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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (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 North Carolina. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,432,932) developed by four co-inventors for "providing blended synchronous/asynchronous messaging." The co-inventors are Michael R. O'Brien, Westford, Mass., Niklas Heidloff, Salzkotten, Germany, Gregory R. Klouda, Lancaster, Mass., and James P. Galvin Jr., Oak Ridge, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for blending synchronous and asynchronous computer communication applications that determines when a user of a synchronous communication application, such as an instant messaging application, attempts to send a message to another user that is unavailable for synchronous communications, and that forwards the message from the synchronous communication application to an asynchronous communication application for delivery. The forwarded message may be an email message, and the system may operate to determine a destination electronic mail address of the destination user for inclusion in the forwarded message, and include an indication in the forwarded message that it has been forwarded from the synchronous communication application. This indication enables the asynchronous communication application to perform special processing with regard to the forwarded message." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2012 (13/611,003). 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=84,32,932.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,932&RS=PN/84,32,932 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,432,768) developed by Frederick A. Ware, Los Altos Hills, Calif., Robert E. Palmer, Carrboro, N.C., and John W. Poulton, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "mesochronous signaling system with multiple power modes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a low-power signaling system, an integrated circuit device includes an open loop-clock distribution circuit and a transmit circuit that cooperate to enable high-speed transmission of information-bearing symbols unaccompanied by source-synchronous timing references. The open-loop clock distribution circuit generates a transmit clock signal in response to an externally-supplied clock signal, and the transmit circuit outputs a sequence of symbols onto an external signal line in response to transitions of the transmit clock signal. Each of the symbols is valid at the output of the transmit circuit for a symbol time and a phase offset between the transmit clock signal and the externally-supplied clock signal is permitted to drift by at least the symbol time." The patent application was filed on July 9, 2009 (13/132,104). 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=84,32,768.PN.&OS=PN/84,32,768&RS=PN/84,32,768 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Thread Timeout Coordination Method and System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,433,824) developed by Claudia S. Barrett, Wake Forest, N.C., Jason J. Durheim, Rochester, Minn., and Timothy D. Vanderham, Raleigh, N.C., for a "thread timeout coordination method and system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, program product and method associates a timeout used by a client computer sending a work request with a maximum amount of time that the server computer should spend processing the work request. The server computer dynamically reacts to diverse, incoming client load requirements without using a static processing timeout on the server computer side. Resources may be made available for other work." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2008 (12/054,779). 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=8,433,824&OS=8,433,824&RS=8,433,824 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bell and Howell Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Bell and Howell, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,433,438) developed by Mark Van Gorp, Cary, N.C., John Keirsbilck, Rochester, N.Y., and Walter S. Conard, Lake Villa, Ill., for a "method and system for tracking mail items during processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present application relates to a system and related method for processing a mailpiece through the steps associated with its manufacture and post processing. The present system and method allow for mailpiece item tracking data collection at each step in the mailpiece manufacturing and processing. The present system and method allow for the integration of mailpiece item data from a postage device by utilizing information based barcode data included as part of the postage evidence, together with the production and sorting processes." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,412). 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=8,433,438&OS=8,433,438&RS=8,433,438 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,433,838) developed by Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, N.C., Jay H. Kim, Raleigh, N.C., and Charles R. Kirk, Raleigh, N.C., for a "remote multiplexing devices on a serial peripheral interface bus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus and method of communicating over an SPI bus to multiple slave devices without requiring the master device to have an independent slave select pin for each slave device. The SPI bus comprises an SPI master device coupled to an SPI multiplex slave device and a plurality of SPI non-multiplex slave devices. The SPI multiplex slave device includes an independent slave select (SS) output pin coupled to each one of the SPI non-multiplex slave devices for sending an activation signal to a selected SPI slave device in response to receiving a command from the master device containing identification of the selected SPI slave device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2010 (12/884,398). 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=8,433,838&OS=8,433,838&RS=8,433,838 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Gilbarco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Gilbarco, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,433,441) developed by Christopher Adam Oldham, High Point, N.C., for a "fuel dispenser having FM transmission capability for fueling information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fuel dispenser is configured to transmit fueling information to a receiver associated with a vehicle at a first fueling position adjacent the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser comprises a control system configured to generate first fueling information associated with a first transaction at the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser also comprises first transmitter electronics in electronic communication with the control system. The first transmitter electronics are configured to produce first RDS information based on the first fueling information. Also, the first transmitter electronics comprise modulator circuitry to modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal carrying the first RDS information. The RF carrier signal has a predetermined frequency. The fuel dispenser further comprises an antenna in electrical communication with the first transmitter electronics to radiate the modulated RF carrier signal over the first fueling position for receipt at the vehicle receiver." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2011 (13/180,905). 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=8,433,441&OS=8,433,441&RS=8,433,441 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Qurio Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Qurio Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,433,826) developed by Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., for a "proxy caching in a photosharing peer-to-peer network to improve guest image viewing performance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a method and system for serving an image stored in the peer computer to a requesting computer in a network photosharing system in which the peer computer is coupled to a photosharing system server. Aspects of the invention include caching copy of the image in the photosharing server; and in response to the photosharing server receiving a request from the requesting computer to view the image stored in the peer computer, transmitting the cached image from the photosharing server to the requesting computer, thereby avoiding the need to transfer the image from the peer computer to the photosharing server for each request to view the image." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2012 (13/539,741). 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=8,433,826&OS=8,433,826&RS=8,433,826 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Deere & Co. Assigned Patent for Robotic Mower Home Finding System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,433,468) developed by David A. Johnson, Charlotte, N.C., and Jeffrey S. Thompson, Catawba, S.C., for a "robotic mower home finding system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A robotic mower home finding system includes a charging station connected to an outer boundary wire loop, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower that directs a traction drive system to drive the robotic mower along a path offset a specified distance from an outer boundary wire loop toward the charging station. The vehicle control unit changes the specified distance randomly or incrementally so that the robotic mower does not take the same path to the charging station each time." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2010 (12/845,314). 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=8,433,468&OS=8,433,468&RS=8,433,468 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Corning Cable Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,433,171) developed by four co-inventors for a "high fiber optic cable packing density apparatus." The co-inventors are Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, N.C., David L. Dean Jr., Hickory, N.C., Harley J. Staber, Coppell, Texas, Kevin L. Strause, Keller, Texas, and Alan W. Ugolini, Hickory, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fiber optic apparatus comprising a fiber optic equipment and a routing region at the fiber optic equipment is disclosed. At least 98 optical fibers, at least 434 optical fibers, at least 866 optical fibers, and at least 1152 optical fibers route in the routing region per 1-U shelf space, wherein a maximum 10.sup.-12 bit-error-rate and 0.75 dB attenuation is maintained per duplex optical signal carried by the optical fibers. Additionally, the routing region may be configured such that one or more of the optical fibers make a maximum of one bend in the routing region and route generally horizontally in the routing region. One or more of the optical fibers may be terminated simplex, duplex fiber or multiple fiber optic connectors." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (12/819,034). 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=8,433,171.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,171&RS=PN/8,433,171 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bank of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,433,288) developed by four co-inventors for a multilevel authentication. The co-inventors are David T. Frew, Fort Mill, S.C., Mark D. Zanzot, Huntersville, N.C., Tony England, Tega Cay, S.C., and Lisa Gibson, Newnan, Ga. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a memory operable to store a user account identifier associated with a user account and store a mobile device identifier associated with a mobile device. The memory is also operable to store a first user credential and store a second user credential, the second user credential, wherein the second user credential comprises a peripheral device identifier. The system includes a network interface operable to receive a request to authenticate a requesting user. The system also includes a processor operable to determine information included in the request to facilitate authentication of the requesting user and whether the information included in the request matches the information associated with the user account. The processor is further operable to authenticate the requesting user if the request is associated with the user account and information included in the request matches the information associated with the user account." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2011 (13/231,119). 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=8,433,288.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,288&RS=PN/8,433,288 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Enabling Mid-call Services to be Added to a Communication Session by a Wireless Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,433,298) developed by William Gentry, Raleigh, N.C., David Tubb, Reading, United Kingdom, and Raheel Yuhanna, Dallas, for "enabling mid-call services to be added to a communication session by a wireless device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mid-call services may be added to a communication session such as a telephone call (call session) by a wireless device on a mobile telephone network by causing the wireless device associated with the communication session to invoke a second call session directed to a vertical service code. The second call session is established on the wireless communication network and terminated on the PSTN to an application server associated with the vertical service code. The application server on the PSTN instantiates the service and matches the service associated with the vertical service code on the second call session with the first call session. The application server then applies the mid-call service associated with the vertical service code to the first call session to thus enable mid-call services to be applied to the first call session by the wireless device." The patent application was filed on Dec. 8, 2011 (13/315,036). 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=8,433,298.PN.&OS=PN/8,433,298&RS=PN/8,433,298 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1123561 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |