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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (May 2)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,432,825) developed by Mehmet C. Balasaygun, Freehold, N.J., and Joel M. Ezell, Broomfield, Colo., for "switching communications between different networks based on device capabilities." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems provided herein allow a communication session to be established on an optimal communication network and subsequently transferred to alternative networks if conditions dictate that such a change is necessary or desirable. The types of conditions which may be considered when identifying the optimal communication network or the alternative network include conditions related to the operation of a user device, communication profiles of the user, resources available on other networks, and the like." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2010 (12/791,662). 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=84,32,825.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,825&RS=PN/84,32,825 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Vidyo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Vidyo, Hackensack, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,432,937) developed by Alexandros Eleftheriadis, Tenafly, N.J., for a "system and method for recovering the decoding order of layered media in packet-based communication." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to the packet-based transmission of media that are coded using a layered representation. In particular, it relates to mechanisms for recovering the decoding order of the media packets when such media is transmitted with arbitrary ordering over one or more packet streams." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/857,811). 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=84,32,937.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,937&RS=PN/84,32,937 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and System for Integrated Link Adaptation and Power Control to Improve Error and throughput Performance in Wireless Packet Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,432,863) developed by Justin Che-I Chuang, Holmdel, N.J., Kin K. Leung, Edison, N.J., and Li-Chun Wang, Eatontown, N.J., for a "method and system for integrated link adaptation and power control to improve error and throughput performance in wireless packet networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a system that implements an algorithm for integrated link adaptation and power control to achieve specified error rates and to improve an overall throughput for real-time applications in wireless packet networks. The system initially divides wireless terminals into groups according to their signal path gains. Afterwards, the system can periodically adapt transmissions (i.e., link adaptations) based on the required error rates, actual error statistics and average transmission power for each wireless terminal group. Furthermore, transmission power can be adjusted by an enhanced Kalman-filter method to ensure successful reception." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2011 (13/037,306). 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=84,32,863.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,863&RS=PN/84,32,863 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Uplink Timing Control Signal ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,432,852) developed by Sundeep Rangan, Jersey City, N.J., and Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., for an "uplink timing control signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methodologies for synchronizing timing between a base station and a wireless terminal. For example, a set of non-contiguous tones may be assigned to the terminal, and may be equally spaced apart from each other across a spectrum of all available tones. A set of contiguous tones may also be assigned to the terminal, which may transmit a timing control signal during a specified transmit time. A base station may receive the signal, which comprises information related to the non-contiguous and contiguous tone sets, and may determine a distance of the terminal to the base station based on measured and anticipated arrival time of the signal. The base station may transmit a timing correction command signal to the terminal based on such information." The patent application was filed on July 14, 2006 (11/486,652). 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=84,32,852.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,852&RS=PN/84,32,852 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Celico Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Celico Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,432,853) developed by Fangqiu Tu, Caldwell, N.J., and Stanley A. Zadrozny, Westfield, N.J., for a "method, apparatus, and computer program product for system selection during service acquisition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for system selection includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to commence a search for a network service system, determine whether a real-time application is active, and select a network service system in response to a determination that the real-time application is active according to a preference order that is different than an order of preference for network service systems for use if the real-time application is not active." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2007 (11/747,981). 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=84,32,853.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,853&RS=PN/84,32,853 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Control Channel Design to Support One-to-one, Many-to-one, and One-to-many Peer-to-peer Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,432,786) developed by four co-inventors for a "control channel design to support one-to-one, many-to-one, and one-to-many peer-to-peer communications." The co-inventors are Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., Rajiv Laroia, Far Hills, N.J., Saurabh Tavildar, Jersey City, N.J., and Xinzhou Wu, Monmouth Junction, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A protocol is provided that facilitates downlink concurrent peer-to-peer communications (within a time slot or traffic slot) between one device and many terminals as well as uplink concurrent peer-to-peer communications (within a time slot or traffic slot) between a plurality of terminals and one device. The concurrent peer-to-peer communications may take place within an ad hoc network of devices. To facilitate such operation, a time-frequency structure is provided within a control channel that allows the device and terminals to identify the peer-to-peer connections. This time-frequency structure also allows terminals to identify other sibling terminals that have a connection with the same device, thereby allowing to more efficiently performing interference mitigation. That is, sibling peer-to-peer connections with the same device may be treated different from other non-related peer-to-peer connects for purposes of interference mitigation in a wireless network." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2008 (12/169,080). 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=84,32,786.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,786&RS=PN/84,32,786 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Optimizing Communications between Session Border Controllers and Endpoints in a Network Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,432,896) developed by William R. Foster, Nanaimo, Canada, and Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., for a "system and method for optimizing communications between session border controllers and endpoints in a network environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for optimizing communications between session border controllers in a network environment is provided that includes a session border controller (SBC) operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The SBC is also operable to communicate with a data path border element (DBE) and a signaling path border element (SBE). The DBE is operable to provide a media relay for a communication session involving the endpoints, the media relay being invoked by either of the endpoints using a traversal using relay network address translation (TURN) protocol, which allows the SBC to operate in either of two modes depending on protocol support present in the endpoints." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2005 (11/188,166). 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=84,32,896.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,896&RS=PN/84,32,896 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,432,893) developed by four co-inventors for a "RLAN wireless telecommunication system with RAN IP gateway and methods." The co-inventors are Prabhakar R. Chitrapu, Blue Bell, Pa., Narayan Parappil Menon, Old Bethpage, N.Y., Fatih M. Ozluturk, Port Washington, N.Y., and Brian Gregory Kiernan, Voorhees, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Radio Local Area Network (RLAN) includes a Radio Access Network Internet Protocol (RAN IP) gateway that enables connectivity to the public Internet. The system may serve as a stand-alone system or be incorporated into a UMTS used with conventional Core Network, particularly for tracking and implementing AAA functions in the Core Network." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2002 (10/329,033). 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=84,32,893.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,893&RS=PN/84,32,893 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,433,558) developed by Srinivas Bangalore, Morristown, N.J., Mazin Gilbert, Warren, N.J., and Narendra K. Gupta, Dayton, N.J., for "methods and systems for natural language understanding using human knowledge and collected data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods to incorporate human knowledge when developing and using statistical models for natural language understanding. The disclosed systems and methods embrace a data-driven approach to natural language understanding which progresses seamlessly along the continuum of availability of annotated collected data, from when there is no available annotated collected data to when there is any amount of annotated collected data." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2005 (11/188,825). 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=8,433,558&OS=8,433,558&RS=8,433,558 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** U.S. Army Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- The U.S. Army has been assigned a patent (8,433,460) developed by four co-inventors for an "onboard sensor suite for determining projectile velocity." The co-inventors are Thomas Recchia, Succasunna, N.J., Wilfredo Toledo, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., Jason Cahayla, West Miliford, N.J., and Eric Scheper, Mount Arlington, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An onboard sensor suite generally includes two main components: a proximity sensor suite for measuring the projectile muzzle velocity; and a pressure sensor suite for measuring the projectile airspeed. The flight velocity of the projectile can then be estimated with a high degree of accuracy using either the muzzle velocity by itself or the airspeed by itself, or, in a preferred embodiment, by using both the muzzle velocity and the airspeed. The proximity sensor suite includes proximity sensors that are mounted along a projectile body; a wire harness; and an onboard computer or CPU. The pressure sensor suite includes a Pitot pressure transducer and two static pressure transducers that are mounted within the projectile body; a wire harness; and a CPU." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2010 (12/943,214). 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=8,433,460&OS=8,433,460&RS=8,433,460 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,433,295) developed by Taryn Moody, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and Doree Duncan Seligmann, New York, for a server-coordinated ringtones. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling multiple telecommunications terminals that are associated with a common user to notify their user of the arrival of an incoming message via a ringtone, where the ringtone is: (i) coordinated across the terminals, and (ii) customized for each terminal based on one or more attributes of the terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiments a network infrastructure element (e.g., a switch, a wireless base station, a server, etc.) that receives a message directed to a telecommunications terminal sets the values of one or more properties of a ringtone (e.g., tempo, timbre, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on one or more attributes of the telecommunications terminal (e.g., terminal type, etc.)." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2008 (12/173,708). 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=8,433,295.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,295&RS=PN/8,433,295 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Princeton University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,433,199) developed by Jason W. Fleischer, Princeton, N.J., and Dmitry V. Dylov, Princeton, N.J., for a "system and method for nonlinear self-filtering via dynamical stochastic resonance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for filtering and enhancing signals from a noise background based on the nonlinear interaction of waves. The system and method amplify low-level signals, hide information in the signals, and then nonlinearly recover the signals. With the present invention, this can be performed for both spatial beams and temporal pulses. The signal self-filters and self-amplifies at the expense of the surrounding noise via the nonlinear medium." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2009 (12/406,918). 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=8,433,199.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,199&RS=PN/8,433,199 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Successive Interference Cancellation Based on Transmit Power Control by Interfering Device with Success Probability Adaptation in Peer-to-peer Wireless Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,433,349) developed by Aleksandar Jovicic, Urbana, Ill., and Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., for "methods and apparatus for successive interference cancellation based on transmit power control by interfering device with success probability adaptation in peer-to-peer wireless networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an ad hoc peer-to-peer communication network between wireless devices, a low priory first transmitter device adjusts it transmit power based on a received transmission request response from a higher priority second receiver device. The first transmitter device broadcasts a first transmission request to a corresponding first receiver device and may receive a first transmission request response from a different second receiver device. The second transmission request response is sent by the second receiver device in response to a second transmission request from a second transmitter device. The first transmitter device calculates an interference cost to the second receiver device as a function of the received power of the first transmission request response. A transmission power is obtained as a function of the calculated interference cost and the transmission power of the first transmission request, the transmission power to be used for traffic transmissions corresponding to the first transmission request." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2008 (12/164,477). 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=8,433,349.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,349&RS=PN/8,433,349 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Rate-adaptive Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,433,258) developed by Hui Luo, Marlboro, N.J., Nelson Ray Sollenberger, Farmingdale, N.J., and Jack Harriman Winters, Middletown, N.J., for a "rate-adaptive multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rate-adaptive method of communicating over a multipath wireless communication system uses multiple links such that each end of a link uses multiple transmit and receive antennas. A number of independent streams that are to be transmitted for each link is determined based on an overall system performance measure. In addition, the system may also jointly determine the best modulation, coding, power control, and frequency assignment for each link, based on an overall system performance measure. In OFDM systems, the number of independent streams, as well as the modulation, coding, and power control, may be determined on a tone-by-tone basis based on an overall system performance measure." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2011 (13/048,573). 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=8,433,258.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,258&RS=PN/8,433,258 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** OFS Fitel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- OFS Fitel, Norcross, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,433,169) developed by John Michael Fini, Metuchen, N.J., and Poul Kristensen, Valby, Denmark, for a "bend insensitivity in single mode optical fibers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical fiber that is relatively insensitive to bend loss comprises a core region and a cladding region configured to support and guide the propagation of light in a fundamental transverse mode, the cladding region including (i) an outer cladding region having a refractive index less than that of the core region, (ii) an annular cladding pedestal region having a refractive index higher than that of the outer cladding region and comparable to that of the core region, and (iii) an annular cladding inner trench region disposed between the core region and the pedestal region, the inner trench region having a refractive index less than that of the outer cladding region. In one embodiment, the fiber also includes a (iv) an annular cladding outer trench region disposed between the pedestal region and the outer cladding region, the outer trench region having a refractive index less than that of the outer cladding region. In addition, to suppress HOMs the pedestal region is configured to resonantly couple at least one other transverse mode of the core region to at least one transverse mode of the pedestal region. Such fiber is advantageously used as access fiber, but may have other applications, such as sensor fiber." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2011 (13/005,343). 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=8,433,169.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,169&RS=PN/8,433,169 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,432,989) developed by Narayan Prasad, Sugar Maple, N.J., Xiaodong Wang, New York, and Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, N.J., for a max-log stack decoder. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for demodulating signals in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) receiver includes obtaining a transformed vector by a coordinate transformation of a received observation vector using a unitary matrix determined through QR decomposition of an estimated channel matrix; maintaining a list containing nodes along with a cost metric for each node; using the list to generate soft-outputs in the form of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) for selected symbols of interest, based on the transformed vector and a lower triangular matrix determined through QR decomposition of the estimated channel matrix and the constellations to which the input symbols belong." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 (12/549,574). 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=8,432,989&OS=8,432,989&RS=8,432,989 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1123564 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |