U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Feb. 21)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.

*** Sonus Networks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Sonus Networks, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,636) developed by Joseph Wung, Tewksbury, Mass., for "methods and apparatuses for establishing M3UA linksets and routes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for establishing M3UA linksets and routes. The method includes generating, at a signaling gateway, a linkset that includes a plurality of M3UA links between two or more IP hosts on the signaling gateway and a single IP host on a signal transfer point. The method also includes configuring, at the signaling gateway, a route based on the linkset to direct messages from the signaling gateway to a single destination node." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/568,298). 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=83,79,636.PN.&OS=PN/83,79,636&RS=PN/83,79,636 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Vonage Network Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Vonage Network, Holmdel, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,379,571) developed by Daniel T. Smires, Freehold, N.J., and John Riley, Topsfield, Mass., for a "method and apparatus for provisioning dual mode wireless client devices in a telecommunications system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for provisioning a wireless multi-modal client device in a telecommunications system includes determining a provisioning environment within and a provisioning condition under which the client device is operating, determining a state of a configuration file of the client device and obtaining an updated configuration file based on the provisioning environment and provisioning conditions. The provisioning environment is determined by detecting one or more wireless networks accessible by the client device such as an IP-based network and a PSTN-based network. Connection to the IP-based network is made via WiFi and to the PSTN-based network via GSM/GPRS. The wireless networks defining the provisioning environment have characteristic timing intervals for configuration file updating. There is also an incremental timer that determines the elapsed time for each characteristic timing interval and switches between characteristic timing intervals depending upon the provisioning environment that the client device is operating within." The patent application was filed on Feb. 6, 2009 (12/367,175). 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=83,79,571.PN.&OS=PN/83,79,571&RS=PN/83,79,571 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Airvana Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Airvana, Chelmsford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,625) developed by Pierre A. Humblet, Cambridge, Mass., for an "obtaining time information in a cellular network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, performed by an access point of a cellular network, obtains time information by identifying a control channel cycle boundary; at a beginning of the control channel cycle boundary, sending a request to a time server; receiving a response from the time server, the request including a server time; and obtaining the timing information using the server time. Obtaining the timing information includes using the server time and a first reference time to obtain an integer and a fraction; using the fraction to obtain a time difference; and using the time difference to obtain the timing information." The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2008 (12/343,850). 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=83,79,625.PN.&OS=PN/83,79,625&RS=PN/83,79,625 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,777) developed by four co-inventors for a "normal-basis to canonical-basis transformation for binary galois-fields GF(2.sup.m)." The co-inventors are Erdinc Ozturk, Worcester, Mass., Vinodh Gopal, Westboro, Mass., Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., and Wajdi K. Feghali, Boston.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Basis conversion from normal form to canonical form is provided for both generic polynomials and special irreducible polynomials in the form of "all ones", referred to as "all-ones-polynomials" (AOP). Generation and storing of large matrices is minimized by creating matrices on the fly, or by providing an alternate means of computing a result with minimal hardware extensions." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2007 (11/772,176). 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=8,380,777&OS=8,380,777&RS=8,380,777 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,757) developed by six co-inventors for "techniques for providing a consolidated system configuration view using database change tracking and configuration files." The co-inventors are Lorenzo Bailey, Framingham, Mass., Yong Wang, Westborough, Mass., Utkarsh Vipul, Mansfield, Mass., Ken Kim, Worcester, Mass., Xuan Tang, Hopkinton, Mass., and Muhamad Djunaedi, Northborough, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are techniques for providing a consolidated logical view of a system. A plurality of database tables associated with a plurality of processing nodes of a data storage system is provided. The plurality of database tables provides a plurality of individual views of the data storage system and each of the individual views represents a view of the data storage system for a different processing node. A notification is received regarding a modification to one or more of the database tables. The notification identifies an operation performed causing the modification and providing data associated with the modification. A merge database table is modified that provides a consolidated view of said plurality of individual views. The modifying is performed in accordance with the notification and a configuration file including logic describing processing performed to merge the plurality of individual views." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2011 (13/065,631). 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=8,380,757&OS=8,380,757&RS=8,380,757 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,379,711) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for decision-feedback equalization with oversampled phase detector." The co-inventors are Pervez M. Aziz, Dallas, Adam B. Healey, Newburyport, Mass., Amaresh Malipatil, Milpitas, Calif., and Lizhi Zhong, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for decision-feedback equalization with an oversampled phase detector. A method is provided for detecting data in a receiver employing decision-feedback equalization. A received signal is sampled using a data clock and a transition clock to generate a data sample signal and a transition sample signal. A DFE correction is obtained for each of the data sample and transition sample signals to generate DFE detected data and DFE transition data. One or more coefficients used for the DFE correction for the transition sample signals are adapted using the DFE transition data." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,547). 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=83,79,711.PN.&OS=PN/83,79,711&RS=PN/83,79,711 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** KDL Scan Designs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- KDL Scan Designs, Dover, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,380,756) developed by Neil L. Mayle, Cambridge, Mass., and David L. Rose, Boston, for a "method and system for creating messages including image information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Storing image data and related information for sharing via a URL includes receiving image data uploaded from a client computer via a user interface and receiving, separate from the receiving of the image data, related information uploaded via the user interface. The uploaded image data and related information are stored. A uniform resource locator (URL) configured for retrieving a display that includes the stored image data and the related information is generated. The URL is provided in a message." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,195). 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=8,380,756&OS=8,380,756&RS=8,380,756 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,010) developed by four co-inventors for a "content aware resizing of images and videos." The co-inventors are Michael Rubenstein, Cambridge, Mass., Arial Shamir, Jerusalem, Shmuel Avidan, Brookline, Mass., and Matthew E. Brand, Newtonville, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method resizes input images by first constructing a grid graph. The grid graph includes one node for each pixel in the input image, and adjacent nodes in the grid graph are connected by arcs. Each arc is directed and has an associated cost. A cut is applied to the arcs of the grid graph using a cost function. A seam of pixels is determined from the cut so that coordinates of the pixels in the seam enforce monotonicity and connectivity constraints. Then, the input image is resized according to the seam to produce an output image while minimizing a change of energy in the output image when compared with the input image." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2008 (12/671,531). 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=8,380,010&OS=8,380,010&RS=8,380,010 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Polynomial-basis to Normal-basis Transformation for Binary Galois-Fields GF(2.sup.m) ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,767) developed by four co-inventors for a "polynomial-basis to normal-basis transformation for binary Galois-Fields GF(2.sup.m)." The co-inventors are Erdinc Ozturk, Worcester, Mass., Vinodh Gopal, Westboro, Mass., Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., and Wajdi K. Feghali, Boston.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Basis conversion from polynomial-basis form to normal-basis form is provided for both generic polynomials and special irreducible polynomials in the form of "all ones", referred to as "all-ones-polynomials" (AOP). Generation and storing of large matrices is minimized by creating matrices on the fly, or by providing an alternate means of computing a result with minimal hardware extensions." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2007 (11/772,172). 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=8,380,767&OS=8,380,767&RS=8,380,767 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Language Translation of Selected Content in a Web Conference ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,487) developed by Paul Roger Bastide, Boxford, Mass., and Robert E. Loredo, North Miami Beach, Fla., for a "language translation of selected content in a web conference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for translating selected content in a web conference may include receiving, by a processing device, a selected area in an image from a shared application in a web conference. The selected area may contain text for translation into a chosen language. The method may also include performing an optical character recognition process on the text in the selected area of the image to provide OCR resulting text. The method may additionally include translating the OCR resulting text into the chosen language. The method may further include presenting the translated OCR resulting text in the chosen language to at least a translation requester in the web conference." The patent application was filed on June 21, 2010 (12/819,625). 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=8,380,487&OS=8,380,487&RS=8,380,487 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,962) developed by Clifford C. Hoyt, Wellesley, Mass., and Richard Levenson, Brighton, Mass., for an image classifier training.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are disclosed that include: (a) applying a first stain to a first sample having a plurality of regions, where the first stain selectively binds to only a first subset of the regions of the first sample; (b) applying a second stain to the first sample, where the second stain binds to a second set of regions of the first sample; (c) obtaining an image of the first sample, and analyzing the image to obtain a first component image corresponding substantially only to spectral contributions from the first stain, and a second component image corresponding substantially only to spectral contributions from the second stain; and (d) training a classifier to identify regions of a second sample based on information derived from the first and second component images, the identified regions corresponding to the first subset of regions of the first sample." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,206). 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=8,379,962&OS=8,379,962&RS=8,379,962 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** University of Oklahoma Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., has been assigned a patent (8,380,437) developed by six co-inventors for a "method of predicting mechanical properties of rocks using mineral compositions provided by in-situ logging tools." The co-inventors are Younane Abousleiman, Norman, Okla., Franz-Josef Ulm, Cambridge, Mass., Minh H. Tran, Norman, Okla., Jose Alberto Ortega, Cambridge, Mass., Christopher Philip Bobko, Raleigh, N.C., and Son K. Hoang, Norman, Okla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for predicting mechanical properties of a transverse isotropic region of a rock formation traversed by a well bore including running a logging tool in the well bore; the mass percentages of minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore are measured with the logging tool. The density of the minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore is determined. The porosity of the rock formation surrounding the well bore is measured. From the porosity and the measured mass percentages and density of the minerals, all the transverse isotropic elastic coefficients of the rock formation are determined in real time." The patent application was filed on April 21, 2008 (12/106,899). 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=8,380,437&OS=8,380,437&RS=8,380,437 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** iRobot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- iRobot, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,350) developed by six co-inventors for an "autonomous coverage robot navigation system." The co-inventors are Daniel N. Ozick, Newton, Mass., Andrea M. Okerholm, Lexington, Mass., Jeffrey W. Mammen, Westford, Mass., Michael J. Halloran, Waltham, Mass., Paul E. Sandin, Brookline, N.H., and Chikyung Won, Tewksbury, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An autonomous mobile robot system for bounded areas including a navigation beacon and an autonomous coverage robot. The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter arranged to transmit a gateway marking emission with the navigation beacon disposed within a gateway between the first bounded area and an adjacent second bounded area. The autonomous coverage robot includes a beacon emission sensor responsive to the beacon emission, and a drive system configured to maneuver the robot about the first bounded area in a cleaning mode in which the robot is redirected in response to detecting the gateway marking emission. The drive system is also configured to maneuver the robot through the gateway into the second bounded area in a migration mode." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/343,430). 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=8,380,350&OS=8,380,350&RS=8,380,350 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- LSI, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,379,665) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and methods for access fairness for a multiple target bridge/router in a fibre channel arbitrated loop system." The co-inventors are James W. Keeley, Hollis, N.H., Douglas E. Sanders, Framingham, Mass., Daniel W. Meyer, Brentwood, Calif., Andrew Hyonil Chong, San Jose, Calif., and Ju-Ching Tang, Fremont, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus and methods improved fair access to a Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) communication medium through a bridge device. The enhanced bridge device provides for a fair access in a currently open access window for all presently requesting devices coupled through the bridge device to the FC-AL communication medium. Thus all devices on the loop whether coupled directly or through a bridge device can be assured fair access to the loop when there are simultaneous requests during an open access window." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2009 (12/475,694). 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=83,79,665.PN.&OS=PN/83,79,665&RS=PN/83,79,665 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Relative Pitch Tracking of Multiple Arbitrary Sounds ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,331) developed by Paris Smaragdis, Brookline, Mass., and Gautham J. Mysore, Stanford, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for relative pitch tracking of multiple arbitrary sounds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for relative pitch tracking of multiple arbitrary sounds. A probabilistic method for pitch tracking may be implemented as or in a pitch tracking module. A constant-Q transform of an input signal may be decomposed to estimate one or more kernel distributions and one or more impulse distributions. Each kernel distribution represents a spectrum of a particular source, and each impulse distribution represents a relative pitch track for a particular source. The decomposition of the constant-Q transform may be performed according to shift-invariant probabilistic latent component analysis, and may include applying an expectation maximization algorithm to estimate the kernel distributions and the impulse distributions. When decomposing, a prior, e.g. a sliding-Gaussian Dirichlet prior or an entropic prior, and/or a temporal continuity constraint may be imposed on each impulse distribution." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2008 (12/261,931). 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=8,380,331&OS=8,380,331&RS=8,380,331 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Eliza Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Eliza, Beverly, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,519) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and techniques for producing spoken voice prompts with dialog-context-optimized speech parameters." The co-inventors are Lisa Lavoie, Cambridge, Mass., Lucas Merrow, York, Maine, Alexandra Drane, Winchester, Mass., Frank Rizzo, Bedford, N.H., and Ivy Krull, Andover, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are described in which spoken voice prompts can be produced in a manner such that they will most likely have the desired effect, for example to indicate empathy, or produce a desired follow-up action from a call recipient. The prompts can be produced with specific optimized speech parameters, including duration, gender of speaker, and pitch, so as to encourage participation and promote comprehension among a wide range of patients or listeners. Upon hearing such voice prompts, patients/listeners can know immediately when they are being asked questions that they are expected to answer, and when they are being given information, as well as the information that considered sensitive." The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2008 (12/020,217). 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=8,380,519&OS=8,380,519&RS=8,380,519 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** MathWorks Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,467) developed by Brian Mirtich, Phoenix, and Jeff Wendlandt, Newton, Mass., for "representing geometry of a system in a modeling environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an embodiment, an element, that represents an entity in a system, is generated. The generated element may be incorporated in a network that represents the system. The generated element may include geometry information about a geometry of the entity. The geometry information may be used in one or more computations associated with a simulation or an analysis of the system. The element may have a frame port that exposes a frame. The frame may represent at least a position and an orientation in a two dimensional or three dimensional space with respect to another frame in the network. The other frame in the network may be a reference frame that may be defined by a "world" that the system resides in. The generated element may be incorporated into the network by connecting the frame port to the network." The patent application was filed on July 16, 2010 (12/837,638). 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=8,380,467&OS=8,380,467&RS=8,380,467 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Polycom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Polycom, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,379,823) developed by Kiril Ratmanski, Santa Clara, Calif., and Eric David Elias, Somerville, Mass., for a distributed bridging.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication system that includes multiple conferencing devices connected in a daisy-chain configuration is communicably connected to far-end conference participants. Multiple conferencing devices provide improved sound quality to the far-end participants by reducing aural artifacts resulting from reverberation and echo. The daisy-chain communication system also reduces the processing and transmission time of the near-end audio signal by processing and transmitting the audio signal in frequency domain. Each conferencing device in the daisy chain performs signal conditioning on its audio signal before transmitting it in the frequency domain to a mixer. The output signal of the mixer is converted back to the time domain before being transmitted to the far-end. The daisy-chain configuration also provides a distributed bridge to external communication devices that can be connected to each conferencing device." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2008 (12/099,146). 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=8,379,823&OS=8,379,823&RS=8,379,823 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Skyworks Solutions Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Skyworks Solutions, Woburn, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,838) developed by Amit Burstein, Westford, Mass., for a tone detector.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tone detector is disclosed that is realizable in digital embodiment on a single integrated circuit die and does not require external components, such as a discrete capacitor. An input connects to a comparator, which in turn connects to one or more edge detectors and a flip flop. The edge detector outputs a pulse responsive to a detected edge. A counter is reset by the pulses from the edge detectors thereby preventing the counter from reaching a maximum value, which would otherwise be output from the counter and provided to a flip flop to clock in the comparator output at the D input to the flip flop. In operation, the comparator generates a rail to rail signal responsive to a received tone, which in turn is clocked through the flip flop as a logic high output indicating presence of a tone." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2007 (11/810,507). 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=8,379,838&OS=8,379,838&RS=8,379,838 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Soundbite Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Soundbite Communications, Bedford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,834) developed by Damon Weinstein, Arlington, Mass., Timothy R. Segall, Lexington, Mass., and Vincent E. Laiosa, Arlington, Mass., for a "method and system for managing interactive communications campaigns." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A web-based hosted solution through which business entities create and manage communications campaigns, such as interactive campaigns that afford target recipients an opportunity to be connected to a third party call center. A web interface is provided to enable a business entity customer to create a set of one or more rules that, when triggered during the campaign, cause the hosted solution to take certain control actions in real-time, based on campaign performance. Preferably, this "campaign performance" is measured indirectly, i.e. without requiring a direct connection to an on-premises call center ACD. Rather, preferably all information about the call center's performance during the campaign is derived from information (gathered by the hosted solution) about calls delivered, or attempted to be delivered, to the call center. In effect, the call center performance is inferred, and this performance is then exposed to the business entity customer through a web-based interface. In particular, the interface provides the business entity customer with a convenient and easy-to-use display that identifies any rule that has been (or may be getting ready to be) triggered, together with a then current status of the campaign. The system is programmed to take a given control action (e.g., campaign suspension, adjusting an outbound call rate, or the like) when a customer-configurable rule is triggered. " The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2006 (11/336,151). 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=8,379,834&OS=8,379,834&RS=8,379,834 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Convergys Customer Management Delaware Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Convergys Customer Management Delaware, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (8,379,830) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "system and method for automated customer service with contingent live interaction." The co-inventors are Jayant M. Naik, Mason, Ohio, Coy Cordell, Villa Hills, Ky., Dale Robert Peterson, Fort Thomas, Ky., Joseph DiFonzo, Sanford, Fla., Stephen D. Weagraff, Winter Park, Fla., Matthew Yuschik, Andover, Mass., Michael Louis Nutter, Cincinnati, Robert Birch, Orlando, Fla., Scot Cunningham, Osgood, Ind., Woosung Kim, Mason, Ohio, and Scott A. Irwin, Winter Springs, Fla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A balance between customer satisfaction and cost to providing customer care can be achieved based on the use of online interaction classification techniques. Such techniques can use measurements such as a log likelihood ratio to determine if an interaction should be removed from automation." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2007 (11/751,976). 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=8,379,830&OS=8,379,830&RS=8,379,830 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Bose Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Bose, Framingham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,873) developed by Paul G. Yamkovoy, Acton, Mass., for an "adaptive headset connection status sensing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A controller of a personal audio device, on multiple occasions, monitors a conductor by which it is able to be coupled to another device for the end to an instance of signal activity, and following the end of signal activity, injects a current into the conductor and measures the resulting voltage to calculate an adaptive threshold voltage and to compare the measured voltage to the adaptive threshold to determine at least whether or not the conductor of the personal audio device is coupled to another device." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2010 (12/838,477). 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=8,379,873&OS=8,379,873&RS=8,379,873 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Using a Complex Events Processor (CEP) to Direct the Handling of Individual Call Sessions by an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,379,804) developed by five co-inventors for "using a complex events processor (CEP) to direct the handling of individual call sessions by an interactive voice response (IVR) system." The co-inventors are Edward M. Lynch, Toronto, David D. Martin, Acton, Mass., Jared M. Michalec, Denver, Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla., and Wendi L. Nusbickel, Boca Raton, Fla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Event data messages can be provided by an interactive voice response (IVR) system to a complex events processor (CEP). The event data messages can include a Stream_ID and a series of textual elements. The Stream_ID can uniquely identify a call session between a caller and the IVR system. The series of textual elements can represent speech input provided by the caller. The CEP can create a text string from the series of textual elements of event data messages having the same Stream_ID. The text string can inherit the Stream_ID of the event data messages. The CEP can utilize user-defined business rules to process the text string. When the CEP issues an action message, the Stream_ID of the text string can be appended to the action message sent to the IVR system. The IVR system can modify the call session associated with the Stream_ID of the action message accordingly." The patent application was filed on Jan. 7, 2009 (12/349,940). 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=8,379,804&OS=8,379,804&RS=8,379,804 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Analogic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Analogic, Peabody, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,379,797) developed by Daniel Abenaim, Lynnfield, Mass., and Adrian Delforge, Rockport, Mass., for a "power management of CT systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One or more techniques and/or systems described herein implement, among other things, an energy storage component disposed in a stationary portion (e.g., non-rotating portion) of a CT scanning apparatus. The energy storage component receives electrical power from an external source, such as a power outlet, and stores the electrical power. The stored electrical power is provided for an operation on a rotating portion (e.g., non-stationary) of the CT scanning apparatus upon demand, and is sufficient to perform the operation alone or in combination with power from the external source." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/845,988). 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=8,379,797&OS=8,379,797&RS=8,379,797 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,268) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and methods of fluorescence, reflectance and light scattering spectroscopy for measuring tissue characteristics." The co-inventors are Irene Georgakoudi, Acton, Mass., Michael S. Feld, Newton, Mass., Qingguo Zhang, Medford, Mass., and Markus G. Mueller, Erlenbach, Germany.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention utilizes a plurality of spectroscopic systems and methods to measure characteristics of tissue useful in the diagnosis of disease. In a preferred embodiment, a combination of fluorescence, reflectance and light scattered spectra can be measured and processed to provide biochemical, architectural and morphological state of tissue. The methods and systems can be used particularly in the early detection of carcinoma within tissue in vivo and in vitro." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2005 (11/166,798). 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=8,380,268.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,268&RS=PN/8,380,268 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Handling Sector Edges ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,926) developed by Robert P. Foley, Clinton, Mass., Ronald D. Proulx, Boxborough, Mass., and Adi Ofer, Sunnyvale, Calif., for handling sector edges.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is used in handling sector edges. Input/output (I/O) requests to a storage device are handled. The I/O requests use a different sector size format than that of the storage device. An I/O request is received for a write operation at a logical address of a virtual device. The write operation specifies new data to be written to the virtual device. A logical sector associated with the logical address is determined. The logical sector is mapped to a portion of a physical sector of the storage device. The sector edge of the physical sector is read into a RAID-protected memory. The read sector edge is written together with the new data to the storage device." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,783). 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=8,380,926.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,926&RS=PN/8,380,926 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** EMC Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,956) developed by Alex Veprinsky, Brookline, Mass., Amnon Naamad, Brookline, Mass., and Arieh Don, Newton, Mass., for "techniques for storing data to device mirrors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are techniques for storing first data to a logical data in accordance with a static policy to service reads using data stored in a first storage area. The logical device has its data stored on a first physical device that is mirrored on a second physical device. Each of the first and second physical devices include a first storage area and a second storage area. The first storage areas provide better performance than the second storage areas. The first data is stored at a first location in one of the first storage areas of one of the physical devices and at a second location in one of the second storage areas at the other of the first and the second physical devices. An operation to read the first data is serviced by accessing the first data stored in the first area of the one physical device." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2011 (13/065,014). 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=8,380,956.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,956&RS=PN/8,380,956 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** EMC Assigned Patent for Applying Data Access Activity Measurements ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- EMC, Hopkinton, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,928) developed by six co-inventors for "applying data access activity measurements." The co-inventors are Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, Mass., Khang Can, Framingham, Mass., Manish Madhukar, Shrewsbury, Mass., David W. Harvey, Newton Center, Mass., Dean D. Throop, Efland, N.C., and Mark K. Ku, Wollaston, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method is used in applying data access activity measurements. A slice relocation candidate list is generated which identifies slices to be relocated along with respective destination tier information. Slices in a pool are matched to respective matching tiers based on the slices' respective temperatures and tier preferences. Based on whether a current tier for a slice differs from the matching tier for the slice, the slice is listed in the relocation candidate list." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/640,292). 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=8,380,928.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,928&RS=PN/8,380,928 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Providing Shared Access to Data Storage Resources Across Cluster Computing Environment Boundaries ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,380,938) developed by four co-inventors for "providing shared access to data storage resources across cluster computing environment boundaries." The co-inventors are Ofer Elrom, Gazit, Israel, Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Illit, Israel, Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, Ariz., and Oren Wolf, Bedford, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Providing shared access to data storage resources in a cluster computing environment, including detecting when a computer node requests access to a data storage device in a manner that excludes a computing device from accessing the data storage device, where the computer node is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a first communications channel, and where the computing device is configured to communicate with the data storage device along a second communications channel that is exclusive of the first communications channel, and responsive to the detecting, causing the data storage device to allow the computer node and the computing device to share access to the data storage device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2010 (12/712,046). 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=8,380,938.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,938&RS=PN/8,380,938 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Signal Blanking for Improved Frequency Domain Channel Estimation ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,380,122) developed by six co-inventors for a "signal blanking for improved frequency domain channel estimation." The co-inventors are Steven J. Howard, Ashland, Mass., Tadeusz Jarosinski, San Diego, Dhananjay Ashok Gore, San Diego, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Encinitas, Calif., Michael Mao Wang, San Diego, and Tao Tian, San Diego.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless repeater includes a channel estimation block to estimate a feedback channel between the antennas of the repeater using frequency domain channel estimation. The repeater includes a pilot signal blanking circuit to blank out a selected number of samples of the pilot signal to improve the accuracy of the channel estimation. In another embodiment, the repeater replaces T samples of the pilot signal with a cyclic prefix." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2010 (12/708,318). 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=83,80,122.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,122&RS=PN/83,80,122 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Queue Arrays in Network Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,380,923) developed by Gilbert Wolrich, Framingham, Mass., Mark B. Rosenbluth, Uxbridge, Mass., and Debra Bernstein, Sunbury, Mass., for a "queue arrays in network devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A queue descriptor including a head pointer pointing to the first element in a queue and a tail pointer pointing to the last element in the queue is stored in memory. In response to a command to perform an enqueue or dequeue operation with respect to the queue, fetching from the memory to a cache only one of either the head pointer or tail pointer and returning to the memory from the cache portions of the queue descriptor modified by the operation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2010 (12/941,802). 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=8,380,923.PN.&OS=PN/8,380,923&RS=PN/8,380,923 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Infinity Fluids Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 21 -- Infinity Fluids, Sturbridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,380,056) developed by Robert Evans, Sturbridge, Mass., for an "inter-axial inline fluid heater." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An inter-axial inline fluid heater is presented. The inter-axial inline fluid heater includes an outer retaining sheath defining a first area, and an interior flow tube disposed within the outer sheath and capable of having fluid flow therethrough. Further, the inter-axial inline fluid heater includes a resistance wire disposed between the interior flow tube and the outer retaining sheath, the resistance wire capable of producing heat for heating a fluid passing through the interior flow tube when power is applied to the resistance wire. Also includes is a dielectric heat transfer material disposed between the interior flow tube and the outer retaining sheath and surrounding at least a portion of the resistance wire." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2008 (12/261,408). 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=83,80,056.PN.&OS=PN/83,80,056&RS=PN/83,80,056 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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