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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Jan. 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,356,012) developed by five co-inventors for a "management of multimedia content." The co-inventors are James Patrick Stapleton, Plano, Texas, James Anthony Gewecke, Dallas, Justin Nicholas Marcucci, Chester, N.J., Lee Culver, Carrollton, Texas, and David James Krantz, Santa Monica, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are method and apparatus for managing multimedia content. The uniform resource locators of multimedia content accessed via the Internet are saved in collections stored in the database of a multimedia access system, which is shared by multiple users via individual user accounts. Collections may be copied from one user account to another user account, e-mailed, and posted on a website. Collections in the database may be searched by keywords associated with the collections." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/333,742). 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=83,56,012.PN.&OS=PN/83,56,012&RS=PN/83,56,012 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Reporting of Partially Performed Memory Move ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,356,151) developed by six co-inventors for "reporting of partially performed memory move." The co-inventors are Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, Texas, Robert S. Blackmore, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Ronald N. Kalla, Round Rock, Texas, Chulho Kim, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Hanhong Xue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method performed in a data processing system initiates an asynchronous memory move (AMM) operation, whereby a processor performs a move of data in virtual address space from a first effective address to a second effective address and forwards parameters of the AMM operation to asynchronous memory mover logic for completion of the physical movement of data from a first memory location to a second memory location. The processor executes a second operation, which checks a status of the completion of the data move and returns a notification indicating the status. The notification indicates a status, which includes one of: data move in progress; data move totally done; data move partially done; data move cannot be performed; and occurrence of a translation look-aside buffer invalidate entry (TLBIE) operation. The processor initiates one or more actions in response to the notification received." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2008 (12/024,504). 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=8,356,151&OS=8,356,151&RS=8,356,151 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,356,110) developed by four co-inventors for an "adaptive bandwidth resource management for media streams." The co-inventors are Sanjay K. Udani, Arlington, Va., Naseem Khan, Oak Hill, Va., Eric R. Sporel, Westford, Mass., and Tim Dwight, Richardson, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A resource manager permits a first user to use a first bandwidth of a shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a first media stream, where the shared pool of bandwidth comprises a maximum amount of available bandwidth. The resource manager receives a request from a second user to use a second bandwidth of the shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a second media stream, and determines whether it is permissible to decrease the quality of the first media stream or the second media stream to reduce the first bandwidth or the second bandwidth such that the second bandwidth combined with the first bandwidth does not exceed the maximum amount of available bandwidth of the pool of bandwidth, where determining whether it is permissible to decrease the quality of the first media stream or the second media stream includes one of: signaling the first user to determine if the first user approves decreasing the quality of the first media stream, or signaling the second user to determine if the second user approves decreasing the quality of the second media stream. The resource manager further decreases the quality of the first media stream or the second media stream based on the permissibility determination." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2010 (12/862,817). 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=8,356,110&OS=8,356,110&RS=8,356,110 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,356,145) developed by Ajay A. Ingle, Austin, Texas, Jen Tsung Lin, San Diego, and Rahul R. Toley, Austin, Texas, for a "multi-stage multiplexing operation including combined selection and data alignment or data replication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-stage multiplexing operation that includes combined selection and data alignment or data replication is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes performing a first stage of a multi-stage multiplexing operation. During the first stage, a first data source is selected from a first plurality of data sources. At least one of a first data alignment operation and a first data replication operation is also performed on first data from the selected first data source during the first stage." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2010 (12/688,091). 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=8,356,145&OS=8,356,145&RS=8,356,145 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** RPX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- RPX, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,356,336) developed by Keith Johnston, Austin, Texas, Eric White, Austin, Texas, and John Martin, Austin, Texas, for a "system and method for double-capture/double-redirect to a different location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system, method, and computer program product for providing network access control for a shared network. One embodiment of a network access controller may intercept a request to access a network resource from a browser application running on a client device associated with an anonymous user and determine whether the network resource is in a set of network destinations in the shared network. If the network resource is in the set of network destinations, the network access controller may direct the browser application to the network resource. If the network resource is not in the set of network destinations, the network access controller may redirect the browser application to a pre-authentication capture destination in the shared network. From the pre-authentication capture destination the anonymous user is free to visit any of the set of network destinations in the shared network without authentication." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (12/619,560). 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=8,356,336&OS=8,356,336&RS=8,356,336 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method and Device for Verification of Code Module in Virtual Machine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,356,351) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and device for verification of code module in virtual machine." The co-inventors are Rong Yao Fu, Beijing, Hai Tao Long, Beijing, William J. Tracey, Round Rock, Texas, and David Alvra Wood III, Scarsdale, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for pre-verification of a code module when the code module is installed or updated in a virtual machine, comprising: loading codes in the installed or updated code module; performing code verification on the codes in the code module; if the code verification is passed, generating a certificate of the code module; and storing the code module passing the code verification and its certificate. The present invention also discloses a method for verification of a code module at runtime of the code module in a virtual machine, comprising loading codes in the code module; generating a certificate of the code module based on the loaded codes; if the generated certificate of the code module and a pre-stored certificate of the code module are identical, verifying the code module to be valid; otherwise performing a pre-verification on the code module." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2008 (12/016,398). 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=8,356,351&OS=8,356,351&RS=8,356,351 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Dynamic Management of Workloads in Clusters ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,356,098) developed by Daniel Edward Herington, Dallas, for a "dynamic management of workloads in clusters." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic management of workloads in clusters. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first cluster comprising a first plurality of nodes, each node of the first plurality of nodes including a first application, and a first load balancer to route transactions for the first application to one of the first plurality of nodes. The system also comprises a second cluster comprising a second plurality of nodes, each node of the second plurality of nodes including a second application, and a second load balancer to route transactions for the second application to one of the second plurality of nodes. One or more intersecting nodes are included in the first and second plurality of nodes, each intersecting node including one or more workload managers to dynamically allocate one or more computer resources to the first application and the second application." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2003 (10/704,875). 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=8,356,098&OS=8,356,098&RS=8,356,098 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Server Resource Allocation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,356,099) developed by four co-inventors for a server resource allocation. The co-inventors are Adekunle Bello, Pflugerville, Texas, Douglas Griffith, Austin, Texas, Somasundaram Krishnasamy, Austin, Texas, and Aruna Yedavilli, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for end-to-end QoS for a set of processes that comprise a workload over nfs. A set of processes that comprise a workload such as the processes of a WPAR, or an entire LPAR are given a class designation and assigned priority/limits. The data are then passed to the server which allocates resources based on the sum total of all the current classes and their priorities and/or limits. This requires re-engineering the nfs client code to be workload-aware and the nfs server code to accommodate the resource allocation and prioritization needs of the nfs clients." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2012 (13/459,193). 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=8,356,099&OS=8,356,099&RS=8,356,099 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verisign Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Verisign, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,356,081) developed by four co-inventors for an "automated domain name registration." The co-inventors are Larry J. Broadhurst, Humble, Texas, Jeffrey W. Johnson, Sterling, Va., Matthew E. Liberty, McLeon, Va., and Matt Ho, Centreville, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated system and method to permit users to find and register available domain names in numerous different ccTLDs. The system provides real-time searching of large numbers of ccTLDs for each user so that during a single web session, the user can simply select the available ccTLDs from the resultant list, and purchase the desired ccTLDs online. The system also formats the user's information in the appropriate manner for each selected ccTLD and performs the necessary electronic transactions to register the ccTLDs." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2005 (11/070,189). 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=8,356,081&OS=8,356,081&RS=8,356,081 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT &T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method, System and Computer Program Product for an Emergency Alert System for Audio Announcement ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,356,316) developed by Leonardo Velazquez, Plano, Ill., and James Ford, San Antonio, for a "method, system and computer program product for an emergency alert system for audio announcement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is disclosed for distributing emergency alert audio data, the method including but not limited to receiving emergency alert message (EAM) data at an encoder/decoder in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system; sending the EAM to an emergency alert control (EAC) server in the IPTV system; verifying at the EAC that a valid audio message is received in the EAM; if the EAM contains an audio file, creating a MP3 audio file from or another acceptable format for the audio file; and if the received EAM is a state/local alert, placing the EAM in first-in-first-out order in a message delivery queue for delivery to end user devices in the order of the message delivery queue, else, if a streaming playback of state/local alert message is in progress, suspending the streaming playback of the state/local alert message, and continuously streaming the received EAM to end user device in the IPTV system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/640,529). 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=8,356,316&OS=8,356,316&RS=8,356,316 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Electronic Permission Slips for Controlling Access to Multimedia Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,356,337) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic permission slips for controlling access to multimedia content." The co-inventors are Charles Varnon Scott, Austin, Texas, James Leonard Cansler, Cedar Park, Texas, Ankur Mukerji, Auburn, Calif., and Scott Anthony White, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An administrator controls viewer access to restricted multimedia programs using electronic permission slips. In response to a viewer's request to view a restricted multimedia program, the viewer may initiate the generation of an electronic permission slip that is sent to an electronic device associated with the administrator. The electronic permission slip may include text-based information, graphical information, audio information, and the like. The electronic permission slip may enable input of permission data regarding whether the viewer is allowed to receive the blocked program. In response to the administrator granting permission, a service provider network allows the viewer to access the restricted multimedia program." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2008 (12/037,787). 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=8,356,337&OS=8,356,337&RS=8,356,337 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Workload Management Controller Using Dynamic Statistical Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,356,306) developed by Daniel Edward Herington, Dallas, for a "workload management controller using dynamic statistical control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer system comprises a workload management controller that detects and tracks resource consumption volatility patterns and automatically and dynamically adjusts resource headroom according to the volatility patterns. The controller can be hardware or a combination of software and hardware for executing the software. Also, a computer-implemented workload management method includes a computer detecting and tracking resource consumption volatility patters. The computer automatically and dynamically adjusts resource headroom according to the volatility patterns." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2007 (11/831,852). 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=8,356,306&OS=8,356,306&RS=8,356,306 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (RE43,935) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for RFID communication." The co-inventors are Mark E. Tuttle, Boise, Idaho, Rickie C. Lake, Meridian, Idaho, Steven F. Schicht, Austin, Texas, and John R. Tuttle, Longmont, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ".[.A plurality of battery-operated transceivers encapsulated by lamination to form a sheet of independent transceivers is tested in a two piece fixture that forms an enclosure surrounding each in-sheet transceiver. Each enclosure has an antenna for transmitting a command signal to the transceiver at a known power level and for receiving a reply message from the transceiver containing a power level measurement made by the transceiver. Test methods using the fixture of the present invention are also described..]. .Iadd.An RFID tag and interrogator may each include a transmitter and a receiver. The tag and interrogator may communicate with each other at different frequency bands and may communicate in accordance with a wireless communication protocol. .Iaddend." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,708). 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=RE43,935&OS=RE43,935&RS=RE43,935 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,356,091) developed by Steven Belz, Austin, Texas, Kurt Joseph, Austin, Texas, and James Pratt, Round Rock, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for managing a network." 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 network element having a controller to obtain network information associated with establishing a network among a group of communication devices, and provide the network information to a plurality of network set-up devices removably connected to the network element, where each of the plurality of network set-up devices is connectable with a communication device of the group of communication devices to provide at least a portion of the network information to the communication device, and where the network is established based at least in part on the at least a portion of the network information. Other embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2007 (11/854,092). 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=8,356,091&OS=8,356,091&RS=8,356,091 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** nCircle Network Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- nCircle Network Security, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,356,089) developed by four co-inventors for a network services platform. The co-inventors are Alexander L. Quilter, Cary, N.C., Oliver Lavery, Toronto, David J. Meltzer, Roswell, Ga., and Timothy D. Keanini, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A network services platform provides services to remote enterprise networks. The services platform provides a control module to a computer in the enterprise network. The control module executes on the computer and interacts with the services platform to establish an Internet Protocol (IP) tunnel between the services platform and the computer. The control module also establishes a bridge between the IP tunnel and the enterprise network. The services platform allocates a unique private IP address space to the enterprise network, and translates IP addresses in network communications between enterprise network addresses and corresponding services platform addresses in the allocated unique private address space. The services platform provides network services to the enterprise network via the IP tunnel and bridge." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2012 (13/531,248). 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=8,356,089&OS=8,356,089&RS=8,356,089 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** National Instruments Assigned Patent for Conversion of a Class Oriented Data Flow Program with Inheritance to a Structure Oriented Data Flow Program ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,356,290) developed by Stephen R. Mercer, Austin, Texas, Akash B. Bhakta, Austin, Texas, and Matthew E. Novacek, Austin, Texas, for a "conversion of a class oriented data flow program with inheritance to a structure oriented data flow program." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for converting a class oriented data flow program to a structure oriented data flow program. A first data flow program is received, where the first data flow program is an object oriented program comprising instances of one or more classes, and wherein the first data flow program is executable to perform a first function. The first data flow program is automatically converted to a second data flow program, where the second data flow program does not include the instances of the one or more classes, and where the second data flow program is executable to perform the first function. The second data flow program is stored on a computer memory, where the second data flow program is configured to be deployed to a device, e.g., a programmable hardware element, and where the second data flow program is executable on the device to perform the first function." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2009 (12/430,579). 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=8,356,290&OS=8,356,290&RS=8,356,290 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Statistical Method for Hierarchically Routing Layout Utilizing Flat Route Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,356,267) developed by Vikas Agarwal, Austin, Texas, Yonatan Mittlefehldt, Austin, Texas, and Jafar Nahidi, Round Rock, Texas, for a "statistical method for hierarchically routing layout utilizing flat route information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit design is routed by first creating temporary routes in a flattened layout, generating blockage information for sub-blocks in the layout based on the temporary routes, and establishing a routing order for cells using a depth-first search. Cells in the original layout are then routed according to the routing order using the blockage information. The temporary routes are sorted into internal routes, terminal routes, and spanning routes. Blockage information for each sub-block includes a first cellview equal to the internal routes, a second cellview equal to the terminal routes plus the spanning routes, and a third cellview equal to the total tracks in the sub-block minus the first and second cellviews. The invention is particularly suited for routing a hierarchical integrated circuit design. By examining the complete hierarchy, the invention ensures that enough metal will be remaining at upper level sub-blocks to complete the routing automatically." The patent application was filed on Oct. 27, 2010 (12/912,819). 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=8,356,267&OS=8,356,267&RS=8,356,267 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alchemy Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Alchemy Systems, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,356,068) developed by seven co-inventors for a "multimedia training system and apparatus." The co-inventors are Carlos A. Acosta, Round Rock, Texas, Archie D. Barrett Jr., Georgetown, Texas, Brandon Merkord, Wimberley, Texas, Erin Silver, Austin, Texas, David I. Perl, Austin, Texas, Jeffery A. Eastman, Austin, Texas, and Robin Donelson, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for providing interactive training, whereby a video display and a base station are coupled in communication with a computer. A plurality of wireless handheld remotes are configured for wirelessly communicating with the base station, and each of the remotes is operable by a respective trainee of a group of trainees. Each remote has a remote ID unique from all other remotes and is stored in non-volatile memory of the computer; and the base station includes a base station ID code unique from all other base stations, and the base station ID is stored in non-volatile memory of each remote. Each remote remains in an inactive state and is operable to be activated via a respective activate signal transmitted from the base station, and the base station is operable to transmit an activate signal to one or more of the remotes, the activate signal being effective for enabling the remote to transmit a signal, wherein the remote is deactivated upon completion of transmission of signal. Using unique IDs prevents interference from other wireless devices including remotes paired with other base stations. It also makes it unnecessary for one training system to operate on a different channel from another training system." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2010 (12/683,279). 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=8,356,068&OS=8,356,068&RS=8,356,068 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** James K. and Mary A. Sanders Family LLC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- James K. and Mary A. Sanders Family LLC, Lubbock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,347,973) developed by James Kenneth Sanders, Lubbock, Texas, and Duck Joo Yang, Flower Mound, Texas, for increasing oil production. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of recovering petroleum from dormant oil wells or increasing the production of oil wells. An alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonate is introduced into a water layer associated with a subterranean petroleum reservoir and/or an explosive composition is introduced into an oil layer associated with a subterranean petroleum reservoir. CO.sub.2 gas is produced by reacting the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonate with an acid and/or by detonating the explosive composition." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/275,719). 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=8,347,973.PN.&OS=PN/8,347,973&RS=PN/8,347,973 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 16 -- Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,352,042) developed by seven co-inventors for "remote controls and ambulatory medical systems including the same." The co-inventors are Stephen D. Das, Santa Clarita, Calif., Jose P. Bernardo, Woodland Hills, Calif., Daniel H. Villegas, Granada Hills, Calif., Scott R. Gibson, Granada Hills, Calif., Timothy John Payne, Santa Ana, Calif., Scott LaVoy Conway, Yorba Linda, Calif., and Joseph Wayne Vandegriff, Lago Vista, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of preventing inadvertent signal transmission sent from a remote control for controlling the operation of an implantable infusion device. The method includes maintaining the remote control in a locked state prior to a user intentionally unlocking the remote control in order to generate transmission of a signal from the remote control to the implantable infusion device. The unlocking of the remote control can include moving a button control element, unlocking a button lock, pressing a button other than the signal generation button, pressing the signal generation button in a specific sequence or shaking the remote control." The patent application was filed on Nov. 28, 2006 (11/564,229). 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=8,352,042&OS=8,352,042&RS=8,352,042 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1111159 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |