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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Jan. 5)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 4 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,090,571) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary." The co-inventors are Emad Elshishiny, Giza, Egypt, Edel Greevy, Dublin, Ireland, Pai-Fang Franny Hsiao, Houston, Alexey Nevidomskiy, Dublin, Ireland, Alexander Troussov, Dublin, Ireland, and Pavel Volkov, Dublin, Ireland.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary, the linguistic dictionary comprising a list of surface forms and a list of normalized forms, each normalized form being associated with a surface form, the method comprising the steps of: comparing each character of a surface form with each character of the surface form's normalized form; in response to the comparing step, determining an edit operation for each character compared; and generating a transform code from the set of the edit operations in order to transform the surface form to its normalized form."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2005 (11/306,394). 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=8,090,571&OS=8,090,571&RS=8,090,571
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 4 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,090,539) developed by Dennis E. Willen, Houston, for a "method for spatial filtering of electromagnetic survey data."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The method for suppressing noise in the controlled seismic source electromagnetic survey data based on the frequency content of the noise (51) contained in the data. The invention recognizes that some data variations across bins cannot be attributed to resistivity variations within the earth. This variation across the bins constitutes a model of noise in such surveys, and the invention mitigates noise that obeys this model."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2006 (12/087,371). 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=8,090,539&OS=8,090,539&RS=8,090,539
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Nuance Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 4 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,090,584) developed by eight co-inventors for a "modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu in dependence upon speech command frequency." The co-inventors are Charles W. Cross Jr., Wellington, Fla., Michael C. Hollinger, Memphis, Tenn., Igor R. Jablokov, Charlotte, N.C., Benjamin D. Lewis, Ann Arbor, Mich., Hilary A. Pike, Austin, Texas, Daniel M. Smith, Raleigh, N.C., David W. Wintermute, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Michael A. Zaitzeff, Carson City, Nev.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu that include monitoring a user invoking a speech command in a first tier grammar, and adding the speech command to a second tier grammar in dependence upon the frequency of the user invoking the speech command. Adding the speech command to a second tier grammar may be carried out by adding the speech command to a higher tier grammar or by adding the speech command to a lower tier grammar. Adding the speech command to a second tier grammar may include storing the speech command in a grammar cache in the second tier grammar."
The patent application was filed on June 16, 2005 (11/154,904). 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=8,090,584&OS=8,090,584&RS=8,090,584
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 4 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,090,555) developed by Jianchun Dai, Houston, and Niranjan Banik, Houston, for "multi-attribute seismic characterization of gas hydrates."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An appropriate rock physics model is chosen from well-log data and/or experience. The rock physics model is then used to generate a plurality of attribute values, including compression and shear velocities, at different porosities and gas hydrate saturations. Gas hydrates are classified into different ranges of porosity and hydrate saturation based on the population of multiple attributes, and probability density functions for each individual gas hydrate class are created. Probability density distribution functions for individual attributes and a joint conditional probability density functions are created using a Bayesian function. The conditional probability of the occurrences of gas hydrate classes given a set of values of the chosen attributes derived from seismic inversion and or well measurements is inverted. Finally, a maximum a-posteriori (MAP) rule is employed to obtain the optimal porosity and hydrate saturation estimation. This information may be used to make decisions regarding management of the well site and the subsurface hydrate resources."
The patent application was filed on June 19, 2008 (12/142,627). 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=8,090,555&OS=8,090,555&RS=8,090,555
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and Rice University, Houston, have been assigned a patent (8,089,628) developed by four co-inventors for a "pulsed-multiline excitation for color-blind fluorescence detection." The co-inventors are Graham B.I. Scott, Houston, Carter Kittrell, Houston, Robert F. Curl, Houston, and Michael L. Metzker, Houston.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a technology called Pulse-Multiline Excitation or PME. This technology provides a novel approach to fluorescence detection with application for high-throughput identification of informative SNPs, which could lead to more accurate diagnosis of inherited disease, better prognosis of risk susceptibilities, or identification of sporadic mutations. The PME technology has two main advantages that significantly increase fluorescence sensitivity: (1) optimal excitation of all fluorophores in the genomic assay and (2) "color-blind" detection, which collects considerably more light than standard wavelength resolved detection. Successful implementation of the PME technology will have broad application for routine usage in clinical diagnostics, forensics, and general sequencing methodologies and will have the capability, flexibility, and portability of targeted sequence variation assays for a large majority of the population."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2009 (12/388,358). 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=8,089,628&OS=8,089,628&RS=8,089,628
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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University of California Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,089,625) developed by Laura Marcu, Davis, Calif., Javier A. Jo, College Station, Texas, and Daniel Elson, London, for a "time-resolved and wavelength-resolved spectroscopy for characterizing biological materials."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that characterizes a biological sample by analyzing light emissions from the biological sample in response to an excitation. The system first radiates the biological sample with a laser impulse to cause the biological sample to produce a responsive light emission. Next, the system uses a wavelength splitting device to split the responsive light emission into a set of spectral bands of different central wavelengths. The system applies temporal delays to the set of spectral bands so that each spectral band arrives at an optical detector at a different time, thereby allowing the optical detector to temporally resolve the responsive light emission for each spectral band separately. Next, the system captures the delayed spectral bands within a single detection window of the optical detector. The system then processes the captured spectral bands."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2007 (12/516,341). 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=8,089,625&OS=8,089,625&RS=8,089,625
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Raytheon Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,089,617) developed by David U. Fluckiger, Allen, Texas, for an "energy efficient laser detection and ranging system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a laser detection and ranging system includes a beam forming element that is optically coupled to a light source. The light source generates a light beam that is split by the beam forming element into multiple beamlets and directed toward a target. At least one of the beamlets are reflected from the target as backscattered light that is received by a detector that generates a signal indicative of a characteristic of the target."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2009 (12/357,122). 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=8,089,617&OS=8,089,617&RS=8,089,617
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Consumer Electronic Usage Monitoring and Management
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,090,480) developed by four co-inventors for a "consumer electronic usage monitoring and management." The co-inventors are Sara Carlstead Brumfield, Austin, Texas, Xiaoping Chen, Austin, Texas, Tara Leigh Marshburn, Austin, Texas, and Sandra Lee Tipton, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for managing energy consumption of electrical devices within a home or building. Energy usage data is collected for a first electrical outlet connected to an unidentified electrical device in a facility. A pattern of energy usage is determined from the energy usage data collected at the first electrical outlet. The pattern of energy usage of the first electrical outlet is then compared against known patterns of energy usage for one or more other electrical outlets. Responsive to identifying a match between the pattern of energy usage of the energy usage data collected at the first electrical outlet and a known pattern of energy usage of a second electrical outlet in the one or more other electrical outlets, the electrical device connected to the first electrical outlet is identified as the same electrical device that is associated with the known pattern of energy usage of the second electrical outlet."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2009 (12/349,566). 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=8,090,480&OS=8,090,480&RS=8,090,480
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Invensys Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Invensys Systems, Foxboro, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,090,452) developed by eight co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network." The co-inventors are Alexander Johnson, Houston, Paul C. Badavas, Southboro, Mass., T. Eric Christiansen, Fall River, Mass., Peter D. Hansen, Wellesley, Mass., Thomas B. Kinney, Franklin, Mass., Seyamak Keyghobad, Marion, Mass., Bo Ling, Sharon, Mass., and Richard L. Thibault, Plainville, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network."
The patent application was filed on July 20, 2007 (11/781,219). 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=8,090,452&OS=8,090,452&RS=8,090,452
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Tekelec Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,090,850) developed by four co-inventors for "methods, systems, and computer readable media for regulating network address translator (NAT) and firewall pinhole preservation traffic in a session initiation protocol (SIP) network." The co-inventors are Adam B. Roach, Dallas, Ben Allen Campbell, Irving, Texas, Robert J. Sparks, Plano, Texas, and Ajay P. Deo, Lewisville, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer readable media for regulating pinhole preservation traffic generated or received by firewall or network address translator (NAT) session initiation protocol (SIP) user agent clients (UACs) are disclosed. One method includes, maintaining a list of contact information for a plurality of SIP UACs registering from behind at least one of a firewall and a NAT. The method further includes iterating through the list to generate SIP messages to the different UACs such that the SIP messages to the different UACs are spaced at substantially regular intervals with respect to each other, wherein the SIP messages to the different UACs trigger responses from the UACs such that the responses are spaced at substantially regular intervals with respect each other."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,587). 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=8,090,850.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,850&RS=PN/8,090,850
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Wayport Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Wayport, Irving, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,090,799) developed by James D. Keeler, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for providing persistent advertising with third party content in a distributed internet access environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer program product that enables persistent display of advertising and other service provider content during access via a gateway access system to third party content on a separate network. A connection is enabled between a personal computing device (PCD) and the gateway access system. The gateway access system facilitates retrieval of a first content from the network to be displayed within a first window on the PCD. The gateway access system provides program code to the PCD that when executed enables persistent display of a second window on the PCD that does not overlap with the first window. A second content is transmitted for display within the second window on the PCD, where the second content is displayed within the persistent window on the PCD along with the display of the first content."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2007 (11/671,336). 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=8,090,799.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,799&RS=PN/8,090,799
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,090,840) developed by James Jackson, Austin, Texas, for "methods and apparatus to provide a call-associated content service."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to provide a call-associated content service to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) devices are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) and a call dialog parameter at a content mediator, the call dialog parameter associated with a first communication session between a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) endpoint and a destination, establishing a second communication session from the mediator to the destination based on the URI and the call dialog parameter, receiving content associated with the first communication session via the second communication session, and providing the content to the VoIP endpoint."
The patent application was filed on June 22, 2007 (11/767,180). 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=8,090,840.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,840&RS=PN/8,090,840
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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American Power Conversion Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- American Power Conversion, West Kingston, R.I., has been assigned a patent (8,090,817) developed by John J. Fowler, Austin, Texas, and Gerard L. Cullen, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for monitoring a space external to the system is disclosed. The system includes a microprocessor, a memory coupled to the microprocessor, a sensor configured to detect at least one environmental parameter of the space external to the system and configured to generate a sensor signal derived from the at least one detected environmental parameter of the space and at least one port for communicating with a network. The memory includes instructions for processing the sensor signal derived from the at least one environmental parameter of the space external to the system and the memory including a web server application. The at least one port is responsive to the microprocessor. The web server application is configured to provide a webpage associated with the sensor signal via the at least one port."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2004 (10/775,899). 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=8,090,817.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,817&RS=PN/8,090,817
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Audiocodes Texas Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Audiocodes Texas, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,090,845) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for firewall traversal." The co-inventors are Robert Daniel Maher III, Plano, Texas, Aswinkumar Vishanji Rana, Plano, Texas, Milton Andre Lie, McKinney, Texas, and James Robert Deerman, Lucas, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for traversing a network address translation/firewall device to maintain a registration between first and second devices separated by the firewall device are provided. In one example, the method includes intercepting a registration message from the first device to the second device. A determination is made based on a first timeout period defined by the second device as to whether it is time to renew the first device's registration. If it is time to renew the first device's registration, the registration message is forwarded to the second device. A response message that includes the first timeout period is intercepted, and the first timeout period is replaced with a second timeout period based on a binding lifetime of the firewall device before forwarding the response message to the first device."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2004 (10/967,470). 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=8,090,845.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,845&RS=PN/8,090,845
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controllable Voltage Reference Driver
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,089,813) developed by Daniel M. Dreps, Georgetown, Texas, for a "controllable voltage reference driver for a memory system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A voltage reference driver includes a voltage divider circuit with a voltage reference output node to output a voltage between a first voltage and a second voltage. The voltage reference driver also includes a first selectable impedance circuit coupled to a node at the first voltage and further coupled to the voltage reference output node, and a second selectable impedance circuit coupled to a node at the second voltage and further coupled to the voltage reference output node. Combinations of the first selectable impedance circuit and the second selectable impedance circuit are selectable such that a constant impedance is maintained at the voltage reference output node within a threshold value."
The patent application was filed on July 18, 2008 (12/175,555). 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=8,089,813.PN.&OS=PN/8,089,813&RS=PN/8,089,813
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,089,856) developed by four co-inventors for a "zero correlation zone based preamble for oversampled OFDM networks in URWIN." The co-inventors are Philip V. Orlik, Cambridge, Mass., Qinghe Du, College Station, Texas, Chunjie Duan, Medfield, Mass., and Zafer Sahinoglu, Arlington, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an oversampled orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) orthogonal network, the preamble used for time synchronization does not have an ideal autocorrelation function due to guard bands, which degrade the accuracy of symbol timing. Therefore, a zero-correlation-zone (ZCZ) based preamble is used for time synchronization. Across correlation function (CCF) used for time synchronization is forced to 0 within a certain region around a main lobe. The length of the ZCZ is guaranteed to be larger than a cyclic prefix length of OFDM data symbols synchronization accuracy."
The patent application was filed on April 8, 2009 (12/420,629). 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=8,089,856.PN.&OS=PN/8,089,856&RS=PN/8,089,856
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Computer ErgoTech Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Computer ErgoTech, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,089,750) developed by Shaofen Chen, Plano, Texas, and Zhaofang Wen, Plano, Texas, for "multi-sectioned arms for portable electronic devices."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multi-sectioned arms are used as a basic mechanism for coupling the display and the base of a portable computer. With this mechanism, one single computer can support all of the following capabilities. The display can move continuously, relative to the back edge of the base, along any combination of up and down, backward and forward, and left and right directions. The display can be tilted up and down as well as sideway for viewing angle adjustment, and also set to portrait and landscape orientations. When the display is in conventional open or close positions, each arm can be folded and parked alongside and parallel to as well as away from the edge of the base. The arms can be detached from the computer. The base and the display can overlay each other in four ways. Finally, mechanical mechanisms for implementations of the arms and connections to the computer are presented."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2007 (11/999,620). 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=8,089,750.PN.&OS=PN/8,089,750&RS=PN/8,089,750
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,090,227) developed by Neal G. Skinner, Dallas, for a "purging of fiber optic conduits in subterranean wells."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Purging of fiber optic conduits in subterranean wells. A downhole optical sensing system includes an optical line, at least two tubular conduits, one conduit being positioned within the other conduit, and the optical line being positioned within at least one of the conduits, and a purging medium flowed in one direction through one conduit, and flowed in an opposite direction between the conduits. A method of purging a downhole optical sensing system includes the steps of: installing at least two conduits and an optical line in a well as part of the sensing system, one conduit being positioned within the other conduit, and the optical line being positioned within at least one of the conduits; and flowing a purging medium through the conduits in the well, so that the purging medium flows in one direction through one conduit and in an opposite direction between the conduits."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/337,689). 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=8090227.PN.&OS=PN/8090227&RS=PN/8090227
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Xilinx Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,090,335) developed by Khaldoun Bataineh, Austin, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for an adaptive step frequency calibration."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An open loop frequency calibration algorithm is employed whereby frequency counters are utilized to provide frequency information concerning the difference in frequency between a local oscillator and a reference signal prior to obtaining phase locked operation of a phase locked loop (PLL). The frequency difference is then used to adjust the local oscillator's frequency to be changed by a value that is proportional to the frequency difference measured. Through adaptive calibration of the local oscillator's frequency prior to closed loop PLL operations, a substantial reduction in the amount of time required to obtain phase/frequency coherent operation of the PLL is realized."
The patent application was filed on July 11, 2006 (11/484,192). 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=8,090,335&OS=8,090,335&RS=8,090,335
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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XG Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- XG Technology, Sarasota, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,090,394) developed by four co-inventors for a "dynamic pattern elimination based compression method for text-based signaling protocols." The co-inventors are Shih-Chun Chang, Sunrise, Fla., Siddhardha Garige, Sunrise, Fla., Sreekant Nair, Sunrise, Fla., and Hai Vu, Richardson, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure describes a dynamic pattern elimination compression method to eliminate redundant patterns, the content of which is not known a priori, by identifying the candidate dynamic patterns and marking them, then checking to see if there are any duplicate occurrences within the entire message by searching for markers, if a marker is found, checking to see if the pattern occurred before, if not, assigning a unique variable to the pattern, if so replacing the pattern with the variable that was assigned for this pattern, and if a pattern is found only once, removing the variable assigned to it."
The patent application was filed on June 25, 2010 (12/803,380). 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=8,090,394&OS=8,090,394&RS=8,090,394
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Airwalk Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Airwalk Communications, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,090,370) developed by Myoung Chul Choi, Plano, Texas, Jae Hong Park, Plano, Texas, and Hyunyung Cha, Plano, Texas, for a "combined base transceiver station and base station controller optimized assignment of frame offsets."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing an availability of a call agent, comprising acquiring a session identification by a basestation (BS) and a call agent (CA), wherein the BS is coupled to the CA, if the CA's state is changed from an active state to a standby state, requesting a new connection with the BS; and after the new connection is established between the CA and the BS, sending another session identification from the CA to the BS."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2005 (11/037,388). 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=8,090,370&OS=8,090,370&RS=8,090,370
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Uniden America Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Uniden America, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,090,388) developed by Rodney Paul Opitz, Arlington, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for determining a geographic location."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system is disclosed that uses a received wireless signal combined with stored location data about the received signal to determine a location of the communication system or a component of the communication system. The communication system can include a receiver, a processor, and a memory. The processor is adapted to detect identification information in the received wireless signal, search the memory for identification data that matches the detected identification information, and retrieve location data associated with the matching identification information, thereby determining a general location or geographic region in which the receiver is located."
The patent application was filed on March 20, 2007 (11/725,787). 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=8,090,388&OS=8,090,388&RS=8,090,388
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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