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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California.
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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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Qualcomm Atheros Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Qualcomm Atheros, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,683) developed by Qinfang Sun, Santa Clara, Calif., and Kai Shi, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "high throughput fine timing."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "After detecting the predetermined phase rotation, a receiver can advantageously remove any cyclic shifting delays (CSDs) from the mixed mode packet for each chain. Once any CSDs are removed, the receiver can perform timing offset estimation and decode the mixed mode packet. In another embodiment, a timing offset from a channel for a first chain without any CSDs can be estimated. Compensation for the timing offset in the first chain can then be performed. At this point, the CSDs from other chains can then be removed. After CSD removal, compensation for any timing offsets in the other chains can be performed using the timing offset in the first chain."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2007 (11/947,746). 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=8,144,683.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,683&RS=PN/8,144,683
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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ViaSat Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,680) developed by Donald W. Becker, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., for contention-based communications.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are presented for conducting communications using a shared communication medium. A message is sent over the shared communication medium. The shared communication medium is organized to include an allocation of node identification signal space and an allocation of data transmission signal space. The allocation of node identification signal space includes a plurality of node identification segments. The allocation of data transmission signal space includes a data transmission segment. The message includes a node identification portion and a data transmission portion. The node identification portion is transmitted in the allocation of node identification signal space and occupies a node identification segment. The data transmission portion is transmitted in the allocation of node identification signal space and occupies the data transmission segment."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/276,148). 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=8,144,680.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,680&RS=PN/8,144,680
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Xilinx Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,702) developed by Michael E. Attig, San Jose, Calif., and Gordon J. Brebner, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "generation of a pipeline for processing a type of network packets."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Generating a pipeline for processing a type of network packets. A specification is input of the processing of the type of network packets. The specification specifies actions for inspecting and modifying one or more of the fields of the type of network packets. Assignments are generated that assign each of the actions to a corresponding stage of the pipeline. One or more of the actions is assigned to each stage of the pipeline. One or more quality metrics is evaluated for each of the assignments. A specific one of the assignments is selected in response to the quality metric or quality metrics. The pipeline is generated for the specific assignment. Each stage of the pipeline implements each action assigned to the stage."
The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (11/818,788). 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=8,144,702.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,702&RS=PN/8,144,702
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Signal-to-noise Ratio of Position Location Measurements
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,682) developed by Samir S. Soliman, San Diego, and Peter Gaal, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for enhancing signal-to-noise ratio of position location measurements."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for generating and use of a position location reference signal that allows a receiver to receive position location signals from relatively weak signal generators when in the presence of a strong signal source. The position location reference signals from multiple sources can be synchronized to occur within a scheduled time slot of a time division multiplexed communication system. During the scheduled time slot, each signal source can configure a transmission that includes a media access control address that corresponds to a value reserved for position location signals. Each signal source also configures the transmission to include a position location reference signal that corresponds to the signal source. The position location signals from each of the signal sources is positioned to occur at a time within the data portion of the scheduled time slot that no neighboring signal source transmits its corresponding position location signal."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/036,393). 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=8,144,682.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,682&RS=PN/8,144,682
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,674) developed by Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., for a "method and system for inter-PCB communications with wireline control."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of a method and system for inter-PCB communications with wireline control may include setting up a microwave communication link between a first PCB and a second PCB via a wireline communication bus. The initialization may comprise adjusting beamforming parameters of a first antenna array communicatively coupled to the first PCB, and of a second antenna array communicatively coupled to the second PCB. The first PCB and the second PCB may communicate data via the microwave communication link. The microwave communication link may be routed via one or more relay PCBs, when the first PCB and the second PCB cannot directly communicate satisfactorily. Control data may be transferred between the first PCB, the second PCB, and/or the one or more relay PCBs, which may comprise one or more antennas. The relay PCBs may be dedicated relay PCBs or multi-purpose transmitter/receivers."
The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/056,865). 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=8,144,674.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,674&RS=PN/8,144,674
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Juniper Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,705) developed by Gunes Aybay, Los Altos, Calif., for "systems and methods for recursively accessing a multi-bank SRAM."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may include multi-bank static random access memory (SRAM) logic that receives multiple addresses from a packet processor, and provides the multiple addresses to multiple SRAMs. The SRAM logic also reads intermediate data and final data from the multiple SRAMs using the provided multiple addresses, provide a next address to the multiple SRAMs for each of the intermediate data, and transmits each of the final data to the packet processor."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2008 (12/244,201). 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=8,144,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,705&RS=PN/8,144,705
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Automation of IP Phone Provisioning
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,692) developed by five co-inventors for an "automation of IP phone provisioning with self-service voice application." The co-inventors are Najeeb Farhan Haddad, South San Francisco, Calif., Laure F. Andrieux, San Jose, Calif., Michael Edric Tasker, Pleasanton, Calif., Jawhny Cooke, San Jose, Calif., and Fong Shen, San Jose, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Approaches for provisioning phones in packet voice networks are disclosed. One approach includes determining that an Internet Protocol (IP) phone has registered in a network; receiving a unique identifier of the IP phone; receiving identifying information about a user to be associated with the IP phone; determining, based on the information provided, a user identifier; generating a configuration for the IP phone based on the user identifier that includes information such as phone number, feature sets, and other configuration parameters; and providing the configuration to the IP phone. Various approaches for determining a user identifier based on information provided by the user are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on March 23, 2005 (11/089,281). 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=8,144,692.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,692&RS=PN/8,144,692
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Google Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,521) developed by Adam Sah, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Michael Thompson, Henderson, Ky., for "geographic and keyword context in embedded applications."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method includes generating, using an embedded client application, a keyword context for a container document holding the embedded client application; generating, using the embedded client application, a geographic context associated with a device on which the container document is displayed; submitting the keyword context and the geographic context to a remote server; and displaying an interactive application using information obtained in response to the submission of the keyword context and geographic criteria."
The patent application was filed on July 15, 2008 (12/173,594). 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=8,145,521&OS=8,145,521&RS=8,145,521
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,947) developed by Doron Kletter, San Mateo, Calif., for a "system and method for finding a picture image in an image collection using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An image management method and system provides for storing, indexing, searching and/or retrieving image data. The content of an image collection is pre-processed to identify stable and repeatable keypoints for each image in the collection. Fingerprint information is computed from local groups of keypoints, and the resulting fingerprint information is stored in a compact fingerprint database. The computing of the fingerprint information is based on combinations of a subgroup of the strongest keypoints in an image, called anchor keypoints, in addition to a number of non-anchor keypoints. For each fingerprint in the compact fingerprint database, a sequence of candidate fingerprint combinations is generated and stored in a Fan Tree and/or hashtable and a corresponding fingerprint data structure. The sequence of fingerprint combinations allows several non-anchor keypoints to be missing, while still allowing the system and method to correctly detect fingerprints with high accuracy. A realtime image query is performed by identifying keypoints and computing fingerprints from the query image and matching the query fingerprints to the existing Fan Tree and/or hashtable fingerprint data to determine the best matching image or set of images within the collection. At least one target image is retrieved based on the determining operation, and the retrieved target image is displayed, printed, stored and/or transmitteda."
The patent application was filed on June 27, 2008 (12/163,186). 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=8,144,947&OS=8,144,947&RS=8,144,947
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Apple Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,915) developed by M. Evans Hankey, San Francisco, and Eric B. Daniels, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "wired headset with integrated switch."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Headsets are provided with integrated switch assemblies. An integrated switch assembly can include a switch hidden from view by a housing. The switch can be activated when a user applies pressure to the housing. The housing may include a flexible housing cover that, when depressed, may engage the switch contained within the housing. When engaged, the switch may move or snap to a switch activation position within the housing."
The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/824,031). 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=8,144,915&OS=8,144,915&RS=8,144,915
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Tandent Vision Science Assigned Patent for Method for Using Image Depth Information
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Tandent Vision Science, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,144,975) developed by Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Springfield, Pa., and Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, R.I., for a "method for using image depth information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (12/930,688). 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=8,144,975&OS=8,144,975&RS=8,144,975
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Xilinx Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,467) developed by Jingzhao Ou, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Chi Bun Chan, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for profiling a hardware/software embedded system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for profiling a hardware/software embedded system are described. In one example, a hardware co-simulation interface is generated between a programmable logic device (PLD) configured with the embedded system and a computer based on a plurality of events. The embedded system in the PLD is simulated. During the simulation of the embedded system, occurrence of at least one event is detected to produce profiling data. The profiling data is stored into shared first-in-first-out (FIFO) logic of the PLD and the computer. The profiling data is retrieved from the shared FIFO logic at the computer."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2008 (12/036,920). 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=8,145,467&OS=8,145,467&RS=8,145,467
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sony Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,144,985) developed by Florian Ciurea, San Jose, Calif., and Alexander Berestov, San Jose, Calif., for a "method of high dynamic range compression with detail preservation and noise constraints."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for high dynamic range compression uses a modified cumulative histogram as a compression curve. This curve is computed from the cumulative histogram of the image with constraints that the local derivative on the curve does not exceed a certain limit. The limit is fixed along the curve or the limit is variable, taking into account noise characteristics at various pixel values. To provide appropriate detail preservation, a smoothing filter is used to separate the image into an illumination image, referred to as a base image, and a detail image, and the compression curve is applied to the base image only. The compression method provides high dynamic range compression of the image while preserving the global contrast perception. Conventional global algorithms for high dynamic range compression are not capable of achieving this result. The proposed high dynamic range compression method also minimizes noise amplification while lightening the dark areas during image compression."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (12/004,928). 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=8,144,985&OS=8,144,985&RS=8,144,985
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for System and Method for Best Effort Scheduling
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,669) developed by Lich Le, Carlsbad, Calif., Ash Kapur, Frederick, Md., and Victor Zhodzishsky, North Potomac, Md., for a "system and method for best effort scheduling."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for increasing bandwidth usage between an access point and a wireless device are described. One embodiment can include an access point, a prioritizer, and a priority storage device. These components can increase bandwidth usage between an access point and a wireless device by allocating previously unused transmission slots."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2006 (11/615,619). 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=8,144,669.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,669&RS=PN/8,144,669
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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ViaSat Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,643) developed by Mark J. Miller, Vista, Calif., and Charles N. Pateros, Carlsbad, Calif., for a "flexible capacity satellite communications system with flexible allocation between forward and return capacity."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for supporting more flexible coverage areas and spatial capacity assignments using satellite communications systems are disclosed. Antenna elements are arranged in one or more phased arrays. The phased arrays may be used to receive uplink communications, transmit downlink communications, or both receive uplink communications and transmit downlink communications. Beam forming networks (BFN's) associated with the one or more phased arrays may be dynamic, allowing for movement of the locations of the receive beams, the transmit beams, or both the receive beams and transmit beams. The beams may then "hop" from location to location according to a predefined or dynamic hopping pattern. In some embodiments, the hopping patterns may be time-varying and may be changed or updated on-the-fly."
The patent application was filed on April 29, 2011 (13/098,334). 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=8,144,643.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,643&RS=PN/8,144,643
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Yahoo! Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,416) developed by five co-inventors for an "interactive mapping method and system." The co-inventors are Thomas Wailes, Sunnyvale, Calif., Gareth J. Finucane, San Francisco, Michael J. Lawless, Oakland, Calif., Mark E. Wehner, Mountain View, Calif., and Rodney J. Fernandez, Cupertino, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and computer program product for presenting a set of address locations in a browser window of a user device via the Internet are disclosed. The method includes receiving a set of address locations in a given order, presenting the set of address locations as a list of directions, and presenting the set of address locations graphically on a map, where the map includes a route connecting the set of address locations according to the given order and a marker for each of the address locations. The method further includes creating a new order of the set of address locations from the given order by dragging an address location from the map to a different position in the list of directions, updating the list of directions according to the new order of the set of address locations, and updating the map according to the new order of the set of address locations."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2006 (11/581,145). 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=8,145,416&OS=8,145,416&RS=8,145,416
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,145,481) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method of performing user-specific automatic speech recognition." The co-inventors are Bojana Gajic, Trondheim, Norway, Shrikanth Sambasivan Narayanan, Los Angeles, Sarangarajan Parthasarathy, New Providence, N.J., Richard Cameron Rose, Watchung, N.J., and Aaron Edward Rosenberg, Berkeley Heights, N.J.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Speech recognition models are dynamically re-configurable based on user information, application information, background information such as background noise and transducer information such as transducer response characteristics to provide users with alternate input modes to keyboard text entry. Word recognition lattices are generated for each data field of an application and dynamically concatenated into a single word recognition lattice. A language model is applied to the concatenated word recognition lattice to determine the relationships between the word recognition lattices and repeated until the generated word recognition lattices are acceptable or differ from a predetermined value only by a threshold amount. These techniques of dynamic re-configurable speech recognition provide for deployment of speech recognition on small devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants as well environments such as office, home or vehicle while maintaining the accuracy of the speech recognition."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/207,175). 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=8,145,481&OS=8,145,481&RS=8,145,481
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Meru Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Meru Networks, Sunnnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,668) developed by Upamanyu Madhow, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "multiuser detection and interference suppression techniques for direct sequence spread spectrum systems in which all users employ same spreading code."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention considers a direct sequence spread spectrum system wherein every user employs the same spreading code. In a preferred embodiment, received signal is correlated with the training signal. Peaks of correlator output are used to identify the delays corresponding to the significant multipath components. The delays that are within a predetermined number of chips of each other are associated with a hypothesized user. In an alternate embodiment, a user separation technique is used which is based on the observation that after the training period, different users send uncorrelated data. In another alternate embodiment, linear minimum mean squared error (LMMSE) based correlators locked to individual users are employed. These correlators only provide multipath components of their corresponding users as output."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,364). 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=8,144,668.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,668&RS=PN/8,144,668
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Safer Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Safer Systems, Camarillo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,439) developed by Ernest Gilbert, Simi Valley, Calif., and Shahryar Khajehnajafi, Moorpark, Calif., for a "substance release estimation using path-averaged concentration measurements."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for using path-averaged concentration measurements for estimating the amount of substance being released from a particular location. One or more open-path sensing systems are set up in appropriate locations around possible substance release sites and tuned to detect a particular substance of interest. Path-averaged concentration measurements of the particular substance are collected over time and communicated to an open-path back calculation algorithm. The algorithm calculates time-averaged measurements for a plurality of time periods. Back calculation is then performed with the time-averaged measurements to estimate the release rate and the total release of the substance."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2008 (12/187,235). 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=8,145,439&OS=8,145,439&RS=8,145,439
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Altera Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,003) developed by Adityo Prakash, Redwood Shores, Calif., Edward R. Ratner, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Dimitrios Antsos, San Marino, Calif., for adaptive transforms.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an image is broken up into multiple regions or segments, where each segment may be of arbitrary shape, and a transform (multi-scale or otherwise) is applied on the set of segments. In another embodiment, pattern adaptive prediction is used when predicting the next finer level of the transform pyramid. The pattern adaptive prediction uses the parent grid to determine what geometry of a filter is to be used when predicting the child grid. At the boundaries of the domain, the pattern adaptive prediction can coupled with the domain adaptive prediction technique."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/873,083). 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=8,145,003&OS=8,145,003&RS=8,145,003
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Predicting Resource Usage of an Application in a Virtual Environment
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,455) developed by Ludmila Cherkasova, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Timothy W. Wood, Amherst, Mass., for a "predicting resource usage of an application in a virtual environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a system for predicting resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hardware system operating to execute a predetermined set of benchmarks that includes at least one of: a computation-intensive workload, a network-intensive workload, and a disk-intensive workload; a second hardware platform implementing a virtual environment therein, the virtual environment operating to execute the predetermined set of benchmarks; a third hardware platform operating to collect first resource usage traces from the first hardware platform and second resource usage traces from the second hardware platform; wherein the third hardware platform further operating to generate at least one prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application executing in the virtual environment based on the collected first and second resource usage traces."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,874). 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=8,145,455&OS=8,145,455&RS=8,145,455
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Toyota Motor Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Dynamically Controlling Hill Rollback of an Electric Vehicle
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Toyota Motor, Erlanger, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,145,374) developed by Jared Michael Farnsworth, Sacramento, Calif., for "methods and systems for dynamically controlling hill rollback of an electric vehicle."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for dynamically controlling rollback in an electric vehicle having a motor for providing motive power to the electric vehicle and a shift lever for selecting either forward or reverse motion of the vehicle includes determining if the electric vehicle is moving in a direction opposite the direction of motion indicated by the shift lever. If the vehicle is moving in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the shift lever, the rollback acceleration of the vehicle is calculated. A power request for driving the electric motor is then determined such that the rollback of the vehicle is controlled. The determined power request is then applied to the electric motor thereby driving the electric motor and dynamically controlling the rollback."
The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/128,186). 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=8,145,374&OS=8,145,374&RS=8,145,374
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Xilinx Assigned Patent for Clustering of Electronic Circuit Design Modules for Hardware-based and Software-based Co-simulation Platforms
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,466) developed by four co-inventors for a "clustering of electronic circuit design modules for hardware-based and software-based co-simulation platforms." The co-inventors are Chi Bun Chan, San Jose, Calif., Jingzhao Ou, San Jose, Calif., Haibing Ma, Superior, Colo., and Shay P. Seng, San Jose, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Approaches for preparing simulation models of an electronic circuit are disclosed. The design is partitioned into first and second clusters. The design includes a source module in the first cluster connected to a destination module in the second cluster. The first cluster is compiled into a first model for a software-based co-simulation platform for simulating behavior of the source module using the first model. The first cluster and the second cluster of the design are compiled into a second model for a hardware-based co-simulation platform that includes a programmable logic circuit configurable for emulating behavior of the design using the second model. An interconnection block is generated and stored in the second model. The interconnection block is switchable between coupling of the destination module in the second model to the source module of the first model or to a source module of the second model."
The patent application was filed on May 21, 2009 (12/469,897). 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=8,145,466&OS=8,145,466&RS=8,145,466
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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Quickturn Design Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Quickturn Design Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,469) developed by Alexandre Birguer, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "system and method for providing compact mapping between dissimilar memory systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A memory mapping system for compactly mapping dissimilar memory systems and methods for manufacturing and using same. The mapping system maps a source memory system into a destination memory system by partitioning the source memory system and disposing memory contents within the partitioned source memory system into the destination memory system. In one embodiment, the mapping system factorizes a source data width of the source memory system in terms of a destination data width of the destination memory system to form at least one data sub-width. A source memory sub-region is defined for each data sub-width. The memory contents associated with each source memory sub-region are disposed within the destination memory system in a side-by-side manner across selected destination memory registers of the destination memory system. The mapping system thereby can compactly map the memory contents into the destination memory system without a loss of valuable memory space."
The patent application was filed on April 17, 2009 (12/426,164). 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=8,145,469&OS=8,145,469&RS=8,145,469
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Optimizing a Prediction of Resource Usage of an Application in a Virtual Environment
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,145,456) developed by Ludmila Cherkasova, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Timothy W. Wood, Amherst, Mass., for an "optimizing a prediction of resource usage of an application in a virtual environment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a method for optimizing a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a predetermined set of benchmarks, wherein the predetermined set of benchmarks; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in a native hardware system in which the application natively resides; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; collecting first traces of first resource utilization metrics in the native hardware system based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the native hardware system; collecting second traces of second resource utilization metrics in the virtual environment based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; generating a first prediction model and a second prediction model; generating a third prediction model that maps all of the first traces of the selected first metric to the second traces of resource utilization metrics; comparing the first and second prediction models against the third prediction model; and predicting a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment with either a) a combination of the first and second prediction models or b) the third prediction model based on the comparing."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,998). 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=8,145,456&OS=8,145,456&RS=8,145,456
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Deloitte Development Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Deloitte Development, Hermitage, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (8,145,507) developed by five co-inventors for a "commercial insurance scoring system and method." The co-inventors are Frank M. Zizzamia, Canton, Conn., Cheng-Sheng Peter Wu, Arcadia, Calif., Dominic A. Tocci, Oak Park, Ill., Matthew R. Carrier, Naperville, Ill., and John Lucker, Simsbury, Conn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A quantitative system and method that employs data sources external to an insurance company to generate a statistical model that may be used to more accurately and consistently predict commercial insurance profitability (the "predictive statistical model"). The system and method are able to predict individual commercial insurance policyholder profitability on a prospective basis regardless of the internal data and business practices of a particular insurance company."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2001 (10/054,702). 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=8,145,507&OS=8,145,507&RS=8,145,507
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Virtual Radiologic Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Virtual Radiologic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,145,503) developed by five co-inventors for a "medical image metadata processing." The co-inventors are Brent Backhaus, Lakeville, Minn., Lorna Backhaus, Lakeville, Minn., Dean Ebesu, San Francisco, Tom J. Gleeson, DeKalb, Ill., and Deke Weinblatt, Otsego, Minn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Enhanced techniques for the extraction and use of metadata from medical images are disclosed herein. Based on the information in the metadata, specific processing may be performed within an image order management system, radiology information system (RIS), or like system involved with healthcare imaging. In one specific embodiment, a radiology read order may be created, pre-populated, and transmitted via a processing system (e.g., a teleradiology image order management system) based on the metadata within the radiology image. For example, this metadata may exist within the header of a DICOM-formatted image data file or a DICOM communication protocol transmission. The processing system may then provide the pre-populated read order back to the source of the medical images for verification and submission. Other processing actions may also occur based on information extracted from the image metadata, such as custom workflows and handling based on an originating facility, or transferring the images to a particular radiologist or location."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2010 (12/856,096). 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=8,145,503&OS=8,145,503&RS=8,145,503
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Pharmaco-Kinesis Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Pharmaco-Kinesis, Inglewood, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,434) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for forming a homeostatic loop employing an aptamer biosensor." The co-inventors are Josh Yehoshua Shachar, Santa Monica, Calif., Winston H. Wu, Alhambra, Calif., Leslie Farkas, Ojai, Calif., and Thomas Chen, La Canada, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A novel architecture solid-state biosensor for label-free detection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) hybridization is presented. The new device is realized by forming a matrix array of parallel capacitors, thus allowing the realization of low-cost, portable, fully integrated devices. The detection mechanism is based on an electrochemical binding of circulating VEGF to an immobilized VEGF aptamer; whereby binding of these two compounds modulates the threshold voltage of a novel circuit, changing the impedance (capacitance) of the circuit. This novel circuit is further characterized by an electrode coded with a p-Si substrate, enhancing the affinity between the VEGF molecules and the aptamer. An apparatus forming a fluid cell is configured so as to enable the flow for delivering VEGF samples onto the active surface of the chip. The device has an array of parallel capacitors which act as an integrated, individual counter-electrode, computational apparatus which employs the sensory output over the time domain so as to enable detection, reporting and formation of a homeostatic loop for VEGF measurements. Moreover, this detector is able to provide an accurately measured and quantifiable rate of change of the VEGF molecules in-vivo, providing real time feedback of this important biomarker which may be used to measure response of the tumor to delivered chemotherapeutic agents and biological response modifiers (BRMs) for the purpose of determining tumor burden."
The patent application was filed on April 10, 2009 (12/422,125). 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=8,145,434&OS=8,145,434&RS=8,145,434
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Neighbor List Updates
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,662) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for neighbor list updates." The co-inventors are Helen Jun Xing, San Diego, Muhammad Khawar R. Khan, Chula Vista, Calif., Rami H. Alnatsheh, San Diego, Ramesh Chandra Chirala, San Diego, and Supratik Bhattacharjee, San Diego.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for maintaining information during neighbor list updates comprising acquiring information of a first plurality of GSM neighbor cells; recording and keeping the information for a time period T; receiving a second plurality of GSM neighbor cells; comparing the second plurality of GSM neighbor cells with the first plurality of GSM cells in the record; if a GSM neighbor cell from the second plurality of GSM neighbor cells is not in the record, gathering information pertaining to the GSM neighbor cell; and if at least one GSM neighbor cell from the second plurality of GSM neighbor cells is in the record, determining if the age of the information pertaining to the at least one GSM neighbor cell is less than the time period T and if less than T, locating the at least one GSM neighbor cell."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2008 (12/208,764). 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=8,144,662.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,662&RS=PN/8,144,662
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Intellectual Assets Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Intellectual Assets, Lake Tahoe, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,145,444) developed by Randall L. Bickford, Orangevale, Calif., and Rahul M. Palnitkar, Lincoln, Calif., for a "asset surveillance system and method comprising self-calibrating fault detection."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented asset surveillance system and method for self calibrating at least one fault detector providing asset surveillance by calibrating at least the one fault detector with statistics associated with expected asset behavior, acquiring observed data values from an asset, screening the observed data values based upon at least one defined criterion for obtaining screened data values, updating the statistics associated with expected asset behavior as a function of the screened data values for defining updated statistics, and recalibrating the at least one fault detector with the updated statistics."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2008 (12/315,118). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,444&OS=8,145,444&RS=8,145,444
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Gen-Probe Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Gen-Probe, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,145,435) developed by James M. Carrick, San Diego, Jeffrey D. Chismar, Plymouth, Minn., and Michael J. Gilly, San Diego, for a "real-time amplification and monitoring system incorporating vector-based algorithm for analyzing polynucleotide-containing samples."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System for analyzing a polynucleotide-containing sample using real-time amplification and monitoring. The system includes a computer or processing device with software for performing a vector analysis of growth curves. The vector analysis advantageously simplifies polynucleotide quantitation by circumventing the need to establish thresholds used for calculating initiation of the growth phase, or to calculate derivatives."
The patent application was filed on May 27, 2010 (12/789,101). 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=8,145,435&OS=8,145,435&RS=8,145,435
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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GM Global Technology Operations, Daimler, Chrysler, Bayerische Motoren Werke Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, Daimler, Stuttgart, Germany, Chrysler, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Bayerische Motoren Werke, Munich, Germany, have been assigned a patent (8,145,397) developed by Anthony H. Heap, Ann Arbor, Mich., Jason J. McConnell, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Seamus T. McGrath, Rohnert Park, Calif., for an "optimal selection of blended braking capacity for a hybrid electric vehicle."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hybrid powertrain system includes a transmission operative to transfer power between an input member and a torque machine and an output member coupled to a driveline coupled to a wheel including an actuable friction brake. The torque machine is operative to react torque transferred from the wheel through the driveline to the output member of the transmission. The torque machine is connected to an energy storage device. A method for operating a hybrid powertrain system includes monitoring an operator torque request input to an accelerator pedal, determining a minimum available power output of the energy storage device, determining a preferred output torque reacted through the output member to the driveline based upon the minimum available power output of the energy storage device, determining a regenerative braking torque capacity comprising a torque range between the preferred output torque reacted through the output member to the driveline and the operator torque request input to the accelerator pedal, and controlling operation of the hybrid powertrain based upon the regenerative braking torque capacity. "
The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2008 (12/255,754). 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=8,145,397&OS=8,145,397&RS=8,145,397
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,144,881) developed by Brett Graham Crockett, Brisbane, Calif., and Alan Jeffrey Seefeldt, San Francisco, for an "audio gain control using specific-loudness-based auditory event detection."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one disclosed aspect, dynamic gain modifications are applied to an audio signal at least partly in response to auditory events and/or the degree of change in signal characteristics associated with said auditory event boundaries. In another aspect, an audio signal is divided into auditory events by comparing the difference in specific loudness between successive time blocks of the audio signal."
The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (12/226,698). 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=8,144,881&OS=8,144,881&RS=8,144,881
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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NASA Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- NASA has been assigned a patent (8,145,366) developed by Edward A. Haering Jr., Lancaster, Calif., and Kenneth J. Plotkin, Vienna, Va., for a "real-time, interactive sonic boom display."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is an improved real-time, interactive sonic boom display for aircraft. By using physical properties obtained via various sensors and databases, the invention determines, in real-time, sonic boom impacts locations and intensities for aircraft traveling at supersonic speeds. The information is provided to a pilot via a display that lists a selectable set of maneuvers available to the pilot to mitigate sonic boom issues. Upon selection of a maneuver, the information as to the result of the maneuver is displayed and the pilot may proceed with making the maneuver, or provide new data to the system in order to calculate a different maneuver."
The patent application was filed on June 13, 2008 (12/138,747). 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=8,145,366&OS=8,145,366&RS=8,145,366
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Adobe Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,983) developed by Manish S. Kulkarni, Saratoga, Calif., for an "image editing workflow with color management."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure includes systems and methods relating to preserving color representations during color transformation processes. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a mathematical model for use in transforming color data from one color space to another color space and generating a substantially invertible approximation of the mathematical model that conforms to a defined color management system architecture."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2007 (11/846,186). 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=8,144,983&OS=8,144,983&RS=8,144,983
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Interconnecting IP Video Endpoints
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,631) developed by Yu Zhang, Santa Clara, Calif., Mark J. Conner, Boulder Creek, Calif., and Sabita Jasty, San Jose, Calif., for "interconnecting IP video endpoints with reduced H.320 call setup time."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes sending, from an originating gateway device (OGW) to a terminating gateway device (TGW), a setup message for setting up a call on a primary bearer channel (B-channel) of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). The OGW interconnects with a first Internet Protocol (IP) video endpoint, and the TGW interconnects with a second IP video endpoint. In response to an alerting message sent from the TGW, the OGW initiates procedures for synchronizing a plurality of secondary B-channels between the OGW and the TGW prior to the call entering into a connect state. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2006 (11/639,078). 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=8,144,631.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,631&RS=PN/8,144,631
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Mitigating Interference in a Wireless Communication System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,144,658) developed by Jelena Damnjanovic, Del Mar, Calif., and Durga Prasad Malladi, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for mitigating interference in a wireless communication system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques to mitigate inter-cell interference using joint time and frequency division are described. A frequency band is divided into multiple non-overlapping frequency subbands. The transmission timeline is divided into T.sub.in and T.sub.out time intervals. Data is exchanged with users in at least one inner region of a cell on the entire frequency band in the T.sub.in time intervals. Data is exchanged with users in multiple outer regions of the cell on the multiple frequency subbands in the T.sub.out time intervals. The frequency band may be partitioned into three frequency subbands. Data may then be exchanged with users in first, second and third outer regions on first, second and third frequency subbands, respectively. The regions in which the users are located may be determined based on pilot and/or other measurements."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2006 (11/350,519). 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=8,144,658.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,658&RS=PN/8,144,658
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Zodiac Pool Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Zodiac Pool Systems, Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,145,357) developed by David B. Nibler, Sonoma, Calif., and Edward Feten, Camarillo, Calif., for a "residential environmental management control system with automatic adjustment."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Automatic adjustment of the control and operation of residential environmental management systems is made based upon a time of year, a geographic location, or both. A controller receives input of the time of year or the geographic location of the residential environmental management system, or both. The controller then automatically adjusts one or more functions of the residential environmental management system based upon operational information associated with the time of year and/or geographic location. A user interface connected with the controller may be also used to select a mode of operation, input time or geographic location information, and/or adjust various parameters affecting the automatic seasonal or geographic adjustment of the residential environmental management system."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,458). 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=8,145,357&OS=8,145,357&RS=8,145,357
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sony Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,144,652) developed by Ryuichi Iwamura, San Diego, for a "system and method for multi-link communication in home network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A client in a home entertainment network can communicate with other components, including the server, over both a wired and a wireless link, with the particular path being selected based a component preference, and/or a bandwidth capability, and/or an occupancy ratio. Both links may be simultaneously used."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2010 (12/980,926). 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=8,144,652.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,652&RS=PN/8,144,652
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Broadcom Assigned Patent for Location Tracking in a Wireless Communication System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,144,640) developed by Harry Bims, Menlo Park, Calif., for a "location tracking in a wireless communication system using power levels of packets received by repeaters."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A location tracking apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving information from each repeater indicating which packets wirelessly transmitted by a mobile station were received by each repeater including received signal strength of each of those packets, and determining location of the mobile station with respect to the repeaters based on power levels of individual wirelessly transmitted packets received at the repeaters."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2006 (11/591,481). 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=8,144,640.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,640&RS=PN/8,144,640
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Bergman, Rogitz Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Avi Bergman, Carlsbad, Calif., and John L. Rogitz, Lakeside, Calif., have been assigned a patent (8,145,422) developed by Avi Bergman, for a "system and method for obtaining map coordinates to fixed location."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method fo
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