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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (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 California. *** Fortemedia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Fortemedia, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,611) developed by Yen-Son Paul Huang, Cupertino, Calif., for a "pen-type voice computer and method thereof." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pen-type voice computer generating a voice index table and the method thereof. The method comprises recording voice data by a microphone, generating a handwriting index of the voice data by inputting drawing data using a handwriting input device, and associating the handwriting index with the corresponding voice data to generate the voice index table." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2006 (11/516,140). 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=8,447,611&OS=8,447,611&RS=8,447,611 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** West View Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- West View Research, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,447,612) developed by Robert F. Gazdzinski, San Diego, for a "computerized information presentation apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized readable apparatus for presentation of information, including contextually related secondary content. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a computer readable medium having at least one computer program disposed thereon, the at least one program being configured to facilitate ad hoc communication with a personal electronic device of a user, and provide the user with requested information (such as for example direction to a desired business or other entity). At least a portion of the information is obtained via a wireless link with a remote server." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2012 (13/369,850). 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=8,447,612&OS=8,447,612&RS=8,447,612 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,600) developed by Michael H. Cohen, Portola Valley, Calif., Shumeet Baluja, Leesburg, Va., and Pedro J. Moreno, Jersey City, N.J., for an "automatic language model update." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for generating a speech recognition model includes accessing a baseline speech recognition model, obtaining information related to recent language usage from search queries, and modifying the speech recognition model to revise probabilities of a portion of a sound occurrence based on the information. The portion of a sound may include a word. Also, a method for generating a speech recognition model, includes receiving at a search engine from a remote device an audio recording and a transcript that substantially represents at least a portion of the audio recording, synchronizing the transcript with the audio recording, extracting one or more letters from the transcript and extracting the associated pronunciation of the one or more letters from the audio recording, and generating a dictionary entry in a pronunciation dictionary." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/616,468). 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=8,447,600&OS=8,447,600&RS=8,447,600 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,619) developed by Robert W. Zopf, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., for an "user attribute distribution for network/peer assisted speech coding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods and apparatuses are described herein for distributing user attribute information about users of a communications system to communication terminals, which use the user attribute information to configure a speech codec to operate in a speaker-dependent manner during a communication session, thereby improving speech coding efficiency. In a network-assisted model, the user attribute information is stored on the communications network and selectively transmitted to the communication terminals while in a peer-assisted model, the user attribute information is derived by and transferred between communication terminals." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2010 (12/887,339). 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=8,447,619&OS=8,447,619&RS=8,447,619 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,608) developed by Walter W. Chang, San Jose, Calif., and Michael J. Welch, Los Angeles, for "custom language models for audio content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This specification describes technologies relating to generating custom language models for audio content. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided that includes the actions of receiving a collection of source texts; identifying a type from a collection of types for each source text, each source text being associated with a particular type; generating, for each identified type, a type-specific language model using the source texts associated with the respective type; and storing the language models." The patent application was filed on Dec. 10, 2008 (12/332,297). 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=8,447,608&OS=8,447,608&RS=8,447,608 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Processing Scripts and Related Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,604) developed by Walter W. Chang, San Jose, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for processing scripts and related data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided in some embodiments is a method including receiving ordered script words are indicative of dialogue words to be spoken, receiving audio data corresponding to at least a portion of the dialogue words to be spoken and including timecodes associated with dialogue words, generating a matrix of the ordered script words versus the dialogue words, aligning the matrix to determine hard alignment points that include matching consecutive sequences of ordered script words with corresponding sequences of dialogue words, partitioning the matrix of ordered script words into sub-matrices bounded by adjacent hard-alignment points and including corresponding sub-sets the script and dialogue words between the hard-alignment points, and aligning each of the sub-matrices. The alignment of the sub-matrices including: matching script and dialogue words of the sub-subsets, assigning timecodes for matched ordered script words, and interpolating timecodes for the unmatched script words based on the timecodes of the matched script words." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/789,708). 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=8,447,604&OS=8,447,604&RS=8,447,604 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,595) developed by Shaohai Chen, Cupertino, Calif., for "echo-related decisions on automatic gain control of uplink speech signal in a communications device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing a call between a near-end user and a far-end user, which includes the following operations performed during the call by the near-end user's communications device. Automatic gain control (AGC) is performed to update a gain applied to an uplink speech signal. A frame is detected in a downlink signal that contains speech; in response, the updating of the gain is frozen. Other embodiments are also described and claimed." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2010 (12/793,360). 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=8,447,595&OS=8,447,595&RS=8,447,595 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Audience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Audience, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,596) developed by four co-inventors for a "monaural noise suppression based on computational auditory scene analysis." The co-inventors are Carlos Avendano, Campbell, Calif., Jean Laroche, Santa Cruz, Calif., Michael M. Goodwin, Scotts Valley, Calif., and Ludger Solbach, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present technology provides a robust noise suppression system that may concurrently reduce noise and echo components in an acoustic signal while limiting the level of speech distortion. An acoustic signal may be received and transformed to cochlear domain sub-band signals. Features, such as pitch, may be identified and tracked within the sub-band signals. Initial speech and noise models may be then be estimated at least in part from a probability analysis based on the tracked pitch sources. Speech and noise models may be resolved from the initial speech and noise models and noise reduction may be performed on the sub-band signals. An acoustic signal may be reconstructed from the noise-reduced sub-band signals." The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2010 (12/860,043). 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=8,447,596&OS=8,447,596&RS=8,447,596 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Aerovironment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Aerovironment, Monrovia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,543) developed by four co-inventors for an "electric vehicle simulator and analyzer (EVSA) for electric vehicle supply equipment." The co-inventors are Blake Edward Dickinson, Monrovia, Calif., Albert Joseph Flack, Garden Grove, Calif., Keith Michael Kolb, West Covina, Calif., and Scott Garret Berman, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments pertain to devices and systems having simulator circuitry, particularly to simulator circuitry configured to simulate an electric vehicle and test an electric vehicle charger. A test unit is configured to simulate a GFI current via modulator and to simulate electric vehicle loads via switched and combined resistor loads. The test unit provides for reprogramming of the electric vehicle charger via a pilot line. The test unit self-confirms its usability via associating received codes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 8, 2010 (13/145,785). 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=8,447,543&OS=8,447,543&RS=8,447,543 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,585) developed by John F. Holzrichter, Berkeley, Calif., Greg C. Burnett, Livermore, Calif., and Lawrence C. Ng, Danville, Calif., for a "system and method for characterizing, synthesizing, and/or canceling out acoustic signals from inanimate sound sources." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for characterizing, synthesizing, and/or canceling out acoustic signals from inanimate sound sources is disclosed. Propagating wave electromagnetic sensors monitor excitation sources in sound producing systems, such as machines, musical instruments, and various other structures. Acoustical output from these sound producing systems is also monitored. From such information, a transfer function characterizing the sound producing system is generated. From the transfer function, acoustical output from the sound producing system may be synthesized or canceled. The methods disclosed enable accurate calculation of matched transfer functions relating specific excitations to specific acoustical outputs. Knowledge of such signals and functions can be used to effect various sound replication, sound source identification, and sound cancellation applications." The patent application was filed on Sept. 6, 2007 (11/899,653). 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=8,447,585&OS=8,447,585&RS=8,447,585 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Ether Dynamics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Ether Dynamics, Chino Hills, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,419) developed by Dominic de Anda Fast, Chino Hills, Calif., for "pseudo-genetic meta-knowledge artificial intelligence systems and methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for artificially intelligent physical and virtual actors including pseudo-genetic information and configured to retain meta-knowledge are described. The actors are adapted with unique behavioral and physical attributes which may independently evolve over time. The attributes may include reproduction based attributes which direct how, when, and with whom the actor reproduces and may be subject to mutation and reproductive forces. The attributes may include evaluation attributes which dictate when and how each actor evaluates their performance. The evaluation attributes may also be subject to mutation and reproductive forces. The attributes may consider meta-knowledge which is a reflection of information gathered by an actor. What and how much meta-knowledge is collected may also be expressed as one or more evolvable attributes." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2012 (13/462,683). 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=8,447,419&OS=8,447,419&RS=8,447,419 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,447,070) developed by five co-inventors for "approaches for device location and communication." The co-inventors are Bradley J. Bozarth, Sunnyvale, Calif., Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, Calif., Gregory M. Hart, Mercer Island, Wash., Ian W. Freed, Seattle, and Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle Area, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device can utilize image capture technology to detect the presence and location of another device. Using this information, the electronic device can display, in a user interface, a graphical element representing a detected device, along with identity information and the location of the detected device relative to the electronic device. The location of each detected device relative to the electronic device can be tracked and thus the graphical element can be updated in the user interface." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (12/763,118). 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=8,447,070&OS=8,447,070&RS=8,447,070 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Lawrence Livermore National Security Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Lawrence Livermore National Security, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,565) developed by Jeffrey S. Kallman, Pleasanton, Calif., for "approximate error conjugation gradient minimization methods." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a subset of rays from a set of all rays to use in an error calculation for a constrained conjugate gradient minimization problem, calculating an approximate error using the subset of rays, and calculating a minimum in a conjugate gradient direction based on the approximate error. In another embodiment, a system includes a processor for executing logic, logic for selecting a subset of rays from a set of all rays to use in an error calculation for a constrained conjugate gradient minimization problem, logic for calculating an approximate error using the subset of rays, and logic for calculating a minimum in a conjugate gradient direction based on the approximate error. In other embodiments, computer program products, methods, and systems are described capable of using approximate error in constrained conjugate gradient minimization problems." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (12/795,560). 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=8,447,565&OS=8,447,565&RS=8,447,565 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Endostim Assigned Patent for Device and Implantation System for Electrical Stimulation of Biological Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Endostim, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,447,403) developed by seven co-inventors for a "device and implantation system for electrical stimulation of biological systems." The co-inventors are Virender K. Sharma, Paradise Valley, Ariz., Matthew Joseph Gani, Seattle, Paul V. Goode, Cherry Hill, N.J., Bevil Hogg, Soquel, Calif., Jay Miazga, Seattle, Shai Policker, Tenafly, N.J., and Kaila Raby, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present specification discloses devices and methodologies for the treatment of nocturnal GERD. Individuals with nocturnal GERD may be treated by implanting a stimulation device within the patient's lower esophageal sphincter and applying electrical stimulation to the patient's lower esophageal sphincter, in accordance with certain predefined protocols. The presently disclosed devices have a simplified design because they do not require sensing systems capable of sensing when a person is engaged in a wet swallow and have improved energy storage requirements." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,098). 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=8,447,403&OS=8,447,403&RS=8,447,403 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** THX Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- THX, San Rafael, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,059) developed by Owen Jones, Ipswich, United Kingdom, and Lawrence R. Fincham, Santa Rosa, Calif., for an earphone device. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An earphone device comprises an inner casing enclosing one or more miniature drive units, and a movable cap or outer casing that moves relative to the inner casing. The inner casing has an extension member, such as a hollow post, terminating in an acoustic output port. A compressible foam bulb at least partially surrounds the extension member, and is decompressed and compressed by actuation of an adjustable member. The adjustable member may take the form, for example, of a pivoting lever, a helical cam, or a push-rod mechanism, among other things. A flange may be disposed around the periphery of the movable cap, in order to provide a seal surrounding the ear canal region. The compressible material may be gripped by the hollow extension member, and abut the movable cap or flange. Through actuation of the adjustable member, the compressible material may be decompressed and thus elongated for insertion into the wearer's ear, and may be compressed and thus widened or expanded to form an adequate seal with the wearer's ear canal region." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/263,145). 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=8,447,059&OS=8,447,059&RS=8,447,059 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** R0R3 Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- R0R3 Devices, Livermore, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,559) developed by Jack J. McCauley, Danville, Calif., for "systems and methods for an impact location and amplitude sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An impact location and amplitude sensory system is provided. Such an impact sensory system may be useful in conjunction with gaming, education, as a control and feedback mechanism for virtually any surface. One embodiment of the impact sensory system may include at least one sensor and a signal processor. The sensor(s) may couple to the object. Sensors may include any of microphones and accelerometers. The sensor(s) receive an impact wave from an impact to the object, either as a propagating acoustic wave or as a traverse phase shift in natural oscillation. The sensor(s) may generate an impact signal in response to the sensed impact wave. The signal processor may couple to the sensor(s). The signal processor may include a preamplifier, an impact triangulator, and an outputter. The impact triangulater may identify a location of the impact from the impact signals. The outputter may then output data regarding the location of the impact." The patent application was filed on Feb. 3, 2009 (12/365,169). 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=8,447,559&OS=8,447,559&RS=8,447,559 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cameron Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Cameron Health, San Clemente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,398) developed by five co-inventors for "subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement methods." The co-inventors are Gust H. Bardy, Seattle, Riccardo Cappato, Ferrara, Italy, Alan H. Ostroff, San Clemente, Calif., William J. Rissmann, Coto de Caza, Calif., and Gary H. Sanders, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A subcutaneous cardiac device includes two electrodes and a stimulator that generates a pulse to the electrodes. The electrodes are implanted between the skin and the rib cage of the patient and are adapted to generate an electric field corresponding to the pulse, the electric field having a substantially uniform voltage gradient as it passes through the heart. The shapes, sizes, positions and structures of the electrodes are selected to optimize the voltage gradient of the electric field, and to minimize the energy dissipated by the electric field outside the heart. More specifically, the electrodes have contact surfaces that contact the patient tissues, said contact surfaces having a total contact area of less than 100 cm.sup.2. In one embodiment, one or both electrodes are physically separated from the stimulator. In another embodiment, a unitary housing holds the both electrodes and the stimulator. Sensor circuitry may also include in the stimulator for detecting intrinsic cardiac activity through the same electrodes." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2007 (11/680,107). 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=8,447,398&OS=8,447,398&RS=8,447,398 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NEC Laboratories America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,447,119) developed by Kai Yu, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and system for image classification." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are disclosed for image classification coding an image by nonlinearly mapping an image descriptor to form a high-dimensional sparse vector; spatially pooling each local region to form an image-level feature vector using a probability kernel incorporating a similarity metric of local descriptors; and classifying the image." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (12/818,156). 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=8,447,119&OS=8,447,119&RS=8,447,119 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,039) developed by six co-inventors for an "active-active hierarchical key servers." The co-inventors are Mohamed Khalid, Gary, N.C., Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, N.C., Scott Thomas Fanning, Los Gatos, Calif., Haseeb Niazi, Morrisville, N.C., Kavitha Kamarthy, Milpitas, Calif., and Sheela Rowles, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, group member devices may be divided into at least one cluster, wherein each cluster includes a primary key server designated to synchronize with a master key server. Each cluster further includes at least one registration server configured to communicate with member devices in the group within the cluster and to synchronize with the primary key server." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2007 (11/862,027). 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=8,447,039&OS=8,447,039&RS=8,447,039 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** NASA, University of California Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- NASA and the University of California, San Francisco, have been assigned a patent (8,447,443) developed by John J. Ryan, Tehachapi, Calif., and Jason L. Speyer, Los Angeles, for "systems and methods for peak-seeking control." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized system and method for peak-seeking-control that uses a unique Kalman filter design to optimize a control loop, in real time, to either maximize or minimize a performance function of a physical object ("plant"). The system and method achieves more accurate and efficient peak-seeking-control by using a time-varying Kalman filter to estimate both the performance function gradient (slope) and Hessian (curvature) based on direct position measurements of the plant, and does not rely upon modeling the plant response to persistent excitation. The system and method can be naturally applied in various applications in which plant performance functions have multiple independent parameters, and it does not depend upon frequency separation to distinguish between system dimensions." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2012 (13/367,990). 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=8,447,443&OS=8,447,443&RS=8,447,443 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** NVIDIA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,035) developed by Duncan A. Riach, East Sussex, United Kingdom, and Brijesh Tripathi, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "contract based memory management for isochronous streams." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of displaying an image includes generating a contract in the display engine, transferring the contract to the memory controller before the end of a sweep, generating a contract amendment in response to changes in the display engine, transferring the contract amendment to the memory controller, making a decision whether the contract amendment can be processed, fetching data from the memory controller according to the contract incorporating the contract amendment if the decision is that the contract amendment can be processed, sending the fetched data to the display engine in an isochronous stream; and processing the fetched data using the display engine." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2012 (13/440,380). 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=8,447,035&OS=8,447,035&RS=8,447,035 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Dialware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Dialware, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,447,615) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying and/or authenticating a source of received electronic data by digital signal processing and/or voice authentication." The co-inventors are Asaf Tamir, Rechovot, Israel, Alan Sege, Santa-Monica, Calif., Nir Dvash, Petach-Tikva, Israel, Nathan Altman, RaAnana, Israel, and Alon Atsmon, Yahud, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for at least one of identifying and authenticating a source of received electronic data, the system comprising: an electronic device configured for receiving a first signal from a source and configured for transmitting a second signal, wherein the source is configured to transmit at least one audio and ultrasonic signals; and a remote server configured for receiving the second signal from said electronic device and configured for transmitting a third signal to said electronic device; the remote server configured for generating an indication of at least one of the identification of the source of the received first signal and the authenticity of the source of the received first signal; wherein the generating an indication includes analyzing at the remote server the second signal received from the electronic device, the analyzing including at least one of digital signal processing, voice recognition, and voice verification." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/229,784). 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=8,447,615&OS=8,447,615&RS=8,447,615 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Endostim Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Endostim, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (8,447,404) developed by seven co-inventors for a "device and implantation system for electrical stimulation of biological systems." The co-inventors are Virender K. Sharma, Paradise Valley, Ariz., Matthew Joseph Gani, Seattle, Paul V. Goode, Cherry Hill, N.J., Bevil Hogg, Soquel, Calif., Jay Miazga, Seattle, Shai Policker, Tenafly, N.J., and Kalia Raby, Redmond, Wash. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present specification discloses devices and methodologies for the treatment of diurnal GERD. Individuals with GERD may be treated by implanting a stimulation device within the patient's lower esophageal sphincter and applying electrical stimulation to the patient's lower esophageal sphincter, in accordance with certain predefined protocols. The presently disclosed devices have a simplified design because they do not require sensing systems capable of sensing when a person is engaged in a wet swallow and have improved energy storage requirements." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2011 (13/041,116). 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=8,447,404&OS=8,447,404&RS=8,447,404 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,447,414) developed by six co-inventors for a "switched safety protection circuit for an AIMD system during exposure to high power electromagnetic fields." The co-inventors are Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Christopher Michael Williams, Lancaster, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., and Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, Minn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An energy management system that facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy induced on an implanted lead or a leadwire includes an energy dissipating surface associated with the implanted lead or the leadwire, a diversion or diverter circuit associated with the energy dissipating surface, and at least one switch disposed between the diversion circuit and the AIMD electronics for diverting energy in the implanted lead or the leadwire through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. The switch may comprise a single or multi-pole double or single throw switch. The diversion circuit may be either a high pass filter or a low pass filter." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2010 (12/731,764). 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=8,447,414&OS=8,447,414&RS=8,447,414 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,098) developed by Scott D. Cohen, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Qingxiong Yang, Urbana, Ill., for a model-based stereo matching. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Model-based stereo matching from a stereo pair of images of a given object, such as a human face, may result in a high quality depth map. Integrated modeling may combine coarse stereo matching of an object with details from a known 3D model of a different object to create a smooth, high quality depth map that captures the characteristics of the object. A semi-automated process may align the features of the object and the 3D model. A fusion technique may employ a stereo matching confidence measure to assist in combining the stereo results and the roughly aligned 3D model. A normal map and a light direction may be computed. In one embodiment, the normal values and light direction may be used to iteratively perform the fusion technique. A shape-from-shading technique may be employed to refine the normals implied by the fusion output depth map and to bring out fine details. The normals may be used to re-light the object from different light positions." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2010 (12/952,431). 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=8,447,098&OS=8,447,098&RS=8,447,098 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pacesetter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Pacesetter, Sylmar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,389) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and systems to monitor and identify transient ischemia." The co-inventors are Steve Koh, South Pasadena, Calif., Michael Yang, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Ryan Rooke, Redondo Beach, Calif., Stuart Rosenberg, Castaic, Calif., and Wenbo Hou, Lancaster, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for monitoring ischemic development. The system and method identify a non-physiologic event and obtain cardiac signals along multiple sensing vectors, wherein at least a portion of the sensing vectors extend to or from electrodes located proximate to the left ventricle. The system and method monitor a segment of interest in the cardiac signals obtained along the multiple sensing vectors to identify deviations in the segment of interest from a baseline. The system and method record at least one of timing or segment shift information associated with the deviations in the segments of interest; and identify at least one of size, direction of development or rate of progression of an ischemia region based on the at least one of timing or segment shift information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2010 (12/861,573). 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=8,447,389&OS=8,447,389&RS=8,447,389 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Google Assigned Patent for Generation of Min-hash Signatures ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,032) developed by Michele Covell, Palo Alto, Calif., Sergey Ioffe, Mountain View, Calif., and Shumeet Baluja, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "generation of min-hash signatures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method is disclosed for generating a signature representing an input bit vector. A signature generator generates a primary min-hash value based on a primary permutation from a sequence of permutation blocks. If the primary min-hash value is lower than a threshold value, a secondary min-hash value is generated based on a secondary permutation from the same permutation block. The signature generator then determines one or more signature values based on the primary min-hash value, the secondary min-hash value or both. The one or more signature values are stored as elements of the signature." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2008 (12/042,138). 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=8,447,032&OS=8,447,032&RS=8,447,032 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,130) developed by Yi-Jen Chiu, San Jose, Calif., for a "history-based spatio-temporal noise reduction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Implementations of a history-based temporal motion noise filtering technique that considers the temporal smooth among multiple pictures as well as the block-based technique to estimate the noise/motion history to better reflect the spatial/temporal smoothness in the local neighborhood are provided. In particular, implementations of the per-pixel blending technique in the block-based noise measurement may be used to better manipulate pixels in both the spatial and temporal domains. A global noise detection technique may be used to estimate the occurrence and/or strength of the noise. A content adaptive spatial filtering content adaptive spatial filter based on a local edge measurement may be used to reduce picture noise as well as preserve edge sharpness. Implementations may be configured for various applications. In particular, programmability options allow users to specify the filter parameters for singularity detection, spatial-only, temporal-only and spatial-temporal filters to achieve user desirable viewing experience." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,754). 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=8,447,130&OS=8,447,130&RS=8,447,130 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,447,579) developed by Colin Michael Sayers, Katy, Texas, and Lennert David den Boer, Calgary, Calif., for a "method and system for pore pressure prediction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for performing an oilfield operation at a wellsite having a drilling rig configured to advance a drilling tool into a subsurface formation. The method includes generating a borehole temperature model for an area of interest using water depth information and a vertical stress model, generating a formation temperature model using the borehole temperature model, generating a mud-weight pressure model using the formation temperature model and pressure coefficients, generating a formation pore pressure model using the mud-weight pressure model, and adjusting the oilfield operation based on the formation pore pressure model." The patent application was filed on July 5, 2011 (13/176,063). 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=8,447,579&OS=8,447,579&RS=8,447,579 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,609) developed by four co-inventors for "adjustment of temporal acoustical characteristics." The co-inventors are Giuseppe Raffa, Beaverton, Ore., Lama Nachman, Santa Clara, Calif., David L. Graumann, Portland, Ore., and Michael E. Deisher, Hillsboro, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments may be a standalone module or part of mobile devices, desktop computers, servers, stereo systems, or any other systems that might benefit from condensed audio presentations of item structures such as lists or tables. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to adjust the temporal characteristics of items comprising words. The items maybe included in a structure such as a text listing or table, an audio listing or table, or a combination thereof, or may be individual words or phrases. For instance, embodiments may comprise a keyword extractor to extract keywords from the items and an abbreviations generator to generate abbreviations based upon the keywords. Further embodiments may comprise a text-to-speech generator to generate audible items based upon the abbreviations to render to a user while traversing the item structure." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/347,977). 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=8,447,609&OS=8,447,609&RS=8,447,609 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alfred E. Mann Foundation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Alfred E. Mann Foundation, Santa Clarita, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,402) developed by Guangqiang Jiang, Santa Clarita, Calif., and Attila Antalfy, Valencia, Calif., for a "zirconia to platinum assembly using a titanium connector." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is a component assembly and method of hermetically bonding a ceramic part to a metal part by welding and brazing a component assembly comprised of metal parts, a ceramic part, and an intermediate metal ferrule. The ceramic part is preferably a hollow tube of partially-stabilized zirconia that is brazed to an alignment ferrule that is preferably titanium or a titanium alloy, such as Ti-6Al-4V. On one end the component assembly is brazed to an end cap for closure. On the other end the alignment ferrule is preferably brazed to a ring that is preferably comprised of a noble metal, such as platinum, iridium, or alloys of platinum and iridium. The ring is then laser welded to an eyelet that is preferably comprised of a noble metal." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2007 (11/691,293). 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=8,447,402&OS=8,447,402&RS=8,447,402 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,581) developed by David Roth, San Francisco, and Hem C. Neema, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "generating simulation code from a specification of a circuit design." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "During the elaboration and synthesis of a circuit design, a parse tree generally must be fully expanded to access memory resources and data of individual module instances in order to perform optimizations that will result in better runtime performance of generated simulation code. The present invention reduces memory requirements in generating simulation or emulation executable code by implementing a collapsed parse tree, where multiple instances of a module in a HDL design are represented by a single representative node in the parse tree." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2009 (12/559,847). 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=8,447,581&OS=8,447,581&RS=8,447,581 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Audience Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Audience, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,045) developed by Jean Laroche, Santa Cruz, Calif., for a "multi-microphone active noise cancellation system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present technology provides systems and methods for robust feedforward active noise cancellation which can overcome or substantially alleviate problems associated with the diverse and dynamic nature of the surrounding acoustic environment. A multi-faceted analysis decouples the background noise within the earpiece from the acoustic wave (e.g. the anti-noise and desired audio) generated by an audio transducer within the earpiece. A difference signal is formed utilizing monitoring signals captured by array of monitoring microphones within the earpiece. The difference signal is formed such that contributions due to the acoustic wave generated by the audio transducer are selectively attenuated. As a result, the difference signal indicates an acoustic energy level of the background noise within the earpiece." The patent application was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 (12/876,861). 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=8,447,045&OS=8,447,045&RS=8,447,045 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** IRIS International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- IRIS International, Chatsworth, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,417) developed by five co-inventors for a "multi-level controller system and method." The co-inventors are Harvey Kasdan, Sherman Oaks, Calif., Kenneth S. Gold, Bell Canyon, Calif., Jon Frank Tindel, Valencia, Calif., Ken A. Atterholt, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and David Alan Fridge, Pasadena, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention is a state machine having a host controller that controls a level-1 controller, wherein the level-1 controller controls the level-2 controller. The level-2 controller controls system component controllers, which in turn control system components to execute a process segment. For example, the machine includes a host controller that selects a set of states to be executed, a level-1 controller that activates the set of states in a predetermined order, wherein each state includes commands, and a level-2 controller that controls system components according to the commands. A method of executing a process includes identifying a set of states to be executed, issuing state commands that need to be issued to execute the current state in the set of states, and activating a next state only after all expected status reports have been received for the current state." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2007 (11/950,311). 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=8,447,417&OS=8,447,417&RS=8,447,417 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Paramount Pictures Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,014) developed by Sherrie Lee Nelson, Lakewood, Calif., for a "voice-over-IP (VoIP) systems, components and methods for providing enhanced location information to emergency responders to respond to emergency calls." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are systems and techniques for identifying VoIP phone connector locations whereby an emergency call request can be specifically located on a VoIP phone network. This system addresses prior-art shortcomings in which the location information is attempted to be tracked with identification information stored in VoIP phones, or in which databases of location information are created relative to MAC addresses of component pieces of the VoIP phone network (such as the VoIP phones themselves, data switches, or LAN routers) in that the VoIP phone connectors are fixedly mounted in buildings and their locations can be more reliably fixed and maintained. Further described are methods for establishing databases of location and/or caller information associated with these VoIP phone connectors. Still further described are VoIP phone server embodiments that enable the location and/or caller information to be determined according to the associated VoIP phone connectors and for that information to be transmitted both to public safety access points and to campus security networks, and for emergency calls to be bridged both to public safety access points and to campus security networks." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2010 (12/983,283). 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=8,447,014&OS=8,447,014&RS=8,447,014 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,588) developed by Lauri J. Karttunen, Emerald Hills, Calif., for "region-matching transducers for natural language processing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for developing a region-matching transducer for marking language data having delimited strings. The region-matching transducer defines one or more patterns of one or more sequences of delimited strings, with at least one of the patterns defined in the region-matching transducer having an arrangement of a plurality of class-matching networks. The plurality of class-matching networks defines a combination of two or more entity classes from one or both of part-of-speech classes and application-specific classes. The region-matching transducer has, for each of the one or more patterns, an arc that leads from a penultimate state with a transition label that identifies the entity class of the pattern, and shares states between patterns leading to a penultimate state when segments of delimited strings making up two or more patterns overlap." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,058). 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=8,447,588&OS=8,447,588&RS=8,447,588 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Senorx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Senorx, Tempe, Ariz., has been assigned a patent (8,447,386) developed by four co-inventors for a "marker or filler forming fluid." The co-inventors are Fred H. Burbank, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Michael L. Jones, San Clemente, Calif., Frank Louw, Carlsbad, Calif., and Paul Lubock, Laguna Niguel, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for at least partially filling and marking a cavity at a site within a patient's body includes a marker delivery device having a chamber configured to contain a marking substance and having a mechanism configured to expel the marking substance. A quantity of the marking substance is contained within the chamber of the marker delivery device. The marking substance is configured to at least partially fill the cavity and form therein a porous bioabsorbable body. A delivery tube is coupled in fluid communication with the chamber of the marker delivery device. The delivery tube has a distal end with a discharge port through which the marking substance is expelled. A releasable remotely detectable distal tip is coupled to the distal end of the delivery tube and is configured to be released to remain within the porous bioabsorbable body within the cavity upon the formation thereof." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2010 (12/967,639). 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=8,447,386&OS=8,447,386&RS=8,447,386 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Geneva Cleantech Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Geneva Cleantech, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,541) developed by Patrick A. Rada, San Jose, Calif., and John H. Magnasco, San Jose, Calif., for an "energy usage monitoring with remote display and automatic detection of appliance including graphical user interface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices and methods for identifying an electrical device, and its state, in a network of electrical devices are disclosed. An energy monitoring device is programmed to identify an electrical device coupled to a power supply, and a state of the electrical device, from a change in successive measurements of the power supply. Algorithms for determining a load signature for an electrical device and its state are disclosed. A stored table of load signatures for states is used to identify devices, and states. Energy monitoring information is collected and presented to the user on a display, a remote display, or is transmitted over a network to a remote device such as a personal computer, personal digital assistant, an iPhone, a cell phone, voice mail, email, or text message." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/694,171). 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=8,447,541&OS=8,447,541&RS=8,447,541 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Neustar Information Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Neustar Information Services, Sterling, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,447,025) developed by James D. Shaffer, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and George G. Moore, Great Falls, Va., for a "one number, intelligent call processing system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for retrieving household data based on an origination identifier. In an embodiment, an origination identifier of a communication is captured. The origination identifier is indexed into a master table comprising a plurality of records. Each of the records comprises an association between an origination identifier and a universal database linkage key, and each universal database linkage key comprises an index into one or more databases. A universal database linkage key associated with the captured origination identifier is retrieved and indexed into one or more databases. Household data associated with the captured origination identifier is retrieved from the one or more databases and communicated to at least one recipient." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 (13/336,527). 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=8,447,025&OS=8,447,025&RS=8,447,025 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Subsurface Electrical Conductivity Contrast Reconstruction Using Narrow-band Electromagnetic Data and Fullwave Imaging ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,447,521) developed by Michael Tompkins, San Francisco, for a "subsurface electrical conductivity contrast reconstruction using narrow-band electromagnetic data and fullwave imaging." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and related systems are described for analyzing electromagnetic survey data. Electromagnetic survey data of a subterranean formation is obtained using at least a downhole transceiver deployed in a borehole and a transceiver positioned on the surface or in another borehole. The electromagnetic survey data includes an incident wave component and a scattered wave component. The incident and scattered components are correlated so as to generate an image of the subterranean formation indicating spatial locations of one or more features, for example, electrical properties such as resistivity variations, in the formation. The image is based at least in part on one or more interference patterns of the incident and scattered wave components. The correlation preferably includes generating a simulation of the incident wave component propagated into the formation, and convolving the simulated propagated incident wave component with the scattered wave component. The simulation can be performed using an analytic continuation or a fullwave simulation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/712,346). 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=8,447,521&OS=8,447,521&RS=8,447,521 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** PowerVision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- PowerVision, Belmont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,086) developed by Daniel Hildebrand, San Francisco, David John Smith, Highland, Calif., and Claudio Argento, Los Gatos, Calif., for "lens capsule size estimation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of estimating the size of an ocular lens capsule." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2010 (12/872,314). 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=8,447,086&OS=8,447,086&RS=8,447,086 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Determining Sustainability of a Data Center ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,447,569) developed by five co-inventors for "determining sustainability of a data center." The co-inventors are Manish Marwah, Mountain View, Calif., Amip J. Shah, Santa Clara, Calif., Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Fremont, Calif., Thomas W. Christian, Fort Collins, Colo., and Paulo Maciel, Recife, Brazil. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Determining a sustainability impact for available data center architectures. A data center is accessed by a computer. Two or more functional parameters of the data center are then evaluated by the computer. Then, the computer combines the two or more evaluated functional parameters into a quantified judgment to determine a sustainability impact of available architectures of the data center." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2009 (12/560,278). 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=8,447,569&OS=8,447,569&RS=8,447,569 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. *** A9.com Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- A9.com, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,447,107) developed by Arnab Dhua, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Sunil Ramesh, San Jose, Calif., for "processing and comparing images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for calculating and using histogram descriptors to compare images and to identify visually similar content. 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