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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York (May 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Xerox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,437,688) developed by four co-inventors for a "test and answer key generation system and method." The co-inventors are John G. Powers, Ontario, N.Y., Stuart C. Zak, Rochester, N.Y., Jaden Michael James Bruun, Rochester, N.Y., and Elton T. Ray, Lakeville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for generating a test and an answer key to identify correct answers is disclosed. A test can be created by entering a set of questions with answer choices and correct answers at the same time. The tests can be rendered via a rendering device that includes both the questions and the answer choices. A ticket can be generated that drives a CNC (computer numerically control) machine to create a punched answer key with holes that align over correct answers. The answer key can also be rendered on a transparency utilizing a solid color everywhere except an area where the correct answer should be marked. The test and the answer key can also be rendered and aligned side by side in order to identify correct answers." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,244). 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=8,437,688&OS=8,437,688&RS=8,437,688 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,702) developed by five co-inventors for a "dynamic channel quality measurement procedure implemented in a wireless digital communication system to prioritize the forwarding of downlink data." The co-inventors are Stephen E. Terry, Northport, N.Y., Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, N.Y., James M. Miller, Verona, N.J., Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, N.Y., and Ariela Zeira, Huntington, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of downlink data to designated ones of the UEs. The system employs adaptive modulation and coding (AM&C) to achieve improved radio resource utilization and provides optimum data rates for user services. Blocks of downlink (DL) data are received by the base station which requests downlink (DL) channel quality measurements only from those mobile terminals (UEs) with pending downlink transmissions. The UEs respond to the request by measuring and reporting DL channel quality to the base station, which then allocates resources such that the UEs will make best use of radio resources. The base station notifies the UEs of the physical channel allocation indicating the modulation/coding rate and allocated slots followed by transmission of blocks of downlink data which are transmitted to the UEs." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2012 (13/534,561). 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=8,437,702&OS=8,437,702&RS=8,437,702 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SRI International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,438,054) developed by John D. Lowrance, Foster City, Calif., Ian W. Harrison, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Andres C. Rodriguez, Palo Alto, Calif., for "apparatus and methods for generating and accessing arguments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an analytical system for generating and accessing arguments is disclosed. Each argument is associated with a conclusion indicating whether a particular situation will likely have a negative or positive result. One embodiment of the analytical system includes a database for storing a plurality of templates, each template including a plurality of questions which may be answered to generate a particular argument having an associated conclusion that is based on those answers. The analytical system also includes an argument server that includes means for a user to select a template that is most relevant to a particular situation, means for receiving answers to one or more of the selected template's questions such that a new argument is generated having a conclusion based on those answers, and means for associating supporting evidence provided by the user with each answer." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2001 (09/839,697). 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=8,438,054&OS=8,438,054&RS=8,438,054 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 4 U Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- 4 U Services, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,438,053) developed by Liang J. Chen, New York, for an "one view integrated project management system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner. The present invention provides an one view software program that would be able to provide an organized control and viewing of all documents regardless which software programs they are generated under." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2012 (13/470,285). 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=8,438,053&OS=8,438,053&RS=8,438,053 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,437,687) developed by four co-inventors for "calculating booklet sheet length using toner thickness." The co-inventors are Arun Chowdry, Pittsford, N.Y., Thomas N. Tombs, Rochester, N.Y., Brian J. Kwarta, Pittsford, N.Y., and Donald S. Rimai, Webster, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A booklet is produced including an outer sheet and an inner sheet folded and nested together. A print image having a thickness is printed where it is between the two sheets when they nest together. A cut length is calculated using the thicknesses of the sheets and the thickness of the print image, so that when the sheets are folded and the inner sheet is nested into the outer sheet, the edges of the inner sheet will not protrude beyond the edges of the outer sheet. The inner sheet is cut to the calculated cut length either before or after printing. The cut inner sheet and the outer sheet are folded and nested together to produce the booklet." The patent application was filed on April 29, 2010 (12/770,095). 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=8,437,687&OS=8,437,687&RS=8,437,687 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent for Method and System of Enabling Intelligent and Lightweight Speech to Text Transcription Through Distributed Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,438,025) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system of enabling intelligent and lightweight speech to text transcription through distributed environment." The co-inventors are Amarjit S. Bahl, Brookfield, Conn., Dalia Massoud, Naugatuck, Conn., Dikran S. Meliksetian, Danbury, Conn., Chen Shu, Oakville, Conn., Michael Van Der Meulen,, Woodbridge, Conn., and Nianjun Zhou, Somers, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes at least one wireless client device, a service manager, and a plurality of voice transcription servers. The service manager includes a resource management service and a profile management service. The client device communicates the presence of a voice transcription task to the resource management service. The resource management service surveys the plurality of voice transcription servers and selects one voice transcription server based on a set of predefined criteria. The resource management service then communicated an address of the selected server to the profile management service, which then transmits a trained voice profile or default profile to the selected server. The address of the selected server is then sent to the client device, which then transmits an audio stream to the server. Finally, the selected server transcribes the audio stream to a textual format." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,448). 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=8,438,025&OS=8,438,025&RS=8,438,025 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,438,032) developed by five co-inventors for a "system for tuning synthesized speech." The co-inventors are Raimo Bakis, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Ellen M. Eide, Tarrytown, N.Y., Roberto Pieraccini, Peekskill, N.Y., Maria E. Smith, Davie, Fla., and Jie Zeng, Palmetto Bay, Fla. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment of the invention is a software tool used to convert text, speech synthesis markup language (SSML), and or extended SSML to synthesized audio. Provisions are provided to create, view, play, and edit the synthesized speech including editing pitch and duration targets, speaking type, paralinguistic events, and prosody. Prosody can be provided by way of a sample recording. Users can interact with the software tool by way of a graphical user interface (GUI). The software tool can produce synthesized audio file output in many file formats." The patent application was filed on Jan. 9, 2007 (11/621,347). 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=8,438,032&OS=8,438,032&RS=8,438,032 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Warning a User When Voice Input to a Device is Likely to Fail Because of Background or Other Noise ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,438,023) developed by five co-inventors for "warning a user when voice input to a device is likely to fail because of background or other noise." The co-inventors are Robert William Hamilton, London, Bjorn Erik Bringert, Bath, United Kingdom, Michael J. LeBeau, New York, William J. Byrne, Davis, Calif., and John Nicholas Jitkoff, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices are disclosed for notifying a user of a likelihood of successful recognition in an environment by a voice recognition application. In one embodiment, the method includes a device recording a noise sample in an environment and making a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold. The method further includes, based on the comparison, determining a likelihood of successful recognition in the environment by a voice recognition application, and triggering a notification indicating the likelihood. In another embodiment, the device includes a microphone configured to record a noise sample in an environment, a processor, and data storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to make a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold, based on the comparison, determine a likelihood of successful recognition by a voice recognition application, and trigger a notification indicating the likelihood." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2012 (13/588,054). 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=8,438,023&OS=8,438,023&RS=8,438,023 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,437,461) developed by Jeffrey G. Gartner, Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and Humphrey D. Chen, Palisades Park, N.J., for a "conference participant finder method and apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Conference participant finder methods and apparatuses are provided. The conference participant finder maintains a record of expected conference participants. After the scheduled start time of a conference, expected conference participants are automatically contacted and reminded to join the conference. The contact address used to contact an expected conference participant can be obtained with reference to presence information. In addition, information regarding the status of conference participants can be displayed to a conference host." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2009 (12/392,823). 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=84,37,461.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,461&RS=PN/84,37,461 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Providing Mobile and Social Services via Virtual Individual Servers ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,437,365) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for providing mobile and social services via virtual individual servers." The co-inventors are Ramon Caceres, New York, Alexander Varshavsky, Florham Park, N.J., Landon Cox, Durham, N.C., Harold Lim, Pinchurst, N.C., and Amre Shakimov, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a virtual individual server service within a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a subscriber of the communications network to subscribe to the virtual individual server service, provides a virtual individual server to the subscriber in response to the request and executes at least one application via the virtual individual server using at least one piece of personal information associated with the subscriber." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2009 (12/622,153). 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=84,37,365.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,365&RS=PN/84,37,365 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,437,865) developed by seven co-inventors for a "shielded network for an active medical device implantable lead." The co-inventors are Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Holly Noelle Mosciano, Lancaster, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore, and Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Williamsville, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shielded component or network for an active medical device (AMD) implantable lead includes (1) an implantable lead having a length extending from a proximal end to a distal end, all external of an AMD housing, (2) a passive component or network disposed somewhere along the length of the implantable lead, the passive component or network including at least one inductive component having a first inductive value, and (3) an electromagnetic shield substantially surrounding the inductive component or the passive network. The first inductive value of the inductive component is adjusted to a account for a shift in its inductance to a second inductive value when shielded." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2010 (12/891,292). 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=8,437,865.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,865&RS=PN/8,437,865 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** General Electric Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,437,880) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for enhancement of power generation facilities." The co-inventors are Christopher Eugene Long, Greer, S.C., Robert Joseph Iasillo, Atlanta, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, Liberty, S.C., Kevin Thomas McCarthy, Troy, N.Y., and Sameer Vittal, Atlanta. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for enhancing operation of a power generation system. The method includes receiving forecasts at a predictive control unit. The method also includes accessing via a controller real-time lifing models or near real-time lifing models in the predictive control unit. Additionally, the method includes accessing via the controller an enhancer configured to simulate operation of a power generating unit in the power generation system to generate an enhancement of the power generation system based on the forecasts and the real-time or near real-time lifing models." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,775). 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=8,437,880.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,880&RS=PN/8,437,880 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Mobile Communication Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Mobile Communication Technologies, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,729) developed by Robert C. Ewell Jr., Ballston Spa, N.Y., Douglas L. Garmany, Pineland, Texas, and Charles T. Kelly, Houston, for an "apparatus for and system for enabling a mobile communicator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a mobile communicator that includes a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality. The mobile communicator includes a display, a notification mechanism, a user interface, a transmitter and a receiver. Further, the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state, wherein at least one of a plurality of functions are disabled. The mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete. A logic of the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state, wherein the at least one of the plurality of functions become enabled, when a condition is satisfied." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2010 (12/729,315). 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=8,437,729.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,729&RS=PN/8,437,729 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hypres Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Hypres, Elmsford, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,437,818) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for providing multi-conductive layer metallic interconnects for superconducting integrated circuits." The co-inventors are Sergey K. Tolpygo, Putnam Valley, N.Y., Denis Amparo, White Plains, N.Y., Richard Hunt, Park Ridge, N.J., John Vivalda, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Daniel Yohannes, Stamford, Conn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Superconducting integrated circuits require several wiring layers to distribute bias and signals across the circuit, which must cross each other both with and without contacts. All wiring lines and contacts must be fully superconducting, and in the prior art each wiring layer comprises a single metallic thin film. An alternative wiring layer is disclosed that comprises sequential layers of two or more different metals. Such a multi-metallic wiring layer may offer improved resistance to impurity diffusion, better surface passivation, and/or reduction of stress, beyond that which is attainable with a single-metallic wiring layer. The resulting process leads to improved margin and yield in an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of Josephson junctions. Several preferred embodiments are disclosed, for both planarized and non-planarized processes. These preferred and other methods may be applied to digital circuits based on Rapid Single Flux Quantum logic, and to quantum computing using Josephson junction qubits." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2012 (13/662,490). 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=8,437,818.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,818&RS=PN/8,437,818 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Zero Touch Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Zero Touch Digital, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,437,744) developed by Douglas Brian Heins, San Francisco, and Gregory Michael Morey, New York, for "methods and devices for remote processing of information originating from a mobile communication device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In part the invention relates to a method of providing remote access to data generated by a mobile device having a device storage element. The method includes the steps of monitoring the mobile device such that changes in local data resident in the device storage element are detected using a client application installed on the mobile device, wherein the changes in the local data accumulate during a period of time to comprise at least one change set; transmitting the at least one change set over a network; receiving the at least one change set at a remote server, the remote server having a remote storage element; and processing the at least one change set using a server application to generate user accessible remote data." The patent application was filed on April 23, 2008 (12/108,284). 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=8,437,744.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,744&RS=PN/8,437,744 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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