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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (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 Washington. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Cached and Server Views with Automatic Caching and Smooth Scrolling ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,921) developed by five co-inventors for a "cached and server views with automatic caching and smooth scrolling." The co-inventors are Michael J. McCormack, Snohomish, Wash., Nicholas James Thomson, Redmond, Wash., Dmitri Davydok, Bellevue, Wash., Indrojit Deb, Sammamish, Wash., and David Robert Shutt, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "On a client computer, customer relationship management software is integrated into a messaging application that includes a user interface. Customer relationship management (CRM) information is received from a server computer. An automatic determination is made as to whether the received CRM information is to be cached on the client computer. When it is determined that the CRM information is to be cached on the client computer, the CRM information is cached in a cache on the client computer. When at least some of the CRM information is cached on the client computer, the cached CRM information is displayed as a view on the client computer. The display of the CRM information is integrated into the user interface of the messaging application program." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2012 (13/465,509). 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=8,396,921&OS=8,396,921&RS=8,396,921 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sung Guk Park Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Sung Guk Park, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,396,907) developed by Sung Guk Park, Seattle, for a "data processing system and method of grouping computer files." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of operating multiple files includes creating a group of computer files using a single container, and opening multiple files of the group and associated application software by opening a single file corresponding to the group of computer files." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2009 (12/357,572). 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=8,396,907&OS=8,396,907&RS=8,396,907 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,330) developed by Hao Pan, Camas, Wash., and Petrus J.L. Van Beek, Camas, Wash., for an "image upscaling based upon directional interpolation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for interpolation includes receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels. The edge direction proximate a first pixel of the input image is estimated using a first technique from a plurality of discrete potential directions. An edge direction is selected based upon the estimating the edge direction proximate the first pixel of the input image using a second technique. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon the selected edge direction. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon another technique. An output image is determined." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/904,966). 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=8,396,330&OS=8,396,330&RS=8,396,330 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Determining Whether a Response from a Participant is Contradictory in an Objective Manner ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,718) developed by Wai Ho Au, Seattle, and Magdi Morsi, Bellevue, Wash., for a "determining whether a response from a participant is contradictory in an objective manner." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "If a response is with a threshold of the predicted response, then the contradictory response is classified as being independent and it is not truly contradictory. If a response is beyond a threshold, the response is classified as not being independent and is likely worthy of further investigation." The patent application was filed on June 23, 2008 (12/143,881). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,396,718&OS=8,396,718&RS=8,396,718 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rockwell Collins Assigned Patent for System, Module, and Method for Presenting Surface Symbology on an Aircraft Display Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (8,396,616) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system, module, and method for presenting surface symbology on an aircraft display unit." The co-inventors are Sarah Barber, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Alena L. Benson, Seattle, Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Kirschen A. Seah, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Steve L. Oehlert, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Matthew J. Carrico, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and Hung-i B. Tsai, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for presenting surface symbology on an aircraft display unit are disclosed. Symbology image data representative of an image depicting a runway highlighter adjacent to the assigned runway is generated by a symbology generator based upon assigned runway information and airport surface information provided by a flight management data source and the navigation reference data source, respectively. Such runway highlighter comprises a plurality of runway edge highlighters and a plurality of chevrons pointing in the direction of the assigned runway. The image could include one or more directional runway identifiers. Additionally, the generated image could include the depiction of township location, a line-up distance docking indicator, and/or a groundspeed indicator based upon information provided by a navigation data source. Additionally, the generated image could include the depiction of a wind barb based upon information provided by a weather data source." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2010 (12/822,660). 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=8,396,616&OS=8,396,616&RS=8,396,616 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Remote Processing of Selected Vehicle Operating Parameters ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,624) developed by eight co-inventors for "remote processing of selected vehicle operating parameters." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary methods, systems and components enable selective control of an operational mode for a vehicle that is subject to an administrative standard. In some instances a qualified person or entity may attain a possible consequential result related to a user-selected vehicle operation mode that may involve a vehicle operation paradigm and/or a vehicle travel route and/or a vehicle travel destination. In some embodiments, implementation of the selected vehicle operation mode may modify a conformity status of the vehicle relative to the administrative standard. Various accessible records may be maintained regarding administrative compliance states and their respective benefits, as well as regarding certification of preferable consequential results available to qualified recipients based on a correlated vehicle operational mode." The patent application was filed on Oct. 2, 2009 (12/587,237). 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=8,396,624&OS=8,396,624&RS=8,396,624 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,396,317) developed by Robert Archer, Seattle, and Charles F. Rose III, Seattle, for an "algorithm modification method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An analysis module accesses an input image, identifies an algorithm to be used to generate an output image from the input image, analyzes the algorithm, and determines a pixel offset of the algorithm. A generation module identifies a region of the output image in which output pixels are to be generated without an edge-checking operation. The generation module generates a modified version of the algorithm that omits the edge-checking operation and generates the output image by using the modified version to generate output pixels in the identified region." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2009 (12/613,415). 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=8,396,317&OS=8,396,317&RS=8,396,317 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,672) developed by seven co-inventors for a food content detector. The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may include utensil means for portioning a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion, a means for detecting a first portion size for the first portion with the utensil means, a means for detecting a second portion size for the second portion with the utensil means, and a means for determining a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/313,023). 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=8,396,672&OS=8,396,672&RS=8,396,672 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Vision-based Compression ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,312) developed by four co-inventors for a vision-based compression. The co-inventors are Xiaoyan Sun, Beijing, Feng Wu, Beijing, Shipeng Li, Redmond, Wash., and Dong Liu, Hefei, China. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods provide vision-based image compression. In one implementation, inpainting is the vision-based technique selected to augment a conventional signal-processing-based technique. For some regions of a source image, an exemplary system efficiently extracts and organizes structural edge information instead of compressing the regions. In one implementation, the system applies binary curve fitting to capture the edge information. A structure-aware inpainter in the decoder can then restore the regions via the edge information, which occupies very little data space or minimal bandwidth in a bitstream that is transmitted from encoder to decoder. Key visual components of the image can still be conventionally compressed. Extracting edge information for some regions instead of compressing them considerably increases overall image compression." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2011 (13/177,434). 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=8,396,312&OS=8,396,312&RS=8,396,312 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Confidence Threshold Tuning ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,715) developed by four co-inventors for a confidence threshold tuning. The co-inventors are Julian J. Odell, Kirkland, Wash., Li Jiang, Redmond, Wash., Wei Zhang, Kirkland, Wash., and Xiaodong He, Issaquah, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An expected dialog-turn (ED) value is estimated for evaluating a speech application. Parameters such as a confidence threshold setting can be adjusted based on the expected dialog-turn value. In a particular example, recognition results and corresponding confidence scores are used to estimate the expected dialog-turn value. The recognition results can be associated with a possible outcome for the speech application and a cost for the possible outcome can be used to estimate the expected dialog-turn value." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2005 (11/168,278). 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=8,396,715&OS=8,396,715&RS=8,396,715 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Voice Authentication System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,711) developed by Dawson Yee, Bellevue, Wash., and Gurdeep S. Pall, Sammamish, Wash., for a "voice authentication system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A user's voice is authenticated by prompting a user to say a challenge phrase from a list of predetermined phrases and comparing the user's response with a prerecorded version of the same response. The user's stored recordings are associated with an electronic identification or serial number for a specific device, so that when communication is established using the device, only the specific user may authenticate the session. When several phrases and recordings are used, one may be selected at random for authentication so that fraudulent authentication using a recording of the user's voice may be thwarted. The system and method may be used for authenticating a device when it is first activated, such as a telephony device, or may be used when authenticating a specific communications session." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2006 (11/414,976). 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=8,396,711&OS=8,396,711&RS=8,396,711 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent for Method and System for Inventory Placement According to Expected Item Picking Rates ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,396,585) developed by Felix F. Antony, Issaquah, Wash., and Xiao Yu Li, Seattle, for a "method and system for inventory placement according to expected item picking rates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for inventory placement according to expected item picking rates. In one embodiment, a method may include determining a respective expected picking rate for each of a number of inventory items, and dependent upon the expected picking rate, selecting a corresponding one of a number of zones of an inventory storage area for each of the items. The zones may be physically arranged within the inventory storage area such that a first, innermost zone is successively and at least partially surrounded by one or more other zones. The method may further include storing each of the items within the corresponding zones, such that the expected picking rates of members of a given group of items stored in a given zone are less than the expected picking rates of members of another group of items stored in a successive zone that at least partially surrounds the given zone." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2010 (12/981,388). 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=8,396,585&OS=8,396,585&RS=8,396,585 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Cluster Modeling, and Learning Cluster Specific Parameters of an Adaptive Double Threading Model ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,671) developed by Nebojsa Jojic, Redmond, Wash., David E. Heckerman, Bellevue, Wash., and Manuel Jesus Reyes Gomez, Kirkland, Wash., for "cluster modeling, and learning cluster specific parameters of an adaptive double threading model." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cluster models are described herein. By way of example, a system for predicting binding information relating to a binding of a protein and a ligand can include a trained binding model and a prediction component. The trained binding model can include a probability distribution and a hidden variable that represents a cluster of protein sequences, and/or a set of hidden variables representing learned supertypes. The prediction component can be configured to predict the binding information by employing information about the protein's sequence, the ligand's sequence and the trained binding model." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/770,684). 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=8,396,671&OS=8,396,671&RS=8,396,671 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,396,750) developed by Gurushyam Hariharan, Phoenix, Matthew T. Williams, Seattle, and Guray Alsac, Tempe, Ariz., for a "method and system for using recommendations to prompt seller improvement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are various embodiments for recommending improvements in merchant network sites. In one example, a plurality of recommendations are stored in a memory accessible by a server, the recommendations being applicable to improve an operation of the network presence of at least one of a plurality of online merchants, and wherein a criteria is associated with each of the recommendations, each criteria determining whether a corresponding one of the recommendations applies to the network presence of a respective one of the online merchants. A subset of the recommendations applicable to the network presence of one of the online merchants is identified and an implementation status is determined for each of the subset of recommendations. The recommendations in the subset are presented along with the implementation status of each of the recommendations to an agent of the one of the online merchants." The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,248). 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=8,396,750&OS=8,396,750&RS=8,396,750 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Tagging Images with Labels ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,246) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "tagging images with labels." The co-inventors are Karthik G. Anbalagan, Bellevue, Wash., Scott R. Ramsby, Kirkland, Wash., Chunkit J. Chan, Redmond, Wash., Michael H. Kim, Issaquah, Wash., John M. Thornton, Kirkland, Wash., Timothy R. O'Connor, Redmond, Wash., Alexander S. Brodie, Redmond, Wash., Samuel J. Pinson, Sultan, Wash., Bryan P. Ferguson, Redmond, Wash., Gyorgy K. Schadt, Redmond, Wash., and Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An image to be shared with other users based on input from a first user is received. A second user is identified from a tag of the image, and information is provided, based at least in part on the tag, to one or both of the first user and the second user. Additionally, after editing of an image a determination can be made as to whether a region of the image having an associated tag has been affected by the editing. The tag associated with the region is altered if the region has been affected by the editing, otherwise the tag associated with the region is left unaltered. Furthermore, the tag can include a first portion storing data identifying a region of the image to which the tag corresponds, and a second portion storing data identifying a person shown in the region." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2008 (12/199,799). 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=8,396,246&OS=8,396,246&RS=8,396,246 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Recognizing Actions of Animate Objects in Video ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,247) developed by Zhengyou Zhang, Bellevue, Wash., Wanqing Li, Oatley, Australia, and Zicheng Liu, Bellevue, Wash., for "recognizing actions of animate objects in video." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that facilitates automatically determining an action of an animate object is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives video data that includes images of an animate object. The system additionally includes a determiner component that accesses a data store that includes an action graph and automatically determines an action undertaken by the animate object in the received video data based at least in part upon the action graph. The action graph comprises a plurality of nodes that are representative of multiple possible postures of the animate object. At least one node in the action graph is shared amongst multiple actions represented in the action graph." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2008 (12/183,078). 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=8,396,247&OS=8,396,247&RS=8,396,247 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Adaptix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Adaptix, Carrollton, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,396,153) developed by Manyuan Shen, Bellevue, Wash., Guanbin Xing, Issaquah, Wash., and Hui Liu, Clyde Hill, Wash., for a "cooperative MIMO in multicell wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for cooperative multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) transmission and reception operations in a multicell wireless network. Under the method, antenna elements from multiple base stations and/or multiple antennas are utilized to from an augmented MIMO antenna array that is used to transmit and receive MIMO transmissions at base stations and/or terminals. The cooperative MIMO transmission scheme supports higher dimension space-time-frequency processing for increased capacity and system performance." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2008 (12/130,277). 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=8,396,153&OS=8,396,153&RS=8,396,153 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,396,187) developed by Morteza Safai, Seattle, for an X-ray inspection tool. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus and a method for inspecting a surface of a work piece. In one advantageous embodiment, an apparatus comprising a number of tracks, a support structure, connection system, and controller is disclosed. The number of tracks are configured for placement along a path. The support structure is configured to move on the number of tracks. The X-ray system is moveably connected to the support structure. The X-ray system is configured to send a plurality of X-rays toward a work piece and is configured to move along an axis through the support structure. The connection system is configured to removably connect the number of tracks to the work piece using a vacuum applied to a surface of the work piece. The controller is configured to activate and deactivate the X-ray system based on an amount of vacuum applied to the surface of the work piece." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2010 (12/965,159). 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=8,396,187&OS=8,396,187&RS=8,396,187 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,396,137) developed by Kevin Emil Norby, Seattle, for a redundant data bus. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Technologies for implementing and utilizing a redundant data bus for the reliable transmission of data between communication endpoints are provided. A redundant data bus includes two or more transmitters configured to transmit the same data signal in separate frequency bands over twisted-pair wiring to corresponding receivers. A data signal containing input data received at an input communication endpoint is generated and the data signal is simultaneously transmitted through the two or more transmitters over the twisted-pair wiring to the corresponding receivers. The data contained in the data signals received at the receivers is validated, and output data is extracted from a valid data signal and made available at an output communication endpoint, while any invalid data signals are ignored." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2010 (12/938,015). 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=83,96,137.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,137&RS=PN/83,96,137 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,114) developed by seven co-inventors for "multiple bit rate video encoding using variable bit rate and dynamic resolution for adaptive video streaming." The co-inventors are Chuang Gu, Bellevue, Wash., Chun-Wei Chan, Redmond, Wash., William Chen, Issaquah, Wash., Stacey Spears, Sammamish, Wash., Thomas W. Holcomb, Sammamish, Wash., Chih-Lung Lin, Redmond, Wash., and Sanjeev Mehrotra, Kirkland, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video encoding system encodes video streams for multiple bit rate video streaming using an approach that permits the encoded bit rate to vary subject to a peak bit rate and average bit rate constraints for higher quality streams, while a bottom bit rate stream is encoded to achieve a constant chunk rate. The video encoding system also dynamically decides an encoding resolution for segments of the multiple bit rate video streams that varies with video complexity so as to achieve a better visual experience for multiple bit rate streaming." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2009 (12/362,420). 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=83,96,114.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,114&RS=PN/83,96,114 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Adapting a Communication Network to Varying Conditions ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,041) developed by four co-inventors for "adapting a communication network to varying conditions." The co-inventors are Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, Wash., Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, Wash., Thomas Kuehnel, Seattle, and Vishesh M. Parikh, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for adapting a communication system to varying conditions. Using some form of discovery protocol, the communication standards supported by at least two communicants are determined. Each communicant may then periodically monitor the quality of the channel established by the communication standard and dynamically select a set of one or more communication standards to use for communicating. Further, when communicants share common non-standard parameterized implementations of communication standards, changes to the protocols which the communication standards comprise can be used to add options for a more dynamic response to changing conditions than is possible when adhering only to an established communication standard." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2005 (11/268,800). 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=83,96,041.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,041&RS=PN/83,96,041 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Gaming Console Wireless Protocol for Peripheral Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,396,021) developed by Richard S. Lum, Redmond, Wash., Wei Guo, Sammamish, Wash., and Gary Gordon, Sammamish, Wash., for a "gaming console wireless protocol for peripheral devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of wireless communication between a gaming console and a wireless accessory using a protocol. The protocol is used in a TDMA frequency hopping spread spectrum system to enable simultaneous communication of voice and data between a plurality of wireless accessories and the gaming console. The protocol provides specific time slots for upstream and downstream transmissions, as well as a retransmission time slots to enable a robust environment with minimal latency." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2010 (12/755,953). 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=83,96,021.PN.&OS=PN/83,96,021&RS=PN/83,96,021 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. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Generic File Protection Format ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,397,068) developed by six co-inventors for a "generic file protection format." The co-inventors are Andrey Shur, Redmond, Wash., Marcio Mello, Bellevue, Wash., Pankaj Kamat, Kirkland, Wash., Dan Knudson, Bellevue, Wash., Eugene Savchenko, Ontario, Canada, and Scott Cottrille, Sammamish, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A file may contain an unencrypted and an encrypted portion. The unencrypted portion may contain a layout section that may point to a published license, metadata, and a contents section, where the contents section is in the encrypted portion. The encrypted portion may contain the contents section which may act as a directory for one or more included files that may be compressed and stored in the encrypted portion. When the file is opened by a receiver, the receiver may read the published license and communicate with a security server to establish access rights and receive at least one key for decrypting at least a portion of the encrypted portion of the file. The receiver may then gain access to the included files." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/768,752). 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=8,397,068.PN.&OS=PN/8,397,068&RS=PN/8,397,068 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,397,073) developed by six co-inventors for "managing secure content in a content delivery network." The co-inventors are David R. Richardson, Seattle, Mustafa I. Abrar, Seattle, Don Johnson, Seattle, John Cormie, Seattle, Bradley E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Mark Joseph Cavage, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing secure content by CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider stores one or more resources on behalf of a content provider. A CDN service provider obtains client computing device requests for secure content. Based on processing first signature information, the CDN service provider determines whether the secure content is available to the client computing device. If the CDN service provider does not maintain the requested content, the CDN service provider transmits a request to the network storage provider. Based on second signature information and an identifier associated with the CDN service provider, the network storage provider processes the request based policy information associated with the identifier." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,454). 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=8,397,073.PN.&OS=PN/8,397,073&RS=PN/8,397,073 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Washington Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- The University of Washington, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,396,535) developed by five co-inventors for an "integrated optical scanning image acquisition and display." The co-inventors are Wei-Chih Wang, Sammamish, Wash., Eric Seibel, Seattle, Per Reinhall, Seattle, Mark Fauver, Seattle, and Chris Brown, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for providing image acquisition and/or image display in a limited region of interest (ROI). The apparatus comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), preferably integrating a light source, a cantilever, a lens, an actuator, a light detector, and a position sensor. The light source provides light for illuminating the ROI, displaying an image, providing a therapy, and/or performing other functions. The cantilever comprises a resin waveguide with a fixed end attached to a substrate that supports many or all other components. A free end of the cantilever is released from the substrate during fabrication and includes the lens. The actuator scans the free end in orthogonal directions to illuminate the ROI or display an image. The position sensors detect the position of the free end for control. The light detector receives light backscattered from the ROI separate from, or at the fixed end of the cantilever." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2009 (12/434,129). 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=8,396,535.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,535&RS=PN/8,396,535 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Protecting Media Content ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,397,069) developed by James M. Alkove, Woodinville, Wash., and Stephen J. Estrop, Carnation, Wash., for "methods and systems for protecting media content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments provide methods and systems that utilize a protocol which enables media content protection by establishing a secure communication channel and, in some embodiments, a secure data channel, between a device such as a computing device running a protected content playback application, and a downstream component such as an associated driver, such as a graphics driver, of an associated display device such as a monitor, flat panel LCD, television and the like." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/715,529). 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=8,397,069.PN.&OS=PN/8,397,069&RS=PN/8,397,069 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,396,531) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for quasi-real-time ventricular measurements from M-mode echocardiogram." The co-inventors are Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, N.J., Feng Guo, Chicago, John Jackson, Menlo Park, Calif., Michael Brendel, Issaquah, Wash., and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for measuring ventricular dimensions from M-mode echocardiograms, includes providing a digitized M-mode echocardiogram image, running a plurality of local classifiers, where each local classifier trained to detect a landmark on either an end-diastole (ED) line or an end-systole (ES) line in the image, recording all possible landmarks detected by the classifiers, where a search range in an N-dimensional parameter space defined by the landmarks for each dimension is reduced to a union of subsets, where each dimension of the parameter space corresponds a landmark, for each combination of possible landmarks, checking if an order of the landmarks is consistent with a known ordering of the landmarks, and if the order is consistent, running a global detector on each consistent combination of landmarks to find a landmark combination with a highest detection probability as a confirmed landmark detection, where the landmarks are used for measuring ventricular dimensions." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2008 (12/054,094). 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=8,396,531.