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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (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 Texas. *** Damaka Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Damaka, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,307) developed by Sivakumar R. Chaturvedi, Allen, Texas, and Satish Gundabathula, Irving, Texas, for a "device and method for maintaining a communication session during a network transition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are a device and method for maintaining a communication session during a network transition. In one example, the method includes monitoring, by a client, a connection with a first network to determine whether a signal strength of the connection falls below a threshold value. The client establishes a connection with a second network if the signal strength of the connection with the first network falls below the threshold value. Establishing the connection with the second network includes obtaining an address and port assignment corresponding to the client from the second network. The client uses the obtained address and port assignment to maintain a communication session during the changeover from the first network to the second network." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 (12/203,722). 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=8,437,307&OS=8,437,307&RS=8,437,307 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,995) developed by Oliver Matthews, Houston, Robert I. Clayton, Deer Park, Texas, and Shilin Chen, Plano, Texas, for a "drill bit and design method for optimizing distribution of individual cutter forces, torque, work, or power." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A design process and resulting bit structure is provided for drill bits wherein cutter geometries on the face of the bit are tailored to optimize the distribution of one or more of forces, torque, work, or power of each cutter relative to other cutters. Balanced are the forces, torque, work, or power generated by each cutter in respect to other cutters that are working within the same region of cut, so that all cutters within the same region of cut are generating sufficiently comparable forces, torque, work, or power. In this manner all of the cutters on the bit may share as closely as possible the work and loads required to penetrate the subterranean rock. The design process produces a bit structure in which each cutter is doing similar levels of work or creating similar levels of force, torque, or power relative to other cutters within the same region of cut on the bit, within specified ranges of design criteria." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/167,350). 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=8,437,995&OS=8,437,995&RS=8,437,995 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,996) developed by Adam K. Usadi, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Ilya D. Mishev, Pearland, Texas, for a "parallel adaptive data partitioning on a reservoir simulation using an unstructured grid." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented system and method for parallel adaptive data partitioning on a reservoir simulation using an unstructured grid includes a method of simulating a reservoir model which includes generating the reservoir model. The generated reservoir model is partitioned into multiple sets of different domains, each one corresponding to an efficient partition for a specific portion of the model." The patent application was filed on Oct. 20, 2008 (12/682,731). 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=8,437,996&OS=8,437,996&RS=8,437,996 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,438,036) developed by Shawn X. Yu, Austin, Texas, and Terry L. Sculley, Lewisville, Texas, for an "asynchronous sampling rate converter for audio applications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In recent years, it has become commonplace for portable devices to generate analog audio signals from numerous sources, meaning that the codecs employed in these portable devices need to be able to utilize various digital bit streams at different sampling rates. To date, however, the circuitry for asynchronous sampling rate conversions for multiple bit streams has been complex, rigid, and power hungry. Here, a codec is provided which uses miniDSP cores to perform asynchronous sampling rate conversion efficiently and with reduced power consumption compared to other conventional codecs." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2009 (12/553,713). 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=8,438,036&OS=8,438,036&RS=8,438,036 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent for Time Lapse Analysis with Electromagnetic Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,961) developed by Leonard J. Srnka, Bellaire, Texas, James J. Carazzone, Houston, and Dmitriy A. Pavlov, The Woodlands, Texas, for a "time lapse analysis with electromagnetic data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method for determining time-dependent changes [73] in the earth vertical and horizontal electrical resistivity and fluid saturations from offshore electromagnetic survey measurements. The method requires both online and offline data, which should include at least one electromagnetic field component sensitive at least predominantly to vertical resistivity and another component sensitive at least predominately to horizontal resistivity [62]. Using a horizontal electric dipole source, online Ez and offline Hz measurements are preferred. For a horizontal magnetic dipole source, online H2 and offline E2 data are preferred. Magnetotelluric data may be substituted for controlled source data sensitive at least predominantly to horizontal resistivity. Maxwell's equations are solved by forward modeling [64,65] or by inversion [66,67], using resistivity models of the subsurface that are either isotropic contrast, and [64,66] or anisotropic [65,67]. Fluid saturation is determined from the vertical and horizontal resistivities using empirical relations or rock physics models [70]." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2007 (12/280,509). 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=8,437,961&OS=8,437,961&RS=8,437,961 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus to Provide Incentives to Deflect Callers to Websites ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,438,056) developed by Jeffrey Brandt, Cedar Park, Texas, Angela Sandoval, Austin, Texas, and Aaron Bangor, Austin, Texas, for "methods and apparatus to provide incentives to deflect callers to websites." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to provide incentives to deflect callers to websites are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to deflect a caller to a webpage comprises receiving a call from the caller, offering an incentive to the caller to terminate the call and access the webpage, and providing an address of the webpage to the caller after the caller consents to terminate the call." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2007 (11/668,809). 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=8,438,056&OS=8,438,056&RS=8,438,056 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Method and System for Processing of Threshold-crossing Events ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,988) developed by Gang Peter Fang, Plano, Texas, for a "method and system for processing of threshold-crossing events." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media are provided for simulation of a model of a system by detecting a violation of a cross condition while iteratively refining a first solution of a system of nonlinear algebraic equations at a current time point, and responsive to the detecting, predicting a crossing time step, projecting an initial guess for a second solution of the system of nonlinear algebraic equations at the crossing time point, and iteratively refining the second solution and the crossing time step by jointly solving an equation for the cross condition with the system of nonlinear algebraic equations as a coupled nonlinear system in which the crossing time step is treated as an unknown to compute changes to the second solution and the crossing time step in each iteration." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2009 (12/492,714). 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=8,437,988&OS=8,437,988&RS=8,437,988 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** United Services Automobile Association Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,438,048) developed by David R. Benavides III, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for integrated purchasing of vehicles and vehicle insurance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system implemented on one or more computer processors for integrated purchasing of vehicles and vehicle insurance may comprise at least one subsystem configured for electronically receiving vehicle searching criteria, at least one subsystem configured for electronically providing available vehicles based on searching criteria, at least one subsystem configured for electronically receiving a vehicle selection of the provided available vehicles, at least one subsystem configured for automatically providing a financing quote for purchase of the vehicle selected, and at least one subsystem configured for automatically providing an insurance quote for the vehicle selected." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/474,579). 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=8,438,048&OS=8,438,048&RS=8,438,048 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Freescale Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,438,327) developed by four co-inventors for a "recovery scheme for an emulated memory system." The co-inventors are Ross S. Scouller, Austin, Texas, Daniel L. Andre, Austin, Texas, Frank K. Baker Jr., Austin, Texas, and Stephen F. McGinty, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system includes an emulation memory having a first sector of non-volatile memory for storing information, in which the non-volatile memory includes a plurality of records. It is determined if a last record written of the plurality of records is a compromised record, if the last record written is not a compromised record, a next write is performed to a record of the plurality of records that is next to the last record written. If the last record written is a comprised record, an address of the compromised record is determined, valid data for the address of the compromised record is written into the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record, and data is written into a record that is next to the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2010 (12/826,814). 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=8,438,327&OS=8,438,327&RS=8,438,327 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Blue Calypso Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Blue Calypso, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,438,055) developed by Andrew E. Levi, Plano, Texas, and Bradley W. Bauer, Richardson, Texas, for a "system and method for providing endorsed advertisements and testimonials between communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are disclosed for distribution of advertisements between communication devices. The system and method provides for accounting and distribution of incentives related to distribution of the advertisements. The system further provides for association of testimonials from advertising recipients related to the advertisement and for distribution of the testimonials to communication devices. A bi-directional selection between subscribers and advertisers using the system is created whereby both advertisers and subscribers agree to participate in the distribution of advertisements and testimonials." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2010 (12/803,635). 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=8,438,055&OS=8,438,055&RS=8,438,055 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Dynamically Adjusting Simulation Fidelity Based on Changes in Activity Levels of Components ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,437,993) developed by six co-inventors for "dynamically adjusting simulation fidelity based on changes in activity levels of components." The co-inventors are Thomas W. Aarts, Mantorville, Minn., Ched D. Hays, Austin, Texas, Michael C. Hollinger, Round Rock, Texas, Jason S. Ma, Austin, Texas, Jose L. Ortiz, Austin, Texas, and Gundam Raghuswamyreddy, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a system. A model of the system is received, the model of the system having a plurality of individual components of the system. Fidelity values are assigned to models of the individual components of the system. A simulation of the system is executed using the model of the system and the models of the individual components of the system. For each component in the plurality of individual components of the system, an activity level of the component during execution of the simulation is determined. The fidelity values of one or more of the models of the individual components of the system are dynamically adjusted during the execution of the simulation based on changes in individual activity levels of the individual components." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2010 (12/854,980). 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=8,437,993&OS=8,437,993&RS=8,437,993 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent for Hybrid Method for Full Waveform Inversion Using Simultaneous and Sequential Source Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,998) developed by five co-inventors for a "hybrid method for full waveform inversion using simultaneous and sequential source method." The co-inventors are Partha S. Routh, Katy, Texas, Jerome R. Krebs, Houston, Carey Marcinkovich, The Woodlands, Texas, Spyridon Lazaratos, Houston, and Sunwoong Lee, Houston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method for simultaneous full-wavefield inversion of gathers of source (or receiver) encoded geophysical data to determine a physical properties model for a subsurface region, especially suitable for surveys where fixed receiver geometry conditions were not satisfied in the data acquisition. First, a shallow time window of the data (202) where the fixed receiver condition is satisfied is inverted by simultaneous encoded (203) source inversion (205). Then, the deeper time window of the data (208) is inverted by sparse sequential source inversion (209), using the physical properties model from the shallow time window (206) as a starting model (207). Alternatively, the shallow time window model is used to simulate missing far offset data (211) producing a data set satisfying the stationary receiver assumption, after which this data set is source encoded (212) and inverted by simultaneous source inversion (214)." The patent application was filed on Oct. 13, 2010 (12/903,744). 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=8,437,998&OS=8,437,998&RS=8,437,998 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ExxonMobil Upstream Research Assigned Patent for Dynamic Connectivity Analysis ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,997) developed by five co-inventors for a dynamic connectivity analysis. The co-inventors are Mary Ellen Meurer, Pearland, Texas, Peter J. Vrolijk, Houston, Michael L. Sweet, Houston, John W. Snedden, The Woodlands, Texas, and Lawrence T. Sumpter, Houston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer-readable mediums, and systems analyze hydrocarbon production data from a subsurface region to determine geologic time scale reservoir connectivity and production time scale reservoir connectivity for the subsurface region. Compartments, fluid properties, and fluid distribution are interpreted to determine geologic time scale reservoir connectivity and production time scale reservoir connectivity for the subsurface region. A reservoir connectivity model based on the geologic time scale and production time scale reservoir connectivity for the subsurface region is constructed, wherein the reservoir connectivity model includes a plurality of production scenarios each including reservoir compartments, connections, and connection properties for each scenario. Each of the production scenarios is tested and refined based on production data for the subsurface region." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/738,427). 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=8,437,997&OS=8,437,997&RS=8,437,997 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,437,892) developed by Alan Scott Hope, Alexandria, Va., and Annie Megan Lum, Austin, Texas, for a "method and system for establishment and maintenance of a global formation of directionally-fixed spacecraft without the use of expendable mass." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of establishing a formation of a plurality of directionally fixed satellites, such as primary formation of the satellites with in-track velocity disparity. The plurality of satellites includes an anchor satellite and at least one non-anchor satellite, each satellite of the plurality of satellites including at least one drag flap, each satellite of the plurality of satellites being free of one of a propulsion system and an expendable mass propellant. Control is applied to deploy the at least one drag flap of the at least one non-anchor satellite based on the current spacing and the current separation rate of the each non-anchor satellite, and the predicted final spacing of the plurality of satellites. The final spacing predicting and the drag flap control applying is repeated until the current separation rate has been nulled to within a threshold value." The patent application was filed on Jan. 20, 2011 (13/010,202). 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=8,437,892&OS=8,437,892&RS=8,437,892 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,361) developed by five co-inventors for "adaptive subchannel disabling in beamformed wireless communication systems." The co-inventors are Li Guo, Irving, Texas, Hanqing Lou, Garland, Texas, Weiguo Xie, Plano, Texas, Lin Zeng, Plano, Texas, and Hang Jin, Plano, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided herein to adaptively and independently disable use of subchannels in transmission sent from a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device receives transmission sent to it by the second wireless communication device. The transmissions occupy some or all of a plurality of subchannels within a frequency band that are available for use in the transmission. The transmissions received at the first wireless communication device are evaluated in each subchannel for an over-the-air wireless link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. Based on the evaluation, zero or more of the plurality of subchannels are independently disabled in transmissions that are sent by the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2009 (12/405,442). 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=84,37,361.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,361&RS=PN/84,37,361 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,422) developed by Jayakrishnan C. Mundarath, Austin, Texas, and Jayesh H. Kotecha, Austin, Texas, for a "multi-user MIMO-SDMA for finite rate feedback systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-user MIMO downlink beamforming system with limited feedback (200) is provided to enable precoding for multi-stream transmission, where a channel codeword (u.sub.i) and one or more channel quality indicator values (CQI.sub.A, CQI.sub.B) are computed at the user equipment (201.i) on the basis of maximizing a predetermined SINR performance metric (.rho..sub.i) which estimates the receive signal-to-noise-ratio (SINR) at the user equipment (201.i). The computed codeword (u.sub.i) and CQI values (or differential values related thereto) are quantized and fed back to help the base station (210) which applies a correction to the appropriate CQI value in the course of designing the transmit beamforming vectors w and determining the appropriate modulation and coding level to be used for downlink data transmission." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2011 (13/311,336). 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=84,37,422.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,422&RS=PN/84,37,422 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Managing Contact Books ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,437,456) developed by William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, Wis., Tyler Wallis, San Antonio, and Anup D. Karnalkar, Allen, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for managing contact books." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a first communication device (CD) a telephone number of a second CD, submit a verification code to the second CD, submit a request to the first CD for the verification code, receive the verification code from the first CD, provide the first CD access to update in whole or in part a second contact book of the second CD stored in a contact book account, receive from the first CD one or more entries of a first contact book of the first CD, merge the one or more entries of the first contact book with one or more entries of the second contact book, thereby generating an updated second contact book, and store the updated second contact book in the contact book account. Additional embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2008 (12/181,027). 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=84,37,456.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,456&RS=PN/84,37,456 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** National Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- National Instruments, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,385) developed by Stephen L. Dark, Austin, Texas, for "measuring the DC properties of a signal path between transmitter and receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for measuring transmitter and/or receiver I/Q impairments are disclosed, including iterative methods for measuring transmitter I/Q impairments using shared local oscillators, iterative methods for measuring transmitter I/Q impairments using intentionally-offset local oscillators, and methods for measuring receiver I/Q impairments. Also disclosed are methods for computing I/Q impairments from a sampled complex signal, methods for computing DC properties of a signal path between the transmitter and receiver, and methods for transforming I/Q impairments through a linear system." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2012 (13/442,523). 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=84,37,385.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,385&RS=PN/84,37,385 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,424) developed by Fernando A. Mujica, Allen, Texas, Hardik P. Gandhi, Mt. View, Calif., and Kun Shi, Richardson, Texas, for a "robust transmit/feedback alignment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Performing digital predistortion (DPD) for widely spaced narrowband signals, such as the signal used in multi-carrier GSM, can be very difficult. Here, a system is provided the performs DPD for widely spaced narrowband signals. In particular, this system uses a polynomial curve for values of a cross-correlation function (above a predetermined threshold) to determine a delay estimate, which allows for a more robust and accurate system." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2010 (12/718,152). 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=84,37,424.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,424&RS=PN/84,37,424 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lennox Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Lennox Industries, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,878) developed by Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, Texas, and Amanda Filbeck, Guthrie, Okla., for an "alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment the network includes a system device and a user interface. The system device is configured to generate and locally store an alarm record in response to an alarm event. The system device is further configured to receive an alarm request message via a data bus. In response to receiving the alarm request message, the system device is configured to publish an alarm reporting message over the data bus. The user interface is configured to receive the alarm message and display an alert depending on a state of the flag." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (12/603,523). 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=8,437,878.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,878&RS=PN/8,437,878 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lennox Industries Assigned Patent for System Recovery in a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Lennox Industries, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,877) developed by Wojciech Grohman, Little Elm, Texas, and Darko Hadzidedic, Plano, Texas, for a "system recovery in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure provides a system and method of retrieving data for an active subnet controller of a subnet in an HVAC network. In an embodiment, a device on said subnet reports a loss of internal memory settings to said active subnet controller. The device is recognized by the active subnet controller. At least one list of parameters is requested from the device by the active subnet controller. An order of said at least one list of parameters is employed to convey corresponding stored values of these parameters from the active subnet controller to the coupled device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2009 (12/603,493). 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=8,437,877.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,877&RS=PN/8,437,877 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. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent for Extruded Analyte Sensors and Methods of Using Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,827) developed by four co-inventors for an "extruded analyte sensors and methods of using same." The co-inventors are Songbiao Zhang, Fremont, Calif., John C. Mazza, Pleasanton, Calif., Mohammed Moein, Saratoga, Calif., and Ting Chen, Cedar Park, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure provides electrode structures and integrated electrode structures having one or more conductive materials coextruded with one or more dielectric materials. The disclosed electrode structures can be configured for use as analyte sensors. Also provided, are methods of making and using the electrode structures and integrated electrode structures described herein." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,712). 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=8,437,827.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,827&RS=PN/8,437,827 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cardiac Pacemakers Assigned Patent for Regulatory Compliant Transmission of Medical Data Employing a Patient Implantable Medical Device and a Generic Network Access Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Cardiac Pacemakers, Saint Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,437,854) developed by seven co-inventors for a "regulatory compliant transmission of medical data employing a patient implantable medical device and a generic network access device." The co-inventors are William Mass, Renton, Wash., Greg P. Carpenter, Centerville, Minn., Daniel Kollmann, Andover, Minn., Arthur Lai, Minnetonka, Minn., Philip G. Dion, Blaine, Minn., Thomas Phillips, Stanchfield, Minn., and Aaron Eash, Dallas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments concern a method which may include communicating medical information between a PIMD and an interface module via a first channel in compliance with a predetermined medical information regulatory standard, preventing access to the PIMD via the interface module other than through the first channel, detecting a communication protocol used by an available generic network access device, selecting a communication protocol rule set from a plurality of communication protocol rule sets to effect communication between the interface device and an available generic network access device of a plurality of generic network access devices, and transferring at least some of the medical information to the remote network via a second channel established between the interface module and the available generic network access device using the selected communication protocol rule set." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2012 (13/610,324). 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=8,437,854.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,854&RS=PN/8,437,854 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cyberonics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Cyberonics, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,437,853) developed by Dana Michael Inman, Seabrook, Texas, Randolph K. Armstrong, Houston, and Scott A. Armstrong, Danbury, Texas, for a "safe-mode operation of an implantable medical device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An implantable medical device (IMD) may include a lead circuit including a first node configured to be coupled to a first lead that may be coupled to a first target tissue and including a second node configured to be coupled to a second lead that may be coupled to a second target tissue. The IMD may include an impedance unit that may determine at least one characteristic of coupled energy associated with the lead circuit, where the coupled energy may be produced by a source external to the IMD. The impedance unit may provide an impedance between the first node and the second node, where the impedance is selected based at least in part on a characteristic of the coupled energy. The impedance is selected to reduce the coupled energy or a negative effect associated with functionality of the IMD induced by the coupled energy." The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2012 (13/359,720). 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=8,437,853.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,853&RS=PN/8,437,853 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** UTC Fire & Security Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- UTC Fire & Security Americas, Bradenton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,437,740) developed by five co-inventors for a "key control with real time communications to remote locations." The co-inventors are Jay Despain, Salem, Ore., James Petrizzi, Wilsonville, Ore., Casey Fale, Portland, Ore., Jonathan G. Hays, Austin, Texas, and Wayne F. Larson, Salem, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A key control system includes at least one premise, a lockbox capable of securing a key to the premise and at least one mobile telephone associated with a user and having a stored access device program capable of communicating an access request to the lockbox. The premise is subject to authorized access by others, such as the user, based on preferences of an approval party established with the system. If specified by these preferences, the mobile telephone automatically initiates a communication to a selected destination to request approval of the access request." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2009 (12/561,440). 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=8,437,740.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,740&RS=PN/8,437,740 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Method for Managing Multiple Radio Access Bearers in a Single Handset ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,437,748) developed by Arthur Brisebois, Cumming, Ga., William Neil Feidt, Atlanta, and John T. Stupka, Dallas, for a "method for managing multiple radio access bearers in a single handset." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for managing a voice call while simultaneously running a data application on a handset having a display includes determining whether the display on the handset is on or off; and if the display is off, then suspending data transfer supporting the data application. Other conditions for suspending data transfer include whether an application is in the foreground of the display; whether the handset is in proximity to a user's head, or if network reception quality exceeds a threshold." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2010 (12/831,836). 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=8,437,748.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,748&RS=PN/8,437,748 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,483) developed by Mayank Garg, Richardson, Texas, for an "active snubber for improving stability of headphone amplifiers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Audio amplifiers, particularly those employed with headphones, use snubbers to suppress or snub signals within a particular frequency range. Conventional resistive and resistor-capacitor (RC) type snubbers have a number of drawbacks (i.e., require external components and high power consumption). Here, an active snubber is provided that allows for suppression in a desired frequency range without the need for external components and with relatively small footprint and a relatively small power increase." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2009 (12/648,939). 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=8,437,483&OS=8,437,483&RS=8,437,483 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intersil Americas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Intersil Americas, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,478) developed by Michael A. Kost, Cedar Park, Texas, for "systems and methods for improved over-current clipping." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for implementing over-current protection include reducing a clip level while an over-current condition is being detected. Once the over-current condition is no longer detected, the clip level is maintained for a specified period before allowing the clip level to be increased. In an embodiment, the specified period, for which the clip level is maintained before the clip level is allowed to be increased, starts when the over-current condition is no longer detected, and ends when each of N immediately preceding sample(s) of the audio signal are not clipped to the clip level, where N is an integer .gtoreq.1. After an over-current condition is no longer detected, and after the clip level has been maintained for the specified period, the clip level can be increased if an over-current condition is not detected for a sample and the clip level is below a specified maximum clip level." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2011 (13/284,723). 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=8,437,478&OS=8,437,478&RS=8,437,478 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** LifeSize Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- LifeSize Communications, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,505) developed by Stephen P. Flosdorf, Round Rock, Texas, and Michael V. Jenkins, Buda, Texas, for a "detection of local motion between image frames." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for detecting local motion between image frames are presented. Each image frame may include a plurality of pixels. A first image frame and a second image frame may be received. Values of a first plurality of pixels at first pixel locations of the first image frame may be read. Values of a second plurality of pixels at second pixel locations of the second image frame may be read. The first pixel locations of the first image frame may correspond to the second pixel locations of the second image frame. A first delta function, based on differences between pixel values between the first and second image frames, may be calculated to produce a first output. The first output may be compared to a first one or more thresholds. It may be determined whether local motion has occurred in the second image frame based on said comparing." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/640,450). 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=8,437,505&OS=8,437,505&RS=8,437,505 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 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