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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.
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AT&T Intellectual Property 1Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property 1, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,144,721) developed by four co-inventors for a "ring overlay network dedicated to carry broadcast traffic to DSLAMs." The co-inventors are Albert Chungbor Wan, Austin, Texas, Ahmad Ansari, Austin, Texas, David Hartman, Austin, Texas, and Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes a broadcast overlay network including a ring topology. The ring topology includes a first network ring and a second network ring that is coupled to the first network ring via at least one cross-connect element. The ring topology is adapted to carry broadcast traffic from a network. The system also includes a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) having a line interface and a network interface. The network interface is in communication with the broadcast overlay network via the second network ring. The DSLAM is adapted to receive a request for a particular video channel from a customer premise via the line interface and to deliver the particular video channel from the network interface to the line interface."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 18, 2007 (11/874,328). 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=8,144,721.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,721&RS=PN/8,144,721
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Raytheon Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,144,697) developed by James D. Ballew, Grapevine, Texas, and Shannon V. Davidson, Hillsboro, Texas, for a "system and method for networking computing clusters."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a method for networking a computer cluster includes communicatively coupling together each of a plurality of client nodes through one or more switches, each switch comprising a plurality of switch ports. The method also includes positioning at least two of the one or more switches inside a switch package. In addition, the method includes electrically interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of switch ports of the at least two of the one or more switches within the switch package."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2007 (11/622,921). 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=8,144,697.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,697&RS=PN/8,144,697
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,708) developed by Mohiuddin Ahmed, Moorpark, Calif., Son Dao, Northridge, Calif., and Noparut Vanitchanant, Irving, Texas, for a "collaborative multicast routing (CMR) for multicasting in unidirectional, hybrid, multi-tiered mobile wireless network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a scalable and reliable collaborative multicast routing for multicasting in hybrid, multi-tiered, mobile heterogeneous wireless networks. It establishes a multicast tree, maintains the established route, detects and prevents most link breakage within the multicast tree by a neighboring node or the cooperation of the neighboring node, and enables merging of partitioned multicast trees of the same multicast group by nodes that participate in one of the partitioned multicast trees. The use of local nodes to collaboratively establish, maintain, recover, and merge the hybrid, multi-tiered mobile wireless networks that use heterogeneous set of mobile wireless nodes is the fundamental basis for the collaborative multicast routing scheme of the present invention."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/592,687). 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=8,144,708.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,708&RS=PN/8,144,708
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Controlling Asynchronous Clock Domains to Perform Synchronous Operations
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,689) developed by Nathan P. Chelstrom, Cedar Park, Texas, and Mack W. Riley, Austin, Texas, for "controlling asynchronous clock domains to perform synchronous operations."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for controlling asynchronous clock domains to perform synchronous operations is provided. With the mechanism, when a synchronous operation is to be performed on a chip, the latches of the functional elements of the chip are controlled by a synchronous clock so that the latches are controlled synchronously even across asynchronous boundaries of the chip. The synchronous operation may then be performed and the chip's functional elements returned to being controlled by a local clock in an asynchronous manner after completion of the synchronous operation. This synchronous operation may be, for example, a power on reset (POR) operation, a manufacturing test sequence, debug operation, or the like."
The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/128,315). 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=8,144,689.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,689&RS=PN/8,144,689
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Tektronix Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Tektronix, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,144,688) developed by Eric McNair, Wylie, Texas, Jihao Zhong, Plano, Texas, and Kalpana C. Murthy, Plano, Texas, for a "system and method for discovering SCTP associations in a network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for discovering SCTP associations between devices communicating in a network are described. A method comprises monitoring packets communicated among a plurality of source and destination devices, determining a combination of source EP address, source port number, destination IP address, and destination port number that defines an association between a source device and a destination device, and resolving a combination of source and destination verification tags that further defines the association based upon the combination of EP addresses and port numbers. The method further comprises ascertaining whether a subsequently monitored packet belongs to the association based at least in part upon an element of the combination of verification tags after at least one element of the combination of EP addresses and port numbers has changed during the ongoing communication."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2006 (12/096,556). 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=8,144,688.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,688&RS=PN/8,144,688
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,145,520) developed by Richard J. Cardone, Austin, Texas, and Michael Austin Halcrow, Pflugerville, Texas, for a "method and system for verifying election results."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Verifying ballots that are cast in an election is provided. A mutual attestation procedure is executed between a plurality of devices communicating in a voting system via a network. A number of certificates are published. Each certificate corresponds to one of the plurality of devices and contains a public key and reference election configuration data defining a reference machine execution environment state of its corresponding device. A voter authorization token is generated for each voter. Voting results are generated in response to using a given voter authorization token to cast a given ballot using a specified voting device. Current election configuration data is generated that defines a current machine execution environment state of the specified voting device when the given ballot was cast. The current election configuration data is compared with the reference configuration data to verify a valid machine execution environment state of the specified voting device."
The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/184,036). 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=8,145,520&OS=8,145,520&RS=8,145,520
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T IP I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T IP I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,145,524) developed by James L. Cansler, Cedar Park, Texas, Charles Scott, Austin, Texas, and Scott White, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for presenting prioritized advertising data during execution of video trick play command data."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer readable medium is disclosed containing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method, the method including but not limited to receiving trick play command data at an end user device; receiving a plurality of advertising data at the end user device; correlating the plurality of advertising data with penetration data for an end user associated with the end user device; prioritizing the advertising data for the end user device based on the correlation; and presenting a portion of the advertising data on the end user device based on the prioritizing of the advertising data during execution of the trick play command data. A system is disclosed that is useful in performing the method. A data structure embedded in a computer readable medium is disclosed that contains data used by the system and method."
The patent application was filed on June 20, 2008 (12/143,115). 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=8,145,524&OS=8,145,524&RS=8,145,524
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Nuance Communications Assigned Patent Establishing a Preferred Mode of Interaction between a User and a Multimodal Application
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,493) developed by Charles W. Cross Jr., Wellington, Fla., and Hilary A. Pike, College Station, Texas, for an "establishing a preferred mode of interaction between a user and a multimodal application."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " Establishing a preferred mode of interaction between a user and a multimodal application, including evaluating, by a multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, user modal preference, and dynamically configuring multimodal content of the multimodal application in dependence upon the evaluation of user modal preference. "
The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2006 (11/530,599). 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=8,145,493&OS=8,145,493&RS=8,145,493
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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QRI Group Assigned Patent for Assessing Petroleum Reservoir Reserves and Potential for Increasing Ultimate Recovery
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QRI Group, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,428) developed by Nansen G. Saleri, Houston, and Robert M. Toronyi, Houston, for an "assessing petroleum reservoir reserves and potential for increasing ultimate recovery."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining a Recovery Deficiency Indicator.TM. (RDI.TM.) for a petroleum reservoir provides a novel leading indicator and metric that is designed to quickly assess the potential for increases in reserves and ultimate recovery of petroleum from an operating petroleum reservoir. The RDI.TM. is determined by relating the Recovery Efficiency (RE) and the Ideal Recovery Efficiency (IRE) (e.g., by dividing RE by IRE to obtain RDI.TM.). The Recovery Efficiency (RE) is determined as the product of areal displacement efficiency (E.sub.A), vertical displacement efficiency (E.sub.V), and pore displacement efficiency (E.sub.D). The Ideal Recovery Efficiency (RE) can be determined by empirically assuming that E.sub.A and E.sub.V equal 100%."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,361). 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=8,145,428&OS=8,145,428&RS=8,145,428
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,465) developed by Shilin Chen, Montgomery, Texas, for "methods and systems to predict rotary drill bit walk and to design rotary drill bits and other downhole tools."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems may be provided to simulate forming a wide variety of directional wellbores including wellbores with variable tilt rates, relatively constant tilt rates, wellbores with uniform generally circular cross-sections and wellbores with non-circular cross-sections. The methods and systems may also be used to simulate forming a wellbore in subterranean formations having a combination of soft, medium and hard formation materials, multiple layers of formation materials, relatively hard stringers disposed throughout one or more layers of formation material, and/or concretions (very hard stones) disposed in one or more layers of formation material. Values of bit walk rate from such simulations may be used to design and/or select drilling equipment for use in forming a directional wellbore."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2010 (12/892,523). 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=8,145,465&OS=8,145,465&RS=8,145,465
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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EEStor Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- EEStor, Cedar Park, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,362) developed by Richard D. Weir, Cedar Park, Texas, and Carl W. Nelson, Cedar Park, Texas, for an "utility grid power averaging and conditioning."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "As system is disclosed for providing power averaging for the utility grids and more specifically to utilizing a unique EESU unit with the capability to store electrical energy over 24 hour periods each day and provide power averaging to homes, commercial, and industrial sites to reduce the peak power requirements. Charging such power averaging units during the non-peak times and delivering the energy during the peak-demands times provides for more efficient utilization of utility-grid power-generating plants and the already existing power transmission lines. Such a unit may also have the capability of isolating the users from utility-grid power failures, transients, and AC noise."
The patent application was filed on May 21, 2010 (12/785,380). 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=8,145,362&OS=8,145,362&RS=8,145,362
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Xtera Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Xtera Communications, Allen, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,062) developed by Wayne S. Pelouch, McKinney, Texas, Do-Il Chang, Allen, Texas, and Herve A. Fevrier, Plano, Texas, for an "optical amplifier capable of amplifying optical signals that traverse separate transmission fibers."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Optical amplification by combining two or more optical signals from separate optical fibers, amplifying the combined signal using an optical fiber, and separating the amplified signals into their constituent optical signals. The separated optical signals may then be sent further in the direction they had been heading before combination. This allows multiple optical signals to be amplified using a single optical amplifier, perhaps even in a single optical fiber. Although not required, the two optical signals may even be travelling in different directions."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2009 (12/350,071). 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=8,145,062&OS=8,145,062&RS=8,145,062
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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EControls Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- EControls, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,145,372) developed by four co-inventors for a "watercraft speed control device." The co-inventors are Michael W. Walser, Comfort, Texas, Kennon H. Guglielmo, San Antonio, Kenneth R. Shouse, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, and Joseph Grogan, San Antonio.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/391,111). 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=8,145,372&OS=8,145,372&RS=8,145,372
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Gas Reservoir Evaluation and Assessment Tool Method and Apparatus and Program Storage Device
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,463) developed by five co-inventors for a "gas reservoir evaluation and assessment tool method and apparatus and program storage device." The co-inventors are Raj Kumar Michael Thambynayagam, Abingdon, United Kingdom, Jeffrey Spath, Missouri City, Texas, Raj Banerjee, Abingdon, United Kingdom, John Philip Gilchrist, Abingdon, United Kingdom, and Tommy Miller, Cholsey, United Kingdom.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Gas Reservoir Evaluation and Assessment Tool utilizes an Analytical Engine to produce predictions of pressure values and other production data at any point in space and at any point in time in a reservoir. A computer system, such as a workstation, stores a Gas Reservoir Evaluation and Assessment software which includes the Analytical Engine and responds to input data (which includes a reservoir description and fluid properties) by generating an output record which represents a prediction of the pressure values and other data at `any point in space` and at `any point in time` in a reservoir. The Analytical Engine will first calculate a pressure value in 1D for a single layer of a reservoir at a single point in space and time; it will then calculate a pressure value in 1D for multiple layers in the reservoir at the single point in space and time; it will then calculate a pressure value in 2D for the multiple layers at the single point in space and time; it will then calculate a pressure value in 3D for the multiple layers at the single point in space and time; and it will then calculate a pressure values in 3D for multiple layers not only at a single point in space but also at any future point in time."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/924,560). 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=8,145,463&OS=8,145,463&RS=8,145,463
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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QRI Group Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QRI Group, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,427) developed by Nansen G. Saleri, Houston, and Robert M. Toronyi, Houston, for an "assessing petroleum reservoir production and potential for increasing production rate."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining a production gain index (PGI) for a petroleum reservoir provides a novel leading indicator and metric that is designed to quickly assess the potential for increases in production of petroleum from an operating petroleum reservoir when implementing a recovery plan. The PGI can be determined according to the following equation: .times..times..times..times..SIGMA..DELTA..times..times..SIGMA..times..ti- mes. ##EQU00001## where, .SIGMA..DELTA.q.sub.A=net actual production gain of the reservoir; and .SIGMA.qOld=sum of current oil rates for existing producers. The PGI can also be determined according to the following equation: PGI=PR.times.(GPI-1) where, GPI=the global productivity index of the petroleum reservoir; and PR=the interference factor, which accounts for any losses in aggregate production gain due to well interference."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,404). 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=8,145,427&OS=8,145,427&RS=8,145,427
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,056) developed by Greg Bernstein, Fremont, Calif., and Young Lee, Plano, Texas, for a "distributed wavelength conversion control for signaling protocols."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising obtaining a wavelength availability information for a path, determining whether to implement a wavelength assignment based on the wavelength availability information, updating the wavelength availability information when the wavelength assignment is to be implemented, and forwarding the wavelength availability information. Also included is a method comprising obtaining a wavelength availability information, comparing a number of wavelengths in the wavelength availability information to a threshold, determining whether to implement wavelength conversion along a path when the number of available wavelengths is less than or about equal to the threshold, and resetting the wavelength availability information when wavelength conversion is to be implemented."
The patent application was filed on July 15, 2008 (12/173,624). 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=8,145,056&OS=8,145,056&RS=8,145,056
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Baker Hughes Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,429) developed by Rocco DiFoggio, Houston, and Paul Allan Bergren, Houston, for a "system and method for sampling and analyzing downhole formation fluids."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device for sampling fluid from an earth formation is disclosed. The device includes: an inlet port disposable in fluid communication with the fluid in a borehole; an injector including an injection chamber in fluid communication with the inlet port, the injector configured to receive a portion of the fluid and direct the fluid toward an analysis unit for analyzing constituent materials in the fluid; and a high pressure valve configured to admit the portion of the fluid at a borehole pressure and release the portion of the fluid into the injector, the portion having a volume that is less than or equal to about one microliter. A system and method for analyzing constituents of fluid in a borehole in an earth formation is also disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2009 (12/351,289). 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=8,145,429&OS=8,145,429&RS=8,145,429
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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D4D Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- D4D Technologies, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,954) developed by four co-inventors for "lighting compensated dynamic texture mapping of 3-D models." The co-inventors are Mark Quadling, Plano, Texas, Andrei Tchouprakov, Plano, Texas, Gary Severance, Dallas, and Glen Freeman, Trophy Club, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and devices for generating textured 3D models are provided. The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for combining multiple images onto a 3D model. In some instances, the textures of the images are applied to the 3D model dynamically so that the textured 3D model is viewable from different viewpoints in real time on a display. The present disclosure also describes methods, systems, and devices for selecting the images and, in particular, the portions of the selected images to map to defined portions of the 3D model. In addition, the present disclosure describes how to adjust the images themselves to remove the effects of directional lighting. Some aspects of the present disclosure are particularly useful in the context of a 3D modeling of dental preparations. In some instances, a 3D digitizer is used to produce 3D models of dental preparations that are rendered on a display in real time and are fully 3D dimensional, while accurately depicting the surface textures of the item(s) being digitized."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/266,942). 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=8,144,954&OS=8,144,954&RS=8,144,954
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,464) developed by four co-inventors for an "oilfield operational system and method." The co-inventors are Truls Arnegaard, Oslo, Norway, Eric Jonathan Schoen, Bellaire, Texas, Sherrill Brekke, Houston, and Kerry Huguet, Houston.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques relating to an oilfield application for performing at least one oilfield operation are provided. The oilfield application is provided with a plurality of oilfield application modules, an application shell for defining an oilfield application, an adapter for encapsulating at least one of the oilfield application modules for compatibility with the application shell, and integration services for integrating the application modules into the application shell. Each of the oilfield application modules performs at least one task of an oilfield operation. The application shell is adapted to selectively receive the oilfield application modules. The loading services load the application modules into the application shell, the loading services initializing the application modules. The integrating services integrate the application modules for operability with the application shell whereby the at least one oilfield operation is enabled."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2007 (11/934,052). 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=8,145,464&OS=8,145,464&RS=8,145,464
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T Labs Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Labs, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,852) developed by Mark A. Russell, Austin, Texas, and Stephen Weinert, Arlington, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for spectral containment over telephone service lines."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A service to a user is prevented by providing, to the user, at least one communication link used to provide multiple services to the user. The plurality of services are activated over the at least one communication link. Transmission for the prevented service is prevented based on at least one characteristic of the at least one communication link over which the prevented service would be provided."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,994). 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=8,144,852&OS=8,144,852&RS=8,144,852
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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@Security Broadband Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- @Security Broadband, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,836) developed by Surendra N. Naidoo, Austin, Texas, William P. Glasgow, Austin, Texas, and Gregory E. Feldkamp, Southlake, Texas, for a "lifestyle multimedia security system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for remote monitoring of a premises, comprising the steps of operatively coupling a geographically remote client to a security system server which is capable of authenticating a user of the remote client, operatively coupling the remote client to a security gateway which is capable of managing the monitoring of the premises, activating a signal at the premises for notifying an occupant at the premises that remote monitoring is occurring, and transferring information between the security gateway and the remote client. The transfer of information between the security gateway and the remote client is controlled by the user of the remote client. The security gateway may be operably coupled to at least one camera at the premises and to at least one audio station at the premises."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/929,179). 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=8,144,836&OS=8,144,836&RS=8,144,836
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,747) developed by Anand G. Dabak, Parker, Texas, Sundararajan Sriram, Plano, Texas, and Srinath Hosur, Plano, Texas, for a "primary and secondary synchronization codes from first, second, third sequences."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication system. The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST1), the transmitter circuitry comprising encoder circuitry (50) for transmitting a plurality of frames (FR). Each of the plurality of frames comprises a primary synchronization code (PCS) and a secondary synchronization code (SSC). The encoder circuitry comprises of circuitry (50.sub.1) for providing the primary synchronization code in response to a first sequence (32). The encoder circuitry further comprises circuitry (50.sub.2) for providing the secondary synchronization code in response to a second sequence (54) and a third sequence (56). The second sequence is selected from a plurality of sequences. Each of the plurality of sequences is orthogonal with respect to all other sequences in the plurality of sequences. The third sequence comprises a subset of bits from the first sequence."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2010 (12/949,413). 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=8,144,747&OS=8,144,747&RS=8,144,747
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National Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,828) developed by Rafael Castro Scorsi, Round Rock, Texas, and Brian Keith Odom, Georgetown, Texas, for a "counter/timer functionality in data acquisition systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A counter module may include a first set of registers configured to store respective sets of first control data, a second set of registers configured to store respective sets of second control data, a first counter and a second counter. The first counter may be coupled to the first set of registers and may receive counter input signals and an internal control signal, and generate a first count output and a first terminal count output according to one of the respective sets of the first control data, the internal control signal, and the counter input signals. The second counter may be coupled to the first counter and to the second set of registers, and may receive the counter input signals, generate the internal control signal, and generate a second count output and a second terminal count output according to one of the respective sets of the second control data and the counter input signals. The counter module may also include output control logic configured to generate a timer output based on the first terminal count output and the second terminal count output."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 3, 2009 (12/534,785). 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=8,144,828&OS=8,144,828&RS=8,144,828
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Logging Calls According to Call Context
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,850) developed by five co-inventors for "logging calls according to call context." The co-inventors are Michael W. Brown, Georgetown, Texas, Joseph H. McIntyre, Austin, Texas, Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Texas, James M. Weaver, Austin, Texas, and Scott L. Winters, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and program for logging calls according to call context are provided. A context for a call is detected, where the context include information such as the parties to a call, whether a backup party is accessed, where the call is on behalf of another, the locations of the parties to the call, the subject matter of the call, tariffs applied during the call, billing for telephone services accessed during the call, and orders placed during the call. At least one context based logging request valid for the context for the call is accessed from among multiple context based logging requests stored for multiple parties. Parties requesting logging may include parties to the call, on behalf of parties, third parties, and guardians. The context is logged according to the context based logging request."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/237,067). 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=8,144,850&OS=8,144,850&RS=8,144,850
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Intellectual Ventures Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Intellectual Ventures, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,144,733) developed by Michael Andrew Fischer, San Antonio, and Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Overland Park, Kans., for a "partitioned medium access control implementation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel implementation of a partitioned Medium Access Control (MAC) is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a shared bus that typically is already present in a wireless terminal for communication between an Upper MAC and a Lower MAC. The partitioned MAC implementation therefore does not require any additional communication means between the Upper MAC and Lower MAC, resulting in a lower-cost system. In addition, the Upper MAC and Lower MAC pass native data structures by reference over the shared bus, thereby eliminating the need for drivers to coordinate communication via interrupts, handshaking, etc. The partitioned MAC implementation results in a cost-effective distributed architecture in which the Upper MAC resides in the terminal's host processor and the Lower MAC resides in the terminal's wireless station."
The patent application was filed on July 14, 2008 (12/172,811). 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=8,144,733&OS=8,144,733&RS=8,144,733
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Optimizing Interactive Voice Response Unit Port Utilization
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,855) developed by Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla., and Naveen Narayan, Flower Mound, Texas, for "optimizing interactive voice response unit port utilization."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of and system for optimizing interactive voice response (IVR) unit port utilization starts each call of a plurality of calls on a separate IVR unit port. The method launches an IVR call flow for each call. Each IVR call flow includes a section that is common to all of the call flows. The method conferences together on a single IVR unit port at least some of the plurality of calls for the common section of the call flow by transferring calls to the single IVR unit port when each transferred call reaches the common section. The method synchronizes the calls conferenced together on the single port by inserting into the call flow on the single IVR unit port an on-hold treatment. The method starts the common section of the call flow when all calls have been transferred to the single IVR unit port."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (11/834,080). 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=8,144,855&OS=8,144,855&RS=8,144,855
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Advanced Receiver Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Advanced Receiver Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,758) developed by Russell McKown, Richardson, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for single burst equalization of single carrier signals in broadband wireless access systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver implementing a single carrier single burst equalization (SC-SBE) method is capable of achieving near optimal reception of individual single carrier RF bursts by making an accurate estimate of the burst's propagation channel impulse response (CIR). The SC-SBE method uses a CIR based coefficient computation process to obtain filter coefficients for a minimum mean square error decision feedback equalizer (MMSE-DFE). The MMSE-DFE filter computation process computes a sufficiently large number of coefficients for the DFE filters, i.e., the feed forward filter (FFF) and feedback filter (FBF), so that each filter spans the maximum anticipated length of the CIR. In order to implement the filters efficiently, a coefficient selection process eliminates less significant computed FFF and FBF coefficients. The resulting FFF and FBF are sparse filters in that most of the taps in the filter delay lines do not have a filter coefficient. Such filters may be efficiently implemented in the time domain."
The patent application was filed on June 12, 2008 (12/157,738). 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=8,144,758&OS=8,144,758&RS=8,144,758
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Accessing a Messaging Service Using a Short Dialing Sequence
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,144,843) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for accessing a messaging service using a short dialing sequence." The co-inventors are Tricia Ehlers Henry, Bartlett, Ill., Victor Piollet Mills Jr., Woodlands, Texas, Margaret Jean Andrietsch, Racine, Wis., Diana Inara Tiliks, Elk Grove, Ill., Rodney T. Brand, Lisle, Ill., and Carlos H. Donoso, Bartlett, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing easy access to messaging services in a telecommunications network having office switches that are used by different providers of telephone and messaging services. The system uses a supplementary services database to maintain customer records including whether the customer uses messaging services and whether the customer subscribes to a short dialing sequence service for access to the messaging services. The customer is connected to the central office switch, which analyzes the dialing sequences generated by the customer. When the customer attempts access to the messaging services, the customer dials a short dialing or message sequence, such as *XX. The central office switch triggers a query to the supplementary services database for a call forwarding number to the messaging service used by the customer when the selected short dialing sequence is recognized by the switch. When the central office switch receives the call forwarding number, the number is used to route the customer to the messaging service."
The patent application was filed on June 24, 2009 (12/490,728). 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=8,144,843&OS=8,144,843&RS=8,144,843
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Differentiating Blade Destination and Traffic Types
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,144,582) developed by four co-inventors for "differentiating blade destination and traffic types in a multi-root PCIe environment." The co-inventors are Aaron C. Brown, Austin, Texas, Douglas M. Freimuth, New York, Renato J. Recio, Austin, Texas, and Steven M. Thurber, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mechanisms for differentiating traffic types per host system blade in a multi-root PCI Express environment are provided. The mechanisms generate a first mapping data structure that, for each single-root virtual hierarchy in the multi-root data processing system, associates a plurality of traffic classes with a plurality of priority groups and maps each traffic class in the plurality of traffic classes to a corresponding virtual channel in a plurality of virtual channels. Moreover, a second mapping data structure is generated that maps each virtual channel in the plurality of virtual channels to corresponding per host system blade virtual links in a plurality of virtual links of the multi-root data processing system. Traffic of a particular priority group is routed from a single-root virtual hierarchy to a particular virtual link in the plurality of the virtual links based on the first mapping data structure and second mapping data structure."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/346,251). 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=8,144,582.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,582&RS=PN/8,144,582
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Olympus, Apollo Endosurgery Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Olympus, Tokyo, and Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, Texas, have been assigned a patent (8,142,448) developed by nine co-inventors for "endoscopic instruments for suturing tissues in a body cavity." The co-inventors are Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Houston, Keiichi Arai, Hachioji, Japan, Koichi Kawashima, Hachioji, Japan, Keita Suzuki, Kokubunji, Japan, Koh Kimura, Hachioji, Japan, Tsukasa Kobayashi, Hachioji, Japan, Yoshihiko Sugi, Hachioji, Japan, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hidaka, Japan, and Yoshio Onuki, Hino, Japan.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tissue puncturing system used to suture tissues in a body cavity including: an endoscope; a flexible sheath having a distal portion provided with at least a side opening and a lumen, through which an endoscope may pass; at least one mechanism for puncturing tissue disposed in the flexible sheath, and having a pointed end, which is movable from a first position to a second position; and an operation mechanism for moving the mechanism for puncturing between the first and second positions."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2002 (10/303,265). 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=8,142,448.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,448&RS=PN/8,142,448
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,142,461) developed by six co-inventors for surgical instruments. The co-inventors are Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, Ohio, Andrew M. Zwolinski, Cincinnati, Tracy D. Lopes, Mason, Ohio, Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, Ohio, Daniel W. Price, Loveland, Ohio, and Louis T. DeLuca, Flower Mound, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A surgical instrument that may include a housing, a transducer engaged with the housing which can produce vibrations, and an end-effector engaged with the transducer. The surgical instrument can further include an adjustable sheath extending from the housing where the sheath is movable relative to the distal tip of the end-effector and where the distance between the distal tip of the sheath and the distal tip of the end-effector can be set such that the sheath can act as a depth stop. The sheath can be adjusted such that, when the distal tip of the sheath contacts the tissue or bone being incised, the surgeon can determine that the appropriate depth of the incision has been reached. In other embodiments, the end-effector can be moved with respect to the sheath in order to adjust the distance between the distal tip of the end-effector and the distal tip of the sheath."
The patent application was filed on March 22, 2007 (11/726,620). 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=8,142,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,461&RS=PN/8,142,461
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Mapping Internet Protocol Television Interference
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,144,616) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for mapping internet protocol television interference." The co-inventors are James G. Beattie Jr., Bergenfield, N.J., Eric S. Forbes, Canton, Ga., William H. Greer, Marietta, Ga., Stephen J. Griesmer, Westfield, N.J., Scott T. MacKenzie, Wheeling, Ill., Arvind R. Mallya, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Gregory D. Olson, Plano, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method in a server for monitoring an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service for a customer premises is disclosed. A first geographical location of a customer premises is retrieved, and a second geographical location of an amplitude modulation broadcasting facility within a threshold distance from the customer premises is retrieved. A first signal transmission power rating for the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility during daytime hours is retrieved, as is second signal transmission power rating for the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility during nighttime hours. A time of day that the IPTV service failure occurs is determined based on the first signal transmission power rating for the daytime hours and the second signal transmission power rating for the nighttime hours."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2009 (12/610,970). 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=8,144,616.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,616&RS=PN/8,144,616
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,144,622) developed by John R. Shepard, Austin, Texas, and Joe Nelson, Austin, Texas, for a "wireless architecture and support for process control systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication system for use in a process environment uses mesh and possibly a combination of mesh and point-to-point communications to produce a wireless communication network that can be easily set up, configured, changed and monitored, thereby making a wireless communication network that is less expensive, and more robust and reliable. The wireless communication system allows virtual communication paths to be established and used within the process control system in a manner that is independent of the manner in which the wireless signals are sent between different wireless transmitting and receiving devices within the process plant, to thereby operate in a manner that is independent of the specific messages or virtual communication paths within the process plant. Still further, communication analysis tools are provided to enable a user or operator to view the operation of the wireless communication network to thereby analyze the ongoing operation of the wireless communications within the wireless communication network."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2008 (12/250,410). 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=8,144,622.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,622&RS=PN/8,144,622
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Intermedics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Intermedics, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,145,303) developed by Leo Rubin, Suffern, N.Y., Chris A. Bonnerup, Alvin, Texas, and Edward A. Schroeppel, Lake Jackson, Texas, for "methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation utilize biphasic waveforms. A cardiac stimulator includes a defibrillation circuit that uses a pulse width modulated capacitive discharge to generate various biphasic waveforms, one or more of which may be delivered to the heart to treat the fibrillation."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2011 (13/029,781). 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=8,145,303&OS=8,145,303&RS=8,145,303
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,272) developed by Genyuan Wang, Plano, Texas, and Hang Jin, Plano, Texas, for a "pilot-based two-dimensional channel estimation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided herein to estimate channel information based a received burst that is comprises of consecutive transmissions. Each transmission comprises a plurality of data subcarriers and a plurality of pilot subcarriers on a radio frequency (RF) channel, wherein locations of the pilot subcarriers in the consecutive transmissions are different. Channel information at the pilot subcarriers is computed for each transmission in the burst. A time variation parameter and a frequency variation parameter of the channel for the burst are computed using the channel information at the pilot subcarriers for the transmissions in the burst. Channel information for at least one data subcarrier of a transmission in the burst is computed by interpolation and/or extrapolation of the channel information at the pilot subcarriers using the time variation parameter and the frequency variation parameter. The channel information for the remaining data subcarriers is computed by interpolation and/or extrapolation using the estimated channel information at the pilot subcarriers and the at least one data subcarrier."
The patent application was filed on July 30, 2008 (12/182,238). 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=8,145,272&OS=8,145,272&RS=8,145,272
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Low-cost Receiver Using Tracking Bandpass Filter and Lowpass Filter
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,170) developed by four co-inventors for a "low-cost receiver using tracking bandpass filter and lowpass filter." The co-inventors are Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Austin, Texas, Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, Texas, Aslamali A. Rafi, Austin, Texas, and Abdulkerim L. Coban, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver (400) includes a tracking bandpass filter (420), a tunable lowpass filter (434), a local oscillator (442), and a mixer (444). The tracking bandpass filter (420) has an input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) input signal, and an output. The tunable lowpass filter (434) has an input coupled to the output of the tracking bandpass filter (420), and an output. The local oscillator (422) has a first output for providing a local oscillator signal, which is characterized as being a square wave signal at the desired intermediate frequency (IF). The mixer (444) has a first input coupled to the output of the tunable lowpass filter (434), a second input coupled to the output of the local oscillator (442), and a first output for providing an IF signal at the desired IF. The tunable lowpass filter (434) is configured to substantially attenuate a third harmonic of the frequency of the local oscillator signal."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/277,908). 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=8145170.PN.&OS=PN/8145170&RS=PN/8145170
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,145,274) developed by four co-inventors for an "automatic setting of reminders in telephony using speech recognition." The co-inventors are Salil P. Gandhi, Pune, India, Saidas T. Kottawar, Maharashtra, India, Mike V. Macias, Round Rock, Texas, and Sandip D. Mahajan, Nagpur, India.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for automatically setting reminders. A method for automatically setting reminders includes receiving utterances, determining whether the utterances match a stored phrase, and in response to determining that there is a match, automatically setting a reminder in a mobile communication device. Various filters can be applied to determine whether or not to set a reminder. Examples of suitable filters include location, date/time, callee's phone number, etc."
The patent application was filed on May 14, 2009 (12/465,731). 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=8,145,274&OS=8,145,274&RS=8,145,274
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,145,172) developed by five co-inventors for a "low-cost receiver using tracking filter." The co-inventors are Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Austin, Texas, Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, Texas, Aslamali A. Rafi, Austin, Texas, Mustafa H. Koroglu, Austin, Texas, and David S. Trager, San Marcos, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver (400) includes a tracking bandpass filter (420) and a signal processing circuit (430-480). The tracking bandpass filter (420) has a first input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal, and an output, and includes a first portion (731) on a semiconductor die (730), and at least one inductor (721). The at least one inductor (721) is operatively coupled to the first portion of the tracking bandpass filter (420). The signal processing circuit (430-480) has an input coupled to the output of the tracking bandpass filter (420), and an output for providing a processed signal. The semiconductor die (730) and the at least one inductor (721) are integrated into a single multi-chip module (MCM) (710)."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/277,866). 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=8145172.PN.&OS=PN/8145172&RS=PN/8145172
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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