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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Illinois (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois.
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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,712) developed by five co-inventors for a "scheduling grant information signaling in wireless communication system." The co-inventors are Robert T. Love, Barrington, Ill., Ravi Kuchibhotla, Gurnee, Ill., Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, Ill., Ajit Nimbalker, Arlington Heights, Ill., and Kenneth A. Stewart, Grayslake, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication infrastructure entity including a transceiver coupled to a controller configured to generate parity bits based on scheduling grant information and to encode the parity bits based on additional scheduling grant information not used to generate the parity bits, wherein the encoded parity bits are combined with the scheduling grant information. The additional scheduling grant information may be transport block size or redundancy version information."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2008 (12/188,053). 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=8,144,712.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,712&RS=PN/8,144,712
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,687) developed by five co-inventors for a "method, apparatus and system for establishing a direct route between agents of a sender node and a receiver node." The co-inventors are Anand S. Bedekar, Arlington Heights, Ill., Rajeev Agrawal, Northbrook, Ill., Venkat Gopikanth, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, India, and Vishnu Ram OV, Trivandrum, India.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In the present technique of a communication system (100), an address of a forwarding agent (114) linked to a receiver node (112) is detected to provide a discovered address. The discovered address is then used to establish a direct route with the forwarding agent of the receiver node for subsequent communications between a sender node (104) and the receiver node."
The patent application was filed on June 19, 2006 (11/913,935). 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=8,144,687.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,687&RS=PN/8,144,687
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,672) developed by Aparna Pandey, Chicago, Christophe Janneteau, Bois d'Arcy, France, and George Popovich, Palatine, Ill., for a "wireless wide area broadband coverage in a vehicular area network (VAN)."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure relates to techniques and technologies for providing mobile wireless broadband coverage. In one implementation, Wireless Wide Area Broadband (WWAB) network elements are provided in a Vehicular Area Network (VAN) that also includes a Mobile Network Controller (MNC). The WWAB network elements in the VAN include at least one WWAB base station (BS). A mobility protocol tunnel is provided between a Mobility Management Server (MMS) and the MNC to make mobility of the WWAB network elements in the VAN transparent to the WWAB network elements in the fixed infrastructure. The WWAB BS and the MNC can allow a WWAB-enabled mobile station (MS) to connect to WWAB network elements in the fixed infrastructure."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/680,394). 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=8,144,672.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,672&RS=PN/8,144,672
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Cross-virtual-world Resource Scheduling Framework
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,145,516) developed by John A. Blanchard III, Algonquin, Ill., and Jennifer Martin, Chicago, for a "cross-virtual-world resource scheduling framework."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cross-world framework for providing integrated scheduling and reservation of virtual resources. Users are allowed to access the scheduling application from a website or an in-world interface. According to one embodiment, the framework uses the iCal industry standard calendaring format, and includes user configurable cross-channel notifications."
The patent application was filed on July 13, 2007 (11/777,325). 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=8,145,516&OS=8,145,516&RS=8,145,516
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Honeywell International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,145,454) developed by Brian Speldrich, Freeport, Ill., for a "method and apparatus for improving fatigue life of a wobblefram."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for improving the fatigue life of a wobblefram utilized in a micro switch. The flexible circular wobblefram can be formed with a fixed edge and a solid center region utilizing a punch and die at elevated temperatures. An external lever can be attached to the solid center region of the wobblefram. The lever can be loaded and actuated to transmit motion from outside of the micro switch to a sealed internal mechanism in order to perform a switching function. Circular and/or sinusoidal shaped corrugations can then be added to the wobblefram and evaluated for performance utilizing a finite element analysis (FEA) model. The FEA model can precisely evaluate and optimize profile, number and height of the circular and/or sinusoidal corrugations. Such a wobblefram with circular and/or sinusoidal corrugations can achieve higher lifetime without affecting the operating characteristics of the micro switch."
The patent application was filed on April 22, 2008 (12/107,328). 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=8,145,454&OS=8,145,454&RS=8,145,454
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Caterpillar Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,398) developed by James W. Landes, East Peoria, Ill., Justin L. Steinlage, Mackinaw, Ill., and David L. Dickrell, East Peoria, Ill., for a "method for controlling gear ratio changes in an automatic transmission."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of controlling an automatic transmission of a machine includes a step of identifying an upcoming gear ratio change from a current gear ratio to a proposed gear ratio. An estimated power output value, based on the proposed gear ratio and a current engine speed, is determined. The estimated power output value is adjusted based on a derated operating condition. If the estimated power output value is greater than or equal to a current power output value, a gear evaluation identifier is set to a first value. If the estimated power output value is less than the current power output value, the gear evaluation identifier is set to a second value."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2008 (12/291,642). 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=8,145,398&OS=8,145,398&RS=8,145,398
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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CNH America Assigned Patent for System and Method Employing Short Range Communications for Interactively Coordinating Unloading Operations Between a Harvester and a Grain Transport
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- CNH America, New Holland, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,393) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method employing short range communications for interactively coordinating unloading operations between a harvester and a grain transport." The co-inventors are Christopher A. Foster, Akron, Pa., Riccardo Morselli, Spilamberto, Italy, Olivier Arnel Vanhercke, Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Guoping Wang, Naperville, Ill., Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, Belgium, Bert Juul Frans Paquet, Bruges, Belgium, and John H. Posselius, Ephrata, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, and method of use thereof, that employs short distance communications signals, thereby limiting and localizing the dissemination area for such signals, for interactively coordinating crop material transfer operations between a harvester and a grain transport, including the automated conduct of an unloading operation, including commencement of the actual unloading of the grain through continuation of such unloading to termination of such unloading, which system and method of the present invention employs operating systems in the harvester and grain transport that so operate to become electronically linked to one another to thereafter operate in unison with one another to effect and control the conduct of the crop material transfer operation between the harvester and grain transport, with each of such operating systems having associated therewith a short range communications system for the transmission and receipt at close range of electronic data signals, such operating systems, when appropriately electronically linked to one another, being operable in conjunction with one another to exchange information, to maintain a communications link therebetween, and to automatedly coordinate and effect various activities of the harvester and grain transport as a crop material transfer operation is effected and proceeds."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/284,310). 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=8,145,393&OS=8,145,393&RS=8,145,393
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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CNH America Assigned Patent for Swath Finder Feature Integrated with Multipurpose Display
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- CNH America, New Holland, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,390) developed by Peter J. Dix, Naperville, Ill., William Kyle Dooley, Burr Ridge, Ill., and Kousha Moaveni-Nejad, Chicago, for a "swath finder feature integrated with multipurpose display."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A GPS-based vehicle guidance system method for providing an integrated display for the operator of a vehicle and provides determining the ideal swath path based on predetermined and user inputted parameters. The method is applied to both manual and automatic modes of operation, and includes the use of an integrated display that clearly indicates whether the system is operating in chase or pull mode of operation with continuous indicators. The method also includes providing guidance to the vehicle operator at the beginning of the process and during end of row turns, to enable the vehicle to align with the predetermined swath paths."
The patent application was filed on April 26, 2007 (11/740,408). 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=8,145,390&OS=8,145,390&RS=8,145,390
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Walgreen Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Walgreen, Deerfield, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,501) developed by Susan Heald, Buffalo Grove, Ill., Amylu Miller, Wauconda, Ill., and Charles Goodall, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., for a "system and method for performing pharmacy product filling using non-registered pharmacists."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The method and system provides a single-role pharmacy product filling workflow that coordinates filling and inspection to increase the accuracy and consistency of released pharmacy products."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2008 (12/248,769). 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=8,145,501&OS=8,145,501&RS=8,145,501
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,144,957) developed by Wei Qu, Schaumberg, Ill., and Yuanyuan Jia, Chicago, for a "medical image data processing and feature identification system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An anatomical feature boundary identification system for use in processing medical images including X-ray images having a substantial noise content, employs at least one repository. The at least one repository stores data representing multiple different candidate template boundary shapes for individual particular anatomical features of multiple different types of anatomical features. A computation processor coupled to the at least one repository, determines a converged boundary shape of a particular anatomical feature by iteratively substantially minimizing a first difference between, data representing a weighted combination of multiple different candidate template boundary shapes of a particular anatomical feature and data representing a boundary shape of the particular anatomical feature derived from image data of the particular anatomical feature. The computation processor iteratively substantially maximizes a second difference between, data representing the weighted combination and data representing background non-anatomical features in an image. An output processor coupled to the computation processor, provides data representing the converged boundary shape of the particular anatomical feature for presentation in a display image of the particular anatomical feature."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,724). 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=8,144,957&OS=8,144,957&RS=8,144,957
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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ShowingTime.com Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- ShowingTime.com, Chicago, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,145,352) developed by Scott E. Woodard, Clarendon Hills, Ill., and Depeng Bi, Buffalo Grove, Ill., for a "showing management system to automatically match and control electronic lockboxes."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A showing management system for programmatically matching a specific electronic lockbox with a specific Listing ID, whereby lockbox access data from an electronic lockbox are matched with showing appointment records maintained in the showing management system to complete the lockbox access records when the Listing ID for a particular showing appointment is missing from the lockbox access record. The disclosed methods and algorithms are also applied to programmatically verify a manual assignment of a lockbox, to a real property, utilizing a showing management system."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2011 (13/227,881). 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=8,145,352&OS=8,145,352&RS=8,145,352
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,144,858) developed by four co-inventors for an unrecognized number identifier. The co-inventors are Tana Marie Sweeney, San Ramon, Calif., Nancy Ann Book, Naperville, Ill., Carol Shifrin Gruchala, Naperville, Ill., and Dianna Inara Tiliks, Palatine, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Communication address identification information is obtained. A communication address number is collected from a customer at a telecommunications apparatus in response to a trigger being initiated at a switch and a connection being established between the switch and the telecommunications apparatus. Communication address identification information is obtained from a memory in response to collecting the communication address number from the customer. The communication address identification information is returned to the customer when communication address identification information corresponding to the communication address number is available at the memory."
The patent application was filed on March 22, 2006 (11/385,903). 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=8,144,858&OS=8,144,858&RS=8,144,858
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Zenith Electronics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Zenith Electronics, Lincolnshire, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,750) developed by Richard W. Citta, Oak Park, Ill., and Peter Ho, Chicago, for a "code enhanced equalization based upon a reliability factor."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver includes an equalizer and a decoder which decodes data from a signal. The signal is based upon an output of the equalizer. The receiver also includes an encoder, which re-encodes the decoded data, and an error generator, which generates an error vector based upon the signal and the encoded data and which weights the error vector according to a reliability that the decoder accurately decoded the data from the signal. A controller controls the equalizer in response to the weighted error vector."
The patent application was filed on April 1, 2004 (10/815,335). 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=8,144,750&OS=8,144,750&RS=8,144,750
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Telephone Directory Advertising
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,144,848) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for telephone directory advertising." The co-inventors are Erik Trusler, St. Louis, Bonnie Douglas, Valles Mines, Mo., Frank Giannattasio, Chicago Heights, Ill., and Debra O'Brien, Ballwin, Mo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A directory advertising system includes a user interface module, a database, and a control module. The user interface module displays a special telephone number for an advertiser in a directory advertisement. The database stores the directory advertisement, the special telephone number, and a maximum amount to be charged to the advertiser. The control module decrements the amount stored in the database when the special telephone number is dialed and deactivates the special telephone number when the amount reaches a predetermined level."
The patent application was filed on June 27, 2007 (11/769,578). 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=8,144,848&OS=8,144,848&RS=8,144,848
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Zenith Electronics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Zenith Electronics, Lincolnshire, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,868) developed by Raymond C. Hauge, Fox River Grove, Ill., Richard Lewis, Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Rudolf Turner, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., for an "encryption/decryption of program data but not PSI data."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "At a transmitter, a program is encrypting according to a one program key, the program key is encrypted, and the encrypted program, the encrypted program key, and non-encrypted PSI data to a receiver are transmitted. At a receiver, the encrypted program, the encrypted program key, and the non-encrypted PSI data are received, the encrypted program key is decrypted, the encrypted program is located according to the non-encrypted PSI data, and the located encrypted program is decrypted according to decrypted program key."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2006 (11/342,479). 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=8,144,868&OS=8,144,868&RS=8,144,868
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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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,144,846) developed by John M. Gilbert, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Gary P. Hunsberger, Schaumburg, Ill., and Daniel J. McDonald, Cary, Ill., for a "system and method for interrupting a transmitting communication unit in a communication system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for interrupting a transmitting communication unit in a communication system. When a call is first initiated, the call is assigned to a communication channel and broadcast from a base site using the assigned communication channel. If it is determined that a transmitting communication unit should be interrupted, a zone controller signals a base site to generate an interrupt message. The base site generates an interrupt message containing an identification code for the transmitting communication unit and broadcasts the interrupt message on an outbound link of the communication channel. The transmitting communication unit, while transmitting on an inbound link of the communication channel, continuously monitors the outbound link. If the transmitting communication unit receives, on the outbound link, an interrupt message containing an identification code matching its own identification code, the transmitting communication unit stops transmitting."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2007 (11/620,776). 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=8,144,846&OS=8,144,846&RS=8,144,846
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Warsaw Orthopedic Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, Ind., has been assigned a patent (8,142,440) developed by Mark C. Dace, Collierville, Tenn., and Richard G. Fessler, Winnetka, Ill., for a "transverse centering tool with pin placement guides."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A centering tool for transverse centering between an upper vertebra and a lower vertebra is disclosed. The centering tool comprises a support portion having a proximal end and a distal end, two handles, and two pin placement guides, each guide having a hollow cylinder shape for the placement of a drill or pin on each of the upper and lower vertebrae. The two handles each have a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of each handle is connected to the proximal end of the support portion, and the distal end of each handle ultimately contact the uncular joint of one of the vertebrae when centering is achieved. Preferably, each handle has a spring that biases the handle in a closed position so that the distal portions of both handles abut each other in a resting or closed position."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,357). 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=8,142,440.PN.&OS=PN/8,142,440&RS=PN/8,142,440
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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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Wireless Communication Device Employing Controlled Inter-part Impedances for Hearing Aid Compatibility
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,144) developed by Eric L. Krenz, Crystal Lake, Ill., and Louis J. Vannatta, Crystal Lake, Ill., for a "wireless communication device employing controlled inter-part impedances for hearing aid compatibility."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing a hearing aid compatible wireless electronic device is disclosed. The apparatus may include a lower housing having a wireless transceiver, upper housing including an earpiece, hinge assembly, and a pair of reactive matching element along with predefined placement of the wireless transceiver. The reactive matching element can be implemented at different chassis inductances to achieve hearing aid compatibility within other design constraints. Implemented as a switched circuit or reactance filter circuit to create a reactance appropriate for a band of operation during transmission in that band."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,368). 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=8145144.PN.&OS=PN/8145144&RS=PN/8145144
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Airvana Network Solutions Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Airvana Network Solutions, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,145,221) developed by Deepak Garg, Nashua, N.H., Douglas Norman Knisely, Wheaton, Ill., and Prasasth R. Palnati, Westford, Mass., for a radio network communication.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for enabling a radio access network to cause an access terminal in communication with the radio access network to send an update including information about a location of the access terminal."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2005 (11/303,774). 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=8,145,221&OS=8,145,221&RS=8,145,221