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,531&RS=PN/8,396,531 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Using Pulses to Control Work Ingress ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,397,099) developed by Nicholas A. Allen, Redmond, Wash., and Justin D. Brown, Seattle, for "using pulses to control work ingress." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using pulses to control work ingress. Generally, embodiments of the invention use a variable-speed clock for accepting work for lower-priority services. A clock rate is controlled by a load monitor. The load monitor periodically collects sensor measurements of resources available after allocations by higher-priority services. Based on the sensor measurements, the load monitor adjusts the clock speed up or down (i.e., depending on the amount of resources available after allocations by higher-priority services). At the boundary of the lower-priority service (e.g., where work enters the system), work requests are enqueued to be associated with a future pulse of the clock. Work is accepted or rejected based on a determination of whether the work request can be allocated a clock pulse within a defined period of time." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2010 (12/879,542). 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=8,397,099.PN.&OS=PN/8,397,099&RS=PN/8,397,099 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Clock Synchronization in an Implantable Medical Device System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,396,563) developed by six co-inventors for a "clock synchronization in an implantable medical device system." The co-inventors are James D. Reinke, Maple Grove, Minn., Robert M. Ecker, Lino Lakes, Minn., Kaustubh R. Patil, Blaine, Minn., Michael B. Terry, Camas, Wash., Jonathan P. Roberts, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Robert A. Corey, Arden Hills, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure is directed to the synchronization of clocks of a secondary implantable medical device (IMD) to a clock of a primary IMD. The secondary IMD includes a communications clock. The communications clock may be synchronized based on at least one received communications pulse. The secondary IMD further includes a general purpose clock different than the communications clock. The general purpose clock may be synchronized based on at least one received power pulse. The communications clock may also be synchronized based on the at least one received power pulse." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/697,070). 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=8,396,563.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,563&RS=PN/8,396,563 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Assessing Performance and Quality of a Mobile Communication Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,468) developed by Jeffrey A. Krinsky, Woodinville, Wash., and Falguni Sarkar, Redmond, Wash., for "assessing performance and quality of a mobile communication service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A call quality monitoring system allows a user of a mobile device to report on call quality or otherwise provide information relating to the quality of a wireless communication experience. The call quality monitoring system may allow the mobile device user to establish or accept a call placed on the wireless communication network. The call quality monitoring system may provide at least partially-automated user-feedback process for the user to specify information about the quality of the call from a device from which the call was placed or from a device located at or near a location of the call. The call quality monitoring system may collect information provided by the user in association with specifying information about the quality of the call." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2005 (11/227,972). 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=8,396,468.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,468&RS=PN/8,396,468 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Varia Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- Varia Holdings, Brooklyn, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,396,414) developed by Jonathan Nelson, Seattle, and David Schultz, Seattle, for "controlling of wireless connection of a portable device including an illumination component or switch." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable media player that provides for wireless connectivity is disclosed. In some examples, the portable media player contains a button that causes the player to search for, connect with, and disconnect from wireless networks. In some examples, the button provides indicators of the connectivity of the player, such as different colors or modes of illumination. In some examples, the functionality of the button changes depending on the connectivity of the player or characteristics of the playback or navigation of media within the player. Other embodiments are also described and claimed." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,196). 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=8,396,414.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,414&RS=PN/8,396,414 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,396,507) developed by Gaviphat Lekutai, Kirkland, Wash., for a "system and method for indicating expected communication speed in a wireless communication device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication network includes a number of users communicating via wireless communication devices. The network determines a current condition of the network, including factors such as the number of users coupled to a particular portion of the wireless communication network. The current conditions are used to access data in a data storage structure to determine an expected communication speed based on the current network conditions. The expected communication speed for each wireless communication device is transmitted to the wireless communication device and shown on the display. The display of expected communication speed may take various forms, such as a numeric display, graphical display, color display, or an alphabetic display. The network dynamically monitors changes in the current conditions and recalculates the expected communication speed as appropriate." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2008 (12/335,054). 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=8,396,507.PN.&OS=PN/8,396,507&RS=PN/8,396,507 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. -1117681 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |