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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (April 5)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.
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Zedasoft Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Zedasoft, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,664) developed by six co-inventors for a "container-based architecture for simulation of entities in time domain." The co-inventors are Robert Allen Hatcherson, Fort Worth, Texas, Richard Keith Holt, Fort Worth, Texas, Stephen Edward Tarter, Fort Worth, Texas, Jeremiah Jay Johnson, Arlington, Texas, Frederick Bryan Fleury, Fort Worth, Texas, and George William Estep II, Fort Worth, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to a software architecture for simulation of physical entities. The invention provides an object-oriented container based framework architecture for simulator software implementations, methods, and objects in a time domain on a distributed computer network. The invention further provides an interface system and a plug-in definition which allows compartmentalization of participants in the container and easy extensibility of the system."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2009 (12/378,905). 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=8,150,664&OS=8,150,664&RS=8,150,664
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Cyberonics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Cyberonics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,150,524) developed by Steven E. Maschino, Seabrook, Texas, and Stephen Brannan, Friendswood, Texas, for a "selective neurostimulation for treating epilepsy."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and device for treating epilepsy are disclosed which provide for electrical, chemical or magnetic stimulation of certain areas of the brain to modulate neuronal activity of areas associated with symptoms of epilepsy. Deep brain stimulation is combined with vagus nerve stimulation to enhance symptomatic relief of the disorder. Some embodiments also employ a sensing capability to optimize the therapeutic treatment regimen."
The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,804). 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=8,150,524&OS=8,150,524&RS=8,150,524
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Lineage Power Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Lineage Power, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,540) developed by Anurag Jagota, Plano, Texas, for a "controller and method for controlling converters of disparate type."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A converter controller and a method of controlling converters. In one embodiment, the converter controller includes: (1) a converter efficiency database configured to store data pertaining to efficiencies of converters, (2) a power requirement assessor configured to compare ratings of online ones of the converters to an output power requirement of a given output power bus and (3) a controller mode selector coupled to the power requirement assessor and configured to retrieve online and standby converter efficiencies from the converter efficiency database, assess efficiencies of alternative converter combinations appropriate for the output power requirement and place one of the alternative converter combinations online."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/212,626). 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=8,150,540&OS=8,150,540&RS=8,150,540
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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WellTracer Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- WellTracer Technology, Katy, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,637) developed by Larry Peacock, Katy, Texas, and Dan Dees, Katy, Texas, for a "gas lift well surveillance."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for evaluating the performance of a gas lift well are disclosed. A gas lift well surveillance kit is disclosed. A method for evaluating the performance of a gas lift well includes injecting a tracer into an annulus, measuring a concentration of the tracer present in a substance retrieved from the well, determining actual travel times of the tracer, segmenting the gas lift well into a plurality of ranges of well depth, determining lift gas loss parameters, calculating lift gas velocities in the annulus and in the production tubing for each of the plurality of ranges of well depth based on the lift gas loss parameters, and determining points of entry of the lift gas into the production tubing based on: (i) the actual travel times of the tracer, and (ii) the lift gas velocities in the annulus and in the production tubing."
The patent application was filed on May 27, 2005 (12/696,757). 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=8,150,637&OS=8,150,637&RS=8,150,637
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,541) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow associated with a process control system during recipe execution." The co-inventors are James Henry Moore Jr., Georgetown, Texas, Nathan William Pettus, Georgetown, Texas, William George Irwin, Austin, Texas, and Tusar Nanda, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Example methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow during recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a recipe, and before completion of execution of the recipe, receiving process flow change information indicative of a modification to a process flow of the recipe. Process flow rules are then retrieved from a process flow rules data structure. The recipe process flow is modified based on the process flow change information in response to determining that at least one requested change indicated by the process flow change information does not violate one of the process flow rules."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2007 (11/939,304). 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=8,150,541&OS=8,150,541&RS=8,150,541
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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LifeSize Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- LifeSize Communications, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,739) developed by Michael L. Kenoyer, Austin, Texas, and Jonathan W. Tracey, Swavesey, United kingdom, for a background call validation.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A management system may test network paths prior to scheduled calls. Testing network paths may include one endpoint placing a test call to an endpoint on the other end of the path. Various characteristics of the network path may be tested. If the network path fails and/or in some way does not meet the predefined characteristics for the call, an administrator may be notified and/or alternate network path may be detected and tested. The call may be rescheduled if a satisfactory network path is not found in time."
The patent application was filed on April 14, 2006 (11/404,582). 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=8,149,739.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,739&RS=PN/8,149,739
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Presenting a User Interface
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,150,463) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for presenting a user interface." The co-inventors are Anup D. Karnalkar, Allen, Texas, R. Tyler Wallis, Dallas, William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, Wis., and Susan Steele, Phillipsburg, Ga.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tablet adapted to detect a presence of another communication device with a display, determine operating characteristics of the display, create according to the operating characteristics of the display a first user interface (UI) portion to be presented by the display of the other communication device and a second UI portion to be presented by a touch-sensitive display of the tablet, transmit the first UI portion by way of the base unit using the wireless data protocol for presentation at the display of the other communication device, present the second UI portion at the touch-sensitive display of the tablet, and navigate between the first and second UI portions as a single UI of the tablet. Other embodiments are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2008 (12/330,415). 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=8,150,463&OS=8,150,463&RS=8,150,463
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Toshiba America Research, Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Toshiba America Research, Piscataway, N.J., and Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,150,465) developed by Tao Zhang, Fort Lee, N.J., Sunil Madhani, Austin, Texas, and Raziq Yaqub, Stewartsville, N.J., for an "environmental monitoring using mobile devices and network information server."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sensors mounted on vehicles (e.g., buses, taxis, police cars) and public personnel (e.g., policemen) are used to monitor various conditions and situations such as air quality, potential biological and chemical attacks, and road and traffic conditions. The invention improves upon the typical approach that deploys fixed sensors at every geographical position of interest. The total number of required sensors and the size and the complexity of the network infrastructure required to connect the sensors are reduced and simplified. A method for estimating the number of mobile sensors required to cover a region of interest also is disclosed. A relatively small number of mobile sensors may be sufficient to cover a large area at a lower cost and less complexity than a fixed sensor network."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/568,983). 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=8,150,465&OS=8,150,465&RS=8,150,465
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Jambo Networks Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Jambo Networks, Rowlett, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,416) developed by Charles S. Ribaudo, Dallas, and James F. Young Jr., Dallas, for a "system and method for providing communication services to mobile device users incorporating proximity determination."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a method for proximity determination includes receiving one or more network identifiers, each associated with a corresponding network, from a first mobile device. The method further includes receiving one or more network identifiers, each associated with a corresponding network, from a second mobile device. The method further includes processing the network identifiers received from the first and second mobile devices to determine whether the first mobile device and the second mobile device are in proximity to one another."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2006 (11/463,284). 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=8,150,416&OS=8,150,416&RS=8,150,416
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Smart Phone as Remote Control Device
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,150,387) developed by Adam Klein, Cedar Park, Texas, James Austin Britt, Manor, Texas, and Joshua J. Fox, Austin, Texas, for a "smart phone as remote control device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication device such as a smart phone is enabled for remotely controlling set-top boxes (STBs) over Internet protocol networks using an applet running on the communication device. Authentication from within a multimedia content distribution network may be achieved by verifying that a network identifier associated with the communication device is associated with an account that has granted access to the smart phone and that is associated with the controlled STB. A viewing pane on the communication device permits a user to remotely view content received on or available to the controlled STB."
The patent application was filed on June 2, 2008 (12/131,524). 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=8,150,387&OS=8,150,387&RS=8,150,387
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Genband US Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Genband US, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,394) developed by five co-inventors for "methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing subscriber feature data across multiple domains." The co-inventors are Richard J. Bianconi, Rowlett, Texas, Aziz A. Tejani, McKinney, Texas, Phil Chiu, Plano, Texas, Donald Wallace, Fairview, Texas, and Dan R. McClure, Farmers Branch, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing a subscriber profile in a plurality of domains is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a profile update request message from an application server to modify an Internet protocol (IP) domain subscriber profile. The profile update request message is forwarded to a home location register (HLR). A cellular domain subscriber profile is modified in accordance with the profile update request message. Similarly, an updated subscriber profile data is received from the HLR. The updated subscriber profile data is converted in the IP domain. The converted updated subscriber profile data is sent to the application server."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/021,982). 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=8,150,394&OS=8,150,394&RS=8,150,394
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,149,706) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for adjusting bandwidth using multiple timers." The co-inventors are Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, Texas, Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, Texas, Christopher N. DelRegno, Rowlett, Texas, Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, Texas, and Richard C. Schell, Allen, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An approach is provided for auto-bandwidth adjusting bandwidth allocations for traffic-engineered tunnels used to carry traffic along a network. Traffic over the tunnel is sampled at a first interval period and at a second interval period, where the second interval period is shorter than the first interval period. A determination is made as to whether the sampled traffic taken using the second interval period is greater than the bandwidth allocation, and the bandwidth allocation is adjusted upward based upon a determination that the sampled traffic taken using the second interval period is greater than the bandwidth allocation. Also, a determination can be made as to whether the sampled traffic taken using the first interval period is less than the bandwidth allocation, and the bandwidth allocation can be adjusted downward based upon a determination that the sampled traffic taken using the first interval period is less than the bandwidth allocation."
The patent application was filed on July 7, 2008 (12/168,696). 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=8,149,706.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,706&RS=PN/8,149,706
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Silver Screen Tele-Reality Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Silver Screen Tele-Reality, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,701) developed by Jason Sumler, Dallas, and Tomer Alpert, Dallas, for a "system, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip. In one embodiment, a method, comprising creating a copy of a still image by a first module, the copy of the still image comprising reduced dimensions of the still image, creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image, automatically ordering the new still image and the copy of the still image, creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module, creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio file, and rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes a length of the audio file, a length of the video clip, the ordered images, a display time of each of the ordered images, transition identifiers, transition lengths. The present invention further discloses a system for assembling and distributing multi-media output, comprising: a rendering server; a web server; and storage, wherein the servers and the storage are operably coupled; the storage adapted to receive digital media and properties of the media, store the media and the properties, and transmit the media and the properties; the web server adapted to perform at least one of a following action: retrieve the media and properties of the media; manipulate the media and the properties; assemble the properties; and transmit at least one of a following element from a group consisting of: the properties; and the assembled properties; and the rendering server adapted to receive commands from the web server."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/018,191). 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=8,149,701.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,701&RS=PN/8,149,701
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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SynQor Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- SynQor, Boxborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,149,597) developed by Richard W. Farrington, Heath, Texas, and Martin F. Schlecht, Lexington, Mass., for an "intermediate bus architecture with a quasi-regulated bus converter."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dc-dc converter system comprises a quasi-regulated bus converter and plural regulation stages that regulate the output of the bus converter. The bus converter has at least one controlled rectifier with a parallel uncontrolled rectifier. A control circuit controls the controlled rectifier to cause a normally non-regulated mode of operation through a portion of an operating range of source voltage and a regulated output during another portion. The bus converter may be an isolation stage having primary and secondary transformer winding circuits. For the non-regulated output, each primary winding has a voltage waveform with a fixed duty cycle. The fixed duty cycle causes substantially uninterrupted flow of power during non-regulated operation. Inductors at the bus converter input and in a filter at the output of the bus converter may saturate during non-regulated operation."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2010 (12/870,326). 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=8,149,597.PN.&OS=PN/8,149,597&RS=PN/8,149,597
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Apple Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,150,327) developed by James W. McCoy, Austin, Texas, and Ning Chen, Austin, Texas, for a "channel sounding techniques for a wireless communication system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for channel sounding in a wireless communication system includes determining respective geometries of multiple subscriber stations with respect to a serving base station. Respective time periods for sounding a channel between the multiple subscriber stations and the serving base station are then set based on the respective geometries of the multiple subscriber stations."
The patent application was filed on March 19, 2007 (11/688,093). 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=8,150,327&OS=8,150,327&RS=8,150,327
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,358) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for performing dual mode image rejection calibration in a receiver." The co-inventors are Tod Paulus, New York, Donald A. Kerth, Austin, Texas, Srihari Adireddy, Austin, Texas, and G. Diwakar Vishakadatta, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for performing dual mode image rejection calibration in a receiver. A first image correction factor is acquired using a first known signal associated with a first signal band during a startup mode. The first image correction factor has a plurality of bits including most significant bits (MSBs) and least significant bits (LSBs). The LSBs of the first image correction factor are adjusted incrementally during a normal operation mode. A radio frequency (RF) signal associated with the first signal band is received using the first image correction factor during the normal operation mode."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,511). 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=8,150,358&OS=8,150,358&RS=8,150,358
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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University of Houston Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- The University of Houston, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,150,264) developed by Wenjing Tang, Houston, and Yuhua Chen, Houston, for "methods for non-wavelength-converting multi-lane optical switching."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing multi-wavelength switching. The method comprising receiving a plurality of signals through at least one input port, and separating the plurality of said signals into at least one wavelength signal set based on wavelengths, wherein a first wavelength signal set of said at least one wavelength signal sets corresponds to a first wavelength. The method further comprises providing a plurality of output lanes to at least one output port, and determining if two signals from said first wavelength signal set traveling on said first wavelength are scheduled output from an output port during an overlapping time period through said plurality of output lanes. The method further comprises determining if one of said plurality of output lanes is available during said overlapping time period when said two signals are schedule for said output port during the overlapping time period, wherein a first signal of said two signals is routed for output on an available lane if one of said plurality of output lanes of said output port is available."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2008 (12/268,199). 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=8,150,264&OS=8,150,264&RS=8,150,264
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Etymotic Research Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Etymotic Research, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,150,057) developed by William Frank Dunn, Austin, Texas, for a "companion microphone system and method."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for wireless communication can include a first unit configured to synchronously transmit a first digital audio packet redundantly in at least a first dedicated slot and a second dedicated slot over a time period, and a second unit configured to receive wireless transmissions from the first unit. In certain embodiments, the second unit does not listen for a transmission in the second dedicated slot if the first digital audio packet is received in the first dedicated slot. In certain embodiments, the units are encoded with a group code that identifies group members, such that the units only receive data packets transmitted by group members with the same group code."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,508). 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=8150057.PN.&OS=PN/8150057&RS=PN/8150057
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent for Detecting a Signal in the Presence of Noise
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,346) developed by Javier Elenes, Austin, Texas, and Dana Taipale, Austin, Texas, for a "detecting a signal in the presence of noise."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal in a receiver, estimating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a constant modulus (CM) signal in the incoming RF signal based on a calculated magnitude of the incoming RF signal, and indicating presence of a modulated signal in the incoming RF signal if the estimated SNR is greater than a threshold."
The patent application was filed on May 16, 2007 (11/803,892). 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=8,150,346&OS=8,150,346&RS=8,150,346
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,336) developed by Khurram Waheed, Plano, Texas, and Seydou N. Ba, Richardson, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for adaptive polar transmitter linearization and wireless transmitter employing the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A polar transmitter and a method of linearizing a polar transmitter. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes: (1) a transmit chain having a predistorter configured to employ first amplitude and phase compensation lookup tables to carry out predistortion in the transmit chain, (2) a receiver coupled to the transmit chain and (3) predistortion compensation circuitry associated with the receiver and configured to update second amplitude and phase compensation lookup tables associated therewith based on at least one signal from the transmit chain, the values in the updated second amplitude and phase compensation lookup tables thereby available for subsequent predistortion."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,186). 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=8,150,336&OS=8,150,336&RS=8,150,336
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Adaptive Cartesian Transmitter Linearization and Wireless Transmitter Employing the Same
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,335) developed by Khurram Waheed, Plano, Texas, and Seydou N. Ba, Richardson, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for adaptive cartesian transmitter linearization and wireless transmitter employing the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Cartesian transmitter and a method of linearizing a Cartesian transmitter. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes: (1) a transmit chain configured to receive an input signal having in-phase and quadrature components and having a predistorter configured to employ at least one compensation lookup table to carry out in-phase and quadrature compensation predistortion with respect to the input signal, a combiner configured to combine outputs of the predistorter and a nonlinear element configured to process an output of the combiner, (2) a receiver coupled to the transmit chain and (3) predistortion compensation circuitry associated with the receiver and configured to update the at least one compensation lookup table based on the input signal and a signal from the receiver."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2008 (12/193,104). 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=8,150,335&OS=8,150,335&RS=8,150,335
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Systems to Operate a Set-top Box
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,150,035) developed by John McClenny, San Antonio, Steven M. Wollmerhouser, San Antonio, Calif., and Brian Wilson, San Antonio, Calif., for a "method and systems to operate a set-top box."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to a first aspect there is provided systems and methods for receiving an encrypted signal from a portable communication device, the encrypted signal containing information associated with a command; and decrypting the encrypted signal to enable a set-top box to execute the command. According to a second aspect there is provided systems and methods for encrypting information to generate an encrypted signal, the information associated with a command entered via a control; and communicating the encrypted signal to the set-top box, the encrypted signal for decryption at the set-top box to enable execution of the command to operate the set-top box."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/850,064). 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=8150035.PN.&OS=PN/8150035&RS=PN/8150035
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Securelogix Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Securelogix, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,150,013) developed by four co-inventors for a telephony security system. The co-inventors are David L. Buntin, New Braunfels, Texas, Keith S. Pickens, San Antonio, Mark D. Collier, San Antonio, and Kirk E. Smith, San Antonio.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling incoming and outgoing calls between an enterprise's end-user stations and a public circuit-switched network and/or a public packet-switched network. A security policy is made up of one or more rules designating at least one action to be performed based on at least one attribute of the incoming or outgoing call. Calls are detected and sensed on the line, trunk and/or cabling, and analyzed to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are performed based upon the determined attributes, in accordance with the security policy rules."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 3, 2006 (11/592,515). 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=8,150,013&OS=8,150,013&RS=8,150,013
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Labs Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- AT&T Labs, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,853) developed by Frederick Robert Chang, Austin, Texas, and Shih Chung Soon, Dublin, Calif., for an "Ethernet wide area networks and methods."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Ethernet wide area networks and methods are disclosed. A disclosed example Ethernet wide area network includes a first network Ethernet switch having a first network interface and a first service interface. The first service interface is to communicate with a first local area Ethernet switch. The network also includes a second network Ethernet switch having a second network interface and a second service interface. The second service interface is to communicate with the second local area Ethernet switch. The network also includes a root node network Ethernet switch having a third network interface to communicate with the first network interface with the first network Ethernet switch and a fourth network interface to communicate with the second network interface of the second network Ethernet switch. The first, second, third and fourth network interfaces are to route packets from the first local area Ethernet switch to the second local area Ethernet switch without recognizing subscriber LAN MAC addresses associated with either the first or second local area Ethernet switches."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,117). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,149,853&OS=8,149,853&RS=8,149,853
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Dell Products Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,022) developed by Thomas M. Minnich Jr., Round Rock, Texas, and Ted Alan Wrenn Jr., Round Rock, Texas, for a "call center queue management."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Call center queue management includes a method for calculating an average capability for each of a plurality of agents obtaining all completion data for each agent. The call completion data is used to calculate a historical average for each agent. The historical average is used to calculate an average capability for each agent."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/959,608). 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=8,150,022&OS=8,150,022&RS=8,150,022
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Dell Products Assigned Patent for System and Method for Filtering Communications at a Network Interface Controller
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Dell Products, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,866) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for filtering communications at a network interface controller." The co-inventors are Elie A. Jreij, Pflugerville, Texas, Darrell L. Chieng, Austin, Texas, Stephen D. Cochran, Cedar Park, Texas, Nasiha Hrustemovic, Austin, Texas, and James C. Wang, Austin, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method and method for filtering communications at a network interface controller is provided. The network interface controller is coupled to a baseboard management controller through a sideband communications channel. The network interface controller filters packets to the baseboard management controller on the basis of the address within the packet that identifies the device that caused the packet to be generated. The network interface controller transmits to the baseboard management controller only those packets that were generated in response to a command issued by the baseboard management controller."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2005 (11/251,128). 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=8,149,866&OS=8,149,866&RS=8,149,866
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,894) developed by Gerald L. Fudge, Rockwall, Texas, for a "wideband frequency hopping spread spectrum transceivers and related methods."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Ultra-wideband frequency hopping spread spectrum (UWB-FHSS) solutions are used for transceiver architectures. These UWB-FHSS transceiver architectures can transmit and accurately digitize frequency hops over an extremely wide bandwidth while using a relatively slow analog-to-digital converter (ADC) without suffering from unacceptable performance degradation. For example, ADCs can be used having sample rates lower than standard Nyquist criteria would require for the bandwidth of the spread spectrum utilized."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2008 (12/290,167). 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=8,149,894&OS=8,149,894&RS=8,149,894
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,837) developed by Robert Sultan, Somers, N.Y., Lucy Yong, Tulsa, Okla., and Linda Dunbar, Plano, Texas, for a "method of supporting an open provider backbone network."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising a first interface configured to transmit or receive backbone traffic, a second interface configured to transmit or receive non-backbone traffic, and a third interface in communication with the first interface and second interface, the third interface configured to multiplex or demultiplex the backbone traffic and the non-backbone traffic is disclosed, wherein the backbone traffic is traffic that will be, is, or has been B-tagged. Also disclosed is a node comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first data stream comprising backbone traffic, receiving a second data stream comprising non-backbone traffic, and multiplexing the first data stream with the second data stream."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2007 (11/873,560). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,149,837&OS=8,149,837&RS=8,149,837
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Texas Instruments Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,938) developed by Zukang Shen, Richardson, Texas, Tarik Muharemovic, Dallas, and Pierre Bertrand, Chemin de Fontmerle, France, for a "transmission of ACK/NACK bits and their embedding in the CQI reference signal."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transmission of information within a wireless cellular network may include a first and second type of information. A subframe is produced that includes a plurality of symbols, wherein at least one symbol is designated as a data symbol and at least one symbol is designated as a reference signal symbol that contains a pre-defined reference signal. The first type of information is embedded in the data symbols. If the second type of data is expected, then the second type of information is embedded in at least one reference symbol by quadrature amplitude modulating the pre-defined reference signal. The subframe is then transmitted from one node in the network to a second node. In some embodiments, if it is determined that the second node is not expecting the second type of information, then a discontinuous transmission (DTX) response is embedded in the reference symbol instead of the second type of information."
The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,242). 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=8,149,938&OS=8,149,938&RS=8,149,938
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Advanced Receiver Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Advanced Receiver Technologies, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,899) developed by Russell C. McKown, Richardson, Texas, Christopher M. Stillo, Garland, Texas, and Robert L. Dawes, Bedford, Texas, for an "efficient despread and respread of multi-rate CDMA signals."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method, comprising a despread module that receives a descrambled signal and an identification of active codes, a soft-symbols memory communicably coupled to the despread module, and a respread module that receives the identification of active codes, a modulation type and gain estimate for the active codes, and soft symbol estimates for the active codes from the soft-symbols memory which is communicably coupled to the respread module, the despread module, comprising: a despread signal memory that receives the descrambled signal, a vector code despread module communicably coupled to the despread signal memory, an active code soft symbol grabber that receives the identification of active codes and is communicably coupled to the despread signal memory, wherein the despread signal memory receives properly arranged despread data from the vector code despread module, wherein if the despread data is associated with the identification of active codes, the active code soft symbol grabber transfers the despread data from the despread signal memory to the soft-symbols memory."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/323,520). 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=8,149,899&OS=8,149,899&RS=8,149,899
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,150,028) developed by Long Nguyen, Pflugerville, Texas, for a "circuit device with serial bus isolation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a particular embodiment, a circuit device includes a first circuit having a first plurality of serial terminals including a first data receive terminal and a first data transmit terminal. The first plurality of serial terminals is communicatively coupled to a particular circuit via isolation circuitry to communicate first serial data. The circuit device further includes a second circuit having a second plurality of serial terminals including a second data receive terminal coupled to the first data transmit terminal and including a second data transmit terminal coupled to the first data receive terminal to communicate second serial data to the particular circuit via the first data receive and transmit terminals."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/336,835). 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=8,150,028&OS=8,150,028&RS=8,150,028
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Method and System for Selecting a Transmission Scheme in a Multiple-input-multiple-output Wireless Communications System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,149,942) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for selecting a transmission scheme in a multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communications system." The co-inventors are Genyuan Wang, Plano, Texas, Ahmadreza Hedayat, Allen, Texas, Hanqing Lou, Garland, Texas, and Hang Jin, Plano, Texas.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a method for selecting a transmission scheme in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications system. The method comprises receiving a downlink request to transmit a data stream to a wireless station, checking the availability of channel state information (CSI) associated with the wireless station, determining the validity characteristic of beamforming weighting vectors associated with the wireless station, selecting a transmission scheme from a plurality of predetermined transmission schemes based on the availability of the CSI and the validity characteristic of the beamforming weighting vectors."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2008 (12/026,928). 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=8,149,942&OS=8,149,942&RS=8,149,942
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,150,025) developed by Thomas Daniel Koser, San Diego, Jeffery L. Scruggs, Round Rock, Texas, and Stephen Mark Mueller, Austin, Texas, for a flexible ring-tone service.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A subscriber associates a ring-tone media selection based on a media genre, author, or title to a calling number. When an incoming call is detected, a particular ring-tone media selection, based on the subscriber's association, may be streamed from a central server to the subscriber's customer premises equipment and then played. Alternatively, when an incoming call is detected, a particular ring-tone selection indicator, based on the subscriber's association, may be sent from a central server to the subscriber's customer premises equipment which then plays a pre-stored ring-tone selection media associated with the indicator."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 7, 2006 (11/567,928). 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=8,150,025&OS=8,150,025&RS=8,150,025
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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L3 Communications Integrated Systems Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- L3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,149,975) developed by Stephen Ha, Greenville, Texas, for a "method and computer program for identifying a transition in a phase-shift keying or frequency-shift keying signal."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for identifying at least one phase transition in a phase-shift keying signal comprising a plurality of data samples corresponding to phase values. The system comprises a memory operable to store computing device executable instructions; and a computing device. The computing device is operable to generate a first falling edge region function for each data sample; generate a first rising edge function for each data sample; generate a first level function for each data sample; and generate a second falling edge function for each data sample. The second falling edge function equals the first falling edge function if the first falling edge function is greater than the first rising edge function and the first level function, and the second falling edge function equals zero."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2009 (12/559,207). 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=8,149,975&OS=8,149,975&RS=8,149,975
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,150,017) developed by Nader Gharachorloo, Ossining, N.Y., Donald H. Relyea, Dallas, and Brian Roberts, Frisco, Texas, for a "phone dialer with advanced search feature and associated method of searching a directory."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of retrieving a directory listing includes steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, each listing searchable by a plurality of keys, each of the keys comprising a plurality of symbols selected from a subset of an alphabet; receiving a sequence of inputs each designating a plurality of the symbols; identifying a number of the directory listings having at least one of the keys consistent with the sequence of inputs; displaying candidate ones of the directory listing having the at least one of the keys consistent with the sequence of inputs; and selecting one of the candidate directory listings to be contacted."
The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/171,748). 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=8,150,017&OS=8,150,017&RS=8,150,017
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Apparatus, Method, and Computer Program Product for Geographic Call Center Status and Security
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,150,011) developed by James T. McConnell, North Richland Hills, Texas, Charles V. Miller IV, Hayes, Va., and Roy D. Barrett, Hampton, Va., for an "apparatus, method, and computer program product for geographic call center status and security."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, method, system, and computer program product are provided for producing a geographical mapping of the status, activity, security, work-force, and other information of call centers. The systems and methods may receive call center data and call data, generate a geographical data, and display at least a portion of the geographical data."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2007 (11/954,764). 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=8,150,011&OS=8,150,011&RS=8,150,011
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Broadsoft M6 Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 5 -- Broadsoft M6, Gaithersburg, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,149,785) developed by Sanjay G. Bhatia, Plano, Texas, for "methods, systems, and computer program products for jumping calls between different modes of the same device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products for jumping a call between modes of the same device are disclosed. According to one method, a call is established between a first mode of a calling device and a call device. An indication is received to jump the call to a second mode of the calling device. In response to the indication, the call is jumped to a second mode of the calling device such that the call continues between the second mode of the calling device and the called device."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2007 (11/937,593). 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=8,149,785&OS=8,149,785&RS=8,149,785
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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