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Xerox Assigned Patent for Toner Concentration System Control with State Estimators and State Feedback Methods
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,145,078) developed by four co-inventors for a "toner concentration system control with state estimators and state feedback methods." The co-inventors are Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y., Sohail A. Dianat, Pittsford, N.Y., Bharathi Venkitaraman, Morton, Ill., and Douglas Kreckel, Webster, N.Y.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure provides for an imaging machine having an imaging member including a method for maintaining a toner concentration. The method for maintaining the toner concentration comprises: determining a toner concentration (TC) measurement using a sensor; computing a state estimator output from the TC measurement and a pre-stored estimator gain matrix, K.sub.e; computing an estimated target state from the state estimator and a pre-stored controller gain matrix, K; computing a duty cycle from the estimated target state, pixel count data, and pre-stored target decomposer output; and, updating the duty cycle by repeating the above method for the next TC cycle."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2009 (12/390,568). 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=8145078.PN.&OS=PN/8145078&RS=PN/8145078
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Transmit Power Calibration in a Frequency Division Multiplexed Wireless System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,127) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for transmit power calibration in a frequency division multiplexed wireless system." The co-inventors are Ravikiran Nory, Grayslake, Ill., Edgar Fernandes, Winchester, United Kingdom, Robert Love, Barrington, Ill., Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, Ill., Dale Schwent, Schaumburg, Ill., and Kenneth A. Stewart, Grayslake, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for transmit power calibration in a frequency division multiplexed wireless system (100). The method may include receiving (315) an uplink scheduling grant at a user equipment (120), establishing (320) a desired power level based on at least the uplink scheduling grant, and setting (325) hardware power settings based on the desired power level. The method may also include transmitting (330) data in a first subframe at a first power level based on the hardware power settings, measuring (335) the first power level in the first subframe, and determining (340) a difference between the desired power level and the measured first power level. The method may additionally include modifying (345) the hardware power settings based on the difference and transmitting (350) at a second power level based on the modified hardware power settings in a next transmission corresponding to the transmission in the first subframe."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,536). 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=8145127.PN.&OS=PN/8145127&RS=PN/8145127
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,145,182) developed by four co-inventors for a "supporting emergency calls on a wireless local area network." The co-inventors are Marian Rudolf, Montreal, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Montreal, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Montreal, and Joseph A. Kwak, Bolingbrook, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device for identifying an emergency call in a wireless local area network includes an indicator to identify a call as an emergency call. The indicator can be a bit flag or an information element. The information element can include location information regarding the location of the station that placed the emergency call. This information can be used to located the caller. The location information can be transmitted from the station to an access point separately from an emergency call."
The patent application was filed on May 9, 2005 (11/124,719). 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=8145182.PN.&OS=PN/8145182&RS=PN/8145182
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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GoGo Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- GoGo, Itasca, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,208) developed by six co-inventors for an "air-to-ground cellular communication network terrestrial base station having multi-dimensional sectors with alternating radio frequency polarizations." The co-inventors are Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, Ill., Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, Va., Tim Joyce, Naperville, Ill., Patrick J. Walsh, Naperville, Ill., Yong Liu, Schaumburg, Ill., and Daniel Bernard McKenna, Vail, Colo.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network. These additional techniques can include polarization domain and ground antenna pattern shaping (in azimuth, in elevation, or in both planes). Further, if code domain separation is added, dramatic increases in capacity are realized. Thus, the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network can increase its capacity on a per aircraft basis by sharing its traffic load among more than one cell or sector and by making use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/590,146). 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=8,145,208&OS=8,145,208&RS=8,145,208
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Raster Skipping in Co-banded Mobile Communication Devices Based on Previous Scans for Any Band
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,214) developed by Steven R. Brandt, Grayslake, Ill., for a "raster skipping in co-banded mobile communication devices based on previous scans for any band."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a solution for improving scan time in a co-banded mobile communication device. The solution can maintain a set of records within a data store of a co-banded mobile communication device. The set of records can include two or more communication rasters that represent an overlap between frequency bands used by different access technologies supported by the mobile communication device. A frequency band for a first access technology can be scanned for communication rasters allocated for that access technology. For each occupied communication raster, a related record of the set of maintained records can be updated to indicate that the communication raster is occupied. A frequency band for a second access technology can then be scanned within a previously determined time threshold of the first scan. The second scanning attempt can skip those communication rasters indicated as occupied by the set of records."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2007 (11/836,614). 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=8,145,214&OS=8,145,214&RS=8,145,214
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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United States Cellular Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- United States Cellular, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,145,210) developed by Sebastian Thalanany, Kildeer, Ill., Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, Ill., and Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, Ill., for an "enhanced cross-network handoff for mobile IP service mobility."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are described whereby an enhanced handoff scheme provides for monitoring of mobile device conditions and network conditions associated with a current access network attachment, as well as with a plurality of access networks on a preferred access network list, to proactively initiate a handoff operation, thereby preserving the QoS constraints necessary for seamless delivery of IP multimedia services. In an embodiment, each of the plurality of access networks is connected to an IMS core network, whereby a policy function receives quality of service constraints associated with the launched application from the mobile device and orders a list of preferred access networks accordingly. Preferably, the policy function selects an appropriate access gateway associated with a target access network based at least in part on the mobile device conditions reported by the mobile device and the access network conditions monitored by the policy function."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/618,534). 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=8,145,210&OS=8,145,210&RS=8,145,210
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,251) developed by nine co-inventors for a "power control in schedulable wireless communication terminal." The co-inventors are Robert T. Love, Barrington, Ill., Brian K. Classon, Palatine, Ill., Edgar P. Fernandes, Winchester, United Kingdom, Armin W. Klomsdorf, Libertyville, Ill., Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, Ill., Ravikiran Nory, Grayslake, Ill., Dale G. Schwent, Schaumburg, Ill., Kenneth A. Stewart, Grayslake, Ill., and David R. Wilson, Hainesville, Ill.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication entity schedulable in a wireless communication network, including a controller (603) communicably coupled to a power amplifier (608), wherein the controller varies a maximum transmit power of the wireless communication entity based on the radio resource assignment information receiver by the radio receiver."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2006 (11/337,753). 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=8,145,251.PN.&OS=PN/8,145,251&RS=PN/8,145,251
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,293) developed by Hongxuan Zhang, Schaumburg, Ill., Harold James Wade, Rockford, Ill., and Jinghua Chen, Schaumburg, Ill., for an "adaptive medical image acquisition system and method."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical imaging system adaptively acquires anatomical images. The system includes a synchronization processor for providing a heart rate related synchronization signal derived from a patient cardiac function blood flow related parameter. The synchronization signal enables adaptive variation in timing of acquisition within successive heart cycles of each individual image frame of multiple sequential image frames. An image acquisition device initiates acquisition of anatomical images of a portion of patient anatomy in response to the synchronization signal. A display processor presents images, acquired by the acquisition device and synchronized with the synchronization signal, to a user on a reproduction device. The image acquisition device adaptively selects image pixel resolution of individual image frames of the multiple sequential image frames in response to data identifying a heart cycle segment so that successively acquired image frames have different image pixel resolution within a single heart cycle."
The patent application was filed on March 10, 2009 (12/400,910). 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=8,145,293&OS=8,145,293&RS=8,145,293
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Method and System for Wireless Handoffs
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,145,218) developed by Janusz Hyziak, Des Plaines, Ill., and Peisong Huang, Elk Grove Vil, Ill., for a "method and system for wireless handoffs."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device includes a first wireless transceiver initiating a communication session; and a second wireless transceiver. The device shifts the communication session to the second wireless transceiver if a signal strength of the first wireless transceiver is below a predetermined level and the signal strength is not expected to increase above the predetermined level."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2008 (12/235,122). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,218&OS=8,145,218&RS=8,145,218
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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