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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (March 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Georgia. *** Verint Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Verint Americas, Melville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,396,732) developed by James Gordon Nies, Carmel, Ind., Simon Shvarts, Cupertino, Calif., and Joseph Watson, Alpharetta, Ga., for a "system and method for integrated workforce and analytics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of integrating workforce management and contacts analysis are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises receiving content data derived from classification of a plurality of recorded agent contacts. The contact content data is correlated with past time period. The method also comprises identifying at least one pattern in the contact content data. The pattern is based on the contact classifications. The method also comprises receiving historical workload data from a contact router, and generating a workload forecast based on the historical workload data and the identified pattern." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2007 (11/743,300). 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=8,396,732&OS=8,396,732&RS=8,396,732 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Aurora Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Aurora Networks, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,396,369) developed by James O. Farmer, Cumming, Ga., and Paul F. Whittlesey, Suwanee, Ga., for a "method and system for propagating upstream cable modem signals and RF return video control signals over the same optical network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system can propagate upstream cable modem signals and radio-frequency (RF) return video control signals over the same passive optical network (PON). The method and system can include various combinations of hardware and software to support this operation. Three exemplary embodiments of optical network terminals (ONT) of a DPON system improve performance of the system by ensuring that, in the event the upstream transmitters of two ONTs are turned on simultaneously, they will not interfere with each other. The system is designed such that in a situation of competing transmissions, the one which is received and processed by the head end out of two competing transmissions originating from a set top box and a cable modem, will be the one originating from the cable modem, which may use the DOCSIS cable modem protocol." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,265). 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=8,396,369&OS=8,396,369&RS=8,396,369 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Products for Dynamically-changing IVR Architectures ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,195) developed by Dale Malik, Atlanta, and Richard A. Anderson, Alpharetta, Ga., for "methods, systems, and products for dynamically-changing IVR architectures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for dynamically changing an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Responses to a menu of prompts are monitored. A presentation order of the menu of prompts is automatically updated according to a set of rules. The set of rules describe qualifications for dynamically changing the menu of prompts." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2010 (12/829,453). 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=8,396,195&OS=8,396,195&RS=8,396,195 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Transnexus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Transnexus, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,056) developed by James P. G. Dalton Jr., Atlanta, Dmitry Isakbayev, Cumming, Ga., and Vikrant Mathur, Herndon, Va., for a "method and system for routing calls over a packet switched computer network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention describes how a trusted network routing authority, such as a VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse can provide routing and secure access control across multiple network domains with a single routing and admission request. This technology can improve network efficiency and quality of service when an Internet Protocol (IP) communication transaction, such as a Voice over IP (VoIP), must be routed across multiple devices or administrative domains. This technology defines the technique of performing multiple route look-ups at the source of the call path to determine all possible routes across intermediate domains to the final destination. The VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse then provides routing and access permission tokens for the entire call path to the call source." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,113). 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=83,96,056.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,056&RS=PN/83,96,056 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,396,126) developed by Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, Ga., Gregory Shepherd, Eugene, Ore., and Benjamin M. Cook, Flowery Branch, Ga., for "systems and methods for video coding and transmission." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are certain embodiments of lattice video coding (LVC) systems and methods (collectively referred to herein also as LVC systems) that provide for adaptive streaming and/or burst error immunity in a video distribution network, such as the Internet or other communication networks. In general, as and explained further below, such LVC systems decompose or partition pictures of one or more segments (e.g., groups of pictures or GOPs) of a video stream into N lattice representations (also referred to herein as latticed representations, latticed or latticed video representations, or the like), where each lattice representation comprises a subset of the pixels of the pre-partitioned picture, and where the collective lattice representations of a given picture comprises the same number of pixels as the pre-partitioned picture. Each resulting lattice representation corresponds to an independently decodable stream (or in some embodiments, dependently decodable streams) that is transmitted in such a manner as to enable dispersion of the corresponding data, hence resulting in temporal data elasticity and immunity to burst errors. Further, with regard to adaptive streaming, the decomposition of the original video into independently decodable streams of lattice representations enables fine-tuning of the bit rate without the necessity of signaling between a receiver and server while obviating the need for additional encoding hardware as is common in multi-bit rate stream implementations." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/164,769). 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=83,96,126.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,126&RS=PN/83,96,126 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ARRIS Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- ARRIS Group, Suwanee, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,396,065) developed by Russell Crisp, Atlanta, for a "packet reflection identification in CPE devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to filter packet reflections. In various implementations, packets received on a subscriber side of a device having a source address identifying a service provider device can be dropped. In other implementations, portions of packets forwarded to a subscriber side of a device can be cached and compared to portions of packets received on a subscriber side of the device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2009 (12/579,026). 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=83,96,065.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,065&RS=PN/83,96,065 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,074) developed by Justin McNamara, Atlanta, Fulvio Cenciarelli, Suwanee, Ga., and Ed Lambert, Seattle, for "methods for providing additional information for a mobile-originated short message." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods for appending additional device, location, and/or presence information to a mobile-originated short message are taught herein. One such method for appending additional device information includes receiving a MO short message at a message center. The MO short message includes a content request. Message center sends a query to a subscriber directory for device information corresponding to the device of the requesting subscriber. The subscriber directory searches for the device information and generates a response to be sent to the message center, the response including the device information. The subscriber directory sends the response to the message center, which appends the device information to the MO short message. The message center then sends the short message to the destination, for example, a content provider. Methods for appending location and/or presence information are also taught." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/848,633). 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=83,96,074.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,074&RS=PN/83,96,074 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,397,027) developed by Raghupathy Sivakumar, Alpharetta, Ga., Aravind Velayutham, Atlanta, and Zhenyun Zhuang, Atlanta, for "methods and systems for multi-caching." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are methods and systems for multi-caching. The methods and systems provided can enhance network content delivery performance in terms of reduced response time and increased throughput, and can reduce communication overhead by decreasing the amount of data that have to be transmitted over the communication paths." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/228,171). 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=8,397,027.PN.&OS=PN/8,397,027&RS=PN/8,397,027 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Performing Role Management of Short-range Wireless Connections ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,396,424) developed by Taneka L. Frazier, Lilburn, Ga., and Juda Xiong, Lawrenceville, Ga., for a "method and apparatus for performing role management of short-range wireless connections." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A first wireless device is operable to perform role management of short-range wireless connections with other wireless devices over short-range wireless links that utilize a short-range wireless protocol, such as the Bluetooth protocol. According to one embodiment, the first wireless device accepts a request from a second wireless device to establish a connection over a short-range wireless link such that the first wireless device temporarily performs a slave role with respect to the connection. Responsive to establishing the connection, the first wireless device initiates a disconnect of the connection and then communicates a new request to the second wireless device to establish a new connection. Upon receiving an acceptance of the new request from the second wireless device, the first wireless device establishes the new connection over the short-range wireless link such that the first device performs a master role with respect to the new connection." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2011 (13/116,531). 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=8,396,424.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,424&RS=PN/8,396,424 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Display Caller ID on IPTV Screen ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,475) developed by Thomas W. Bonner, Smyrna, Ga., for a "display caller ID on IPTV screen." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that automatically delivers telephony network services from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity. The system includes a sensing component that detects the presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network, and registers the mobile handset with a wireless access network. Further, a provisioning component identifies calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the requested telephony network service. Once the calls are identified, the provisioning component extracts the requested data from the incoming calls and routes the data to an external entity for display." The patent application was filed on Oct. 3, 2011 (13/251,776). 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=8,396,475.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,475&RS=PN/8,396,475 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent for Intelligent Scanning System and Method for Walkie-talkie Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,396,473) developed by eight co-inventors for an "intelligent scanning system and method for walkie-talkie devices." The co-inventors are Gary Binowski, Conyers, Ga., Edwin Booth, Brooklyn, N.Y., John H. Du Hart IV, South Setauket, N.Y., Michael Faith, Coram, N.Y., Michael N. Hagans, Medina, Ohio, Edward Moskaluk, Copley, Ohio, Stephen F. Paulus, Tallmadge, Ohio, and Kelly Schlueter, Wadsworth, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for scanning channels in a network for incoming audio transmissions. A device enters an intelligent scanning mode, which initiates an automatic scanning of predefined channels for incoming audio transmissions. Upon detection, the device tunes to the channel of the incoming audio transmission while continually searching channels of a higher priority for incoming audio transmissions of a higher priority. A device enters a single channel mode to send an outgoing transmission, which automatically reverts the device to the channel of the last incoming audio transmission." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2007 (11/687,442). 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=8,396,473.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,473&RS=PN/8,396,473 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1117651 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |