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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (May 16)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,442,377) developed by four co-inventors for an intelligent recording. The co-inventors are Kulvir S. Bhogal, Pflugerville, Texas, Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich., Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Texas, and Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio/video recording method and system is provided. The method includes receiving by a processor of an audio/video recording device, a request for recording broadcast audio/video data. The processor analyzes audio/video presentation capabilities for audio/video presentation devices and formats of a first group of broadcast audio/video files associated with the broadcast audio/video data. Results of the analysis are compared and in response a first audio/video file is selected from the first group of broadcast audio/video files. The first audio/video file includes a first format requiring a first amount of storage space within a storage device of the audio/video recording device. The first format is associated with the audio/video presentation capabilities of a first audio/video presentation device and the first audio/video file is recorded." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2011 (13/212,545). 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=8,442,377.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,377&RS=PN/8,442,377 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** RF Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- RF Micro Devices, Greensboro, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,442,465) developed by William Kent Leverich, Jamestown, N.C., for a " sitched capacitor detuner for low noise amplification circuit having bypass path." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An RF circuit is disclosed having a low-noise amplification (LNA) circuit and a bypass path that provides a bypass around the LNA circuit. In the amplification mode, the bypass path is open and the LNA circuit amplifies the receive signal in accordance within a power gain frequency response. During the amplification mode, the LNA circuit is tuned such that a power gain resonance frequency band of the power gain frequency response is within the receive frequency band. On the other hand, in the bypass mode, the bypass path is closed and the receive signal is not amplified but rather bypasses the LNA circuit. Also, during the bypass mode, the power gain frequency response of the LNA circuit is transposed to reduce or eliminate excessive insertion losses caused by the LNA circuit within the receive frequency band." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/245,948). 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=8,442,465.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,465&RS=PN/8,442,465 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bioptigen Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Bioptigen, Durham, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,442,356) developed by Eric L. Buckland, Hickory, N.C., William J. Brown, Durham, N.C., and Joseph A. Izatt, Raleigh, N.C., for "methods, systems and computer program products for analyzing three dimensional data sets obtained from a sample." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of analyzing three dimensional data sets obtained from a sample over time are provided. The methods include aligning first and second volume intensity projection (VIP) images based on at least one landmark in the first and second VIP images. The first and second VIP images are obtained from a first three dimensional data set obtained from the sample at a first time and a second three dimensional data set obtained from the sample at a second time, respectively." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2010 (12/959,722). 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=8,442,356.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,356&RS=PN/8,442,356 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,015) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for an atomizing function of a mobile device." The co-inventors are Arya Behzad, Poway, Calif., Mark Buer, Gilbert, Ariz., Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, Calif., Alexander Macinnis, Ann Arbor, Mich., Thomas Quigley, Franklin, N.C., and John Walley, Ladera Ranch, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for an atomizing function for a mobile device are disclosed and may include discovering available resources via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) and assessing respective cost functions for processing tasks by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources. The tasks may be apportioned for local and/or remote execution by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources based on the assessed cost functions. The assessed cost functions may be dependent on factors comprising communication bandwidth, memory space, CPU processing power, and battery power, which may be weighted. The cost functions may be dynamically assessed, enabling dynamic reapportioning of the tasks, which may be apportioned based on latency, quality of service (QoS), priority and/or user preferences associated with the local and/or remote execution. The apportioning of the processing of the tasks may be based on the assessed cost functions, and a priority and/or a QoS associated with the task." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2007 (11/864,562). 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=84,42,015.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,015&RS=PN/84,42,015 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,872) developed by Jade M. Kizer, Durham, N.C., Yoshihito Koya, Kanagawa, Japan, and Frederick A. Ware, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "memory controller with adjustable width strobe interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of operation in a memory controller comprising generating a mode control signal to specify at least one of a first and second mode is disclosed. In the first mode, the memory controller is configured to operate by issuing a memory access command to initiate a first data transfer between the memory controller and a first memory device, and generating a strobe signal to accompany data associated with the first data transfer. In the second mode, the controller is configured to operate by issuing a memory access command to initiate a second data transfer between the memory controller and at least first and second memory devices involving a full width that includes data widths of both the first and second memory devices, and issuing first and second strobe signals that accompany respective data transfers associated with each of the data widths of the first and second memory devices." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2012 (13/552,511). 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=84,41,872.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,872&RS=PN/84,41,872 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,442,019) developed by Christian A. Trott, Durham, N.C., and Eric J. Koetsch, Gardner, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for avoiding wireless audio signal transmission interferences." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, in general, the invention features a method including a second wireless system determining a frequency of active operation of a first wireless system, and communicating wirelessly on the second wireless system in the vicinity of the wireless communication on the first wireless system, the wireless communication utilizing a spread-spectrum technique that excludes the determined frequency." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2005 (11/050,160). 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=84,42,019.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,019&RS=PN/84,42,019 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Cable Modem Access Using Layer-2 Messaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,441,939) developed by Che-Ming Chang, Cary, N.C., Jeffrey Riddel, Cary, N.C., and Gangadharan Byju Pularikkal, Morrisville, N.C., for "cable modem access using layer-2 messaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving notification of a cable modem operational issue for a cable modem and establishing layer-2 logging communications with the cable modem. The method comprises receiving a message from the cable modem, the message generated by the cable modem in response to the operational issue and indicating the operational issue associated with the cable modem." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,277). 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=84,41,939.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,939&RS=PN/84,41,939 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1125099 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |