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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts. *** Cates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Thomas M. Cates, has been assigned a patent (8,438,037) developed by Thomas M. Cates, Acton, Mass., and Eli M. Blatt, San Francisco, for an "emotivity and vocality measurement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a computer-implemented system that analyzes free-form text comments provided by a user (such as a customer of a company) and draws conclusions about the tone of the user's feedback, such as whether the user's feedback is positive, negative, angry, critical, or congratulatory. Such conclusions may be reflected in a single numerical value referred to herein as "emotivity." A customer's emotivity score may be used for various purposes, such as determining whether the customer is likely to provide a positive testimonial for the company, or whether a follow-up phone call should be made to the customer to improve the company's relationship with the customer. Furthermore, a measurement of the customer's loyalty to the company may be modified based on the user's measured emotivity." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2010 (12/758,349). 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=8,438,037&OS=8,438,037&RS=8,438,037 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent for Method and System for Transferring Analyte Test Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,966) developed by Brian Edmond Connolly, Reading, Mass., Chad Harold Mace, Hudson, N.H., and Marc R. Lai, Dover, Mass., for a "method and system for transferring analyte test data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for transferring data includes an analyte test instrument (ATI) adapted to store data, a wirelessly enabled data management device (DMD) for comprehensively analyzing data, and an adaptor removably connected to the ATI for transferring data stored on the ATI to the DMD. The adaptor includes a data communication device capable of removable connection with the ATI, a microprocessor electrically connected to the data communication device, a wireless controller electrically connected to the microprocessor and a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the wireless controller. In use, data transfer is executed between the ATI and the DMD by electrically and mechanically connecting the adaptor to the ATI. Data stored on the ATI is then automatically downloaded into adaptor memory. Upon completion of the download, the user activates an externally accessible input device on the adaptor which, in turn, wirelessly transmits data from the adaptor memory to the DMD." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2009 (12/622,915). 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=8,437,966&OS=8,437,966&RS=8,437,966 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,437,700) developed by seven co-inventors for a "protocol reference model, security and inter-operability in a cognitive communications system." The co-inventors are Apurva N. Mody, Lowell, Mass., Matthew J. Sherman, Succasunna, N.J., Kevin McNeil, Alexandria, Va., Phong Khuu, Ashburn, Va., Dan E. Dudgeon, Acton, Mass., Ranga Reddy, Bridgewater, N.J., and Thomas Kiernan, Little Silver, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various cognitive communications system architectures and their corresponding Protocol Reference Models (PRMs) are disclosed. Such PRMs incorporate a Cognitive Plane in addition to conventional Data and Management Planes. The additional Cognitive Plane functionality may include, for example, spectrum sensing, spectrum management, geolocation, and security functions. The Cognitive Plane may further include a Policy Engine and a Learning and Reasoning Module. In some embodiments, Management Plane functions may be effectively combined to form a database of primitives (and their respective values) called a Management Information Base (MIB). In addition, techniques are provided by which various components of cognitive and non-cognitive, as well as mesh-enabled and non-mesh-enabled nodes in a network, inter-operate with each other. The architectures allow a Spectrum Manager (or Signal Space Manager) to combine information from various network layers (e.g., PHY/MAC Layers, Spectrum Sensing Function, Geolocation Function, and/or Security Sublayers), and to make informed decisions on spectrum utilization." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/189,672). 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=8,437,700&OS=8,437,700&RS=8,437,700 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** National Biomedical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- National Biomedical, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,438,042) developed by Fred David Ledley, Needham, Mass., for "instruments and methods for obtaining informed consent to genetic tests." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention provides an instrument for obtaining consent for a genetic test that comprises three or more integrated elements including an information element for conveying information to an individual concerning a genetic test, and instruction element for use by a practitioner in instructing individuals on the genetic test and use of the instrument, a collection element for collecting an individual's medical and family history, a assessment element for assessing the individual's retention and understanding of information concerning a genetic test, a certification element for certifying the individual's consent to said tests, as well as housekeeping elements useful for recording a medical record, labeling a sample, and billing. Also provided is a method for obtaining informed consent for a genetic test using an integrated instrument. The instruments and methods disclosed have utility in obtaining informed consent for genetic tests." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2002 (10/134,424). 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=8,438,042&OS=8,438,042&RS=8,438,042 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** EMC Assigned Patent for Techniques for Non-disruptive Upgrade ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,438,315) developed by seven co-inventors for "techniques for non-disruptive upgrade." The co-inventors are Tao Tao, Cambridge, Mass., Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, Mass., Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, Colo., Edith Epstein, Arlington, Mass., Eric I. West, Brighton, Mass., and Santhosh Venkatesh Kudva, Karnataka, India. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are techniques for upgrading a driver. A driver is installed which includes an upgrade facility, a base driver and a first set of one or more driver extension modules for processing input/output operations for one or more devices. Processing is performed to upgrade the driver using the upgrade facility. The processing includes loading one or more upgrade modules associated with a second version of said driver and performing cutover processing for each of the one or more devices." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2010 (12/924,588). 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=8,438,315&OS=8,438,315&RS=8,438,315 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,438,002) developed by Joseph Daniel Kanapka, Cambridge, Mass., and Nathan E. Brewton, Wayland, Mass., for a "system and method of generating equation-level diagnostic error messages for use in circuit simulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mechanism for providing equation-level diagnostic error messages for system models undergoing circuit simulations is discussed. The components in a model of a system being simulated are converted into multiple numerical equations where each equation corresponds to a component in the system being simulated or a topology equation for the system model. Each numerical equation is numerically analyzed in order to identify illegal configurations in the system. Upon detection of an error, an error message listing the components associated with the illegal configuration is generated for the user." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2011 (13/085,073). 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=8,438,002&OS=8,438,002&RS=8,438,002 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 (8,438,031) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for relating syntax and semantics for a conversational speech application." The co-inventors are Steven I. Ross, S. Hamilton, Mass., Robert C. Armes, Millbury, Mass., Julie F. Alweis, Belmont, Mass., Elizabeth A. Brownholtz, Andover, Mass., and Jeffrey G. MacAllister, Chestnut Hill, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conversation manager processes spoken utterances from a user of a computer. The conversation manager includes a semantics analysis module and a syntax manager. A domain model that is used in processing the spoken utterances includes an ontology (i.e., world view for the relevant domain of the spoken utterances), lexicon, and syntax definitions. The syntax manager combines the ontology, lexicon, and syntax definitions to generate a grammatic specification. The semantics module uses the grammatic specification and the domain model to develop a set of frames (i.e., internal representation of the spoken utterance). The semantics module then develops a set of propositions from the set of frames. The conversation manager then uses the set of propositions in further processing to provide a reply to the spoken utterance." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2007 (11/759,480). 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=8,438,031&OS=8,438,031&RS=8,438,031 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tufts University Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Tufts University, Medford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,551) developed by Joseph P. Noonan, Gloucester, Mass., and Prabahan Basu, Lexington, Mass., for "devices and methods for restoring low-resolution text images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that extracts text from an image includes a capture device that captures the image having a low resolution. An image segmentation subsystem partitions the image into image segments. An image restoration subsystem generates a resolution-expanded image from the image segments and negates degradation effects of the low-resolution image by transforming the image segments from a first domain to a second domain and deconvolving the transformed image segments in the second domain to determine parameters of the low-resolution image. A text recognition subsystem transforms the restored image data into computer readable text data based on the determined parameters." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2008 (12/681,454). 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=8,437,551&OS=8,437,551&RS=8,437,551 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fourth Floor Associates Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Fourth Floor Associates, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,437,911) developed by Edward Lanzilotta, Reading, Mass., Damian Harty, Coventry, United Kingdom, and William T. Larkins, Manchester, N.H., for a "ride height control system and method for controlling load distribution at target ride height in a vehicle suspension system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A ride height control system and method may be used to control load distribution at wheel locations in a vehicle suspension system at target ride height. Load distribution may be controlled by adjusting the forces applied by the suspension system at respective wheel locations while maintaining a target ride height. In an exemplary air spring suspension system or hydropneumatic suspension system, the applied forces may be adjusted by adjusting the pressure in the suspension system at the respective wheel locations. The ride height control system and method may determine and establish balanced target ride height forces (e.g., planar forces) to be applied at the wheel locations of the vehicle to prevent a cross-jacking condition." The patent application was filed on Aug. 17, 2010 (12/858,226). 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=8,437,911&OS=8,437,911&RS=8,437,911 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,537) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for estimating 3D pose of specular objects." The co-inventors are Ju Yong Chang, Seoul, South Korea, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Somerville, Mass., Ashok N. Veeraraghavan, Cambridge, Mass., Ramesh N. Raskar, Cambridge, Mass., and Jay E. Thorton, Watertown, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method estimates a 3D pose of a 3D specular object in an environment. In a preprocessing step, a set of pairs of 2D reference images are generated using a 3D model of the object, and a set of poses of the object, wherein each pair of reference images is associated with one of the poses. Then, a pair of 2D input images are acquired of the object. A rough 3D pose of the object is estimated by comparing features in the pair of 2D input images and the features in each pair of 2D reference images using a rough cost function. The rough estimate is optionally refined using a fine cost function." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2009 (12/509,860). 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=8,437,537&OS=8,437,537&RS=8,437,537 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Predicting Heat Transfer Coefficients During Quenching ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,437,991) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for predicting heat transfer coefficients during quenching." The co-inventors are Qigui Wang, Rochester Hills, Mich., Bowang Xiao, Worcester, Mass., Gang Wang, Worcester, Mass., Yiming Rong, Shrewsbury, Mass., and Richard D. Sisson, Worcester, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to predict heat transfer coefficients for metal castings during quenching and/or cooling is provided. First, an initial set of HTC data are obtained from the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation based on the metal casting geometry, initial metal casting temperature (distribution), quench bed/tunnel dimensions and set-up, and a given or baseline (standard) quenching condition including, but not limited to, air and/or gas flow velocity, air and/or gas flow direction relative to the work piece, air and/or gas temperature, air and/or gas humidity, etc. The initial HTC values for the entire surface of the work piece calculated from CFD can then be optimized by multiplying scale factors to minimize the error between the predicted temperature-time profiles and the experimental measurements for the given or standard/baseline quench condition. When the HTC values are optimized for a standard/baseline quench condition, a set of semi-empirical equations (or weight functions) can be used to quickly modify the standard/baseline HTC data for different quenching conditions (i.e., variations of quenching conditions from the baseline) without performing complete heat transferring and optimization calculations. A system and article of manufacture are also provided." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2009 (12/589,351). 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=8,437,991&OS=8,437,991&RS=8,437,991 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TVWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- TVWorks, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,437,373) developed by seven co-inventors for "transmitting enhancement data for video." The co-inventors are Brian Bulkowski, Berkeley, Calif., Carolyn Wales, Menlo Park, Calif., Sam Hsu, Fremont, Calif., James Helman, San Carlos, Calif., Joseph Decker, San Jose, Calif., Brock Wagenaar, Cambridge, Mass., and Mark Vickers, Belmont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a method and apparatus that addresses and resolves the issues currently affecting the ability to offer Enhanced TV, in particular, those issues concerning timing and synchronization, interaction with other modules in the STB, and distribution." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2011 (13/074,535). 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=84,37,373.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,373&RS=PN/84,37,373 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TQ Delta Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- TQ Delta, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,437,382) developed by four co-inventors for a "multicarrier transmission system with low power sleep mode and rapid-on capability." The co-inventors are John A. Greszczuk, Stow, Mass., Richard W. Gross, Acton, Mass., Halil Padir, N. Andover, Mass., and Michael A. Tzannes, Lexingon, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multicarrier transceiver is provided with a sleep mode in which it idles with reduced power consumption when it is not needed to transmit or receive data. The full transmission and reception capabilities of the transceiver are quickly restored when needed, without requiring the full (and time-consuming) initialization commonly needed to restore such transceivers to operation after inactivity." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2011 (13/152,558). 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=84,37,382.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,382&RS=PN/84,37,382 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Scenera Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Scenera Technologies, Portsmouth, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,437,353) developed by Jared S. Fry, Boston, for "establishing directed communication based upon physical interaction between two devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for establishing communication with a device is provided. Aspects of an exemplary embodiment include detecting, at a first device, a physical interaction involving the first device and a second device; requesting assignment of a network address usable for establishing communication between the first device and the second device, wherein the network address is based on information associated with the detected physical interaction; and automatically transferring content between the first device and the second device using the network address based on information associated with the detected physical interaction." The patent application was filed on Jan. 12, 2011 (13/005,277). 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=84,37,353.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,353&RS=PN/84,37,353 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Stateful DHCPv6 Relay Agent in a Cable Modem Termination System ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,360) developed by Hemant Singh, Westford, Mass., Madhu Sudan, San Jose, Calif., and Shengyou Zeng, Concord, Mass., for a "stateful DHCPv6 relay agent in a cable modem termination system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A CMTS or other data aggregation component having a DHCPv6 relay agent extracts a Media Access Control (MAC) address of an end device from a data packet received from an end device. A DHCPv6 data frame is created for transmission to a DHCPv6 server. The MAC address may be inserted into a specific option of the DHCPv6 data frame, where data in the option may not be processed by the server and are echoed back to the aggregation component or CMTS. The DHCPv6 data frame is transmitted to the DHCPv6 server. The component receives a response message from the server that may contain the MAC address or similar client hardware address as it was sent to the server by the network component. The network component may determine an outgoing port interface from which the response message should be sent, utilizing the MAC address and an interface bundling table. In this manner, interface bundling may be enabled." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2007 (11/939,647). 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=84,37,360.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,360&RS=PN/84,37,360 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Facebook Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,384) developed by Yael G. Maguire, Boston, for "mobile communications devices and methods having reduced communication latency." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved mobile communications device, of the type having a set of antennas and a narrowband RF transceiver coupled to a first member of the set of antennas, also includes a broadband RF receiver coupled to a second member of the set of antennas; and processing circuitry, coupled to the narrowband RF transceiver and the broadband RF receiver, that uses a received signal from the broadband receiver to determine a communication parameter for the narrowband RF transceiver. Related methods are also provided." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2012 (13/485,117). 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=84,37,384.PN.&OS=PN/84,37,384&RS=PN/84,37,384 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,890) developed by Sterling J. Anderson, Allston, Mass., Steven C. Peters, Cambridge, Mass., and Karl D. Iagnemma, Cambridge, Mass., for an "integrated framework for vehicle operator assistance based on a trajectory prediction and threat assessment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various types and levels of operator assistance are performed within a unified, configurable framework. A model of the device with a model of the environment and the current state of the device and the environment are used to iteratively generate a sequence of optimal device control inputs that, when applied to a model of the device, generate an optimal device trajectory through a constraint-bounded corridor or region within the state space. This optimal trajectory and the sequence of device control inputs that generates it is used to generate a threat assessment metric. An appropriate type and level of operator assistance is generated based on this threat assessment. Operator assistance modes include warnings, decision support, operator feedback, vehicle stability control, and autonomous or semi-autonomous hazard avoidance. The responses generated by each assistance mode are mutually consistent because they are generated using the same optimal trajectory." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (13/254,761). 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=8,437,890.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,890&RS=PN/8,437,890 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** M-Qube Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- M-Qube, Watertown, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,784) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method to initiate a mobile data communication utilizing a trigger system." The co-inventors are Michael Trioano, Waltham, Mass., Mark Grindeland, Framingham, Mass., Gerald Hewes, Lexington, Mass., Eswar Priyadarshan, West Roxbury, Mass., and Randall Snyder, Campbell, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2012 (13/358,416). 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=8,437,784.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,784&RS=PN/8,437,784 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,437,819) developed by Makoto Takayasu, Lexington, Mass., Joseph V. Minervini, Cambridge, Mass., and Leslie Bromberg, Sharon, Mass., for a superconductor cable. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Superconductor cable having a plurality of flat, tape-shaped ribbon superconductor wires assembled to form a stack having a rectangular cross section, the stack having a twist about a longitudinal axis of the stack. Multiple superconductor cables including twisted stacked-cables of the flat-tape-shaped superconductor wires, and power cable comprising the twisted flat-tape stacked cables are disclosed. Superconducting power cable disposed within and separated from an electrical insulator with a space passing cryo-coolant between the superconducting cable and insulator is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2009 (12/488,174). 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=8,437,819.PN.&OS=PN/8,437,819&RS=PN/8,437,819 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Koninklijke Philips Electronics, General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and General Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,437,518) developed by four co-inventors for a "registration of electroanatomical mapping points to corresponding image data." The co-inventors are Raymond Chan, San Diego, Robert Manzke, Cambridge, Mass., Zachary John Malchano, San Francisco, and Vivek Reddy, Boston. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for identifying a structure in a volume of interest is provided. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of points related to the structure in a continuous mode, and subsequently registering at least one of the points to a previously acquired imaging dataset of the structure. An apparatus, system and a computer-readable medium are also provided. The present invention provides faster acquisition of EAM points by modifying the mapping system so that catheter tip locations are automatically and continuously recorded without requiring explicit navigation to and annotation of fiducial landmarks on the endocardium." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2007 (12/376,130). 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=8,437,518&OS=8,437,518&RS=8,437,518 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Personics Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Personics Holdings, Boca Raton, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,437,492) developed by Steven Goldstein, Delray Beach, Fla., John Patrick Keady, Fairfax Station, Va., and Paul Calvert, Assonet, Mass., for an "earpiece and method for forming an earpiece." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An earpiece is provided containing a thermal activator layer comprised of a first polymer, the thermal activator layer being separated from the tympanic membrane of the user's ear by an air gap, and an acoustical reflector layer, containing a second polymer and pigment particles, adjacent to the thermal activator layer. The earpiece may be produced by sequential introduction of various liquefied components in layers within the ear canal, with the components being cured to provide the thermal activator layer and the acoustical reflector layer." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/051,418). 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=8,437,492&OS=8,437,492&RS=8,437,492 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Corporate Services Group, Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Verizon Corporate Services Group, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,437,475) developed by Walter Clark Milliken, Dover, N.H., and Gregory Donald Troxel, Stow, Mass., for a "packet-based and pseudo-packet-based cryptographic synchronization systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosed technology provides a system and method of synchronizing cryptographic operation between a transmitter and a receiver. A transmitter can communicate encrypted data to a receiver according to a first communications protocol, and communicate a transmitter number and a portion of the encrypted data to the receiver according to a second communications protocol. The receiver can be in communication with a memory space containing locations that are each associated with an encrypted data and that can contain a previous receiver number. The receiver can receive transmitted encrypted data and an associated transmitter number and can search the memory space to find a location wherein the encrypted data associated with the location is entirely, or in part, the same as the transmitted encrypted data. When such a location is found, the receiver can compare the transmitter number with the previous receiver number stored in the location." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2005 (11/076,216). 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=8,437,475&OS=8,437,475&RS=8,437,475 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cognex Technology and Investment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- Cognex Technology and Investment, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,437,502) developed by Matheen Siddiqui, Framingham, Mass., and Jason Davis, Bellingham, Mass., for a "general pose refinement and tracking tool." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Per one embodiment, a method is provided for refining a pose estimate of a model. The model is coarsely aligned with a run-time image, and it represents a 2D pattern. The pose estimate includes at least one pose estimate parameter. The model has a plurality of model features, and the run-time image has a plurality of run-time features. A given distance value is determined representing a given distance between a given one of the plurality of the model features mapped by a given pose estimate and a corresponding given run-time feature. A two-dimensional model description of the two-dimensional model pattern is provided. The two-dimensional model pattern is mapped using the given pose estimate to create a transformed version of the two-dimensional model pattern. The transformed version represents a non-linear movement of at least portions of the two-dimensional model pattern in a direction orthogonal to a plane of the two-dimensional model description." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2004 (10/949,530). 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=8,437,502&OS=8,437,502&RS=8,437,502 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. -1124290 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |