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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (June 21)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** eReceivables Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- eReceivables, Hollywood, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,204,765) developed by William D. Kirsh, Miami Beach, Fla., Peter M. Kramer, Miami Beach, Fla., and Jeffrey T. King, Miami, for a "system and method for standardized and automated appeals process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for automating and standardizing an appeals process, facilitating both business-to-business (i.e., insurance companies to providers) and business-to-consumer (i.e., insurance companies to patients) relationships, and educating users on the healthcare industry and patient rights. The system and method provides automated and standardized electronic communication for any business with a regulated or contractual appeals or grievance process. In one application, the system and method provide electronic communication between patients, providers, and insurance plans; convenient access to an "anytime" appeals process; and an efficient follow-up and appeals status tracking. There are standardized forms for the appeal, and the provider appeal format is compatible with current billing forms. The system includes an on-line web site with the ability to manage "behind the scenes" the overall appeals process, including data collection, data management, correspondence generation, process status tracking, and individualized client accounts." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2001 (09/784,045). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,204,765.PN.&OS=PN/8,204,765&RS=PN/8,204,765 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nielsen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Nielsen, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,204,353) developed by Charles Clinton Conklin, New Port Richey, Fla., for an "apparatus and methods for tracking and analyzing digital recording device event sequences." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for tracking a sequence of events associated with a digital recording device are disclosed. Example methods and apparatus read first information transmitted on a data bus in communication with a mass storage device associated with the digital recording device and identify a set of digital information to be stored on the mass storage device based at least in part on the first information. The example methods and apparatus read second information transmitted on the data bus to derive storage location information associated with the set of digital information. Additionally, the example methods and apparatus store time information together with the storage location information to generate a sequence of events record corresponding to the sequence of events associated with the digital recording device." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2005 (11/138,576). 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=8,204,353.PN.&OS=PN/8,204,353&RS=PN/8,204,353 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Central Florida Research Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- The University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,204,389) developed by eight co-inventors for an "electronic post-compensation of optical transmission impairments using digital backward propagation." The co-inventors are Guifang Li, Oviedo, Fla., Eduardo Mateo, Orlando, Fla., Likai Zhu, Orlando, Fla., Xiaoxu Li, Orlando, Fla., Gilad Goldfarb, Sunnyvale, Calif., Xin Chen, Beijing, Inwoong Kim, Allen, Texas, and Fatih Yaman, Oviedo, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and method of compensating for transmission impairment are disclosed. One such method comprises: receiving an optical signal which has been distorted in the physical domain by an optical transmission channel; and propagating the distorted optical signal backward in the electronic domain in a corresponding virtual optical transmission channel." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2009 (12/351,444). 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=8,204,389.PN.&OS=PN/8,204,389&RS=PN/8,204,389 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SRR Patent Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- SRR Patent Holdings, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,204,437) developed by Leigh Rothschild, Miami, for a "wireless image distribution system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for distributing at least one digital photographic image is presented, the system and method comprising at least one capturing device and at least one receiving device disposed in a communicative relation with one another via at least one wireless network. In particular, the capturing device is structured to capture the at least one digital photographic image via, for example, a capture assembly, whereas the receiving device is cooperatively structured to receive the digital photographic image via, for example, the at least one wireless network. In addition, the capturing device(s) and receiving device(s) may be disposed in a selectively paired relationship via one or more common pre-defined pairing criteria. Further, the at least one digital photographic image may be filtered via at least one pre-defined transfer criteria disposed on the capturing device and/or receiving device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 8, 2008 (12/228,256). 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=8,204,437.PN.&OS=PN/8,204,437&RS=PN/8,204,437 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Optima Neuroscience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Optima Neuroscience, Alachua, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,204,583) developed by J. Chris Sackellares, Gainesville, Fla., and Shiau Deng-Shan, Gainesville, Fla., for a "system for seizure monitoring and detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for the detection of pathological conditions in a brain analyze signal properties of the brain electrical activity recordings. The pathological conditions to be detected include the occurrence of a seizure event. The systems and methods calculate a seizure susceptibility index (SSI) for real time brain function monitoring and for a pre-screening process of seizure detection." The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2008 (12/288,834). 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=8,204,583&OS=8,204,583&RS=8,204,583 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Portable Navigation Device Point of Interest Selection Based on Store Open Probability ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,204,675) developed by four co-inventors for a "portable navigation device point of interest selection based on store open probability." The co-inventors are Ravi Prakash Bansal, Tampa, Fla., Mauro Marzorati, Lutz, Fla., Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C., and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A probability that a selected point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions is determined. In response to receiving a mailing address of a selected candidate point of interest and a calculated estimated time of arrival, it is determined whether the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest is stored in a data storage device. In response to determining that the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest is stored in the data storage device, a percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at the calculated estimated time of arrival is assigned based on utility usage data and a confidence level associated with the utility usage data stored in the data storage device. The percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions is sent via the network." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2009 (12/409,883). 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=8,204,675&OS=8,204,675&RS=8,204,675 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,204,560) developed by Rachid Alameh, Crystal Lake, Ill., Julio Castaneda, Coral Springs, Fla., and Paul Pierce, Grayslake, Ill., for a "clamshell phone with edge access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A handheld communication device (10) is provided. The handheld communication device (10) includes a first housing (102) having a circuit board portion (230) and a display portion (240) extending from a first end of the circuit board portion along a (230) predominant plane (239) of the first housing (102), a second housing (104) including a battery (342) and a keypad (124) where the battery (342) and keypad (124) are coextensive along a length and width of a predominant plane (227) of the second housing (104), a hinge assembly (106) that couples a midpoint of the circuit board portion (230) to an end (226) of the second housing (104) where the hinge assembly (106) defines a pivot axis that is mutually parallel to the predominant planes of the both the first and second housings (102, 104) and a user connector (130) located on a second end (128) of the circuit board portion (230) opposite the display portion (240) where an axis of insertion of the user connector is parallel to the predominant plane of the first housing (102) and wherein a total thickness of the display portion (240) and second housing (104) is substantially equal to a thickness of the circuit board portion (230)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,054). 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=8,204,560&OS=8,204,560&RS=8,204,560 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent for Base Station Identification to Indicate Mobility of a Wireless Communication Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,204,503) developed by Ryan Alan Wick, Apollo Beach, Fla., Raymond Emilio Reeves, Olathe, Kan., and John Marvin Jones III, Overland Park, Kan., for a "base station identification to indicate mobility of a wireless communication device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A base station identification system comprises a processing system and a memory device. The processing system is configured to initiate a modulo count to indicate mobility of the wireless communication device, determine a last base station identifier for a last base station serving the wireless communication device, compare the last base station identifier to a set of previous base station identifiers for previous base stations serving the wireless communication device, if the last base station identifier is in the set of previous base station identifiers, assign a previous modulo number in the modulo count to the last base station identifier, and if the last base station identifier is not in the set of previous base station identifiers, assign a next modulo number in the modulo count to the last base station identifier, and add the last base station identifier to the set of previous base station identifiers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/862,936). 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=8,204,503&OS=8,204,503&RS=8,204,503 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,204,529) developed by Yuechun Chu, Winter Springs, Fla., and Keith J. Goldberg, Casselberry, Fla., for a "device and method for frequency scanning using two radios." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device (100) and method for frequency scanning uses two radios. The device (100) includes a processor (515), a scan radio (130) including a receiver (135) coupled to the processor (515), and a data radio (105) including a transmitter (115) that is also coupled to the processor (515). The processor (515) determines a transmission schedule for the transmitter (115) of the data radio (105) in response to a capability to receive a frequency scanning signal at the receiver (135) of the scan radio (130)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2009 (12/366,291). 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=8,204,529&OS=8,204,529&RS=8,204,529 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,203,928) developed by Pankaj Aggarwal, Lake Mary, Fla., Avinash Joshi, Lake Mary, Fla., and Manish Shukla, Altamonte Springs, Fla., for a "system and method for selecting a number of spatial streams to be used for transmission based on probing of channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for determining a number of spatial channels to use to transmit a data packet from a source node to a destination node. This determination can be made based on a Probability of Channel non-Correlation (PCC) function that is generated and updated by the source node based on feedback from the destination node. The PCC function indicates a probability of whether a plurality of spatial channels are non-correlated." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/415,723). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,203,928.PN.&OS=PN/8,203,928&RS=PN/8,203,928 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,203,959) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus for remotely managing network elements of A VoIP communication system and an associated method and computer program product." The co-inventors are Robert H. Liao, Chesnut Hill, Mass., Rezwanul Azim, Lexington, Mass., Elliot Eichen, Arlington, Mass., and Juan Vasquez, Gibsonton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided for remotely managing various network elements of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication system. In general, an apparatus is described for communicating with different network elements of a VoIP communication system, receiving data from each network element, and storing the data. The apparatus includes a processor that communicates with different network elements of a VoIP communication system over a packet-switching network and queries the network elements for particular information. The processor receives and stores the data regarding each network element. In this way, data from multiple different network elements of a VoIP communication system may be remotely accessed and stored, and the data may be analyzed or manipulated to address system problems or monitor conditions of the system from the remote location. A method and computer program product are also provided for remotely managing various network elements of a VoIP communication system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2006 (11/613,701). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,203,959.PN.&OS=PN/8,203,959&RS=PN/8,203,959 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,204,182) developed by four co-inventors for a "dialect translator for a speech application environment extended for interactive text exchanges." The co-inventors are William V. Da Palma, Coconut Creek, Fla., Baiju D. Mandalia, Boca Raton, Fla., Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., and Wendi L. Nusbickel, Boca Raton, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present solution includes a real-time automated communication method. In the method, a real-time communication session can be established between a text exchange client and a speech application. A translation table can be identified that includes multiple entries, each entry including a text exchange item and a corresponding conversational translation item. A text exchange message can be received that was entered into a text exchange client. Content in the text exchange message that matches a text exchange item in the translation table can be substituted with a corresponding conversational item. The translated text exchange message can be sent as input to a voice server. Output from the voice server can be used by the speech application, which performs an automatic programmatic action based upon the output." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/613,179). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,204,182&OS=8,204,182&RS=8,204,182 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus For Zone Controller Based Dynamic Spectrum Allocation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,204,015) developed by Apoorv Chaudhri, Cambridge, Mass., and Yadunandana N. Rao, Sunrise, Fla., for a "method and apparatus for zone controller based dynamic spectrum allocation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The application discloses a method and apparatus for dynamic spectrum allocation to a secondary communication system seeking to operate within the spectrum of a regulated primary communication system. The method includes clustering a plurality of secondary devices based on an operating frequency utilized by each of the secondary devices. The method then includes assigning sensing opportunities to the plurality of clustered secondary devices. The method then includes, receiving sensing information from each of the clustered secondary devices. The sensing information indicates at least one of an occupied channel frequency and an unoccupied channel frequency in the spectrum. The method further includes determining at least one spectrum opportunity, in the spectrum, that is unoccupied by each of a plurality of primary devices based on the received sensing information, and allocating the at least one spectrum opportunity to at least one of the secondary devices." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/474,886). 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=8,204,015&OS=8,204,015&RS=8,204,015 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for Telecommunications Voice Server Leveraging Application Web-server Capabilities ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,204,181) developed by five co-inventors for "telecommunications voice server leveraging application web-server capabilities." The co-inventors are Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, Fla., Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., Wendi L. Nusbickel, Boca Raton, Fla., Ricardo Dos Santos, Boca Raton, Fla., and James J. Sliwa, Raleigh, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing voice telephony services can include the step of receiving a call via a telephone gateway. The telephone gateway can convey call identifying data to a resource connector. A media port can be responsively established within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call. A call description object can be constructed that includes the call identifying data and an identifier for the media port. The call description object can be conveyed to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for the call. The telephony application server can initiate at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine. The speech engine can convey results of the programmatic action to the media converter through the media port. The media converter can stream speech signals for the call based upon the results." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/166,824). 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=8,204,181&OS=8,204,181&RS=8,204,181 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** XG Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- XG Technology, Sarasota, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,204,026) developed by Shashidhar R. Gandham, Sunrise, Fla., and Amit Shukla, Sunrise, Fla., for an "element-based method for auto-configuration of handsets by a base station in a heterogeneous MAC protocol for wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An element-based method to automatically configure mobile handsets by the base station using a protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols for use in wireless VoIP systems with multiple base stations is disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2009 (12/456,758). 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=8,204,026&OS=8,204,026&RS=8,204,026 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** IPR Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 -- IPR Licensing, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,204,140) developed by five co-inventors for a "subscriber unit and method for variable forward error correction (FEC) decoding." The co-inventors are John E. Hoffman, Indialantic, Fla., George Rodney Nelson Jr., Merritt Island, Fla., Daniel I. Riley, West Melbourne, Fla., Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, Calif., and James A. Proctor Jr., Indialantic, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for making code rate adjustments and modulation type adjustments in a pseudonoise (PN) encoded CDMA system. Coding rate adjustments may be made by changing the number of information bits per symbol, or Forward Error Code (FEC) coding rate. A forward error correction (FEC) block size is maintained at a constant amount. Therefore, as the number of information bits per symbol are increased, an integer multiple of bits per epoch is always maintained. The scheme permits for a greater flexibility and selection of effective data rates providing information bit rates ranging from, for example, approximately 50 kilobits per second to over 5 mega bits per second (Mbps) in one preferred embodiment." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (12/326,487). 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=8,204,140&OS=8,204,140&RS=8,204,140 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1090882 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |