminster, Colo., George David Morley, Calgary, Canada, Edward J. Bortolini, Nederland, Colo., and Richard W. Urie, Arvada, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-city wavelength link architecture is used to distribute spectral bands received on input optical signals among output optical signals. Such an architecture may include an optical wavelength cross connect having multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a wavelength routing element that selectively routes wavelength components between one optical signal and multiple optical signal. Such an optical wavelength cross connect will generally receive cross-connect-input optical signals at the input ports and transmit cross-connect-output optical signals from the output ports. Methods are used to increase the number of cities that may be accommodated by the architecture without disrupting through traffic between the existing cities." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2002 (10/126,189). 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=8,086,101&OS=8,086,101&RS=8,086,101 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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