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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (April 25)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,165) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for decoding OFDM signals subject to narrowband interference." The co-inventors are Raymond Yim, Cambridge, Mass., Amitav Mukherjee, Irvine, Calif., Philip V. Orlik, Cambridge, Mass., Chunjie Duan, Brookline, Mass., and Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method estimates a wireless channel at a receiver. The signal is transmitted using narrowband orthogonal frequency division demultiplexing (OFDM) and frequency subcarriers, and the signal includes a set of data tones and a set of pilot tones. The channel and pilot tone interference are estimated based on all the pilot tones extracted from the signal and a channel model. The set of data are equalized based on the channel estimate. Data interference is detected according to the pilot interference and the equalized data tones. Subcarrier interference-to-noise ratios are determined based on the data interference. Signal strengths of the data tones are determined based on the equalized data tones, log-likelihood ratios of bits represented by the data tones are determined based on the subcarrier interference-to-noise ratios and the signal strength of the data tones." The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2010 (12/982,636). 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=84,28,165.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,165&RS=PN/84,28,165 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rhythmia Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Rhythmia Medical, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,700) developed by Doron Harlev, Brookline, Mass., and Brian Stewart, North Reading, Mass., for an electroanatomical mapping. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to the determination and/or representation of physiological information relating to a heart surface." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2011 (13/182,830). 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=8,428,700.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,700&RS=PN/8,428,700 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** American Superconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- American Superconductor, Devens, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,671) developed by Srivatsan Sathyamurthy, Waltham, Mass., and Martin W. Rupich, Framingham, Mass., for a "thick oxide film by single coating." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An article including a substrate and a layer of a homogeneous metal-oxyfluoride intermediate film disposed on the substrate, the intermediate film containing a rare earth metal, an alkaline earth metal, and a transition metal. The intermediate film has a defect density less than 20 percent and, upon thermal treatment, is capable of converting to a homogeneous rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal-oxide superconductor film with a stoichiometric thickness greater than 1 .mu.m and up to 5 .mu.m. Also disclosed is another article including a substrate and the homogeneous superconductor film with a stoichiometric thickness greater than 1 .mu.m and up to 5 .mu.m. Further, methods of making these two articles are described." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,064). 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=8,428,671.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,671&RS=PN/8,428,671 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Medicomp Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Medicomp, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,428,705) developed by four co-inventors for an atrial fibrillation detection. The co-inventors are Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, Mass., Lucy Gibson, Belmont, Mass., Paul Albrecht, Bedford, Mass., and Paul Grimshaw, Acton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Atrial fibrillation is detected in an electrical signal representative of a beating heart by measuring atrial activity over a time window of three or more beats, measuring beat interval variation over the time window and combining the measures of atrial activity and beat interval variation to produce an indication of an atrial fibrillation condition in the electrical signal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2009 (12/564,271). 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=8,428,705.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,705&RS=PN/8,428,705 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- General Hospital, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,428,719) developed by Vitaly Napadow, Chelsea, Mass., for "systems and methods for respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Neurostimulation is provided to afferent nerve fibers of an auricular vagal nerve of a patient. The neurostimulation is harmonized with the pulmonary activity of the patient. In one implementation, a neurostimulation is gated to a portion of the respiratory cycle. For example, the auricular vagal nerve may be stimulated at the end of exhalation. In another implementation, a stimulation regiment to multiple electrodes are harmonized with pre-selected triggers within the respiratory cycle to achieve selective stimulation and/or bilateral stimulation." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (13/260,866). 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=8,428,719.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,719&RS=PN/8,428,719 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Juniper Networks Assigned Patent for Scalable Central Memory Switching Fabric ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,055) developed by David Lipschutz, Lexington, Mass., John C. Carney, Bedford, Mass., and Thomas V. Radogna, Westboro, Mass., for a "scalable central memory switching fabric." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system receives a set of datagrams and forms frames based on the datagrams, where at least one of the frames includes data associated with multiple ones of the datagrams. The system writes the frames to memory to form superframes in the memory, where each of the superframes includes multiple ones of frames. The system reads the superframes from the memory, recreates the datagrams based on the superframes, and outputs the datagrams." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2011 (13/018,069). 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=84,28,055.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,055&RS=PN/84,28,055 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Transmit Equalizer Compensation for Probe Receivers ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,114) developed by Larry R. Tate, Hopkinton, Mass., and Harry R. Rogers, Andover, Mass., for a "transmit equalizer compensation for probe receivers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Transmit equalization over high speed digital communication paths may be compensated in a receiver for a probe on that path. In one example, a probe input provides a signal from an electronic communications path, the signal having been processed by a transmit equalizer. A filter circuit processes the signal to compensate for the transmit equalizer, and a decoder decodes the processed signal and produces an output for use by test equipment." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/604,297). 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=84,28,114.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,114&RS=PN/84,28,114 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Savant Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Savant Systems, Hyannis, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,089) developed by Michael E. Noonan, Sandwich, Mass., Michael C. Silva, East Sandwich, Mass., and Wilson Callan, Sandwich, Mass., for "location-based sharing of multimedia control resources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a multimedia resource is shared among a plurality of devices based upon a physical location of an active wireless endpoint unit within a structure. Devices are associated with corresponding zones within the structure. Each device provides functionality within the device's corresponding zone. Using one of a number of techniques, the physical location of the active wireless endpoint unit is determined to be within a particular zone. In response, one or more devices associated with the particular zone are provided with access to the multimedia control resources. Access is withheld to one or more other devices associated with another zone that is remote from the physical location of the active wireless endpoint unit." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2012 (13/532,370). 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=84,28,089.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,089&RS=PN/84,28,089 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,684) developed by Scott R. Coggins, Palmer, Mass., for a "medical electrode with self-lifting tabs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A medical electrode includes a backing layer having a top face and a bottom face, and a shrinkable layer covering at least a portion of the top face of the backing layer. Shrinkage of the shrinkable layer results in flexing of a portion of the backing layer to aid placement and attachment of the electrode to the patient." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2010 (12/947,875). 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=8,428,684.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,684&RS=PN/8,428,684 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,008) developed by Ramesh Annavajjala, Quincy, Mass., and Philip Orlik, Cambridge, Mass., for "implicit channel sounding for closed-loop transmission in MIMO-OFDM wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Symbols are encoded in a transmitter of a wireless network that uses multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) by partitioning the sub-carriers to be used for transmitting the symbol into a set of K groups of contiguous sub-carriers. For each group k of N.sub.K-1 modulation symbols D.sub.k(1), D.sub.k(2), . . . , D.sub.k(N.sub.K-1), the modulation symbol D.sub.k(n), for group k, is mapped to a corresponding mapped modulation symbols X.sub.k(n) according to .function..times..times..times..function. ##EQU00001## X.sub.k(n)=.alpha..sub.1(k)(D.sub.k(n)-m(k))+.beta.(k) n=1, . . . , N.sub.K-1, X.sub.k(N.sub.K)=.alpha..sub.2(k)m(k), where m(k) is a sample-mean of the set of modulation symbols corresponding to the k.sup.th group, .alpha..sub.1 (k), .alpha..sub.2 (k) and .beta.(k), for k=1, . . . , K, are constants, wherein the constants are predetermined and positive." The patent application was filed on Nov. 5, 2010 (12/940,465). 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=84,28,008.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,008&RS=PN/84,28,008 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TVWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- TVWorks, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,428,090) developed by seven co-inventors for "transmitting timing information for content in a data stream." The co-inventors are Brian Bulkowski, Berkeley, Calif., Carolyn Wales, Menlo Park, Calif., Sam Hsu, Fremont, Calif., James Helman, San Carlos, Calif., Joseph Decker, San Jose, Calif., Brock Wagenaar, Cambridge, Mass., and Mark Vickers, Belmont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a method and apparatus that addresses and resolves the issues currently affecting the ability to offer Enhanced TV, in particular, those issues concerning timing and synchronization, interaction with other modules in the STB, and distribution." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2011 (13/074,522). 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=84,28,090.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,090&RS=PN/84,28,090 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,653) developed by Ye Li, Marietta, Ga., and Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, Mass., for a "hot-spot wireless access exploiting shadowing diversity of distributed antennas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The embodiments of the invention describe method and system for maximizing capacity of a distributed antenna system. A relaying antenna is selected to maximize a signal-to-leakage ratio (SLR) ratio of the distributed antenna system. Further, the capacity of the system is improved by allocating a signal power based on a pseudo-capacity criterion such that an average pseudo capacity of the distributed antenna system is maximized." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2008 (12/058,954). 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=8,428,653.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,653&RS=PN/8,428,653 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Dynamic Load Balancing in a Communication Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,610) developed by Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, Mass., Andrew Gibbs, Andover, Mass., and Rajeev Koodli, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "dynamic load balancing in a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for providing a dynamic and real time load factor that can be shared with other network elements is disclosed. The load factor can be used in determining the relative load among a set of network elements and in distributing new sessions requests as well as existing session on the set of network elements. The load factor can also be used for determining to which network element a user equipment is handed off. The dynamic load factor can also be shared amongst network elements to determine how the load is balanced among the network elements, such as a mobility management entity (MME)." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009(12/620,416). 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=8,428,610.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,610&RS=PN/8,428,610 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Polycom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Polycom, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,959) developed by Peter Chu, Lexington, Mass., and Zhemin Tu, Austin, Texas, for an "audio packet loss concealment by transform interpolation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In audio processing for an audio or video conference, a terminal receives audio packets having transform coefficients for reconstructing an audio signal that has undergone transform coding. When receiving the packets, the terminal determines whether there are any missing packets and interpolates transform coefficients from the preceding and following good frames. To interpolate the missing coefficients, the terminal weights first coefficients from the preceding good frame with a first weighting, weights second coefficients from the following good frame with a second weighting, and sums these weighted coefficients together for insertion into the missing packets. The weightings can be based on the audio frequency and/or the number of missing packets involved. From this interpolation, the terminal produces an output audio signal by inverse transforming the coefficients." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/696,788). 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=8,428,959&OS=8,428,959&RS=8,428,959 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Metadata-based Weighting of Geotagged Environmental Audio for Enhanced Speech Recognition Accuracy ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,940) developed by Trausti T. Kristjansson, Mountain View, Calif., and Matthew I. Lloyd, Cambridge, Mass., for a "metadata-based weighting of geotagged environmental audio for enhanced speech recognition accuracy." 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, for enhancing speech recognition accuracy. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an audio signal that corresponds to an utterance recorded by a mobile device, determining a geographic location associated with the mobile device, identifying a set of geotagged audio signals that correspond to environmental audio associated with the geographic location, weighting each geotagged audio signal of the set of geotagged audio signals based on metadata associated with the respective geotagged audio signal, and using the set of weighted geotagged audio signals to perform noise compensation on the audio signal that corresponds to the utterance." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/564,636). 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=8,428,940&OS=8,428,940&RS=8,428,940 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,625) developed by Rajesh Ramankutty, Nashua, N.H., and Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, Mass., for a "paging heuristics in packet based networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure relates to systems and methods for paging devices in a communication network. A network device providing mobility management through control messaging can be assigned a number of cell sites in a tracking area. The network device such as a mobility management entity (MME) can use a criteria or heuristic based implementation to provide a hierarchy for contacting a mobile device with a page. The criteria or heuristic based implementation can page a subset of the total number of cell sites in a tracking area and expand the subset after unsuccessful attempts to page the mobile device. The implementation can also be tailored to offer a range of options for page requests received by a network device, which can be based on such things as the application sending the page request." The patent application was filed on March 1, 2010 (12/715,285). 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=8,428,625.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,625&RS=PN/8,428,625 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Airvana Network Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Airvana Network Solutions, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,601) developed by four co-inventors for a "wireless network inter-technology handoffs." The co-inventors are Prince Samar, Chelmsford, Mass., Harjot Saluja, Nashua, N.H., Woojune Kim, Arlington, Mass., and Douglas Norman Knisely, Wheaton, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In general, a method is described for handing off a communication session associated with a mobile device from a first network running a first technology to a second network running a second technology different from the first technology, the method comprising: establishing a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network; and enabling, through the communication channel, a handoff of the communication session associated with the mobile device from the first network to the second network." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/776,164). 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=8,428,601.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,601&RS=PN/8,428,601 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,998) developed by Piew Datta-Read, Carlsbad, Calif., and James Howard Drew, Boxborough, Mass., for estimating business targets. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for generating business targets includes accessing data (300) corresponding to a number of customers. The data includes variables (310-330) associated with each of the customers and an observed value for each of the customers. The observed value for a customer may represent revenue associated with that particular customer. The method also includes identifying a neighborhood that includes a first customer and a number of the other customers. The method further includes calculating a target for each of the customers in the neighborhood, where the target may represent the potential revenue from each of the customers." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/494,237). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,428,998&OS=8,428,998&RS=8,428,998 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,897) developed by Christ D. Richmond, Dorchester, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for spectral cross coherence." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a machine implemented method for spectral analysis that determines a measure of cross coherence between application of two spectral estimation filters to data; and identifies a spectral feature of the measure of cross coherence. One example embodiment of the present invention provides a complete statistical summary of the joint dependence of the Bartlett and Capon power spectral statistics, showing that the coupling is expressible via a 2.times.2 complex Wishart matrix, where the degree coupling is determined by a single measure of cross coherence defined herein. This measure of coherence leads to a new two-dimensional algorithm capable of yielding significantly better resolution than the Capon algorithm, often commensurate with but at times exceeding finite sample based MUSIC." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/417,907). 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=8,428,897&OS=8,428,897&RS=8,428,897 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,778) developed by five co-inventors for a "navigational control system for a robotic device." The co-inventors are Gregg W. Landry, Gloucester, Mass., David A. Cohen, Bookline, Mass., Daniel N. Ozick, Newton, Mass., Mark J. Chiappetta, Chelmsford, Mass., and Joseph L. Jones, Acton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and operable to enable movement of the cleaning apparatus, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The controller includes a processor operable to control the drive system to steer movement of the cleaning apparatus. The autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning head system disposed on the chassis and a sensor system in communication with the controller. The sensor system includes a debris sensor for generating a debris signal, a bump sensor for generating a bump signal, and an obstacle following sensor disposed on a side of the autonomous cleaning apparatus for generating an obstacle signal. The processor executes a prioritized arbitration scheme to identify and implement one or more dominant behavioral modes based upon at least one signal received from the sensor system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 2, 2009 (12/610,792). 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=8,428,778&OS=8,428,778&RS=8,428,778 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Electrode Delivery System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,751) developed by five co-inventors for an electrode delivery system. The co-inventors are Warren Copp-Howland, Chicopee, Mass., Erick Garstka, Westfield, Mass., David Selvitelli, Suffield, Conn., Kathleen Tremblay, Westfield, Mass., and Caroline Gasiorski, Feeding Hills, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an automatic external defibrillator configured to deliver electrical pulses and/or shocks to a heart of a patient during a cardiac emergency is provided and includes a housing supporting an electrical connector; a defibrillator electrode delivery system supported on the housing; and a pair of defibrillation electrode pads supported by the defibrillator electrode delivery system. Each of the pair of defibrillation electrode pads is pre-connected to the electrical connector of the housing. A hydrogel layer of each defibrillation electrode pad is retained by the defibrillator electrode delivery system in such a manner so as to reduce a moisture vapor transmission rate thereof." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2015 (12/886,926). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,428,751&OS=8,428,751&RS=8,428,751 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** JDA Software Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- JDA Software Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,428,987) developed by Adeel Najmi, Plano, Texas, Aseem Kohli, Melrose, Mass., and Dharmaraj Veerappanaicker, Lexington, Mass., for "determining order lead time for a supply chain using a probability distribution of order lead time." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method is disclosed for estimating demand of a supply chain including accessing a probability distribution of order lead time of the supply chain. The supply chain has nodes including a starting node and an ending node and a path from the starting node to the ending node. The probability distribution of order lead time describes ending node demand of the ending node versus order lead time. The path is divided into order lead time segments which are associated with the probability distribution of order lead time by associating each order lead time segment with an order lead time range of the probability distribution of order lead time. A demand percentage is estimated for each order lead time segment in accordance with the probability distribution of order lead time, such that each demand percentage describes a percentage of a total ending node demand of an order lead time segment." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2011 (13/103,853). 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=8,428,987&OS=8,428,987&RS=8,428,987 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Rovi Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Rovi Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,955) developed by Kenneth Olson, Ann Arbor, Mich., for an adjusting recorder timing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portion of audio content of a multimedia program, such as a television program, is captured from a network. An audio fingerprint is generated based on the portion of audio content, and the audio fingerprint is matched to one of multiple theme song fingerprints stored in a database. An expected theme song time offset associated with the matched theme song fingerprint is retrieved from the database. It is determined whether the program is running on-schedule, based on the time the portion of audio content occurred, a scheduled start time of the program, and/or the expected theme song time offset. If it is determined that the program is running off-schedule, an adjusted start time and/or an adjusted end time of the program are calculated. The program is recorded by a recorder based on the adjusted start time and/or the adjusted end time." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2009 (12/578,193). 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=8,428,955&OS=8,428,955&RS=8,428,955 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Energid Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Energid Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,428,781) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods of coordination control for robot manipulation." The co-inventors are Chu-Yin Chang, Plano, Texas, James English, Newton, Mass., Neil Tardella, West Haven, Conn., and James Bacon, Bourbonnais, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling robotic apparatus having several movable elements or segments coupled by joints. At least one of the movable elements can include one or more mobile bases, while the others can form one or more manipulators. One of the movable elements can be treated as an end effector for which a certain motion is desired. The end effector may include a tool, for example, or represent a robotic hand (or a point thereon), or one or more of the one or more mobile bases. In accordance with the systems and methods disclosed herein, movement of the manipulator and the mobile base can be controlled and coordinated to effect a desired motion for the end effector. In many cases, the motion can include simultaneously moving the manipulator and the mobile base." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2009 (12/620,482). 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=8,428,781&OS=8,428,781&RS=8,428,781 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,428,563) developed by nine co-inventors for a "visual voicemail provisioning and notification." The co-inventors are Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, Mass., Chris Helbling, Norwalk, Conn., Gaurav D. Mehta, Brighton, Mass., Michael R. Oliver, Wayne, N.J., Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, Mass., Okeno Palmer, Woburn, Mass., Dahai Ren, Waltham, Mass., Diego S. Rozensztejn, Brookline, Mass., and Atul Thaper, Flemington, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/413,968). 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=8,428,563.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,563&RS=PN/8,428,563 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Providing Updated Content Data to a Mobile Terminal ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,428,564) developed by Paul Jefferson Reilly, Cambridge, United Kingdom, for a "method and apparatus for providing updated content data to a mobile terminal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a method of providing content to a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data at the mobile terminal; classifying the content data in accordance with classification data comprised within the content data; storing the content data within the mobile terminal; creating an access object whereby the content data may be accessed; and associating the access object with further access objects having similar classification codes. This method has a significant effect in simplifying the provision of content to mobile terminals." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2008 (12/045,548). 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=8,428,564.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,564&RS=PN/8,428,564 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pine Valley Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Pine Valley Investments, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,428,609) developed by Peter Monnes, Chelmsford, Mass., and Thomas A. Hengeveld, Hollis, N.H., for a "system and method for managing communications in cells within a cellular communication system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for managing communication in a cellular communication system are provided. The method includes measuring communication conditions within at least one communication cell of the communication system and estimating congestion within the at least one communication cell of the communication system based on the measured communication conditions. The method further includes adjusting communication links within the at least one communication cell based on the estimated congestion." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/431,530). 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=8,428,609.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,609&RS=PN/8,428,609 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Store Eyes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Store Eyes, Sherman Oaks, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,429,004) developed by Craig Hamilton, Nashville, Tenn., Wayne Spencer, Charlestown, Mass., and Alexander Ring, Allentown, Pa., for a "method and system for automatically measuring retail store display compliance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for measuring retail store display compliance are provided. One or more images of one or more retail store conditions are captured and associated with related information. The one or more captured images and the related information are transmitted to a processing location for storage and processing. The one or more captured images and the related information are received at the processing location, stored in a repository and processed. The one or more retail store conditions in the one or more captured images are compared with a library to identify them and obtain identification information. The one or more identified captured images and identification information for the one or more retail store conditions are stored in the repository. The one or more retail store conditions in the one or more captured images and identification information are analyzed and one or more summary reports or one or more alerts are generated based upon the analysis." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2006 (11/887,599). 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=8,429,004&OS=8,429,004&RS=8,429,004 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** VFA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- VFA, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,428,994) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing facilities." The co-inventors are Lee Kaufman, Grafton, Mass., Mark Ayasse, North Easton, Mass., Raymond Johnson, Woburn, Mass., and Raymond Dufresne, Methuen, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system allowing a user to answer a series of questions to generate survey data, associating system data with the survey data to generate a highly accurate report. The report allows, for example, for targeted assessment of select facilities systems including a time frame within which work to be performed on select facilities systems and/or a cost associated with work to be performed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2007 (11/875,518). 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=8,428,994&OS=8,428,994&RS=8,428,994 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. 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. -1122695 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |