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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (May 23)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,613) developed by Patrick Alan Hussey, Hollis, N.H., and Maryellen Abreu, Andover, Mass., for a "robot and server with optimized message decoding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for optimizing message transmission and decoding comprises: reading data from a memory of an originating device, the data comprising information regarding the originating device; encoding the data by converting the data to a subset of words having a ranked recognition accuracy higher than the remainder of words; transmitting the encoded data from the originating device to a receiving system audibly as words via a telephone connection; utilizing a voice recognition software to recognize the words; decoding the words back to the data; and taking a predetermined action based on the data." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/431,733). 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=8,447,613&OS=8,447,613&RS=8,447,613 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,592) developed by Michael D. Edgington, Bridgewater, Mass., Laurence Gillick, Newton, Mass., and Jordan R. Cohen, Gloucester, Mass., for "methods and apparatus for formant-based voice systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, a method of processing a voice signal to extract information to facilitate training a speech synthesis model is provided. The method comprises acts of detecting a plurality of candidate features in the voice signal, performing at least one comparison between one or more combinations of the plurality of candidate features and the voice signal, and selecting a set of features from the plurality of candidate features based, at least in part, on the at least one comparison. In another aspect, the method is performed by executing a program encoded on a computer readable medium. In another aspect, a speech synthesis model is provided by, at least in part, performing the method." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2005 (11/225,524). 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=8,447,592&OS=8,447,592&RS=8,447,592 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Nuance Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,610) developed by Darren C. Meyer, Duxbury, Mass., and Stephen R. Springer, Needham, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for generating synthetic speech with contrastive stress." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques for generating synthetic speech with contrastive stress. In one aspect, a speech-enabled application generates a text input including a text transcription of a desired speech output, and inputs the text input to a speech synthesis system. The synthesis system generates an audio speech output corresponding to at least a portion of the text input, with at least one portion carrying contrastive stress, and provides the audio speech output for the speech-enabled application. In another aspect, a speech-enabled application inputs a plurality of text strings, each corresponding to a portion of a desired speech output, to a software module for rendering contrastive stress. The software module identifies a plurality of audio recordings that render at least one portion of at least one of the text strings as speech carrying contrastive stress. The speech-enabled application generates an audio speech output corresponding to the desired speech output using the audio recordings." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2010 (12/853,026). 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=8,447,610&OS=8,447,610&RS=8,447,610 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NeuCo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- NeuCo, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,447,431) developed by W. Curt Lefebvre, Boston, and Daniel W. Kohn, Boston, for a "method for sootblowing optimization." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller determines and adjusts system parameters, including cleanliness levels or sootblower operating settings, that are useful for maintaining the cleanliness of a fossil fuel boiler at an efficient level. Some embodiments use a direct controller to determine cleanliness levels and/or sootblower operating settings. Some embodiments use an indirect controller, with a system model, to determine cleanliness levels and/or sootblower settings. The controller may use a model that is, for example, a neural network, or a mass energy balance, or a genetically programmed model. The controller uses input about the actual performance or state of the boiler for adaptation. The controller may operate in conjunction with a sootblower optimization system that controls the actual settings of the sootblowers. The controller may coordinate cleanliness settings for multiple sootblowers and/or across a plurality of heat zones in the boiler." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2008 (12/261,153). 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=8,447,431&OS=8,447,431&RS=8,447,431 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Efficient Proximity Detection ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,516) developed by Daniel George Koulomzin, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Sergey Grabkovsky, Stoughton, Mass., and Christopher Richard Wren, Arlington, Mass., for an efficient proximity detection. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A server device may receive from a first computing device current location information associated with the first computing device. The server device may estimate a travel radius of a second computing device based at least in part on location information previously received from the second computing device, and may determine that the travel radius of the second computing device overlaps a proximity radius of the first computing device. The server device may query the second computing device for updated location information. The server device may receive the updated location information for the second computing device, and may determine that the second computing device is physically located substantially within the proximity radius of the first computing device based at least in part on the updated location information. In response, the server device may send to the first computing device an identification of the second computing device." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2012 (13/601,820). 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=8,447,516&OS=8,447,516&RS=8,447,516 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,580) developed by John Ciolfi, Wellesley, Mass., for "modeling of a multiprocessor system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for modeling a multiprocessor system in a graphical modeling environment are disclosed. The multiprocessor system may include multiple processing units that carry out one or more processes, such as programs and sets of instructions. Each of the processing units may be represented as a node at the top level of the model for the multiprocessor system. The nodes representing the processing units of the multiprocessor system may be interconnected to each other via a communication channel. The nodes may include at least one read element for reading data from the communication channel into the nodes. The node may also include at least one write element for writing data from the nodes into the communication channel. Each of the processing unit can communicate with other processing unit via the communication channel using the read and write elements." The patent application was filed on May 31, 2005 (11/141,878). 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=8,447,580&OS=8,447,580&RS=8,447,580 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,057) developed by Thomas Goida, Windham, N.H., Jicheng Yang, North Andover, Mass., and Woodrow Beckford, Salisbury, N.H., for "packages and methods for packaging MEMS microphone devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone devices and methods for packaging the same include a package substrate having an acoustic pathway therethrough that opens to an interior of the device. A MEMS microphone die having an integrated filter and a movable membrane is positioned within the interior of the device. The package substrate includes a conductive layer facing the interior of the device, and a package filter formed from the conductive layer is provided along the acoustic pathway, resulting in increased packaged MEMS microphone device yield." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2011 (13/051,253). 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=8,447,057&OS=8,447,057&RS=8,447,057 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Waters Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Waters Technologies, Milford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,527) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for performing retention-time matching." The co-inventors are Marc V. Gorenstein, Needham, Mass., Scott J. Geromanos, Middletown, N.J., Jeffrey Cruz Silva, Beverly, Mass., and Guo-Zhong Li, Westborough, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for matching a precursor ion with one or more related product ions includes providing input data sets obtained from sample injections, each of the data sets including a precursor ion and one or more product ions, normalizing the input data sets in accordance with a single retention time for the precursor ion, determining which product ions are within a predetermined retention time window with respect to the single retention time, and, if a product ion is within the predetermined retention time window for a specified number of the input data sets, determining that the product ion is related to the precursor having the single retention time. An apparatus for analyzing a sample includes a chromatography module, a mass-spectrometry module in communication with the chromatography module, and control unit in communication with the chromatography module and the mass-spectrometry module." The patent application was filed on March 14, 2012 (13/419,862). 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=8,447,527&OS=8,447,527&RS=8,447,527 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,055) developed by Joseph Jankovsky, Cambridge, Mass., Eric S. Johanson, Millbury, Mass., and Richard Saffran, Southborough, Mass., for a "passive directional acoustic radiating." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An audio system for a television using a pipe type passive directional acoustic device mounted in a television cabinet. The slotted pipe type passive directional acoustic device includes a first acoustic driver, acoustically coupled to a pipe to radiate acoustic energy into the pipe. The first pipe includes an elongated opening along at least a portion of the length of the pipe. Acoustically resistive material is in the opening. Pressure waves are radiated to the environment through the opening. The pressure waves are characterized by a volume velocity. The pipe, the opening, and the acoustically resistive material are configured so that the volume velocity is substantially constant along the length of the pipe. The passive directional acoustic devices directionally radiate sound waves laterally from the television cabinet." The patent application was filed on Aug. 12, 2010 (12/854,982). 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=8,447,055&OS=8,447,055&RS=8,447,055 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,447,019) developed by David C. Robbins, Grafton, Mass., for a "method and system for providing call screening in a packet-switched network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining whether a call in a packet-switched network to a first destination is to be forwarded, forwarding the call to a second destination based on a determination that the call is to be forwarded, notifying the first destination that the call has been forwarded, receiving a request from the first destination to screen the call, and enabling the first destination to screen the call." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2011 (13/039,877). 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=8,447,019&OS=8,447,019&RS=8,447,019 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Analog Devices Assigned Patent for Microphone with Variable Low Frequency Cutoff ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,054) developed by four co-inventors for a "microphone with variable low frequency cutoff." The co-inventors are Sushil Bharatan, Burlington, Mass., Venkataraman Chandrasekaran, Mansfield, Mass., Xin Zhang, Acton, Mass., and Michael W. Judy, Ipswich, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microphone system has a package with an interior, a MEMS microphone within the package interior and forming a backvolume between it and the package interior, and a MEMS valve coupled with at least one input aperture in the package. The package defines at least one input aperture (e.g., the prior noted aperture) for receiving an acoustic signal, and the MEMS microphone is mechanically coupled to at least a portion of one input aperture. The valve has a valve opening generally circumscribed by a valve seat. The valve is considered as having an open mode for permitting acoustic signal access into the package interior through the valve opening, and a closed mode for substantially preventing acoustic signal access into the package interior through the valve opening. The valve has a movable member configured to contact the valve seat when in the closed mode. This movable member is configured to move between the open mode and the closed mode in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the valve seat." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2010 (12/909,933). 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=8,447,054&OS=8,447,054&RS=8,447,054 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Validity Sensors Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Validity Sensors, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,077) developed by Fred George Benkley, Andover, Mass., and David Joseph Geoffroy, Amherst, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for fingerprint motion tracking using an in-line array." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fingerprint motion tracking method and system is provided for sensing features of a fingerprint along an axis of finger motion, where a linear sensor array has a plurality of substantially contiguous sensing elements configured to capture substantially contiguous overlapping segments of image data. A processing element is configured to receive segments of image data captured by the linear sensor array and to generate fingerprint motion data. Multiple sensor arrays may be included for generating directional data. The motion tracking data may be used in conjunction with a fingerprint image sensor to reconstruct a fingerprint image using the motion data either alone or together with the directional data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 11, 2006 (11/519,383). 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=8,447,077&OS=8,447,077&RS=8,447,077 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invensys Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Invensys Systems, Foxboro, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,534) developed by Manus P. Henry, Oxford, United Kingdom, David W. Clarke, Oxford, United Kingdom, and James H. Vignos, Neeham Heights, Mass., for a digital flowmeter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller for a flowmeter includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube. The sensor signal is related to a fluid flow through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal processing system operable to receive the sensor signal, determine sensor signal characteristics, and output drive signal characteristics for a drive signal applied to the flowtube. An output module is operable to output the drive signal to the flowtube and a control system is operable to modify the drive signal and thereby maintain oscillation of the flowtube during a transition of the flowtube from a substantially empty state to a substantially full state." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2011 (13/198,313). 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=8,447,534&OS=8,447,534&RS=8,447,534 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,440) developed by five co-inventors for "autonomous behaviors for a remote vehicle." The co-inventors are Emilie Phillips, Brookline, N.H., Pavlo E. Rudakevych, Arroya Grande, Calif., Orjeta Taka, Peabody, Mass., James Gordon Wolfe Jr., Cambridge, Mass., and Tom Frost, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method comprising running a persistent self-righting behavior comprising sensing an orientation of the remote vehicle and performing a progression of flipper movements until the remote vehicle is righted, and performing a retrotraverse behavior comprising: generating a list of time stamped waypoints separated by at least a minimum difference in time and distance; storing the list of time stamped waypoints in the memory; and generating, using a control system, a current return path interconnecting previously-traversed waypoints in reverse order of timestamps upon losing communication with the operator control unit or upon receiving a command from the operator control unit." The patent application was filed on March 5, 2012 (13/412,177). 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=8,447,440&OS=8,447,440&RS=8,447,440 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,446,822) developed by Nabil N. Bitar, Acton, Mass., for a "pinning and protection on link aggregation groups." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device may assign a virtual local area network (VLAN) to one or more specific links in a link aggregation group (LAG), and send traffic from the VLAN on the assigned one or more specific LAG links. Traffic from the same VLAN may be sent on one link in the LAG by selecting a hashing criterion or by pinning the VLAN to a primary link in the LAG and another link for redundancy purposes." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2011 (13/166,193). 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=84,46,822.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,822&RS=PN/84,46,822 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** E Ink Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- E Ink, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,446,664) developed by four co-inventors for an "electrophoretic media, and materials for use therein." The co-inventors are Eva Chen, Somerville, Mass., Richard M. Webber, Brookline, Mass., David D. Miller, Wakefield, Mass., and Jonathan Kim Nguyen, Lexington, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electrophoretic medium comprises a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase. The discontinuous phase comprises a plurality of droplets, each of which comprises a fluid and at least one charged particle disposed within the fluid and capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the electrophoretic medium. The continuous phase surrounds and encapsulates the discontinuous phase and comprising a polymeric binder and a salt, the salt having an anion containing at least one fluorine atom and having a water solubility of at least about 0.25 per cent by weight at 25.degree. C." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,180). 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=84,46,664.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,664&RS=PN/84,46,664 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tenebraex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Tenebraex, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,446,509) developed by Peter W. J. Jones, Belmont, Mass., and Dennis W. Purcell, Medford, Mass., for "methods of creating a virtual window." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The systems and methods for real time transmission of an image from an image sensor having a field of view to a processor for selectively adjusting a resolution of the image as a function of a viewer's focus point." The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2007 (11/891,682). 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=84,46,509.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,509&RS=PN/84,46,509 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,446,818) developed by five co-inventors for a "routed split multi-link trunking resiliency for wireless local area network split-plane environments." The co-inventors are Alexandros Moisiadis, Stow, Mass., Mohnish Anumala, Littleton, Mass., Debin Zhang, Littleton, Mass., Lawrence James DiBurro, Haverhill, Mass., and Shu Ching Shieh, Nashua, N.H. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing Routed Split Multi-Link Trunking Resiliency for Wireless Local Area Network split-plane environments is presented. A first network switch learns first data associated with a second network switch and the first network switch terminates an Access Tunnel (AT). The said second network switch learns second data associated with said first network switch. The first and second data are synchronized between the first network switch and the second network switch. The first network switch and the second network load sharing tunnel data packets. The second network switch forwards tunnel control packets received by the second network switch to the first network. A failure relating to said first network switch is detected and a new AT is established with the second network switch." The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2010 (12/917,014). 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=84,46,818.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,818&RS=PN/84,46,818 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,446,889) developed by Matthew J. Fischer, Mountain View, Calif., and Bruce E. Edwards, Belmont, Mass., for a "network time reservation cancellation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems that support, for example, canceling or trimming reservations of a shared communication medium are described. In one embodiment, a method that adapts a network time reservation in a communication network may include, for example, one or more of the following: transmitting a preamble field; transmitting a legacy signal field; transmitting at least one paired field, each paired field comprising a signal field and a protocol data unit; and generating an interframe gap." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2011 (13/165,295). 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=84,46,889.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,889&RS=PN/84,46,889 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Motor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Erlanger, Ky., Toyota Motor, Toyota, Japan, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,446,666) developed by six co-inventors for a UV-reflective structural color. The co-inventors are Pinar Kurt, Cambridge, Mass., Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, Mich., Robert E. Cohen, Jamica Plain, Mass., Michael Rubner, Westford, Mass., Masahiko Ishii, Okazaki, Japan, and Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a non-quarter wave multilayer structure having a plurality of alternating low index of refraction material stacks and high index of refraction material stacks. The plurality of alternating stacks can reflect electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet region and a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation in the visible region. The non-quarter wave multilayer structure, i.e. n.sub.Ld.sub.L.noteq.n.sub.Hd.sub.H.noteq..lamda..sub.0/4, can be expressed as [A 0.5 qH pL(qH pL).sup.N 0.5 qH G], where q and p are multipliers to the quarter-wave thicknesses of high and low refractive index material, respectively, H is the quarter-wave thickness of the high refracting index material; L is the quarter-wave thickness of the low refracting index material; N represents the total number of layers between bounding half layers of high index of refraction material (0.5 qH); G represents a substrate and A represents air." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/467,656). 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=84,46,666.PN.&OS=PN/84,46,666&RS=PN/84,46,666 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,446,896) developed by P. Stephan Bedrosian, Andover, Mass., for a "time synchronization using packet-layer and physical-layer protocols." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In certain embodiments, a slave node in a packet network achieves time synchronization with a master node by implementing a packet-layer synchronization procedure, such as the IEEE1588 precision timing protocol (PTP), to set the slave's local time based on the master's time. The slave's local time is then maintained by implementing a physical-layer syntonization procedure, such as synchronous Ethernet, without relying on the packet-layer synchronization procedure. The packet-layer synchronization procedure may be selectively employed to adjust the slave's local time (if needed) after significant periods of time (e.g., substantially greater than one second). Both the packet-layer synchronization procedure and the physical-layer syntonization procedure are traceable to a common reference timescale (e.g., UTC). Depending on the implementation, the packet-layer synchronization procedure can be, but does not have to be, terminated when not being employed to adjust the slave's local time." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010 (12/965,969). 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=8,446,896&OS=8,446,896&RS=8,446,896 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,446,955) developed by Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, Mass., and Daniel Wong, Cupertino, Calif., for a "speculative motion prediction cache." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus to improve motion prediction in video processing systems is introduced. When a motion prediction cache completes requesting data for a current macroblock and enters an into idle state, data comprising one or more reference frames is speculatively requested, with the hope that the requested data are will be needed in a subsequent macroblock. If the speculative data is needed, then it is consumed. However, if the speculative data is not needed, then the correct data must be requested and a price is paid for an extra memory read bandwidth. In case the speculative data is the correct data for the subsequent macroblock, the effective memory read latency is reduced and the decode performance increases. The video decoder becomes more immune to memory read latency." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,110). 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=8,446,955&OS=8,446,955&RS=8,446,955 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,370) developed by Joji Ueda, Cambridge, Mass., and David Kleinschmidt, Natick, Mass., for a microphone techniques. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Among other features, a boom microphone has a microphone connector; an earcup module includes an earcup connector jack to connect to a headphone and a boom lead-in to receive the microphone connector; and a control module communicates voice signals wirelessly between (a) the boom microphone and headphone and (b) a telephone." The patent application was filed on April 4, 2011 (13/079,156). 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=8,447,370.PN.&OS=PN/8,447,370&RS=PN/8,447,370 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rhythmia Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Rhythmia Medical, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,447,377) developed by Doron Harlev, Brookline, Mass., and Justin Callaway, Goffstown, N.H., for a cardiac mapping catheter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi electrode catheter for non contact mapping of the heart having independent articulation and deployment features." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2011 (13/289,367). 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=8,447,377.PN.&OS=PN/8,447,377&RS=PN/8,447,377 Written by Kusum Sangma; 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. -1125919 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |