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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,401,196) developed by Steven J. Goldberg, Downingtown, Pa., Yogendra C. Shah, Exton, Pa., and Alexander Reznik, Titusville, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for performing JRNSO in FDD, TDD and MIMO communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for performing Joint Randomness Not Shared by Others (JRNSO) is disclosed. In one embodiment, JRNSO is determined in Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) using a baseband signal loop back and private pilots. In another embodiment, JRNSO is determined in Time Division Duplex (TDD) using a baseband signal loop back and combinations of private pilots, private gain functions and Kalman filtering directional processing. In one example, the FDD and TDD JRSNO embodiments are performed in Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) and Single-Input-Multiple-Output (SIMO) communications. In other examples, the FDD and TDD embodiments are performed in Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) and Multiple-Input-Single-Output (MISO) communications. JRNSO is determined by reducing MIMO and MISO communications to SISO or SIMO communications. JRNSO is also determined using determinants of MIMO channel products. Channel restrictions are removed by exploiting symmetric properties of matrix products." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2008 (12/106,926). 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=8,401,196&OS=8,401,196&RS=8,401,196 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,401,252) developed by four co-inventors for a "video retrieval system for human face content." The co-inventors are Henry Schneiderman, Pittsburgh, Michael C. Nechyba, Pittsburgh, Uriel G. Rodriguez, Pittsburgh, and Louis D. Brandy, Pittsburgh. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for video retrieval and cueing that automatically detects human faces in the video and identifies face-specific video frames so as to allow retrieval and viewing of person-specific video segments. In one embodiment, the method locates human faces in the video, stores the time stamps associated with each face, displays a single image associated with each face, matches each face against a database, computes face locations with respect to a common 3D coordinate system, and provides a means of displaying: 1) information retrieved from the database associated with a selected person or people, 2) path of travel associated with a selected person or people, 3) interaction graph of people in video, 4) video segments associated with each person and/or face. The method may also provide the ability to input and store text annotations associated with each person, face, and video segment, and the ability to enroll and remove people from database. The videos of non-human objects may be processed in a similar manner. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/972,831). 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=8,401,252&OS=8,401,252&RS=8,401,252 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** VideoMining Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- VideoMining, State College, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,401,248) developed by Hankyu Moon, State College, Pa., Rajeev Sharma, State College, Pa., and Namsoon Jung, State College, Pa., for a "method and system for measuring emotional and attentional response to dynamic digital media content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a method and system to provide an automatic measurement of people's responses to dynamic digital media, based on changes in their facial expressions and attention to specific content. First, the method detects and tracks faces from the audience. It then localizes each of the faces and facial features to extract emotion-sensitive features of the face by applying emotion-sensitive feature filters, to determine the facial muscle actions of the face based on the extracted emotion-sensitive features. The changes in facial muscle actions are then converted to the changes in affective state, called an emotion trajectory. On the other hand, the method also estimates eye gaze based on extracted eye images and three-dimensional facial pose of the face based on localized facial images. The gaze direction of the person, is estimated based on the estimated eye gaze and the three-dimensional facial pose of the person. The gaze target on the media display is then estimated based on the estimated gaze direction and the position of the person. Finally, the response of the person to the dynamic digital media content is determined by analyzing the emotion trajectory in relation to the time and screen positions of the specific digital media sub-content that the person is watching." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2008 (12/317,917). 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=8,401,248&OS=8,401,248&RS=8,401,248 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Emergency Text Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,401,154) developed by five co-inventors for an emergency text communications. The co-inventors are Piotr Boni, Providence, R.I., Michael Armstrong, Philadelphia, Henning Schulzrinne, Leonia, N.J., Wonsang Song, New York, and Jong Yul Kim, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes one or more devices connected to or within one of a group of emergency services networks. The one or more devices may generate a text message that includes information identifying a user device, information identifying a geographic location of the user device, and information identifying a particular emergency services network of the group of emergency services networks; establish, based on the text message, a text-based communication session between the user device and a call taker device within the particular emergency services network; store session information regarding the text-based communication session; receive a subsequent text message; and transmit the subsequent text message to the call taker device based on the session information." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2009 (12/612,321). 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=8,401,154&OS=8,401,154&RS=8,401,154 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tollgrade Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Tollgrade Communications, Cranberry Township, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,401,061) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for remotely testing a digital subscriber line access multiplexer." The co-inventors are Jeffrey A. Gibala, North Huntingdon, Pa., Matthew G. Cimbala, Saxonburg, Pa., Thomas R. Schneider Jr., Beaver Falls, Pa., Regis J. Nero Jr., Export, Pa., and Gregory L. Quiggle, Cranberry Township, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for testing a modem of a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a pair of modems communicatively coupled to each other by way of a communications path that includes a first DSL communication medium connected to one modem, a second DSL communication medium connected to the other modem, which is part of the DSLAM, and an Ethernet medium connected between the first and second DSL modems. DSL signals can be dispatched from the first (or second) modem via the first (or second) DSL communication medium for receipt by the second (or first) DSL modem via the second (or first) DSL communication medium, whereupon, DSL signals passing from the first DSL communication medium to the second DSL communication medium, or vice versa, are converted into Ethernet packets for transmission over the Ethernet medium and then back into DSL signals." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2007 (12/307,824). 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=84,01,061.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,061&RS=PN/84,01,061 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Beekley Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Beekley, Bristol, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,401,145) developed by Martine M. Boutte, South Glastonbury, Conn., and Raymond Thomas, Douglassville, Pa., for an "imaging sheet and related method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A flexible, durable, sanitary, adhesive-backed sheet is applied to the skin-contacting surfaces of a mammography bucky prior to commencing a mammography procedure, and is removed from the bucky once the procedure is complete, without leaving a residue behind. The sheet is made of a non-woven polymeric material that gives the sheet a fabric-like or cloth feel, and is substantially incompressible in response to forces applied during a mammography procedure. The sheet insulates the patient from the temperature differential between the patient's skin and the bucky surfaces. Additionally, the surface of the sheet is embossed with a texture, markings or raised features to enhance the fabric-like feel." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/604,049). 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=84,01,145.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,145&RS=PN/84,01,145 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Westinghouse Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Westinghouse Electric, Cranberry Township, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,401,142) developed by C. Patrick Keegan, Latrobe, Pa., James H. Scobel, Irwin, Pa., and Richard F. Wright, Greenock, Pa., for a "nuclear reactor vessel fuel thermal insulating barrier." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The reactor vessel of a nuclear reactor installation which is suspended from the cold leg nozzles in a reactor cavity is provided with a lower thermal insulating barrier spaced from the reactor vessel that has a hemispherical lower section that increases in volume from the center line of the reactor to the outer extent of the diameter of the thermal insulating barrier and smoothly transitions up the side walls of the vessel. The space between the thermal insulating harrier and the reactor vessel forms a chamber which can be flooded with cooling water through passive valving to directly cool the reactor vessel in the event of a severe accident. The passive inlet valve for the cooling water includes a buoyant door that is normally maintained sealed under its own weight and floats open when the cavity is Hooded. Passively opening steam vents are also provided." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2007 (11/743,844). 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=84,01,142.PN.&OS=PN/84,01,142&RS=PN/84,01,142 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** HP3 Software Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- HP3 Software, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,401,689) developed by Patrick M. Cawley, Baden, Pa., Phillip David Plant, Zelienople, Pa., and Akos Nagy, Zelienople, Pa., for a "dynamic global scheduler system for a glass production line." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A glass production line comprises a style of lean manufacturing to solve many of the inefficiencies in the scheduling of orders through a glass plant. The main goal of the global scheduler of the present invention will be to dynamically adjust the flow of glass through a glass plant for maximum efficiency." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2009 (12/503,750). 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=8,401,689&OS=8,401,689&RS=8,401,689 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for System, Method, and Computer Software Code for Detecting a Physical Defect Along a Mission Route ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,401,720) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method, and computer software code for detecting a physical defect along a mission route." The co-inventors are Wolfgang Daum, Erie, Pa., Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, Pa., Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, Pa., and Christopher McNally, Girard, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A route defect detection system for a powered system, the route defect detection system including a control system connected to the powered system for application of tractive effort, and a processor to determine an unplanned change in the application of tractive effort and/or otherwise associated with the tractive effort of the powered system. Based on the unplanned change, the processor determines a type of defect encountered along a mission route. A method and computer software code stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor are also disclosed for a powered system to detect a defect along a mission route." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/484,278). 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=8,401,720&OS=8,401,720&RS=8,401,720 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** CNH America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- CNH America, New Holland, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,401,745) developed by Douglas R. Otto, Ephrata, Pa., and Robert L. Fackler, Ephrata, Pa., for a "pressure control system for a hydraulic lift and flotation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A control system is provided to control the rate of pressure rise in a hydraulic lift and flotation system. When a hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic lift and flotation system is to be adjusted, the pressure in the hydraulic lift and flotation system has to be increased to a predetermined pressure controlled by a relief valve before the hydraulic cylinder can be operated. The unload valve of the hydraulic lift and flotation system can be closed in a controlled or regulated manner in order to control the rate at which pressure rises in the hydraulic lift and flotation system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2009 (12/551,697). 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=8,401,745&OS=8,401,745&RS=8,401,745 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Patentmarks Portfolio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- Patentmarks Portfolio, Arlington, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,400,926) developed by Allen D. Kaplan, Miami Beach, Fla., and William F. McCarthy, Erie, Pa., for "multi-protocol telecommunications routing optimization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A telecommunications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the telecommunications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the telecommunications paths." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (11/948,746). 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=8,400,926&OS=8,400,926&RS=8,400,926 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,401,635) developed by Douglas H. Smith, Boothwyn, Pa., Bryan Pfister, Newtown, Pa., and David F. Meaney, Media, Pa., for a "device and method using integrated neuronal cells and an electronic device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a device of integrated neuronal cells interfaced with an electronic device and a method of producing the same." The patent application was filed on June 9, 2011 (13/156,927). 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=8,401,635.PN.&OS=PN/8,401,635&RS=PN/8,401,635 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** HPM Security Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21 -- HPM Security Associates, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,401,488) developed by Robert V. Sulkowski Jr., Washington, Pa., and Ronald W. Zborowski, Eighty-Four, Pa., for a "transient RF detector and recorder." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable device for detecting a radio frequency transmission of electromagnetic radiation includes a housing; a controller situated within the housing; memory communicatively connected to the controller; an antenna connected to the controller and configured to receive the radio frequency transmission; and an audio-generating component connected to the controller. The radio frequency transmission of the electromagnetic radiation is harmful to an electrical device and is from a transient electromagnetic device (TED) threat source. The controller is operative for sensing magnitude, duration, and/or repetition of the radio frequency transmission; identifying a class of the radio frequency transmission based on one of the magnitude, duration, and repetition associated with the radio frequency transmission; and causing the audio-generating component to output tones to provide aural discrimination of an identified class of the radio frequency transmission received by the portable device. The identified class is a transient electromagnetic pulse signal from the TED source." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/081,790). 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=8,401,488.PN.&OS=PN/8,401,488&RS=PN/8,401,488 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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