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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (March 21)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** On-Q Telecom Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- On-Q Telecom Systems, Cheyenne, Wyo., has been assigned a patent (8,401,159) developed by Oren Tal, Tel Aviv, Israel, Reuven Tal, Tel Aviv, Israel, and James Taylor, Fullerton, Calif., for a "data provision to a virtual personal assistant for handling calls in a communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Uploading data to a call connection service by providing data records associated with a call destination in a user-selected manner. Navigation instructions are obtained concerning a particular data record in response to the data navigation instructions. An indication is received to upload the call destination associated with the particular record to the call connection service. In response to the indication, a routine is executed to acquire a portion of the data record and upload the portion to the call connection service in a format suitable for handling. Alternatively, data can be provided to the call completion service in an automated manner, including in response to an unconnectability condition detected during the call process, either during call initiation or after the call has been connected, and when calls are received at a secondary user device." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2008 (12/114,615). 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=8,401,159&OS=8,401,159&RS=8,401,159 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ringrevenue Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ringrevenue, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,172) developed by Robert J. Duva, Santa Barbara, Calif., Colin D. Kelley, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Jason S. Spievak, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "methods and systems for processing and managing telephonic communications using ring pools." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An online and offline communication processing and tracking using data processing and data/voice networks is described. A phone address from a phone address number pool is automatically assigned to a first entity. A call quality rating is determined and recorded. A call from a caller directed to the phone address is received at a call bridging system coupled to at least one network, wherein the call is associated with call signaling information. Based at least in part on the call quality associated with the caller call, the caller call is assigned to a first location in a call queue. An outbound call is generated from the call bridging system and the inbound and the outbound calls are bridged. One or more parameters of the bridged call are compared to the call quality rating. An indication is recorded regarding the successful bridging of the calls in association with an entity identifier." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2012 (13/563,493). 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=8,401,172&OS=8,401,172&RS=8,401,172 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Electronic Device and Headset with Speaker Seal Evaluation Capabilities ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,200) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic device and headset with speaker seal evaluation capabilities." The co-inventors are Victor Tiscareno, Issaquah, Wash., Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, Wendell B. Sander, Los Gatos, Calif., and Christopher Todd Beauchamp, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electronic devices and accessories for electronic devices such as headsets are provided. The electronic devices may produce audio output. The headsets may include earbuds with speakers that play the audio output for a user while the earbuds are located in the user's ears. Circuitry in an electronic device and a headset may be used in evaluating how well the earbuds are sealed to the user's ears. In response to seal quality measurements, informative messages can be generated for the user, overall earbud volume may be increased, balance adjustments may be made to correct for mismatched balance between left and right earbuds, equalization settings may be adjusted, and noise cancellation circuitry settings can be changed. Electrical impedance measurements and acoustic measurements can be used in evaluating seal quality." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2009 (12/622,371). 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=8,401,200&OS=8,401,200&RS=8,401,200 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Multiple Microphone Switching and Configuration ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,178) developed by Shaohai Chen, Cupertino, Calif., and Xingqun Li, San Jose, Calif., for a "multiple microphone switching and configuration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile communications device contains at least two microphones. One microphone is designated by a selector to provide a voice dominant signal and another microphone is designated to provide a noise or echo dominant signal, for a call or a recording. The selector communicates the designations to a switch that routes the selected microphone signals to the inputs of a processor for voice signal enhancement. The selected voice dominant signal is then enhanced by suppressing ambient noise or canceling echo therein, based on the selected noise or echo dominant signal. The designation of microphones may change at any instant during the call or recording depending on various factors, e.g. based on the quality of the microphone signals. Other embodiments are also described." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,517). 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=8,401,178&OS=8,401,178&RS=8,401,178 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,210) developed by Daniel B. Freeman, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "system and method for dynamic control of audio playback based on the position of a listener." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optimal listening position for the multi-channel audio sound system is determined. A listening area and other audio playback controls may also be defined or modified by a listener. During subsequent audio playback, an imager captures images of at least a portion of the listener. When the listener has moved to a position that is different from a previous position, one or more audio parameters are adjusted for at least one channel in the multi-channel audio system in order to reposition the initial or previous optimal listening position to the current position of the listener. When the listener moves outside the listening area, an out of bounds response is initiated to disable or control the audio playback until the listener moves to a position within the listening area." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2006 (11/635,452). 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=8,401,210&OS=8,401,210&RS=8,401,210 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,188) developed by Viswanathan Swaminathan, Fremont, Calif., and Saayan Mitra, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and method for partial encryption of frame-based electronic content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of a system and method for partial encryption of frame-based electronic content are described. Embodiments may include a partial encryption component configured to receive electronic content that includes multiple frames to be displayed according to a chronological sequence. In various embodiments, such frames may include multiple key frames and multiple reference frames. For each reference frame, content of one or more other frames may be dependent on the content of that reference frame. In various embodiments, for each key frame, content of frames to be displayed subsequent to that key frame may not be dependent on content of any frame preceding the key frame in the chronological sequence. In various embodiments, the partial encryption component may be configured to generate partially encrypted content by encrypting a portion of the electronic content without encrypting other portions of the electronic content (e.g., at least some key frames and reference frames)." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/610,043). 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=8,401,188&OS=8,401,188&RS=8,401,188 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,175) developed by Siavash Fallahi, Newport Coast, Calif., and Kevin Brown, Long Beach, Calif., for an "internet protocol telephone system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An internet protocol telephone includes a substrate having an input and an output that are capable of being connected to the internet protocol (IP) network. A relay is disposed on the substrate and is connected between the input and the output of the substrate. The relay includes first and second native FETs that have a threshold voltage of approximately zero volts. Therefore, the relay is nominally turned-on, even when little or no voltage (or power) is applied to the IP telephone substrate, as during the discovery mode of IP telephone operation. During discovery mode, The IP phone is configured to be responsive to extended link pulses and block data packets that are associated with legacy devices. Data packets have a higher signal duration and are more continuous than extended link pulses. The IP phone includes a switchable ground that is connected to the gates of the native devices, and is controlled by a rectifier and filter circuit that are connected to the substrate input. If the IP phone receives legacy data packets during discovery mode, then the high signal duration and continuous nature of the data packets are sufficient to cause the rectifier to generate a rectified signal having sufficient amplitude to activate the switchable ground, so as to ground the gates of the native devices and therefore turn-off the native devices. Therefore, the data packets are rejected and are not passed back to the switch. Extended link pulses have a frequency that is too low to generate a rectified signal that is sufficient to activate the switchable ground, and therefore the native devices remain turned-on. Accordingly, the extended link pulses are passed back to the switch." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/461,354). 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=8,401,175&OS=8,401,175&RS=8,401,175 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,401,153) developed by David B. Small, Dublin, Calif., Steve Wollmershauser, San Antonio, and Yolius Diroo, San Antonio, for a "network to alarm panel simulator for VoIP." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for a system and method for providing a signal to a communication system comprising an interface between a communication link and the communication system, like an alarm system, wherein the interface receives a signal from the communication link and provides a signal indicative of the availability of the communication link for use by the communication system. Alarm systems operations may be facilitated so that Residential Gateway components (such as voice terminal adapters) may simulate traditional telephone network systems that run on 48 VDC powered telephone lines. The system also comprises an input port associated with the interface for receiving the signal from the communication link, a transformer or a voltage regulator and an output port associated with the interface for providing the conditioned signal to the communication system. A ring voltage received from the communication link may be passed through to the alarm system." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2010 (12/832,719). 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=8,401,153&OS=8,401,153&RS=8,401,153 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,191) developed by An Mei Chen, San Diego, and Jangwon Lee, San Diego, for an "efficient broadcast entitlement management message delivery mechanism using a scheduled delivery window." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods include broadcasting an entitlement management message (EMM) in a communication system using a scheduled delivery window. The systems and methods including receiving a EMM broadcast window from a distribution system, listening for the EMM during the EMM broadcast window, and receiving the EMM from the distribution system during the EMM broadcast window." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2009 (12/357,976). 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=8,401,191&OS=8,401,191&RS=8,401,191 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Callwave Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Callwave Communications, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,164) developed by Robert A. Dolan, Santa Barbara, Calif., and David F. Hofstatter, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "methods and apparatus for providing expanded telecommunications service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for putting control of incoming telephone calls in the hands of subscribers with the aid of computer software and the Internet. In effect, a very efficient multiplexer is provided that does not require a change in the behavior of the called party or the calling party. This system permits the called party to hear a spoken message by the calling party in real time, and the content of the spoken message permits the called party to decide how to handle the call. The system adaptively learns and captures the rules of the called party for handling calls, and learns which callers the called party always wishes to talk to. The system uses special control software on the called party's computer which is connected to the Internet. The system employs a central server in which all of the required intelligence is resident. Audio signals are exchanged via non-data channels provided by the telephone companies and by the Internet. Either a very simple Internet busy pick-up is provided, or a very complex messaging system is provided, as desired. A feature is the monitoring and screening of incoming calls before deciding how to handle them. Another feature is the capturing and storage of the decision making profile." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/167,119). 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=8,401,164&OS=8,401,164&RS=8,401,164 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Snap-On Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Snap-On, Kenosha, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,401,236) developed by Thomas L. Kassouf, Port Washington, Wis., Stephen L. Glickman, Los Gatos, Calif., and David A. Jackson, Point Roberts, Wash., for a "method and apparatus for wheel alignment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vehicle wheel alignment method and system is provided. A three-dimensional target is attached to a vehicle wheel known to be in alignment. The three-dimensional target has multiple target elements thereon, each of which has known geometric characteristics and 3D spatial relationship with one another." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/418,091). 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=8,401,236&OS=8,401,236&RS=8,401,236 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EarLens Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- EarLens, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,212) developed by Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, Calif., Rodney C. Perkins, Woodside, Calif., and Jonathan P. Fay, San Mateo, Calif., for a "multifunction system and method for integrated hearing and communication with noise cancellation and feedback management." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, devices and methods for communication include an ear canal microphone configured for placement in the ear canal to detect high frequency sound localization cues. An external microphone positioned away from the ear canal can detect low frequency sound, such that feedback can be substantially reduced. The canal microphone and the external microphone are coupled to a transducer, such that the user perceives sound from the external microphone and the canal microphone with high frequency localization cues and decreased feedback. Wireless circuitry can be configured to connect to many devices with a wireless protocol, such that the user can receive and transmit audio signals. A bone conduction sensor can detect near-end speech of the user for transmission with the wireless circuitry in noisy environment. Noise cancellation of background sounds near the user can improve the user's hearing of desired sounds." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2008 (12/251,200). 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=8,401,212&OS=8,401,212&RS=8,401,212 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,401,181) developed by Christopher R. Lumb, Mountain View, Calif., for a "segment deduplication system with encryption of segments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for storing encrypted data comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive an encrypted segment. The encrypted segment is determined by breaking a data stream, a data block, or a data file into one or more segments and encrypting each of the one or more segments. The processor is further configured to determine whether the encrypted segment has been previously stored, and in the event that the encrypted segment has not been previously stored, store the encrypted segment. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/455,953). 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=8,401,181&OS=8,401,181&RS=8,401,181 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Callwave Communications Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Call Processing and for Providing Call Progress Status Over a Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Callwave Communications, Santa Barbara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,163) developed by Leland Kirchhoff, Santa Barbara, Calif., David Trandal, Santa Barbara, Calif., and David Giannini, Santa Barbara, Calif., for "methods and systems for call processing and for providing call progress status over a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is related to telecommunications, and in particular, to methods and systems for call processing. By way of example, a first call control is visually provided via a Web page in association with search results transmitted to a user computer system, wherein the user submitted to search request to a search engine. An indication is received that the user activated the first call control. A first call is placed to a telephonic address selected by the user. A second call is placed to a telephonic address associated with the first call control. Progress information related to the second call is transmitted to the user computer system in substantially real-time." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2006 (11/582,515). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,401,163&OS=8,401,163&RS=8,401,163 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** EarLens Assigned Patent for Eardrum Implantable Devices for Hearing Systems and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- EarLens, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,214) developed by Rodney C. Perkins, Woodside, Calif., and Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "eardrum implantable devices for hearing systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable device is configured for placement in the eardrum to transmit an audio signal to a user. The device may be configured to improve transmission of an electromagnetic signal including light energy from an input assembly on a lateral side of eardrum to an output assembly positioned on a medial side of the eardrum, for example at least partially in the middle ear of the user. The output assembly may include a transducer or at least two electrodes configured to stimulate the cochlea, for example. The device may include an opening to transmit the light signal or an optic to transmit the light signal. Alternatively the device may be configured to support a transducer of the output assembly with the eardrum when the device is implanted in the eardrum, such that the eardrum vibrates in response to the signal electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal may include light energy for a magnetic field." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (12/818,449). 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=8,401,214&OS=8,401,214&RS=8,401,214 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** KSC Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- KSC Industries, Chula Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,202) developed by Eric Blackwell Brooking, San Diego, for "speakers with a digital signal processor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A speaker with a digital signal processor is disclosed. In one aspect, a speaker comprises at least one electromechanical transducer configured to convert an electrical audio signal into sound and a digital signal processor configured to process an audio signal and send the processed audio signal to the electromechanical transducer directly or indirectly." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2008 (12/053,505). 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=8,401,202&OS=8,401,202&RS=8,401,202 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Monster Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Monster, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,401,197) developed by Noel Lee, Las Vegas, and Demian Martin, San Leandro, Calif., for an "audio power monitoring system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio power display provides a signal and an update rate. An audio power monitoring system comprises a digital display unit including at least one light-emitting display element and a rapid update rate. The digital display unit displays signal levels at the rapid update rate to emphasize the dynamic nature of music. In one embodiment, the display update rate is varied to increase proportionally to increases in signal level, and decrease proportionally to decreases in signal level to further represent the dynamic nature of music." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2003 (10/655,498). 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=8,401,197&OS=8,401,197&RS=8,401,197 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Headset Connector ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,219) developed by four co-inventors for a headset connector. The co-inventors are M. Evans Hankey, San Francisco, Emery Sanford, San Francisco, Christopher D. Prest, Mountain View, Calif., and Way Chet Lim, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Headset assemblies and headset connectors are provided. Headset connectors can include a magnetic mating face and a plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the mating face. Engaging assemblies and engaging connectors are also provided. The engaging connectors can include a housing having a mating side, a magnetic array structure, and a plurality of spring biased contact members. The magnetic array structure can be fixed within the housing and house a plurality of spring biased contact members. The spring biased contact members can include tips that extend out of the mating side. The tips can electrically couple with electrical contacts in a headset connector." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/824,444). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,401,219&OS=8,401,219&RS=8,401,219 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Virginia Venture Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Virginia Venture Industries, Centreville, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,401,223) developed by Kenneth A. Abeloe, Carlsbad, Calif., for "embedding and decoding three-dimensional watermarks into stereoscopic images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed inventions relates to methods and systems for encoding at least one watermark into a stereoscopic conjugate pair of images. An example method comprises the step of encoding the at least one watermark by shifting selected pixels of said pair of images in one or more directions. The one or more directions include a horizontal direction. In the disclosed embodiments, ancillary information is not required to support decoding of encoded watermarks in addition to the transmitted left and right images." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,424). 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=8,401,223&OS=8,401,223&RS=8,401,223 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aspect Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Aspect Software, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,401,170) developed by Prabhuram Mohan, San Jose, Calif., for a "method of using VOIP for callback from an ACD." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus are provided for establishing a communication connection between a client of an organization and an agent of the organization. The method includes the steps of an automatic call distributor of the organization receiving a call from the client, the automatic call distributor detecting an IM handle of the client from the call and the automatic call distributor establishing a VOIP connection between the client and agent of the organization using the IM handle." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2006 (11/497,891). 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=8,401,170&OS=8,401,170&RS=8,401,170 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,401,167) developed by William H. Allen, Pleasanton, Calif., Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Robert B. Lasken, Schaumburg, Ill., for an "international origin dependent customized routing of calls to toll-free numbers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A customized routing service platform for routing international communications includes a receiver that receives, from an international gateway via a network node, international communication origination data for an international communication to a customer's communication address. A database server receives customer routing instructions from the customer via a web server. The database server stores the received customer routing instructions. The database server also retrieves stored customer routing instructions, and determines a destination communication address based on the international communication origination data and the retrieved customer routing instructions. A forwarder forwards the destination communication address to the network node for routing the international communication to the destination communication address." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/323,510). 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=8,401,167&OS=8,401,167&RS=8,401,167 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ubiquiti Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Ubiquiti Networks, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,400,997) developed by Robert J. Pera, San Jose, Calif., and Sriram Dayanandan, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "wireless network communication system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system comprising one or more wireless stations programmed to await for an authorizing signal to initiate wireless communications with a network controller or access point. The network controller maintains identification information in different queues, said queues based upon the wireless station's activity. The wireless station identification information is moved between the different queues in response to wireless station activity. Between polling, each mobile station aggregates data for the next opportunity to transmit. Multi-polling may be employed such that more than a single station is polled at a time. Polling is accomplished by polling one of the more active station along with a less active station. The less active station is unlikely to transmit, so collisions are avoided to a certain degree. If a lesser active station becomes active, it is moved into the more active queue and consequently will be polled more often." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2009 (12/534,120). 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=84,00,997.PN.&OS=PN/84,00,997&RS=PN/84,00,997 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nextel Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,400,981) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for providing registration coverage in a telecommunications network." The co-inventors are Michael R. Hobson, Sterling, Va., Bryan Achziger, Aurora, Colo., Todd D. Fleming, Rensselaer, N.Y., Edward Nichols, Tustin, Calif., and Patricia V. Wright, Tampa, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for providing registration coverage in a telecommunications network is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the method, the method includes determining a registration coverage hole in the telecommunications network, providing a single pilot site in proximity to the registration coverage hole, and broadcasting a single registration channel in a 360 degree pattern by the single pilot site. In accordance with an embodiment of the system of the present invention, the system includes the single pilot site in proximity to the registration coverage hole, where the single pilot site broadcasts the single registration channel in a 360 degree pattern." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2009 (12/496,337). 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=84,00,981.PN.&OS=PN/84,00,981&RS=PN/84,00,981 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Sequencing and Correlating a Positioning Reference Signal ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,111) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for sequencing and correlating a positioning reference signal." The co-inventors are Ashwin Sampath, Skillman, N.J., Ravi Palanki, San Diego, Aamod D. Khandekar, San Diego, and Raja Sekhar Bachu, Somerset, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects are disclosed for sequencing and correlating a positioning reference signal. A set of reference symbols associated with a reference signal are allocated, and a base sequence is generated. An extended sequence, which includes the set of reference symbols, is then provided according to the base sequence. The extended sequence is then transmitted in a sub-frame designated as an idle period. A sequence of reference symbols is received from a base station during an idle period of the base station. A replicated sequence of reference symbols is generated, and a correlation is ascertained between a subset of the received sequence of reference symbols and a corresponding subset of the replicated sequence of reference symbols. The received sequence of reference symbols is then identified according to the correlation." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,395). 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=84,01,111.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,111&RS=PN/84,01,111 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Device Attachment and Bearer Activation Using Cell Relays ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,068) developed by five co-inventors for a "device attachment and bearer activation using cell relays." The co-inventors are Fatih Ulupinar, San Diego, Gavin B. Horn, La Jolla, Calif., Parag A. Agashe, San Diego, Nathan E. Tenny, Poway, Calif., and Yongsheng Shi, Falls Church, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate assigning TEIDs, or portions thereof, to UEs or other devices during network attachment and/or dedicated bearer activation using one or more cell relays. Relay eNBs can request bearer establishment from a UE, which can be based on receiving an attach accept from an upstream node during attachment for the UE, receiving a bearer setup request from the upstream node, and/or the like. Once a bearer establishment response is received from the UE, the relay eNBs can store a TEID relating to the bearer. This can be a TEID that is at least partially received in the attach accept or bearer setup message, generated for the UE upon receiving the bearer establishment response, and/or the like. The TEID, or portion thereof, can be utilized for subsequent packet routing to the UE through one or more cell relays." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/604,189). 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=84,01,068.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,068&RS=PN/84,01,068 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spidercloud Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Spidercloud Wireless, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,055) developed by Colin Campbell, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Oliver Charlesworth, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Peter Worters, Menlo Park, Calif., for "communications methods and apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus for recovering symbols from control and data channels corresponding to a plurality of users is described. Samples corresponding to control channel signals from multiple users are processed on a time shared basis with various control channel processing elements being reused multiple times to processes the samples and recover signals, e.g., symbols, corresponding to the plurality of users. While the control channel processing elements are used on a time shared basis, a separate data channel processing chain or module maybe provided for each of the plurality of users. In some embodiments the order of despreading and filtering is reversed for the control and data channel signal processing." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,400). 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=84,01,055.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,055&RS=PN/84,01,055 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.Y., have been assigned a patent (8,401,071) developed by Jeongnam Youn, San Jose, Calif., and Yuji Wada, Tokyo, for a "virtually lossless video data compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method of performing YUV (or YCrCb) video compression prior to storage within a memory and decompression upon retrieval of the blocks from memory. Compression is performed utilizing a quantizer to compress video data to a desired overall compression ratio R, even though the luma and chroma contributions to compression can differ for each subblock, each preferably selected in response to texture estimation. Selections are made for each subblock to perform either linear or non-linear quantization during compression. Compression is performed without utilizing data from blocks outside of the block being compressed, wherein video blocks can be retrieved and decompressed in any desired order. In one implementation, an encoder non-sequentially selects blocks from memory which are then decompressed and encoded. The compression may be beneficially utilized in a number of different video transmission and storage applications without departing from the invention." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,419). 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=84,01,071.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,071&RS=PN/84,01,071 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ViaSat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,038) developed by Donald W. Becker, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., Matthew D. Nimon, Hinckley, Ohio, and William H. Thesling, Hudson, Ohio, for a "false lock detection for physical layer frame synchronization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, devices, processors, and methods are described which may be used for the reception of a wireless broadband signal at a user terminal from a gateway via a satellite. A wireless signal may include a series of physical layer frames, each frame including a physical layer header and payload. The received signal is digitized and processed using various novel physical layer headers and related techniques to synchronize the physical layer frames and recover data from physical layer headers for purposes of demodulation and decoding." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2009 (12/486,587). 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=84,01,038.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,038&RS=PN/84,01,038 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Systems, Apparatus and Methods to Facilitate Physical Cell Identifier Collision Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,033) developed by five co-inventors for "systems, apparatus and methods to facilitate physical cell identifier collision detection." The co-inventors are Ravi Palanki, San Diego, Naga Bhushan, San Diego, Aamod D. Khandekar, San Diego, Ashwin Sampath, Skillman, N.J., and Raja S. Bachu, Somerset, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating collision detection are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include: receiving identifying information during one or more time intervals from a plurality of base stations; determining whether at least two different values of the identifying information from the plurality of base stations have been transmitted during the same time interval; and determining that a collision has occurred between at least two of the plurality of base stations in response to determining that the at least two different values of the identifying information from the plurality of base stations have been transmitted during the same time interval." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,290). 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=84,01,033.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,033&RS=PN/84,01,033 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for System and Method for Multi-row Decoding of Video with Dependent Rows ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,084) developed by Alexander MacInnis, Los Altos, Calif., for a "system and method for multi-row decoding of video with dependent rows." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for decoding digital video by processing multiple regions of an image in parallel, even when there are dependencies between rows in the image, are disclosed. The method generally involves decoding multiple rows concurrently, with the start of decoding of a given row being delayed until portions of the other rows on which the given row depends have been decoded. The system generally comprises parallel processors, with one processor typically decoding one row and another processor typically decoding the row above it. In accordance with the present invention, however, any number or type of processors can decode, or perform decoding functions on, the image in parallel." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2002 (10/141,569). 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=84,01,084.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,084&RS=PN/84,01,084 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,400,987) developed by Gavin D. Holland, Oak Park, Calif., Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Hariharan Krishnan, Troy, Mich., for "systems and methods for multi-channel medium access control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for controlling communication on a control channel and service channels of an ad hoc wireless network includes periodically switching to the control channel during a control interval, periodically switching to one of the service channels during a service interval, and variably switching to another of the service channels during the service interval." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (12/762,431). 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=84,00,987.PN.&OS=PN/84,00,987&RS=PN/84,00,987 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adeptence Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Adeptence, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,118) developed by Ismail Lakkis, San Diego, for a "method and apparatus for constant envelope demodulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for demodulating CPM modulated signals transmitted in a wired or wireless communication system using a linear modulation model consisting of a linear superposition of time pulses modulated using pseudo-PSK pulses." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2009 (12/481,429). 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=84,01,118.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,118&RS=PN/84,01,118 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NetLogic Microsystems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,064) developed by Andrew Lin, Menlo Park, Calif., and Faramarz Bahmani, San Jose, Calif., for "systems, circuits and methods for adapting parameters of components in a receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver is optimized by adapting parameters of components within the receiver. Various component parameters are adapted by using either a least means squared algorithm or a steepest descent algorithm. The taps of a decision feedback equalizer can be adapted by using either a least means squared algorithm or a steepest descent algorithm. The gain value of a linear equalizer and the input of a digital to analog converter coupled to the linear equalizer are also adapted through the least means squared algorithm or a steepest descent algorithm. A variable gain amplifier is also capable of being adapted through the use of the least means squared algorithm. Clock offsets are also configured by use of a steepest descent algorithm." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,819). 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=84,01,064.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,064&RS=PN/84,01,064 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Proximetry Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Proximetry, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,021) developed by Wladyslaw Jan Buga, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., and Tracy Raymond Trent, San Diego, for "systems and methods for prioritizing wireless communication of aircraft." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for wireless communication of aircraft. The method includes, inter alia, in any feasible order, (1) in accordance with detecting a touchdown of the aircraft, assigning a first priority for transmitting information and a second priority for receiving media content; (2) in accordance with detecting an arrival of the aircraft at the gate, assigning a third priority for receiving media content; (3) in accordance with detecting a departure of the aircraft, assigning the first priority for transmitting information and the second priority for receiving media content; and (4) in accordance with detecting a departure ready of the aircraft, assigning a fourth priority for receiving essential media content and the second priority for receiving other media content. The first priority is greater than the second priority; and the fourth priority is greater than the second priority." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2011 (13/272,947). 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=84,01,021.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,021&RS=PN/84,01,021 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,401,058) developed by Lawrence K. Lam, San Jose, Calif., and Albert T. Ngo, San Jose, Calif., for a "channelized amplifier system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A channelized amplification system and method for mitigating non-linear amplification effects and controlling spectral re-growth is disclosed. A channelized amplifier system includes a frequency divider, a plurality of distributors coupled to the frequency divider, and a plurality of amplification modules coupled to the plurality of distributors. Each of the plurality of amplification modules includes a plurality of channelized non-linear amplifiers, a frequency combiner having a plurality of band-pass filters and coupled to the plurality of channelized non-linear amplifiers, and a band-pass filter coupled to the frequency combiner." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2010 (12/772,884). 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=84,01,058.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,058&RS=PN/84,01,058 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Airvana Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Airvana, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,400,989) developed by Shi Baw Ch'ng, North Billerica, Mass., and Ambika Pajjuri, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "activating private access points for wireless networking." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A unique identifier is associated with a personal access point. The personal access point is distributed to an end user, who sends a text message including the identifier. Within an automated computer system, the text message is received, a billing account is associated with the personal access point on the basis of the text message, and the personal access point is activated to provide wireless access to a network." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2007 (11/735,107). 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=84,00,989.PN.&OS=PN/84,00,989&RS=PN/84,00,989 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Violin Memory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Violin Memory, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,402,198) developed by four co-inventors for "mapping engine for a storage device." The co-inventors are Erik de la Iglesia, San Jose, Calif., Som Sikdar, San Jose, Calif., David Parker, San Jose, Calif., and Dommeti Sivaram, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hardware search structure quickly determines the status of cache lines associated with a large disk array and at the same time reduces the amount of memory space needed for tracking the status. The search structure is configurable in hardware to different cache line sizes and different primary and secondary index sizes. A maintenance feature invalidates state record entries based both on their time stamps and on associated usage statistics." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,255). 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=8,402,198&OS=8,402,198&RS=8,402,198 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,026) developed by Pirabhu Raman, San Jose, Calif., Sanjay Sane, Fremont, Calif., and Kalyan Ghosh, Santa Clara, Calif., for "achieving about an equal number of active links across chassis in a virtual port-channel environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Two or more network devices can automatically coordinate to aggregate ports into virtual port channels. Ports of the port channel can be automatically assigned priorities to achieve about an equal distribution of active links across the two or more network devices." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,675). 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=84,01,026.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,026&RS=PN/84,01,026 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Femtocell Discovery and Association in Cellular Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,400,985) developed by Sassan Ahmadi, Portland, Ore., and Shahrnaz Azizi, San Diego, for a "femtocell discovery and association in cellular networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of a method and apparatus for discovery and association, by a mobile station, of a femto base station from a plurality of base stations. The mobile station may select a base station for consideration for association by decoding a physical layer identifier to determine that the base station is a macro base station and select a different base station based on other considerations. Other embodiments may be described and claimed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/646,560). 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=84,00,985.PN.&OS=PN/84,00,985&RS=PN/84,00,985 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,401,078) developed by Gary A. Demos, Culver City, Calif., for an "interpolation of video compression frames." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2011 (12/986,220). 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=84,01,078.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,078&RS=PN/84,01,078 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** On-Ramp Wireless Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- On-Ramp Wireless, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,054) developed by Theodore J. Myers, La Jolla, Calif., Daniel Thomas Werner, San Diego, and Kenneth C. Sinsuan, San Diego, for a "power detection in a spread spectrum system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure relates to method, device and system for selecting a device for communication in a communication system. A node receives a spread signal from a first transmitter and a second transmitter. The node despreads the spread signal with a first spreading code into a first frame and determines a first receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) from the first frame. The node despreads the spread signal with a second spreading code into a second frame and determines a second RSSI from the second frame. The node selects an access point based in part on the first RSSI and the second RSSI. The node transmits an uplink signal to the access point based on a slot start time and a random timing offset. The node transmits while a portion of a second signal is transmitted from a second node such that both the uplink signal and the second signal are received." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/366,848). 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=84,01,054.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,054&RS=PN/84,01,054 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dolby Laboratories Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Dolby Laboratories Licensing, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,401,863) developed by Vinay Melkote, San Mateo, Calif., and Charles Q. Robinson, Piedmont, Calif., for "audio encoding and decoding with conditional quantizers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some methods may involve receiving a frame of encoded audio data that includes transform coefficient data. The transform coefficient data may include exponent data and mantissa data. The mantissa data may include mantissa values that were encoded with uniform or non-uniform boundaries of quantization intervals. The mantissa values may be reconstructed based, at least in part, on exponent profile data. Based on the exponent profile data, statistics regarding the pre-quantization mantissas values may be inferred. The exponent profile data may include exponent differential data. Some such exponent differential data may be exponent difference pairs, though more than two exponent differential data points may be evaluated in alternative methods. At each frequency bin, mantissa value reconstruction may be conditioned on the exponent differential data, e.g., on the exponent difference pairs." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,144). 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=8,401,863&OS=8,401,863&RS=8,401,863 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Refinement Coefficient Coding in Video Compression ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,401,082) developed by Yan Ye, San Diego, and Yiliang Bao, San Diego, for "methods and systems for refinement coefficient coding in video compression." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for coding refinement coefficients in a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scalable enhancement layer of a compressed video sequence is disclosed. A video sequence is received. A prediction of an original video signal in a current frame is constructed from the video sequence. A residual signal is formed by subtracting the prediction of the original video signal from the original video signal in the current frame. A transform is applied to the residual signal. A plurality of transform coefficients is quantized. A refinement coefficient is mapped to a ternary refinement symbol. Refinement symbols are grouped in a certain coding order. The refinement symbol groups are coded using variable length codes." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2006 (11/502,883). 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=84,01,082.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,082&RS=PN/84,01,082 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 8x8 Inc. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- 8x8 Inc., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,003) developed by Marc Petit-Huguenin, Saratoga, Calif., and Bryan R. Martin, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and system for updating physical location information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for updating physical location data associated with a VoIP endpoint device is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, a VoIP endpoint device stores an identifier for a packet-communicating device which is subject to changing. The VoIP endpoint device has an interface for communication over the Internet via the packet-communicating device and uses a circuit-implemented method for prompting a VoIP user to update physical location data associated with the VoIP endpoint device. In response to a power state transition and a change in the stored identifier, the VoIP endpoint device facilitates an update to the physical location data associated with the VoIP service." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2006 (11/384,966). 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=84,01,003.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,003&RS=PN/84,01,003 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,401,075) developed by Kevin S. Wirick, Olivenhain, Calif., for a "hybrid video encoder including real-time and off-line video encoders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus is provided for encoding a video signal stream. 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