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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina.
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Avaya Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,144,633) developed by John H. Yoakum, Cary, N.C., Tony McCormack, Galway, Ireland, and John Costello, Galway, Ireland, for a "method and system for controlling audio in a collaboration environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment. A plurality of icons corresponding to participants are displayed in a user interface. A moderator may move the icons from a first position in the user interface to a second position in the user interface. Upon moving an icon from a first position to a second position, an aural position identifier corresponding to the second position is generated and sent to a conference processor. The conference processor uses the aural position identifier to generate an outgoing audio stream that aurally positions the audio stream generated by the participant corresponding to the icon at the aural position. The outgoing audio stream is provided to the moderator, who uses a multi-channel capable device to perceive the audio stream at the designated aural position."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2009 (12/564,262). 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=8,144,633.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,633&RS=PN/8,144,633
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Consert Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Consert, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,145,361) developed by Joseph W. Forbes Jr., Wake Forest, N.C., Joel L. Webb, Raleigh, N.C., and Roy Moore, Boca Raton, Fla., for a "system and method for manipulating controlled energy using devices to manage customer bills."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A control system and method to create an Internet Protocol (IP) enabled automatic gain control loop for encasing a desired cost value in a utility derived consumer controlled pricing envelope. A customer uses a web browser to view billing estimates for the current month as well as related months. The customer can set limits on the actual billing amount for the upcoming month and make adjustments to this amount if it seems unrealistic in the coming month. Control event actions are carried out to limit power usage within preferences set by the customer."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/702,785). 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=8,145,361&OS=8,145,361&RS=8,145,361
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for Video Processing System for Scrambling Layered Video Streams and Methods for Use
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,781) developed by six co-inventors for a "video processing system for scrambling layered video streams and methods for use therewith." The co-inventors are Stephen E. Gordon, Lexington, Mass., Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, San Diego, Michael Dove, Los Gatos, Calif., David Rosmann, Irvine, Calif., Thomas J. Quigley, Franklin, N.C., and Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream that requires the independent video layer for decoding. A scrambling module scrambles the independent video layer stream to produce a scrambled independent video layer stream and leaves the first dependent video layer stream unscrambled."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,299). 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=8,144,781&OS=8,144,781&RS=8,144,781
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Red Hat Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,144,876) developed by James Paul Schneider, Raleigh, N.C., for "validating encrypted archive keys with MAC value."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and a method for validating encrypted archive keys is described. In one embodiment, a passphrase is received. An archive key is recovered with the passphrase. A Message Authentication Code (MAC) value is computed with the recovered archive key. The computed MAC value is compared with a MAC value stored in an archive to determine the validity of the passphrase. The stored MAC value is originally computed with an original passphrase using the archive key as a MAC key."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2008 (12/201,502). 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=8,144,876&OS=8,144,876&RS=8,144,876
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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OPNET Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- OPNET Technologies, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,144,627) developed by Raghavendra B. Uppalli, Cary, N.C., and James Mark Shaw, Cary, N.C., for an "inferring connectivity in the presence of conflicting network data."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The connectivity information provided by a variety of inference engines is integrated to provide a set of inferred links within a network. A consolidation is performed among inference engines that operate at a base level of connectivity detail to create a model of the network at this base level. The connectivity information provided by inference engines at each subsequent higher level of connectivity abstraction is then overlaid on the base level connectivity. By separately consolidating the connectivity information at each level of abstraction, the rules for dealing with conflicts can be simplified and/or better focused to resolve the conflict. By assuming that the more detailed lower level information is likely to be more accurate, rules can be developed to modify the connectivity models produced by the higher level techniques to conform to the lower level connectivity details while still maintaining the integrity of the higher level connectivity models."
The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/498,786). 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=8,144,627.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,627&RS=PN/8,144,627
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Cook Medical Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cook Medical Technologies, Bloomington, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,142,431) developed by Richard W. Ducharme, Winston-Salem, N.C., for a "sphincterotome cutting wire improvement."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sphincterotome having a portion of its drive wire coated with a material selected from poly-p-xylylene, 2-chloro-p-xylylene, 2,4-dichloro-p-xylylene, poly(tetraflouro-p-xylylene), poly(carboxyl-p-xylylene-co-p-xylylene), fluorinated parylene, parylene HT, and any combination thereof. The coating preferably provides an electroinsulated coating on a portion of the drive wire exposed outside the sphincterotome shaft such that a non-electroinsulated portion of the exposed drive wire may be targeted more specifically to tissue desired to be cut."
The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,386). 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=8,142,431.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,431&RS=PN/8,142,431
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston.cndot. Salem, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,145,292) developed by David J. Vining, Winson-Salem, N.C., for a "method and system for producing interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs having hollow lumens to enable simulated movement through the lumen."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system are provided for effecting interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs for purposes of medical observation and diagnosis. A series of CT images of the selected body organs are acquired. The series of CT images is stacked to form a three-dimensional volume file. To facilitate interactive three-dimensional rendering, the three-dimensional volume file may be subjected to an optional dataset reduction procedure to reduce pixel resolution and/or to divide the three-dimensional volume file into selected subvolumes. From a selected volume or subvolume, the image of a selected body organ is segmented or isolated. A wireframe model of the segmented organ image is then generated to enable interactive, three-dimensional rendering of the selected organ."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/874,833). 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=8,145,292&OS=8,145,292&RS=8,145,292
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Method and System for Providing a Proxy Media Service
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,249) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for providing a proxy media service." The co-inventors are Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif., Shah Talukder, Los Gatos, Calif., Kittur V. Nagesh, Saratoga, Calif., Douglas J. Hall, Westerville, Ohio, Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, N.C., and Yogesh Kalley, Sunnyvale, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing a push-to-talk proxy media service includes receiving a plurality of monitored push-to-talk communication streams over a high bandwidth connection and mixing the plurality of monitored push-to-talk communication streams into a mixed communication stream. The method also includes transmitting the mixed communication stream to a user endpoint over a low bandwidth connection."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2005 (11/267,915). 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=8,145,249&OS=8,145,249&RS=8,145,249
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,145,203) developed by Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., for a "personal area network having media player and mobile device controlling the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the media devices, a media database, and a control system including a media client. When the mobile device enters a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) associated with a media device, the media client obtains information describing the content residing at the media device and stores the information in the media database at the mobile device. Thereafter, when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the media device, the media database is used to select content to be played at the media device."
The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,214). 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=8,145,203&OS=8,145,203&RS=8,145,203
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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ATC Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- ATC Technologies, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,145,126) developed by Peter D. Karabinis, Cary, N.C., and Santanu Dutta, Cary, N.C., for a "satellite-band spectrum utilization for reduced or minimum interference."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A first and/or a second communications system may provide communications service over a geographic area. A method of operating the first and/or the second communications systems may include generating a measure of aggregate interference reaching a satellite of the second communications system substantially from devices of the first communications system. The measure of aggregate interference reaching the satellite of the second communications system may be transmitted to an element of the first communications system."
The patent application was filed on May 10, 2011 (13/104,117). 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=8145126.PN.&OS=PN/8145126&RS=PN/8145126
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Protected Data Capture
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,184) developed by Robert Mackie, Cary, N.C., for a protected data capture.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes receiving disposition data from a subscriber. The disposition data indicates a first particular condition predicate for performing a particular action on data associated with the subscriber and archived by a service provider. After receiving the disposition data, first data associated with the subscriber is received by the service provider in near-real time. If it is determined that the particular condition is not satisfied, then the service provider performs a different second particular action."
The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,918). 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=8,145,184&OS=8,145,184&RS=8,145,184
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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