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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (April 11)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Qualcomm Atheros Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Qualcomm Atheros, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,887) developed by Lawrence W. Yonge III, Summerfield, Fla., for "managing spectra of modulated signals in a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Information is modulated onto frequency components of a signal. The resulting modulated signal includes at least some redundancy in frequency enabling a portion of the information modulated onto selected frequency components to be recovered from fewer than all of the selected frequency components. Controlling the spectrum of the modulated signal includes enabling the amplitude of at least some frequency components of the modulated signal to be set below a predetermined amplitude used for modulating the information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/219,863). 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=84,16,887.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,887&RS=PN/84,16,887 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Voxeo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Voxeo, Orlando, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,416,792) developed by Jonathan R. Taylor, Orlando, Fla., for a "networked computer telephony system driven by web-based applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A networked telephony system and method allow users to deploy on the Internet computer telephony applications associated with designated telephone numbers. The telephony application is easily created by a user in XML (Extended Markup Language) with predefined telephony XML tags and easily deployed on a website. The telephony XML tags include those for call control and media manipulation. A call to anyone of these designated telephone numbers may originate from anyone of the networked telephone system such as the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone System), a wireless network, or the Internet. The call is received by an application gateway center (AGC) installed on the Internet. Analogous to a web browser, the AGC provides facility for retrieving the associated XML application from its website and processing the call accordingly. The architecture and design of the system allow for reliability, high quality-of-service, easy scalability and the ability to incorporate additional telephony hardware and software and protocols." The patent application was filed on Feb. 21, 2011 (13/031,593). 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=84,16,792.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,792&RS=PN/84,16,792 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Dynamic Selection of Channel Assignment for Preserving Power in a Wireless Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,416,724) developed by Patrick D. Koskan, Lake Worth, Fla., for "dynamic selection of channel assignment for preserving power in a wireless device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, information processing system, and wireless communication system for dynamically assigning a communication channel to a wireless device. A request for a communication channel from a wireless device (108) is received. At least a current-drain profile (120) associated with the wireless device (108) is analyzed. The current-drain profile (120) indicates power consumption associated with the wireless device (108) for a plurality of channel frequency bands. A plurality of communication channels is analyzed with respect to the current-drain profile (120). A communication channel is selected from the plurality of communicating channels in response to the analyzing at least the current-drain profile (120). A communication channel assignment comprising the communication channel that has been selected is transmitted to the wireless device (108) in response to the selecting." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2007 (11/773,092). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,416,724&OS=8,416,724&RS=8,416,724 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Dynamically Providing Financial Solution Recommendations ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,417,608) developed by Stefani R. Benefield, Milton, Fla., and Eric E. Ellis, Charlotte, N.C., for "dynamically providing financial solution recommendations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for dynamically building financial solution recommendations based on received inputs. These inputs, which may be received from the customer, an associate collaborating with the customer or from a customer database, may include customer behaviors, customer attitudes, customer life events, customer life interests, customer personal/profile data, customer financial data, such as portfolio data and the like. Based on the received inputs, financial solution recommendations are determined and presented to the customer in real time or near time. As such, the customer is able to instantaneously see how each input of recommendation criteria impacts the financial solution recommendations. Further, embodiments of the present invention provide for inputs to the financial solution recommendation tool/module to be received in a non-linear fashion, such that a customer or a collaborating associate may provide inputs at various entry points to accommodate specific financial solution needs of the customer." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2011 (13/038,132). 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=8,417,608&OS=8,417,608&RS=8,417,608 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent for Personal Data Aggregation, Integration and Access ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,417,604) developed by David Anthony Orr, Cornelius, N.C., and Kim Leah Bunn, St. Johns, Fla., for a "personal data aggregation, integration and access." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage archive is provided for storing personal information and other data from a variety of disparate information sources. The information stored may be later electronically accessed and retrieved by users without requiring the users to carry physical documentation having the information stored thereon. The information may be stored in association with a user's financial account at a financial institution. For example, the information may be indexed or stored in an account identified by the user's financial account number or other financial identifier. In some arrangements, accessing the personal information may include a validation process using a security device separate from a device through which a user is attempting to access the information. Personal information may also be shared among financial account holders based on legal and financial relationships known to the financial institution. A user may also manually assign access privileges to other users." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2010 (12/841,263). 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=8,417,604&OS=8,417,604&RS=8,417,604 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,416,714) developed by Ciprian Agapi, Boca Raton, Fla., William K. Bodin, Austin, Texas, and Charles W. Cross Jr., Boca Raton, Fla., for multimodal teleconferencing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multimodal teleconferencing including receiving, by a multimodal teleconferencing module, a speech utterance from one of a plurality of participants in the multimodal teleconference; identifying the participant making the speech utterance as a current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to the current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference; providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to a multimodal teleconferencing client for display to the current speaker, an identification of the speaker and the content retrieved for the speaker; and providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to one or more of multimodal teleconferencing clients for display to the other participants, an identification of the current speaker with the content retrieved for the one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/535,923). 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=8,416,714&OS=8,416,714&RS=8,416,714 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,417,609) developed by David A. Hill, Jacksonville, Fla., and Tracy R. Beal III, Victor, N.Y., for "methods and systems for modeling deposits' data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods according to the invention preferably determine errors in a financial institutions implementation of production changes, production modifications and/or a new production release by comparing critical interface data from a production cycle to critical interface data from a test environment cycle." The patent application was filed on Aug. 19, 2011 (13/213,478). 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=8,417,609&OS=8,417,609&RS=8,417,609 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,417,511) developed by Aimee Silva, Miramar, Fla., Baiju D. Mandalia, Boca Raton, Fla., and Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., for "dynamic grammars for reusable dialogue components." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for authoring a voice application is provided. The voice recognition process uses a dynamic grammar which obtains data from a backend data source based upon an input in order to create expected results that a speech engine can recognize. The process can retrieve data from at least one of a plurality of back-end data sources and can build a grammar based on the data using at least in part a dynamic grammar builder. The grammar is loaded into the voice recognition application using at least in part the reusable dialog component. A data access service, XSLT processor, or other data accessing framework can be used to facilitate access and manipulation of data in heterogeneous environments." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/616,998). 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=8,417,511&OS=8,417,511&RS=8,417,511 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** CFD Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- CFD Research, Huntsville, Ala., has been assigned a patent (8,417,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "synthetic microfluidic blood-brain barrier." The co-inventors are Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Madison, Ala., Kapil Pant, Madison, Ala., Shivshankar Sundaram, Tampa, Fla., and Ketan Harendrakumar Bhatt, Madison, Ala. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for assaying blood-brain barrier properties for drug and drug delivery vehicle screening comprising of a microfluidic apparatus with gaps separating lumen and tissue space enabling formation of tight junctions similar to in vivo conditions using endothelial cells and brain cells." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2010 (12/726,140). 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=8,417,465&OS=8,417,465&RS=8,417,465 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** PT 259 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- PT 259, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,417,567) developed by Thomas L. DiStefano III, Boca Raton, Fla., for "webpage implementation system with reciprocal links." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A webpage implementation system includes a client computer associated with a first user and a server system. The server system is configured to perform inserting, within a first website associated with the first user, a first functional marketing element associated with a second user; and reciprocally inserting, within a second website associated with the second user, a second functional marketing element associated with the first user and based upon the first functional marketing element being inserted within the first website. The second functional marketing element includes a link to the first website, and the first functional marketing element includes a link to the second website." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2012 (13/668,749). 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=8,417,567&OS=8,417,567&RS=8,417,567 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,417,525) developed by Sheri Gayle Daye, Boca Raton, Fla., Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla., and Fang Wang, Plano, Texas, for an "adaptive voice print for conversational biometric engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, system and/or program product update voice prints over time. A receiving computer receives an initial voice print. A determining period of time is calculated for that initial voice print. This determining period of time is a length of time during which an expected degree of change in subsequent voice prints, in comparison to the initial voice print, is predicted to occur. A new voice print is received after the determining period of time has passed, and the new voice print is compared with the initial voice print. In response to a change to the new voice print falling within the expected degree of change in comparison to the initial voice print, a voice print store is updated with the new voice print." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/702,512). 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=8,417,525&OS=8,417,525&RS=8,417,525 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Revenue Management Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Revenue Management Solutions, Tampa, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,417,564) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for allocating advertising resources." The co-inventors are Thomas Kelly, Dade City, Fla., Nicholas M. Kiefer, Ithaca, N.Y., Michael Lukianoff, Tampa, Fla., and Iassena Stratieva, Tampa, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of allocating advertising resources uses a database that includes a number of business unit characteristics, one being an average allocation of advertising costs over time. A regression coefficient is produced based on the characteristics, wherein a non-linear specification is used for the average allocation of advertising cost characteristic. An impact indicator is assigned based on the how positive the regression coefficient is so that the effect of each characteristic on sales/profits and quantity sold can be determined." The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2004 (10/972,342). 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=8,417,564&OS=8,417,564&RS=8,417,564 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,417,529) developed by Ciprian Agapi, Lake Worth, Fla., Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Boca Raton, Fla., and Leslie R. Wilson, Boca Raton, Fla., for "system and methods for prompting user speech in multimodal devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for prompting user input for a multimodal interface including the steps of providing a multimodal interface to a user, where the interface includes a visual interface having a plurality of input regions, each having at least one input field; selecting an input region and processing a multi-token speech input provided by the user, where the processed speech input includes at least one value for at least one input field of the selected input region; and storing at least one value in at least one input field." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2006 (11/616,682). 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=8,417,529&OS=8,417,529&RS=8,417,529 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,417,192) developed by Vernon T. Brady, Orlando, Fla., and Scott A. Faulkner, Orlando, Fla., for a "radio frequency (RF) transceiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are disclosed for transmitting and receiving RF signals. An exemplary RF transceiver includes a signal generator, a frequency multiplier circuit, a receiver circuit, a transmitter circuit, and a switching device. The signal generator is configured to output a first signal and a second signal. The first signal comprises a local oscillator signal, and a frequency of the second signal is derived from a frequency of the first signal. The frequency multiplier circuit is configured to upconvert the output of the signal generator by frequency multiplication. The receiver circuit is configured to process a received signal using an upconverted first signal, and the transmitter circuit is configured to provide an upconverted second signal to a transmitter channel. The switching device is configured to provide the upconverted first signal to the receiver circuit and the upconverted second signal to the transmitter circuit." The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2008 (12/201,518). 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=8,417,192&OS=8,417,192&RS=8,417,192 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,985) developed by Ernest L. Martin, Orlando, Fla., and Peter Stepniewicz, Orlando, Fla., for a "method, system and computer program product for providing group interactivity with entertainment experiences." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a system and method system for providing group interactivity. The system includes a module that determines a size of an audience in an image provided by an image acquisition device and a module that controls interaction in a small audience environment. In addition, the system includes a module that controls interaction in a large audience environment. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for providing group interactivity. The method operates by determining size of an audience in a image, interacting in a small audience environment and interacting in a large audience environment." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/959,059). 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=8,416,985&OS=8,416,985&RS=8,416,985 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Beckman Coulter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Beckman Coulter, Brea, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,012) developed by Carlos A. Ramirez, Miami, Jaesang Park, Miami, and Jiuliu Lu, Homestead, Fla., for a "non-linear histogram segmentation for particle analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for non-linear histogram segmentation for particle analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a method for analyzing particles comprises creating an initial two-dimensional histogram based on two selected parameters of the particles, filtering the initial two-dimensional histogram to generate a filtered two-dimensional image, detecting a plurality of seed populations in the filtered two-dimensional image, generating one or more linear contour lines, each having a plurality of contour points, to separate the detected seed populations, and adjusting the contour points in at least one of the linear contour lines to separate the detected seed populations." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,756). 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=8,417,012&OS=8,417,012&RS=8,417,012 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Certusview Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Certusview Technologies, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,416,995) developed by Steven E. Nielsen, North Palm Beach, Fla., and Curtis Chambers, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., for an "electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a locate technician, using one or more physical locate marks, identifies a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. A digital image of a geographic area comprising the dig area is electronically received, and at least a portion of the received digital image is displayed on a display device. Location information regarding an identified location of the at least one physical locate mark is also electronically received and, based at least in part on the received location information, one or more digital representations of the identified location of the physical locate mark(s) is/are included in the displayed digital image so as to generate a marked-up digital image. Information relating to the marked-up digital image is electronically stored and/or electronically transmitted so as to generate the searchable electronic record of the locate operation." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/363,046). 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=8,416,995&OS=8,416,995&RS=8,416,995 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,417,225) developed by Von A. Mock, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Jorge L. Perdomo, Boca Raton, Fla., for a "method for coordinating the sharing of contact information between a directory terminal and a portable communication device, as well as providing enhanced user interface context features." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for coordinating the sharing of contacts between a directory terminal (104) and a portable communication device (102) is implemented in one embodiment when the directory terminal receives from the portable device a request to conduct a directory sharing session and a communication device identifier. The directory terminal retrieves screen interface information associated with the identifier and renders a user interface on a display screen (101) of the directory terminal based on the retrieved information. The directory terminal receives a first set of contact records from the portable communication device, wherein each contact record includes a contact name and at least one contact entry. The directory terminal searches a second set of contact records to find contact records containing contact names included in contact records of the first set. Contact entries for common contact records are conveyed to the portable communication device for automatic association with the first set." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2006 (11/641,391). 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=8,417,225&OS=8,417,225&RS=8,417,225 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Communicating Push-to-talk State to a Communication Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,417,186) developed by John B. Preston, Plantation, Fla., and George S. Hanna, Miami, for a "method and apparatus for communicating push-to-talk state to a communication device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, which has a multilayer protocol stack for processing incoming messages, determines PTT state from messages received from a peripheral over a wireless serial communication channel. The apparatus: receives, from the peripheral, a sequence of messages comprising a plurality of data messages (e.g., RFCOMM messages), wherein each of the data messages provides an indication of a PTT state for the apparatus, and wherein the sequence of data messages is received over a short range wireless data path for exchanging priority data that comprises a wireless serial communication channel and that is different from a short range wireless data path for exchanging non-priority data. A pattern detector in the apparatus performs a pattern matching process, within the first two layers of the multilayer protocol stack, to determine the PTT state indicated by each of the data messages and sets the apparatus to have the determined PTT states." The patent application was filed on Aug. 10, 2009 (12/538,458). 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=8,417,186&OS=8,417,186&RS=8,417,186 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,416,938) developed by Gennamin Wood, Oviedo, Fla., and Kevin Forsberg, Oviedo, Fla., for a programmable caller ID. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are disclosed for providing Programmable Caller ID Screening services. One method monitors a telephone call for a call screening request for commercial, residential, and other identifiers of incoming calls. An action is taken in response to the call screening request. The action could be playing an announcement, terminating the connection, forwarding to voice mail, storing the ICLID information in a database, adding the ICLID information to a Do Not Call list, updating a subscriber's profile with the ICLID information, and/or storing the ICLID information in a subscriber's blocked communications list. The call screening request may comprise a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency, a softkey entry, and/or a data message. Subsequent incoming calls from the calling telephone number are characterized as undesirable and are screened from alerting or otherwise establishing a communications connection to the called telephone number." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012 (13/537,185). 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=8,416,938&OS=8,416,938&RS=8,416,938 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ditech Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Ditech Networks, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,927) developed by James Siminoff, Miami Beach, Fla., for a "system and method for limiting voicemail transcription." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for limiting voicemail transcription. The methods include answering a forwarded call from a caller to a subscriber of the voicemail transcription service, outputting an audio message to the caller prompting for the caller to leave a voicemail message, recording the voicemail message from audio of the forwarded call, and transcribing the audio of the forwarded call into text. The step of transcribing may be limited according to one or more of the following criteria: the duration of the recording, the number of characters transcribed, the number of text messages generated and filled from transcribed text, the caller ID of the call, the time the call is received, and the duration of the transcription. The systems include a call handler and a transcriber. At least one of the methods may be embodied by a software product including instructions for executing the steps of the method." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,672). 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=8,416,927&OS=8,416,927&RS=8,416,927 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cyberonics, Flint Hills Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cyberonics, Houston, and Flint Hills Scientific, Lawrence, Kan., have been assigned a patent (8,417,344) developed by John C. Colborn, League City, Texas, Mark G. Frei, Oviedo, Fla., and Ivan Osorio, Leawood, Kan., for a "dynamic cranial nerve stimulation based on brain state determination from cardiac data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device, comprising providing an electrical signal generator; providing at least a first electrode operatively coupled to the electrical signal generator and to a vagus nerve of the patient; sensing cardiac data of the patient; determining at least a first cardiac parameter based upon said cardiac data; setting at least a first value; declaring an unstable brain state of a patient from said at least a first cardiac parameter and said at least a first value; and adjusting the at least a first value. Also, a computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs the method. In addition, the implantable medical device used in the method." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/258,019). 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=8,417,344.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,344&RS=PN/8,417,344 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Reagan Inventions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Reagan Inventions, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,417,377) developed by Leigh M. Rothschild, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., for a "system and method for creating a personalized consumer product." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for creating a personalized consumer product are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enables a user, e.g., a consumer, to customize products containing solids and/or fluids by allowing a server communicating over the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, to provide product preferences of a user to a product or a mixing device, e.g., a product or beverage dispenser. The method for creating a product according to a user's preferences over a network includes the steps identifying a product to a server over the network; identifying a user to the server over the network; retrieving the user's product preferences from a database at the server based on the product's identity and user's identity; transmitting the user's product preferences to the product over the network; and mixing at least one element contained within the product based on the user's product preferences." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2010 (12/854,451). 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=8,417,377.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,377&RS=PN/8,417,377 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. -1121005 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |