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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (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 New York. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,428,119) developed by Ashish Jagmohan, Irvington, N.Y., and Anshul Seghal, New York, for a "method and apparatus for multi-hypothesis decoder side-information coding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method for decompression in data compression systems with decoder side-information including a plurality of signals each of which is correlated to a source, includes determining a conditional probability function of the source conditioned upon a subset of decoder side-information signals, wherein the decoder side-information signals include pre-stored and received statistical information, estimating an a-posteriori probability function based on the conditional probability function and extrinsic information, evaluating a stopping criterion for decompression, generating the extrinsic information based on the a-posteriori probability function, and determining a likelihood threshold for determining a most probable value of a quantized source signal based on the a-posteriori probability function and outputting the quantized source upon determining to stop decompression." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2007 (11/623,591). 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=84,28,119.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,119&RS=PN/84,28,119 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Columbia University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Columbia University, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,428,687) developed by Elisa Konofagou, New York, and Jean Provost, New York, for "systems and methods for matching and imaging tissue characteristics." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for matching a characteristic of multiple sectors of a moving tissue to verify an overlap thereof are disclosed herein. In an exemplary method, tissue data for at least a first sector and a second sector of a moving tissue is acquired. A characteristic of at least a portion of the first and second sectors is estimated from the acquired tissue data, and the estimated characteristics are matched to verify whether a portion of the first sector overlaps with a portion of the second sector. Estimating can include estimating a displacement such as an axial displacement and/or lateral displacements. Estimating can further include estimating a strain, a velocity, a strain rate and/or a stiffness or equivalent." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2011 (13/019,029). 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=8,428,687.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,687&RS=PN/8,428,687 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Respironics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Respironics, Murrysville, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,428,702) developed by Michael Wood, Miami Beach, Fla., Adam Forbes, New York, and Kirstin Rhys, Brooklyn, N.Y., for "methods and devices for relieving stress." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with real-time RSA wave information are provided. These methods and devices also can be used to identify drop points in RSA waves. Such methods and devices provide subjects with the ability to maintain parasympathetic outflow and thereby prevent and/or reduce levels of stress." The patent application was filed on June 28, 2011 (13/170,324). 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=8,428,702.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,702&RS=PN/8,428,702 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,428,100) developed by Michael R. Franceschini, Centerport, N.Y., Yunjung Yi, St. Louise, Mo., and Kelly P. Muldoon, Minneapolis, for a "system and methods for securing data transmissions over wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of communicating over a network for wireless communications is disclosed. The method transmits encoded data from a source device to a destination device via a single path up through a plurality of wireless paths using a random frequency hopping tuning pattern for wireless communications, and pseudo-randomly varies dwell times of the frequency hopping tuning pattern over which the data is transmitted. The network uses forward-error correction coding redundancy within a data burst to allow recovery of corrupted data in any partially jammed hop of the transmitted data." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2008 (12/246,365). 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=84,28,100.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,100&RS=PN/84,28,100 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Impact Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Impact Instrumentation, West Caldwell, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,428,672) developed by Leslie H. Sherman, Denville, N.J., George Beck, Mendham, N.J., and Dorian LeCroy, New York, for a "medical ventilator with autonomous control of oxygenation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable critical care medical ventilator with autonomous control of oxygenation is provided. The system and method provide for significantly reducing the O.sub.2 required to maintain an adequate O.sub.2 concentration and as a result delivery of O.sub.2 to the body's tissues and does not require the clinician to enter initial values." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2010 (12/696,176). 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=8,428,672.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,672&RS=PN/8,428,672 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,428,690) developed by four co-inventors for an "intracardiac echocardiography image reconstruction in combination with position tracking system." The co-inventors are Dun Alex Li, Salem, N.H., Christopher A. Nafis, Rexford, N.Y., Douglas G. Wildes, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Vernon T. Jensen, Draper, Utah. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to display a four-dimensional (4D) model of an imaged anatomy is provided. The system comprises a controller, and an imaging system including an imaging probe in communication with the controller. The imaging probe can acquire generally real-time, 3D image data relative to a direction of image acquisition along an imaging plane. The system also includes a tracking system in communication with the controller. The tracking system includes at least one tracking element integrated with the imaging probe. The system is operable to process the generally real-time, 3D image data acquired by the imaging probe relative to generally real-time tracking information acquired by the tracking system so as to display the 4D model of the imaged anatomy." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2008 (12/060,714). 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=8,428,690.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,690&RS=PN/8,428,690 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Prom KS Mgmt Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Prom KS Mgmt, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,428,074) developed by four co-inventors for a "back-to back H.323 proxy gatekeeper." The co-inventors are Siddhartha Nag, Holmdel, N.J., Bo Shu, Somerset, N.J., Rahul Gulati, Lawrence Harbor, N.J., and Ilana Polyak, Staten Island, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a method of executing the RAS stage up to the set-up stage in a H.323 system. The H. 323 system comprises one or more third party gatekeepers and one or more end points. A transparent back-to-back proxy gatekeeper is introduced between a third party gatekeeper and end-points. Two sets of ports are created on the transparent back-to-back proxy gatekeeper. One set of ports represent themselves as end-points to the third party gatekeeper and the other set of ports represent themselves as known ports of the third party gatekeeper to the end point. A H.323 RAS request is intercepted transparently from an end-point to a third party gatekeeper. The H.323 RAS request is addressed to a well-known port number on the third party gatekeeper. The information of the H.323 RAS registration request is stored in a local persistent copy within the back-to-back proxy gatekeeper. The H.323 RAS registration request is passed to the well-known port number on the third party gatekeeper." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2006 (11/409,661). 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=84,28,074.PN.&OS=PN/84,28,074&RS=PN/84,28,074 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Predictive Pre-recording of Audio for Voice Input ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,428,759) developed by Trausti Kristjansson, Hartsdale, N.Y., and Matthew I. Lloyd, New York, for a "predictive pre-recording of audio for voice input." 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 providing predictive pre-recording of audio for voice input. In one aspect, a method includes establishing, as input data, state data that references a state of a mobile device and sensor data that is sensed by one or more sensors of the mobile device, applying a rule or a probabilistic model to the input data, inferring, based on applying the rule or the probabilistic model to the input data, that a user of the mobile device is likely to initiate voice input, and invoking one or more functionalities of the mobile device in response to inferring that the user is likely to initiate voice input." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2010 (12/732,827). 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=8,428,759&OS=8,428,759&RS=8,428,759 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,428,522) developed by Marian Rudolf, Montreal, Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, N.Y., and James M. Miller, Verona, N.J., for a "reliability detection of channel quality indicator (CQI) and application to outer loop power control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing outer loop power control in wireless communications is disclosed. A channel quality indicator (CQI) message is transmitted by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU receives a power control command, the power control command being derived by: decoding the CQI message; computing a decision metric value for each symbol in the CQI message; determining whether the CQI message is erroneous; and counting a number of erroneous CQI messages, wherein the power control command is based on whether the number of erroneous CQI messages exceeds a threshold. An uplink transmission power of the WTRU is adjusted based on the power control command." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2012 (13/524,348). 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=8,428,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,522&RS=PN/8,428,522 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for VoIP Roaming ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,428,582) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for VoIP roaming." The co-inventors are Gerald Ezrol, Herndon, Va., Brian Freeman, Farmingdale, N.J., Samuel Glazer, New York, John Murray, Denville, N.J., and Christopher W. Rice, Parsippany, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for transferring a user data profile from a user's home terminal to a visiting terminal is disclosed. User or network configuration settings are transferred from a home telephony adapter to a visiting telephony adapter. In accordance with one embodiment, a computer readable medium, such as a flash drive is inserted into the home telephony adapter and, either with or without authentication, user or network configuration settings are transferred from the home telephony adapter to the medium. In another embodiment, the medium is then inserted into the visiting telephony adapter." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2012 (13/461,411). 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=8,428,582.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,582&RS=PN/8,428,582 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Symbol Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,428,662) developed by Mark Palmer, Bay Shore, N.Y., and Chad Chaumont, Coram, N.Y., for a "hand held mobile device containing comfort perches." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure provides methods and systems for a hand held mobile device that has a front surface, two side surfaces, and a bottom surface wherein the bottom surface partially includes a battery pack having an outer surface that forms an integral relationship with the bottom surface. The first perch and second perch at least partially extend away from the outer surface of the battery pack of the hand held mobile device. The first perch and the second perch are in a spaced-apart arrangement for allowing the finger of a user to be positioned between the first perch and the second perch during use of the hand held mobile device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 1, 2010 (12/697,329). 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=8,428,662.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,662&RS=PN/8,428,662 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,428,648) developed by Rich Gioscia, Santa Clara, Calif., and Masamichi Udagawa, New York, for a "compact removable voice handset for an integrated portable computer system/mobile phone." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A compact removable voice handset for an integrated palmtop computer system/mobile phone is presented. The present invention is used in conjunction with a personal digital assistant (PDA). The PDA comprises electronics for wireless communications and a contact information database and a means for coupling the handset to the PDA. The present invention is compact such that when coupled to the PDA, there is minimal increase to the overall size and weight of the PDA. The present invention comprises a microphone and a speaker, and is communicatively coupled, via either a wireless connection or a wired connection, to the PDA. The handset comprises control elements such that the handset can be operated independent of the PDA. In one embodiment, the handset comprises a display and control elements configured for accessing the contact information database of the PDA, adjusting the volume of the handset, and for initiating or ending wireless communications." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2010 (12/755,204). 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=8,428,648.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,648&RS=PN/8,428,648 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Harris Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- Harris, Melbourne, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,428,573) developed by Donald Martz, Webster, N.Y., David Hinterberger, Fairport, N.Y., and Eric Van Ness, Macedon, N.Y., for a "remote control of mobile radio system through portable radio system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radio communications system (100) includes a portable radio (200) and a mobile radio (300), the portable radio (200) being configured to remotely control the mobile radio (300). The portable radio (200) can operate in a standalone mode, in which the mobile radio (300) communicates with other radio devices using the portable radio's RF interface (285). The portable radio (200) can also operate in a remote mode, in which the portable radio (200) is operative to establish a wireless link between the portable radio (200) and the mobile radio (300) to thereby remotely control the mobile radio (300) and to use the mobile radio's RF interface (385) to communicate with other radio devices." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2009 (12/614,801). 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=8,428,573.PN.&OS=PN/8,428,573&RS=PN/8,428,573 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for System and Method for Measuring Fiber Temperatures Using OTDR Measurements ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,428,902) developed by Jonathan Nagel, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Sheryl Woodward, Holmdel, N.J., for a "system and method for measuring fiber temperatures using OTDR measurements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein are systems and methods for calculating a relative temperature of a fiber-optic cable using bi-directional analysis traces with an optical time-domain reflectometer ("OTDR"). Analysis of bi-directional traces along a length of fiber-optic cable yields a scaled local backscatter coefficient of the fiber. Accordingly, an initial set of measurement data is collected at a first time interval and a base scaled local backscatter along a fiber is calculated. A subsequent set of measurement data is collected at a second time interval and a subsequent scaled local backscatter along the fiber is calculated. The exemplary systems and methods described herein determines a change in scaled local backscatter as a function of a difference between the base scaled local backscatter and at least the subsequent scaled local scaled local backscatter along the fiber, and then determines a relative temperature variation of the fiber as a function of the change in scaled local backscatter." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2010 (12/916,982). 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=8,428,902&OS=8,428,902&RS=8,428,902 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Facilitating Availability of Information Technology Resources Based on Pattern System Environments ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,428,983) developed by Mythili K. Bobak, Lagrangeville, N.Y., Tim A. McConnell, Lexington, Ky., and Michael D. Swanson, Springfield, Ore., for "facilitating availability of information technology resources based on pattern system environments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Pattern System Environment is formed. The Pattern System Environment is a representation of information technology (IT) resources of a customer's business environment. The Pattern System Environment is based on information associated with the IT resources of the customer, and that information indicates how the IT resources are utilized during a business cycle of the customer. Pattern System Environments are usable in many environments, including those that support business resiliency." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/965,851). 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=8,428,983&OS=8,428,983&RS=8,428,983 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Page Mapped Spatially Aware Emulation of a Computer Instruction Set ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,428,930) developed by four co-inventors for a "page mapped spatially aware emulation of a computer instruction set." The co-inventors are Theodore J. Bohizic, Hyde Park, N.Y., Reid T. Copeland, Markham, Calif., Marcel Mitran, Markham, Calif., and Ali I. Sheikh, Markham, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Dynamic creation of a spatially aware emulation environment comprising Host cells of Host pages corresponding to Guest cells of Guest pages of Guest instructions. Each Host cell comprises a semantic routine for emulating a corresponding Guest instruction located at the corresponding Guest cell of the guest page." The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2009 (12/562,407). 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=8,428,930&OS=8,428,930&RS=8,428,930 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. -1122704 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |