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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (April 19)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,171) developed by Albert J. Guerini, Gilroy, Calif., for a "disk drive head stack assembly having a laminar flexible printed circuit with a conductive bump extending to a second conductive layer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive head stack assembly includes a laminar flexible printed circuit (FPC) having first and second conductive layers, with a dielectric layer between. An integrated circuit (IC) chip is mounted to the laminar FPC. The IC chip may have a first plurality of terminals closer to the first conductive layer than to the second conductive layer, and second plurality of terminals that is offset towards the second conductive layer relative to the first plurality of terminals. First and second pluralities of conductive bumps contact and connect conductive traces of the first and second conductive layers to the first and second plurality of terminals, respectively. An average height of the second plurality of conductive bumps may be greater than that of the first plurality of conductive bumps. The second plurality of conductive bumps is aligned with and passes through a plurality of openings through the dielectric layer." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2012 (13/405,038). 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=8,422,171&OS=8,422,171&RS=8,422,171 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Grandis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Grandis, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,285) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for providing dual magnetic tunneling junctions usable in spin transfer torque magnetic memories." The co-inventors are Dmytro Apalkov, San Jose, Calif., Xueti Tang, Fremont, Calif., Vladimir Nikitin, Campbell, Calif., Alexander A.G. Driskill-Smith, Redwood City, Calif., Steven M. Watts, Mountain View, Calif., and David Druist, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for providing a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic memory are described. The magnetic junction includes first and second pinned layers, first and second nonmagnetic spacer layers, and a free layer. The pinned layers are nonmagnetic layer-free and self-pinned. In some aspects, the magnetic junction is configured to allow the free and second pinned layers to be switched between stable magnetic states when write currents are passed therethrough. The magnetic junction has greater than two stable states. In other aspects, the magnetic junction includes at least third and fourth spacer layers, a second free layer therebetween, and a third pinned layer having a pinned layer magnetic moment, being nonmagnetic layer-free, and being coupled to the second pinned layer. The magnetic junction is configured to allow the free layers to be switched between stable magnetic states when write currents are passed therethrough." The patent application was filed on Feb. 23, 2011 (13/033,021). 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=8,422,285&OS=8,422,285&RS=8,422,285 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Shallow Trench Discrete Track Media (DTM) and Pattern Transfer Process ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,169) developed by Zhaohui Fan, Fremont, Calif., and David Kuo, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "shallow trench discrete track media (DTM) and pattern transfer process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shallow trench discrete track media structure is fabricated by etching a magnetic recording layer to provide a plurality of discrete magnetic data tracks separated by shallow trenches. Each shallow trench has a trench floor formed at a depth in the magnetic recording layer that is less than the thickness of the magnetic recording layer. Exposed regions of the magnetic recording layer beneath the trench floor are reacted with reactive plasma to diminish the magnetic moment of the exposed regions." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2009 (12/637,428). 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=8,422,169&OS=8,422,169&RS=8,422,169 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Actuator Trace through a Die ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,172) developed by Housan Dakroub, Shakopee, Minn., and Dennis Hogg, Laguna Hills, Calif., for an "actuator trace through a die." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A disk drive is disclosed. The disk drive comprises a disk, a head configured to write data to and read data from the disk, and an actuator configured to position the head relative to the disk. The disk drive also comprises a die including internal circuitry electrically coupled to the head and a bypass trace electrically coupled to the actuator, wherein the internal circuitry comprises one or more preamplifiers and the bypass trace is electrically isolated from the internal circuitry." The patent application was filed on Oct. 1, 2010 (12/895,854). 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=8,422,172&OS=8,422,172&RS=8,422,172 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Field Assisted Switching of a Magnetic Memory Element ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,277) developed by five co-inventors for "field assisted switching of a magnetic memory element." The co-inventors are Xin Cao, Londonderry, United Kingdom, Haiwen Xi, San Jose, Calif., Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, Minn., Robert Lamberton, Limavady, United Kingdom, and Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for writing data to a magnetic memory element, such as a spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM) memory cell. In accordance with various embodiments, a write current is applied through a magnetic memory element to initiate magnetic precession of the element to a desired magnetic state. A flow of a field assist current is subsequently initiated adjacent the magnetic memory element during continued application of the write current to induce a magnetic field upon the element. The field assist current persists after the write current is terminated to provide field assisted precession to the desired magnetic state." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2010 (12/939,751). 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=8,422,277&OS=8,422,277&RS=8,422,277 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Western Digital, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,176) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for providing a magnetic read transducer having a bilayer magnetic seed layer." The co-inventors are Qunwen Leng, Palo Alto, Calif., Laurence L. Chen, Hayward, Calif., Yimin Guo, San Jose, Calif., Yuankai Zheng, Fremont, Calif., and Mahendra Pakala, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for providing a magnetic read transducer is described. The magnetic read transducer includes a bilayer magnetic seed layer, an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer, and a read sensor. The bilayer magnetic seed layer includes a Ni.sub.1-xFe.sub.x layer and a Ni.sub.1-yFe.sub.y layer on the Ni.sub.1-xFe.sub.x layer, where x is at least 0.3 and not more than 1 and where y is not more than 0.19. The AFM layer resides on the bilayer magnetic seed layer. The read sensor is on the AFM layer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2011 (13/297,204). 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=8,422,176&OS=8,422,176&RS=8,422,176 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent for Disk Drive Aperture Channel ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,175) developed by Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, Calif., for "disk drive aperture channel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments described herein relate to a disk drive coupler for reducing particulates in a disk drive. In some embodiments, the disk drive includes a first component having a top surface and a bottom surface, the first component defining an aperture with an interior surface between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a channel on at least one of the top surface, the bottom surface, and the interior surface. In some embodiments, the disk drive coupler includes a fastener configured to be received within the aperture and is configured to secure the first component to a second component. The channel is configured to permit the drawing of air from at least one of the aperture, the top surface, and the bottom surface of the first component before and after the fastener secures the first component to the second component." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/895,625). 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=8,422,175&OS=8,422,175&RS=8,422,175 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Headway Technologies, Sae Magnetics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Headway Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., and Sae Magnetics, Hong Kong, have been assigned a patent (8,422,166) developed by six co-inventors for a "magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a main pole and a shield." The co-inventors are Yoshitaka Sasaki, Santa Clara, Calif., Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, Calif., Kazuki Sato, Milpitas, Calif., Shigeki Tanemura, Milpitas, Calif., Hironori Araki, Milpitas, Calif., and Tatsuya Shimizu, Hong Kong. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic head includes a coil, a main pole, a write shield, and a return path section. The return path section is located forward of the main pole in a direction of travel of a recording medium to thereby define a space. The coil includes a first coil element and second coil elements extending to pass through the space. The second coil elements are located forward of the first coil element in the direction of travel of the recording medium. The return path section includes a first portion located such that the first coil element is interposed between the first portion and the medium facing surface, and a second portion located such that the second coil elements are interposed between the second portion and the medium facing surface." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2012 (13/571,024). 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=8,422,166&OS=8,422,166&RS=8,422,166 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Illumina Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Illumina, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,422,031) developed by Dale Buermann, Los Altos, Calif., and Alexander P. Kindwall, Pleasanton, Calif., for "focusing methods and optical systems and assemblies using the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for controlling a focus of an optical system. The method includes providing a pair of incident light beams to a conjugate lens. The incident light beams are directed by the lens to converge toward a focal region. The method also includes reflecting the incident light beams with an object positioned proximate to the focal region. The reflected light beams return to and propagate through the lens. The method also includes determining relative separation measured between the reflected light beams and determining a degree-of-focus of the optical system with respect to the sample based upon the relative separation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2010 (12/947,367). 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=8,422,031&OS=8,422,031&RS=8,422,031 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,422,011) developed by Lacy G. Cook, El Segundo, Calif., and John F. Silny I, Los Angeles, for a "two material achromatic prism." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spectrometer comprises a detector array and a prism. The prism comprises a first prism element comprising a substantially crystalline crown material, and a second prism element contacting the first prism element, the second prism element comprising a substantially crystalline flint material. The spectrometer further includes optics configured to direct light at least twice through the prism. The prism is configured to disperse light received from the optics at an incident angle therethrough into constituent spectra in visible and infrared wavelength bands that are dispersed from the prism at angles offset from the incident angle. The constituent spectra are directed onto the detector array with approximately equal dispersion across the visible and infrared wavelength bands. Among other things, desirable material selections for the first and second prism elements are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2011 (13/105,616). 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=8,422,011&OS=8,422,011&RS=8,422,011 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Konica Minolta Laboratory USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Konica Minolta Laboratory USA, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,102) developed by Jared Wayne Takeo Clock, Mountain View, Calif., for a "preferred hue selection method for optimizing color image reproduction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method implemented in a color image reproduction system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for optimizing color image reproduction, which process includes the steps of finding preferred hue angles for a memory color, for each preferred hue angle determining a maximum chroma value of its hue slice, selecting two chroma points at a pre-determined percentage of the maximum chroma value, integrating a lightness function of chroma over a range between the two chroma points to calculate an area under a curve of the function, and selecting a preferred hue angle to be used as a gamut mapping target for the memory color based on the result of the area calculation." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2010 (12/894,060). 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=8,422,102&OS=8,422,102&RS=8,422,102 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Multiple Field-angle Optical Alignment Testing ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,422,005) developed by Joseph F. Borchard, McKinney, Texas, and William H. Wellman, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for multiple field-angle optical alignment testing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments provide an optical alignment apparatus that includes a mirror structure having a plurality of mirrors, the mirror structure being configured for mounting a lens. The plurality of mirrors are arranged so as to redirect a collimated beam of radiation into the lens at different angles so as to measure one or more alignment parameter of the lens." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2010 (12/836,051). 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=8,422,005&OS=8,422,005&RS=8,422,005 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,819) developed by Gerard Ziemski, Garden Bay, Calif., for a pillarboxing correction. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A display control device used to govern non-content regions in a display space, and selectively determine data for display in the non-content regions is described. The display control device can identify the non-content regions, and determine types of data that can be filled in the non-content regions. Once determined, the fill data can be presented in the non-content regions concurrently with an image frame." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2012 (13/350,717). 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=8,421,819&OS=8,421,819&RS=8,421,819 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sipix Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Sipix Imaging, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,422,116) developed by Robert A. Sprague, Saratoga, Calif., and Craig Lin, San Jose, Calif., for color display devices. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to color display devices which are capable of displaying multiple color states. The display device comprises a plurality of display cells, wherein each of said display cells is (a) sandwiched between a first layer comprising a common electrode and a second layer comprising a plurality of driving electrodes, wherein at least one of the driving electrodes is a designated electrode, (b) filled with an electrophoretic fluid comprising at least two types of pigment particles dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, and (c) capable of displaying at least four color states. The display device may also comprise hiding layers or a brightness enhancement structure on the viewing side." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2009 (12/416,827). 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=8,422,116&OS=8,422,116&RS=8,422,116 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,422,108) developed by Mark W. Miles, San Francisco, for a "method and device for modulating light with optical compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interferometric modulator (Imod) cavity has a reflector and an induced absorber. A direct view reflective flat panel display may include an array of the modulators. Adjacent spacers of different thicknesses are fabricated on a substrate by a lift-off technique used to pattern the spacers which are deposited separately, each deposition providing a different thickness of spacer. Or a patterned photoresist may be used to allow for an etching process to selectively etch back the thickness of a spacer which was deposited in a single deposition. A full-color static graphical image may be formed of combined patterns of interferometric modulator cavities. Each cavity includes a reflector, and an induced absorber, the induced absorber including a spacer having a thickness that defines a color associated with the cavity." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2009 (12/642,750). 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=8,422,108&OS=8,422,108&RS=8,422,108 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Pixelworks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Pixelworks, Portland, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,421,921) developed by Neil D. Woodall, Newport Beach, Calif., for "post processing displays with on-screen displays." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus has at least one port to receive a data stream of image and on screen display data, an image processor to process the image data separate from the on screen display data and produced processed image data, and a display port to combine the on screen display data and the processed image data and transmit the combined data to a display. A method of processing on screen display data with an image post processor includes receiving a data stream from a video processor at a post processing device having at least one port, the data stream having both image data and on screen display data, separating the on screen display data from the image data, storing the image data and the on screen display data in separate areas of a memory, performing image processing on the image data with the post processor to produce processed image data, and transmitting the processed image data and the on screen display data through a display port." The patent application was filed on July 31, 2009 (12/533,703). 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=8,421,921&OS=8,421,921&RS=8,421,921 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mobilemedia Ideas Assigned Patent for Enhanced Delivery of Audio Data for Portable Playback ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Mobilemedia Ideas, Chevy Chase, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,423,626) developed by James M. Janky, Los Altos, Calif., and Nathan Schulhof, Los Gatos, Calif., for an "enhanced delivery of audio data for portable playback." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for selection by a user and delivery to the user over an internetwork transmission channel of selected audio data files at a delivery rate of at least twice the delivery rate for normal, audibly perceptible playback of an audio data file. The user registers the user's selection of audio material with a central library of audio and/or text data files, and a digitized and optionally compressed omnibus file containing the user's selections is prepared and transmitted to the user at a high data transfer rate. The user receives downloads the selected data files to a personal computer or to a portable storage and playback unit (SPU) that may store and play back digitized text or audio data, using a docking station. The user carries this SPU until the user has an opportunity to audio process and play back the text or audio data files in audibly perceptible form." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2006 (11/431,695). 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=8,423,626&OS=8,423,626&RS=8,423,626 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,606) developed by Kevin Streeter, San Francisco, and Srinivas Manapragada, Fremont, Calif., for a data framing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for fragmenting a media stream (e.g., for HTTP streaming) by generating fragments that can have variable relative durations. The disclosed technologies enable fragmenting the media stream by two or more media streaming server systems to obtain respective sets of fragments having a framing structure that is consistent across the two or more media streaming server systems. Consequently, a client computer system can place HTTP requests for fragments of the media stream, e.g. for switching mid-stream, to any of the two or more media streaming server systems that generated the respective sets of fragments." The patent application was filed on April 27, 2010 (12/768,636). 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=8,423,606&OS=8,423,606&RS=8,423,606 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Processor with Adaptive Multi-shader ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,421,794) developed by Yun Du, San Diego, Calif., Guofang Jiao, San Diego, Calif., and Chun Yu, San Diego, for a "processor with adaptive multi-shader." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure describes an adaptive multi-shader within a processor that uses one or more high-precision arithmetic logic units (ALUs) and low-precision ALUs to process data based on the type of the data. Upon receiving a stream of data, the adaptive multi-shader first determines the type of the data. For example, the adaptive multi-shader may determine whether the data is suitable for high-precision processing or low-precision processing. The adaptive multi-shader then processes the data using the high-precision ALUs when the data is suitable for high-precision processing, and processes the data using the high-precision ALUs and the low-precision ALUs when the data is suitable for low-precision processing. The adaptive multi-shader may substantially reduce power consumption and silicon size of the processor by implementing the low-precision ALUs while maintaining the ability to process data using high-precision processing by implementing the high-precision ALUs." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2007 (11/690,358). 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=8,421,794&OS=8,421,794&RS=8,421,794 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Neustar Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Neustar, Sterling, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,423,634) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for determining cost of website performance." The co-inventors are Timothy P. Drees, Del Mar, Calif., Stella V. Zimmerman, La Mesa, Calif., Doug J. Taylor, Solana Beach, Calif., and Lenny Rachitsky, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for visually and mathematically correlating website performance datasets with analytics datasets and optionally with back end application performance datasets in order to determine if variations in one dataset are caused by or related to variations in another dataset and simultaneously determines the cost of slow or unavailable websites by comparing expected traffic to actual traffic during the slow or errant period." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2005 (11/136,086). 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=8,423,634&OS=8,423,634&RS=8,423,634 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Elo Touch Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Elo Touch Solutions, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,776) developed by Joel Kent, Fremont, Calif., for "acoustic condition sensor employing a plurality of mutually non-orthogonal waves." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A touch input system, comprising a surface, adapted to receive at least one simultaneous touch inputs from human fingers; a sensor adapted to detect the at least one touch inputs and produce at least one signal representing a unique position for the at least one touch input; and a processor, adapted to receive the at least one signal and produce an output representing a touch detection and a mapping of a coordinate position on the surface for each of the simultaneous touch inputs. The system may detect, for example, two touch inputs simultaneously. The surface may be non-planar and distinct from a small solid angle section of a sphere." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2010 (12/686,557). 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=8,421,776&OS=8,421,776&RS=8,421,776 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Western Digital Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,663) developed by George J. Bennett, Murrieta, Calif., for "analog-to-digital converter comprising dual oscillators for linearity compensation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is disclosed operable to convert a sensor signal to a digital value. A differential amplifier responsive to the sensor signal and a reference signal generates a first analog signal representing a first offset above the reference signal and a second analog signal representing a second offset below the reference signal. A first oscillator generates a first output frequency dependent on the first analog signal, and a second oscillator generates a second output frequency dependent on the second analog signal. A difference between the first output frequency and the second output frequency is generated, and the digital value representing the sensor signal is generated in response to the difference." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2011 (13/027,557). 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=8,421,663&OS=8,421,663&RS=8,421,663 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Location Based Technologies Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Determining Location and Tracking Coordinates of a Tracking Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Location Based Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,618) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for determining location and tracking coordinates of a tracking device." The co-inventors are Joseph F. Scalisi, Yorba Linda, Calif., David Butler, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Roger B. Anderson, Arcadia, Calif., Desiree Mejia, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Michael L. Beydler, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device and method to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device are disclosed here. The device includes transceiver circuitry to receive at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; accelerometer circuitry to measure displacements of the portable electronic tracking device; a battery power monitor configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one portion of the transceiver circuitry and location tracking circuitry; and processor circuitry configured to process the at least one portion of the receive communication signal. The method includes receiving at transceiver circuitry of a portable electronic tracking device at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; measuring displacements of the portable electronic tracking device; activating and deactivating at least one portion of the transceiver circuitry and location tracking circuitry; and processing the at least one portion of the receive communication signal using processor circuitry." The patent application was filed on Jan. 23, 2012 (13/356,599). 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=8,421,618&OS=8,421,618&RS=8,421,618 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,597) developed by Yiu Cheong Ho, Fremont, Calif., and Eric Kwong-Hang Tsang, Milpitas, Calif., for a "method and system for adaptive matrix trimming in an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for adaptive matrix trimming in an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDConn. operation. At least one row of an input matrix is accessed. At least one matrix element of the row having a value of zero is detected. During execution of an IDCT multiplication operation on the row for generating an output row, IDCT multiplication operation for a matrix element having a value of zero is skipped." The patent application was filed on Aug. 27, 2004 (10/928,083). 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=8,423,597&OS=8,423,597&RS=8,423,597 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ethertronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Ethertronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,421,685) developed by five co-inventors for a "spatial filter for near field modification in a wireless communication device." The co-inventors are Xiaomeng Su, San Diego, Ting Ting Dong, Shanghai, China, Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, Jeffrey Shamblin, San Marcos, Calif., and Laurent Desclos, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spatial filter is developed for specific absorption rate (SAR) reduction in a wireless device. A conductive element is designed to modify the near field distribution of an antenna operating in a wireless device. This reduces SAR while minimizing degradation of antenna efficiency at one or several frequency bands that the antenna is designed to operate over. Lumped reactance can be designed into the conductive element to generate low pass, band pass, and/or high pass frequency characteristics. Distributed reactance can be designed into the conductive element to replace or to work in conjunction with the lumped reactance. Active components can be designed into the conductive element to provide dynamic tuning of the frequency response of the conductive element." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,322). 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=8,421,685&OS=8,421,685&RS=8,421,685 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for System and Method for Restricting Distribution of Electronic Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,615) developed by Barry Hayes, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "system and method for restricting distribution of electronic messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of restricting distribution of electronic messages may include receiving an electronic message, enabling a recipient of the electronic message to compose a related message that includes at least a portion of the message content, and notifying the recipient if the list of proposed recipients is inconsistent with the distribution restriction information embedded in the received electronic message. The message may include message content and embedded distribution restriction information and the composed message may include a list of proposed recipients." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2006 (11/567,683). 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=8,423,615&OS=8,423,615&RS=8,423,615 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Non-contact and Contact Color Sensor Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,422,016) developed by five co-inventors for a "non-contact and contact color sensor device." The co-inventors are Carl Picciotto, Bellevue, Wash., Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Menlo Park, Calif., Miheer Bhachech, Mountain View, Calif., Melanie M. Gottwals, San Jose, Calif., and Nathan M. Moroney, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for color sensing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of color sensor tolerances for a Non-Contact color sensor device; and a Contact color sensor device, conforming to the set of color sensor tolerances." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,489). 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=8,422,016&OS=8,422,016&RS=8,422,016 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulation of User Interface Objects with Activation Regions ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,762) developed by six co-inventors for a "device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulation of user interface objects with activation regions." The co-inventors are Peter William Rapp, Pittsburgh, Akiva Dov Leffert, San Francisco, Jason Robert Marr, Cupertino, Calif., Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, San Carlos, Calif., and Jay Christopher Capela, Santa Cruz, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computing device with a display simultaneously displays a plurality of user-repositionable user interface objects with one or more activation regions. The device receives a first input from the user. Based at least in part on the first input, the device determines a first plurality of candidate actions for manipulating a user interface object. The device performs a first candidate action of the first plurality of candidate actions as determined in accordance with the first ordering. After performing the first candidate action, the device undoes the first candidate action, receives a third input that is a repetition of the first input, and determines a second plurality of candidate. The second plurality of candidate actions is ordered such that second candidate action in the second plurality of candidate actions has a higher position than the first candidate action in the second ordering. The device performs the second candidate action." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2009 (12/567,699). 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=8,421,762&OS=8,421,762&RS=8,421,762 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Detecting Click Spam ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,640) developed by Ben Smith, Mountain View, Calif., Chad Lester, Redwood City, Calif., and Edward Lyle Karrels, Mountain View, Calif., for "systems and methods for detecting click spam." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system detects spamming. The system identifies normal users visiting a web site and determines an occurrence of spamming on the web site based at least in part on the identified normal users." The patent application was filed on March 21, 2011 (13/052,941). 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=8,423,640&OS=8,423,640&RS=8,423,640 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Engate Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Engate Technology, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,423,618) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for blocking unsolicited electronic mail messages." The co-inventors are Ira Victor Spivack, Reno, Nev., Richard Paul White, Pacific Grove, Calif., Alan Huang, Menlo Park, Calif., and Haw-minn Lu, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The spam blocker monitors the SMTP/TCP/IP conversation between a sending message transfer agent MTA.sub.--0 and a receiving message transfer agent MTA.sub.--1; catches MTA.sub.--0's IP address IP.sub.--0, MTA.sub.--0's declared domain D.sub.--0, from-address A.sub.--0; to-address A.sub.--1, and the body of the message; and uses this source and content information to test for unsolicited messages. It alters the conversation to reject, divert or intercept the message if the message is suspected of being unsolicited." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2010 (12/716,241). 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=8,423,618&OS=8,423,618&RS=8,423,618 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Golba Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Golba, Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,676) developed by Mehran Moshfeghi, Rancho Palo Verdes, Calif., for a "method and system for determining the location of an electronic device using multi-tone frequency signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention include a method of determining a location of a mobile device. The method comprises transmitting a signal between a plurality of known locations and receiving signal at device of unknown location such as a mobile device. The signal may include multiple tones having different frequencies and resulting in sets of residual phase differences. The location of the mobile device may be determined using the known locations and the frequency and phase differences between the transmitted tones. In one embodiment, OFDM signals may be used between an access point and mobile device, for example, to determine the location of the mobile device." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2010 (12/843,868). 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=8,421,676&OS=8,421,676&RS=8,421,676 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Object Detection and User Settings ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,421,747) developed by four co-inventors for "object detection and user settings." The co-inventors are Nadav M. Neufeld, Sunnyvale, Calif., Gionata Mettifogo, Menlo Park, Calif., Charles J. Migos, San Francisco, and Afshan A. Kleinhanzl, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Object detection and user setting techniques are described. In an implementation, an object placed on a surface of the client is detected by the client. A determination is made as to which of a plurality of users correspond to the detected object. One or more user settings are located that correspond to the determined user." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2008 (12/236,691). 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=8,421,747&OS=8,421,747&RS=8,421,747 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Global Trek Xploration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Global Trek Xploration, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,421,617) developed by four co-inventors for a "tracking system with separated tracking device." The co-inventors are Joseph W. Kaminski, Campbell, Calif., Jb Bittner Eriksen, Denver, Ronald L. Pellegrini, Palo Alto, Calif., and Patrick E. Bertagna, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A separated tracking device includes a first portion including a location determining device operative to receive signals from a positioning system, a wireless communication device operative to communicate the location data from the first portion to a second portion of the tracking device, the second portion including a wireless data transceiver operable to transmit the location data to a remote server. In a particular embodiment, the first portion of the tracking device is attached to a first shoe and the second portion of the tracking device is incorporated in a second shoe. In another embodiment, the second portion of the tracking device is incorporated in a hand-held device. A method for manufacturing a separated tracking device and a method of operating a separated tracking device are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2011 (13/323,382). 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=8,421,617&OS=8,421,617&RS=8,421,617 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sybase Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Sybase, Dublin, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,587) developed by Michael Timmons, San Jose, Calif., for a "system and method for real-time content aggregation and syndication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and methodology for real-time content aggregation and syndication is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for assisting a user with extracting items relevant to search queries from documents including items of various types, the method comprises steps of: receiving a search query specifying a search phrase and a particular item type; identifying documents matching the search phrase; for each matching document, determining whether the document includes an item having the particular item type; and extracting items having the particular item type from the matching documents for display to the user. The solution enables a user to aggregate and syndicate content without a professional content manager or complicated content management software tools." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2011 (13/287,287). 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=8,423,587&OS=8,423,587&RS=8,423,587 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ethertronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Ethertronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,421,695) developed by Alf Friman, Vaxjo, Sweden, Xiaomeng Su, San Diego, and Laurent Desclos, San Diego, for a "multi-frequency, noise optimized active antenna." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-frequency, noise optimized active antenna consisting of one or several actively tuned antennas optimized over incremental bandwidths and capable of tuning over a large total bandwidth. One or multiple impedance transformers are connected to the antennas at an optimal location, with the transformers acting to reduce the impedance for optimal coupling to a transceiver/receiver. Active components can be incorporated into the antenna structures to provide yet additional extension of the bandwidth along with increased optimization of antenna performance over the frequency range of the antenna. The radiating elements can be co-located with a ferrite material and/or active components coupled to the element to tune across a wide frequency range." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,662). 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=8,421,695&OS=8,421,695&RS=8,421,695 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ethertronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Ethertronics, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,421,702) developed by six co-inventors for a "multi-layer reactively loaded isolated magnetic dipole antenna." The co-inventors are Laurent Desclos, San Diego, Sebastian Rowson, San Diego, Jeffrey Shamblin, San Diego, Young Cha, San Diego, Chulmin Han, San Diego, and Byoeng Sug Kwak, Gunpo-si, South Korea. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-layer reactively loaded isolated magnetic (IMD) dipole with improved bandwidth and efficiency characteristics to be used in wireless communications and other applicable systems. The multi-layer IMD antenna comprises a first element positioned above a ground plane, a second element positioned above a ground plane and coupled to the first portion. Reactive components are integrated into one or both elements to optimize the frequency response of the antenna. The range of frequencies covered to be determined by the shape, size, and number of elements in the physical configuration of the components. Portions of or the entire ground plane can be removed beneath the elements." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,725). 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=8,421,702&OS=8,421,702&RS=8,421,702 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for User Interface for Web Comments ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,610) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "user interface for web comments." The co-inventors are Michael Cierniak, Palo Alto, Calif., Donn Denman, Los Gatos, Calif., Tony Hsieh, Cupertino, Calif., Yuri Dolgov, St. Petersburg, Russia, Andrey Adaikin, St. Petersburg, Russia, Derek Prothro, San Mateo, Calif., Marc Pawliger, San Jose, Calif., Kansinee Adsanatham, San Francisco, Ario Jafarzadeh, San Francisco, and Vladislav Kaznacheev, St. Petersburg, Russia. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more server devices receive a request associated with a link, where the link is further associated with a comment and where the comment provides an opinion of, or remarks upon, a content of a document. The one or more server devices retrieve a content of the comment associated with the link from a database and retrieve the document. The one or more server devices generate another document that displays the content of the comment and includes a frame that further displays the document, and send the generated another document to the client device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2009 (13/056,817). 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=8,423,610&OS=8,423,610&RS=8,423,610 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,423,607) developed by Athar Saleem, San Diego, Mohammed H. Rashid, San Diego, and Sriram N. Nookala, San Diego, for a "fallback procedures for domain name server update in a mobile IP registration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and/or apparatus for intelligent domain name server selection are provided. A mobile device may wirelessly receive one or more domain name server Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from a network serving agent during a call setup or a network registration. The mobile device then determines whether one or more of the received domain name server IP addresses is valid prior to attempting to contact a domain name server associated with one of the received domain name server IP addresses. A fallback sequence of valid domain name server IP addresses may be generated and provided (either individually or as a group) from a link layer to an application layer for domain name resolution. Received domain name server IP addresses that are geographically closer to a current location of the mobile device or its visited network may be given priority." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2010 (12/791,747). 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=8,423,607&OS=8,423,607&RS=8,423,607 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silver Spring Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,637) developed by four co-inventors for a "system, method and program for detecting anomalous events in a utility network." The co-inventors are Raj Vaswani, Portola Valley, Calif., Jana van Greunen, Redwood City, Calif., Aditi Dubey, Redwood City, Calif., and Kunal Pankaj Shah, Redwood City, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A utility network communication device is provided to detect whether anomalous events occur with respect to at least one node in a utility network. The communication device has recorded therein threshold operating information and situational operating information. The threshold operating information includes data indicative of configured acceptable operating parameters of the nodes in the utility network based on respective locational information of the nodes. The situational information includes data indicative of configured operation data expected to be received from nodes in the utility network during a predetermined time period, based on a condition and/or event occurring during the predetermined time period. The communication device receives operation data from nodes in the network, and determines whether the received operation data from a node in the network constitutes an anomalous event based on a comparison of the received operation data with (i) the threshold operating information defined for the node and (ii) the situational information. The communication device outputs notification of any determined anomalous event." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2010 (12/851,830). 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=8,423,637&OS=8,423,637&RS=8,423,637 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aerohive Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Aerohive Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,631) developed by Carl Steven Mower, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Matthew Alan Palmer, Menlo Park, Calif., for an "intelligent sorting for N-way secure split tunnel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of intelligently sorting packets/datagrams for sending through appropriate branches of a N-way split VPN tunnel according to embodiments of the present invention allow for efficient movement of network traffic to and from a remote network location. Intelligent sorting may be based on a wide range of criteria in order to implement different policies. For example, datagrams may be sorted for sending through the branches of a 3-way split tunnel so that all traffic from a remote network location ultimately destined to servers at a central location may be sent via a secure VPN tunnel, all traffic that matches a "white-list" of trusted external sites may be sent directly to and from these sites to the remote network location, and all other traffic may be redirected through a Web service that scrubs and filters the traffic to/from questionable sites. Furthermore, the VPN tunnel may be chosen to minimize latency, to detour around network failures, or to conserve energy by minimizing the number of routers a datagram passes through." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/649,134). 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=8,423,631&OS=8,423,631&RS=8,423,631 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SanDisk Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- SanDisk Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,423,592) developed by seven co-inventors for a "method and system for accessing a storage system with multiple file systems." The co-inventors are Junzhi Wang, San Jose, Calif., Alon Marcu, Tel Mond, Israel, Ori Stern, Modeen, Israel, Susan A. Cannon, Santa Cruz, Calif., Xian Jun Liu, San Jose, Calif., Chieh-Hao Yang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Po Yuan, Milpitas, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In order to write data to a storage system accessible with a first and second file system, a manager receives a data write request associated with a file. The manager determines if a function supported by the second file system is needed to complete the write request. If so, the file is opened and extended with the first file system. The file is then opened and written to by the second file system. The file is truncated by the first file system, and closed by both file systems. If the second file system function is not needed, the file is opened, written, and closed by the first file system. In order to read data from a storage system using a function supported by the second file system, the second file system's cached storage system index is updated, and then the file is opened, read, and closed by the second file system." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,569). 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=8,423,592&OS=8,423,592&RS=8,423,592 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatuses for Selectively Accessing an Application ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,423,612) developed by six co-inventors for "methods and apparatuses for selectively accessing an application." The co-inventors are Weidong Chen, Palo Alto, Calif., Lei Zhu, Santa Clara, Calif., Min Zhu, Santa Clara, Calif., Chris Kangas, San Jose, Calif., Matthew Sheppard, Campbell, Calif., and David Knight, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses request an application; detect a user requesting the application; detect a profile associated with the user; and grant permission to access the application based on an access parameter." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2007 (11/625,704). 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=8,423,612&OS=8,423,612&RS=8,423,612 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** FTC-Forward Threat Control Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- FTC-Forward Threat Control, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,621) developed by Francis S. Zajac, Mountain View, Calif., Tony Bachta, Goffstown, N.H., and James Peverill, Canton, Mass., for a "sensor and transmission control circuit in adaptive interface package." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A programmable interface module includes a linear power regulator to control and provide power to interfaced components on an as needed basis. The interface module is implemented in, for example, a sensor pack and multiplexed to a plurality of sensor modules. In a first mode, the linear voltage regulator provides a relatively small amount of power which allows a sensor module to output a signal responsive to detecting an environmental condition (e.g., gamma or x-ray radiation, extreme temperatures, etc.). The interface module can switch the linear voltage regulator to a second mode in which the linear voltage regulator ramps up the amount of power provided to a detecting sensor module. The sensor module can then provide a level indicative of a concentration or intensity of the environmental condition. If the level surpasses a predetermined threshold, the sensor pack can output an alert signal to security server." The patent application was filed on Nov. 11, 2011 (13/294,838). 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=8,421,621&OS=8,421,621&RS=8,421,621 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Location Based Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Location Based Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,421,619) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for determining location and tracking coordinates of a tracking device." The co-inventors are Joseph F. Scalisi, Yorba Linda, Calif., David Butler, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Roger B. Anderson, Arcadia, Calif., Desiree Mejia, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Michael L. Beydler, Irvine, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device and method to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device are disclosed here. The device includes transceiver circuitry to receive at least one portion of a receive com 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. -1122024 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |