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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (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 Virginia. *** GoGo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- GoGo, Itasca, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,442,519) developed by eight co-inventors for a "spectrum sharing between an aircraft-based air-to-ground communication system and existing geostationary satellite services." The co-inventors are Joseph M. Cruz, Naperville, Ill., Patrick J. Walsh, Naperville, Ill., Joseph Alan Tobin, Chicago, Tim Joyce, Naperville, Ill., Yong Liu, Schaumberg, Ill., Anand K. Chari, Bartlett, Ill., Ivica Kostanic, Palm Bay, Fla., and Harold Grant Saroka, Ashburn, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present Spectrum Sharing System implements spectrum reuse between aircraft-based Air-To-Ground (ATG) communication systems and Geostationary Satellite Service systems. This is accomplished by managing the radio frequency transmissions in the volume of space in which the aircraft operates, with interference between the Spectrum Sharing System and the Geostationary Satellite Service system being reduced by implementing reversed uplink and downlink radio frequency paths in the common spectrum. The Spectrum Sharing System also avoids interfering with Geostationary Satellite Services' earth stations which are pointed towards the satellites' orbital arc by relying upon a combination of the earth stations' highly directive antenna patterns and the Spectrum Sharing System ground station antenna pattern, and to avoid interfering with satellites in their orbital arc by assuring that power levels radiated in that direction by the Spectrum Sharing System ground stations are below the level that would create interference." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2011 (13/172,539). 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=8,442,519.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,519&RS=PN/8,442,519 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** 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. *** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,442,483) developed by Don Gunasekara, Reston, Va., for a "method for communicating indoor location to an emergency service system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for communicating location to an emergency service system. A wireless communication device (WCD) such as a cell phone attains a GPS location fix when outdoors and then uses dead reckoning to determine its direction(s) and distance(s) of travel reaching a position inside a building. When a user of the WCD places an emergency call, the WCD conveys an indication of its indoor location in a signaling message to an emergency service center, and an intermediation system such as an IMS system translates the indoor location indication to a textual description of a portion of the building (e.g., room, cubicle, zone, etc.) that encompasses the indicated location. An emergency service operator can thus receive the building portion description, to facilitate emergency service response. Further, a similar process can then be repeated during the call, to provide an updated building portion description to the operator." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2012 (13/367,035). 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=8,442,483.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,483&RS=PN/8,442,483 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Philip Morris USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Philip Morris USA, Richmond, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,442,390) developed by Walter A. Nichols, Chesterfield, Va., David Keeler, Midlothian, Va., and Christopher Tucker, Midlothian, Va., for a pulsed aerosol generation. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An aerosol generator periodically forms aerosolized fragrance material by repeatedly supplying a liquid fragrance material to a capillary passage via only capillary action and heating the capillary passage, such that the liquid fragrance material at least partially volatilizes and is driven out of an outlet of the capillary passage. A wick feeds the liquid fragrance material to an inlet of the capillary passage by capillary action. An apparatus and method for generating such an aerosolized fragrance material, as well as the methods of heating, are disclosed." The patent application was filed on Aug. 28, 2008 (12/230,415). 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=8,442,390.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,390&RS=PN/8,442,390 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sprint Spectrum Assigned Patent for Method and System for Registering a Mobile Node Via a Registration Proxy ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Sprint Spectrum, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,442,526) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for registering a mobile node via a registration proxy." The co-inventors are Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, Mo., William J. Routt, Leawood, Kan., Ihab A. Guirguis, Aldie, Va., Ronald E. Lewis, Independence, Mo., and Christopher R. Melus, Brambleton, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An application server provides communication services via a packet-switched network to mobile nodes based on their respective registrations in a registry, such as a home subscriber server (HSS) or domain name server (DNS). A registration proxy may be used to effect a registration in the registry on behalf of a mobile node when the mobile node lacks sufficient capability to effect the registration itself. The registration proxy may perform this function after receiving a notification that the mobile node is connected to the packet-switched network and after querying a capabilities server to determine that the mobile node lacks sufficient registration capability. To effect a registration in an HSS, the registration proxy may emulate either a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) or user equipment (UE)." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2007 (11/859,949). 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=8,442,526&OS=8,442,526&RS=8,442,526 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent for Wireless Communication Device with a Multi-band Antenna ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,442,467) developed by Walter F. Rausch, Shawnee, Kan., Harry W. Perlow, Tarpon Springs, Fla., and Habib Riazi, Stafford, Va., for a "wireless communication device with a multi-band antenna." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a wireless communication device, circuitry selects a first frequency band for a first wireless communication and transfers a pair of radio frequency signals at the first frequency band. An antenna receives and orthogonally transmits the radio frequency signals over a first patch antenna element that is resonant at the first frequency band. The circuitry selects a second frequency band for a second wireless communication and transfers a pair of radio frequency signals at the second frequency band and including a voltage component. The antenna receives the radio frequency signals including the voltage component, couples a second patch antenna element to the first patch antenna element in response to the voltage component, and orthogonally transmits the radio frequency signals over the coupled patch antenna elements that together are resonant at the second frequency band." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2009 (12/372,859). 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=8,442,467.PN.&OS=PN/8,442,467&RS=PN/8,442,467 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AOL Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- AOL, Dulles, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,443,041) developed by Kristine Amber Krantz, Cincinnati, Peiliang Pan, Falls Church, Va., and Daniel Ernest Smith, Metairie, La., for a chat preview. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method allows a user to view communications exchanged between other participants within an online chat room without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room. The online chat room enables ongoing exchanges of electronic communications between two or more participants whose participation within the chat room are mutually revealed to each other. A user is enabled to perceive the existence of the online chat room without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room. Selection of the online chat room by the user is received. Responsive to user selection of the online chat room and without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room, at least some of the communications exchanged between the participants within the online chat room are made perceivable to the user as the communications are exchanged." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2004 (11/019,537). 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=8,443,041&OS=8,443,041&RS=8,443,041 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,442,095) developed by Rizwan Ahmed, Alexandria, Va., and Emilija M. Simic, La Jolla, Calif., for a "multiple correlation processing in code space search." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for code phase processing in a wireless communication device are described herein. A wireless device performs code phase search on a pseudo random code spread signal received over a wireless channel. A correlator correlates the received signal to a plurality of code phases in each of a plurality of frequency hypothesis. A maximum peak and a second peak are determined from the correlation results. Cross correlation processing is performed on the maximum peak and the maximum peak is discarded in favor of the second peak for position processing based on the results of the cross correlation." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2008 (12/139,458). 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=8,442,095&OS=8,442,095&RS=8,442,095 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. -1125112 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |