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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (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 New Jersey. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,442,032) developed by Vinay Kundaje, Succasunna, N.J., and Scott R. Lytle, Blairstown, N.J., for a "method and system for customer selected direct dialed voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) communications network system that enables direct-dialed (single-stage) access to the Internet Protocol (IP) network from the circuit-switched network. Specifically, the VoIP network system includes a VoIP service implemented on a communications system which, after a customer number has been registered for the service, automatically recognizes calls from the registered customer's telephone number and determines if the call can be routed as a VoIP call over the IP network. In embodiments of the present invention, the customer can register for the VoIP service by selecting both a provider (PIC) and a calling plan or by only selecting a provider. The system can be implemented to handle intra-state, inter-state and international voice-band calls (for example, regular telephone calls, facsimile transmissions and modem initiated calls) using standard circuit-switched telephone lines, cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) and wireless." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2005 (11/240,219). 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=84,42,032.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,032&RS=PN/84,42,032 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Zealand Pharma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Zealand Pharma, Copenhagen, Denmark, has been assigned a patent (8,431,540) developed by seven co-inventors for a modified lysine-mimetic compounds. The co-inventors are Bjarne Due Larsen, Roskilde, Denmark, Jorgen Soberg Petersen, Hellebaek, Denmark, Ketil Jorgen Haugan, Slangerup, Denmark, John A. Butera, Clarksburg, N.J., James K. Hennan, Harleysville, Pa., Edward H. Kerns, Skillman, N.J., and Evgueni Lvovich Piatnitski, Conshohocken, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Lysine mimetic compounds having useful pharmacological activity such as antiarrhythmic activity and desirable bioavailability properties are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2011 (13/234,956). 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=8,431,540.PN.&OS=PN/8,431,540&RS=PN/8,431,540 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Kentrox Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Kentrox, Dublin, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,442,515) developed by eight co-inventors for a "management system for monitoring and controlling remote sites and equipment." The co-inventors are Benjamin Stump, Kendall Park, N.J., Matthew Izzo, Little Silver, N.J., Charles E. Kirkendall III, Wilmington, Ohio, Jeffrey T. Harris, Dublin, Ohio, Joel M. Tamkin, Westerville, Ohio, Kyle Jordon, Circleville, Ohio, Kenneth D. Huffman, Hilliard, Ohio, and David P. Abraham, Hilliard, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A monitoring unit for a remote site includes a processor and memory configured to receive definitions of measurements and alarms to be collected at the remote site and to store the definitions of the measurements and alarms, a plurality of port connectors for communicating the processor with downstream collection devices that collect the measurements and alarms at the remote site, and a communication system for reporting the collected measurements and alarms to upstream systems. The definitions for the alarms and measurements can be provided from the port connections, stored script processes, and SNMP proxy. The memory is configured to automatically store a history of the measurements and alarms collected which can be exported to the upstream systems. The processor is configured to collect derived measurements not directly collected from the downstream collection devices." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2010 (12/950,265). 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=8,442,515.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,515&RS=PN/8,442,515 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,034) developed by William J. Tiso, Sparta, N.J., and Joe R. Gruber, West Chester, Ohio, for a "dual mode network telephony gateway." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for routing and interacting with a dual mode network telephony environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an external analog telephony line, a DSL modem, an analog telephony bridge controller, one or more additional analog telephony lines, and a communication center computer. The system routes analog and Voice-over-Internet Protocol calls between the analog telephony lines and the communication center computer. Furthermore, the communication center computer performs operations on calls inbound to the environment and calls outbound from the environment." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/693,226). 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=84,42,034.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,034&RS=PN/84,42,034 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cellco Partnership Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,536) developed by Jin Yang, Orinda, Calif., and Pingping Zong, Randolph, N.J., for a "robust and fast inter-EBS handoff mechanism." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system provides a robust and fast inter-base station handoff mechanism, e.g. for networks using Enhanced Base Stations (EBS) equipment. A method for connecting a mobile device to a destination base station in the wireless communications system, may include steps of receiving a mobile device measurement report, transferring context information from a serving base station to possible target base stations, and receiving admission control information from possible target base stations. A priority list of the possible target base stations is calculated and sent to the mobile device. The mobile device connects to one or more of possible target base stations according to the priority list. The method may also entail receiving a release message from one of the possible target base stations to which the mobile device has successfully established a wireless connection, to allow release of resources of the prior serving base station." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2012 (13/460,542). 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=8,442,536&OS=8,442,536&RS=8,442,536 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** FutureWei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- FutureWei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,442,567) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio systems." The co-inventors are Dongdong Li, Frisco, Texas, Dandan Wang, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Mazin Al-Shalash, Frisco, Texas, Anthony C.K. Soong, Plano, Texas, Guodong Zhao, Beijing, and Chenyang Yang, Beijing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio (CR) systems is provided. A method for CR user operation includes coordinating with partner CR users to share spectrum sensing information, combining spectrum sensing information from partner CR users, and determining if a transmission opportunity exists based on the combined spectrum sensing information. The method also includes transmitting a message to a CR user if the transmission opportunity exists, and storing the message if the transmission opportunity does not exist." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2010 (12/727,906). 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=8,442,567&OS=8,442,567&RS=8,442,567 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** DexCom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- DexCom, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,442,610) developed by Paul V. Goode, Cherry Hill, N.J., James H. Brauker, Cement City, Mich., and Apurv U. Kamath, San Diego, for "system and methods for processing analyte sensor data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the analyte sensor data is evaluated over a period of time to determine stability of the sensor. The sensor may be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. The calibration may be updated after evaluating the calibration set for best calibration based on inclusion criteria with newly received reference analyte data. Fail-safe mechanisms are provided based on clinical acceptability of reference and analyte data and quality of sensor calibration. Algorithms provide for optimized prospective and retrospective analysis of estimated blood analyte data from an analyte sensor." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2008 (12/195,773). 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=8,442,610&OS=8,442,610&RS=8,442,610 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,442,023) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for assigning time slots for transmission of packets in a wireless communication network utilizing knowledge of a data path." The co-inventors are Reza Ghanadan, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Jessica Y. Hsu, Washington, Phong C. Khuu, Ashburn, Va., Brian Loop, Fairfax, Va., and Michael J. Weber, Warrenton, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A node in a wireless communication network comprises a processor that receives information regarding a first plurality of packets to be transmitted in an epoch, a first path of nodes for the first plurality of packets, and a first flow rate. The processor receives information regarding a second plurality of packets to be transmitted in the epoch, a second path of nodes for the second plurality of packets, and a second flow rate. The processor determines weights for the paths based on the flow rates. The processor assigns pipelines for the paths and creates groups of pipelines based on the weights. The groups may be assigned to a schedule." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2010 (12/760,133). 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=84,42,023.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,023&RS=PN/84,42,023 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,442,445) developed by four 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., 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 (12/189,682). 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=8,442,445.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,445&RS=PN/8,442,445 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Google Assigned Patent for System and Method for Adaptive Beamforming for Specific Absorption Rate Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,457) developed by Haim Harel, New York, Phil F. Chen, Denville, N.J., and Kenneth Kludt, Bedminster, N.J., for a "system and method for adaptive beamforming for specific absorption rate control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may include a modifiable mobile device having at least two antennas coupled to fractional amplifiers, with returned power detectors. A beamformer unit provides adaptive beam shaping pattern, and a baseband processor provides beam pattern requirements, wherein the beamformer unit modifies the beam pattern requirements with return loss sampling information to shape the adaptive beam pattern so that a transmitted beam pattern minimizes transmitted power reflected back to the mobile device. A method may include regularly measuring a return power level, if output power is greater than a specific absorption rate level, comparing the return power level to a first threshold, else implementing mobile transmit diversity (MTD), and repeating. If the return power level is greater than the first threshold, implementing a MTD combined with reflection-based beamforming that modifies beam pattern requirements of the mobile device with return loss sampling information to create an adaptive beam pattern." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/876,977). 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=8,442,457.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,457&RS=PN/8,442,457 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Renda Trust Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Renda Trust, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,442,592) developed by Robert Warner, Holmdel, N.J., Jack Winters, Middletown, N.J., and James June-Ming Wang, San Marino, Calif., for a "wireless communication device capable of achieving a functionality by selecting modules for optimal performance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for adapting a wireless communication device or system to support a desired functionality of the wireless communication system at an optimized performance and economic benefit are discussed. The desired functionality can be determined by defined criteria such as a maximum range of communication with the wireless communication system, quality of a transmission link in the wireless communication system, capacity of the wireless communication system, power consumption of the wireless communication system, protocols supported in the wireless communication system, modulation techniques used in the wireless communication system and processing techniques for combining signals in the wireless communication system. The system can be adapted by varying one or more of modules (e.g., components or processing techniques) used in the wireless communication system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2012 (13/607,104). 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=8,442,592&OS=8,442,592&RS=8,442,592 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** TTI Inventions C Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- TTI Inventions C, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,442,005) developed by nine co-inventors for "seamless handoff across heterogeneous access networks using a handoff controller in a service control point." The co-inventors are Ashutosh Dutta, Bridgewater, N.J., Subir Das, Kendall Park, N.J., Donald R. Lukacs, Red Bank, N.J., Tao Zhang, Fort Lee, N.J., David C. Shrader, New York, Raquel Morera Sempere, Morristown, N.J., Stephanie Demers, Westfield, N.J., Bryan J. Lyles, Bedminster, N.J., and James Alfieri, Palmer Township, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a telecommunications network in which a mobile handset is capable of communicating in both an IP domain and a non-IP domain, the handoff of an existing communications session between the mobile handset and a fixed user is facilitated by a handoff controller implemented in a service control point. The handoff controller implements different handoff methods depending on the status of the fixed user and the transition of the mobile user. Additionally 802.21 Media Independent Handover Function in conjunction with SIP is used to facilitate handover between IP and Non-IP points in the system." The patent application was filed on Dec. 15, 2009 (12/638,765). 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=84,42,005.PN.&OS=PN/84,42,005&RS=PN/84,42,005 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and System for Classifying Image Elements ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,442,329) developed by Leon Bottou, Highlands, N.J., and Patrick Guy Haffner, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., for a "method and system for classifying image elements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2012 (13/584,089). 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=8,442,329.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,329&RS=PN/8,442,329 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Making Handoff Decisions in Access Terminals Capable of Operating at Different Times in Best Effort and QoS Modes of Traffic Operation ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,442,529) developed by Shailesh Patil, Birdgewater, N.J., Prashanth Hande, Somerset, N.J., and Hyung Myung, West New York, N.J., for "methods and apparatus for making handoff decisions in access terminals capable of operating at different times in best effort and QoS modes of traffic operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for making handoff decisions in an access terminal which can support both best effort and QoS traffic, e.g., when operating in a best effort and QoS mode of operation, respectively, are described. The access terminal receives an indicator indicating the fraction of communications resources not utilized for QoS service and information indicating a number of best effort users being supported by the attachment point. During QoS mode operation, connections to attachment points which can support the access terminal's minimal QoS requirements are identified and then from among the identified set, the attachment point which can provide a connect supporting the most best effort traffic from the access terminal is selected. In best effort mode operation the access terminal selects the attachment point connection which will provide the greatest amount of throughput to the access terminal for best effort traffic." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2008 (12/049,088). 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=8,442,529&OS=8,442,529&RS=8,442,529 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Vehicle System Monitoring and Communications Architecture ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,690) developed by four co-inventors for "vehicle system monitoring and communications architecture." The co-inventors are David B. Goldstein, Washington, N.J., George Daniel Hadden, Plymouth, Minn., Darryl Busch, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Sunil Menon, Scottsdale, Ariz. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and devices are provided that allow more efficient transfer and processing of sensor information in a hierarchical data system. The system provides for a plurality of component area managers (CAM), each of the CAMS being in operable communication with at least one of a plurality of transducers that monitors a phenomena of a component and in operable communication with a data bus. A CAM comprises a processor in operable communication with the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, wherein the first processor is configured to record data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, to reduce the recorded data, to place the reduced data on the data bus. The system also includes a transducer selection module controlled by the first processor by which the first processor selects one of the plurality of transducers to record and a rolling buffer in operable communication with the first processor and in operable communication with the at least one transducer by which to record the data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality in a first-in-first-out manner." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009 (12/493,750). 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=8,442,690&OS=8,442,690&RS=8,442,690 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Smarter Agent Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Information Based on Geographic Position ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Smarter Agent, Camden, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,550) developed by Brad W. Blumberg, Voorhees, N.J., Eric M. Blumberg, Ventnor, N.J., for a "system and method for providing information based on geographic position." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing position information using a three-dimensional based grid is provided. The position information may be relayed to an electronic device by providing location information to a database and receiving location-centric information at the electronic device. The system may include a network for continuously updating the database in real-time." The patent application was filed on Nov. 21, 2008 (12/275,683). 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=8,442,550&OS=8,442,550&RS=8,442,550 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** General Instrument Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- General Instrument, Horsham, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,441,963) developed by four co-inventors for an "IP multicast management and service provision system and method." The co-inventors are Thomas J. Bahnck, Conshohocken, Pa., Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, N.J., Robert E. Mack, Collegeville, Pa., and Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system (10), method (90) and apparatus (14) are provided for provisioning a multicast stream, such as an IP multicast stream, in a network. The system includes a first tier (12), such as a national backbone, with a first Multicast Address Discovery (MCAD) directory (34), and at least one second tier having a headend, such as a regional headend (14), with a second MCAD directory (36, 38). The system (10) includes a tiered MCAD directory network that allows the assignment of multicast addresses to multicast streams received from an upper tier MCAD directory. The tiered MCAD directory structure allows for requesting and storing stream descriptors and delivering stream descriptors on-demand to MCAD-enabled devices throughout the system. The system (10) also allows for stream provisioning maintenance and validation at lower tier headends via MCAD-enabled device queries or re-queries of upper tier MCAD directories." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2005 (11/288,797). 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=84,41,963.PN.&OS=PN/84,41,963&RS=PN/84,41,963 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,443,013) developed by five co-inventors for a "predictive analytical modeling for databases." The co-inventors are Wei-Hao Lin, New York, Travis H.K. Green, New York, Robert Kaplow, New York, Gang Fu, Kearny, N.J., and Gideon S. Mann, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a database table, the table including multiple rows and multiple columns, in which one or more rows are missing at least one column value, executing a script, using a script engine, in response to obtaining the table, in which executing the script causes one or more values from the rows to be provided as input data to a first predictive model, and processing, using the first predictive model, the input data to obtain output data, the output data including a predicted value for at least one of the missing column values, and populating one or more of the missing column values with the output data to provide a revised database table." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2011 (13/246,541). 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=8,443,013&OS=8,443,013&RS=8,443,013 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CommVault Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- CommVault Systems, Oceanport, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,442,983) developed by Rahul S. Pawar, Marlboro, N.J., for an "asynchronous methods of data classification using change journals and other data structures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the present invention are generally concerned with systems and methods for generating a database of metadata that describes system data and storage operations. The database of metadata may be referred to herein as a "metabase." For example, to generate a metabase, a data agent may traverse a file system to obtain certain characteristics of data managed by the file system while substantially simultaneously detecting and recording change notifications. These actions may be performed even if the actions of the data agent are interrupted one or more times during the traversal of the file system. The data agent may process the characteristics and change notifications to generate and update a metabase. Once formed, the metabase may be consulted to determine changes in system data rather than determining the changes by scanning the data files themselves." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2010 (12/978,050). 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=8,442,983&OS=8,442,983&RS=8,442,983 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,442,115) developed by James Gardner, Middletown, N.J., for a "redundant data dispersal in transmission of video data based on frame type." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The transmitting end of a content distribution system selectively employs a redundancy mechanism to encode video data. In the event that a particular frame contains information upon which the decoding of multiple frames may depend, the transmitting end can apply a redundancy mechanism to redundantly distribute the data of the frame throughout a set of data segments, each of which is separately transmitted via the network to the receiving end. Otherwise, in the event that a particular frame to be transmitted does not contain substantial information upon which the decoding of multiple frames may depend, the loss of some or all of the data of the frame may not appreciably affect the presentation of the video content at the receiving end and thus the transmitting end can forgo application of the redundancy mechanism to such frames so as to avoid unnecessary processing and reduce the overall network bandwidth used." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/563,937). 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=8,442,115&OS=8,442,115&RS=8,442,115 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Providing Signaling Access ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,442,060) developed by nine co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for providing signaling access." The co-inventors are Gavin B. Horn, La Jolla, Calif., Avneesh Agrawal, San Diego, Ashwin Sampath, Princeton, N.J., Alexei Gorokhov, San Diego, Naga Bhushan, San Diego, Rajarshi Gupta, Santa Clara, Calif., Fatih Ulupinar, San Diego, Parag A. Agashe, San Diego, and Rajat Prakash, La Jolla, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Signaling-only access may be established with an access node under certain circumstances such as, for example, upon determining that a node is not authorized for data access at the access node. A node that is not authorized for data access at an access node may still be paged by the access node through the use of signaling-only access. In this way, transmissions by the access node may not interfere with the reception of pages at the node. A first node may be selected for providing paging while a second node is selected for access under certain circumstances such as, for example, upon determining that the second node provides more desirable service than the first node." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2008 (12/198,829). 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=8,442,060&OS=8,442,060&RS=8,442,060 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. -1125103 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |